New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1921, Page 1

STABLISHED 1870. A A NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1021. —TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TE ARDING, IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS, ASSERTS AMERICA WILL NOT SHIRK DUTY TO WORLD BUT MUST AVOID FOREIGN ENTANGLEME Wilson, Broken In Health, Anxious To Participate | Introducing New President In Exercises But Yields To Plea Of Family, Who Feared For His Life—Coolness Evidenced Be- @ween Himself And Senator Lodge—New President Takes QOath At 1:18 P. M. Then Notifies Senate Of His Cabinet Appointments Washington, March 4.-—Ylelding to minute entreaties of his family physician, President Wilson took part in the Inavgural ceremonies day other than to accompany Pres- ent-elect Harding from the' White ouse to the Capitol. He witnessed neither the ceremon- in the senate chumber which at- nded the inauguration of Vice- mident Coolldge nor the ceremon- on the plazza outside the Capitol ere the incoming president took oath. Would Endanger Life. Immediately after signing some ls- in the president’'s room Mr. Wil- roturned to his motor car and ve to his new home on S street. . Wilson had been warned that he buld take part in the ceremonies at Mpitol at the risk of losing all ns he has made toward health W _indeed his life. Oath Is Administered. Warren G. Harding of Ohlo and ivin Coolidge of Massachusetts, pe Inaugurated today president and e-president of the United States. ., Coolidge at 12:21 p. m. and Mr. rding took the oath at 8 p. m. Pressing his lips to an historic Bible at the inauguration of George hington, the new president toek onth adminfstered by Chief Jus- ‘White. He had chosen the eighth from the sixth chapter of saying “What doth the Lord require of but to do justly and to love mpd to walk humbly with thy fately after the administra- bn of the oath Mr. Harding turned the wast erowd which stretched the capitol plaza and begdn delivery of his inaugural address. Deltvers 1 Address. amplifiers carried his voice -Iimum of the big assembly. wind fedbly warmed by a t sum swept the broad space 1 peared strangely in contrast other yoars when it has been il- minated by the uniforms of West eadets, midshipmen troth Ann- and troops. Immediately at the conclusion of ¢ inaugural address the small party ormed and took motor cars back the White House escorted by the valry troops which had brought it the Capitol. Wilson Explains His Position. dent Wilsen did not make pwn until after he arrived at the pitol that he would not attend the uguration of President Harding d Vice-President Coolldge. After reached his room at the Capitol requestod that the president-elect 4 vice-president-elect be invited to him. He told them that because steps leading into the chamber he not think he could attend the monies there. Mr. Harding extended his hand and d odbye, Mr. President. I know glad to be relieved of your and worrios. I want to tell Bw much T have appreciated the urtesies you have extended to me.” The president then left his room, companied by Mrs. Wilson, Rear imiral Grayson, his personal physi- n, and Joseph P. Tumuilty, his sec- tary. He went to the ground floor an olevator and then walkéd about 0 yards to the exit at the eoast en- Mo hesitated once during the The president first explained to nator Knox, chairman of the joint ressional inauguml committee, at he would be unable to go Into senate chamber. He sald: “Senator the senate has thrown down, but 1T am not going to fall n Cool to Senator Lodge. nator Lodge then entered the esident’'s room and in'a very for- al way sald that the business of the puses having been concluded asked hether the president had any fur- eor communications to address to #s. The president’'s attention o be called to the fact that Sen- or Lodge had entercd the room as was speaking to someone beside m. When he 4id look up he saic for- lly and in a tone contrasting with which he had used in speaking jor Knox and others: | the capitol. Congress WILSON COMPLETES TERM A3 PRESIDENT Signs Several Bills During Last. Minutes in Ofice EXERCISES 60 SMOOTHLY Program Gets Under Way at 10 a. m.~National Figures Seen in Pro- cossion—Retiring President as Very Feeble. Washington, March 4.—The augural program got under way ac- cording to schedule promptly at 10 o‘clock this morning when the con- gressional committee in charge of the affair arrived at the New Willard hotel to escort the president-elect and Mrs., Harding and the vice-president- | elect and Mrs. Coolidge to the White House, Everything was in readiness for | the ceremonies for the next three | hours which conclude with the actual | inauguration of the new president ;ti Seen in- 4about the same time was resuming its work and with less than three hours to live was attempting fAgsclear its deck for the inaugural ceremonies which according to pro- §ram should begin at noon. Start for White House President-elect Harding, with Mrs. Harding and the vice-president-elect | and Mrs. Coolidge left their hotel for the White House at 10:20 a. m. They were accompanied by members of the congressional , inaugural committee and riding in e¢olumns on either sido of the automobiles were four troops | of cawalry from Fort Myer with drawn sabres. Those in Party Accompanying the president-elect in the White House automobile was Senator Knox, chairman of the in- augural committee and Representa- tive Cannon. Next came an auto- mobile bearing Vice-President-elect Coolidge, Vice-President Marshall and other members of the inaugural committee. In & third automobile were Mrs. Harding and other members of the congressional committee. In an- othér machine rode Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Marshall, The party reached the White House in less than five minutes. Wilson Aj ‘When the automobiles reached the main entrance to the White House the president-elect and other mem- | bers of his party with the congres- sional committee entered the White House. After a stay of half an hour, the party came out, President Wil- sor and the president-clect walking togother. | The president walked slowly from the door to the step where the White House automobile waited. He leaned on his cane but was otherwise un- assisted until he reached the steps. He was helped down the steps and into the car by attendants who placed his feet on each succeeding step as the descent was made. The president-elect waited until Mr. Wilson had been assisted into the car and had taken his seat. Then he and Senator Knox ane Representative Cannon entered the car. The machine used vy the presiden- tial party was an open touring car. ! Behind it was a landaulet which Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Harding entered. Behind the car occupled by Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Harding was one with Vice-President Marshall and | Vice-President-elect Coolidge with | members of the congressional com- mittee and next was the car carrying | Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Coolidge. The machines speeded up after reaching Pennsylvania avenue and ar- rived at the Capitol at 11:15 a. m., 15 minutes after the departure from the White House. Mr. Wilson did nmot walt at the White House for the army, sundry {finance and taxation | 4.—Whatever Harding Washington, March else he may be, Warren G. always classifies himself as an edi- tor, publisher and printer, proud of his professional accomplishments and training.. His luck-charm and most sacred possession is a printer's rule, carried in his pocket wherever he goes; and his close friends say he would rather set a stick of type any day than grant an' audience to an ambassador. INSTITUTE MAY HAVE - T GO ON SHORT TIME Taxpayers’ Budget Insuffi- cient—City Meeting to Be Held Tonight. Fears were expressed today by those familiar with the business of the New Britain Institute that, in the event of the passage tonight of the New Britain Taxpayers' Protective as- sociation budget, the Institute wili be ' obliged to operate on shorter hours, curtall its service and do away en- tirelr with the East street branch. About one-half the amount recom- mended in the budget of the board of is allowed in the list of estimates compiled by the tax organization. The library this year was run as usual by exceeding its income by $7.- 000 hoping that the city would make up the deficit and vote an adequate amount for the coming year, it is ex- plained. It now seems probable that after April 1, no one will be allowed to take books or use the reading or referen®e rooms who has not one or two dollars in advance. In that connection it is also expected that the East street branch must be“given up entirely. The Institute sends about 7,000 books annually to the schools of the city, but in the event of the adoption of a low tax-rate, it is probable that that service will be made impossible. At the present time, the library is open 76 hours a week. By reducing this to 45 hours a week, light, heat and service can be saved and it may, those in charge believe, be possible to run the place on the interests of its trust funds and the small amounts received from fees. Interest in the outcome of tonight's meeting is running high throughout the city and indications are that the Arch street armory will be crowded to the doors. Registrars of Voters W. J. Ziegler and ‘T. J. Smith will be on hand with check lists by which voters will be admitted to the hall, © and will have a corps of assistants to help in the work of checking. An effort is being made to secure a suf- paid | For more than thirty years Mr. Harding's bread and butter has been earned by the Marion Stay whose responsibilitics he assumed under heavy mortgage and whose early years he nourished at the expense of golng hungry more than once him- self. Since his nomination for the presidency he has faced only one puplic ordeal that aroused emoticns he could not master! That Wis tha temporary severance of the ties that bind him to the Star. oUn. election night, when a group of his emploxes came to congratulate him, his vaire BATH NEARLY KILLS BOY Cold Water Shower at Town Home x l | | Tou Youthful Offender, His Parents Tell Judge. Andrew Quasnick so strenuously objected to a cold water bath at the Much for that institution one week ago last Saturday and returned to his home. According to his parents, he almost | ! died as a result of the cold bath. The | boy was awaiting trial on incorrigi- bility charges. He was arraigned this morning and’ upon his, promise to be- have better in the future judgment was suspended. He was placed on probation for 2 year. For alleged breach of the peace in the Puritan Lunch last night, J. H. O'Keefe was fined $25. Patrolman M. Massey made the arrest. SUBMARINE STRANDED 0-7, One of Largest in Navy, Liable to Turn Over on Rocks Off Fisher's Island. New London, March 4.—U. Sub- marine O-7, one of the largest in the navy, is listing and may turn over on Wilderness Rocks, off Fisher's Is! | following running onto the rocks at | 8:30 Thursday night during a heavy | fog. Tugs have been sent out and an | attempt will be made to pull the sub- marine off. Fifteen of the crew of 28 have been taken off by the coast guard station at Fisher's Island, and the rest, including Lieut. Philip R. Weaver, in command, are remaining on board the submersible and will stay there either until the boat is hauled from the rocks or until she rolls over. Town Home that he ran away from | nd | German Communists in Demand For Revolution Berlin, March 4.—(By the Asso- ciated Press)—The German commun- jst party today made the ultimatum delivered by the Allies to the German delegation in London the occasion fof a revolutionary proclamation in which the German workingmen are called on to overthrow the government, erect ja soviet state and effect a political and economic alliance with Russia. broke and his big frame was shaken ' by sobs when he undertook to speak of the separation that must be, the price of his triumph. Election day was Mr. Harding's fifty-fifth birthday, and all the inter- ests of his lifetime had been rooted in the immediate vicinity of Marion. He was born at Blooming Grove, O., i an adjoining county, the.son of a country doctor, George T. Harding, who still visits his patients about Marion in the one-horse carriage of the (Continued on Page SA.) APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1922, $2,806,02,647 | Committee Head Gives Out Statement—Final Acts " of Senate. l . Washington, March 4.—Total appro- priations in the present session of con- gress for the fiscal year 1922 were $2,- 806,029,647, Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee an- | nounced in the senate today. This rep- i resents a reduction of $1,453,485,926 from the estimates submitted and a cut | from appropriations for 1921 of $8YS,- 247,910, he said. Failure of the mpaval bill made the reduction and last | year's appropriations much larger. Sen- ator Warren said. Including its $495,- 000,000 had it passed, he added, the actual cut would have been slightly under $1,000,000,000. The senate convened at 10:30 and took up a few minor matters also re- ceiving last minute communications from the departments of the govern- ment in response to resolutions of in- quiry, Ou motion of Senator Lodge, repub- lican leader the senate confirmed the nomination of Norman H. Davis, retir- ing under-secretary-of state, to be the American representative on the inter- national communications conference. The senate also confirmed the nomi- nations of William B. Williams, assist- ant secretary of war, and Gordon Woodbury, assistant secretary of the navy. The 66th congress adjourned sine die ) p. m., the clock having been set back in the senate. ' Strombe;g Carburetor Passes Its Dividend New York, March 4.—The Strom- berg Carburetor Co. today passed its regular dividend of 50 cents a share. The . directors ‘took this action, it was said, “in view of business condi- tions.” from estimates | | i | | | Loss of Nations to Prevent Wars, But Circumstances Will U. S. Sove Endangered. Supreme Task is Resumption of Normal Wa Country—Need is For Production, g Industries and Guardiny Against' Unemj Washington, March 4.-—President Harding in his inaugural speech said: “My Countrymen, when one surv the world about him after the great storm, noting the marks of destruc- tion and yet rejoicing in the rugged- ness of the things which withstood it, if he is an American he breathes the clarified atmosphere with a strange mingling of regret and new hope. We have scen world passion - spend its fury, but we contemplate our republic unshaken, and hold our civilizaton secure. : Liberty—Liberty within the law-—and civilization are inseparable and though both were threatened we find thém now secure, and there comes to Americans the profound as- surance that our representative government is the higl and surest guaranty of “Standing in this p; of the solemnity of ing the emotions whicl know until he senses of responsibility for utter my belief in the tion of ‘the founding there must have been | the making of this lic. Ours is a organic but one ambiguity, effaced in a baptism blood, with union nation ‘supreme and . spiring, We have soe Continued on VICE PRESIDENT COOLIDGE T4 HIS TASK, REALIZING RESF Vice-President BIG FIRE IN BOSTON of About $400,000 When Barns In Residential District Are Destroyed Early Today. Car Boston, March 4.—A fire of un- known origin which caused damage estimated at $400,000 partly = de- stroyed the car barns of the Boston Elevated Railway company in Amery street in a residential district here early today. Forty-six persons, oc- cupying houses opposite the blazing structure were guided through smoke filled halls to safety by the police. Forty-five cars were burned. Traffic At Stamford Temporarily Held Up Stamford, March 4.—Movements of trains over the New Haven railroad here were hampered early today after derailment of two cars in a west- bound train one hundred feet west of the Greenwich avenue crossing. About seven hundred feet of rails spread be- cause the cars were dragged over the bed, and it was necessary to re-lay two pair of tracks. Until the track gangs were through practically all trains were held up. MacSwiney Sentenced To 15 Years in Cork, March 4. John (Sean) Swiney, brother of . the formers mayor of Cork, wds one who,_were sen : | ! Therein they empaowered to. an éxecutive ch ‘Washington, is the full text of the dress of Vice-Presiden “Five generations . revealed. to the ' a new relationship man, which they d claimed in the 1 people in law, to determine and obedience to the la; office not by reason force but through mined conscience The House “To the house, of the nation, membership by representing ‘dire flecting their comme i been granted a power of legislation thority to' originate § senate renewing its degrees, representin f i ereign states, has #24 only a full measure. legislation but if p portant functions. Tol all. CLATHS HE WAR Thomaston Stor( Dramatic Stor)y o Away in Automohil Unionville, AMareh della who has 4 con in Thomaston, carme reported that he b robbed and beaten mobile ' riders and road about 2 a. m. from his home. walking from the ville, He got his beau house on the road 1 He inquired nearest telephone carried him into Un: jcalled up his partne pacasse, who came. and confirmed some statements. 4 Gardella said th lights. Four 2 distance store ahout 1 a. m.dd to his home, about tant’ when an auto: the curb. s and seized him | throwing'a blanket | was then robbed . of mond ring. . The on, He aid, | but Ga } know ho and Justice White, Who Administered QOath Avows Willingness to Take Part in ‘-