New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1914, Page 1

| s1:xALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, NEW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE THREE CENTS. * NERI IS RELEASED UNDER $2,000 BONDS Local Business Man Figures in Bad Smash-ap in Meriden. . ASE. CONTINUED UNTL JuLY 21 @-til July 21.. New Britain Autoist Runs Into Dela- ware Motorcyclist Corner in Meriden—Victim Is Serious Condition in Hospital. at Dangerous in Pehding the outcome of the injur- es of Joseph A. Starr, dain St., Wilmington,Dsl., who is ly- g in o critical condition in \(eriden hospital with a badly fractured skull ahd a broken leg. Eimperico Neri, a member of the Main street firm of Nerl, brothers, who ran into Starr with his automobile at the corner of North Colony street and Gracey ave- Tue in Meriden at 3:45 o'clock yester- day afternoon, is out on $2,000 bonds. Starr was riding a motorcycle in com- ny with six friends who were motor- 4ng to Springfield. Attorney P. F. McDonough, of this city, appeared for # Mr. Neri this morning and the Meri- {'den prosecutor, Attorney . Danalier, asked that the case be continued un- Neri Tries to Avoid Accident. According to witnesses the accldent seemed unavoidable. The local -uto- ist flashed out from around a high cliff at the corner of Gracey avenue and North Colony street just as 'Starr, ‘Boing at an estimated speed of twen- ty-filve miles an hour, came in an op- - posite _direction. As the smashup oc- curred on the curve neither knew 'of e othe:‘: approach until scarcely feet séparated them. Mr. Neri, as n as he saw the motorcyclist, made sperate effort to stop his coasting car, He grabbed the hand.brake and slapimed on the emergency brake but bet'#re his machine carhe to a siop it nad crashed into: Starr. Victim Dragged Thirty Feet jhe impact of the .collision .was terfific, as Starr hit the right fender of ghe automobile, bent it in and then ed the bumper off the front. , ‘motorcycle fell under the car _efith the .right side to the ground. e cyclist was thrown clear of his achine but was caught under the “ hood and dragged- thirty feet before s0 4. =uthe automobile ceased skiddihg. i L § b i i g Held on Technical Charge. Chief Bowen, of the Meriden police, assigned Detective Burke to the case and Neri was arrested on the techni- ¢ cal charge of assault with intent to kill. He was released in bonds of $2,000. In case Starr dies it is prob- able that Neri will be arraigned on charge of manslaughter, while if he survives a different charge than that now used will be lodged against him. Roads in Bad Shape. At the spot where the accident took place the highways are in such con- dition that the authorities are being roundly scored by officials and citizens. It is said that the accident is a direct result of conditions at the junction of North Colony street and Gracey avenue, where there is no way ot warning approaching motorists of the intersecting road which 1s being used ¥ for traffic. The avenue is the highway running at right angles to the state road. Be- cause North Colony street is closed to “traffic above the railroad tracks all %y autoists have to use Gracey avenue in going between Meriden and Hart- lord Starr was thus using the ave- nue when the smashup took place, . Eye Witness' Story. = “Mrs ' Louisa Smith, a resident of '\(éyole crumpled up ~a house nearly opposite Gracey ave- /nue on the North Colony road, saw le chances of the accident, but could Tot warn either party before. the col- lislon ' occurred. According to the story she told Detective Burke the motorcycle approached along Gracey avenue at a pretty good rate of speed. The automobile with the Neri party came up over the summit of the small hill and came down North Colony road toward Gracey avenue. Screams As Warning. Bhe did not think of an accident until she noticed neither aware of the other’s approach and that the motor- cycle was traveling pretty fast to make the hill. Then, Mrs. Smith states, she screamed and ran from the steps to- ward the road, hoping to attract the attention of the autoists and the cyclist, but before she could gain their attention Starr shot around the ‘corner, crashed into the auto, went down before the impact and was pushed along the road and stopped nearly at her feet. “The automobile, with the motor- und.: the front axle, was left untouched until Detec- tive Burke had compiled enough data to make a clear report of the affair. Fjordomo Neri, the brother of the driver, stated emphatically at the seerle of the accident that he did not hear the motorcycle coming up the side road and that nobody in the car knew of the approach of the machine until it appeared around the corner and crashed into his auto. He and his brother, Eimperico, own the car in common, - The party was going from New Britain to Wallingford and did not know the state road was closed. Neri' stateq they saw the sign ‘which §Continued on Eleventh Page.) of 218 West | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914 —TWELVE PAGES. COASTAL STEAMER STRIKES ON ROCKS Invermore Grounds on Labrador Coast ‘While Avoiding Heavy Ice—Pas- sengers Landed Safely. St. Johns, N. F., July 11.—All of the passengers on the Coastal steamer Invermore, which struck on the rocks near Brig Harbor Point, on the La- brador coast last night, were landed safely today. The steamer filled rapidly after striking, and was today resting on the rocks with only her top deck above water. The Invermore struck while trying to avoid the heavy ice north of the Strait of Belle Isle. She left here July 4 to go as far north as the ice would permit. She carriied a heavy freight and many passengers, most of them Labrador fishermen and rlanters' who were bound north for the summer. Brig Harbor Point is on the north side of Hamilton Inlet, a little south of the 55th parallel of latitude and about 275 miles north of Belle Isle. It is on a desolate stretch of rock bound coast, peopled only by a few scattered families of fishermen. The Invermore, formerly called the Dromedary, is owned by the Reld| Newfoundland Railway company. She was bullt at Glasgow in 1881, is 250 feet long and has a gross tonnage of £76. MORE TUBERCULOSIS. The Tuberculosis Relief society held a, meeting yesterday afternnom in city hall and received the report of the nurses, Miss Sarah A. Carroll and her assistant. The report was that twelve new cases have been tak- en care of and that 102 patients are now under their care. ININE BALLOONS ENTER ELIMNATION RACE Victor Will Be Third Ameri- can Entrant in Inierna- tional Contest. St. Louis, July 11.—Nine balloons will sail from here late this afternoon in the national elimination race to de- termine the third American entrant for the international race that will start from Kansas City next October. The international race ig for the James Gordon Bennett cup and each competing country is entitled to three entrants. The first two American en- trants are the men who got first and second place in the last international race—R. H. Upson of Akron, Ohio, and H. E. Honeyweéll of St. Louis. The third will be the aeronaut who makes the longest flight in an air line in the race today. Specially prepared gas pumped into the balloons. Each balloon has a capacity of 80,- 000 cubic feet, and the aeronauts will sail equipped for a long flight. The record for American flights was made in 1910 by Allen R. Hawley, who flew from St. Louis to Lake Tchotogamd, Quebec, a distance of 1,172.9 miles. The world’s record was made by Maurice Renaims of France in the international race nf 1912. < He flew 1,364 miles, ‘The order in Whlch the balloons will sail was determined by lot yester- day afternoon, the coveted last place going to the balloon Goodyear, to be piloted by R. A. D. Preston of Akron, Ohio. Following is the order in which the bags will be released at intervals of five minutes, the first one starting at 5 o’clock: 1—Hoosler, Pilot Warren Rasor, Brookville, Ohio; aide, Herbert Rasor, son of the pilot. 2—America III, Pilot Dr. Jerome Kingsbury, New York; alde, Clarence ‘Wynn, Philadelphia, 3—San Francisco 1915, Pilot E. S. Cole, St. Louls; aide, R. F. Emerson, Springfield, Mo, 4—Uncle Sam, Pilot Paul J. Mc- Culloch, St. Louis; aide, Willlam H. Trefts, St. Louls. 5—Miss Sofia, Pilot William Ass- mann, St. Louis; no aide, 6—Aero Club of St. Louls, John Berry, St. Louis; aide, Von Hoffman, Jr, St. Louis, 7—Kansasg City III, Pilot John Watts, Kansas City; aide, W. F. Com- stock, Kansas City. 8—Pennsylvania, Pilot Arthur T. Atherholt, Philadelphia; aide, Philip Sharples, Philadelphia, 9—Goodyear, Pilot R. A. D. Pres- ton, Akron, Ohio; aide, M. D, Treme- lin, Akron. is to be Pilot Albert A. 0. H. CONVENTION. New Britain Will Be Represented by Mrs. Crean and J. J. Leeney. A large delegation from Connecti- cut will leave Sunday, July 19, for Norfolk, Va.,.where the national con- vention of the A. O. H. will open on the following day. New Britain will be represented by Mrs. Mary T. Crean and John J. Leeney. The trip is expected to occupy ten days, four of which will be spent in Norfolk and the remainder in Rich- mond, Washington, Philadelphia, At- lantic City and New York. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Utica, N. Y., July 11.—A terrific storm passed over Otsego and Shen- ango counties late yesterday. At Burlington Flats, Willlam Zimmer- man, a farmer and his nine-year-old son were Kkilled by lightning. RUMORED GEN. HUERTA INTENDS 10 RESIGN Dictator to Abdicate in Favor of Francisco Carbajal. MINISTER OF FOREGN ~AFFAIRS Effort at Carranzi-Villa Conference to Prevent Any Military Leader From Becoming Provisional President of Mexico Failed. ‘Washington, July 11l.—Informa- tion was received from Mexico City by diplomats here saying General Huerta would resign within two or three days in favor of Francisco Car- bajal, newly appointed minister of foreign affairs. It was learned that the appoint- ment of Carbajal, who took office yesterday, is part of a general »ro- gram by which it is hoped to make peace with the constitutionalists. The Huerta delegates to the Niagara con- ference are understood to have been awaiting this move for several days. Carbajal has long been a member of the supreme court of Mexico and on May 31 last was elected chief justice. Supported General Huerta, Carbajal is a member of the class which supported Huerta, but is re- garded as having liberal sympathies. ‘Word from Carranza, constitution- alist leader, over the proposal that he send delegates to an informal confer- ence with his enemy’s envoys, was awaited today by administration of- ficials and the South American medi- ators. With the revolytionary cam- paign against Mexico City nearing a crisis, and the report that most of the constitutionalist military leaders haa advised against a parley, members of Carranza’s junta here admitted thau their hupes for a conference were up- set. ~ Maintain Their Silence. President Wilson and members ot his cabinet today maintained thelr silence over the situation. Ministers Naon and Suarez, two ‘ot the mediators who returned from a meeting with Huerta’'s delegates 1in New York, would not comment today on the reports that most of Carran- za’s generals had counselled against any peace parley. Effort Proved Futile. Torreon, July 11.—At the Carranza- Villa conciliation conference an ef- fort to prevent General Carranza or any of the military leaders of the revolution from becoming candidates for the presidency or vice president failed, according to a lengthy of- ficial statement issued today. Report Was Erroneous. Saltillo, Mex., July 10.—Via T.ar- edo, Texas, July 11.—Previous re- ports that the seaport Guaymas had been evacuated by federals were in error, according to advices today from General Alvarado, commanding the constitutionalists besieging that city. Foreign Minister Departs. Mexico City, July 11.—Roberto Esteva Ruiz, former acting Mexican foreign minister, left today for Vera Cruz on his way to Europe and South America. Infantrymen Depart. On Board U. S. S. Californfa, Maz- atlan, July 10. By Wireless to San .Diego, July 11.—Reports received at federal headquarters here today say that the British steamer Acajutla sailed from Acapulco for Salina Crus with 450 infantrymen. The city Is left with 300 irregular troops as guard. SAFETY BOARD MEETING. ‘Will Eliminate Cars at Special Mect- ing Monday Evening. There will be a meeting of the safety board on Monday evening at which the commissioners will begin the process of eliminating cars. There are nine different machines which the commissioners must investigate so it is improbable that any one car for the new police patrol will be de- cided upon at that time. At last .night’s meeting of the board the following cars were brought to the attention of the commissioners, either by agents or by communica- tions: Cadillac, Lozier, White, Stew- art, Pope-Hartford, Kelly, Knox, Troy-Mitchell and International. FOUR INJURED. Staging on New Building in Hartford Collapses This Afternoon. Hartford, July 11.—Four men were injured, two seriously, by the col- lapse of a staging at a new building on Wethersfield avenue this afternoon. They fell nearly fifty feet. Antonio Corto sustained internal injuries and is in bad shape; Peter Salvatore's right arm was fractured and his scalp badly cut; Carlo Ogusto has an in- jured spine and probably internal hurts and Benedict Scutera was se- verely bruised. The men were taken to a hospital. ¥ Nick Sanzo saved himself by hang- ing by one hand from a projection vuntil rescued. HOSIERY MILL DESTROYED. Hagerstown, Md., July 11.—Jire caused by lightning today destroyed the hosiery mill of the Antclam Knit- ting company; loss $75,000, INGALLS SUCCUMBS | TO HEART FAILURE Financier and Railroad Man Passes Away at His Summer Home in Hot Springs, Va. Hot Springs, Va., July 11.—Melville E. Ingalls, financier and railroad man, died here today of heart failure. Mr. Ingalls had been at his sum- mer home here for some time. Mem- bers -of the family and friends say he had been gradually declining for months, but his illness had been more marked during the last few weeks. Three days ago, he sufféred from an ulcerated tooth, and the shock of treatment was fatal. He became un- censcious soon afterward and was only roused once or twice before he died. One of his sons, Melville E. Ingalls, Jr., summoned hurriedly from New York, arrived at the death bed and was recognized by his father once during the last hours. Mrs. Ingalls, the widow, and a daughter, Miss Gladys Ingalls, also were at the bedside when death came. The body will be taken to Cincin- nati tomorrow night on a special train and the funeral services will be held Monday. Beside the widow and daughter, Mr. Ingalls is survived by four sons. No statement was made here to- day on behalf of the family as to the extent of the dead man’s estate, fur- ther than that there is a will and that his death having been anticipated his affairs had been set in order. Until two years ago he was chair- man of the board of directors of the Big Four Railroad. He also had been closely identified with the Vanderbilt group of railroads, MRS. CARMAN REVIEWS TESTIMONY AT INQUEST District Attorney Plans Rig- id Examination of Wo- man’s Husband. Mineola, N. Y., July 11.—Mrs. Flor- ence Conklin Carman, locked up 'in the Nassau county, jail here, charged with the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, was engaged today in going over the testimony given at the cor- oner’s inquest, with her attorney. She was much more cheerful, having com- pletely recovered from the collapse she suffered the morning after her arrest. District Attorney Smith said he planned a rigid private examination of Dr. Carman some time during the day. The authorities hoped today to gain possession of Dr. Carman's books. The day after-the murder’ the phy- sician offered to turn over his appoint- ment book and others to the pros- ecutor, but when a detective called for them he said he had changed his mind. Last night he positively re- fused to allow the authorities to look into his records, on the ground that it would be unprofessional for him to reveal such matters. Detectives probably will canvass the neighborhood in an effort to get a list of the doctor’s patients. The object is to determine, if - possible, the names of the two women Mrs. Carman and her sister, Mrs. Powell, said they saw running from the house directly after the murder. The evidence in the case will be presented to the grand jury on Tues- day; according to present plans, which are subject to change. District Attorney Smith announced that in addition to Elwood T. Bardes on whose testimony Mrs. Carman was arrested, he expected to produce an- other important witness before the grand jury. CITY IS GROWING, SAYS REGISTRAR William Scheuy, Registrar of Voters, Says That More People Move Into City Than Leave It. Registrar of Voters William Scheuy states that New RBritain is steadily growing and he says that from his canvass he finds that more people are moving into the city than are leaving it. Today the registrars completed the registration in the firse ward and will start on the secona ward Monday. The location of the Registrar’s of- fice in city hall is soon to be changed. The present quarters are too small and the offices formerly occupied by the city engineer will be turned over for their use. The rooms now used by the registrars will be converted into a waiting room for the safety board. Here all who are to come be- fore the board for a hearing will be able to await their turn. On the first and second Wednes- days in August the registrars will meet in their office in the city buila- ing for caucus registration for the direct primaries. WEATHER. Hartford, Conn., July 11.— Cloudy tonight and Sunday; not much change in tempera- ture. e e 1 STORSTAD T0 BLAME FOR EMPRESS WRECK Colier Held Responsible for St. Lawrence Ruver Disaster. FINDINGS HANDED DOWN TODAY ‘Third Officer. Alfred Tuftenes Charged ‘With Changing Craft’s Course When He Saw Fog Coming in Without Notifying Ship’s Captain. Quebec, July 11.—The collier Stor- stad is held to blame for the Em- press of Ireland disaster, in the find- ings of the wreck commission, hand- ed down today. The commission holds that the disaster was due to the Storstad’s change of course. The change of course was ordered by the third officer without instructions from the first officer, who\was in charge of the collier at the tirne. The Empress was sunk In the St. Lawrence on May 29 with a loss of more than one thousand lives. Inquiry in Quebec. The inquiry into the disaster was begun in Quebec on June 16 by a commission composed of Lord Mersey. formerly presiding justice of the Brit- ish admiralty court; Sir Adolpho Routhier of Quebec and Chief Justice McLeod of New Brunswick. The commissioners were assisted in their work by Commander F. W. Caborne, .of the British Royal Naval Reserves; Professor John Welch of Newcastle, England; Captain Demers of the Do- minion wreck commission and Engi- ‘neer Commander Howe of the Ca- nadian Naval service. Commander Caborne and Professor Welch were nominated by the British Board of Trade. Lord Mersey also presided over the inquiry into the Titanic dis- aster. The collier's third officer found re- sponsible: is Alfred Tuftenes. He was on the bridge when the crash oc- curred. Tuftenes Was Wrong.' “Mr. Tuftenes,” says the finding, “was wrong and negligent in alter- ing his course in the fog as he un- doubtedly did, and he was wrong and negligent in keeping the navigation of the vessel in his own hands and in failing to call the captain -h- he saw the fog coming on. « “It is not to be supposed that thh disaster was in any way attributable to any special characteristics of the St. Lawrence waterway. It was a disaster which might have occurred in the Thames, in the Clyde, in the Mersey or elsewhere, in similar cir- cumstances. Important Question Remains. “Such is the conclusion at which we have arrjved on the question as to who was to blame for the dis- aster. But the question of much greater public interest and importance remains to be considered, viz: Why the ship sank so quickly and what steps, if any, can be taken to prevent the terrible consequences which so cften follow such disasters. “The main difference between the two stories (of the officers of the Em- press and the Storstad, respectively) is to be found in the description of the way in which the two vessels were approaching each other at the time the Empress of Ireland changed her course, after having obtained an offing from Father Point. Stories Are Irreconcilable. “The witnesses from the Storstad say they were approaching so as to pass red to red, while those from the Empress of Ireland say they were approaching so as to pass green to green. The stories are irreconcil- able and we have to determine which is the more probable. Times, dis- tances and bearings vary so much even in the evidence from witnesses from the same ship, that it is im- possibly to rely or to base conclusions upon them. We have, therefore, thought it advisable to found our con- clusions almost entirely upon the events spoken to by the witnesses and upon their probable sequence in or- der to arrive at a solution of - the difficulty. “After carefully weighing the evi- dence we have come to the conclu- sion that Mr. Tuftenes was mistaken if he supposed that there was any intention on the part of the Empress of Ireland to pass port to port, or that she, in fact, by her lights man- ifested the intention of doing so; but it appears to us to be a mistake which would have been of no con- sequence if both ships had) subse- quently kept their courses. Course Changed in Fog. “Shortly after the ships came into the position of green to .green as claimed by Captain Kendall, or red to red as claimed '‘by Mr. Tuftenes, the fog shut them out from each other, and it is while they were both enveloped in this fog that the course of one or the other was changed, and the collision brought about. From ithe evidence adduced on behalf of both vessels, it is plain that before the fog, and when they last saw eacn other there was no risk of collision’ if each kept her course. Therefore, the question as to who is to blame resolves itself into a simple issue, namely, which of the ships changed her course during the fog. “With reference to this issue, It MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BOMB VICTIMS Several Thousand Persons Attend Demonstration in New York.— Heavy Police Guard. New York, July 11.—Seven thous- and persons, some professed anar- chists, some members of the Indus- trial Workers of the World, the Free Speech League and kindred organi- zations, and some merely curious, gathered in Union Square this after- noon for a demonstration In memory of the three men killed in the bombd explosion of July 4. The ashes of the victims were not exhibited In urns, the mayor having forbidden it. Seven hundred police surrounded the square before the services were begun. There was no immediate dis- order. Alexander Berkman was speaker. He spoke from a stand decgrated with the anarchistic red and the mourning black. He launched into a bitter attack on John D. Rockefeller. The proposed funeral procession to- day in honor of Arthar Caron, Carl Hansen and Charles Berg, the Vic- tims of the bomb explosion, was de- finitely abandoned last night after Mayor Mitchel announced that no public parade wonld be tolerated. The mayor explained that no interference would be offered if the friends of the dead men assembled in orderly fash- fon to eulogize their dead comrades or crititise the government, so long as no violence was preached, The decision caling off the parade was displeasing to the members of the organisations. It had been ar- ranged to have the urns containing the ashes of the three victims borne in a hearse at the head of the pro- cession. BATTLESHIP NEVADA LAUNCHED AT QUINCY Eleanor Ann Siebert Chris- tens Latest Addition to U. S. Navy. the first Quincy, Mass.,, July 11.—The bat- tleship Nevada, latest addition to the United States navy, was launched to- day at the yards of her bullders, the Fore River Shipbuilding corporation. The launching was witnessed . = Sec- | retary of the Navy Denfels, t Roosevelt, Governor Tasker L. Oddie and Senator Key Pittmann of Nevada, Governor Walsh of Mas- sachusetts and a number of other guests, As the great ship began to move down the ways she was christened with champagne by Eleanor Ann Sle- | bert, ten years old daughter of Fred J. Siebert of Reno, Nev., and niece of Governor Oddie. Turbine engines, with ofl as fuel, will furnish the motive power of the 27,600 ton battleship. This latest addition to the United States navy is a sister ship of the Aklahoma, launched at Camden, N. J., last March. Her keel was laid in No- vember, 1912 and it is expected that she will be placed in commission next January. The Nevada has a length over all of 583 feet, beam 96 feet and mean draft of 28 1-2 feet and her estimated speed is 20 1-2 knots an hour. The arrangement of the main bat- tery of ten 14 inch guns will be dif- ferent from that on any other Amer- ican battleship. Two turrets will carry two guns each and two others will have three,guns each, an ar- rangement, which it is thought, will glve a concentration of fire superior to that of the flve two gun turrets exemplified in the New York and the Texas. The weight of armor is greater than that carried by any ship previously built for the navy. The belt armor, 13 1-2 inches® thick, will extend at mean draft from nine feet above io 8 1-2 feet belog the water line. The lower protective deck will be an inch and a half thick and the gun deck three inches thick. The armor of the barbette will be 13 inches thick, that of the two gun turrets 16 inches thick on the face and of the three gun turrets 18 inches. The single smakestack will be pro- tected by armor 13 inches thick. The muzzle energy of the 14 inch gun to be carried on the Nevada i& about 66,000 foot tons and its shell will weigh 1,400 pounds. ' SWEDISH CIRCLES. Children of Bethany and Lutheran Sunday Schools at Ellzabeth Park. Children of the Swedish Luthoran and Bethany chuteh Sunday schaols had confidence in Herald weather bulletin, *“Saturday Fair” and not a bit worried over the aspect of the threat- ening gray skies, were up bright onda early this morning in time to be on hand when the special trolley nars, which their respective schools had chartered, left the center for Elizar beth park, Hartford, where both Sun- day schools held their annual picnics. After brief exercises, the younger generation romped about the beanu- tiful park and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. They will leave for home in the vicinity of 8 o’'clock, HEALTH BOARD TO MEET, A special meeting of the board of health will be held this evening. It (Continued on Tenth Page.) is proposed to discuss the revision of the health ordinances, HERALD “ADS” MEAN ol BUSINESS ESTABLISHET. 1876. LOCAL MILITIAMEN OFF 10 THE “FRONT’ Will Expericnee Reguiar Mil Life for Week. HORSES STAMFEDE AT NIANT. Col. A. P. Buffington of Regular U, Army Is in Command—“Ro in Fear of Being “Initinted" Signal Corps on Duty. With their only worry being fear that they might have to pitcl camp in the rain, the members Company E and I, First Regiment, C| N. G, embarked at the depot L about 6:30 o'clock this morning fo the annual encampment and Neuvers at the camp grounds Niantic. Captain Ladbury of pany I and Captain Low of O E were in command, Two cars provided for the local boys aad ti train pulled out shortly holho o’clock. Many of the militiamen today perienced their first insight into ways of the regular army and quite ‘enthusiastic, while others, erans as it were of past sumi camps, went about their duty in § more matter of fact way. The ies” were somewhat nervous ag left their homes, for burning in ears were the threats made by more experienced men of duck to come, of being tossed up in blanket and other “initiatory” that ofttimes fall to the lot of “raw recruit.” Two Regiments Arrive. The entire regiment arrived Niantic without mishap and a Wil lage of tents sprang up on the military reservation in a few ! today when the two regiments of ins fantry of the Connecticut Nationa Guard marched in to begin their nual tour of duty in the field. flags flylng and the bands play! lively airs the commands stepped a lively pace after detraining at ti Niantic station, and made the shi march to the camp grounds, Second Regiment under Col. McC and accompanied by the First 8 ‘arate company, and the : arrived at 8:45 . m., and the Regiment. umder Col. John H! came in from Hartford shortly 10 o’clock. Horses Stampede. The work of detraining was complished quickly and smoothly. ohief incident, however, was twenty-eight horses of the Corps boited after being taken out the cars and then scattered thi the nearby flelds. It took hours to round them up. Regular Army Man in Charge. Camp routine was established afternoon. Col. A. P. Bul Third United States Infantry, is command. This is the first time Drow recent years that the national camp has been commanded by officer of the regular establ and Col. Buffingtdn’s assignment iy in) accord with the practice of the department this year in placing il lars as commandants instead of ing them merely as inspectors -‘ ob- servers. Captain E. 8. * Third United States Infantry, ll adjutant, and Lieut. James B, ford, Coast Artillery Cm-vu, . upon Col. Buffington this pald their respects, and had & ferénce over camp routine, the of which were published later, are upwards of 1,600 men in The First Separate company has ¢! right of the regimental line, comes the Becond Regiment and them the First Regiment. The m: scouts have quarters in the rear the staff officers’ quarters. The signal corps marched in, but later marched out for a tour of duty in the @y i towns and that command will net turn until next Friday. Its fleld work will be under the,direction of Ser- geant H. P, Daggert, United States signal corps. OCARL LORENZEN ABROAD. There Were 4,882 Persons Aboard Same Ship With Him. Letters have been received from Carl Lorenzen, the Church florist, who is in Burope. Mr. Loren- zen went abroad on the “Imperator” and on the ship at the time 4,832 persons, including the. This is said to be the greatest iy ber of people ever afloat in one Shij Mr. Lorenzen was-mildly surprised. during the voyage to hear his nan called twice. On both occasions the: persons who addressed him were of« ficers of the ship, who recognized. him because of his many Voy across the ocean. He says he i en- | joying every minute of his abroad. Ome of the passengers on the was the wife of a wealthy we o who was installed in a five room at $5,000 for the trip. Mr, Lorensen remarked in his letter that he would wager she was not enjoying the vey~ age any more than he was and he would get to Europe just as quicks ly as she did. >