New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1919, Page 1

T t 3 "TO THE SERVICE. = NEW BRITAI! i HERALD “ADS"” ME BETTER BUSIN ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 191 9. T\V’FNTY ')AGES PRICE THREE CENTS SOCIALISTS DEMAND FREEDOM OF SPEECH AT PUBLIC MEETING Also Insist That Pri- soners Arrested For| Talking Too Much Be Released at Once | CONTRIBUTE $25 TO LAWRENCE STRIKERS Withdrawal of Tloops Fromn Russia and Repeal of Es- i pionage Act is Also Urged | in Reselutions. held in Ukr: under the Britain socialist | rich Tliated two | circle branches and the ! alist-labor party, about | were in attendance and were adopted calling for | troops from Rus- ! the espionage act, ! prisoners incarcer- views, the liftir niceting evening New kmen's Jewish soc 600 people resolutions the wirthdra sia, the repcal the releasc of ated for ti of the emb: of all r war tion and vience Strike Supported. ‘The e meet [elt was calied to ord and order- two plain the audience were with- outside at ki was Iy throy clothesm- in eas 1 times inz arou ) received considerable he read a speech préepared by V. Debs, tic socialist serving a - vrisomn e irman of enth and when Eugene leader mnaw sentenc and in whose behalf it w Ny ad- that this meeting to. be Aftor the meeting oluntary -ontribution was ken nd the amount coliected, be for- warded he nce strikers. Following the of the resolu- ticns wdopted - by meeting last night n to text the s of s great the world class of producers is at. I mani- its powe Kaisers ~ and and potentates have felt the strong arm of lahor. “Thiones have crumbled sceptres have vanished into thin air. Labor now knows its strength. Labor now makes demands. And these de- mands are heard. they must be heard, labor in its might has achieve for labor fast law. The working cl Tt of France, other Europ ing class of Stutes join o is wealth fes for to is beca of Sweden an countries; nada and of the United | ch other in making the following cemands from those in present political and industrial con- trol of the United States. “1. We demand the immediate re- 1 of the espionage act. 2. We demand the immediate re- establishment of the rights speech, free press and free blage. and of assem- . We demand the withdrawai of troops from Russia. “4. We cemand that all nations be permittad to determine their form of government without interference from froops that were sent to Europ to ‘make the world safe for racy immediate We d>mand the immediate re- lease of all political, religious, in- dustrial ani other prisoners inca cerated for ‘their war views and im- 2ssation of prosecutions. demand that the United recognize the Soviet govern- of Tarope. We demand that the embargo on foreign emigration be raised. “8. We demand the repeal of all laws imposing unjust extra taxation on forelgn-born. residents. of. the United States “Resolved resolutions press and who ought That a copy of these be made public in the hat they be sent to all to take heed.” 5-DAY WORKING WEEK. Seattle Building Trades Wil Not We Operatives k Saturdays or Sundays. Reginning tomor- week wili be enforced, accordi nnouncement today by the Building Trades council, repre- senting 6,000 workers. No work will Te done on Saturday and Sunday. said to have been belief that more men could be =iven employment in the purlding trades. COMMUNISTS OVERTHROWN. paris, May 2.—Bavarian govern- ms!nr;”troop» ptured Munich from the communists on Thursday morn- ing, according advices reaching bere today. to { to keep ! cel post - all the meot- | into dust, | learned | and labor's word | of England, of | the work- | of free democ- Lead to Identity of Con- spirators, i in this dis- To brevent a recurrence city, of the bomb plots recently ered through the agency of the New York post office, Postmaster Wil liam F. Delaney has issued an order to the cmployes of the local office that all packages are to be reported to 1im at once if there is any reason to suspect that they contain a destruc- tive machine. Similar orders are id to be in ct in other cities throughout the this city was given out cov several | LOCAL POSTOFFICE CLERKS ARE ON LOOKOUT FOR SUSPICIOUS PARCELS THAT MIGHT CONTAIN DEADLY BOMBS New York huih: Thosshi) 'POLICE IN BOSTON to Have Clue Which ‘VIaV‘ HAVING BUSY TIME More Than 100 Men and Women' Arraigned for Rioting TWO ARE SENT T0 JAIL state but the order in | before the notice from the post office departme As yet no packages have Dbeen reporicd to the postmaster being of a suspicious nature and while there is no reason to believe that any will be found here it is the tion of a vigilant watch on all par- pack Watch iept in Hartford. rtford, May A notic posted in the { day instructing employes ! suspicious appeari | the postmaster at once. Wilson said it was a pre order; that nothing resembling a bomb vackage had been seen. Ha J was to pac = report ages to stmaster New Yorkers Have Clue. New Yor May 2.—Federal and police investigators of the bomb co cassinate - prominent men pressed opinion today that they had found a cluc that might lead to the discovery of the conspirators when they learn the identity of the peculi- arly designed paper with which the boxes containing the deadly contriv- ances were covered. Their hope was ex- i (Continued on Page Four) WILL PROBABLY SIGN Indications Are That War | Will Officially End Dur- ing Week of 25th. (By the Associated Press.) If the work of carryi phase gresses acco lined in Paris dispatches, the treaty ending the great war will probably be signed early in the week beginning May The n‘en(\ will be presented | Germans on Monday afternoon. Re- ports from the peace conference indi- cate that it is to be a ‘victors’ peace,’ and there will be no oral tions except the merest formalities when the treaty is handed over. Fii- | teen days will be given the enemy to the treaty with an additional or a week for the exchange of views between the Allied and Ger- man delegations, Thus, at the latest, if present plans are followed, May should see peace reigning once more between Germany and the Allied and asociated governments. A secret plenar; ference will be | of the peace negotiations pro- to ion of the con- held on Saturday while on Monday & meeting will be held for the organization of the League of Nations. Italy is still not represented at the conference but her ambassador is invited to attend such conferences as th | gation from that country would at- | tend. He probably was asked formal- sent his nation at the formal launch- ing of the Leaguc of Nation. The Council of Three held a meet- ing yesterday and} besides consider ing the disposition:of the German « Dbles, gave Belgium a prior claim on $500,000,000 of the reparation moneys to be received frorth Germany. Germany’s delegation exchanged credentials with Allied represen tives erday, the meeting being very brief and formal. Count von | Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German for- | eign secretary, appeared almost over come with the sense of his country defeat when confronted by the Allied delegation. The city of Munich held by Soviet forces, has not yet been taken by Ger- | man movernment troops in spite of rumors indicating it had fallen. Tt is | hemmed in by the government sol- dfers, however, and it seems that a { general attack upon it will not be long 5 L delayed. | en by | recurrence of inten- ; the local postoffice authorities | | the police | was carefully guarded Hartford post office to- | utionary | ; | | v carried on through the mails ' TREATY IN'FEW WEEKS | Mark’ | pal ng out the last | ding to the schedule out- | ¥ the | conversa- | S upon. Route Over Which Prisoners Taken is Carefully Guarded to Pre- Are vent Recurrence of Yesterday's Dis- orders, Boston, the May 2—Measures w police today to preve the rioting of Roxbury district when more than 100 men and women were arrested in connection with red flag demonstrations. The route over which the prisoners were transferred from stations to the court house in anticipation of possible attempts at rescue. soon as the prisoners reached > court house they were placed in the detention cells in the basement while preparations for their arraign- ment went on in the court room. “Youngest Student” Arvested. One of the prisoners said he was William Siddis, who while a Harvard student attracted attention as’ the voungest student to receive a degree. He is a son of Dr. Boris Siddis, a psy chopathologist. Two Sent to Jail. Up to noon five men had been raigned. charged with “taking part in an affray.”” Two of the number, Ernest Greenberg of Watertown, and Arnold Jancton of Arlington, were found guilty and sentenced to serve two months each in the house' of cor- rection. The others were discharged. ST. MARK’'S PECGPLE PLAN NEW CHURCH day in the ar- Building Will Be on Corner Lot— Parish Housc Will Be First Evected. The building committee of St. Episcopal church has engaged the architects of the firm of Carrere and Hastings, of New York city, to make plans for the new church and sh housc. Sketches are now being submitted to the comittee but no plan has as et bheen definitely decided upon, for either building. It is proposed to build a new parish house, before the ] ercction of the church, and the cor- ner lot will be used for the new church, which will be much larger than the oll edifice. Financial rlans for being determined by committee, 2nd after submitted te the vestry In the generous by Darius Miller to St. Mark’s parish, it h been found that it will not be necessary to ask the people of the parish to contribute toward the build- the project are the building having been will be acted | donation given i ing. { the > regular peace dele- | | last 1y to be present on Monday to repre- | { changes in social o1 i ques PROSECU "TED. Palmer Gets Evidence and Will Against May Day Speakers. Act Washington, May 2.—Evidence on series of M Day demonstrations radicals throughout the country gathered by Department of Jus- agents in each locality and re- will be forwarded to the depart- here within a few da; The report which had reached here night came from Cleveland. So long as speakers do not advocate, torcible overthrow of existing govern- ment as a means toward revolution, federal authorities will take no ac- tion, it stated. This is in acc ance with the announced policy of Attorney-General Palmer, whose pur- pose, it was explained today, is to per- mit free discussion of proposed political svstems, by w tic port ment only provided the means are peaceable. Riots or other disorders in connec- tion with the meetings are entirely ions for local authorities, it was explained. FORMER CONGRESSMAN DEAD. Portland, Me., May The death in Washington of former Congre: man Asher Hinds, compiler of “Par; liamentary Precedents of the House of Representative and for a num- ber of vcars clerk at the speaker’s table in congress, was announced here Atoday SUBSCRIPTIONS T0 VICTORY LOAN ARE $120,000 Added Since Yesterday, Brings New Britain’s Total Figure Up to $1,422,7560 FAFNIR BEARING TAKES $38,000; $100 PER MAN England Stands at $158,259,000 New —National ReportShowsThat Coun- is Lagging Behind Record Set in Previous Drives—Connceticut Has Taken More Than Two-Thirds of Its Quota. The Boys' club band will tour the streets of the ciiy tonight with several | prominent speal to keep alive the interest in the Victory loan drive, and sireet carmer meetings and concert Will be held until 10:30 p. m. Ct man Andrew J reports thi €rnoon that the has inc $120.000. Sloper att. | fund sterday one As to- of the that it of the king ¥ f the drive. in many expected best days ) morrow is local factori will be one drive. is of the $38.,000 at One Factory. With the loan about half over, employes of the Fafnir Bearing com- pany have subscribed for worth of government securities of the fifth loan and prospects for the sale of a number of bonds to raise this figure are bright in the factory. The average for each subscriber at Fafnir's is $190 which the team in charge of the d*ive believes is higher than in most fac- tories in the eit Shop Sales Good. Other factories report large sales and as the committee anticipated, port that they are planning for a strong drive tomorrow as most of the emploves will have been paid and will {be prepared to make investment ir the Joan. In several of the factor the drive is being conducted by an in- dividual—a representative of the of- {fice force—while in other shops the foreman of cach department is placed | ploves. Many Sales Over Counter. In the local tions are being received and pected that during the 1 the drive the sale f in th tions will be even la mercial Trust comp: ported the e of bonds since April Relic Train Here Che relic train is on its way fo this city and will be here as per schedule an Sunday morning. The train is to be placed on exhibition in fwo oth jcitics before coming here and in each city one full day. In this city the o be placed on the Commercial street ding and guides will be on hand |from early in the marning until the train departs in the afternoon. Se: eral speakers accompany the trair chief among them being Dr. M. N | Graham, who is in charge of the ex | hibit. banks large subscrip- it is ex- st week of se institu- The Com- nizht worth ast 5,000 re- of { n, i New England’s Report. Boston. May 2.—New England Victory loan total stood today at $158.259.000. This was an overnight gain of but $13,068.000. less than half the daily average necessary to enable J 1] | Continued on Page Four) 200 PRI‘%O\‘ERS IN CLEVELAND COURT Mey-Day Rioting Results in Many Arrest:—Socialist Candidate ' foc Mayor Held. ©F Cleveland, dred prisons crowds ever court here, were a [ing as a rvesult of yesterday's May Day disorde C. E. Ruthenbur, former candidate for mayor on the 2.—Two hun- the before police igned this morn- May one of { brought tained. Rioting precipitated by a socialist parade yest:rday afternoon in the death of an unidentified man and injury of more than 60 others, two perhaps fatally, wa street fighting in many [ Cleveland last night. included among the 16 policemer. Lieut. Nelson J. er, whose skull was fractured night disturbance, and an were said by hospital be dying A pcialist scene of mruch disorder following (I'c wrecking headquarte ring parts of ihee meeting hall was st the 1z night of socialist the afternoon. | = | WEATHER. 1 ! Hartford. May 2.—Fore- | cast for New Britain and vi- | i air tonight and Sat- POURING IN DAILY reased | bringing the total to date to | $38,000 re- | in charge of the drive among his em- | the relics will be on exhibition for | largest | socialist ticket, was among those de- | resulting | followed by | injured were | Meek- | Ttalian, | physicians to | | | | | | | Most Impor (GABLES HIS GRATIFIGATION Statcment Sent ingman is to guarded and Washington, Wilson cabled | program lr\>;v1y of | the most {the new d of lahor ar | intelligently { moted.” President | Mr. Wilson | regardea the of the most gra of the conferen other single thi | done would hel I'of labor | ultimately ditions which peace y in to important safeguarded labor atifying throughout “relieve the unhappy in am Achievement Secretary Expresses Satisfaction That Work- Be Intelligently Promoted. May 2.—President Secretary Tumulty ”‘B‘vo«m\ that in his opinion the labor adopted as part of itutes one ‘hievements h the ematically and ““co whi be svs wesses Pleasure. id that he per: programs ac believed had s ce and ng that p stabil the world too many have prevailed. Text of The message | | | “The labor conference of {a part of the stitutes one of achievements of the interests of | tematically and guarded and multitude of great step forws looked, and yet that o out the world the unhappy many places 1 mos gratifying conference.” BELIEVED A. C. Townlcy, Non-Partisan | silbert, St. Paul, president of san league, league organizer {Jackson count {loyalty, the state |today. The dec | county district murrers bronugh {bert who sought ments quashed w I Gitbert is |made public |discourage | the wa | Townley respons Isan league pam | dictment holds, act. May the utts and v ALIEN Cape Town, cent disturbanc: between int government, the nounces, aliens. tion of all Bolshevik or ganda. per otk WOMEN O So Sylvia honey Will May Ren London, {and rested vesterday tempted to force in po give onstration ardered to chavior. Neither bond and 4 i tion, | | | would they the White House prog: peace pr has been done stabilize conditions and conditions ha regard Organize and court charged patriotic the South a Montreal.—As a result of the re- | ing the last five years period, whereas in Johannesburg | national returned soldiers, will introduce a bill in par- | © liament calling for registration of all | I'® Amelia Mahoney His Message. made public follows: am which has adopted treaty the most lavor are to be s intelligently safe- omoted. Amidst other intere: th is apt to be ovs other rd no of ultimately which ave prevailed. this as one achievements of the in Per DISLOYAL, MUST STAND TRIAZL President of National League and Joseph 'y, Indicted. . Townley, Non-Parti- Joseph Gilbert, = must stand trial on charges of upreme court on of the Ja over-ruling de- t by Townley and Gil to have the indict- as sustained. with ces designed to co-operation in indctment holds ible for phlet. which the in- folated the esplonago dis- ruled it e South African Government to Deport | Any Person Spreading Propaganda. 2 Africa, May 2, es socialists and the South African acting premier an- It will provide also for the deporta- | ons her participating dangerous in propa- N'T BE GOOD. Pankhurst and Amelia Ma- nain in London Jail. e Sylvia Pankhurs who were when women at- an entrance into the | house of commons in a May day dem- toda their lice court honds for were give the necessary remain under deten- Tumulty | Safe- tire of interesis ! a pro- onally one ievements no been ze conditions | and con- places at the us of peace con- important the new day in which | the single thing will help more 1. labor througt:.- relieve <00 | of they m son having a non-parti- | i good | tion is Net Made Today, Passed. Hartford, created y enate’s May erday difficulty ion of the suffrage bill wa topic of genera discussion among members of both branches of the gene embly { day. It was expected that sta as to temporary bill would be made in the from the office of the state today i Speaker Walsh referred ing that the house { ing it sensatior of —The reason by in woman's enate secretar anc o to clerks, to the office of the had complied the of the secretary strictly with Motion For Reconsidera- | Measure is Automatically to- tements whereabouts of that When the house opened, | bill, | in send- ROUNfl-UP OF REDS PLANNED IN DRIVE ON BOMB PLOTTERS 'SUNDAY MOVIES BILL TO BECOME|Cablegrams have beef STATE LAW JULY 1 UNLESS HOUSE \MEMBERS DESIRE ANOTHER BALLOT| gates warning them WILSON GLAD THAT [ LABOR GETS PLACE Considers This Phase of Treaty| sent to Peace Dele | of suspicious pack | ages. E HOUSE RAIDED, EXPLOBIVES FOUNI | I | n the ! os- . Wide Publicity Given Deadly 1 n Schemes Expected to Foil Frendish Aims of Con .| spirators. 5 . New York, May 2. lice officials were round-up connection the Federal and pe. ted to make here today inf investigation into Day conspirae expe of “Reds” with the nation-wide May rulo= of the house and he exonerated | to kill prominent men with bombs ad. them { rules. from any violation of Will Accept Motion. Mr. King, the floor leader, ask the house to refuse passage of the Sunday bill over the governor's that if anyone of the sired, he would make reconsideration in the hope that would not prevail. If no such motior is made today, did veto. minority July 1. B Boxing Bill Back Again. The boxing commission bill ported for the third time by ciary committee for sideration. ably reported by this committee, re the judi legislative payment of the commissioners’ aries and expenses by the state. appropriations committee the commission | porting. The now returns it for state support. Juvenile Court in Bridgeport Tabled. A bill for a juvenil court Bridgeport was favorably and Senator sage. Senator be tabled. to 10. The house adopted a bill creating commission to investigate depend- should be judiciary Delaney The bill asked that was tabled, 14 i i [ i a (Continued on Page Four) 13,224 LYNCHINGS IN PAST THIRTY YEARS Mob Violence in South Far Exceeds Other Sections of Country. ew York, May 2.—In the last 30 | years, 3,224 persons have been put ! 1o death by mobs, according to a re- port made public today by the Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored Pcople. For the 30 yvear period from 1889 through 191%, the north has had 219 victims, the sauth 2,834, the west 156 and Alaska and other localties 15 “Fifty colored women and 11 white women werc lynched in 14 states” the report says. “Thirteen of the 14 state: in which women fell victims to mob: were southern states, Nebraska being lynched women. together have lynched 21 persons dur- during ths same time 304 were lynched in the south. Regarding President Wilson's ap- peal to state governors and other civil officers to prevent lynching, port says “Despite President Wilson's earnest appeal mad: under such extraordin- ary circumstances, lynchings contin- persons the war with unabated fury. three negroes—five of them and four wkite men fell i | Sixty- i vomen— victims to no case was any member of the mobs convicted In any court and in only j twc instan were trials held. In both of these instances the mob mem- {bers were ncquitted | Tn conclusion the report say: “It is apparent that lynchings of negroes for other causes than the so- calied ‘one crime’ have for the whole period been a large majority of all Iynchings, «nd that for the last five years' less than one in five of the colored {of rape or ‘attacks upon women.'* the joint not to reconsider moving picture ing de- | the motion for ; it the bill becomes a law and takes effect with the session laws, was re- con- Originally it was unfavor- committed and reported in a modified (form and sent to the appropriations | { committee, because it provided for the sal- | The returned the bill on the ground that it believed | kill prominent men by sending bombs self-sup- committee | without the provision in | reported Clark asked for its pas- it the only state outside the south whmh t The north and west | © e | ued during the remaining period of | mob ruthlessness during 1918 and in | virtims have been accused | dressed to them Twenty-five of thes known to have been d exploding and the others over to the authorities. that the through the mails. machines arg batched, on being turned] It is assumed] urnings sent broadeast ren. ders it improbable that any bombg which may still be in transit will ae complish the expectation designed fo them. 1 t Abroad. It was reported today that ca. blegrams had been sent to memberd | of the peace delegation in Paris warn | ing against opening packages. Hows ever, it was declared nothing had| bees learned by investizgators to indi: | cate that any deadly contrivances ha | been sent abroad Bomb Squad Makes Raid. A large quantity of explosives con. fiscated by police and federal agents at a house in West 45th Street was bed ing examined at police headquarte today in connection with the inv gation of the May Day conspiracy tol i through the mails. Officials announc-| | ed that the house was raided 5t night by detectives of the police ded purlmcm's ‘borab squad.’ In Medical Institute, The house in which the were found was described lice as a “medical institute” for thel treatment of drug addicts. The pro= prietor of the place, Charles R. Bald~ win, was arrested, charged with vio- lation of the drug act, a guantity of drugs also being found. The explos | sives consisted of 30 eight-ounce hots | tles of various explosive chemicall according to the police. Baldwin des | nied knowing that the bottles were in his quarters. explosives| by the po-| | AMERICAN QOLDIER IS LECTURE TOPI( | Program to Be Carried Out May 25 At Lyceum Theater—Reverend Fitzgerald Speaker, “The American Soidier, His Hero= { ism in the Civil and in the Late World | War,” is the topic of a lecture to ba Sunday afternoon, Map 25, im Lyceum theater by Rev. John J. | Fitzgerald. pastor of the church of | St. John the E list, and the lee- | ture promises to be one of the most | interesting and largely attended meet~ ings of its kind held in this eity im some time. A The use of the er has been do- | nated by George LeWitt and the serv= ice men of St. John's parish are to be of honor, seats having been rranged to be placed on the stage for Proceeding the talk by Father rald, motion pictures will be a | given ; n e 1 vice men will also be the | guests of the members of St. John's | parish in the parish hall on the same evening when a welcome honfl#érecep~ tion and banquet will be held. A pros gram is being arranged foy the eve= ‘n-xg and invitations have been sent to ail the men of the parish who have seen service in the army, navy or mas | rine corps e se GROWS, DESPITE WAR. Cunard Steamship Co. Now Controls More Than Million Tons of Shipping. London, May 1-—The development of the Cupard Steamship Co. was [ shown to have been very large and entire! tisfactory during the war in : reports subnistted at the annual meet= {ing of the company held yesterday. t It was pointed out on December | 31, 1890, the vessels belonging to the ! company had a total capaeity of 1 276,000 tons and the company now ! holds or controls more than 1,080,000 tons and has 500,000 tons of shippings under construction for various come 4 panies, — g i