New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1919, Page 1

" BRITAIN HE] F B | HERALD “ADs"” ESTABLISHEL 1876. PRICE THREE CEN . "TERMS OF PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY WILL BE COMPLETED IN VERY SHORT TIME; ITALIAN CLAIMS ARE NOW GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATIO ~ ALL NEW ENGLAND, EXCEPT CONNECTICUT PHONE WORKERS’ 1 Business of Army and Navy is Interferred With As Little As Possible—Direct Circuits Established. | LONG DISTANCE IS NOT DISCONTINUED i Boston Police and Fire Department, | 2 | | As Much As Pos- | By Means of Special Signal Sysiems, Are Co-oper sible in All Cases of Emergensy-— Busincss Houses in Boton Ave Still Ablg to Get Into € unicition | With New York. throug Boston, A 15.—Telephe munic 1wout most ingland except Connecficut was pended today by a strike of ope in the New England iephonc Telegraph company an dence Telephone comp: and other cities the o1 worlk at seven a. m. and o dead The union demand ses and the right ng Ope com- tion i Provi- this the ny rato In quit w b include in of collective £ Quit At T ). M. hanges cnded 15 witho hundre pick while the local ex nigh rul operators repo for outside the exchar attended mass meetin icket of three hours cich established about the exchanses he terminals. T 3 watch fo strike-bré; reported tha none had appeared during the morn- ing hours. Government Not Badly Hampered. Arrangements had been made so that the business of the army and navy was interfered with as little as possible. Dircct circuits. not depend- ent upon telephone company o tors, had been established betwe army headquarters and various arm ries, camps and other stations in the city and castern Massachusetts and similar arrangements had becn made for the naval stations. Cares For Emergencies, The police and firc departments, cquipped with Brown signal were enabled to maintain cation with their sta men were instructed to lend cvery possible ,assista in cases of emer gencies. By of telephones the patrol box wout the city, it w ible to relay mess: from one to another, and the de- partment was prepared to use method to summon physicians or cu - any other emergencies, but it was announced that the system would not be used for purely business affairs. Long Distance Not Affected, The strike did not affect the distance 2rvice the American ephone and Telegraph company and still possible today for business to connect with New York and points providing their office equipment was such that the calls did not go through New England company switchboards. More than 100 operators are employed in American company’s exchange and all were on duty tod Plans for Restoration. At the main office of the New Eng- land company here early in the day, it was announced that first reports indicated *“a pretty complete tie-up { the tem, but with some local vice being given in small places.’ “Plans we being mad it added “for restoration of servic 5,000 Tdle in Boston. Strike headquarters here reported all of ihe five thousand operators in the Boston district idle, with an- nouncements coming in constantly that the strike order had been gen- erally observed in outside cities. Pickets were established in front of all the exchanges and at railroad sta- tions, the union lcaders saying they anticipated that the company would endeavor to operate the lines with men and women from outside New England 630,000 People Affccted. approximately 630,000 cribers in the four tour h ons. All pol in of Tel- as h ot} e are ne sub: (Continued on I i exk New stems, | communi- | this el long | , IS TIED UP BY STRIKE | POSTAL DEPARTMENT WILL BREAK STRIKE Orders Boston Manager to Take Any Steps That May Be N cessary. Washington, April 15.—Holding the R Telephone strike with- v England out justification, the Post Office De- partment today the manager of tho company at Boston to instructed - take any other replace the s steps necessary to maintain service unimpaired. of had said the rtment bargain its to employes, being principle Labor Board. 1id, were asked to of the wage in- refused to do s0 nothing lectively with the 'tion on that ¢ ‘monious” down by the empioy it present crea ol tion with War was sehedule de but and tho departmen which to act. A committee of the employes called Posumaster General Burleson 1 wee being receive represéntativ workers for inc told 1 dem to presented to vhich to do they ft, it was stated offi- today Postmaster General { Burleson called the company manager and directed that when the schedule as received its consideration . expedited as much as pos: and forwarded with recommendations :the Wage Board in New York. ‘When th schedule was not pre- {sented, it was said, inquiry evoked the ! reply that the employes did not desire to present a schedule. Handling of the situation cre by the strike was said to be a m ent 1y for the local author! Ofiicials of the Post ‘Office Depart ment regard the government as a ; trustee for the properties, with opi- nion resting with the company : manage: | i on es of their certain that be ellow w e the yston, W Before e ally ould ble to ted i | BLAME TRAIN CREW FOR FATAL WRECK Bureau of Safety Reports on New York Central Crash Which Claimed 21 Deaths, 15.—A rear-end York Cen- South By- which 21 Washington coll tral ron, April between enger trains Y., last January, person killed 71 inju was due salely to human error, cording to a report today by the bu- reau of safety to the interstate com- merce commission. “The ident was caused by the failure of Engineman Friedler of train No. 11 properly to observe the auta- jmatic signal indications,” the report |sald: “A contributing cause was the failure of Flagman Groves to go back a sufficient distance properly to pro- tect his train and to display lighted fuses as required by rule.” Engineman Friedlich in January, 1906, was dismissed for using the main track without flag pointers. He was reinstated in November of the same year. “The evidence indicates,” said the report, “that all of the signal appli- ances intended to prevent an accident of this character worked properly. its cause being solely due to human error. “The record of railroad aceldents during the last few vears.” the re- port said, “shows that a comparativ Iy large percentage of the most seri. ous and disastrous railroad accidents have occurred from the failu enginemen to observe speed and autg matic block signals, “The rtling reeurrence of acei. dents resulting from the fault of ey ginemen to observe and heed indications calls attention witt emphasis to the fact that the sense af respons afety of their trains, which rsally felt by en- ginemen ays effective with present prevent colli- sions.” on two New pa N. | near in and . were 5 ac- gnal great ifesguards o ! on | [BILL TO GIVE WOMEN RIGHT TO CAST BALLOT AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTED FAVORABLY e CITY MUST RAISE 2 MILLION IN LOAN If Measure is Passed By Legislature it Will Go to Voters at Next Election —Coming Up Wednesday. i | Britain’s Victo! Loan Quota is | | New Fixed at $2,383,000—Three-I"ourths ADVOCATES BONUS TO MEN WHO FOUGHT of Last Amount. New Britain is making preparations for the Victor Liberty loan drive which will start the latter part of this month. 1y expected that the or- ganization for the drive will be the me as for former Liberty loan cam- paigns in this city. % d Mayor FitzGerald of New Haven and | Senators Bailey. Clyne and Bishop Sloper of the New Britain National bank stated this noon that the city’s quota in the coming loan .. 1drive will be three-fourths of its quota Who Re- |y the last drive, The amount of the last drive’s quota for this city ws $3,178,000, making the quota for the Victory loan for this city the amount of $2,383,500. The bonds of the fifth issue wiil bear four and three-fourths per cent. {inter This is one-fourth of one |per cent. more than on the most fully jtax exempt bonds, and one-half of {one per cent. on thé less exempt. {issues are also interconvertible, thus siving all subscribers their chaice. A welcome surpr to the city is that the amount wanted has been reduce and consequently the cit be smaller than w ed. When the city’s quota is r no further bonds can be sub: for, according to rules from Washing ton to the effect that the loan will not be aversuhscribed. Proposc That Statc Treasurer Pay | All Connecticut Soldiers turn From Duty Bonus Amounting to Two Months’ Pay. Hartford, April 15.—The i tee on constitutional amendments fo- day reported favorably on a preposed amendment to the state to give women full commit- constitution elector rights. This amendment was adopted by the buse in 1917 and if this legislature | adopts it, it will go to the voters at the next election. In the senate bill to give women right to vote for presidential and ce presidential electors by statute, was taken from the calendar and labelled 18 to 12, over the objections of Senator Clyde Newcomb Herman. Later this was taken off the table and made an order of the day for nexi Wednesday. Celebration in Hartford. ate adopted a resointion to for a state patriotic celebra- honor of soldiers, sailors and rines who served in the recent | in Hartford, in the late sum- or carly August, af state expens Soldiers, of New flaven, Bailey, Clyne and Bishop. proposed the treasurer of the state pay all Connecticut soldicrs +/ho return from military duty, a bonus amouning to two months’ pay. An excise bill reported unfavorably was that which provided that bev ages made from grains or fruit containing two per cent. of alcohol or less, or such as may be allowed by federal enactment, shall be des nated as temperance beverages and shall not be subject to the laws (Continued on Page Eleven) t anticips th RACHLIN DROPS OUT OF POLITICAL RAC F‘ L] Aspirant for Position of Assistant &3 mer Prosecuting Attorney Withdraws A with —Woods Unopposed. Senators Attorney afternoo Lawye Irvi Rachlin withdr s opponent Joseph G. Woods, for renomination to the sistant prosecutor. The come up this evenin this W to candidatc | | | office of Ls- will at the re publican caucus of the comman cour cil to be held at Mayor Quigley’s oflice. The news of George Attorney Rachlin’s dropping out of the race will be re- ceived with 1rprise by his many friends. During the past few days he has been conducting a quiet cam- paign among the counciluien, and R much interest was manifested in the outcome of the caucu Attorne ARMY CONDITIONS [ Rachlin gave as his reason for witl IN RUSSIA BE'IT[‘ER"(“ wing that he was doi S0 he advice of his friends who upon had urged him to run.” He also that “he had somethin bette in | view.” Juc James . Cooper will unquestionably be appointed this eve ning cororation counsel Commit te 1 also be chosen for the ensu- ing year. Proper Discipline is Belicved to Pre- ! vail Among Soldiers, Accord- ing to Report. Washington, Wilds P. mander of North Ru tary situation official dispatch Murmansk coast. The message sent to General Persh- ing and relayed by him today to the war department, was dated April 18 or about two weeks after the muti- nous conduct of Company I, 339th In- | fantry, which refused to go to the front from Archangel, It is assumed here that a satisfac April Richardson. the 15.—Brig. G the new cor wm forces reported the mili tisfactory in his first ince landing on the INDIANS ON WARPATH, jGovernment. Troops Sent Out to Sub- i due Argentina Aborigines, Buenos Air April 14.—The Indian ing in the province of Formosa northeastern part of Argentina, eading toward Chakow where | settlers have been attack. avalry forces have been sent to subdue the riots. The uprising of Indians in the prov- 2 : 1 |ince of Formosa was reported on tory military situation means that the | March 30, at which time it was said properfidiscivlinelprevall sfamon gychio the natives had destrayed Fort American troops generally. General | Yunka ana killed 15 soldievs, Richardson reported the occupation on April 11, of Uros Ozero by a rorce of Russians supported by the Alliss. | As a result of this action 46 of the enemy were killed, 9 wounded nd 26 taken prisoner, two field guns. one machine gun and 7.000 shells being captured. The Allied casualtics com- prised one Canadian soldicr killed | and onc Frenchman wounded. LIEU BARDSLEY HERE. Will Be in Charge o Military Train- At Local Iigh School. Lieut. B. J. Bardsley, infantry, has rrived in this city and will at once assume his duties 15 a member of the 1 school faculty to instruct the ses in the R. O. T. C., which arc soon to be organized. Lieut. Bardsley will he stationed in this city permancnty ama will complete charge of giving school boys military d sible that he will have commissioned oflic WILSON SAILS S00N Expected be in the High Tt is pos- some non- President to TLeave For United Statcs On April 27 or 28, After Opening of Peace Congress. Paris, April (Havas).—Prestdent Wilson intends to sail for the Unied States on April 27 or 28, after being present al the openine meeting of 1h¢ peuce congress at Versailles, tho 5eh0 de Paris says ¥, After his Pt Colonel . M. House will a fo news 11l WEATHER. Harttord. Ap 15— cast for New Bre tain and v cinity: Unsettled: probably 1in tonight and Wednesday. —=d tod: de- him, the papor The | nomination | added | | ~ PROTECT OLD GLORY ' Scores Theaters, Magazines, Car- toons and Posters for Misuse URGES LEAGUE OF NATIONS 28th Co I ress of Daughters of Amer can Revolution 3eing Held at Washington Advocates New Fed- eral Statute. —En 11 Law prevent descr of wdvocated in a 28th Washington, ment of a Fede general misuse and American flag wa port today the the Daughters of the olution, in session at here. April to the r congress of American Rev- Continental hall tion to Need of Federal Law. Mrs, James P. [ume, state regent of Wisconsin, chairman of the flag committee, reported that the evil had increased very greatly since the armistice and that while it was due largely to ignor: ate laws wer so conflicting and lax that a Fed- eral statute was needed to assure proper regard fc the mational emblem by all class Flag Frequently mo; frequent Hume declared, magazines and in In the latter particularly v 1 the publi for costumes way as to patriotic so Misused. of W | The M misuse the by rtoons of since the returning she f th and = posters days nd irmistice and home of troops, | had the fiz decorations in suck th resentment of zations. Tr campaign all the das co-operate in the the offending elements. A resolution the Leag of Nuations was presented Tt went | to the committee without comment on the Hoc | GLADDEN DROPPED AFTER 50 YEAR used organi- es School in Camp; hools N and s was hters were asked s to enlighten to endorsing | | | | | | Veteran Superintendent of Fairview Cemetery ceeded By His As- sistant. 'W. W. Bullen. Afier 50 years of faithful work as superintendent of Fairview cemetery, William H. Gladden has been relieved of his active duties by the cemetery commission. He will be - succeeded by W. W. Bullen, formerly his sistant. In the following letter Mr. Gladden the cemeter committee informed him of the change. “At the the Cemet committee riday, Aprill 1lth, 1919 was voted that Mr. William H. Gladden be continued as super- intendent in an advisory capacity and Mr. William W. Bullen, tant ¢ superintendent, have full supervision and control of the labor in the entir as- meeting of that | cometery. “Your W. 200,000 KILLED BY TURKS League of Greek Refugees Asks Allies SCHULTZ. Sec.” to Intervene in Asia-Minor Where Thousands Are Dying. Saloniki, April 14—The league of Greek refugees has sent a tclegram to President Wilson and the allied pre- mie t Paris asking that the allied powers intervene in Asia-Minor in be- half of the northern part of Greece, where thousands are dying from star vation and also heing massacred by Turks. “During the last five centuries more thai a million residents of this region, which is the ancient kingdom of Pon- tus, have been red by the Turks,” the telegre declares, “and since the war began 200,000 people {have been slain there by the Turks .000. Hartford, April 15—Chairman Leon Broadhurst of the lacal Victory loan committee announced today that Hartford's quota had been fixed $12,353,000. This is about 75 per cent of the fourth 1 Guota. ANGERS DEAD. 15.—Sir Aug K. leutenant gov- from 1887 to (802, of He at | i sIR Montr Fread ernor AUGUSTE April « of 1ehe died here ht pneumon DARASKSLAWTO | .| announcements of w to | ENVOYS TO MEET 165 DAYS AFTER LAST GUN ROARS Prospects That War Torn World Will Soon Be- gin to Return to Something Like Normal International Conditions Is Indicated by Agreements Reached by Council of Four in Session at Paris RIOTOUS DISORDERS EXIST IN GERMANY; SOVIETS IN BAVARIA SEEM TO BE LOSIN! Situation in India is Now Causing Grave Apprehension —Lahore and Amitsar, in Northern Penninsular, Have Been the Scenes of Serious ment Buildings Burned, Rioling—Govern- (By The Associated Press.) ts of peace have suddenly become result of agreements reached by the Council of Prospe as brighter the Four at Paris, hich seem to indicate that within a short time | the war-worn world will begin to return to something like normal | international conditions. | On April 25, which will be 165 days after the Jast gun of the | great war was fired, allied and German delegates will gather at Versailles, the historic place where treaties which have remodeled empires and signalled the rise of new nations have been framed. LOCAL BOYS EXPECTED T0 ARRIVE AT DEVENS Ammunition Trains of 26th | | Consider Ttaly’s Clain. i) Presideny indicated many A statement Wilson nt out at Paris t o1 that the treaty with Ge wou | be completed very short umq ‘;u\d\h,u in the meanwhile, the pre llr ms involved in the settlement of thé conflicting claims of Italy and Jugow Slavia. to territory on the easterf sh of the Adriatic would be givefl preferential consideration It is probable that the allies of Germany will be called to Versailles almost immediately after the German delegates have received the allied terms and have passed upon them. ‘What Germans Must Pay. Germany, by the terms of the | treaty, will be called upon to pay 100,000,000,000 gold marks, which at | the pre-war rate of exchange would be equivalent to $23,820,000,000. Of this immense sum, there must be paid within two years an amount equal te $4,764,000,000 and during the next 30 rs twice t um must be turned over to the Allies. A commis- sion will determine when and how the remainder of the reparation fund must be d. Fron Question There seems to be an the vexing problem of German frontier. It is said that the Germans will be compelled to with= draw all troops from a zane 25 miles wide on the right k of that riwer until the first instalment of the ine demnity | Ind While amount of money |many to the allied powers has been mains a furt} the indemnit nations It is England K |1t being e ' [the total remainder given theit be some dissatisfac is expected Executions Are In Hungary, where lic has been in Do | weeks, h | tually | tions of |Dr. Alex {mier, and | minister of commer Confirmation is lack Disorder Contint Riotous disorder many In B: tions that the mier Haffman in a re Are Due From Overseas in a Few Days. Mayor George A. Quigley d a communication from Banner, the National ¥. M. C. A [at Camp Devens, stating that the am- | munition of the ' 26th the camp are has re- ceiv AL of War Work Council of the a Louis | | | secretary and sanitary trains division within a few number of New are expected There boys with at days. a the Britain trains and relatives have been the | | anxiously inquiring to when Settled. agreement on the Franco- units would arrive. Upon debarking at Boston, the am- | munition companics will be sent to Camp Devens to go through the san- itary proces While t Deven the will stationed in the bar racks ar the main In order tc assist friends who desire Britain boys at Devens, the scation of the 102d ntains the larg, idiers, is Co. A, buile building 56 567, Co building E, building 611; Co. F, Co. G, building 610; Co 623; Co. I, buildi 1011 building 1023 building Co. M, building 1038 »piy Headquarters Co., Machine Medical detachment, ing, near st infantry quarters. 101st Machine Gun | tion in arca formerly occupied | 7th battalion depot brigade 101st infantry, located in area for- merly occupied by 301st infantry in vicinity of Y. M. C. A. No. 28 103d infantry, located in merly occupied by 42d infant cinity of Y. M. C. A. No. 27 104th infantry, located in area for merly occupied by 74th infantry, vi- | cinity, of ¥. M. C. A. No. 26 101st engineers located in area merl occupied 301st er of post No 101st, 1024 v located by vits, soldiers be bar b! is pa mnity the latives and the New following infantry, which nu of local Not Vork Apportioned. f fixing s the be paid by Ger. ind amseciated ompleted, there re- task of apportiening inds the allied to visit 1liding 574-575; Co. building 611; H, building Co. 3 3 B, Co. &by ranee and partion, per cent. of m. Out of the pawers will be that there will their part indicated timated t s will to smalle Co 0 103 i « Gun, build- head- on on the sireet 5 brigade Reported. repub- for several hed virs execu- Austria, pra- ported. Battalion sta- without nder rc for- vi- area s In Germany, continue in Ger- indica- Pre- Plis~ the to vari for inee IT that regime, r Whic comple Tn Be troop: le picd lers vicinity 21