New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1920, Page 1

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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS 1.5 WON'T CHANGE | VIEW O ADRIATIC Wilson Has Reply Frim Allies But Stands Firm on Jugo -Slavia SENATE IS IN CONTROYERS pper House Takes Up Matter for | and Senatc First Time Kellogg Criticizes President's Course—TFocs of Treaty Join Attack. 2 Washington, Feb. 2. the British and French President Wilson on guestion was read today ddent and he is expected weply eariy next week Principle Is Unchanged. i Officials were not disposed to &usfi the latest note from London, but was said that the withdrawal of | the agreement of December $ pend-| ing an attempt by Italy and Jugo- Slavia to reach a satisfactory a ment among themselves as proposad by the premiers could have little ef- fect on the ultimate outcome of negotiations. The principle enun- ciated in that agreement will remain it was explained, and tbe. will contin to adhere to its original position tt the settlement to which Jugo-Slavia objected not to be forced upsn that country. Wilson’s Course The president’s cour ntie matter was criticized foday Fyfcoate during the first debate upon the subject. Senator Kellogg, repub- | * lican, of Minnesota. one of the mild Teservation republicans, who has been working for ratificntion of the treaty, took the lead in the atlack and he| was joined by the treaty's irrecon- | cilable foes. Sento- Kellogg eaid withouy justification kad “undertaken to dictate ab. teiy” an Adriatic set- ded that the develop iscouraging” to friends of aty. nator did not know he sheuld not defend ~The repl premier: the Ad hy the pres to send his | Ais- ree- o the Assailed, e in the Adii-| in the | the president | | ment <ha peace The se My position is that it is none of | our business,” he continued. “I do not | believe the president is justified in at- ' tempting to dictate an adiustment. If Wo are goingto stafo in that way be- fore we haye any treaty at ali.what. ae we going to get into unless we | dequate reservation of ar- afier the treaty is ratified.” Hitchcock in Reply. Replying to Senator Kelloge, Sen- ator Hitcheoek of Nebraska, the dem- Ma-atic leader, declared that the peace Areaty prov g” for a plebiscite in th ar valley at the end of 15 years, had preserved the principle of self defsrminafion for the people of that valley. Senctor Hitchcock added tacks on the president for faf @arry out all of his proposa gel! determinaticn came with . poor co from republican semators who “had tried to discredit him during the megotiations. yhave an ticle X l that at-) { 10, ARREST VIOLATORS Roper Serves Notice That State laws | on Booze Will N8 Protect Individ- | ‘Washington, Feb. 28.—All persons found violating the federal prohibition ! lenforcement act will be proceeded | against to the “limit of the law,” irre- | spective of any state statutes legali ing the sale of liquors, it was an- nounced today by Commissioner Ro- per of the imternal revenue bureau. Mr. Roper's ruling resulted from | the bill now pending before the New Jersey legislature lggalizing the salo | and manufacture of beer containing | 31-2 per cent. alcahol. “The bureau of internal revenue is | , charged with the enforcement of tie “ national prohibition act.” he said. “Tt definitely prohibits the manufacture | and sale for beverage purposes of all ! liquors containing half of one per cent. or more of alcohol by volume. | This being the case the manufacture \ and sale of 3 1-2 per cent. beer which | i» permitted by the bill in the New Jersey legisiature, is direct vioia- | tion of the federal statute. All per- | w sons, therefo who are found guilty M of this violation of the federal statute Wwill be proceeded apainst to the limit of the law."” 70 ENLARGE BANK Trast | Commercial Company Wil % Make Fur to Accomamodate Bookkeepin The directors Trust compa changes in 1he ! of the building located, and will # the upper iloor of bookkeeping dapa ed in the upwtai be remodeled. D. chitect and John building contract. The change ir: plans i iho result of the rapid increase In businoss during the year 1919, when tho bunk increas- ed its resources more thun 60 per cent, The company now employs 23 tier Changes Building Dept. | made alt scveral ration ank part of ling. o il be locat- which wiii v i the ar- Daownes hes the d ie | e ove ie bui tak L s I | tons of ! factories Iy | Industry | fuel shortages and others L in { the ! Engl | stifle | roads, ! snow fell | were cancelled yesterday { branch ! the lack of freight cars. | the road said that thousands of cars, | nent in town al WEATHER HOLDS UP FACTORY SHIPMENT Hartforll Concerns Have Hundreds of Trhousands of Dollars’ Worth of Stock Waiting. Hartford, Feb. 28 —Thousands of finished products of Hartford grregating hundreds of of dollars in value are being held up fram shipment because of transportation difficult was ihe statement mude today Omne concern says 7 production is thus affected. ihe big typewriter companie their figure at 75 per cent. In some cases the situation actual- iy c es a shortage of v, said Thomas Kelly, mans Manufzeturers’ i ford county. Mr. bargocs were in effect conditions due to weather were large- espc It was said today thousands per cent. of its One of put. Kelly th E had been sent ilroad company in digging out. AILROADS APPEAL TO FACTORIES FOR HELP: Faces Shutdown Unless Cars Can Be Dug Out of Snow Drifts. es- divert 28.—Industrial ked to employes today Boston, Feb. tablishments were the energics of thei o digging out railroad yards and junction points in New England Where thousands of cars have been stalled by recent snow storms. E: perts ton transportation who .con- ferred here said the situation w: the worst in history. Many plants have had to shut down because of will be ! next week un- The ques- fcrced to close early less traffic is improved. tion of food supplies some sections. TFreight houses on the Boston and ine railroad were closed here to- {day and the employes were sent out to help the track-clearing crews. It was announced that only perishable materials, foodstuffs be handled by the road. President John R. Macomber of the Boston | Chamber of Commerge after & con- ference with railroad, officials sent out a call for the ihdustries nearest congested lines of the railroads to furnigh 3.050 men to supplement the raflroad workers. President Macomber ‘said that New nd faced conditions which un- quickly remedied threatened to jts industrial life. The rail- he said. could clear the main tracks, if assistance could be le. line and these, with | at hundreds of | | i i brought forward | | new is also serious | further | ferring and fuel would | 1 | fore, { the emperor i obtained in the freight yards and at | ts. the clear the junction p Notwithstandi; in northern New England. ! the 'railroads have had Aiffigultics which increased hourly. No attempt has been made to maintain schedules {on the Boston & Maine where drift- | again | ing smow %as blocked after they were cleared. lines Many trains and many lines in the rural districts were suspended. The New Haven road, taining a nearly schedule has been regular handicapped by Officials of filled and empty, were stalléd on the sidings and at the junctions and that they had been able only | the main lines clear. | Business Men Attend Meriden Convention ; Griffin, Meriden. Feb. 28.-—About 150 mem- bers of the Connecticut Business Men's association are attending the annual convention and prize contests in typewriting and shorthand at the | | local | at the Winthrop hotel addresses were High school today. At dinner by Mayor Daniel and Probate Judge D. T. lowed by technical talks. George Cook Veteran J. Donovan while main- | passenger | to keep | weather | { since Wednesday when five inches of ' | { { Z. Poli. O’Brien, fol- | { 1 | | has been | and Mrs. William K. Henry of | Lincoln streect. | South church. JAPANESE DIET I3 ORDERED DISSOLVED Troubles Over Extension of Fran- chise Cause Drastic Action {MUST HAVE NEW ELECTION: Constitution Provides for Election Within Five Months—Present Par- liament About Two and One-half Years Old. The As- Diet Washington, sociated Pres: Feb. (By ).—The Japanese dissolved by imperial de= cree as a result of a profound dif- ference of opinion between the cab- inet and the majority parties in the Diet regarding the extension of the franchise. This action was taken hy the em- peror last Thursday at the request of Premier Hara. according to cable ad- vices received here today from Tokio. 1t followed the recent violent scen in parliament over the suffrage (ues- tion. New Election Necessary. T'nder the constitution a new elec- tion must be held within five months. The parliament just dissolved is now about two and a half years old. There were few sessions durinz the war and when the present parliament convened on Christmas Day, it was practically for its first busines sion. One of the first m related to the tension of the franchise. About vears ago the government had con- sented to the passage of legislation which extended the right of the people of Japan to vote to those whose direct tax exceeded three ven. This while excluding the entire bodv of labor, i farm laborers and mechanics, w 1eally a considerable enlargement of the old and very restricted suffrage lists. The government desired to test the law by the election of a Diet be- fore consenting to any meastre of extension. But the power- ful opposition party—the Ken Sei Kai made an issue of a measure con- universal suffrage upon all males in Japan. No Text Vote Taken. The government found that measure had about received the sup- port of another powerful party in the Diet—the Ko-Kuminto,—which had- heretofore supported the govern- ment in most of its measures. There- without awaiting a test vote might have amounted to an of a lack of confidence in the premier applied to for a writ of dissolution, which cxpression the cabinet. i which was granted. ABBOTT-HENRY NUPTIALS Lincoln Street Young Woman comes Bride of Derby Man at Quiet Ceremony in Bride's Home. Helene Henry Abbott of morning parents, The wedding of Mis and Frederick Franklin Derby, took place this the home of the bride's M 160 The wedding was a quiet affair and was attended only by the immediate relatives of the couple, The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill, pastor of the The couple was un- tended. After their honeymoon Mr. Mrs. Abbott will reside in Derby. and 1 Bridgepo'rt Man I;;.id As Shore Home Thief Feb. 28.—William H. who, in written statement, gave his home as Bridgeport, wr arrested in Woodmont today, and charged with having broken into Villa Rosa, the seaside home of Sylvester A suit case containing $500 worth of articles belonging to mem- bers of Mr. Poli's family was found in his possession. He is locked up in Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Poli are at Palm Beach. New Haven, a Politican, Is Dead | Flre—Bug Suspect May Torringtan, Feb. Cook. who for many 7("90’&’& E. ears was promi- rs in Harwinton and Torrington died today after a tracted illness of heart disease. | Cook was 77 vears old, a native of Harwinton. His ancestors came to Connecticut in 1630. He represented M 1 Harwinton in the legislature of 1879. j Pay Increases or Move, Landlord’s Ultimatum icage. TFeb, Y membe of the Lakeview Praperty Owners and .vnvxm ment agsociation who met last decided to ‘“let tenants will not pay high. met by a counter sirike. Forty ten- 28, —F1 tenants’ anis agread the vents and . not move. ained an attornoy. e They re- | Three Children Burned To Death in New York Now York, Feb, %8—Three dren, Joxaph, Benjamin and Josaphine Magerio Wore burned to death todny in a firo which partly destroyed their home nt Old Bonth raad and Center- wile avenue in Queens. would not pay higher | chil- | pro- ¢ { of Cornell universicy | & meeting of ikc board of trusteos to- | The board Prove to Be Lunatic New Haven, Feb. 28.—Unable to clearly identify James G. Dursheim- er, arrested in Ansonia on suspicion of being New Haven's ‘‘firebug’” the police department today had him held until Tuesday in $1,000 bail on a technical charge of idleness. His mental condition is such that he may require medical examination. President of Cornell University Resigns Ithaca, N. Y. @bL. 28.—President Jacob Schurman’s resignation as head was accepted at day to take effect June 23. granted him leave of absence to visit Japan as the guest of the Japanese government. FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED, Washington, Feb, 48,-—Walelle V, Collior of Ralt Lake (Ulty wus nominaf. 0d today for customs collector at Balf Lake, Bo far es known hers (his s the first mppointment of & woman to nich place. the | Be- | STEEL CORPORATION | WILL HELP EMPLOYES AMERICAN SLAINE - BANDITS IN MEX Former U. S. Gonsu 88 0ld, Vietim of Armed Atts OTHER PR’SONER IS Barry WPMAHON DECLARES 1™ o iorsnay OUIGLEY IS BEATEN | Has Plans Kor Erccting Homes For Mass. Congressman Upholds Woman's | Workers On Cost and Rights in Arguing For Citizen- Payment Basis, ship Bill Chang: New York - F Steel Corp. The U, completed plans for (Also Tnsists “We” Must Clean Hxv‘.e.rerliolri f)f‘ h‘nm (n| i}s u“n-' 0“[ Gity Hall i e { SEES VICTORY FOR 25 MILLS | of its sub anizations model for housing program at plant, it was learncd here today. e The proposed homes included wood, stone and stucco str tures. prices ranging from $ 000 X These will be sold work ten per cent. down and the 1 installments extending over a ten year pericd. Outright pur- | <hase or pavment of larger install- | ments wili be aliowed. .Absolute title to the property will go to the worker on his final payment, Final details of the plan made public in abcut a we they are received in the throushout the country. Washi ime to that the husband, publican, migraticn comm ing enactoient American women and remaining in retain their citi adopt of th Mr. herts did not prot | tle hwi intere cit little live. 28.—1It the atte is high ide the e i t wife R M v from the presentative ss. told ola ) of is ch: of : under th n | Is Glad Matter Will Be Decided At Hogarty, Kidnapped by M with Polls For n e Bandits on Fels it Will Give Everybody a | a w adding claved s 1thy th { i Chanve—Defies Anybody to Show | Released and Has Arrived in Where Budget is Wrong., not Home—TUnited States Fmbassy it hink to = “to women shing Morrill, ' Manzanillo, Mexican the S0 n. i Am meet- either po; h the to who mill With decision of the city ing to let the voters decide for 5 or mill tax rate at the on March 9, the question that been agitating the citizens for i past two wec ow seci led or Qu advocated ihe necessary tr with nothing meetin: the voluble and head of the Taxy P. 8. McMahon toud tement declares (hat the yor \ministration has been and the Taxpayers will co anpaign for 23 mills, Shouts McMahon. shot up sked in ope \ug will be | 2 3 and when * plant { wo - anzs the att hacieng om (g in to America Niorrill was done | wom: the same Mr the endorsed | sen i has i-silenc sty While n that Id mau on 1o the DEATH OF JAMES SHERIDEN tax woi to r: keep he night's ever, with i b rent sociation. out with { which he and This whipped tinue their Victory. “The m: flag when h= nieeting that he hoped it be made into a political said P. S. McMation in last nights, city meeting. “What he think we were there for, a pri er meetin® or strawherry He had Leen ‘hollerin® for d rent profiteerirg, and about how administration was not o> blame high t He was crving for 11 boys to come wn a 39 mill trx rate showdown ha quit | mornin We can’t tight man who ad- he is down. Consequentty it | not possible to bring out many | ting facts whout the adminis- | its inefficiency and the in-; H competent and extravagant commis- 14 sioners serving with it.” usual, “The mavor wouldn’t show fight,” )" (oo (o : A i '\ rially with train and P. S continued and when he waved pusin 3 7 = that old white banner he admitted he | oo M8 Patrons much his noon the cold the weather was licked perature if needed to Not Icon, whet miles hiner and improve- regarding so. how- ounds. United hat rey tional ths decided vers' come totay in § m Stanley Street Man Had Been 1 Two States Am Des 1n THERMOMETER DRGPS 10 FAR BELOW Z£70 6, 8 and 14 Below Reported In City—20 Below In Colebrook. < | “cminently Months—Was At Vulean Irom has o Sl o v has b Works 39 Years. James tanl 6 o'clock illness of Sheriden, 63 v street. died y after this morning following an exactly two months' d tion. Ie was one of th of the older residents of the cit was a veteran employe at the Vul Jron Works where he was a foreman. Fle had worked continuously at this factory for over ears. Mr. Sheriden born and came Lere in 1880. ried in Brooklyn besides his wife, Thomas, James hit. the not i ing would zatherir discussing did | zanillo, | made Augus in i Ireland leaves and James Edward Sheriden of this city, Mrs. W. T. zan of Wethersfield, Mrs. Leon Wolfe of this city and Richard Sher- iden, so of this city. Three grand- children, three brothers and iwo ters in Ireland also snrvive. Another son, Philip, died on Christms For more than 30 year She idea w! member of Daly Council, Knights of Columbus, and was one of its oldest members in point of years of membership. He was also a mem- ber of Hobart Camp., Modern Waod- men of the World. and a member of St. Jo. parish. The 1 will consular serviee in t T Hogarty Is cold tain s the and in grip of ilogar was rry ican oP February 2 and’w depar] Amd su Metal > L anothe wave sy = who repo Yot when o wav ear th i s1 nd eight degrees below t t - He cold. zero were from mits a reported various tions of the cit hile resident The R one was ad Linc consni tendent POPULATION FIGURES on oln strect called at on American up Mz 1ld office to announce that it degrees below zero out theve. = the weather interfered mate electr inconvenienc had - sub: prediction is and snow. and tein- ed ing | Lima. | creas Clean Out City Hall. ow .1 Per head of the Taxpave again reiterated his to put the city on & sound bus- nsted, Feb. basis “we must clean out that | was in sight in City hkall.” He asked for a{the Central thorougn housecleaning and an en- | fwo ensines tively new ndniistatio. v Asked to what t the streneth of the administration’s followers .t the mecting, P. S. d clared, “We had them beat three one and a mill tax rate would have gone through fiving had the | question Leen put to a vote last night | instead of laving it over until March | 9 when it will go before the voter ihe polls. However, we were in fa or of the latter plan as it will pgive everyone chance to examine and isider carefully our budzet. We will put the 30 mili idea into its grav a landsiide at the voting place! Will Stick By Budget. “T would like to have question in your pape the Herald., “After would like to know LeWitt got that education about so much. [ would su g0 to the Old Town school {27 We will declared, refurnir question. “and show where woe dispute our claim rate wiil bring to run the city ve funera] be held Monday at 9 a. m. from St. Joseph's church Interment will be h, St. Alary’s cem- ctery. LINER ST. PALLIS AGAIN IN SERVICE The ciation that 1880~ . > Over Fi claim . es of 1910 C —Other Cities Recorded. -—Not much for this se ngland snow plow naan and W throw At Norfolk which have Tuesday nig heat was not kept c The 10 passengers got to Winsted vesterday vehicles or are staying houses in the town until Proceed. A r ef tr and coal left for Norfoli, } snow is four to at the immit, it pected this train would "before night. A train of the Canaan at get through o'clock relicf tion o today New with between ‘ Canaan and the wise of the t: lmmuotue stalled since an low, Washington tistics for 28.—Papu nuounced by included of 10,7 wo dera nsus 1 ed « p ks, inc over 1 41,306, an ent. e 1910, an ineré as © thov = been As coal in the either motor priva they « 100 men ut as the p for )0 was not ex- through to Starts on PFirst Trip Since She Over- » ht. an incre: ouncement Lima, 0., Paduc Pa., for 1929, wa tistics of the enumeratid turned—Was Refloated Last to P populat oi Hazelton second teenth which beg Of the citie: zelton showed 13th by n September in Feb. 28.—The American n Paul,- which turned here Aprin 25, 1918, of the United ails today for and Southamp- the acci- New York, line steamer St. ocer at her pier while in the service States as a transpor Plymouth, Cherbourg ton on her first trip since dent occurred. The position of the ship after she turned over, cramped in between two concrete piers, made the work of raising her a difficult task, and she was not refloated until | ptember of that year. The vessel has been completely re- stored, and she sails under her fo mer commander, Captain Artht Mills, with more than 600 passenger: Among those booking passage on the | St. Paul is Dr. Kusebio Avala, Para- guayan minister to France. | The third direct sailing of { American passenger ship to Germany also takes place today when the liner Mongolia leaves for Hamburg with 1150 first and 1,000 third class passen- gens in addition to mails and cargo. THE HORSE CAME BACK Thinking Animal Dead, any d today feet the largest by oy the ‘o1 1900 st 5 10.4 per cn| in thd on New division s WhIGh iatE | e 0a | cen It did not | o untiie e 2 sus thei 111.6; Pad BARDO ELECTED PRESID N Ber} n put this said to night T George brags that and ti hire Ha road o'clock last nig 1o Pittstie this morning Shetlicld and Leno: A from Hartro | two engines and one rived IS 10: the >u he last where he s us, becau M 1 coach ai n train Centr om Hartford in 1 snow train ade whie up of our budget,” he to the tax rate defy anyone to in error and to 25 mill tax revenue ient duaring the stick by o 5 2ue tures ran below 15 - General Manazer of Haven nd a w prot an below Chosen As Chicf Osticial of € New Ei to the more 2, farm. so time this rh aracter- ed the back any 2X—1In- through t Boston and Maine rail degrees z0 . d tense « schedulo: and ¥ day. s reported e River Junc and a Boston you nized old bhoy,” v utter interview. COOLIDGE WINS APPEAL Askis ain tiie o and Xteen from Washinzt and 29 v o ion, iy hours ton Y five ai while M 1 anariers Ip i Drags six Sleigh Two Miles, When Old Dob- Massachusctts Governor Wilson and . ntreas! w bin Reappears All O, K. to Co-operate in Alleviating Fuel he Re - ipleted ¥in WLLSON HAS R R Bl HA‘ LORA‘( DIES | rcporce rrom wae Meriden, Feb. 25.—His horse drop- ped dead, he thought, when Angelo Carazelo, caretaker of this city’s res- ervoir in Cheshire, was driving on the Oregon road this morning. He un- hitched the animal, threw a blsnket over the carcass and drew the sleigh himeself two miles to the barn. TWhile telephoning to have the dead horse re- moved he saw dobbin come into the yvard and wait at the barn door to get in. 2 Shortage in New England States. reor Governor Cool- t sident Wilson to shortage in N :al and that the serious condition | coal exports 1s N i Boston. Feb. idge telegraphes day that the fuel England is me distviet will be if federai control over permitted to laps The said “Fuel rtage in Massachusetts ! 3 e ) L i and New England Is more critical | T romient Local Woman Fatls than was stated in the telegram of the | New England governors of Februar: 15 due to the e rail- roads to operate throuch the snow Many ships are walting to take ecoal at tidewater ng to New Enslar It would be a great misfo there should be any interval after to- day when there was no contral over tha export of soft coal. ch con- trol v permitted to aw Eng- land would be in a m lous con- ditton.” Summit. Conn MRS. 4. R in a : Say. s = Chief Excontive is Expected 14 Measure This \fternoon. tim to Paucumonia At Noon Today W Wilson him to ftern ing | Miss Carroll Leaves Health Board Today | Miss Sara Carroll, who has been in charge of the tuberculosis department of the local health board for about 10 years, will leave that department today. Her reeignatlon has decome effect!ve and she wiil start shortly on her new duties wilth the tuberculosis department of the New Haven board. No successor hus been chosen as yet. Following Influcnza. Mrs. Mary 2 R. Halloran Washington. clock | sout en home with influen:: | week. = Her ma leaves | ort He Briw t sor Meriden Anxious to Entertain De Valera, A veao osentation at the | 11t nsking sresident of i to comao and address " | i WEATHER. o Haritord, Fob, 2 Porecast for Now Dritajn and yicinity Probably suow late tonight and Bunday; rising temperagure, . | Meridea, et ion has been proparod ¥ clty council Monday thet Jdmund De Valers the Triah ublie, be inv here for n reception the guast the city 4 Pfll‘ym:h\ at the New | Mr he Cirel | ¢ obtair scapis i exp momber of Isabelia tors of Isabella. re: 16 vl.xu.fl 1. n of s on