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New Britain herald., 1920-01-17

1909 cancelling Kersner's certificate of naturalization was illegal. Miss Goldman was divorced from kersner in 1889 but she claims this did not alter her status as a citizen of the United States.
 Test of Love.
 AS Nietzche said: The test of love is the power of endurance,' sl-e con- tinued. That is what will be my lot until I return to America. I will not forsake Americans.
 Asked what her plans were, Miss Goldman said:
 'I shall not impose my advice on the Russian government, but shall remain affiliated with the Bolsheviki. I hold my deportation was an injus- tice. We were not given chance to prepare for it.'
 Cites Differences.
 She drew sharp distinction be- tween rBd9shevism as it is known in America and Germany and as it is practiced in Russia and explained the significance of world BolsheVism or anarchy. She asserted it was nearly 200 years old and meant approXi- mately a brotherhood which disap- proves of all governments and demands equality among all citizens and a division of all clothing, sup plies and products. She evaded mall- ing any reply when objections were a:sed to this program.
 "Bolshevism of my kind, not the American or German sort.'' she said, "can never be suppressed.''
 Miss Goldman complained that she was compelled to eat her meals in the Buford's dining room, where she was ''an object for all eyes," instead of with her comrades. She added that she was obliged to waive her objections ''so as to protect two girls, one of whom was taken to America when a baby and has no friends in Russia, while the other has but two friends in Russia whose whereabouts are unknown"
 Will Write Articles.
 Berknaan is under contract to write for an American monthly publicat ton a series of articles about former American prison wardens, among them Thomas Mott Osborne. He will also write number of Russian sketches, he said Asked if the Reds would labor ol would confine their activities to politics, Berkman replied they would be employed in mines, but naturally would participate in political matters He declared he would form a league of Russian friends of America" the efforts of which would reciprocate those of the American friends of Russia. Of the latter organizatio he said:
 Ut has grown so eminently re- spectable that even former President Taft is a member
 During the three-day journey from Kiel to Hango the voyage was dan gerouS because marine mines in the Baltic have not been removed by the German government, according to various officers of the Buford who left the boat for a visit to this little town. An expert German pilot nam ed schmidt was in charge of the vessel swinging the ship around in wide curves or turning sharp angles. Once he stopped during the night, while the rudder chains ground with a fear full sound Matters became worse the second night out when a mysterious and mutilated wireless message was received ordering a different port of debarkation than had been originally
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New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
INIOUE DECISION.

Hartford, Jan. 17.-In decision believed to be the first Of its sort ill Connecticut Compensation Commls- sioner Chandler ordered weekly pay nents to Mabel F. Mckennett stopped because she declines hospital treat n,ent. She was injured in a factory.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
Total Votes Cast Out of Which Ga date Received Clemenceau's N Not on Ballot.
CROWDS AWAIT
 ELECTION RES

Versailles, Jan. 11.-Paul Ded was elected president of Fra the national assembly here todd Deschanel received 734 votes a total of SS9 cast.
 IA provisional Announcement i. result made shortly after the { had been counted, while not ch| the Deschanel total. account
 only S66 votes in all. The V thus given, was as follows: Paul Deschanel Charles Jonnart - Georges Clemenceau .I Leon Bourgeois ..........| Captain Jacques Sadoul =. Scattering ...-,.. It was declared shortly aft session opened this morning tlI socialists had decided to vote
 Deschane1 which appeared t1 place his election beyond doubI
 There were 940 senators and
 ties entitled to vote, but as S , these were not able to take the proceedings, the total par ing was expected to be 916. The roll for the vote was r
 the secretary. AS each md
 name was called he walked f to the presidential platform, m
 the steps and received froI
 usher small white ball abd size of an ordinary marble Fl
 advanced to the voting reed
 which looked much like an An
 ballot box, dropped-his ballot i wooden slot and then handed
 to another usher who kept [
 the members voting. The onl1
 ed ballot distributed bore M chanel's name.
 Few Absentecs. There were comparatively fl Stentions from the voting whid ceeded so slowly that two hou the estimated time for the q ton of the roll call.
 As the balloting progressed was no indication whatever as result or even as to how man didates were being voted for calling of the roll was compl4 3:09 D. m.
 While the voting was goiTI within the chateau the scene. side were tranquil. A regirnI infantry was drawn up beyoI principal gate to the palace en and outside the line of so1diej r- of persons who had gathered the distinguished arrivals and the first news Of the election. approaches to the park were q detachments of soldiers to iSc intruders.
 Paul Eugene Louis Dest statesman and author, is End one of the most brilliant speakers of France. He was Brussels in 1857, during tho c Belgium Of his father, Enilt chanel, senator and professor College of Paris.
 Began Political Life il, IS
 Paul Deschanel entered p He III D tlS SSCIStSit.H oi Marcere, then minister of tn terior and in the following ye; secretary to Jules Simon presit the council. In 1885 he was to the chamber of deputies bed vice-presiden1 of that body in
 NJ. DeSchanel was elected pr Of the chamber in 1898 and he c1hce until 1902 when lc was ed for reelection. After relir ing the presidency of the cham was appointed president of tn liamentary commission of fore fairs and colonies which posit filled from 1905 to 1909.
 Since May. 1912, when he sl ed Henri Brisson, M. Desehan served continuously as preside the chamber He is q mem the French academy having si ed to the seat of the late E Herve. He has written severa on social and political subject
 This is the second time ai chanel has been d candidate presidency of the republic. he entered the lists against Ra Poincare, but boiled only IS V
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
Supreme Council For wards Letter toDutch Government for Sur render of Former Elm perOr Wilhelm
SHOULD REACH
 HOLLAND TODAY

Paris, Jan. 1.-The supreme coun- cils letter to the Dutch government demanding the eXtradition of former Emperor William has been sent to that government. It was forwarded officially during the night.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
Constitutional Amendment in Effect From 12:O1 This Morning
 WOOD ALCOHOL GETS THREE
Boston Suffers Three Casualties From Fatal Poison-Confiscation of Li- quor Begins in New York, With Arrest of Twelve.

Washington. Jan. 1I.-PrOhibiton was the law of the nation today. The constitutional amendment making it illegal to manufacture, sell or give away liquors or beverages containing more than one-half of one per cent. alcohol went into effect at midnight last night and today violatorS faced prison under one of the most drastic laws ever promulgated for crimes other than felony.
 In Washington, lcng awo made dry by a special act of congress and drier by wartime prohibition the coming into effect of the new law meant little and the occasion passed without un- usual incident except for celebration meetings held under the auspices of reform organizations. Among the lar gest of these participated in by re- formers who gathered here from all over the country, Secretary Daniels and William J. Bryan were the prin- cipal speakers.
 Quiet on the Potomac.
 While those responsible for prohi- bition met in publication at it's com- ins those charged with the enforce ,rt mt of the law were perfecting de- t:IiS of their gigantic undertaking. 10th the department of justice and the bureau of internal revenue, the two government agencies on which deVolVes the responsibility in seeing that the law obeyed last night re- ceived their final instructions when in the south-end district last night received their final instructions when Secretary Glass approved the regula- tions under which they are to work
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
WILL INVESTIGATE SERIOUS CHARGES 0F M|SMANAGEMENT U. s. Prisons at Portsmouth and LeaVenWOrth to Be
 PrObed. SAY IMMORTALITY EXISTS AT NAVAL PENITENTIARY
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Orders Investigation of Portsmouth 1nsti- tuition; Federal Judge Pollock De- ter1nines to Test Strength of Re- port That Reign Of Terror'' Ex- iSted in LeaYcnWOrtIl.

Washington, Jan. .17.-Immediate investigation of charges of immoral ity among inmates at the Ports mouth, naval prison, transmitted to the navy department by agents of the department of justice last October, will be made by the naval authori- ties, Assist. Secretary Roosevelt an nounced today upon his return from an inspection of the prison.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
Wood Alcohol Victims.

Boston, Jan. 17.-Three men who attended John Barleycorn obsequies in he south end district last night were removed to the hospital early today suffering from wood alcohol poisoning. Their condition was re- ported serious.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17
vi. k1iII,IS.

Hartford, Jan. 1I.-EOrccaSt for New Bpitain and vicinity: snow tonight: Sunday, colder and generally fair.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17

Over Your Eyes: We Would Just as Soon Fight the British as the Instructions, He Tells Investigating Committee of Senate.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-17

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New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
irregularities Found i'm
Fourth District Ballots

The members of the Board of Alder
men from New York County. sitting as
board Of canvassers yesterday began
the official canvass of the vote cnst a.
the recent election. The count poceed :
ed smoothly until the 18th Precinct o.
the 4th Assembly District was reached
when it was found that while the tally
sheetc had been filled out with the mum
her OF votes cast they were not signed
by the Inspector Of Elections. nor was
the statement accompanying the tally
signed. This is the district in which
the day after election several ballots.
which evidently had been voted, as the
stubs were torn off. were found in Il
sewer near the polling place.
Alderman John F. McCourt. chairman
OF the board. ordered these returns laid
aside and reported their condition to
the Board of Elections. The board fin
lshed the I'd and 4th Assembly districts,
With the exception Of the 18th Precinct.
only few precincts of the lst. Sd and
5th Assembly districts remain to be
canvassed. The board aims to canvass
five Assembly districts day. and the
task is not expected to be completed for
Two weeks. The board will meet again
tC- daV
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12

terlocking companies and believe that
this practice"
Has the practice continued for some
timc?' asked Chairman Walsh.
Yes" replied Commander Clements.
Mr. Walsh suggested that q provision
night be inserted in contracts for
operation of governments built ships
eliminating the abuses Of interlocking
contracts, and the witness replied that
this has been under consideration by
Admiral Benson.
"A new scheme for operation of gov
crnmcnt- built ships is being consd-
creased compensation to operators as
agents of Shipping Board ships is nee
essary. The great defect Of the pres
ent agreement is that the operators
scale of profit is too small to allow
him to operate efficiently"
Commander Clements said that about
LOO ships are now being farmed out
for operation by private concerns
Those out of commission at present,
he explained, are for the most part
wooden vessels which could not be
operated in competition with those of
steel construction.
With regard to costly delays in the
handling of ships Commander Clements
said that he knew of one instance-thc
ease of the steamer Lake Ellerslee
which was unduly delayed at Halifax
in dry dock for repairs. 1t was neces-
sary IN this case, he said to shift
the cargo in order to tighten the stern
and expose the propelicrs This in
stance he cited as one due to lack Of
cooperation. He declared he did not
know that such delays we're the rnIe
in the Shipping Board.
Commander Clements said that from
his experience he saw no reason for
obJecung to operators of Shipping
Board vessels maintaining subsidiary
repair and material companies. This
was all right where the practice was
not abused, he said
Explains Agreements
Commander Clements went into de-
tail in explaining the working plan of
existing operating agreements. cover
ing the details of fixed charges. estab-
lshment of new and "at first profit
able lines and steps taken by the
board to Justify, or equalize, these
lines. He said a new agreement
was put into operation, effective Nav
|, 1920, to meet conditions created bv
falling freight rates. Defending the
of unprofita Bile lines, Com
mander Clements said that this was
unavoidable for a time if new trade
routes are to be opened. although he
asserted that most OF the trade routes
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
Root Sees Fall of Reds

Elihu Root. who became head of the
American Central Committee for Rus
sian Relief after his return from the
mission to Russia. told directors O..
the relief organization yesterday at
their annual meeting at the Hote
Buckingham, that he thought it was
a question only of a comparatively
short time before the Soviet govern
ment of Russia fell.
Il think" he said, chat the general
Judgment of the world is that the end
OF Bolshevik rule in Russia is an
preaching it is merely question
on which people differ mainly accord
ing to their judgment as to how much
longer the Bolsheviki can continue. |
think as a general agreement it is
only a question of comparatively
short time. and in view Of that and
the necessity for reconstruction of gov
crnment and industry and the social
order in that great country how I'M
portant It is that there shall be saved
the valuable lives Of Russians who are
waiting for the opportunity to return
to the service of their country, That
is what we are doing-we are saving
the seed-corn which VIII bring forth
the future harvest Of real freedom.
security, peace and prosperity for
RuSSia'
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
BensOn's Aid
Admits Graft
In Ship Deals
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said that in his opinion some Of the
and ovcrcharges prevalent in the Shin
ping Board could not exist to the same
extent under private ownership His
opinion was based upon the belief that
under private ownership there is more
strict supervision. "Although," te
added, "the operators doing bushes IS
with the Shipping Board believe there
is too much supervision already"
1t was Commander Clements's opln-
ion that the supervision exercised hy
the board in the various domains of i :
activities should be made more rigid
and systematic.
With regard to the charge of over
charges by contractors, to which the
investi gators for the committee at
tributed losses by the government ex-
tending into million of dollars, Com
mander Clements admitted that it was
true.
attempts are being made to elimi
nate the evil" said Commander Gle
ments; but the matter has not been
entirely obviated"
Efforts are also being made by the
board, the witness testified, to put an
end to the graft of contractors who
charge the board wages allegedly paid
to white labor, when cheap negro
labor is employed.
Il could find nothing definite in my
Investigations, said Commander Gle
ments, "to indicate the presence Of
corruption among Shipping Board off,
cials"
Absence Of proper coordination in
the work of the various departments
Of the Shipping Board was held respon-
siblc by Commander Clements for GER
30, ~ ho f,,1E
tracts.
Lack Of proper surveys" Command
er Clements said, 'is responsible for
larger repair bills rendered by con-
tractors on Shipping Board vessels
than originally estimated 1t is often
found that more work has to be done
than had been believed"
"Interlocking contracts is an abuse
quite common continued the witness.
~ do not know what losses have re-
suited from ALLEGATION of ships to in
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
ing from the operation Of ships under
contracts Nos. and 2.
Not MANY Shjns TdJa

Concerning the charge that q large
Humter of Shipping Board vessels were
row ylng idle, Commander Clements
SAID the number was very much exag-
gerated. Considering the number Of
vessels in the service, which he placed
NJ ZOO, he said that the figures of
vessels idle, which he estimated at be-
:ween sixty and 100, were not large
TIC SAID that the vessels now idle are
Kept so for various reasons, but did
not go into details
~ there were any abuses, they
might be attributed to speed" asked
Chairman Walsh.
81 have no doubt all can be at
t1ibuted to that cause" replied the
witness "At this point let me say
mat 1t is remarkable that the United
states received as near 100 cents upon
each do lar invested, as it did"
But with the signing of the armis-
tlce all haste and emergency ceased
to exist, did it not, so that if abuses
continued during the post war days is
there any reason they could not have
been corrected ?" queried Chairman
Walsh.
"Excepting in the personnel" re-
Piled Commander Clements. until
the passage Of the Jones act emplo,.-
Hent in the Shipping Board was looked
upon as a temporary occupation. Prior
to the passage of that act no induce
ment was held out to the young men
who sought advancement. 1t was only
with the passage of that act that the
building up of an efficient personnel
became possible"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
Four Saloons i'm
Yonkers Wide Open,
Anderson Charges
Dry Enforcement Chief Ig-
nores Criticism and Says
His Force Is Inadequate;
Whisky Seized in Harlem

Criticism of prohibition enforce
~snt n Yonkers. arrests for viola
,;ons Of the Volstead act in Harlem,
- .he offer OF reward for valuable
.rsrs said to have been stolen from,
sbs Anti-SalooN League of New Jersey
'~sre the chief events yesterday in the
~ history Of the metropolis district
The criticism was contained in a
..a.emen: by William II. Anderson, as
TAG general secretary OF the Com
s;.tee Of One Thousand for Law En-
f,rcement in Yonkers. He charges
,Est nrohibition enforcement there ap-
.ssrs to be temporary crusade for
gg~blic effect, directed against foreign
s~s without political influence and
sparing all others Mr.. Anderson said
srditions we're the same in New Ro-
..pnIle Mount Vernon. Tarrytown and
Wh;.e Plains. Mr.. Anderson presented
souy afsdavits containing evidence that
IN four saloons in Workers any one
eould buy whisky or gamble, but with
ssld the names of his agents
~The election Of a Governor COM
lifted to law enforcement and the
.ssoee of the enforcement law, which
70 has announced he will try TO get
.srourh. will help Yonkers, Mr..
Anderson said.
A con- Of Mr. Anderson's statement
.es nlaced before Frank L. Boyd, Fed
sral prohibition enforcement agent. but
te refused 70 read ii. and when told Its
ron.erts declined 10 comment. He said
.sst he never had been II Yonkcrs and
lad no interest there. except strict en-
forcement OF prohibition.
@But our force is too small" he said.
y
fo-ceu,ent agents in New \ orK State,
snd doing their best they cannot pre-
vent some violations"
whisky and alconol valued at from
$4,000 to 10000 were contisc&ted in
Earenl PatrolrHn Michael McDon-
,nrh. Of the East l2Gth Street station,
ssid that the sudden extinction of q
Ich. in 2 second floor auction room 81
rs East l25th Street caused him to
,rrest Louis Rubin, twenty-eioht years
~;d salesman, Of 10 West l10th
street; Thomas Ryan, twenty-eight
,ears old d chauffeur. Of 1898 LexiAg
ton Avenue. and George Clark, fifty
wears old, 4 molder living in the
Washington Hotel, 2l91 Third Avenue.
qatro.man McDonaugh said he found
.,nety-two cases of whisky.
pstrolmaN Jennings, OF the same
station renorteG lhe arrest OF Il man
sho described himself as Max Zoller,
lwenty-three years Old. OF 173 Bleeckeg
Street. Jersey CITY Heights. Patrol
nan Jennings said there were two bar
els OF whisky in Zoller's car Inter
raj Revenue Agent ". L. Mallon an
~ounccd the arrest Of man describ-
ine himself as Peter Falco, twenty-five
,sars old. d mo'dcr. Of 216 Thirteenth
Stree, lersoy CITY. Mallon said that
ae saw Faico leave train at the 125th
Street station Of The New York Genital
Railroad Two suitcases that he car
ret were sai' 10 contain twenty gal
lons Of alcohol.
TIE loss oi papers Of valve to the
Arii-Saloon League Of New Jersey was
disclosed yesterday through an of FER
Of S5Go reward for their return. Sam
4ei Wilson. assistant suoeyiute nden-,
said tie papers concerned whisky
ing inyostige and tnat the theft
must have been an inside job
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
maintained by the Shipping Board

maintained by the Shipping Board
were paying routes.
was the opinion of the witness
mat the method of returning operat-
ing accounts on the part of operators
was not satisfactory. He said that gen
eIal hGures Of losses suffered by oper-
ators' which the Shipping Board must
MAKE good were not available. He at
Niouted this to the fact that operators
Inlormcd OF the intention of the Ship
p'hg BOARD to introduce new form Of
coi'face became lax in keeping care
lul accounts on the contracts unde r
"nlch they were working
one of the first things Admiral Ben
sen sen ordered on taking Office" he said
Mas 70 establish a better and more
c"lCient system of accounting"
!. commander Clements asserted that
;he comptroller of the Shipping Board
IS no" working out system of stand
ards Tor the purchase of provisions
hnu 0ther supplies for ships and the
cseaollsnment of commissary depart
n.eht "nich Will relieve captains, stew
"tuS and other agents of the necessity
CT buying supplies in foreign ports.
re admitted that there was graft on
.he part OF captains and stewards in
we purchase of supplies, but main
t@lhcd that this was an old abuse of
me sea IN vogue during the forty years
"hlch ne had spent on i.
Board Is Protected
:, New York; the witness said. "han-
dies more than one-half of the Ship
ping Boards business. The checkino
here IS done by the sales and repair de-
partments and others, the force num-
berlng one hundred men" A similarly
enlclent system, he said, was in vogue
in the South. He admitted that in
other parts Of the country the system
leaves much to be desired from the
point of view of efficiency.
Commander Clements said that he
had been Informed of abuses in pay
ment of fees and bonuses. "In the
navy" he said, 81 heard Of one or two
cases back in 1879. 1t is an old abuse
of the sea, and steps are now being
taken by the Shipping Board to elimi-
nate 1t as far as possible. 1t should
be stopped entirely"
The witness attributed cases of lack
Of cooperation to competition or jeal-
ousy of departments tward each other
Not only is the lack of proper ac-
counts true of the present operations
Ct the Shipping BOARD, admitted the
witness, but 1000 employees Of the
Comptroller's Department, at an al
1ual salary of SS,000,00O, are at pres
ent engaged in an effort to straighten
cut the accounts inherited by the Ship
ping Board from the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. and the accounts result
New-York tribune., 1920-11-12
Hanmerlin sSuedforDivorce

Louis y EIammerline. formerly pres
dent cf the American Association OF
lorsien Language Newspapers, who
handed some of the nro-Gelman prop
Uganda m noy during the var, is being
-ued in The supreme Court for q d
valca bg Mls. Clara Schachter HaN-
rsrlre.
Mr. lfammerling. according 20 his vito
has been IN Europe since August, 1919.
Because OF his absence and the ina
tlh,y Of Mrs Hammerling to serve her
husband personally in the divorce &C
''on. Nh Hammeriire VIII be served
BY publication under IN Greer sigrea
hy Justice McAvov Yesterday.
During war-tira ,nqui~v into .ho