New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1919, Page 1

ews of the World. By Assceiated Press. “ Herald ds” Mean', Better Business OCTOBER S0, 1 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, 019. —SIXTEEN PAGES. EVERY CAFE IN STATE WILL ' BE INSPECTED TOMORROW BY STATE POLICE Saloonkeepers Will Have! Ample Warning Before General Round-Up Take i Place. , SOME RESORTS ARE ALREADY INSPECTED 1 - y | Hartford, Oct. 30.—Every aloon in the state will be visited F riday morn- agents of the Internal Revenue rtment, aided state city police, to that there is com- pliance with the National Enforcement Taw. This nounced today by James J. Walsh, internal revenue collector for the dis- trict of Connecticut, following a con- ference this morning M, Walsh, Assistant Attor- ney George H ot the Revenue and Justice department More than 50 agents were at the collector's office, Walsh gave instructions to the proper enforcement of the law. \re Visited. law becamo afternoon at Mr. Walsh today. Tm- upon receipt of 1 news from Tnternai Commissionei Roper Washington, Mr. Walsh's men an investigation. Some saloons wera visited Wednesday, he s ) Men Will Be Warned. ‘Hereafte said Mr. Wal aloon men sell liquor on th own responsibility. If any violations are found, proprietors will e warned that the law is to entorceid full extent. W alke on techricalities. been and sellinz be court Mr sicged ing individu: to answe time tic by and full Prohibition Was an- see between United Stat Cohen and ents nhled M usse where as Some Places The prohibition tive Tuesday o’clock, said mediately effer- 110 n will be 1o irs wen't Offenders are arrests who have founi pe arned zain will hrought hefc 1¢ Wal by oflice be- suloon men and others seck- fons concerning be is unably | ese inquiries at the | made, he said toda I cnde to ‘0 press. h's hus been answe o (ies ciases Sinec is all arc would ough th CANDY SALES DECREASE of 11 or do But Local Deal. ~ Do Not Care, They Could Not Supply Increased Demand, Anyway. t New mnd tho! an inc e the coming Act, loeal business has the pa shortage In spite of the fact candy manufacturers other large citics report sale of their product sin the Wartime Prohibition ort that their e decline during and with the is little probabhility to supply an in- | even if it should | e of dealers been on fe months, of sugar, there their being able creased demand, come. Charles Prietors o Palace that repe Confectionery and | stores, ro- both of those ' this time s the candy | basement Telund buildinz report a similar ! salc i Coal Strike Will Hit | Connecticut Industry | | Hartford, 30 Kent Hub- | bard of Middletown, president of m-‘ i the Stay onfectionery the not vear. The in both branch confeciion ports sales i stores are as high as « last firm malk used in the of its Other drop stores in the in Oct. Manufacturers' Association of Connec- ticut, issuecd today a statement con- cernin the threatenmed coal strike, which he said would be & menace to| the state and country and called upoa | menufacturers to be prepared to meet | it i |To Hold C Y AND U. S. MEN AMERICA ONGE MORE BLOCKS FIUME PLANS. | Such is Unconfirmed Rumor} i at Paris Conference Where Feeling is Acute. 30. Associnted that wris, Oct. (By the Pre ~Rumors received here the American government had fused to accept the latest project put Tittoni Fiume forward by the question Minister of display Foreign for settlement the caused a of deep emotion in Italian conference circles in Paris. Although no official confirmation of the rumor received the Italian delegation generally feels that the information is correct and delegates are showing sgreat disap- pointment. While the heads of the Italian mission maintain their cour- teous, diplomatic manner lesser mem- bers of the delegation are outspoken, ying the decision would prolong in- | definitely the perplexities and anxietics now facing the Ttalian government. “It is regrettable,” said one of ihe secretaries, “that the abnegation with which the Ttalian government has ¢ posed itself to unpopularity in “orde to find an acceptable solution of the Adriatic provlem or its avowed pur- pose maintaining, in spite of all, solidarity with allies has not | succeeded in avoiding the decep- ' tion which now comes from Wash- ington. It in reached e has been he is of its to be the general feeling that Ttaly limit of pos: stand on said Ttaly’'s policy will be : coming elections has resolved to th vernment along the lines of Foreign Minister Tittoni’s | proposed settlement. The IFrench newspapers concur in the Ttalian point cxpressing surprise at the appears Italian the ons cles) exireme and will Tt position foreizn consolidated the that parliament sustain e present po: is on her by zenerally of view, | Americiui Tt e C onference In Pegple’s Church The semi-anuual conference of ihe Gopel Missionary society will open on | November 3 in the People’s church on Court street and three sessions will be held ¢ on the 5th and 6th The meetings arc to be similar to those of the Giospel conference held carlier in the year but instead of full weelk this meeting will be for two days. Di. Turnwell, dean of the 5 nd a national young people’s worlker, is to be one of the ! speakers in addition to a number of others of national repute. The pas- tor of the People’s church, Rev. R. . Steinhof, an officer of the Gospel Missionary society. Nyack schoo Congressmen W};07Vote Dry Called Hypocrites By Judge New York, 30.—Magistrate Dale, sitting in Brooklyn polic, court, today suspended sentence upon a man convicted of drunkenness on the ground that “a good many hypo- crites in congress have created a con- dition whereby a good many Ameri- cans will be deprived of their pei- sonal rights, Oct. DISEASE AT HEIGHT, The city now has 24 cases of scar- let fever and 20 diphtheria cases and Superintendent of Health William Stockwell believes that both diseases are ot their height here. Tt ex- pected that a decline will be noted within a few days. is ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, AUTHOR AND POETESS, DIES Vell Known to Many Was Former Resident of Berlin, Conn. W hor <¢: 0. Wheeler lied in Branford Mra. Wiicox month 1nps Sk (et B anthor “The (hore ¥ had been having had : hile engaged in work in England. Mrs. been constantly der for nine months. In srought to Branford L desire to in her i whercin mosi of work had been done, and Mr. Wilcox she had friends from all over the world. Mrs. Wilcox was in her 64th and native of Johnstown Wis. Her literary embraced larse number of books hoth prosc ind poetry and she was a contribu- tor to many publications. Her only surviving relatives are a brother and a sister in the west. After crema- = Murs, Rlla lcox, and poetess, at home Bungalow,” 1ich) tods ill for some nervous col- war rellef Wilcox had medical care July she was in fufillment of own home, the her litorary where with entertained w year 2 Center, work i l AT HER SHORE HOME Local People—Her Husband tion of the body the ashes will probe- ably be taken to Short Beach and placed in a niche in the granite ledge near “The Bungalow.” The aidae wil then be sealed. This was done with the ashes of Mr. Wilcox. With Mrg. Wilcox’s death it became known that by deed exccuted since her re- turn from Europe the property had passed to Mrs. Wtittier, a relative, Mrs. Wilcox having retained the right of use during life time. Mrs. Wilcox was known personally to many New Britain people, particu- larly those who have summer homes at Short Bewch and vicinity. To older residents of this city, and also of Berlin, known cven bhetter for her husband, the late Iobert Wilcox who died only a few years ago, was a Berlin man. He was sec cousin of William Bulkeley of she ond B | Relief i night, RESCUE PARTY HAS 10 GIVE UP FIGHT Danger of Another Mine Ex- plosion Drives Rescuers Back ONLY ONE MAN GETS OUT Workers Wer2 Within - 150 Feet of Enbombed Miners When They W Compelled to Quit— Rescued Man Saved By His Mule, Oct within Steubenville, 0, 30.-—After battling their 10 150 20 way feet of where miners have been im- prisoned since yvesterday —mornir workers O rescue were ordered v No. 2 at 0., at 6 o'clock this morning by out of and mine Amsterdam, mine officials and state mine who feared an explosion might occur, according to word received her. Hope has been abandoned that the miners are alive. Rescuers Work All Night. Lescue worked ail long in the filled mine. o'clock this morning they had reached a point 150 feet distant from No. 15, west, in which the 20 miners were supposed to be held prisoner. Fire broke out then behind the rescue party and its members were forced 1o fight their way through and smoke many narrowly scaping suffocation. Ordered to Give Up. attempt failing, the inspectors, rties night At 2 en Subsequent entombed men daybreak ordered the mine. the entire workings and the mine was filled with gas. After a’final tour of inepection shortly” hefore o'clock, the inspectors pronounced it extrems Iy dangerous to continue the vork. The state mine, rescue entombed men were dead. All company’s property about the of the shaft was (hen cleared for fear of an explosion. to rescue the the officials at men to leave rescuc car of the mout ar- Men M night the timbers of the were - burned out and dropped, resulting in serious slate and coal fal which impeded the v work. The slate mine resule car ar- vived at 10 o’clock last night, but was unable t6 operate. The list of mi was officlally placed at 20 tod Twenty sing. Late last main entry Saved By IHis Mule. Amsterdam, 0., Oct. 30.—Of the miners trapped in the Y. and O. coal mine yvesterday, when an electric gen- erator cxploded and set fire to the main interior, only one has made his way to the surface. He emerged last sayving he had been pulled the shaft by his mule while he lay the floor of mine car. He badly burned. to oa a was EW YORK BREWERS TO FIGHT DRY LAW Will Bring Action to Prevent Fed- cral Ofiicers From Enforcing ‘erms of Volstead Act. N York tionality of enforcement Get. 30.—Constitu- Volstead prohibition act as 1t appli to war- time prohibition attacked in o« suit which counsel for New York brewers and restaurant men wer preparing today for filing in the federal court. The petition will ask that agents of the government be restrained from cnforcing the act. Similar suits, it stated, will be brought in various other states. Decision to attack the constitution- ality of the measure was reached at a conferenc: of brewing and restaurant interests I night, which onvened at about the same hour that the effec- tiveness of the Volstead law hegan to be felt in a series of spectacula raids by internal revenue agents, in the cou > of which two men were shot. There the was were nine raids evening and 20 airests Revenue gents visited scores of other saloons, but found no evidence that they wer not complying with the law. The shooting occurred in conneection with @ raid on a cafe in West 42nd street, near Eighth avenue, known in the old days of the Tenderloin as “The IRed M. Revenue agents declined to discuss the shooting which spectators said was done by one or morc of the agents. Colonel Daniel Porter, supervising internal revenue agents for the New York district, who has charge of the liquor enforcement campaign here, declared that his 600 men would wage a steady drive until the sale of any- thing stronger than ‘“*half per cent” had been eradicated. during the 0’Brien—Didshury Wedding At St. Mary’s Rectory The marriaze of Miss M Arkwright Didsbury to Francis Joscp' O"srion took place this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in S(. Mary's rectory. The attendants were Mrs. M vy Sheehan and Timothy O'Brien, brother and sister of the bridegroom. Rev. John T. Winters performed ceremony. Mr. O'Bricn an service man. the is ex- (oal was afire throughout | | { MINERS' LEADER | ASSAILS WILSON His Attempted Interference in Coal Strike Scored AS USURPATION OF POWER WIF dJohm L. Lewis Makes Caustic RReply in Teiczram Sent to Sceretary Wil- ~on—It= Wording is Approved By Entire Strike Board or Union. 20 direct Wilson's strike situation long series of al of executive John L. the ox- Mine ek Secretary Indianapolis. attack upon course in the coul the ‘“climax of a tempted usurpations power,” made today Lewis president, ecutive of the Workers America. The t came in telegram to of Labor Wilson, replying to a sage from him delivered to the ference here yesterday of some score officials and leaders of union. Oct President A by nd United was eting board of a long mes- con- four the I the first the ad- the union. While from Secretary Wilson vesterday the reply was until today, when it 10 the execuiive board President lLewis. It was an- that the reply was approved | tnanimous vote. Union headquar- refused to giv out the message, saying that licaiion was something for er to approve Willing to Listen. reply indicated t t the secre offered to call a conference of the miners and cmployers which offer in the following lun- Has Entirc Approv telegrams vie The constituted ol hetwe ion n here W ministe and the teleg reached not completed was submitted hy nounced by ters sec pub- send- its the The was accepted suage “We ness to which may fair i the organ shall hold ourselves in readi- altend any joint conference be arranged by you upon and stand ready to recon- international convention of ou tion whenever our scale commitiee has received an honorable proposal for preseniation to such con- vention.” a vene Shhrhh! We're Going to Let You in on | something Sweei—We Know Where | There Are 75 Barvels of Sugar. In view of the fact that at the prc there is between 70 and anulated ent time barrels of sugar stored the H here seems in a The sugar is the property of Sam kowitz, the North street grocer his stock in the store is said to be a| big onc. When the some 70 barrels | were rcceived here Mr. Berkowltz rented floor space in the H. R. Wal- ker branch on Bigelaw street and or- dered it stored there until such time as he would be ready fo remove it The sugar hus been in storage about a month. Bigelow street storehouse of company the shortage neasure unnecess: Youth Stands Trial For Murder of His Employer New Oct. 30.—BEdward Haven, the York, Paige. New vouth indicted his employer, July 11, must degree murder. mission appointed reported today that been set i} 19 year old for the murder of Gardiner (% Hull, on stand trial for fir The lunacy com- to examine him | he was s His | for November 10. o ine. twial has LIBELS JUDGE BURPEE, Conn., Oct. 30 —Edward who has been on trial charged with criminal- Judge L. F. Burpee and found guilty this after- noon Judge G. E. Hyman deferred sentence trial was begun on the charge of contempt of court against Curtiss, PIRST Litehfield, W. Curtiss for two wee 1y libelling others was as MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON. The wedding of Miss Ruth E beth Beetham to David Paul Ryan took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock Mar rectory. Mrs. Albert matron of honor and ted < Winters fe was Albert lev. Barrows John T, man. ficiated. b of- DROWNED IN SOUND. Stonington, Oct. 30.—The body Manuel Parry, fisherman, of town, missing since October 22 picked up early to at t the west breakwater, Tt ist that Perry zed while letting entangled in free himself five of this was end of helieved dva verboard ar and, hecouling leave was net out the was u and He ughters and one son. ta | sank a widow = - WEATHER. I for New Britain Rain tonight and mer. Torecast and vicinit: iday: w | | smatley, 3 RAILROADS GIVEN RIGHT TO TAKE COAL; MAXIMUM PRICES TO BE SET; PRIORITY LISTS FOR INDUSTRIE. dUBBY’S POCKET TO PAY FIRST WIFE'S FUNERAL BILL Mere Man Gets Peevish, L Are Called—Accused W And Objects to Being Cheated At Home. his wife took $10 from his le he slept, thereby making it impossible for him to pay an stalment on the bill for his first wife's burial expenses, Joseph Mazalka struck her vesterday. She went to ihe police station and lodged a com- plaint and Officer Charles McCarthy sent to the home on Lafayette street to place Joseph under arrest. In court today, Joseph explained that the trouble was caused primarily by his wife's obstinate ra’usal to care for his first wife's children and her theft of the money. She has one Because pocket whi in- was COMBINED H. S. GIVES ONLY \mounts Totaling $108.91 ed by Public Schools for Roose- velt Fund—Grand Total $350. of the Aca- High schools pupils Vocational The combined demic and gave contributed schaol for the fund. The total amount collected the $108.91 according to the report made this morning to R. R Healey, treasurer of the fund, by Su- perintendent Schools Staniey Ti. Holmes. This amount added to ves- terday’ 0 and the $12 taken in from sources this morning make grand total for the day 2350. The fund will continue to be raised for the rest af the week. The chool contributions follow Bartleti, $.38: KEast Street, 51: Elihu Burritt, 0v: Northend, $7.00; Lin- coln, Monroe, $2.70: Old Bur- ritt, $.69; Stanley, $5.256: Grammar, $41.02; Academic High, Vocational High, § Total, $108.91. EXCLUDE ALIEN ANARCHISTS alone only as against $41.02 by the Grammar Roosevelt Memorial from schools was of other the ne Rockwell, Measure Also Provides for Deportation of Aliens Who Violate Espionage Act As Well As Draft, Washington, Oct. 30.—At the ) quest of Attorney General Palmer the senate immigration commitiee today ordered a favorable report on the| house bill providing for deportation | and permanent exclusion from the United States of alien anarchists. The house measure provides for de- portation of aliens interned during the war in addition to anarchists and also those convicted of violating the espion- ge. draft, explosives and other laws. Aliens making threats against th president also would be subject to the bill's provisibns which would make final any deportation decision of the etary of labor Atterney General Palmer advised the committee that immediate enact- ment of the bill was necessary because of present conditions. sec Vanguard of Winter Here With First Fall of Snow What w fall of the rived this It came in siderable hail. s said to be the first snow- | in New Britain ar- | about 7 o'clock flurry with con- snowfall, whil season morning slight "he EDWARD ITABENS JIN DEAD E NO. 2, VERY MUCH ALIVE, PICKS ets Loose Wallop And Police | Contribut- { | that | was ldward Haben- stein, one of the best known caterers in southern New Ingland. died at his home here \Wednesday afternoon. He sufiered a shock in June and a second stroke occurred Monday morning. He wias born in Saxony and came with his pavents to Utica, N. Y. when 12 vears old. He had lived in Hartford 50 vears and was in the catering iness most of that Hartford, Oct. bus- . SERMAN Paris, Oct Deice treaty German quired. it wdditional protocol to carry out armistice vere not incorporated in the treaty of Versailles. The supreme council to- day considered the text of pro- posed instrument. s 3efore the (Havas.)- effective; will 30, becomes representatives e is expected here. 1o sizn an bind Crermany clauses whici the TREATY UP AGAIN. { Washington, Oct long list of committee to the peace treaty finally disposed of the senate today lined up for the next big fight of the treaty controver- sy, which is to center around an ef- fort to strike out the provision for 4n international labor organization, —-With the amendments 1 time. MUST SIGN AGAIN ; } f | OF $10 HE NEEDED orks Seven Days a Week child of her own Yester when he short slecep she went pockets, he claims, removing bill. According to his story, everything necessary for the of the home, day ing Sunday, thre for 2 s10- | buy while he has down through | lay | he running includ works every and is teving with pocket money to pay off the bill fot his first wife’'s funeral. | Upon his promise to let the settle any ditficulties which arise between him and Prosecutor George Klett nolle. court might wife, entered his WL WAR VETERAN SUED FOR PRE-WAR RIDE! Erstwhile Friends of Former Draftee Insist That He Pay Ior Farewell Party. Peter Baba is the plaintiff in an ac- tion brought today, that has a war bearing connected with it. During the time that the draft increments | were leaving the city, Isaac Oshana was one of the men scheduled to leave | for Camp Devens, and the day vious to his leaving he met who -it is claimed invited him and « friend to go for an auto ride. The trio motored to Meriden, where it said that some of the “joy juice” that fell a victim to prohibition was in- dulged in and the party then decided to go to New Haven The atmosphere of proved so good that it w try Bridgeport to were as satisfying the stay in the home town King, it was decided to On arrival in th pre 3aba, New Haven | s decided to conditions After a of John T. return home. city, it is alleged that Baba announced that he had been put to some expense in gasoline hil while Oshana also announced that his bankroll had been depleted considerably. Oshana went to war and did his bit. Today he was surprised to receive a call from a local con- stable, who attached his wages for $30, which Baba claims for the use of the automobile. ¥he city court will settle the dispute. Klett & 1- ling represent Oshana. VETERAN RE-ENLISTS With see if Piazza Was Infantry Unit in Tive Tmportant Engagements of World War—Will Serve Overseas The Iure of the army life has prov- | ed itself too strong for Frank Piazza, veteran of five of the most import- int battles of the Great war, and that soldier has signed up at the local re crulting office for overseas servic with an infantry unit. Piazza !is veteran of infantry service and there- fore 11 be fitted for immediate transportation to Europe. i When Piazza appeared at Sergeant Beaudoin’s office on Main street to be enlisted he was asked what previous service he had seen and he replied he had served under fire in the following Dbis cngagements: The Aisne defensive, Chauteau Thierry drive, Aisne-Marne, the St Aihiel | sector ang in the Meuse-Argonne. H overseas for nearly K, 9th U. S enlistment he stree. two vears Infanty lived with Company Previous to his 321 Lafayette | | Mayor a';ne;’ Céifi;ittee To Collect Autos’ Fund | Mayor committec ization to Quigley 1 of to be the ter the city's part 1s appoinied local organ- look af in vaising its share f of America. Tl lected on December The committee as selected by Mayor Quigley is headed by William Mas- son, manager of the Lyceum players, who will act as chairman. The r rs are Fred Carney, manager of the Fox theater, Peter Perahos of the Scenic. John ( Contaros Pal John Perry of the Iferald, and LeWitt, lessec Ly rst meeting the con next Thursday morning Mayor Quigl © the Actors’ Fund fund is to be col- memb of t I the ace o™ cum he of will take place at 11 on Main o’clock st in v's office e SON APPOINTED CARETAKER. Walter Lawrence, nk Lawrence, years caretuker of the late for many 1t Shuttle Meadow Lake, has appointed to fill hi father's The new caretaker was horn and brought up near the lake and worked * with his father there. son who was been s Govt. Agencies Mo Swiftly in Ma kin Plans to Comba Effect of Saturday Coal Strike LOYAL MINERS TO HAVE PROTECTIQ Fuel Administrator to Ha: Charge of Handling Su ply, Working Under Lev Act. Washington, Oct. 30.—Fed ernment agencies moved swi to meet the situation which v from the strike of bitumi miners Saturday r Developments included: Orders to railroads to con leral fuly tod vill res nous: ¢f ans to Distribute Coal, fiscate coal in transit if necessary to build and reserve for operation of the roa Re-establishment of the list of the fuel administratio the railroads, public and essential industries will service priorig u, so tl utilig have f call on whatever coal is mined an@ that in storage. To Fix Maximum Prices. Preparation of an . execut ive orf establishing maximum prices for ¢ and completion of plans by tk ment of justice to punish th of profiteering and hoarding, Anncuncement by Seoret that the government would tate to curtail consumption industri 0 per cent. so tial industries might be kept tion. General discussion of by President Wilson's cabir met in special session at tk Secretary Lansing. e depal oze gu. ary not hy of coall that ess in opel the situat} wh call net e Protection for Workers. Working out of plans b miners who wish to continue be afforded every passible p including that of federa should that become nec Director General Hines following statement: “In order to interfere possible with the normal coal traffic, the railroad tion up to the present time, mitted coal to to the d consignees. For the last as y wh work rotecti| 1 tro ary. issued little course adminis has P csigna two we open top equipment has been devo] to coal leading to the excl other classes of traffic and t ment of such equipment has pedited so as to facilitate t mum production of coal. has been an exceptionally production. Reserve Supply having becomc h for R. “It necessy ever, all temporary transportation regional directors structed to see that each railr accumulate a necessary reser when it not already on hi chasing such coal if possible, 1ding thus res railroads contingencies serv he have now is coal in trar rted to erwi practice which h ed in cmergencies whether u vate public control and ¥ recognized indispensable maintenance of an essenti service, “In will be made destined te signces in which S is o ng such coal as far certain he as classes the b war ority adopted during by wiministration Priovity 1—Steam T vd inl ilro; coastwisc —Doniestic, includ ho! Tums nd arm utilities, inclu 3 Navyy Publ wd such portions of ligl 1ir put fac tion county d m: efriger te nt roducers or n including National, st nicipal quirements 7—Bunkers and other food roverniu mar gency requirements not above 8—Producers of newspr ind plants ary o the Not Used Until Neede m daily new: Coal nioaded in sto tually needed, te nd a fo necessary ah warded to destinatic icabie “Instructions issu there will he little, distur ible in the distribution of the same t sities of the public duty pro railr, perform at The possibl following orde protecting usion he mo| been he mi reg eavy o R4 AL hdq to be prepared to insure agaf that protect] been oad s ve of ¢ and, P and o 18it prac ve always empl nder have to al puy o exemptid e of ¢ of e er of prioy the f na tels, b pla sup ul turers| g and emergency ine e speel int pa print snaped d. to mtit be f or DI vide ¢ rhance coal the ads which hav At the conclusion of the special c inet mecting, Attorney Gener: (Continued on Fifteent —~— 1l P Page)