New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1921, Page 1

TABLISHED 1870, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1921. —TEN PAGES PIRST MEETING OF CABINET .TOMORROW:; DISCUSSION TO BEON COSTA i rogram For Special Ses- ! | sion Of Congress Will| Also Be Taken Up At/ This Get-Together Con- | &ence RDING TO CONSULT REPUBLICAN LEADERS | 5 | vites Lodge, Mondell and Others to Dinner At White House Tonight to Talk F Over Administration Poli- cies. ” Washington, March 7.—Putting o . practice his policy of personal pultation with leaders in congress, nt Harding will talk over nu. rols policles of the administration L . House dinner tonight at lch’ thé fanking republicans of the nate and hcuse will be present. first cabinet meeting of the ad- tlon was called today for 11 tomorrow. Vice-President was asked to attend. Thowe to gttend. “senators invifhd for the White EIOCl of Kansas, republican whip; Pen- , of Pennsylvania; Warren of Wy- ing: Cumming of lowa; Knox of nnsylvania; Wadsworth of New rk; Poindexter of Washington and of California. resentative Mondell, of Wyom- , N the republican house leader, Bhds the list of representatives who [1If be p nt, , The others are of Michigan, Mann of Illin- ; JLongworth of Ohle: Kelley of lohigan: Anthony of Kansas: Slemp firginia; Campbell ot Kansas; Por- nnsylvania; Fosw of *Ohio’ of Town, and = Winslow of | husetts. Onbinet Meeting Toples. wa# sald the cabinet session 14 be of a goneral character and o president would take up in jar the question of relations Rica and Panama and the for the special session of Information and advice ved at the dinner tonight is ex- ¢ to be lald before the cabinet Mr. Harding and a definite deci- on date for calling congress session may follow. The question of the special session congross was discussed by the pres- today with Senator Underwood Alabama, the democratic leader of sonate, who is understood to have | that a date some time in the half of April be sclected. fter his talk with Mr. Harding Alabama senator indicated that a ® probably would be announced orrow. Oonfers With Hughes. ocretary Hughes of the state de- ment went into conference early y with President Harding at the | [hite House. It was understood that | lities between Panama and Costa s was the principal subject dis- -~ Both president and secretary were their respective desks unusually his morning and it was only & tter 9 o'clock when the secre- visited the White House execu- offices. He went In at a side en- nee and was closetéd with the utive for some time. Other Visitors, v. Harding's first caller today was ator Pomerene, democrat, Ohlo, o sald he had only dropped in to his respects to his former col- we in the senate and to the other lonns who came into the White use with him. he president also conferred again bay with Eimer Dover, of Washing- , former secretary of the republi- national committee and now minently mentioned for its chair- to succeed Postmaster General Cabinet Men on Job. members of the cabinet were thelr Mbeks at an unusually early r today, some of them arriving n ahead of their office forces. eoretary Weeks was at his desk 9 o'clock. He was Jjoined al- mmediately by Major Gen. chief of staff, with whom he in conference most of the morn- f No visitors were allowd to In-} upt the discussion. . ocretary Denby had a series of . tererices with the nav bureau | s with whom he discussed the rougine haval affal RICA PROBLEM RAILWAY WORKERS WIN BIG VICTORY Labor Board Says_é;ie Road Has Violated Previous Rulings Decision Most Important—Railroad Not Ordered to Restore Previous Wages, But Alternative is Suggested —Hdard Quotes Authority. March 7.—The railway Chicago, | labor board today ruled that the Erie railroad had violated previous board rulingd in six respects, particularly in reducing Wages of employes, and in failfhg to cancel these reductions when ordered to do so by the board. The road had contended the board | must hold a hearing before ordering restoration of previous rates of pay. The railroad ordered a 27 per cent reduction in the pay of trackmen ef- fective February 1 and later ignored the board’s order to restore wages to the rates ordered in the board's wage decision of July, 1920. Decision Important The railroad set a precedent by its contention that a hearing would have to be held on the board order to re- store the previous rates of pay, Had today’'s decision been favorable to the Erie it would have opened the way for scores of similar contetions by other rallroads, it was sald. ‘The de- cision was regarded in labor -circles as a clean cut victory fer the em- ployes, the board upholding labor's contention of violation of decision number two, the:wage award, by the Erie in every instance. The decision did not again order the road specifically to restore the (Continued on Third Page.) ELI FALK FINED FOR WHISKEY TRAFFICKING Milkman Did Thriving Busi- ness in That Line, Au- thorities Allege. Ell Falk, dispenser of milk and other liquids, moonshine whiskey of his own manufacture being included in the latter class, together with two of his patrons, was before Judge George W. Klett in police court to- day on liquor charges. Falk 'was fined $150 and co Samuel Ep- ‘n"ln who conducts a poultry store | on North street paid a fine of $100 for keeping liquor with intent to sell and Adam Owiczny was fined $75 for having a bottle of the same “hootch”™ on his premises with in- tent to sell. The liquor in the last two cases was furnished the two charged by Eli Falk, the prosecu- tion alleged. Policemen in the north end of the city had recelved many reports of wholesale illegal whiskey dealing in which Falk was implicated. It was also stated that Epstein was a partner of the accused. The method employed by Fualk, the prosecution claimed was to manufacture the whiskey and send it to the customers (Continued on Third Page.) ON TRIAL FOR MURDER John TLmvara of Springficld to Face Jury on Charge of Killing New Haven Man Last August. Springfleld, Mass., March 7.—John Luvara, of this city, indicted for mur- der in the second degree for shooting James Mosca, of New Haven, Conn., in this city August 16 last, was placed on trial in superior court today. The venire was exhausted by challenges after nine jurors had been seclected and the case was put over until to- morrow. Mosca was one of an auto- mobile load of New Haven men whe came here looking for Luvara, it is sald, and Luvara who was called out of a store to meet them, alleges that he fired in self defense. It is alleged by the police that the shooting grew out of a quarrel between rival groups of liquor runners over the price of liquor. Millionaire Takes Job As Mail Train Engineer Birmingham__Ala M NO ACTUAL INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS ARE UNDER WAY, SIMONS’ LAWYER SAYS | Tuttle, Gilman and Marks, Hartford Attorneys, Explain Local Man Has Simply Consulted With Them — Meanwhile Taxpayers’ Leader Continues His Claims. Queries at the ocffie of Tuttle, Gil- man & Marks, the Hartford law firm with which President Isadore Simons of the New Britain Taxpay- ers’ Protective assaciation has been doing business, brought forth state- ments that would indicate that the much talked of injunction proceed- ings are, thus far, a product of Mr. Simons’ mind alone. It was further stated that not only will the papers not be drawn today and served on the corporation counsel, the city clerk and the mayor, but there are great chances that the proceedings-will not be taken at all by that law firm. Mr. Simons’ dealings with Judge Tuttle were merely in the form of a consul- tation, it has developed, in which the Hartford lawyer advised that his New Britain client see the mayor and make an effort to have another city meeting called. ‘Few in-fhe city questioned the truth of Mr. Simons’ statements that steps had been taken to have the papers drawn 'and that notices would be served on the city officials today. At every street corner where Mr. Si- mons stopped for the past few days he has had a group of interested listeners to whom he conveyed the knowledge that the Hartford atto: 'adjourned, Mr. neys would have an officer in the city today for the purpose of formal- Iy notifying the mayor of the steps taken and that the papers would be served shortly thereafter. Before Friday night's city meeting Simons made an- nouncement that he would consult Judge Tuttle and have the papers taken out. Saturday morning he went to Hartford and was given an audience with the Capital City attor- ney. Upon his return to the city he announced that everything was in readiness as far as the preliminary steps on the injunction was con- cerned, it being necessary only for the attorney to appear before a jus- tice of the superior court to legalize the step. The injunction, he ex- plained. would restrain the city from collecting a cent of taxes under the rate levied at Friday's. meeting. Mr. Simons advised his followers to re- fuse to dccept the judgment of the mayor at the meeting and await the result of the injunction proceed- ings. To newspaper men and others, the association president explained that steps would be taken today. “Mr. Simons called at the office Saturday,” a member of the firm stated this aft- ernoon, “to consult -.me relative (Continued on Eleventh Page.) STATE DEPARTMENT IS |SOVIET LEADERSIN ANNOYED OVER PRESS Hughes Announces Policy Regarding Giving Out Dip- lomatic Communication. ‘Washington, March 7.—Publication of the fact of the dispatch of identic notes to Panama and {osta Rica last: Saturday demanding’ cessation of hostilities caused some disturbance today in administration circles and drew from Secretary Hughes an an- nouncement of his policy with re- spect to making public information rogarding diplomatic communications. The publication was undeystood to have been a subject of discussion be- tween Mr. Hughes and President Harding early today at the White House and was discussed. at confer- onces Mr. Harding had with high of- ficers of his departent. It was after these copferences that Mr. Hughes outlined his. policies to the news-, paper correspondents. The secretary sald he did not want | statements made in the press re- varding activities of the department which were not given out officially and added that nothing must be pul.- | lished unless given out by him or the high officials. Referring specifically to notes for foreign governments the secretary said he did not want the newspapers to publish as facts reports of dip- lomatic exchanges which had not been officially announced. These should not be given out, he said, until after sufficient time had elapsed for them to be received and given consideration by the govern- ments to which addressed. While not denying that the notes had been sent to Panama and Costa Pica Mr. Hughes sald announcement of their dispatch had been made by “no authorized person.” Replies from Panama and Costa Rica to the latest American notes stil] were awaited tosay by the state department. Meantime officials with- held comment on the situation. SERIOUS AUTO CRASH Four New Haven Pcople Badly In- jured When Machine COrashes Into Tree—Driver Blames Lights. Bridgeport, March 7.—Police are investigating the automobile ac- dent early today in. which four per- | sons were injured when a machine | operated by James Minnell of 619 Orchard street New Haven crashed head-one into a tree at the south- west corner of Florence street just | west of the city line. Three of the injured are in the hospital where ' X-ray photographs have been taken to determine the extent of their in- juries. Those hurt were: Alice Whitefield, 26 Lake Place, New Hav- en, right eye crushed and other head injuries. Ethel Norton 92 Ferry Place, New Haven, :fracture of the brain. Ernest Wright, 26 Lake Place New Haevn, fracture of the leg. James Minnell, New Haven bruises and lacerations. Minnell said the party were just turning into Conneclicut avenue, when another car approached. The lights from the other car blinded himfi he said and his car skidded in- to the tree. | B { had been abandoned by | of Karasnoya Gorko PANIC, REPORT SAYS Lenine and 'l;olzky Preparing for Flight as Revolution Spreads CAPITAL SAID T0 BE BURNING Capture Town 19 Miles From Petro- grad and Sct Up Administration of Their Own—America Asked to Send | " Supplies to-Anti-Soviet Cumpaigners, Paris, Mareb 7.—Russian soviet forces have been driven out of Oranien- baum, a town on the southern shore of | the Gulf of Finland, 19 miles west of Petrograd, ‘by naval units from Kron- stadt, says a dispatch from Viborg. Warships have gone up the Neva river and landed contingents of sailors in Petrograd where part of a garrison has Jjoined the. revolutionary. Soviet leaders are terrified and Nik- olai Lenine and Leon Trotzky are pre- | paring for flight, says a Reval dispatch to the Matin. Soviet Leaders Deserted. Twenty-five soviet commissaries who their troops have taken refuge in Esthonia accord- ing to a wireless message picked up by the Eifel Tower station. The garrison near Petrograd has rallied to the anti-Bolshevik cause says a wireless message ‘given (Continued on Third Page.) STRIKERS WORKING AGAIN Several Hundred Employes of Nono- tuck Silk Company at Leeds Are Back at Places Again. Northampton, Mass.,, March Nearly all of the several hundred em- vloyes of the Nonotuck Silk company at Leeds who have been on strike since February 16, returned to work tdday. The strikers, mostly women, went out to resist a wage reduction of 15 per cent. They have accepted the reduction and certain concessions in the way of shop conditions have been made by the company. DECLARE CASH DIVIDEND and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. Award 150 Per Lehigh Gives Cash Cent On Its $9,210,000 Stock. New York, March 7.—The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. today declared a special cash dividend of 150 per cent on its $9,210,000 stock outstanding. Of this dividend amount- ing to $13,800,000 the Central Rail- road of New Jersey gets $12,740,000 on the -stock which it owns. Decision to declare the special dividend resulted from a necessity imposed on the Jersey Central by the Reading segregation of disposing of ! of its Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre stock. By a modification of the Reading decree the coal company was per= mitted to ‘declare any dividend war- ranted by its financial condition. HARTFORD AVIATOR I KILLED IN KENTUCKY Falls With Companion, He 3,000 Feet to His Death. Lloyvdsville, Ky., March 7.—Lieut. John T. Lawson of Hartford, Conn., and Private Joseph Read of Norwood, N. J., were dashed to death at Camp Knox, near here today, with an army airplane which failed to right itself during a tail spin. nearly 3,000 feet. The men were making a practice flight. Lieut. Lawson was 24 years old. Private Read was 21. FACTORY CLOSED and Hutchinson Plant Shut Hart Down for Indefinite .Period—Will Affect 75 Employes. The Hart and Hutchinson plant, manufacturers of lockers and cabin- ets, has closed for an indefinite period. Notices to this effect were is- sued last week, when the working hours ended. It will affect about 75 employes, M. S. Hart, president of the company, stated today that the shut- down was necesary on account of lack of orders, and the general business depression. The plant has been operating on a 40 hour a week schedule up to the shut-down. Several of the foremen in the various departments will work part time. Mr Hart feels that in case orders come in, there may be a pos- sibility of opening within a week or two, but not before that. Ranks of Bigelow Co. . Strikers Almost Intact Thompsonville, March 7.—Follow- ing announcement that all 40 of the dyehouse employes of the Bigelow- Hartford Carpet company who with several hundred employes of other departments have been on strike for a week would return to work, a large crowd of strikers gathered at the mill today but it was said that only three or four went to work. There was no disturbance. Pratt Denies He Will Play With Boston Team Ann Arbor, Mich., March 7.—Em- phatic denial that he would play with the Boston Red Sox or any other base- ball team this year was made here to- day by Derrill Pratt, varsity baseball coach at the University of Michigan. Pratt declared that he was through with professional baseball. Case Against Gimbel Brothers is Quashed New York, March 7.—The case against Gimbel Bros., indicted under the Lever act on a charge of profiteer- ing today was ordered stricken from the calendar by Federal Judge Knox. This action was predicted on the deci- sion of the supreme court of the United States that the Lever act was uncon- stitutional. GOVT. WINS APPEAL. Washington, March. 7.—The gov- ernment today won its appeal to the supreme court for a re-trial of the case against the Diamond Coal. and Coke Co. to obtain the cancellation of ecighteen patents to coal lands al- leged to have been obtained through fraud. The machine fell ! PAUL POTTER, WELL KNOWN CRITIC, DIES ‘Was Writer Who Adapted the Famous “Trilby” Use on the Amecrican Stage. for New York, March 7.—Paul M. Pot- ter, dramatic critic who was the auth- or of many popular plays, was found dead today of natural causes in the Murray Hill baths. Mr. Potter was found in his bed by an attendant, who thought him seriously ill and called a policeman. Born at Brighton, England, 67 years ago, Mr. Potter became a news- paperman, being on the staff of the New York Herald during the 80's as foreign editor, London correspondent and dramatic critic. Afterwards he was associated with the Chicago Trib- une. His first play—"the City Directory” —was produced in May, 1889, and was quickly followed by many others. Among these were “The Ugly Duck- ling’’ in which Mrs. Leslie Carter took part in 1890; “The World’s Fair” in 1891 and during the next few years, “The American Minister,”” written for ‘W. H. Crane; “Sheridan; or the Maid of Bath,” for Sothern, in 1893; “Our Country Cousins,’”” the ‘“‘Pacific Mail” and others. He adapted “Trilby” for the American stage. It was first pro< duced in Boston in 1896 with Wilton Lackaye and Virginia Harned in the leading roles. Among his later productions were “Notre Dame,” and “The Schoolgirl,” both of which had their premieres in 1904, LEAVING GONN. LIGHTING CO. Superintendent N. S. Franklin Will be Succeeded by Albert S. Jourdan, Former Waterbury Director. Announcement has been made by the Connecticut Light and Power company that N. S. Franklin, who has been district superintendent of the company * here, has resigned to engage’ work elsewhere, his resig- nation being made subject to the con- i venience of the company. He will be succeeded by Albert S. Jourdan, who will come here from the Waterbury district, where he has been. superin- [ tendent for the past three vears. Mr. Jourdan has been with the company for a long time in various capacities, and was superintendent at Branford before being transferred to Water- bury. Mr. Jourdan will arrive in New Britain today to \(Ake up his new du- i ties. LEAGUE WATCHING U. S. Council Awaiting to See What Suc- cess America Has in Panama-Costa Rica Dispute. Paris, March 7.—The council !the league of nations before determ- | ining its course with regard to dispute | between Panama and Costa Rica, is ' awaiting the outcome of the efforts of the United States in this connec- tion. This was announced today by Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha president of ; the council. ! He said he had received only one communication on the subject which was a message from Panama saying that Costa Rican forces had invaded | Panama territory, dalling attention !to the fact that Panama was a mem- | ber of the league of nations and ask- ,ing the league to intervene. The council had replied that the United States was using its good of- fices and the council ‘would await the outsome, Dr. Da Cunha said. SUPREME COURTUPHOLDS BURLESON IN BARRING SOCIALISTICPAPER FROM MAIL Berger’s Paper Proved Dis- loyal — Justice Brandeis gives Dissenting Opinion. ‘Washington, March 7.—Refusal of lower courts to issue a mandamus re- quiring Postmaster Gen. Burleson to restore second class mail rights of the Milwaukee Leader, Victor Bergers newspaper was sustained by the su- preme court. The second class mailing privileges of the Leader were withdrawn by Mr. Burleson in 1917 on the ground that articles published by it regarding the purposes of the United States in en- tering the war were calculated to in- Limousine Destroyed On Berlin Turnpike | Meriden, March 7.—A limousine owned and driven by David Jacobs of 29 Robbins place, Yonkers, N. Y., who was on his way to Berlin, caught fire on Old Colony road at the south end of Meriden about 4 o’'clock this morning and despite the efforts of a company of the city fire department was destroyed. STEAMSHIP ARRIVAILS. New York, March 7.—Arrived: agara (Fr) Havre. March 6.—Arrived: New York. London, North State, Christiania, March 6. — A United States (Dan) New Yo of PRICE TH |ALLIES DECIDE TO END ALL PARL WITH GERMANY AND ADVISE SIMC THAT PENALTIES WILL BE IMP( TeutonCounter Entirely Uns: And Lloyd G nounces Inte Using Force A THREE C TO BE T Allied Fail Anywhere Nei derstanding - P | OBLIGATIONS, CLARED OF EVENING. - London, March 7, Press)-—Application of Germany for n® her reparations 3 cided upon by the Al ternoon. 3 Penalties A The penalties in g8 nounced. tos the Ge day by Mr. Lioyd Geés premier. ' They are Occupation of - i burg, Duesseldorf German industrial | Rhine, by troops of. Imposition by c of such a tax upon: as it may deem' The establi boundary under the Rhine. 2 Delivers Ul Mr. Lloyd Geo! Germans today th al proposals made by Simons this morn the Allies, but that di val since last weel Germans had not vance in their pro justify postponemen position of the pen No Peace i The British prem announce on behalf failure to come to ¢ mate understanding mans. “Until we get p! many which mean & tlement there can declared. NOMINATIONS § Senate Approves Under-Secretary Men Get Position Them. i ‘Washingtoi, March today confirmed a nominations sent to Harding. They inclul Fletcher of Pennsyls der-secretary of state Also in the list Major General John' appointed command corps, and Brigadier Barnett, former corps, to have the P major general. e The nominations o dore Roosevelt of Ni D. Ball of Towa, ant secretary of ferred to thg na committees