New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1920, Page 1

News of the World By Asscciated Press. 41 Herald “Ads” Mea Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CEN FEAR BERLIN IMBROGLIO MAY BE COMMUNICATED TO OTHER PARTS OF GERMANY _Govt. Takes Steps| to Prevent Demon- strations When Vic- tims of Capital Riots Are Buried VIOLENCE DUE TO COMMUNISTS | Berlin, Jan. 15.—A communist manifesto issued today urges the im- mediate election of revolutionary cm- Jloyes' councils in all industrial cs- :ablishments. London, Jan. 15.—Fears are ex- osressed in diplomatic dispatches re- zeived here that the Berlin imbroglio may spread throughout Germany and sven to Vienna through the agency of he communists, this clement using ife recent Berlin disorders to inflame the masses by representing those killed as martyrs to the cause of the seople, Vienna, it iz pointed out. would be likely ta furnish feriile ground for the agitators because of the great un- -est that already exists there. Thus far no disorders are reported outside of Berlin. Analyze Causes. The advices, in zing the up- heaval in Berlin, points to its original cause as the dicsatisfaction of the in- dependent alists over the failure of the government to provide a meth- 2d for establishment of the work- #jen’s councils called for by the con- itution. *but give the immediate “fause as indignation at the attitude of #ho government” towards = sirikers. “®his resulted in the organization of the great demoustration in front of MRhe rcichstag building. The wiolence that followed, haw- sver, is declared to have been due to fommunist agents, who tock adv tage of thc assemblage and, working on mcb psychology. started the riot which resulted so disastrously. Troops to.Leipsic, German troops werc marched to Leipsic on Tuesday where they oc: vied the squares and public buildings decording to a Berlin dispateh to the Exchange Telegraph Co. today. Ma- chine guns were placed in command- ing positions about the city. Berlin was completely quiet Wed- nesday. according to a wireless' dis- patch from the German factories were workin and the railway and tram ser were not interrupted. Strong indignation” is expressed in y branch of industry at the un- scrupulousness of the independets the dispatch adds, because the leaders hid behind machine guns while the masses were driven forward to fa the guns of the soldiers. It is an- nounced that the Berlin government will not permit demonstrations on the | occasian of the anniversary of the burial of the vietims of Tuesday's rioting. ACCEPT GOVERNMEN STRIKE SETTLEMENT s British Railwaymer’s Union grees to Wage Decision After Very | Close Vote. H 15.—Delegates of unions have acceptes offer ih settlement made by cmploves des of the servicc. of this morning’s delegates, J. I Thomas, g secr of National Union of Railwaymen. said: “The conference has decided by a narrow majority to accept the government's offer. The delegates of the reported the decision to Sir Er Geddes, the minister of transport. After they had seen him, the leader, DIr. Thomas. said: “It is settled. It difficult job, proba cult of all our tusks There v considerable diff opinic among the delegate u 1 moment and the 1t was doubtful, | but 1 hope the men will accept it an honorable scttlement. It marks @ new departure in industriad tions.” London, Jan. railwaymen’s the government's of wagc demanc in the lower gr After the close meeting of railwaymen very difii- has becn a the most of s au Solomsn and Richman Buy Pinches Block realty deal was orning when John block on Che: Another | through this & Pinches sold 1. nut street to B, Solomon and Mendal Richman, through the B. Solomon agency. The block contains several tenements and real estate men inve been ncgotiating for the property for some time. Attorney Irving I. Rach- lin drew up ihe deeds. put TO DISTRIBUTE Washington, Jun. 15 of the silver victory star to those wounded in the naval service during ihe war will begin at once, the navy department announced todz STARS, Distribution FEAR DEPORTATION OF REDS MAY BE HELD UP Decizion of Judge Knox For Release of Extremists Causes Alarm, New Yor! Jan. 15.—Fears that a ion of Federal Judge Knox that extremists held in deportation pro- ceedingy must be released on bail immediately would prevent deporto- tions, caused the immigration authori- ties to consult the U. S. attorney’'s office in regard to an appeal from the decision. toda Authoritics at Ellis Island express- ed the belief that if aliens were re- leased before they had been examined by immigration inspectors it would be impossible to prove, in many that they should be deported, and conscquently many taken in recent raids would have to be released. In behalf of Byren H. Uhl, acting comm oncr at the island, it was explained he had not failed to obey the orders of his saperiors in regard to admitting rodicals to bail. Percy A. Baker, superintendent at the is- jand, said that deportatian warrants provided that aliens “‘may” be admit- ted to bail, but that the court had interpreted this as mandatory. hroughout the deportation proceed- Mr. Baker said, Mr. Uhl had been following the crders of the de- partment of!labor and the practice of rea The burden of proof is upon aliens held in deportation proceedings,” said | Mr. Baker. * rants read t cause why ed. The & aliens and violaticn of impess. ble to ‘he deportation t the aliens mus war- how sumption is that they are in the United States law. It will be almo ct a case against these are let out on bail im- They can refuse to an- swer questions and the government will be balked.” Judge Knox in a dczision 1 that he would sustz habeas corpus for Gregers chief of staff” of “So t Am- M tens and several others whose casas were: before him- unless they were admitted to bail. They had reiused to answer questions of immi- gration inspectors in priliminary hear- ings and this was given as the reason for refusing them bail. Yyester- n writs MAY REFUND MONEY ounty Commissioners Discuss Fea: bility of Retur g Funds for Un- expired Liquor Licenses. Hartford, 15.—County missioners of the state met here this afternoon to discuss the’ question of refunding license money liquor unable to use their licenses because of war-time pro- hibition and beccause of the national prohibition amendment. Jacob .. Walter of Cheshire, chairman of the New Haven county commissioners, is chairman of the organization and presided at the session today. Advic from a trio of lawyers re- tuined somc weeks ago by a commit- tec from the state organization was to the effect that refunds could be made to dealers who surrendered their licenses before th expired. The county commissioners as a whole do not accept this view a fair one and it is known that it would be de- cidedly unfair to dealers outside of Hartford and New Britain to act on this advice literally. Licenses in the towns outside of Hartford and Nex Britain expired November 1 while applications for received and cen were tlement war-time com- to dealers who have been renewals we advertised no new anted pending the s of questions linked up prohibition. * i et- with . BREWERS WILL FIGHT Rhode Jsland Association Promises to Opposc Any Man Advocating Present Prohibition. Providence, Retail today Jan. 13 nee Liguor Dealer tion voted to orgunize to “defeat for re-election any who were instrumental in and all pullic office be unfavoruble to a ‘proper’ of the present prohibition.” “The amendment us at a time when any protest from us would branded —us pro-German,” TL Smpson, tion the for the the finish bringin about prohibiiion new cand dates for understood murmur of have been declared of the John president loca! assoc “ saloons here will the sale of such law, it i s been fou ling to Tost of main open drinks as such until out to a Thom pson. as allow issue h o cases, | they should not be deport- | Wein- | candidates solution | was pul over on | ? George Discuss Extradition 'LEAGUE MEETS TOMORROW ;Suulrmem «;——mm Question Re- Ttaly. Siavs Oppose a Compra Ly Paris, Jan. 15, (Havas.)—Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Nitti, will today examine the text of the de- mand to be made upon Holland for the extradition of former Emperor William, according to the Matin. The premiers will also inspect the list of | German officers and soldiers accuserl | of violations of the laws of war and whose surrender will be demande from the Berlin government. This list is said to comprise approximately 600 names. The heads of the allied govern- ments who are holding conferences here over the various pending peace problems held no meeting this morn- ing. the hour of their conference to- day being set at 3 o'clock. An hour later Premiers Clemencoau, Lioyd George and Nitti, together with Hugh C. Wallace, the American am- { bassador and Baron Matsui, the Jap- | anese ambassador, will hand the con- ditions of peace formulated for Hun- gary to the Hungarian delegation which arrived in Paris recently League Meets Tomorrow. Paris, Jan. 15.—The league of na- tions will come into being tomorrow morning at 10 a. m. at a public cere- mony to be held in the “clock room" of the French foreign office.. Leon Bourgeois, the French representative, will preside and make the opening pddress while Eari Curzon of Kedle- tone, British sceretary for fareign af- fairs, will also speak. Hugh C. Wallace, American ambz sador to France. and American repre sentativ at the pecace conferen will not attend. Fiume Question Again. Just when Italians seemed likely to agree to the acceptance of a solu- tion of the Fiume question which has been _approved by Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau,-a division ha: reen created among the Jugo-Slavs regarding the problems involved. According o best Information ob- tainable the Slovenc element of the ‘new; Slav kingdom is stoutly opposed | to a' compromise by which Ttaly would give up some of the territory appor tioned to her on the Dalmation cox in exchange for full sovereignty ove Fiume, with a strip of land connec ing that city with the province of Is- tria, to the west. Other clements the compromise impos: Yy of r ment, the Jugo been obliged to Premiers Lloyd favor accepting but because of the wching an agree- delegation has ject the proposal. George and Clemen- ceau thereupon issued a sort of ulti- matum demanding that the govern- ment at Belgrade decide without de- lay upon what it wanted to do and give a category answer of or “no” to the Italian comprom Tt is impossible t scer whether President Wilson consulted regarding the proposed Fiume settlement, which appears to be in absolute contradiction to the president’s firm stand. Neither has absolutely satisfactor; assurance becn given that Ttaly, as a whole, will approve the compromise. 1in here has been i PREMIERS CONFER SEC. BAKER URGES ON KAISER’S TRIAL SUPPLIES FOR POLES 'Clemenceau,-;ilt; uand Lioyd General Blisis Warns of Another European War 'REVIVAL NOT “IMPROBABLE” Poland Offers Oniy Bulwark of Re- sistance Against Bolsheviki’s Ad- vance and Needs Arms and Clothing to Prevent Advance of Soviets. Washington, Jan. dations that the Un surplus military supplies to aid it in repelling the westward advance of the Bolsheviki have been made to the state department by Sec- retary Baker. In making this announcement today to the house ways and means commit- tee, Mr. Baker interrupted Gen. 'l ker H. Bliss, a former member of the supreme military council and the Amierican peace delegation, who had told the commitlee that general vival of war in Europe was not * probable” unless Poland could check the Russian Bolshevik armies. The war secretary also said the Allied governments were consid- ering participation in the movement to aid the Poles. Gen. Bliss told the committiee the Russian armies were far better equipped than the Pol who were “the only bulwark against Bolzhevism.” Deseribin, 15.—~—Recommen- to Poland Poland s the ‘“‘possible storm center” in Europe, Gen. Bliss declared that when *a whole people are brought to starvation they may make war on a neighbor having food and so renew the conflagration that we had hoped had died out.” The Bolsheviki, Gen. Bl tinued, are regaining coal, o0il and grain lands in the old Russian em- pire and *“will soon be able to care for themseclves regardiess of any block- ade.” The committee is con posal by Secretary Glas: advance $150,000.000 to Poland, and other European countries for food re- lief. If such a loan were made. the Allied ‘governments shouid be re- quired to aid Poland in a military way, Gen. Bliss said. Military men believe the Bolshev: will not try to press eastward beyond Lake Baikal to fight the Japanese, Gen. Bliss said, and that instead of sending arwies townid Tudia or Tur. key they would atiempt “militant propaganda’ there. This he pointed out indicated a westward movement of the Bolshevik armies. Possibility of Poland against the Russians also wa sized by General Bliss who peace conference de’ d fixing the eastern boundary of IPoland until De- cember 2 and then only determined upon a tentative boundary. Polish armies, he added, then were 280 to 380 kilometers east of the eastern boundary of their countr he question is,” he continned, “whether the pol of Polanad will precipitate a situation dangerous to the whole of rope.” The westward movement of Bolsheviki however is not the only factor that might produce ‘‘genéral revival of war,” Gen. Bliss said, ex- plaining that conditions within sev- eral European countries might cause an upheaval. ans, he said, are more prone than Americans to blame their home situation or their govern- ment. ahd without food or shelter would turn against what might be the “best government.” con- dering a pro- pressing empha- 1id the the Caught By Flames, Scores Leap To Safety From Top Of Building Chamber of Commerce Stru cture in New Haven Burns, Cutting Off Retreat of M.(1 in offices Above; Fire- men Spread Life Nets in Street and Scale Ladders to Men Dead. and | ot Rescue Tenants—Two New Jan. 15.—Fire broke without warning in Haven, the basement build- Thick up tae out af the Chamber of Commerce 1:45 this afternoon. with some flame to the seventh floor. of persons. both lawyers and clients, and others above a cloud of der fircmen upon landing nets both in stroet and on the roofs of the adjoin- ing buildings While others ran up scul- ing ladde; The windews of upper offices were filled with persous most of whom maintained composure to vemarkable degr As soon as nets | were ready on the top of a building on the north ; a number of per- sons jumped and were safely caughi. ! Many others were brought down by ladders. While 15 minutes after the | fire started there were reports of per- ns hurt by jumping this did not seem to be borne out. John Elliot, lawyer, was one of those who w brought down : ing ladder. In the building the Chamber of Commerce has its oflices on a lower floor. It 1s one of the large offic buildings of the city. On the st floor wre the ster M sinert ns. pianos, and 1t rt ¢ tioner Charles W. Evarts of Milford, coun- ing smoke ran clevator Many s in their wer 1 smoke wread oot & of . Church | i ! | i ty health officer, was brought down a ladder at 2:15 and it was theught he Lad been suffocated. Physicians were working over him After the f men got into the basc- ment they found the engineer of the buildig, named Ivans, unconscio He was sent to Grace hospital whe he dicd. It is said that indications were that one of the boilers exploded and that the live coals scattered, arted the fire which it Wiy spread inflammable material wis near at hand Ambulances to hosy from nervcus Cur: cate that mate siderable, although time before known. At 3 that Attorney Evarts was dead. carvied many nwost of them or ion suffe smoke. would damage is incon it may be som anything definite indi- WE THER. Hartford, Jan. for New Britain Cloudy tonight probably =now: 15.—Fore and I ed States furnish | p. m. Grace hospital reported | 'DEMGCRATIC SENATORS DEADLOCKE \OPERATOR ATTACKS | Says Union is ‘Irresponsible’ And Collective Bargain- ing a Farce. Washington, Jan. 15.—With the conclusion of arguments bearing upon the situation in the central competi- tive field today, the president’s comn mission for seitling the bituminous coal strike took under advisement a mass of statistical material submitted by the miners and the operator: President Robinson announced the commission would meet again Mon- day for cross-examination of wii- nesses. Phil H. Pcnna, secretary of the Indiana coal operators, the last spokesman for the central field oper- ators, told the commission today tha collective bargaining without respon- sibility on both sides was a farce. Contracts between miners and oper- ators had formerly been almost ‘sucred. he said, but now they werc not respected generally or locally. “The mine workers are irresponsi- ble as an association,” he said. ““That is why we shall ask this commission to ask congress, in the interest of collective bargaining, for legislation that will make associations and peo- ple entering into collective bargaining responsible. © Mr. Penna said the operators sym pathized with the objects of.the mine workers in demanding better stan- dards of living, but that there was no chance to improve the standards f *“the man who won't work three a week if you pay him enough| live on by working two.” 5 he base of our entire trouble to- | day lies in not enough production, and the 30-hour-a-week demand is proposal to try and meet the trouble by adding to the cause of it.” i FORCED T0 WALK Trolley Companies Shut Down Be- cause of Jitney Competition—30,- 000 “Hike” to Work. Jan. 15.—Thirty thousand p who usually ride to business in trolley cars, crowded into motor buses or walked in the near zero atmosphere today. All local lines of the Eastern Massachusetts Street railway here and a large part of the interurban service of that company to this city were discontin- ued at midnight, the public trustees of the road having refused to operate the cars in this vicinity longer in the face of continued losses of revenue alleged to be due to the competition of jitneys. Conditions were similar to those of December 18 when the trustees stop- ped virtually all servige in the Salem district for 24 hours until the author- ities of this city, Beverly and Peabody had voted to withdraw jitneyv licenses. Operation of the jitneys was resumed here within a few days, however, when the city council had endorsed a petition far a special election to de- cide whether their previous action in revoking the licenses should be up- held. This election will be held January FIRE IN PUTNAM Salem, ! i Chickering House in Connecticut City * Destroyed in $40.000 Blaze—Guests Suffer Heavil Putnam, Jan. 15.—Only the walls remain of the Chickering House which burned early today. The losses aggregate: $40,000. The cause of the fire is not determined. It probably began in the cellar or in the restaur- ant. Guests in the hotel were notified on as smoke was seen but many ! their effects, One man taken from | the third floor was slightly burned i wbout the arms. The Chickering house was conduct- Ly James Lucey. The building owned by R. H. and L. E. Brad- | lex. The owners avd tenants both insurance. Danielson sent fire (pparatus. Adjoinin property caped damage. the Fuller building ad- joining being amply brotected by a | fire wall. ed LYNCH ALABAMA NEGRO, 1o a, Ala., Jan. 15.—Jack Wa- ters, a negro, was lynched here last night after an alleged attack on a | white woman. His body was found ! this morning hanging to a telephone | pole riddled with bullets W. T. PERKINS DIE ! Malden, Mass. Jan. 1 | T. Perkins for 20 vears, | retivement ten ye | of the old n and northern | divisions of the Boston & Maine rail- | road. died at his home here today. Il i | was years old. .~ Winslow | prior to his 1perintend- ent custe i free. { attending IN TIE VOTE TO CHOGSE MINORI LEADER: TWO BALLGTS SHGW 19- NAMES PRECEDENT IN | Hoke Smith 20d Ca Speaker of sembly Brings Up Con- gressional Action. ew York As- ! | | i DEMANDS OF WORKERS|- BARRING Sl]l]lALISTSf Glass Withold O ions; Planned F Acticn Wher La is Seated Albany, N. Y., Jan. 15.—Precedent HITCHCOCK AND for the action of the a pending the five pending the investigation by the judi- ciary committee to determine whether soweialist they are qualified to tors is found in the case of Brigham H. Roberts, elected to the 56th con- gress from ah according to Speaker L. C. Sweet of the assembly. This declaration was contained in a formal statement issued by the speaker day. The statement declares that *‘the rsolution introduced by Mr. Adler on the first day of the session did not expel these five mempbers from their seats in the assembly but impowered the judiciary committee of the sembly to investigate their qualifi tions and eligibility to bers and suspended them until the committee should report on the sub- ject.” It adds: In the case of Brigham H. Rob- erts, a representative elect from the state of Utah to the 56th has right to sit was challenged b individual member of that body the ground that his conduct rendered him ineligible. A resolu- tion was adopted by the house deny- ing him the right to seat soon after the report of the committee appoint- ed to investigate as to his qualifica- tions. * The question of on embly in sus- ! members rve as legisla- | to- | UNDERWOCD E Washington, senatiors Jan. 1cus elect a leader. A vote developed between Hitchcock of Nebraska and wood of the cau journed call of thd 13 today —Demd fail deadiock ol Se} in Alabama and ubject to I candidate sit as mem- ' Two ballots count on cach ator Smith of his vote. The next caucu Se ary Glass, from Virginia, takes his understood to favor Unde caucus voted by a maj invite Mr .Giass to toda allow his vote to be cast but Underwood decided not. to prg were an 1% wit] withl | matter. Congress | an | had ’ ! and that the Nebras procedure | sharply raised by an amendment ! offered to the resolution which would have permitted Mr. ind occupy his seat decision by the amendment was original resolution overwhelming vote. Jn its final report the committee revised not only the facts brought to the attention of the committee but the precedents bearing upon the pro cedure follewd. Speaking upon th point they, said ““*Both houses of Congress innumerable instances exercised the right to stop a member-elect at the threshold and refuse to permit him to be sworn in until an investigation has been made as to his right to a seat.” ““The report of the committee was adopted by the house by a vote of 8 to 60. GOMPLAIN T0 MAYOR Patrons of Electric until the final committee. Tl defeated and the adopted by an Light Company Roberts to take Treaty Controversy. Underwood in a stal said that Senator Hitchcock’s ship of the minority in the treaty controve was not in a senator| continue to have his loyal supy treaty questions. The voie of Senator Smifth* have broken the deadigek tod) zreement to postpone fi until Secretary Glass was s said lo have been reached out objection. Forty-three serators were H ! the absentees being Senators S¥ ! w have , Smith (M2 | olina), iin any way Say They Have Been Charged “De- | mand Rate” Two Months in Advance ! Mayor Quigley has received numer- ous complaints from customers of the Connecticut Light and Power com- pany relative to the new rates. While the time for the new charges speci- fied by the company was January 1, some of the patrons claim to have been charged both demand rates and meter rates since December and some instances since November. Ar- guments for and against the rates will be presented tomorrow evening at a special council meeting to be held in the council chamer at 8§ o’clock. It is expected that the main opposition will be’ offered by furni- ture dealers, whose business required them to have considerable floor space for display. The demand charges in their cases are exorbitint, they claim. The larger department stores in which lights are burning on several floors throughout the day, favor new rates. High Cost of Bleasd Fails to Create Problem New Yor Jan. 1 -Prof bLlood donors, men who sell blood for transfusion operations, struck for more money today at the iFlower hos)ital. They demanded $35 for a pint of blood, 0 mo than they received two weeks ago, since which time the price has inc ised to $40. Student nur responded s strike breakers. Ten minutes after the rike staried, onc nure was on the operating table as a surgeon p formed a transfusion operation nd the hospital received & pint of blood Two hours later the nurse was clinic strike started, one blood doners were on at the old wage. onal their nurse v the job to- the al day H. S. Hart is Elected Director At Local Rank the session of the dirc X Bank of New Britain Howard S. t was chosen as one of the directors to fill the vacancy caus- od by the death of his father, the late Wilkiam H. Hart. Mr. Hart is one of the prominent manufacturers o this city At of in { * Co, in the midst of an ; turned a dc Virgiazia, and Smith of Arizon re paired and Senator . Ji South Dakota. Senators Hi and Underwood refrained from toll Call. The roll call on the elec Hitchcock—Ashurst, Ch) Iberson, Henderson, K¢ King, Kirby, Mvers, Nugent, man, Phelan, Pomerene, Rg Shephard, Simmons, Thomas. mell, Walsh (Montana), Woled For Underwood—Bankhead,| Fletcher, Gay, G Harison, Jones (New Mexico), jar, Pittman, Ransdell, Reed, +land). Smiith (Sou stanley, Walsh (M 19 result of the vote,” . “does not i with Senator Hit control or leadership in the fight. He has my 1 will continue to have NO IDENTIFICATIO] OF DEAD HOLD-UP Mystery Surrounds Identity ol Killed Attempted Robl Bridgeport Bank. ° of a yoy Bridgeport, Jan. cation has been madc who died from a builet woul night, after being shot by Joi Serank, manager of the Unitg ttempie up in the company ofices. John J. Phelan held an ingil then adiourned it to give thd opportunity between now day to find out something man. . This dead man his tattoo my his arms and bod The mard right arm is is “A. G. but the take this to be a laundry mal - articles are the marks Harrison, may identity. a Philadelph clothier. The latter of the hold-up in the oflice had tried to bl Strank after he had refused up his hands on the deman man standing at the door been located. The blackjack hi heavily padded with an old it was soft and did U The latter reached dd gun out of a holste the chair beside the was standi The] when Stz an Strank. drew a hung on which he before the shootir fused to hold up his hands t at the door rushed forward a He fired as Strank handle a guwn. tors | Guilty of Murder In Second X —The murder of 1 Jan. of the Los Angeles. turned a verdiet second de in New here tod with the mu in July. e case