New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 1

“[fes of “the World. s By Asscciated Press. 7 = BRITAITT HERA '(r Herald “Ads” Mean l Better Business ) 81 ABLISHET 1870, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919.—SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS RN SENATE OF PAGT AT PRESENT : White House Issues Statement That Defensive " PRESIDENT WILL NOT INFD J Treaty With France Will Not be Given Out| P n Repo Until Wilson Raturns from Touring Country;| Bolshevik Army is “ —~ No Comment on Senators’ Attacks Four Times as Large \ MAY START ABOUT TENTH OF AUGUST, = EEh Q r ‘ " 0 J n ATHOUGH DATE IS ONLY TENTATIVE |[COORDINATION OF Washington, July 25.—President \Wilson does not now plan o \ to present the defensive treaty with Irance to the senate unti 5 “ after he returns from his tour of the country. This statement More Than 2,000 Soviets ~ was made today at the White House When the president pre- sents the treaty he will accompany it with an explanatory address Surrender Just to Get to the senate. ~ - ¥ Tl @ A Chance to Eat Bread Made No statement was made at the W hite House \\1LI‘1 regard to From White Flour. charges in the senate yesterday that the president had violated a section of the treaty by not presenting it at the same time with Paris, July —Twenty thousand the ‘reaty of Versailles. There seemed to be some doubt at the | Russians, many of them barefoot and * \White House today whether all republican senators would be | Without rifles and unsupported by invited to confer with the president. No further appointments | heavy artillery, compose the northern had been made today and so far as could Dbe learned Senator | Russian army whole front extends AVarren of Wyoming and one or two other senators were all the | from the Finnish coast to.Pskov and president planned to see in the immediate future. which is driving backs toward Petro- 5 D ar, grad a Bolshevik army four times as A Tiets Data for Senate., Ih”.go‘ according to reports received The president was in his study here from officers of the American re- carly today and among the matters lief administration on the scene. bafore him was the preparation of |} o e e R information and documents relating ” (‘f King der Fire. to *the peace negotiations requestel These officers are working part of by the senate. A vast number of the time under Bolshevik fire endeav- papers have to be separated from his oring to provision and to provide med- personal documents and this worlk —— ical supplies to this army, made up : : ‘hiefly of Russian under prominent was expected to consume much time. . C ! i Tndications today were that tho | Agreement Between United | old-time Russian leaders. Officers 5 - 3 and soldiers alike are clamoring for president would start on his westwa S " ; SolC ; ERrorts trip about August 10, although it wa States and Columbia Pro- | 1k TRl Zad Beenipromised (hom tentative, depending upon develop ides B 25 000 .\;}‘]](‘;]r”r}m{\;‘(‘.)x: W“(»:)x:i?:?en:-]cflpth:\l' e menis, . vides For $25,000,000. could reach Petrograd speedily. ) e A ScgLate e i Lurcd By White Bread. After conferring for half an hour et e wih Mr. Baker, the president called | Washington. July 25.—Under pres- | The reports of the o show on Secretary. Lansing, remaining about | ent ‘plans of republican leaders, the | eary in July of '“:;,,(,n,m?,';mg.,;;‘l.o(f(; i [ en returned to the L il = s g\\")‘nll‘:Iy;;‘f;;so”"l’l‘:wln‘-rlt Was mo intima. | Peice treaty will be set aside tempor- | by th: Americans many of the Bol- tion as to what matters he had dis- | arily for consideration of the treaty | sheviki succumbed to the lure of cussed with the sccretaries. between the United States and Colum- | White D5 aaana -““(“U" el Snomiey S R e B R § ... | One entire organization, known as the ,.:.;ryhfi., S et bia, proposing payment to the latter | Groo) Guards because the men wore war and navy building just be of $25,000,000 for damages arising | green uniforms to render them icon- noon. He did not communicate his| T American acquisition of the | spicuous in the forests and which was intention to White House attaches and | Panama canal. more than 2,000 men strong, surren- 4 crossed the street from the White Chairman Lodge of the senate for- | dered to the anti-Bolshevik forces. %" House unattended cign relations committee said toda Cheering Up Troops. [ | - - the Colombian treaty would be taken Eoforoinelimer ot e a0 T0O DECIDE FATE up by the committee next week with | {he Russians were suffering for lack plans for its immediate ratification by | of many things. There was no soap OF HOTEL PROJECT | the senate. Action on the treaty has | for instance, and cigarettes were so been urged by state department offi- | scarce that they brought a ruble and cem e cials. a half a picce. The improved condi- It was understood an agreement has Chamber of Commerce Will Issae [ been reached ween Senator Lodge . 9 and Under-Secretary Polk of the state Hotel . - Questionaire Regarding department by which the committee 2 b would eliminate the clause of the % f{‘ ol ssanrant. treaty suggesting regrets to Colom- Plahis-dre beipgadade by the cham- bia for the partition of Panama. ber of commerce for the distribution.! Rebublicans have held up ratifica {iof a.quéstionaire next month for the | tion of fthe treaty for several ye giurpose: of leatning the stand taken | Pecause of this clause and some time 8. local business men, professional | 880 the amount of the damages to %' merkand manufacturers on a proposed | P¢ Paid Colombia was reduced to $15,- 3 000,000 but in consideration of the ¥ ¥gtaundnt hAd hotéf to eliminate the | o O0E W CONSCEBAON O ine s necosity of Wolding factory “annuals” | SLRTRUOT OF NS SOEIES, CTANEE e §.and -othier big events in Hartford. All| 078 L5e o members of the chamber will be |’ i ST askedeto fijl out the «blanks stating “ % where, in‘their opinion, would be the | FAGTORY BUYS LAND best location for such a building, Wwhat the best methods of operation R would be, and if they feel it would be | Landei y & Clark Co. Acquire Ja benefit to the city. T e e iy T nG ot tha " Hard- MaCauley and Baker Propertics on ware Center.” which is the monthly | gniey street. paper printed by the chamber, the | plan is discussed and the necessity of | Lander ry & Clark (‘o. have such a project outlined. That the | acquired ¢ valuable land in the restayrant and hotel is likely to be southeastern part of the city with the established and run by people other | Purchase of sites from Elizabeth and than New Britainites is shown from | l.ouis R. Barker and George K. Ma- the statement made in the “Center” | Cauley. The sites are in the rear of that, “the chamber is busy now with | Stanlev street and have frontage on fnen in nearby cities trying to get | railtoad property. An official of the them to came to New Britain and | concern said today that nothing defi- opén Mip & real place.” The question. + Nite had heen planned for the new ¥ % ‘aires will be sent out about Septem- | PPOPErty as yet by the company ber/1, the paper announces. I FRENGH DEMOBIL]ZING e ‘K(--»('r\('\ of 1917 Wil Be Out By Treaty Making No Special Impression | yiddle of October—Plan to Reduce on Austrians—Only Complain About ! Military Scrvice. National Poverty. ; Paris, July 25.—All reserves of the French army including the class , Vienna. July 24 (By The Associated of 1917 will be Cichliia by the #. ¢ Press.)—The new terms of the njdqle of October uccording to plans Austrian peace trealy are making no completed by the government and ‘special impression on the public. The ' published today. There would re- ‘ newspapers, however, remark that the main in service members of the world is still attempting to treat Aus- classes of 1918, 1919 and 1920. frla as a great state instead of one | Before the meeting of the new ,;;i: Which has lost five-sixths of her ter- | parliament, it is understood, Premier . Titory and been reduced from a great Clemenceau, as minister of war, and sempire of 66,000,000 persons to Marshal Petain will draft a plan for 56,000,000, who are facing a winter in , the reduction of military service. Thi Which hundreds of thousands are | it is said may rveduce the active army sure to die from famine or cold | to the equivalent of two classes or lows, WILSON SIGNS MEASURE MINUS DAYLIGHT ippg @ HHAVY RAINS DO vvci Washington, _July 2 Presiauan TOWARD STOPPING FIR Wilson today signed the agricaltural Spokane, July 25.—The forest !vvt‘! appropriation bill from which con- situation in Western Montana and | gress had ‘eliminated a rider repeal- Northern Tdaho which has been re- ,!P8 the daylight saving act after (he garded by forest officials as critical President had vetoed the original for the past ten days appeared muc measure. { improved today following heavy rains. American Relief Ex- tions and (he better food now supplied to the northern army is cheering up the men whose moraic is reported high as compared with that of the Bolsheviki opposing them. The lat- ter, according to the reports, now have to be kept on the front lines by throatening them with their own ma- chine gun fire. urvy is said to be prevalent among them owing to the scarcity of fresh vegetables sheviki haye armored cirs and super- ior artillery at their command but nu- merous dissensions among them noted daily are cited as indicating poor mor- ale. The Bol- Lack of Co-ordination. There is suflicient American food available in the Gulf of Finland to supply Petrograd and its suburbs for three months bui the lack of co-ord nation of Allied assitance to the Northern Russian army and to the Fsthonians operating in conjunction with it declared to be preventing the movement upon Petrograd from progressing with sufficient speed to effect relief much before winter as things stand now. By that time the American food now near the scene | would not be available, it is said, as it cannot be held indefinitely on the ships without sroiling and would soon have to be sent to other places where it is badly needed. AMERICAN TROOPS NEEDED IN RUSSIA President Says They Must Be Kept cre to Protect United States Iroad Forces. Washington, July 25.—President Wilson today advised the senate that the American military expedition in | Siberia was there primarily to protect and maintain operation of the Siber- | jan railroad and indicated that the ! expedition would remain there as long as such protection was necessary. Another purpose of the expedition outlined by the president was to ve to the Russian people in Siberia, | by supblying food, clothing and other Mr. Wilson said there w no intention of interfering with Rus- sian sovercignty. The retention of supplies American troops to protect the America railvoud forces under John F. Stevens, the president’s letter stated is ‘vital element." By agreement with Japan, the president stated, the American troops are to r main there as long as the pedition wged in operation, railroad eox- maintaining en ARMY OF TWENTY THOUSAND RUSSIANS, BAREFOOTED AND WITHOUT RIFLES, MARCH ONWARD; REDS RETIRE TOWARD CAPIAL Gamp! Uptonon! May 119, Has| Not|| - oo e TaISRORRr es 58 Ghnrges W Against Eight New Haven Dealers New York. July el war e | SRR ECL Rl B e Drinkey partment through Col. Arthur Woods, New Haven, July 26.—Eight S0~ assistant to the secretary of war, an- | called hard liquor cases which were nounced today that Clayton Emerson | to be heard before U. S. Commission. Hope of Willimantic, Conn., recently | ers Wright and Lynch today, were not discharged as a private from the [ pressed. This releases from bonds arm; has strangely d ppeared. The | cight saloon-keepers against whom war department is making every ef- | cvidence was supposed to have been fort to locate him. secured by department of justice Hope, who served with the 69th |agents. Among the defendants v balloon company in France, was | Joseph H. Carney, of Shelton The honorably discharged at Camp Upton | others belonged here, No explana- on May 19. Me had previously writ- | tion was given for lack of action in ten his mother that he expected to | the cases except that the government { be home in a few days. Since that| did not care to \press the charges. It time nothing has been heard of him | had heen under§tood that in each by his parents or relatives instance the sale grad been of whiskey, e LS = Y samples of whicl are said to be in = = custody of the tyderal investigators | | WEATHLR. Leres N _ | STRIKE TS’ SETTLED. | Iartford. July 23— Forecast l London, July 25 v The Associated SR g b Co W Press.)—The strike lof approximately | AR (AT BT S 250,000 men in thel coal mines that | ¥ [] threatened to paralyze many indus- tries was settied toddy. PARK STREET SOLDIER IS AWARDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR VALOR, RESCUED EIGHT WOUNDED MEN Mechanic Frank Ligsukis, son of Joseph Ligsukis of 27 Park street, a member of Company I, 325th United States Infantry, has been awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Cross for extraordinary bravery in action. The war department has authorized the publication of the following citation, forwarded by General Pershing, setting forth the heroic act for which the New Britain soldier has been decorated: “The comander-in-chief, in the name of the president, has awarded the distinguished service cross to the following named soldier for the act of extra- ordinary heroism set forth after his name: Mechanic Frank Ligsukis, Company [, 325th In- fantry, for extraodinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. With another sol- dier, Mechanic Ligsukis voluntarily made several trips into No Man’s Land, under heavy enemy fire, and carried to safety eight wounded comrades who had been lying helpless, and exposed to this fire.” Other D. S. C. awards announced today by the war department include: Lieut. Hank Welling, Tren- ton, N. J. Sergeants Warren B. Purcell (deceased) Weikert, Pa., Thomas M. White, Bridgeport, Conn. FORD’S ARTICLES WERE CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS, CLERGYMAN TESTIFIES Bishop Williams Testifies World Would Be Better if People Followed Principles Auto King Propounded. FACTORIES MAKE WAGE CONCESSION R. and L. Company to Go on Eight-Hour Day, With Time and One-Half for Overtime. Mount Clemens, Mich., July and le er and lecdturer, Henry Ford in Mr. Notices were posted at the Stanley Rule and Level company plant this morning announcing a change in the | working and pay schedules affecting an Episcopal minister Episcopal minis testified today for turer, an Ford's $1,000,000 libel suit against | both the main factory and the the Chicago Daily Tribune. branch on Whiting street. Beginning Monday, August 4, the Bishop William's testimony was in- K : basic working day will be eight houurs, tended to refute that of Prof. Reeves | jeginning at 7 a. m. and ending at of the University of Michigan who |4 p. m. For all time in excess ot some time ago testified that many of | eight hours the employes will be paid Mr. Ford's ideas were anarchistic. He | on the basis of time and one-hs was questioned by Attorney Alfred | These changes, however, do not af- Lucking, senior counsel for Mr. Ford. | fect those working on a salary basi “What is an anarchist?" asked Mr.|7Thc plant will continue to operate, Lucking as at present, on a 10-hour schedul “One who believes, advocates and At the P. and F. Corbin branch of works for the elimination of govern- | tne American Hardware corporation, ment and does so by violent mean. he officia have given a voluntary Mr. Lucking quoted Mr. Ford as|wage increase to practically ever advocating world viewpoint rather | cmploye. This inc effective to- than the national viewpoint. morrow, is on a sliding scale, but is No Anarchistic Idea said to average about 10 per cent. “Is there anything in that this is |per employe. peculiarly anarchistic?” Bishop Wil- = —— liams said the r of Mr. Ford was PLAN BIG REGEPTION not peculiarly anarchistic but was a sentiment occurring frequently in the S e ! Bible as “love thy neighbor as thy- sad People of Pacific Coast Will Giv The essence of Bishop Williams’ , e testimony was that nothing in the Royal Welcome to Fleet Assigned teaching: anarch of Mr. Ford were peculiarly Some were in the Bible, for Duty There. Washington, July 25, 7—I<1L\borat€&‘ some were held true by many persons not anarchists, he said. TFven refer- | preparations for the reception and ence to war as murder was made by | entertainment of the officers and men Carlisle and Fmcrson as well asmany | of the Pacific fleet are being made other witness stated. Termed Christian Teachings. phiosophers, all along the west coast, according to ges to the Navy department. “Taking the Ford articles as a Francisco an effort will be whole, was there anything anarchist- | made to eclipse the reception ten- isked Mr. Lucking. dered fo Admiral Robley D. Evans' “No,” replied the witness. globe-encircling fleet of 1907-08. “They are Christian teaching: President Wilson is expected to re- Taught in many pulpits. It these | view the fleet and a triumphal entr teachings were followed out this would be a pretty good Chrstian world.” SOLDIER IS MISSING M of Admiral Rodman's forces into tt roadstead through the Golden Gate is planned. LIQUOR MEN FREED Willimantic an, Discharged m \ CLAIM MAGHI AERIAL MALL P IL0TS STRIKE NES ARE FAUL Not One Aviator Appears This Morning Start With New York-Chicago Mail; -Pos office Officials at B elmont Park Instructe Not to Discuss Situation R —— ACTION FOLLOWS DISCHARGE OF TWO WHO WOULD NOT MAKE TRIP IN FO New York, July —A strike of aerial mail pilots begaf today, no aviator appearing to take out the plane with Chicags mail due to start for Bellefonte, Pa., at 5 a. m The strike, th first of its kind in the country, follows the refusal of the pos office department to reinstate two pilots discharged for rd fusing to take out planes Tuesday on account of the fog. Pog office officials at Belmont park, Long Island, the landing field fo mail planes discuss the s stated that they ha tuation. d received instructions not Protest Discharge of Two Pilots. A protest against the discha and Hamilton Lee, was sent ftc General Praeger on Wednesd known his decision Mr. Pra ceived by the aviators last nigh charging the two men had not been revoked service,” Mr. Praeger’s telegram the knowledge that they must orders to fly with the mail and rge of the two pilots, Leon Smit > Second Assistant Postmaste] giving him 24 hours to mak ger in his reply, which was rd t, announced that the orders dis| They came into th said, “as every other pilot, wit comply with the department’ where flying conditons are such that they cannot operate they have the option to resign.” BRIDGEPORT CONCERN AGREES; STRIKE OFF Grants 44 Hour Week and ‘Wage Increase—Others Refuse Demands. Bridgeport, July 25.—The strike at the Crown Bacheller Corret factory was settled foday and the workers will return to work Monday morning. This is the first shop in the city that has unqualifiedly granted the 44-hour week with satisfactory increase of pay and recognition of the claim of the federation of labor that the shop com- mittees be elected away from the in- fluence of the managers of the fac- tory. The strike commiftee and the management of the Bridseve Somers Co. have reached an agreement which will be ratified tonight by the work- ers and the shop will also resume Monday. The management of the La Resista Corset Co. refused to grant the de- mands for a 44-hour week and shop committees and the strike 2t this shop still continues. The entire force of the Hawthorne Mfg. Co. were locked out this morning ten minutes after they had presented their demands to the management. A notice was post- ed before the workers left the shop stating that the shop would open Monday morning to all who wished to return under the old conditions and pay and that all others could y away. g The strikers at the Columbia Graph- ophone Co. now number about 1,600 and if the demands of the men are not granted by Saturday morning the whole force will be called out The Bryant Electric force is all out and the Remington Yost factory is also closed. Committees of the strik- ers in these shops are formulating de- mands which will be presented to the during the day. weavers at the Raybestos left the shop this morning and they wanted the 44-hour week and in- crease of pay while the management of this shop said they were obliged to lay the men off as they were unable to get raw material because of the strike of thes seamen in New York. The Worskmen’s International Industrial union, an offshoot of the 1. W. W. and the federation of labor are having a great fight for members among the foreign-speaking workers who arec on strike. The W. I. L. U. claiming that Sixty the federation of labor is only an junct of the Manufacturers' as: tion and that they win no strikes. HARTFORD MAN NAMED TO GO TO EUROPE Rochester, N. Y., July At the closing session of the American Op- tametric association convention, W. Todd, Hartford, Conn., was commjs- sioned to go to rope and do pre liminary work looking to the farma tion of a warld wide optometric afii*y tion t. Louis was selected for the 1920 convention NEW YORK A\ BIG BANK LOAN TO GIVE TO GERMANY The Associated of the Deutsch financial insti- loan unan- proceeding information Berlin, July (By Press.)—Negotiations hank with New York tutions for a lary proportions of arc to nounced tavorably, in oflicial according quarters. Aviator States Position. Hamilton Lee, one of the d charged aviators, d, today, speaking of his dismi “I won't go up in foggy weatl with a big machine which travels 1 riles an hour. The smaller ‘shif are all right because they are slow In foggy weather it is often nei cary to fly only 160 to feet abo the ground and a high compressis Liberty motor is apt to get hot at low altitude, causing a forced land § If I am traveling over a lavg such flying is dangerous to ped is city, ple below as well as to me.” Planes Poorly Equipped. The aviators state that they has complained on several accasions thy the planes supplied them were poor equipped for flying, even in god weather, because of their high speel They sald they desired lighter amn slower machines as in misty or fo weather the visibility was so DOOE & ta make high speed dangerous. il men declared that since July 16 fewer than 15 accidents have occud red in which 10 planes were demaol ed and two aviators killed. . Other Fliers Will Join. Aviators of mail planes at Chicag Cleveland and Bellefonte will join the strike, according to local aviato: Twenty pilots at Belmont park, civilian employes of the department are affected by the strike action. Oleveland Mail Starts. Cleveland, O., July 25.—No aviatol reported at Woodland Hills fleld uj to 8:30 o’clock this morning to tal out the airplane with New York mail schedaled to leave here at 7:40 foi Bellefonte, Pa. It is ynderstood tha at a meeting of aviaters here las night it was decided not fo re for duty this morning if the New, Yorld aviators did not report for duty. The plane carrying mail for Chica go loft here at 10:20 a. m. Tie-up at Bellefonte. Bellefonte, Pa., July 26.—Up to o'clock this morning no airman ap peared here at the flying field to taka the airplane with mail for Cleveland which was scheduled to leave at a. m. Up to that hour no prepara- tions had been made to leave with the mail for New York scheduled to start at 11 o'clock. None of the avia- tors who were to take the mail out could be located. Plane Teaves Washington, shington, July 26.—Whilg the hington-New York air mail plana left on time today despite the strike of pilots the post office department had no official reports at noon to show that any others were in flight. A re- port from Chicago however said the machines in the western division were leaving on time Says Planes Was Are Safe. In a statement today Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster gene in charge of the air mail service, de- nied specifically that mail planes uscd are unsafe or that the department forced pilots to take the air regard- less of weather conditions. Published statements attributed to the striking pilots in New York have contained such criticisms. he department cannot leave the question of when to fly to the judge ment of a dozen different aviator | Mr. Pracger said. *If this were done it would be impossible to operate a mail schedule with any degree of, dependability and the air mail would have to be abandoned.” ICE KING'S TRIAL \GAIN POSTPONE Ansoni July 2 Continuan, without date was nted at the # quest ol the state when the casg J. H. Bartholomew, president of/i Ansonia and Derby Ice Corp. canf SV in the city court this morning. % i