New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1915, Page 1

| HERATD BEST OF ALL N@‘%PAFERS <4 """"‘“1;-“-:‘ 3rztwh Warsth Formidable Smiie in English Channel by Either Mine or -Submarinef Seventy-one Survivors Rescued by Brit- ish Light Cruiser--- Dunkirk Bom- | barded by German Aeroplanes; A ] The British battleship Formidable this morning by either a mine or a sub ipicked up by a British light eruiser. Emperor William in a stirring add the first day of the New Year 'since the opening .¢f every attempt of th territory in numerical strength fleet is the German natien, rifice to: protect the country from out emperor calls upon his people to face Win new victories for the fatherland. As pthe year 1915 opens, after five war, the fighting both in the “'without decisive result for either side. up, with the advent of severe winter w verity of: the encounters. enemies on tween Germans and Russians between the Vistula and frdm the sea to Switzerland, there are al- mast continous exchanges of artillery fire or infantry €harges against trench- attacks. Neither is aerial activity being neglected. along the Dbattle line i1 France, es followed 'by desperate counter man aeroplanes dropped bombs on the There are in Germany today, ities, no fewer than 588,000 military ever 8,100 officers, among whom the mast numerous, with nearly The ference vorable response It in Ttaly. ~Sunk in Channel Londan, Jan. 1, 1:24 p. British battleship Formidable sunk this morning in the British ¢ nel by either a mine or a submarine, | according to announcement given out | by the official information bureau. The text.of the bureau’s statement | follows: p l “The battleship Formidable was sunk this morning in the channel, but whethér by. a mine or ‘a submarine is not.yet certain. ‘“Seventy-one “suryivors have been picked up. by a British light cruiser, and it is possibie ;that others may have “been rescuea &% other vessels.” A e p\m",,am"f had a displacement -of 15,000 tons. She was 430 feet long and carried a complement of 750 men. She. was heavily armored, and carried ;four twelve-inchiguns, twelve six-inch guns dnd " sixteen twelve-pounders, She was provided also. with four = sub- | merged torpedo’ tuhes. The Formidable was launched in 1898, and was a sister ship to the Irresistible and the lmplacafjle Dunkirk Bombarded By Four German Aeroplanes Paris, Jan. 1, 5:06 a. m.—Dunkirk on the Northern coast of France, \\(\s‘ again bombarded by four - German; aeroplanes Thursday, according to re-; . ports which.reached Paris during the night. 1 Allies Demolish German ! Earthworks Near Craonne Paris, Jan. 1, 2:48 —TlvnE French war office this afternben” Bave out an official statement, as follows: “From the sea to Rheims there was yesterday hardly anything more j than artillery engagements. - The en- emy bombarded without result the | village of-St. Georges and the head of the bridge position organized by ithe Belgians at a point south of Dix- | mude. “Spirited cannonading resulted a(!~1 vantageously for us between Labas-'! and Carency; between Albert and ve: in the region of Verneetil, and | in tiie‘heighborhood of Blanc Sableon, which g hear €. At this last m e:t?bn'&d)% 'hefi Beausejour we e made by us on Decen! the day of December 311 of ‘the opposing artillery. mtcrruptpd “In the Argonne the enemy dlhl('l\nd A violently almost the cntire front in the Forest of LaGrurie. At certain points he advanced for a distance of 50 vards but counter attacks werc at once de- livered. “In the region af Verdun there have been violent artillery engagemerts. “Between the Meuse and the Mo- selle, to the northwesi of Flirey, the Germans delivered during the night’ of December 30.31 and on the morn- Ing of the 31st no less than six violent counter attacks for the purpose of retaking the trenches captured by us m December 30 Each of these at- tacks was brilliantly repulsed “Our aviators have bombarded at night the ¢ stations at Metz and at Arnaville “We continue by foot tiltery of tivity to make progress foot in Steinbach. Here the ar- the enemy showed reat ac- during the morning of De- cember 31, Dug in the afterncon of this day our“h es wan a distine- | tive advantas) ] A~ refers hostilities and then#lays emphasis the fatherland has failed. His Majesty eastern and, the western arenas is going on In Poland there are today active after approximately 150 days of hosti prisoners are 28 generals. 310,000 officers and men. American note to the British government on unwarranted with American commerce to neutral countries has met with a fa. canfronts a ter ofiher owh commerce and she is hopeful that the Washington will result in clearing up the and ather neutrals, as well as for the United ¢ | vance near Malagoszoz (south Poland) | | Zakrzew. | leceived from the i Austrians Repulse Russian i London, | capital | the. Russigfis de) Sty i | was sunk in the marine. English channel Seventy-one survivors.were ress. té his soldiers and sailors on tp the brilliant German victories on the fact that enter upon German the army and “the prepared for every sac- ion. In concluding the vear unflinchingly ‘and to ta Behind declare rageous in the new months of hostility in the great There has been no material let- eather in the determination and se-' hostilities be- Pilica rivers, and Only yesterday four &Ger- French channel port of Dunkirk. These Russian prisaners are i of war. inter- | i similar situation in the mat- steps taken bv contraband question for herfll’ | tes. ) | Russians Repulse German and Austrian Attacks —The following | | Pe; rograd, Jan. ent from the general staff of the cdmmander-in-chief was given out last night: “On the left bank of the Vistula no ; important fighting took place today. ; Between the Vistula and = the Pilica | rivers we have successfully repulsed day and night attacks made by the Germans to the south of the road from Bolimow to Mednevice. ““To the north of the Rawka river we repulsed the German offensive by | a counter attack. Near the Pilica | river, in the vicinity of the village of | ¢ Jezeregtz, we allowed, 4 ' German } column vxh,ich ‘was attequung a night | ag one v L OB b G0 Oy peces from our trem‘hes and then met «it with:a. galling fire which dis- pérsed the e¢nmemy. The enemy fered epormous losses. . “In spme districts we have vsing hand = grenades against enemy with the greatest success. i “In the battle of Inowlodz (to the | east -of Tomaszow) ithe, enemy shifted | his 6ffensive from Tomsto“ to the di- | rection of Opoczno but midway be-l tween these two points,- hear theé«vil- | lages of Kamens and Mazornia, V\ei sticceeded in repulsing his attacks. :I ‘“We also repulsed the Austrian ad- | suf- | been the and to the south of Pinczow near “In western Galicia continues to develop to tage. Our troops stormed the forti- | ! fications established on the heights | | to the south of Kotan and Krempa, to the north of Barvinek and to the | southwest of Jastiska. Through bayonet attacks we succeeded in the region of Baligrod to the south of ! Lizka, inflicting on thé enemy con- | siderable losses. Whole companies | were exterminated. “Late in the evening of December | 29 the enemy began to retreat pre- | cipitately. According to the despatch | front we cap- tured on that day ‘a number of offi- cers, more than 3,000 prisoners and fifteen mitrailleuses.” the . fighting ! our advan- - Attack Near Ockoermezoe | Vieima, Jan. 12:40 nouncement war !, via Amsterdam and p. m.—An official an- on the progress of the ! was given out in the Austrian ' today. It refe 3 to events | of vesterday ,ama is as follows: “In Buke#y.na' Om troops a e Nggyag, ar Ockoermezoe, was repulsed fo him, in the upper tand north of the e west of this pass over the Carps by our troops. the district of Gorlive and to ritheast of Zakliczyu deter- Russian attacks were every- wherc. repulsed, “On the Nieda Further to the north the our allies are progressing. “In the Balkan war everything quiet. To the east of Trebinga our artillery compelled the Montenegrins | to retreat.” emy all other thians are occupied “In the mined everything is quiel. | .attacks of Fear Action ‘fmhminent By Allied Fleets Jan. 1, Constantinople Athens Via Tondon, According to (Continued on Twelfth Page.: 9:30 a. ad- .=+ Pac includebfi}fi’?fi | superior “harmony, i against outrageous | times MPReTeiTE occasioned MISERS NEW Y[ARS Emperor William llgcs Mea to Facc New Ysar Unfiinchingly. 10 00K FOR Germany’sW Behind the Coyntry’s Army’ avy the 'z‘,v,» “mtire Nation Stands ampled Harmony. Via. Berlin, 1, a London, Jan. Emperor William, in New Year's message to the army and navy, asks: them to face the flinchingly and to deeds and new, beloved fatherland. which was ‘made headguarters here, “After five long and hot fighting year. new year un- look forward to victories for the The message pubjic at main is as follows: months‘ of heavy we enter 'the new new Brilliant Victories Everywhere. “Brilliant victories = have been gained and great successes achieved 3 the German ‘army almost everv- ére on the territory of the enemy, while repeated attempts of our op- ponents to swarm on German terri- tory have failed. “My =hips have (‘0\ ered themsel\es with glory on every sed, and the crews have proved not only that they know how to fight victorigusly but'to, Cie like heroes when oxer&rhe}med bv& forces. Have rmest Confidence. & “Behind the army and the fleet the entire nation stands in unexampled prepared to . satrifice its heart’s blood for the sacred domestic hearth which we are defending invasion. Much has come to pass in the old yvear but the enemies are still firmly kept low. Always fresh hordes are rolling up against our army and the army’ of our do not frighten us. Although - the mey be serious and the tagh before us a heavy one, we look fors ward into the future with the firmest confidence. Trusts Matchless Bravery. “Next to God’s wise guidancei T trust to the matchless bravery of the grmy and navy and.know myself to be ith the enftre German.nation.. lot us face the new year unfiinchingly, looking forward to new deeds and ney victories for our bé- loved fatherland. “WILHELM."” CZAR VISITS ARMY l"l'{OYT. : Receives Reports (_‘onc(-nli“g the War Operations. = Petrograd, Dec. Nich- olas visited the army front today. At the quarters of the ,comnmander-in- chief he received reports 'concerning the operations. reviewed the” troops, distributing insignia. of honr among th soldie:: who had distinguished 'themselves in the fighting, and thanking the various units of the army for their service in the war. " After having reccived the report of Gen. Ruziky, commanding the army of the northwest, the emperor depart- ed from the army front. war Afterwards he ' PUBLICATION OF TEXT DISPELS IRRITATION Incomplete Sentences in First mary of Americom Nou: to Gw Britain AronwdiEnghshmm the American note tq‘ h, Bflisi gov- ernment on the question of nted interference ; “With shipping has dispel any by the sen- ences in the first summary of the communication sent over from the United, States by telegraph. Thége were certain Eng saw something like an ultimatum in the extracts cabled to this country, but a perusal of the context of these yarticular phrases has dispelled this conception. The Pall the general “We could cor certain contentions advanced the note which show appreciate the difficulties position: but it is not our logic with the the Unted ates. Sir Edward Grey may be trusted to give the govern- ment of President Wilson all the satis- faction it can properly ask, while at the same time indicating with cour- tesy and firmness the measures our position belligerent power com- pel us to continue. The government of the United States has shown every disposition to put itself in our place and recognize onr difficulties. Our government will not show itself to be less fair-minded than that of Pre dent Wilson ¥hort of sacrificing our best weapon for bringing the war to a successful and speedy end, nothing will be left undone to meet the wishes ol the United States.” unwar- American irri;alion incomplete men wio Mall G opinion perhaps zette today when it onr voices savs place finger in failure to of our business to government of some chap as a faithful allies but their numbers }. Sum- iQUIET NEW maurs r&\kras:"%' the to the members of corps hed Béen ab: the -war, and mé#q k sual]\' play 86 important a the Washing- &-n‘nflu‘ml Ne le,ar celebration, Twege omitted forthe same reason. In official axd mploma“o circles, the day “as o) ved with the usual ex- ‘changes ‘of greetings, hough many of the diplomats were unable to greet old friends. of the corps, having become enemies, at least officially, since 1914 as ushered in. Both houses of con- gress have adjourned over until Sat- urday. President rising at 3 button that opened the San Diego Er-| position at midnight, Pacific coast time. ‘He spent the day quietly at the White House, receiving greetings from many callers. With the excep- | tion of Secretaries Daniels and Bryan, | who had left for North Carolina for the week end most of the cabinet members.'called. The practice instituted many vears ago by the naval observatory of send- | ing a New Year -greeting to-all the ceuntries of the wofld by an arrange- | ment of wireless, cable and land tel- egraph, was abandoned. Under ex isting war conditions, with' so large & ‘proportion of .the cable and tele- graph circuits eut of commission or commandeered for military purposes, the officials said the feat of girdling the globe was impracticable. MILK INSPECTOR MAKES INITIAL ARREST OF 1915 ‘Gluseppl Busczenu "Fined .$25 and Costs—Other Court Cases: | | | i Wilson began the year by 3 o’clock to push an electrie=y ing Patric Other $24,38 Henry {ine N estate $200 Abrah Andre Andre Andre Ahren Abel, Bezru rayn Cohen, thrist grfibn Crdss, Case, Dunn, Milk and Food Inspector Dr. George Crowley-hasisfarted off the New Year | auspiciously, for this morning he ar- | réstcf! Gitiscppl Bisczemi, a milk | ealer, on a charge of selling watered milk. TIncidentally H’lh was the first | arrest of 1915. The mhilkman pleaded nat‘gum\ before Judge Meskill in po- | llljé ro\lrt but his story, while origi- | naly*was hy no means convincing and | thé court imposed a fine of $25 and | costs, ft¢was on Tuesday that Dr. Crow- | ley: Arst took a sample of milk and ! rounfl. it'to be below standard. Again | this inorning he found the man on ILa[.a&ette street, and took another ofid Heing w Crowley, | a half dozen milk bettles hurriedly and in so doing accidentaly neglected | to empty out about.a quarter of a | Bottle full of the water wused in | rinsing them. When he poured the milk in it at once became diluted. He | was sorry, etc, but it was just ian accident. With this lucid explanation; Guiseppi gave a beatifie gein and stood | aside expecting tol see, .the inspector, | shake hands, wish dim a Happy New Year and depart. “js last named ex- l pectation. came ‘trug) but he insisted on being accompani Glfi'\mnn In police court ilkman gave the same excuse. He had four quart | bottles in a can and in his hurry he\ forgot to empty out the rinsing wa- | ter, Please excuse? Yes! $25 and costel | ;A sentence of thirty dags in Jail, which was later suspended pending | good behavior, was imposed on John | Risouskas who was arrested lase night | by Officer William Grace for beating up his wife. John said the trouble arose over the way his spouse treats the children. He has two by a form- er wife and three by Mary Mary's three get the best of everything and he objects. Patrick Warren was ‘also in He gol drunk yesterday and created a disturbance at his home at No. 320 Burritt street. Officer Wagner arrest- cd him. With tears ih her eves his mother testified that her son hit her and when Judge Meskill sent the voung man to jail for sixty davs she | broke down and sobbed aloud. court. RBETTER THAN DEC. 1913, Tax Collector Toomis Starts Handi- capped But Beats Record. Despite the fact that the early part | of the month was “slow,” Tax Col- | lector Loomis finished December ahead of the corresponding month | in 1913, besting those figures by | $675.31 The report for Taxes, 1914, $6,77 December follows: , 1913, $4,669.1 1913, $1,93 1914, $726,23, street sprinkling, 1914, $67.41. improv: $637.61;° 1913, stre t—‘( 1913, $146.91, WEATHER. Hartford, 1.—Cloudi- ness tonight followed by lo- cal snows Saturday; warmer. e b i | D North, North, Doher Doane, Dewey, Doher! DeWo Force, Fenton, Flana Tarrell, Fiora, Woodruff, pected to térially Helow Anderson, Anderson, Charles Brown, Brown, William Baisden, Charles azy, aker, Bushnell, Chilicki, Conway, Seveéral Others Left "%',‘000 or More.—Jdst of Those to Records. k W McGuire, large 7.13; Robbins, orth, was $19,226.6 y. and ‘minor and ws, Charles ws, Maria ws, Willis berg, Maria Joseph R George dezyk, Teofila e, Anna Antoni George M. . . Nicholas Carey, Thomas fiCarroll, Catherine ianson, John ree, Elizabeth Thomas Lucia John Kate David ty, Patrick ‘Matilda Minnie tv, Mary 1f, Arthur Elizabeth John Caroline gan, Mary Elizabeth John (Inc.) Goodrich, Julia Goszlar, Joe .. .. Hollyweod, Michael b ’g\ Hart, ITin, ¥ §rf William (Inc.) ker, Elizabeth e, Rudolph samp)e whxeh also proad to be be- | Higgins, lowhkgtandard ARt had \'e\v‘ll?ntlv signs To ' D Francis Mary Tattie Gustave Juengst, Henry Kaspe: Kemp | Kallberg, Keough, Kelly, @atrick .. + Ken Bridget | Kan Bessio Karas Lane, Lee, T Lewis, Lynch, Landgren, T.uger, J.asko rson, Herbert f, Anna Hanpah Mighael (I ewicz, Joseph Augustus .orenzo Edwin Catherine Charlotte Maria wski, Frank McAloon, Nora MceGu McGu Mason, Murray, inness, Thos. ire, Patrick Fred Daniel Morley, Elizabeth Meyn, Miras, Minogue, Moore, Mason, gan, Murray Ma Morga Nicole North, Norton oppi, adol | Ostrowski Porter | Peck Porter, ¥ | Rober Rober Roche, Robbins, Robbins, Roberts, | Root, Paul Antoni Ellen Henrietta James John Thomas n, Jane tti, Fre Manton C. Sarah Antoni vn, Mary, Alfred Catherine erine izaboth Stanislaw Mar ATy ederick tson, Florence tson, Sander Edward Henry Royal Harold Timothy ( Savage, Philip Stotts, Stanki | Schmallfuss, Bnow, Schutz, Surko, Smith Thomj Torino, Tato, Thomy Taylor, [ “ontinued Fred alis, Jonas . Annie Nancy ... Mary Julius Amy son, Mary Saverio Carmel »son, 2 Edwin on inventoried but a number of large claims are ex- reduce its net value et al. (.T\l. Vicialty of hich were Lucia Valued gt $200 and Over, Accord- With the exception of the estate of E will bly be small after all claims are paid, th@g largest estate of the filed with Judge B. F. Gaffney of the ‘court of probate is ‘that of Cohen, which amounted to $30,696.23. estates $26,369.70; Henrietta Moore, $20,525; proba- year 1914 Nicholas Nelson Case, $21,406; and Cather- 7.. The McGuire at Angelinesvs Alnc) and “incapable,” The list follows: amson, Sarah .. $89,956.57 is printed a list of estates of over flled during the year. The abbreviations are for “ spectively. “Inc.”” re- $627.63 10,790.37 1,750.06 3.250.00 600.00 5,000.00 656.22 1,800.00 20,505.64 725.00 1,616.20 1,250.00 200.00 391.03 2,792.22 5,199.47 40,696.23 715.37 492,66 291.00 2.245.48 3,436.04 24,367.18 900,00 683.80 1,254,62 4,167.54 53298 11,944.06 1,130.22 8,025.00 4(Inc.), Guigewpi declared that he washed out | Ingraham, Madeline . | Jost, . nc.) (Inc.) (M) (M.) M. ) Second Page.) 48 | 5.00 72.60 .00 .00 .16 .26 700.00 | 15,796.99 | 1,630.00 2,400.00 | ,255.38 51.65 | 650.00 | 305.28 | 1,158.79 769.06 | ma- | Charles 586, 013 PRISON&RS HELD IN 6?3 1ldst Does Not' Include cmumbf n- 1. Germany or Pflsonorl Poland or Transport. by wireless to Lon- ¥ m.—The total Wumber of prisoners of wa% heM in Germany at the end of the year amount to 8,138 officers and 577,875 men. This is shown in a summary is4 sued from headquarters today which points out that the list does not ‘m- clude civilians interned in Germany nor the prisoners taken during the pursuit in Russian Poland or those in transport. Of the above total the French con- tribute 3,459 officers, ingluding seven generals and 215,905 men; sians 3,675 officers, of whom eighteen are generals, and 306,290 men; the | Belgians 612 officers, including three | generals and 36,862 men, and the British 492 officers and 18,828 men. Headquarters takes occasion to say that the report that 1,140 German of- ficers and 134,700 men aré prisoners this list includes intern Probably not more than' cent. of the total are mil oners, it is declared. Ayillans, teen’ per fitary pris- URGES LAW TO EXCLUDE CHILDREN FROM DUMPS Mass. Child Labor Commit- tee Submits Report on “Child Scavengers.” Boston, Jan. 1.-—"Child scavengers the children of the tenements who 8o to dump heaps, freight yards, mar- kets and ash barrels in search of food, fuel and clothes, are the subject of a report issued by the setts child labor committee toda®: The committee, of which Graften D. Cugl- ing, lieutenant-governor-elect, is chairman, recommends legislation o exclude children from dumps, “In the Bosmn school distri | report says, “125 of the |dren at schoof do this work pick in all sorts of weather, with toes sticking out of their the coldest winter days. hands shake so that they hold their bags. the skin.’ The committe found same district 1,628 children made a practice’ of visiting markets, freight vards and wharves and picking over ash and garbage barrels for ice, pro- | duce, fish, potatoes and wood. | ¥ “Frequently,” the report says, “chil~ dren pick from refuse barrels mater- {ial which they eat up on the spot. In all scavenger work there is a strong incentive to theft, “Many echildren are eompelléd to | bring wood home every evening un- der penalty of being beaten. b The children’ Jump traing in order fo ‘steal coal.’” 2 i They bare shoes Then their can barely The ashes crack that in the PLAN NEW ROUTE TO ORIENT. Holland Mrunflhkn (ompany 1o Mako Use of Panama \..mll Washington, Jan 1 Cons crmor | General Harrison, cabiing iror, Mg . |ila-today reported to the war 'depane- ment he had been advised that a new line of steamers from New York to | Manila and the Dugch East Indieg by way of the Panama canal was being planned by the Holland Steamship company, opening a new {0 the Orient. Governor Hargison made no tion of reports that troops in had been held in quarters last night, and officiale of the insular bureau be- | lieved that if that had been done it was a new year's eve precaution tak- en particularly in view of the recent disturbances. LUGO EXECUTE Zach Tinker, His forms State Departmen{ of Deed. . | GEN, Jan, 1.—Manuei Garcia! Lugo, a general in the Mexcen fed- | eral army, executed last month | on his hacienda in the state of Coa- | huila, according to word vevmwdi here last night by Zach Tinker, his| father-in-law, through the state de- partment at Washington General Lugo was the Mexican mil- itary representative at the Louisiana Exposition here in 1904, Te married Migs Carrie Tinker of 8t. Louis, He was reported to own 50,000 acres of and other valuable property St. Louis was iand KNIGHTS OF ZION MEET. i 4 Fighteenth Annual Convention Opened at St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo, Jan. 1.—Delegates almost every state in the union were, in attendance at the opening here to- day of the eighteenth annual con- vention of the Knights of Zion Sunday, Louis D. Brandeis of Bos- ton, will zddress the conventfon. The aim_of the Zionist movement is to re-estabiish Palestine as the home { of the Jewlish race. FIRsT HUNTEF LICENSES. City Clerk A. L. Thompson today ued the first hunting licenses of 1915 They issued to John Daniel, Edward Rivers of 1 is- were and Clark street, the Rup- | of war in Russia is misleading, since | Massachu- | on | trade route“” wen- | Manila | Pather-in-Law In- | San D thousand 50N arose ‘Washingt) button tH midnight Expositi Januray Win the tre ‘Wilson af As th King Alfd ent Coun] with hi foreign Firewo nalled thi vesterday | there wi new city en on thi the Sun. o ] At 11: of thro world be| Diego, fo ury, int: formér After ded lexpositio | for Presi whom wi keys, and At mi and the | the Wh wires Pro ment. Sev Dedica the ‘expo In behal retary M} Other 'sp Barrett, | Americns tions of de Sulaz of Spain| other fo | overno ‘wmm 'S0CI on paa-;!ng uml‘ 4 opek Mguor w i catise of | wasie oy | sodweta [ ang® soq day. be tercolle A Ereat conditio At orgat work in " “The aibition agitation| Jation, coura, Mrs, | dent of | clared force a and & =similal e arouy =aid ral el no' d 2gT andidat, nfranc the prol they can n&«m re o M Coanne. thousa nellsvilie dally of the whose burg, P compan: sen, IN., Mr. Lynd first” mo and WAS welfare lages in 4 128 M Pittsby 123 mw in the laj the sla; This 18 eoroner’ Tocing whav 174