New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1919, Page 1

e —— =) News of the ro. == NEW BRITAIN HERALD Herald “Ads” M Better Busine —_— EST "ISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919. —SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CEN ANY IMMIGRANT PERMITTED 10 ' Investigation Shows Immigration Service Lax; Congressmen In- terfering WOMAN IS PASSED ON SENATOR’S WORD Commiszioner Uhl Discloses Conditions At Ellis Island —No Record Kept of De- portations. New York, Nov. 24 sional inquiry into the Immigration service here today developed ' that many incoming passengers in whom congressmen were interested were passed with only a perfunctory ex- amination or if they were detained, were released later on appeals sup- ported by congressmen. . _ These admissions. were Byron H. Uhl, acting jmmigration commissioner, = after Representative Box of Texas, interrupted his testi- mony to state that an inspector on the steamship Adriatic yesterday Lhad informed him ‘that he had pasgsed a woman passenger in whom a United | States senator was interested when he ordirarily might have detained her. Sepator Gets Woman in. Commissioner Uhl declared that he often ‘received memoranda concern- ing incoming passengers from the de- partment of labor with the endorse- ment ‘‘congressman—interested.” Oc- casionally congressiren appealed ' to him personally in‘the cases of immi- grants or passengers detained for va- | riouls reasons. { 70 Anarchists Held. { H. Uhl, The congres- made by Byron acting immigration comimissionet, Heé testified” including two women were being held al the island under warrahts of ar- rest and nine others under warrants of deportation. Hearings have been “given to of the 70 cuses, but Com- missione Uhl explained that he not yet has been able to review the findings of the examining board ‘because of the delay in getting transcripts of ihe testimony resulting from a shortaga of stenographers. Mr. Uhl also repeated. what he told the committee informally Saturday | that of the 65 aliens, 3% of them ul- | leged anarchists brought here from Seattle last Spring only seven . were | departed and the majority of the re- mainder released on bond or parole. | Ellis Island in Bad Way.- Commissioner Uhl ' also =qld the mmittee that 13 = persons,: mostly stowaways had egcaped from the island since June. He attributed this to the shortage of able bodled watch- men stating that he was forced (o carry o number of old and decrepit watchmen on the payrall because they had no other means of support. -In response to a request from the com- mittee, Mr. Uhl sald that he was un- able to furnish a record of the anar- chists deported during the past two vears because he had no record of such deportations. y ELECTRICIANS' UNION | Tradesmen Will Organize and Make Demands for Eight Hour Day and | Saturday Half Hollday. | GONSTABLES BEWARE! was the first st to the entire forge PRECT AT chists, . Crpes v | Robert Doyle Is Chosen to Lead the I Peplaw; vice-prerident, Margaret Mit- Blectricians and electricians’ help- ' ers about the city are affiliating them- selves with a uplon which is beng introduced in New Britain and as soon as a charter is granted the iocal branch will make dgmandg upon their omployers, one of their number says. The demands will not be for increases in wages, at once, although that matter may later be brought up, bat rather for changes in the work- ing schedule. The men will demand an eight hour day with time and a half for all overtime work. They will also ask for a Saturday half hollday. The electricians at the present time have no union. Hartfnr«?lfiam'i New Haven Butchers Both. Bankrupt New Haven, Nov. 24.—Daniel 'N. Robinson, butcher and’ ‘grocer of Ridgefield, flled a voluntary petftion in bankruptcy today with llabilities of $13,329, and assets of §$14,194. Aryid ¥rikson of Hartford filed a like peti- tion with Habilities of £2,791 and as- sets of $2,306 % Several Th(;l;nis i:oss In Meriden Blaze Today Meriden, Nov. 24—Fire In the stock - room of the Foster, Merriam Co. today did several thousand dol- Jars_damage to a quantity, of piston rings which were ready for shipment. This. was to be the first shipment of ; 2 new; product. Firemen saved the building. 4 . ' \Divorcee, 40, to Ma;ry WITH “PULL” ENTER COUNTRY CARLISLE’S COMING Western Desperado Headed East—Leaves Message At Erie, Pa. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 24.—Bill Car- lisle, escaped convict bandit, is headed cast acording to a dispatch to the Kvening News from Erie, Pa., wherc he is sald to have been last night. Carlisle followed his usual spectacu- ular methods by calling at a newspa- per office and leaving a message an- nouncing his agrival. The note read: “To some editori—Just dropped in’ for something to eat. How is the search coming? I've got them hunting this time. Wishing myself lots of luck. “BILL CARLISLE, “Former Convict No. '2883." The communication was found in the mail pox on the newspaper offico door where it was deposited between 8:30 and 9 o'clock Saturday eventng. The finding of the note was reported to Captain Wolff in charge of the New York Central rallroad detective force between Cleveland ~ and . Buffalo. Wolff took no chance that the nate might be a hoax and notified detec- tives all along the line to be on the alert to catch Carlisle. Rawlins, Wyo., Nov. 24.—The prison number of Willlam Carlisle, escaped convict and train robber, as shown by records at the Wyoming state penitentiary, is 2854, . Officlals said they considered-the Erie (Pa.) letter, signed by Carlisle, a hoax. ¢ Nov. 24.—Chief-of- today received a post- Atlanta at 7:80 o'clock “Willtam Car- Atlanta, G Police Beaver card mailed in Atlant last night and, signed lisle.” It -said: | “Just hit this town. I like it very | much, _ Think. I will stick avound:| here for a while and see what T can’ get out of the Soutlernirailroad., Re- HIGH SCHOOL cuAs’s&, OFFICERS ELECTED! Activities of Scniors During Next School Year. The results of the elections for class officers held last Thursday at the High school were announced this morning. They are as follows: Senlor Class—President, " Roébert Doyle; vice-president, Mildred Luddy treasurer, Willlam Keefe; secretary,’ Doris Dewey. | Junior Class—President,, Robert chell; treasurer, Curtis Clifford; retary, Alice Gaffney. Sophomore Class—President, Jamos Doyle; vice-president, Jeannette Light; treasurer, Donald Caufield; secretary, Mabel Elliott. Freshman Class—President, James | Skinner; vice-president, Constance Taylor; treasurer, Russell Halgin; secretary, Margaret Allison. SCHOOL TEACHER DIES Miss Margaret McEnroe of 391 Chest- sec- nut Street Succumbs to Long Hiness —Was at Sacred Heart. Miss Margaret McEnrce of 391 Chestnut street died last night at her home, following an illness of about a yvear. Her death was unexpected and came as a distinct surprise ‘to " her many friends. She was the daughter of Henry McEnroe. Surviving her are her father, two brothers, Thomas Mc- Enroe and Willlam McEnroe of Mid- dletawn; four sisters, Mrs. Henry McEnroe, Miss Angela McEnroe, Miss Rose Mc roe and Miss Mollie Mc- Enroe. The deceased up to about a year ago was & teacher in the Sacred Heart school. She was born in this city and completed her scholastic training in St. Mary’'s parachial s¢hool and ’tl\e New Britain High school. + 2 !« 21 Year Old Local Girl { John Oris Noyes, aged 40 and a ' divorcee, applled for and was granted | a license at the office of the town ‘clerk this morning to marry Mils ' Flossie Mabel Lurvey, of ‘8 Corbin place. Miss Lurvey is 21 years of age and the daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. Robert Lurvey. Noyes glves his ad- dress as West Burke, Vermont, and his occupation that of a steel worker, Miss Lurvey lives at home. Two Lose Lives When Flames Destroy Home ‘e more than 150 ‘Nive Wwires” among “the 550 deputles, the remainder will INSISTENT RUMOR HINTS AT CRISIS IN ITALIAN GOVT. New Socialist Element in Parlia- ment Has Revolutionary Sen- | timents and May Introduce | Bolshevism GABINET AND EVEN KING HIMSELF 1S THREATENED' Parliament Meets on Deccember 1— | —Socialists Intend to Be Present and Will Hiss and Hoot When King | Delivers His Message—May Also Even Make Personal Attack. | Rome, Nov. 21, (By The Associated | Press).—Rumors of the wildest char- | acter regarding the possibility of a | very serfous crisis, involving not only the cabinét but also the relgning house of Italy, are in circulatibn as | the opening of parliament, set for De- | cember 1. approachés. ! The soclalists, proud of their recent | victory, are eager to continue what | they call their “march forward.” The older, more authoritattve members of the party, “however, such as Deputy | Turati, leader of the .Intransigeants, | Deputy Trever, and Signor Modigliana, are against any- excésses. * Bokhevism Is Feared. . The new eléments which have en- | tered the ¢ socfalist . parliamentary group are declared to be animated | by revolutionary séntiments and to favor aniextreme policy ' which, in their opinion, will inevitably lead to the advent of Bolshevism in Italy. This sectfon now is undoubtedly the most numerous, if not the most im« portant one, in the party. It is cone sidéred that jt will almost certainly apsume command of the party becausa of the audacity and determination of its members to attain control by what- fver medns seamas beat:to them, Members of this section are quoted as declaring that, comprising as they fiot ‘dare oppose thém, and that they Wil be able to accomplish, “such su- preme act;of yrebellion which will overthrow the foftering government of | the bourgeolsie.” ' Will Insult King. % Formerly ' the $ociallsts nevaer. at- tended the opening of parliament, ab- senting themselves.so that they might vold being present when the king de- | livered his speech from the throne | and 'to escape ‘taking' the preseribed | oath, in the. king's presence. The | newly elected extreme socialists, how- | ever, now insist that the entire group should atténd the ceremony, hiss the king, insult him the moment he, ap- peared and prevent him from speak- ing. They have even gone so far as to threaten that he would be attacked on his way to the chamber or upon his return. All this it is pointed out may be much more than is possible of accom- plishment. evertheless it has had the effect of making the responsible authorities restless and anxious. Tt conceded among them that there is no measure which it will be possible to take to prevent 150 members whis- tling and shouting and making it im- possible for the king to be heard. No Rules to Prevent. The regulations of the parliament do net provide for any such conting- ency as is thus threatened, for it is stipulated that no police or .armed | force ca. Dbe employed in the hall where the senators and deputies meet. There would be no means of applying coercion, as the meeting December 1 will be the first gathering of the new body, and the rules of the new cham- ber for maintaining order will not then havc been formulated. The council of ministers has been meeting almost daily to discuss- this grave situation as well as the Adriatic complications. i : s i Recent Rome dispatches have hint- ed at a_possible, demonstration against | King Victor Emmanuel by anti-con- stitutional deputies on the occasion of the delivery of the speech from the throne, and reports were cireulated that the speech might be delivered by Premler Nittl or some other official instead of the king who left Rome last week. In a dispatch from Rome, .dated Saturday and received here Sunday, the Gioronale 4’ Ttalia was quoted as denying that the king would not-bte present at the opening of the parllament and as adding that all the constitutionalist deputies stood ready to make an enthusiastic demonstra- tion for the sovereign. It may be noted that the Rome dis- patch received today bearing Friday's date and bringing out clearly the se- riousness of the crisis as it then ap- peared, has been preceded in arrival by dispatches of later dates. Delay in transmission of course may entire- ly account for the failure of this par- | ticularly important dispatch to reaci | this' country soonar VATICAN ' REOGNIZES AUSTRIA. Rome, Nov. 24.—Tomasso Tittoni, Itallan foreign minister, has resigned and Viterio Scialoia, minister without portfolio, has been named 'to succeed him, according te the Epoca, Copenhagen, Nov.. 24.—/The Vati- can” has officially recognized ' the re- public of Austria, accordibg tota dis- patch from: Vienna. today, " : ? SPECIAL SESSION OF MEXICANS HELD IO TALK ON, NOTE Washington, Nov. 24. ~—The American govern- ment’s sharp note de- manding the immediate release of William O. Jenkins, American. con- sular agent at Puebla, was considered at a spe- cial session of the Mexi- can cabinet on Friday at which the governor of Puebla was present. Advices today to ‘the state department did not .disclose what action, if any, was taken, HALF MILLION MEN IN ARMY NECESSARY General March Says This Is| Minimum Country Sho_uld Have 250,000 MEN NOT ENOUGH Any Less Than. Number Mentioned Could Not Propcily Protect Nation, Is Opinion Put ¥orth By Ohiel of Stafr. ‘Washington, Nov. 24.—The opinion of the afmy general staff and the ad- ministration is that a peace time army of 500,000 men is the minimum neces- sary to care for the natlonal interest, Gen. March, chief of staff, declared today correcting an interpretation of his annual report, published Sunds which placed the minimum at 250,000 Gen. March emphasized that he never had changed his estimate of 500,000 as the smallest upon which to rest the niflitary power of the United States. March Explains In his report Qen Marc! - mended one fleld apmy of five corps skelétonized to 50 per cent. of fts strength. Taking four divisions of 26,000 men to a corps,such a calcul tion would show about. 526,000 mern. which skeletonized t0:50 per cent. uf strength, gfould make 260,000 men. Gen. Maflh, however, made it plain today that he was basing his estimate on the army corps as a practical unit completely organized with all its ele- ments for service. Five corps on that basis would mean &n army in excess of 1,000,000 men, which, skeletonfzed to 50 per cent. of its strength, would make the army of 500,000, which thas chief of staff recommends. WADOD CHAMPIONS | WAGE INCREASE AS | SOUGHT BY MINERS \Tells Fuel Divector Garfield Operators Have Been Making | Too Much Money in Past Years ARE: NOW MARKING TIME | No Scttlement Has Been Effected and BUSINESS 1S C SHORTAGE SAILORS SENTENCED FOR BOSTON RIOTING Eight Jackies Must Spend Next Six Months in Jail —Navy Won’t Object. | | Boston, Mass., Nov. 24.—Eight sail- ors were sentenced today to six Both Sides Are Waiting Until Gar- ficld Makes Known What Portion of Any Wage Increase Allowed Can Be, Passed Along to the Public New York, Nov. 24.—Soft coal mine owners made “shocking and indefensi- Ll profits in 1917, and therg is “grave doubt!' that they are:éntitled to in- créased prices becausc 'of ¥ 'the pro- posed 31 per cent increase .in miners’ wages, Wm. G. McAdoo, former sec- retary ‘of the treasury declared today in ‘a telegram to Federal uel? Ad- ministrator Garfield.. THe owngrs’ profits 'as shown by their income 'tax returns examined by him as secretary of ‘the’ treasury in 1918, .~ he .’'salid, showed earnings on ' .capital stoek ranging from 15 to.2;000 per cent. “I'am convinced that 'theiwagein- creases ‘proposed for‘the mine work- ers are just and = reasonable,” ‘he stated. e, Made 300 Pes Cent. “Before deduction;of excess profits taxes—which were less.in 1917 than now—these .. income tax . returns showed . that. earnings ‘of 100 to 300 per cent dn capital stock were nat un- common,” Mr. McAdoo's ‘telegram’ as- serted. Referring to the bituminous mine owners' income ‘tax returns for 1018, which-he said he had not seen, the télegram . said: . “Tf ‘they -disclose any such profits as: earned by the bituminous coal operators in 1917, it.would, be a grave wrong to permit the 'operators to take from the public additional profits in the form of increased prices for bitu- minous coal.” Mr. McAdoo urged that no increase in price of coal to consumers be al- lowed, and that the income tax re- turns of the soft coal mine owners be made public. Waiting For Garfield. ‘Waghington, Nov. 24.—Operators and miners of the central competitve (Continued on Fifteenth Page) PERMITS GIVEN TODAY FOR $197,000 IN NEW RESIDENCES Building Boom Centinues, With Factories Preparing to Secure Homes Fbr Em- ployes. Building permitsita the amount of $197,000 were issued this morning from the office of Building Inspector John W. Allen, 15 of the permits go- ing to the Hardware City Loan cor-! poration for the onstruction of houses for factory emploves, five going to the New Britain Machine company for similar structures and one going to a private party. In all 21 permits were issued. George Macauley, representing the loan corparation, applied.for the 13 permits in the name of the organiza- tlon. “The association plans to bulld three family bouses to cost:$11,000 each. Four of the houses will be bullt an Seymour street, three on FEast street, three on Greenwood street, two on Commonwealth avenue, ope. on Wolcott = street, one on . Rentschler street and ohe on ‘Norden street. The homes arc of the standar typeadopted ed by the company and of which near- 1y a score are now in the process of construction. ' Five permits were issued In the name of Willlam' Allen for the New Britain Machine company, for houses to be built on South street, Three of the houses are to cost $5,000 each’and the other two $4,000 each. The build- ings are to be two family qwpllings: A permit was issued ta C. E. Bengt- | son for a two family dwelling to cost | $9,000. It will be erected om Buell | street. P ; WEATHER. Britain tonight Forecast for New and|: vicinity: Fair and.Tuesday. : T0 LEAVE C. OF C. Secretary Leon A. Sprague Will Become Identified With N. B. Trust Company as Advertising Manager. The New has created that »f advertising and the board of _trustees, at a meeting held today, A. Sprague for the Britain Trust new position, company a manager, selgcted Leon LEON A. SPRAGUE. position. Mr. Sprague is secretary of the Chamber of .Commerce which position , he ' has: held for nearly two coming here from New London, he was engaged with the Stone and Webster. interests for five years as commercial manager of the | Connecticut Power company. Mr, Sprague is a graduate of Dart- mouth college and later took a'year at Harvard Law Schooly unmess =3 | Despin months in jail for rioting as a result of ‘an early morning disturbance in Scollay square in which the police and | state guardsmen battled with a crowd of 100 bluejackets. The trouble start- ed last night when the police frustrat- ed an attempt to rescue a sailor who had been arrested for drunkenness. Several hours later, friends of the ar- rested man with reinforcements from battleships at the navy yard marched into the square where 25 policemen and 100 guardsmen met and routed them with clubs and took cight pris- oners, Judge Michael J. Murray, before whom the sailors were tried, arraigned them severely before pronouncing sen- | tence; He said the evidence showed they had fought against law and order as .represented by the police and guardsmen, and that their act was premeditated. The cases were all appealed and the men were ordered held in bonds of $1,000 each, but.no bondsmen ap- peared. An officer from the battleship Florida, who represented that ship in court, remarked during the proceed- ings that if the men were found guilty the navy.would not . intercede for them. URGE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE ANDERSON. New National Labor, Pe- tition to Congress, Striking Minets. Chicago, Nay. 24.—A ‘demuand *of impeachfrient of Judge A. B. Andersom of the U, 8. district court was formally voiced today by the new national’la- bor party in a petition addressed’to congress. The jurist's action in grant- ing the government a mandatory ‘in- Juction ordering rescinding of the coal miners’ strike call is objected to. The action followed presentation of a report by Robert M. Bruce of Chi- cago, chairman of the convention's resolution committee. Only one voice in the gathering was raised against the ' resolution, R. T. Martin, an Oklahoma’ official of the TUnited Mine Workers, the procedure as a-*‘“waste of time.” “Congress has never paid attention to the demands of labor,” he said. “The only way to remedy present con- ditions is to change control of the gov- ernment by voting the national labor party into power.” Nevertheless Martin and every other delegate to the convention signed tha petition, Bolshevik Shell Fire and Explosives Cause Havoc in Omsk, Recently Evacuated By Forces of Kolchak. ‘Washington, Nov. 24.—Bolshevik shell fire and explosives wrought havoc in Omsk, Siberia, which has just been evacuated' by ' Kolchak forces, according to'state department advices today. Street fighting oc- curred after the bombardment and many of ‘the wealthier citizens fled to nearby villages, but about 8,000 people | families of Siberian army officers, who were on trains leaving Omsk weére reported taken prisoners by the Bolsheviki. Great suffering at Omsk is predict- ed as thousands are without food and homes and winter has set in, the temperature averaging 12 degrees be- low zero. Death of Ex-Service Man Meridén, ~Nov. 24.—Napoleon J. ns, 24, owner of tlie automobile which 'in an ‘upset yesterday brought death- to~ Thormas J. Fiynn, an ex- sefvice man, was helid in $500 bonds ! today,. chargdéd with reckless driving ! and assault, { pending ‘an' inquiry Dy | Coroner, Mix tomorrow. Despins and | his counsél were in court and. both gpemerq | declared that Flynn was driving. Of the four hurt, John J. Lynch is suf- fering the most acutely. S. W. Rolling Mill To Resume Work Tomorrow | Work will be resuted in the rolling mill’ of the Stanley Works tomorrow morning after a luyoff of several days caused by the breaking of a boiler in the mill. The breakage occurred last Thursday and since that time it has been impossible to get up a sufficient amount.of heat to-well the steely i objecting to | RTAILED BY FFUEL IN WIS (IndianapolisStores 3 Factories Decide i Close at 4 P. M. | Gonserve Coal Supp MINERS WILL NOT RETURN TO WOHR Express Cpinion Strike Continue Until New Wa Agreement is Signed Washington. Indianapolis, No —Indianap started on real coal congervation Practically store factory in the city was expeeted close at 4 p. m. today, | hour agreed upon when day. every the elos at a meeting S decided s tho last tl urday it was also | shut down all factor | | days of this week. | The closing rules not m mandatory but it was said they wd be adopted geneérally. If no vef] ment of the miners' wage contro sy has been reached in the mean another meeting will be held 1f Saturday to determine the course the ‘following week. The coal gh age is becoming,acute in all sect! of the state and all industrial cen are watching the Indianapolis with koen interest. Reports from coal fields ure that the situatioi | unchanged so far as the Ingdi mines are concerned. Industry i§ Orippldd. Chicago, Nov. 24. — Indust plants all over the middle west d tinued to close down today, fuel 4 ! plies to public utilities were curty further and regional coal commii| adyised individuals to save coal the nation-wide strike of bitumiy miners entered its 24th day. The only large producing g¢e reporting an improvement during last 24 hours was < West Virg where the -output in the non-u fields of the southern part of ! state, was said by the operators td ‘normn.'l, The operators also assel ! that additional organized mines | the New River and Kanawha dist | in that state were expected to o ! today. were No Heat in Trolleys. ‘ In the great bituminous figjds Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and | nois, the miners apparently were | termined to remain idle until g ol { ment of the controversy over w: and hours is reached by tho s I ence at Washington of operators 3 officials of the United Mine Worl of America. At TIndianapolis manufaotud agreed to close their factories th days a week beginning today u the coal shortage is religved, Ip ¢ cago heat was shut off in street ¢ Five hundred Virginia state ‘tro| today reached St. Charles, g wmi town —near the - Vi Kentu border where it was reported redid had threatened to shoot any of striking miners who attempted to turn to work. Won't Return to Work. Pittsburgh, Nov. 24.—The un| miners of the Pittsburgh district not return to work until their lead) and the coal operators’ commi have signed a new wage AETee! in ‘Washington, was the opinien, pressed at United Mine Wouk: headquarters here today. / Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 24,—Wirt ly every ccal mine in the :';A" fleld was shut down today when miners failed to report for werk. STUDENTS IN AUTO WREC Washington Youth Dying and Others, One From Farmington, capes Injuries im Stamford O 24.—Allen Shamford, Nov. i Ashburn of Washington, D. C,, @ 1921, Yale college, lies in the hosp probably dyving today, having heen jured in an automobile accident, © nelius Vanderbilt Whitney of 2 York, was seriously hurt and VWilli Cowles, Jr., of Farmingt Conn., a son of Rear Admiral (Jow retired, escaped injury. Both alse Yale students. The three men were returning New Haven from New York. In p ing under the raiiroad viaduct, burn, who was driving, turned ly to avoid a horse and wagon dri by J. B. Glavis. The horse was and the automobile struck the ab ment of the viaduct. Ashburp, ¥ was on that side, was flung head most against the concrete and pee ed a fractured skull. Whitne! came in being thrown from the : chine,