New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1920, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press. N R & T NEW BRITAIN HERALD Herald “Ads” Mea| Better Business. £57 v T ESTABLISHED 1870, NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920. —TEN PAGES PRICE THREE CEN GERMAN GOVT. OVERTHROWN IN NEW REVOLT VON KAPP BECOMES CHANCELLOR; RETURNED JUDGE COATS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND EMINENT LAWYER, DIES TODAY Was Direct Descendant of John and Priscilla Alden of Old Plymouth Coleny. BAR ASSOCIATION WILL TAKE ACTION Judge John Coats passed away early this morning at his home at 41 Vine street, following an illness of severa! months duration. The passing of Judge Coats is felt deeply by his many local friends and by his bar as- sociates throughout the state. Al- thouzh nearly 78 years of age Judge Coats, up to the time that his sick- ness became critical, was active in legal affairs in the city and state and held the position of referee in the court of common pleas. Judge Coats was also judge of probate for years. Descendant of Pilgrims He was born May 9, 1842 in North Stonington, Conn., and in both pa- i NATCHEZ WOMAN DIES AT RIPE AGE OF 118 YEARS; GREAT GRANDCHILD IS 50 e Natchez, Miss,, Lydia Robinson, a negress, 118 ycars old, died last night. One of her great grandchildren is 50 years old. March 13.— 'EDWARDS TO WITHDRAW six ternal and maternal lines is descended - from pioneer settlers bf that town. His mother was Anna Gray, daugh- ter of Edward and, Elizabeth (Pea- body) Gray of the same locality, the old homesteads of the Coats, Grays * and Peabodys being adjacent prop- erties. Through Elizabeth Peabody he can trace his ancestry to John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, of May- flower fame, upon whose ' romantic history Longfellow based his poem, “The Courtship of Miles Standish.” Of Military Famil His father, Ansel Coats, was a mer- chant 'in Neorth Stonington, and later engaged in manufacturing in Great Barrington, Mass. He was _captain in militia and during the war ©of 1812 participated in the defense of Stonington. John Coats, whose death is now mourned by the city was the youngest member of the family. Was Yale Graduate. John Coats received his early Conn., Hon. education in the common and private schools of North Stonington, and at _the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, he completed a college pre- paratory course. He entered Yale college and was graduated from that university A. B. in 1868, receiving his A. M. in 1871. ' For a year he taught school at the Connecitcut Literary In- stitute, then read law in Hartford and at the Columbia college, where - he graduated LL.B. in 1871 and was admitted to the Hartford bar in l"xe same year. High School Principal In 1871, the year of the great fire in Chicago, Judge Coats was located in that (city. ticut in 1872 to become principal of the Hazardville High school, a posi- (yuon he .relinquished after about a ;year, to become vice principal and 1utructor in Latin at the Suffleld o chool. Here he remained until 1877 vhen he entered upon his duties as principal of the High school at "Windsor Locks. In the same year he endered his resignation to the board ,of education and took up his law k fpractice in that city. Four years ‘ater he removed his office to New Britain, where he built up a lucra- dve practice in a short time. Fought in Civil War. The deceased was & member of rompany G, 22nd Connecticut Volun- teer Infantry and was honorably dis- charged in June, 1963, after nine ,months’ service. He became iden- tified with Stanley Post, G. A. R., and was prominent in the activities of that sbranch of the organization. His other fraternal affiliations were many and he was very active in these lines. Religious works occupied a consider- able portion of the late judge's time. He was a member of the Windsor Locks board of education for three years and was representative for "y Windsor Locks in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1%84, serving on the judiciary committee. Active in City Affairs For several terms he was in the common council and served one term as assistant judge of the city and police court. In 1895 he was ap-; pointed judge of the probate court. ¢» He was also town atior married June 2, 1871 to Jos Walker, daughter of Rev. William C. Walker of Hartford. The couple had no children. Fraternal Affiliations. Fraternally Judge Coats ated with Harmony qMasons and Gidd.ngs and Select Masons. ber of the Baptist church and the position of deacon for many years. He was at one time one of the officials of the Stanley Post, G. A. R. and also a member of the Bar as- sociation. Has But Few Relatives Judge Coats h but few , living atives, a nephew, George Coats of North Stonington, and Arthur Wall o affii- held (Continued on Third Page) He returned to Connec- ' { o'clock " ions found him dead, i reporting the NAME FROM PRIMARIES ‘Wants National Convention Made Up of Unpledged Democrats. Trenton, N. J., March 13.—Gover nor Edwards who asked that h name be'left off the presidential primary ballots in Illinois, announced today’that he had sent similar ro- quests to his supporters in other states. The - governor set forth his rea- sons for not wishing his name placed on the primary ballots in a letter to Ira L. Sawin, an Indiana suoport- er, which he made publie here. “It is my opinion, wrote, “that the national tonvention shouid be made up of unpledged democrats who will be left free to choose as their standard bearer that mar who most fittingly represents the principles for which the party stands. When I say the principles for which the party stands I mean nccessarily those things which are best for the nation. Nomination for the ofiice of president which no one can decline, should not he made dependent upon personal equation but rather upon convictions of and the principles for which the candidate stands. “There are certain questions upon which I have pronounced and de- ed views and I shail do all that I in- ¢ can to induce the convention to corporate in the platform of the party declarations on those subjects. As you weil know onc of them is the eighteenth amendment to the fed- eral constitution. It is my mature judgment that I should not allow my name to be submitted to the people in any primary for the reason stated. Furthermore, wherever I have been placed’ in nomination it is my pur- pose to Tequest that the nomin: petitions be withdrawn.” FRANCE WON'T PROTEST President litarism. Official Notice of ‘Wilson’s Charges of M Parls, March 13.—The French government has not sent and will not send any instructions to Ambas- sador Jusserand in Washington re- garding President Wilson’s charge of militarism. against France, it aid at the foreign office this morn- ing. A report received from ambassador stated that on hi initiative he calied upon Under Sec- retary of State Polk, and told him of the surprise and emotion caused in France by the president’s letter. The ambassador added that he had made no representations. Conductor Walks Off Car in Fog, Is Killed March 13.—Paul Cro- nan, conductor of the local switch- ing crew of the New Haven road, waiked off a car in the dense fog at the Lane quarries siding about four this morning. His compan- having been run over by his own train. He was 356 years old and came here from Springfield, Ohio. Meriden, FRANCS REMAIN FIRM. Ncw York, March 18.—The foreign exchange market today reflceted only in minor degrec advices from abroad overdrow of the G man government. Demand sterling veacted 11-1 cents to $3.68 but francs were firm at the rate of 13 for the American Gollar. The Ger- man mark was nominclly quoted at 1.20 to 1.25 cents against yesterday's closing pries of 1.39 cents. AMERICAN RELFASED. ashingten, March 18.——Mexican ! troops have brought ahout the release of Peter . Summe American ranch owner who was kid- napped last week and held for ran »m by rebels in the vicinity of Sa. lina Cruz, Mex. the governor | Mr. Hoover to be heard | HOOVER REFUSES 10 1HISEUSS NAVY DEPT. ]Galled Into Inquiry, But Says He Knows Little SIMS SAYS HE WAS IGNORED { As Result of Apparcnt Lack of Con- fidence in American Commander- Vessels Arrived Before Ie Knew They Were Coming. | __ Washington. March 13.—Herbe | Hoover, called into the senatc inves- | tigation of the.navy’s conduct of tie war at the request of Rear Admiral | Sims, refused today to discuss the { navy's policy or its work during the war. Ile told thc committce of in- quiry that he had little knowledge of the subject. Allies Near Starvation, Mr. Hoover did say, the Allics were on the verge of stars vation from April to Septcmber, 1917, and that only the defeat of Ger- many’s ruthless submarine campaign prevented a collapse. The anti-sub- marine campaign, he added, was one of the most important contributions of the United States in the war. Admiral Sims who continued his testimony before the committee to- day lef: the stand long eaough for and then contin.ed the presentition of evi- dence in support of his charges that the navy department did not co-oper- ate fully with the Allies during the first six months after Anerica’s en- try into the struggle. Delay and confusion,” resulted from the department’s failure to noti- fy him of important dispositions and movemen val forees within the area of 1 hand 10 s where, he g that the r | also was te create in the minds of ulied officials ilapression that he was not suprorted and in the confi- { dence of his government. { Team Work Impaired. | Because of his ignorance of the de partment’s plans the admiral contin- ued, the allied admiralties carried on ! direct negotiations with the nav partment in Washington. Allied team- work was impaired and American in- terests suffered as a result, he said, addings, “Undbubtedly at times such inde- pendent negotiations resulted in dircct conflict with my recommendation Admiral Sims told the committee the first intiration he had that he ; was not in full confidence of the de- partment came soon after he submit- ted his first reports from London. He learned then by accident, he said, that an agreement had been reached by the navy department and Brit and French naval officials in Washing- tan carly in April regarding the dis position of American naval forces. The terms of this agreement were ca- bled to Admiral Jellicoe by the British representative on April 13, 1917, he declared. The officer also charged that with- out notifying him hefarehand the department arranged with the French naval attache to send ten or more vachts to combat submarines off the French coast: arranwed to establish two naval bases in France; sent nav- al aviation forces to that country; dispatched 6 destroyers from Boston; sent 100 cannon to France on naval collieries; started a campaign in the newspapers for a North sea mine ge: dispatched the fifth destroyer squadron from St. John's to Queens town and sent four additional de stroyers from New York to join hi: force: Vessels Arrive Unexpectedly Some of the vessels, he said, ¢ overseas before he knew of the cation to his command. In most cases. he said, he received belated informa- tion from French and British sources bur seldom in time ta make proper adjustments and arrangements for re- ceiving the ships. Mines and Shells Found When Canal is Pumped Paris, March 13, (French Wi —The pumping dry of the Bruges-Zeebrugge canal 1 vealed some interesting war secrets. It appears that a bomb proof shelter had been constructed to safeguard the ntrance of German hmarines. Fifty or 60 live shells and six mines were discovered in the canal besides quantitics of dobris. No bodies, how- ever, were found. eless.) s re- CAN Paris, tors are RECOVER DEBTS. March 13.—French authorized to proceed recover per-war debts due them Hung: n and Austrian sub, it officially announced. Money due Hungarians and Austrians, however will remain ~sqyuestered for being. credi- to by however, that | | GET G. 0. P. NOMINATION { . They will i ! | i log v INFORMAL NEGOTIATIONS PENDING FOR SALE OF ST. MARK’S PROPERTY ‘GURTIS WILL TRY TG Third Ward Alderman An- nounces He is Candi- date For Mayor. of a better New business conditions in the sovernment, ‘Alderman O. 1% s dnnounced this afternoon ihat he would scek ihe nomination for mayor of the City of New Britain in the republican primarie The alderman, who nected with ¢ rious political state (h.rprem cit s beon con- through va- for 4 thoug offices, 1 dhat, matters here, and will earnestly towards furthering ods. He is not in promises, he ated nature. should be run on cal scale, with a cons gain fuil value for ev: propriated, eliminating, Dpossible, waste in_government. should take care of what we said Mr. Curtis, “and keep it pairs, also placing in tha city may be absolutely necessary in way of improvement As far as the e city officials date stated horiest endcavor available men who> duty, on--the v but would he is no work, prozre: a position to ma ated, of an exa In his belief the a (axelu! economii- ent efiort io Ty cent ap- s far as “We have,” in re- what the ng personnel of ncerned the candi- would make an to sccure the best arc_qualified for arious b for a ‘ciear 1lly make improve- it the times when \ppointees would ith an eye to the ¢ were to do, with the gest and best men in each Do Partisanship will not be consider the chief requisite for the mere fact that a ‘s er and supporter of my own wis wouid not assure him of the po- sition.” Alderman changes whi zZovernment Curlis favors charter would smplify city nd would work towards tting better results. One of the ideas is consolidnting the power in a main d ng body of eflicicnt micn. He says, “I believe, with the reorgan- ization, that we have reached the peak of high tax and would work to- wards redveing it where it may done without injuri the cits.” Although Mayor George Quigley has not 3 pressed his intention of running, it is probable that the r publican primaries will again narrow down o a choice of these two. The republican nomination is tantamount to election. be Teachers Storm Banks To Get Checkys Cashed Meriden, Marc? 13 a form of protest to their two \u‘r_‘l. pay he- ing held up by the town treasurer, who questions the legality of a $70,- 000 a ear increase granted them, school teachers toured the banks in the severe storm today and present- ed school board checks mailed to them late yesterd As they en- tered they e informed that tho town treasurer had provided no funds. The teachers report that some merchants have cashed their check next week for furth action in the controversy. Theater W’recked And Four Killed By Bomb Zurich, Switzerland, March 13, (Ha- vas.)—Four persons were killed and 12 injured by the explosion of an in fernal machine in a theater at £ during the course of a conference, & { cording to advices from the Bulga a section of ; capital. It is belleved other victims are under the ruins. Police autho ties have made a number of arrests in connection with the outrage. CENSUS FIGURES. Washington, March 13.—Population statistics for 1920 issued today by the cen bureau included Lancaster, Pa., 53,150, an increase of 5,923 or 12.5 per cent. aver 1910. Knoxville, Tenn., 77,818, an increase of 41,472, or 114.16 per cent. ¥ 1 WEATHER. S, o Mar i3.—Fore- cast for New Britain and vicin- ity: show and colder tonight; Sunday, fair, colder. Hartford, the tlme | sweep ! s of | { ! ers and royval guards c.ashed at New Yorkers Reported t;oI | Have Offered Between| ,$300,000 and $400,000 For' It. CHURCH MAY SECURE WEST MAIN ST. LAND negotiations have e entered into for the sale of the valu- able properties held by the St. Mark Iipiscopal church corporation on West Main and Wash streets at a figure id to $300,000 nd $400,000 r negotiations have been m the church corporation of Hicks' property on and an L shaped piece owned by the New Britain It is reported that-the deal will be closed within a few days, as soon as a meeting of the corporation can be held and a report of the vestry, the executive body of the church, pre- sented. Informal ton Institute. Will Build Big Church. According to information it is the intention of the church cor- poration to vacate its present quar- ters as soon as possible. after the deals have been closed. A pretentious church will be ecrected wupon the ly acquired site with the monevs received through the sals of the Wi Main street properties and by the of a fund of $100,000 bequeathed to the church by the late Darius Miller The Miiler fund peen paid over to the chureh as but will be | lable ‘withih a short time. | Deal May e Couiplete Na i 1t orted, unofficially, th L Ilicks property deal has already been consummated, the papers chang: hands and a payment made to g antee the validity of the contract. An option held by {he church corpora- tion upon the land of the New Brit- ain Institute will be exercised, the same source of information reveais, within a few days. The Hicks deal is said to involve the expenditure of h about $40,000. ' parties who are said to be ne- purchase 0f the dre New Yorkers is unknown to the lo- ' cal corporation. They acted through the agency of the late Charles H. Gillin and a short time prior to death it was reported that the had been completed. D’ANNUNZIO FORCES STRICKEN BY FAMIN I nr gotis g for (‘Lun h hold whose identity th Abscnee of Merchant Vessels With Supplies Leaves Fiume in Desper- ate Condition, Dispatches Say. 13.—Famine seems No food has the last three naval units con- vessels from An- that further ireh - in this city. brought in du: and Italian voy all merchant cona and Venice so zures by the d’Annunzian forces e impossible. As a consequence there is much suffering among the poor and food are enormous. There is no coal the city and horses have been driven out to zraze on the hills nearby, there being feed for them her There have rumors that Captain d’Annun- forces would attack Croatia in flort tb obtain supplies. ars have heen sssed that a ‘Bol hevik outbreak is imminent and | there have mbeen disorders recently in which the soldiers have partici- pated and which resulted in the death of one m | Deportations of persons who have lived’less than ten vyears in Fiume continue and it expected they will be completed soon. Those leaving are for the most part Hungarians and Croatians, some establishments being forced to close becauso their entire is(af s have been ordered to leave. aptain d’Annunzio is still firm resolve that Fiume must ! recognized as an independent state but members of the national council are said to have discussed a plan to form the provinces of ume, Ab- bazia, Sussak, Veglia benico into a republic. Strikers and Guards Fire On One Another March 13, (Havas.)—Strik Ca- have been ex- ite one striker that 11 persons the fighting. Of mbeps of the roy- prices m no been 70" ].n: in | nis be Rome, ! tania, Sicily, and shots changed. Reports has heen killed an were wounded i these ht were al guard. ity .by the chancellor SOLDIERS OCCUPY BERLIN WITHOUT FIGHTIN: New Government Of “Order, Freedom Action” Being Formed—New Elect Planned—Ebert Flees From 'Capitol eral Baron Von Luettwitz Heads Mil Berlin, March 13.—The of the Ebert government nounced in a proclamation issued at this morning after revolt- ing troops from the suburbs had e tt‘rc(l Berlin and occupied the e. Up to that hour 't had proved peaceful, s developing, the wred that the entire ulhn - of the state had passed into the | hands of General Pro 1 Director | Kapp as impe: ancellor and pre- mier of Pru The procla o siznature of Impcrial Kapp says that the mandate naiional asembly (0 ¢ e tion and conelude peucs 7 and it declares tha natio dissolved. Tt adds: New retion Planned. As soon as internal order restored we shall return to tional conditions and pr It was announced that Gen. von Lueftwitz had been aj commander-in-chief of the ind that a new go crnment of “ordcer, freedon tion” was being formed. At 10 o'ciock the city was s serving its usual pect. Carriages, taxicabs and street cars were in movement as though nothing has! happened. There was no change in the appearance of Unter Den Linden except for the presence of a consid- rable body of troops at the Branden- burg sate, the Adlon hotel and the corner of Unter Den Linden and the ‘Wilhelmstrasse. Ebert Flees From Cli ppedoed at overthrow was an- «d over Chancellor of the 's expired constitu- nroclasmation s corne t 12 o'clock a. m. A ed soldier fully mimed and helmete rode up and handed the proclamation to a small group of people. flocked arcund him while the do ment was read. The proclamation later was read on street corners in various parts of the city. President Ebert meanwhile left the citv. The president and his wife Berlin at 5 o'clock this morning. Tre troops which made the descent on Berlin were for the most part quartered the suburb of Doeberitz, and included troops which had re- cen returned from the Ballic pro inces. The threat of tkeir movement develoved at midnight. When it be- came known that they were advanc- ing thc semi-official agency states, Gen. von Oldershausen began nego- tations with the naval brigade, which formed part of the centingent. The T e had quit | demands made by the brigade were ussed by the cabinet which sat morning, the news dis until the early agency adds, tered Berli cupation of the Wilhelmstrasse. General Strike Called. The agency also announced the calling of a general strike by the so- cial democrat party (the majority so- cialists, the dominant party had supported the Ebert government and of which President Ebert Pre- mier Bauer and Foreign Minister Mueller are members). Long Expected Revolt. The names associated with the new revolutionary movement in Germany indicate its reactionary character. It would appear therefore that Germany is in the throes of the long expected and frequently predicted counter- revolution, monarchists’ struggle. The Dr. von Kapp reported as hav- ing assumed the chancellorship, it seems probable is Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, a former conservative member of the reichstag and general director of the German agricultural society. He was one of the deputies who early in 1918 urged the gavernment to speed up the U-boat building program. He be- came president of the German Fa- therland party. the notorious pan- German organization which urged that Germany carry on the war to the bitter end. After the abdication of Emperer William and the signing of the armistice Dr. Kapp was one of the men for whose arrest the independent socialists clamored, on the ground that he and his assistants had been responsible for the continuation of the war and the hindering of peace. Opposed Peace Terms. Major Gen. Baron von Luettwitz, who according to the dispatches has been named commander in chief, was military governor of Belgium from a period in the early days of the war. He later was a commander an the Verdun front. When the German treaty came up for action by the gov- ernment Jast June Gen. von Luettwitz was one of the leaders of the military party prominent in opwosition to the peace terms. He has an American ¢ who was a Miss Cary of Cleve- jand. He always has been clussed as being thoroughly Prussian. Before the w Ger. von mount- | They | I} ol ) : the ! ! they a constitu- | | of Ger { Former i early had held the posts tache of the G don and lats born on of milit; Gyula, is 3 Plog Long Suspected. There has been a ‘streangly h lief, both inside and outside o many, that the pan~German, archist party wes me time and aw ment 1o was this belief ! t aused the Al peror 3WHEN B try n bord onDOTtEY 1ffal iing imcnt meaor ; 3 Ame prom 1o He! i io the theiy to th ar e Frede in Halla tany his pr the Dut keep a ¢ Crown X 0 is a4 refugec While there has been no h s of z2n overt | to indic i —Telephone mess: The demands were sub- | it sequently rejected and the troops en- | portant public builaines and proceeded to the oc- { were occupied by the public se { police this mornin j Vorwaert which | to a dynas ment re is ¢ eardin who have been o for more in this than a yeal Interest bhase of tion is all the the indication Berlin trat the reaciionary maoy bly precipitated by fh ity Aibrecht, had been bout te be oned in demonsiratior at the Hotel Adlon. Still - Retain Offices. 3erlin, March 13, 10:46 a. n The Associated Press.)—The of the Ebert government ning their off E { have left the the Lokal Anzeiger in a spe tion just issued. The newspape the old government refused to ply with an ultimatum present| Gen. Erhardt of the naval ‘b which expired at 7 o'clock this ing, the government otficials id Berlin by motor car without r ing their posts. Papers Are Suspended. Copenhagen, March 13, 12:45 received from the German semi-official agency serlin which has res service, state that the mos in The nesvsp and eiheit have suspended. Ebert Governiment at Dresdd Paris, March 13 (Havas) Ebert government in German, established its seat in Dresder capital of Saxony, according t vices this afternoon. New Ministry Formed Berlin, March 13, (Noon).—. imperial ministry has been fo: It is provisionally compused a: lows: Tmperial chancellor, Dr. ¥ minister of defense, Gen. Baroy Luettwitz; minister of Finance, Oberfinanzrat bank; ministexn public worship, Dr. Traub. The other ministers have no been appointed. Hindenburg for President. Cologne, March 13.—The g0 ment established in Berlin is nd tended to promote the aims o monarchists or the reactionaries, declared in a dispatch to the Col Gazette from Berlin today. The sage reads: “The new government under ¢ cellor Kapp will say in its pro) to be made public that it will h ably fulfill the treaty of Vers It gives emphatic as s tha government has no reactionary monarchical aims.” It is reported that it is intend proclaim Field Marshal von Hii burg “imperial president.” Prepare for Batth London, March 15.—O1 reaching the press association are the revolutionary troops have br artilery into Berlin. They state also the members of Ebert government have proceedd Dresden to set up their regime. Marcn 13.—A B tele; m to the Berlingske Tid dispatched on Friday evening, that Minister of Defense Noske ordered the arrest of Field von Hindenburg and Gem. Lu —oiin Copenhagen,