New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1920, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press. EW BRITAIN Herald “Ads” Mean ' ‘ - Better Busjness. & ESTABLISHED 1870. Nii\W BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAR CH 22, 1920.—TWELVE PAGES . PRICE THREE CENTS| POSSIBILITY OF NEW PARTY " FROM WITHIN REPUBLICANS | IS THREATENED IN SENATE ‘Liberals are Opposed to “Bourbon Auto- cracy” and Favor In- dividual Liberty. DEMOCRATS ASSAILED AS MOST AUTOCRATIC Senator France Declares + Both Parties Are Decadent —Proposes New Political Standards Washington, that “‘republican libe #form a new political party “bourbon autocracy” in an restore individual liberty, was sound- ed in the senate today by Senator Jrance, lican, Maryland. With of mnational prohibi- tion and the Wspionage act as the chief planks in its tentative plat- form, NSenator France declared liberals need not hesitate “to ra the battle against the reactior (forces of autocracy and un-Ameri can bourbonier.” “The democratic party cratic leadership,” “he said, “inslor jously abandoned the sound docirine of the sovereiznty of the states without scruple huge power: chief exccutive. who was, in tion of the constitution and of cherished principle of liberty, ed the mosi powerful despot world.” March to fight effort to unde uto- to the viola- ever: creat- in the Republicans Charging that with the bourbon connived in the utocracy Nenator arties “‘are decadent as the nes that quickened them into beinz. “If the republican party shall not now hecome the party of libéralism and of 1ibe he declared, there must be a new and lihe which shall expre the millions of demand restoration Assailed. republicans joined reactionaries and of said setting up France both as is- 1l party s the s Americans W of itherties."” Alonz with repcal of the prohibi tion amendment, the senator urged “reconsideration” of the whole sub- ject with local option u of certain alcoholic have Some of the planks were Planks for New P Operation of railroads sentatives of capital, lubor public under lnterstate Commission supervis sction of the ** of Versailles and lishment of peace eduction of the ing with economy ditures and rednc A navy second none tel of military training. ponement immediate and 1zes.” by repre- and the Commerce on. iniquitous” treaty immedinte estal WAth German high cost of liv- of federal expen- d taxes to and but univer o sys- training. Other Other den Woman agricultural cemployment child labor, for vice abled, chant Demands ands were: e, « budget system. development., feder: igen abolishment nerous compensatic men permanently of - the Made. s, dis- and developent wer- marine France charged that forced through during 4,000,000 American scrvice' was unconstitution- a1 and an infringement upon indi- vidual liberty and states rights “If the supreme court upholds this decision” the senator continued, “then all men regardless of how they feel upon the question of national pro- hibition should willing to advo- ecate the repeal the 18th amend- ment, in order in normal the people and their legislator: should have an opportunity of de- termining for themselves, freed from all coercion, compulsion and repres- on, this important question.” ator hibition war while were in pro- the boys he of that most Falls On Beottle, Boy Injures Side Hipose Sochan u 14-year-old boy, was injured this morning in the yar of the Prevocational school when fell to the ground and tore the lig: ments of his right side and rib on the cdge of a jagged broken bottle. D Waterman Lyan was called to attend him and ordered his removal to the hospital where it was found that his injuries were not of a serious natur although severe The boy the of Michael Sochon of 25 Washington street, Local “Y” Worker Back i son After 20 Months Service | an inimcdiaie m; Word has city by that he after 20 “¥* and tioned at Mr. Kenney. ment in the ployed at the main office of the erican Hardware corporation Kenney was one of the last “Y" to leave France. heen received friends of f.eon H. has returned from overseas months' service with the at the present time is sta- Gales Iler: SW previous to service, was in this is London. his enlist- Am- Mr. men Warning | might | that voted | | | many | this { { Pavis, “then their l post- ' L a00 times Kenney, | "EBERT IN CONTROL ‘ 1 < \ | ' | | i | BUT FIGHT GOES ON i Conditions in Germany Descrihed ' as Very Bad BE 8,000 Virtual Civil DEATH LIST MAY In Rubr Region | ‘here is War Going on—Southern and East- crn Scctions are Now More Quict. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, despite the return of the Ebert government to control there still presents pretty much the aspect of an armed camp, with the food supply short and sanguinary fighting occur- ring at intervals in the suburbs. | Serious trouble occurred ~ in the ! Moubit industrial quarter Sunday night, and in onc conflict reported Sunday 20 Sparticans were killed in 1 engagement and 24 others who | were captured were suumarily exe- cuted. Civil Warfare Goes on In the Ruhr region, adjoining the allied zone of occupation there is ver- itable civil warfare, with opposing armies of communist and government i troops drawing up their forces in line { for battie. Government detachments ve beén defeated in some skir- ishes, b Leipsic has quieted down after the sovernment victory there. Among the ugricultural sections of northern Ger- there is increasing unrest. Southern and castern Germany reported fairly quiet. There a threat, however, of a renewal of the general ke in Bavaria because of dissatisfaction over some of the terms { of settlement. { are is a 8.000 Reported D March (Havas.) —Eight nd persons have been killed since the German revolt broke out on March 13, according to dav re- ceived here. Of this number 8530 were thous: PITAlions | g ju Berlin alone who | «Continued on Fifth rage) | RELIEF SHIPS TO | CARRY “REDS” ALSO i 2 Food to Starving K rope Will Likewise Carry Radical, Back. | i { | | New York, 1o b sent by {in the next ncedy countr soing to be | information March ~Relief ships the United States with- month with flour for s of Europe are also viet ork ceording to obtained from immigra- tion officials here today. More than Russians, Finns and Poles from parts of the country who have been found to have advocated the use vioience 10 overthrow the govern- ment, will be ped on them in sroups. No repetition with an planne:l on sh of the Buferd's trip | exclusive soviet cargo is . but shipping board which the United States Corp. is to ship 5.000,000 flour will be utilized vessels. A number of the latter type I‘““ expected to go,to KFinland with the breakinz up of the ice at Hanso in he spring. Russians and Finns provably will sent to Hango, the Russians b forwarded by rail from that port to the frontier, as wers the Buford The | | Poles will probably Danzig on food snips. The deportees will | Who were arrested in hers of the communist uary as well &= a eration of union } who arrived at to ne deported vessels Gram barrels of “ommercial i he s soviet pi ssengers, to include raids on party in member of 1he of ttussian workers, Elis Island too late on the Buford | MURDER AND SUICIDE many mem- an- fed- Vi, Farmer, Agzed 68. Shoots | and Kills Widow of 51 Years—Ifis Advances Checked. Barre, Vi Gallup, an mont. aged farmer, killed Mrs. E. M. Fenwick, in Barre town, today and ing to his own home in Plainficld a | few miles away, killed himself with Lullet through the heart. He is be- d to have been sngered because Fenwick would not to rrig was Mrs. 51 Murch —Hoyt shot and a widow, after driv- lic Mrs. counsent 1allup {658 vears ola. Fenwick was | River is Open Almost ( All Way to the Sound Hartford, March —The ticut r is open between this city and Middletown and between Deep River and Long Island Sound. This leaves a stretch of ice only about 20 miles in length and much of this is broken. 22 Connec- s i tor | the CIVIL WAR VETERAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH Maurice Riley Fatally Injured at Stanley Works This Afternoon IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON Aged Employe, Not Noticing That Elevator 1Had Been Lowered During Noon Hour, Stepped Into Space and Fell Three Stories. Maurice Riley, at the Stanl died short- after 1 at the New Brituin General hospital, of fractured factory. an elevator Works this operi- 1y o'cloc afternoon skull sustained at the Fell Three From what can be learned of the accident, Mr. Riley had left the ecie- vator on the third floor when he went to luncheon. In (he meantime somo employve operated the elevator down- ward, and when Mr. Riley arrived back t the factory he walked into the vacant =pace in the elevator shaft, falling thres stories. The police am- bulance was called, and the injured nian iremoved at once to the hospital orics. | whe® he died a few minutes after his adwittance. Was Cor Prisoner, He was a native of Boston, Mass. He came to Connecticut when a young man and enlisted in one of the segi- ments going forth to participate in Civil war. He fougit valiantly several months in the cause of the North, and was luter taken a pris- oner by the Confederate army, and lodged in Andersonville prison. For many vears he worked for the late J. P. Curtiss company as teamster. Of late he has been employed at tho Stanley Works. Was Well Known Here. Mr, Riley was a member of Stan- ley Post. G. A. It., and it was one of his pleasures in life to attend the various cncampments of the G. A. R. veterans. He was a fimiliar figure on Memorial Day, it being his chief pleasure in mingling- with Young America instead of parading with the veterans. He was u widower, and is closely related to the Clark family on Crown street. The time of the funer- al has not been determined. O0'DELL-GRAY NUPTIALS Woman ates a for to Become Bride of Blake Court Man on April has beeh made of marriage ©of Mi to John ¥. O'Pell, place April 7. Both Miss Gray are well- of this city. M at the pher Announcement the approaching Gladys 1. Gray which is to take Mr. O'Deil and known Gray i Work: prominent the young residents employed s a stenc the athletic activities women at that plant. is & member of the basketball representing the Stanley Works in the Girls' TIndustrial league. Mr. O’Dell is employed by the K. Dobson estate. ke is the son of Mrs. Mar O’Dell of 10 Blake court. Miss Gray lives at 369 Bast street. SCHULTZE FOR ALDERMAN Ma and is of She squad in East 1 Street Man Wants to Run on Republican Ticket From the Sixth Ward. Anthony Schultze of T street, came forth taday with : st Main decla- for alderman et in the sixth ndidac; on the republican tic ward. He is an ex-service man, hav ing been @ member of the crew of the the war. Although comparatively new he has served in the common council at Ansonia alderman, and his friends believe he would be a valuable city servant He has been resident of New Britain for about STEELE MAY RUN ndidate for Mayor Consid- as an 2 15 Going Out After Nomination as Alderman in Fourth Ward. Howard M. Steele of Stanley street. who in the past has been very promi- nent in republican polities in this ciy, is at present considering the advi bility of his secking nomination and election as alderman from the fourth ward. Today Mr. Steele had not wmade up his mind detinitely. § Six years ago Mr. Stecle was a can- didate for opprosing Messrs. hultz and the caucus. For many was tax collector in the city L former member of the polic: sion. New Haven Carpenters S may ov Quizley years and is comm Strike; Demands Refused March m hour builders 250 union idle. The claim is that wors have had their wag 10 the figure mentioned. New IHaven, who demand been reft day. S Carpenters and have stru members were 750 carpen- s increased N k to- Stanley | in local poli- | “YOUR A MAYOR LIAR’, SHOUTS QUIGLEY MAKES CHARGES OF McMAHON AS ENFORCED CLEAN-UP AT PLAYHOU. ‘STUDENTS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO GOMRADE. 1U“uneral of William F. Burns | Largely Attended At St. ] Mary’s Church. | { The funeral of William I'rancis | Burns, the High school athlete who | died Saturday, was held this morning | at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's church. The funeral was ong of the largest the history of the church, every ilable bit of seating space being lled, and in seme of the aisles many were forced to stand throughout the service. Practically the entire stu- dent body of the Hizh school was in attendance and the faculty was also present. The greater part of the students walked to the grave in St Mary's new cemetery at the close of | the service. i A solemn high mass was celebrated { by lLtev. William A. Downey, William Krause, was deacor John T. Winters, sub-deacon and I | Joseph W. Barry, master-af-cere=- monies. The committal servide at !the grave was conducted by Rev. LJohn T. Winters, assisted by the other officers of the mass. i As the t i body was taken from the, hearse, .the “letter” students at the school formed in front of the church as the casket was carried into the edifice. Mpey again resumed this pos tion as it was taken from the church. Twelve students who accompanied {the deceased®athlete to Camp Devens, | Aver, Mass, last summer formed | guard that walked beside the hearsc i from the house to the church and | cemetery. The R. O. T. C. of the | school under the command of Cap- |u\m 1idward Dunne, attended in a body. The senior class of the High school of which the deccased was 'llll’lll\ns‘r. attende the funeral in & body as did the class of 1916 and the of St. Mary's parochial hool The class 1820 ot flor: tributes were ous and They tributiors from all cla gh school, the “Lette relatives, neighbors and the deceased. Among the most beautiful was a large piece of blu and white from the Hartford High school. Another beautiful offeming | was in the form of white roses ar- ranged in form of a sweater, with the initials N. B. H. S. set in the center. Mr. Burns was one of the few athletes in the school who won the coveted white sweater for com- petition four branches of sport. Another neat floral piece w: of white flowers in the form large star. The New Haven | school, sent a floral Representatives of the High in Connectieut were present at the cemetery, and Hartford High school sent a delega ion of over 100 students to pay «a last tribute. M Mary T. Cr sang “Some Sweet Day,” at the close of the fun- eral ma The pallbearers were: l.eo Gaffney. James Renehan. John Renchan, John Hayes, William Keefe and Carlos Brink, all athletes 1t the school and members of the basketball quintet. The flower | bearers were: Francis Griflin, John Bunny, Harold Long, itobert Doyle Mazuire James Reynolds. VETERAN WALKER DEAD numer- represented in the Men’s cluh, friends ot a in set of Hizh tribute, schools also s, an George and Body of Charles Johnson Found in Indiana Woods, Tdentified by Meda Pinned on Clothes. 22.—Charles Johnson of New York, professron: walker, is dead here today. He was found exhausted in 4 woods near here and apparently had been last for weeks, He was identified by medals pinned to his tattered clothins and by papers which indicated he had coni- peted in walking contests in numerous foreign countries in the last 20 yvear: He 40 yvears old Ga nd Mareh wis about Wilson Names Woman On Civil Service Body March 22.-—Helen of this city, wife and lecturer, Washington, Hamilton Gardener Col. S. Day, author s nominated today by President Wilson to be a member of the civil service commission. She will succeed Charles M. Galloway of Columl (.. who was “ousted” from the com- mission last aftor the president had determir corsanize it. of l | | Harti <t for New Fair to i plant | the . its retention ! national WANTS 12 MILLION FOR GOVT. INDUSTRY ary Baker Thinks it Would Pay To Develop Muscle Shoals Nitrate Plant. Washington, March 22-—In the be- lief thai a profit of $2,900,000 would result from government operation of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama, nitrate for wmanufacture of commercial tertilizer, Secretary Baker today senate agriculture committee advocated passage of the war depart- ment bill to organize a $12,500,000 government corpcration to operate the plant for commercial purpose The depariments calculations, Mr. Iaker said, showed that cyanide could be produced for $27 a ton and sold for $37.50 i« ton while sulphate of ammonia, in the production of which the goverrment experts pri pose to specialize, would cost $48 ton to produce and would sell $65. Chilean interests now supply- ing fertilizer to this country could not compete with these figur he said. he other courses left cpen to department, the secretary said, are salvage of the $72.000,000 plant or to meet future a emer- gency. Salvaging of the establish- ment, he said, would bring ‘“‘only a song” because of a lack of purchasers, and to let it stand idle would be very wasteful becarse of the cost of main- tevance and the amcunt invested, the : froma which there would be no return. SUFFS’ HEADQUARTERS Connecticut Workers in Cause of Women's Votes Will Take Rooms in Hotel Taft During Convention. 22 22.—The e the Connecticut association will es- tablish headquarters at- Hotel Taft in New Haven during the republican state convention Tuesday and Wed- nesday of this week. ‘In of the fact that the suffrage question un- doubtedly will be taken up in some form at the convention, Miss Kath- arine Luddington. the president of the association said today that suffrage workers will be in attendance at the convention. She also said that tea would be served during Tuesday afternoon to the convemtion dele- gates. This, she said would follow the example set by the 1epublican presidential candidates who estab- lished headquarters at Hotel Congress in Chicago during the time of the suffrage convention and served tea and held open house each afternoon for the women attending the convention. WOUNDED IN GUN FIGHT Man Takes Viole: Hartford, March e - cutive board of Woman Suffrage view Torringtc t Excep- tion to Assertions That He Would Not Make Good Policeman. Torrington, March Philip Sal vatore, aged about 60, with two bul- lets in his body, lies in a critical con- dition at the Charlotte Hungerford hospital and the police are searching for Genaro Denzo, aged about 45, as the result of a fight at a Harwinton boarding house yesterday. Five shots were fired at Salvatore, who alleges the trouble started when he told Den- 20 he would not make a good police- man. A baby lyving in a crib between the two men during the shooting was uninjured. Denzo is said to have fled immediately after the shooting. The police e notified four hours later. we PRESIDENT HAS TREATY amous Pact of Versailles At Finds Its Way Back Into His Own Hands—Says Nothing. Washington, cial copy which >aris and Mare of the treaty ident Wilson personally senate and which was retuin White House Saturday the president’s possession Secretary Tumulty treaty from George A. Sanderson. retary of the senate, and later ered it to Mr. Wilson. No word came from House today as to the probable course with ‘reaty the four times to The offi- Versailles Pr brought front i 10 tue is again in the ec received the P esident’s to the refused re senate has v it. Since rat New Haven Woman Loses Life in Long Island Sound New London, March 22.—Caplain Charles Molks, harge Blue Bonnet, re- the poiice at 3 this that Josephine of street, New Haven, fell or umped from the bar; Sunday. he hody was recovere fhe medical examiner is now making 1n investigation ported 1o morning Grec Shea, told | he | | Last delivered to the First Gun Fired in Mayorality Campaign Noon Makes a Terriffic Bang; “P. S.” clares Hecklers in Crowd Were “Plantg by Mayor and His Followers. i Salvas of city records feature | gram of factory rallies at the P. Corbin gate this noon, when P. § Mahon and Mayor Quigley exch: | words, to be followed by near | | LXTCLE Y A city bound copies of the New records were the only ava ‘Vi“ Take Over Business Of ammunition for long rang these were chosen by the two P o St pants in the wrangle. Nc i New Britain Lumber & | Diniin e, Viansie. No on “heckler” had uan opportunity Coal Co. and M. I, Jester. | inx ome shorat ne mmee "5, £ that the mayor had the m packed” and that the unsym pa attitude of the audience toward; were made hy the individua concerned after the meetin It. happened this wa mayor had asserted positively 1 had ompelled P. S, MeMahs make certain changes at K theater when he owned it: alse hotel. “You're Mahon. Whereupon sued.. C. Weld, varl 1. Shepard and George have made final arrangements to purchase the coal business of the New Britain Lumber and Coal com- pany and the M. I. Jester coal yard and will shortly take over the yards and business of the latier and the business of the former under a comi- bination to he known as the “Citi- zens’ Coal company. They will in- ‘corporate for $§100,000, the stock to be closely held. Officers of the con- cern will be chosen from the above four men. The Jester property has frontage of 392 feet, with Gardner Ramsay, H. K. Macauley a - liar, ‘interrupte the aforesaid t Was Wail Mayor Quigley appeared up railroad { Scene at 12:40 p. m. and P. S. bins for | hon was there waiting for him storage and the company is planning | speaker started his address 1o remodel the rd, placing a large ncuncing that the administirati automatic coal conveyor in place being criticized by P. Mec. and otherwise bringing the equip- | Orson F. Curtis and others ay ment thoroughly up-to-date. Offices | he would not quit the race of the corporation will be located in ; time, as he believed the city h Dwight Court. Coal, onl will be proved under the present adm) handled, with a paossibility of other | tion. He told of the tax reassd fuels to be added later. plan that would be ready in Gardner C. Weld is the newly | months and stated that it wq chosen ' councilman from the Third | more fair in assessing the v: ward, has had nearly two years' eX- | properties. perience overseas with the 10Ist Ma- | Denie chine Gun battalion and is at present 4 employed ‘with the local office of Mayor Quigley said it ha Frisbie and Co., Hartford stock brok- ; Prought to his attention that ers. Carl Ramsay has been with the j the criticisms made was that Dickinson Drug Co. for 25 years. politics with the Both men will leave their present positions to devote their time in ac- tive management of the new com- | pany. Messrs. Macauley and Shep- ard are employed with the New Britain Lumber and Coal Co. but will be connected with the coal comi- pany in an advisory capacity. The deal involves the combination of two large and busy organizations, though the lumber business of the New Britain Lumber and Coal Co. is not beinz taken over, and an enor- mous business is expected to resuit. a I Playing Politic: King, head o the} commitssion, a democrat,” “but he is the best man that found for the position. ¥ran: democrat. is head of the chari mission for the same reason. and Humphrey were Schultz § ers in the last election, but ceived appointment under the administration: The mayor then asked the that looked as though he was politics with the city o police and fire boards are ng | footballs of party politics, the members have examinaf pass before they receive a he added. Four Olasses of . The mayor classified the tration’s criticizers into four 1.—Disappointed office-seek] —Some democrats. —Some men, who have the law and have been calle count. 4.—Dissatisfied men of botl ‘When the mayor said “‘viol the law"” there was general The municipal slaughter hg praised by the mayor, who| time experienced some di speaking because of P. S. Md clamoring to ask a questig mayor was forced to answer ) by saying: “Wait until I get through and then vou can ask questig The fireworks came whel Quigley gave “P. S.” a chanc his say., whereupon the Taxpg sociation head asked if th could tell of one promise tha kept during the past six yed S e mayor attempted to answer M 30 000 ROBBERY but by this time wor $ y back and forth so rgpidls = everybody near the speakers’| that it was difficult to unders what was being said. Taki tage of a lull, the mayor st he appointed a building inspq had made “P. S.” change h capes on his theater. The mayor-also charzed th named a plumbing inspector { made McMahon® “clean up hotel.” Harsh Words Are Us LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE Today's Sympathetic Walkout is in Violation of Instructions Given by Leader of Union New York. March of longshoremen engaged in coast- wise traflic today was extended to deep sea longshoremen when 750 men went on strike at the piers of the United Fruit Co. The walkout was in violation of the instructions of T. V. O'Connor, president of the inter- national longshoremen’s lassociationy | issued Saturday, union leaders de- clared. Fears wore ecxpressed circles that the strik other deep sea longshoremen who were In sympahy with the strike of the coastwise workers. The coastwise longshoremen’s strike today entered its second week with approximately £000 men de- manding increased wages and shorter | hours and favoring increased freight rates to meet the wage increase: —The strike in shipping would affect Bonds and Jewels Valued at This Amount Stolen From Loan Office in Boston, Boston, March jewels and bonds v | \as discovered today at the loan office of H. Van m, 4% Washington street. The burglars entered by saw, i ing a hole through the floor of the of- | fice above and cut their way into the | To this “P. S.” promptl afe at leisure some time between Sat- | “Liar™ several times. Mayo { urday night and this morning e T e e e Mahon and “P. 8. threw i St. Mark’s Establishes the mayor. who warded | = s hand. McMahon by this t Branch in Belvidere the running board of the branch of §t. Mark's | Auto. He dismounted of hi in- Belvidere held its ] cord. The mavor told him ion vesterday afternoon it P umbition to land him in home of H. B. Moore. Grant I Hartford urbush conducted a Bible ¢ for In a stalement afier thy adults. Mrs. A. R. Rapp had char, McMahon claimed that the n of kindergarten work. HLd Moore | men planted thwa any] tauzht the junior de. des the administration riticism Sunday afternoon classes at 1 o’cloc would vl for Bible study, the older child e tin this noon by ap will meet Saturday afterncons the instruction in church music. —A robberd of Tued at £30,000 a The ' i i projected | school i | t | v me heduled and Clark time at factory toi