New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1919, Page 1

Nens " of #the World. By Asscciated Press. =/ NEW BRITAIN P . Herald “Ads™3 Busine! Better NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 19 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHEL 1876. COUNCIL OF FOUR WORKS OUT NEW SCHEME EVERY MEMBER OF U. S. SENATE NOW HAS COPY OF TREATY; RENTPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION TO PROBE ASSESSMENTS IN CIT O 1§ PESSIMISTIC GERMAN PEAGE TERN Premier Clemenceau Said to be Still Stead fastly Opposed to Modifying Demands; Echo de Paris Takes More Optimistic View and Predicts Signing of Pact by July 1. HUST GIVE IN OR 70,000 WILL QUIT This Is Edi? of President of Commercial Telegraphers' Union s | ONE COMPANY WEAKENS| i | Federal Telegraph Company Makes Concession and Union Hopes That Others Will Follow Suit—Strike Set for Tomorrow. . Chicagofi June 10.—Only eleventh | hour concessions by operating com- panies could prevent the strike to- morrow of some 70,000 telegraph and / telephone operators, S. J. Konen- kamp, president of the Commercial | Telegraphers’ Union of America said | today. . Companies Must Capitulate. . The only hope union officials said was that officials of the Postal Tele- graph and Cable Co. might sign the new agreement. This hope was | based on a message to the effect that the Federal Telegraph company, op- | erating land and wireless lines on | the Pacific coast, had met union | committee and offered to sign the | agreement L | 3 Telegram to Gompers. Konenkamp today sent a telegram to Samuel Gompers, which said: “The Commercial Telegraphers of | the United States will strike tomor- | row for the fundamental rights. to | unions and to bar- The attitude of the | under Burleson organize into trade gain collectively wire administration and his restoring President Carlton to control the Western Union for the purpose of destroy us makes this strike inevitable. © “I earnestly ask the convention now in session to take some action to bhelp us destroy the worst labor autoe- this country s ever known.” was announced that the Mont- (Illinois) Telephone Co. today tha ending of acy s Tt Binery nty pnd Te ph Hew agreement, 150 workers General pringfield co egr: signed a strike Walkout 1., of Promised. 10.—The gen- worker June telephone b operators. maintenance and men scheduled to occur | nains effective except in where satisfactory adjust- employes and employ- | ers have been marde before that date, according to Charles P. Forl, secre- tary of the international brotherhood of electrical worke “In districts are met eral walkout involving construction June 16 r Ipcalities ment between a where our June 16 there will walkout,” he said today, * in other districts will that date.’ WINNIPEG TROUBLE PRACTICALLY OVER demands before be ‘but | stop workers work on Third of Strikers Return—Policemen Discharged Who Do Not Take Oath of Loyalty. Winnipeg, June 10.—The sympa- thetic strike of Winnipeg iron work- ers. which began on May 15, was considered broken today so far as its effects upon the safety. welfare and convenience of the general public is concerned. It was estimated that about one-third of the men and wom- | en involved in the walkout had re- | turned to work and that many others | bad applied for their former posi- tions. Reorganization of the Winnipeg po- lice force was begun today, the city 1 having discharged late yesterday all | policemen who refused to sign an | path not to join a sympathetic strike | hereafter. Meanwhile protection was | furnished by several hundred special cohistables recruited from eturned soldier: At Vancouver postal wo ers re- fused unanimously to take a strike pallot in connection with the present sympathetic strike there. Industrial pctivities are nearly normal there ex- cest along the water front THREE AVIATORS KILLED rwo Collide 900 Feet in Air—Another Falls to Street and Is Burned to Death in Wreckage. Buenos Aires, June 10.—Three avi- ators Were killed today in a collision of two airplanes 900 feet in the air. St. Louis, June 10.—Oscar Bricker of Wabash, Ind., a civilian fiver, was | purned to death at Hannibal, Mo. to- | day When his airplane fell out of | cdntrol and crashed in a street, burst- | ing into flames. The plane was act- | ing as herald for a convoy of mator | trucks. | tional |GPPOSITION TO CHANGE OF SYSTEM FOR ASSESSORS TO BE HEARD, McMAHON SAYS; QUIGLEY IS IN FAVOR OF NEW METHODS STRIKE EPIDEMIC IS RAGING IN ANSONIA Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. Men Quit Teday—No Settlement Seen. Ansonia, June 10.—With 80 or 90 helpers af the Farrel Foundry & Ma- chine Co. on strike this morning, it apeared that the Farrel plant would be idle soon together with the Amer- ican Brass Co. and Ansonia Manufac- turing Co. Forty-eight foundry help- ers went out at 7:30 this morning and 10 or 50 furnace men fallowed at 9:30. The men claimed that the plant could not long aperate without these men. being firmly opposed to the new There was no conference of the| system of assessment that is being American Brass Co. officials and the| planned. President McMahon de- strikers’ committee this morning after | clared this morning that members of Vice President W. A. Cowles told al the organization will be present at the memb: of the committee over the| meeting of the common council on telephone that the campany had nol June 18 and will use every available answer rea4, to the 16 point demands | means to have the adoption of the and did not know when it would have one. The strikers are orderly and the leaders are cautioning the men to pre- serve peace and sit tight. The strike is run by a committee of 19, one man for each of the 19 nationalities in- volved The committee claimed to have only one copy of the 16 points and would not give this to newspapermen, but the chief demands are an increase from to 60 cents an haur, double for all over eight hours, no dis- time charges without consulting the com- and recognition of a union the committee is tryving to or- ganize The Farrell foundry men have al- most similar demands, except that their increase of 25 cents an hour would give them 65 cents an hour. The Ansonia Manufacturing Co. workers organized last night. They have no demands as vet and were surprised when the company closed down and sent them home yesterday. 10.-—Pickets of the Seymour Seymour, June about the plant were Mfg. Co. where a strike of 700 men ex- sts, today. The street conditions were ordinary in their aspect. A mass meeting of strikers adopted an order to strikers to refrain from drunkenness, from unnecessary con- regating upon the street, and the iintenance of order in action and speech. It was also voted that each unmarried striker should contribute one dollar a week to the assistance of married strikers. It was also voted fine any striker a dollar if he is seen in a saloon. MAY BAN STREET PUMPS Works Board of Public xpected to ake Action Eliminating Gasoline Filling Stations, It of the is possible that at the meeting board of public works this evening action wher some may be taken by all garage men and others who have gasoline filling stations pumps located on the curbing be ordered emove them. Some of the board feel that rapidly increasing number of filling stations along in the city, they nuisance and hindrance to traffic. Already there are a large number of these stations in the city and addi- application are being re- at every meeting. Should the hoard vote to remove these filling stations it will mean that every one will have to go, and will be neces- sary for the owners to instal them in their own yards. with will to 1y nmembe with the curbs are a ceived it - CARS MUST RUN Officials of Railways (‘;lpzlny Advised That They Must Operate Some Lines Despite Strike of Wor e Detroit, Mich., June 10.—Officials of Detroit United Railways motormen and struck Saturday, with a mandatory " nvhose company, conductors served today and prohibitory in- were junction to compel the company to resume operation of a portion of its system. Members of the common council expressed the opinion that the court order would force the company to meet the demands of its emploves for increased pay and resume opera- tions on all of its lines. the | becoming | Report Will Be Made at’ Next Meeting of Common’ I ! | Council When Oppenents | May Voice Their Idea: | Believing that the real estate in the | city is to be over-assessed, a commit- | tee of five was chosen last evening at | | an executive meeting of the Taxpay- ers and Rentpayers’ association to in- vestigate the ratings of the board of es; The committee, according F ors, to President P. S. McMahon of the or- | ganization, will make a thorough | probe of assessments that are to be | levied ana will work in conjunction with the city assessors. Should un- fairness be found in the methods used by the assessors, the association will resort to injunetion proceedings. | Oppose New System. ! The association also went on record system here defeated. Favors Local Men. The association, said Mr. McMahon, | has gone on record as opposing the | new system as a useless expenditure of | | the city’s money. *“We have men in New Britain capable of making a proper assessment on a fair without going to other citie, experts at a large vexpense. There are plenty of men here who can fill | the qualifications and who are willing and competent to appraise the prop- erty.” basis to hire Two Plans Considered. During the last few weeks Assessors | August Burckhardt, Aaron Danielson and James J. Watson have been mak- | ing an exhaustive study of the Som-| ners and Cambridge system of assess- ment. A report of their investigation will be made at the common council meeting next week, and it is believed | that they will recommend in their re- port that one of these systems bo adopted this city. At the present { time properties are assessed only bn | an estimate. The new sysiem would { be expected to result in all realty be- | ing assessed on a fair and systematiz- «d i Two Places Visited. Several weeks ago a committee ap- pointed by Mayor Quigley reported | favorably on the adoption of a tem. The common council autho the assessors to visit nearby cities where the system is in vosne and in- vestigate how they worked out. The assessors in compliance with instruc- tion from the council visited Cam- bridge, Mass., and West Hartford. Mayor Ts In Favor, the common council vote to have the svstem installed In New jritain, it is believed by the assessors that the work af revaluing the prop- erty can he completed by October 1, 1920, providing suflicient help is pro- vided. Mavor George A. Quigley said this morning that he is heartily in Lack of the adoption of a svstem here. Property will then be assessed on fair basis and no partiality can i shown, he said. | Curtis An Investigator, | Alderman Orson F. Curtis, presi- Sys- ed Should | i 4 a be dent pro tem of the common council, has facts and figures | from the Sommers and tems have been adopted been securing cities where Cambridge sys i | and it is said he will lead the faction | favoring the adoption of a similar plan here. T0 BUILD $35,000 BLOCK Waskowitz to Complete Structure on Lafayette Strect—To Contain Eight Tenements and Three Stores. A building permit for $3 granted today ,000 was by Building Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford ta the Wexler company to construct a block for Sam Waskowitz on Lafayette street. The building will contain eight tenements and three stores. The work on the building was started some time ago by Barney Miller but it is said he re- cently sold out his interest in the ucture to Sam Waskowitz The work is now being rapidly completed A permit was also granted to the ‘Wexler building company to construct a garage at 21 Hart street. The cost is to be $500, 30,000 TROOPS LEAV Brest, June 10.—Thirty thousand | troops left Brest last night and today | for the United States on nine trans- | ports. The troops are from the Sixth and Seventh divisions and the Supply Service. The Imperator will leave ‘Lumorro\\ with 10,000 soldiers. ‘ EVASIV ANSWER WILL BE GIVEN BY AUSTRIA, i VIENNA REPORT STATES | 1 i | i Vienna, June 9, (By the As- | | sociated Pres:s.)—The Austrian | government tonight was pre- | paring its answer to the peace terms. t is understood the re- ‘ ply will be evasive. NEW YORK FINANCIERS GALLED IN TO TESTIFY Senator Lodge Directs That | They Participate in Treaty Leak Probe. Washington, June 10.—Telegrams requesting J. P. Morgan, Henry P. il Thomas W. Lamont, Jacob >aul M. Warburg and Frank A Vanderlip, New York financiers, to appear before the senate foreign re latic committee tomorrow and tes. tify in the investigation of how copies of the peace treaty reached private interests in New Yark were nt out today by direction of Chairman Lodge. lach member of congress today had a copy of the peace treaty with Germany. The voluminous and much debated document the Congressional order of the senate late vesterday er an epoch-making fight and just after a message from President Wil- son had been read saving he could not send the text of the treaty to the sen- ate without breaking faith with other members of the peace council. The capy of the treaty, brought to this country by a newspaperman went into the record as a result of vigorous efforts of Senator Borah of Idaho ani other republican leade It was not, however, until Senatar Borah began reading the 100,000 word text of the treaty which would have required many hours to complete that oppon- ents of publication capitulated. SHORTAGE OF LABOR IN THIS DISTRICT was contained ard, printed in by aft- Re New Britain-Bristol Section Needs 200 More Workers—Unemployment Is Disappearing. Hartford, June Connecticut is ac- cording to reports from 14 community 10.—Unemployment disappearing, labor boards to David Elder, fedeim! director for the state of the U, em- plovment service today. The total un- employed is a_drop from the past week. . The figur day compares with the fig on Apr 1 250 of 6,775 to- of 29,500 Unemploynient is distrib- uted as follows: Hartford 500, New Haven 2,000, Bridgeport 2,800, Stamford ), New London 175, Norwich 800, Middletown 300. The decrease is in Bridgeport, which showed 3,500 a week ago. La. bor surplus there was a source of con- cern a few weeks to cellation of large contracts. Bri n-Bristol district shows a labap shortage of and an equal demand is found in Waterbury, Danbury, Tor- rington, Willimantic, Putnam ana Stafford. The labor surplus is in chauf. ago owing can- war New feurs. machine operators and clerks The scarcity of common labor con. tinues. AX EXTENSION GRANTED. shington, June 10—An addition- al extension of 30 davs to July 15 was given today to partnerships and cor. porations having fiscal yvears ending January 31, February March 31 ar April 30, for making tax returns The extension does not operate, how- ever, to delay payment of tax install- ments BODY FOUND IN POND. Torrington, June 10.—The body of Donate. Lavallo, 37, who had been missing i Sunday night. was re ¢ vered “%fls' the East Branch pond today. Coronfer S. A. Herman is con- ducting an investigation of the case. f B I WEATHER. ; Hartford, June 10.—Fore- 1 | cast for New Britain and vi- | cinity: Fair tonight and Wed- | | nesday. _J) — = = KNGX ASKS SENATE T0 COMBAT LEAGUE {Wants Covenant Separated From ; Treaty of Peace I SEMI-OI?IGIAL— WARNING Resolution Designed to Advise Peace Conference That Ratification of Treaty in Present Form Is Opposed by United States Senators. | Washington, June 10.—A resolu- {tion to have the senate declare it { could not concur in the league of nations provisions of the peace treaty now drawn, was introduced today | Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, re- by | publican. of the foreign relations ! committee. | Wants Separate Action. The luton, which is expected to re CONFEREN ABOUT ILLINOIS IS FIRST, WISCONSIN SECOND These Two States Ratify Woman Suf- | frage Amendment—22 States Asked to Act | bring to a more definite stage the| Springfield, June 10.—Illinois is the | fight being made against the league | first state to ralify \he woman suf- | covenant, asks that the covenant be | frage corstitutional amerdment. The | separated from the peace treaty be- | general assembly approved the meas- ||‘m'r‘ submitted to the senate for rati- | ure today. The vote in the senate was | fication. unanimous while in the house it was | ""At the request of Senator Knox, | 132 to 3. ! who announced he would later dis- = cuss it in the senate, the resolution Madison, Wis., June 10.—The Wis was referred to the foreign relations | consin legislatnre today ratified the { committe federal suffrage amendment, the as l Warning to Conference. sembly voting 54 to 2 and the senate | The resolution, which is expected to | 23 to 1 tor Knox after a conference with | SIS | Chairman Lodge of the committee and New York, June 10.—Twenty-two there were evidences that it would | governors have been asked to call spe- have the backing of most of those | cial sessions of their legislatures im- | who have conducted the fight against | mediately to ratify the federal suffrage | the league. It is understood to be | amendment in a telegram from Mrs | designed as an official notice to the | Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the | peace conference that ratification of | Woman’s National Suffrage associa- | the treaty in its present form is| tion. | opposead. Telegrams have been sent to the The Knox Resolution. governors of South Dakota, Utah, The Knox resolution proposes that| Washington, Arizona, California, Col- | “the treaty shall be so drawn as to | orado, Tdaho, Kansas, Montana, Okla- { permit any nation to reserve without | homa, Oregon. Minnesota, Missouri, ! brejudice to itself for future separa- A Nebraska, North Dakota, Towa, Ten- ) tion and full consideration by its nessee, West Virginia, New Hamp- { people the question of any league of nations but that the obligations of | Germany and her co-belligerents | under the treaty shall not be thereby | affected The resolution also would declare it the policy of the United States gov- ernment in order to meet fully and fairly our obligations to ourselves and to the world that the freedom and peace of Europe being again threat- ened by any power or combination of powers the United States will regard such a situation with grave concern as a menace to its own peace and freedom Provides for Emergency. In such an event the resolution proposes that the United States con- other pow affected with devising means moval of such menace and will, necessity arises in the future carry out the same complete accord and co- | operation with our chief co-helliger ents for the defense of civilization.” | Reads Taft's Speech. referred with- | relations | with rs view to sult for the re- if was foreign resolution to the The out debate committee, | Senator democrat, e- 1ding a speech in | Pittman shire, New Mexico, Vermont and Ne- vada ACME MFG. CO. RAZED BY MORNING BLAZE South Wethersficld Factory, Owned Principally By Local Interests, Totally Destroyed. (Special to The Herald.) Hgrtford, June 10—The Acme Man- ufacturing company of South Weth- ersfield, of which the largest majority of stockholders are said to be New Dritain people, was razed by fire early this morning. The company recently selected a site in Wethersfield and did a business manufacturing prospering matresses, pillows, The loss is covered by insurance. William Miller of New Britain, Is the president of the concern and Wil- liam E. Smith of New Britain is the treasurer. When the fire was discov- ered, a phone call was hurriedly sent to Mr. Miller at his home in New Brit- ain about 4 o'clock this morning. e ”,'—' L D s by former Presi.| The Acme company was first or- | favor of the league by S S N itai z : | faver o whieh previously had been | &anized in New Britain but later ir T 1 nimous consent for ”](er_l moved to South Wethersfield During denied una s cons s il e Sl e e e recora on objection of | the past few months several large or. [ ¥ iSmmtnr Smoot, republican, of Utah BRITISH PREPARE FOR OCEAN FLIGHT Mammoth Divigible, R-34, Scheduled to Start From England About June 15. New York, June 10.—The mam- moth British dirigible R-34 sched- uled to begin a flight from England to the United States by way of New- foundland ahout June 15 will attempt | a return cruise if the westward voy- is successful British aviation of- ficials connected with the venture de- | | | age | clared on their arrival here today. Tieut. Col. Fred Lucas, Major Hugh Fuller and eight aviation | mechanics came ashore from the Adriatic. The party will go to Cape | May, J.. although the flight | terminus in the United States will be inot known for a day or two. Tn-| formation hitherto has been to the | effect that the balloon would he | | housed at Atlantic City. | American aviation officers and mechanics will assist in preparations. The British officers, members of the Roval Air Force, hrought 26 | pleces of bagzage containing spare | parts for the R-34 | Cape May the site of a naval{ aviation station and home of the dirigible C-5 which was blown to sea at St. John’s N. F. — ders were received and it is said that a large profit would have been assured the stockholders had not the con- flagration destroved the factory. When the company moved its head- quarters to South Wethersfield a num- ber of New Britain people moved their families there to be close proximity to the shop U-BOAT CHAMP DEAD - Headed in Admiral von Holtzendorff German Naval Staff During War and Favored Submarine Warfare, Berlin, June 9.—The death nounced today of Admiral von Holtz endorff, of the naval staff during most of the war. retired last August was an- head German general He Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff became head of the naval general staff in September, 1915, and except for two months in the summer of 1916, h-ld that position until August 2, 1918. He was a firm believer in the use of submarines and was decorated in 1917 for their work METHOD S “OVER THE TOP.” Chicago, June 10.—The Methodist joint centenary campaign for $105 000,000 passed its goal today. The total has reached $106,295,000, with six large sub-divisions of the loan work yet to report their latest con- tributions. FOR REPARATIONS:; I | | | | | | Paris, June 10.—The council of four met today amid an atmosphere, of considerable pessimism over the larger questions of peace-making with Germany still unsolved. It is under- stood that Premier Clemenceau has not moved from his position against any modification of the peace terms. No Settlement in Silesia. No settlement of the Silesian ques- tion or that concerning the Polish western frontier has is been reached. It Silesian problem tied up with the difficulty of hold- ing a plebiscite without allied oc- cupation, no troops being available for the purpose. stated that the Predicts Government Change. Paris, June 10, (Havas.)—The sign-~ ing of the peace treaty by Germany before July 1 and its ratification by the various parliaments before August 1 are predicted today by the Echo de Paris. It expects the answer to the German counter handed over on of the Germans, proposals to be Friday. The course it thinks will be to replace the Scheidemann government by another in case the present gov- ernment does not gn the terms. New Reparations Plan. Paris, June 10.—The plan for rep- arations which is now proposed in the council of four, according to Mar- cel Hutin of the Echo de Paris, con- sists, first, in seizing German liquid assets to the value of 25,000,000,000 francs; second, in leaving a margin of two years so that an accurate idea of the economic and financial situa- tion in Germany may be ' gained; third, in exacting, after two years, payment on account of 125,000,000,- 000 francs in gold or negotiable se- curities, and fourth, in giving the reparations committee authority to raise the amount of the annual pay- ments by Germany, should her ca- pacity to pay increase. JURY VISITS HOME Lawrence Trial Continues—Marviage | of urse Recelves No Judicial No- tice. Lawrence, Mass., June 10—The jury | selected to try Mrs. Bessie (Skeels) Lundgren, a nurse, for the murder of Miss Florence Gay her patient, today visited the former residence of Miss Gay In Andover. The defendant had passed the night at her own home in Andover as she is allowed to continue during her trial the liberty which was recently enjoyed because of her weak- ened condition. It is the contention of thée prasecu- tion that the defendant while nursing Miss Gay in December, 1917, gave her poison and stole several articles of value from the Gay home. It wasan- nounced that the nurse would be known throughout the trial as “Mrs. Skeels,” no judical notice being taken of her marriage three months ago to A. J. Lundgren of Andover, at Brookline hospital The statement that Mrs. Skeels had attempted to commit suicide when she was arrested was made by Dist. Attor- ney Wells in his opening address. He said she was found by officer with her mouth over the open outlet of the gas jet. The government would show, said, that she was “the only person with the opportunity, the capacity and training ind with the peculiar skill to administer arsenic to Miss Gay CHURCH DIRECTORS GUILTY Four of the Five a he Members of Chui: is- tian Scicnce Church Judged Guilty of Contempt of Court. Boston, June 1¢ Four of the fAve directors of the Christian Science church and an aftorney today were adjudged guilty of contempt in vio- lating an injunc of the supreme court restraining the directors from interfering with the trustees of the Christian Science Publishing sogity Adam Dickey, James Neal, Wil liam Rathvon and Mrs. Annie M Knott, directors were fined $50 each Clifford P. Smith, attorney of record for the directors in the litigation with the trustees now pending was | fined, §100, <.‘“