New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1919, Page 1

[ ESTABLISHELD 187e. BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. WEDNESDAYq LEAGUE OF NATIONS ONLY REAL SAFEGUARD AGAINST | R WAR» HITCHCOCK DECLARES Senate Affirms Governor’s Re- KAROTXT 1S REPORTED AS ASSAS SINATED, THEN \$ PRISONER OF REBELS 'L ! ! Former Chairman of Foreign | ; Relations | Strong Advocate of Pro- Committee is | | 26.- rumor Budapest, of Hungary According to reachir former March | | | has j 1 | ! Berne, | an unconfirmed [| Prague fram || Premier Karolyi heen assasinatec pesed Constitution. DOES NOT GIVE UP | MONROE DOCTRINE | March 26 —Count Michael Karolyi, former president of Hungary, has been arrested and will brought before a revolt tionary tribunal trial, 2 Vienna ateh to the National Tidendo of Copenhagen Copenhagen. be for Neither IR, Secure BOLSHEVISM THREAT IS GERMANY’S TRUMP | —— | Count Von Bernstorff In-| sists on Peace Based on Docs Japan Come Tnto This Country Without Resivictions—No Country Surrcn- ders Any of its Sovercignty—Prom- tses Each Nation Make Will Aet A Effcctive Barvier to War, Chicago, March 26.—-Declaring that there is only one leaguc of nations constitution Lefore the world that people must accept this or noth- ing, Senafor G. M. Hitchcock of Ne- A!ui‘ | formerly chatrmam, of the| | | braska committee on foreign relations, paused a momwent in his speech to the ociation of commerce today and \ded | Parls, Hitcheock Favors League. | termined to stick close to the Wilson 1 am it. We necd not deceive | ourselves with foclish hopes that w will nati Hitch- cock shown that bar March ~Germany i ror program in Iy with the former ing peace s | Bernstorff | Allies, German Count von Senator has rations ally ceasc Experience come whether arou civilized | ducated illiterates | will the future | | | | | Wilson’s Points. | ? sald ambassador to the TUnited they are or States, the Temps, in an interview given the | declared Berlin which that o ristian by correspondent of pagan, ¢ or o el newspaper prints in the in Lt today. “The armistice said Count von as have unless na- them they tions For the re making Qu “Will of November 11,” Bernstorff, was | signed when all the powers interested | | had accepted the prosram of peace proposed by President Wilson. Ger- | determined to keep to this | >nt, which history will regard | as the conclusion of a pre- herself is ready | conditions arising | unite in a to avoid history to, pian time in an cffort stion Vit the efforts of Paris succead fail? is of tremendous in.pert ilies who must furnish they fail. It of ance to taxpavers. It not the will will bigger United first nations i do this. Amcricans, the The to men af | | many AR agreem fam- e T Jiminary peace lmpori- 4o submit to league i5d fiom it and expects all the in- Paris | {erosted powers to do the same. Tf nation | {pece essential conditions of the Wil- | on should he violated or | in the ' hegleeted and especialiy if conditions prepa werc imposed which went nd the | hundreds — of |, ggram, the German delegates would | vear. Most of | Iy find themselves in in the form of of, say, possumus.” von Rernstorff advocated | plebescite for Alsace-Lorraine and sev- | German-Austriz i “Germany’s attitude on ties,” he continued, “is fixed by her ub- | acceptance of the noie of Nov. 5, 1918 the | whereby reparation is accorded for bulk of revenue by taxes on the con- tall damage done to the civil popula- er no matter how they are levied. - tions of France and Beligum by Ger- ¢ may be )ld -blooded way «f man aggression. This note admits of looking at the guestion, but I wish the payments of no other indemni- n plain ihat the Paris'confer- ! ties. i entirely academie but af- Asked what the consequences would | tremendously. Perhaps ' be of the failure to sign a peace, 1t of a league of na- | Count von Bernstorfl replied was possible before. A : | “I am no prophet, hut Bolshevism however, has come over | would gain immensely. The liberal | In the past the world world, which has Ivation for | by ratic govern- | humanity in President Wilson's prin- | would be terribly disappointed were not made. Fven the classes would be giv to Remember that since the | depiceratic. It should Ages 10 idea has aroused the imple for them o, World’s enthusiasm like a league of ; cenient to estallish inter- | nations pased on peace and Jjustlce, | based on justice and who will ¢ to cause the idea | being made | to miscarry at the -first test? I hope al Parls, Amerlca ¥er rop- | that league of all the nations of resent are devoting their encr- | the world will make common cause | o ine for numanity the | against the spectre of Bolshevism and | boon of a world free from fu-| triumph over it.” ' | o1 to oidiers e do is great L the sigied at every ticns the he formec peace pe onl trucc and restme war than to cover these into dollars will prepar; ever. xes L Z son program scale ! States 1~ bey ons would run millions bur a yetunat a| tion un be nor taxes on incos profit Revenue Must. res uy Count has knocked éral hund million dollars & year governiment revenue and public timent probably will never again nit to the old practice of ruising “Prohibition out . indemni- | sun 1o ke it fects all the establishn tions is us a Sy great chang the world cursed ent on conguest 8. Leads Democr: een auto W ment ciples e if peace higher despair. Middle of the aid may owever nations world have bzcome or by our become la X i Nations. | i ! ‘e comparatively nake it v onal | at is ihe effort S Are leads. L rtives zies great ture | secu i war In this historic effort the | L St leader the American presideni, | Wovizor ik - POLISH ARMY VICTORIOUS First Objections Disappear. ! “Shall this eftort o < — pudiate it? Already opposition is strongly developed. Considermg these objections, 1t was first said the leaguo | would be a sort of super-nation, with great standing army and navy cap- particular na- disappeared as | tution wis is we support Bolshevik Armies in Full Flight, Leaving Many Cannon, Guns, Mon- | a ¢y and Other War Matevials, able any | destroying The tion. as the Tublishad “Seon that the part of the league dent that nor any thirz, as o a the city of taken over | othe the e and nent and mado | the can by THREE BURNED T0 DEATH | se that sel lke ¢ Mother Sacrifices Life in Vain At- fo ousions From Flames. Myth. ted a n obje that on h immigration the league force ving th lish victories over the Bolsheviki in i _ {fic i ; Sy ! liere in a statement given out t row has become evi- | M now has Beconm { Grodno has heen formally cague L : | Joas ol city district of Pinsk have | ‘Third objection has been cannon, machine guns, ammunition, | | trine be abandoned joining a! | nation, including th in America? | nada and Australia may be ad- five It it were true, unanimous vote. Also these colonies!| Mercier sacrificed her life today in a many interests in common With| pyrning to death in a fire at their “Fifth, it has bLec husband and a third small daughter, par the W tigp. and h the sccond floor bedrooms in search us hroug | JUDGE SMITH NAMED. 'BUTTONS | ports | of i cut | state | state should | of the paper in question and sharply DESPITE OPPONENTS nomination by Vote of 22 to 9 FOR HOME GUARD 1 | | | Legislature Has Favorable Report For ! Badge to Honor Men Who ook Place of State Militia—Koppleman ¢ Makes Statement. Hartford, March Some tors had the experience of a train de- railment today which compelled them | to walk along the tracks in the Hartford yards. No injury was done 1o anyone. The express leaving New | Haven at 10:15 was a little late for | Hartford and going 60 miles an hour | was stopped suddenly near the stato | arsenal when the rear wheels of the | engine tender jumped the rails and | plowed along for a considerable dis- | tance until a soft spot in the road bed was reached. Tn the senate the governor's re- | nomination of Edwin L. Smith of the Hartford common pleas court, was | confirmed 22 to 9, over the objection | of Senator Williamson. Klett Supports Nomination. Senator Klett spoke for the com- mittee on executive nominations. Senator Williamson said Judge Smith had been on the bench eight years; he had character, integrity and abili- 3 In spite of these qualities, the enator said, the judge has not been a capable 6ne. Decisions have been held | up and there has been willfull delay | in handing down decisions. Clonfirma- tion of him would be merely a recog- | nition of good fellowship, which was | not an issue, and would ignore the | difliculties and annoyvances to whic ‘\I lawyers practicing in his court !mdk been subjected { Broder Defends Judge. | Senator trial to fend Judge Broder, who left a_murder come to the senate and de- Smith was surprised & the attitude of Senator Williamson and said that Judge Smith, was not the only judge who delayed in giving decision He accredited the oppe tion to adverse rulings given in a single case, and he did lieve if fair to hang a charge of inefficiency on him basis of a single Senator Williamson rveplied that was a fact that Judge Smith was di- latory and neglectful of his work, and he believed that four years ago there was similar criticism of hinmi. There was no further debate lawvers not general on the be- e wa case. and | the ballot was taken. received favorable re- on the governor’s nominations Christopher L. Avery to be a su- perior court judge, and on John R. Booth to be common pleas court judge in New Haven. | Oppose Electricity petitioners for legislation to {he sale in other states of generated from water pow- er in Connecticut were given leave to withdraw. The judiciary committee was of the opinion that even if there was no cowstitutional bar to such transaction, such a law might lead to retaliatory laws elsewhere. Com- panies in other states are selling elec- tricity in this state. Senator Hemer way had the petition ordered printe in the journal. This question The senate Law. The prohibit electricity came up later when the house bill to give the Connecti- light and Power Co. a charter amendment was taken up and adopt- ed. Senator Hemenway had offered an amendment to prohibit the sale of | electricity by ‘the company outside the state unless the sale was ap- proved by the public utilitles com- mission. The senator argued for his amendment saying he wanted the rights in the future protected. He had heard that a great power combine was aiming to control all the water power in the state and the not relinquish super- | vision over its utilities, Senator Bis- sell defended the report and bill and the amendment was lost, only Sena- tors Hemenway, Balley, Hurley and French being in favor. The bill was adopted in concurrence. Koppleman Attacks Newspaper. Senator Koppleman, who went Californiu to benefit his health just | before action wus taken on the pro- hibition amendment and returned Saturday with Dhis nerve energy re- stored, rising on a question of per- sonal privilege read a lengthy type- written statement as to his absence and replied to an editorial in the New Haven Journal-Courier, which he alleged was a criticism of his posi- tion on the prohibitory amendment. The senator took up personal cor- respondence with Col. Osborn, editor [0} criticized the latter. The senajtor, in his own behalf clatmed he had announced his attitude on the amend- ment, had announced his Intention of going away a week ahead, and had left a pair with the democratic | leader. Buttons For Home Guard. Recognition buttons for the home | guard members are favored in committee report A Dill to create a child we to he next, veported ihe shall a commission on effective July 1 1t provides (hat appoint not e governor loss i i ques- | | On Teatn Page). the Finsk and Gredno districts ave, of- made | Lnited s surrendered a0 o tternoon as follow. nslter (b Ualien B the Volish authorities g no foyorcien seen beaten by the Poles. The Bol- | that the United States abandons locomotives, railway materials and a | league which proposes to put a stop “fourth, objoction heen made | the league, which it is| i tempt to Rescuc Two Daughters | It e matier hecause all im- | r almost completely independent of | vaj;, effort to save two daughters, United States ! home in a fashionable residential sec- might insist each seriously burned, hkad jumped Ldmit shc | of tne otier two children intending Parls, March 26.-—The recent Po- ! ficially reported by Polish headaua | ters its zoverelgity by enterink | “iqnu, aqministration of pacion “The Bolshevik armies oceupying Monroc Doctrine Effective, smeviki in full flight left behind many | Monro: Doctrine. How this doc-| ha1g million rubles.” to aggressions by force against every British self-governing colonies, | wou give reat Britain | } portar tions must be decided by| New York, March 26.—Mrs. Louise i reih \Betin aall Camsds sabeclafly | Touis sl and Gislen fhres Trom apancse Mcnace | tion 1 Richmond Hill. After Jeague settle from a window, Mrs. alercier went to to throw them oui to their father but Jap (Continued she did not reappear at the window. ( than twelve persons nor more than (Continued on Eleventh Page.) IS ULTIMATUN ALLIED SOLDIERS N~ i GERMANY Wil FOOT OF TER Minister of Finance’” Boundaries Willd oring Fo March 25.—*I take that the - gow will not surrender to the enemy Berlin, solemn oath inch of German territory, ef Dr. Schiffer, the or west,” said mif of finance in new cabinet 418 dressing a great crowd ini f the chancellor's palace on Sund X6 cording to the Tages Zeitung. March of the Rhine must Prussia,”” said Henry Frankiin lon, former iinister of - ‘i abroad, in a bitter speech what he charged was the dilator of the Allies and the silence ' ALLIED MILITARS LEAVE HUNGAR! Paris, RUSSIA HELD AT BAY Hampered By Deep Snow Men Are Unable to Oust Bolshevik Forces. With Russia, Press)— ing and try and the Allied Force in North | March 24, (By the Associated | ¢ The Bclsheviki are entrench- | reinforcing both their infan- | artillery at Bolshoia-Ozera. | and are endeavoring to hold this im- | portant point in the line of Allied communications between Obosershais and Onega. Yesterday the Americans and British attacked from the de of the village and the Russians | supported by Americans and Iritish | attacked from the east along the road. | Fighting under the vimost difficulties, | membe the .Allied troops unable to ad- vance bevoud the live cf enemy ma- chiie zuns while the Bolshevik artil- lery maintained a certaln sveep of | the winding high rosd through the ! woods. Strugeling walst decp in the soft, drifting snow of the Torests, the forces striking from the east found a flank- ing movement impracticable and could progress only two-thirds of mile an hour. Today the Allled troops re bivouacked along the road on | hoth sides of the villuge within zood artillery range. | The The westher during the past few | days has again been extremely cold and ' gayg th the Amoricans and others, who aro'jgent Jving in lgloo-like Arctic tents, are | prasect fAnding their first opportinity to fest | governy these shelters. They are holding the | dispate line to Onega and Ohozerskaia. Their | | big guns are moving by { must American mules who Falen plodding ahead and e steep, high icy hills, and snow drifts. | tion of Airplanes, equipped with ronners in- ! carried stead of wheels for alighting on the | have rombed Boishola-Ozera The Bolsheviki ure trying many ruses. In the wood where the Allied patrols are operating the enemy has tied dogs to trees and their barking on the approach of any human being gives the Bolsheviki warning. When the enemy first raided Bolsheia-Ozera, advance details of Reds which rode into the town wore the uniforms of the Slavo-British legion. [Their sur prise of the little Allied garrison there was evidently complete. Some of tho French escaped by walking for two days and two nights through the snow and turned up half frozen. Malcolm V. Arnold, a Y. M. C. A. worker at Bolshola-Ozera, is missing and is believed to have been cap- tured. PROGRESS IS REPORTED | I Have west | Fren Budape Abdenj The dispatc troops on the al A pr ed result is drawn steadily conquering the | up are snow Berli It is re munica, Budape: Slovaks Danube two cit roundri Coper garian on mot Paris, elgn off governn slan been it had propaga Paris Cable Work Rate, American Delegates in Assurance That Peace Is Fr Berne the Fre Going Forward at steady Washington, March 2 to the White Housc from the American peace delegation at Paris said greater progress toward peac was being made than “avpeared on the surface.” No details given. n 6,—A today message forces « ment, in of he progress were some quarters it was assumed that the American delegates were op- timistic over the important amend- ments to the league of nations con- stitution agreed upon yesterday, in- cluding one specifically to exempt do- mestic questions from ihe jurisdiction the league and the apparent certainty that the associated power will accept President Wilson's -prov sion designed to preseive the Monroa Doctrine. of over Troops 30 milo Bolshev e WEATHER. March 26.—Fore- Britain and vici- Becoming unsettied and tonizht: Thursday ture of ] is drivi ’ ward W[ sheviki | tities of troops 1 Tariford, cast for New nity: warmer rain. bPrisone shievik Have H Margial Law Fo munication solved—Russian Copenhagen. spectively, Martial lin says martial throughout be through pest dispatch today Propagandists Prague Major Freeman it is added, escaped from Budapest. London, their progre: Reuter Kolchak Enien Z Vicinity® ¥ \s VIENNA-BUDAPEST eriti | Miss. Selts LINE IS SEVERED | Hizb schoot Between *~ Been ch Mission a Diarch Allied rs of the st a Vienna dispa ost of Berlin says. Reichspost h from oceupying Maros of Budapest Arad and have been L essburg report r law has L new Hungarian at each must and two ttor will nent, h provided by be according - to the dea wrt. will the out No appeals or be permitted, death sentenc immediately. March 25 ported from tion st n, (via between has the capture the town about midway ies. Lar Hungar! es are situated at ¥ v been by of nhagen, national ion of March council presiden states. its Are March 25.—The ice lent was to in circulating matter, been ndist rench . March 26 nch mission in and of the Br shevist March 26 the Kolchak via rch 1 posi sector Ma the on s and 1ki dispateh o rmy Osa, sonthwest the Ilolshevik o 1 three directions, are abandoning la stores, while the taken a larec s and annihilated regiments. from ng have Vienna and Theiss has Budapest These Released—Head Prisoner, 6.~ teh that reen Crzecno-Blovakia of events in Hungary. government’s edict establishing revolutionary consist of members, appointed wh a Hu th unanimous decislon requests and ¢ mt ienna interrupted | the Czheco- | Zether with $29,821 the | work done the | avenue bridge. cannon | decision holds of Raab, between lan Raab. The t, a Released. French has been advised that one of the first acts of the new Hungarlan release the Red Cross delegation which imprisaned Officer a Prison ~Col. Vix, head of Budaest, | been wounded and taken prisoner by | the new Hungarian govern- | according to a report received | transmitted itish KOLCHAK ARMY GAINS, Completes Capture of Osa and Force Retreat, Montreal government, | Who pierced the Bolshevik front on a | 1, cor tion of s precarious, according to msik has completed the can- Pern vy Ihe rge Ko numt three ATl military slons, except one American, have left | brother to the | ROV rivers withdrawn, dissolved prints a Allied | post zegedin, | her date of marriage, which w. re- | Proclaimed. ceived in Jer- declar- as a courts pres- ile thy by the idnpest sentence of for execu- st be Czechs Cut Communication, Copenhagen) Vienna that coni- and on Hungarian Council Dissolved. Hun- Buda- for- Rus- had because | Bolshevilk here. army, | Bol- | ntinue the il and west Bol quan- lehak ccho-Slovak Forces Interrupt Com- Two | Cities—Hungarian Council Has Dis- | N. Y. Propagandists | of the | magazines. mis- | | | | work but finds { member of the January 30, were completed was then 2 p | death will bé 5 | regret about the eIty | & wide circle of friendsi} | native of ‘this city, was High school af Lo the college at New Ro v Taken' Y At the High school Miss 8Sterday aftern oo | zer was the head of the English' @ ench war office, partment in the academic building. Marshal c ! She was also recognized as a writer | of abvility and composed a numherL ‘nf poems which were accepted and | ¢re were Called | published some of the leading ;,.,\0,‘1",'””"’"‘ She was 29 vears of age | ;" qico. 4Pout o ussia Sergeant in Italy with | from the local from The premie considered advices| the military sity by and hesides parents leaves one Charles Seltzer, | the American Reparation Terms Corisidere x| . peditionary For : 2 the absence official e & e % | muniqu 2 publi ] [ Miss Seltzer was engaged to bo lanonr try L PUPlic has Tearned { married to Joseph Grace of the local |ang pm.f, setin gy the office force and had postpone e . P m:nyg ibelieve that repg - ; : iamages was the f; place this spring, to{ hey ,:;: ‘h" thefiret await the return of her hrother who } - was expected to return from BRIDGEPORT LOSES SUIT Edward De V. Tompkins, Inc. of pre: reasol ation fow serious proh \ll the data and | Ameri| question was bef Tuesday| data sho! features which the agree upi of the repaj Deace tregty amount, “ but there have taken t to solve he British, V‘rn(x;]:h ositions on thie hem at the first meeting L1 understood that the . | 8reement on virtually an @pt the total amount } Irts were unable to A i Fen the textual draft New ! tin articles of the | redy with e | e a blank Damages { ¢} 4y, gortion of over- a of Yerk Awarded $191,728.08 the Matt fter settling t} $191,728.08 were awarded the Edward | t0 the premiers De V. Tompkins Inc., of New York, | Wl consider the against the city of Bridgeport h,vfma‘ Judge Frank D. Haines in the super- | ior court today. The court holds that For Breach of Contract f Contract, Boundary Comes Ne Bridgeport, March 26.—Damages of | e g reparation qud and the presidg sider the remgining main Sasorten s gl s 5 hine. With these questio mined the American defe the city was not justified in breaking I "°1'® that a prompt conelpst o a contract with the New York con. | 'leeace treaty can be aonfo o cern, which it made for the construc- | _Cclusion of the trests ”]'med. tion of the Grand street bridge and | Of t Dresent week is dounrod o, o0 awarded $146.166 on this case, to-| !0 t extensive amount opeo. oI on account of [ Workfter the main quespie itng the East Washington | 5¢ttlin principle. The us tiots o Judge Haines In his | 5€8¢ at work while tha or® 87 the ity claimed it {€OUN is in session b terminated the contract for the Grand (Progk is follower oy Ch Atep of treet bridge because of delay in the | the Cpletion of e @ Lodiately b ause of aelay in'the | the o the articles of the blame for the dela « on Th_?me Process is being ecarnie » I };’:fi(‘; the draft of the covenant -' i the 18e of nations, which in agaq ULL AT LAST 1“m?[mhmrm amended, will be re. r 10 as to combine . UR FULL AT vrittero ombine clearnes | WIth ‘dignity of notaplp et Town Clerk Maude of Windsor Com- | 9°CUms, E The)uty slan py of declared that the French > W'and uncerta e oy e againsy Bolshevikj He Slained also of Fraiwss not i twelfth | In the cept of has tak- | pretim- : R i T¢ cLE S el | LERK HETI D Up, Madden, a Mills in night today and 10:45 m. the Rusy government in adding. be elther for pletes Panel Which Will Try Al- | | was teged Madden Murderers, [ | i 1 Hartford, March b R. 26.—With the seating of Geor town clerk of Windsor, the jury which to complete inaries to the trial of leged gunmen indicted for der of Captain William F guard at the Cheney Silk South Manchester on the Maude S that the voica reard suffctent] nations,” A as it the the en a week Milford nia) i Drivy,, utwits ward Robbers Station, 26.—Town ' Clerk driving home fn . nis before midnight was who jumped By e Police Milfory pe) William ¢ automoh s set l\u.ov three men on his (Rome o g, ROse speeded up ang made att for the poiiag station the jury was sworn in at The indictment against the accused read and taken until recess m. | of Bol- 2 posse <y rounded th, m up and they weg ced . are being arrpst ana They gave the nam o Chestnut ¢ £ ‘[”“ r, 39 Jackson, e, o T vis of Bryrt and Willis Dai LEAGUE OF NATIONS WORKERS WILL MEET IN PARIS TONIGHT Paris, March 26.— The meeting of the league of nations committee of the peace conference which was fixed for 2 o’clock this afternoon was postponed by a decision —_— reached this morning. until 81 VESSHp . night. This action was taken to || NAY: T ERIOAN permit of an uninterrupted sitting CHORED AT TAGUR by President Wilson and Premiers London. Lioyd Clemenceau and ciated Pr.j, Orlando ecort to expe- || 39 warshyy, dite the of the peace || the Tas treaty. here this o under for trial Corneliy Hart?, Ala., to- 24, (By An Bres With George - in an framing ancho thosc \Mlfln Amerjyyy j, of §4 ur the Tague,