New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1919, Page 1

FROM THE HCRALD | ¥ x x % X ¥ | x;;t;!fil MO THE SERVICE sm e e e em—! NEW BRITAT! HERAL ESTABLISHEL 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1919, --TWE LVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CENT FINANGIAL AMOUNT IN TREATY CHANGED | tions Influenced Llogd George | MUST PAY FOR 60 YEARS yigure of 250,000,000,000 Irancs Hinted By Press— Sarrc Valley | Mines to Become Freénch Property —Not Satisfied With Rhine I"ronticr Paris, April 14.—Alarmed by the result of the bye-election at Hull last week, Premler Lloyd George of Great Britain, according to the Echo de Paris has persuaded the Council of Tour to revamp completely the finan- cial plan to he incorporated in & treaty of peace. Instead of a ment of 25,000,000,000 francs on account and annual payments to be fixed by a commission, it Las been decided to fix | at once the amount which Germany will have to pay within fifty yea This amount i nt secret, but thel newspaper indicates that a figure of 250,000,000,000 franc: has been agreed upon, which includes all war damages as well the cost of pen- | sio - First Installment in 18 Months, Tixing the total sum will merit of facilitating treasury ope tions, and the carrying out of mutual measures for assistance between the Allies. The first installment of 25,- 000,000,000 1) nes must be puid with- in 18 months, the newspaper declares. Sarro Valley Mincs. 3 Other newspapers, however, do not mention any such change in the terms but all information in French quar- ters agrees in regard to the Sarre Val- ley. It is said that the mines will become the absolute prop. erty of France, which willypolice the region, which, however, will be ad- ministered by a sort of directerate un- der the auspices of the League of Na- tions. This directorate will consist of one inhabitant of the Sarre o, | one Frenchman, and three nominees of the league. The regime, it is said, | will last for fiftcen years, when a ple- | biscite will be held, and if the inhab- itants elect to return to Germany, that j nation will be obliged to buy back the | mines, paying in gold. Toscarry out this task would be no mean undes- taking, commentators, espec Iy those of the Bcho de Paris and Le Journal, who declare it to he simply | . repetition of the Tangier which they say has been the Jent of “most completely inertia.” Not Satisficd With Rhine. Nelther are the satistied with the plan for militury occup: the left bank of the Rhine, although the methods to be followed have not been finally decided upon It is stated in French quarters this will be entirely, in the hands French, who will guard the br heads and railroad junction. In dition, there is to be new thiriy mile neutral miltary zone on the right bank of the river, it is said. These two measures will be in fifteen vears, French troops < rely withdrawn as e debt is paid. ] Sees Need of Alliance. “Pertinax” writing in the Echo de Paris means that if France is Jeft to “guard alone the common good of civilization she ought to be = backed actively by a defensive alliance with England and America which is clear- ly defined in detail.” have the say critics 1 on a s force but being progr installments of STRIKE LEADER IS HELD IN LAWRENCE Charged With Interfering With Po- lice Officer—TPoday Marks Open- ing of Eleventh Weck. 14— the comm textile strike during a distriet, Lawrence, Bramhall, chairman sion in charge of the here, was ested today demonstration in the mill charged with interfering with a po- officer. Members of the state board of conciliation and arbitration were to-arrive this forenoon to begin an investigation and the strikers made every effort to get a large n-im- ber of pickets out as an indication of their strength. As a result several thousand men and women walked up and down the streets displaying cards with the legend *48-51." indicative of their demand for 54 hours’ pay for 45 hours’ work. Mrs. Glendower line. Mil Mass., April of Jvans of Brook: stockholder in the Arlington had previously shown her with the movement mingled wearing the ve. A police- kept close be- walked up and down it i charged that 1 Lis right to fol- who mpathy the p kets today card sle < o her man hind 1he Bramh low Today eleventh plain clothes her as sh sidewalk, and questione s her n veek wrked the opening of the of strike. With one exception all of the mills against which it is directed are operating, although with reduced forces in some departments. MERCHANT MARINE WAN MATES AND ENGINEERS. Washington, April 14—The Mer- chant Marine service in need of first mates and first assistant engi- the shipping d announces in a statement urging thoso qualified for the Ppositions to gpply with the board’s sca service burcaus boa {sue immediately to t | MANY Also Obligate Herself to Pay For Dam- ages Done, Appropriate to Her Means. Germany Must T ALSO ISSUE 20 BILLION BONDS MU These Bonds Will Be Interest Bearing and Until 1926 Will Probabiy Carry Interest @t 2 or 3 Per Cent., After Which it Will Be Increased to 5 Per Cent.—Germans Must Also Agree to Make Reparation April 1 ss.)—Germany for Damages. 4 4 (By the Associated under the $5.000,000,000 in 5 Paris, Pre: treaty, must pa cash or the cquivajent in commoditi 1, 1971, She must also is- ( peace before M he allied and as- $20,000,000,000 interest bearing bonds. Interest Will Be Increased. The interest on the bonds until 1926 will be either 2 or 3 per cent. and aft- er that date will be per cent., ac- cording to the present plan. Bonds Payable In Series. The honds will be payvable in instal- ments during period of 15 vyears. They will probably be kept in the cenfral combination of allied and as- sociated governments, so that they shall not be marketed in quantities sufficient ta break the price. The exact will be determined iater the kind of money in be paid. If the money is marks, the sum will be larger than §20,000,000,- 000 at the rate of exchange before the war, but that is the general nomi nal sum. These two sums-—$5,000,- 000,000 cash and $20,000,000,000 in bonds-—are not all that Germany will have to . They are the minimum. Must Pay For Damages. sociated governments of ccording to which it must to pay other amounts for damages done, appropriate to her means, to be determined by a mixed commission of representatives of the allied and as- sociated gavernments and of Ger- many, which shall report before May 1¢°1991 WOOLWORTH PLANNED BIG But Death Came Too Soon and His Vast Fortune Will All Go to His Wife, New York, Aprii 14.—Death stayed the hand of Frank W. Waolworth, founder of the chain of Woolworth stores, as he was about to execute a wiil under which large bequests were to be left to charity and gifts to old employes, friends and relative according to an announcement made today by Charles L. F. McCann, son- in-law of the merchant, who is in charge of the legal affairs of the es- tate. 1In consequence an old will, made thirty years ago, will be bated under which the entire estate is left to Mrs. Jennie Woolworth the testator’s wife, who is also named sole executr As Mrs. Woolworth is under medical care a committee will be appointed to look after her in- terests. The provi which was ot execut: ions of the practically d, Mr. new will, completed but McCann stated, will be carried out by the family as far as possible. He said it was im- possible as yvet to apvraise the vaiue of the estate. It has been variously estimated at between $30,000,000 and $60.000,000. n TROTZKY ADMITS DEFEAT. Will Direet Al His Efforts Eastern War Front, London, April 14.—Leon the Bolshevik minister of war snd marine of Russia, admits defeat on the eastern front in a wircless nies- sage from Moscow which has bean picked up here. The message read to the ed to the eastern front, only front upon which we have suf- fered defeats. We must send old and perienced troops to that quarter. It is absolutely necessary for us to ture Ekaterinburg, Perm and U P ~ap- a2 CAN TRANSPORT LIQUOR, Washington, April 14.—Transporta- tion of intoxicating liquors for bever- age purposes through a dry state is nat prohibited under the Reed prohi- bition amendment, the supreme court held today in an opinion interpreted FOUR AMERICANS ARRESTED San Francisco, Cal, April 14, Four American missionaries in g capital of Korea, have been : by the Japanese in connection the Korean revolution, according information received here today Rev. David Lee, general manager of the TWorean National associption eul, rested with located at all important ports. branch, amount of the bond issue | Germany must also obligate herself | BEQUESTS pro- ! “All our efforts must now be direct. | which 1s the ! to | [HUNS MUST PAY FIVE BILLIONS ATLANTIC BATTLE IN CASH OR EQUIVALENT BY MAY 1, 1921, TR EATY DEMANDS 'MANUFACTURERS MAY ~ BUILD MANY HOUSES Committee Reported Arrang- ing For Con ruction of Tenements, Although their vlans have not ma- terialized, the manufacturers have appointed ‘a committee fo discuss {he | | erection of a large number homes for workingmen. has not been decided | expected several ments will be { home: | Great of new The number upon but it hundred more tene added to the clty is secrecy . ex | committee. Nothir | hecome public. Tt the manufacturers will finance the | ercction of the homes and will | them {o the tenants on liberal term: i DELEGATES WORKING AN PEOPLE among - the permitted to eported thal 19 is S FOR KORE Japancse Oppression of Three Million Is Being Explained at Phila- delphia Convention. Philadelphia, April 14.—One dred delegates, including several wo- men, and representing the three mil- lion people outside Korea assembled here today. Their mission is to a: the independence mavement in Korea and secure freedom from Japanese Rule, “The facts of Japanese oppression of Korea,” said Dr. Syngman Rhee, secretary of state of the Korean pro- visional government in Manchuria, Wwho is a delegate to the cangress, “are not known to the merican people. America for her own sake, as well as for the sake of the peace of the world and the principle of justice to strong jand weak alike, far which she fought }the war, should know the Kind of ally |she has in Japan. grees will do a great service to Amer- ]!ca by publishing the truth about Jap- ianese, whose clever publicity bureau on which millions are spent a year, has camouflaged the imperialistic am- bitions and underhand diplomacy em- ploved by the ‘Prussia of Asia.’ *“The eighteen miilion people hun- of Koreans, aspire to establish a demo- cracy in Asia: American missionaries have been our teachers; and some of them, unknown to the American pub- lic, are suffering jail with their flocks, Wwhose sufferings can mno longer be concealed. The struggle is on until Korea is free to the last core. PITIFUL GROUP | Thousands Deported From Macedonia During Bulgarian Occupation Died of Hunger. Washington, April 14.—Thousands of Greeks deported from Macedonia during the Bulgarian occupation have died from starvation and ment, and survivors are in a desperate condition due to lack of food and 1o disease, says a report just received ihere by the American Red Cross from Athens, “Survivors are arriving American Red Cross stations.’ part says, “after baving been food for days. Women walk station with dead habies jarms. Youns girls driven insane by |the treatment they have received and children who ave but living skeletons are seen on every hand.” As an example of the “decimation” of the Greek population af Macedonia. the report stated that of one group at the the re- withont into the in their of 6,000 men, women and children de- | ported only 1,475 were counted upon arrival at one of the relief stations. Trotzky, | GETS MILITARY HONOR. Commonder of Greek Armies is Deco- rated by Prince Regent of Serbia. saloniki, April of 13.—Prince Regent Alexander Serbia has conferred upon Gen. Paraskevopoulos, com- mander-in-chief of the Greek and leader of the allied armies in | Macedonia, the grand crass of the Or |der of the White Iagle. The decora- {tion was formally presented to the general here today by M. Coundour- liotis, Greek minister at Belgrade. | In talking with newspaper corre- 'spondents, M. Coundouriotis said that |the relations between Greece and Ser- bia are most cordial. ILLEGAL TO HOLD MORE BOOZE THAN LAW ALLOWS Washington, April 14.—1In disposing of proceedings involving an interpre- tation of the Georgla state prohibi- | the supreme court, in effect, | |ton law, today held that poseession of intoxi- cating liquors in excess of the amount | permitied Tawfully ey by the statute, even though acquired before i enact- prohibited under the law. setl | The Korean con- | whom two million are Christians, in- | cluding all the enlightened among the | mistreat- | armies FLEET STEANS N 1 i i | | 03 Ships ol Admiral Mayo' Squadron Arrive at New York 3000 WEN ARE ON BOARD Many of Thesc Soldicrs, Sailors and Marines Have Not Seen Home Waters For More than a Year— | THIS MORING; Meriden, April hall, a 30,000 on Board. 14, ~The Atlantic reater part of ordered here to | sailors and | steamed into The greatest as- craft ever seen in an American port—103 vessels— | rode at anchor in the North river, and almost immediately launches started shoreward with the first con- tingenis of officers and men on leave. | Lead Possession. fotilla of fifty superdreadnoughts. fighting fleet—entered shortly before Oklahoma and close in their fiying the commander of ! officer of the the two oceans. m was met by airplanes, their the sunshine as swerved above the watercraft. New York. April fleet comprising the the “fictorq Amador” give thirty thousand marines liberty ashore | the harbor today semblage of war Destroyers Preceded by Stroyers, 13 *testh the Channel Mississippi 5 de of Ambroge | noon, the | Wyoming teading. and wake the pPennsylvani flag of Admiral Mayo, the fleet and ranking units assembled Division after squadrons of | wings flashing they looped and slowly steaming Most Picturesque Spectacle, The spectacle, naval and aerial, was described as the most picturesque | in the harbor’s history. It was be- | gun shortly after ten o’clock, when | the first division of destroyers ap- | peared in American territorial waters, and continued well into the afternoon, when the last of the ausiliary vessels, | following the fighting ships, anchored. 30,000 Fighters on Board. Thirty thousand sailors and rines, of whom have not home waters for more than a year, are on hoard the ships.> Crews of | some of the destroyers have been in | the war zone continuously | sjnce the first contingent of anti- stlhnwrino craft went aboard the Spring of 1917. Several the destroyers Thave sub- marines to their on divi naval in were ms many seen Imost in of more one or credit. | for, 14.—Pulaski structure owned by societies in m.[ Stanislaw Catholic church parish, was burned today. The loss exceeds $30. 000. The hall was buit six vears ago social and athletic purposes, and PULASK[ HALL IN MERIDEN BURUED LOSS OVER $30,000 in its main assembly many The The corps ment. room, Lenox hall, boxing meets were held. arigin of the fire is not known Silver City Fife and Drum lost all its uniforms and equip- WGULD NOT RALSE ~With and Waterbury, April 14.- heard all over the city, a roar a concus- sion that shattered window panes in s a half mile away, o terrific ex- the hou bake shop of Griggs street plosion occurred in Di Blasi Brothers at shortly after five o’'clock this morning. Vittore Justi, who was asieep in a house next door, was buried under a shower of brick and was cut so badly | | | PRICE OF BREAD, THEIR SHOP DYNAMITED BY RIVALS that a doctos Camille i ing hrick. The Di Blasi Brothers Ttalian bakers and rccently refused to enter a combination with otier Italian bakers in Waterbury to boost the price of bread to 20 cents a loaf They suspect that one of ri put dynamite in their shop, venge. A huge hole was blown wall of the bakeshop. Lad Blasi w: stitch his injured b; their re- DR. AVIATOR_S ANXIOUS TO START OVERSEAS Hawker and Grieve Held Up—Rayn- ham and Morgan May Make Trial Trip Tomorrow. John's, N April 14—Harry G. Hawker and Lieut.-Commander Grieve, the Sopwith biplane team, went to the airdrome today and in view of adverse conditicns intimated WOODS VS. RACHLIN Both Seek Nomination as Assistant | | | | | | | | Prosccuting Attorney at Republican Caucus to Be Held Tomorrow. Atforney Irving 1. Rachlin has thrown his hat into the political ring | and is a capdidate for the namination | for assistant prosecutor at the caucns of the republican members of the | common council to be held tomorrow evening at & o’clock in eity hall. [ ver Rachlin will be cpposed hy ant Prosecutor Joseph B. Woode, present incumbent of the office, seeks renomination. Besides a prosecutor and the common council will corporation counsel and committee. L - ist- the who assistant, nominate a standing that the start of their trans-Atlantic flight, for the next few hours at least, was doubtfui. . Although the ain had stopped, the ground was still soft and the hangars were en- veloped in a dense fog. Meanwhile Captain Raynham and Major Morgan, other contenders for the London Daily Mail's $50,000 prize for an over-the-ocean flight, an- nounced that they might make a trial trip tomorrow. All night long their mechanics had been working to assemble the Raynham plane. If Hawker is delaved two days longer the prospect of a race between } the rival pilots, on even terms, may | become a reality TO CALL GERMANS. BEFORE APRIL 20 Paris Paper Understands Peace Con- Edward Greenstein Acquires Valuable Property Near the Main Street Rail- | | wint oad Crossing, ] practically the MeCabe the McCabe, tein, Negotiations | compleced fo Llock on Main street, near road crossing, by Patrick owner, fo ldward Greens conduets a cafc Broad d was nmade by T. W. and ix =aid to entail about have been the saie of rail- | on al sonnor | 5,600. SEVERAL HUNDRED FIGHT. Workers and Strike Pickets at Brook- Iyn Factory Finally Dispersed. New York, April dred workers and 14.—Several hun- strike pickets at | the factory of the Fur Trading com- | pany in Brooklyn engaged in a fight today in which a number of persons were injured and windows in the | building bhroken before the rioters were dispersed by thg police. The strik quiyf work last after demanding hfgher wages shorter hours. | el week and | CARDINAL MERCIER COMING Paris, April 14.—C the primate of Belgiun the American congressmen who are visiting Brussels that he would visit the United States next October. rdinal Mercier, | has informed | | | HAD FLU; KILLS HIMSELLP South Coventry, April 14.—J. Clif- ford Aver, 39, and single, long a rail- way mail service clerk on the Air Line division of the New Haven road, kilted himself yesterday by shooting. He had had influenza. WEATHER. Hartford. Apeil 14.—Fou New Britain and vicioity: Fair tonight: Tuesday unsettled, probably rain, warmer. e e e | the date | aicial | time ference Tas Decided When to Meet With Enemy. 1ok, trip according Journal today. He will Paris on Friday to atiend conference proceedings, (Havas). home to to be Premier England the Petit back in the peace the newspaper Paris, April Lloyd Georze' Le brief, The peace conference leaders have reached an rstanding regarding when the German delegates called into conference, the en savs it understands. declares, is before April hall Petit That he Par date, it WILL CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLY. German-Austrian Foreign Minister Gets Warning From British. Vienna, April 14, (via Copenhagen.) —The British military representative here has notified Dr. Otto Bauer, for- eign minister of German-Austria, that the British government had author- ized him to declare that if disorders occurred in German-Austria, import including food and raw materials, would be immediately and entirely stopped. Dr. Bauer w. for ep s told that the reason was that it was import- the Allies should have communications througi with friendly and this st ant that all undisturbed German-Austria neutral states. | vi DIES OF ¢ TAB WOUNDS, Judge Succumbs and Newspaper tor is Held For Murder. Richmond, Mo., April 14.-—Judg Frank P. Divelbish of the seventh ju circuit, who was stabbed nine April 7 by Robert S. Lyon, ed tor of the local newspaper, died last | night at his home here &s a result of the wounds, Lyon arrested on che e of murder The stabbing is the culmination of hetween the men b said he stabhed efense, said to enmity ket o of polities te judg cording tu poli - A { ment | deavor ,in | struction fARTIN INEFFICIENT AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, SAYS CHAIRMAN GAFFNEY | NREPLY Refutes Attack Madé By Physician Who Claimed That Committee Works in the Dark. MARTIN PRESENT AT ONLY 13 MEETINGS Judge Gaffney Brings Forth Record of Attendance of FEvery \ll’mbfl'i 1 During Past 29 Meetings of School Board—Scores Insurgent Member Roundly For Assailing Various Working Units—Says He Has Proved Himself an Tgnoramus. “Dr. Martin school board, efficient. He a professed ignora- ’ Thus spoke Judge B. F. Gaff- this morning, in reply to a state- made by Dr. John Martin on Saturday in which he scored the school board. “Dr. Martin’s state- | ment,” said Judge Gaffney, “is a| direct reflection on the teachers’ com- mittee and the local instructors. His assertion that the teachers’ commit- tee ought to have new calibre, re- the in- of and as a membe incompetent | | i | | . i is mus.. ney 1 | | | | | in the | PEACE TERMS PRACTICALLY 'COMPLETED; GERMANS TO BE SUMMONED AT EARLY DATE Peace Congress is Now, Expected to Convene: Between April 26 and May 5. DANZIG ARGUMENT 3 WILL BE ADJUSTED Bohemian Berder is Only Problem That Has No# Yet Been Given Considera~ tion. Status of American, Japanese ané Frenc { when Amendments to League of Nations Has Been Definitely Estabs Only One Given Place in Covenant—s lished—Monroe Doctrine Is France Gets Sarre Valley. Paris, April 14—The status of the American, Japanese and Frenchs amendments to the covenant of thl League of Nations has been definitelih stablished so far the League Nations commission is concerned, withi the American amendment concerning the Monroe Doctrine the only one 48 be given a place in the covenant commission. The French and Japas nese, however, have both made reseps vations which entitle them to renews at a plenary session of the peace co= ference, the questions invoWing (He amendments so that final discussion 4 still open. Treaty Almost Complete. o affairs who! As to the ference as a themselves now, Nations main tually of the they with question and points in the peace ' com~ are shaping the League ‘of nearly all , the peace treaty ®irs disposed of, that the date the enemy delegates shall ibe summoned to Versailles has been ten= tatively set. The summoning of the Peace congress, as it will be called, in- stead of peace “con 1fter the eneimy delegates are admitted, will ags cording to the present understanding occur between April nd May Hthy and it is conside not improbable that a definite date may he announced! by Premier Llovd George when he speaks before the Bu house wof commons the coming Wednesday 80 red Germans to Hear Terms. Indications are that the Germans will be given opportunity to consider the peace terms before the COngress, but that no estended discussion wil be permitted, two weeks being sug= gested as the outside limit for sesstons to be held at Versailles. These ses-| sions, it 18 expected now, will be st~ tended by President Wilson, who 48 said by those close to 'him to feel flects directly on our school {eachers. | It gives one the impression that in- | competent teachers are being selected | by the committee. The teachers re- gent this. I am proud to that our teachers are the most competent and ‘the most qualified instructors in the state. Our school system shining example to other Delegations from every part visit New Britain adopt the here. Dr. tance that he is ignorant soing on in the board, that he is incompetent say is cities, the en- { | i ( of and system that Martin’s admit- of what alone shows and inefcient ignoramus. Says Martin is Not “Dr. Martin Judge Gaffney, commodations and sanitation ones,” shows he about the workings of a matter of fact, these tees are most important attended but one out three meetings, the building mittee. Du process of of New Elihu Burritt | and Vocational High | I understand that he never even visited the buildings to tain if they con according to plans and to learn work was satisfa He the schools determine whether the performing has been vogue is u professed Capable. | | i assertion i “that the committec committees continue school and health are minor nothing board. As commit- Martin cvery ac- knows i the two Dr. has of of 1 com- ng the the con- school school, ascer- | were heing ucted if the tory never its to doctors their rendered workings of Dr. and duties. hy him this committee Martin’s desire to know not placed on more committees, is self evident. ia | not eflicient nor is he competent. He iz not interested His attendance at the meetings lar | nur No on es are report the why | important, | He | Le is irre Points to Martin’s Record. During the board past two has held incidentally 1 vears twenty the nine pr Martin meetings and every this was 2t ing Dr. heen session time has in atten (Uontinued on Page Elsven) | should | stands ling the German border: the only | some « ; i that the progress made toward the| concluding peace is such that he will be able to remain for the Versailles meeting French Security Coming Up. The chief guestion as regards' the peace terms remaining to be settled, now that the Sarre Valley and repara- tions problems { in virtually all of their of the Rhine frontler. The ‘Gounciy of Four s likely mainiy to oceupy itself with this question during the present week d probably. centering contention for se stand- point It understood largely France's fea standpoint might happen| there attack that| her representatives in thein| the Monros| de disposed of 1ilg is that the »ate upon the French urdty from a military is also to have been, military s from of what be another influenced sustained opposition to ! Doctrine amendment to the League of Nations covenant. Their argument Was that if the Monroe Doctrine principle| were given European explanation thel effect the United States ight again coming to he ever might be that be kept from th P Fran future German e of se in the y on Border Questions, il 13, (Britishi The main itemsy have been suli- i o underd thes of] he This| out, is one which as it a question as to Germany must be.included Czecho-Slovak state. Bohemian London, Sunday, ireless Service of iermany stantially of fou the peace with ( ) corresponde greed counc ¥ Obse th Sunday The on blem which th have the probie puzzles, whether in the not hemis raises Settie Danzig Question. As for the other points ¢ 1cerns continues) s that it to decide upon| tons. The question likely be settled of autonomous| correspondent, “It emains minor Danzig will y setting up a que o very kind (Continued on Fage kleven)