New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1920, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870. TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN NOW TURNING ONT LESS THAN ONE HALF | TO RECALL REGENT NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES NEW EN OF PRODUCTS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR Some Mills Curtadl 80 Per' Cent., A Few Close Down But Majority Go Onto Shorter Schedule 300,000 WORKERS "IN THIS DISTRICT Fall River Mills’ Agreement Not to Cut Wages Now in Effect Greeted With In- terest By Labor Unions— Conditions Elsewhere. Boston, Nov. 17.—Curtailment of production which began some months ago In New England textile indus- tries employing 300,000 operatives has now reached a point where the total output is less than one-half that of one year ago, according to estl- mates made from a canvass today of the great mill centers. In some in- stances the curtailment runs as high as 80 per cent. A few mills have shut down entirely. The majority have adopted a working schedule of three or four days a week. Mills that continue in operatien on full time with full crews are exceptional. Thus far only Isolated announce- ments of wage reductions have ap- peared, and those have been for the most part in small mills where operatives have been presented the cholce of a ten per cent. wage cut or a shutdown. Unions Are Intercsted. The agreement reached at Fall River yestorday after several con- forences between cotton manufactur- “ers and operalives committees pro- viding for a continuance of the pres- ent wage scale, the highest in the history of the Industry has been greeted with much interest in union labor circles as an indication possibly of the attitude that manufactusers in other districts may take regard- leg of the depressed market condi- | tions and the general curtailment of the working schedule. The Fall River mills which normal- Iy furn out upward of 350,000 pleces of cloth each week, are now produc- ing hardly more than 150,000 pieces, while sales in the cloth market for #everal months are sajd not to have | exceoded 12,000 pleces weekly. Under | normal konditions, thase salew | amout to 150,000 weekly. | In New Bedford, the center of the fine cotton goods trade, where there | are 000 operatives, the present curtallment I8 reported more strin- gent thas at any time since 1907, the Droduction being estimated at be- tween 30 and 40 per cent. of normal. Fow On Full Time, Of the 35,000 operatives In Law- rence not more than 25 per cent. are working full time. Lowell cotton mills employing 20,000 and woolen mills having 3,000 operatives have bgen running on short time for sev- eral weeks. The mills in Berkshire county are reported to have 30 per cent. of their machinery idle. A woolen mill and a carpet mill in Worcester are shut down for a week and others in that city and elsewhere In Worcester county are operating wigh reduced forces and on short time. Ono Worcester woolen mill has cut wages 10 per cent. About 10,000 operatives are affected by curtail- ment In mills in Holyoke and Chic- opee. Rhode Island Reports. Rhode Island mills are operating At from 50 to 60 per cent. of capacity. | There have been few wage cuts. The | curtallment in mills in Maine has been limited in most cases to three or | four days’ schedules. None of the larger mills have been closed en- irely. Production in Vermont's textile industry In Burlington and vicinity is at about one-third normal. Bhort time schedules are in force in the large cotton mills in Manchester nnd Naghua, N. H. without wage re- ductions. UKRAINIANS DEFEATED Kiev Has Been Evacuated and Vie. torfous Bolsheviki Armics Are Pur- % suing Fleeing Enemies, Warsaw, Nov. 16, (By the Associ- @atod Press.)—The Ukrainians have evacuated Klev and other towns they had mecupled and are fleoing defeat- ®d before the new Russion soviet oftensive. The Bolshevik cavalry has swept through the Ukrainian lines at various points. Three of Gen. Petlura’s Were rrounded by soviet troops hen the Ukrainian left wing brol BUFFALO SNOWBOUND; FOOT FALL RECORDED Traffic Demoralized—Storm Also Sweeps This State— Torrington Hard Hit. Buffalo, Nov. 17.—Buffalo Is snow- bound in one of the worst storms in the history of the city during the month of November. From 4 o’clock this morning until seven more than a foot of snow fell. Traffic is demoral- 1zed. Torrington, Conn., Nov. 17.—Tor- rington outskirts amd surrounding towns were hard hit by ice storm dur- ing the night. Many trees and tele- | phone poles have fallen and telephone service in nearby areas is pretty well paralyzed. The commercial electric power failed shortly after 7 o'clock this moring and had not been restored at 10:30 o'clock. It is assumed that the interruption to the power line, which originates in Falls Village is due to the ice storm. Telephone com- munication with Falls Village is im- possible. Winsted, Nov. 17.—Sleet coated the trees and bushes in the towns of northwestern Connecticut at day- break, a drop in temperature during the heavy rain of the night changing the disturbance into probably the worse ice storm for this date in many years. Here, In Winsted, there was no ice, but at Highland Lake the trees were coated. In Norfolk and Cornwall the ice coating was heavy and tele- phone lines went down in many places. The Winsted exchange report- ed 40 lines, or 250 stations out, Can- aan had ten lines out and Lakeville three. The only circuits out of here at an early hour were three to Hart- ford. Springfleld, Mass, Nov. 17.—Snow to a depth of severnl inches, the first of the winter, blanketed the Connec- ticut Valley as far south as Northamp- ton today. ENGLAND DISPLEASED British Embassy Serves Notice It Will Not Participate in Irish Investiga- tion Hearings—Opens Thursday Washington, Nov. 17.—The British embassy today notified the commit- tee of 100 investigating conditions in Ireland that it did not approve of the purposes to be served or the methods to be followed in the com- mittee's hearings to begin here to- morrow and that therefore it could not accept the committee’s invitation to be represented. The embassy’s reply, addressed to Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of The Nation, who appointed the com- mittee declared the only outcome of the inquiry would be the spread 'of propaganda and that there was noth- ing In the composition of the com- mittee itself to remove from it the idea that it was not impartial or prejudiced in advance. WILL DESTROY LIQUOR $10,000 Worth, Too Impure For Med- fcal Use, is to be Destroyed in New Haven. New Haven, Nov. 17.—Orders were issued by the U. S. Court today which U. 8. Marshal Palmer will destroy about $10,000 worth of confiscated liquors, dispasing of such that is not pure enough for medicinal, mercan- tile or scientific purposes. The liquor which will be destroyed is considered by the shine” kind, or mash, Fifty persons had bhad the liquor and the order mentions each. BRISTOL SHOPS' CLOSED Trouble on Transmission Lines of Connecticut Power Company Leaves Oity Without Electric Current. Bristol, Conn., Nov. 17.—Trouble on the transmission lines of the Con- necticut Power Co. cut off this city from most of its commercial power today Lights went out after mid- night and the Bristol and Plainville Tramway Co. started its boilers and generated current for the lights. Nearly all the large factories were closed for lack of power. Those with their own power plants ran as usual. DRIVEN OUT BY FLAME Danbury, Nqv. 17.—The family of Ralph R. Rogers of Pembroke dis- trict, on the outskirta of this city midnight last night. conteats valucd marshal also unfit for con- | | sumption, being mostly of the “moan- GLANDIS |GREEKS PREPARING |OGILBY TAKES HIS PLAGE AT TRINITY SHIP BOARD MILLI King Constantine Expected Back | Is Inaugurated 12th President of { One Firm Alone Had $25,000,000 Alter Plebiscite Is Held ALLES LIKELY TO PROTEST|TWO DEGREES ARE GIVEN|FORMER T o Intention of Not Récognizing Him— Govt. Officials See No Reason For England-France Opposition, Athens, Nov. 17.—(By the Associat- ed Press)—"“Constantine is our right- ful king,” former Premier Gounaris, leader of the successful party in the Greek elections, told the correspon- dent today, “and we expect him back as soon as a plebiscite is held show- ing that the people want him.” “We expect to assume the govern- ment in a day or two,” continued M. Gounaris “when the results of the elections become official. Then we shall call the chdmber and have a plebiscite. “It was the intention of Constan- tine to return after the plebiscite and I have no messages from him that he is coming earlier.” See mo Cause of Complaint “If the plebiscite shows the people want Canstantine I do not see why France or Great Brtain should inter- fere. ** We won the elections because the people regarded the Venizelists as usurpers by force. “We wish to aveid civil war and further troubles. We shall pursue a policy of conciliation, not vengeance taward the Venizelists We do not an- ticipate a revolt in the army, which is really Constantinist.” Allics May Object Athens, Nov. 16.—It is believed here that the Allies will make known to Greece their intention not to recog- nize Constantine should the ex-king be restored to the throne. George Rhallis, former premier, has succeed in forming a cabinet to succeed the Venizelos government de- feated in Sunday's elections, and the new ministry will be sworn in Wed- nesday, is was announced today. M, Rhallis, who is 80 years old will besides the premiership, assume the portfolio of foreign affairs. There is much interest in the voto cast by the army which has nat.yet been returned and which is has been thought might affect the Venizelist cause favorably. The opposition's press bureau, however, is quoted today as declaring that the voting at the he front would be annuled. Reasons For Defeat Reasons for his defeat are said by former Premier Venizelos to be the weariness of the people with palitics; their desire for a rest and for the return of soldiers from the front and emphasis placed by opponents on the charge that he was putting Greece in the hands of foreign nations. M. Venizelas declares this charge aroused fears of protracted wars in connection with his Greater Greece policy, and he says popular jealousy played a part. Speaking for himself he said; “I am tired and want a rest. Now 1 will have time to enjoy reading political history.” PAPER MILL DESTROYED Wasuc Mills At Glastonbury Demol- ished By Fire—35 Losc Jobs and Monetary Loss is $50,000. Glastonbury, Conn., Nov. 17.—The Wasuc Paper Mills, makers of binder boards, in South Glastonbury, was burned today. It was owned by John Purtill and Son. The fire took the paper mill, the office building, storehouse and tene- ment house. Aseistange was sent from East Handford and adjoining property was saved. Some 35 per- sons lose employment. The loss is placed at $50,000. The insurance is partial. The cause of the fire is un- known. The mills were bought about 12 years ago by the Purtills from the Hopewell Mill Co. It was of stone | but the other buildings were of wood. Mills in North Glastonbury burned. The occupants of the house saved their effects. THREATENS W. U. €o. Govt. Hints it Will Revoke Permits ‘were tenement For Cables Unless Given Equal Rights With Other Nations, ‘Washington, Nov. 17.—A veiled threat that the permits granted for the landing of Western Union cablas in the United States will be revoked unless the company continuesto ac- cord the American government the same privileges that it accords the British and aother governments in handling cable messages in contained in a formal statement issued today by the state department. OTHERS INDICTED New York, Nov. 17.—A second In- dictment was handed down today by | the additional grand jury investigat- | ing New York's alleged bullding trust divisions | was driven from home by fire about on evidence supplied by the legislative The house and | committee inquiring into it. The name In tbe last four months the Nabuc | Hartford Collges Doctor of Divinity Awarded to Bishop Brent of Western New York and Doctor of Science to Prof. Henry A. Perkins, Memoer of Faculty Stafl. Hartford, Nov. 17.—The inaugura- tion of the Rev. Remsen Brinkerhof Ogilby as twelfth president of Trinity college took place today ‘in the pres- ence of dignitaries of state, church and city. The day's cermonies began with the celebration of hoiy communion in the college chapel at §:30. At 10 o'clock the academic procession made its way from Northdm towers to alumni hall, the inaugural ceremonies taking place in the latter. Among the guests were Governor Marcus H. Hol- comb and Mayor Newton C. Brainard of this city and representatives of leading colleges and universities in the east. Several Addresses Delivered. The inaugural invocation was offered by Bshop William Lawrence of the Protestant Episcopal church of Massachusetts. Acting President Henry A. Perkins delivered to the new presi- dent the keys of the college. There were addresses of congratulation and an address by Bishop Charles A. Brent. Immediately afterward Presi- dent Ogilby delivered his inaugural address. In his address President Ogil- by dwelt at length upon the small col- lege as an institution and told of Trin- ity’s needs and desires. In closing he said: Aim to Produce Leaders. “Our aim is to produce leaders rath- er than specialists. A college as small as Trinity cannot be expected to fur- nieh in any single field technical in- struction which will fit a man for im- mediate practice of any profession. Let us say that our function is to produce leaders of men. To ao that we do not need to cover a wide field. We must make it our purpose to intensify the cultivation of such equalities as will make for leadership rather than for expert technical knowledge along & single line.” Two Honorary Degrees. During the exercises the honorary degree of doctor of alvinity was con- ferred on Bishop Brent, whosa diocese is western New York. The bishop was in charge of the work of his church in the Philippines when President Ogilby was teaching there. Upon Prof. Henry A. Perkins, long a member ot the faculty and for more than a year acting president of the | college, was conferred the honorary degree of doctor of sclence. At a luncheon in the gymnasium following the inrauguration the speak- ers included Governor Holecomb, Mayor Brainard, Bishop Lawrence and President Neilson of Smith college. President Ogilby is a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church but has spent the greater part of his time since his (Continued on Sixth Page) MARTIN FINED $25 AS RECKLESS CHAUFFEUR Driver of McMahon Car Found Guilty in Police Court This Morning. Found guilty of reckless driving, | William Martin who drives for P. 8. McMahon, was fined $25 and costs to- day in police court by Judge John H. Kirkham. The accused was repre- sented by Lawyer Michael A. Sexton. | Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods present- jed the state’s case. Martin crashed into a Dodge touring car driven by Howard Crane Monday morning at | the intersection of Maple and Whit- ing streets, practically demolishing the Dodge car. The McMahon car, a Packard touring car, was also dam- | aged by the impact. Supernumerary Policeman David Moore was an eye-witness to the ac- cident. He was standing on Whiting street near the intersection when his attention was called to Martin's car which was proceeding southerly on Maple street. Crane's car was going easterly on Whiting street at the time. When Martin per- ceived the approach of the light- er car he applied his brakes (Continued on Ninth Page) 17.—Burglars entered the First National Bank of Landsville near here last night and stole $25,000 in bonds and deposits from safety vaults. A storm made their work easy. — |l WEATHER I (l Hartford, Conn., Nov. 17.— '] | | ! Lancaster, F Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Clearing and colder tonight; Thursday fair. of Government’s Money OFFICIAL TESTIFIES John Gillen, Aide of John Barton Payne, Declares Shipping Board Had No Records to Show Money Taken in During War. New York, Nov. 17.—John J. Gil- len, former special assistant to John Payne, when he was chairman of the shipping board, today declared that hundreds of millions of dollars went unaccounted for during the ‘“com- plete breaking down” of the board's system of accounting during the war. Foreign Govts. Mulcted. Mr. Gillen's testimony was given be- fore the congressional committee in- vestigating shipping board affairs and in the course of it declared he had investigated and learned how foreign governments were being “mulcted” in their purchases through operators of the board. There n>w remain only about $50,- 000,000 of $400,000,000 taken in on ffeight charges by the shipping board and considering expenditures of $3,- 400,000, Mr. Gillen said, adding: No Official Records. “My investigation disclosed that the board had no records to show how much money it had taken in dur- ing the war and how much was ex- pended.” He said that up to October 1, 1919, there had been more than 8,000 voy- ages of shipping board vessels, but only eight accounts had been audited. Judge Payne had been informed, he said that one shipping firm alone had over $25,000,000 of the board’s money. h Mr. Gillen said there was no ac- counting of shipping board money by “Service Men € Forget the Cross”—Pe! PRICE THREE, FAILS, |PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISS.ON TAK ONS MISSING| HAND IN WATERBURY TROLLEY M2 FORBIDS DiSCONTINUANCE OF § RUNAWAY FREIGHT ON ROAD MENACES TRAIN Wreck of Boston Express | Prevented By Quick | Wit of Brakemen. Passengers on the Boston express Berlin at noon today .did not to a g way unknown due in realize how near they were possibly fatal wreck when freight became separated, freight cars to roll qut of.::!; mot to the engineer, permitting seven freight cars to roll out of range of the block system onto the main line tracks in the path of the approach- ing express. It was not until the freight had rounded the first turn toward Hartford that the brakemen noticed that there were a number of cars missing. Signalling the engineer the train was brought to a quick stop. Realizing the necessity of im- mediate action the engineer un- coupled from the train'and returned at full speed towards Meriden realiz- ing that it was impossible for the block system or a flagman to stop the onrushing express. The Meriden officials were im- mediately notified to proceed towards i Berlin, in the event of a possible ac- wcident. The missing cars were locat- ed more than a mlle(below Berlin depot, a considerable' distance be- operators of vessels and accounts of the board's vessels were carried by the operators unseparated from ac- counts of their privately' owned ships. No Dishonest Motives. Mr. Gillen declared he did not be- lieve “a single dishonest motive” was attached to any member of the ship- ping board or its official. The im- mensity of the job and the war emersency resulted in aceounting methods suffering in the endeavor to speed up such a great undertaking, he said. TOWN OFFICIALS SUE Meriden Registrars of Voters Bring Civil Action to Secure $4,900 Al- M Due Them. Meriden, Nov. 17.—Suit was started today by the General -Registrars of voters Attorney Fred Aubrey and Thomas J. Moroney, and ten deputies against the town of Meriden to re- cover $4,900 claimed due them (or services. Recently they returned pay checks sent ta them by First Select- man George W. Miller on the ground that they were not reasonable for the work performed and contrary to the vote of a town meeting. The se- lectman holds that his board has tha power to fix the registrars’ compensa- tion and that the sums he offered are reasonable. Each general registrar claims $950 _in the suits and each deputy $300. The selectmen offered $600 to the former and $200 to the latter. 10 MINERS RESCUED Bodies of Five Others Are Taken From Burning Coal Mine in Ken- tucky—Three Whitcs Dead. Earlingtan, Ky., Nov. 17.—Ten miners were rescued today from the burning Arnold coal mine near here. Bodies of five others were recovered. One other person, trapped in the mine, still was missing. The rescue, effected by tunneling around the fire which had shut off the single entry of the mine, came 20 hours after the flames broke out. Three white miners among the 16 entombed are among the dead, all of the rescued being negroes as also one missing man. The dead: Hugh Mac- Perkins, aged 35 white. Jack Bond, 45 white, Roy Carnes, 21 white, George Andrews 42, negro, Alexander James 34, negro. All except Carnes are survived by widows. Emmet Francis a 17 year old negro trapped in the mine is missing. Hope for his rescue alive is practically at an end. Search however was continued for him but it was feared that he had been buried beneath falling slate. TWO VETS NAMED. Stuart Hellberg has been elected junior vice commander of Pvt. Walter Smith Post, V. F. W., and Edward Johnson has been named for the state committee on servicemen's leg- islation. Mr. Hellberg succeeds John Lucas who has removed to Hartford. Mr. Johnson will act with a state group to bring about the introduction and passage of bills for bonus legis- lation at the mext gemeral assembly session. DEMAND SOVIET GOVT. Constantinople, Nov. 17—The Turk- ish Nationalists have demanded that | the Armenians h a soviet gov- | yond the old stone bridge where a | slight rise in the roadbed had brought them to a halt. During the process of coupling the cars the whistle of the express was heard. A flagman was left belnd while the freight proceeded at full speed for the block. The block was made none to soon, as the express came up less than a Imlnuu behind. Several theories as to how the cars could have become separated have been advanced. One considered most probable was that a tramp riding the rods uncoupled the rear cars so that he could get off. Another was that a coupling pin might have broken. The block was made none too soon, their quick action in avoiding what might have been a bad crash. PRISONER STABS ANOTHER —_— Waterbury Man in New Haven Jail Slashes Fellow Convict—Latter May Not Live. New Haven, Nov. 17.—When Dona- Martuccio, of Waterbury, was arraigned in court "today ® became known that at the county jail last night he stabbed William Hickman under sentence for stealing from the mails while he was a postal clerk. Hickman may die. Martuccio had been given 60 days in Waterbury, for carrying concealed weapons. Without warning as the men were returping to their cells after supper he sprang at Hickman and slashed his throat with a safety razor blade. The jail officers are at a loss for a reason for the assault as Hickman is a model prisoner. His assailant is now in soli- tary confinement. i Martuccio was charged with felon- ious assault and his trial was continu- ed until/it was seen whether Hickman would die or live. to WANT SIGN REMOVED Veterans of Foreign Wars Take Action to Have Welcome Board Tak$n From Central Park. Home Private Walter J. Smith post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars went on record at a meeting last evening as fa- voring the removal of the Welcome Home sign which is now standing on Central Park. The common council recently received a petition for Its re- moval provided the service men's or- ganizations about the city favored such a proceedure. The Foreign War Veterans was the first organization to report its feelings in the matter to the town clerk, and it is expected that 1 will be followed by other similar re- quests fro mthe servicemen. The sign was erected following the signing of the armistice at a cost of about $950, which was several dollars in excess of the amount appropriated for the work- There was considerable discussion before the bills were finally approved by the mayor’s welcome home commttee. Since its erection it has never been repaired nor repaint- ed, and in the opinion of some of the ex-soldiers is rapidly becoming an eye- sore in the center of the citys EX. GOV. OF N. J. DEAD. South Orange, N. J.. Nov. 17 Rules That Rates Granteg ticut Co.P, To Stop Runn L INVESTIGATION " BE MADE Up to Noon Di ager Had Not fied and Will Pgevi'ous Hartford, Nov, 17.—TI ities commission today the disagreement b necticut Co. and the eity § over regulation of Jjitne competition with the | ardered the company nd service as President was about to do at The commission sent ticut Co. at New Haven, “It has come to the the public utilities com the public press that discontinue street ra the city of Waterl today, November: mission recently gran increase in rates app! icab bury and other cities & served by your compan: ed arbitrary suspensioi practically without no munity and without. commission appears to ed. | . will Hold Ies “Wherefore, by virtue g vested in this commissiog hereby summarily ordel rected to refrain 1 public streot railway bury and vicinity until sion shall authorize vestigation and hearing the necessity therefor. “Dated at Hartford, ti of November, 1920.”" = ¢ Richard T. Higgins C. C. Elwell J. W. Alsop Public Utilities —_— Order Not Rec Waterbury, Nov, 17.—G ager Chapman of the Company’s Waterbury di this noan that up to that received no official notifi public utilities commis He said his orders were to, service on the local lines & tonight. Those order would he said, wunless they countermanded. The gene sion in this city is that th sian’s mandate will be o that street cars will be usual tomorrow. Ex-Mayor Thoms today issued a staf the form of an interview he advocates, in case of th sion of trolley service, a city to bring about the the company’s franchises. SIMONS’ TENANTS ( :: Main Street Property O Charge Extra for Hea Terms of Lease Restrah. Some of the tenants of Stmons, who recently came in inence in conneection with ment for low tax rates and I are hot under the collar as of an alleged edict issued to the effect that persons g stores in his Main street prop be assessed an additional $1 a month during the winter § antee steam heat. The ruling is soon to be for all who were not fortun to have a clause in their less ing the heating of stores. f ants, The Big Store and 8, W are understood to have had s vision made, while the follow] aid, will be assessed $10 or ponding upon the size of th The Dress Goods Store, The Clothes Shop, Himberg and! William Raphael, 1. Rothfe S M. and Co. 6 and 10 cent At the close of his letter fication, Mr. Simons is repd curtly stating that those who satisfied may report to himy diately. The tenants will payy of them have stated, since thi other alternative. SENDS OUT S O § New York, Nov. 17.—The steamer Yute, bound for I from Baltimore and 240 southes o o 2