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

Better Bus “ ESTABLISHED 1870, MEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11, 1920, —TWELVE FAGES PRICE THRE WARSAW-DANZIG RAILROAD IS POLAND T0 ASK FO CUT BY RUSSIANS; POLES MAY | HELP FROM AMERICA _BEGIN COUNTER DRIVE SOON Military Men Beleive| GENERAL WRANGLE IS Time Is Ripe To Start ¥ “Last Stand Offen- sive” SOVIETS ADVANCE STILL PROGRESSES b d Bolsheviki Leaders Begin Greatest Manoeuver of War in Attempt to Out- flank Polish Capital. Paris, Aug. 11.—(By the Fress)—The Russians are occu- Pying a stretch of 24 miles of the di- rect rallway line between Warsaw and Danzig and a larger force is pushing ncroés the Danzig corridor to cut the remaining’ railrond, according to the French foreign office today Associated now 4 Plan Counter Offensive Warsaw, Aug. 10,.—(By the Associ- ated Press)-—A concentration and re-grouping of the Polish forces for An extensive counter stroke within a few days on the entire Warsaw front I8 reported by today's newspapers. @« Military men express the opinion that this isa propitious time to wtrike back in an effort to drive off the soviet farces which are endeavoring to en- cirgle the capikal \ Poles Abandon Town, Although Polish forces have aban- doned the town of Ostrolenka, they continue to occupy positions between the Narew and Bug rivers and are “N suMclently strong to defend Warsaw in that direction. The evacuation of Oastrolenka, however, involyes a re- wrouping of the Polish forces along \ the middle reaches of the Bug River ‘vhere they are retreating toward the h‘\‘tr Liwise, east of Warsaw. Along thin stream the Poles have fortified voaltions which extend alonz a line mofe than 10 niiles from Warsaw. | Begin Groat Maneuver. Hoviet cavalry Invi ation ' north of the Narew River is suthoritatively reported not to be rong enough to attempt to force a Passage to the Vistula or to even se- riously threaten the Thorn region. The ewinging movement to north of this city—apparently planned to outflank and force the Poles acrose the Vistula—is the greatest manet undertaken as yvet by the bolsheviki, It is supposed to be under the leadership of General Touca- chesky, After crossing the Danz'g rallw the soviet cavalry is reported to have turned southward, being closely followed by Infantry, which has marched close along the Russ'an Trontier. e oper- to withdraw Russians Push Onward, London, Aug. 11.—A steady push westward by the Russians along the Bug s reported In Tues % oM lal | Mtatement from Moscow, e ! day Indicating a continuing closer ap- proch to Warsaw by the soviet troops. “AThe statement says the cupled a number of points miles west of the river Bug. This presumably s in the of Brest.Litovek) received Nussians o 12 to region went Oitizens Tervifiod, Warsaw, Aug. 10, (By te 4 Press).—A feeling of intense p- Prehension has spread through the Ity as reports circulate that the en- emy Iu gradually drawing nearer and s attempting a huge encircling move- ment. Crowds are striving to leave the city by all avallable means, The difficultios are increased by the n bhae! of any statement from the government as to what is to he done There are absolutely no arrangements look after Individuals king escape from the threatened envelop ment. The foreign legations & gone wo that foreigners shift for themselves. Trains Are Impossible. Travel by truins timost pended Awing to the glul, &7 g ‘,.muh.n._ and the Ceran the enemy futtin eat crowds of people nhbout the station day and pight P'eople fight for standing room on the trains, or for places on the roofs of cars or for the privelege of hang- ing on the car couplings. It is a grim of conditions the enemy draws near U .S. Boat Cahture; vnternational Cup of Wight, Aug. 11 (L the Associate Press) —America won the Harmsworth trophy, the interna- tional motor boat prize through the vietory of Miss America In the sec- « race of the meries oft here today. Assocint- must is - ltary ment to pleture tense Cowes, Isle pelemeapesiomare CENSUS FIGURES. ton, Au 11.—Allegheny ylvania containing Pitts. 2, Increase 168,369 or e - w | | the | the defenses of Warsaw | jvery ¥ 1 | building bran-h | surge | ns ' poking | ! RECOGNIZED BY FRENCH Anti-Bolshevik Leader in Southern Russia Trusted By Statesmen. 11.—The French gov- crnment has recognized Gen. Baron I'cter Wrangle as head of the de facto government of south Russia, ac- cording to information here this morning. The ministry of foreign affairs sald this recognition implied rendering Gen. Wrangel all possible military assistance. France will send a high commis- sioner to Sebastopol immediately, the foreign office stated. Two reasons were given for the recognition. The first was his premise to assume all the obligations of the former Rus- sian government. The second wa his promise to give Russia a demo- » government. nece notified Premier Liloyd e yesterday of her action to this it was stated. The French government likewise is notifying its commercial attache in London - to have no dealings with Leonid Kras. #in and Leéo Kameneff, the soviet emissaries in the British capital. The French Toreign office regards the soviet terms to Poland which the British premier read in the house of commons last night, as only prelim- inary and it is convinced that the woviet government later would exact much harsher peace terms. In announcing the recognition the south Russian government the ministry of foreign affairs sald the soviet government's anxiety with re- gard to Gen. Wrangel’s successes was due to hix knowledge that he was the most competent anti-bolshevik leader who had yet appeared. The French believe Gen. Wrangel shows more promise of overturning the bolshevik regime than did the Polex, Gen. Denikine or Admiral Kolchak in their operations against the soviet. Gen. Wrangel, the French point out is meeting with great suc- cess in turning all the Cossack tribes against the bolsheviki. BI6 POTATO CROP Paris, Aug of 23.895,000 Crop Is Excellent—Hay Is Plentiful. Aroostock., Fxpects Onion Boston, Aug. 11.—The condition of the Aroostock county, Maine, potato crop is now 90 per cent of normal and forecasts 00 bushels, accord- ing to the New England crop report issued today. The crop elsewhere in Maine and New England with the cxeeption of Rhode Island and north- castern Massachusetts, has grown well New England's commercial ap- crop is reported heavier than last year in all states but Maine. Connecticut valley onijons forecast a yield of 92 per cent with excelient growth continuing. Tobacco in the same reglon has grown very poorly. Hay in Connecticut is nearly a full uts are only fair Corn is . crop. SUED FOR $10,000 A. M. Rutherford. Inc., Brings Action Against Prominent Real Estate Man—Property Attached. A. M. Rutherford, Tne.. has through Klett & Alling, ght suit for $10,- 000 against Abraham Gorbach on a contract. The papers in were served by Constable Stark. and property of the has been placed under at- tnchment. The writ is returnable in the superior court on the first Tues- day in September MUCH ALCOHOL TAKEN the George A defendant case Automohbile With 30 Five Gallon Cans Is Captured By Authoritics at Mil- ford—Hidden Under Blankets, 11.—~Under Officer Miiford, Conn., Auk. blankets in a truck which Clarence Douglass stopped on the Milford turnpike at 3 a. m. today were five-gallon cans of alcohol The officer halted the truck to tell the five men on it “to light up.” He was curious to learn what sort of freight 18 being carried under blankets and under boxes of macaroni he found the cans of alcohol. The men ind truck were taken to headquar- ters and Prohibition Enforcement Of- ficer McAuliffe notified. This is the first seizure of contraband llquor on a highway in this town. FEDERAL MEN ACTTV Several local saloons were visited last night by revenue men, and in one instance a sample of the article sam- pled was taken by the officers. No ar- rests were made, Will Base Appeal on Note to Italy —Want More Credit - WANT EQUIPMENT FOR ARMY 200,000 Army Uniforms and 200,000 Pairs of Shoes Have Already Been \sked for By Polish Legation— American Note Sent to Allies, Washington, Aug. 11.—Poland will ask immediate aild of the ['nited States in its fight against the Ruseian bhol- sheviki Count Casimer Lubomirski the Polish minister announced today. The appeal to the state department, the minister said will be based on the assurance contained in the American note to Italy that the United States will assist on maintenance of the po- litical independence and territorial integrity of Poland. Ask More Credit. The aid requested, it was said, prob- ably will be confined.to a request for an extension of credits by the United States for the purchase by Poland of surplus war stocks. Permission to pur- chase 200,000 army uniforms and 200,000 pairs shoes from war de- partment stocks already has Dbeen asked of th: department by the Pol- ish legation. Allies Get U, Great Britain and France and the other allied and associated powers have been given copies of the Amer- ican government's note to Italy an- nouncing the policy of the United States in favor of the preservation of the territorial integrity not alone of Poland but of Russia as well. At the same time means are being found, it was stated today officially, for the note to. reach the Russian people themeselves in the hope that the American government views as to the future of Russia will have welght in counteracting the appeals to Russian nationalism now being made by the soviet authorities. S. Note. NO SHOW-DOWN YET IN BRIDGEPORT CAR GASE City Not Prepared to Call Upon Law to Enforce Opeation of Trolleys. Bridgeport, Aug. 11.—Mayor Wilson said today that he is not prepared, at this time, to invoke the general statutes to compel the Connecticut Co. to resume service here or remove its tracks und fixtures from the streets. He says that he believes the trolley company will be forced by public demand to resume service here 800 He says that the city is not prepared to handle the situation should the Connecticut Co. refuse to comply with an order for resumption of service or removal of its tracks. “1 would not want to issue such an order to the traction company,” said the mayor, “unless we were prepared to go through with it in the event that the company refused compliance. As it stands now we are not prepared.” “The fact that the tracks and cquipment are here, so that the Con- necticut Co. may resume operations at very short notice is having a sal- ntary effect in the present situation. 1t keeps a check on the jitney to maintenance of what service are giving and also as to fares are charging. Under the pres- system of operation the jitneyvs not prepared to adeguately meet demands of the traveling public. “It is my firm belief that the Con- necticut Co. will be compelled to re- sume service soon in response to public demand.” WAITED IN VAIN Soviet Diplomat Did Not Find Polish Armistice Commission Scheduled to Arrive at the Fromt. Copenhagen. Aug. 11, (By The As- sociated Press).—A representative of the Russian soviet command waited the front for the Polish delegation on the evening of August 9 but neither the delegation nor any message from Warsaw ar- rived, according to Maxim Litvinoff, the soviet representative here. The Russian representative was continuing to wait M. Litvinoff added, and the Polish government had been asked by wireless when the delegation might be expected. in vain art armistice —_— CHOLERA KILLS 600. Seoul, Korea, Aug. 10.—Six hun- dred deaths have resulted from the epidemic of cholera in Korea and 3,- 125 cases have heen reported TROUBLE IN FIUME. Paris, Aug. 11.—Soldters under command of Captain Gabrielle d'An- nunzio have attacked the Norweglen consulate &t Flume, according to & dispatch from Rome, both | AUTHORITIES FIND SKELETON IN WOODS Farmington Examincr Believes Man Was Murdered—Finds Bullet Hole in Crushed Skall. skeleton at Ly Hartford, Aug. 11.—The of a man was ilound In swamp Bird Hill. Farmington A. W. Johnsoa of W Medical Examiner ington says the man w undoubtedly the victim of a murde The state police are working on the case skull >f the man has the appe: of having been crushed by a and has a bullet hole in it. A revolver having two empty shells was found The s=keletoa was clothed pidated ¢ shirt, trousers Dr. Rip ivs it has the swamp trom one to two years. The docter's theory is that the man was struck down by a blow, a bullet fired into his hcad and the pis- tol placed near his hand to lead to the supposition of suicide. Farming- ton authorities togay could not recall that any resideat of the town had been missing for a year or two. There was nothing to give a clue to identi- fication. The about tall, that “ Sunday, itipley of Farm- apparently or eight inches but there was nothng beyond to show physical characteris- which to approx- i1 s label on the vas undecipherable. The skele- ton found just over the West Hartford line on reservoir property. Mr. Johnson said today: “1 was coming across lots from picking berries beyruad the reservoir, and as I walked through an opening in a clump of brush under a large trec 1 stumbled ever the body. 1 should say it could be seen about feet away, but as [ did not expect to come upon anytning like that, 1 was not paying atiention to things ahead of me in my path.” dead man five feet, six was MAY BE MISSING MAN 'llod,- Found in Farmington Might Be That of Bridgeport Jitncur, Missing a Year Ago. South Norwalk, Aug. 11.—That the body of the man found in Farming- ton on Sunday, may be that of 19- yvear-old Charles Coppola, a Jitney driver who disappeared from this city on February 14, 1919, is the belief of the missing boy’s parents. Coppola was last seen alive by his sister and at that time was driving towards Bidgeport Arthur William Pratt of Darien was arrested in New York city that night while tryng to sell a touring car ,the property of Coppola’s father. The car bad been purchased the day before the disappearance of the boy, and was Jdriven by him when last seen here. Pratt denied knowledge of Cop- pola’s whereabouts and said he never knew him. In the car were blood spots on the seat and a flap on the door where Coppola carried a re- volver was torn. Pratt was sentenced to from two to five years for theft of the car, early | this spring and is now in jail serving his sentence. He persists in his statements that he knows nothin about Coppola, but cannot expls where he got the car. NEW BOOZE GAMOUFLAGE Cabbages and Garlick Used to Hide Whiskey n Motor Truck Secized at Greenwich by Federal Men. Greenwich, Aug. 11.—Cabbages and garlic were used to blanket whis- key and other contraband spirits on three trucks seized by enforcement | officers on the highways here early today. Some ot the whiskey pack- ages were in cases which purported to be used for phonographs. In the daylight it was found that one truck was festooned on its sides with bunches of garlin to give the appear- ance of a heavily laden market wagon. ! Nine men were detained and the liquors seized are supposed to be worth about $50,000. Yesterday five men and many cases of liguor were taken off private ma- chines passing through here. All will be sent to Bridgeport for a hear- | ing. NOTIFIED OF CHOICE Prohibition Party Candidates Formal- Iy Adviscd of Their Nomination at Germantown, Ohio. rmantown, O., Aug. 11.—Aaron S. Watkine, prohibition party candi- date for president, and D. Leigh Col- vin, his running mate, will be formal- Iy notified of their nomination toda: Dr. Watkins is Ohio’s third presi- dential candidate. Mr. Colvin, although a resident of New York, was born in Ohio. Dr. Watkins is pastor of the Methodis: Episcopal church here and or of English at Miami mil- v institute. he notification ceremonies are to take piace at 8 p. m, prceeded during the afternoon by a parade at 3 o’clock. ¥ THER Hartford, Aug. 11—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: ! | Partly clondy tonight and } Thursday. ey . st Hartford. and | HE 15 EX-PRISONER Ponzi Has Served Term in Mon- treal Penitentiary OBTAINED MONEY FALSELY Was Police Records Show That He a Member of the Firm of Zrossi and Company Which Failed i 1908—Ponzi \n Alias Name. Bosten, E 11.—Cnarles Ponzi personally admitted today that he was the Charles Ponzi who served a term in the penitentiary in Montreal. A Served in Prison. 11.—(By Canadian hands appears member bank- Montreal, Press). Aug. om records in the of the Montreal yolice it that a Charles Ponzi was a of the firm of Zrossi and Co ers, this city, which failed in Zrossi fled the country and was sub- sequently extradited from Mexico City. Under the name of Bianco, alias Charles Ponzi, a man was convicted of forgery and false pretenses and sentenced to three years in the St Vincent de Paul penitentiary. Bank Is Closed. Boston, Aug. 1l1.—Bank Commis- sioner Allen today took charge of the Hanover Trust Co. This is the insti- tution in which the! account of Charles Ponzi, the financer, was shown recently to have been over- drawn. Mr Allen said that his agents had been examining the bank since last Saturday morning and reports in- dicated that it had been deing busi- ness in an unsafe manner and that it would be unsafe and inexpedient for it to continue. The doors of the bank were closed at 1:45 p. m. Who Is Ponci? Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11.—Records of the federal penitentiary here show that a Charles Ponci served a two year sentence in that institution from 1910 to 1912. He was convicted at Buffalo, N. Y. of smuggling aliens into this country. Served in Atlanta Too. In his statement Ponzi admitted having servéd a term in the peniten- tiary at Atlanta. The sentence was imposed upon him, he declared, for having escort- ed five Italians across the Canadian border, but denied having smuggled them into the United States. HAIRGUTS AT 63 CENTS I3 WHAT BARBERS WANT Proposed New Scale Prices Would Make Shaves a Quarter. of Local journeymen barbers, at a meeting held last night, discussed an increase in prices which, if adopted by the master barbers, will be in ef- fect early in September. A commit- tee has been appointed by the jour- nevmen to confer with the masters and get their views. The proposed new scale of prices is as follows: ‘Haircut, 65 cents; shave, 25 cents. The journeymen also decree that the shop shall close every night except Saturday at 7 o’clock and on Saturday night at 9 o'clock. At present the tonsorial artists get 50 cents for a haircut and 20 cents for a shave. The shops close at 8 o'clock each night except Saturday, when the closing time is 10 p. m. WILL MEET VILLA President of Mexico Plans to Soon Have Conference With Ex-Chiei Troublemaker. Mexico City, Aug. 11.—President la Huerta will meet Francisco Vill in the near future, according to a dispatch to El Universal. It says this meeting will take place somewhere in | The say- the northern part of the count former rebel leader is quated : ing: “Do not call me general. I am only a simple peasant who laves his coun INDIANS MOBILIZE 3,000 Yaquis are Reported to Have s Already Started to Put Down Cantu Uprising. Mexico City, Aug. 11.—Three thou- sand Yaqui Indians making up the military expedition against Governor Cantu of Lower California left Mazat- lan, state of Sinola, vesterd accord- ing to a war department statement. The troops will proceed from Puer- to Isabel along the Colorado river ta a point where hostile operations will begin. Another expedition of similar strength is being formed. e 1908. | e : CARLOADS OF LUMBER, Freight Yards Crowded and Speedy Contents is Necessary. Discharge of The members of the traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting in the chamber rooms vesterday afternoon to confer with | William H. Casey, of Waterbury, trainmaster of the Highland division of the New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad, and J. E. Leitch, local agent, concerning the present serious congestion of loaded freight cars in New Britain and to discuss methods of relieving the situation. AMr. Leitch explained to the mem- ‘bers that the New Britain yards have a capacity of a certain number of cars and when that number is ex- ceeded, as now is the case, it be- comes impossible to efficiently handle them and to place them where they belong. Both Mr. Leitch and Mr. Casey made a plea for prompt unloading of cars as soon as placed. Mr. Casey stated that a 48-hour holdout had been placed on New Britain begin- | ning at 4 p. m. Monday and ending at 4 p. m. Wednesday provided con- ditlons were materially relieved. Coal, lumber, steel, etc., have been pouring into New Britain during the Past few dayvs in unprecedented quan- tities, and while this material is more than welcome, it means working day and night to get the cars unloaded and out of the way for new arrivals. The traffic men present at the con- ference and every shipper in town agreed to do evervthing possible to handle their cars with the utmost dispatch. Mr. Casey said he always has been able to depend upon the shippers of New Britain to help out in an emer- gency and he was going away confi- dent that there would be no neces- sity of an embango being placed upon New Britain and that the congestion will be relieved within a very short time. $1,100,000 SUIT SETTLED is Agreement Reached in Case of Cameron Motors Corp of Delaware and the Holmes Manufacturing Co. Shelton, Aug. 11.—Legal troubles hetween the Cameron Motors Corp. of Wilmington, Del.,, and the Holmes i Mfg. Co. in which the latter was sued for allezed damages of $1,100,000 n- volving royalties on patents of mo- tors, has been finally settled, it was announced today and_ confirmed by the attorneys of the phrties in inter- est. The relstions between the con- cerns are to be terminated and the Cemeron Co. will receive the tools and equipment furnished to the Holmes Co. The attachment against the plant of the latter concern has been raised and the suit in the su- perior court withdrawn. There is also to be an adjustment of com- pensation by the Holmes Co. to the Cameron corporation. A few days ago a court decision rendered at Middleton paved the way to the settlement just announced. 30 MEN LAID OFF Aeolian Factory in Meriden Has No Work for Them—Another Police- man Quits for Factory Job. Meriden, Aug. 11.—Patrolman Wil- liam Boldt's resignation from the local police force which was accepted at a special meetinz of the commis- sioners this morning is due, he says, to the more attractive wages paid by factories. Patrolman Joseph B. Doran, who resigned recently, gave the same reason and more resigna- tions are rumored. Boldt is succeed- by Antonio P. Morache, a former service man. Thirty-five employes of the Meriden plant of the Acolian company were | laid off today for lack of work. Fine Lobster Salesman For Sales of “Shorts” South Norwalk, Aug. 11.—William Rhodes, keeper of the Pecks Ledge lighthouse, off Norwalk, was fined $50 and ‘costs this morning for sellin: “short” lobsters. A traffic in horts” has been going on in the waters around Norwalk for some time, ac- cording to Game Warden Wilbur Smith, who made the arrest. COUNCILMAN TO MOVE. Reginald Towers, councilman from the second ward, is soon to leave that ward and take up his residence on Hamilton street where he has pur- chased H. B. Hinman's two-family residence through the Home Banking & Realty company. STEEL AND GOAL HERE, ana | 'MONEY KING ADMITS | WA TERBURY SLACKER, D TO CONFESSION BY FEA ARREST, KILLS SELFI, Commits Sui | Morning By Himself In Hartford SUNG IN CAB4 DURING W Told Officials He So Was Unab ter For First World War. Hartford, Aug. 11. Janke, the Waterbury slacker who surrende! York police Monday arrived at the Hartord in custody of a federal evening commited suid in his cell this morni In cach of the cells and over the door ai bars. Janke adjusted kerchief around his his tie over this through the bars over he jumped off the cot. Confesses to Janke was thirty on leave of absence where he had been Panama railroad co months, Janke, accory agent Barbera who ai here was very despon up from New York. the West 47th street in New York Mond surrendered himself, lice officer that he had sleep because he fea were on his trail and have to go to jail for A stenographic vep | which Agent Barbera i New York with an zen's office today. It s | was employed as a ca a cafe in Waterbury August, 1917. From th Bridgeport and obtaig factory, and on Septem registered in the dra giving the name of under which he had in caberets. He was Al of the Draft but for service. 1 ‘Worked Nights The hours at which cabaret singer with”§ the greater part of = during the day were as his reason for not first draft when he W Janke worked in & taurant after the tember 1919 he joined bound army of men ure to comply with fed and obtained work in assistant commissary railroad. He was born of German parents. LAUNCHING AT day —This Was on Stocks in This Groton, Conn., A Hopatcong, built by Works for the U. S. Ei Corp. was launched Thomas A. Scott, wife| { shipping commuissions {'sponsor, and guests © included Mayor E. New London, and m city government and © cut society of Civil had its summer outin There was no hitch ments and almost on 11 as the tide served a the ninth vessel built a the corporation went d Scott used champagne ing fluid. The steamer is bui here. and will probabl in about a month. It Mrs. Wi wife of This was the lasf in the yard, ‘Grape Juice To America: Shanghai, Aug. 10, Press).—Visiting Ame: were surprised in Ha: 1y when Chinese offici| g a flawless welcomd | hibition tenets and sery at the various elabo: deference to what they the visitors wishes, stocks e] FINDS 23 T} Corpus Christi, Te: Twenty-five human been found 14 miles § It is believed they had by earth for many ¥ storm of September last] to view.