New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1921, Page 1

y ESTABLI$HED 1870. "NEW BRITAIN, CONNE CTICUT, SATURDAY, MARCH ;1 —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THR > 3 E RAILROAD OFFICIALS 'RESTORE FORMER WAGE TO THOSE CUT ONJANUARY 31 UPONBY PRESIDENT ompany, Recently Re- Whole Question Of Pay o Railway Labor Board ON AND ALBANY ANS REDUCTIONS | | pwer Scale Effective April 16—New England Roads to Get New Hearing On Mail Rates. ' Jew York, March 12.-—Reductions wages of common labor, put into ot by the Erie railroad on Jan- y 31, have been wiped out and former wage schedule restored, was announced here today at the ernl offices of the company. he company statement said “glightly improved condition iness” permitted the payment old scale. he rallroad lahor board recently hdemned action of the road for not t submitting the proposed reduc- @ to it for approval and ordered g fon of the former scale nnouncement sald that the d Would now fermally submit *he le question of wages to the rail- d labor board. pMen on monthly salaries who were t on a five day week shortly after reduction in wages was an- unced also have been returned to six day week that of of B. & A. Announcement. [Boston, March 12.—The Boston and bany rallroad today posted notices prospective wage reductlons to 00 employes including clerks and chanics of classes corresponding general to those affected by sim- r announcements by other New land roads. © notice reductions said the yashington, Maich 12.—The ins futate commerce commission today nted the application of New Eng- d rallroads that examination into | nditions surrounding the tation of ail in that terri- re-opened. The roads asked & readjustment of rutes on spe- | ] services in the handling of mail. date was set for the hearing. RTIS CONTRASTED BY SIMONS WITH LINGOLN| iter Freed Blacks; Former Enslaved Whites, is Re- ported Banner Slogan. Isidore Simons, president of the w Britain Taxpayers’ Protective oclation, is reported to have con- cted for the painting of a series banners to adorn the stage at Fox's oater tomorrow afternoon when a kptest meeting is held to discuss ¢ matters, in which Mayor O. ¥.| Lawyer Michael Sexton and! x identifted with the high tax; nent, it Is reported, are to be pld up to ridicule, Copy for the ban- s Is said to be In the hands of the! mn painters and the banners will be pmpleted today. In one of the strips, which is to otch the entire length of the stage, o pleture of Abraham Lincoln is xed to one side while the likeness Mayor O. F'. Ourtis is at the other treme. Lettered between the two jotures, it is réported, is to be the wlon ;— Lincoln freed the blacks; yor O. F. Curtls is trying to en- ve the whites. A pleture of Bismarck, who in his- ‘s pages has been known as “Iron Chancellor” und the (Continued on Twelfth Page.) —— . . Woop 18 76 mander of Local Post of Grand @y Celobrates Birthday as Guest oF 8. of V. Auxiliary. s Commander 8. H. Woods of Stan- y Post, G. A. R, was tendered a urprise birthday party last evening G. A. R. hall, the occasion being 78th anniver his birth. The Witnesses Connecting Clara Smith Hamon With Shooting HINT AT PREMEDITATION rage Man Says Day Before Kill- ing, She Had Car Made Ready for Long Trip—Doctor to Tell of Pre- vious Episodes. Ardmore, Okla., March 12.—Testi- | ! mony that Clara Hamon, on trial for the alleged murder of Jake L. Ham: on, came to his garage the day be- fore Hamon was shot and ordered two extra casings placed on her auto- mobile, saying that she was “goink to take a long trip,” was offered to- day by Harry Foster, a garage em- ploye. Saw Girl Have Gun. Foster, the first witness called by the state today, also said that he had seen Clara Hamon with a pistol a number of times and that the morn- ing following Hamon's shooting, Clara came to the garage and asked that tire changes be made quickly as she had far to go. The witness said the young woman was very nervous. He saw no bruls- es on her face or hands, he testified. It was agreed by counsel that the afternoon session of court should be curtailed to one hour. Doctor to Testify. Muskogee, Okla., March 12.—Dr. C, V. Rice, Muskogee physician, will be called as a witness for the defense in the Hamon trial at Ardmore, it was made known today in a communica- tion from Charles Coakley of defense counsel, who said Dr. Rice would testify to dressing wounds alleged to have been inflicted on Clara Hamon by Jake L. Hamon, aboard a train here four years ago. W. T. FIELDS DIES. New Haven, March 12.—William T Flelds, formerly president of the Tradesman National Dank here apd later of the firm of W. T. Fields dnd Co., brokers, died today. RIGHTS OF AMERICA |NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ON DUTY AT SPRINGFIELD O. AFTER NIGHT OF RIOTING| ASAMERICAN AMBASSA ARE T0 BE INSISTED TSTATE PRESENTING {present Administration Wit Fol- buked, Plans To Submit ' URDER TESTIMONY NATION WILL NOT BACK ON YAP QUESTION This Country Must Be Considered A\s Onme of the Victors in International Adjustments — Washington May Send Representative to League of Nations to Present Opinions Re- garding Mandates. (By Asso- of the Washington, March 12 low General Policy of Wilson l Regarding Post-War Affairs | !claled Press).—The pobicy Harding administration with respect 1o American rights growing out of the participation of the United States in the world war will not differ mater- ially from that of the Wilson admin- istration, it as learned today in au- thoritative quarters. Adujstment of the situation grow- ing out of the award of a mandate over the Pacific island of Yap to Japan will be insisted upon as de- terminedally by this administration as it was by the last, it was said, and the attitude with respect to the British mandate over Mesopotamia will be maintained. U. 8. Will Insist. It has been made clear that the new administration will continue to defend the contention that the United States had not yielded and cannot be deprived of any of her rights as one of the victors and .must be con- sidered in the adjustment of the problems creased by the war. It was suggested that it was not impossible that a representative might be sent to the league of na- tions to present the American point of view in the questions of mandates in accordance with the invitation ex- tended by the league's note although it is understood final decision on that point had not been made. In such event the United States would not regard his presence as In any way committing it to formal participation in the league councils but more as an attorney before a board whose decisions it is not necessarily bound to accept. HARTFORD BANK CLERK, ACCUSED OF * EMBEZZLEMENT, Richmond Returns From Philadelphia and Volun- tarily Walks Into Police Headquarters. Hartford, March 12.—Earl U. Rich- mond, alleged defaulting teller of the Hartford-Aetna National bank to the extent of $2,500 or more was today taken before U. 8. Commissioner Frederick J. Corbett, and, pleading not guilty, was held under $5,000 for the federal court. Richmond gave himself up to the po- lice early this morming. He said he had been to Philadelphia and New York and when he read in a newspaper that he was wanted he came to Hartford. His home is in Windsor. He practical- ly admits taking the money, saying he used it to meet pressing debts. LEAGUE SEEKS DISARMAMENT First Step is to Ask Nations to Cut Down om Their Military Expendi- ture for Five Years. Geneva, March 12.—Governments have been asked to enter into an agreement not to exceed during the next five fiscal years the total mili- tary expenditures provided for the present year in a letter sent to mem- bers of the league of nations by the secretary of the organization. Another letter sent to the member: cf the league concerns a convention relative to control traflic in arms and munitions in order that regions “not well civilized” may not receive stocks of arms which accumulated during Frank G. Wilkins of Washington, D, | health for some time. the war. The governments have been asked to make known their attitude to the league by May 1. Court Friendly Degree Team Elects Officers Officers were clected last night at a meeting of the degree team of Court Friendly, . of A., as follows: Chair. GIVES HIMSELF Ul COUNCIL CANNOT ACT Servicemen's Clubhouse Appropriation Must Come KFrom the State, Corpora- tion Counsel Rules. Judge John H. Kirkham, corporation counsel, has given an opinion in the matter of a proposed $8,000 appropria- tion to provide quarters for local ex- servicemen, in which he declared the matter not admissable for action by the counsel. The state alone can make pro- vision for such matters, the counsel has ruled. Mayor O. F. Curtis expressed him- self today as ready to assist the service- men in whatever way is possible to fit out a service department for the ex- pediting of claims, if the need of such a department is shown. The mayor is | anxious to meet with a committee rep- resenting the soldiers’ posts and it is | probable that such a session will be ar- ranged for in a few days. AID FOR COLLEGE GIRLS Mount Holyoke Will Rent Rooms on Campus to Students at Dess Than Regular Prices. South Hadley, Mass.,, March The graduate council of Mount Hol- i yoke college was told by Miss Caroline B. Green, registrar,at its annual meet- ing today of a new plan by which stu- dents in need of financial assistance will be offered certain rooms in the camps halle for $100, or $50 a year\ i iess than the maximum price. i Miss Greene said she felt that prices | now being charged for board and tu- ition were prohibitive for many girls. The graduate council elected Mrs. Certain 12.— | €., as president. PAYNE TO RETIRE Washington March 12.—John Bar- ton Payne is understood to have pre- sented his resignation as director zencral of the railroad administration to President Harding. Mr. Payne was appointed director general soon after he became secretary of the interior. Shooting of Policeman Whe Tries to Disperse Crowd of Negroes Precipitates Fight- ing Between Racial Fac- ons. Springfield, O., March 12.—Spring- field was quiet this morning. follow- | ing a night of disorder in which Patrolman Joseph Ryan and a wmegro were wounded in interchanges of | shots between police and negroes. I Soldiers Are Mobilized. | Three companies of Ohio National ! Guardsmen, consisting of 150 officc i and men under command of Lieut. Col. H. D. Horner were on duty to- ' day with headquarters at the City hall. Military law has not been de~ clared, it having been announced that the troops would merely aid the | local authorities in maintaining order. The entire Fourth Ohio infantry ! was mobilized but Col. Horner said he did not think it necessary to call | for the other units at this time. Although the situation was quiet both military and civil authorities said they would not relax their vigil- ance and are taking all precautions to avoid a recurrence tonight of the racial trouble. ! Machine guns are mounted at tne county jail and although the militia- men are not patrolling the streets they are under arms and ready to | answer riot calls. A truck with a| machine gun mounted on it is avail- ! able. i Trouble Begins At Midnight. The trouble, which started short- | ly before midnight last nigh! with | the shooting of Patrolman Ryan after he had ordered a group of ne- | groes to disperse was the out- growth of an assault last Monday (Continued on Tenth JACKSON HAS PLAN FOR CITY MEMORIAL Page.) I When New Normal School Is Completed | the Old Building Would Make Ideal Ex-servieemen's Club. “‘After reading Judge Bernard F. Gaffney's statement about the State Normal School on Walnut Hill being left for the city after the new school in Stanley Quarter is a reality, I feel ' that New Britain should consider the ' old main building for an ex-service- men’s memorial,”” said Harry C. Jack- son, commander of the Eddy-Glover Post, American Legion to a reporter to- day. ‘“‘The city will no doubt take over the buildings on the hill as part of an agreement for securing one of the most up-to-date Normal schools in the coun- try in Staniey Quarter’’, he stated. ““There is a model school there, which could be used for the children of the neighborhood, and it might become the city’s duty to tear down the main build- ings of the school. If such be the case, the ex-servicemen’s organizations will ask for the building. The organizations in this city could raise enough money to fix the building over suitable to the | needs of their respective organizations, and in this way, for very little expense New Britain would have the best memorial in the state, if not in the country’’, Mr. Jackson continuecd. “I am going to take the matter up with the council composed of repre- sentatives of all organizations in this city, and get the consensus of opinjon. If it be favorable our respective com- mittees will be' formed to work with our representatives on the War Memoriul corporation. ‘“There are approximately 10 organ- izations in town composed of veterans and women in veteran's auxiliaries and all could have quarters. A service bureau could be put there and i have not a doubt that, we could get some branches of the state organization in’ this city also’’, Commander Jackson DIES IN NEWINGTON Mary Roulettc of Plainville Away at Sanatorium This Morning Passes —Was 18 Years Old. (Special to the Herald.) Plainville, March 12.—Miss Mary Roulette, 18 vears of age, passed away at the Newington Sanatorium this morning. She had heen in il Miss Roulette lived at the home of Merrit O. Ryder of Maple street. She is survived by her father in South Manchester, and brothers and sisters, as well as other relatives throughout the state. The funeral arrangements are not com- plete. -—_— cutting. TRADES UNION MEN |AID FOR STARVING FIGHTING PAY CUT| ASKED BY HARDING Workmen to Insist That Materials | President Wants America to Help Come Down Before Wages T0 ARRANGE CONFERENGES Fmployes and Employers In Building Trades Likely to Get Together to Talk Over Situation—Outlook for Spring Is Good, Reports Say. New Haven, March 12.—Delegates from local unions of the building trades from every part of the state, in response to a call from the state exec- utive committee, met here today to act on a proposition to resist wage The newly formed Connecti- cut Builders’ Exchange, Inc., has an- nounced a wage reduction to go with a cut in costs of materials. Unions, individually, have been declaring their opposition to wage readjustments as proposed by the contractors, and the Carpenters’ union here has an- nounced its intention of bidding for housa contracts. Want Unity of Action. The convention today was for the purpose, according to the call, of se- curing unity of action in meeting the wage adjustments proposed by the contractors. During the forenoon discussion it is understood that sentiment was de- veloped in favor of having a com- mittee meet with a committee of the Builders’ Exchange to exchange views on the outlook. The discussion had to do chiefly with the outlook for a cut in prices of materials which the speakers contended, should be made before an attempt was made to touch the wage schedule. 375 Delegates Present. There were presenc about 375 dele- zates from 112 locals and every branch was represented except the Structural Workers. F. A. Fitzgerald, | president of the trades council, pre- sided. The obpect of the meeting, it was stated, was to discuss and act upon the proposal of the builders to cut wages 20 per cent. Conditions Are Good. Delegates made reports of local conditions. Most of them said build- ing prospect looked good but opinion was against a cut in wages unless con- tractors would guarantee first that building materials would cost less and stay down and thas the contractors themselves would eliminate the ex- cess profits. Delegates said that it was regarded as unfair to make labor stand all the reductions in order to stimulate business. A number of offi- cers of international unions were present. GERMAN INDUSTRY IS FEELING OPPRESSION Manufacturers Claim Allied "Customs Will Cause Business to Collapse. Essen, Germany, March 12.—In this center of the great industrial region of Germany bitter hostility prevails against the allied plan for establishing a customs frontier and taxing German exports. The feeling is expressed chiefly against Lloyd George and the French authorities. The heads of the great industrial houses of Essen are outspoken in this criticism. They say that already huge contracts have been cancelled and the prospects are that trade will stagnate. They declare that the workmen will be the chief ones to suffer and that the entire Ruhr basin, if not all Germany will be irreparably damaged. Duesseldorf, March 12. (By Associ- ated Press.)—Belgian patrols which took control of the rural commune of Hamborn on Wednesday night have been removed and this action on the part of the Allied command has tended 1o ease the situation at Duisburg. Officials declare that the patrols were thrown out merely to protect (Continued on Tenth Page.) DR, VANVLEET DEAD Stamford, March 12.—Dr. Peter Vanvleet, 75, died today. He had practiced medicine here since 1884, a graduate of Syracuse university and the Bellevue medical school. He is survived by a dughter. 1 COL. HARVEY IS SLATED ' GO TO COURT OF ST. JAM Sufferers in China PICTURES BAD CONDITIONS Several Millions Have Already Been l Sent Over by Various Organiza- tions, But This Fund Is Insufficient for the Ta: ‘Washington, March 12.-—An appeal to the American people to “‘do every- thing in their power” towards the relief of famine conditions in China was issued today by President Hard- ing. The president declared that al- though the nation already had given liberally to the relief committee the fund still was entirely inadequate for the task. 4 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES There Is Nobody Working in Shops Making ¥atables in This City Who Has Any Troubles, Authorities Say. According to a statement issued from local health authorities today there is no individual infected with a communicable disease working in any candy shop in New Britain, Greek or otherwise, nor has there been. The health department is em- powered to inspect restaurants and so forth at frequent intervals and, in case of flagrant violations to close them up. The New Britain places have been given a clean bill of health as a general rule. It becomes the duty of a doctor to report any sus- pected case of disease in the popu- lace, whenever it develops. Natural- 1y there would be no allowance for men ind ©mployed in candy shops and 86 forth. New Britain candy makers today stated, for publication, that they would, under no circumstances allow any man or woman in their estab- lishments who were even suspected by them, let alone a doctor, of having any skin troubles or other diseases of an infectious nature. WILHELM BLAMES ENGLAND Ex-Emperor Publishes Book In Which He Declares Great.Britain Is Re- sponsible for World War. Amsterdam, March 12.—Former Emperor Williath of Germany has written for private distribution a book by which he attempts to show that England was desponsible for the World war. In the volume he has collated historical facts and data rel- ative to international agreements be- tween all countries involved in the war from 1804 to 1914, and these facts have been marshaled in parallel col- umns by Count Hohenzollern, says the newspaper Het Volk. He declares England’s responsibil- ity for the war centered in her “plot to isolate Germany.” MOREY A CANDIDATE Former Member of Charity Board Son of ex- l Will Seek Election—is Council Member. Burton C. Morey has announced his candidacy for councilman from the first ward and will seek election at the polls on April 12 when the annual election for council members is held. Mr, Morey is engaged in the manu- facturing business on Glen street. He is a former membet of the board of charity commissioners and at one time served in that department as investi- gator. He is the son of Charles C. Morey, a former member of the com- mon council. The candidate was a member of the national guard for a number of years, being identified with Company E. PARSONS-WIENER Yocal Young Man Engaged to Ger- mantown, Pa., Girl, Daughter ot' Henry Wiener, Jr. Announcement is made of the en-| gagement of Munroe Parsons, son of ' 'Mrs. Charles H. Parsons of 310 West Nomination To_\‘ John M. Davis L Go To Senate D) Present Sessios MORE APPOIN ANNOUNCEL Delaware Namy Property C mont Man Commissioner. ‘Washington, March ' George Harvey, of New of Harvey's Weekly, is § have been definitely selg] ident Harding as amb don to succeed John now is returning home.' tion may go to the se present extraordinary Miller Is Sele Thomas W. Miller of former member of the resentatives was app) property custodian todj dent Harding. The ap not require senate confl Mr. Miller is a lawye engaged in the practic fession since he retired During the 1920 camp charge of the eastern republican speakers’ b Mr. Miller succeeds van, who was named . custodian when A. g was appointed attorn years ago. 1 Potter Co The renomination ofy ter, of New York, as a interstate commerce <onfirmed today by Williain Walter Hus Johnsbury, Vt., was. by Presideat Harding sioner general of imm Carl A. Mapes, of N nominated to be solic] reau of internal reven Harry Hilton Bill ‘was nominated to be postmaster general. NORWALK POL ANTI-BOOZE | Bridgeport Obti inating Evid South Norwalk, Kaufman, proprietor posite police headq was - arrested late local police on ch liquor. Frank Mace, Martin Creagh, his also arrested on sin all are held this mo bonds for a hearing court on Monday against the three by “detectives” fro detective agency du January. At Kaul night several quarts | seized by the Chief ] liam R. Pennington Sergeant Thomas Hi the arrests. Almost on the h came the decision of H. Vosburgh in thi court ;this morning | Fred 'Gebo, a barts to three months in of liquor, this being | viction this vear; kett, a bartendef costs; James Filyn (Continued on Tj $6,000,000 FI Later Estimates of Shanghat Silk Reach as High as Shanghai, March)/ Press).—Several silk§ taining over half -of silk availabie for, ex were barned here ing estimated at 3 other wareho