New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1920, Page 1

! | » ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTIC BRIDGEPORT JITNEURS DEFY "RESTRICTIONS AND CONTINUE OPERATIONS; NO ARRESTS YET “€onnecticut Company Adds More Cars to ¥ Service and Will Make Improvements | Police Receive No Instruc-| tions to Arrest Bus Driv- ‘ers Who Fail to Observe rdinance. Bridgeport, July 15.—Deflance by the Jitneymen of the new city ordi- nance banishing them from the stroets on which trolley cars are operated: wn o fruitless effort by Mayor Wilson promise the difficulties between ntatives of the conflicting lincs Fare | today's developments in Bridge- s transportation tangle No Action Tak ’ Alter three hours' session the con- ‘ence broke up at 2 o'clock. Presi- f¥nt Storrs, for the Connectiout com- Pagy, City Attorney W. H. Comley and Attorney Jacob Klein, tor the Titney- | @en's association, a!l'dgclaring that thing had been accomplished. 14| @ been hoped that seme agreement r which the jitneys might run ing & court ‘decision on the re- ly enacted _restrictive ordinance be reached, i was announced. Pat On New Cars. e Connecticut company today [ded a number of ‘cars to its service and has anngunced thay more will fol- ! A% 500D AS crows muy be obtdined vor Wilson held a conference 4 teday with trolley oficials and Jitne: Apfon’'s assoclation oMcers which was | Sgtiil in session at noon ' SOVIETS REPORTED | ' AS FAVORING TRUCE Bolsheviks Continne Thetr Vie- ‘r.u March Almm ‘Retreat- ,- Poles—Captare Amm City. !‘Hrl-. July 16.~~All conditions laid n in .fHe note sent to Moscow by mief Rloyd George relative to an mistice With Poland have been epted bygthe Russian Dbolshevik ment, according to a Spa dis- to the Matin. s on, July 15—Russian bolshev- rcon have forced their way the Viliya river, in the prov- ¢ Wilna, on the north, and have ! dr the Poles out of the city of Podolsk. » West of Molodetchno, northwest of Misk, the ‘soviet forces are ap- “ p##Aching the positions held by the German armies during the Polish ‘ommpalgn of 1916, In the regions ot Bhrasditahi and Slutsk, south of Minsk the bolsheyik advance contin- e successtdll “3fterce resistance on the part of the Poles on the entire front between é Dubna and Dnlester rivers is re- rflnd in the statement. July 15—An Exe¢hange dispatech from Berlin to- the bolshevik newspaper a as declaring that soviet Rus- [ ‘would decline all proposals for with Peland and would not y down her arms until a bolshevik folum was established in place of the present capitalistic state. ISTOL MAN FACES LCHARGE OF MURDER Dity and State Policemen Accuse Pic- y olo of Killing His Business Part- ner Sunday Night, Pristol, July 15.—Murder was the eRarge brought against Letterio Pie- olb, partner in the baking business, d@nd a boarder In the home of Salva- fora Trioll, in m?r today. as one of the developments in the death of Tri- S9N Sunday night The charge is brought by Chief Er- nest Belden, Captain Robert Hurley and Officer Tromanio of the state Nee. Prosecutor Mather asked for A three weeks' continuance in order that the police may carry on the in- Quiry, but Attorney De Rosier for Ploolo claimed ‘that his clfeht should have & speedy hearing. The court wot July 3 as the date Prosecutor Mather said jdgnce in Hand ient to that the have Pleolo held in prob- able eause but he would not disclose it now Accordingly the accused was not asked 16 plead Strike Ties Up Electric - Car Lines in thugo Chicago, July 15.—Sireet car wer vice In Chicago was almost l-nllr-lv suspeiided early today when electrical workers In several repalr shops were callgd aut on strike In a dispute over nianization and wage increased The elevated lines were not n.lmo‘. fallure by the police to make arrests, ‘} I was probably suf- | GERMANY BACKS DOWN; WILL MAKE DELIVERY | Agrees to Deliver 2,000,000 Tons of Coal Monthly on Three New Conditions. Spa, Belgium, July 15, (By The! Associated Press). — The Germans have agreed to the Allied demand for delivery of 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly with three new conditions, it is announced The German acceptance was em- bodied in a note which was laid be- fore the Allied premiers today by Premier Lloyd George. The condi- tions were: 1--The German_government shall | have the distribution of the Silesian coal, or the allotted 1,100,000 tons | monthly for northern Germany in- stead of the present allotment of 1,- 200,000 tons. ! 2—A mixed commission shall be | sent to Kssen 'to examine food and | | housing conditions. 3—The Allies are asked to ad- vance money or provide credit for | iImporting additional food for the en- | | tire German population. Simons said the German mlnll'r\‘| hiatd gone to the utgost limit and | could Ao nothing more so that if the Allied military leaders, Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Wilson still want- | ed an invasion of Geruiany they must have it In a personal letter to George,. Simong asked that George and Millerand help Germany to fulfill her obligations by doing three things. 1--By allowing Germany the cash | differenco between the price of coal at the pit mouth in Germany and the price of coal on the world's market. 2—PRy making a gencrous arrange- ' ment with regard to shipping. 1—By.civing Germany some se- curity or assurw.oce against the men- ace of invasion if she should at any : time be a little behind in her deliv- eries. f Paris, ceptance 2,000,000 July 15.—The German ac- of the Allicd demand for tons of co.’' monthly says n Havis Adispatch from Spa was s> wrapped up with cord'lons as to “maka it a subject fo. caution.” The Echo de Paris tekes another view, however. saying: “The German acceptance is not.sur- rounded with too many reservations and counter demands and is being seriously considered ’ FOUR AIRPLANES START Army Machines [eave Mitchel Field on 9,000-Mile Round Trip Flight to Nome, Alaska. Mineola, N. Y., July 15 airplanes left Mitchel Island, at 12 o'clock this after- noon on a 9000-mile round trip flight to Nome, Alaska—<wone of the longést and most difficult air trips | cover attempted in the western hem- isphere. Good weather was forecast for the first 350 mile leg to Erle, Pa. The expedition which is headed by | Captain St. Clair Street, is expected to make the ploneer trip to Nome and return in 45 days. The flight is to blaze the way for an aerial route to the northwest cor- ner of the American continent and for an aerial survey of former inac- cessible areas in Alaska. IMPERSONATING CZAR Soviets Offcr Reward for Arrest of | ~Four army field, Long Alleged Tmperial Servant Who Ts Posing As Regent. London, July 15.—The soviet gov- ernment is offering a reward of 2, 000,000 rubles for the head of a man claiming to be Czar Nicholas II. of Russia, according to information re- ceived by the Jewish correspondence today The advices say the claimant who i% in Siberia has raised a considerable following. In accounting for his es- cape from the bolsheviki he asserts it was a servant impersonating the eczar who was killed at Yekaterin- burg. where the czar and his family are understood to have been exe- cuted | Women, Lost in Alaska, Found Almost Starved Juneau, Alaska, July ~Miss W. . Delaney and Mry, C . nurses a Juneau hospital, their y on Sheep Creek mountain last aturday, were found yesterday by weveral hundred men engaged in the search. Faint from hunger and =x- hausted from efforts to find their way home. the women had built a s il fire on the mountain slope beside which they sat, awalting assistance or doath. 1 Pra, who lost | factory to Senator LaFollette. Forty- UT. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CH FARMER-LABOR PARTY, OUTGROWTHOF | SHJA MROCK TAKES LEAD IN RACE OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS, SELECTS CHRISTENSEN Senator La Follette Dechnes to Run on Platform Adopt- rty-Eighters Trying to Orgamze Another Party . Chicago, July 15—The farmer-labor party, born of a fusion of numerous ; political groups today had a pllt(ormi and candidates. At 4 o'clock this | morning its convention after an all- day and night session chose Parley Parker Christensen, Salt Lake City attorney and Max S. Hayes, Cleveland labor leader, as its presidential and vice-presidential nominees respec- tively. Today a group of dissatisfied dele- gates formerly allied with the Com- mittee of 48 met and considered pacing their own ticket in the field under the forty-eight banner. Christenscn and Hayes. The forty-eighters who remained in the farmer-labor.convention were rewarded by seeing Christensen, chairman of the 48 convention, se- lected to lead the fusion party while the labor leaders contented them- selves with the selection of their na- tional chairman, Hayes, for second place. Christensen’s nomination served to weld strongly the elements remaining in the convention. One report was current that the dissatisfied forty- ecighters wonld confine their activities today to organizing anew for a pure- ly educational movement. Not all was harmony in the fusion convention. Heated debate developed over the choice cf a name. The forty- eighters carried their unsuccessful | fight against the socialistic doctrines | of the'radical laborites to the floor. But the well-laid plans were nullified by labor leaders who blocked adop- tion of a platform said to be satis- eighters charged the fusion party was “boss-ridden by a clique.” LaVollette Steps Ouat. Amidst the uproar when delegates in every corner of the hall were clamoring to speak Gilbert E. Roe, LaFolletie’s personal representative sent in word that the ®enator would not under any circumstances become the party nominee on the majority platform adopted soon afterward. Removal of LaFellette strength- encd Whe laborites’ control. The | forty-eighters trailed along through | the rest of the session although once : they tried to Traise their voice in the proceedings. They contended without success that the “white col- | lar slaves” and eastern liberals, both ; small merchants and professional * men would be driven away by what they described as a ‘‘class” name. _ Other Names Suggested. Theé list of names placed in nom- ination included besides Christensen, Dudley Field Malone, Eugene V. Debs, Henry Ford. Louis F. Post, Govetnor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota and Jane Addams. After one ballot the convention voted to elim- | inate ali excepting Christensen and Malone and nomination came on the sccond ballot. Twenty names were offered for vice-president but they were with- drawn one by one until only three were left—Max §. Hayes, Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist leader, and Lester Barlow, leader of the World War Veterans. Hayes received all except about a dozen votes and the nomination was made unanimous. The convention then ended. The New Candidate. The new party's presidential nom- inee was born at Weston, Idpho, 49 vears ago. From early life on a farm Christensen, the eldest of five children, plugged away at an educa- tion until he graduated in law at Cornell. He since has spent most of his time in Salt Lake City. Prior to 1912 he was ranked as a “Doliiver” republican, but allied himself with the bull moose in that \u.r The death of that party sent him adrift and he said, he “sidled into the stall and voted for Wilson in 1916 K. OF C. MAY PURCHASE CHURCHILL PROPERTY Valuable South Main Street Residence May Change Hands Within a Few Days. Within a few days, it is expected, the Churchill residence and properties at the corner of South Main and Pearl streets will be sold, Daly Council of the Knights of Columbus having been dickering for the purchase of the property for several weeks and is now prepared, it is reported, to close the deal. While no direct informa- tion concerning the probable sale price can be secured, it is believed Ih;ll it will be in the neighborhood of 50,000, The Churchill residence is one of the finest and most elaborately con- structed in the city, with spacious lawns and garage facilities If the deal is consummated, the building will ho used as a club house by the K. of A fund was started several months uw for the purchise of a new club ! house for the organization, and a con- | siderable amount of money has been mlwd is also reported that Sam Ber- Lowvn and P. & McMahon are like- wise dickering for the properties. TO HEAD ITS TICKET SAVED FROM DROWNING, MAIN SAIL ON RESOLUTE FALLS DECK; DEFENDER HAS WITHDR DIES OF EXHAUSTION | America’s Cup Defender , Which is Competing Today Against Fleetest Yacht From Britain Little Gull Island Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife Victim— Three Others Rescued. New London, July 15.—While en route from Big Gull Island. N. Y., to Little Gull Island, 250 yards away. a row boat carrying Charles Douglas, second assistant lighthouse keeper of the Little Gull light, his wife; Mrs. William Tucker, wife of the first as- sistant lighthouse keeper and Bert Waterman of this city, was capsized, Wednesday night at 9 o’clock. Mr. Tucker and several others who witnessed the accident from the light- house on Little Gull Island put out ta their aid in another row boat, and succeeded in rescuing all four. The shock, however, was too much for Mrs. Douglas, and she died soon after reaching shore. Mrs. Tucker was for several hours in a semi-conscious can- dition and today ir said to be seriously ill as a result of her battle with the wav Messrs. Douglas and Water- man also suffered from the buffeting of the waves and are confined to their beds today. It is said that had the rescuing party reached the scene of the spill a few moments later, it would have been too late to save any of the four. Early reports reaching this city was that a pleasure craft had overturned and was carrying several persons, who were clinging to it, out to the Atlantic ocean. Crews from the coast guard life saving station at Fisher's Island and tugs from the T. A. Scott com- pany and the U. S. Naval Submarine Base here made a search for the sup- posedly drifting craft, until a storm at 1 o’clock this morning drave them to shelter. ; The scene of the accident is about 10 miles from this city. , FREIGHT CONDUCTOR BLAMED FOR CRASH ! The international boat races off Sandy Hook," which began today, are being closely watched by sports lov- ers on both sides of the Atlantic and the following facts about the races | are of interest: Brakéman, Who Committd Suicide, Also Found At Fault for Fatal Owl Train Wreck. Hartford, July 15.—E. Irvine Rudd, chief engineer of the public utilities commission, has filed a report of his investigation of ,the circum- stances attending the accident to the Owl train on the morning of June 24, near the Flower street crossing in this city when Engineer R. H. Gray was fatally injured, Daniel B. Bailey, the fireman, seriously injured, and eight passengers slightly hurt. Peter M. Castonguay, a brakeman, fearing that he would be held criminally respon- sible for the accident, committed suicide. The report attributes the accident to the failure of acting Conductor C. B. Healy of the transfer crew, and of Brakeman Castonguay to see that the tracks were clear and to the fact that on account of their neglect of duty train No. 70 received no warning. The report concludes by stating that as the accident was due to the failure of human agencies in the performance of duty, he could suggest no means of guarding against similar accidents in the future other than admin- istration of discipline. SHATTER DIAMONDS BY REVOLVER SHOT $3.000 Worth of Gems Are Mysteri- ously Ruined By .38 Calibre Bullet. New York, July 15.—Three dia- monds of a $10,000 collection bought from Tiffany & Co. by Gunnel Munn of Radnor, Pa., were found shattered today by a .38 calibre bullet as they lay in the box in which they were delivered. Mr. Munn bought the gems for his wife, who is a daughter of Deputy Police Commissioner Rod- man Wanamaker of this city. A hole in the red plush case showed where the bullet entered. The shat- tered diamonds were worth $3,000. Police are. seeking to determine whether the bullet was fired into the jewel case before or after it was delivered. Thé express company which de- livered the gems disowned responsi- bility in the matter recalling that in September, 1915, a bomb was received at the home of Mrs. Rodman Wana- maker, wife of the police official from a former employe. Officials of the company believe some man had in mind the Wanamaker bomb and fired a shot into the jewel box to as- certain if it contained explosives. Hartford. July 15—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: Thunder showers and cooler tonight; Friday generally fair, | ¥ = - + a - — Prize—The America’s Cup, to be deck with white stripe at waterline. Schedule—Race one, Thursday, July 15; race'two, Saturday, July 17; race three, Tuesday, July 20; race four, Thursday, July 22; race five, Saturday, July 24; fourth and fifth races only if necessary. Distance—Each race shall be over retained by the.New York Yacht club|a thirty-mile course. The first, third if Resolute wins and turmed over to|and fifth races shall be over a wind- the Royal Ulster Yacht club of Bel- fast, Ireland, if Shamrock IV, wins. ‘Winner—Yacht that wins three out of five races. Start—At Ambrose Light Vessel at noon (daylight saving time). Resolute—Designer and builder, Nat Herreshoff. Where built, Bristol, R. I. Owner, R. W. Emmons, ef al. club, New York Yacht. Skipper, Charles F. Adams. Number in crew 35. Shamrock IV.—Designer and build- er, Charles E. Nicholson. Where built, Gosport, Eng. Owner, 8ir Thomas Lipton. Club, Royal Ulster. Skipper, William P. Burton. Number in crew. 40. Resolute—White hull and bronze underbody. g is shorter. Shamrock V.—Green hull WATERBURY MAN IS ROBBED OF LIQUOR and Four Robbers Hold Up Truck and Steal Whiskey Which Is Valued at $10,500. Kearny, N.'J., July 15.—Four rob- bers today held up Patrick Transie of Waterbury, Conn., his driver and his truckload of whiskey valued at $10,- 500. The robbers started away with the truck, while the others ordered Transie and his driver into the ban- dits’ automobile. \ The victims were driven nearly five miles and put off the car a half mile from the police station. Transie and his driver hurried there and with ten policemen started out to pick up the trail of the robbers in possession of the truckload of liquor. The machine with two men aboard soon hove in sight and when the po- lice squad prepared to give battle they received an “S. O. 8.” from the pilots of the car who turned out to be New- ark detectives. The detectives had heen informed by telephone by a ecit- izen who had witnessed the holdup and secured possession of the truck after surprising the bandits before they could get the motor started. The rebbers escaped. Head of Leather Corp. Died At Age of 47 Years New York, July 15.—Walter Stiles Hoyt, one of the leading figures in the leather industry of the United States died in a hospital here early today after a brief illness. He was 47 years old. He was president of the Central Leather Co. and the U. . Leather Co. He was graduated from Yale in 1896. Veteran Meriden Cop To Become Fire Chief Meriden, July —The police com- missioners this afternoon accepted the resignatian of Joseph B. Doran, for 20 years a patrolman and a form- er member of the state police. who will take charge of the police and fire- fighting forces of the new Meriden plant of the New Departure Mfg. Co. ! | ward and leeward course of fifteen miles each way, and the fourth race over a triangular course, each leg of which shall be ten miles. Time Limit—The winning yacht must cross the finish line within six hours after starting in order that it shall be ‘a race. Signals—Preparatory, 11:45, light saving time; warning, starting, 12. Time Allowance—The Shamrock IV. must allow the Resolute six min- utes 40 seconds in each race, subject to remeasurement of a part of the Shamrock’s sails. Records—Fastest time for thirty miles, the Vigilant, 3 hours, 24 min- utes 29 seconds, actual time; slowest time made by a winner, the Defend- er, 4 hours 55 minutes. LIPTON IS CONFIDENT Sir Thomas Believes Shamrock Is in day- 11:55; Condition to Carry American’s Cup to England. Aboard Steam Yacht Victory, July 15, (By Wireless).—“If -the good wishes I have received from all over the world in the last few days could insure success, the ambition of my life would be achieved,” declared Sir Thomas Lipton today. “On the eve of my fourth attempt to capture the America’s cup I feel strongly that this time I have a boat that will prove the winner. Sham- rock IV. and her crew are in first class fettle and everything possible has been done to bring her to the starting line a worthy representative of the old country.” ERROR IN CENSUS \ Newark Has Population of 411,216 Instcad of 415,609—Hawaii Shows Big Increasc, Washington, July due to duplication population of New: J., to 414.- 216, instead of 415,609, as previo ly announced or a decrease of 1,3 the census bureau announced today The population of Hawaii was announced today as 255,921, an in- crease of 64,003 or 33.4 per cent. Honolulu has a population of 83,- 327, an increase of 31,144 or 59.7 per cent. Work is—Started On New T. B. Sanitarium Meriden, July 15.—Builders start- ed today clearing the site at Under- cliffe sanatoriuri for a large two- story frame building costing $65,000 to be used in following out the state tuberculosis commission’s plan of devoting the local hospital freely to the trecatment of children, transfer- ring the adults here to other state sanatoria and taking their children patients. 15.—An error has changed the Up to this Poi American Slo Steadily Mai a Lead ove Rival ‘ With Only 15 Sir Thomas Lipto Passes Rival and Home Stretch. il RESOLUTE Sandy Hook, July 16 rock IV, challenger for erica’s cup kept in finish in the first race after Resolute had because of broken If the challenger does self withdraw and sh within the six hour ti she will be today's vil Sandy Hook, N. J., Ju lute, defender of Americ ed her throat halyards her main sail, while rock IV. by about half a turning point in today’s ! 1920 series. Although h ped half way down he: skipper, = Captain Adams. kent on sailing. Resolute turned the o 2:52:54 and headed finish, a run of 15 two head sails drawing top sail swinging helpl Her crew meanwhile effort to replace the bro! Turning the mark at 2: rock passed the almost lute at 3 o’clock. Shamrock overstood wore around with a she slipped passed her Shamrock made no her spinnaker as both for the finish. two men aloft on the Re new halyards. When Resolute’s she was leading by hal Shamrock was cam.ln‘ § from off shore. Sandy Hook, July leads Shamrock over fll‘ in the first Amerleag Cu 1920. - The Resolute crossed and Shamrock 12:02: time. From the shore it that the Shamrock had ; start, not crossing the linj the handicap whigtle had at 12:02 o’'clock. / The the line on the rl (Mnl:es Poor Shamrock was over at the starting signal per, Captain William 4 to recross. Meanwhils slipped over in firs tpla recrossed about 40 seco Resolute and -immediatal the American boat, but astern. According to'J Shamrock’s start today ever made by a Lipton The official starting from the race committee Resolute 12:00:40; 12:01:38. 6 Minutes 40 Seconds It also was announced the time allowance | minutes and 40 =WMonds, change in figuers ob! | measuring the Shamrock’ The advantage of the tinctly with the Americ cause of faulty timing o craft, which resulted in the line a few seconds starting signal. Shamroc} was seemingly unable to lute. At 12:10 a rain sq both yachts and nearly breeze. Resolute pointed Shamrock footed a trifle First Woman to Mrs. Burton, wife of rock’s skipper, the first to sail on a cup yacht, ha nated to hold the time Shamrock. Whether ‘board to call the time of| was not known when started./ The rain squall hid the sight from the shore a after the start, as the falling the light south brought in a milky fogl completely concealed: th One downpour suce flattening out the sea smooth as a mill pond were making poor time." Conditions Arve" Vivid lightning rain drove spectators on — (Continued ‘on Elev