New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 1

I stood to “the exchanges, * the Italians on News of the World By Associated Press. BRITAIN HERALD e = Herald “Ads” M Beiter Business ESTABL[SHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, F RIDAY FEBRUARY 274 1920. —TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE THREE CE REPLY T0 WILSON NOT MADE PUBLIC Will Be Given Out When British and Frenchi Gonsem ?HEROIC UNITS OF YANKEE DIVISION TO IN NATIONAL GUARD OUTFIT 'BELIEVES GREAT WAR HAVE PLACE | G i 102d Infa.ntry, 101st Machine ' | Gun Battalion, 103d Field K0 HINT OF ”s CONTENTS WAS FOR CAPITALISTS avttrs ana 101zt Am- Permission to Announce Text Now Being Sought—England 1o An- nounce Correspondence With Italy —Negotiations Not Euded. Washington, Feb. 27.—The rep of the British and French premier on the Adriatic gucs ion was Tece ived today at the state department. It w sent to the White House immecdiate- 1y after being decoded. ate department officials would give no intimation g to the nature of the reply, which was drafted with- in 4 hours after the vre ni«) had received the president’s note. that | note tha president adhered lo hi. former position that unless the Adr atic settlement of December 9 was restored in principle he would have to consider withdrawing the peice treaty and the French-American liance from the s nate. 1t was announced that the text of | the premi s note would not be made public by the Amcrican government without consent of the premiers. This is being sought. British Favor Public The British Government is under- plan public: on of all of | including this latest note. within a few days und officials thought ihe premi might consent # simultaneous lication of the | Jatest reply on both sides o fthe At- lantic. The state department that the British government is to publish communications it b had with the Iltalian and Jugo-Slavs gov ernments which have not been re- ceived or communicated to the American government. These include a memorandum by January ‘ 6, another } note of the Italians on Jan. 10 and a note from the Jugo-Slavs on Jan. The British also will publish a note | from the Serbian government of Jan. has learned %% 20, a copy of which had been tra mitted to the state department. Conditions Laid Down, Tt was learned at the state partment that the British ment consented. to the delivery the note of Dec, 9 on the follow conditions: That :t should not be ending negotiations :and o ence on the cuestion and that the Ttalians should be permitted to re- ply: that the note would not be con- sidered an ultimatum and that it should not be published at that time. | Offi i understood Aefinite! the United Stat. ny modi- fication of the terms of this note. The United Stat however, did | not desire to prevent a complete un- derstanding by the interesied of the | governments ,of the ion of the | plenipotentiaries. PLAINVILLE FACTORY SOLD de- govern- of ing | considered as | rrespond- wouid "ot consi "4 %. The Hardware City Manufacturing o ) B J 5 % i+ i 7 . pleted the legal requirement: Company to_Take Over Elm City | Brass and Rivet Company May 1. Manufacturing today com- for pur- factory of the Rivet company. as a floor sp: The Hardware company of New City Britain Plainville and chasing the Elm City Br. The latter compan of 13500 square feet and a 400-f frontage on railroad tracks. When interviewed this morning an official of The Hardware City Mana- freturin? company the ND\\'_ itain plant would over the plant on Whiting sireet. Plainville, he first week in May, and about 100 bands will be employed. The Hard- | wafe City Manufacturing company will use the Plainville plant as an ex- | tension and remodel the factory to wse it in manufacturing trank hard- | ware. The Ha City Manufac- -ing company, althoush it has only in operat for nine montl has found it necessary to cxpand in order fill the rapidly increasing | number of orders. oot said tale ware it to Horses Are %evercl Cut in Peculiar \Ihhdp; ident, wh An il this aftc end C1 accurs wreh lost th the the din licemen from Kkicking «: curing hold of animals the hor from the sloizh and brought to their feet ugain. Both mals wers verely cut about the ‘legs could 1 other. After head of one of the unhite se- es we THOUGHT HIGHWAYMAN WAS JOKING; IS KILLED Akron, O., Feb. 27.—When he took | as’a joke a command to throw ur hands and, instead. continued laugh- ingly on his way, Nussell Borway, 20, was shot and killed by a h omon | w | woula ! the wind i attempt ! early | Gangs | New | frem , convention hare today. One of New York’s Accused | Socializt Assemblymen States Position. N. Y., Feb. 27—Charles Sol- of the five suspended cialist mblymen being tried the assembly judiciary of disloyalty. testified today examination that he denied being a ary socialist He explained, + “revolutionary “these term ain and again.” finition W that such as ene who sought to Albany, one . that he in how was the The socialist a socialist bring about Lere Ac w 1 reconstruction of society and that | ocial revolution” meant peaceful conomic change to public ownership | of industry. Solomon admitted he had highly cndorsed a speech of James O’Neil, <ociate editor of the New York Call a mecting held to celebrate the second anniversary of the Russian iet republic in which dcclared the a “pnk party,” where one 2nk to success of the revolution and then went out and slapped an an- t on the wrist. In his speech also had asserted eritics Russia had held up a “vile belled bolshevik which was image of our own dirty, the United States.” O’XNeil modern thing” “an regime Solomon denied that, debating with | Iter Hart, a New York law prosecut rer and n, of 4,000,000 strong swept aside, like chaff in if it attempted to oppose so- cial revolution here. The witness expla had said was in the nature of question as to whether the Legion if an overwhelming majority of the people here wished a change, would io establish a military torship to block the will of the peopl He was quizzed at length on his attitude during the war and asked why he did nbt aid recruiting and the sale of Liberty Bonds after President Wilson's proclamation at the time war w: declared. Solomon replied he was opposed war, but had complied with the lay He said if he had not been exempted | the draft because of depend- would have gone to the front though with heavy heart, serving capitalist in- om nts. he when called, feeling he was terests. COMPLAINT FROM WINSTED Weather Conditions On Central New | England Railroad Compel ment of Two Morning Trains. Winsted, Feb. —Snow condi- tions on the’ Central New England railroad compelled annulment of two morning trains today that to Hartford and to Millerton, N. Y., from Two castbound passenger irains in the o in Norfolk Sum- mit all n it, and were still this forenoon. One train has milk )t shovellers are at work on this section of the road, and men are trying to. break aut the Tar- iffville-Springfield branch. The temperature was this morning hampering movement of gines even on clear sections. Four engines weie ont of use between No folk nd Winsted's only train Central gl was that nere. were for Hartford. below zero Ten A]legéd Radicals Arrested in Cleveland Cleveland, Feb, 27.—Raids by fed- 1gents and po today marked a renewal of the government's fight to mp out radicalism te Kk to their native n alleged radicals were ar- N fic cha hem. all being “violating ac- of icores of Commuters Lompelled to Walk Feh the for of com- train werd and be- ore lrr.:.n h is morning a long distance clley. The train in a huge drift and the s drifted through blocked roads Wethersfield end of the line. Calvin M. Kendall Heads Educational Association Cleveland, Feb. 27.—Calvin M. Ken dall, commissioner of education of Yew Jersey was elected president of the department of superintendence of national education association in ' A 50 on lI?\ fields to street and the car the by | committee on | ‘revolution- | have been defined ( O’Neil had | ssian revolution was | of | rotten : he had ever declared the ! ned that what he! dicta- | Annul- ; there j and | rge had been } the | below | passengers | | bulance Section Included. COLE RELATES ‘ ORGANIZATION PLAN Hartford, Feb. —The 102d | Infantry, the 101st Machine Gun Bat- i tailon, the 103d Field Artillery and the 101st Ambulance Section, units of the 26th Division, in which Connec~ ticut troops served with such con- ! spicuous valor, will have their place | | in the new 26th Division which is to be formed from the New gland National Guard troops now being raised. This was the announcement today by Wdjutant-General Cole ia | telling of the War department’s an- nounced plan of National Guard or- ganization. 00 Men Needed. The formation of these National Guard units in Connecticut, as well | | as 16 companies of coast artillery and a squadron of cavalry, calls for a National Guard of 5,600 men. Under th provisions of the National De- fense Act of 1916, the state now is authorized ‘to raise one battalion of infantry, two troops of cavalry, a bat- ‘tery of field artillery and an ambu- lance company, an enlisted strength totalling 1,400. The state is to crease the strength of this guard by 700 men each ear until the ma mum of 5,600 is reached. Of the four companies of infantry now authorized, two are heing raised in Hartford and two in New Haven. The number infantry officers will be increased vear by r, and out of this developmen 1 come the new 102d Infantry Separate Infantry Battalions. It is probable that a separate bat- talion of infantry will also be author- | ized sometime in the near future, this command to be changed into the new 101st Machine Gun Battalion as soon | as the details for machine gun bat- | talions in the new army orzanization | scheme are definitely settled. A -cav- alry troop in Hartford has nearly |1 reached its full enlisted strength j one in New Haven béen almost as successful. Progress 1 bean made in the forming of coast artillery | companies in New London, Norwich ! and Norwalk. Branford has raised = | i gratifying number of men for a eld rtillery battery and Bridgeport is soon to complete organization of an ambulance company When the full strength of men is reached, Connecticut will ! as National Guard troops: One regiment of infantry. one juadron of cavalry, one battalion of { field artillery, 16 companies of coast artillery, four machine gun com- | panies, four ambulance companies | and possibly some iroops. 600 have | SEEKS INJUNCTION New Haven Utility Corporation Sues to Enjoin Hines From Diverting Coal From Elm City. Washington, Feb. joim\Director Gen. Hines from ing shipments of coal intended for the Unitea Illuminating Co. of New Haven, Conn.; to the use of other per- sons and corporations, was instituted today-in the district supreme court by the New Haven Utility Corp. i The company claims that i coal strike over, the necessity for | 27.—Suit to en- divert- regulating coal shipments no long exists, and that through the diver sion of coal it is being deprived of | its property without due process £ law. It also charges that the | tor general has repeatedly given pref- | crence to other sections of the United States over New Knglund in -hstribu-} tio“ of coal. ‘ PROTECTS NEWSPAPERS Senator Underwood’s Joint Resolution | Is Sent to House This Afternoon— Senate Favors Measure. The senute to the t resoiution with Ca Washington Feb. 27. | today passed i sent the Underwood joint ating a commission to treat ada for abrogation restrict the export of 1 wood and print paper. Sen Coder ihe senate some action tiv s the newspaper pnblis dustry in the United States aced extinction’ becaus vindling newsprint supply. cre- n- on news- of ns 10 vood told | wis impera- a Yale Pr;fessor Given Honors in Astronomy New Haven, Feb. 27 Prof. 8. W, Brown, director of Yale observatory, has beep awarded the Bruce Medal for work in astronomy He will to the Pacific coast next month to recetve it from the astronomical soclety of the Pacific. The award is the highest honor given by the soclewy. e e U ot e St | | iudicial powe and |’ i trolled 1 body i own i land headquarters | ¢ that he is the {1he { Michigan's | quest of WOULD CUT IRELAND | SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WOR INTO TWO SECTIONS Terms o Home Rule Bill Provide | for Two Parliaments Northerners Southerners 30 Votes in the Imper- ial Parliament—Must Reapportion Country. / London, Feb. 27.—The government tonight made public the text of its Irish hume rule bill introduced in the house of commons on Wednesday and’ 27 passed its first reading by the title. The nicasure follows closely the out- line given to the public by Premier Lloyd George in December last. By its ions two parliaments would be one for the north of Ireland and the other for the south of Ireland, the northern parliament to consist of i 51 members and the southern of { members. | imperial parliament would be The representation in the 12, for north Ireland and 30 for south Ir land, necessitating the reapportion- ment of Ireland which is provided for in the bill. Council of Ircland. The northern area ould include the counties of Antrim, Armaugh, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyron and the boroughs of Belfast and Lon- denderry. A “council for Ireland,” composed of 40 members, half of wlhom would he selected by each of the parliaments is also provided for in the bill. The legislative powers of the council would be only those grant- | ed it by the two legislatur framers of the bill hope a nucleus around built one parliament Ireland. Almost but the it will form whicl: would be for the whole of unlimited legislative and s are provided for such ment but_the powers on the se be considerably bility of parliament ana it is left entirely two legislaturcs. The bill that the united parliament if would control the cusioms cise. a united par to be conferrced ments would tailed. Respon the united 1o create cur- organizing the power provides formed and Parliament Would Control. the outset, according to the bill the parliament would have full con- trol of education, local government, the land policy, agriculture, 1o 1sportatio old m1 g and lice would parliaments. controlling the offices in district. but there would be 2 court of appeal for the whole of Ire- presided over by the lord chan- At by the Trish cellor. GERARD FOR PRESIDENT Former Ambassador to Starts For North Dakota to Candidacy on Dem. Ticket. N. H., Feb. James W. Gerard. former ambz dor te Germany. left here today orth Dakota to file perso candidacy for the democratic ination for the presdency ge in joint debate with andidate who desires > the state’s primary Gerard addressed democrats here last only come ‘out nom- and en- any other cording aw. Mr. meeting of night remarking candidate thus fur for self and o who h. id so. Compromise Railro;d Bill Perfectly Legal Washington, —The com- promise railvoad bill was returned White House today by the de- Ieb. to arate par- | with the | dsand | Germany | rtment of j ¢ to which it was referred Wednesday for an opinion s valid The president pected 1o on it today or morrow. Attorney General Palmer in- formed the president that he w no constitutional objcction to the meas- as Wi act 40> ON MICH. Fel. lificd republican PRIMARY. -Gen. to ap- ballot in preference PLERSITING tod on the primz A ¢ Seceretar iy itions natures of S100.000 Pavtuck home of Lippite in today. 1t Thell 1LOSS BY wit YALE own, N. $50,000 versity by the w Thorne, filed today Alo left of to Yale 11 William e | i . ford. Feb, —TForecast for New Britain and vicinit Fair tonight and Saturday;: con- tinued cold. AND POLICE AMONG THOSE “SLIC! IN TAXPAYERS’ BUDGET OF 25 MH s | FOR BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH. CONN. CONGRESSMAN IN Would Have 12 Votes and | DRIVE ON PROFITEERS Tilson Says Cotton Men Areé Worst—Prices Advance 600 Per Cent. Washington, into the reas Feb. 27.—An inquiry ons for the enormous ad- | vances in the price of cotton goods | would be conducted by the federal trade commission under a resolution | ordered favorably reported toay by the house interstate commerce com- mittee. Representati itson, republican, Conn., author of the resolution, told the committee the cotton goods manu- facturers were “profiteers of the worst | sort.” He said prices had advanced | 600 per cent since 1914, although costs of cotton and mill labor had not shown anywhere near such an ad- vance., Both New England and southern mills have reaped big profits, he said, quoting fram prospectuses of financial | institutions promoting sale of cotton mill stocks, southern press comment, and a summary of market prices for the last several yea Mr. Tilson said 1 1d been author- itatively advised that one spinner in | one month made a profit of $55,000 on a capitalization of $200,000 He also declared that a trust company of Richmond, Va., had issued a pros- pectus for stock of a North Carolina mill in which it v stated that the average net ‘nings of the plant were $ 000 and promised on pres- ent maiket conditions to be more than $1,000,000 this ar. “That North Carolinz il de- | clared Mr. Tilson. ‘was organized in 1901 with a capital of $25,000 and today its capital is $1,500,000." Mr. Tilson said he doubted that congress could enact legislation to meet the situation but publication of the results of the commission’s inves- tigation might have a wholesome ef- fect Chairman Murdock. of the commis- sion, informed the committee that the resolution would require an inquiry into thé whole cotton industry gen- erally. but Mr. Tilson urged that it be limited ta a narrow field so as to pro- duce quick action in calling conditigns to the public attention. DIES IN MERIDEN One Mrs. Fred Dobson, at Time Stenographer in Town Clerk’s Office, Passes Away at Home Today. Word was receivéd in this city late is afternoon of the death of Mrs. ed H. Dobson, formerly Miss Fanny | Hatzing of this city, who passed away ! at her home in Meriden following an | illness of only two weeks’ duration., She was taken ill with a severe cold which later developed into pleurisy. Besides her husband she is survived by her father, Charles Hatzing of Meriden and three small children. Mrs. Dobson is a native of this city and for many ve: resided here. Prior to her marriage she was em- ployed as on eof the stenographe: in the town cler] office. The funeral arrangements are incomplete. CASE GOES T0 JURY i | gon oo | | | Attorney Sums Up Evidence | ! tion, Against Antonio Valentino, Charged ; With Murder of Salvatore Zollo, ~Arguments | both sides of Antonio New Haven, Feb. were made by couns this forenoon in the Valentina. charged with murder of vatore Zoll While State's Attor Alling was summing up the evi- | dence, counsel for the ace ‘ed prote ed on the ground that words we be: ing us which would unduly influ- ence th jury. A motion to dismiss { the jury was over-ruled. Judge Gardiner Greene charged the jury at the afternoon session, immedi- ately after recess SERVICE DISCONTINUED Re 1 on ase RAilway Company ches Limit or | Expenditures tor Labor After Storme—~>Layoft Ordered for Men. Woonsocket oft wil Luwins and o i indetit Ltforn: nie The ordcer of three wecks with was announced that Wwhich is ibsidiary of the Worce: ter Consolidated, had gone the limit in expenditures for labor on ac af the scries of storms. snow the 10x] and ice. comy TRUBBER DIVIDEND, M FISK @ shuare on com payable April 1. This the dividend on its common stock, is | Mayor Continues Drive On} } oF common council rules an ordinance | Street. | increased taxe: | terests of his | lena I publican | i :count | Lower Rate Advocates Estimate Incon $1,399,218.85 in First District and $28 in Second—New Car for Fire Chie Alterations at No. 3 Engine House Exd City Meeting Tonig] Decide Whether Owner Must Pay Or 25 Mills. Profiteering Landlords— Sexton Denies Taxpayers Are Implicated. P Mayor Quigley continued his fight against profiteering landlords, today, by compiling figur. i bring to light two additional s of prafit- | eering on in tyv, and in one of the cases he has offered finan- ! cial assistance in securing legal re- enforcement to fight a threatened ejection t ivs i historical European times.” Wholesale the variou resorted t hing of es departmenty - the New Brf vaye ation in_its bring the expenses of the figure at which it will be R obtain sufficies revenue td city on a mill tax budget af th soc fered tonight at th i s itute for the budget Will Fight Each Case. ! by the boavd of finance am “Whether the corporation counsel | The taxpavers in their by I mated 10 > income om sow than the first 0 and in the $33,630. With the t the first district it | raise $1,068, dih(licl A ilh going t Py periods of “hard | for the purpose of curbing profiteering landlords to be illegal or not,” the | mayor said, “I will appaint a com- mittee to receive complaints of ten- ants and act against them in that way We will have an attorney. possibly, by voluntary s and we will fight every case in which the element of profiteering enter: He told of a woman in rather straitened financial circumstances and who is just recovering from an illness, who reccived a letter from her landlord February 21, notifying her that she must move within a ! week. In the past two years, since the present owner acquired the prop- the rent has risen from $23 to | 2 a month, or $108 a year for each year he has been in charge. Now shre is confronted with the proposi- tion of getting out and finding a new | home within a week. Mayor Quigie: has advised her to secure legal advice and if she has not the funds with | the fire department chief a which to pay, he has agreed to stand j terations at No. 3 station for thaitan exciuded. They amount to Another Profitcering Case. The board of pubiRHE The other case is that of a land- | ' cet department in the lord who purchased a business block | Ly 170N $170.000 to 381, on one of the streets running off Main | pop eSS Cut Trom $21.54 In 1919 the building, which | do¢ ANt SGver maintendig was purchased by him for $28,000, | pog * o e was assessed for $14,000, and his tax aughter house and i 1920 the assessment was | .00 jtems are Lot AR boosted to $22,000, bringing his taxes | 12507 itens ar % to $660. When informed of the raise = Loy Teducing the hoard in assessment “due to coal bills and { ¥, L1¢ amount of $800. the landlord sent let- | The interest and discount} ters to his tenants telling them their | pos *5 PTOP rent must be increased. [EBes e 0 Investization revealed that the She el creases on three stores was $£1,2 .l\fl\'k ?0 the cunx during the year. The increased t itemiinsicad ‘of 3 were $366, leaving the amount DRODEIHIONE) ane s profit obtained $894 s mionoe s Sexton Refutes Claims. e Lawyer Michael A. Sexton, to come the for the New Britain Taxpayers' asso-| and support ciation, today “came back’ at Mayor posed by the George A. Quigley for his remarks| taxation, made relative to profitecring indulged in Ly | ment: members of the association. Mr.| “J want to have Sexton termed the statements attri-| ested in athleti buted to the mayor as political prop- | teur athleties co aganda, issued at this time in the in-| ing tonight. 1 want to political cause, which | Daseball fan in the cify 1 he, no doubt, will plead prior to the| hold the appropriations f Sorine elseton) | diamonds. 1t is not .um: Vot Baprort amiies { pend a few thousand dolla During his conversation, Mr. Sex-! qrede of themsmmin ot ton added that while the Taxpavers ! that they 5 association is not u political organiza-! Britain * the members, despite their pol made capi aflitiations, will not support | Dr, Nicholas Quigley, for the r on that; gsovernment b believe his adn stration has alo: economical a failure. The association will' should remember its support to any strong ca purchasing pos either of the democratic o w but 50 cents’. put forth thi 3 te for mavor, Mr. on also favored a complete | of City hall and the in- | new blood into the political | New Brituin, M Sexton | sounded as 2 warning fhe proposed 30-mill tax rate favored by the ad- ministration, claiming that in the! event of its being made the ren pavers would be the suffer P. s \s to the cerning Sexton eport ‘of wtion, $1, is expected in the first distr] the second district, $253,286| Chief Items of Reduet] Chief among the cuts in department cs'unau‘s is a 'q ,000 ng. he police department suj ary payroll is cut from $11.4 ¢00 and the appropriation for new patrolmen has been in its entirety. Appropriations for a ne Attendan in urging] to the city meetis the 30 mill board of’ the follow counsel | every particul me to the ASEOCH t of the sH tieal Mayor the: been tne rer date, is For pavers a the ¢ led budgei asiociation, OLD RESIDENT Mrs. Hannah Judd ¥ 1 candid id. He houseclcaning | fusion of see pa life Away This Morning at —Was 86 Years Old. = Mrs. Hannah Judd Huptl the e Hun| mor Miss Nagid 86 veq| institution ¢ as Model. ims of ) profite o8 nins the aid: ‘in repl am - at ren 1gle ot = 4 Worn daugh] Judd. Loren ¥, Walter Ju Al was the mson 1 to take the case resident of the tion. T know whe room apariments for month, just what they rente In the meantime, 1 tredled. I ha pror the iation ren ments for $1 a whi In the be said known sih of chawgetr large &irgle ( eath. 28,000 Realty Tran hington St. Anmt Ham wloved by who mourn he another nent member of four-room aj month. that his taxe inaton dContinued on Ninth Page) 4 $2%,000.