New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1919, Page 1

INEW BRITAII HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSIN ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919--TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. COUNCIL OF FOUR IS WORKING ON NEW TREATY; AUSTRIA WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SHOULDER ORTION OF INDEMNITY DEMANDED BY ALLIES United States Army Officers, After Studying Treaty of Versailles, tage of the Huns' Military Framework Built up During Past 40 Years is Left ARMY IS SHACKLED; NAVY IS PARALYZED Belief is That Germany Will Be Expected to Buffer State Against On- rush of Bolshevism. Washington, study today of the military terms of the peace treaty convinces army offi- cials here that the point at which it is proposed to start on limitation of maments is the absolute extirpation of militarism in Germany. Not a ves- tige of the vast military built up warld conquest reft, May 8= by Germany is to be Spirit Stamped Out. Measures have been even to stamp out the military spir bred so carefully in the people. Under the treaty any enterprise aim- ing at a military propaganda is for- bidden and military education c be carried on except in the ranks of the army of 100,000 Such an army cannot perpetuate itself in any expand thrcugh turning trained men back to civil life as an unorganized reserve. Army Being Shackled. This feature of the military terms the Inhibition upon. discharging from the army in any year mere than 5 per cent. of its strength—coupled with the 12-year enlistment period, American army office will prevent a recur- rence of the scheme by which Ger- many was once able to throw off the voke Napoleon sought to impose when he limited her army to a few thousand men each yes It was apparent these observers said, that the lesson of that day had been completely learned by the French militarists generally credited with having devised the terms of the present treaty. Hard to Get Recruits. 12-year enlistment period it w s say The quired, make the army highly distasteful the average man. There can be him no hope of advancement but only the drudgery of soldier life for it will not be an expanding force. Officers joubted very much that the allewed could be maintained required by voluntary recruitment. Since the dismantling of the forts on the eastern frontier was not re quired, somen observers here assumed that the treaty contemplated interpos ing Germany and its limited army a buffer against the Bolsheviks in Russia. Should a strong government arise in Russia which could nized by the western powers, it was eaid undoubtedly the reduction of the eastern defense will be insisted upon. Germany As Buffer State. It is the view here that the prov sion of the treaty reserving to some Russian government yet to be indicat- ed all the benefits enjoved by the al- lied and associated powers. probably would cover such an extension. In the meantime, however, Germany is to be kept on guard along her eastern fron- tier in self defense against Bolshe- vism and at the same time acting as a buffer for the western powers. Naval Terms Drastic. The naval terms are if anything more drastic than those imposed as to | the army vy officers sald. From a sea power claiming a strength second only to that f Great Britain, many will be reduced to a na er virtually without rank in the world. The six battleships she may retaln, the largest not to exceed 10,- 000 tons, would not dare risk action with any two modern dreadnoushts, and every other department of the naval service is scaled down accord- Ingly. In the provision that no capital *ship might be replaced until 20 vears of active service had been rendered, naval designers saw the death of the gcence of naval architecture for bat- tle purposes in Germany. The skill (hat created the ships now held by the Allied powers will have died out for want of emplovment, these of- ficors said, long Dbefore the pre- dreadnought battleships of the Ger- man fleet will need it. Air Demands MOst Severe, ‘The same extreme severity poterizes the air terms, out. Ali dirigible balloon building and naviga- tion to be scrapped. All the ex- pense of the war in airplane manu- facture also is to be discarded ang should Germany develop air navigation, she will 3 to build from the ground up. to men as Ger- pow- e char- t was pointed is have Act As Iixtended ! tramework | 10 years of preparation for | formulated nnot | f way or | re- | s calculated to ! for ' 100,000 | be recog- | that Germany has learned of | ever again be free to | Deciare that not a Vis- |WI]ULD BAR REGULARS - IN AMERICAN LEGION | National Guardsmen Show | | | | i | ‘ Animosity to Army Men | at St. Louis Convention. Louis, May 8.—The American | legion, composed of men in the mili- tary or naval service of the govern- ment during the war, opened a three session here today with more 1,000 delegates representing 3 in the union pres- ent. Licut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt of New York presided. Though little accomplished at today session ve the formal opening of the con- ention and examination of creden- | tial§ of the delegates there were indi- cations that the caucus will not be Uentirely peaceful. | The sessions of the various tempor- ary commitees during the last two vs have brought to light many dif- ences of opinion. Foremost among these is the onsion between the National Guard and the regular army. An cffort is being made by National { Guardsmen to exclude regular army | men from the legion, although the tempo executive committee has voted to open the membership to all men and women who 'saw service in the war. Col. Bennett Clark of Mis- | souri Who a few days ago told the | National Guard convention here that | the regular army must be smashed now is the leader of the forces fighting for recognition of the regular army in the legion In addition to the regular army— National Guard affair, many delegates today reiterated previous complaints that the legion would be an officers’®| club and that politics was being play ed in its organization. These charges were denounced by Lieut. Col. Roose- velt, temporary chairman and Col. | Clark, temporary vice chairman of the executive committee in opening addresses today. The proposed rule to limit the en- listed men to 50 per cent. of the mem- | bership, has been stricken out at the | recommendation of Lieut. Col. Roose- velt. St. | than nearly ev was | 150 CONVICTED UNDER | SPY ACT LIBERATED On Recommendation of Attorney General Palmer, President Wil- son Excrcises Clemency. Washington, May 8.—Fifty more men convicted during the war for vio- lation of the espionage act have been | granted clemency by President Wilson | | on recommendation of Attorney Gen- eral Palmer in pursuance of the re- cently announced policy of being lenient to those W have already served a year or more in prison, and whose sentences in the stress of war times now appeared excessive. Perely B. Doe, son of the late chief justice af the New Hampshire supreme court, convicted in Colorado where he had gone for his health. on | la charge of uing circulars con- | | demning the war, was given a com- | mutation of sentence to expire at once. | Others granted clemen trict where they were ccnvicted, the | original sentence and the commuted sentence respectively, include: Lud- weik Bvanicki, Connccticut, 1 year 1| day; time served. Robert Fdwards, Western, Pa.. 1% months’ time served Otto Bruno Reichelt, New Jersey, 8 |vears, one year one dayv. Charles O. Youns (Connecticut) one vear one day, time served. TOMORROW--SLOGAN FIRST TO ACTUALLY START ity Subscribes $2,187,800 and $197,700 More IS Needed VICTORY LOAN IS GAINING If New England Is to Reach Quota, Be Subscribed—New York Report Shows Big Gain. With the end of the Victory loan campaign two days off, the local officials of the drive express little fear that the campaign will but to the contrary, are that the quota will be exceeded by to- morrow’s subscriptions. Today's total is given out by Chairman An- drew J. Sloper as $2,187,300, an crease over yesterday's figures $116,600. New Britain’s quota $2,385.000, of which $197,700, or than $100,000 a day is yet to be raised. of is Its | $40.000.000 Each Day Must | not go over, | confident | in- | less | Tomorrow is expected to be one of | the biggest d. of the factory reports at that time and these, it is hoped by the drive teams, will bring the fund over the top. The banks continue to are to be made | report a large sale of bonds, and one of the officials has reported that of the two million taken in thus far, the banks have sold about one-third. $40,000,000 Necessary. Bosten, May 8.—Subscriptions $25,988,000 during the p: 24 hours brought New England's Victory loan total today to $254,529,000. This left more than $120.000,000 6f the dis- trict quota of $375,000,000 to be sub- ribed before the close of the drive Saturday night, making it necessary to maintain a daily average of up- wards of $40,000,000. While today’s figures showed district as a whole only 67 per cent. subscribed Connecticut was officially over its quota and Vermont had reached the 94 per cent. mark. Figures for the individual states for vesterday follow Massachusetts, $15,020,000; land, $4,814,000; Connecticut, 479,000; Maine $1,431,000; Hampshire, $821,000; Vermont, 000. Rhode $3,- $423,- 8.—An in subscriptions loan total in the New York, May gain of $89,514,200 brought the Victory second federal $883,887,500 at 10 a. m. today. MAY HAVE CLUE Coroner Phelan Receives Anonymoas Letter Purporting to Give Informa- | tion About New Canaan Mystery. Bridgeport, May 8.—An unsigned note received by Coraner John J. Phe- | believed of the lan today contained what is to be a clue to the identity woman found dead in woods last Wednesday. The note, which was mailed in New Haven last night, addressed to “‘Coro- ner John J. Phelan of Fairfield county.” reads as follows: “Find Mary Coleman Center street, New York. to find.” The New York been asked to ass Coleman woman.’ PEKING WIRES ARE CUT Out of No. 126 A good girl authorities have in locating the Ne Communication of Chinecse Capital, According to American Minister’s Report to Secy. Lansing. Paris, May S8.—American Minister Reinsch AMRASSADOR PAGE TN | CONFERENCE WITH TTALIANS, | Paris. May 8.—Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassador to | Ttaly. notified the American delega- tion to the peace conference today that he was ing from Rome for | Paris this morning. The ambassador | reported that he had had a long con- | ference with the French ambassador | at Rome over the Adriatic question i start TO END WILT, FIGHT | HUNGARTANS DECLARE | Copenhagen, May 8.—The Hungar- jan communist government has re- fused the armistice terms offered by | Rumania and has decided to flght 1o the utmost a dispatch from B\ldapefil’ sa | Press)- retary Lansing that all wire communi- cation out of Peking has been cut ex- cept for one wire which goes to Si- beria. TROUBLE IN CHI; Serious Disorders Occur As Result of Recent Decisions in Paris. (By the Associated trouble has broken out in China as a result of the deci- Paris, | slon of the council of three with re- gard to Shantung and Kiao-Chau, ac- cording to news received in authorita- tive circles here. In riots in Peking the house Tsao Yu-Lin, minister of commu tions, who is friendly to Japan, burned. of was [l the | New | | The overnight | reserve district up to | New Canaan | at Peking has informed Sec- | of the drive as many | of | i | his parting salute: | i | | of the devil we will ON NC 3 With Commander John | Towers Takes to Air This Merning, Followed By NC 1 and NC 4. MACHINES ARE DUE AT HALIFAX TONIGHT Route to Be Followed Is to Halifax, Thence to Trepassey, to the Azores, to Portugal and on to Plymouth, England, a Total Flight of 3,925 Miles. New York, May 8.—The first trans- tlantic flight w NC. (navy airplanes) station at m. on the Rockaway 540 miles. The NC 3 with Towers, chief of the first plane to The NC 1 with begun when three Curtiss hydroplanes left..the government's Rockaway Beach at 10 first leg of the journey to Halifax a distance of air, a Commander the cxpedition was take to the air. Lieut. Commander P. N. Bellinger, and the NC 4, with Lieut. Commander A. C. Read as the commanding officers were close be- hind the NC 2. The planes were escorted to sea by squadron of navy scout planes. Route Is Over 3.925 Miles. Proceeding northeastward, of giant air and water reach Halifax before nightfall bar- ring mishaps. Thence the route runs 460 miles to Trepassey, 1,350 miles to the another 800 miles to Por- tugal and on to Plymouth, England. The total distance between Rockaway Reach and Plymouth is 3,925 nautical miles. The NC 3 northerly in half speed a the trio 3 minute cruised for a Jamaica Bay moving through the water and then turned west for the open ocean. throttles were thrown wide open with a roar of the 1,600 horse- motor the plane took to the and power air. One minute later h elf from the water, followed within 50 seconds by the NC 4 and the world’s first trans-oceanic flight was actually in progres Motors Working Welll rounding Rockaway Point the squadron turned east, heading for Montauk Point which is the tip of Long Island, where the course will bend northeast to Cnatham, Ma: on the elbow of Cape Cod, thence con- tinuing over a long stretch of coastal waters to Halifax. When the planes were fully a mile away, the even-toned roar of their motors assured officers that they were working perfectly. The escort- ing scout planes turned back about three miles from Rockaway and the three trans-Atlantic flie sped away on their great adventure. Men Full of Confidence the NC 1 lifted After About 1.200 persons, inculding the 1.000 officers and men of the naval air station watched the three great planes rise from the water and soar out over Jamaica Bay. No elaborate ceremony marked the start, the only thing of the kind was | the presentation of a four leaf clover to each member of the crews by Cap- tain M. A. Irwin of the aviation | section of the naval bureau of opera- tions. Commander Towers expressed the confidence of all that the flight would be successful. As he took his seat in his flagship, NC 8. he waved his hand to the spectators and shouted: Expect to Be First. “Goodbye boys. There is nothing we can see now that will prevent us | being in Halifax by 6 o'clock. We | are confident the American navy will be the first to fly across the Atlantic ocean.” Lieut. Commander P. N. L. Bellin- ger, skipper of the NC 1, offcred as “WIlith the help of God and in spite do this little (Continued on Page Ten. ) WEATHER. Hartford, May 8.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Cooler and increasing cioudi- ness tonight followed y by showers on Friday. | between Fisher’s Island, off New Lon- | NC 3 was passing south and | John | birds should | Yes Should roland at 12:50 p. At { within about 15 miles of Chatham. | Ballantine and Springfield Breweries | of years. S 1the murderer or murderers TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT AVIATORS WELL ON WAY, GOING STRONG Late Afternoon Reports Show Hydro-Planes Near- ing Canadian Waters. New York Atlantic flie May 8—The three trans- were reported passing don, Conn., and Island at about the end 11 o’clock. of Long Block Island, R. I, May 8.—The of Block Island at 11 o'clock going strong. R. 1., May 8.—The naval here was in constant with the three naval planes as they passed along the | Southern New England coast on their flight to Halifax. The fliers reported that the machines were working sat- | isfactorily and making good progress The NC 4 w ightly in the lead with the NC ond and the NC 1 close behind. The three American hydro-air- planes crossed the south end of the island a little after noon. One had a considerable lead and the other two were near together. The weather was perfect. A light west wind fa- vored the filers. Newpor | radio station communication 3 se Woods Hole, Mass., naval fliers passed ove Naushon m. The three ma- chines were close together and flying high. They were going fast, head- ing through Vireyard Sound and ap- proaching the Cape God coast. There was no wind and weather conditions were good. May 8.—The Hyannis Point, Mass., May 8.—The three navy fliers passed Bishop and | Clerk’s light at 1:10. They were Chatham, Mass., May 8.—The three American hydro-airplanes passed the Chatham naval station on their flight ; to Halifax at 1:28 p. m. Taking their bearings from Chatham, they ap- peared to be pointing northeastward on the Cape Sable course. BEER SUPPLY CUT Will Send No More Here Local Dealers Are Informed. After 45 years of thriving wholesale business in this city, the Ballantine Brewing company this week surren- dered its wholesale license for this city to the liquor commissioners and in the future no more beer made by | that company will be shipped into | New Britain. The Ballantine com- | pany has supplied a number of local | saloons for half a century and during that time has always held a wholesale license here for the convenience of the | ment of the as | tion ‘serted country road in his high-pow- | Adam in the Garden of Eden. Five Billion Crown Delimitation of Fr ’[]VER THE TOP BY | AMERICAN NAVY FLIERS ARElEstimate of Sum to be Collected is Put af s; This Provision and ontiers of New State Will be Main Features TAXPAYERS’ LEAGUE .Ask Martin and Audrulewicz to: Work for New Chairman SCHOOL BOARD ROW STARTED These Two Members Are Requested Commission. The executive board Britain Taxpayer: down a heavy administration at evening when it unanimously ask Dr. John E. Martin S, Andrulewicz, school of association ociation, honorable means to chairman of the school board, bec of the actions of the chairman the superintendent of schools. the meeting several executive board severely the actions of the school in quizzing the teachers, their politics. Politics Is One Charge. The board discussed the recent 21 (Continued on Page Ten. ) I3 AFTER GAFFNEY to Use Every Honorable Means to | Secure Change:in Administration of the New laid barrage on the school a meeting held last voted to | and Andrew the members of the board wha have the endorse- | manded of Austria to use every | this sum at present being secure a new{ 000 crowns. use and During members of the censured administra- and attempts to bring that body into PRE-WAR DEBT MUST BE DIVIDED AGAI | Boundary TSetwe;n German: Austria and Italy and Adri atic Questions Will Prob aly Figure in Terms. Paris, May 8, (By The Associated| Press).—The council of four, with Premier Orlando of Italy present, be gan today to arrange the program | for the presentation of peace terms to the Austrian, Hungarian and Bul garian delegates. The Austrian treaty take form. Portions have been drafted 5 Billlon Crowns Demanded. It appears that instead of Ger many being Tequired to pay the en ‘tire indemnity demanded by the Al lies, a considerable sum will be de the imate off 5,000,000, has begun te of it alread Other Treaty Provisions. This indemnity provision and the ‘delimitation of the frontiers of the new state will be the main features of the treaty now in the making, Pro: vision is to be made for dividing Aus-} tria-Hungary's pre-war debt among| the new states formed from territory] formerly belonging to that empire. The frontiers between Germans| Austria and TItaly and probably thel Adriatic settlement will also figure in the Austrian treaty. i LOOKING FOR SHAD, MEETS NAKED MAN Building Inspector Rutherford Has Startling Experience On Wilds of Rocky Hill. Speeding along an apparently de- ered car, en route for Hill, where he intended to secure some shad for breakfast, Building Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford had an experi- ence early this morning as startling as it was novel. Turning a sharp corner near the Beckley-Rocky Hill town line, he came upon a man, wearing less than the conventional garb of Rocky “Stop,” said the nude figure. “I didn't want to run over him, so I stopped” the building inspector said. plant. Notices have also been received by | Jocal salooon keepers daing business with the Springfield brewery that that company has ceased to do busine and when the supply now on hand is | exhausted no more will be sent to this | city. C. J. Curry has been the local | agent of that company far a number | MYSTERY STILL UNSOLV Barre (Vt.) \nthol ities Ha‘v No Suc- | cess in Finding Woman’s Slayer. Barre, Vt., May 8.—No arrests had been made up to this afternoon in the murder case of Mrs. Harry E. Broad- | well, aged 29 years and the mother‘ of three children, whose unclothed | body was found in a garden In the | center of the clty Sunday morning. terial witness in the case had been | eliminated today. She was in a house | of alleged ill-repute where Mrs, Broadwell was reported to have vis- ited Saturday night, but this woman | left early in the evening and, there- | fore, could not say whether Mrs. Broadwell was there. Attorney-General Archibald, who is co-operating with State’s Attorney | say | succeeded in getting the State’s Attorney Davis said that one gridgeport qom'm { woman who was thought to be a ma- | has following names of additional officers and enlisted men of the expeditionary forces to whom he has awarded | aistinguished service cross for acts of extraordinary bravery. Mass | Davis, said today that the state has Bridgeport, Conn.: not offered a reward for conviction of (W, ‘Alexander The brawny and muscular, not to unclothed, figure then insisted on climbing into the local man’s car and demanded that he be driven to the Beckley mills where he was “conduct- ing a dancing class.” He immediately changed what was left of his mind and leaped from the car, but insisted on following the machine at a rapid trot. Finally Mr. Rutherford, with the assistance of several other men, crazy man | back to his home where the authori- | ties were notified. A particularly pathetic phase of this case was that on arriving at the man’s home the party found that his aged mother, 85 years old, was locked in a bedroom, fearing for her own safety at the hands of her crazed son. CONN. BOY DECORATED. is Awarded Dis- nguished Service COross by Pershing. Washington, May 8.—Gen. Pershing cabled the war department the the Lieut. Homer C. Darling, Mendon, PENROSE DEMANDS OPEN SESSIONS, i WITH PUBLIC ADMITTED, AS SENATE MEETS TO DISCUSS PEACE TREATY Senator Says He Fails to See| Where America Obtains| Any Substantial Results From Terms Imposed. Harrisburg, Pa., May 8—U. 8 Senator Boise Penrose today declared | for! “open, public sessions” of the senate for the discussion of the peace treaty. The senator made a state= ment in regard to the treaty and thel coming session of congress shortly before leaving for Washington. Deplores Secret Meetings. “‘Notwithstanding the fact that we were promised open covenants, open= ly arrived at, we have as a matter of fact had nothing but secrecy andl mystery. The time has come to turn on the light. We should not be called upon to take such a departure from our traditions and policies without! the fullest information as to the di< rection we are ing,” sald he. i The senator said that it seemed tof him that the United States was tol occupy a foremost place in financiall and economic matter and that in= formation regarding the extent was { lacking. “It remains to be seen how | far we are called upon to assume | inancial and economic ponsibil ( ties and how far public 1itiment in the United States will tolerate such { assumption,” d he. America Gets Noth ng. “Except in the fact that the men= ace of German militarism is removed the American people do not seem to be getting any substantial results of the treaty in the way of indémnities, reparation or other compensation,” continued the senator who said the article in the league of nations cove= nant which stands out ‘“‘most promi- nently as a source of trouble is an article guaranteeir the present oundaries and integrity of nations. ‘That the geography of the world should be fixed on an inflexible and unalterable basis is open to grave question as being opposed to the progress and development of eivili- zation,” commented the senator. foreover such a proposition de- stroys all hope for oppressed peoples or dissatisfied peoples such as those Sergt. Robert L. Corporal George Latrobe, Pa.; Private Scandel, Shenandoah, Pa. Collins, McFarland, in Korea and Ireland ances, real or alleged whose griev- do not secure (Continued on Page Ten) G