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New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
BOSTON ORGANIZING
 VOLUNTEER POLICE
More Than 100 Pensioners Are Ready ..,
 -McmbcrS of Department Can
 not Join Union.

r Boston, Aug. 25.-Organizati tion of an unpaid volunteer police force for duty in the event of a strike by the policemen. of the city was begun to- day by former Superintendent Will liam H. Pierce. As they nucleus for the emergency body it was announced that several former captains and lieu tenants and 100 pensioners of the force were available.
 LaBor leaders today sent notices to 500 local unions calling for special meetings to ballot on the question of their position in the event the Boston policemen are compelled to strike to protect their rights to organize. A score of local unions already have voted to stand by the policemen. Frank N, Mccarthy, New England organizer of the American Federation of Labor, said that while the police men had not mentioned a strike as yet, "any peace that comes must come with honor."
 The course of action to be pursued by the Policemens union is expected to develop after the trial tomorrow of officers of the union on charges of disobeying departmept rules by join ing the. union.'
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
TROUBLE IN INDIA
Sir Harrington verney Lovett Says Extremists Are Spreading Dangerous
 Propaganda Against English Govt.

London, Aug 25.--A- grave warn ing about possibilities in India arising from the activities of the extremists was uttered> today by Sir Harrington Verney Lovett, who has held many important positions in" the Indian gov ernment in the course of testimony before the committee of the govern ment which is considering the Indian bill
 Sir Harrington said the extremists were Ncreasing rapidly and were using against the government a viz orous propaganda, combative and nationalist. and backed by islander and misrepresentation.
 A strong lead was needed from England, he declared, otherwise the ruin of India and British interests there would be accomplished. A pol icy of %tdrifting" might mean the in troduction of premature home rule with strife and disorder, he said.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
WAR ON H. (. OF l..
Indictments Issued Against Nine h.
 diViduals. and Eight Corporations 
 in Boston Drive to Reduce Expenses

Boston. Aug. 25.-Indictm ents
 againstgane individuals and eight cor
 pofatiohs in connection with the in Nestiga tior of the high cost of living < .in.. he Suffolk county grand jury were ssani1ounced by Dist. Attorney Pelletier stGetay- ..., .:. Z, sTl1e district attorney announced in 2 he course Of the Inquiry it was dis &coSereG that some dealers had made i..8aa practice to& keep foodstuffs in
 cold storage ir one state for a year,
 then move them to another state for
 the legal period and transfer them
 again elsewhere, Large quantities of
 1ood which have been in cold stor- yeage isl another state have recently , ~fcen lnGred Mere: tine district attorney
 arfa, adding the evidence in this case s35yFoaisl loe presented to the grand jury se99har it reeonvenes. -" .'
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
ROBBED OF S12,ooo
Fidelity Trust Company Messenger Held Up By Four Men in Roxbury
 District of Boston Today.

Boston, Aug. 25.-Ray Scott Cur ncy. a bank messenger employed by the Fidelity Trust company, was held lip to today by four men who stole SIP, 900 which he was taking to the bank from the offices of the Grocers' Bank ing company in the RoXbury district
 Gurney was in a tax4ab and had just driven through the gates at the banking plant when four men clim ed aboard the machine. One of them took his seat beside. the chauffeur and pressing a revolver to his head ordered him to drive down the street and make no outcrN. The other three men entered, the cab and forced Gurney to hand over the money.
 After driving some distance the man on the front seat forced the chauffeur to get out of the machine while the robber took charge of the wheel. A little further on Gurney was thrown out and the four men escaped in the cab. All the men were armed but did not wear masks. The money is said to have been largely in cash and checks.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
Landing Made At Buffalo.

Buffalo, N, Y., Aug. 25.-sergeant Coomos was the rst to arrive at Curtiss field on the Niagara boulevard here, He landed at>1:25 p. m.
 One minute later Rt lana Rholfs landed and he was followed at 131 D. .m by Major SCIroer and at 1:32 by Captain W. H. Cook.
 Rholfs reported running into two storms over Lake Erie and encounter ing 125 mile gale. It was raining hard when the aviatoro landed here.
 At 2:15 o'clock Il of the 16 flyers who left Toronto had landed at Cur tiss field. After an hour of sunshine the rain began again and was falling heavily when seven machines Istarted on the secod leg of tie flight to Syr- acuse. Sergeant Coombs left at 2:19 D. m., Schroer at 2:2O, Rholfs at 2:22 D. m
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
BRITISH METHODS IN EGYPT LIKE il ROBBERS
Egyptian Peace Delegation Counsel Plays England
 and Scores Treaty. 4.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Likening Great Britain's\egaLp position in Egypt to that of a highwayman, Joseph W. Folk, counsel for the Egyptian peace delegation, told the senate foreign. re- lations committee today that the Yer sailles treaty proposed to validate the 'robbery' of Egyptian independence.
 Having occupied Egypt 'after con- struction of the Suez canal under the pretext of protecting the Egyptians from rebels, he said. Great Britain in 1914 "seized the Egyptian government and now proposed under the treaty to reduce her to a subject natiOn.' The treaty he said, would make Egypt s grievance against Great Britain an in ternal question so it could not be dealt with by the league of nations.
 The people of Egypt he declared, want a league of nations which will protect their independence and not de- stroy it. They ask you not to deny them that self lf-determination for which more than 100000 Egyptians fought in the war just ended %&
 The delegation sent to the Paris conference by.tfe Egyptian represent ative assem blNeMr. Folk said, were held in virtual imprisonment and were not permitted to even send a representative to the United States. He declared the protectorate claimed by Great BritaiA over Egypt was 'the same sort of protectorate that a high Wayman would claim over your pock- etbook." /
 Great Britain had pledged he said, that her occupation of Egypt would be temporary and he asked that a clause be written into the treaty giving Egypt the right to appeal to the lea que council. Republican mem bers of the committee suggested, however, that the league was to be controlled by the same powers as made the treaty. and that Great Britain's rights in Egypt already had been recognized formally by the American state de- partment.
 Referring to the outbreaks against British rule in Egypt, he said Great Britain had Suppressed" the news of what was taking place and did not want the United States especially to learn the facts if it could be helped.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
KINIRY NAMED AS
 !, DEPUTY REGISTRAR
Former Army Officer Will Aid Him
 During Time He is Working For GOVernment.

Registrar "of Voters T. J. Smith has named James P.., ,Kiniry his depu- ty to serve as registra6 of Tpters. dur ing the time MT. SmiG will betMork- ing for the government in securing the census enrolment for 1920. MT. Kiniry was formerly employed as a clerk at the pcstofticc. He was one. of the local young men to secureAsa, com m ission turing the ar. ah
 In naming a deputy, Smith is. con- forming with the regulations which prescribe that no census official shall hold two positions Whore the remun- eration is more than $2,000.
 MT. Smith will act as the supervis- Or of the work in five counties. The taking of the census will start Janu- ary 1, and it will consume several months for com pletioll. MT. Smith was prevailed upon to accept the place on account of the importanSe attached to the task. He was during the war, attached to the department of justice. .,~f
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25

Washington, Aug. 25.-AdoptiOn of some plar which permits of modifica- tion of the findings of courts martial when it was shown that errors of trial had been made was urged be- fore a senate military sub committee today by Samuel T. Ansell, who re- gently resigned from the army.
 Illustrating his contention that the present system is wrong, Ansel called attention to the execution of negro soldiers at San Antonio, Texas, recent ly' before the papers, in the case had been sent to the offices of the adVQ- cate general. It was deemed Suff- cent, he said, that the commanding officer of the department in which the >crime was committed had ap- proved the findings of the court.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
SCORES U. s. FOR
 NOT AIDING HUNS
Ta9eblatt Says America Is Exploiting Gfrmany's Need; Hints at
 Union With East.

Berlin (By The Associated Press), Aug. 24.-George Meuch, financial writer Of the Tageblatt, scores the United States for failing to assist Germany financially and asserts that Americans are even guilty of machin- ation to depress .the value of the mal k artifcially..
 Americans are exploiting Ger many's needy situation most selfish ly" he declares, "by delaying to grant credit which Germany needs and de- pressing the value of the mark with the intention of obtaining such Ger man products as dyes, chemicals and brushes at low prices. On the other hand, they offer American products to German buyers at high prices. It is poor comfort for. us to know that the A1nericans are playing the same game as their former allies"
 He says the American government now could show whether it really wishes to help Germans in their work Of reconstruction by allowing Ger many to enter the American money market"
 Not without reason" he concludes, "do the glances of our economic leaders turn toward the east. It is even clearer that rescue is to be found there.'
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
SHIELD TO AMERI
 SHED TO AMERI
Would Then Stand As s stantial Barrier Betw U. s. and German Aggl sion in Future.

Washington, August 25.-WI Germany has been vanquished the present nothing but forcd likely to restrain her from seel world domination at the earliest portunity'' in the opinion of the ate judiciary subcommittee appoiI to report on the validity of the posed treaty by which the Ur states would have to go to the ali France in event of an unproyoked tack by Germany. &
 Wants France to Recaperate. Tn holding that ratification of I special defensive treaty is within constitutional powers of the tr| making bodies of the Amefiean eEnment, the subcommittee in it5 port submitted today to the full d mittee said it was for the interes the United States that France shl be alloSed to, recuperate and reel her old time vigor
 She will then" said the report.s great shield and protection to- against the Germalltmenace in future,'
 The report was written by sen Walsh, denrSf Alpptana fHsHS dration with senaaofs Nelspa Kellogg, both of Minnesota, ag#sg, of New MeXico,, republicanrs9' Senator Overman of North ol democrat, constituting thess stEs nittee.
 Protection Against Germany
 "It will be seen" the reRort that the covenant only aims att teqtion against Germany and thu is of a temporary character to merged in nd substituted by the silorNg of the lIeaglLeAof nations ' sf ilat s sssst iehed ~ put into or
 s t 1se arfr, stios ssers the grs between the ea1dtof Fhe war and ratification of the tle3ty of peace the treaty in question aims to E the ground from thasy time Of adoption of the treatysuntil the let of natiolss, provided for in the tr' cah take it's place. Tn other W the treaty in question is of a porary character to be merged lR final treaty of peace.
 Such a treaty is clearly Marra by International law and asage is therefore within the scope of treaty making power of the Un States" ~
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
American, Canadian and British
 Pliers in S1G00O Contest
MORE THAN 50 ENTRIES
Prize is s1O,oOO WIzch is Offered By Hotel Commodore Of New York
 Many Types of sAirplanes Arc in
 Contest.

Toronto, Aug. 23.-Seventeen avia- tors, Il Americans and Canadians and British, were on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition grounds today waiting to participate in tho fist ;nternational air race from Toronto to New York and return, scheduled to start from here at noon !. (\ew York time) Thirty other avia- tors were expected to start the round trip. from New. York. Stops will be made at Buffalo, Syracuse-and Albany.
 The contestants include army and civilian aviatars, the latter competing for a prize of $10,000 offered by the Hotel Commodore of New York. The army participants have entered to test Varlous tyr es of army planes
 World Records Established
 Two of the local contestants have established worlds altitude records. Major Scnoeder, who will fly a Vought machine, held this record at 29,OOO feet until.recently when Roland Rholfs who has entered an Orjole plane, set a new mark at 30 soc feet.
 Col. w. c. Barker, a Canadia ace. who will fly a Fokker machine. is to carry a message from the Prince of Wales 10 President Wilson. Letters carried by other contestants will bear speciol stamps issued by the aero club, of Canada, which, with the American Flying club, is promoting the contest
 Aviators Make Start.
 The first airplane to start in the in ternational airplane race from Toron- to to New York anc return, left at 12:25 D. m.
 Roland Rholfs finally got away at 12:55 D. m. %He was followed by Ser geant Coombs in de Haviland 1 min utes later.
 The other 16 entrants got away a few minutes apart.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
ARMY FOOD READY
Sale Will Begin Tomorrow At 2 P. M. At Various Places About City and Will Conclude At F. NJ.

>@ The work of distri outing the gov ernment food to the various stations about the city was started today un- der the supervision of F. w.. sPinches, secretary of the special food commit tee, and John Owens, who<bill super wise the sale of the goods here. Every thing is in readiness for the opening of tne.sale which will take place at , o'clock tomorrow ttterroOn.' The sale will continue until o'clock in the evening. Half of the supply will be placed on sale tomorrow and the re mainder on Wedns0ay afternoon.
 The food will be on sale at Nos, l. 3, 4 and Engine Houses and also at fhe 'Northend school and the Monroe Street school, as we'll as at the Elm Street school, adjacent to the engine house.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
FATHER FITZGERALD SPEAKS
Local Clergyman Takes Part in Con- necticut T. X. B. Convention At MiddIetoWn Today

s Middletown, Aug. 25.-Service at St. Johns church for the delegates preceded the formal opening of the Connecticut Total Abstinence conven- tion here today The business session was in St. Aloysius hall where Mayor Arthur V. Mcdowell welcomed the convention and the president, Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald, of New Britain, respond ed. AS St. Aloysius society is enter taining the delegates Rev. P. J. Do- Ian of that body also extended a wei
 come, and outlined the hospitalities to be extended which, weather per hitting today and tom morrow, will in clude a sail on the Connectiuut river and daI.ce tonight.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
ONLY FORCE GAN KEEP HUN FROM MENACING WORLD, ! SENATE JUDICIARY OPINIO]
ANSELL KEEPS UP FIGHT TO GET
 =. MODIFIED COURT MARTIAL RULES

MT. Ansell endorsed the Chamber lain bill for revision of the military justice system on which the com mittee is holding hearings and said he believed that if some such system existed before the war some cases of gross injustice would have been ObNiated. ,
 To deny congress right to create d court of revision would be to confer kingly power oh the president, he said. He told the committee that in writing to France, asking that certain courts martial cases there be held up for revision the judge advocate gen eral of the army said care must be taken or congress would be asked to create an appellate court.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
Swift X Go. Expert Testifies That Proposed Kenyon Bill
 Would Injure Producers,
 Packers and Consumers.
ONLY 2 F. c. GAIN
 IN MEAT INDUSTRY

Washington, Aug. 25.--Further in- fiation of foodstuffs price would re- ] suit from the passage of the Kenyon ! Dill 10, regulate and license the pack : ings industry, l.. D. H. Weld, manager ! of the commercial research depart ynents of Swift and Co., testified today ' before the senate agriculture commit tee, where the bill is under consider ation.
 Calls Report Inaccurate.
 The main objection to the bill he said, is in the fact that it was based upon reports .ofa the federal trade commission which are saturated with ] glafng inaccuraci and misstate- 1nents. This would be serious enough . bit the matter does not rest there lecause the bill, if passe6,s will fur ther inflate tie already high cost of 1 living" .. ,a Only ? Per Cent Profit.
 Elemental fat cts in the meat bus mess, he said, prove that the pack CTS profit on meat transactions was nhout two cents on dollar. The Kenyon bill must either interfere with the farmers end of meat production or with the packers part of the bus mess if designed to affect the high cost of living. If the farmer is hit 9 he will cut down production which will bring higher stock prices. If the packei' is hit and his business crippled, thc result will be higher Manufacturing costs and these too will have to be passed on.'
 MT. Weld paid his respects to Commissioner Colver of the trade commission, a previous witness re- marking that many of his statements here were exaggerated and naccu- rate." Swift and Go. owned no retail ttores in England and MT. Weld said ilc had been unable to find that any a othe1' American packer did So.
 sA scores CoIvcI's Testimony.
 < IT., f,olver came in here and told sre, geqtlenaen that the five large iNnkers controlled over 75 per cent os the business in hides," he con- finued.
 They handle less than 50 per cent t,nd l assure you there is the keenest competition between all of them.
 Ignored ss5,OO0.0Oo Addition. .
 MT. Colvcr made the flat statement that the packers have not put any ncw capital into the business from cut side sources since 1904. Swift and 70. alone has added $S5,000,000 new cash capital from sales of shares MT. 7 t,olver persistently ignored the num- her of hacking concerns in. pusin ess n this country. Some 235 concerns irrt engaged in interstate business be- sides the big packers, and moreover several hundred concerns do a big local and intras state business.
 If the Kenyon bill is passed the splendid and elaborate system given 5 the country at large by the big pack CTS will bo interfercd with in 6 way rh;st will hurt everybody concern ed s D:6dncei's packers, and consum ers.'
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
VOTING ON TERMS
MOtormen and Conductors of ( necticut Company ANiH Decided ( corning Five .Csent Increase.

New Haven, Aug. 25.-Motorn and conductors of the Connecticut today tare casting ballots, at the quest 4of their union executive e mittee, on the question of accepta or rejection of a voluntary offer the management of 12 per cent crease in wages. The result may be known before Wednesday,.
 The men receive from 39 to cents an hour and the increase wo give them five cents more. Storrs, president of the companyt < that if the increase is aceepted9 company will have to raise fares once.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
VETERANS GREET PRINCE
Artillcrymen From Vimy Ridge, sa .tuary Wood and Cambrai Thu
 salute When Visitor Enters Ross1ll

Toronto, Aug. 25.-The Prince \ Wales and his party arrived at Rol dale, where Government house is ss ated today He was greeted by Lia| Governor Hendrie, Premier Iearst Ontario, Mayor Church of ToronI Brig. Gen Gum, commanding q military district, and other officiall
 All the streets and thorough the neighborhood of the teinpora station were thronged with oheeral citizens, while the battery manned artillery veterans of Sanctuary Wod Vimy Ridge and Camhrai, thundea| the royal salute across the DonvallE The prince was driven, after an { formal reception, to goyernnao house.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
The Malmedy district is a

The Malmedy district is a small strip of territory near the southern end of the boundary between Belgium and Rhenish Prussia with it's western extremity forming indentaticn in the Belgian province of Liege. The peace treaty provided for the renunciation by Germany of all rights and' title to this territory as well as to the dis trict of Eupen, farther north, along the Prussian- Belgian boundary.
 The treaty stipulates that during the six months after the document comes into. force the Belgian .authori- ties at Eupen and Malmedy shall open registers in which the inhabi tants of the territories in question will be entitled to record in writing a desire to see the whole or part of them remain under German sovereign ty. The league of nations is to re- view this public expression of opin- ion and decide as to the disposition of the district. x>
 The territories of Malmedy and Eupen were separated from Belgium in 1S14-15, and were z Tssigred to tPrus- sia. Germany turned the district into a military base and directed various strategic railways tn Ough it.. The peace conference decided that the area should be returned. to Belgium
 Continued on Tenth Page)
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
CIGARIAKERS MAKE DEMANDS.

New Haven, Aug. .-Cigarmakers here, last week secured from the manufa cturers an increase in work ing hours from 40 to A. The lesser number had been worked for some months, that many who were then out of places might have employment. When business improved the A hour week was asked for. The makers to- day made a request for a ten per cent. increase in wages.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

During the storm last evening light ming struck the house of John M. Thomas, 2S Wallace street, demolsh- - ing the chimney and sending parts of it down into the fireplace in the house. Lightning also struck a tree on Win throp street, breaking it badly.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
Americans Get Away.

Mmeo]a. N, Y, Aug, 25.-Tlae inter- national aerial derby from New Y York to Toronto andsreturl1 sstar arted from Roosevelt flying field at 1:55 D. am to- day. The first. pilot to get away was Lieut.. P. H. Logansin a Le Pere ma chine with Sergeant w. J. Shackle- ford as av:gator.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
DAYLIGHT HIGHWAYMAN
Robs More Than 20 People at Point of Revolver in Sioux City, Then Fs- capcS in AutOmObiIe

Sioux City, la, Aug. 25.--A high Waymen held mp crowd of more than
 20 persons in the center of the city yesterday and compelled them to turn .ReEer their money. He escaped in an S3autemobile with s130. The bandit lin- -ed the victims up on a sidewalk and with a revolver in his hand compelled a young man to hold hat while he passed along searching all
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
JUDGE WHEELER'S WIFE
 DIES IN SEATITI IEI

Bridgeport, Aug. 25.-Mrs. George w. Wheeler, wife of Justice Wheeler of the supreme court of Connecticut, died irl Seattle, Wash, today accord ing to word received at her home in this city. Death was due to pneu- monia. Deceased leaves besides her husband a son and a daughter Jus tice Wheeler and his wife were on a tour of the west.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
DIRECTOR HINES
 WRECK INVESTIGATION

Washington, Aug. 25.--Investiga- tion of the wreck yesterday of sec tion of a Washington to Atlantic City excursion train on the Pennsylvania road at Elmwood, N. J., was ordered today by Director General Hines. One person was killed and number iniur- cd in s%ollison between two sections or the train.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-25
TC ATTEMPT REGULATION !, OF PACKERS WOULD ONLY <
 BOOST PRESENT H. C. OF L.
KILLING OF MEXICAN
 BANDIT IS BELIEVED
 CERTAIN BY OFFICER !

Maria, Texas, August 25.- Major. James Yancey, com- mander of the American puni- tive expedition, told the Asso- ciated Press over the army field telephone at Ruidosa today that he considered the report au- thentic that Jesus Renteria, bandit leader. had been shot and killed from an American airplane last Thursday. The bandit was slain at a point 15- miles south of CandeIaria, in Navarette canyon.