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

WY Herald “Ads” e =Y Mean Better Business E THREE CENTS. NE\X/ BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919. ~SIXTELN PAGES ESTABL L, H I"L‘ 1876. AGUE OF FREE NATIONS HAS BECOME PRACTICAL ECESSITY, STATES WILSON IN PRESENTING TERMS 0 SENATORS; SAYS TREATY IS WORLD SETTLEMENT ’OLICE HOT ON TRAIL OF SALOON |“MEN; TAKE SAMPLES OF BEER FROM EACH CAFETO TEST FOR ALCOHOL 8tatd “Drys” Planning Steps =0 Stop Sale of Even 2. a| 'Beer, Prchibition Leader LAN 1ocal Bl o1 W 1loonkeepers who adver- he sale of | percentage | one by cre suspeeted of having an alcoholic re than one-half of were visited last night police and samples of the o taken to be kept by the rities awaiting the finding of the W Haven court.on the test case. If case proves that 2.75 per cent. Per is intoxicating and the law is pstitutional, each saloonkeeper ose sample is in the hands of the ce will be liable to prosecution. State Police in City. nothing new developed in situation overnight, and still at sea as to what the per the heer au- | Locally o liquor alers are K. inovemoent on the of tho Bvernment or the attorneys retained their association will be. The u#ion here remains practically the me ‘with near-beer on sale in a ber of cafes, while 2.75 per cent. is being sold in a few places. of selling iiquor or wines to the attention of the State policemen ave | to be in the city and several street saloons were visited by hem this morning. The proprietors o saloons*state that no questions asked nor inspection made of places. : wses s yet come Bthorit own fain o5, <ast Case Is Unique. New Haven 10,—Th ¢ -+ e point at i the “Dher Sheiy Leing prose- cuted is whether the sale o 6 taining 1-2 or 1 per cent alcol over constitutes a violation of the| Jw® vegardless of the intoxicating f (ualities: of the beverage. The case s uniqiie, as all other cases involving beer: through the country, so far as is kKpown, are over the ue whether 2,76 per cent beer is intoxicating. “Information” in the case in thi ate. as it now stands charges that he'dmccused. dealer “did sell a cer- tain guantity of beer for beverage puk Bses, said beer being a malt product eommonly known as lager | Tear and ¢ponthining as much as one- alf of one/per cent alcohol by | weight and . volume” but makes no slaiih_ as to whether that beverage is intoxicatige. s To JFest Whole Question. JAt éne time, iffs undexgtood, it was Hiltendgd to use Stephen @. Minery of , the defendant,in the con- ality test cgse, as the de- At in, this tesf, but it was felt e attéFneys #or the state dealers this. would embarass them by rhlg’t.heuimesem clearness of m(\uondm case and in or- emove v.’po*.mmm y, Dis- rne: mouby gave them until . to select another man. Re- pm retail dealers around the “the be case was proposed \ndlcat(. that they feel that they fighting for more than the sale They say their relief rests phding the emtire war prohibition [ siire uwnfiktuuunfl and that sa, favrable decision on the [{§ius of beer would be of great Nluegho: the brewers, it would be far [ @1 Holving' the ‘problems of the re- i1 ers. b ty” Legions to Act Socn % fy'” forces of the state intend orf ‘o #take steps on their Cfiecs lo-d to stop the sale of 2.75 pef cent. according to a statement made by B. L. G. Hohenthal of anthester, state chairman’ of ibjtion papty. They will bring A0 _have™ refunded to each foale’ the balance of*his license Be period frone July 1 s ‘would expire. Such meoney would be auto- sl letion 'of the license. 0" gum Mr: Hohenthal said, O rd» \WLH the law passéd by ¥ providing that the dee.d refund of| fod from | %flhcm\to rt s0f the es tigeir decision 1i° Mr. Hohenthal thatr the state “be able to Gffect., without Bis organizution. | he, maid ho Jew=enforc- v | nant ot | Y I'Thl’,l)“' FE MUST RAISE $25,000 FOR WELCOME PLAN Mayor Starts Active Work For Reception to War Veterans in Sept. Ernesy N. Humphrey, chairman ot the board of public works, has been selected by Mayor Quigley to head the general committee for the old homs week celebration and welcome to the soldiers that is to take place in September. According to Mayor Quigley, a campaign to raise $25,000 to defray the expense of the affair will be launched in this city within a few days. 4 The celebration to the returned heroes, said Mayor Quigley, will be the largest affair of its kind ever held in New Britain. The city at the time will turn out in a body and do hom- age to her sons who made an envi- able reputation as fighters in France. Various committees in charge of the parade, floats, entertainment, fire- works, amusement, etc., will be elected within the next few days and work will be started at once. The chamber of commerce mittee, consisting of five will work in conjunction’ committees appointed by Mayor Quigley com- members, with the the mayor. d he did not believe that much difficulty would be countered in raising the $25,000. city will be mapped out into districts and a systematéc and energetic drive will take place - _The celebration, said the mayor, Will “De-she largest of its kind ever attempted by the city. Due to the fact that a large number of New Britain soldiers are still overseas, the event will take place in September. A medal of honor will be given by the City to every soldier, sailor ahd marine who fought in the world war, The choice Mr. Humphrey as chairman of the general committee was received with approval. at the Merchan# outing at -'Momauguin vesterday. That the su¢cess of the celebration is assured with Mr. Hum- bhrey at the head of the committee, is the concensus of opinion. en- Housc . of Gpnftmonsgad Amend- ment Concerning Colonial Held Prefc nce For ns As Manda- tory. London, July 9.—The house of com- mons today adopted an amendment to the finance bill, moved by J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor. of the ex- chequer, giving the government power by an vrder in council to extend col. onial- preferencs to any territory of which any portion of the’ British em- pire may become a mandatory unde the League of Nations. The vote was 195 to 55. During the course of the debats, James Myles Hogge, liberal, contended that this policy would sow dissension among the nations hecause the cove-J the league promises equal] trade and coramercial opportunities in those - territories. He asked whether, if the United States should be given the mandate for Coustantinople, the othér members of the league woulll be liable, as regards that city, to {He United tes fiscal systein Sir Donald Mac¢lean also protested against thetamendment but Sir Auck- lawd: Geddes, minigter for national séry nd- reconstructiony | replied thai ‘what fk =bvernment would he cmnowmcd would not be contrary to anything in the covenant. ('T M " RE LOYMENT OF JENS IN GREAT BRITAIN. Lnndmv. July #).—Despite strong opposition by the sovernment.a house of commons committee today by a vote of 15 to 12 a claus alien bill restricting the of.aliens in Great Britah passed in tho Ln\}) Oyment SR EPIDEMIC BREQKS-OUT IN MEXICO po City, Jaly 10.—Yellow ftever n discovered at Merida, Yuce ording to a report received B ior. The report states YOUE action has been taken tofficials to prevent a spread isea: Strict4 quarantine Il pro h% w instituted. wil 1 The . | the PRESIDENT IS GLAD HUNS RATIFY TERMS. Advocates American Troops in Rhineland for Time Being WANTS TRADE RESUMED Believes That Germany Must Do Bus- iness in Order to Carry Out De- mands Made Upon Her—Also Dis- cusses Fiume Question. Washington, July Wilson, conferring with newspaper correspondents at the White House today, indicated that he,was extreme- ly gratified that the treaty of peace had been ratified so promptly by the German national assembly. ‘Would Keep Troops There. 10.—President 1t was made clear dent felt troops in Germany complied with that the presi- hould be maintained until the Germans had all the military terms of the treaty. It was pointed out that there were several million vet- eran soldiers in Germany and muni- tions sufficient yfor them to pperate. The Germans have from oné to four months in which- to deliver all ma- terial except that sufficient for the reduced German army provided for in peace treaty, and the president believes American troops should stay on the Rhine until the material is delivered. Wants Trade Resumed. The president also indicated that he felt trade relations between Germany and the associated nations should be resumed at the earliest moment pos sible, for without trade Germany could not meet the reparations de- manded of her. Discussing the peace negotiations at Paris, the president let it bé known that the lemsue of nations covenant will be in every treaty negotiated at Versailles, in- cluding ;that with Bulgaria, with which eountry the United States never was at war, Discusses Fiume Question. In response the Fiume s pointed. out to questions tuation, the = president that the treaty of Lon- don provided that Fiume was to go to Croatia and that Italy did not lay claim to the city when that {reaty was signed. Speaks of regarding Demobilization. The president made it clear demobilization of the American would depend upon the speed which the military conditions of the peace {reaty were executed by Ger- many and the treaty was ratified by the various governments. TREATY IS RATIFIED that army with Peace ( ‘onference Gets Official Notifi- tion of Action hy German Assem- bly in Accepting Terms of Peace. Versailles, July 10— Official notificu- tion of the peace treaty by the Ger- man national assembly was given the | peace conference this morning | The notification wxs by Baro Kurt von Lersner, head of the German peace mission here. Col. Henry, the French Hason officer at Versailles, was the recipiert. The hour was 11 a. m Col. Henry immediately the notification to the office. s presented conveyed French foreign Berlin, July Press.)— President Ebert bill ratifying the peace treaty o'clock tonight, according to the waerts, ;?d the docurgent has 9,0 (B signed ‘tho yat 8 Vor- been ispatch o NVersailleg. - a8 —— Chief Rawfings Exhibjtion™n Th - A &uu ‘tions Proposed | City Next Week— Won't Permit Prize Fights. », Chief W J. Rawlings of the po*l i morning departiment anndfnced this that he had grafited a permit to Jack Reinas, to co! tion in this citg about July 18 The chief, however/#itimated that the pro- rosed exhibition would Mt be, tole ated if any prize fighting factic#were used. % /1t is reported that Mr. wegotiated withgTommy Shea of New Haven,and Bobby Reimer of thig city, as contestants {n the main exhibition, Bothuof these hoys are not of the bru- tal fighter typ#) and can be relied up- on to give a Bhe display of the art of selfigielense, Reinas has Associated | uct a boxing exhibML& presented by"a lawyer at the comay # { aia ~ PERMIT FOR -BOXING . ' STRIKE AT UNION MFG. CO; EMPLOYES WA QUIGLEY INDIGNANT ON GARAGE SUBJECT Hints at Calling City Meeting il | Council Does Not Act MAY RESORT TO COURTS Unless City Fath Prohibit Con- struction of Garages in Residential Section, Mayor Will Appeal to Citi- zens to Take Action, council, at the held Should the common special meeting to ning fail to enact ordinanc bidding the erection of a garage the Swift & Ferguson Motor Car pany, adjacent to the on West Main street Quigley will city pur be this eve- e for- by com- an library , Mayor George A endeavor have property resort to the Mayor Quigley to the chase the and if necesss courts this to condemn it. morning issued a statement saving that every available means will be taken to oppose the construction of the proposed garage. May Call City Meeting. “If the eity cannot enact nance or receive sufficient by law,” said the mavn~ “‘forbidding the erection of garages in residential sections, T will ask the council to call a special meeting of the city in order to have money appropriated for the purpose of buying the Bunnell prop- erty on which the garage is to be constructed. The land will he used for library purposes. If necessary the mat- ter should be taken into the and the property should be demned an ordi- protection courts con- win “The erection of the ed gar- age will not be tolerated and 1 will use every means to opn con- struction. The beauty of West Main street, containing the finest municipal the postoffice’ and the be desiroyed. The garage built in the civic conter of the city. Tt will prove a menace to public safety. The space between the trolley tracks and the curb is so row that T believe that it will be most impossible for a machine and trolley car to each other at sanie time.” Pight to Limit. PO buildings, brary, will must not e a nar- al- a the Hot Mccting Promised, The promises to be It is said that mit to build courr cting this evening interesting session. Olson. whose pe garage on - Lincoln street has been withheld Building Inspector Arthur N. et wensd will be represented by counsel ot the meet- ing. poration tendance questic an AT counsel, will advice also) on in at legal e to any s which muy The permit of the White E pany to build a factory, Washin, street tested, I give arise le com- against which residents have pro- 1s not been issued yet. on Hint It is reported today council this eyening the. ordi- nance forbidding the construction of the garages, a suit for damages will e brought against the city the pros pective builders. It is said that M Olson is at the present time unde going a loss of several cach day because of the delay having the permit granted and seck dam- ages. In discussing ing Building at Damage Suit. that pass should the by a dollars in will the matter Inspector this morn- Rutherford not ite whether or not he would issue the permits. At the present time he is just withholding the applica- tions on the advice of the corporation counsel It was reported today that rectors.of the New Britain Had offered to huy the erty from Mpr. Swift and ter had declined to sell. Mg Swift re- fused to throw any light on the sub- ject, declaring that he had nothing to say. He stated that he would not be the di- Institute Bunnell prop- that the lat- mon council session this evening. WEATHER. Hartford, July 10.—Fore-* cast for New Britain and vi-i cinity: Showers tonight; @ri day fai 3 NT MORE PAY Production is Stopped For To- day But Early Settlement Factory | | | | is Expected By Officials e Due to a disagre an in- créase of wages the factory employes of the Union Manufacturing company have quit work until an agreement has been reached. Production has been halted temporarily due to the temporary strike, but it is not thought that it will last much longer than to- morrow. The office force is work- ing as usual. In all probability a settlement will be reached by tfl’nor— row night, officials say The company officials seemed rhther hesitant abeut giving definitg in- formation to the details off the | situation, is thought thatgnoth- | ing senious will develop, beyg@ld the linterference of production féM a day two. One of the officialg §stated that there was one departmefifwhich was giving no trouble and t this influence might bring about} ad- justment of the present difficdl. The Union Works been sifgularly fortunate in not having tugale with their help in the past ar is be- lieved that the present ident s simply a nnxundo!kmndli&" of the true conditions. PLACE IN LEAGUE PROMISED AUSTRIA | - eement over | any as it or have Will Be Admitted As Soon s Aflics Think She Has Respo Asible Government, ill be ad- he League llied and 9,—Austria- membership in as soon the s considgr that she responsible, ”government with both the will and nhc power to fulfill its internation obligations. The Austrian peace ll\“'uuhnn been so informed in a rePly by the su- preme council of the; Peace confer- ence to an Austrian plea for immedi- | ate admission te the jeague. | Sympathy with the idea the | League of Nations aNd an expression of willingness to be sAfisfied with tal. ing the of a parsicibating pefh- ber in thai organizatiol and_enjoy its protection fn the Aus- trian reply peace terms made public The reply was dated LS Ger vin-en-Laye, |"June 23, in the form of # communica tion from Chancellor Rehner, head of | the Austrian pe delegation to Pre- ! mier Clemenceau as president of the Paris, July mitted to of Nations ociated poss as ass power has of role was expressof to the Allied here today¥ a veacs conference The reply gation recognized tria as the text nation could the problem “which by the hands that the dele- German-Aus- names the take a part the league, nature remains in t{power ut will be glad of its protecjion “without tak ing an important part in the rights and obligations enfailed by member- league} sets forth that (he note well crepting not of ver a in its ship in th NOMINATED BY WILSON H. Percival DAdgc of Mass., is Mini for to .\,,flguo.., of Croats, Serbs and 3 w3 WasHington. Jul; Dodge of fMassachus ed today {“ Pre W minister ¢ the kingdom Croats an Slovenese. Johyp BErton Payr nominate: to be shipping 14 Dedwood assistant at Graham of Sloven H tts was Percival ident son to be of the Scrbs, e of Chicago was member of the Robert . Stewart, D., was nominated {o bhe fney general. samuel . shurgh ‘was nominated judge o the t of claims. pic STRIKE CALLED %, QIS *, ers Vard and | Marine Fire H - and Water Tenders tlantic Scaboard ; Pay. Demapdipgy Y . New Yor - fmanring firein e, o | dervawas (ailed togde) North Atlantic! coasts from Gt t land, Me: The strd that the entire fig} privately owneay by the walkout.” an increas strike of and watéf ten along the entire Mexican Gulf Texas, to Port leaders ndustry and all & will be tied up strikers demand k@ month in wages ert s Explains that America Entered War on Side of Justice and in Making Peace Seeks No Special Reparations But Only Restoration Washington, peace treaty with July Germany the framers of strumentality their purpose for the maintenanc to set up in the wo The “most skeptical” sion pro; framing nant of the leag be worked out else was in solution, easier. the terms of the treaty ue was the first eed and ag Mr. conferees the most practical among them Wilson said the which did not adinit of itions was the practic P - a commityee of senators the crow: a minu [ ing e the vice president’s seat, Mirshall as the chee Text of Wilsons’® Speech. Washington, July 10.—President Wilson in presenting the peace treaty and the League of Nations fo the sen- te today spoke as follows “Gentlemen of thg senate: treaty of peace with Germany signed at Versailles on the 28th June. 1 avail myself of the earliest opportunity to lay the treaty before you for ratification and to inform with regard to the work of the ence by which The was of you confer- treaty was formulated reaty a World Settlement. “The treaty constitutes nothing less than a world settlement. It would not possible for me either to sum- marize or to construe its manifold provisions in which must of necessity something less than a treatise. My scrvices and all the in- formation I possess will be at your dis- posal and at the disposal of your committee on foreign relations at any time, either informally or in session, a you may prefer: and I hope that you wil not hesitate to make use of them. I shall at this time, prior to your own udy of the document, attempt only a general characterization of its scope and purpose. Has But Little to Tell, “In cne sense, no doubt, there is no need that I should report to you what was attempted and done at Paris. You have been daily cognizant of what was going on there—of the problems with which the peace conference had to deal and of the difficulty of laying down straight lines of settlement any- where 6n a field on which the old lines of international relationship and the new alike followed intricate a tern and were for the most part cut by historical cireumstaces, dominated. action where it have been best to ignore or them. The he an address be a so so deep which would ve rse cros< currents of nominat- | Pana politics and of interest evident to you. It ing in me to attempt questions which must have been would be presum- explain the the many into 1o 1rose that T shall attempt mbitious than that and more clearly | suggested dauty report to the congres it seemed nece for md me to play the representatives of overnmen of the United States. “That part was dictated America had plaved in the and by | the expectations that had bheen ated in the minds of the people whom we had associated that great strugg Amcrica’s Role in the War. “The United States entered the war upon ‘a different footing from every other nation except our associates on this side of the sea. We entered it, not because our material interests were directly threatened or hecause any special treaty obligations to which we were parties had been violated but only the supremacy, of right every- and free everywhere intolerable ager of power which resnected neither right nor obligation and whose very system government flouted the rights the inst the witocratic authority of Fovernors or diverse clements entered them something less by to s the part my £ colleagne my the by the rolo vau cre- with | ourselyes in because we saw even where put ernment likely periled by the the validity jeopardy to in gov- be im- ssion a of o citizen as his upon,” 10.—President to the senate league of free nations had become a practical necessity, the treaty felt obliged to turn e o of Right and Assurance of Liberty Wilson in today f the new order i rid.” League Favored in Paris. of the peace conferees president said, had turned more and more to the league as discus- ressed in seeking solution of whp problems that arose in itself. at “The fact presenting declared t P that the that “a to which “as an m(h«-p(‘um\»le in- has been aris, the the cove- substantive part of the treaty to t helped to make the a feeling that their work was to “we refer to the league of nations the superintendence of immediate trative problems which were to require i “What had seemed a counsel of perfection, “had come to seem a plain counsel of necessity Jlosntesman’s hope, of Suscee the most difficult flmng\ he wis attgaipting” Is Greeted With Cheers. When e president entered the senate chamber, escorted by lleries rose and cheered for The president, spoke briefly with Vice President £ ded ¢ in disregard of the senate rule ring continued, punctuated with he president said, Were Agreed on Covenant. agreement on the covenant had g be permanent and that most all all continuing oversight” said the presidenty The le re at last the determination of formulation of all rest “while the ven the ready to interests admini ot many of mount- ebel” yells. of set ed pig sel ve bo. ha in mo cor the ne tea Ou ha ed rou wo to age ho lea cel sV zes wit Th me of in v ing her the to on day Pe | mere | thin riv for gle spi tha e T con ma | and lions salv assy nev fice not a e to spe: spes witl And in the the we have sought no special reparation settlements of peace for everywhere other ags everywhere thei November, what | vance frontiers never ArTy ourselves, right and but only the as that. the tlement were to be the war ons of right ves in the te capacity Allies Were at “The hopes of the ainst the Central ry low ebb when our pour the amongst ind ms we across ses ir ding stoutest spirits, a of dis The eight to recall wster ve only mid-summer last onths before the a it was that mplished alike S phy to-be-forgotten our for cal safety ver u-Thierry 1 r redoubtable closed the upon Paris—had tide of of was to save the France, that Thereafter Iways forced to thrust 1t rid ain pe ding Anxious spirits of men France the Fourt ebration of ar in —with t for h art for the no 1 hope. But something new themselves of men confidence that of re sight oul the every and every in their movement res turn. « march ste and ¢ nding eyes s indomitable a everything the that th incident the f fr 1ed Wt ‘was much ver, nt from of differ fresh troops had flung itself The fine physi rited men spoke hodily g al vigor. T at ideals of a free urts, and with tt querable. Thelr reassurance n ught de victory certain Yanks Recognized thous: their strength And they hope as their ation such a it forecast hattle irance er went into rs worthy the ulo the but perhaps France aking the 2k also of Americ them ry th They t surancs effects felt as the disinterested cham- interested the Loy T powers them months what rmistice t their action at already soldiers and & had succeeded in opening for battle back and Europe the Germans werd, back, successfully Paris out of gen f told nto hey people at Crusade which mission, he restoration liberty of the We enter ours peace in na EbD, iations allied were at a soldiers began wag except in sombre fores war ended in but yéu feared our short to realiza imely aid morale and That firsty Cha= was ac= taken marines 1p the enemy. their ad< already towards the begun the and the back, forward And yvet there was no confident’ and. womeny attended the of July las# erous courte estivity, little came awam their heavts. the vigor itself stalwarg swing= compre= discipline, in added spirit made everys memorablg had haps= than a some-i e mere ar- moraf strugs 4 those § 1S S0, % of their showed heir their 1y more rreat orce of something mora carried the their were uns presance fighting “They were recognized as crysaders, nds swelled to mil- % was soon Lo mean were fit Jiggn to nd make good th Finer m wnd their @ em. “This to utter America sent am may § since 1 I pride T shared withi: w or Aealt vere the sowts (Continued on Fifteenth Page) v / place, § turne werd g