New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1919, Page 6

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RENCE EARL 115 FSTRIKE T0 SETTLE mer Local Man, With Cleve- | and Co., Won't Reinstate Help Clarence A. ¥ Corbin ce-pr darl, formerly with now o Screw of Overland auto- Bobile company, has a strike of about corporation, sident the 500 employes on his hands which he tryving to settle In addition he of 800 em- Autolite faced with of subsidiary E The Overland employes quit as ual yesterday at 3:30 o’clock in de fince of orders of their employ tay on the job until 4:06 p. m. clitded in the employes to cast their Pt with the men were 6500 women, mployed at the Overland as sew- Prs, upholsterers and in the mailing bom. They belong to union Viee-President Clarence A. Earl of e Overland declared that each mploye quitting at 3:30 had for- eited his job. ¥e made no state- nent as to what effort would be nade to replace the workers, but said he doors would not be locked against fhem. Under the forty-elght-hour plan rhich went into effect yesterday the en were to quit the first five work- ng days of each week at 4:06 p. m., nstead of 3:30, putting in eight hours hnd thirty-six nrinutes daily and stop- ping at noon Saturday Tnton men at the Overland said hey expected the 3,000 non-union bvorkers would walk out in sympa- hy. Threats of violence against them f they failed to quit were made. Po- ice Chief Herbert announced thirty- ve patrolmen were being held in Te- erve to zo to the Overland and Auto- ite plants in case of trouble. Polico are on guard at the plant but there has been no disorder. The en have been working forty-five hours a week. Company officials sev- ral days ago informed the employes hat eompetition in the automobile ndustry made six working days sight hours each compulsory. Ir. Earl last evening made the fol- owing statement: The majority of men who left heir work at 3:30 today were ma- hinists. All departments of the plant vhere there are enough men to op- rate them will be running tomorrow. fen who left their work at 3:30 yes- erday will not be taken back. Later Mr. Earl informed labor of- ficials that there would be no ut of the men and that the doors vould not be locked against them. H eclared, however, that the notices in- forming the men that t 3:30 would forfeit their Jjobs would be carried out to the letter. a strike oyes the Electric Co., Should a final break come between he company and its employes wher R men return tomorrow morning t will include the Willys-Overland anch plants at Elmira, N. Y., and lyria, O. Such action was agreed ipon at a meeting of representatives if the local unions and delegates vom those plants nearly a month it is said. John N. Willys, head b7 the company, is in New York city. of Tock- | those leaving | NAVAL FLIERS NOT : ! PERMITTED TO GO ! | Machines Injured by Flames Repaired, | But Weather Conditions Prevent | Start for Halifax. New York, May 6.—The start today of the Navy depurtment’s | { trans-Atlantic flight by way of Halifax f\\u postponed shortly after v o’'clock this morning of adver weather conditions. The NC-1, which fire vesterday, was repaired during the night and out on the runway, ready to take her place with the two other planes. The NC-3 NC-4 also were ready for the fli should | the wind moderate. Though awaiting a of | North Atlantic weather conditions be- fore making an official announcement, Commander Towers stated at § it was very cert no attempt would be made to start As the morn- ing ressed abated | somewhat off hom station of the NC plar wes reported gene north winds along the coast and a storm at be Cod, Mass. departure would made be- 10 a. m. the day that le weather conditions were re- Commander John L. Towers because was damaged run wnd ht synopsis m in Ly. th Rock winds Point, , but prog way observers fore on first favors ported, said. ‘Observations along the North Atlan- tle st this morning indicated a probability that northea winds, which prevented the flight today, would continue tomorrow Helped A. E. F. Acr P Lieut. Com. George who saw one-fourth |erass the ocecan Vaughan who is a pri !iv\,utnn surgeon, was he 1()\1: Leviathan and mac i Tully Vaughan of the A. B, I safely. Com. ninent W i surgeon of more than 0 trips to ice on the giant ship. 1nOUSANDS STARVE fléRANDEGEE LEAGUE OF NATIONS | AT FOOT OF MT. ARARAT, WHERE ARK RESTED s s OS5 S S 5573535 S SR SR ssages from the destitute areas of the 1 rat, where, according to one of the most familiar of the Bible stories, the Ark came to rest when the great flood subsided the center of the region from w suffering. At the foot two towns of I f the mountain are the ivan and Etchmiadzin, the latter containing the famous Ar- wmenian catnedral, 8oco _years old. Twenty-five miles away is Ashtarag. The three towns are mentioned in dis- patches just reccived by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief as in desperate need of relicf. One of the dispatches says that there/loaded to ca are 45,000 people in Erivan without bread, and that the orphanages arc in “territie. condition.” It continues: «There is not a_dog, eat, horse, camel or any liv gion. Refuace women were scen ar East disclose that Mt Ara-:thcxr bare hands. ) 1 thing in all the Igdir re- d to i todaynow starving in Western Asia. A m a dead horse with Thirty deaths a day e reported from Ashtarag, twenty- e from Etchmiadzin.” Near by, to the North, stripy is Tiflis, and \from this point has con ch come reports of greatest|which says: |try are lidly gro : “Conditions frightful and me ing worse. It is concentrat- region for refugees from other parts. People starving, dying by thou- sands, and are down to using dead bodies for food.” The American Committce for Ar- d Syrian Relief within the onths has sent out seven of workers, four s pacity with supplies, and has bought and distributed large quan- ing contingents dispatch from the front, however, em- [phasizes that much more must be dove lif it is hoped to save the 4,000,008 itiucs of supplies locally. Almost every 0 THE PUBLIC Have you Bread ¢ ever realized when v our service cars and trucks that reading the sign. Ne Maid the product is baked in the finest and bést equipped ‘in ihe state, with all the modern san- itary of our New Maid Bread and wipment and under absolute scientific control? Try a loaf be convinecd of its superiority, J. E. Murphy Sons Baking Company 14 WINTER STREFT. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. SCORES Thinks Senate Should Consider Elibu Root Amendments That Peace Conference Has Rejected. Washington, member tions sued May Cont republi forel e comumnitte in a statement is- last night declared that ‘“in view the deliberate refusal of the pe confer to incorporate in the constitution of the League Of > tions all or any the nendments submitied by former Senator Toot it becomes the solemn responsibility of the \te of the United States to consider the.proposals which the con- ference has rejected.” nator Brandegee reviewed the umendments to the original cove- st sted by Mr. Root in a let- to Will Hays, republican national virman and asserted that the Tevis- de ol of ticut the senate ter senator Bran- | stitution embodied no one ix suggesied amendments The amendment of the covenant to preserve the Monroo Doetrine not follow the suggestion of Mr, the Connecticnt scnator said classifies the doetrine as “regional understanding” and leave to the “cabinet of nine to determine in any emergency whether or not to nize the validity of the doctrine.” RED CROSS ARRIVES, of does recog- A\merican Mission to Albania is Head. ed By Man ¥From New Haven, 0, Albania, April 17. pondence of the Associated The American fted Cross mission to Albania in charge of Major Robert C. Denison of New Haven, Conn., and comprising 50 members, is at worl here. The mission has with it a large auantity of food clothing and medical supplies which it i distributing to the POOr from bases established at Seu- tor, Tirano and Du A hospital will be opened at Tirano to fake ear of the destity r (Cor Press !BIG CROWDS GREET | AMERICAN WORKER; Ttoot | People of Dublin Turn Out En Masse to Welcome Those Who Are Trying to Aid. Dublin, May 5, (By the Associated Press) Lyan of Philadel- | phia and former Governor Dunn Ilino Aichael sdward T, | representatives of the Irish socicties in the United States arrived here today f of om Belfast. They were met at the station by which formed and escorted the | the principal str | Notwithst ling the | seription of meetin | there no | demonstration. enormo | crowd a4 procession Americans through ots. military ind processions interference with the | Upon rrival at | their hotel the Am addressed | the assembly from w window dwelling Lon the ohjects of the war and claini- | pro- ir ricans | Jeaders the right of self ~ determination and 2 republican form of government for the Irish. They declared the lrish were as much entitled to those rights as the Jugo-Slavs. Several Sinn Fein | Is0 made addr The | atlon ended near midnight. | ses. demon ACTOR TAKDN TLI. | pr. Harmon Unable to Go On With Act at Palace Theater. one of the vaudeville theater taken suddenly ill last Dr. Harmon, acts appearing at the Palace this week, was ovoning just as he was about to make his appearance on the stage. He had a sudden attack of heart trouble and, Although an announcement was made from the stage that he would be able to appear later condition berame Sarious and removed to his hotel The management of the Palacc theater announced today that he had recovered sufficiently to continue his | engagement and would positively ap, rear tonight. | e e e e e e et e e s e . Let us Heal Buy another and get your 33 It also shows that New Englanders do care, and that their stern sense of justice, requiring reparation for injuries done,is accompanied by a loving sympathy for cruelly injured peoples. The peace which we mean shall be main- Everyone who has patriotically subscribed to Loan,—the“Vi&orious Fifth” —should buy another and get a 33 insignia towearwith his Liberty Loan Button. It is a sign that the wearer is once a patriot, the“Victory”’Liberty twice a patriot, always a patriot. RE. TATE, Much Property is Changing Hands 1n This City—Increase Looked Fop. Many res state transfers vaR that New Britain business men Ui now as never hefore the big v a)l estatc as well as gold bond ip ments. Many real estate brokers look for & boam toward the south en. of the city especially Arch street, be cause of the fact that the subway i built through this street, trees are cut down and telephone wires are under the ground w Britain has been standing still but is now beginning to lize that We are a city of nearly 000 and still growing. The adver tisement of T. W. O'Connor in this is- ills for comment.—advt T S 2 T SR Fox’s - Thurs. Fri. Sat “The Tiger’s Trail’ PREPARE TO SHIVER, SHAKE ND APPLAUD 1lues in tained must be based on T'ruth and Justice. “Patriotically Save for a Prosperous Peace. Keep the Habit Going Buy Another and get a X)) At any Bank—for Cash or on Instalments Liberty Loan Committee of New Britain

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