New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1919, Page 1

—_— News of the World. By Asseriated Press. - —re— HERALD! Herald “Ads” Mea Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUES DAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919.—TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS.§ PRESIDENT WILL LIFT BAN ON WAR-TIME PROHIBITION WHEN TREA Proclamation Will Be Issued As Soon As Senate Takes Favorable Action, is State- ment Made at White House WAR WILL THEN BE LEGALLY CONCLUDED Washington, Oct. 28.—War time prohibition will be brought to an by presidential proclamation immedi- ately after the senate ratifies the Ger- man peace treaty, it was said today at the White House. Demobilization Is Complete. Offieials explained that the war time act provided that it should be an- nulled by the president when peace had been declared and when the army and navy had been demobilized. Con- gress was informed yesterday by the president in his message vetoing the prohibition enfortement bill that de- mobilization of the army and navy had been completed When the War Ends. The White announcement clears up any doubt as to whether the war would be ended legally with the ratification of the German treaty. Some oflicials had expressed the opin- ion that the war emergency would not pass until the treaty with Austria had been acted upon by the senate House C. OF C. CLOSING HOURS Uniform Hours Committee Draws Up Schedule to Be Discussed at Annual Meceting of Chamber. A schedule mended to the Chamber of Commerc at its annual meeting and, in the event of its ratilication, 10 be put into effect in all with the chamber adopted vesterday afternoon at a meeting of the uniform hour: William H. of hours to recom- local stores affilinted was committee under Crowell. The lowing chamber to committee will make recommendations discussion Monday Saturday the evening that publicly ol 6:30 o'clock: to close on December 19 and P and on cember 10 to clo afternoons from Ju 1 at 12:15 o'clock; to on New Year's, Lincoln's Memonrial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanks- giving and Christmas; on Good Friday at 12:30 o’clock. for To clo; evenings at evenings se on L] o'clock: a 9 on o'clock: on before a holiday served, at De- o'clock: is o'clock and 24 at Wednesday December all day Birthday, 0 on close Von Hindenburg Expected to Aid in War Probe Oct. 28 (By The Associated eld Marshal von Hinden- General Ludendorff will participate in the delibera- the committee investigating the guilt of those responsible for the war when it reconvenes on October 31 to hear the testimony of Dr. Theobald former im- to the Berlin, Press.)— burg and probably tions of von Bethmann-Hollweg, perial chancellor, according Tageblatt New Haven Road Hearing is Postponed Until Nov. 1 York, O 2 -Hearing of stockholders motion that a be appointed for the New railroad postponed today until November 17 by Judge Mack of the 1J. 8. district court. The ceivership sought in order $150,000,000 restitution William directors. ( Jew a receiver Haven was is prosecute suit against other former KIDNAPPING PLAN FOILED Private Detectives Uncover' Plot te Kidnap Ford's son and Hold Him ror $200.000 Ransor 28 Statements of ¢ he had discov: Toiedo, O., Oct private detectives that cred a plot to kidnap Edsel IFord, sor Henry Ford, and hold him $200,000 ransom led fo the arrest here today of four men The detective Floyvd Gray and ledo from the east in connection witl strike disorders and becamce the plot while stopping at a tel The prisoners are Richard Ramsey San Francisco; ney, Louisville, New Yark city, Toledo. Gray said to seize young Ford and impr in a house in Mount Clemens, Mich Gray posed janitor during planning of the abduction, he said of his name he came (o To gave said Joseph Fisher, Claude Cameron K ind Kinney revealed the plo son hin a as ASSOCIATION BREAKS UP. end | - limited re- | other to | Rockefeller and ; sembly, for as awire of local ho- 1die Cole, alias Kin- | the TY IS RATIFIED | 'BELGIAN KING TALKS T0 SENATE AND HOUSE Pays Homage to American : Army Which Brought Victory to Allies. Washington, Oct. 28.—King Albert ihe Belgians paid homage in the { housce of representatives today to the | American army which he described | as “the decisive factor in determining the victory In an minutes “nothing ! the reign 28 | | of | | senate a few asserted thas | could better characterize of universal democracy’ than the friendship betwen his coun- try and the United States. The addresses of his majesty today | were the longest and most important | he has made in America. They were !intended as messages to the entire nation and his sincerity in expressing the thanks of Belgium to Americans ! for their ai@ was plainly evident | I salute,” he said, to the senate, | “not only the eminent men who re- | ceived me here during the day, but [ | address carlier to the he had | | salute the memory of your great predecessors who during 130 years have sat in this place and given to the whole world the example of highest civie virtues. ‘ This welcome of the senate seals that reception, so warm and so spon- | tuneous, I have received everywhere during my journey across that magni- ficent country. I am deeply moved by the expressions of sympathy that the name of Belgium evolkes from this no- ble American people. “Nothing could better characterize the reign of universal democracy than that friendship which unites the great republic with its 110,000,000 citizen and the realm of wheh I am consti- tutional head, with its seven and a half million inhabitants. 1If there is equality of power and riches be- them, there is equality in the of liberty and in aspiration to- social prog on both sides of the Atlantic the same ideal in- . spires us. The exchange of ideas, the commercial relatigns, (he visits to Bel- gitm of eminent American citizen of whom many sit in this assembly, are so many means of tightening the bonds between the two nations. “I hope with all my heart that these relations which go back as far as memory, which have been fortified during the war as well as by the ad- mirable stance which you render- ed Belgium by feeding her people and by fraternity in arms, will never | cease to develop for the great good of | the two peoples.” ) no tween love | ward ess, as THE JOSES AMENDMENT | Last of 46 Recommended by Foreizn | Relations Committee Is Up With Prospect of Vote Soon. | Were able to make their wa Y was | that struck Lake Michigan carly ! orders ‘Washington, Oct. 28.—The Moses amendment to the peace treaty—the ! last the 46 recommended by the [ foreign relations committee—was on | the senate calendar today with | some prospects for before ad- journment The to Article XV. | of the treaty and is designed to pre- [ vent voting by the British dominions | and colonies in case of dispute be- tween members of the league. The amendment follows: “Whenever the case referred to the { assembly involves a dispute between i one member of the league and an- member whose self-governing dominions or colonies or parts of em- | pire are also represented in the as neither the disputant mem- bers nor any of their said dominion colonies or parts of empire st 1 vote upon pha {uestion.” of a vote | amendment is ! | all have ¥ any of the i STRIKE DELAYS LINER ) Over 500 Passengers Booked for 1 Cedric Forced to Find Accommoda- N tions With Montreal Lines, Sailing of Cedric for England postponed today on ount of the longshoremen’s strike Five hundred passengers who had booked berths for the expected departure of the liner will be sent Friday on a special train to Montreal where they will be ac- .| commodated on the liner Migantic, | The Cunard liner Mauretania will leave on scheduled time tomorrow, it was announced but with only a par- tial cargo. The Mauretania will call at Halifax for additional frelght. the White Star liner indefinitely g was ac h t N WIiLL The OF MARGARET SMITH, will of Margaret A. Smith has Leen filed in probate. She orders that her funeral expenses and debts e paid, that her diamond ring, watch A meeting of the stockholders of | and charm go to her son John Mof- he New Britain Chamber ~ce Building association rday afternoon, and directors in dissolving \ was ratified. of of sociz Com- | was held the action the as- fot. She bequeaths the rest of her real and personal property to her husband Wallace D. Smith and hor son John Moffott. Wallace D. Smith | is executor. i TEN PEOPLE DROWNED WHEN STEAMER ON LAKE MICHIGAN HITS PIER AND SINKS DURING RAGING NORTHWESTER City of Muskegon Goes Down in Four Minutes When Vessel is Knocked to Pieces—Survivors Escape By Leaping Onte Dock. Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 25— sons lost their live when the Crosby liner City Muske- zon, former: the City of Holland, while trying to make the harbor here, struck the south pier at Muskegon channel and was smashed to pieces, sinking in four minutes. Three of the vietims were passen- gers, the remainder being members of the crew. There were about 250 pas- sengers aboard but the vessel lay against the pier so that most of them to safety. The City of Muskegon loft Milwau~ kee in clear weather last evening but caught in a raging northwester this morning. Riding the storm well Cayp. tain Edward Miller decided it was safer to attempt to make the harbor en per- this morning of than bows channel to turn the Just came caught the s the the nd of about of into it end vessel wave smashec craf the pier Many pier pie against | | | the to sus- of those the ved vessel was vinst the dock, minor injuries, the swept leaped to ground several mountain- several of the vie- into the lake be- as taining ous waves tims from the decks fore they could b act to save themselves paratively few, it is caugit helow decks The City of Muskezon built in 1881 by the Holland Steamship Co., of Milwaukee and later was purchased by the Crosby Transportation Co., of Milwaukee. She was of iron construc- tion, Com- were however. believed, was LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK IS SO BUSY THAT NO NEW BUSINESS ORDERS CAN BE FILLED UNTIL SOMETIME IN 1920 Big Concern Makes Public Notice That Almost Every Department is Taxed to Capacity So large is being handled the of Landers, & was today made public that the com- pany will not be able to fill any new until 1820. The orders cover practically every line of work handled by the local concern. The firm has been overtime shift for some time past in clearing out these orders and this force is being strengthened from time to time. The present force numbers about 4,000 hands some of whom work until 9 in the evening. As has been the custom in the past when working on rush orders, the company" cafeteria. on Center street b used for lunch. ~A proportionately small part of the force is engaged at the present time on might work. the in volume of busines: local branches Clark’s that it employing an DRUG CLERKS GET “BUG” 4,500 in New York Have Strike Mania—Want 8 Hour Day, Closed Shop and 35 P. C. Boost. ew Yorl vitally affect that mil- rep- Tes Oct. 28.— st New York's was voted early today by resentatives of 4,500 drug clerks. After an all-night ineeting the men voted to walk out during the week leaving the date to be determined by their officers. Unjon officials said that the men involved comprised 90 per cent. of all drug clerks in the city. The clerks day, a closed in wages of 5 A e will lions demand an hop and an increas per ceant. Soda clerks, cashiers and other employes in drug stores are included in the union membership. cight hour a Pershing te Tour Land to Inspect War Shops Washington, Oct. 28.—General Pershing announced today he was planning a tour of inspection of the war industries built up during his absence in France in order to formu- late recommendations to Secretary Baker as to what portion should be maintained against another national emergency. His trip will take him as far as the Pacific coast Yale Extends Right to Buy Tickets Two Years New Haven, Oct.. 28.—Rights 1o championship football tickets given to subscribers to the Yale bowl fund, which would have expired in 192§ have been extended two years to make up for cancellation of championship games during the war, it was nounced by the Yale university letic association today. an- ath- Former Naval Officer to Take Local Girl As Bride Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duncanson of 11 Black Rock avenue announce the engagemen® of their daughter, Agnes Irene, to Charles F. Gallager, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gallager, of New York city. Miss Duncanson is a popuar young lady and was graduat- ed from the local High school with the class 02-1912. Mr. Gallager was recently discharged from the navy where he held the rank of ensign. JAPS WANT NEW ALLIANCE. Honolulu, Oct. 27.—(By the Asso- clated Press.)—The Japanese govern ment has announced that negotiations will be opened with Great Britain for an extenslon of the Anglo-Japanese allinnce, according to a Toklo cable to the Japancse dally Nippy Jiji, i eing | FOOD PROFITEERS TO BE ARRESTED Those in New York Who Do Not Heed Warning to Pay the Price. New in New | warning cease York, Oct. 2 "00d profiteers York who have ignored a issued several weeks ago o manipulating in food products found themselves face to face today with criminal prosecution Following the t yesterday on federal warrants of two large handlers of food products, Arthur Williams, federal food administrator, gave tice that “hereafter we are going recommend to the United States triet attorney prosecution of all of vialations in which dence.” The two were Louis arr | no- to dis- case we obtain evi- men arrested yesterday Leavitt, a manufacturer Wwho was accused of hoarding 1,300,000 pounds of bacon purchased from the war department, and Samuel Shapiro, a manufacturing confectioner, ed with profiteering in were released in bond before a United States commissioner. Mr. Williams said he had learned the name of & man who had offered 1,000 tons of sugar for double sugar. for hearings tle at prices nearly as “fair’” by faod administration and that proceed- ings would be instituted against man within a short time. TROOPS CALLED 0UT those fixed this Knoxville Is Now Threatened With General Strike on November 1 and #s Taking Precautions. Knoxville, crisis in the | by the street also has Tenn., Oct. 28.-—The situation brought about car strike here which precipitated u {hreatened eneral strike of all allied trades in the city was believed to have passed today when three companis of federal trops arrived from Camp Gor- don, under command of Major Gen I5. M. Lewis, who commanded the 30th division in France. General Lewis, who brings federal troops in response to an appeal from Governor Roberts, will take charge of the tire situation here it is said. Last night at a meeting of the cen- tral labor union it was decided a general strike be called for November 1 unless meanwhile the street strike had been settled and all troops withdrawn from the city. The posed strike would run indefinitely and affect practically every industry. here Claude Leroux Critically Claude J. Leroux, one of the promi- nent business men of this city, { critically ill at his home at 651 Arch street and is being attended by Dr. Joseph Walsh and a trained nurse. At a consultation of doctors yesterday afternoon the nature of Mr. Leroux's illness not revealed but his con- dition has remained the same during the past several days. is was Passes Civil Service Test For Foreman’s Job The State Civil Service commission today announced that among the sue. cessful candidates, who took the civil service test for foremen of the state highway department which was held at the state capitol October 9, g Charles I. Rossberg of this city. WEATHER. for New Britain Tal much colder Wednesday; Torccast vicinity night gales, ¢ — and to- and westerly charg- | Both | the | en- | [ car pro- | Il At Home On Arch Street | LEGISLATION OVER WILSON’S VETG When Motion Is fiMéEe. Administration Sup LB ALl porters Object and Parliamentary Wrangl on Rules Ensues; Vote Is Possible Lat OF AVERTING STRIKE Thinks Postponement, if Not Cancellation, of Saturday’s Walkout is Possible. ven assistance or Washington, D. C., Oct. 28.— Hope was expressed in official quar- ters that the soft coal strike set for Saturday would be postponed if not calleq off. Announcement president of the that John L. Lewis, United Mine Work- ers of America, had summoned mem- bers of the full scale committee to meet the international executive board at Imdianapolis tomorrow was accept- ed as an indication that President Wilson's command to the miners o ganization not to plunge the country into industrial chaos might be heed- ed. In full belief that officers of the international body who ordered the strike have power to stop it govern- ment officials awaited the next step which must come from the miners. Confidential reports from the central woal field territory indicated, it was aid, that not all of the mining army of more than half million men would quit work Steps to be taken ment to deal with the strike, if it takes place, will be considered final- Iy today at a meeting of the cabinet. There was a more hopeful view in cabinet circles, but this did not alter the government’s determination to be ready with all its machinery to meet the situation if the miners quit. Meanwhile the railroad administra- tion continued its efforts to expedite movement of coal from the mines by ordering all coal not unloaded by owners within 24 hours to be dumped on the ground so as to release cars for their immediate return to the fields. The office of Director Gen- eral Hines denied that orders had been issued for confiscation of coal for operation of trains. i | | a by the govern- | W. VA. MINE EXPLOSION Governor Hastens Home on Receipt of Report Which Gives No Details of What May Be Tragedy. ‘Winchester, Va., Oct. 28.—Governor Cornwell, of West Virginia, who has been visiting his brother here, left | hurriedly today for Charleston after receiving a message that a coal mine in Raleigh county had been blown up and that the situation there was se- rious. The governor said the mes- sage gave no details. Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 28.—W. J. Heatherman, chief of the department of mines, said he had no information concerning the blowing up of a mine in Raleigh county. He did have, he added, a report that three mining machines and three pumps of the| Pemberton Fuel company at Pember- ton had been destroyed by an expli- sion some time between the closing of the mine Saturday night and the resumption of work Monda G0OD BYE PIG! Porker Residents of City Doomed to | Die by Order of the Board of Health. Mr. Pig's days are numbered. is, 1f he is a resident of New Yes, and any family he may have, whether newly born or fully grown, will have to die. Now the board of health doesn’t mean to be considered cruel to Mr. Pig but is only making | this decree because, while during the war an ordinance prohibiting the | keeping of pigs in the city was dis- | pensed with temporarily, the race of | pigs became so strong within the city | that not even the census enumeraor will be able to keep trick of the in- | crease in the porker population. | Threfore, the board of health will | now enforce th ordinance and all pigs | within the city must be killed. The | keeping of all others must be without the city. The slaughte ing of these animals cither be done at the slaughter That Britain, house or after they have been examined by the meat inspector. Counter-Offensive Aimed At Yudenitch Successful Paris, Oct. 28.—A wireless report from Bolshevist military headquar ters, picked up by the station here reports that the counter offensive against General Yudenitch near Pe- trograd has been successful. It further reports the capture of Dmitrovsk a town 57 miles southwest of Orel, from General Denikine. RESIGNS AT TRUST CO. John Kiniry has tendered his resig- nation as assistant cashier at the New Britain Trust company. He plans to enter into a general bookkeeping busl- ness in the office with Lawyer D;uul1 | | | | L. Dunn in a fow week ticity, | reason of other resignations. This Afternoon, But row Anyway SENATE. REPASSES BILL OVER VETO Washington, Oct. 28.—{h¢ prohibi- tion enforcement bill was repassed to- day by the senate over President Wilson’s veto. The section relating to war-time prohibition becomes cffec- tive immediately upon signaturc of the bill by the presid Office of the scnate and house ARMED GANG LOOTS BANK AND ESCAPES { $3,000 in Cash and Stamps Taken From Grange National Bank at Tioga, Pa., Early Today. Tioga, Pa., Oct. 28.—The Grange National bank here was broken into | by a gang of yeggmen early this morning and about $3,000 in mon and stamps, the property of the post office here, were stolen. The gang, which consisted of five men, escaped after a lively exchange of shots with the town’s police officer, who discov- ered them on his rounds of the town The bank’s funds were not turbed by the robbers, they freightened away before they able to blow open the vault money secured had been placed the bank by the postmaster, last night, as was his custom the post office being located in a small store nearby. A posse hurriedly formed shortly after the robbery but no trace of the men, who escaped in an auto- mobile, could be found. dis- being “vere The in was Delegates From All Over World Will Be Present at Scssion, Opening at Washington Tomorrow. Washington, Oct. 28.—The com- mittee on organization of the interna- tional labor conference which opens here tomorrow will make no recom- mendation as to seating of German and Austrian delegates now here. This was decided today at a session of the committce which also determined to recommend to the con- and neutral countries be recognized regardless of whether the powers they represent have ratified the peace treaty under which the conference will be held. The question of the Austrian delegates was the first ter to come before the committee its opening session. Secretary H. B. Butler in announcing the decision said that individually, committee members favored granting to mem- bers of enemy states full powers but that the matter would be left to the conference itself. ANARCHISTS SENTENCED Editors of Radical Magazine German and mat- at New | in | | | York Will Spend Next Four Years in Prison. 28.—Carl Piavio Alomen, Finnish editors of a radical magazine published here, and the first men convicted of crimi- nal anarchy in this state, were tenced today to not than = four years and not more than eight years | imprisonment Justico Weeks, in | pronouncing sentence, stated that | when the men had served their sen- tences their deportation would asled. New York, Oct. and Gust sen- | less I be SPALDING IN CHARGE Norwich Man Becomes Supervising Internal Revenue Agent For New Haven County Today. New Haven, Oot. 28.— Spalding of Norwich, has been designated supervising internal re enue agent in place of Theodore A Byxbee, resigned, by H: W. Mager, chief of revenue agents. The as- slgnment s effective today. Mr. Spalding will supervise New England, New York state except New York and New Jersey. There are five places in his office to be filled by Archibald enroute | ference that delegates from all allied | Is Expected Tomof “Wets” Predict Failu While “Drys” Think Sel ators Will Follow Actig in House. W Washington, have the Oct. 28.—An senate act on repass the prohibition enforcemd bill over President Wilson’s veto made soon after the senate conve! today. Several democrats objec and a long parliamentary wran over the rules ensued. Senator Robinson When the bill v the house Senator can, South Dakota, who had chag of the measure when it passed senate asked unanimous consent its immediate reconsideration. ator Robinson, democrat, objected and then Senator moved that the senate open executive session the peace treaty pros business. Hitchcock Enters Argument, Objection to laying aside the trel was made by Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, the administration lea who has opposed prohibition me ures in the pe Although Sens Sterling was sure the bill's dispd tion would require but a very sl time, Senator Hitchcock urged debate nn the treaty continue, decl ing the people were beginning to lieve the senate was deliberately laying the treaty. Say Prohibition is Privileged. Senator Nelson, republican, Minf sota, chairman of the senate judiéd committee endeavored to cut off cussion by declaring Senaeor Sterli motion nondebatable Republij Leader Lodge and Senator Smoot, publican, Utah, also quoted rules claring the prohibition bill was p ileged. Senator Lenroot, republican, consin, who was presiding tempos ily, ruled that the Sterling motion debatable. Would Urging that effort a motion Objects, received Sterling, repul} fre S Arkan Sterl which was)| for debate ed to legislat] Sustain Veto, the president’s vetol sustained, Senator Underwood, d4 ocrat, Alabama, said war-time g hibition was unconstitutional be it involved confiscation of priy property withcut adequate compe: tion. Senator Borah, republican, remarked that L result of dent Wilson's statement on the strike and his prohibition veto mi sage, “he was utterly bewildered” to the ending of the war. “The president’s ement miners declared the war ed, and there contradicts | said Mr. Borah, “this message declares the is closed.” The prohibition progress when the receive King Albert “Drys” Are Working Hard. Temporarily nonpiussed by . Pr dent Wilson’s veto the prohib enforcement bill but later greatly couraged by the equally unexpec action of the house yesterday in pg ing the measure over the presidel veto, dry leaders in congress W working today to obtain the ned sary two-thirds in the senatd Leaders of anti-prohibif forces were equally active for thro an in the senate t still may ‘wet spell” before c stitutional prohibition becomes ef: tive next January 16 Vote Certain Tomorrow. Should a vote not be reached day, it was considered certain that measure would brought to a tomorrow. The vote in the 176 to twenty essary, within the from the EXAMINATIONS FRIDAY S Cel Tda Prf to not e effe W N war debate stil recessed was senate of o vote the adverse vote a be house yesterday two more than m hours a innoun| came three president’s Whitc veto House was Those Wishing to Become Enumerators Will Meet ag P Office Friday. The examinations for census en erators will be held this week ¥ at the local postoffice in charge of civil service examiners. Examinat will also be held in Middletown applicants in that district. There been a gratifying response to the for enumerators ‘and the ones pass the Friday evening wil appointed enumerators for their spective distric There will be 400 enumerators for the district co ed by Census Supervisor Thoma Smith. Mr. Smith has had some ti test The office, which has been in Hartford, will be removed to this city, ble with the small communities wi are inaccessible by trains and trol but these have now been provided