New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1920, Page 1

%Horbort {4 ksart of a policy ‘ioyally “the - responsibilify A “shild because the News of the World By Associated Press. NEW BRITAIN HERALD | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business. ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY MARCH 11, 1920.—TEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS INVESTIGATION OF GRAIN GORP. 1S ON! Is Drive Aimed at Hoover, Sena- v tor Ashurst Says HE WANTS SENATE PROBED Suggests That Rather Than Investi- gating Public Officials Upper House £Should Be Rigidly Investigated for ilure on Treaty. March inves- tigation of the U. S. Gr ordered today by the senate. The committee of which Senator La I'ollette, republican, Wisconsin, is chairman, will into the re- Orted wheat pool “dealings, operations, speculations and manipulations if any there has been” of the corporation or its offi- sials. ‘Washninsgton, 11.—An in Corp. wa inquire as well the Ashurst Is Indignant. During the debate Senator democrat, Arizona, ch that the esolution was directed primarily at Hoover and that it was a! that is being pur- | fued to throw niud upon men who | rendered valuable services during the war. “Instead of dclals, let us and - find out aken on the am as much louse irreconcils %ynate irreconci enator Ashur arg at “y Ashurst, investigating p\l\)lh nl— iny why tr he opposed to as 1 country as nations before the not be called | screen so they would apon to discuss military traininz and public ownership of public utilities, 1s well as their failure to appropriate $250.000,000 for irrigation purposes and to a soldier land law. o Show Down Now. The time has come, “masks should be torn races.of a few people in the senate so the country ~ho is responsible. “As a friend of Senator Ashurst said, followed him 1 lare to him this: «““If you want to when from the | and out of can know he said, the . president,” “as onc who has solemnly kill your own | senate siraightens ant its crooked limbs you must take and accent . the TWO MORE CANDIDATES Malmgren in Fourth, and Karpens in Fifth Wards, Are Popular Choices for Common Council. Malmgren of Belden street become ! Emil F. s beén urged by andidate for the to ‘represent the fourth ward, and will nnounce his candidacy this week it s expected. Malmgren is an ex-ser ce man and is employed at Wilson store on West Main street. He will probably sucéeed Councilman J. H. Stadler who is to retire from the zouncil because of the stress of bus ss. He is affiliated with the r blican party. Stanley Karpinski, another exs Jee man, is to be fifth ward candidate pn the republican ticket, his friends sxpect. Karpinski was in the army pficers’ training school at the time of his discharge. He is a close s flent of city affairs and his gecv is popular. friends to common council CHIEF CRITICALLY ILL in Florida for His Nobert M. Dame, Health, May Not Survive—Wile I Jlurries South. Robert M. Dame of Camp of the chief of the local fire department, this morning received a telegram from St. Augustine Ila., stating that her husband is critically ill and for her to come at once. Mrs. Pame jeft this afternoon for the southefn city. 5 Chiéf Dame has been in failing health for several months and it was “hopes of recuperating that he took the trip south, having left several weeks ago. Although there is no de- tailed information regarding his con- dition, those who realize the scrionus- ness of his ailment do not expect that he will recover. »LIQUOR LICENSE REBATE New Haven County Refunds Total of Mrs. street wife $121,407, According to Commission- ers’ Report. Which is Filed Today. ew Haven. Marca 11.—Refunds to Bwng of money which is to be paid ack to holders of nnexpired liquor icenses were fixed by the New Haven county commissioners today Ap- proximately the refund is ven- twelfths of the payment originally made. Waterbury receives $27,040.8 DMeriden $9,129.24; Ansonia $9,200.91: rby $7.505.2 Wallingford $3.- 4.67; Seymour $1,887.85 Oxford $152.10; Beagon Falls $165.75. The .county total is $124,407, | President Wilson to settle ! held out for | it was said ity { absorb the 14 per cent, | privilege M. ! the dig SOFT COAL MINERS TO GET | 25 PER CENT. PAY INCREASE, ACCORDING TO SETTLEMENT | Majority Report of President Wilson's is Filed Today—Actual Boost Will Be 11 Per Cent. Over Existing Rates. mission MINORITY STATEMENT DEMANDS 7 HOUR DAY. March 11.—A per + wage increase for soft coal min- Washington, cent. ers is recommended in a majority port of the commission appointed by the coal re- rike. No change conditions wa in working hours or recommended. John P. White, representing the miners a higher wage increas and will submit a mino report. The wage increase proposed will | granted when | the miners returned to »\ml\ last No- | vember so that the actual inc i i 11 per cent. over present wages. i THve 1. % jority recommn: ded that ! the check off tem by which the operators collect ficm the miners’ | dues to the unions, he retained. Tt | o recommended that the question it Anti-Strike Com- of diff2rentials be refcrred to a spe- | cial commission to be appointed by the joint wage conference and to port in two yea The wage increase would not made retroactive. The commission did not ask that the powers of the fuel administration be conferred on Officials would not discuss the ma- jority report nor Mr. White's attitude but it was reported that Mr. White had sought to have the report de-; clare also for even hour { Whether the miners’ representat -oncurred in the wage increase could not be learned. The miners originally 60 per cont. increase/in wages and a 20 hour week but after conferences here with Secretary Wilson and the operators they modified their de- mands to a 45 per cent. increase, demahded a ANTI SALOON LEAGUE OFFIGIAL ASSAILED Asrzemblyman Cuvillier Calls “Moral Physical Coward.” Anderson and Albany, . March 11.—William Anderson, state superintendent of Aati-Suloon lcague, was ailed “moral, physical coward,” in the assembly today by Assemblyman P, Cuvillier, democrat of New author of a resolution provid- investigation into the ac- ties of the league. Rising on e the ion of personal illier attacked the ty in the assembly Anderson republican ma for allowing nity of It "the -re spineless,” s > in jail. I am the cham- the wet forces., This 1 deny. mpioning the dignity of this Mr. Cuvillier con- t tall and T want ever did anything country. I have m if he defense of h been in two war Assemhlyman ke weet Cuvillier requested to instruct the ser- to prevent any agent member of the Anti-Saloon icague ng inside the rail of the No action was taken by the arms or om P chamber. speak: BONDS F]XED AT $5,000 of Alleged Freight C: Fiv Thieves Remanded on This Bail, While Sixth Has to Put Up $6.000. March 11.—Charged nd entering a freight commerce at West- night, six men of igned today before Commissioner Archibald Matt- ive of them were held in bail 0 while the sixth was re- cuired to farnish $6,000. Pleas of nat "mll\ were entered and they demand- 1 before the com- which was fixed for March Providence, with breaking car in interstate erly, on Tuesday that ¢ U. 8. on. sioner, STATE SEEKING TO CONVICT ACCUSED ¥vidence in \t‘v\ Ila.\(-n Case Tends to Show Where Accused Was at Tim Car- Mrs. March 11.— Mrs. the body of Saturday, June chamber, was counsel for New Haven, rie Ells who found ther Hoperoft on 21, last, in the barn cross examined closely by the defense today, when the trial of William M. Jones, charged with thej murder. was resumed. The witness had fo tell over again many details of conditions which existed in the harn in the r of her home at the time she £ the body. the recital { of which up her examination terday Several other witnesses told of Mrs. Hoperoft's deep religious character anad excellent reputation. The apparent effort of the state in | its examination of Mrs. Ells was to | fix the time of the murder and -the moven.ents of Jones that night, the witness having told of the latter’s coming home in his automobile about midnight on June 19. The state just before recess Herman Taylor a saloonkeeper Flm street on the stand and he told | of serving Jones and two others late on the night of June 19. Jones placed his machine at the curb and | left in it. This was about closing time of the saloon. rea rund made pui in i by | thing we HOOVER TO TESTIFY IN NAVAL INQUIRY At Sims Request He is Called to | Substantiatc Statements Al- ready Made to Committee. Washington, March 11.—Herbert Hoover will be called to testify in the senate investigation of the navy's con- duct of the war. Rear Admiral Sims told the qui committee today that Hoover had an intimate knowledge of the situation in Jurope at the time America entered the war and asked that he be summoned to substantiate the admiral’s testimony with regard to the gravity of the Allies’ position at that time. “Admiral Sims said he had ceived a note from Mr. Hoover ing he would be here Saturday Chairman Hale agreed to call on that date. Admiral Sims he would like to hLave the former food administrator called before he proceeded further in order that there should be “no doubt in myJ mind that I have substantiated the part of my. letter in which I deseribed the gravity of the crisis which we faced in 1917 and pointed ‘out how near to disaster the lack of action by the department at that time brought in- Mr. § re- say- and him The a peace admiral. 10 EQUIP POLISH ARMY saw Allies indeed harely without victory” said ped the W Government Completes Ar- rangements to Get New Supply of Arms From United States. March 10, (By Associated 'he Polish army bill will be by purchase of supplies United States, it was today. A formal con- been signed between the | Warsaw and Washington govern- ments, it is stated, under which the American liquidation commission will sell to Poland such supplies from its surplus stock as Poland may re- quire. The Polish government given six years credit for chase with interest .at per NEW WIRELESS SERVICE Open Porto re-armed from the learned here tract has will be its pur- cent. Navy Department Plans to Acrial Communication With tico—For Interests of Country W new A wireless s planned congress the ashington, March 11 ervic: to Porto Rico the navy department if approves legislation authorizing use of nava] radio service for com- | mercial and press messzges, Rear Admiral Bullard, in charge of naval | communication today told the house | inerchant marine committee. Porto Rico does not know what is ! doing in this country,” declared the adnural, “and we must let them read Americs news. The island now served with foreign news. The first kuow we might have a state of unrest down there.” :Fire In Mexican Mine Causes Many Fatalities | Mexico City. March 11.—One hun- dred and thirty-six miners have not been uccounted for in the El Bordo mine at Pachuca, a mining city near Mexico City in the state of Hidalgo, where fire broke out this according to Llelephonic advices Pachuc from NAMED BY Washington, March 11.—William N. Jovce of Berkeley, Cal. s nomi- nated today by President Wilson to be a member of the federal f: loan board to succeed George W. Noiris, resigned. WILSON. e be ! | compatible | separate | fleet for ser { counci I ed { small vessel to the war | the expense of the TOBK AMERICA LONG T0 REALIZE DANGER Sims Continues Denunciation oi Navy Dept. Conduct Former Fleet Commander Testifics That This Country Did Not Really Wake Up Until Latc in 1918 When Situation Was Very Serious. Washington. tions that lihe navy held sending all able American i naval craft to European w { in the war because of a desire to keep the main body of the nation's strength iftact for possible eventuali- ties were contained in testimony committee inve conduct of the war. gram from the navy department dat- ed July 10, 1917, containing an out- line of the department’s policy and declaring that “while a successful termination of the present war always be the first Allied aim will probably result in diminished tension throughout the world. the future position of the United States must in no way be jeopardized by any disintegration of our main fighting fleet.” March department with- av; ters early sea Admira] Sims’ before senate ating the naval He read a cable- today the Keeping Fleet The same cablegram, Admiral said, contained this statement: “The navy dcpartment announces as its general plan of action the fol- lowing: “Its willingn fighting force: At Home. ms s to send in any with field of auction the Allied adm willingness as an its minor number not in- home needs to any deemed advisable by alty council; its un- a matter of policy to division from the main e abroad, although it is willing to send the entire battleship fleet abroad to act as a united hut co-operating unit when the emergen- cy is deemed to warrant i ‘With regard to this message statement of pohecy Admiral Sims said it was the “first definite state- ment of policy 1 had received, arriv- ing a few days over three months aft- er we had declared war.™ “The astounding features of this poliey wer however, that while it stated our intention to co-operatc to the fullest degree, still such co- operation was conditioned first upon —=adequate defense of our own wia- ters and next upon the future posi- tign of the United States after this r wag finished,” said the admiral. am wholly unable to conceive v war policy, particular i war of this nature, which wa fn to exhaust all of the partici- with the possiblq exception of lves, based upon \requirements v possible future war.” Awakening At Tast, message received from the navy rtment dated July 5 to the ef- that several small vessels w 2 sent o augment his forces * :§ted that they were at last begin- to realize thai there was a war z fought in Furopean waters,’” declhred Admiral Sims. July 30 Admiral Sims testified nt the navy department a review of the discussions cf the Allied naval in which he stated that *it was made apparent that closer co- ordination of effort should be imme- diately established between the Unit- States and the Allies” and reiter- ated his previous rcquesfs for more small eraft with which to fight sub- marines. en as late as January, still calling for more destrovers, Admiral Sims said, and by that time, he declared, h predictions that the Allies would lose the war unless the United States zave more complete naval co-operation were being jus fied by results and the navy depart- ment was beginning to carry out his recommendations of six and eight months before. Urges Speeding Up. On April 23, August 24 and Sep- tember 19, 191S. Admiral Sims said he wrote the department expressing his disappointment at the apparent non-suecess of the destroyer building prosram in the United State urging the necessity E up” production of craft and sending 1918, he and peeding submarine available zone even at protection of the coasts of the United States. “T am only introducinz testimony so far along in 1918 at this time to bring out the accumulated wrong of having not thrown our full w. tin- to the war at the beginning.” ad- miral said. “The situation was so serious the consequences of failure hle that I-went hevond which the navy afforded me and en- listed the services of such mien as Am- bassador Fage.” Distance Too Great. one point in his presentation, of ant ev the and At (Continued on Ninth Page) morning, | Martford, cast for. New and vicin- ity Rain tonight and prob- ably Friday: warmer tonight. pre- THOUGHT OF HOME FIRST 11.—Indica- | | discharge of so terri- | the channels | | REPUBLICANS HUSTLING IN ENDEAVOR TO STRAIGHTEN - MUDDLE IN TREATY QUARREL O. P. Leaders Intimate They Might Accept With Cer- tain Changes in the Substitute Article tion Urged By Mild Reservation Member: | | | SEN. Washington, tion Article while March 11—Senate ac- X was deferred again the leaders to bring order out of the, { sulting from yesterday" the compromise Republican {stood to have | might accept with certain changes substitute Article X urged by the mild reservation _Among the democrats the WILL RESCUE FAMILY FROM ARMY OF “REDS” on today sought tuation breakup negotiations. leaders were indicated that re- in under- they Hagry Gitlitz Leaves Nest Week to Bring Mother and Sister From Province of Minsk. One week from today Harry Gitlitz, a member of the firm of Gitlitz Broth- ers, will sail from New York city en route to Poland where he is to meet his mother and sister and will return to this city with them. The trip to the province in which they now re- side, Minsk; will take about two and a half months and the return trip will consume about the same length of time. The local man will make all possible haste in reaching his family at Minsk as the Bolshevik army has invaded that section of Poland and his mother and sister are in imminent danger at all times, he says. In order to reach Poland it will be necessary for Gitlitz to go first to Havre, next to Paris, thence to Switz- erland, themce to Austria, thence to Czecho-Slovakia and finally to Poland in which state the province of Minsk is located. He found considerable dif- ficulty in securing the papers neces- sary to allow him to leave the country, traverse the several states of Europe and finally return with the two members of his family. Affidavits and requests for passports passed through the hands of five consuls before Git- litz was notified that he might sail. He will leave New Britain next Tuesday morning and on Thursday the ship is scheduled to leave New York for Havre. WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Miss Anna Harrington Succumbs to Attack of Heart Failure—Had At- tended Lenten Service. Anna Harrington, aged . a domestic at the Hotel Bron- , died suddenly last night at the of heart failure. She had at- tended Lenten services at Mary's church earlier in the evening and at the close she paid a visit to the home of her brather, Patrick Harrington, of 41 Clark street. She appeared to be in her usual health when she arrived at the Hotel Bronson shortly after 10 o’clock. A short time later she wa seized with a violent attack and be- fore medical aid could be summaoned she cxpired. Medical Examiner Lyon gave the cause as heart failure. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Mary's church. REORGANIZE ORCHESTRA mphony Will Be Recruited Re- Boston Up to Full Strength at Once, gardless of Strikers. Boston, March 11.—The Boston Symphony orchestra. depleted by a strike of one-third of its playvers. will be recruited to full strensth within a day or two, according fo w-statement by the management today. The men struck first on Suturday hecause of {1 Concert Mas i nd again yesterday because thei < withheld pending disciplinary ac They are forming an independ- ent orchestra, with Fradkin as lead- cr, for a tour of New England. The strikers will be given until to- morrow to return, after which their places will be filled. it is said. For- mer members of the orchestra, some of whom have alreadv volunteered. will first be called upon W tion. OPPOSED TO STRIKE. London. March 11.—The - special trades union congi es today by an overwhelming majo voted to re- sort to constitational means instead of direct action involving a strike of the miners, to bring about nationalization AM. HDW. ANNUAL MEETING. innual meeting of the s s and directors of the Americ: Hardware corporation will be held to- morrow afternoon. nr RATIONS. Paris. 31 is understood that the government will shortly in- { troduce a measure for the resumptio: of diplomatic relations with the Vati- can. S TO HITCHCOCK FAILS TO (‘ET ACTION TODAY. 'HITCHCOCK BOOST CHALLENGES BRY Will Meet His Opposition i B Precmct in Nebraska v JENNINGS HNS GRIEN Opposes X Reseva- Democratic Senate L Decause He Voted Against Gi promise advocates continued actively at work, some of them claiming they | could muster 30 or more votes for the substitute. Fighting to tion forces in line Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, democratic leader, was understood to have suggested that an effort be made to get action in the senate today but the democratic and republican reservationists obtained a delay while they continued their ne- "o(l;l_llol\\‘, NOX’ an agreement. MADOD TAXING PLAN REMAINS UNAPPROVED | | moones | that if Nebrasi | Senator Hitcheoc an alternate del tion to vote in hi { said JMr. Bryan had “spent | preaching ir favor of i 1ctio; now he asked the people of Ne { Ka to elect him as delegate and ruct him, and then serves notic them in advance that instruc given him will not be bindinz." “He has always taken the pos that the ruics that govern men’d tions do not apply to him,” JMr. en added. Among reasons by Mr. Bryar his opposition to Senator Hitel was that the senator had against submission of the fei prohibition and suffrage amendn HELD FOR SLAYING Senator Nelson’s Son-in-Law State Votc On Prohibition and frage. Lincoln, Bryan's Neb., recent March 1].—Ww] statement tha, delegate to the demod) convention ha would | vote for the presidential nominatiol U. S. Senator Hitchcock, has hee: plied to by J. H, Mithen, managd a Hitchcock-for-President club, a statement that Senator Hitchel friends welcome the issue, and meet Bryan braska.” hold the administra- i elected a national in every precinet in Replics to Bryan. instrue he woull ate in the place, M Sec. Houston Thinks Euro- pean Method Should Not Be Adopted. con Mi ‘Washington, March 11.—The treas- ury department has not approved for- mer Secretary McAdoo's plan of re- ducihg taxes by means of additional Dbond issues, Secretary Houston today told the house ways and means com- mittee in reply to a question by Rep- resentative Frear, republican, Wis consin. European countries made mistakes when they endeavored to meet war expenditures by constant credit de- vices, he said. “They haven't balanced budgets by increased taxes,” he said. “To adopt such a policy in this country would put us in a position similar to the Buropéan countries. Government ob- ligations can be issued until they are not worth the paper on which they are printed.” Immediate decrease in taxes is im- possible, the secretary told the com- mittee in answer to a question by Chairman Fordney. He added that in view of the economies by congress the financial situation could be succ fully handled this year under existin; tax laws. “If we issue further carry all securities lower market values,” he continued “How great a depression would re- sult?” asked Representative Garner, democrat, Texas. “Tt might force the best security as low as 90 and the others down to 80, the secretary replied. NAMED BY GOVERNOR Six Conmecticut People to Represent This in After Fatal Quarrel With F in Alexandria, Minn, ‘Alexandria, Minn,, Mfl.‘ch Gustaf Nelson, son-in-law of Ul States Senator Nelson, is in jail today pending an inquest to fi responsibility for the death of Jd Middleton, a farmer, who was late yesterday during a quarrel Nelson. The 'latter declared tha shooting jvas an accident. Nelson' is said to have son the farm of Theodore Jackson, whom he had had a dispute rega cattle. Middleton lived with Jacl According to the authorities, who was carrying his shotgun, intercepted near the Jackson hom |Midtfle|on and an arsument en bonds it will in their Nelson declared that Middl wrested the gun from him and it open, releasing the safety It was discharged while they struggling for its possession, Ni declared. Nelson, ried Mis GERMANS GIVE VERSIO ory Abont Attack on French En State at Amecricanization Meeting to be Held in Washington, Lo e gt d Ida Nelson old, Hartford, March 11.—In response vear. to a telegram received from Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the in- terior, Gavernor Holcomb has appoint- ed the following to represent this state at a conference to be held in Washington to take action to promote sound Americanism, intelligent and effective democracy and unity and good will, Richard M. Bissell and { William H. Putnam of Hartford, Pub- Jic Utilities Commissioner Joseph M. Alsop of Avon, Justice George W. Wheeler of the Connecticut supreme court, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of t city and Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees of Greenwich. WAS WEALTHY ONCE Alleged Russian Says They Were Poaching on H ing Preserves—This is Denied. Paris, March 11, (Havas.)—A the attack on March § eight men believed to hc iember sion of a French military at Wernitz, n by the semi-official Berlin says guards poachis na fired mons to halt, accord from the German capit | men fired at the | versian asserts The French -ontradicting incident. party es these aviation ccmm publi: burea the Potsdam. Wolfr caught hot a * 1o 2 disp) The Fre the bu o Radical Had 500 suar tubles Originally Worth 51 Cents en who w this declare only rried huntir fled without firing v ran in another diiec four surrenderir Vo were fir them, they assert, ! after one of the fieeing men feli tally wounded. attac| tion two pieee Fach. Now Worth Half Cent, deseri of of Hartford, March 11 o the all R here f searched today Russian rubles pockets. e had evidentl them a long time. { change value w: Tnited State: 1 a cent. book show! moncy When one of men 3 two others federal agent s ies were found by carried The original ex- each, about | 1 a bank 00 and | NAVAL PROBL IS CONTINUL R | naval court o 10 GLEAN UP CHICRGD ~ | surscs st = o used vieiou here principal or | thom, editor {nal, who { the local Vvestigation 1 NEWPORT | | crime recony l'nluu:nlx‘rl\l. Chief Garrity Prom- wit ises to Do It in Six Months oft 1t Quit His Position. Chicago. rol of the into the chief of would months 1 night m the some restrictions. All policemen may be ordered into civilian clothes the chie dicretion under the law. March 11.—Entire con- | police department passed | hands of John J. Garrity, police and he announced h rid Chica of crime in or resign. The city cou P ordinance <h term cumt IS BLAMED. o id at the Eari Curzon explaining negotiations day. . - Conly peace ¥ { leras) hous at new