New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1919, Page 1

- = News of the World. i| By Asscciated Press. | \— — NEW BRITAIN HERALD! Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919. :—SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS, - WILSON, KING OF QUITTERS, SEEKS THIRD TERM, SHOUTS SHERMAN, OPPOSING LEAGUE If Covenant = Passes,| 70 BODIES OF FLOOD VICTIMS FOUND ALONG TEXAS COAST; CORPUS CHRISTI Mothers Will Raise Sons Only to Give Them in Foreign Wars, He Predicts MUST PICK BETWEEN UROPE AND AMERICA Fiume Evidence of President’s Diplomatic Er-! as Tors. 16.—Senator of Illinois, at- Nations in the if the gue Washington, Sept. S .erinan, republican, tacking the League of senate today, declared covenant were ratified, as American mothers “will but their to fill the. muster armies to give their lives in wars."” n les drafted, | cradle rolls of foreign sons Calls Wilson “Quitter.” Replying to at by President ‘Wilson on senz opposing the | league, the TIllinois senator asserted! “the president himself is the crowne:d monarch of quitters without a rival in the Western Hemisphere,” and that “his silence and speed when es- caping from his imperishable princi-! ples of yesterday s abysmal and swift as primal chaos. “We have now reached that cri said Senator .\‘lw[ma\n in the cou of a lengthy and spirited addre “where we must choose between hausting ourselves to make the Old | World safe for soine nations, and making the United States safe for the American people. Decline to Ruin Oursclves. When decline to continued, and crusade tors is 4o we ruin our- “wreck our our country around the world angel and knight humanity every- where, we are denounced as quitter nd poltroons by the senator from selves,” he government by a destroy mad the errant as guardian of oppressed | pas tfew days—655 cans of beans and | goods. | homes I'rancis “lasts. Nebraska (Hitcheock) and our exect- tive, avows he thinks more of the league than his oath protect the government Sees Third Term Drive. Suggesting that President Wilson is inclined to seck a third term, the sen- ator declared: “The president’s w to second hegira from the capital is the threshold of that candidacy. He has announced the league and treaty are greater than our government. He is ready to de for it. Ever in his most exalted heights he been ready to die for government/ A third term he by again and un. But each time is gentler than the other. To save the document. in the world's history, sacrifice will be refused. A third term on issue of subordinating Zovernment to the league is as as an internation- alist riot offer to the world. Who would hear voices in the afr such a The gravity of such a service will justify him in do- anything. The issue Is joined has our put greatest no an our little can not proposal? on ing now. the Sherman nation and By Shantung cement, Sena- ancient and be dismem- bered,” of the Fiume controversy Ttaly's good-will lost. Bitterly Scores President. All must under the voke of his epithets will not respond to his flight into dim world of Wil- sonian dreams.” Mr. Sherman de- clared in again turning to President Wilson, “and from this cavern of counterfeit moralities and cock-loft of gabble he has the sublime urance to asperse senators who re- themselves before the throne of chief rvhe- metaphysical thunder inspires either respect or the swarm of satellites, the sunshine of patronage the fragrant trade winds of administration favors, gratify him with their anthems of ineffable per- fection. The louder their hallelujahs now the more fervent the maledic- tions at the inevitable end.” a said n to tor fendly was because pass who the scholastic fuse to abase tottering the torician, whose longer T.et hasking in and sniffing no fear $100,000 FTRE LOS! Sheffield, Ala., Sept. 16.—Fire last night destroyed warehouse No. 4 of the J. G. White Engineering corpora- tion at Muscle Shoals, the govern- ment nitrate plant, the loss being es- timated at $100.000. The major por- tion of the was on electrical equipment. loss FOR WILSON ADVISOR? Washington, Sept. 16.—Reports reaching here from Peking say for- mer American Minister Reinsch, who recently resigned the Chinese post, will become a special advisor to Presi- dent Wilson on Oriental affairs. [ Coolidge of Ma P DESTROYED; 3000 A 'CITY DECIDES TO BUY | MORE GOVT. SUPPLIES More Than 600 Cans of Food- stuffs Are Sold in Two Days’ Time. In large sale of zoods during the view of the very government canned sold —The meeting this 800 ordered at ot syrup being out of in two da) food committee voted of canned a morning secure further shipments Bfforts will minimum car of canned goods be made to of ham and also a car The committee to duplicate the 300 cans of pork and beans, the first splly of which is now gone, cans of peas, cor, frakfortns, and one-half pound cans as well as two ounce bottles of lemon and vanilla extracts. W. Pinches, secretary of the committee, aid today that he get in touch with the zone officer and ask for a prompt of the above mentioned purchase a of cocos food would upply shipment goods. The sale at the fire stations of the | 300 cas of pork and beans and the 500 cans of Karo corn syrup that hegan Saturday morning was a record breaker, 655 cans out of the 800 ordered being sold in two days’ time. The beans are all gone but there still remains a few cans of Karo and these will be on sale as long as the supply The syrup costs 45 cents for a ten-pound can, which is considered a great bargain in view of the fact that it is $1.70 a can retail. The money taken in at the fire \tions from the sale yesterday was $627.70. Station No. 1 reported $148.25; No. 2, § No. 3, $114.90; No. 4 ; No. $163. The total today 66.65. HUSBAND COMPLAINS WIFE BEAT HIM UP is $1, Mrs. La Monte Accuses Husband of Going Around With Other Wo- man and Chastises Him. John La Monte, of 187 tation Oak street; came ‘o the police at 5 this morning, bringing with him his wife and three small chidren, and Jodged a complaint with Desk Ser- geant George Kelly against his wife, who, he said, had struck him, at- tempted to choke him and scratched his face in several places. John ce was bleeding from the effects of the beating given him by his better hai. It very wppears that Mrs. La Monte is nervous and has been under the care of Dr. Copolli for some time past. She is very jealous, the hus- band claims, and accuses him of going out with other women. This morn- ing at 5 o'clock he got up and dressed t0 go to work, but as he was about to leave she stopped him and charged him with having an appointment with another woman. Although he denied attempting to deceive here, she took him by the throat and pulled him back, seratching his face in the mean- time After an adjustment of domestic difficulties, Sergeant Kelly sent th woman home in the police service car in the care of Officer McCabe. A doc- tor was sent to the home to prescribe for the woman, who was at that time in a highly nervous condition PRAISE FOR COOLIDGE Hartford Chamber of Commerce Commends Mass. Governor For His Action in Boston Police Strike. 16.—President Hartford the Governor Hartford, Septi. Charles B. Cook of of commerce today the chamber sent | following telegram to chusetts: “The directors of the Hartford chamber of commerce earnestly com- mend the promptness with which you acted to suppress the lawlessness at- tending the failure of the Boston police force to perform its duty. It is by such enforcement of authorit and adherence to law that the stability of our municipal state and fede governments will be maintained.” | that was regarded RE MADE HOMELESS Total Number of Deaths Un- But Property Damage is Mounting to Millions. known, RELIEF TRAINS ARE RUSHING WITH HELP Sinton, Texas. Sept. 16.—Seventy bodies of flood victims mutilated be- yond recognition have been recovered at Sinton, the relief headquarters for the entire surrounding bay shore ter- ritory. The count so far shows that 40 were found at Westport, 22 at White Point, 4 or 5 below Bodem and a few at Portland. No one was killed here but property damage w high. Bodies are being held at ranch houses and schools. Loss Totals Millions. rpus Christi, Tex., Sept. With troops patrolling the streets and relief trains headed way from many parts of the state, Corpus Christi today began slowly emerging from the wreckage caused by the Gulf hurricane which struck the city early Sunday, bringing death to an unknown number of persons and doing property damage of mil- lions. Tt was impossible this morning to get anything like a correct estimate of the fatalities. In the city proper the death list was placed by ome officials at between 15 and but by many as far too conservative. In some quarte it was said the number of injur would exceed 200. More Than 3,000 Homeless, One report in circulation today as yet not confirmed was that bodies, most of them recognized residents of Corpus Christi 1 been taken from a reef near Portland on Nueces 1 upon which Corpus Christi is situated. More than 3,000 persons were made homeless. However, of relief trains, it wi Dy night most of thes en care of. Considerable anxiety regarding the fate of the Ilaunch Waldo, with 15 persons on board which left Corpus Christi Saturday afternoon on fishing excursion. the storm no word has been received from the party, which in- cludes four women, Fears are entertained that a casualty list will be reported from surrounding towns, several of which were directly in the path of the storm. Tidal Waves 10 Feet High. The storm sent a tidal wave, 10 fent Tigh, over the business and beach districts of the city. At the height of the tidal 16.— main this s expected that e would be tak- was expressed a Since heavy wave, | practically the entire business section was partly submerged. Water w about four feet deep in the lobby of the Nueces hotel, house between the was under water bluff and tho from eight to 10 feet. House boats, fishing craft and wreckage of every conceivable char- acter were piled in the strects by the waters Military Rule Tnvoked. Mi and no one was allowed to enter the wrecked portions of the city. All foodstuffs that had escaped damage by water were sold under direction of city officials, one day's rations being allowed to the customer. The city was in darkness last night | and a large portion was without water and sewage facilities. Railroads reported to have heen badly dams Death Toll Now 100. death toll in Sunday's storm reach between and 100 in Corpus Christi and surrounding towns along the coast mate today by health physician ALLEN ON THE JOB Building Inspector is Making Personal Visits to Sece if Being: Violated. Building The will 75 Dr. W. E. Wills, city Taw s Inspector John W. making a personal inspection of each street in New Britain to sece that no new building or repairs have been done without a city permit. The police have instructions to report uny cases of buildings erected ; permit that they may building inspector rns all the city to comply with the State law which requires that three tenement houses have cellar ceiling plastered. It" also requires that such a house have two stairways or fire escapes. Allen is without a find The with the coming | north | as | and every business | bay | ary rule was invoked yesterday | aro | ged. | according to an esti- | people of | PERSHING WILL NOT GET $10,000 SWORD {Vote of Thanks Is Deemed Sulli- cient by Congressmen RESOLUTION 1S ADOPTED | Opposition of Several Members, Pri- vitely Bxpressed, Causes Abandon- ment of Original Plan—Both Par- ties Object to Fxpenditure. Washington, 16.—Opposition of several members, privately ex- pressed, caused house leaders to aban- don the proposed gift of a sword to Gen. Pershing Republicans and dem- ocrats were among those opposing an appropriation of $10,000 for the sword contending that vote of thanks to the general, his officers and men was suflicient. After the decision was made Chair- man Kahn of the military committee offered the resolution of thanks which was adopted, Representative Schall, independent, Minnesota, casting the only dissenting vote. It then went to the senate. Resolution of Thanks. The resolution says: The thanks of the American peo- ple and of the congress of the United | States are due and are hereby tender- ed to Gen. John J. Pershing for his | highly distinguished services as com- | mander in chief of the American ex- peditionary forces and to officers and | men under his commanad for their un- swerving duty and valor throughout the war.” No mention of the sword was made on the floor. Sept. | CLERK SLEEPS WHILE REGISTER IS TAPPED Alderman, Employed As Chef At Re- gal Reports Theft of $60 From Cash Register, While B. G. Alderman, chef at the Hotel Regal slept last night someone “tapped” the cash register and took nearly $60, the police have been noti- fled. The-detéctive bureau was in- formed of the robbery and two sus- pects under observation may be rested as having been implicated tha act. Alderman was placed in charge of the desk at the hotel earlier in the evening and admits having had some | liquor and access to more of the same kind. He was soon under the influence. At about 11:30 he fell asleep and did not awaken until 2 o'clock this morning. He went at once to the cash register to see if any of the $67 which had been originally paced in the till had been taken and he found but $9.55 left, he said this | morning. The police questioned him regarding his actions of last night and ho admitted falling asleep while drunk. He claims that two local men were in the hotel office when he went to sleep. | SHOPLIFTERS MAY BE LOCAL GIRLS ar- in Miss Alice Kenney, Fined New Miss Tatro in Toils Also, Miss Alice Kenny and Miss Frances ro, both of whom were arrested in Lee, M vesterday afternoan and ! fined this morning in the police court | of that town, are belicved to be New | Britain girls. When haled bhefore the | dudge on c ses of shoplifting, Miss | | in Lee, Gives Address as Britain— Kenny said that her home was in th city Miss Tatro did not give her addr The latter made an attempt to end her life after a fine of § imposed but Was unsucces: after receiving medical attention she was turned over to the Pittsfield thorities to answer similar charges. Miss Kenney was charged with tak- ing two pairs of shoes, one from a stare in Lee. She was fined $15 on each count. Miss Tatro had “lifted”’ a silk shirtwaist from Fillebrown's store in that town and was fined $20. The girls had been employed as waite resses and were arrested at work, fol- lowing an investigation of their he- longings by the podice. but 0 was ul and au- | Joys ;f M;;;)rists Are Pest to Neighborhood At 12:45 this morning Mrs. of 532 East Main street Gregono, who lives at 538 on the same street, complained to Sergeant George Kelly that Dominic Gerarde, who con. ducts a garage in the rear of the lat- ter address makes so much noise that the whole neighborhood awake. Gregono had been repairing cars but evidently had completed his work when Officer Hellberg arrived. The officer warned him against a rep. etition of the occurrence. Viola, and Mrs. Di Hartford, Sept. 16.—Fore- cast for New Britain and vi- cinity: Partly cloudy tonight: it Wednesday, moderate fting winds. |Two Others UNITED STATES ASKS JAPS TO FIX DEFINITE DATE ON WHICH TO LEA VE KAIU CHA Report Comes Fr¢ Japan and Says Yet No Reply Been Made by TI Government SENATORS HEAR OF AMERICAN GIRLS TAKEN INTO CAPTIVITY BY MEXICANS AND OF OTHER TERRIBLE ATROCITIES BOSTON FIREMEN WILL STAY LOYAL TO GITY Clubbed to Death, Kansas Farmer Tortured, and One Woman Has All Skin Slashed and Torn From Her Face. |WASHINGTON SILEN ill Not Join Sympathetic STORY IS BELIEV] Strike—Action of Other - Unions Not Decided. |Japan’s Answer Will RECITAL IS ONE OF MURDER AND RAPE Great Bearing on Sena Pd Boston, Sept. 16.—Boston firemen will not strike to support — View of German the new po- Washington, Sept. 16—With a num- ber of persons subpoenaed and waiting to be heard, further angles of the Mexican situation were expected to be laid today before the senate foreign relations sub-committee investigating relations between this country and Mexico The sub-committee its first night fon first woman witness Advises Against Intervention. Miss Agnes Laut who recently re- turned from Mexico, in advising against intervention in Mexico laid be- fore the committee a solution of the | W Mexican problem which she character- | It is quite possible that no gencral ized as the “‘beneficent pacification’ of | St ¢ o Mexico. In corroboratian of her as unions are unanuanous in votes ot m 2 sertion that widespread corruption had | pathy [t was pointed out today that | United States inflicted on Mexica ‘nine years of | in Most cases where voting was called | a definite crucifixion” and that “95 per cent. of | for the word “strike” was avoided, | chau o China. the population is looking for help,” | the balloting being on the question of | sion in official Miss Laut described several of the | giving “support” which might take|port is well founded brutalities of which she knew. She | various forms. Will Have Bearing told the committee The Allied Printing Trades council,| Japan's answer of two girls who had been clubbed to death and of two | representing printers, stereotypers, | the linotypers, news writers, mailers, we portaht American women who were carried on drivers and athers employed by | sideration into the mountains of Sonora and newspapers, announced today that the | of the there forced to remain by their cap- ; tors, who shaved the soles of their | council had endorsed the police strike | position feet to the quick to make simpler the | and instructed the secretary to call| b vigon upon all the unions to take an imme- e task of guarding them. ; diate vote on the matter of supporting | &t ISR EE the police ('mllml(ll'(“\\u,\ appolnt [0 et pan ed to protes ainst certain press re- SEA ports which were described as unfair [ FetUrn of Kiauchau Y'O aanissallaben remove that point The telephone operators began vot-p Vvarious —Japanese ing at 10 o’clock this morning and the | Stated that Kiauchau polls will be open until 10 o’clock to- | turned but a time night. A strong appeal is being made on the ground of the individual interests of the policemen who struck. This ap- peal in substance is that the police men, having affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, expected all the support necessary to obtain their demands. Now that they find them- selves out of jobs, they are asking their affiliated unions whether they are to receive the implied suppart ex pected when they took their fateful step. licemen's today tional which the men of union. A statement issued '1‘. , reaty. by local 19, Interna- ) Fire the department officers of Association of Fighters, of o Japa Honolulu States h arc e government to fix a def the return of Kiauchau to Chinal cording to cable advices received today by the Nippu Jiji, a Japa daily newspaper. The cable aj that Japar government not communicatid members said ‘“‘the strike, not strike.” firemen have never nite datd voted to will not vote to strike and will night held heard its last T The attitude of the deliberately determined union, Hevrew bartender organization support he so organized labor to- ward striking is bein policemen the The Carmen’s answered « Uinted ‘rades and the neve biede is Believed. 16. O ffis President Secretary Lansing will the report that has asked Japan for of The general im: circles that thd Story Washington, here in the Sept absence of m and ocmment upon t4 date return is in to such eaty reque would the peace objections to it centered is government have an senate’s treaty, whick EJ bearing th on of a on is the of 1nnov fo, fa upporters definite etting a date would go Kidnapped by Mexicans. An American girl from Nebras she said, now is somewhere in the hills the captive of Mexicans who dragged her from her home near the Gulf coast. When the band appeared they roped her father and mother, and when she, 16 years old, threw herself before the Mexicans, they declared they would kill her parents. She faint- ed and when revived she found herself alone in the hills with her as- sailants. officials would bg WANT PRESIDENT TO JOIN WITH A. F. OF never is Kills Three Bandits. An English woman in the state of \cateas was more fortunate, accord- ing to Miss Laut. In this case Miss Laut said, the woman shot the bandit who was struggling with her, and then killed two other bandits who held her daughters. Another story she related was that of a woman whose skin was stripped fram her face, the Mexican cutting from the center of the fore- head circularly about the face, then tearing the covering loose Labor Body Also Desires to Ol Or Cancel All Existing Strikes. New York the president made a member Federation LAST RITES FOR Betcra ol JAMES R. FLETCHER | the country ) in order dustrial Sept. 16 the Propos: United State the Ame and that throug! immediately cancd the political an situation by which the f free democratic threatened contal to the o council of Labor by Federation partnership which was i of of in be abor progress . : to meet Farmer Horribly Abused. A Kansas farmer was the victim of the Cedillo brothers in the state of San Luis Potosi, according to her testimony His wife and daughter had gone Tampico. While they were gone Mexicans raided the place, he him to a tree, alternately rals lowering him and jabbing him with bayone The man became insane and afterwards died, Another example of women which she cited was the into theo hills af more than 40 nd girls from a train the ns had captured. dations of ernment in a communication ident and executive American Federation of league American Labor for industrial democracy our Prominent Factory Manager Laid at are are sent to the Rest in Fairview Cemetery This Afternoon. of rites for James Robert Flet- members I public here today this af- T friends | Last cher factory m: of the plant, by hager Corbin were observed Nty e John J. Pic stein, who were appointed Holland, president of ation trial committee Labor Day trial truce which all off. The ated by charged Epstein committee. NO SPEECHES TODAY wa C ind member organ Isadore a spf James. the State el estigate n report of published i in dul be cf promptly rd Holland, who nd P from the treatment ternoon relatives and by ree of taking women Mexic rest in the | of after 3 when the body was laid at Fajrview cemetery shortly o'clock. In honor of their la manager, the Foremen's P. & F. Corbin plant body. The activities at were closed from 11 o’clock m. mark of respect. Funeral services were held residence at 3 o'clock with Samuel Sutcliffe, pastor of St Episcopal church, officiating. The asonic ritual was used during the | at the grave by the members of Harmony lodge The following foremen from the P. & F. Corbin plant acted as pall bearer F. G Hausmann, G. Wessels, William Shel- ton, George Loomis, W. K. Henry, E. L. Teich, George Kron and Charles Bruemmer. committee by of Labor to in sociate and club of the attended in a the plant until 1 p. | Implicates Federal Troops. No attempt was made by the witness to shield the Carranza soldiery. She admitted that a fair part of the crimes were committed by bandits, but intimated that a number of the so- called bandits were in reality Mexican ! federal troops. Regarding reports that the rebels have been getting arm and ammunition from the United States she said that through an Amer- ican army office who had made the investigation for her, she found that the rifles of many of the followers of Felix Dinz were of the same pattern used by the Mexican army, and that they had been acquired both by cap- ture and by purchase from the Mexican troops. LLOYD GEORGE DETERMINED TO ASK THAT KAISER BE GIVEN TO ALLIES conditions. T which was recommended for strikes report President six months were to the was rev Mark's at d erce service Wilson and His 1.4 ¥ Special Train Portland and Arrive At San oisco Tomorre On Board President cial Train, Sept. 16,—H ward for Fran Wilson today begins a to California peace treaty On the longest leg of his tour his train had no stops sched during the entire day, and the piy dent improved the opportunity rest arduous speech-ma morality | ¢ the northwest. He and pro- last night and will tribunal to try ineisco tomorrow md the treaty dealing half o closes with this the cir I w Morning. Wilson's 50! Presig day of ading an o six interest in wes| Premier to (Havas.) is determined {he peace conference Holland the handing Emperor William, ac Journal today. The newspaper that the premier, who is planning to leave Paris to will insist before his departure having such action decided Paris, Sept. 16, Tloyd George it settled that demand from over of former cording to mer German emperor “for a supreme offense against and metity s | vides for a him The clause of with this question sentence “The will from his have internatioal mpaign in of treaties’” Portlond, Ore rive ing, 10,000 special in San first und completing the Le mile swing 1o asserts Allied and associated powers DANIELS COMING Sept. 16 for veral cific BACK. Secretary I icls who weeks has with the B fleet, planned start on his return to Washingto: day. on address a request to the govern Tacoma | ment of the Netherlands for the upon sur new The peace treaty with Germ wy ar lx-mdor to them of the ex-emperor in raigns William Hohenzoller~ N for- ordes that he may be put on trial”