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. News of the World By Associated Press. LKl Vi T it > | 4 : erald 6 Better Business. “NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1920. —TWELVE PAGFS PRICE THREE CENTS. MESTABLISHED 1870. L NAVY DEPT. SLOW TO BUILD SCORES DEAD, THOUSANDS ARE .SUBS CAPABLE OF FIGHTING “BIG GERMAN SUBMERSIBLES ififiv ANENDMENT BEING (. P. RESOLUTIONS. | | Wires Down and Com- plete Record of De- | vastation is Not Yet | Known. Rear Admiral Grant ‘Says U. S. Was Be- hind Rivals When War Started; ™GENERAL BOARD WAS ' OPPOSED TO U-BOATS | ASSAILED BY JERSEY o1 T0 GOVERNOR Holcomb to Be Advised of Views on Suffrage Atty. Gen. Argues Before' Supreme Court That It Should Be Void. i = 'Tomadocs Ravage Entire | . | Sections Between Chicago And Atlanta, Ga. shington, March 29.—The 18th ! i s the prohibition amendment is leg- i islative in nature and revelutionary in e ; character, according to Attorney Gen. | gie Delegation of Women Will Visit | Thomas F. McCran of New Jersey in | = | openirg his argument hefore the U. S, | Capitol Tomorrow to Give -Added’ cupreme court in New Jersey's suit to | have the amendment declared void and the Volstead act unconstitutional. Eight points were raised and discus cd in the argument. Attorney Gen. McCran's brief de- clared that the 1Sth amendment was not constitutionally preposed; that ! the proposal is subject to judicial re- view; that congress did not by the ! two-thirds In numbers of both of | houses affirmiatively vote for the pro- ; Washington, March 29.—The navy’s ‘ submarine force was entirely in- adequate to meet the demands of war against Germany, Rear Admiral | A. W. Grant, formerly in command of the Atlantic fleet submarine force testified today before the senate com- | mittee investigating the navy’s con- dyct of the: war. The submarines, he said, were too small, of widel different types, of small radius of action, inadequately armed and poorly designed as to engines. “It took nearly two years of propa- ganda to get the navy depariment to vealize the importance of building submarines capable of combatting the 800 tom German U-boats,” the witnes: declared. Boats Were No Good Admiral Grant said that soon after the United States entered the war he was instructed to prepare and gend 15 submarines abroad. He 1old the department, he declared, that if such an expedition arrived at the, Azore Islands safely the vessels would have to be laid up for repairs prac- tically all the time as they had been since they were commissioned. Four submarines of the “K" type finally started overseas, the u(lmiml‘ said, although one had to be towed | beciuse neither engine would —run. ~He read the log of the trip to show | the continued engine troubles and minor casualties that characterized the voyage. When the submarines zoves the K-1 was entirely the officer said, the K-2 wa. for limited sefvice, the K better off and the K-6 entirel for duty. He added that pre-war Plans.for the use of submarines con- jemplited their operation from bases on the American coast. ° Most of the opposition to his pls for large rines hefore the wa canie from the navy generai board the officer Chicago, March 29.—Material aug- mentation of the known death list of 64, hundreds of injured and property damage estimates of many millians of dollars loomed today when restoration of wire communication would permit compilation of accurate reports from the six central west states hit day by a series of tornadoes. The most foreboding rumors early today ‘were from the southern Michi- Strength to Opinion of Republican State Convention, Haven, March 29.—The man-| which the suffrage resolution by the republican state con- | vention last week will be presented (o Governor Holcomb by the men's re-| .\ "oninsyla and the' rural distriets publican ratification committee at the i Bt BEHEST T SO T ose states state capitol at 11 o'clock tOMOITOW | ro5 wwere prostrated in every direc- posal of the resolution: that th pvasiidectdedifupon o conference i i, and it was said it might be da | fourths of the siates have not ratified | Which preceded a luncheon here this| jefore some of the communities were in the constitutional scnse. ‘ noon. heard from. Tho brief also declared that the na- | The Chicago district with 29 deaths tional prohibition act is not appro- was the heaviest sufferer according to legislation, that there is no * reports early today the remainder of in congress to legislate outside | the known death list follows: the words of the amcndment; that the | West Liberty, Ind., Fenton, words “beverage purposes” sufficient- Mich. Zulu, Ind., 5: Nashville, O. Iy desecibe the limit within _ which | No further details were made public,| 4; Greenville, O, Geneva, Ind.. congress will lcgislate and that the | (olonel Ullman, who was chairman,| and one each at Monroeville, Ind, term “intoxicating ligucrs™ is its own ! gaving it would be manifestly im-}| 'F?\\'r\lv:'. l:)d.. Hart, Mich., East Troy, definltion: that the Volstead law { proper to tell the public the plans be-i Wis., and St. Louis, Mo. ifig the standard is oppressive : fore the governor has been seen.” | Thousands Homeless. unconstituticnal; that the Volstead ‘At the luncheon United States Sen-| Thousands of. persons were made Jaw is unconstitutional in that it at- ..o, Seldon P. Spencer, of Missouri, | homeless by destruction of dwellings wmpvf to interfere with the right of : was the speaker. and outside relief was necessary for a 15Iusmmn§ and drugzists to furnish ! humber of places. liquor: that the instituticns owned iz, 50 mules west of Chicago, and conducted by the state of New : | Where eight persons were killed, suf- Jersey are hampered ar.d restricted by | ! fered approximately $4,000,000 dam- [ the arbitrary act of cenare The i ¢ ages when the tornado wrecked a history of New Jersey and its relation large portion of the business quarter i rinel Cenanmen. ol e ind part of the resident section. fore and since the adoption of the Military ‘law was declared in. Eigin Eaonines dinaus el Inthe drist nd former service men volunteered while the rizhts which the state to preserve order and prevent.looting. From Elgin the tornado swept northeast araund Chicago. smashing {hrongh Melrose Park. Evanston, Wil- mietre and other suburbs with z trail of wh and deaths. In Meirose Park and Wilmette firc further added sation. fo the havoc. Soldiers of a national S ! guard regiment which was called out Postmaster Orders When the extent of the damage be- : { came known, also ossumed control at Changes in Hours| yeirose park and witmette. 4 Postmaster W. F. Delaney The twisters which swept through nounced a mew schedule of hours at| Michigan and Ohio and Indiana ap- the postoffice to conform with the ' parently were distinct from the Illi- daylight saving measure. Hereafter nois storm. e “ until further notice the stamp, re In cach instance, however. it was try and money order windows will | the same tale—wrecked houses, pros- be opened one hour ahead of the old | tration of wire communication and a time. All incoming and outgoing | death list. mail will be received and de hed Mict under the time schecule the railroads have not changed their run- ning time to conform with the new schedule. New ‘ner in adopted a Big Delegation Going. Miss Katherine Luddington, pr dent of the Connecticut Woman Suf- E ociation, was present. Afte tated that a large dele-| gation will wait upon the governor. and Commuters Protesting Hudson Tube Fair Rise Washington, March —Protests against the proposed increase in fares on the Hudson and Manhattan rail- road between New York city and points in Jersey City and Hoboken were made today before the interstate commerce commission which was asked by representatives af the New Jersey cities and state board of public | utilities to suspend the new tarifis fited by the road pending an investi- ! reached the disabled, available slightly >ct union arc detailed at | The brief also stated amendments te the constitution prio: to the 1Sth “prohibition” amerdment are suljects relating to the strociure and form of the zovernment and are not amendments r8velutionary in character and which deprive the states of their sovercizn powers. In a supplemental Lrief filed by New Jersey's attorney general an en- “Did you reccive any support from | tirely novel roint is made. “that th the department?” right to amend the constituion “T did not.” right of the people of the United “Did you receive States as distinguished from the peo- anybody?” asked ple of a particular sta that the democrat, Nevada. people of the United States “Only from one member of the gen- | have only wional powers, the eral board, the house naval committee | police power beirg reserved to the and officers serving aflcat in subma- | state 1d the right of internal pow- rines,” the witness replied. er hei ht of the people of New TWO VILLAGES RAZED | hop mives have o oy it Unite es have no control. Ti that the 17 “When did vou first begin advocat- jng building larger types of subma- rines?" asked Chairman Hale. “In 1915, s the reply. an- | is- any support from Senator Pittman, n Citics Cut Of. dozen or more Michigan cities were cut off from the res of the warld and it was reported they were in the path of the twister which swept northeastward across the state from Lake Michigan. The storm was said to have been icularly severe in the cinities of Kalamazoo, eck, Lansing, Bay City and w. In Ohio and India tornado ry apparently was wr k- ed on rural districts. None of the large cities was hit according to reports. In the open country and semi-isolated districts it was believed a number of T ns had been killed and much property dama A Sailors Get Drunk And Are Arrested For Mutin, Boston, March -Four members | of the crew of the steamers Lake Yel- verton, which arrived here vesterday Sccretary of New York | from: Cuba, were lacked up on | charges of drunkenness early today Communist Party Must Serve Be- | after a wireless call had been serft out for police assistance. The message red by the naval commun tions office to the harbor police who rushed to the vesscl prepared to quell a serious mutiny. They brought,the men ashore without difficulty. Kinsella Candidate In Hartford Again March 29.—Mavor Rich- today announced his candidacy for renomination on the democratic ticket. The nominating convention will meet tonight MAYOR INSISTS CITY DID WRONG IN ACCEPTING LOW RATE OF TAXPAYERS But Tells Audience at Factory Rally He is Not “Passing the Buck”—McMahon On Hand But Whistle Cuts Short His Queries, righy may not be taken from them without their consent. GIVEN HEAVY SENTENCE Executive Dead in Ohio Tornado and Small Sagi- Towns Are Literally Wiped Off the however, the Map. 0., March 29.—Casual- ties resulting from the storm which swept western Ohio vesterday and Jast night totalled dead and prob- ably several hundred injured accord- ing to information vilable at 1 p. m. today. The property damage * will probably run into millions of dollars, it w: aid. | & The villages of Renolette and Brunersburz near Defiance are total wrecks, fire consuming the wreckage in the former. Six are dead in these two villages. SOME BASEBALL SCANDAL? Lee Columbus, tween Five and Ten Years, New York, itzky, executiv York communist convicted Friday criminal —Harry Win- v of the New party, who was of violating the anarchy law, today sentenced to not 1 than five mor than ten years in state Winitzky, who was alleged advociated the forcible over- throw of government, took a prom- [inent part in the communist party I convention in Chi o several months ! ago. e (Continued on Seventh Page) WGRATH—ROY NUPTIALS ice Man Will Wed South Main 1. ¢ Hartford, ard J. Kinsella to have Se Street Apri Joseph's Church. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ray of 212 South Main street have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Laura Roy, to John V. McGrath, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGrath of South Stanley stre MG played at the plant of the ain Machine company and N the A ican Hosiery. man, havir seas with a sanitation and Germany for more than . The wedding ceremony will be nized April 21 at St Joseph's church. Magee's Attorncy Threatens to Give Some Startling Testimony About I e Players March New Brit- New 5 National THeydler ceived a York, of the letter from l.ee Magee who saying he would statements about resident gue re- the attorney for credited with make tional other ¥ s. The letter dated Friday mentioned no other player according to Heydler. “There is nothing i the letter to bear out the sensational statements which preceded it from the west,” he said. Enfield First Town to Complete Census Returns Census Supetvisor Thomas J. Smith received word from census headquar- ters in Washington today that the town of Enfield under his supervision was the first in New E and to send in complete returns to the bureau in Washington. Mr. Smith was one of | the first supervisors in the country to have his orgarization perfected in Jonuary when the census enumc tion s started. He Fas had more than 300 workers on his staff all of {approved, and later rejected at the whom turaed in ther reports in rec- | polls. The mayor. in felling this, ex- ord fime. Mr. Smith’s achievement plained that he did net want to “pass has brought commendation from \lu*.‘vhn buck” to members of the com- naticnal autheritiss, g¢mon council for he would stand be- unit in France The noon-ds ley the corporation. hind their the question. There One man . the school v rally of Mayor Quig- actions tax took place in the rain today main gate of The Corbin The mayor his administration, jutifying the add- ed on rate Methodists in Favor Of Minimum Salaries board paid a demurrage 0fi'$600 Tor ceall The mayer e - o® otk March SUoihe avew _ <. ! York East Conference of the Meth- rred him to the school board, giv =5 55 o ing as a reason that the school board | °1ist Episcopal church today adopted did not come under his jurisdiction Iegor SiEt coritiend na i e ininyim I. S. McMahon was there few Iy Slofi3 2,000 tor Smarried Rand minutes in advance of the mayor 00 for unmarried clersymen. As- and told the crowd confidentially nment of ministers will made that this campaign was not per- , tonight, sonal matter bec: he was au- | thorized by the Taxpayers! assoc! tion to debate h the mavor at these rallies. kept still untit the whistle blew and the crowd was up and then attempted to mayor question. but it te. at ew was| little heckling. it were so that very asked if reviewed expendifures of the city as With 1 improve- 0,000 Tless ars ago, high cost eco- nomic necessities. a the city shows = | ments ' debt now than it did he said. Speaking of of living. the raayor said that th city’s expens had also incre; proportionately and that the tax rate should be mills in order to run the city well. This rate was ap- proved by a hoard of experts, sul mitted to the common council and the be 15e w P, i l i WEATHE o March 1Iavtford, cast for 1 ity colder W a was too Mavor Quigley will New Britain Machine noon-day rally. speak at the at tomorrow's | * Battle | th is em- | HOMELESS AFTER GREAT STORM SWEEPS CENTRAL WEST STATES LOOKS LIKE PEAGE IN GERMAN RANKS PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THEY’RE AN HOUR AHEAD OR ~ POSSIBLY AN WOMAN WHO MURDERED | OWN DAUGHTER CRAZY Mrs. Emily May Favre of Settlement of Troubles in Rubr: New York Committed to Region Seems Brighter DEMANDS CONTROL OF ARMS To Support Demands, Insurgents In- corporate Threat of General Strike in Case of Refusal By Government Powers, Essen, March 29, (By the Associat- ed Press.)—Prospects of a speedy peace in the revolutiotary workmen's movement in the Ruhr region seemed bright tonight following a confer- ence of representatives of the Berlin trades union and the communist au- thorities.” There were signs of dis cord in the workmen's army and a conflict between the military and civ- il leaders of the movement and the confercnce declared strongly tor su- premacy of the political leaders. Amiious For Peace. All the parties of the Left their leaders to the conference from Berlin and these united in urging peace and cessation of warfare. The strongest advocate of the communists was Dr. Paul Levy, president of the communist party of Germany who was recently released from prison where he was serving a term for a political offense. Dr. Levy de- nounced the commander-in-chief of the workmen’s forces, Herr Leitner and the army itself in opposing an ar- mistice as an attempt at mihtary dic- tatorship. The conference decided to demand control of all arms and ammunition with seizure of the munitions plants particularly the Krupp and Thyssen works. To forestall the possibility of the government’s rejection of the con- ference's proposal the threat of a general strike which had been previ- ously made to support its demands wa, rcorporated in resolution by which the conference agreed to use, if necessary, all possible means to ef- fect 2 most complete general strike. FATHER LOSES LIFE (Mass.) sent a Bedford Man Rushes Inio Burning Structure to Save Baby— Both Lose Their Lives. Bedford, Mass, March 29.—Wil- liam T. Beals and his youngest child lost their lives.today when the father rushed into his burning house in an attempt to rescue the bah; The dwelling was ablaze in every part when Beals and his wife awoke. They rescued four children with difficulty. Discovering that the baby had been left behind, Beals went back for it, but his escape was cut off by the flames. He was cmploved as a sales- man in Boston. The cause of the fire is not known. William Hart Engaged To Miss Lucy Upham of William H. and Miss Lucy Nor- man Upham of Mamaroneck, N. Y., was announced at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Upham Friday night. Mr. Hart is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter H. Hart of Sunnyledge, and served overseas with the 101st Machine Gun Battalion. Before going to war, Mr. Hart attended Yaie and was a mem- ber of the class of 1918, a member of St. Anthony hall, the Glee club, the football sqrad and the Hotchkiss club. The engagement Hart of this i | | Matteawan Asylum Today. New York. March May Favre, who shot and killed her >-vear-old daughter here February has been adjudged insane and com- mitted to Matteawan hospital for the criminal insane, a commission ap- pointed to examine her announced to- day. Mrs. Favre came here a vear ago from Chatham, Ont., ambitious to be- came a dancer, evidence presented the commission disclosed. She had inher- ited a large sum of money from her father, the commission ascertained, but at the time she killed her daugh- ter, was in straitened circumstances. She told the commission she intended to commit suicide after killing her daughter but her mind “became a blank.” For two days and nights after the shooting Mrs. Favre stayed beside the body of her daughter. When the police broke into the ho- tel room where she was keeping vigil over her dead child, Mrs. Favre was sitting on the bed with a revolver in her hand. She made a move to shoot herself but police disarmed her. She then attributed her act to financial worries. An investigation at the time disclos- ed Mrs. Favre had been receiving a monthly remittance from interest in a Jumber business left her by her father but storms delayed the mails and she became despondent. A representative of the New York office of the lumber company, to whom Mrs. Favre had written she wauld kill herself if the money was not forthcomiug, went to her room with the remittance as sobn as it was received. When the door was found locked the police were called. Mrs. Favre was born in England. She married Seymore Favre of Chat- ham, Ont., Canada. They lived in New Orleans where they were married, un- til shortly after the daughter’s birth, when they were divorced. R. R. TRACKS INUNDATED Boston and Maine Trains at Spring- 29.—Mrs. Emily field Have to Change Route—River is Very High. Springfield, Mass., March 29.—The Connecticut river today reached a height af 17.4 feet here, the highest since March, 1913, when it rose to 20.2 feet. That record was the high- est known with one exception, in 1854, when it rose to 2% feet. There was 9.8 feet on the crest of the Holyoke dam today. The river hete has risen two feet in 24 hours. Colder weather last night checked the rapidity of the rise up river some- what. The Boston and Maine tracks be- tween Dummerstone and Putney, Vt., | were under three feet of water today and trains were re-routed via Keene, N. H. Trolley service between Hol- voke and Northampton was cut off by high water at Mt. Tom Junction. PLAN JUNE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Miller, of 12 Woodland street, announce the en- agement of their daughter Minnie Gertrude to Otto F. Bertz, of 12 Woodland street. The wedding will take place in June. MAIN STREET STORE ENTERED. Officer Charles Anderson reported at the police station yesterday after- noon that a shoe shine parlors at 292 Main street had been entered and a silver watch and some chewing gum were stolen. CHILDREN’S HOME IN WILL OF MRS. IS GIVEN $3,000 CAROLINE P. ASTON Funds of $3,000 Each Are Also Given to First Baptist And Center Churches For Relief of Poor and Sick— Many Other Bequests, The Aston Mrs. Place, will roline Pitkin died for probate and of $3,000 i Children’s Home. A be- 000, to be known as the is also given to the First Baptist church, the income and profits therefrom to he used for the benetit of the poor and sick of the church. A similar bequest is made to the First Congregational church. The sum of $5.000 is given outright to the New Britain Auxiliary of the Hartford Branch of the Co tional Women's Foreign society. Other bequests are: James Tu er Bufralo, $15,000 to nephew. Frederick Pitkin James of Lockport, N. Y.. $15.000; to AMary Sullivan Matteson of Cheshire, of of Park who last week, has been filed by its terms a bequest made to th quest of § Aston fund, To niece. Anna of ¢ | Auxiliary 000; to KElvira Grover Palmer of Middletown, $3,000; t6 Emma Pal- mer Howard of New York, diamond pin: to Ada Aston Middletown, | 1$2,000; to Mary Rourke, New Britain, 1$500; to George D. Aston .of Rock- fall, Adelbert R. Aston of New Ha ven, Adelaide Luddington of New Haven, Josephine S. Grimes of West Haven and Ktta Stillman of River, $1,000 each; to Edwin ton of Bridgeport, $500 and shares of Meriden 1 bank; other personal effects to Anns Tucker of Buffalo. The r the estate is left to the the Hartford Branch Foreign Missionary of B, all § is of Woman's the i ciety Georze P. Spear is named and provisio made in the will for jother disposition of bequests should the beneficiaries not b Mesimm, executor HOUR BEHIND Daylight Saving,Effed tive Today. Cause Numerous Mixup Among Commuters POSTAL SERVICE ON STANDARD When the City of New Brits woke up this morning, to the jarrj complaint of its alarm clocks, m of which had been shoved ahasd hour before bed-time Tasf night. was to find that many amusing 2 confusing instances were to folld through the different times that I been adopted by various institutio The greatest confusion occur: among the cl; of peoj that commute to Hartford or h to use the trains to allow them reach their destinations at cerf times. Inasmuch as the New Yd New Haven & Hartford railroad refused to change either clocks its schedules, there was an ho difference in train times and w time. There were instances of n understandings in the local facto and business offices, but it is expi ed that it will be but a day or so fore these will have been adjus 8 I and Is 8. In connection with the saving first day mix-up, ences of Themas Linder who is charge of the installation of a taxation system here is of more usual interest. Mr. Linder reside. West Hartford where standard { is still in effect. In order to rq his work in this city, it is neces for him to go to Hartford each m ing and come to this city by a r| that carries him back through Hartford. In Hartford and this the new time became effective morning. Today, Mr., Linder left his horny 6:30 and trolleyed to Hart reaching that city at five minutd eight. The trip is an ordinary minute ride. As the clock st eight, he boarded the o’'clock for ew Britain. At 0 the went through West Hartford en to New Britain. Ten minutes the train came into New Britain instead of being 7:20, the time-p here said 8:20. ° Commuters Are Late. Practically all the employes cal factories who live in Haj were late for work this mormi the means by which ihey counld their posts at 7 o'clock was quate. Ordinarily the 6 o'clock brings several hundred to New ain, reaching this city at 6:21. day, however, the train did not this city until 7:21, by new time the emploves were about! hal hour late for work and in som stances where it was ne them to walk a considerable tance to the factories, they later. dayl the exp (Continued on Scventh P NEW PRUSSIAN MINIST Herr Braun Is New Premier a cial Democrats Have Four bers in Cabinet. Berlin, March 29.—The new, ganized ministry for Prussia, announced today. is composed lows: . Premier and minister of aj ture, Herr Draun. Interior, Severing. Education, Herr Has Finance, Herr Ludeman. works, Herr Oeser, Trade, Fischbeck. Peoples welfare, Steegerwald. Justice. Herr Ze! Four of the ministers are democrats, two are democra two are members of the cent Premier Braun was minister. of culture in the late cabinet ang Haenisch, Herr Oeser, Herr veck, Herr Stegerwald and Zehnhoff also were members ‘ministry. TWO KINDS OF TIH Hartford Civil and Business Lil Busy Watching Both Kis Clocks Today. Hartford, running on —new and into effect when clocl March 29.—This two kinds of tim standard. The nel 1t 2 o'clock this 1 { been set ahe: mary were not. Factories sturted on but hund to uncha Some lines of/ big insuranes change thein 4 1ty. The rly cars ness notably the panies declined to because or this diffi company sent out the new itions. On the le the first day dayl plan is said to drly satisfactorgy con