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

w}\ News of the World. | BY Associated Preis. J) NEW BRETAEN ALD t HERALD “ADS” N BETTER BUS] PRICE THREE CENTS. 191") —E xll'l“Ll N PZ\GES 1876, ESTABLISHEL 30,000 GEASE WORK | BUT NO DISORDERS: SEEN IN WINNIPEG Walkout of Telephone Operators. Paralyzes Al Telephonic i Communication—All Classes Involved ’ TROLLEY CAR MEN ARE OUT IN PITTSBURGH ! !t Other Canadian sStrikers Want Pay Increase aud Also Will Demand Deportation of Undesirable Enemy Alicns-— | Smoky City Street Car n Scck Increase of 12 Cents Per Hour in | Their Wages. ! Winnipeg, Man., May phonc operators in all the local e changes joined the general strike her: today, paralyzing all telephonic munication. Perfect er so far has marked the general strike which today nearly 30,000 workers branch of the city’s activity With strike of the metal and! building trades on May 1 the walkout | has gathered strength until nearly all | the retail stores and plants are in- volved together with railroad shops and in some cases bakers. “ Al Classes Aficeted, The generai walkout began o'clock vesterday d spread rapidly | to all classes of workers, even clerks in the City hali and 269 postoffice em- ployes quitting their places. Police- men remained on duty at the request ! of the strike committee but fire sta- tions were manned entirely by volun- teers. Employes quit in the water works and lighting plants. Demand of kers, Recognition of the unions and wage increases were first causes for refusa !’ of the workers to consider arbitration but several issues were injected by the | (Continued on 16.—Tele- com- | involved | in almost ever a at 11 >age Nine) COUPLE ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGE Long | i Mrs. Isabel Parker and George Informally Accused of Killing Vermont Woman. Barre, Vt., May 16.—After spending | last night in the Washington county jail, M Isabel Parker and George A. Long were informally arraigned n Barre court tod on the charge of | murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Lucina C. Broadwell, who was strangled on the night of May 3-1. No pleas were entered and the casas were continued to June for a pre- liminary heaving on request of [ State’s Attorney Davis. Gabriel Bianchi, who spent part of the night of May 3-4 at Mrs. Parkar's | residence, Gertrude Hunt, who sail she saw Mrs. Broadwell at the Parker house, J h Shadrouai, 2 merchant whose s Just @ the street from the Parker place and who is sald to have sold veal to George Long on the evening o6f May and Irving B. Smith, who reported that he saw an | night on Summer | the ace where Mris, Broadwell's unclothed bhody was | found, were placed on their ognizance to appear as June 2. automabile that street near own rec- witnesses | | HINE TO RETIRE. { | Has Secretary of Board 36 Years. Been of Education May 16 Hine of the tate Hartford Charles D. of education left the pital yesterday, his physicians having | decided that an operation was nOL‘ necessary to give him relief. It is | the intention of Mr. Hine to retire soon from the secretaryship of the | board. He will wait until the new | board of education has been appoint- ed and organirel and will leave it to | that board to determine the date of | his retirement | He has secretary of the hoard ! for 36 ye and under the law passed at the la sion providing 2 pen- sion for employes he will entitled pension of half his sal- ary state board Hartford hos- i — Secretary | | | Beer ses state of e 1] MEDALS FOR R. R. MEN. | of Brotherhood of } Trainmen in War, Columbusg, O., May thousand members of of Railway 'l Memi ilway 16,000 16 the vinmen war medals the w annou: Lrotherhood i herr. The contains Sixteen | Brother- | will be | for the the or- nood awarded part they nization cers of tine convention service flag special i is by d o trionnial | organizations' more n 840 | uled for ¥eport shows, | will close tonight with entertainment| Union Works. anization, a 148 members in threo | n that time has conductcad “successful’” strikes. It went on record pleased with the Adamson Jow as a war time measure, 10 be given consider { telegraph i cd most of the time. [ o REPUBLICANS REAI]Y FOR DRIVE AGAINST SEMI-LUXURY TAXES 15 Legisation for Return ! Tele- phote and Telegraph Com- | pani¢s Also Planned by Steermg Committee WOMAN SUFFRAGE I§ LlKEWISE ON PROGRAM Measures Being Mapped Out | include Determination of National Shipping Policy, Railroad Legisla- tion, Inauguration of Budget Sys- | tm and Reduction of Government Iixpenses, A hinglon, May 16.—Legislation | ation by the house the annual appro- | priation bills are disposed of was | agreed upon today by the republican steering committee subjeet to the ap- proval of {he conference of republ cans to he held tomorrow night. Pregram is Outlined. As announced by Representative Mondell, chairman of the committee, the program includes immediate re peal of the tax on semi-luxuries, legis lation for the return of telephone an companies to private con- | railroad legislation, tion a national shippi ]} assage .of the woman amendment, inauguration of & system, means for reducing ment cxpense, tariff legislation measure and sailors. i immediately after trol, policy, | suffrage budget govern- and | of g STILL HARD AT May 16 continued WORK. ~“Thé council of for- | work today | Austrian ‘ Paris eign ministers on subsidiary details of the treaty having to do with the new§ Austrian frontiers. Tt is considered i unlikely that the treaty will be ready | for presentation to the Austrian del sates before Wednesday of next wee CHIN SE CABINET | WANTS TO RESIGN | President Has Refused to Their Resignations, Peking Di | patch to Paris Says. May Pari 16.—The Chinese cabi: ! net has resigned but the president has cording to a dispatch from Peking to the peace conference. The peace | refused to accept the resignations, ac- [ | between conference at Shanghai representatives of northern and southern China, the telegram adds, has broken up. | The Chinese cabinet was reported o have decided to instruct the delega- tion at Paris not to sign the peace | treaty in a dispatch from Peking on | May 7. There has been no confirma- | tion of that report from official sources It is not unlikely the proffered resig- | nation of the cabinet, which was re- | organized on March 3, has some con- | nection With the Chinese feeling over | the decision of the peace conference concerning Shantung. | Representatives of northern and | wnd southern China have been in s sion at Shanghai for several but the conference months, The main con- | flict is over the constitutionality of | der control the northern ment. Recent reports have been that a compromise appeared imminent. SOUTHERN “KULTUR” { the Allies.” HEROES SPEAK AT Mob of 150 Take Negro From Sheriff, Tic Him to Tree and Riddle Body With Bullets, Dublin, Georgia, Walters, a negro farm hand accused of assaulting a white girl, was taken away from a deputy sheriff and lynch- cd near here yesterday. Walters was captured last night after a hunt last- | May 16.—James a Iing two weeks While he was being taken v sheriff to the Macon jail for keeping about 150 men sprang from roadside bushes, secured Walters | and forced the deputy to drive on. | The negro, said by officers to have | confessed his crime. was tied to a tree | and his body riddled with bullets. % i i by the TORRINGTON CEL Torrington, May 16 lebration in hono e men besan here today with | a parade in the afternoon. It is ex- | pected that more than 10,000 persons 11 he in the parade. Tonight a Vic- | tory ball will be held at the armory | BRATES. A two day returning % af ser | when medals will be presencd to men | have returned. Games are sched- | tomarrow and the celebration | who for the men at one of the theaters. 1 A1l factories closed at noon today r the rest of the week. The street. business places, residences are profusely decorated. 2 | Navy airiible -5 to sea determina- | have wards, | ed been her s benefiting returned soldiers ! steamer which had previously report- ed | balloon lied hegun |a | the Accept | have fleets on ing parties, the Greeks have a battle- ship and five gunboats, and the Ital- | ians have battleship ers. tingents in the from Salonik ish ating mandate. [ Edward crat leader es- | of Berlin t T peace been (lanll(\(‘kv‘ promises on several points and that a | points out that many of the demands the parliament sitting in Peking ul\»[o“ Germany govern- | character, be sion to the actual conditions but that this | { salvation publlc bulldings and | C-s5 SWEPT OUT T0 SFEA. 'Is LOST, ACCORDING 70 REPORTS FROM TREPASSEY; MEN EXONORATED R R EESE O RT Trepassey, N. 7., May -16.—The | that she was unable to stand by long and proceeded on her way, to information from the i cording Bdwards. airship’s commander, . W. Coll. \Il possible precautions had taken by the landing party, mander Coil said. Commander Coil the crew of the injured. Licutenant- which was swept a Commander vesterday, is now believed The which went to Ed- report- | been been lost. destroyer Com- in pursuit, that a search, The Washington, Navy May 16.—The runaway reported divigible had none by wireless today she had | of the Qirisible G5 at St John been unable, after to find vesterday was an unavoidahle due accident S May 16.—The de- rds returned to port this with no s of the deck and was returning. merchant = to wind conditions, John's, N stroyer Edw; afternoon on her said the offi- cial the that account of the incident department she was standing by sent to subsequently sent he big a me: zn -5 saze Navy today by the NAVIES GONCENTRATING Allicd War Vessels Being Mobilized WIDESPREAD EXODUS OF ALIENS OCCURRING Steady Stream of People Re- turning to Their Fermer Homes in Europe. FINED AND JAILED Mrs. Sama is Assessed $100 and Costs in Smyrna in Connection With angl Sentenced to Mandate to Greece. Jail—$100 and Costs for Mrs, Allena Parls, May naval 16.—An extensive concentration has been at Symrna in connection with mandate to Greece to administer city. The British and the French the scene Al- Mrs. Concetta Sama was sentenced to two months in jail and fined $1900 ! and costs and Mrs. Antonetta Nas fined $100 and costs in the Hart- ford police court this morning on charges of theft. Dominick Allena, § husband of Antonetta, paid her ! The women were arrested Tuesday | following detection of shoplifting in Hartford stores. This morning Sergeants Richardson | and Jahnson went to Hartford and ! brought the women to this city where they will be tried in police court morrow in local store Allena each with land- Washington, May exodus of 16—A widespread aliens from this country was reported today by the department | of labor. Inquiries by the depart- ment’s investigation and inspection service have revealed that already large numbers of foreign born res dents are leaving the country and that even more expect to depart when steamship accommodations and pas: ports can be obtained. Unemployment and family were said to he important factors in stimu- lating the eastward flow of the human tide which for decades has set only | westward. Ethelbert Stewart, direc- | tor of the investigation service said many aliens reported they had not | heard from their families since Eu- rope was thrown into war and they ! were going overseas to make a per- | sonal investigation Another cause of the emigration the desire of some aliens to partici- pate in the settlement of estates of relatives killed In the war. There also is the desire of many foreign-born to return to lands now freed from Ger- man and Austrian domination. Figures from many cities show that are only temporary in | fully 50 per cent. of the aliens of cer- but declares that ameliora- | tain races intend to return to Europe of some of the terms ought to | many of them to remain thore. obtained through oral discussion. | In a Connecticut city with @ Herr Bernstein reaches the conclu- | population of about 6,000, from that Germany must say “no” | to 2,000 expect to return. Among Lithuanians there is a strong feeling that if Lithuania beomes inde- pendent there will be a large move ment back to that country. five large States naval Arizona The various warships. forces are the and four destro; Allied naval con- are drawn from the forces Adriatic and Black Sea. Troops are also being concentrated Tt is understood Brit- French forces are co-oper- the Greek administrative The | United to- The valuation of some of the identified zoods in local stores is as follows: Curran Dry oGods Co., s Raphael's Big Store, $19: Mn- Millan's, $18; the ai department store, $7.60; J. Birnbaum, $12.50; Boston Store, $2.50: Leonard & Herr- mann, $2 THREE PEOPL K[LLED Two and in WOULD PLAY IT SAFE Bernstein, German Social Democrat Leader, Says Country ust Leave Road Open. Women and Baby Meet Death P. Berns ris, May 16, (Hav: Edward ein, the German social demo- in an article in Vorwaerts nsmitted here says the terms show evidence of com- | is! When a String of Freight Cars Crashes Tnto Automobile. Youngstown, and 0., May infant 16.—Two women were killed an sense of moderation is evident. He shortly before when their by ‘a string dead are Mr Mrs. Florence ert, one Harry husbands of the dead women, with slight juries, as they were rid- ing in front seat and the ¢ struck rear of the automobile. midnight last automol was struck of freight cars. The orge Winkle, aged 40; Eckert, 28; tion Polish vear. 1,500 i escaped | “no” must leave ‘‘the road open for 7 the the SETTLEMENT AT HAND Question Will SUSTAINS BROK Roc Confined to LOCAL FACTORIES Miss Anna G. lowell, Her While putting some hoolks the library yesterday Miss Anna G. Rockwell fell from a stool upon which she was standing, and sustained a broken arm. She was taken to her home, and Drs. Mou- radian and Heublien of Hartford at- tended her, reducing the fracture. The break is in the left arm, and direct- ly above the wrist. Librarian, Is Home. Adriatic Probably Be in place afternoon, Veterans of 26th Salva Division Boosting at ation Army Drive to Raise tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia. $13,000 Here. Pa May 16. egotiations pend- ing for the adjustment of the Adri- | atic controversy contemplate a direct | settlement between TItaly and Jugo- | | Slavia, through American mediation. | By this plan the Austrian treaty would not specify the disposition to he made of Dalmatia, Istria or Fiume, cond detaching them from Austria. Army Expected to | Pe¥oNd detac i Occupy City in Few Days, R - } OOy iy e NEW HAVEN DOCTOR DIES. Finnish army commanded by T Mannerheim. leader of the ment forces there, is marching od Petrograd, which, it i$ expected ATae be occupied within a few days, e cording to advices to the National dende, Enthusiastic rallies were the various factories about this noon in behalf of the Army campaign which is | place in New Britain during the week | of May 1% to 26. Former member: of the 26th Division will take an ac- | tVoRpaRtiinghofanive, | Gen. Mannerheim’s The soldiers who blazed a trail | through the Argonne told how the | Army played an important part in helping to win the war. Mayor | George A. Quigley and Corporal Ger- | ald Crean were the speakers at the | Stanley Works ‘ { held the Salvation | to take at city | FALL OF PETROGRAD. strong Gen. Zovern- Brockett “Town Under " Dr. Physician” | There. | System New Brock ven Philip Nelson and William Hop- tf W kins spoke at the Corbin Screw fac- tory; Silas Lynch and Clifford Hell- erg were the speakers at Russell & Erwin’s-and Alfred Schade and Ed- ward Curran delivered speeches at the the New Haven's | today, His under H. tem of government was ‘town physician" ‘m,‘z 7 57. following apoplexy | made him widely know | nys all problems relati city's indigent were celectmen with Dr. Brockett as edical authority. The system abolished by institution of a charities department, profes- mm cars | those | the the | the | was | city soived by ng Hartford, 16.—Foro- cast for New Britain and vi. cinity: Showers tonight angq Saturday; warmer tonight, The campaign workers, numbering | || about 150, will meet at K. of . hall | Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock for supper. Already 25 people have | agreed to serve as team captains. |START FOR AZORES IS SET FOR ABOUT 3 THIS AFTERNOON NC—1 and KC—3, and Possibly NC—4, Expected te¢ “Hop of Journey | BQUIPHENT IS GUT T0 AVOID EXCESS WEIGHT NC 4 Which Arrived at T From Halifax Last Night, is Being Repaired As Rapidly As Possibic | and if it Does Not Leave With | Other Machines it Will Follow | Soon After. | F., May 16.—With the Trepassey, N. weather along the route to the Azor: the best vet reported, the American navy seaplanes NC 1 and NC 3 will of | Two Months in | fina. | morning for thefts committed | | ! | NC-4 Arrives All Right. | i [ night | cars | 185 5 got under | | rough Adjusted By Direct Scttlement Be- | | tresh as | Bs attempt to start the trans-Atlantic { flight at about 3 o'clock | noon, Newfoundland |m. New York time) Commander | Towers announced this forenoon. | Repair Made on NC 4. H Meantime repairs were ! rushed on the NC this aiter- time (1:30 p. | i | being 4 which arrived last | evening from Halifax and if they are completed in time, she will hop oft | { with her sister planes. If not Lieut. | Commander Read’s flier will soon as possible. Equipment is Left Behind. | | The aviators held a conference to | decide means of lessening the 28,800 | pounds *burden which contributed ves- | terday to the inability of the NC 1 | and NC 3 to rise from the water and | to select a place for the take-off. It was decided to attempt the ocean | flight with the planes weighing 28,200 | pounds, leaving behind spare pro- pellers and cutting down the gasoline supply from 1,780 to 1,630 gallons. Will Brave Choppy Sea. E Despite the danger of spray from | | the choppy seas breaking the pro- pellers, the airmen determined rto “hop-off” from Mutton Bay the har- ‘ bor being too small to permit the nez- | essary surface cruise at high speed. | Lieut. Commander Richardson and Lieut. Darin went over the Mutton Bay course in a launch. | During the morning the center | { motor on the NC 4 of low pressure | | type was removed and one of the new | | Liberty engines was substituted, the | | discarded motor having given trouble | on the trip from Halifax. Three new | propellers and several new struts also | | were placed on the machine. \ follow | | as | Thursday’s Trial Fails. | In speaking of the unsuccessful t- ) tempt to take the air late yesterday | Commander Towers said the NC- and NC-3 got a little too far out into | the harbor and added that he thought they would have made a good start if they had attempted to rise nearer | shor He denied that the NC-3 had been damaged but said she was towed in by a motor boat to save her gines for another try today. en- The NC-4 alighted in the harbor 7:08 (Newfoundland an after a flight from Halifax, a distance | | of 537 land miles, in six hours and 23 | minutes actual flying time. | plane floated on the surface of m«‘ | water for two hours and 23 minutes | when forced to alight 18 miles from | Halifax by one of her engines failing. | The NC-4 maintained an average al- titude of 2,500 feet during the Hali- | | fax-Trepassey flight last night The seca- | W hle hies) Hard. | Mechanics who worked all ng night on Ruth Eck- | the NC-4 were still busy this morning | with engine and proneiler tests, Eckert and George Winkle, | ing to have the plane ready to start hop- | for the Azores this afternoon with the | NC-1 and NC-3. As a result of the failure of the NC-1 d NC-3 to take the air when they | way for the Azores yester- it was expected the take-off will attempted inside the harbor. The seas at the mouth of the bav dashed over the heavily laden planes. chilling the aviators to the bone threatening to play havoc with steering apparatus. Coastwise weather today able for the fight, clear west wind 'prevaii a day be and the w BANS SUNDAY LAUNDRY. Meriden Pnll(-(' Court Against Sabbath Trade. Meriden, May 16.—It is against the law to conduct a laundry business on Sunday, by a decision of Judge | Dunne, of the city court today, who fined Thomas W. Flanagan and Tom- A. Shanley $5 and costs each on a | complaint brought against them by other laundries. Counsel for the men told that under the eci‘y charter there was no appen the Judge Rules were rom fine G. R. AUNILIARIES CLOS New Haven, May auxiliaries Grand its 26%h annual meetin ptist church this election of officers, sons, of Wadham's b being chosen dent. She president, A. 16.—The woman's Army closed | Calvary | after Pa Water- presi- | as senior vice in afternoon Mrs. Rose corps, of department had served i O for Second Leg i | | the | w | HAVE i are on SPANISH proval | Germany KING THREE NATIONS IN ADDITION T0 HUNS MUST SIGN TREAT Kny Gommy w'"c Withhold Ratilication Will Suffer Com- mercial Disadvantage and Lack of Trade Privileges THESE TERI&S ARE TN CLAUSE KEPT SECRE As Soon As Enemy Nation and Thr of the Principal Powers Alli Azainst Her Agree Upon Term These Terms Will Automaticall Become Effective—This Will Provy Tastant Stimulus to Business. Pari treaty, May 16.—The German it developed toda clause which has public providing Germany and associated treaty into peac , contains not yet been mad that ratification by three the principa powers will bring thi force between the ratify] ing parties, enabling the immedia resumption of trade. It is quite probable that the Turkis and Bulgarian peace treaties will h negotiated and signed in Constanti nople, Saloniki or some other con: venient city in the Near East, accord: ing to Reuter’s Paris office. Must Sign or Suffe 1t was pointed out today in connee tion with the stipulation as to thd ratification of the German treaty thaf any nation which withheld ratifica tion after three of the principal pow. ers had ratified would at a disad. vantage in a commercial way. Thi would follow from the fact that the ratifying powers will be able to re. of be | sume trade relations with Germany ag once, will while the have no such tes that privilege. VILLA REBELS WIN Federal Troops Under Gen. Quire delayed Reported Decisively Defeated O May 6—Censor Holds Up News. Washington, Ma rebels allied with the Francisco Villa att Corrallitos May 6 and in the battls| inflicted severe losses on federal troops under Gen. Pablo Quiroga, who were hurrying north to the relief of Chihuahua City which was being menaced by the Villistas,. News of baitle evidently was held up by the Mexican censor and the first in= timation that such a clash had oe- curred has just reached here today by mail. Gen. Juan Bar of the Mexican arm patches say, has refu affirm that the battle was a victory for the rebels but Gen. Quiroga quoted as reporting that the Villistas were compelled to wit) after federal reinforcements ar 16.—Mexica; troops unde rcked the town of gan, chief of staff the mail dis- sed to deny or at Corrallitos is |G rived. NOTIFICATION BY CABLE Bo Advised of Ass of Congress Monday. Washington, May Ison will be officially of the assembling of epngress when both houses in extra ssion Monday. Congressional lead- it hecanuc today, have de= cided th President Wilsomn being in cable wag the through the cus tyings him Ordinarily committee represent= ing both houses wail upon the presi= dent at the White House informing him that congress ow inggession, and osking him any com- mu:caion which to trans- mit to it son Will sembling Thus 16.—President. notified by ca« convena ers, known at in view of Paris us logical method iry proc the of goi not he he has desires NO OTH R ALTERNATIVE. German Delegates S Their Own Thoy Realize Heipless Position, 1y Versaille s<ion amor members riission that ih the peace treaty reark of one of the quoted as saying: “What clse can we do but sign? Wa the ground, knees are on our stomachs and your thumbs in ‘our May 1 ome the Ge is A im- of the subordin- German peace mans will sign reflected in the sccretaries whe is 1 vour eve PRESS LIKES TERMS OF TR May 16, -(Havas) the peace terms pre is voiced by the Diario former Pre- L liheral declares that it the ‘Allied imperialism by Franc Ap: ented Madrid of e organ niver of R nooc ) pape cader he 1 e ccuse sociated powers of ed fter t Jtaly ALBERT LEAVES FOR ENGLAND VIA AIR May 15 (Havas.)—King the Belgian capifal in an, he ravages suffe Brussels, Albert left airplane today for England,