New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1919, Page 1

] - = News of the World By Asscciated Press. - i 2 EW BRITA 4 HERALD Herald *“Ads” M Better Businesse‘n\ ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919, —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS, PARCHED THROATS TO BE IN ORDER " AFTER TONIGHT. LOCAL CAFE DOORS LIKELY TO BE CLOSED WITH BANG * Headof Retail Dealers’| MOSES AMENDMENT IS LOST: Assn. Express this| GENATE OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN LEAGUE VOTING STATUS this Opinion; Thinks| Ban Will be Lifted Soon. WILL CLOSE FOR ALL TIME ON JANUARY 16 Internal Revenue Collector Has Big Force of Sleuths to See That Law forced. 1 is En- i | New Britain's saloons will be closed tonight. At least that is the opinion of A. E. Monsees, president of the lo- cal retail dealers’ association, spoken to this morning. be a few who will remajn sell soft drinks, he said, that the majority would clase. He aiso expressed the opinion that the ban would be lifted and if it is. he said, the saloons would then be opened again and remain so until January 16, 1920. when There may Predicts Wet Scason. Harrison B. Freeman of Hartford, chairman of the Connecticut Dry Al- liance and prominent in the Commit- tee of One Hundred and other proh bition organizations in the state, said last night that he approved of the action of the house and senate, hut predicted that n wet period af five or six weeks would prevail, he felt that President Wilson would take the first opportunity to lift the wartime ban. Ban Js Absolute ! Washington, Oct. 29.—Armed the drastic provisions of the prohibi- tion enforcement act, which became effective as to war time prohibition with pas: by the senate of the measure over the president’s veto ate vesterday, agents Tf the Lureau »f internal revenue today took up the task of making absolute the ban on the manufacture and sale of liquor. The few remaining safoons in the United States were legally open today the sale of beverages containing ess than one-half of one per cent. alcohol. Sale as well as manufacture of beverages of more than that alco- holic content laid the saloonkeeper as well as the brewer or distiller liable to heavy penalties. But despite its drastic provisions, the law could not touch the man who had stored up a supply in his own home for his own use. with for Assistance Is Asked. reenue agents entered on task of enforcing law with the ed aid of law abiding citizen; s civic organizations and w Internal their request T heretofore prosecutions | were more or haphazard and necessarily so, it was said, because of the loosely drawn language but the new law gives ample means of break- | ing up the traffic Act V less Drastic. the enforcement act that a man for instance, may be fined or put in jail for displaying a picture | of a brewery or a keg, but his right to store liquor in his own home for his own use has stood up against all attacks in committee and both houses of congress. So drastic RETURNS FROM PETROGRAD After | | Member of House of Commons, Daring rip, Doubts Bolshevik Capital Will Fall This Winter. Hels| ciated Press. Malone, a liberal membe ish house of commons after a daring. unofficial vi grad. He told friends here that he was convinced, after an investigation of the political and military situations ! of Russia that it is improbable that! Petrograd will fall this winter. He| said that reports of dissension among the Bolshevik untrue and that | Lenine and Trotzky appeared to be working in entire accord | He saw Trotzky review thousands of soldiers, who enthusiastically hailed | him as “‘a divine leader.” Col. Malone | sald that the Bolsheviki asserted that | Gen. Denikine had lost the confidence | and support of the Allies and had reached an understanding with Gen. von Der Goltz and Col. Bermondt, ! heading the so-called west Russian | army, composed largely of Germans in | the Baltic provinces. i Col. Malone entered Russia from | Reval, passing through the Esthonian line. Oct. 28, Lieut. (By the Asso- Col. Lestrang of the Brit- returned to Petro- | has were { steamer Muskegon, which w | Service.)—The Belgian | ment DEATH LIST IS GROWING 21 Are Accounted for and 14 Known to Have Been Drowned in Muskegon Steamer Wreck. l Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 29.—Twenty- one persons were officially unaccount- | ed for early today and 14 were known i to have lost their lives in the sinking| vesterday of the Crosby line Lake! driven : into the pier by the gale she had bat- | tled across Lake Michigan from Mil- v 1kee, and pounded to pieces by the: heavy seas., Coroner James Balbirnie and Crosby/ line officials stated they believed all the missing had perished. | The pursef was unable to give the| names of those unaccounted for, but thought they included four of the crew and three passenge With calmer scas today officials be- gan searching the hull of the vessel | which sank in 50 feet of water last| night. Some of the missing, it was be- | lieved, had been trapped between | decks when the stcamer rammed the | pier PLAN DOUBLE WEDDING Miss Florence Johnson Will Wed Hen- ry Jurgarson, and Miss Axce John- son Will Marry Edward Johnson. double wedding as a result of Dan Cupid’s work will take place No- | vember 6 in this city awhen Mi Florence Johnson of 24 Williams et’ will marry Henry Jurgarson of his city, and her si Miss Axce | Johnson, will on ame day wed Zdward Johnson Keene, New | ilampshire, i The Misse ters of M and enjoy Mr. Jurgarson and is weli known. at the Landers. Mr. Johnson is New Hampshire, there. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride, after which there will be a reception given. The couples will then leave on a wedding tour. the s of Johnson are the daugh- and M \xcl Johnson, wide civele of friends. o native of this city | He is employed Frary & Clark plant. native of Keene, and employed a is is Mail Man Taken i, Removed to Hospital | Juengst, one of the city’s prominent letter carriers and one of the oldest mailmen in point of service on the local routes, is seri- ously at the Hartford hospital. Mr. Juengst was removed to the hospital following an attack of acute appendi- citis He was seized while covering his mail route and had to be taken to his home but as condition w- serious he w, transferred to the Hartford institution. Henry most Belgians H;ve Na{r;;es of 1,150 Huns to Punish Brussels, Oct. 2§, (French Wireless ministry he given its approval to a list of 1,150 Germiins, soldiers and civilians, who will be prosecuted on charges arising from violation of the laws of war at the time of the invasion of Belgium or during the occupation of this country by German troops, according to the Indepence Belge. Mhe list will be sent | to the peace conference in Paris. CASES OF SCARLET FFEVER IN CITY NOW. There are cases of scarlet fever in the city now, the health depart- repor TWO NEW HAVEN WOMEN APPEAL FROM PRISON TERMS IMPOSED WHEN THEY CHEATED 83 YRS. OLD MAN OF $5000 Fair Sex, While Selling Soa With His Money Libert New Haven, Oct. filed which convicted Katherine Reynolds, an appeal from a jury verdict 20, and her sister, Mrs. Julia Dimock, 5,000 from Julius Beau- means of “fraud, deceit and artifice Judge Donald Warner imposed state prison sentences upon each, the former to from two to of securing $7 mont, 83, b had | five years and the sister, who has two small children, to from 18 months to three years. The women canvassed, selling soap. | have been taken" as an additional con- | 29.—Counsel has ! Senators Engage in Brisk | Argument Over Interna-‘ tional Labor Organizationi‘ in Treaty Terms. Washington, Oct. 29.—The Mo amendment to the peace treaty, 1 of those proposed by the foreign re- | lations committee, was rejectdd today | by the senate. Like the Johnson | amendment defeated 1 week, it | dealt with voting power in the league of nations. The vote was 36 to 47. Of those supporting the Mo; amendment three were democrats Gore, Shields and Walsh, Mass. Nine republicans—Colt, Edge, Hale, Kel- logg, Keyes, Lenroot, McNary, Nelson | nd Sterling—voted with the demo- crats in opposition. Wants Advisory War Vote. A subject not touched by the com- mittee was injected into the fight to- day by Senator Gore, democrat, Okla- | homa, who presented an amendment | to article 12 proposing that under the | 5 | | | | league no nation would go to war “‘un- | til an advisory vote of the people shall dition after arbitration had failed. The debate centered during much of the session around the treaty’s prov sion far an international labor organ zation. Efforts to alter it were made | by several senators. La Follette Raps Provision, enator La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, assailed the labor provision B undemocratic and perilous to Anm- erican labor interests. Instead of giv. ing labor “a new charter of rights,” President Wilson had contended, he aid it would perpetuate the wrong nd injustice in the present relation >xisting between. labor and capital.” Samuel Gompers and other Ameri- n delegates had protested against ny provisions at Par he sald, bui had been ‘“‘heaten on every important point.” SHIP AND CREW LOST Steam Barge. Buffeted By Lake Ontario, Gale on Goes Down—] Persons Lose Lives. Rochester, finding at daybreak today bodies on the shore of Lake Ontario, wearing life preservers bearing the name of the steam barge Homer War- ren, of Toronto, vevealed the total loss of that vessel, with her crew of 8. The shore was strewn with wreckag The Warren, in charge of Captain | Scaller of Toronto, left Oswego, home- ward bound yesterday morning with 600 tons of coal. She w ast seen off Pultneyville, 35 miles east of here at 11 a. m. yesterday while the gale was raging. She believed there- fore to have gone down during the night. The bodies found identified. The W the Milne compan of have not been ren belonged to of Toronto. Takes Canadian Jury 13 Minutes to Convict German Frederickton, B., =~ Oct Werner Horn was found guilty today on the charge that he dynamited the Canadian end of the international bridge at St. Croix, N. B., on February 2, 19 The jury was out only 13 minutes. Horn, who conducted hi own defense, said he was a German | officer and was acting under orders | German government In war 29— of the time. p, Induced Aged Man to Part As Loan To Buy y Bonds. In this way they met Beaumont in his home, became friendly, borrowed $5,000 to pay up Liberty Bonds, ! | promising to return in 10 minutes and deliver bonds to the value mentioned, | | They did not do so. Beaumont hfls} | considerable wealth. A conservator ! since been appointed for him, | | The women declared that the| | money was a gift in return for atten- | tion shown by them to Beaumont, { Miss Reynolds also said Beaumont was a customer of hers. Nelther | woman offered to make restitution oz‘l the money secured from Beaumont. ! | No Beverage With More Than One- | prohibition enfc I their i the following violations: { has in | had between 50,000 and 6 I—= COLLEGTOR WALSH IS READY T0 NAB BOOZE VIOLATORS hall of One Per Cent. of Al- | coholic Content Can Be Served BOOTLEGGERS AND OTHER PEDDLERS ARE WARNED levenue Collector Estimates That Connecticut Brewers Have Between 50,000 and 60,000 Barrels of Beer of Vintage—AllL Officials Are 2.95 Zxpected to Nid in Enforcing Reg- ulations. Hartford, Oct Collector of Internal Revenue James J. Walsh gave out the following statement to- | day relative to the enforcement of the | national prohibition act. One-Half of One Per Cent. “The passage of the national pro- hibition act over President Wilson' veto by the congress of the United States yesterday afternoon made the ement section effec- tive immediately and provided the in- ternal revenue bureau with the ma- chinery for preventiny the sale of bev- erages containing one-half of one per cent. or more alcohol by volume. What Law ‘Includes. “The national prohibition act de- fines intoxicating liquors as including alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter and wine and in ad- dition thereto any spirtuous, vinous, malt or fermented liquors and com- pounds, whether medicated, proprie- tary, patented or mnot, and by what- ever name called, containing one-half of one per centum or more of alco- hol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purpos Under this definition the manufacture and sale of heverages or compounds fit for heverage pUrpos which one-half of one per centum or of alcohol by volume, is clearly hibited * es, more pro- AUl Must Co-operate. “While the internal revenut bureau is made the agency of directing the enforvement of the me nd I have been named hy Commissioner Ioper as enforcement ofiicer for the district of Connecticut, responsibility is not confined solely o federal offi- cer: State, county and municipal officers are expected to do their full share in stopping and punishing vio- lations and the successful administrs tion of the law “I have between available for enfor: first attention sure 80 and ement will 100 work be given men and to Open or clandestine saloons. ture or sale of bever: spirits fermented malt liquor. Bootleggers or peddie In view of the fact that gress of the United States, standing the veto of the president, sted upon the enforcement of the war prohibition act, 1 call upon manufacturers, wholesale and retail liquor dealers to observe all the re- quirements of said act while same is in force and in operation.” No More Beer to Be Made. No more real beer will be made in Connecticut until the situation as re- gards national prohibition changes greatly. 1s the statement to- day of Kendall, president of the Connecticut Brewers' association Nothing above one-half of one per cent. will be brewed he said. Much Booze Left Over. “The brewers of the state will live up strictly to the letter of the pro- hibition enforcement law,” said Mr. Kendall hey still pin their hope on the asserted probability that Pres- ident Wilson will lift the prohibition ban some time in November.” This Mr. Kendall pointed out, would give the brewers @ month or six weeks in which to dispose of their stock. He estimated that Connecticut brewers 1,000 barrels alcohole con- ge the con- notwith- of beer of tent or over. per cent Would Buy Main Street Hotel offer has made by the arrived Spanish population or Sritain to purchase the Hotel De Ville on Main strect. and, while the deal has not been put through as vet, it is not thought improbable ihat it will be effected. The hostelry has changed hands several times in the past few years and is now owned | by . H. Beloin, proprietor of a Churoh street restaurant. The Span- jards are now Bollerer's store on Commercial street hoth for eating and sleeping purposes and are]| somewhat crowded Spaniards been using — | WEATHER. It 1 Tartford, Oct. 20:—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Thursday becom- ing unsettled. contain ! Open or clandestine manufac- | and | elsen, American Citizen, New Steward At New Britain Club, Has Had Interesting Career. i Einer I A native I'but of Copenhagen, Denmark, \merican citizen, Einer ! Nielsen, the steward at the New { Britain club, is a man with many in- i teresting experiences, one of them { having been the serving at the ex- | kaiser's table. Worked an new All Over Europe. Nielsen comes here from New York, where he was steward at the | Astor, Wallick (now demolished), ¥ Manhattan, Knickerbocker and Ma- jestic hotels and the Rec club of | that cit) Besides this he has served | steward in Copenhagen, London, Paris, Genoa, Rome, and about s vears ago he was inspecting caterer ‘on the North German Lloyd line. That the new steward L real | lover of his adopted count; hown | by the fact that during his work on the German line when he was asked to become a German citizen in ac- cordance with the new orders of the steamship line at the time, he refused and left their employ. Mr. Nielsen, before coming to this country, served for two vears in the Danish army, holding the rank of lieutenant Served Famous People. d at table kialser, the ex-kaiser's sister, the ex- kaiserine, the former crown prince, and the late King Leopold of Belgium, | and has received decorations from ali jof them. He also had charge of the meals when the ex-kaiser's sister { who married the Duke of on Meiningen made a yachting trip. | Others he has served were the late | King Edward VIL, when he was the | | Prince of Wales; the late ex-President | Roosevelt and Prince Henry af ! Prussia. I. A. Wentz, who was steward at the club, resigned and will go into | business for himself in German; | Treaty May Be Effective On Armistice Anniversary London, Oct. 29.—The German | peaca treaty may come inta effect on the anniversary of armistice day. It was announced by Cecil Harmsworth, under secretary for foreign affairs in the house of commons today that the | government hoped the treaty would be formally ratified on November 11 | and come into force the same day-. Italy Fears U. S. Will Not Agree in Adriatic Paris, Oct. 29, (Havas.)—Dispatches | from Rome indicate that considerable | concern has been caused there by a | report that the United States would refuse to accede to the proposals of Italy regarding the Adriatic problem. In Ttalian circles here it is indicated that there is also an impression that M. jas a is s He has ser the e -k [ i | 1 | | | i ' BEEN PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 1S} EX-SOLDIER TO WED I Charles H. \Weare WII Take Miss Meta M. Dede As His Bride On | Saturc I Charles H. Weare, Charles Weare, and Meta H daughter of Mrs. Anne Dede of Berlin street, Southington, will married on Saturday afternoon at o'clock in t. Mark's scopal church by Re amuel Sutcliffe. Miss Alice Marsh, of 34 Renschler street, is to be maid of honor and William Dede, brother of the bride-to-be, \\'iH" be best man. A dirner will of Mu 82 son and | Arch | Dede, | | 124 | Mrs. of street, Miss follow {he ceremony the bride’s After a honey- moon to Niag: they will live at 605 East Main street. Mr. Weare was recently released | from the army where he served as | first sergeant. During the Mexican trouble he saw service on the border | with the state militia. Later, when | this country entered the war he went overseas with Company H, of Hart- ford. After eighteen months of serv- ice at the front he returned home. | Mr. Weare is employed at the Huma- | son & Beckley division of Landers, Frary & Clark. FATALLY STRICKEN ON TRAIN Rev. George L. Clark of Wethersfield Taken From Train at Buffalo and Dies in Hospital There. Hartford, Oct. 29.—Word was re- ceived in Wethersfield this morning of the death in Buffalo, N. Y., of the Rev. George L. Clark, pastor of the Wethersfield Congregational church. He was stricken with paralysis Mon- day on a train west of Buffal oand was removed in that city. Mr. Clark left Wethersfield about October 1 on a month’s vacation and had been visiting in the middle west, going as far as Ripon, Wis. He stop- ped for a few days at the national Congregational conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was on his way home from there wheg stricken. Mr. Clark was born in Tewksbury, Mass., August 16, 1849. He graduated from Amherst in 1872, from Yale Divinity school in 18756 and from Union Theo- logical seminary in 1876. He was or- dained to the ministry Decembe 1876, and had held pastorates at Shel- burne Falls, Mass.,, Westerly, R. 1, and Farmington. He h been at ‘Wethersfleld since 1900. Trotzky Held Responsible For Treatment of Prisoner: London, via Ottawa, Oct. 29.—In | the house of commons yesterday Cecil Harmsworth,, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, stated in reply to | a question that the government had | notified Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik war | minister, and others in Soviet Russia that they would be held personally responsible for treatment of British | the United States will not agree to the Italian plan. prisoners and other British citizens in Russia. NATION-WIDE BOMB FOR NEXT SPRING, Six Persons Arrested Believ Working in 100 Ame Cleveland, O., Oct. 29.—Discovery of a radical plot to spread terror throughout the nation by another se- ries of bomb explosions next spring was announced by the police here to- day following the arrest last night of five men and a woman, suspected of having planned the destruction of the central police station. Believing they are members of an anarchistic circle that has been work- ing in more than 100 cities, the police questioned the group all night in an effort to learn details of their plans or the extent of their organization. One of the men is believed by the police to have been active in bombing Mayor Davis' home June 2 last. With the prisoners the police cap- tured a large quantity of high ex- plosives, one complete bomb, several incomplete bombs, a number of auto- matic pistols and a supply of ammu- nition, and much anarchistic litera- l\\ o ture. IN ARARCHISTS’ RAID IN CLEVELAND ed to Be Members of Gangs of Explosives Are Found. PLOT, SCHEDULED NIPPED BY POLICE i | | rican Cities—Quantity The police declared the bombs were similar to those used in the bombing of Mayor Davis' home. They believe the arrests will lead to apprehension in other cities in connection with the country-wide bomb outrages which oz- curred last v and June. Those held by police are Theodore Lerower and Steve Matejka and his wife, Helen, charged with having ex- plosives in their possession; George Teeder, charged with being a sus- picious person, and three men whos names the police are withholding, two of them are said to be terrorists in- ternationally known radical followers Four raids were made by police last night on information furnished by of- ficials who have been working on the case three months | street, | slowly \MINERS MEET AND DECLINE TO CALL OFF NATION-WIDE STRIKE THAT HAS MAN WHO HAS SERVED MEALS| After Two Hour Di TO KAISER AND FAMILY IS NOW SERVING LOCAL PEOPLE cussion at Indianapq lis, Delegates Decid that Their Previo Action Will Stand | PLEA OF PRESIDENT HAS NO INFLUEN( No One of Those Prese) Had a Word to Say in D fense of Wilson’s Plea Modification. Oct. United Friday Indianapolis, 9. —The str} Mine Work stan| discussion at today officials announced had the call for order of the effective After two conference the union idea of modifying cessation of work President Wilson’s pronouncem on the threatened industrial war no defender in the conference, was stated. The grounds on was reached will statement to the public. A comnf tee to draw up the statement appointed and given three hours which to prepare it, the confere adjourning until 4 p. m. midinight hours’ here it was which deocis be explained §i 4 Govt, Plans Drastic Steps. Washington, Oct. 29.—The gove ment is prepared to take drastic st to deal with conditions arising in coal fields if the executive board the United Mine Workers of Ame permits the strike order to stand. became known today after Fedd Fuel Administrator Garfleld had b summoned from M chusetts discuss the situation with Secret Tumulty. Mr. Garfield left a memorandum the coal situation for President ¥ son. He was hopeful that the str] could be averted and that it Wo not be necessary to revive the f] administration which under the lig food control act would retain all war-time authority over the natig food suppl Y SN e— Paul Blanchette of Cherry S Runs Down Girl Without Injw Her, N. Paul Blanchette street figured in a peculiz on Farmington avenue, He terday afternoon, when the tr which he was driving passed co pletely over Miss Alice Arens of 1 Broad street, without injuring her Miss Arens was riding her bicy on Farmington avenue and start presumably, to turn into Flo when her bicycle slipped pavement an dthrew her rectly in under Blanchett's car. F tunately Blanchette was proceed: and he was able to stop wit a few feet, but the machine pas completely over the girl's hody wi out injuring her. Che accid rtford, ¥ of 140 the wet CONNECTICUT GETS FLAG For Being First in Oversubscriptid in Victory Loan, F That Over Capitol Is Awarded. Washington American flag capitol during the congress was sent to comb, of Connecticut tary Glass, being first in over Victory Loan scribed its quota ka was second according to District of Columl per cent Among the states, second with 35.70 per Oct. 29.—The flew war hist over sessions Governor Hj today by Seei for the st subscriptions to 4 Connecticut over-s 19.95 per cent. Al with 40.96 per cel figures, and third with 38 which as a rev revised Michigan ran an over-subscription cent. Pope Benedict Recognizes| Czecho-Slovakia Repub! Rome, Oct. 29.—The Vatican recognized the new republic of Czee! Slavakl: s officially: declared. PROTECTION FOR WORKERS} Canton, O., Oct. 29.—Reports fr the steel plants crippled by the stri Information from Chicago that the central police station here was to be blown up soon hastened the raids which had been planned for a few weeks hence. are that more men went to work t morning in answer to appeals by managers to men to return undg promised protection of the sta county and city,