New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1919, Page 1

News of the World. By Asscciated Press. — — [ | NEW RITAIN HERA PRICY THREE CENTS. 'NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919,—TWELVE PAGES. ET ESTABLISHETL 1876. ‘REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON WINE AND BEER, RETURN F RAILS AND WIRES TO OWNERS AND REVISION OF WAR TAXES SOUGHT BY WILSO HAWKER AND GRIEVE BOTH LOST, BELIEF IN ADMIRALTY CIRCLES; GOVERNMENT SR 1 [ Members of House of Com-, Think mons Aviators | BEING CRITICIZED ‘TWO BANKERS AND ONE | Should Have Had Means of ’ PHSTMASTER 0N DHEKET Possible Rescue Prov’ided.l London, May 20, (By the Associated Press)-—The weather is so bad off the coast of Ireland that airplanes ordered by the air ministry | to search for Aviator Harry G. Hawk- er's machine are unable to fly. There | were strong winds, rain and fog at in- tervals during the night. All com- munication centers in London are si- lent as to news from Haw} and Lieut. Commander Grieve. en the rumors which prevailed yesterday and last night have died out. Belicved To Be opinion held is that Hawker soon after he started. It is pointed out that the aviator jImost certainly would have sent a farewell message before getting out of lio range, had an accident not be- allen him in the meantime i | | | i Lost. in admiralty cir- came to grief | The cles Government is Criticized. In the house of commons night Josiah C. members ernment sever. ly criticized omitting to means for assisting Hawker flight across the Atlantic Captain Llliott declared the try would hold the government had been lamentably remiss and desper- ately careless of the honor of the coun- tr nd the life of a gallant gentle- o the gov- provide in his coun- No Trace of Missing Men. St. John’s, N. F., May 2(—Ships at. sea from the Ame n coast to the British Isles swept the in all di- | rections last night with wireless quer- ies regarding the fate of Har G. Hawker and Commander Mackenzie Grieve, unheard from since they set off from John in their Sopwith biplane on Sunday afternoon on their unprecedented trans-Atlantic journey, but all radiograms which had reached Cape Race up to this morning | from more tive sighted and r ters, D K than 20 vessels were nega- petition of its call let- went unanswered. Hawker's I'riends Worried. Hawker's associates here expressed grave fears today regarding the miss- ing aviators. They questioned wheth- er the life-preserving aids carried by the two men would prove under stormy conditions As an indication of ice accorded the lio station last night a wirele ed to Hawker conditions o er’s frien caused the irmen, here weather the ad- picked 1c mi warn the him of Trish coast. Hawk- this storm may have 1iths of the two avia- tors center of the disturbance was sald here to be approximately 300 miles from the spot where the with was reported to be on the w With the rise of Hawker’s endeav- ors in doubt, plans for another pros- pective race began to develop toda. Others Planning Flight. The Anglo-American team, Alcott as pilot and Brown as navigator, of the Vimy bombing plane which is due to arrive here tomorrow announced this flight for Ireland would be under- taken with the coming of the next full moon. Alcott today wired to Vice A 1iral Kerr at Harbor Grace for permission to se the flyin leld for the Handley-Page plane now assemb- ling there for a take off. Alcott said he would f light from St. John's to Harbor ( and there would start with a full his trans-Atlantic journey. The Handleyv-Page will be ready at the sa ime, in the opinion of Ad- miral Kerr and a race for what may still prov to be the first crossing 1s expected to result. i Th ce load on NC-4 MAKES 600D TIME Seaplane Goes from Horta to Ponta Delgada, 150 Miles in One Hour and 44 Minutes. Washington, May 2 seaplarie NC-4 arr at gada from Horta at 1 ington tirae. Admiral Jackson's patch, filed at 10:25 a. m time, said “N('-4 arrived Ponta Deleada G TN time.) All 0. K The official report to the Navy de- partment from Rear-Admiral Jackson showed the big plane covered the dis- tance of 150 miies in one hour and 44 minutes, or at the rate of more than 85 miles an hour. The Ponta naval Del- dis- Washington 14:24 shington last | Wedgewood and other | air | The Sopwith plane had not been | ! gument on demurrer; worthy | up | storm | « 4a. m. Wash- | | visburg, 'S. District Court, Which Opens May 27, Has 25 New Cases. . Hartford. May 20.—The trial of two alleged bank embezzlers and master alleged to have mi; a post- ppropriat- ed funds will add interest to the May term of the U. S. opens in t! district court which May 2 s city 7 with Judge | Edwin S. Thomas on the bench. There are 25 new S , most of them to be presented ta the federal grand jury for indictment, but District Attorney John F. Crosby and his assistants have six cases on the printed calend which are said to be sure trials. It expected that the trial of von Hoegen on charges of tr be continued to another term. Chester S. Selleck, charged embezzlement of $20,000 or more from the Fairficld County National bank of Norwalk, is to come before the court on a plea of not guilty to the indictmer He is accused of a check transaction in which William J. Benedict is resignated the aider and abettar, The other emb against William cashier of the Stamford bank. He is accused of taking $30,- 000. The postoffice case is against Irving T. Walsh, who was assistant postmaster at Ansonia, indicted for misappropriating the funds of the of- fice. Salvatore Mirabile, the bankrupt shoe dealer of Thompsonville, is scheduled to be tried on a charge of concealing eral thousand dolla worth of assets. The Kerr Chemical company is to be tried on a charge of misbranding medicine, and in the case of Gee Sing, charged with having smoking opium in his possession unlawfully, a demur- rer to the complaint will be argued by his attorney. ‘ases for assignment from the law and equity calendar are: W. L. Kirk- land against Ensign Bickford Co., ar- Warren Broth- ers Ca. against the town of New C naan, hearing in damages; W Nelson and Eva Nelson against Odell Capen and other: liance against nd other st Deutsche bank hearing allegation of William C. Swift. FATHER COHOLAN PROMOTED. son will #case is former ational Ka 3 C. Scheid and othe bankrupte, New Britain Man is Now Senior Chap- lain at Kelly Field. Word has been received in this city of the promotion of Rev. Philip Coho- n, son of Mrs. Grace Coholan of High street to the rank of captain. He has been acting as chaplain at Kelly field, San Antonio, Texas, with tho rank of lieutenant and the news of his promotion will be received with much pleasure. The young priest entered the ranks of chaplains early in the beginning of hastilities and was assigned to tho flying field at San Antonio. He quick- ly gained a great popularity there. At the present time he is senior chaplain at the station. LOCKED IN FREIGHT CAR. Youth Compelled to Go Since Friday Without Food Or Water. Niagara Falls, Ont., May 20.—John Munchomer, 1 vas taken from a sealed freight car here last night after being locked in it since Friday. crept into the freight car last Friday afternoon hoping to be carried to Buffalo, The car contained carpets and dry- g00ds and the youth was without food or water until rescued. The car was finally attached to a train and brought to this city and when being run into the Grand Trunk yar knocking on the door was heard. He vas deported by Canadian immigra- tion officers. Munchomer lives in Har- Pa. FOUE PLAY DISCLAIMED, »ort, May 20.—John Gulas found on the sidewalk on Vashington avenue last night a broken skull, died today. Tt was at first beiieved he had met with violence but the medical examiner ay said that death was the result fall. Bride Maximilian | with | He | Munchomer's | sage to congress follows: “Gentlemen of the congres “I deeply tegret my inability present at the opening of the ext | dinary session of the con 1t | to be still seems to be my duty to take part in the counsels of the peace confer- ence and contribute what I can to the solution of the innumerable questions o whose settlement it has had to ad- | dress itself: For they which affect the peace of the whole world and from them, therefore tho United States cannot stand apart. T deemed it my duty to call the congr together at this time because it w: not wise to postpone longer the pro- i visions which support of the government. Many of the appropriations which are neces- for maintenance g§ the govern- ment and the fulfillment of its varied obligations for the fiscal year 1919- | 1920 have not yet been made; the end of the present fiscal year is at hand; and action upon these appropriations | can no longer be prudently delayed. 1t is necessary therefore that I should immediately call your attention to these cri needs. Tt is hardly nec- essary for me to urge that it may re- ceive your prompt attention. Will Speak On His Return. “I shall take the liberty of address- ing you on my return on the subjects which have most engrossed our atten- The full text of the president’s mes- | or- | are questions | must be made for the | tion and the attention of the world during these last anxious months, since the armistice of last November was signed, the international settle- ments which must form the subject matter of the present treaties of peace and of our national action in thg im- | mediate future. It would be prer | ture to discuss them or fo express judgment about them before they a brought to their complete formulation by the agreements which are now be- ing sought at the table of the confer- wce 1 shall hope to lay them before You in their many aspects so soon igements have been reached. Out of Touch With Affairs, “I hesitate to venture any opinion | or press any recommendation with regard to domestic legisiation while absent from the United States and out of daily touch with intimate sources of information and counsel. T am con- ! ous that I need, after so long an | absence from Washington, to scek the advice of those who have remained in constant contact with democratic problems and who have known them close at hand from day to day; and I trust that it will very soon be possi- ble for me to do so. But there are several questions pressing for co eration to which I feel that I may indeed must, even now direct your tention, if only in general terms speaking of them I shall, T dare say be doing little more than speak your rra; vantag i they own thoughts. I hope that I shall speak your own judgment also. Labor. Question Paramount. “The question which stands at the front of all others in every country | amidst the present great awakening is the question of labor; and perhaps I can speak of it with as sreat ad- . while engrossed in the con- cideration of interests which affect 1 countries alike as I could at home nd amidst the interests which natur- 1ly most affect my thought, because are interests of our own people. “By the guestions of labor I do not mean the question of efficient indus- trial production, the question of how Jabor is to be obtained and made ef- fective in the great process of sustain- ing populations and winning su amidst commercial and industrial rivalries. I mecan that much greater nd more vital question, how are the men and women who do the daily la- bor of the world to obtain progre ve improvements in the conditions of | {heir labor, to be made happier, and | to be served better by the communi- ties and the industries which their labor sustains and advances? How are they to be given their right ad- vantages as citizens and human Dbe- ings? (Continued on Page Six) N = | TERMS MAY NOT\BE ‘ SIGNED TILL JUNE Before 15 Day Period FElapses Ger- mans Arc Expected. to Submit Some Counter Proposals. | (By the Associated Press.) The treaty of peace may not be signed until some time near the mid- | dle of June, according to advices from | Paris. It will probably be known by | June 8, however, whether the Ger mans will accept or reject the terms of the allies. Before the 13-day period given to the Germans to make replies to the terms of the day of this week, it is expected the enemy delegation will submit counter- proposals so voluminous and ate that it will take the peace ference until June 1 to frame a re joinder. After that, the Germans, it | is said, will probably be given a week to frame their final reply. This will be on or about June 8 and the treaty must then be engrossed in fihal form for signing. The German delegation was called von Brockdorff-Rantzau, who laid be fore his colleagues the instructions reccived at Spa on Sunday. It is v ported that an announcement has been prepared by the Germans but has been referred to Berlin for ap- oval. 3,000 GIV INCREASE. Woolen and Cotton rence Affected By Mills in Law: Order. | New increase affecting 3,000 operative: here was announced in notices posted in the textile mills today. Woolen as well as cotton mills are concerned in the advance. Officials of the American Woolen Co., said the increase granted in their four mills in this city would operative also in the plants of company in other places GERMANY. Berlin, May via Copenhagen.— Violent rioting is again rcported at Stettin where nine civilians and 20 soldiers are said to have been killed. German troops occupy the tion houses throughout the city. REP. VAN DYKE DEAD TUnited RIOTING IN 19, Commander-in-Chief of the Third Term in Congress, Washington, May 20.—Representa- tive Carl C. Van Dyke, commander- in-chief of the United Spar S Veterans, died of hemorrhage of th stomach early today at a Washington hospital, where he had been under treatment since Sunday. The illness was an oufigrowth an afflic from which he had suffered months, but he had 'been seriously ill only a few hours. Mr. Van Dyke was a democrat and was serving his third term in congres: He was a native of Alexandria, Minn and was 48 years old. of n eaty expires, on Thurs- | elabor- | con- | together vesterday by its chief, Count | Lawrence, Mass., May 20.—A wage | Spanish War Veterans Was Serving | |MONDELL WILL CALL SUFFRAGE TOMORROW Republican House Leader Gives Passage By Congre ‘ ‘Woman’s Bill Eirst “hance of i Washington, {tative Mondell | | May of 20.—Represen- Wyoming, republi- FRANK W. MONDELL —~= | announced the house | the resolution proposing of an equal suffrage con- | amendment would be tomorrow for passage. His announcement followed a favorable ! report on the resolution of Repre- sentative Mann by the house suffrage committee. in y that submission titutional { called up HUNS HOWLING. STILL Conference at Spa Again Declares That Terms Are Unacceptable. Copenhagen, May 20.—The confer- 7ence of German political leaders and | German peace delega Spa Sun- | day agreed that the peace terms were | eptable, accordinz to a German official statement, and that Ger- | many *“will leave no stone unturned | {in an attempt to find a practicable basis of peace which takes into ac- | count our opponents' justifiable de- { mands and those capable of heing | ! nd carried out by the German s at una | sem ce | borne | people. WILSON APPROVES PLAN TO HELP TROLLEY Washington, May Wilson has cabled hi plan submitted by Secret field and Wilson for the relief of the electric railway system of the | country nc in the hands of re- | thr 1 with Iveney clua hose in and Pitts- LINES. | President oval of a ries Red- 20 apy | ceivers o i li | New I'burgh 1 York, Hartford. May for New Brita Rain tonight f: 0—Forecast in and vicinity 1d Wednesday | inves | building, | Tocated | ihe president’s orders CITY CARS USED IN JOY RIDING, CHARGE Reported That High Cost of Running City’s Automobiles Will Come Up Before Hearing. The high cost of running the auto- mobiles belonging to the city, it is said, will come up before the meet- ing of the automobile committee which convenes at 8 o’clock this eve- ning in room 205, city hall. 1t is‘i reported that city employes have | used gasoline too freely and that| certain city fathers object to having | the cit money ent for “joy rides.” It is reported that an igation has been carried on for the past few weeks and that some in- teresting revelations may be made at this evening’s session. At the meeting of the common | council to be held tcmorrow evening, it is reported that the board of pub- lic works will recommend that city arage be secured. The board, it said, will recommend that the | now owned by the city and | in the rear of the Lyceum theater be utilized as a garage. It is believed by officials that a large sum of money can be saved each year by having all the machines kept in one building. Mayor is A. Quigley will de-| liver his annual message to the mem- bers of the common council at the 8 ion tomorrow evening. George HAVE NEW P 1ON BILL. Spanish War Veterans Will Stipulated Monthly Sum: sk for Oneco, Conn., May 20.—In response | to a request a number of | the Spanish war, R. P. Freeman of the Second Connecticut | district will prepare a bill to be of- | fered in congress to provide for pay- | ments to veterans of that war a stip- ulated amount each month, beginning $25 and automatically increasing to $40 a month as a pension to Span- [ sh war veterans as is now paid to Civil war veterans. made by Congressman D CASUALTIE 300 ALLI Landing at Smyrna Last Thursday Efiected After Stubborn Battle, Paris, May 20.—The allied casual- ties in the fighting incident to the landing at Smyrna last Thursday to- {aled 300, it has been officially an- nounced. The Turks held the forts| stubbornly, Only a consular guard was landed by the American warships. An account of the Smyrna engage- ment received Sunday from Constan- | tinople stated that 300 Turks and 100 Greeks were killed T'S SHIP IS WAITING FOR ORDERS | B May he United States | transport George Wa on | which President Wilson has made his | journeys between the United States | rance, entered the inner port of morning. She is awaiting PRESIDE 20.—1 st ngton, wntarily in mills hereabouts, DEMOCRATIZATION OF INDUSTRY NECESSARY |PRESIDENT ALSO FAVORS IF LABOR REFORMS ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TARIFF TO PROTECT U. S. INDUSTRY FROM ATTACK Message to Congress Barely Mentions Peace Conference and League of Nations, Saying it is Premature to Discuss Them. Washington, May 20.—President Wilson, in his message to congress today recommended repeal of the war time prohibition law—so far as it applies to wine and beer only; announced defi- nitely that the rail systems and telegraph and telephone lines would be returned to private ownership; urged a revision of war taxes, particularly to abolish the manufacturers and retail sales éxcises, and outlined gencrally a program respecting labor. These were - the ‘“high spots” of the president’s cabled from Paris. Jesides that, he again urged enactment of the woman suffrage constitutional amendment; recommended that the tariff laws be supplied with teeth to protect American industry against foreign attack ; spoke for legislation to facilitate American enterprise through the expansion of shipping and backed Secretary Lane’s program for land for returing soldiers. Quiet on International Question. Of the Paris peace conference and the league of nations the president merely said it would be premature to discuss them or express a judgment. e also avoided discussion of domestic legislation at length because of his long absence from Washington. Congress heard a unique document; the only one of its kind ever transmitted across the ocean from a president on a foreign shore. For the first time in s rears it heard a presidential message read by a reading clerk instead of assembling to hear the president deliver an address in person. The recommendations for the repeal of war time prohibition and for return-ef.the rail and wire systems, while not unexpectéd? some, contained the greatest element of surprise and provoked the most widespread comment of the many tasks set before congress by the president. Demobilization Is Well Progressed. In his reference to prohibition the president did not enter extensively into the considerations involved. Demobilization, he said, merely “has progressed to such a point that it seems to me entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture and sales of wines and beers.” This ban, laid several months ago to become effective on July 1, could be removed the president said, only by congressional enactment. His recommendation regarding return of the railways and wire lines was the first authoritative declaration by the administra- tion of its future policy and greatly surprised many members who had interpreted the deveiopments of the last few months to mean that Mr. Wilson eventually would propose some form of perma- nent government operation. On the contrary the directness of the president’s declaration on that point left no doubt that he was through with any possible scheme of permanent retention. “The telegraph and telephone lines,” said the message, “will of course be returned to their owners as soon as the transfer can be effected without administrative confusion. The railroads will be handed over to their owners at the end of the calendar year.” In the case of each the president asked for legislation to make easier the readjustments necessitated by the change. Wants Special Tax Protection. In his recommendation for readjustment of taxation the presi- dent made it clear that he did not expect a federal readjustment of the democratic tariff rates that have been operative for the last years. He asked for tariff changes only to protect special new interests like the dye-stuffs industr; Some reductions were ad- vocated in war time excess profits taxes, and the present taxes on retail sales, the president thought, could be dispensed with en- tirely. What will be the reply of the republican congress to these proposals became at once the topic of discussion everywhere about the capitol. ~In returning the railroads it generally was conceded, the republican leaders will readily give the president their co- operation. But as to prohibition and tariff and internal revenue taxation the case was more doubtful. * Those are problems on which no very clear sentiment apparently has been formed in ither of the great parties. Labor Recommendations General. The recommendations regarding labor were general, but the president called attention to the need for a partnership between capital and labor and a genuine “democratization of industry.” On tariff revision the president said the United States should liave the means of properly protecting itself when there was danger of discrimination against it by foreign nations. “Though we are as far as possible from desiring to enter upon a course of retaliation,” he said, “we must frankly face the fact that hostile legislation by other nations is not beyond the range of possibilities, and that it may have to be met by counter legislation ‘Although the United States will gladly and unhesitatingly join in the program of international disarmament, it will never- theless be a policy of obvious prudence to make certain of the successful maintenance of many strong and well equipped chemical plants.” message STRIKI May 20 heast . e demands New Bedford cotton mills there. Tt is said no demand for the 15 per cent. increase will be made in Connecticut, as here- tofore walze incres granted else- where have been made effective vol- WATCHING Plainfield ers in awaitin the w and ELSEWHERE Xtil e CITY OF NEW BARS HAVEN THE RED FLAG. 20.—An aldermen vork- n C the made by nor ic outcome Ri\ ves 1t are of er in|n div = New Faven, May ordi- nance by the adopted ht t street last in red flag as an in- of organization form of will become effective so soon as it is pub- licly issued. op. o prohibit the carrying Lt parades of signia against tho 2 prescribed government