New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1914, Page 11

N!-iw BRITAIN DAILY HERALD.-TUESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1614. NAMUR FALLS BEFORE GERMAN- ONSLAUGHT | (Continued frora First Page.) the similar practice adopted in Eng- land. A despatch from Geneva reports that a business man who has just returned from Strassburg says the garrison of Strassburg was practical- ly annihilated in the battle of Shir- meck. Of 5,600 men who went into the fight only 1,800 returned. Four German batteries were put out of ac- tion before they were able to fire a | shot. Force Belgian Miners to Head Advance Paris, Aug. 25, 8.30 A. M.—A des- patch to the Havas Agency from Os- tend, Belgium, says that at Charleroi the German troops obliged ten Bel- gian miners, who had just come out of a mine with lamps in their hands, to march at the head of their ad- vance. . All the miners were Kkilled. Similar tactics, according to this same authority, were employed at Mont-Sur-Marshienne in the Province of Iainaut, where 200 German troops lost their way and got into the range of the French guns. The Germans attempted to bard the Charleroi railroad from Jeumont-St, Antoine. Further- more they are reported as’ having fired on the Charleroi prison, al- thopgh this building was flying the Red Cross flag. Only one shell ex- ploded. It killed a horse, but with- out hurting the officer riding it. British Have First ; Clash With Enemy London, Aug. 25, 4:03 A. M. —The French correspondent of the Express says that the British troops came in- to action for the first time on Friday ‘and Saturday. It was only an affair of outposts and scouting but inter- esting because of the light it threw on the exhausted condition of the German advance guard. "he correspondent continues: “De- tachments were scouting in the coun- try to the westward of Brussels and south as far as Charlcroi. Exhausted though the Germany cavalry were known to be as a whole, their success lay in continued rapid advance, and it was obvious that they would push - bom-~ station | of $15,000 pledged for three years.” | done it is proposed to reach a pros- ! pective membership list within four Fleurus with Germans who crossed the Meuse at Huy. “Saturday French troops, which had spread from Lille, met the Ger- man right in East Flanders.” “Desperate fighting between out- posts took place at Oudenarde and Renaix. The losses were heavy on both sides Monday. Twenty-five thous- and Germans have been surrounded between Courtrai and Anseghem, a town six miles west of Oudenarde. Fighting was progressing Sunday at Peronnes, between Mons and Pinche, and between Wateghem and Oude- narde. “The Handelsblaad says that since Monday no Germans have been in Brussels. Arrivals from Liege state that many houses there were burned last week. German soldiers have in- scribed on the walls of the city, “Wil- liam 1I, Emperor of Europe.” AFTER 750 MEMBERS FOR NEW CIVIC BODY B. Thinks | New Britain Is Good Ficld for w. Moore, Civic Expert, Chamber of Commerce. ‘W. B. Moore, civic expert from Boston, whe has come to New Britain to organize a progressive Chamber of Commerce, was interviewed today '“l the headquarters of the New Brit-} ain Business Men's association. “It is proposed to start immedi- | ately organizing the Chamber of Com- merce,” he said, ‘and from the looks of the city and its people the organi- zation should have a membership of at least 7560 and a working capital “The mnew organization will be strictly democratic and will embrace all the representative citizens. After the necessary publicity work has been days.” “Considerable effective work has al- ready been done to create the proper | sentiment for a live Chamber of | Commerce in New Britain by C. J. White, J. R. Andrews, Joseph M. Hal- loran, Judge B. F. Gaffney, E. W. Christ, S. H. Holmes and others, and 1 confidently believe that the conclu- sion of the work here will find New Britain with as powerful a civic body as any city of its size in the country. New Britain can and will have just ag efficient and resultful organization as its people want.” Mr. Moore is a westerner who has been in New England for the past eighteen months, during which time he has conducted successful civic campaigns in Lawrence, Lynn, Taun- ton and Brockton, Mass., and in Utica, N. Y. Prior to his organizing work on at the first possible moment. “So while the Belgians were sul-| leftly falling back towards the north | the English cavalry were busily em- | ployed feelng for the inevitable Ger- | man advance, while the horse, foot and artillery came up on the south and west.” Eye-Witness Describes ¥ Fighting at Charleroi Paris, Aug. 256, 4:20 A. M.—A trav- eller who has come to Paris from Charleroi was a witness of part of the fighting at that place. He has re- lated his experiences to a reporter of the Petit Parisien as follows: “I was at _Foreux, fifteen miles from Er- quelines. This region is covered with & thick growth of trees. From where I, was stationed I could see passing for hours column after column of german infantry. They were . sub- jected to a veritable hurricane of iron from the French artillery, and they went down by the dozen. Nevertheless more came forward to take the places of the slain. At Solere-Le-Chateau, I saw a rman aeroplane brought down by a well directed shot, and I was told that another such machine had met the same fate at Nerles.” Brussels Pays $4,000,000 Towards War Indemnity | #London, Aug. 25, 5 A. M.—A de- spatch to the Times from Flushing says that $4,000,000 toward the war indemnity of $40,000,000 demanded of the city of Brussels by the Germans, alréady has been paid. It is reported that the Germans in Brussels blew up a tramway station be€huse the directors of the street railway refused to grant certain re- quirements. French Soldiers Praise Bravery of Germans . Basle, Switzerland, Aug. 25.—News has reached here that a French force of Turcos, Zouvaes and Senegalese, during the fighting in upper Alsace, entered and almost destroyed the towns of Flachstanden, Jagsdorf, Landser, Brunstatt, Heiweiler and Morschweiler. ‘Wounded French soldiers who have érossed the Swiss frontier and are interned here speak highly of the bravery of the German troops. They say the German soldiers evidently think nothing of their lives in their efforts to gain a victory over great odds. Their own desire, they say, appears to be to do the most fool- Bardy things to serve their cause and Wwhen captured or overwhelmed they ac¥®ept their fate stoically. Battle Raging in Province of Hainut *London, Aug. 25, 3:15 A. M.—A despatch to the Express from Ostend says: ‘A great battle has been in rogress in the Province of Hainaut, | on the southern frontier of Belgium since Friday night. French and Brit- | ‘ish troops have been engaged in des- French | he was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Dayton, Ohio, and Okla- homa City. ARE HOME FROM EUROPE. Churchill-Talcott Party Back From War Stricken Contiment. Friends of the Churchill and Tal- cott families will be pleased to learn that after many trying experiences the members who were abroad have arrived safely back in the United ; States and will be at their homes on | Franklin Square this evening. I Those in the pary were Mrs. Annie 8. Churchill, Miss Rose Churchill, Mrs. George S. Talcott, Miss Lucy Talcott and Miss Theodora Talcott. All were abroad when the dogs of war were unleashed in Europe and they were detairmed for a long time before they were able to book pas- sages. for America. They arrived on an Italian liner. RETURN FROM “PLAYRIDGE.” Proteges of Oharity Organization Home After Pleasant Week. The six happy little children who, through the kindness of the Connecti- cut Children’s Ald society and the New Britain Charity organization, spent last week at the former society’s cottage “Playridge” at Woodmont, were brought back to this city last evening in Mrs. George P. Hart's au- tomobile, all smiling and cheerful, de- spite the fact that one of the best times they have ever enjoyed was at an end. The cottage which they proudly called their home will be oc- cupied this week by a party from the Day Nursery at New Haven. Miss Lilllan Lorch, assistant agent of the Charity organization, prepared the local children for the trip and accompanied them to their homes. She has many interesting incidents to relate, concerning the first stay of the little New Britainites at the seashore, among which was one little young- ster's plunging into the surf without even disrobing, because he didn't think he could spare the time to take off his clothes. One day during the children’'s stay at the shore they had the pleasure of taking part in the Milford Old Home day celebration, a kind farmer having decorated up a large wagon in which to convey them about the town. He then gave them lollypops and other candy and they adjudged him the best man they ever met. ITALY EMPHASIZES NEUTRALITY. | New York, Aug. 25.—The agents of the six Italian steamship lines with offices in New York, have received nrotice from the Itallan government not to book passage on any steamship for any person of belligerent na- tionality, according to announcement made today By one of the agents. The purpose of the order, it was said, was to emphasize the neutrality of Italy. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. NOTICE. DRESSMAKING, plain sewing and mending. Mrs. Mary Marvin, Canal street, Plainville. 8-25-d4x TO RENT—Five room tenement, all werate confiiets north of Charleroi and modern improvements, High street. Inquire 56 Cedar. 8-25-3dx City Ifems The bids for the new Y. W. C. A. building are due August 26. Miss Dorothy Nessel of Elm street is visiting friends in New York. Mr, and Mrs, Y. J. Stearns have re- turned from Booth Bay Harbor, Me. Ladies’ auxiliary, A. O. H., will hold a meeting this evening in Eagles’ hall. Officer ‘William Hayes is visiting his brother, John J. Hayes in Newark. Axel Hallston and family of Bas- sette street are spending two weeks at Indian Neck. Thomas J. Lynch has home from Block Island where spent the summer. returned he The pay roll of the sewer depart- ment for the past week amounted to $804.18. Chief W. J. Rawlings of the police department is enjoying a week's va- cation. i Mrs. S. Kopolowitz and daughters Rose and Julie have returned from a trip to the Catskill Mountains. Mrs. A. L. Thompson, wife of City Clerk Thompson, is reported as ser- iously ill. Miss Grace Baum, the soloist, has arrived home from Larchmont Manor, New York. Miss Alice Sabin of Boston is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Y. J. Stearns of Maple street. Officer Walter F. Malona resumed duty today after several weeks' trou- ble with an injured leg. Mrs. N, F. Lane of the employment bureau has returned from a Visit to her brother in Florence, Mass. A number of the New Britain Elks attended the clambake of the Hart- ford lodge at Lake Compounce today. Fireman Edward Woods will go to Greenwich tonight to attend the con- vention of the State Firemen's asso- ciation, Howard A. Timbrell of the ‘“Rec- ord” has gone to Pleasant View Beach, R. I, for a two weeks' vaca- tion. - Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Young and Miss Mary McGill of Arch street have gone on a two weeks' automobile trip to Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Wexler & Stein notified the police vesterday that some boys destroyed the electric wiring in a new house they are building on Beatty street. Fire door exits will be put on the State Norman school by the B. H. Hibbard company. Miss Lottie Frey of New York, who has been the guest of Miss Catherine Ferguson of Chestnut street, has re- turned home. A block containing two stores and four tenements will be built by Philip | Smith of Hartford at 380 East Main street, It will be 36 by 60 feet. A. J. Sloper and G. P. Spear went last-night to Moosehead Lake, where Mr, Spear will be the guest of Mr. Sloper at the latter's summer home. Solemn high requiem masses will be celebrated for the late pope in the Roman Catholic churches of the city ‘Wednesday merning, A special meeting for important business will be held this evening at 8 o'clock by the Ladies’ auxiliary, Spanish War Veterans. Mrs. Fred Goodrich of Grove Hill has retrned from Oak Bluffs, where she has been visiting her son, Arthur | Goodrich, H, P, Roache has been made trustee and Fred Winkle, John J, Frick and Abraham Poussner appraisers of the stock of Joseph Sapke, the lately bankrupt Broad street merchant. The police received a complaint last night that a foreigner was an- noying girls on South Main street. The fellow is said to have been fre- quenting the neighborhood for some time. Word was received today at the of- fice of the school department that Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes would return tomorrow evening. Mr. Holmes is cutting his vacation short in order tolan for the opening of the fall term, The stock of the store of Silano Di- visi on Lee street was sold at public auction this morning by Constable Fred Winkle. The purchaser was Mike Weinstein, who p:id $58. Rev. E. A. Gent of New Haven, district superintendent for the New Haven district of Methodist churches will occupy the pulpit at the Trinity Methodist church next Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Bassett will leave Wednesday morning for New York where she will join Miss Reed and sail for New Orleans, Miss Florence Crandall of the Pro- bate Court is spending her vacation | at Morris Cove, The Misses May and Elizabeth Can- dee are the guests of their sister Mrs. Buell B. Bassette. Edward Smith, proprietor of the Smith School of Shorthand, will leave tonight for New York to engage two teachers for his school Wwhich will open for the fall term in a short time. Mr. Smith intends to secure two grad- uates of the Gregg College of Short- hand. Miss Annie Duffy, who has been housekeeper for Rev. John C. Bren- nan in Kensington, has removed to Glendale, R. L. Miss Marguerite Connolly of Wash- ington street and Miss Elizabeth Mc- Enroe of Tremont street have re- turned from a two weeks' trip to Worcester, Mass. John C. O'Brien and John B. Smith are sojourning in the Maine woods. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Barker are spending their vacation along the Maine coast, The court of probate will appoint commissloners to receive claims on the insolvent estate of Michael Keough on August 31. Miss Myrtle Porter of Glen street left last week for Westbrook to spend the remain of the summer. | ana Spring streets when a The coudition of Prof. Camp was announced as being very much im- proved today. Miss Elsie C. Osborn, agent at the New Britain Charity organization, has returned from a vacation at Say- brook. Mrs, James McCarthy of Winter street, who entered the hospital for treatment two weeks ago, has re- turned to her home much improved in health. SUPT. OF BOYS’ CLUB HAS NARROW ESCAPE Painfully Hurt By Motorcyclist Who Speeds Away.—President Hum- phrey in Slight Accident. R. H. Crawford, superintendent of the New Britain Boys' club, is con- gratulating himself on his narrow escape from serious injury or death | | this‘noon at the corner of East Main motor- cyclist ploughed into him and | knocked him from his bicycle to the pavement. Superintendent Crawford was rid- ing his bicycle in the direction of the Boys’ club gardens at the east end of East Main street. As he ap- proached the corner of Spring street | he was forced onto the left side of the street by a wagon which turned into Hartford avenue. The motorcyclist smashed into him, sent him to the pavement and continued on his way. Superintendent Crawford received a badly injured knee and his clothing was torn. His bicycle was wrecked. Officer James McCabe and the su- | perintendent caught the number of the fleeing motorcycle and say it was 563, which is registered as the property of Joseph S. Pennell of South Norwalk. President E. N. Humphrey, of the board of public works, ran into a b cyclist this noon in front of the Elks' club on Washington street and smashed the rear wheel of the bi- cycle. Mr. Humphrey's auto was not damaged in the mix-up. The victim of the accident, a foreigner, | was not badly hurt. Mr. Humphrey give him his card and told him to have the bicycle repaired and send the bill to him. UNFAVORABLE REPLY NOT FINAL DECISION France and United States to Resume Negotiations Regarding Neutral- ity of Belligerent Ships. Washington, Aug. 256.—The French government’s unfavorable reply to the American proposal for recognition of the neutrality of belligerent ships carrying refugees from Europe, was | not a final decision, Secretary Bryan | said today. ! The proposal was made in connec- tion with the plan to charter Ham- burg-American liners to bring United States eitizens home. France indi- cated its disapproval, contending it would be an advantage to German shipping. ‘With the return to Washington Jules Jusserand, the French am- bassador, it was understood nego- tiations on the subject would be re- | newed. of FORCE ESTATE $12,000. Consists of Cash Deposited in Banks | and Real Estate in Waterbury. | The inventory ofethe estate of John ‘W, Force was filed with the court of probate today by Edward J. Skinner and L. D. Penfield. It is valued at $11,944.06. The itemized appraisal follow: Deposit in New Britain Na- tional Bank veo...e $2,135.51 Deposit in Burritt Savings Bank Deposit in Saving; New Britain Notes 3,151.52 Bank of 1,957.03 4,200.00 | | South Burritt street. | G. Ohman of the Swedish Lutheran ! a prominent member, officiated. | DEATHS AND FUNERALS. REGAN FUNERAL TOMORROW. Heart Failure Believed to Have Caused Death of Clark Street Man. The funeral of Michael Regan, who was found dead in Stanley Quarter yesterday, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from St. Mary’s church and interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery. Mr. Regan was about forty years of age, was not married and lived with a married sister on Clark street. He was last seen alive on morning near the spot where he was {found dead. Medical Examiner | Wright believes death was due to heart failure and was caused while Mr. Regan was lying down for a rest. He is survived by twwo brothers, James of this city and John of Hart- ford, and two sisters, Mrs. Rose Mc- Veigh, with whom he made his home, and Mrs. Nellie Cooper of Newington. Mrs. McVeigh was greatly overcome when informed late yesterday after- noon that her brother had been found dead. Mrs. Charlotta Ebbescn. Funeral services for the late Mrs. | Charlotta Ebbesen were held this af- 2:30 from her home The Rev. ternoon at on S. church, of which Mrs. Ebbeseen was The burial was in Fairview cemetery. The pall bearers were Peter Crona, Adolph Benson, W. A. House, William Marsland, S. Nordenson, and Joseph | Hultgren. Mrs. Ambrose Schmidt, Mrs, Ambrose Schmidt, wife of Am- brose Schmidt of 18 West Pearl street, a conductor in the employ of the Con- necticut company, died last night. She was about thirty years old. The funeral will be held Thursday morn- ing at 9 o’'clock from St. Peter's church. The interment will be in St. Mary's new cemetery. Miss Mary Crowel Miss Mary Crowell of Newington, eighty-one years old, passed away at her home last evening. The fun- eral will be held tomorrow at New Bedford and interment will be in i that city. Albert E. Larson. Funeral services for Albert E. Lar- son of 60 Orange street will be held from the Swedish Lutheran church at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow. Rev. Dr, Oh- man officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Mrs, Mary Frances Janswick. The funeral of Mrs, Mary Frances Janswick, who died Sunday night, will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's church, The { interment will be in the new Catholic cemetery. Sunday | |APANESE CONFESSES MIRDER OF ARTIST Miss Smith of California Kiled by Blow With Abalone Shell. Calif., Aug. 5.—George Kodani, the Japanese photographer under arrest in connection with the death of Miss Helena Wood Smith, a New York artist whose body was found hidden in the sand dunes near Carmel-By-The-Sea, made a detailed confession of the crime yesterday. “I killed Miss Smith Wecnesday night at midnight,” said Kodani. *I was at her home in the afternoon and left there at five o’clock for Monterey. I had an appointment to meet Miss Monterey, Smith at the point where 1 killed her, | near the septic tank, at 8 o'clock and she arrived there at that hour. She brought with her some lunch, in- cluding some figs and pears, and she had her steamer robe tied up Wwith heavy fish cord. Have Angry Tussle. “I told her that 1 was going to Nevada with another woman to marry her, and fhen she got angry and started to tussle with me. “I saw an abalone shell nearby, and picked it up, striking her on the head with it. 1 did this to protect myself. “After this I took the fish cord that was around her steamer robe and tied it around her neck. her. 1 was mad—wild. Then I tied her feet. 1 sat with the body until it was nearly daylight, and then I dug a hole and buried her.” Abalone Shell Found. The abalone shell has been found. The Japanese told the authorities that he came to Monterey after he buried the body and endeavored to cash a 2, which he said Miss Smith gave him. The dis- appearance of the artist was then re- ported to Sheriff Nesbitt and Kodani was arrested in Monterey. RETURN FROM FISHING TRIP. Dwight Bacon, Arthur and George Johnson, Oscar and John B. Ander- son, Edmund and Fred Hoffman and Hilding Roos have arrived home from a two weeks' vacation spent at Lake Winnepausaukee, During the fort- night the party caught 144 black bass. The largest was captured by Edmund Hoffman and weighed four and three-quarters pounds. The smallest was landed by Mr. Bacon and measured two inches in length. Mr, Bacon did the cooking for the party, all of whom put on weight indicating that the chef was on the job all the time. I strangled | 'ACQUIT MILITIAMEN | OF LUDLOW CHARGES Court Martial Findings in Colorado Cases Made Public After Being Submitted to Gov. Ammons, Denver, Col., Aug. 25.—Findings of the court martials which tried twen- | ty-two officers and men of the Na- ticnal Guard of Colorado on charges | growing out of the Ludlow battle of April 20, were made public today. All | the defendants w acquitted, The militiamen were charged with murder, manlaughter, arson and lar- ceny. Lieutenant K. . Linderfelt was charged with assault on Louis Tikas, leader of the Greek strikers | who was killed in the Ludlow fight. The court-martial found that Linder- felt struck Tikas on the head with a rifle but that the assault wasjusti- fied. Before the verdicts of the court- | martial were made public they were submitted by Adjutant General Chase to Gov. Ammons for his approval. THEFT AT NORMAL SCHOOL. Fred Townsend, janitor at the New: Britain Normal school, reported to the police this afternoon that a ladies’ gold watch had been stolen from his vest at the school. He missed it this | noon. There are a number of labor- ers working at the school and it is probable that one of them took the/ timepiece. Detective Sergeant Bams( forth is investigating. | ————————————— At a court of probate holden af New Britain, within and for the dis< | trict of Berlin, in the County of Hart. { ford and state of Connecticut, on th day of August, A. D. 1914, Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, judg estate of Francesco Polumbo, late of New Britain, in said district decease upon the petition of Mithele Riceio o New Haven, Conn., praying that af instrument in writing purporting be the last will and testam#nt of saj deceased may be proved, approvi and admitted to probate, as per ap< | plication on file more fully appears, i is Ordered—that sald application be heard and determined at the probSte office, in New Britain, in said districty on the 27 day of August, A. D, 1914, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publish< ing this order in some newspapen published in said New Britain, have« ing & circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof, on the public sign-post in the town of New Britain, in said district, and return make. By order of court, MORTIMER H. CAMP, Clerk. War Food Property on South Majn St., ‘Waterbury 2,500.00 | | .$11,944.06 | Total — | LOCAL GIRL GETS DAMAGE. i‘ | Miss Olive Davis In Sight Accident in Bridgeport. ; Miss Olive Davis, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Francis Davis of 240 Maple ' street, has received a check for five | dollars from the Connecticut com- pany in settlement of inconvenience | caused her by slight injuries which she sustained in Bridgeport last Tues- | day when a trolley car, in which she | was riding, figured in a minor rear | end collision ' with another car. A Bridgeport girl who accompanied | Miss Davis at the time of the accident | and who sustained a gash on the head | in being thrown from her seat, has received fifty dollars damages from | the company. ARRIVE IN SWEDEN. Stockholm, Via. London, Aug 25, 7:15 a. m.—The American minister to Sweden, Ira Nelson Morris, with his | family has arrived here after a good | voyage from England. UNITED STATES NEUTRAL. Washington, Aug. 25.—President Wilson today issued a proclamation declaring the United States neutral in the war between Germany and Japan. Lyccum Players, | The subscription list for the'com- ing season will open at 10 o’clock Friday morning, August 28th, at Crowell’s drug store.—advt. To the Interest of the Ladies. New ready to wear White Felts and a large assortment of velvet hats, all! the latest. Also a large assortment of feather bands. Closing out some of our summer shapes at 25c¢, values up to $2.25. Also black and white satin hats. Advt. Already the great European war is making itself felt right here at home. With production at a standstill abroad and ’ Europe Calling for Food prices of edibles here in America are going up by leaps and bounds. The war has just begun What will the end be? There’s one food that will not advance in price—a food Europe is now calling for— n MISS SEIBERT. necessary for sturdy health— Grape-Nuts Made from wheat and barley, Grape-Nuts has for 20 years proved itself a dependable food for body and brain. It contains all the rich nutriment of the grain, including the invaluable mineral phosphates lacking in white bread, but / A food for War and Peace Grape-Nuts is every family’s friend— delicious to taste, easily digested, rich- ly nourishing, economical. Packed in sealed cartons—dust and germ proof-- this food is always crisp and appetizing—and Price Same As Always--Everywhere With Grape-Nuts food, you can laugh at high prices and live well— “There’s a Reason”