New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1919, Page 1

. of "the World. By Asscciated Press. W BRITAIN nSTABLISHEL‘ 1876. NEW BRI'I AIN, CONN CTICUT i HL RSDA\, lUl Y 24, ERALD 1919 7LV]‘; PAGES. | BEER OF 2.75 PER CENT ALCOHOLI C CONTENT INTOXICATI WITHIN MEANING OF WAR-TIME PROHIBITION, COURT DE RUSSIANS MUTINY, DOUBLE CROSS ALLIES, JOIN BOLSHEVIST DEMOCRATICLEADERS DEFY G. O. P.; MAINTAIN TREATY 1S TO PASS AS FIRST WRITTEN AMERICA IS BUILDING TWO GIANT Ex-President Taft Ap- pears in Roil of “Go- Between” for Repub- lican and Democratic Senators “ WRITES LETTERS TO BOTH PARTIES o Suggests Certain Reserva- tions to Treaty That Might Be Acceptable to Both Political Factions. {—Former Pres- written to several and leaders to Washington, July Sdent Taft, who ha republican senators suggest I ations o the peace reaty which might be acceptable to yoth sides, has opencd correspondenc n the subject with prominent demo- cratic senators. Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, one of the leading spokes- men for the administration in senate nt received a letter from Mr. Taf The forme tion to the se the today s communica- 1 senator was not made public but it was understood to have been the same general tenor s that sent to the republicans. Will Not Cease Fight. Senator litchcock and other ad- ministration senators declared today, however, thal for the present at least, they would continue their efforts for jatification without reservations. pressing confidence that there was no question but that the treaty would be | vatified they said the fight now cen- tered on the' resolution accompanying yatification in which would be ecm- badied any reservations or interpreta- tion Contending of that senate wuired a vote on each article of the reaty, the administration ledders said lhey believed they had the votes to de- sat amendments to any section as a mple majority only would be re- uired. rules re- Will Oppose Changes. Canceding that strength might cloplto compel acceptance of a ication resolution with qualif Clauses, the administration senator said they had not yet been advised by President Wilson whether he would be disposed to accept any interpreta- tions. It was said, however, that the administration would oppose to the last any qualifying clauses which would require regeneration the ftreaty de- rati- of etary Lansing, who returned to on today from Paris, had a long conference with the gresident at the White House during the farenoon, discussing the situation at the peace Y matters. ft's Liette) President Wilson’s advisors said to- the president had known for sev- oral days of the existence of the letters “bf former President Taft suggesting reservations on the peace treaty. Some of the senators with whom Mr. Wilsgn has conferred recently have been in communication with Mr. Taft on the subject of reservations and it 8 sumed that the former pr suggestions were discussed at s the White House conferences. < ON 8,000 MILE TRIP Army Bombing Plane With Five Men on Board Starts on Flight to Circle w United States. Washington, July 24.—An army bombing plane carrying a erew of five, commanded by Lieut. Col. R. S. JHartz, left the ground here at 10 R. m. on the first leg of a flight of nearly 8,000 miles around the rim of the country The first stop scheduled | Is Augusta, Me., 50 miles from Washington MAN WIO LAID OUT ELIZAB. H PARK DIF Cromwell, July 24.-—Robert From, widely known as a Architect and gardener died today, nged 50 years. He Iaid out a con- Flderable portion of Elizabeth park, In Hartford. His widow, four daugh- ters and a son survive. Karl- landscape LINERS; WILL BE LARGEST A¥ LOAT AND CROSS OCEAN IN FOUR DAYS 24 than " Washington, July —Two larg zigantic ocean line any designed to ships now afloat and cross the are to be built by the shipping board. They will be 1,000 feet long and of 30 knots speed and will be equipped for use as com- merce destroyers in the event of w Atlantic in four day Announcement was made today by the board that plans for the ships had been completed and that work on them would be started in the near fu- ture. 1t is proposed to provide a spe- cial terminal for them at Fort Pond Bay, Long Island, and it may be that two similar liners will be constructed later. LdDCE DEMANDS FRENCH TREATY; BRANDEGEE SCORES PRESIDENT MOTHER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SON Pittsficld Woman Said to Have Shot Baby and Attempted Suicide After el Qu Pittsfield, Mass., Attornew J opening addrc of Mrs. Giady the murder of her Dunn. Jr., as soon was read in superior ing. Mv. Ely would undertake Dunn quarreled that as a result went to Pittsfield, July 24.—District made the in the ca: Dunn, charged with child, Joseph Allan the indictment court this morn- to show that Mr with her husband; he left hame and six miles away, to live; that he returned home on Sat- urday, August 20, 1918, the night be- fore the shooting; that he did not show her the attention to which she felt she was entitled; that the next morning she went to the kitchen to start to prepare breakfast; that later he went down there and she threw porridge at him; and then, declaring that she was going to oot herself and her boy, flew upstai She ob- tained possession of a revalver, the commonwealth asserts, and it was tak- en away from her by her husband. She did not see what he did to it but saw what he did with it. He placed it in a hureau drawer. Later she obtained it, shot the child between the eves and then turned the weapon on herself. It did not work and exclaimed: “The brute has taken out the clip. Dunn had removed the clip, leaving one bullet in the revolver. The weapon, a .38 automatic, was owned by Mrs. Dunn, she said, and frequently she slept with it under the pillow. With the completion af the state- ment by the district attorney the jury was taken to the house in Lenox where the shooting took place. Court reconvened at 2 o'clack this afternoon when the presentation of evidence be- GOVERNOR IS ILL Is At Home of Dr. w Ingalls in Hart- ford, Suffering From An Attack of the Gout. Hartford, comb is at July 24.—Governor Hol- the home of Dr. Phineas H. TIngalls, surgeon general on the governo ff, suffering from an attack of gout. Dr. Ingalls said to- day that the governor's condition was not serious, but that he would be un- able to get about for several days. The governor was not inclined to walk about today nor even to answer telephone calls. Dr. Ingalls went to the Allyn house on Wednesday to call on the chief executive in his rooms. As the governor was alone the doc- tor invited him to stay at the Ingalls home until he recovered. REVENUE FROM AUTOS Total Receipts for the Nine Months Ending June 30, $1,361,898.41— 95,003 Registrations. Hartford, July —Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoeckel issued foday statement giving the receipts of his department for the nine months end- ing June when the fiscal year for 1919 closed. The total receipts were $1,361,898.44 There were 00 registrations, which yielded in- come of $1.062.060.45, and was received from 1035, licenses. an $219 operators said the commonwealth | Connecticut Senator Assails Wilson For Calling Individ- ual Senators Into Confer- ence on Peace Pact, Washington, Juy 24.—A resolution requesting President Wilson to submit to the senate the treaty by which the United States would promise to aid France in the event of an unprovoked attack by Germany was offercd in the senate today by Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee. Unan- imous consent for its immediate con- sideration was refused by Senator Robinson, democrat,” Arkansas. - Senator Lodge offered the measure after a debate during which republi- can spokesmen declared that the terms of the treaty required that it be submitted to the senate for ratification at the same time as the treaty with German Brandegee Makes Inquiry. Inquiring why the France proposing that States aid that country in event of an unprovoked attack by Germany has not been submitted to the scante, Senator Brandegee, republican, Con- necticut, read into the record a mag- azine article quoting the text of the document as ry uiring that it be’sub- mitted for ratification *“at the same time” as the treaty wih Germany. While he Connccticut senator reading the article a White messenger entered with a from the president. “Maybe that's text of the treat Brandegee. Vice President Marshall the notation on the official and then replied: “I will say to the senator treaty the with United was| House message the authenticated said Senator examined envelope that it ‘When Mr. Marshall had opened the envelope, however, he found that in- stead it was a proposed extension of the British-American waterw: con- vention, first adopted in 1 . and he again interrupted Senator Brandegee to change his announcement Assails Wilson's Polic Charging submitting the senate and the committee, Senator fered to the senate's seeming inability to get the draft of the Ame an plan for the League of Nations. Senator Brandegee also assailed the president for calling individual sena- tors to the White House for discussion of the treaty ““Having tried jury,” the senate, Senator Brandegee declared, “‘now he sends for the indi- vidual jurymen and argues with ecach one of them. If there is any infor- mation the senate ought to have, he ought to come before the senate at least advise the committee. I think the committee is entitled to this in- formation; the people too are entitled to it, entitled fo something hesides the mere ipsi dixit of the president. Senator Lodge read from Figaro of Paris the text of the treaty, containing a provision that the two treaties be submitted to the American senate si- multaneously. “I cannot but regret that the treaty was not laid before us at the same time as the treaty of Ver- saille; s this signed agreement re quired,” he said. Reads Text of Senator Rrandegee text from the London All the world treaty except we by it,” said the Replying to Senator Hitcheoc with not requested by foreign relations Brandegee, re- the president information this case before the Paper. read a Times of knows who Connecticut Senator id similar July 4. about this senator. Rr: the ndegee; 1dc (Continued on Eleventh Page) are to be houna | and perilous task. DESERTERS SURRENDER TOWN ON ONEGA FRONT TO ENEMY; BRITISH TROOPS CONFIDENT London, July 24.—The government has a dispatch from Major Gen. William E. Ironside, com- mander-in-chief on the Archangel front, the Russian troops have Bolsheviki, handing over the town of Onega and the Onega front to the enemy. take the railroad front but were l‘t’,pU]SLd There are few British troops on the railroad front and none on the Onega front. General Ironside now has the situation in hand and believes that the fresh British volunteer troops are equal to mutinied and received stating that joined the The latter also tried to their difficult POLICE GET LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOZE IN RAID ON OAK ST. 5,000 WORKMEN ARE OUT IN BRIDGEPORT Prying to Enforce Demands for Hour Week and Increase In Wages. 24 strike for pay Bridgeport, July workmen are on force their demands week and of today a increase The entire Bryant campany’s plante. 1,500 is out at the company's plant. Tt Typewriter company’s factory employs 600, shut down when help left their benches this at 11:30. There are —ruribimgs of out at the Crown, the Bache Resista and Birdseye-Somers ies, wher dispute. There in mos ar. of t rumbilngs other factories —Over 14 Over 1, are out at the Columbia Graphophonc { road, conducted a to fore Elec entire force of wi all ller, fac ere 11 000 en- hour 500 e of tric hich the morning discontent Ta tor- the question of the method | of electing shop committees is still in | discontent | and labor leaders predict that many other sheps will be closed before the week. the end of The principal demands of the work- ers are a 44 hour w hour for skilled we skilled workers are hou and a 25 per cent in wages. rkmen, wl wee sek and a dollar rile demanding a incre PLAN NEW HIGHWAYS State Department Will Get ment Aid in Trunk Line of 30 Miles, 24 —Some 1t state prepared, Hartford. July the early fall the partment will he financial aid which the e ceive from the federal to award the contracts for struction of an improved from Glastonbury to New the way of Colchester ove miles. Nothing until it is known definitely the government will appropria will be one of the roads wh government will various states. a n WANTS Hartford, July cy Blakely and J of the board of school mington, have had with F. J. Trinder, the trades school department state board of education, establishing a trades school ington to serve Avon, Collinsville also. Farmington will provide a the state authorities will There is a report from that a trades school will soon by lished in that city. The J. Ramage a in a CONN. MAN PRE Rochester, N. Y., July 24. of the 22nd annual congr American Optometric morning were given over board of examiners section of sociation. Walter S. Todd of ford, Conn., presiding included Howard C. of the Massachusett urged greater uniformity state board requiremen where the poor can get their amined and ncessary slight cost. in ATHVR. Hartford, July cast for New Britain cinity: Fair ton day. and t and Constructing the help to build Rev. and eyes ex- ime highway with will m te. ich in TRADE SCHOOIL. of advocs Fa Canton If the authorities building equip Middletown an un- 1 Govern- New in de- the re- government, con- highway London distance be how by of done uch This the the | Quin- members visitors confe superintendent of rence of the ing rm- and in it ¢ estab- of association to the state the H cli glasses fitted 1.—For vie Fri- —Sessions the | this | as- ar The speake Downe, secretary tate board, who various | nics| at 11 Cases of Liquors Are Found When Authorities Visit House — All Class Stock. Firs? Detective Sergeants A. J son and Theodore Johnson, Richard- Officers Rival and Lyons of the local department assisted by Lieut. | representing the Boston & Maine raid today at the enio Chiapani at 198 Oak street and seized 11 cases of liquors alleged to have been taken from the railroad while in transit 1 Much Liquor Taken. The liquor consists of: One case ol'l Gordon's dry gin containing eleven | full bottles and one half full; one case sontaining seven full bottles of Old | Crow whiskey; one full case of Gor-| don’s dry gin; one case with eleven bottles of dry gin; two full cases of Mount Vernon whi one case of | Garrick club whisky; three cases of | twelve full bottles each of Gordon's dry gin. All the liquors are of high quality and were safely stored away in the tic of the O: street home be-! | neath the roof of the building. Theft Is Charged. Licutenants Benton and Maxehan figure in the case inasmuch as the li- | quors are alleged to have been taken while the railroads were under gov- ernment ownership. The coup was made by the authori- ties upon information in the hands of the New Britain police, following a pe- viod of investigating. The reports of ! railroad thefts coming to the attentin | of the ate police were traced to this city and suspicion fell upon a local group police Benton, home of E a Liquor Not Sought. The descent by the police upon Chi- apani’s home was not, however, for the purpose of recovering liquors, but for a search for goods alleged to have been taken from local stores. | The liquors were found during the |search and brought to the station further investigation. d of the police, it is ex- | pected, will do much to break up the | steady line of railroad thefts now lxmnhmm the railroad authorities and other men and phases of the case are expected 1o develop tonight and to- morrow. Cla In the Newington town hall tonight Frank Monaci, another local man will face charges of receiving stolen goods. Forty pairs of shoes alleged to have been taken in transit from railroad s between Battleboro, Massachu- setts and Torrington, Connecticut 1id to have been purchased by him The roads at the time were under government ownership and his case of interest to the local authoriti im Shoes Stolen. are REVEALS MURDER. Y., July 24.—The hody of woman found in an old barn near Sodus has been identified as that of Miss Nettie Costes, 56, who lust Was seen motoring with Percy Roberts, 35. An autopsy revealed that she had been shot through the heart. Roberts has not been seen since Saturday His automobile when found, contained a .22-caliber | vifle AUTOPSY Rochester, a FOUND DBAD HANGING TO TREE. Middletown, N. Y., July 24.—"TI'm going down into the lot to fix up the fence a little,” sdid Joseph Wilson of Woodridge yesterday to members of his family as he feft his home. A few hours later s found dead, hang- ing to a he W tree SCHEDULE PF CONCERTS. Band concert schedule, Walnut Hill park: July 30, Philharmonic band; August 6, Univi band; August 13, PhPilharmonic baid; August 20 | $25 New Britain City lhand; August 4 American Qomm 3, Philahar- e i monic band; Sept. 1, American band. 4 { ! N = Herald “Ads” Mean Better Buqme‘is CENTS! PRICE THREE New Haven Saloon Man Must Stand Trial- Defendant Argued that Such Beer Wi Not Intoxicating Because One Could Nd Drink Enough at One Time to Get Drunf§ SUNDAY GOLF IS ORDERED STOPPED IN SPRINGFIELD = Mass., July 24 course Springfield, Sunday the has the town a Springfield course golf on the of club of *d to thorit Co been try Sprin cease by West club order where located the BREWERS T0 CONTINUE MANUFACTURING BEER Hartford Liquor Men Will Sell As Long As They Can Get It. Hartford, July 2 A tive of one of the large local breweries said today that he the was practical would be n tain the case appea higher the while it was being courts. interim argued and decided he said the breweries would probably if Two other Hartford brewing companies been making 2.75 beer John C. Long, president of the ford Retail Liquor tion, when informed field’s decision concernir “Is that authentic? He was informed s asked “What are you the sale of 2.75 beer? “We. will sell it get it from the brewc ind if we cannot get There is no use tryving heer ’because you car sell what they don’t want He had enough beer on hand for least U. §. District Attorney Croshy said today that he change of policy to announce he might go to \Washi the Connecticut situation with Attor- ney Gen. Palmer because there were still some points to be cleared up The decision in the he said, reference tion of fact to be keep on brewing 2.75 per cent. beer there was a demand for it. have not July 1 Ha Dealers’ associa- Judge Chat- bec since asked that it was and going to do about as long as we he replied, will close to run on can we ‘near people said he today at John F. had no He sald on to discu Schmauder case, still left some doubt owing to ntoxicating’ pre: matter jury. LEMON FOR BOOZE Men as a ented to the Young Said to Be Selling Fx- tract at Fabulous Prices to Those With Thirst. The allegation that lemon extract is fairly good substitute for liquor if properly diluted, may have something to do with a complaint made to Offi- cer Matthias Rival yesterday after- noon. The officer was advised tha several young men in the southwest ern part of the city selling the extract at an exhobitant price have no license to from to house but are apparently capital out of th d promises to eveniually of the extract materia SHOOTS AT BURGLAR Hawtford are ant sell house making that price covery raise the 1y Shots Exchanged Between Policeman and Man He Found Leav- ing Drug Storc By Way of Windows 24 ex- J leav- ough- Whitney exciting Farming Hartford, .July Shots were changed between Officer John Leahy and a man who he found ing by way of a window of ton’s drug store on South street early today, after an chase down that street to ton avenue, but the man escaped, ap parently unhurt. Iour shots were fired by the policeman and the burg- fired two at the officer. About in cash was taken by the rob- There has been an unusual of recently ber. number burglaries here GASOLINE EXPLOSTON AT BAYONNT N TODAY Bayvonne, after explosion of a car line seriously damaged the the Texas Oil company here Three employves were slightly b The detonation shook buildings miles away. July Fire an of gaso plant of today irned. two in the opinion to the defini- | of |1 hey | 1 JUDGE CAN'T DEFINE EXACT LIMITATIO Liquor Dealers’ Associatig Will Probably Appeal Bof This That Meriden Man. Case and New York, cent alcoholic 21.—Beet: content ing ‘with| the Wartit \ct a decision turned by Federal Judg Thomas I. Chatfield of Brookly] in a test case brought by the go| ernment against Martin Schmal der New Haven, Conn., W was charged with selling beer. violation of the ‘Wartime P hibition law 2.75 Beer Classed as Intoxicati to th per to eaning held be the Prohibition intoxicat of in of demurred government’s charge ‘on _fi round that the informatig against him did not specify the supposed beer alleged to been sold was = intoxicating Judge Chatfield overruled the g murrer and ordered that Schi der must plead indictreng the rnal reveny all standar by whid congress o have viewed « tk the beer described in itk present P! cent. beer) clal known as intoxicating liquor, ail as such its sale was prohibitedy 's the opnion Appeal in K Schmaud “Under inte laws and matter information (2.5 was of the ch Case, f the Wartl ipheld - in vesterday N field in 4 test case again Minery, a Meriden (Comm: 1lings were Soug! the Liqud Connectien hell Judg] "eders Conned wil Constitutionalit Prohibition A 15 opinion handed Judge Chat Stephen A saloonkeeper. I each ince down n inst Dealers’ A Hearings on recently Chatfield Judge Edwir ticu It is p. 1 ey were Haven, where place of yma s0c the New lits in in appeal ken gove day s “does not . information,” th includ the de| demurrer 't rime can bi 1 malt prod and being of has been am bee now re: and a "he opinion the word fendant obtain no committed by sale of containing e oho the general clas the th vich saloons @ be the grair mu is sold over bar in vhich made b, the hut brewers since striction he use of which does not contain so h 5 per cent Impossible gued ir Drunk. of vas mot to the in tha suffi intoxicatd ar ex: 1ppor reason tain a » such or to imption one would in riod vid a affec be not intoxicatio king bee lon pe. some indi ted by one wi others would not * by antity cannot rtained fror nformation| small quantitic 3 time or ntity ted asce from ame q the lemurrer Cannot Rule, m Court is ap this record fr an determin of 0 g i ing in court amount make would “The facts alleged defendant he made a > product of T notl h t wi would and which om n in any w Alco content beer intoxica not. —— admitted ormation admitted which which demurrer in the theret the The that is a com- Knowr Does Conts monly n Alcohol, erefore, the poin present- infor- vy %o the in-/| containg | t product anddts his way the mate beverages, suctiAs nckl ber |3 nintior ne beer s0 vas Fhe formation doe alcohol and this extent a n ial is exc tha alcoholic (Continued on Eleventh Page) i