New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1920, Page 1

News of the World. By Asseciated Press. R a— == Herald “Ads” Mg Better Business —_— ESTABLISHED PRICE NEW WAR FOR GREAT BRITAIN SEEMS IMMINENT AS BOLSHEVIK MENACE IN EAST GROWS; MILITARY HEADS MEET Red Russian Armies ||GHT (0, REFUSES Successful And Now Tfl BEJJ_UF_STI“NEI] On Threshold of Tudia, ‘Asiatic Turkey ! Called for Tonight HAYOR QUIGLEY INDIGNANT Public FALL OF POLAND WOULD BE DISASTER Advises Not to Pay Lighting ! Bills If Charged Under New System —Attention af the | ed on the | Bolshevik " London, Jan. 16. British people is fi East where recent y cesses have carried the for Any Period Previous to Near 1—Will Make Adjustments. suc- ted Russian to the threshold India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Asi- atic Turkey. Cabinet members and chiefs of the British a ¥y and navy are today in Paris, whither they were the ¢ company before the s of ‘onnecticut armies along up of and refused to appear cil at its spe have been held tonight, Mayor George hastily summoned yesterday and are A, Quigley was obliged to call the conferring with Premier David Llovd “ peeting off this afterncon. The mayor George on military®ard haval ‘mat- \gx.d indignant when he read the ters in connection, it is believed, with o e M s conditions In southwestern Asia. . pany in explanation of its decision Apprehension wag avoused by tho - tssuance of & semisoffictal statement yesterday pointing out the situation that has arisen thréugh the collapsc of Gen. Denikine's army in southern tussia, and Bolshevik penctraticn of trans-Caspia. Not 1y it" ad- mitted the menace-from-a Russian Bolsheviki invasion of the near east was very real, but it whas pointed out that internal conditions in Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan were threat- ening. In Mesopotaiia, too, the Brit-! ish are forced to contend with dif- flculties arising from racial dissension. It was said that a soviel advance that captures the Crimea’ would muke tho Black sea virtually Russian Bolshe- vik lake and it was further indicaped that Great Dritain could hope for lit- tle help from_ the new republics of Georgia, Dbagh an and Azer ijan, which are diréctiy in the path of the viet advance. . . . . el of Peland a Menage., While there’ is’ a possibility the Bolsheviki may launeh an overwhelm- ing attack agginsi Poland, the state- ment issued yesterday showed tho greatest preoccupation of cfficialdom was over the debacle of Denikine's armies and the rapid advance of tho Soviet forces towards the Persian and Afghanistan frontiers. The situation which Great Britain and moére ov less Japan . and China, is not of sudden growth, however. For the last two months o1 more the Rolsheviki have had an almost unbroken series of successes which have swept them forward on all fronts where their forces are helieved | to be formidable. Kolchak Completely Defeated. Admiral Kolchak's army in Siberia secms to have been completely de- feated, if not dispersed. The Red: are today far east of Krasnoyar und are moving nearer Irkutsk. While reports from Siberia have dealt almost entirely with operations along the Siberian -railroad, occasional ad- vices have indicated the Bolshe have moved far south of that line and have established themselves near the Mongolian frontier southwest of Irk utsk. Further to the southwest forces have passed Akmoli believed to have moved and castward toward the frontier of | Chinese Turkestan. The capturc of | Bokhara less than 200 miles from the Afghanictan border was announced from Mcscow a week ago and it wus said K odovsk ol the eastern shore of the jan Sea was firmly in the hands of the Red forczs. Thus from the Yenisei river to the Cuspian. distance of more than 2,200 iiles, 1he Belsheviki seem o be quite fire established. From this line it would Tt telephon el s po appear they might be able to essa¥ ! pigirict Superintendent N. 8. F incursions toward China, 1o the south- j ia SR ‘;“'_ e cast or Afghanistan and India, to tiw e south. Persia lies south’ of tho Cas- SR e o pian Sea. and Bolshovik agoats arc [ EC RaEh D said to be active there. e il Odessa Hemmed In. . e laed: Odessa is hemmed in by the Reds Pany’'s officials agreed who have moved southward until they i of the drawn the lines across the baso and the last minute yvou of the Crimean peninsula from Niko- 'cline. TLet me tell you, Mr. Franklin, pol to Melitopol. vour company or any other company Thinly veiled threats to resort cannoi pull anything like that on ths methods of 1 hould the Bol- citizens of New Britain. sheviki be opposed by the Entente ar Statistice which he claims were cont d in wireless message \l given 1o him by the clectric light ofli- ceived here from Moscow. It is saic when they met in private eapital punishment will be inflicted i seeral upan enemies of the Soviet goverN- \cre offered by the mavor this after- ment only when Sentences are ab- ‘ngon in support of his claim that the proved by the all-Russian of il A e R S e Doty "“:"“"-"\‘“";;U:""‘ At taq Uritain residents who daily make usc wholesale exec s 3 ec T e T uld the Entente nations take steps , Of € cctricl 99p Ll L9y s imately 2,0 only $6 a year for tofcombates the service. The company, havinz found it impossible to operute on thi: ! basis, the mayc . decided upon the meter charge of 50 cents a month, 3 6 yvear. The Pow having ele; public this statement: Advises Against Payments. “T ad patrons of the Connecticut Light and TFower company, not to pay their clectrie light bills if they are charged under the new rates for any period preceding January 1.° A copy of the letter sent to the mayor was given out for publication this afternoon. The letter follows: Will Noi Attend. attention has becn directed to otices of a meeting which led for this evening wi of thc common council with reference to the in the form of lighting ing was “Our newspaper you have the members of your city :nt change rates of this company. “We do not imagine that this is the meecting which you suggested to us mi be held to discuss this sub- ject, and therefore arc not planning to be‘present and in order that there may be no micunderstanding as to this we are writing you. Oppe a os Interference. that stion indi- in 0 always seemed to m of our rates is a n thce company and its consumers, and with this we are more than pleased and discuss any particular complaints {rom individual onsumers and we wish to assure yon that we appreciate the co-operation which you have given us toward thi cnd. As o E W us que It ithe fo betw vidual now conffouts view has ceive quiries o1 the complaints of Messrs. nter and E. H. Davison and H. C. 3eeley, which are the cases vou have called to our attention, would state that a representative the company has talked with each of the parties and assures us that he left them with the impression that they were satisfied the change in the form of rates should at least be given a fair trial. Ready fo “Should complaints Zood enough | at once. we as we have “We make practically far Adjustments. further will be to us coursc vou than to receive any these, if yon forward them will take the same with the oth this request all cases that have ti 1o attention the co: fter having had the rate e to them in detail, have feit that the plan is fair and and is worth giving a trial “Yours very truly, “IRVIN W. DAY, Vice-President.” Ultimatum. the & I oviet ind are southward § because in come amers, Cas « Mayor's with an k- follow issued ny in out | m comy 230 the that from to declared company “Your to meet with members common council W have now:at rrovism i clals con- ference v shevism. Reported Repulse to Reds. Wuarsaw, Jan. 15.—General attacks Bolshevik forces against Lettish Polish positions = east of the | river have heen broken down after a desperate struggle in which Tettish farces played a prominent part, according to an ofiicial staic- ment issued at general staff headquar- Polish troops launched a count- cr-attack and inflicted npon the enemy it is said. An inter- cepted Bolshevik order indicated the — attack was intended to be decisive. (Continucd on Eleventh Page) by and Tvinsk or a average tlat has feet, they the new area bring $5.84 a ye . Added of “juice g used by u an have square { which, with found, charge will to this an that con- re- EZ new kilowatt as the de cents pe amonnt Lers tformerly severe losses : sumer, charg the { duced rates of five Persia And Will Not Attend Gouncil Meeting Jan- % U. S. Devil Dogs Defeat Bandits Washington. Jan. 16—United States marines and Haitian gendarmerie yesterday repelled an attack on Port au Prince, the Haitian capital, by a for of 300 bandits, more than half of whom were killed. wounded or captured, after b pur- sued outside the city. The total casualties of the marines were two privates wounded, aecording to the re- port of the engagement re- ceived at the navy department today from Col. J. P. Russell, commanding the marine forces and gendarmerie in Haiti. The bandit force, Col. Rus- Light | comnion coun- | 1 session which was to . not to appear and concluded by mak- | c the peoplc of New Britain, ! ‘none of | we of ‘made | vear: coni- sell said, approached Port au Prince in three columns, which immediately were mét and driven back. Certain revolu- tionary elements of the city attempted to join the bandits in the assault, he said, adding that he believed the fate of the attacking forces should be “sufficient to prevent an early repetition of the as- sault.” BANK CLERKS BATTLE 'ROBBERS; DEFEAT THEM, ! One Thief Caught—Trained Office Force Prevents Hold-Up. New battle bank clerks effectual attempt to rob the tan Savings institution at York, with Jan. 16.— Three in an Manhat- bandi in- at 11 Broadway and Bleecker streets o'clock this' morning. Fully fired but although the bank shots we them took cffect patrons were twenty @ score of in when the highwaymen made their at- | the captured he oth two escaped. money ignored One of desperadoes was retreated. but the Their demand for and they fled when was empty handed. One of the bandits entered the bank and up to the cag of David Sands, payving teller. When he reached the window he drew a revolver and demanded $5,000 in bills. Sands dropped under the counter and reached for his gun. As the teller’s head disappeared the robber opened fire His companions rushed to his assistance with revolvers drawn and joined in the fusilade. walked casually Reinforcements Present. Sands were J. in Reinforcements for not however. Harry clerk. who shot through Malloy, his cage window lacking, bond a the Broadway side to attract atten- tion from the outside and then turned his gun on the highwaymen who fled. All the em:ployes of the Manhattan Savings bank had been coached for vears in what to do if an attack was by robbers. All of them are v with the deta of the fu cleanup made there forty odd ago by Jimmy Hope, Red Leary and Shang Draper. who burglarized the bank znd escaped with of thousands of dollars. This robbery was the most sensational in the po- lice annals of the city. The entered in the night and escaped with their loot but finally were caught in connection with other robberi The bundit who was caught today waue seized bby a traffic patrolman as he ran out of the building. He said he was James Stratton of 1273 Wash- ston Boulevard., Chicago The po- lice assert he has a record as a bank robber. 2 was fired a on famil mous Yells Warning. When H behind the | counter , ployes: { the other em- Sands he ducked shauted 1o “‘Bandits. Get your guns, boy Then the battle began. The depos itors flattened themselves against the walls or dashed to the stre Three ballets went through ihe front win- dow of the bank into a haberdasher shcp across the street. Others were imbedded in the walls of the bank. Nids, At the police station was taken Stratton no accomplices and ed that the two men whom bank esmployes thought to be assising nim were depositors looking for a place of safety Constant bank. was onc foil the robber. the rear of the hand, to reinforce President to which he declared he had the police decid- M. Rivd, of president thos lie left building. the of the who helped his office revolver mployes. {wm be disposed of at an eariy date. hundreds | thieves | | ontiying PAUL DESCHANEL | LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL MEE FOR FIRST TIME IN PARIS TODAY: U. UNREPRESENTED IN WORLD CONCE. DEFEATS FRENCH PREMIER IN VOTE 1 | | | | I Georges Gle&enceau, “Father of Victory,” May Retire From Public Lile NOW NEITHER SENATOR NOR ' DEPUTY: PRESIDENGY LOST Race, Asking His Withdraws from Votes Supporters to Switch Theirt in Re-clecting President Poincare— | i Leader of Scnate Leads Clemenceau | i in Secret Caucus Vote by 19—/ Largest Number of Secnators Vote. Paris, Jan. 16 (By The Associated Press)—Premier Georges Clemenceau went down to defeat at the hands of his countrymen today in a caucus of the senate and chamber of deputies to choose a candidate for the presi- | dency of the French republic. M. | Clemenceau thereupvon announced his withdrawalfram the contest and asked his supporters to their votes for the re-clection of President Poincare. Senators and deputies after the cau- cus in which Paul Deschanel, presi- dent of the chamber, by 19 votes, generally expressed the | cpinion that the votes mean the elimi- | nation om public life of the ther of victory,” Premier Clemenceau being neither a senator nor a deput Al Clemenceau’s friends are already searching for another candidate. President Poincare is reported to refused to accede ta the demand of deputation of senators and deputies that he be a candidate for re-election. | He is said to have renewed emphati- cally the cxpression of his deter- mination not to be a candidate. Never before in the history of presi- dential elections in France has pienury caucus been attended by such | ge number of deputies and sena- | $21 out of 824 being present. | Hevetofore it has been the custom to call @ caucus only of the parties of the left, but today M. Deséhanel mds the chosen candidate both of the chamber and senate—all the parties. Neither Premier M. Deschanel was present at the cau- cus but former Premier Briand, An- | dre Lefevre and Eduard Herriott, the | latter the new president of the radical | party, were conspicuous, marshalling | the Deschanel forces while Georges | Mandel, formerly Premier Clemen- ceau’ confidential cretary and Fiduardo Ignacio were canvassing on behalf of M. Clemenceau. as Clemenceau nor BEER FOR STOCKHOLDERS | | | | Brew Cremo 1g Company Disposes of Stock and Ends Existence As Pro- ducer of Popular Beverage. Presentation of beer has been made the stockholders of the Cremo Brewing company, and today the plant on Belden street is as remote of that beverage as ihe desert of Sahara. The presentation of the stock on hand was made within the past few days, and was in the form | of a dividend. To many it proved | popular. The brew given away, was of the nature that proved popular before it became necessary to quench thirst with the variety of liquid. | President William Ritter announced | today that regardless of the success of prohibition, the Cremo Brewing com- | pany will never again take up the! manufacture of beer. The property' B 5 Eight Below Zero is | Recorded This Morning ' Thermon:eters about the morning registered from <ht degrees below zery center of the city the did not rise to the after 9 o'clock and distr Wi ‘ { i this four to % In the thermometers €0 point until in some of the throughout the- ul degrees below. | numerous, but as was not unexpected precaution by allowing and freeze-ups Ww ere | city morning it eve Frozen pipes were the cold wave many took water to run avoided. s- 3 | Rioting and Bloodshed | Where 20,000 Viiners’ Strike Essen, Jan. 16.—Several person have been Kkilled and wounded in dis turbanc at Duisburg, Steckrade and oiher towns in the industrial districet, where 20,000 miners are striking. The Duesseldorf region has been declared | under a strict state f siege. Troops have intervened at Frankfort to en- i | i | i | j force orders prohibiting an independ- ent socialist demonstration prot against the “assassins of Berlin." Hartford for New Snow ton htly warmer, 16.—Forecast and vicinity: nd led the premier | 3 Irish Submit First Protest Paris, Jan. 16.—The council of the league of nations re- ceived the first formal protest to be presented to it almost before it came into being with today's initial session. The protest was from ‘‘the envoys of the elected government of the Irish republic” against “‘the unreal English simulacre of an international league of peace.” No mention of the protest was made during the meeting of the council, but copies were handed to the newspaper cor- respondents after they left the foreign office. The document was signed “‘Quaklaigh Duffy.” It registered objection to the “pretended league of nations,” and declared the league to be an “engine of empire, designed to sccure and perpetuate Eng- lish hegemony throughout both hemisphere: The protest insisted that the league was illusory and incom- plete, lacking authority and sanction, and declared that the United States stands out in in- dignation and repudiation of it. * JAMES J. WALSH WANTS REGULAR FORMS USED | Inventories Should Be Filed Ten Days Hence, He Says. Hartford, Jan. 16.—Collector of In- ternal Revenue aJmes J. Walsh has is- sued instructions to 6,500 persons, private concerns and public institu- tions in Connecticut requesting that they do not file notice of intoxicating liquors they have had on have on hand until they have received the regular inventory forms from the collector’s office. The inventories ould be filed within ten days after the national prahibition act goes into effect, which is at midnight tonight. The necessary forms have been held up for various reasons and should be reecived in this city for distribution all over the state within a day or two. Returns must be filed by hospital and educational institutions which have obtained alcohol or alcoholic beverages under special acts of con- gress, wholesale and retail liquor dealers, those holding permits accard- ing to treasury decisions, such as drug stores, to sell spirits or wines for non-beverage purposes, distillers of spirits in free warehouses, and those selling wines intended for sac- ramental purposes, as well as others having liquor in their possession or in storage. YETERAN TRIES SUICIDE | Joseph Wisiski, Who Served With the E. Thi F. in France, Tries to End Life Morning By Hanging. Joseph Wisiski, a veteran of the world war, made an attempt at sui- e at his boarding place, 60 Smalley street this morning. The attempt was frustrated by the boarding mistress who ucceeded in wrenching from Wisiski a piece of rope which he had selected to do the act that would have ended his existence in this prohibition world. According to the report made by Stanley Broff, Wisiski is suffering frqm shellshock. After his attempt at self destruction had proven unsuc- cessful, Wisiski left the house, an- nouncing h intention of shuffling off his mortal coil. The police are on the lookout for him. Plays HO—oEéy From School With Damaging Results Charles E. Smith, aged 18 years, of Allen street, Kensingion, is at the New Britain general hospital with a badly mangled hand, as the result of an accident which occurred this morning. Smith is a student in one of the schools in Berlin, and this morn ing he decided to engage in the stunt so well known by many young men, that of plaving truant. In his disen- gaged moments he wended his way to the bakery shop of Buckley & Co., and while investigating one of the bread mixing machines got his hand caught in the apparatus. At the hos- pital this afternoon it was stated thdt hopes are entertained for the saving of the injured member. LIQUOR THIEVES HELD. Greenwich, Jan. 16.—Ernest Troost and Frederick Stork, each 21, charged with enterir the house of Martin M Schuliz on the Dublin road and steal- ing selected liguors worth over $2.- 000, were held in 00 for trig m uperior court each the today. | decorations that 1 l l i | Expains Naval Forces Are Hampered } Rear Admiral Sims today ADMIRAL SIMS TELLS . eon Bourgois OF NAVY CRITIGISH ¢ Chairman | Wilson’s Absenc Explains Attitude in Contesting, plored; Britain Method of Decorations NO ATTACK ON DANIELS ges Support PREDICTS BIRTH OF A “NEW WO in Not Receiving Constructive Crit- icism From Officers Farie Held Down By | Jot L Hep ey | France, Great Britain, Italy, Regulations. | Belgium, Spain, Japan and ' members of the council of the of Nations—met in the “clocH of the French foreign offi o’clock this morning for f{ meeting in the history of the The council organized at 10:30 by electing Leon Bourgeois ¢ and confirming the choice of Drummond, of Great Brit) senate committee investigation naval general secretary his criticism of the The first official act of thd circumstances of some awards was a | council was the appointmen plain duty. | commission to trace upon It did not involve insubordination, the frontiers of the territo as “some newspapers had seemed to Sarre Basin. {A-T-untl_e" 1:6 suidl, nor was there any All of the members of the, intention to make a personal attack e . on the secretary. Before Admiral Sims oo somn e Lo enant took the stand a controversy devel- cane vf'“.h the e).c?pf.lon of e 4 L o resentatives of the United Staf oped between Chairman Hale and . ; : Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, D coeRt When M. Bourgeois because Admiral Sims had been called | 1.CeHNE fo order. Besides M as the first witness. Senator Pittman Sc0iS the members were: K4 said that since Secretary Daniels was 20 the British foreign secref responsible for the award and was Creat Britain; Premier Veniz “the man who is virtually on trial COTeece; Carlo Ferraris, Italig FrEe, RS Tt o e P ister of industry, commerce, la Admiral Sims First. food, for TItaly Paul Hyma Chairman Hale said it had been ! Belgian foreign minister, £ deemed best to call first Admiral Sims 8ium; Baron Matsui, ambass who made the principal charges and ¥rance, for Japan; Dr. Gas that Mr. Daniels would be given an Cunha, ambassador to Fran opportunity to be heard later. Sen- | Brazil; Count Quinones de Le ator Pittman insisted on his position | bassador to France, for Sp: and moved that Mr. Daniels be called, but his motion was defeated and the | committee proceeded with the hearing of Admiral Sims. On taking the stand, said he had received a reply to his letter to ‘Mr. Daniels criticizing the methods of making the naval awards; that the reply was personal and sim- ply said no final action on the awards had been made. Admiral Sims then read a prepared statement in which he said some newspapers had been | mistaken in ascribing personal motives to some of those who had criticized the awards and in assuming that ad- vantake was taken of the incident to make a personal attack on the secre- tary. Washington, Jan. that the greatest American navy 16.—Declaring handicap ‘of the was the lack of con- structive criticism and the fact that navaj officers were refused permission to publish any matter without first submitting it to the navy department, told the Premier Venizelos, withouf] opened the proceedings by ing M. Bourzeois for chairma Curzon seconded the nominat] | M. Bourgeois was una elected. In his speech of accepta: Bourgeois predicted that Jan 1920, would go down in his the date of the birth of a new He said, in part: Deplores President’s Abse: “The task of presiding at thi ing and in inaugurating this g ternational institution should} falle nto Pres. Wilson. We resg reasons which still delay final ¢ by cur friends in Washington, press the hope that their dj will soon be overcome and representative of the great Ad republic will occupy the place) ing him among us. The work] council will then assume defini acter and will have that force which should be assertd our work. “January 16, 1920, will go d history as the date of the bi new world. Decisions to be Hf today will be in the name of tions adhering to’ the covenant} league. It will be the first de all free nations leaguing th together for the first time world to substitute right for But the organization of the nations will not be complete ui assembly ow all the states m To “Insure Pract Earl Curzon, Brit foreign affairs, and that nation resentative an the council of gue, said: On behalf of the British I desire to express the loyalty government and the external nance of the British crown spirit underlying the covenant league of nations. It is our ini by every means in our power, sure its practical efficienc; I firm belief that through its mentality alone we can hope to| that such miseries that the has experienced during the p years shall not be repeated an a new era of internaticnal re ship shall dawn. The league of nations is pression of the universal des| saner metheds of regulati fairs of mankind, and provid chinery by which practical effe] be given the principles of inter al friendship and good unders The success of the labors of thg conference is a good augury future of the league of nation: the first time an attempt was to bring together under the a of the league representatives d ernments, emplovers and lal and an advance exceeding the of the entire work of the pi quarter of a century has bee: in the field of international ac industrial questions.” Mentions Skepticism. Signor Ferraris on behalf of said his nation was glad to r to the invitation “of the preside the great american peoplc.” Hd tioned the ism amidst the league i Admiral Sims ! Affects Morale, “Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said, adding that in “prob- ably the nearly unanimous opinion of officers of the navy’ certain mistakes were made in the awards which in- volved not only the question of jus- tice but the morale of the fighting force. “Assuming the existence of these convictions on the part of naval offi- cers,” Admiral Sims continued, “it is apparent that it is the duty of the officers the advisability of whose dec- orations is in question, officially to present their criticisms and sugges- tions in accordance with the author- ization prescribed for such cases by the regulations issued by the navy de- partment. “Tht making of such criticisms is therefore not only a duty that the offi- cers indicated owe their service but it is perfectly legal and perfectly proper and does not involve as some press comments have stated or implied, any flavor of insubordination. Lacks Constructive Criticism. “Our navy lacks constructive criti- cism from the public—and necessar- ily so because our naval officers are forbidden to publish anyvthing without the permission of, and usually cen- sored by the department. This is to v thel least a singular regulation to be enfokced in a democratic form of governmlent; and the inevitable re- sult is that ihe American public knows less about raval matters than the public of any other considerable maritime power because the officers of the latter are permitted. under cer- tain regulations when not on duty to publish any articles in criticism or suggestion which in their judgment will be of benefit to the service or their country. A similar permission granted to American naval officers would not only be of great benefit to the public and the navy but the navy cannot attain its maximum efliciency without it.” $60,000 Business Block Sold to Sam Waskowitz A valuable business block at the corner of East Main and Elm streets has been sold by C. Cianci to Sam Waskowitz, 2 North street grocer. The block is of recent construction, containing three stores and 14 tene- ments. The sale price is-believed to be about £60,000. Tt is the same block in which a destructive fire broke out about twa weeks ago. eausing damages of several hundred dollars to Martin Conway apart- ment. (Centin