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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-03
GOVERNMENT WAITS FOR DEVELOPMENTS
 IN PRESENT COAL STRIKE SITUATION
Congress Gives Attention to Crisis, Calling Upon Sec retary of Treasury to. Report Operators
 Profits
By A,sseIatea rrsss

Washington December 2- Government agencies today awaited developments in the
 local strike situation, though action was taken in widely separated communities to make effective coal rationing order ed by the fuel administration.
 So far as reports were available, pro- auction in the bituminous fields dropped yesterday and today to a lit- tie below the daily totals of the pre- vious week. but this was expected. op-
 orators and others watching results were told that the government intended to stand pat for the rest of the week, taking no other steps than those out lined by the rationing order; until it was fully determined whether public demand would induce mine workers to resume work.
 In carrying out pr. Garfieid's pre- gramme for the maximum use of local
 discretion in rationing coal to meet
 emergencies and constantly changing conditions, the St. Louis regional coal committee ordered late opening and early closing for retail stores. In New York the tidewater coal exchange or play for foreign vessels. Elsewhere state and municipal authorities took
 similar steps to conserve the diminish
 ing coal supplies.
 CONGRESS TAKES NOTE I ln congress tite situation was giver i general attention. Senator Johnson democrat. of South Dakota, introduced
 a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to report the actual profits made by coal operators between :, 1916 and 1919, a subject much mooted
 since the fuel administration ordered
 miners wages increased IA per cent 1 without allowing any increase on tho price of coal It's immediate considera-
 ton was opposed by Senator Shoot. re- ] publican. of Utah, who suggested that l it go over for day or two as he be-
 lieved concurrent action by the House , :, tion of the figures.
 1 Senator Thomas democrat, of Color ' ado. put into the record and open let l ter sent by him to President Gompers 1 of the labor federation, criticising the
 miners in strong terms for their walk 1 out.
 l sIf this strike is not a conspiracy 1 In restraint of trnde,7 the letter | snid, swords have no meaning. It i Is n strike in name only. It Is | vast upheavnl. threatening alike | the people and their instftutions.~ The letter was intended by the Col orado senator as response to speeches of MT. Gompers defending the strike. Senator Phipps, republican, of Color ado, added statement by Colorado op- | orators to the effect that 1919 coal pro- 1 duction had resulted in a net loss for the six months of the year of cents
 per ton,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
B. R. 7. co. ON TRIAL
State Opens Its Case Against the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Today-MansIaught Charged.

Mineola, L. T., March 6.--The state
opened it's case today against Thomas
+. BleWitt, division superintendent Of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
and the first Of a group of officers and
employees to be tried for manslaughter
in connection with the fatal Malbone
street tunnel wreck of last November
The prosecution would attempt to
prove, the district attorney stated,
that derailment Of a Brighton Beach
elevated train was due partly to i'm
proper construction of the tracks and
to ineff1ciency of the engineer, a dis
patcher driving the motor train dur
ing a strike OF regular crews prompted
10y the company's refusal TO comply
with an award Of the National War
Labor board.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
ENGLISH MUNITIONS
COST NINE BILLION
Minister of Munitions Gives Gut
Figures. Showing Astounding
Amount Expended.

London. MARCH D. - reueflch
George KellaWaN. parlamehldi!
rotary for the ministry of munl'1on9'
gave some remarkable figures III t'io
house Of commons today reSalull5
the work of his department. ol ~
venher Ii. he said there were oo,VV'
SEPARATE contracts outstanding WhlcI
involved a liability of 325'oVo'V'o
Mounds storling The expenditures OIL
tho ministry of munitions during ltlo
war totalled 1,S39,O00,OOO pouhos'
There are large surplus stocks 10 NC
Gisnosed Of, ranging from tanks 20
fin taclzs and from guns to glue lheg
are scattered over three continents
Apart from the work done by PR
ya1c firms, 1872 national factories
were established at an expense OF
60 600. 600 pounds. Others were al
tered at a cost of 100000 pounds.
Thirty of these factories will be re-
tanned FOR storage purposes and others
will &c held for emergencies. The
WOolwich arsenal is still working to
meet any military emergency, Mr..
Ke!laway stated. The employees there,
instead of being dismissed, are being
employed at repairing motor lorrleS
and in the production of articles
needed by the army when it is placed
on Il Deace footing.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
ITALIAN POLICY IS
BITTERLY ASSAILED
British and French Object to
Food Blockade Against
Dal1natia.

Paris, March 6.-The British and
French delegates here have become
bitterly outspoken in the supreme
war council and the supreme eco
nomic council in criticism of the food
blockade which the Italian govern
ment is maintaining against Dalmatia
Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia and Slo-
Yenia. The new domoCracies built out
of the old Austrian empire arc relied
upon by the Entente as d protection
against the Bolsheviki wave. and the
food shortage in them is creating
chaos.
While the American delegates are
less outspoken than the British and
French regarding the Italian action
they are concerned over the situation,
which is stopping all American relief
work.
Italy is entirely dependent upon
the United States for food staples, re-
ceivinG credits through the American
treasury with which to make pur-
chases. Italian relief supplies cost
$50, 100000 monthly, while the relief
of the Czechs, Jugo-Slavs and Serb
ians costs the United States about
$40, 100000 monthly. The persistence
of the Italian blockade and what is
charged the efforts of Italy to OBJ
tain political advantages are creating
such bitterness that some of the Eu-
ropean representatives are suggesting
the possibility Of the discontinuance
of American relief for Italy.
Early in February an Italian mill
tary mission penetrated Jugo-Slav
populated territory at Laibach and
settled in the town. The Jugo-Slavs
feel that since their union with
Serbia they are not tho enemies of
Italy, and they resent the occupation
of Fiume and the Dalmatian coast
by the Italian army. Consequently
they forced the Italian mission to
leave Laibach on February 10. The
Italians retortcd by establishing
food blockade against all Jugo-Slav
territory. Inasmuch RS the railways
to Czecho -Slav territory cross the
Jugo-SlaV regions, this blockade has
also affected the American relief work
for both Bohemia and MOrGvia
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
FORMER SECRETARY
OF NAVY is DEAD
Hilary A. Herbert Left Congress to
Take Part in CIeycIand'S Cabinet
During Second Term.

Tampa, Fla, March 6.--Hilary y.
Herbert, secretary Of the navy during
Grover Cleveland's second term, died
here today at the age of IS years.
Mr.. Herbert had been in feeble
health for a number of years. He
had spent the winter here.
Throughout the Civil war Mr.. Her
bert served as an officer of the Eighth
Alabama volunteers and at the close
was colonel of the regiment. He was
active for so years in confederate
federation organizations and was the
author of several works dealing with
the problems of the south before and
after the war.
He was elected to the 45th congress
and served continuously until the sgd
congress, when he was appointed to
the cabinet of President Cleveland s
second Inauguration in 1898.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
NO BREAK In STRIKE
Ship Owners Obdurate and Marine
Workers Insist Their Demands
Must Be Met.

New York, March 6.-Further eff
forts were made today by James l..
Hughes, m ediator of the department
Of labor, to effect q settlement with
q part of the striking marine workers.
officials of the railroad administra-
ton and it's employees who operate 40
per cent OF the harbor craft, held an
other meeting at the office of A. j.
Stone, federal manager Of the Erie
railroad These negotiations do not
affect private boat owners and their
men who so far have steadfaStly re-
fused oyertures looking toward q set
tlement. Leaders of the strike con-
denim the separate negotiations and
assert that even if an agreement>slth
the railroad administration and its
workers is effected the strike VIII
continue against the private owners
The strikers claim the number or
craft in operation have been further
reduced, while the boat owners as
sert that progress has been made III
manning the boats with non-un1on
workers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
People Were Led to Expect Too
Much Help From United States
THE MORALE THEN BROKE
Raymond Robins, Former Head OF
Red Cross in Russia, Gives His
View of Bolshevik GoverniaiG-t to
Senate Committee.

Washington, March 6.--Raymond
Robins of Chicago, former head of
the American Red Cross mission in
Russia and one of those whose testi-
mony champions of the Rolshevik
government have insisted should be
heard, testified today before the sem
ate committee investigating lawless
propa ganda. He said among other
things that before Russia failed as
an ally, Allied and American pro-
pagandists unwittingly contributed
largely to the downfall of Russian
morale and what followed.
Morale Breaks Down.
''Posters We're all over Russia" said
Mr.. Robins, telling how great the
Allies were and how powerful Amer
lea was. Some of the posters said
the United States would have 90
600 airplanes and 100000 men in
France. The Russians, reading these
declarations said to themselves, well,
if all that is true. we will go home
for a while There is no doubt that
this propaganda materially assisted
in the disintegration of the Russian
morale, and that it had exactly the
opposite effect from what was in
tended"
IIOuDiS WIFI hciellShy NUT
Describing conditions as he found
them when he went to Russia, he said
that early in the Kerensky regime he
became aware that it was failing be-
cause it did not pay enough atten-
ton to affairs in the outlying dis
tricts. kerensky's civil power, the
witness asserted, was inefficient and
the Soviet control grew up naturally.
Mr.. Robins attributed the economic
paralysis in Russia to the fact that
before the war Germans were the
economic directors of Russia and that
when they disappeared nobody was
competent to take their places.
Mr.. Robins said that he was anti
socialist when he went to Russia and
his experiences there had not changed
his ideas in regard to socialism,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
FIND BOMB IN SYNAGOGUE
BulSars Accused Of Trying to Murder
Jews While 1T WorShip-Are Try
ing to Strip Whole Country.

Saloniki, March "a serious anti
Semitic movement in Bulgaria is re-
ported in the Jewish newspaper I'll
Liberal. On Saturday, February 10.
q bomb was found in the central Jew
ish synagogue in Sofia. 1t was timed
to explode at q time when the edtice
would have been filled with Worship
pers and it is alleged that it was
placed there by Bulgarians.
Fighting between peasants and Bull
garian forces in western Thrace and
Strumnizta as q result of efforts Of
the Bulgars to rcquisition food and
household articles has, beeh reported.
1t is said that the Bulgarians are at
tempting to strip the country before
being forced to retire.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
OLD "HINDY" WORRIED
German Field Marshal Fears Attack
of Observation-Disclosures People to
Defense of Eastern Frontier.

Berlin, March (By Associated
Press, 1.-The military situation on
the eastern front is painted in black
est colors by Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg in an interview printed here.
He declares that unless the popula-
ton rallies to the defense of their
homes and families it will be impossi-
bic to ward off attacks by Bolshevik
hordes. The expectations of the
Poles and the Entente that the Poles
will succeed to the German inherit
ance in the east will be blasted" he
says. II know the Poles, and the
country in the east will belong either
to US 0r to the BolsheYiki.''
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
TRUE BILLS REPORTED
Grand Jury Says New Jersey Gunner
Must Stand Trial For Madden Muir
der i'm Manchester

Hartford, March ga grand jury
in the superior criminal court this
afternoon returned true bills of MUIR
der in the first degree against Will
liam Bessler, John Neuss, Francis
Murphy, Fred i. Klein, William Nc
Donald and William S. Miller, the So
called New Jersey gunner accused of
the murder of Captain William F
Madden in Manchester on the night of
January 80. Madden was special night
policeman at the Cheney silk mills ut
that time and, it is claimed, frustrated
an attempt on the part of the accused
men to perpetrate a carefully planned
silk robbery.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
SAHRBACHER OUT APRIL /
Local Man Convicted for Alleged Sc
ditiOus Remarks During War. Ben
efitS by Presidents Clemency

Charles Sahrbacher of this city,
who was convicted in the Federal
court at New Haven early last fall,
for uttering seditious remarks, was
named in t:le acts Of clemency shown
by President Wilson in ordering the
liberation Of a number of prisoners
similarly convicted. He will be lib
Grated on April J.. Sahrbacher, on
being found guilty, was sentenced to
Atlanta for one year and a day.
The arrest Of the young man ere
ated quite a stir at the time it hap
pened last summer. Sahrbacher was
we'll known and his predicament
caused surprise. He was defended
during his triat by Judge William
F. Manean.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
ROLSHEVISM MEM
IS NOT OVERL0e
4. Bonar Law Thinks Peac
Come Quickly to Save GerIl1A
From It's Grasp.

London. March 6. via Montr6HSl =
Andrew Bonar Law, governmentle
err in the house of commons, rep1S
last night to some questions ralsedS
a debate on foreign affairs that ha
been in progress in the mouse. AS
CARDS Bolshevism Mr.. Bonar $3.50
said that few people now had any il#
lusionS about it. The Allies WexM
agreed that something must be Cong
for Russia, but none of them, he deSs
clared, would recommend dlspatcH-
ing the necessary forces to quell the
d4archy there.
AS 10, indemnities, he said, the gov
eminent realized that the country ex-
pected to get tie best possible indem-
mites from Germany aud he empha-
sized the point that it was great bfi.-
aims business to get every t5eS4Sly ~
could, but it was useless to hold ~
the hope that the indemnities would
wipe out the country's immense war
debt.
Mr.. Bonar Law agreed that it was
urgent that peace be achieved quick
~, because there was real danger of
Germany sinking into Bolshevism.
Moreover he pointed out that there
lies to get their own trade and in
dustries going again. Therefore, the
sooner the blockade was ended, given
the knowledge that some other
weapon could be depended upon, the
better it would be for Great Britain
and the world in general.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
TANKS TO BOOST LOAN
Over 200, Manned by Soldiers and
Armed With Machine Guns, Will
Be Sent Around Country.

Washington March 6.--More than
200 fast American fighting tanks"
have been lena by the War depart
ment to the Liberty Loan organiza-
ton to be sent over city streets and
country roads during the Victory Loan
campaign as advertising features.
Between - and 20 will be assigned TO
each federal reserve district to be
routed by district managers. Each
of the five-ton tanks, manned by two
soldiers and armed with machine
guns, will also carry loan orators.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06

l.y 81. JILL INC that there is con
lerabie suffenip1 oyment, but it is
NOTED that the condition does
seem to have grown worse du
February"
The surplus of labor appears sr
est IN the south and southwest.
those sections there are no indicat
or any reduction in the wage s,
while i'll the north and east empl
are demanding higher wages,
"lthstanding the existence of cor
cradle unemployment.
No General Wage Cut.
There is as yet no general revi
of wages downward, although I
are indications of q tendency tc
wages settle to a definite level w
snail without question be higher
that existing before the war. n
has been tendency to provide Il
for a greater number of person.
eliminating overtime or esta Bills
short time"
The textile industry presents on
the most difficult problems, SAYS
report. In New England, curtailI
of WOODEN mill production still
progress and in the PhiIadeIDhia
trict readjustment in the textile
duction is proceeding with vaIuesl
settled. In New England the cd
market is reported at a com
standstiIl so far as raw materiA
concerned, while mills are opera
only a few days a week.
Prices of Shoes Will Advanced
Raw material for leather and sM
is reported higher than when
armistice was signed, says the rel
and by some it is predicted thai
price of shoes will advance ra
than decline.
conditions in general show a n
dition of greater ease" the b#
said, with some accumulation
funds at centers and a strong
dency on the part of money hoaN
to return to the banks. Accordir8
some bankers estimates, the ann
Of money that has been returnea
banks since the armistice wouldH
gregate $500, 100000"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
CONNECTICUT CASUALS
START HOMEWARD TODAY

Washington, March 6.--Five trans
ports bringing home PAP Officers and
6,61O men sailed from Brest, Mar
settles and Bordeaux Monday for New
York The ships are the Francesca,
Italia, Hollandia, Agamemnon and
Ava Maru. Casual companies in
Guided among the troops are: On the
Francesca, Pennsylvania and COnnec-
ticut: on the Italia, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts; Agamemnon,, Penn
sylpania; Ava Maru, Massachusetts,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
FOUR DIE IN WRECK
Fatal Wreck on Pennsylvania Road
When Train Crashes into Standing
Freight--Cars and Bridge Burned.

Philadelphia, March 6-Four train
men We're killed and two others bad
~ injured in Il rear-end collision to-
day on the Trenton cutoff of the
PENNSYLVANIA near Willow Grove, Pa
The killed: William Gjngerich. Har-
risburg: Clyde Campbell, S. j. Dono-
hue and G. E. Mailman, Enola, Pa.
William J. LlOrer Enola, suffered a
fracture of a. leg and serious burns
and D. II. Miller, Enola, was burned.
A freight train had stopped for wa
ter at the DavisvilIe bridge Another
train crashed into it. Fifteen box
cars were derailed. The wreckage
caught fire and much freight was de-
stroyed. The bridge also was burned.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
WILD MEET GEN. EDWARDS.
Local Members Of the 26th Are to
Meet Former Leader Tomorrow.

The local members Of the Goth di-
vision who have returned from
France are asked to meet at the
Hartford club tomorrow afternoon at
1870 to meet Major General Edwards.
General Edwards has expressed his
desire to meet every man of the 26th
personally as he commanded this di-
vision in France, and being in Hart
ford tomorrow to speak gives him the
opportunity to meet the boys from
this locality who served in France
with this division
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
Seaman Leo

ton As Result of Fatal Shooting
Accident-ao. Years Old. 80.
Seaman Leo Niedzwecki, of this
city, q member of the crew of thef
L. S. S. Salem, died in a hospital inl
Boston this morning from wounds
received from an accidental shooting
q few days ago. His condition Was
considered favorable after the atci-
dent but a relapse occurred and
death resulted.
The young man was 90 years of age
and enlisted in the navy in May, 1917,
in Hartford. He had seen much ac-
tive service but was stationed at Bos-
ton when the tragedy occurred. De-
tails of how the shooting occurred
have not reached this city. He leaves
his father Wladislaw, who lives at 100
Broad street, as does also a
brother John. 4 brother, Joseph
also lives in this city, at 1S2 Broad
street. Alex, a third brother, is also
in the navy and is q member of the
crew of the L. S. S. Maatensdiik.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed. The body is expected to
arrive in this city tomorrow.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
SENATORS TO SPEAK
Borah, Reed and Thomas Will Talk
On League Of Nations Before New
York Association.

Warrington, March 6.-Senators
Borah, republican, of Idaho and Reed
Of Missouri and Thomas Of Colorado,
democrats, left today for New York
where they will speak tonight on the
League of Nations before the Arts and
Sciences association. Senator Thorn
as address will be the first he has de-
livered on the subject but Senator
Borah and Reed have attacked the
tentative draft of the leagues consti-
tuition. Senator Borah will speak at
Boston Saturday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
BRITISH TO ASK FULL
PAY FOR SEA LOSSES

London, March 6, (via Montreal)-
British delegates to the peace confer
ence have been instructed to submit
as their first demand full reparation
for British losses at sea, during the
war, including compensation for rela-
tiveS of mariners who lost their lives,
according to a statement made by
Premier Lloyd George to u deputa ton
from the mercantile marine service
today.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06
DEAD OR ALIVE?
Local Soldier First Reported Released
From Prison, Then AS Dead.

The war department, on March 3.
notified Mrs. Terra Tarar of SGT East
street, that her brother, Private Ed
ward B. Trecher, was reported re-
leased from German prison camp and
had returned to France.
Last night she received supple
mentary telegram stating that the
young soldier had died on November
II of wounds while in 81 German
prison camp and was buried in Ger
many.