New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1920, Page 1

§ e by the assembly ju bad News of the World By Associated Press. "NEW BRITAIN HERALDU Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business. e ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.—TEN PAGES." PRICE THREE CENTS PROSECUTION OUTLINES REASONS WHY FIVE SOCIALIST MEMBERS OF ; N Y. ASSEMBLY ARE UNQUALIF. Judlclary Commlttee | Lincoln Day Note .JFiles Brief Contain- | +ing Evidence Brought Out In Trial SUSpended Men ot CHARGE THEY WOULD OVERTHROW U. S. GOVT. Platform of Party Contains Declaration That It Would Substitute “Mass” Rule For Present Albany, N. Y., Feb. 12.—1In a brief which summarizes the evidence intro- uced by the prosecution at the hear- ciary com- mittec regarding the qualifications of the five suspended socialist members, sounsél for. the commiittee declared ihat the men under investigation have disqualified themsclves from taking the cdnstitutional they are members of a revolutionary party, and that it is the duty of every member of the assembly to expel ~them from that body b The prief is a p * 89 pages in which ted document of quoted portions . “#of the-evidence which, in the opinion “as with the qualified them from raking the official | b § ’ of thé"attorneys, support the various nst the suspended mem- “The five assemblymen,” says the brief, “by pledgin themselv as members of the socialist party not to “vote to appropriate money for mili- tary or naval purposes or war,” dis- mualified themselves from faking the econstitutional oath of office as assem- Shlymen, and the oath as taken by them. was folse. Refuscd to Support: Defense, ‘“The promise of the socialists not to vote for any military or naval appro- Priations or for war was as much in canflict with the federal constitution state constitution, federal constitu- as taken 40ath to support the tion and rendered the oath void “The five assemblymen by their promise to take directions from the dues<paying members of thelr ‘locals’ or their ‘executive’ committee in all matters arising in the assembly, in- cluding their vote far all appointees and officials chosen b: to vote as a unit with all other mem- bers of their party on all occasions, Bnd to place their resignations in the hands of the due-paying members to fnsure the performance of their * pledge, abdicated their function as as- temblymen and disqualified them- selves from taking the oath of office. “Revolutionary Party. “The socia ary party, having the single purpase of destroying our institutions and gov- ernment, which they abhor, and sub- stituting the Russian-soviet govern- ment or the proletariat government instead, to be contralled by them- eelves. This appears from their plat- forms and p aganda. “The socia. ~rty is not a na- tional party. like tne democratic par- ty or the republican party, whose aim 15 to conserve and preserve the nation v an anti-national jance is given to the nd not to the United government and insti- it would destroy. ‘Mass action’ and the ‘g wtrike’ are advocated and urged Ly ocialist party as a part of the © bring about conditions to revolution and as revolution and no! to remedy trial evils. The revolutionary pose and non-political character such acts make them tr and, whether criminal or not absence of“such purpose, with it. Would Overthrow Government. ““The five assemblymen stand squarely -with their party for the overthrow of our government. Three of them—<Claessens, Solomon and Waldman—avowed these doctrines as randidates for the assembly. The five by their rledges and rendered themsclves amenal | the terms of the espionage act and should he con- victed under its tarm “It is the supreme sembly and its loyal have taken 1th to constitution of the and the constitution of to exercise their ample pow- r to exclude frcm the legislative body of the greatest state in the union J enemies of the state and of the Unit- ed States, to exercise their ample _power to exclude from the legislative body of the greatest state In the ‘mnion enemies of the state and of the Wnited States who would destroy both Gonstitutions and the governments or- ized under them. Tolerance a presence would involve jach of their oath as loyal men blymen.” is the pur- of sonable in the treasonable duty of the as- members who upport the of New York the United of and Democracy. ! oath of office, that | and die- | the legislature: | {0 0 Lol t party is a revolution- | i | H | ' | | { § | i | { | i neral | plan ; i favorable ' instruments of ; indus- ! A+ o Washington, i'v. American people were advised today by Secretarv Lansing to find in the life of Abraham Lin- coln the inspiration to forget self in devotion to country and to the fundamental national principles of liberty and justice. ““'he memory of Lincoln,” said the secretary of state, “‘of his humble origin, of his at- tainment to the highest honor in the gift of his fellow country- men, of his unsurpassed service to the republic, and of his char- acter as a man and as a public servant is one of the great spir- itual assets of this nation. “It is ip turning our thoughts to the carcer of this grecat Am- erican that we learn the true meaning of patriotism and gain a true conception of the oppor- tunities which America offers to those who inspired by lofty || ideals press onward along the |! path of unselfish public serv- ice.” * 'GERMANY UNDIVIDED ON EXTRADITION DEMANDS- But French Try to Create: Contrary Opinion, It is | Charged. Berlin, Feb. 11.—! foreign office authorities have not yet receiv. ed the note which is reported to have : been.forwarded by Premier Millerand, | threatening Germany with an inden-§ nite oceupation of the Rhineland pro- vince because:of the nou-fulfiliment of treaty oblizations. On. the con- trary, it is stated German negotiations with France coneerning difiiculties cr countered in making c deliv have not been concluded. Govern- ment officials allege French radio mes- sages have been sent to the Far East and other points disseminating reports with a view to creating sentiment for extradition of Germans accused of war crimes, and saying Germany is divided on the extradition issue. A first lieutenant in command of a German submarinc torpedoed the ¥nglish channel stedmship Sussex on March 24, 1916, according to a local which commerits on the extraditiod list received from the' Al- lies. It is declared this man has since died. Captain Steinbrinck is charged | on the extradition list with being r ! ] H | srman | | I { sponsible for the attack on the Sus sex which caused the death of 50 per- sons. Kaiser Disapproves. The Hague, Feb. 11.—It is declared in reliable quarters that former Crown Prince Frederick Willlam was serious in making his offer to the entente governments to surrender himself in | place of the Germans on the extradi- tion list and that he is inclined to be- lieve that the Allies will accept his plan. It was ledrned here that for- | mer Emperor William is gtrong in hin, disapproval of his son’s action. Nothing was known at Wieringen of | the ex-crown prince’s intentions be- fere his messages to the heads of the | various governments had been dis- patched and the only notification gi en by Frederick William was one to the Dutch government when he sent | the communications abroad. | Newspapers report that the Grand Duke of Hesse und his %on, and like- | wise seven (ferman gene named on the extradition list had escaped | into Holland are discredited at the | Dutch foreign office. That office de- | clared it did not consider it possible | far the men named to cross into Dutch territory. Hair Spring Concern : To Manufacture Herew Tn the course of the next 10 da open a plant in this 2 man- ! ufacture of hair springs for watches, clocks .specdometers, recording and electrical instruments. Mr, has been in the bu for 25 years | producing his product while Mr. Robertson nected with Ha plant as superintendent. A in the rear of the Dickinson company will be utilized. Premier Lloyd Qeorge Reticent In Grey Case 12.—Replylng to a question in the house of commons to- day to swhether Viscount Grey would return to Washington as British | ambassador. and if not who would be | his successor, Premier Lloyd George he was unable to make ny | statement on the subject. factory . Drug London, Feb. as | sition to the { report on the i promptly adopted so that the legisla- i tion would bé on the statute books i before the roads are returned to pri- | vate control March 1. { report is being made and it will be | presented | Monday. ; the latest, * | state commerce committed, one of the | there ! consolidations, lin {6 that Ernest L. { with ! preferment in | culated at Devil's Lake i 1l { 'PREDICT RAILWAY BILL WILL PASS BOTH HOUSES i i ! Senate And House Leaders | Confident of Measure’s Success Before March. i that PREDICTS BRIGHT Last Floatmg Indebtedness ol Government Redeemed Monday . SEES NO “GRASH” AHEAD Secretary There only Houston States Assistance This Country Has Given to Furope. Washington, Feb. 12. the last remaining floating in- debtedness of the government would ' be redeemed Monday, Secretary Hous- | ton said the position of the treasury Washington, Feb. 12, (By the As- sociated Press.)—While some oppo- | railroad bill' as finally agreed upon in conference has de- veloped, senate and house leaders predicted today that the conference measure would be The final draft of the conference to the senate Saturday or The house expects to take the report up Monday or Tuesday at and leaders said today it would be disposed of in two days. Chairman Esch, of the house inter- | authors of the railroal bill and other | ! Jeaders expressed confidence that op- position by house democrats would not del; passage of the measure. They based their prediction upon | fact that the bill as rewritten in con- | ference is substantially the same as| the Esch 'bill recenty passed by the house. Senate provisions to which was objection, including the anti-strike section, creation of a transportation board ,and compulsory were stricken out in conference. The essentia] addition to the house bill w: the fixing of a guaranteed return of 5% per cent. WITHDRAWAL BEGUN Americans Guarding Siberian Rail- ways Leaving Vladivostok—Whites Evacmating Vekaterinodar, ‘London, Feb. 12.—A wireless dis- patch from Moscow today savs “The American troops sguarding the Siberian railway are being with- drawn from Vladivostok. The Am- erican mission has left Chita for | Harbin. “The whites are hurriedly evacuat- ing Yekaterinodar, which is about to fall.” Y Orders for the withdrawal of the American forces from Siberia were given last month and the movement of the troops to Vladivostok has been progress for several weeks, Tt was announcéd from Harbin on Feb Harris, the Ameri- can consul general had arrived in Harbin. from Chita. Yekaterinodar is in Ciscaucasia about 71 miles from the Black sea. DESTROYER IN DISTRESS = { { Talbot Said to Have Come to Harm | Near Serpent’s Island in the Black | Sca—Storm Raging. | reconstruction, | about it was ‘“‘very bright” financial situation which they would regard as extremely grave. Only about 60,000,000, of term certificates requiring .to be re- funded at maturity remain to be re- deemed. Outstanding tax certificate issued in anticipation of income and profits tax installment dates for the purpose of relieving the quarterly strain on the banks, amount to $2,935,949,500 but in no instance ex- ceed the e and accordingly no funds will have to be provided to meet them. Predicts No “Crash” Secretary Houston did not to be encountered in the proce: with the pessimistic views of some { public men who have forecast a crash in the international financial fabric. “People lose sight of the many ways in which we haye been assisting Europe since the armistice,” Mr Houston said. “In addition to gov- ernment loans, we have furnished them $700,000,000 worth of army supplies, $100,000,000 for food relief, probably $400,000,000 in pri- vate loans to foreign bagnkers, and a considerable amount of accrued in- terest on the government loans, that the total probably would read $6,000,000,000. In addition Europe has been selling securities here.” Reconstruction Progressing Mr. Houston said all reports from Europe indicated that ‘‘reconstruction was going-on while they were talking * citing the rebuilding of French roflroads and hridges as iotable exanple of what hus been ac- complished As to the domestic situation, he pointed out that ap- proximately $1,000.000,000 would be spent this vear and next in road | building. NEW HAVEN PAPERS FORCED TO SUSPEND Printers Refuse to Work—Violation of Agreement, Charged By Publishers, New Haven ,Feb. 12.—No news or advertisements were printed in three New Haven newspapers this ernoon. The New Haven Reg | went to press with four pages ! of them blank and the front | bearing this notice: page “Owing to the violation by the typo- | graphical urion of their contract with the New Haven newspapers and re- fusal to work on all the papers as or- dered by their international officer: { the four New Haven newspapers an- nounce their temporary suspension | today.’ Constantinople, Feb.' 10.—The| American destroyer Talbot was re- ported today in distress near Se pent’s Island in the Black Sea., It is thought, however. that the report may refer to the Talbot's standing hy the British cruiser Ceres, which towing a tanker and two tugs loaded | refugees from Odessa toward Constanza, Rumania, under bad weather conditions. A blizzard is Black ea. The Russian ran ashore station t general over the | steamer Gregorieff | near the Killia life-saving the Black Sea entrance to| the Bosphorus. One hundred and fifty of her passengers were rescued the raging storm by means of a laid from the ship by a rocket, efforts are continuing for the ue of the 200 remaining passen- The Gregorieff is a She’ left Odessa on Johnson in Circulation | D., Feb. 12—Petitions | m Johnson, prd States senmator, of California, ! of the republican dential nomination to be the North Dakota primaries of March 16 were placed in circulation! today. Petitions recently were cir-: and elsewhere neral Leonard Wood, ! have not been filed. 7,000-ton Sunday. | An estimate Bismarck, ) nominating Hi presi- voted upon for Major- but they Panama, stroye 12.—Thirty-one and four tenders, part of the Atlumic fleet of the American N d at Cristobal vesterday nnmx H. P. Wilson, commander-in- chief of the fleet, is not expected to arrive at the isthmus before Febru- ‘l‘)’ 36, Feb. de-! { en Times-Leader, | o'clock i FLEET AT CRISTOBAL. I i The other papers are the New Hav- the New Haven TUnion and the New Haven Journal- Courier. The last mentioned will not print tomorrow morning. The Leader's edition was similar to that of the Register with a like no- tice to its readers while the union used but a single sheet for the notice. Spanish Ministry Called At 3:30 This Morning Feb. 12 ministry thiis fairs of cording Madrid. Liondon, Spanish ——Members of the assembled at morning to consider immediate importance, a to a Reuters dispatch from STORE OPEN DESPITE FIRE. New Haven, Feb. 12.—It w: not necessary to clase the department store of the Edward Malley Co. today because of an early morning fire. The blaze was confined to the bakery. but water ran fram the third floor of to the basement large. SPECIAL CAR SERVICE FOR BALL | Special car service for the an Legion ball tc ning has been arranged. 1 A, M. cars wil: be run over West Main, North Stanley and C Avenue lines. o Ameri- the Corbin WEATH Hartford, Feb. 12.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Partly cloudy: warmer tounigh Friday probably light snow. R. I= Vague Understanding of Real ! Orator to Speak in Interests —Announcing and that govern- | ment officials saw nothing in the pres- | lead iaccepted the short | | mittees have \.srvices of so mated amount of taxes ! ! leading Jewish Land ! mini- | { mize the “pains and difficulties” still of | but declined to agree | | west in the interests of the govern- . ment surplus | | been felt advisable to huzve adm Pinvitation | Menus; Morris Cohn and several other sor | {request will be entered at the | use' of one of the city’s school 1 will | former | employes ma; i to | opinions agree that down through one section | { learned today. the damage has not | : been made but that from fire was not | jj; jn that city he was on hif¢ wa i his home here. be held this eve- | Beginning at | { treaty PRESIDENT WILSON WILL CONFER FINANGIAL FUTURE WITH TRAINMEN'’S UNION CHIEFS IN EFFORT TO HEAD OFF STRI RABBI WISE COMING [ HERE FEBRUARY 18 of Palestinian Restora- tion Drive. Rabbi founder Stephen S. V orator and of the Free Synagogue, has invitation of the Pales tinian Restoration committee of thig | city to address a public assembly on | the evening of February 18 and com- been named to re- ceive the lecturer. He will have for | his theme, “The Restoration of the Jewish Homeland in Palestine.” The committee feels itself fortunate in having been able to secure the prominent speaker. Dr. Wise has been recognized as the clergyman of the day in 4dditton to his connections with the Free Synagogue he has been named a vice-president of the Zion- ist organization and was named to head the Jewish congress to the peace conference. He has just re- turned after an extensive tour of the Americanization bureau. City dfficials and prominent men of- all creeds constitute the reception committee named to receive Rabbi Wise upon his arrival here. Because of th- antlcipated enomous demand for tickets for his address, it inv by ation. can for to Application be 1nade stations later to be designated. A next board for the audi- sitting of the school toriums and it is hoped that a: 1,000 car be accommodated. drive committee expects that coming of Dr. Wise to New give impetus to least The the Britain the campaicn her NO SALARY INCREASE Unlawful to Grant Teachers More Pay While Contract is Still in Force. New Haven, Feb. 12.—Opinions given to the bourd of finance by former Governor S. E. Baldwin, Cor- poration Counsel W. L. Bennett and Corporation Counsel L. M. Daggett, are to the effect that the salaries of school teachers who are not be raised legally which they ar under contract with the municipality for a stipulated sum. This would mean that neither the board of finance nor the board of aldermen may change or add to the appropriations made for the year ! be applied to salaries of school teachers. The state constitution is the ‘bar to the increase, and the the board of education is not a separate body and has no power to levy taxes for any purposes. The school teachers supported by petitions of citizens had asked the | city to increase their salaries. It had been claimed that it was possible to pay ithe increase and meet the ad- ditional outlay by an additional tax. Raoul Peret Elected To Succeed Deschanel Paris, Feb. 12.-—Raoul Peret - was today clected president of the cham- ber of deputies by 372 of the 425 votes cast. M. Peret succeeds Paul | Deschanel who was recently elected | president of the republic. Addressing the chamber, President Peret said it was necessary that the flow of oratory in which the deputies | had been indulging must cease, Their | unfajling attention, he declared, must | be given to the restoration of French | finances and the strict execution of the treaty of Versailles. Former Hartford Editor Dies Suddenly On Train Rochester, Feb. 12.—Edward F. Jiddings, a well known newspaper- man, died vesterday on a train enter- ing Buffalo from the west, it was He was connected with the Sioux City. Jowa. Tribune. Taken Mr. Giddings had been with various New E having been editorial Hartford Courant. He was a mem- ber of the Massachusetts bar. Recent- ly he had been on the editorial staff of the New York American. He a brother of Prof. H. G. Gidding of the department of sociology Jumbia university. l( l"\l\" PE. \('l connected papers, on the London, Feb. Negotintions being resumed by the peace ferees here concerning the are con- peace the | Department of i later dete with Turkey. [I'remier made announcement the house of Llovd this to- Geor to n commons voyage. Prezident May Attend Cabinet o Washington, next meeting probably will presided over Wilson. Secretary Feb. 12.—The the cabinet called and President of be by Lansing, who has been issuing the calls for the meetings for several months said today he had written cab- inet officers that there would be no more regular sessions of the president’s official fam- iy f he present. He would offer no explanation, but it w understood that his letter was writien by direction ot Mr. Wilson. Rear presiden day the hing Admiral Gra physician ident has said him about attend- <t cabinet meeting idded that it would not > a bad guess that he would he presiden physician frowns on his patient doing much work and said he by no means let down the pr to too had bars. = | JOHN BARTON PAYNE NEXT CABINET MEMBER Succeeds Franklin K. Lane| As Secretary Of Interior. Washington, Feb. 12.—John Barton Payne of lilinois has been selected by, President Wilson to be secretary interior to succeed Franklin K Lane. Mr. Payne is now chairman of the U. 8. Shipping Board. Mr. Payne will take over his new duties March 1, when Mr. Lane re- tires at his own request. Mr. Payne's successor as chairman of the shipping | board has not yet been announced. Before becoming chairman of the shipping board on August 7, 1919, ‘Mr. Payne was general counsel of the railroad administration @and before that he was general counsel of the emergengy fleet corporation. He is a native o Virginia and is 65 years old. His home is in Chicago. SINN FEINER IS GAUGHT Robert Barton, a Member of the House of Commons, Who Broke Jail Last March, is Recaptured. Dublin, Feb. 1 Sinn Fein member commons, who March, jail was rearrested and again escaped ' only to be recaptured recently, was tried today before a court martial. The charge against Barton was that at Shillelagh in February, 1919, he de- livered a speech in which, referring to the imprisonment of the local Sinn Feiner Fleming, he said: “I do not make a threat, but if Fleming dies in jail there will be re- prisals against Lord French (Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland) and Frank Brooke (member of the viceroy advisory counciu), who will suffer injuries as he did." It is alleged’ that he repeated the same threat at Carney. The court re- served decision. Barton offered no defense. J)EPORTAFQN CANCELLED Labor From —Robert of was Barton, the house of arrested last Decides First Case Arvising San Francisco Iindus Proceedings in April, 1918, Washingicen, Feb. 12.—Cancelling the deportation proceedings %gainst Dhirendra Sarjar, a native of India. the department of labor today decided the first of the cases arising from the copspiracy proceeding: against a number of Hindus in San Francisco in April, 1915, Before the war dent at Yale and Sarjar was a stu- Michigan universi- ties, but when the war began he was studying at the University of Berlin. He returned to the United States and became involved in the move- for Indian independ He ted and sen four mprisorment ment was months a cha neutrality. o oril, Amer- ir ted Suspends Steamer Sailings ‘Because of Influenza | Janeiro, Feh. 12.—Because o of s due to influenza, the announces temporary service to Brazil on Euroy The Rio izid « Roxval suspension of voyuges from Mail steamers will procced direct Montevidio and Buen ires. stop- ping at Brazilian ports ihe return its Roxul on escaped from the Mount Joy | 1918 | the "|Will Hold Person| Talk With Repr] sentatives Of 2,0 000 Workmen T morrow At Wh| House | WILLING TO LEAVE. CASE IN HIS HA Chief Executive Beli Better Results Can Be tained By Seeing Offig Themselves. Washinzton, ! Wilson will has | ence tomorrow | tives of the rai 1 brotherhoo { discuss the wage deman of 2,000,000 raiiroad employes whicl to be referred to him b rector General Hines. -Selection of their spokesman — Presj e a personal today president of the Order of Ra The unior leaders will see president who will be asked to parently were inclined to rega president. Although there wa | committee of ten, to. discuss representatives of t \mr\oy !left by the president to the representatives who chose B. M. . ell, acting president of the rai employes’ department of the Ad can Federation of Labor: B. J. . Telegraphers, and Timothy Shea, | ing president of the Brotherhod inremen and Engineers. { Has Studicd Problem. It was said at the White { that the president had been givin, railroud situation serious though several. days and that it was hy suggestion that he see the unio He was understood to have felt} { he could handle the situation { if he saw the representatives pe of'| ally. !Dremden! on the south lawn: i‘Vhile House where Mr. ! spends a portion of each mornin | fore meetipg the brotherhood off { the president will study in det: report on the wage negotiations } Mr. Hines will submit through § tary Tumulty. In Conference With Tumulty ‘ The director general was in | ference with Mr. Tumulty this 1 ing and then returned to his off} complete his memorandum foi the final decision on the demand sented by the railroad workers o a year ago. Mr. Hines’ memorandum was sent to the White House before noon- was understood emboidied the claims and ments of the union officials whom he has been conferring Feb. 3. Temporarily Quiescent. While railroad administratio ficials and union representative situation as gniescent, White officials expressed concern - af] gravity of the problems presen Without disclosing what questions were it was declared | the general public did not real | serious nature of the issues inv Willing to Have President Union officials, with the exe of maintenance of way em and the brothdrhood of trainmen, apparently were will eave the case in the hands of satisfaction because living cos not been reduced, it was evides the union men felt that anoth portunity should given fon justment of the differenced, been held in abeyance request since they. submitted last July. Mr. Hines ha ade a ted] appointment for this afternoon 37 Malloy, vice-president brotherhood of maintenance of employes and shop laborers | ganizations’ alleged grievance | led to its call for a strike next| day. W. G. Lee, president of the by hood of railroad trainmen alse. confer with the director gen: { his individual reasons for. ing the agreement which hig zation has. Decision Reached Ye Decision to lay the matter the president was made late day after Director Gen. Hine failed to reach an agreement. Stateme P! g wh unions demand immediad crease in wages 1 why D { General Hines could not ag increasc on the of thd back of the raflrouzds to | ownership were to submit] tl\n The statemen H the separate gri brotherhood of railread 10 Mr. es arranged to be man furth February 1 ’I.