New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1919, Page 1

_m““ News of the World, By Associated Press. LW BRITAIN HERALD | Herald "Acfl" Me. Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870. NE\X/ BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT QATURDAY DI:(,I:MBER 20, 1919.——TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS " MAN WASHED ASHORE TELLS TRAGIC STORY OF WRECK IN WHICH 30 LIVES ARE LOST - (% Oil Tanker Strikes Reef Off Cape Blanco on Pacific and Quickly Sinks 'LIFEBOAT SWAMPED WHEN NEAR SHORE But Two Victims Accounted For, Although Hope is En- tertained That Others May Reach Land. Bandon Ore., Dec. 20.—At least 30 lives' were lost when the oil tanker, J. A. Chanslor, bound in ballast from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco, was wrecked off Cape Hlanco, Thursday night, according to the report of Ear Dooley, member of the crew who was ' washed ashore from one of the Chans- lor's life boats near here, early today. | Many Unaccounted for. Besides Dooley, another unidenti- fied man was saved. According to Dooley, the ship struck a reef at 6:15 o'clock Thursday night and broke in two a few minutes afterward, the atter part of the vessel sinking, men down with it. A score crew of bl were still for today. After the vessel broke in of the unaccounted two, ac- M cording to Dooley's account, ten or 12 N v 4 International of the survivors succeeded in ning life boats, Captain A. belng among them. Lifc Boat ¥s Capsized. They drifted about all Thursday night and most of yesterday picking up a seaman who appeared insane - when taken from the water and died shortly afterward. On attempting to cffect a landing near here, Dooley aid, the boat capsized and he and an unidentitied man were the only ones known to have reached shore. Dooley expressed the opinion, how- ever, that others from the capsized nre boat would bu found alive along man- 4......,.,,. Pr m‘mllng to New York. Panama, Dec. 29.—The steamship Advance, which went aground off Aux Cayes, Haitl, on December 14, and which was in danger of total loss was floated at noom today, according to advices received here, and will pro- ceed to New York American Seamen Burned. The Hague, Dec. 18.—The bodies of Chief Engineer Weston and three sailors of the Liberty Glo, an Ameri- can vessel which struck a mine in the North Sea who perished in small boats after their vessel had sunk, have been buried on the Isle of Juist. The sailors were identified as Jesus Gonzales, wa- ter tender; Hans Gussland, seaman, and Chow Yow, a Chinese cook. $100,000 FIRE IN HOTEL Cottage Hotel ot Bennington, Vt.,, De- stroyed—Blaze Startod in Garage— No Lives Lost. Bennington, Vt., Dec. 20.—The Cot- tage hotel, the Bennington Garage and laundry plant of J. H. Powers wore de- <troyed by fire early today. The loss was estimated at $100,000. The caus of the fire, which started in the garage been determined. flames appeared midnight and in a ‘short time . over-run the garage and 19 automo- Ulles stored theer. It swept acro: Main street to the hotel. the guests of which had ample warning. FACTORY XMAS BONUS Silve has not The soon after Co. 'Does Not Forget to Give Employes Presents —Judd Co. As Well. Wallingford, Dec. 20. -~ Yearly bonuses as Christmas gifts were an- nounced today at the factories of the International Silver Co., here. Those ho lnve worked three years con- tinnously will have 75 per cent of a week's wage; those emploved two years, 60 per cent and the one year employes 25 per cent. At the H, J. Judd Co., employes will have a full week's wage additional. They had $5 for a turkey at Thanksgiving. v «Robbers and Gunmen Held In $2,500 Bonds For Trial London, Dec. 20.—Geor¥e and ‘Anthony Cabral, who at- to hold up a New [Taven raflroad train mnear Saybrook last gunday morning, and James Potter, alleged gunman, who figured in sev- eral local holdups, were bound over to the superlor court today on & oharge of robbery and bonds were fixed at $2,600 in each casze. New Potter {etapted taking 30 | Sawyer | | with the 15 DIE AS EXPRESS lmmigrams Just Landed TRAGEDY AT ONA YA, ME. { Canse of Accident Suid to Have Been Carclessness on Part of Freight Crew to Observe People Burned, iwa, Me., Dec. 20.—Fifteen persons were killed or burned to death and amny sustalned burns and In- jurfes today when a freight train collided with a sbecial train from St. John, N. B, loaded with steerage pas- sengers from the steamship Empress of France, on the Canadian Pacific (¢} i rallway near here. The freight train telescoped the en- gine and forward cars of the passen- ger train and the wreckage was burn- ed. The engineers of were among the killed. 35 Are Badly Hurt, The bodies of 11 persons were re- moved from the wreckage and laid in a row on the snow-covered embank- ment awalting identificatian. The passengers who were burned or injured are known to number 35. They were taken to a hospital at Brownville Junection by a special train which was sent with doctors and nurses from that point, Carelessness the Cause. Montreal, Dec -Fifteen per- sons were killed and 35 injured in the collision Dbetween a freight train and | special passenger train near Onawa, Me., this morning, according to an of- ficial statement issued by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. at 11 a. m. The dead include four members of the train crews, The statement says: ‘“The collision appears to have been due to men on the freight train aver- looking their orders in connection Empre steerage passenger spectal.” GONTROL OF SUGAR BY GOVERNMENT APPROVED Measure As Sent to Presi- dent Limits Licensing Power of Board, Washington, Dec. 20.—Logislation continuing federal control of sugar through 1920, but limiting the licens- ing power of the U. S sugar equaliza- tlon board to the period ending next June 30, was completed today by con- gress and sent to the White House. After brief debate, the senate agreed to house amendments to the original McNary bill continuing the war-time powe of the government over sale and distribution and tho house then accepted the senate amend- ment providing that licensing of deal- ers would not be continued after June On the motion o concur in the th restriction of the licensing pow- of the board, three republicans, Gronna of North Dakota Poindexter of of Washington and Smoot of Utah joined nine democrats in opposition. The demccrats were Gay, Louisiu Henderson, Nevada, Ransdell, Lout anu, Smith, Georgla, Smith, South Car- olina, Thomas, Colorado Underwood, Alabama, Walsh Montana and lums, Missiszippi. The measure now goes Lo the house which has agrecd to accept the senato changes. In the debate preceding Senator Gay made dress in opposition. He declared it was unfair to single out sugar for control in peace times under war pow- ers and argued that government con- trob would increase rather than de- crease prites to American consumers. Senator house McNary to amendments the the principal vote, ad- | Wild West Hold-Up in Heart of Great City New York, Dec. 20.—A hold-up rivalling in technique the master- ! plece of BIll Carlisle, western bandit, occurred here today, when two rob- bers covered a pdy llne of 76 long- | shoremen at an east river pler while {two companions, marching into the | paymaster's office, cleaned up $5,000. | The quartet then escaped In an auto- moblle just as 300 repairmen at work on the pier heard the commation and came raclug (o the reseue. . Two handits who entered the office found Bord flanked by two watch- men. - One robber coversd them while the other calmly picked up (he puy envelopes, placed them in the pay- master's own bag, and then turning to ‘his companion sald: “levs go." it AND FREIGHT GRASH| Victims of Canadian Wreck Were| Orders—Many both trains | wil- | | New Scheme WIII Probably Pro- vide for Separate Parliaments for Ulster and Southern Counties FULLEST POSSIBLE FREEDOM T0 BE GIIIEN EACH GROUP ! Idea Belicved to Be Modelled After Individual State Government of United States—Lloyd George Will Announce His Entire Policy Mon- day dn Conciliatory Terms—Irish Republic Not Satistactory. London, Dec. 20.—The proposed Irish bill which Premier Lloyd Georgo | will outline In the housc of commons on Monday will, it is believed, give a government to Ireland anajogous to | the state government system in Amerfca. It is anderstcod to provide for separate parlinmnents for Ulster and Southern Ireland respectively, with a superior body chosen by both sections, all of the bodies to be re- sponsible regurding imperial affairs ! to the British parlfament to which Irish representatives would be elect- ©d, as the states elect members to the American house of representatives. Provides Sectional Autonomy. The idea will be to give a large amount of auténomy to each section of Treland with thoroughly easily ma- | chinery providing for their combine- tion as soon os they desire to unite, the Dbill being intended to pave the road for the elimination of the idea of separation. 'In the combined Ire- land ls indicated even greater pow- | ers may be given than are proposed for the separate sections, ‘Won’t Permit Secession, It is expected the premier nouncement will be conciliatory comprehensive in outlining what he Topes will be an acceptable plan. The new scheme of government differs considerably from the plans previous. ly discussed and carries concessions on variou question much further. governmentin framting the bill s un- derstood to have kept before it as pri- mary points first that the secession of Ireland and the establishment of an independent Irish republic could not be toleratcd, but that, on the other hand, the present system of govern- ment could not be continued and that i it was impossible to ignore the fact | that there were two greal sections of | Ireland, each of whose claims must | be consldered. Like U, §. State Govt. The bill is understood to provide for granting the fullest possible free- dom to the two Irish legislatures, ad- ministering their own affairs with powers similar to those held by the states in America. When questions affecting the empire arise they would come under the consideration of the imperial parllament in which Ireland would have a voice. an- and PRISONERS BURNED ALIVE BY SOVIETS This Is But One Way They Get “Con- fessions,” According to Swiss Report, Geneva, Dec. 19 Zens of both sexe Nine Swiss citi- including Madame Jenife, sister of the Swiss consul wyt Kiev have just veturned from Kiev | by way of Constantinople and say they suffered terribly and witnessed the greatest horrors during a yea residence in Russia under Bolshe rule. The Swiss party separated at Marsellles from a band of refugees j which included two Americans, six { Bnglish and a number of | tionals. The refugees who were liberated by forces commanded by Gen. Denikine, told the Associated I’ress correspond- {ent tho Bolsheviki employed tortures of the middle ages against the bour- geoisle and said they believed they would have suffered the sume treat- ment if it had not been for the ener- getic action of the Swiss consul. Use of burning oil, crucifixion and | burning alive were resorted to by the Bolsheviki to obtain false confessions, according to the refugees who de- clared strangers lived in dally peril. The Bolsheviki, they said, have taken all their furniture and clothes and they considored the vessel that con- | veyed them to Constantinople under protection of the American Red ,Cross a “paradise”” Many Russian bourgeoisie who have been thrown into prison have become mad, they claimed. Several Britlsh, American and French citivens are in Kiev, which again fallen into the hands of olwheviki. RIOTS IN EGYPT, London, Dec. 20.—Serlous rioting occurred al Alexandria, Kgypt, on Sunday, ons Egyptien policeman being killed, according to belated cables | from Cairo. I The ¢ f'rench na- § Denies Statement Atributed to o Him by Schuyler Merritt and Demands Complete Retrac- tion Before Public DENIES HE EIIER WANTED UNION MINE MONOPOLIES‘ Jolm L. Lewis Claims An Added Grievance Because Judge Anderson, Quoting from Congressional Record, Included These Alleged Statements in His Charge to the Grand Jury Investigating Coal Strike. Indianapolis, Dec. 20.—John L. Lewls, acting-president of the United | Mine Workers of America, denied “in | every particular’” a statement att buted to him by a member of con- gress and used by United Btates Dis- trict Judge A. B. Anderson in his charge to the federal grand Jjury summoned to investigate the coal strike in a statement made public here today. Mr. Lewis, as a part of the statement, also made public a letter he had written to Congressman Schuyler Merritt, of Connecticut, requesting ‘“that you make amends for your mistake by making public admission of ‘the favt.” Claims Great Injustice. Mr. Lewis' statement says: “‘Someone has done me a very great injustice and [ feel that the public should know it. It has been charged against me that I made certain state- meénts that 1. never. made. and would not make. In his instructions to the federal grand.jury which is now in- stigating the. conl industry, Judge Anderson called .attention to a speech made by a.member of congress on October 29 in which that congress- man said: . The Alleged Statement. **As I understand it, it is for the purpose of wipldg out. competition between us as miners first. viewing It from our side of the uucbtion; nest, for the purpose of wiping out com- petition as between the operators in these ftour states. When we have succeeded in that and we have per- fected an drganization on both sides of the ¢uestion, theh, if 1. understand the real purpose of this movement, it 1s that we will jointly declare war on every man outside of this com- petitive field who will do anything in any way endangering the peace that exists between us. “ ‘What is necessary to do this? Organize our forces in the competing I flelds as far as the United Mine | Workers are concerned. (o into | these outside competing flelds and tell your competitors that they have Im join this movement whether they | like it or not and give stability to the coal business of the United States.’ y of Organized Labor “This congressman was Schuyler Merritt, of Connecticut, known to he one of the most implacable enemies of organlzed labor. ‘Why he made such a statement about me passes my understanding, for he had not the slightest grounds for doing so. At no time, at no place, and under no cir- cumstances, did T ever make the statement which he charges to me. Congressman Merritt could have learned this before making tho speech If he had wished to do so. Demands Full Retraction. “Judge Anderson had right to rely upon the speech of Congressman iMerritt containing the truth, for the speech was published in the Congressional Record, thus giving it official standing. Bul I say now that Congressman Merritt's quotation of statements alleged to have been madle me is false and wholly unwar- Tanted “T hane written (ongressman Mei- ritt a letter demanding a retraction of the false charge which he made against me and which now' forms ono of the important bases for the fed- eral grand jury investigation | | g | i Enem as WILLIAMS NAMED AGAIN That President Wilson Insists Ho Becomo the Comptroller of the| United States Treasury. | Washington, Dec. 20.—John Skel- | ton Willlams was again nominated today by Presldent Wilson to be comptroller of the currency. The renomination was made, sena- to meet senate rules action with tors explained, requiring new session. Mr. each new Willlams' previous nomination expired with the last sesslon. The new nomination auto- wmatically will go to the senate bank- ing committee, which Is expected to venew Its recommendalion on a party division that the nomination be not conflrmed. Meantime, th renomi nation continues Mr. Williams in « office. |connection with the CONNECTICUT REDS START FOR RUSSIA 153 Taken From Hartrord Jail to Pier in New York | STEAMER WILL SAIL TONIGHT | Entire Delegation of Anarchists Handcuffed to Chains and Guarded By Score of Officers As They Are Taken to Train, Hartford, Dee. 20.—kandcuffed to chains, 63 alleged radicals were take ¢n from this city to New York on the 12:356 train today by federal agents for deportation. They had been con- fined 'at the Hartford county jail for some weeks following their arrest in various parts of the state and exam- Ination here. Gang is Well Guarded. At the jail to superintend the trans- fer were Special Agent Willlam P, Hazen and six agents of the depart- ment of justice;; Superintendent Thomas Egan of the state police and six state policemen, several federal inspectors and a score or more of de- tectlves, patrolmen and plain clothes men from the Hartford police. Three trucks carried the prisoners from the jail to the rallway station. The Reds were handcuffed in groups to lengths of chain. Officers were pogted at strategic points about the Jail ard on the streets in the vicinity and curiosity seeking onlookers were barred. Orowds Hoot and Jeer. There were hooting crowds along the streets to the rallway station and at Church and Union streets where the prisoners were loaded aboard a specjal coach the police’ had hard work to keep the throng back. Offi- cers were posted all about at each end of the coach and in the middle of .the tracks to prevent any effort by { friends to liberato the.prisouors. When the last “Red” had torced his y into the already crowded coach, a switching engine pulled the car to the main line, where it was coupled to the 12:85 express. Upon arrival in New York, said Mr. Hazen, the party was to be met by .officers of the immigration depart- ment and escorted to Ellis Island. A steamer carrying other “Reds” im scheduled to sail tonight, it was said. 43 Left in Hartford. Forty-three radicals remain at the Hartford jail. Advices from Washing- ton were recelved Friday morning or- dering the immediate transportation of 53 to New York preparatory to de. portation. Speeiul Agent Iazen said today the cases of those remaining will be disposed of later. GIRL IS BEATEN TO DEATH BY BURGLAR Maid in Brooklyn Home Is Murdered —Robbers Get Between $5,~ 000 and $6,000. Dec. 20.—Catherine Dunn, employed as a maid by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Clark of Brook- lyn, was beaten to death shortly after 9 o’clock this morning by burglars who entired her employer's house during their absence. There was evidence that. the girl had fought hard to prevent the intruders from ransack- ing the hou The murder New York, was one of the most audacfous which has been recorded here. The Clark lLome is located in fashionable section of the Flat- district and at the hour at which the entry was made persons were constantly passing the house. The police found that the girl had heen beaten with u coffee percolator and a metal towel roller. The burglars had thoroughly ran- wacked the house. Mrs. Clark re- ported that Jlewelry valued at be- tween $5,000 and 36,000 had been taken from a bureau drawer in her bedroam. The drawer had been pried open but a $1,000 Liberty bond and some cash were overlooked by the burglar: a bush ACCUSED MURDERER FREED Man Held Since December 9 on (harge of Killing Bridgeport Citizen, | Not Implicated, Aunthorities lmlrn.I Dec. 20.—Leonard Ga- Rellly strect, who has been held here singe December 8, in murder of Harry Rossignal, was released from custody today. Gabriello was at flvst holieved th be tesponsible for the Ikilllng, hut {ne police have been unable to se- cure evidence on which the man could be held. Technical charges of breach of the peace were nolled by the city courl. Bridgeport, briello, of 21 ASKS PROBATION ON ALL FOREIGNERS Represematwe Jobnson for Ex- puls‘ion of “Reds” WOULD SIIII’ ALIENI W. WS Waehington Congressman Introduces Bill Allowing Immigrants to Enter United States on Trial Only. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—Urging pas- sage of a bill to deport alien members of the I. W. W. and organizations advocating overthrow of the govert- ment, Representative Johnson, re- publican, Washington, chairman of the house immigration commniittee to. day declared in the home that all foreigners coming to the United States ‘“in the future must come only on probation.” His statement indi- cated that later an effort would be (made to pass legislation for the pro- bationary entry of foreigners. “The citizens of the United States “Good Behavior” revolutionfists, communists and an- archists, who are within our borders by our courtesy and by our grace, how to run our government” de- clared Mr. Johnson. ‘‘Free press in the United States is ours not theirs; free speech i{s ours not theirs; and they have gone just as far as we can let them go toward ruining our most precious rights. They have been guests in our house. They have misbehaved most woefully. They are welcome no longer and they must go. And those come from forelgn shores in the future must come only on probation.” Enlarges Deportation Causes, Bxplaining the bill, Mr, Johnson said that it enlarges the deportatio: causes to include aliens who' prin cireutate, edit, display or distribute vicious literature, who are members of organizations that issue revoluftion- ary publications or those who finan. clally aid such propaganda. He pre- dicted that a bill penalizing American | born persons who commit similar acts would soon be presented to the house by its judiciary committee. In this connection, Mr. Johnson displayed to the house a varfety of revolutionary publications including some printed so as to appear as hav- are through with being told by alien | ing been blood soaked. He also ex- hibited & number of letters, appealing for release of I. W. W.s and anar- chists ordered deported during the last two years, but who are still in this country. Still Working. “One Scotch I. W, W.” he sald, ‘‘was conveyed from Seattle to New York last spring with the 54 radi- cals ordered deported. The Scotch. man was promptly released in New York and was back In Seattle al- most as soon as the guards who brought him east. He still is out there inflaming, fanning and organizing the 1. W. W. revolution.” The shooting of four members of the American Legion at Centralim, Wash,, on armistice day, Mr. John. son charged, was a ‘‘conspiracy” among the I. W. W.’s who under the pending bill “would quickly have been on their way overseas.” [In this case, he asserted, the I. W. W.'s are trylng to raise ‘‘a million dollar de- fense fund.'” LEAVES BIG ESTATE ! General Watson, Bridgeport and New York Millionaire, Wills His Enti Holdings to Wife and Two Children. Dec. 20.—By the will, Thomas L. Rridgeport, tfiled today, Gonoral " Watson, York and Bridgepori, banker and broker, he leaves hi tire estate to his wife and two chil- dren. It is estimated that the esti- mate will be between one and two million dollars. Bridgeport property . Is valued at about $800,000, while his New York banking and brokerage business, together with his seat on the stock exchange, will total well | over $500,000 more. of New en- | Comes From Italy To Wed Local Man | Miss Teresa Costarie arrived in th's | country a few days ago to become the bride of Bmille Kamp and togethor they went to the office of City Clerk A. I.. Thompson this afternoon for a license to marry. REmille has been in the country several vears, working in n local factory, and ved enough money sufficient to send tor his sweet- Leart in Ttaly. Accordingly the girl is here and in a few days will be M milie Kamp. ‘the groom lives at 507 t street. | owned STATE GOVERNMENT |MINE LEADER SAYS IFOREIGIV RELATIONS COMMITTEE Hz FOR IRELAND, PLAN | CONN. CONGRESSMAN APPROVED RESOLUTION CALLING FG OF BRITISH LEAI]ER DIDN'T TELL TRUTH EXISTENCE OF PEACE WITH GERNA Measure, Introducq by Knox, is Pas by Vote of Seven Three U. S. BENEFIT BY " FAVORABLE TE Immediately After Hol Recess Senate Action Be Sought on This posal. Washington, resolution by Senator Knox rep can, Penn., to declare a statd peace with Germany and to reta the United States all material bes that would be gained under the ratified treaty of Versailles, wag proved today by the senate fore lations committee by & vote of 7 Senate Action Sought, The measure, on which sena tion will be sought after the ho recess, is in the form of a joint. lution and would require that uj Germany concedes to the ,Uj States such material benefits as contained in the treaty comng with German nationals could be hibited by presidential proclama Favoring World Pence. A provision also is included affirming the general desire of thi tion to help establish a world co for amicable settlement of int tional disputes. The committee substituted the propasal for a concurrent resol previously presented by Chatyf Lodge, thus apparently abandg the effort to declare peace by a current measure without the sign of the president. i mdiOW. the Vote Went, - On adoption of the Knox reseln Senators Lodge, Massachusetts; rah, Idaho; Brandegee, Connec Knox, Pennsylvania; Harding, ' New, Indiana, and Moses, New H shire, all republicans, voted in th firmative, and Senator Hitchcock, braska; Willlams, Mississippi, Pomerone, Ohio, democrats, in negative, It was understood to be the pla the majority leaders to let the re: tion lfe over in the senate withou! attempt to secure action until the end of the recess early in Jan: ENTIRE FAMILY IS CITED FOR MURD; Dec. 20.—~A red Immedsate Relatives of Maude Named in Warrénts Made Ouj by Distrioct At,morney. Lawton Mich., . 20.—Pro Attorney H. H. Adums began studying all the testimony develapg the inquest into the death of M Tabor, to determine whether the 4 mother, Mrs. Sarah Tabor, her bro) Walter, and Joseph C. Virgo, her band will be brought to trail on o der charges. All three are name| warrants charging murden Despite the verdict of the co last might that Miss Tabor whose | was found a month ago jammed in trunk in her home here, had @i the result of an illegal operation aged mather insisted the story she at the inquest was true. She tes! her daughter had died in her as the result of an overdose of chl form taken to relleve asthma, ad that she had withheld the body burial in carrving out a pact with younger womun that they be bu together. She denied any knowl of an illegal operation or reason one, which Dr. A. & Warthin, ex pathologist, had testified was cause of death. ' CHILD KILLED, DRIVER HE Bridgeport Boy, Aged 9, Run D By Automobile Truck in First S| ing Casualty of Season. Bridgeport, Dec. 20.—Steve Czo aged 9, was almost\ instantly ki when run down by a motor coal tr by the Bridgeport Hydra Co., shortly before noon tod front wheel of the vehicle crughed boy's head. Czopek was coasting could not stop his sled in thme avoid being struck. George No the driver, was placed un(lu- 1, bond to await the coron 60 VEARS MARRI Rev. and Mrs. Lyman 8. Jo South High strect will ghy 60th anniversary of thel: morrow. No obser is planned by the son is confincd L 37 e nprpioge of the ey Muvs. Jo bed by illne cauple