New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1919, Page 1

ESTABLISHEL 1876. \E\V BRI'IAIN, CONNE CTICU'l \\" D\FSD/\\ 19]0 _TWELVE PAGES, PRICE IHRFF CENT SITUATION STILL FULL OF PERILS FOR ALL NATIONS, STATES BRITISH PREMIER Liosd George Pleads| G.LLIN WANTS CITY TO PAY. Y PROPOSED PEACE TERMS DENGUNCED ., that “Those Who pY SFRVICE MEN $60 BONUS; Were Trying to do! s v U SBOTIR e 00 Alone” It Cznlmot Be| Done Without City Meet- | ing Levying Tax of About | Four Mills. 1 e PRENCH | Mayor Says DEMA e DEPI ) COMPLETE JLL PARAT T SPEECH IN LOMVION& REPLY TO CRITICS Asserts That No Other Con- ference History Hasjl Been Faced With Such; Grave and Complex Que: ‘ 10N Paris, Tuesday, Avril 15, vas).——The budget committ the chamber of deputies unanimously adopted tion demanding that complets reimbursement for all damage: due to the war he exacted of ene- my countries, with priority for reparation clajms. To assure the payment of indemnity up to Germany’s present ability and future possibilities. it W manded that effective guaran- tees and pledges be (Ha- tod resolu- v | {WOULD AFFECT 3,600 MEN IN NEW BRITAIN in lution to Be Presented Tonight | is But Move of Eleven Councilmen tions. and Aldermen, Who Would Not 'BOGUS CHECK WORKER FLEECES LOCAL BANK Suspect Held By Boston 1 lice Will Fight Extra- dition. Vote Reception Money, to Clear Time Spent in Framing League of Themselves, Mayor Qui Nations T Time Saved Instead clares. of Wasted That It was officials her Says, and Adds learned this afternoon from well up in cammon council Imatters, that a resolution, said -to have been fathered by Councilman Charles A. Gillin, calling for a $60 |appropriation for every discharged Isailor and soldier in this city will be presented at this evening's session. {The passage of the resolution would {mean an appropriation of $216,000, {as it would affect about 3,600 soldiers in this city, providing every man re- quests tance, according to Mayor Quigle “It 1= Not Truc That th United States and Furope Have Been &t Varianc London, April 16 House of Commo criticisms of 1 peace conference Llovd George sai “still full of per in the vious | activitie the in Paris, Premie the ituation wa Is for all countrie: He pleaded that “those who were ng to do their best be let alone.” Most Tmportant Conference. No conference in histor; id premier, had been ith problems of such variety, comple magnitude and gravity. Congr: ol Vienna, which was the nearest proach to it, took. eleven months its wor but that cong Lloyd George pointed out, 1k into insigni as comparcd with what had been settled by th conference. Upholds Leaguc Discussions The time spent by the ference in framing the League Nations plan saved timce instead wasting it, Mr. Llloyd George de s the league would prov of adjustment of possible er “T would rather leave Rus shevik until they see their of it rather than see Great landed’ in bankruptc was the premi arations. Denies Trouble With U. “It is not true that the ates and Furope have been riance,” the premier declared. precated attempts to show tions among the delegates. No Russian Overtures. In answer to a question from John R. Clynes, a labor leader, whether pproaches for peace had come from i government, the premier in io p ol ol § > New loser wo The is the 550, eme by sjgned his name TI. heing sought various cities of the The the National Bank through a check a fellow who | . Hope, and who | Bemion authorities in | % The r s as may be on | follows wt-| “Tosolution IMayor and the the. City of New Neville of Au. ‘Resolved. That the comptroller A been taken into cus- (instructed to’ draw his orders in 1t Richardsen and one|VOr Of the war bureau of the city of offfelals will g0 Lo Bas. |New Britain up to the amount of $60 | to see if they can iden [fOF €ach returned soldier or sailor, Neville hos an- | 2000 Teuest for uid, to provide each RS0 S {such returned soldier or sailor with Lrention ot iehin e ek 7 sl L Sl o e e B (L ey b (s employment.” ain As Pr amed and which the council | pared. the U lacal police, olution brought the | is I hotore ot to His Commor Britain: Honor, Council the - of for M and Boston gusta, today they that ved word from be fa- rce j 2 of the bhank ton tomorrow tify the accused. nounced his 1radition on M h peace con- of | of | , a stranger { himself J. Hove, 1k and opened. up an ount. e ented credentiuls showing that be | did husiness with the Second National | BKank of Boston. At that time he de- posited $1,500 fo his account. e called at the bank at various times and in his conversation with em- | ployes conveyed the impression that | he was engaged in the real estate husiness e would deposit large sums and withdraw them at times, and his business at the bank was said to always have been legitimate. On last Monday Hope presented a check from Charles Neville at the bank, which was endorsed by that in- | sary for me to call a special meet- stitution for $530, receiving the|ing of the people of New Britain to money. When the check returned!vote for an appropriation. As there from the clearing house it was found | are 3,600 discharged soldiers, sailors that Neville had no funds in the Citi- | And marines here, an expenditure of 2 and Southern Bank of Augusta, i $216,000 will be nce . This would whose account it alent tojatimillita: T e Tt e s the belief of the mayor that of $500 from 1 purpose of it is {o bring Jeaving the §550 which | PUPlic opinion against councilmen | i = check, | Who favored sending the soldiers to i If the councilmen,” con- ‘Bbe cluded Mayor Quigley, “vote against { the passage of such a bill. as they un- ation that both | ! lle and Hope were much wanted | JoUbtedly will they gsti ol | bad graces of the 1 am ke swindlers for which the Pinker- : 5 Foeroe ],\}’_”,‘d(“‘ ot o ‘h‘f\vp heartily in favor of assisting our b s >l p il heroes as much as possible, but such been scarching for some time i A - = > a resolution in my opinion is a joke.” Detective Richardson searched oD a joke room of Hope in the Hotel and- found several telegrams, forn up. By patching them together, informa- | tion was received that showed that | the principals have worked their | scheme in Montreal and other cities | in Canada. announcing F called at the Political Move, Mayor Says. iwyor Quigley when asked {his ernoon if he knew aboui the propo of the above resolution, replied t he did. He also added that “it was a political move on the part of the cleven members of the common coun- cil who recently voted against the appropriation of $1,000 to welcome home the soldiers of the Yankee di- vision. They are doing this to save their fac Such a resolution is ri- diculous. The city at the present time has no funds to meet such an {amount of money. f the council passes the resolution it will be neces- Aff- al Britain one of United at va- He de- dissen- s “We any put have had no approaches sort or kind. None have before the conference.” Bolshevism Is Waning. In his reference to the Russian guestion the premier said reliable in- formation showed that while the Bol shevik forces were apparently grow- ing, Bolshevism itself was Aually waning—breaking down before the relentless force of economic facts. After referring to t we 'hl-\\i\]c, extent of the war, the premier said | that new states had sprung into ex- | istence, some of them independent, some semi-independent, and some that might be protectorates, and al- though their boundaries might not be lefined some indlcation of them must be given. Defends League of Nations. In his reference to the League of Nations deliberations Mr. Lloyd icorge said the conference might have taken more time but for the fact that it was setting up a machinery capable of readjusting and correcting possible mistakes. | “And that is why the League of Na- tion instead of wasting -time, saved time,” he added. Tells of Harmony. The conference had.to shorten labors, continued the premier, cause, while it was trying to build, many lullflq the foundation of society was tumbling the dust. No body of en worked harder or in.better harmony than the peace conferees, he asserted and he doubted whether any body men ever worked under greater difficulties, “Stones were clatfering on the rnd wild men were through the keyhole depended upon ihe said. Appreciates World's Early in his address the premier said his first impulse, when he re. turned to England from France, fo await the much advertised cisms of him, but ingu #hown that they were not i The veason assizned of | been | n's Ga., on Hope prior drew his entire account ihe local he rveceived on celvet. h bank, of nforw the word wili soldie the } Grand, i HAL Trans-Atlantic Aviators Waiting for Chance to Start Acriai Race. John’s, N. F., April 16 —With a heavy snowstorm raging here this morning it was considered doubtfui whether a start could be made today in the attempted trans-Atlantic flight. Both Harry G. Hawker, Australian pilot of the Sopwith biplane team, and Captain Fred P. Raynham, the British flier of the Martinsyde ’plane, were ready to start at the first favor able opportunity. STORM TLIGHT, s SOLDIE VOTE Majority For Prohibition is Out in New Zcaland. London, April 16.—~The vote of New Zealand soldiers has wiped out the majority for prohibition which was | rolled up in that commonwealth on April 11, according to a dispatch to the Central News from Christehurch. In the New Zealand election the | prohibition forces claimed a majority | of more than 12,000 votes. Tt “.u! announced at that time that the bhzl-! lots cast by 40,000 soldiers had not | been counted. An indication of the trend of the soldier vote was given, however, when New Zealand soldiers | ! in England voted, the anti-prohibition | ! fo having 15 0 votes out of ap- proximately 20,000. “WET.” Wiped its be- into ALLIES EXPECTED a TERMS NEXT WEEK. London, April 16.—The Al- lied representatives in Paris have arrived at a complete un- derstanding on the great free- dom question that would effeat peace with Germany., Premier Lloyd George declaved in ad- dressing the House of Com- mons today.. The Allies had formulated their demands, and he t by the nes they would roof screaming while decisions men within,” he | | | i | | | Tmpatience. FIGHTING I GERMANY Copenhagen, ~April 18.—Gerr government troops occupied the town of Magdcburg on Tue cording to n YWeimar dispatch Lokal Anze of Berlin. It - an entire eriti- hoped weelk ag- end forthcom - | armaments, lall i driver, | teoth BY GERMAN WRITERS AS SHAMELESS I MOCKERY OF PRESIDENT’S 14 POlNTSi recommence {the can we be st common m, its can Neither Nobody ainst us. ed out. without the communism and terro; all mankind back inte stage.” “No CGerman terms,” the Entente settle with i valley, n and the war arvy enemy Prince Llchnowsky Vengeance Must be Rejected—Cannot Sign Such Treaty. Says Provisions | LR government can Voerwaerts declave len must them- inhabitants of are thoroughiy may find that the proposed indemnity cannot cted. even if the last sheet is| from onr beds." taie t who he selve the S Germ sums. be extr taken al condi« Berlin, April —Semi-olfic French announcements of the tion, laid down in the treaty LS the Gerr pre Prine ticle in the 7 “forgets that, disarmament, peace Wwill | | s | to be of ce are denounced by Teis mocler, | ‘fourteen points’ tolimagined than the proposed of the eastern question.” “The solution of the * question Which is proposed ns the coverine of naked annexation with a fig leaf, says the en Courier. scems to have which seems to be failure he cauld 'he Lokal more Wilson in an ars ares France | instead leading ' unjustly extorted ring forth only fresh throwing into the shade armaments, because a mailed fist peace can he maintained only by the mailed fist.” Declaring that a peace of must be absolutely rejected, cludes: ONE MAN LOSES EYE; OTHERS SUFFER BROKEN BONES AND. BRUISES IN BAD AUTOMOBILE COLLISION hamelc of Presi can solution me former Boe Wilson ed of a plan worst political approv- the ex- vengeance he con- IN SEYMOUR| EXACT DEMANDS OF ALLIES ILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTI CONFERENCE AT VERSAILLE SECRET SESSION 3§ BEFORE APRIL 23 Not Only Allied Governments, But Also Those | Which Severed Diplomatic Relations With Germany Will Probably Be Informed of Details of Proposed Treaty {BATTLE AT MUNICH; CZECHS ATTACK POLES (By The Associated Details of the procedure to be observed a of Allied and German representatives at \er Friday are being worked out by the Allied deleg: peace conference It is improbable that the world will know cact demands of the ated governments until afte Teutons have been formally apprised of the price of peace It seems, however, that the Allied nments, but the governments of those which vered lations 38 with Germany but did not enter will informed as ln}f the details of the proposed treaty. For this purpose, it hLu\_\.‘ mee \inf;i‘ fromig the ¥ the ¥ ¥ the t the histo aille ic 1 weel ions, to assoc r only all countries the not oV se war, be i other three had superficial Five men went to St. Mar: Waterbury, for attention The driver of the car which into that of Ralston was .not nized. That car struck with such force that it pushed Ralston's car into one belonging to Clayton Boise, of the Seymour Trust company, which ! was following. i men of automobile between Waterbury, returnin from a bowling match at Torrin early today, hurt in a collisd® of machines. Ralston, had broken, and had bruise Schuster lost Bhmann had STATE IS MAK'NG PLANS TO SHOW APPRECIATION OF SOLDIERS’ SERVICES 16.—8ix and the injurie Seymour this town, in an Thomaston and April Tar three 1o co William broken ] UNION TELEPHON OPERATORS FIRM Chairman Eaton of House | Appropriations Committee, Has Several Bills Consideration. Under | Ticup of Wire Service in Boston Practically Complete—T.00k for Improvement. ONE WOULD GIVE MEN EXTRA WAGES | Interruption of New the gland and April 16 service Boston, telephone in Bogland Connecticut by strike of the New companies outside of operators Providence althouglh company some improvement | | Solons at Hartford Differ as to | continued to e officials look Kind of Action Best Suited to Ex- ed for efforts as a result press Feelings of Commonwealth— 1 of made to obtain substitutc 1 me Ieel That Fighting Men Ave | operators. ‘ n complete. partial this city the tieup wus virtually Tired of Pa n service ling and Want Only | sections | 1 de- a few other e : o Get Home. w maintaine | of Hartford, April Some strilc pre apprecia through the help of employes partments ¥xchange 16— involved in the | vision to show the state’s in not tion of the services boys in the European war will be made by the committee on appropria- [ tions and probably will be reported in | @ bill to the general a cording to a statement b tive Eaton, house chairman committee today. This was made during debate upon the | bill adopted by the senate vesterday, | promise of support given by the cable | 4o 0 ovide for a celebration in Hart- splicers. The splicers, numbering | ro.q i, the late summer or early | several hundred, notified the NewW | ¢,y to honor the soldiers. Rep- | England Telephone management y resentative King, the floor leader, said | terday that they wauld quit wo! that he believed that the W ay unless their wage schedule, pre-i o . .q (hat the state should do-some. sented some months ago, Wes MUTMMET] thing to show its appreciation ‘of the diately acted upon. The inside tele- § (| o e connecticut Jads but he phone men, including _elect was not convinced that a parade or “"’“kf"s(f";‘“l"au' m’:‘h’:“uf’lfi;‘;:_ celebration was the real solution. He ‘r;‘l:::;_ S e o fealied oo Mr. Eaton vr“‘ explain | e e ievances. of all Now | what the appropriations committe all pendirE B ame locals, both male | had in view, and the latter said that | Pngland ol O omicials sald the | the committee had before it several and o e nt the addition of 12,000 | suggestions and bills, including one | S amount of money, even as much as e two months’ wages. He said the com- mittee believed in doing Something practical in place of the state going fo the expense of a celebration | Boys Tired of Parades o \anchester, conversations he he convince mxiou managers several ci of Connecticut announced that ploves had taken em the former at some | | up work switchboards Leaders of the strikers asserted that all the union operators were standing firm for their demand for an increas in wages and the privilege of collect. | ive bargaining. They pointed to the ac- | senta- | that | statemer € t house was 1 ATHER. Hartford. April New Britain and i avmer tonight. of said had had | d that home Mr. that with 16.—For vicinity Thur front soldi was ey il to he ported there was hard fighting many casuultics on both sides. (Conrinued on Page Eleven) witinued on Page Eleven) ran | f ! Republican Caucus | i | of | succeeding | the | Klett, | Wood | chairman; | that a secret plenary session of the peace conference will held before April 25. J W be Await All ter Tloyd Geor Speech, Bngland is iting with intere David " Prey M ‘4 iy some WASHINGTON LEARNS which OF PROGRISS BEING MADE TOWARD PEACE o shington, April tinet improvement in the g peace conference situation reported to the White day from Paris. ed that excellen belng made toward the negotiations. mier Lloyd Geo will in the Lloyd from of commnidna tHARYS der W 16.—Dis neral was to- political e f t e espe ime I ttack Py his yublication zorous in thei tivities af] reply 1o how-< out- work ace coms aid, ap Lioyg Pri !I\u' whiic the Britid open the des 1mons, how! inatente Wikl vork ad Y’.Hm‘ out sons his indi on i that ris to ex progress was # nprobahbl concluding tl the ever, he line in that he i ference, i ] done by being be sident may n most terms s beer th ding pe CRALa 0. F. CURTIS NAMED AS MAYOR PRO TEM | understar M, | George, and miers Cleme no detail present. premier Wils neeau andg to fac dectded house ¢ ippear »fend his 2 ha bate in the cver, would | readiness to ¢ and his defe significant state: Adriatic Question Up, The Council of ¥our, in which Al | thur J. Balfour, B ctary fi | state for has tend® | porarily of Premid Lloyd ent devotin oI the gantrdd Jugo-Slavig shore of Lhd declared cndy Hlolsteig a to cor to > may bring Elects Third Warder By Margin of Single Vote‘ X ¢ i itish see foreign taken the Geor, E to in the re- last evening in the City hall derman from the Alderman H nomination ¢ in A surprise sprung publican caucus held the mayor's office when O, ¥. Curtis, third ward, def Richards, for the ent pro tem. by vote. Alderman ent incumbent and Alderman pient of 11 Alderman Curtis and keen surpris the City hall this morning over in obtaining a majorit Richards has been Serv- of president pro vear, The Curtis s direct slap Mr. Curtis of the was efforts between relutive to the Adriatic. 1In ni-officiz dispatch, that problem, in many arc at by the ingement to the people th to settle Iy at astern addition Fr th whic it is ol nel W Schi De 1 W a of the 10 the nomination xpected | mal ar ved h ms d Gert o} enduf @ Rich odd been gdju ballots recip rece Curti votes. of Fightin tin was The Vialent Munich. al sverh latték tontt howh as not was Violentt Munich, and expressed at tween ment wviet tro the ast @ vabje, rengwedl wing m‘e§ id to peig 18 end troops, sor re radical ontrel rted ta les are estern eemin porar ever, the g have won Alderman the T »attl fe victory that ing tem ination capacity during the past Aldern as another Mayor Quigley, since bitterest oppomnent his policies ecuting Attorney Geor Assistant Prosecutor nd Corporati in Al rnment Anar Gove nom G 3 A nforeed the counters and Pros lem or trou n Coun hroughou 1 ¢ will the Cooper be re-elected common council committee s follows were re-nominated the this assignments and meeting at Ruman Back. Bessarabia Forced evening wer Rumanian n have been for tire furtk le Finance m sian Soviet the ant lea driven troops, committee ¥ ards, chairman; Mayor Quigley, O. F. (o] ?, Spencer, Comptroller H. T.. Cur Eichstaedt, ¢. H. Gillin, G Baker, Howard &, Hart. Ordinance committee—W. A. J. Steiner, P. H. S. Hart, Georg¢ Wells, IForsberg, C. H. Gillin, J. G. Johnson. | Supplies and Printing—A. J. Stein- chairman; G. A. B. Bak John 1. . Batty, F. R. Gilpatric, F. Carlson, Chaims- J. A. Johnson Gilpatric, C. Salaries— F. C. J. Dehm, John Gillin = H. P George J. Dehm, Rich my Simon the peass been als- Russiat at- Hun- com= curtis, w ) ierable m | Bolsheviki | tempt gary so th rades Bu Czechs thesc tance. the maki desperate B. n to cut throt to they may join their ape Clash e in With Poles. reported Warsaw to have demarkation fixed by Mission in Silesia, where nd Poles elaim territory. along the Polish frontier I8 said to have resulted in cagugities. | Meanwhile tk letachment of General Halle troops tarted from Fr ts way @erosy Germany Pol cordgnees with the recent vith the Germans of _this force, Czech patches from [ ed the line the Allied the Czechs A clash in a¥ cros Gi K. of Georze Wells, hairr sorge Forsberg, I Gillin, A. A. Tut Eichstaedt, cha F. Curtis ISP H. fir o man; [8) Polish Johnson Ao LD ilvos w tty mce on 0. « to | { H. for 1l