New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1919, Page 1

. when Japan % = 2T .—aa—a-s:q : Nev.s of the World By Asscciated Press. INEW BRITAT! HER ~— ESTABLISHEL 1876, NE\W BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. —SIXTEEN PAGES. RESTITUTION O DEPENDS ON CHINA SAYS » High Officials of Jap- anese Government Disturbed by Wave of Anti-Japanese Feeling in America. MILITARY PROGRAM CAUSES UNEASINESS Arrangements For Return of Kiauchau' to Be Worked ‘Out Beforehand in Com- mon by Two Governments. Tokio, Aug. 12 (By The Associated Press.)—"Restitution to China by Japan® ot . ~ghose parts of Shantuns. "rounce, including Kiauchau, now upied by Japanese forces will be de without unnecessary delay, but the time required will be dependent }xpen the Takashi ‘today. The premier, attitude of China,” Hara, Japanese premier, 1 answering a query of | The A"*orlatcd Press, made the fol-| ‘Iowmg stummvn\ Statemient Issued. « "My colleague, Viscount mmlstel of foreign affairs, issued a statement on August 2 regarding our policy respecting the Shantung aues- | tion. That statement represents the considered opinion of this government | “and T have little to add dealing w! the same subject. (Viscount Uchida. in his statement referred to by the premier, said Japan was willing to restore Shan- fung to China and would entgr into negotiations with the Peking govern- 3 as possible after the “should.be fatified by Uchida, ' i ith | Restitution to Be Worked Out. The question is often dsked as to will return Kiauchau to would point out in reply the titution of Kiauchau ements should he beforehand in common between the Japanese and Chinese sovernments and that the length of time required for such arrangements | depends largely upon the attitude of | China. Tn any case, we fully realize that it is as much in our own intes- ests as in the interests of China to accelerate the conclusion of all need- | gl arrangements and to effect without | uymecessary delay the restitution of Jqased territory which we have sol- erihly undertaken. Wave of Anti-Japanese Feeling. Premier Hara and high officials of the Japanese governmen: discussed frankly with the correspondent what was called the “‘wave of anti-Japancse feelhg” in America. They were plainly disturbed by reliable reports / yeceived here showing uneasiness as | t0 Japan’s attitude relative to Shan- tunz as one cause for the sentiment of! discontent among the friends of Japan, but felt Japan's repeated as- snrances to restitution, with *he premier’s statement to The Associated Tress today. should clear the air and | prevent any deplorable ' misunde, - | standing. i Germany of the Far Fast. i Tt frankly admitted here that Japan’s so-called militarism is ro- sponsible for much uneasiness abroad, Tt the opinion is expressed that foreign critics who call Japan tho “Ciormany of the Far Tast” neglect o take into consideration the internal and historic reasons which led the Japanese people to venerate the army and navy, including the historic roles Played the Choshu and Satsuma clans, spectively, be the army and navy, in the restor: of the imperial ‘dynasty and in svars with China and Russia. Nevc fheless, the Japanese insist there is a d'stinct movement to curb any exces- ives influence held hy the militarists §riiich might be harmful to the legiti- "umn development of the nation and jnimical to Japan's relations with America China. 1 that for detailed worked out by which are, r PROF ITEFRE Obio Governor Takes Action—Wants 2.600.000 Pounds of Meat Confiscated. Columbus. O.. Aug. 1i.—Governor 5 Cox announced this morning that be- fore noon today 40 warrants would be issued by the state for the arrest of food profiteers. The governor also | announced he would ask the federal government to confiscate approximate Iy 2.000.000 peunds of meat and poul- iry held in cald storage plants. V\\(‘F ‘S (‘" \Il{\l AN. Robhert €. Vance has been named ehairman of the publication commit- tee of the American Legion, to suc- eed George Palmer of New York. . Vance was elected to the place Hflt 12. ! and the house adjourned without the | ing twice vetoed. the same bill. Efforts i but F SHANTUNG ATTITUDE OF JAF PREMIER PRESIDENT VETOES DAYLIGHT REPEAL, Loss of Time in Farm Labor Prmclpal Oblecuon SENT BILL BACK TWICE Bill Returned to House “With Utmost Reluctance” By Wilson—Doubt Ex- pressed Whether Two-Thirds Vote Necessary to Pass Can Be Obtained. Washington, Aug. 15.—President Wilson today vetoed the bill repealing the daylight saving law. The president said he returned the bill without his approval with “the utmost reluctance” because he realized “the very considerable and in some re- spects very serious inconveniences to which the daylight saving law jects the farmers af the country.” 5 Message Not Read. The president’s message was sent to Speaker Gillett, but when an effort sub- said-b was made to present it to the house, Representative Blanton, Texas, - made a point of no democrat, quorum message being read. This was the second time the presi- dent had vetoed repeal of the law by which the clocks are set forward an hour on the last Sunday in March and turned back an hour the last Sunday in October. The first veto was several | weeks ago. Bill Vetoed Twice. White House officials and members of congress could not recall today a previous instance of a president hav- to pass the agricultural measure over the veto failed in the house and the separate house repeal bill then pend- ing was passed by the senate. Leaders in congress doubt that the two-thirds Vote necessary to pass the repeal measure over the president’s head can *be obtained. Agitation for Repeal. Agitation for repeal of the daylight saving law first came from farmers recently has been buttressed by labor unions, mothers’ clubs, rural | school authorities and many other in- terests. Urban opinion also has be- come divided and officials of many cities and smaller towns have come out against the law. Congress ha been flooded with petitions for repeal of the law, in collision with a coun- ter-flood urging retention of the stat- ute. Loss of time in farm principal objection raised to the law. This complaint comes principally from farmers employing hired hands and, opponents of the law declare, all farmers, at some time during the (Continued on Eleventh Page) labor is the SEVEN PLACES L teamsters, BUILDERS THREATEN NATION-WIDE STRIKE 1,500,000 Workers to Be Allectcd by Walkout 120,000 CIGARMAKERS QUIT Painters, Plasterers, Machinists, Brass Worker: Shirt Make Furriers, Umbrella Makers Demaid Wages in New York, New York, Aug. 15.—More indus tries are affected by strikes now going on or threatened in this city than ever before in the history of labor unions, according to figures compiled by labor leaders and made public tod List of Strikers, Besides the actors and railroad shopmen, those now on strike in New York city include painters, plasterer: machinists, carpenters, shopmen of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co., cigar- makers, brass workers, shirt make: furriers, brass bed makers, umbrella makers and art lamp workers. Although it has attracted little pub- lic attention, the cigarmakers’ strike is the largest numerically. According to union estimates 120,000 cigarmakers are on strike, Other Strikes Threatened. Some of the strikes threatened are by Interborough carmen and shopn}en workers in the entire building trades, workers in the entire clothing. indus- try, postal clerks and letter carrier rag pickers and mattres worker: Contractors In Trouble, A nation-wide building strike, ing 1,500,000 men out of work, threatened in a statement issued yes- terday by 27 international heads’ of labor unions. The trouble is the out- growth of charges that building con- tractors employ non-union labor. 5,000 Painters Strike in Brooklyn. Brooklyn! has several strikes. Be- sides the gasmen’s strike for higher wages 2,000 workers of the Julius Kayser Co. are out, the entire person- nel of the Knox Hat Co. has walked out, 4,400 wiremen at the Waterbury wire factory are striking and there are strikes at Ward's bakery and the American Machine & Foundry Co. The painters’ strike has spread to Brooklyn and 5,000 painters in that borough went out today. ALLIED GOVERNMENTS TO DEMAND BELA KUN tak- Will = Be Hanging and Shooting Hu Tried for pgarians Deposed Leader During His Reign in Budapest. Geneva, Aug. 14.—The allied gov- ernments have informed the Austrian government that it will be held re- sponsible for Bela Kun the Hungarian communist leader, and for his delivery later for trial by an allied tribunal, according to a dispatch from Inns bruck. Bela Kun, it is added, will be tried for hanging and shooting Hungarians during his reign in Budapest. Extradition will be resisted by Bela Kun, it is said, it being added that the former Hungarian foreign minister desires to go to the United States, tak ing with him the money he and his wife carried out of Budap SELECTED FOR SELLING ARMY FOOD Committee Holds Special Meeting This Mornfng and Fixes Prices of Goods to Be Sold at Cost to People to Help Reduce the High Cost of Living—Ship- ments to Be Made Monday. Details covering the sale of the gov- ernment food this city was taken of the special In the absence of the W in up at a meeting com- this morring. Quigley, Secretary presided Kerwin was unable meeting. Offers from Aaron Daniel- son and Philip Gagnier to st as volunteer workers were, presented to the committee. Seven Pla tary Pinc ing seven mittee of Mayor chairman committee, Francis Pinches, Councilman M. to attend the s Selected. es stated that places have been lected as the stations far the distribu- tion of the feod: Station No. 1, cen- tral fire station on Commercial street, entrance through the alleyway ad- joining the Bollerer block; station No. 2, engine company No. on Bast street, entrance at the side of the building; station No. 3, Elm street school house; station No. 4, engine company No. 4, corner of Myrtle and s street, entrance from the side; No. 5, engine company No. 3, North Main street; station No. 6, Northend school portable school build- ing, Bassett and Trinity street; station I Monroe school, entrance from east side of bullding. The committee desires that purchasers use the en- trances designated in order that there will be no confusion. Goods to Be Shipped Monday. J. F. Atwater explained his trip to New York vesterday and said that the goods would be shipped next Monday. He also said that the visit of Mayor the se- 1 - Georgé ™% _Quigley to New York a few davs ago, made it possible for the city 1o secure the foodstuffs. A num- ber of influential men from other cities were present yesterday and were turned down as the supply has been exhausted. He explained that the hams and bacon should here b next Wednesday. While no definite made relative to the hour of sales, it has been suggested that the stations open at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and continue until all but 10 per cent. of the apportioned goods to the station has been sold. The remainder will he kept for sale after the factories have closed at 6 o’clock. A limited amount will be sold each day, and it has been definitely decided to dispose of one strip of bacon and one ham, one can of syrup to each purchaser. Prices of Goods. Cansiderable time was consumed in figuring out the prices of the goods. Careful attention was given this de- tail in order that the city of New Britain will not be subject to any loss through the purchase of the goods The prices recommended today and which are subject to change before the opening of the sales, are as fol- lows: Ham, 34 cents a pound; bacon, 37 cents a pound; syrup, 50 cents w can of 10 pounds; 15 cents a can for pork and beans. One can of syrup and three cans of pork and beans will be limited to each purchaser. The Landers, Frary & Clark Manu- facturing company has generously do- nated the use of scales for the ing of the goods at the stations. be plan ‘has been STRIKE GRIPS PITTSBURGH 1 3,000 Higher | was, | this morning when 500 trainmen went | i faced a new weigh- i STATE POLICEMEN QUELL STRIKE RIOT Disturbance Ocours Among Dis- contented Workmen in Penn. Motormen and Conductors De- mand Increase—Service Over Prac- tically Every Division of Ohio Elec- tric Interurban At a Standstill. Butler, Pa., Aug. 1 A troop of state police arrived here this forenoon and was placed on guard at the plant | of the Standard Steel Car Co. which was the scene of rioting early today between several —thousand riking shopmen and 500 non-union workers. The strikers attacked the non-union men with clubs as they were about to enter the plant. A dozen persons were injured and the situation soon got beyond control of the police and deputies on guard at the plant where the strike has been in' progress ten da, Upon the arrival of the state police, the strikers withdrew from the zone surrounding the plant, but feeling w: said to be running high. Demand Wage Pittsburgh, Aug. 15.—For the sec- ond time in less than four months Pittsburgh found itself in the grip of a street car strike today. Trolley traffic ended at midnight last night! when a strike of 3,000 motormen ! and conductors of the Pittsburgh Rail- | ways Co. went into effect. The car men declare they will remain idle until the receivers of the compan) vield to their demands for a 12 cent an hour increase in wages while the | receivers aver that they will abide | by the recent decision of the war la- bor board, granting the men an in- crease of slightly more than five cents an hour, The street railway men were asked to return to work by their interna- | tional oflicers who said the strike vio- | lates their agreement with the war labor beard. 1 The striking men declared they would petition the federal court] eith=r with or without consent of the trolley company's receivers, to grant| the 12-cent an hour increase. ! Profiting by experience gained dur- ing the previots strike several months ago, Pittsburghers feit very little or slight discomfort as a result of the transportation tie-up today. Long be- fore dawn jitneys and improvised lines were in operation running over | the street car routes on schedule time. Increase. Service Tied Up. Columbus, O., Aug. 15.—Service | over practically every division of the Ohio Electric Interurban Railway, operating throughout Ohio and west- ern Indiana came to a complete halt strike demanding an increase in | According to an announce- ment at the superintendent’s office here the company will not endeavor | to run cars pending a settlement. on wages. To Move From Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Aug. 15.—As their stri ing employes have not returned to work the management of the Colum- bila Graphophone company toda; fln-} nounced that the plant will be moved ! elsewhere. The local plant was closed at noon, apparently not to reopen. It employs 6,000 persons. The announcement of the closing of the plant was made by T. C. Roberts, assistant to the president, who d that no statement would be made as to location of the plant in some other city at this time. Several factories | which are available are under consid- eration. He said the strikers had had timely warning and as they had ex- pressed determination to stay out the company would not attempt to resume here. The industrial strikes at other plants were unchanged today. The machin- phase in their own Lodge 116, which has just been organized by the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, got out the labor paper today, while Sam- uel Lavit and members of Lodge 30, which has been outlawed by the grand lodge, was endeavoring ta issue the “official” labor paper. Attorneys for both lodges have agreed to have a friendly receiver named to take charge of the books and praperty of lodge 30 until legal proceedings have determined whether the international association officers could take its char- tes away. In city court two striking employes af the Graphophone company were charged with assault on a man who had worked during the night. The man had started home when he was assaulted. He jumped in a ji¢ney and the two accused men are said to have thrown rocks at the vehicle! One of the men was fined $25 and the other had his case continued umtil tomor- row. dissensions. Refuse to Discuss Strike. Naugatuck, Aug. 1b.—Ag officials of the five plants of thefU. S.{Rubber Co. (Continued on FifteeniilPage) for New Partly <M Forecast and vicinity and slightly warmer and Saturday: moderate nd winds, becoming vnrln.blo."‘ | secured against | a matter that | nouncements made ! maintained that | if they - mits that the Soviet army | General BACKBONE C BELIEVED BR( SHOPMEN BACK TO SUPREME COUNCIL DRAFTS REPLY TO RUMANIAN GOVT. MGR. CORMICAN WINS BATTLE FOR THEATER | Judge Markham Denies Mo-} tion of George LeWitt to Dissolve Injunction. James Cormican, of the Cormican triumph the legal battle for the pos of the, Lyceum theater until Septem- ber 1, when Judge Markham, pre- siding in the court of common pleas, denied the motion of for the manager Players, scored a in ion this morning Judge F. B. Hungerford, George Le Witt, the theater, to dissolve the injunction Le Witt Wednesday The decision brings to a close | has occupied the lime- light for several days. The entire story whether or not counsel owner of night. hinged around Cormican by an- from the stage ! that last week was to be his last, broke the contract. Mr. Le Witt has it did, while Mr. Cormican took the other side of the question. The court session today re- vealed the fact that Cormican as lesee of the theater had not notified Le Witt personally of quitting. Myr. Cormican’s case was handled | by Lawyers John F. Forward and M. A. Sexton. He was accompanied in court by the members of the com- pany, Edward Madden and A. C. Rigler, the scehit“~artist “and his sister, Miss Rose Cormican. Mr. Le Witt had John Glacken, E. W. Bennett and W. C. Masson wit- nesses. The court listened to the claims of Mr. Le Witt that the lease had been broken. Mr. Bennett who publishes the theater magazine, stated that John Hogarty had told him that last week was to be the last one for the company at the theater. W. C. Mas- son, director for the Cormican Play- ers was used as a witness and while on the stand he admitted that he said: “Like H—I1 they will, do it will be in the park,” when Mr. Cormican announced that he intended to open again next week at the theater. As the matter now stands, the Cor- mican Players will appear at the theater next week in “It Pays to Ad- vertise,” the injunction against Mr. Le Witt forbids him from interfering in any way with the presentation of plays at the theater until the Cor- mican lease expires. 10 TRY GERMAN SOLDIERS Zolner, Who Is Alleged to as Gen. Von | ernment had CREW DRUNK; CAPTAIN HURT Have Ordered Deportation of Wom- en From Lille, Arrested. Paris, Aug. 15.—German soldiers accused of crimes in formerly occu- pied regions are beginning to arrive at Lille according to dispatches from that city to la Liberte. The men are being incarcerated in the ecitadel where they will be held until tried. Among those who have arrived are Lieut. Dinder, accused of swind- ling and robbery in connection with the requisitioning of supplies and Lieut. Schmitz, accused of stealing sil- ver plate. Two others have been ar- rested at Strassbourg and are await- ing transfer, while warrants have been issued against others, among whom is Gen. von Zolner, who is al- Jeged to have ordered the ‘deportation of young men and women from Lille. BOLSHEVIKS DEFEATED Reds Sufier Reve Along South Coast of Gulf of Finland at Hands of Esthonian Troops. London, Aug. 14.—Bolshevik forces along the south coast of the Gulf of Finland in the neighborhood of Narva have suffered a reverse in fighting against Esthonian and anti-Bolshevik troops, according to a Bolshevik wire- less dispateh received here, which ad- in that re- gion has been driven back to the Luga river. Copenhagen, Aug. 15.—An advance on Petrograd by anti-Bolshevik forces which, it is hoped will be de. cisive is announced in messages ro- ceived “here from Helsingfo he attacking forces are commanded Py Judenitch, whose Russian oops will be supported by volunteer Esthonians, Rumanians Contend in Their Confiscations in Hungary That They Were Merely Getting Back Their Own Property. Paris, Aug. 14, (By The Associated Press.)—The supreme council in its response, drafted today, to the reply of the Rumanian government to the note of the council regarding the occupation of Budapest does not ask the Rumanians to leave Budapest im- mediately. To Discuss Points. The council advices Rumania that the Interallied military commission at Budapest will discuss most points with Rumanian officials there. The reply of the council which probably will be sent to Bucharest tomorrow is looked upon as having been designed to facilitate negotia- tions without causing a breach. Rumanian Army in Budapest. The , Rumanian army arrived Budapest before the Bucharest in gov- received the note from the supreme council asking that Ru- manian troops be not allowed to en- ter the Hungarian capital, the Ru- manian communication said. The Rumanian government added that it still regards itself as an ally of the Entente and as a member of the peace conference. The Rumanian communication came from the foreign office at Bucharest but did not bear the signature of Premier Britano. It was looked upon as conciliatory in tone. No Armistice Exis The Rumanian . government con- tended that the Rumanians in their confiscations in Hungary were merely getting back their own proper It was insisted also that the armistice of November, 1918, no longer exists. The supfeme council in its reply said it differed from many of the points raised by Rumania but t the Interallied commission in Buch rest would discuss them. British Tank Steamer Picked Up By Another Ship in id-Ocean—Offi- cers in Irons. London, Aug. 15.—A wireless dis- patch received at Queenstown from the British tank steamer War Khan says that the tanker picked up an- other steamer in mid-ocean, finding the crew drunk, the captain incapaci- tated from injuries and some of the other officers in irons. The crew of the War Khan arrested the mutinous crew and supplied enough men to take the steamer to Brest where it was bound. Special dispatches from Queens town say that the ship on which the mutiny occurred was the “American steamer Marisya.” They add that the negro stokers on board mutined and imprisoned the officers. The ship car- ried several thousand casks of whis- key. The crew of the War Khan, it is said, found the fi out and_ the steamer drifting. Available shipping records do not contain the name of an American steamer Marisya. The British steam- er Mariska sailed from Baltimore on July 22 for Brest. T0 WELGOME PERSHING General Etna Ovdered by the Italian Government to Receive Commander American Forces in France. Etna Corps Rome, Aug. 14.—General commander of the Army Turin, has been ordered by the Ital government to go to Modane (o receive General Pershing when he comes to visit Italy. The American commander-in-chief will also be greeted there by General Luca, spe-| cial representative of the minister of and five officers of the general Colonel Mervyn C. Buckey, | military attache at the United States! embassy, will also go to Modane to meet General Pershing. The commander of the American armies in France will travel on his| own train and will bring the v..‘l‘i which will be used in his engine du ing his trip through TItaly. Thus his | visit will not deplete the present low stocks of Italian coal. A military re- view in his honor has been arranged here and he will be entertained by King Victor Emmanuel, General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chlef, and n war, staff. | siderable Lieutenant-General Albricoi, minister of war, Fede on his Instr sume OFFICIALS RESULT O No Plans Made For Res tion of Service Us Strikers Return—Norn Conditions Expected Next Week. Boston, § freight % barge established by Boston & after the strike of shopmend effective a 3 today. O that' all clesses of {8 would be accepted ‘at once. A few men returned to work Boston & Maine and Boston & systems today, but the majority mained out-and will report in a tomorrow. Officials of the New en said they had heard nothing the intention of their striking ployes about rcturning to work. At the Bostcn & Maine te here it whs said the curtailed pas ger train schedule in force the ¥ week would be continued tome New Haven officials made for resumption of seryice word as to whether the strikers coming back. There has been virti lJy no curtailment of service on Boston & Albany lines during strike. New England railroad mai were_hopeful today that they be able to resume normal seryig next week, after the return to tomorrow of thousands of shop and mechanics who struck last Th day and Friday for increased Employes of the Boston & Maine & the Boston & Albany were notifies their striks leacers to go bRek their jobs as a result of the voted vassed yesterday and it was that the New Haven strilel were reported to favor remaii would receive similar inst On all the roads preparal made today for the return but officials said here that train service wauld no* be passit fore Monday at the earliest, &8 ijustment would be Ny righten out the it rolling § or soon mechanics became ago, announced was removed o ry to st routine and some of the would have to be repaired placed. To Return to Work. 15.—Federated who { have heen® will return to WO B Chicago, Aug way shopmen, strike two weeks, tomorrow. The decision t¢ cmil e striks was reached lasf night’ut a meeH of delegates reprpsenting several dred thousand mpembers of the @ involved. The sgrike was callefis August 1st by Qfficers of the Chies district council gich action was ¢ approved by the ingrnational offic: It spread to nearly every part of country and caused kSerious delayl freight and passengerMgervice. teturn Mowhlay. Aug: 15%=Upon request of Ji MWBUmMS, trom Washington as a req] sentative B. M. Jewell of iy employes section of the Federation of Labor, the eration committee of the NeW railroad this noon voted 6 the striking shopmen on the & return to work Monday. tion reverses that which was taken by llot and vesterday. Orders will be issued ta the varig 10 units without delay. The quest of Mr. Burns was that the o) mittee reconsider its action. As ures of the vote have not been public it is believed that the um were tied, three each way, and t committee made the decision, votif for a continuance of the strike. Robert A. Henderson, secretary the committee, and the spokésman the meeting, stated in connection the announcement that the comm hopes all striking shopmen Wi spond to the request and repo work Mr. Burns in an interviem, that the action of the New shopmen was delaying a rector General Hines in o conference en the wage que the New Haven men back a thought the wWhals 14 lfll&fi‘ To New Haven arnes! on apparent] “nnounc