New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1920, Page 1

Pze= INEW BRITAIN HERALD ESFABLISHED 1870, FAILURE OF HUNGER STRIKE ADMITTED BY SINN FEINERS; 94 DAY FAST IS CONCLUDED Arthur Grifiths Convin- | g, GETEN’ BOARD ON ced of Strikers’ Fidelity, Now Wants Them To ““SP"‘;M‘ FUND READY Live For Ireland Those Who Will Work to Put Across $600,000 Nine Starving Men in Cork Drive Selected. Yail Are Reported to Be in - Very Deplorable Condition. ' First line organization in the $600- 000 drive for the New Britain Gen- eral hospital, which starts the week of November 29 and closes December 6, has already been perfected, and the list of men who will constitute the advisory committee, the executive committee and the heads of the various phases of the campaign, was announced today by F. Raymond Gilpatric, who is assistant to Clar- ence F. Bennety director-chairman of the whole drive. The slogan “Help Your Hospital— You'll Need It!" is being driven home to the people, and speakers in the theaters and at other places, be- fore and during the drive, will em- phasize the fact that the hospital is the people’s institution, for their benefit, and since more room and | buildings are needed, the people of | the city must do their share in help- ing to raise funds to provide for the hospital. Mr. Gilpatric's organiza- Cork, Nav. 12 (By the Associated Press).—The hunger strike of the nine Irish prisoners in the Cork jail | was called off today, the 94th day of | the strike. This was revealed when a messago recelved by Lord Mayor O'Callaghan from Arthur Griffiths founder of the Sinn Feln organization was given out, “I am of the opinion,” read the message, “that our countrymen in the Cork prison have sufficiently proved thelr devotion and fidelty and that ‘they should now, as they were pre- pared to die for Ireland, prepare again to live for her.” Men in Bad Shape. This message has been transmitted to the nine surviving hunger strikers in the jall. The men were reported today in a prably low state. 'I.’g:ull-nl:nunumom of the receipt of | tion list follows: the Grifith letter closely followed an Advisory committee, A. W. Stan- appeal by Bishop Cohalan of Cork |ley, F. G. Platt, A. G. Kimball, H. C. that there be a cessation of the strike M. Thompson, A. F. Corbin, G. P. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920. —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES FRANCE, OPPOSING ADMITTING GERMANY TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS, THREATENS T0 TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES IF THWARTED Demand Teutons Must Show Intention of Fulfilling Treaty Terms—Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria | Viewed in Different Light. Paris, Nov. 12. (By Associated Press)—The Frerch government 1is unalterably opposed to the admission ©of Germany to the league of nations at this time, it was stated at the foreign office today. Some “drastic” action would be a consequence if the league voted to admit Germany, it was inti- mated. The foreign office said there had been conversations with Great Britain on the subject and the British who had been inclined to favor German membership in the league had now accepted the French viewpoint, allow- ing the matter to rest for the present. Inasmuch as Germany has not ap- plied for league membership it is considered unlikely there will be any effort with promise of success to get the assembly in Geneva to act favor- ably on the gyetion of Germany’s ad- mission at this time. The French hold that Germany must prove her intention to fulfill the terms of the peace treaty and live peaceably with her neighbors before seeking membership and they contend there has not yet been time for them W. MAIN STREET TO BE WIDENED 11 FEET Board of Public Works Frames Ree- ommendation for Presentation to to become convince@ regarding Ger- many's attitude along these lines. The possibility of the admission of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria, is re- garded in a different light by the French, who have indicated they are not opposed to membership for these | nations, as it is considercd they have | shown good faith. Tokio, Nov. 12. (By Associated Press)—Japanese delegates now in Geeneva to attend ‘the meeting of the asembly of the league of nations have been sent cabled instructions giving them wide discretion regarding race equality proposals, says the Asahi Shimbun of Osaka. The opinion of the cabinet is 'said to be divided be- tween the conviction that the present time is inopportune for such propo- sals and the fear that objecting nations might take political advantage of the situation. Geneva, Switzeérland, Nov. 12 (By the Associated Press)—The secre- tariat of the league of nations today received Austria’s ormal application for admission to the league. WAR CLOUDS LOOMING ON GERMAN HORIZON which he declared would only be a | Hart, E. A. Moore, H. S. Hart, H. C. Noble, G. W. Traut, R. N. Peck, Rev. J. T. Winters, Rev. Lucyan Bojnow- ski, Rev. E. V. Grikis,.' J. A. An- drews, Angelo M. Paonessa, Morris D. Saxe, A. J. Sloper, W. E. Attwood, J. C. Loomis, P. F. McDonough, P. Corbin, H. L. Judd, Paul K. Rogers. Executive committee, H. C. M. Thompson, A. G. Kimball, G. P. Hart, F. G. Platt, F. 8. Chamberlain, K. Rogers, F. G. Vibberts, H. Hart, C. F. Bennett, P. F. Mc- Donough, T. H. Cooper, G. W. Traut, N. P. Cooley. Initial subscription committee, G. P. Hart, chairman; H. L. Piatt, F. 8. Chamberiain, treasurer; F. G. Vibberts, ’ Lists and estimates comntittee, waste of lives. GOMPERS SAYS LABOR WELGOMES INVENTION Denies Charge That Unions|:"" Are Against Improved Machine Methods. . ‘Washington, Nov. Yabor will welcome whitever amsist. ance research and science can offer to modern Industry President Gomp- e of the American Federation of Labor, today told delegates gathered here for the preliminary conference |man. on industrial research. A part of or- 12.—Organized | Publicity, Herbert V. Camp, chair- man. Luncheons, Speakers, Ernest W. H. E. Erwin. Christ, chair- Pulpits and theaters, Rev. John ganized labor's own work, he said, |T. Winters and Willlam C. 8. Hun- has been directed toward the scientific | gerford. study of conditions surrounding pro- duction, and to the assembling data. . Campaign in outside towns, P. F. of | McDonough. Campaign by tradeq professions “A porsistent effort has been made |etc., L. A. Sprague, chairman. to saddle upon labor the odium of opposition to machinery in producticn,” Mr. Gomp- ors sald. “This is not true as a gen- eral statement. What labor is op- posed is an effort to exploit them by the usy of improvements that are sntended as a blessing to mankind “Labor is not opposed to increased production or improved methods. Quite the contrary. We recognize there can be no permanent better- ment of standards of living for all except by increasing the things that contribute to better and more satis- factory living. But we hold that as a fundamental that material products are not the ultimate of production, Pbut service In a better life for hu- manity. *“Science and research may furnish the lawmakers with data and sug- .. gestions to assist the lawmakers in reaching the best considered Jjudg- ments, but confusion and retrogres- wion wJdl follow any attempt to usurp brerogatives.” FACE LENGTHY TERMS Rocaptured Convicts Will Be Sen- tenced to 100 Years If Maximum on All Counts Is Imposed. Ossining, N. Y., Nov x~ —Marcus Passott and George Stivérs, the Sing ®ing convicts who were rounded up In New Hampshire after their escape "last October 16, today left for White Plains under guard to plead to in- dictments for jail breaking, felonious sssault and grand larceny in con- ection with their dash for liberty. hey have been in solitary confine- ment at Sing Sing since they were voturned there October 23d Both convicts pleaded not gullty to all counts of the indictments against them at White Plains, and were brought back to Sing Sing after their trial had been set for November 17. The maximum sentences for all in- Alctments against each man aggregate 100 years, U. S. Has Not Made Any tatement On Adriatic Washington, Nov. 12.—8tate de- partment officials declared today that the American government had not yot approved the settlement of the Adriatic question agreed upon by Imly and Jugo-Slavia. Detalls of Ihe settlement have not yet been ray peived. improved methods and | will The campaign in the factories be handled by DirectorsChair- man C. F. Bennett and his assistant, F. R. Gilpatric. MERIDEN BURGLAR HELD Are Praised by Court. Meriden, Nov. 12.—John Kulsh of New York was bound over in $3,000 this morning charged with burglary of the home of Kate Kazner on Wil- low wstreet yesterday upon a plea of guilty, and Judge Thomas P. Dunne from the bench praised Gerald Mc- Grath and Walter Brys, ex-service men and football players, for their pluck and “fine display of good citi- zenship™ in capturing Kulsh, after he 4 fled from the Kazner home with a handful of bills that she was keep- Ing as treasurer of a church society. Kulsh admitted to the local police that five gold watches and several rings found on him were stalen in Hartford houses Wednesday He claimed he idld not know from whom he had ! stolen them. “BOOKING MAN” HELD Bridgeport Man is Oharged With Technical Breach of the Peace Pending Investigation of His Case. Bridgeport, Nov. 13.—Alleged have been instrumental tention of two minor girls from New Bedford, Mass.,, here with promises of securing them stage contracts and placing them with a show in New- port News, John Cavello, of 36 Wal- lace street, this city is being held by the police for further investiga- tion in bonds of $500. He is tech- nically charged with breach of the | peace. According to the story told the police by Cavello, a friend of his in |.\'rk Bedford brought the girls here and turned them over to him later disappearing. —_—— EDITOR 1S SELECTED. New Haven, Nov. 12.-—Richard Hook er, editor of the Springfield Republi- can, and of the class of 1899, will be Isaac Hill Bromley lecturer at Yale college this year, it was announced today. to in the de- B Newspaper Sees Hostilities With Poland if Silesia Goes to Teutons. Next Meeting of Common Council At a special meeting of the board of public works this afternoon a resolution was framed for presenta- tion to the next meeting of the com- mon council which, if acted favorably upon, will result in the elimination of the present entrance steps at City Hall, will establish building lines on both sides of West Main street and will widen the strfeét at no point less than 11 feet. Chairman E. N. Humphrey and other members of the board were of the opinion that present stone steps by which City Hall is entered, are obstacles to traf- fic on the sidewalk. Under the new plan the steps will be placed under the arched door. On the north side of the street, the highway will be widened by the cutting away of the walk from a point 2 feet deep at the National bank cor- | ner on a thper to the west side of | the city property cxtending five feet at that point Five feet will be cut away from High street westerly to Cedar street on the north side. On the south side a nine inch building line is established from the Beloin property at the corner of Crowell's drug store as far westerly as High street. From that point to Cedar street intersection five feet are to be re- moved to widen the street. The action was taken today, Chair- man Humphrey explained, so that the St. Mark’s church directors might know how far the new church edi- fice can extend. . BURGLAR CHAIN BROKEN Five of Eight Arrested For Rob- Wawsaw, Nov. 12.—Declaration that war between Germany and Poland would be inevitable if the plebiscite to be held in Upper Silesia gives that region to Germany is made by the Gazette Poranna in discussing the plebiscite. The newspaper which is the organ of national democrats headed by John Dombski under secretary for foreign affairs predicts that another world war would result with France and Belgium joining Poland and Great Britain siding with Germany. “If England should enter this war it would mean perhaps, the end of British World power.” the paper de- clares, adding that Great Britain has | shown certain leanings toward Ger- many in Silesian affairs. | The date of the plebiscite in Silensia | has again been postponed indefintely | meanwhile, unrest in the region con-l tinuez. | SCHOOL IS BURGLARIZED Tirrington Institution Entered During Night—Loot Consists of Cash and Liberty Bonds. Torrington, Nov. 12.—Burglars last night entéred the High school, smashed off. the sate lock with a sledge hammer and stole $200 in cash and $1,000 in Liberty bonds and also ransacked the stenographer’s desk in beries Are Bonded Heavily Jhis | o vain search for money. An aeromreter valued at $75 was taken from the safe Morning in Bridgeport Court. | $ but was left lying on the desk. The “ 8 burglars left behind them a sledge Bridgeport, Nov. 12.—Five of the! e eight alleged burglars who were hammer, a hatchet, a hammer, two rounded up here the early part of cold chisels and threec machine tools. > the building was effected the week and believed by the police e 3 to bg responsible for a number of through an unlocked window from'a “breaks” in which thousands of fire cscape. dollars in loot was taken faced . - Deputy Judge Frank Wilder in the Saving Money May Become city court here today when their Compulsory in Schools Gases ‘were continued! ntili Novemiber | Wi s esi12 P o meic lor 16. Three of the men are being hcld pe savings division of the treasury in bonds of $2,000 each, another wWas gepartment conferred here today with released on furnishing a $500 bond 4 pumber of educators regarding plans and another member of the gang, for making the principle of the sav- i Nicola Pizanelli, of 167 Willard ing and investment of money a perma- street, said to be the “master mind” nent and compulsory part of Amer- of the outfit was ordered held under jican public school curriculum and for bonds of $5,000. All are technical- | the use of government savings securi- Iy charged with breach of the peace | ties as the practical medium for apply- pending further investigation by the | ing those principles. police who say they have obtained tcnnreflslonn from two of the gang. Paterson Woman Dies 1500 Lose Jobs in One of Sleeping Sickness . Paterson, N. J., Nov. 12.—Mrs. R. Week in New London | x. Boya, wite of a local clergyman, New London, Nov. 12.—The labor | died from sleeping sickness last night rometer took another drop in this | at her home in Little Falls. Physicians city today. Between 40 and 50 men | attributed the malady to an attack of were laid off at the Centra Vermont | influenza which Mrs. Boyd suffered two dock and it was learned at the state.| years ago. She had been unconscious pier that nearly 60 men would be | since Monda laid off there Monday. This, added to the cutailment effected on the New Haven road Wednesday will mean over 500 men who have been turned out of employment within less than a week. Mills At Holyoke to Reduce Working Hours! | Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 12.—The Ly- man mills and Farr Alpaca Co, both | | manufacturers of textiles, today an- || nounced reductions in working sched- I' | [ PROBING WORLD’S THEORY. New York, Nov. 12 —District At- torney Edward Swann planned today to question all of the men mentioned by the Evening World yesterday in its “solution” of the Wall street ex- plosion here on September 16. WEATHER. —— Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12— Forecast for New Britain and vicinity; Fair tonight and Satur- day, colder tonight; continued cold Saturday. . ules, effective Monday. The Lyman mills employing 1,200 hands, will re- duce from 48 to 30 hours a week and the Farr Alpaca Co., employing sev- | | « eral thousand will further reduce || MISSING; OWN SON CALLS HIM SLAYER ties He Witnessed Step- Mother's Murder Four Years Ago FEAR OF DEATH THREAT MADE HIM KEEP SILENT| Youngster Relates Quarrel Between Two, Then Says Husband Killed Wife With Club, Hid Body in Hay- mow and Later Buried It In An Abandoned Well. Langdon, N. M., Nov. 12.—An abandoned well on the farm of Wil- liam B. Whitney, which has been filled with rock and debris, was re-opened today by county authorities in a search for the body of Whitney's sec- ond wife. The search was ordered as a result of a declaration made by John Whitney, 15-year-old son of Willliam B, Whitney by a f8rmer mar- riage, that he saw his father strike down his step-mother in their home, four years ago, take her body to the hay-mow and later bury it in the well. Disappeared Oct. 30. W. B. Whitney disappeared from town on Ottober 30 after eight years of residence here in which he gained = reputation as a solid citizen. !n his wake came bankruptcy petitions against him, and charges that he had Auplicated mortgages on his home. With the departure of the father, his son John went to the county authori- ties with the story which he said he had kept secret under threat of death by his parent. The family was originally named Doalittle, according to the son, and lived at Madison, Me. The father was charged with passing a worthless check and went to Montana, He lived there several years, returning east in 1912 with a second wife, and settled here. Tells of Murder. On the night of June 30, 1916, Whit- ney and his wife went to a lecture, re- turning late. John told the county solicitor that he was awakened in his hed over the kitchen by a dispute, and, looking through the hot air regis- ter into the room below, he said he saw his father grasp a stick of fire- wood and beat his step-mather with it. The woman was apparently killed by the repeated blows, the boy said, adding that he saw his father next take the body out of the house to the bay-mow in the barn. There, accord- ing to his story, it lay for several Jays. Then Whitney placed the body in the old water-hole, threw on top of it stones gathered for the purpose and the debris of the farm yard. Mrs. Whitney had been planning a visit to relatives in Ohio, and Whitney told the neighbars that his wife had gone there. GUNMEN SHOOT CHILDREN Nine and Six-year-old Youngsters Shot Down im Streets in Trentom, New Jersey, Today. . ‘Trenton, N. J., Nov 12.—Paul and Ralph Harris, aged nine and six years respectively, were painfully wounded today by one of two gunners, who the children said deliberately fired upan them as they were walking along a street in the suburbs, and then fled. Both boys were taken to the hos- pital, Ralph was struck about the head and back with buckshot. Nearly all of Paul's wounds were about the head. The police are investigating. $10,000 MACHINE PALLS ‘Workmen Narrowly Escape Decath at New Britain Machinc Plant When Crane Breaks, Releasing fimer. A $10,000 planing machine drop- ped from a crane at the New Britain | Machine company plant yesterday aft- ernoon causing considerable damage to the machine. The accident hap- pened as the planer was passing over a space the height of which was equivalent to two stories of the fac- tory. A hook on the crane straight- ened out allowing the machine to drop to the floor: Fortunately no one was injured in the crash although several workmen were nearby at the time. Automoi:ile Bandits Get Thousands in Kingston Kingston, Ohio, Nov. 12.—In a dar- ing daylight robbery, three men in an automobile today secured $4,000 in currency and between $50,000 and $70,000 in government bonds from the First-National Bank here, shooting PRICE THREE FATHER STRANGELY 1 SUIT TO TEST VALIDITY | RULE PUTTING BAN ON OF HOPS TO BE INSTI {6 Year 0Id Boy Tells Authori-| TWO HELD IN BOSTON |Ohio Firm T FOR BURGLARY HERE Colored Men Taken in By Hub City Police Admit Robbing Local Store. illiam Tallman and Alexander Lee, both colored, and aged about 20 years, were taken into custody late vesterday afternoon by the Boston police while they were trying to dis- pose of watches in the Hub city. When searched at the police head- quarters, a quantity of jewelry was found in their possession. The youths confessed to breaking into a jewelry store in Connecticut. They said it was either in Waterbury or New Britain that the offense was committed. The Boston police communicated with Captain Thomas W. Grace this morning, and the information re- garding the break at the store of Himberg and Horn in the arcade was sent back to the Boston authorities. Some of the articles in the possession of the pair answer the description of those taken vesterday morning. A warrant was issued today for their arrest and Detective Sergeant A. J. Richardson is preparing to go "to Boston, and bring the accused back here. During the investigation of the burglary yesterday, it was learned that recently the woman caretaker of the railroad block was awakened by the sound of noises emanating from Which, Fede bition Agent Will Gain Thes Fairfield County, Makes Plans Down Liquor Columbus, O., Now. test the recent ruling tion enforcement law P of malt extract and h except confectioners to be filed in the Un here today by a local pany. - “They have no and no doubt will lo James A. Shearer, pi tor for Ohio when action. P —— Ruling Is ‘Washington, Nov. 1 revenue bureau broke on the ruling of the forcement bureau proh of malt extracts and than bakers and conf Commissioner Willl a formal statement was under considerati nue bureau where a lower hallway. ~Investigation dis- closed threc colored men asleep in the hallway, which is only a short distance away from where the burg- lary was committed yesterday morn- ing. It is now believed that the ac- cused have been in the city for a few days getting a lay of the prem- ises and policing conditjons. ‘With the arrest of Tallman and Lee, there is a probability that the burg- lary at the Citizens Coal company early yesterday morning may also be clean up by the police. The prison- ers reside in Roxbury, Mass. PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS New Haven Man Pleads Guilty acts of the prohibition He said the prohibition'| ably would discuss the officers of the internal later today and added th bureau had arrived at on the question. Lio No More Bridgeport, Nov. 12. missioner Frank Ballare today that the county have informally agreed yany more licenses for liquor dealer who atit business in * 4§ . diately be investigated ticut authorities. EX-CONVICT AG OF GOVT, CON Emergency Fleet C ploye Tried to Pi Million Dollar K New York, Nov. 12. how an ‘‘ex-convict”, a ploye of the Emergency poration, had attempted “ a deal in the sale of owned by the Shipping Bd lusion with a head of the partment, was related tod T. Meehan, deputy chief o bureau of investigation. The deal, had it been col Mr. Meehan testified beford committee, would have re loss of more than $1,000, government. He said that in July, 191 Meriden—Bound Over to Superior Court in $1,000 Bonds. Meriden, Nov. 12.=~Wesley Beeman, 21, of 101 .Westfield street, New Hav- en, pleaded guilty in police court this morning to defrauding local tailors by worthless checks and was bound over in $1,000. Three counts involving about $65 were pressed. It was ex- plained that in one case Beeman fled ‘when the suspicious tailor went out- side to telephone and left behind him in the store his purse with $5 in it. He called yesterday afternoon on one of his previous victims, Jacob Silver- man, Grove street, tendered another check, and the latter held him for the police, NOT KILLED—PRISONER Red Cross Gets Authentic Informa- tion That Captain Kilpatrick Alive in Prison Camp in Russia. Is Paris, Nov. 12.—Washington re- ports that Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, | had on hand approximatelf an .American Red Cross worker in | 000 feet of excess lumber. south Russin was not killed by the | the sale of this lumber ® bolsheviki but is being held a prison- | ted in that month. Am er, were confirmed in a telegram re- | ders, he sald, was a Chica; ceived at the Paris branch of the | firm which filed a bid wih American Red Cross from Sebastopol | check for approximately $| today. The telegram was filed in The department had Sebastopol on November 8. trail of a former employe of} The telegram reads: “‘Definite infor- | the witness sad, by the ni mation that Kilpatrick is a prisoner S. Kiger, then believed to b was received from Russian officers | ed with an alleged subsid who escaped from the group of pris- | pany of the bidders. oners which included Kilpatrick. This |- By means of ‘“detectaphi group left Lakia under guard in the | other means of obtaining direction of a prison camp at Klova- | tion, it was disclosed that ka (Kakhovka?) on the Duficper.” | in communication with J. cett, then head of the Iluf partment of the Emergency poration. The department gation. he declared, learned bid was misleading and thad der of the certified check Mrs. M;gwiney Promises | To Testify in United States Washington, Nov. 12.—The commit- | tee of 100 investigating the Irish | 5 5 d ta cover up what the question announces today it had ac- | © o . | experts afterward declared cepted the offer of Mrs. Muriel Mac | 2XPenS SHETWEC SO0 SN Swiney, widow of the late Lord Mayor | | of Cork, to come to the United States ' Personal Tax Collect Prosecuting Delis to testify in the hearings which the committee plans to begin Nevember 17. Mrs. Mac Swiney, the committee said, had been asked to reach the | Personal Tax Collector United States if possible not luter than | Mills has commenced pi against those who have not tax for last year, and war out by the prosecuting atta December 6, be served to guarantee the aj Dies As He Plans to Observe Anniversary 'of the offenders in court Those arrested are given South Norwalk, Nov. 12.—Several hours before guests gathered at his | tunity to pay up their $2 taj home in honor of his 58th wedding | additional $5.42, which com anniversary, today, William Limburn- | costs of bringing the del er, a prominent Odd Fellow here, died | court. of heart trouble, aged 80 years. He is survived by a widow. BECKETT IN JAIL, Hartford, Nov. 12 —Lul Beckett, who is to be tried er of Charles C. Taf icab wus brought ford today by the state pa SEAPLANE SINKS. sandy Hook, N. J,, Nov. 12—Caught in a heavy wind while anchored in the bay here, naval seaplane No. 66 sank_t norning hre SRRTOT