New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 1

Ne“s of the World By Associated Press —— ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD —EIGHTEEN PAGES NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923. ‘GO SLOW, KIRKHAM FORBES BRANDS AS TIARS THOSE WHO TESTI HIS ALLEGED CROOKEDN:%: 3"”*"*5:: ,ARE UNITED AGAIN Blames Failure of Veter- ans’ Bureau on “‘Politics . and Sawyer,” Friend of Late President. | :' | | l Claims There Is a (.lganhc Conspirac) Perjury J and Suppression of Facts| To Destroy Him. | of 13.—"A conspir- | destruction by | of | ma- | Washington, Nov. acy to encompass my means of perjury, suborination perjury and the suppression of terial facts and documents,’ was¥ charged by Charles R. Forbes, for-| director of the Veterans' bureau, | in testimony today before the sen- ate veterans' comumitt Absolute Denial king the stand in his own before crowded committee the director entered a or wit- his honesty | enial was directed, the witness | rge, statement,’ | ion which in | mer for room, a former ndo and insin EX-PREMIER ASQU honesty and integrity of my of-| #11 or personal cenduct while I oc- | the office of director of war i insurance or director of the vet- 18’ bureau.” Hits At Sawyer Most of the deficiencies in the ad- ministration of the laws providing for relief to disabled veterans, he de- | slared, “had been due to politics and | Sawyer,” He was referring to briga- | :H\r General Charles E. Sawyer, per- 1i friend and physician of Presi- d nt Harding. Dendes His Dismissal, Forbes then flatly denied the state- | the committee by | was dismissed by for insubordina- before that he President Harding tion in connection with the sale of | ¢ sUr property at Perryville, Md, | & before the president thally| hig second te mpmuryi « delivery of [nmh(‘ revvitie,” the former dlrector i frankly told the president 1d not continne to e i) was 1o continne heeame simply and myself, ident of any by tendering | cldea v stoppiug th o issue ver and wAween it a pre I ssment Invites Questions. e the outset Forbes vend & pre-| ity it in which he ded the committee menibers v him most searchingly as| natiers within the pe of the tigation and of the testimony | retofore given and which he was to| earnest |« eannot refrain from | ing committee at this| orbes said, “my growing be-| finally resulting in conviction on my part, which T expected by thel testimony diginterested witnesses | to establish, that an attempt has been | made to misiead this committee, and that a conspiracy heen (nn!“‘ the purpose of which is to encompass | my destruction by means of perjury, attempted subornetion of perjury, and feel that 1 the « to Het nf has on suppression of material facts and doc.|Story of Tragedy Brought uments bearing not only upon my per. | sonal eonduct as director of the Vet. burean, but also upon the of.| conduct of the affairs of the by myself and my subordi-| erans’ ficial bureau nates. “1 deny generally, and shall here | after deny specifically and in detail, the utterly false and groundless|( charges of official and personal ne-| glect, dishonesty, graft, liquor drink- ing, loose conduct, and any and every other derliction of duty, official or personal, which has been ascribed to |t me either by the witnesses Mortimer and Williams and others, or charged against me by the counsel of this committee. “1 do not mean that my administra- tion was blameless; 1 do not deny its tmperfections: 1 do not scek to shift any responsibilities to others, dead or alive; but 1 do assert that T have not consclously been guilty of any wrong- doing either by act or neglect “I feel it is only proper Lo state that i did not seek this position I am ink to say that while 1 have never en particularly active as a politi- jan, although always a republican, ot when the present administration |t ame into office 1 was ambitious, on | coount of my experience, to become a member of the shipping board, which | ambition I communicated to the late president, who had been my political and personal friend for many years. Talks With Harding “President Harding frankly advised me that it was impossible for him to gratify my ambition: and he ultimate- Iy tendered to me the position of di- rector of war risk insurance 1 ae- cepted the position much mis- | giving, with the expressed desire on my part that 1 might retire from the | office at the end of a year © “When 1 first met 1 “hol- | meley Jones, (the retiring director, he said to me: ‘Colonel Forbes, you | are coming into a job that will "ring you only grief and sorrow. 1 have done everything within my r to build up this institution and make #t really worth while. Tt politically stagnant and 1 do not belicve that you |1 or any of a t t with It (Continued on Fourteenth Page). wi in 2 ' Chief Hart with the result that Officer | 1916, work has | minister, will Those his wife when T0 PROTECT CHILDREN Chief Hart Responds to| West End and Fifth Ward Petitions Chief out the school orner streets, misstoners recelved a petition sevoral | and residents that | ks liceman signed Lo a new street and at busy periods through-|BUNs, munitions and explosives, day and when children are|this he coming to and from the Lincol street | 4PProval as @ man of intense energy, will do traffie duty Wi Willlam €. Hart today an- ol Th g0 king for orner Lanpher The petition was referred to|POsIng interests came in w Policeman feinity, Sponse Meicer Juty n wld will do day duty on Broad street and | rlods and while children do traffie 1 streets, U At are au to attending the Sacred Heart schools Ofticer Michacl Massey will replace | liberal beats of the police Clarence 1 e fro at us 1 William busky pe iy ward residents children department, npher has beat on West Main ward of and police m west end raffiiec officer at fetailed to that O'Mara force the traffic ing to school it the This is also | from the he etition Bartlett heen Main at the Linecoin com- and win n re Lanpher as relief man on day crossing while take « street Pol i %0 fceman er O'Ma uth of bea ral a's the THREE DROWN AS BARGE Moffitt t on Iroad SINKS OFF VIRGINIA| Two of Crew Swim In With Lewe f » Boyle s, The lo: ¥, Vi stone, floated ashore reported to the guard crew The swimmers said sprang a leak in a northeast storm a the five left in a sms neared shore nd the The he he The he ere |ter, were Bits of Wrevkage |brought here Fenwich vesterday o 1., Isl f are and daughter of the barge became Robert Curtis, Wicomico Coun 1 ¥ I3 coast | has left Cape » the boat tain, drowned, barge, and Druid Hill Underwriter, Saturday w » for Providence, storin came up, the and the barges anchored to ride storm g today the with the dead on som« Vay, N. J of one who abandoned thelr vessel, 13 f the Va., coal ha Nov. found at 6 ¢ M land, rge loss of three Matthew negroes. k James tobert mbers Taylor the wreckage W When ering . m arion ves, and now: hite crew, a 0 DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT i | By The Associated Press. | Lloyd George factions of the liberal | protectionists, as well | pected by | | landed BRITISH LIBERALS and Lloyd George Patch Up Dilierences United Party Will Oppose Conserva- | tives and Laborites—General Elec-z tion Will Be Called For On De- | cember 3. London, Nov. 13.—The Asquith and party sank their differences this | morning and reunited to present a solid front against the conservative ds the labor party, in the coming elections. Reconciliation Effected and Lloyd George, and Sir John Simon. .\rr.lng(n)(‘nlfil were made for a united campaign. While such a move was not unex- | many political observers | there yet had been a great element of doubt ms to whether the two bit- ter political antagonists, Asquith and‘ Lloyd George, could be brought to- gether, Therefore the announcement | of the reunion furnished one of the big sensations of the day The Evening News st Asquith will lead the reur It is recalled that Mr, I answering interviewers at Southampton merican visit last week that ited loyd George when he | from his said he | party | would work with anybody who would | corner of Broad | 2 | firth | Mr, socking protection for|out and | loyal band | ernvictions in favor of profection as a | Fenwick Island coast | that boat. As upset on a his wife and a: ith the City of Op was in tow of th hich left Norfolk R. 1, tug cut M cutter . 10 senre of the other PICKING GRAND JURY the b g i they | bar, 1ugh leans e tug when loos: out Kickapoo h for barges, ing, Alleged Fake Doctors 10 Be Announced Soon. Hartford, Nov of the he e is tr he hat mor 13.—A nounce ment 17 men who with Bendict M jury which is to consider h, | Who are able to serve. of g to get average™ to serve on the by ce t it ar will Sheriff umber o be made Edward W. docto the re in Mr. Dewey declared that he is jury iry may be se difficnit to find but ssior men 1 e | help Those 10 Serve With Holden in Prob. | Holden of this city, will comprise the | grand evidence concerning the alleged illegal practice | this state latest said today tomorrow at | Dewey “men a little above | thought serve the [the sequel | quith | betwe country faithfully | - | Pre-War Differences, The reconciliation betweez the | Lloyd George and Asquith liberals is| proval or ratification of the common there is stiff opposition to its domina- to one of the nuluuonnlwnumll political incidents occurring during| the great war, |long co-operated as outstanding flg.‘ charter does not in express words re- ures of the liberal party, Mr. As-|¢ was prime minister when the | war broke out, and when all party differences were merged by the for- mation of a coalition ministry Lloyd George was one of Mr, As- nounced several changes on the day|@uith’s most active associates, his po- | Po- | Sition as minister of munitions glving | commissions the charter in each case | has a provision that all him a of the direction the supply of In| popular leading part in military measures, gained widespread be- mind stutior to lhu whereas Mr. Asquith gradually came identified in the publie with the spirit of caution, hes “muddaiin’,” according of the day. clash between | phrase The these two opl Decemnbe Asquith retired and Lioyd | up the duties of prime This was the signal for the loption of energetie measures in all | r work particularly fighting | fronts, und for policy ot | speeding up Bitter Personal 1ssue, bitter personal division Asquith and Lioyd of the change. *h had his followers, Mr. Asquith retaining the leadership of the old organization, while Lioyd | headed & large detection became known as the Lloyd liberals when George took on the a general A between George grew of 1 George whieh \ Gerorge hus an armed truece has continued " the two liberal branches un. reconeiliation effec il the 'l today, |y mt's Dissolution parliament, today after the long heli- days will be dissolved almost im. mediately, probably on Friday, and a general election will be held forth- with with Joseph Chamberiain's bat- tle banner of the last generation- protection—again at the forefront Premier Baldwin, forced by his own The British which re. | assembled cire for unemployment, many of the old line torles as well as the of the dominions, has decided to take his political life in his | hands and torce the issue The British parliament #solv Thursday and a tlon held Wednesday, another dispatch says FINED §$75 ON GIRL'S STORY Judge Tells Young Wonan She Is As | and urged by nremiers will be dis- general elec- December 5 K i Bad As Man Against Whom She | ! Complaincd B. W. Coban and George E. Rovett | of Hartford, who were turned over |, to the Varmington authorities yester- |4 after having arrested by Policeman William Grabeck on com- plaint Hartford girl, were ar been of a ‘quory as to whether that commission | can make binding contracts indepen dent of the \Lounsel J. H. Kirkham advised tm!ny' | that might involve litigation, and he The reconciliation was effected at & | suggests that the charity board sub- | meeting of former Premiers Asquith | mit its town home building contract Sir Alfred Mond | to the council for approval first. the city’s legal advisor, that the board will proceed to award D. council's approval Mr. | by dition to the New Britain town home | The two leaders had | tion is first called to the fact that the |succeed Mills. the case in $300 by the boards of publlc works, fire commissioners, sloners and park commissioners. ORDERS WIRE CHANGES ‘lnspeclor many Main street is def to a permit, to the ing changes made | he | property much time a thorough inspection of propertics in the companied Souney of the The | the numer remedy co own served witl ing system The the partment store on 1 | ordered to sulted ir who eor | electrieal permit be ponse ;I]EHM AND MILLS O ; 'Recommends Submitting Building Alderman and Suspended Eniorce-‘ Contract to Council ment Agent Expected to Resign | AWARD MAY BE HELD UPIBOTH PERSONA NON GRATA | Board Meets This Afternoon and is |Three Factions in Second Ward Want | Expected to Delay Action On Erec-| ¢5 Name Successor to Mills as Re- ‘ tion of Building For Women and Children At Town Farm. 1 board’s | publican Town Committecan —k “Machine” Warned Off. | the charity Among the stories circulating today | {in political circles is one to the ef- | fect that Alderman Cornelius J. Dehm, president pro tem. of the cor.mon Irouncn. and J. Willie Mills of the re- | publican town committee from the second ward, will resign their respec- | tive offices at a not far distant date. | |Both are under arrest, although at |liberty under bonds, Dehm charged | | with being present at a place where | |aleoholic liquor was for sale, and the | (latter with malfeasance in office. Mills | {was a prohibition enforcement olflcer. but was suspended when he was| caught in the back room of the South- | ington Inn during a raid by county |and federal policemen. It is reported that (cided to retire om | council bec is connection with the Southington Whether he will do so bef he is 1 in super rep should submit resignation the earliest possible moment. Dehm is said to have in- “Dear §i formed friends that he intends to step “Your board inquires whether a Out of office, and may do so before contract for the erection of the ad-|the trial “Machine” The “machine Answering council an contract Y Corporation | common without submitting the that body for approval, | that the was a close question one The corporation counsel’'s written opinion will be given the charity | board at its meeting this afternoon. In view of the suggestions made by | it is unlikely | the building contract to the C. L., & Co. without first obtaining the Dehm has de- | the common | Kirkhan is the Kirkham Mangan, not known a the Boar ieve that Opinion Followi opi Judge ion is cans his Mr. W. [ “Chairman of Charities, “New Britain, Coan Y Not Slumbering made by your board, without the ap-| has discovered that | would be a valid contract. |tion in second ward affairs although “In answering this question, atten-|it 1s casting about for a candidate to Alderman Gill would hardly be acceptable because he has| been gullty of lese majesty on several occasions and has spoken his mind concerning some of the leaders in the republican party. His criticism has |not been as barbed lately as it was a few months ago and it was whis- pered that he had buried the hatchet. |But the “machine,” which has a covered with rhinocerous hide, can hardly forgive him for his attacks in | the past. “Keep OFF The Grass® | The second ward promises to be a hotbed of action in the pre-election campaign. Some of the bolder wpliits have erected a “koop off the grass” “en for the “machine” to rewd amd have not been diftident about express. Ing their views. A fuction which ap. | pears to have some strength at this time holds to the opinion that the ‘machine” should be serapped, but it Is equally opposed to the Quigley fn fluence. Skirmishing which is = now B0Ig on iy expected to reach the im. | portanca of a general engagemont he. | |Tore the dat ! ¢ date of the tled ¢ prima juire that contracts by it shall be ap- | as is than rroved by the common council, contracts for more water commis- “Under the head of these other contracts, fn- (Continued on Twelfth Page). IN MAIN ST. BUILDINGS Curtin Sends | Notices to Two Proper Owner fes iy et eleetric wiring in bulldings on | and a hazard property, and that much lectrical work has been done in vine ation of city and without Electrical Inspector Cyril J. afternoon mailed notlees of two buildings order- within 30 days, and s to four additional giving important Declaring that of the largest ective Pressure Brought on Mils Mills i sad to be feeling | from republican, b pressure 8 in the seeon who beleive that out of ,‘.,‘:,',,,',.‘:,',',r‘" for the party, he should send i ,'l headquarters. He iy raported to b {loath to quit but s beginning to realize that his arrest has brouet, stigma upon the party and 1s begin ning to be convinced that he should step aside and make room for another ward representative Rumor that he has told friends that quit Factional Fight in Progress | Wires are already he pu by factions in the second ward to name ' a successor Mills The " Baker Ma iggested a weeks ago and a movement tarted to land him in the But the fact that M by ex-Mayor George A served lite and tean ‘urtin this owner will send noti owner period to mak tomorrow hem a ik The electrical i the has it has he will weeks in inspeetor spent past few ing e eity. He was a Deputy Chief M. T prevention bureau and the office of had received work to of by nter the department trica reports fire ele was tnapector position of defective drive Quigiey . aroused in his behalf A ceived, a faction second ward does ted with the Quigley bax and wiil oppose Mann Quigley ed it to be wn that he proves of him 1e not origin 15 {ally a Quigle after. | but the ex.m marked have inaugurated a and 1o to thusiasm Con Perokas, will be mail, order- the wiring playhouse controls Brothers and Palace theatoer, by in at which ich Raphael's De- will also be taras ere of the cording to rmation o notice numero ange nployed in 1t t has SBimons ¢ building in cay mproveme Q this 1 alarming sroperly Tnspector said that umber nstalled found such ally a to the Al n Jo pla n the comm o5 where 1 fixtures have creating of positive fire £ ar re azards He ha property owners the instailing of to require that the produced. Otherwise ordered, many yerty owners' exe ed DLEFENSE Guild 1 B RESTS CASE N ontly ¢ be fense imes at gar Cross raigned in the Farmington town court Waypant \ga"‘\( Klan's last night before Judge Barney. Co ban was fined $75 without costs and Rovett was discharged as It was testi- fied that he was the wner of the automobile | which the trio were riding and had not assaulted the | ¢ The judge in in the fine | ¢ Coban told the that h to blame would not be should be he nposing girl upon she was as m sentenc willing tol¢ agreed that |y though she ed at this time « pay his fine wou SCHLEIFER ON STAND New Haven, Nov 13 Schieifer, labor organizer, t stand in his trial for alleged @ age in shopmen's ago, in court today. Hi counsel endeavored to show that t aceused 44 all in his power the gov while working shipyards in River. Philip Tre editor, took Ernest n took i f sabot- own beha his vocucy strike a year o the superior to aid ernment Fa the stand Dawu mer, Al his was objections against railroad Attorney questions and sustained State w Walter ¢ and al- | B peror W §— cml l% [)wmmsed \\I’«rll H Klan wa 0. Hath- ()fl" Atia peria lismisse ock 1| afte Fred Em- ont be he it missed warr dis SHIP NEws FIND ANOTHER PLOY Arri Celti York B WEATHER o- Hartford, Nov. 13 —<Porecast for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight. Wednesday in- creasing dondiness. not mnch change in temperature, north- erly winds. ™ Rhi here this A\elage Daily Circulation ¥ Week Ending 10 136 Nov. 10th . _—.. PRICE THREE CENTS BERLIN DENIES EX-KAISER TELLS CHARITY COM. WAYTOTOBOGGAN HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO RETURN T0 HIS HOME LAND Causing Worry KAISER WILHEF NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE HAVE BOOZE CLEANUP |Big bonce of Dry Conduct Greatest Raids Since Amendment . New Oriennws, entire force Alabama W the agents from ments from Washi here the sinee places were toduy planned to b in New Orles becar effective The raids the that “wide open” luled At n had been made which are the city for tod sch Mobi Ala, Nov government violators of the today A great was seized and erving persons the uts fauor early liguor marshals nre rants against ations of Among the and ner district to violate the giving a bribe H former for Ke torney P to f TAKE 818000 IN HOLDUP | =, Cashier of Ward Baking Company s e Robhed by Thre New York Stamford Has $25,000 Fire for biggest the Hallowe'en y but this forenoon swooped prohibition warrants ros, vate Congressman charging 18, ~Virtuully of federal prohibition and ton and wha predicate virtually night Fifty-two traffic quantity United numerons charged served prohibition act a Armed Men In Agents reinforce- other was Nauor ratd Volstead act u half down o1 here of States war with -y | ® was | at secretary Gray g conspiracy | 1 of local Belgium However, is Much Disturbed by Report of Hohenzollern Coup on December 4. jEngland Discredits Rumors and Does Not Believe That Former Emperor Will Leave Holland. | | By The Associated Press. Berlin, Nov. 13.—It is officially de« nied here that former Emperor Wile liam has been authorized to return to Germany. Denial also was made of a repor§ that former Crown Prince Frederick Willlam visited Berlin secretly on his |way from Holland to his estate im Upper Silesia Frederick Wil stayed Saturday day nigh§ klenburg with on Monday province of is expected to are Me and ht with s in the andenbu He crive at Oels today. | Count Belgium Much Disturbed, Brussels, Nov. 13. (By A. P.)~The question of addressing the allied and associated powers, recalling them to | their moral duties, is under consid« | eration by the Belgian cabinet. It may also bring the matter before the !league of nations, as it considers the | peace of the world is becomipg ine creasingly endangered. X | In connection with the ex-crown prince to Germany, Belgian cabinet opinion holds that |close cohesion of the allies is neces« ‘:-ury with a view to the strict appli« cation of the treaty of Versailles, both as regards the punishment of war criminals and reparations, Coup Set For Dec, 4, William Hohenzollern, .formeor ems peror of Germany, was egain a figure commanding world attention today as |the governments of the powers made | efforts to learn more of his reported | plans for returning to the father! Equipped with passports self and members o | ki sald by a pared to the return of hime the ox newspaper to either Jhifm- former Crown Prince Frederick William the throne the empire on December 4 Gets Dozen Passports. There was no official confirmation of the activities at Doorn House, nor was Willlam's destination in Germany M ted. Private messages from the little Dutch village, however, said that courier yes 1y delivered there twelve passports permitting the exe kaiser and his entourage to reenter the fatherland after their five years in Cipher messages are said to ceived at the castle dure | for his sufte ser | lo pr gelf or blish ablish on of d on was were a been re the day is pointed out here that William been keeping in eclose touch with monarchists in Germany, and that hoped for e time that the m in the therland would favorable for his return. also believed that the former eme peror would reg Holland as per« haps an of refuge, in view of the lodged by the |m\\ at the of Fredorick itself ard insecure e protests retur lnzl-ml Not Immmn. Assoclated Pr fon, Nov. 1 officia y that they Lon British governs reiterated this aftere ntirely satisfled the assurances that ex-Emperor owed to leave y say that up to no rvason to it lord proe he has such confident the its ment with t} of i by n woul a stody. T oment they b the former w " if are in view the jecam of attempt s, therefors, to Holland Where's the Prince? ~Formee iam, who ed for his w Which Calls Entire Dept. FOLECTICS MEEY TODAY SLAIN BY BANDITS Columbus Man Killed by Highway men ~—Hmther Woimded—$500 1< Stolen City s slightly $500, the pro- carnival CONFIDENCE IN POINCARE. cham- today, are gove