New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1915, Page 1

‘.’ won has been held. @ L s NEW BRITAIN Al PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1015 _TWELVE PAGES. German Trenchin Argonne Region Blown Up By Allies; French Adbance Checked| Second Grandson fiof"Italian Patriot Garibaldi Killed in Battle--Kaiser’s Forces Capture Several Trenches A German trench nearly half a mile long in the Argonne region was _blown up by the allies, according to today’s official statement from Paris. The French then made an infantry attack and captured half of the trench. During this charge a grandson of the The recent death in action of another grandson was said _ have reawakened the war spirit in Italy. # Aside from the fighting in the Argonne, Ttalian patriot Garibaldi was Killed. in Rome to activity is limited chiefly to upper Alsace, where the Germans seem to have checked the French ad- ““vance. Tne only claim made in the French statement is that the ground The loss of one position to the Germans is admitted. The Berlin war office states that the French are bombarding towns to the rear of the German lines and their own countrymen and to the destruction of French indifferent to the killing of homes.” The “‘seem capture of several trenches from the allies is reported. Fighting continues along the main line west of Warsaw, but des- patches from Petrograd and Berlin agree that there have been no impor- jitant development recently. Today’s German official communications says " that a few Russians positions were captured. The garrison which has been defending the Galician fortress of : 'Pnemysl, under siege by the Russians for many weeks, attempted an- & 3 other sortie. Of the force which made the effort it is said at Petrograd that not one man regained the fortress, every member of the party be- ing killed, wounded or captured. In the Austrian province of Bukowina the Russians, Petrograd despatches, are meeting with little resistance. “"tions have ‘been established between according to Friendly rela- the Russian soldiers and the frontier guards of Rumania which adjoins Bukowina, and it is believed in Petro- grad that Rumania is likely to enter the war. *Turkish Forces Fighting Against Hopeless Odds London, Jan. 6, 12:32 p. m.—The crushing blow the Russians appear to have dealt the Turks in the Caucasus and the further advance of the French in Alsace on the road to Muel- ~hausen continues to hold the fore- ground in the war news today in the absence of any other important de- velopments east and west. It is felt in England that the re- ported rout of the Turkish invaders of the Caucasus, with the defeat of their plan to sieze the Russian fortress at XKars, gives the Ottoman forces such _%mm-setback that the much discussed in- vasion of Egypt is now virtually out of the question; at the same time the pressure on the Russians from the east has been so far relieved as to preclude any necessity of withdraw- ing Russian forces from the Polish and Galacian fronts for seryice in the Caucasus. g Petrograd reports that the Turkish defeated at Ardahan (forty {les northwest of Kars), which is . distinct from the forces reported to % ., French forces. 4 ‘have been crushed or captured at Sari Kamysh was today almost completely surrounded and being harrassed by Russian cavalry and ‘‘doomed to in- evitable extermination.” Tt was added that the Turks were fighting with great bravery and de- termination, but against hopeless odds, as the roads along which they scught to rétreat were blocked by deep SNow. This is the defeat of a Turkish army corps which Grand Duke Nich- olas referred to vesterday to General Joffre, commander in chief of This despatch an- ‘nounced also the capitulation of the entire Turkish ninth army corps at Sari Kamysh. The fact that such a communication has passed from the allied leader in the east to the leader in the west is taken in London to in- dicate that the Russian claim is neither exaggerated nor premature. ‘While there has- been virtually no change to the west of Warsaw, it is the opinion of British observers of events that the Russian general staff ig giving many indications of an in- tention to strike a heavy blow in Hun- gary. With Bukowina occupied, the time is ripe for an invasion of Tran- sylvania, an eastern province of Hun- gary bordering on Rumania. Nearly three million of the population of this territory are of Rumanian. stock. Ac- cording to a contention of the allies, these people may be expected to seize the opportunity to throw off the rule of Austria and unite with Russia. Rumania has not vet abandoned her neutrality, but a warning has gone out to her reservists to hold , themselves® in readiness for service, and developments soon may be e peted. The advance guard of Rus- sians along the Rumanian frontier hag been selected of men Who spez the Rumanian language and have Rumanian sympathies. According to advices reaching l.ondon these sol- diers everywhere are being received with friendliness. A dispatch from Paris states that developments ‘“‘of the highest im- portance” are imminent in Rumania. A dozen French and British newspa- per correspondents left Paris today for Rumania by way of Bulgaria. \ French Forces Advance at Four Distinct Points is, Jan. 6, 2:40 p. m.—French s yesterd: y advanced at four d tinct points along the battle front ex- tending from the North sea to Alsace and gave zround in one instance, 2 to the official announcement afternoon by I'rench “tment. gains clainied ac- the by the Irench in the region to the northwest of Rheims in the forest of LaGrutie, near the Ravine of Courts Chausee and in the Forest of LaPretre. In Al- The were the | of of sace the Germans regained one their old trenches in the vicinity Steinbach. The official statement also indenti- fies the second Garibaldi reported ‘killed in action on the French battle- field as Chief Adjutant Constantino Garibaldi, a brother of Lieut. Col. Peppino Garibaldi. Another brother, Lieut- Bruno Garibaldi, was killed December 30, while leading a charge of Italian volunteers against the Ger- mans in the Forest of Argonne. The text of the communication follows: “In Belgium the enemy delivered, but without success two attacks in the region of the Dunes and to the south- east of St. Georges. “On the rest of the front, to the north of the Lys and from the Lys, to the Oise there has been nothing ex- cept artillery fighting. “In the valley of the Aisne and ia the Sector of Rheims our batteries gained the upper hand over those of the enemy, reducing them to silence. At a point/ northwest of Rheims it is reported that certain of our troops have made an advance of about one hundred yards. 2 “In the Argonne there developed a very spirited action which permitted us to retake 300 yards of trenches in the Forest of LaGrurie at the same place where there was recently - a slight giving away, as previously re- ported. From Bagatelle, and from Fontaine Madame there were deliv- ered two violent German attacks, each of which was repulsed. A complete German regiment was engaged in each movement. “Near the Ravine of Courte Chaus- see we blew up by exploding a mine, 800 yards of German trenches half of which we subsequently occupied. “From the Argonne to the Vosges i the bad weather has continued. There has been fog and mud. At different points along this front there have been fairly spirited artillery ex- changes. In the forest of Le Pretre, near Pont-A-Mousson, we have con- tinued to gain ground. “In the region of Thann (in upper Alsace) in spite of a violent cannon- ading, we retained the gains achieved { the night before at Stelnbach as well as in the trenches to the southwest and to the northwest of this village. The enemy succeeded in reoccupying one of his former trenches on the east flank of a nearby height—the summit of which, however, remains in our possession. “It should be set forth that in the Argonne, near the Ravine of Courte Chaussece, at the point where we blew up the German trenches, the at- tacking regiment commanded by Lieut. C'ol. Garibaldi delivered a vig- orous assault against the breach made by the explosions. The Italians cap- tured 120 prisoners, including twelve under-officers, and took one machine gun and one caisson. The chief ad- jutant of this regiment, Constantine Garibaldi, brother of Lieutenant Col. Garibaldi, was killed during this at- tack.” Germans Capture Trenches in Forest of Argonne Berlin, Jan. 6, by Wireless Telegra- phy to London, 2:55 p. m.—French trenches in the Argonne were occu. pied yesterday by German troops, and in upper Alsace French troops were driven away from a position near Sennheim (Carney) according to the German official announcement given out in Berlin this afternoon. In Poland relatively minor German suc- cesses are related. These include the taking of 1,400 prisone: The text of the announcement ws “In the the French fol- western wrena of the war continued yesterday their systematic bombardment of villages tuated behind our front. They seem indifferent to the killing of their own | countrymen and to the destruction of French homes. In any event this (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ROBBERS PREY AS PRIEST PRAYS Father Bojnowski’'s House FEentered and $50 Stolen During Church Hours: ing the early morning mass at the Sacred Heart church today and the | Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the church, was celebrating the mass and praying for the welfare of his flock, unknown robbers entered the priest’s house on Orange street and ransacked their pains. Then they escaped before any one returned to note the loss. As soon as Father Bojnowski dis- amination, going over the entire premises. From his observations he is inclined to the belief that the job was work of a petty thief who affected into the celler. From the cellar to the upstdirs apartments was an easy matter. So far as is known, however, the robber took nothing else of value ex- cept the money. It was in the bed- rooms occupied by the two maids that this was found. One of the girls had 32 saved up and hidden in her room and the other had managed to save up a roll of §18. The thief was successful in finding both and did not even hother to leave a receipt. Neither of the two girls can throw any light on who a possible suspect could be. MEMBERS OF CAST I SOCIETY PLAY PICKED Max Whiting, Director, Is Working Hard on “The Red Mill.” The complete cast of “The Red Mill,” the play to. be given by New Britain society folk Feb. 2 and 3 at the Russwin Lyceum, was announced today as follows: Con Kidder .. Kid Connor .. Jan Van Borker Franz Eliot Porter Willem Chas. Sahrbacher Capt. Doris Van Damm Louis Jones Governor of Zealand Fred Latham Joshua Pennyfeather Gretchen Bertha A. Corbin Wetmore . Howargd C. Wilson Thos. Gavin o .. ‘Helen Harris . Ruth Griiet McKinnie Tina . . . . Margaret S. Wetmore Countess e Anna Bodley The rehearsals started in this week under the direction of Max Whiting, of New York, one of the most capable directors that has ever been in New Britain. Because of the excellence of his work with the prin- cipals and chorus, it is confidently ex- pected that ‘“The Red Mill” will be the best staged production ever put on by amateur talent in the city. A cast rehearsal was held last night and another will be helds Thursday evening. General rehearsals will be held tonight and Friday night. Tn addition to these rehearsals, Mr. Whiting is working with individual groups at all hours of the day. ! Mr. Whiting has had much experi- ence with “The Red Mill.” He plaved with Montgomery and Stone in the original production and staged the play at Detroit last year under the auspices of a society there. He is. therefore, familiar with all the de- tails of the work and is particularly careful and thorough. HOLMES SWORN IN Brick Manufacturer Takes Place Caused By Removal of Mr. An- drews After Talk With Mayor. Frank H. Holmes took the oath of office as a member of the board public safety this Clerk A. L. Thompson. noon from City He was ap- who has been removed by Quigley. According to the mayor Mr. Holmes did not decide to accept the commis- sionership until a late hour last night. The mayor, Mr. Holmes and Chairman H. S. Tallard of the board of health office yesterday noon and when asked the purpose of the meeting Quigley informed a reporter that was to discuss health matters Mr. Holmes is well known in brick manufacturing circles and has a wide circle of friends. He is a young man and 1s said to be of the ‘fighting type.” He is the son of John W, Holmes, the brick manufacturer, with whom he is connected and he is sec- of the local brick exchange, He is « graduate of Trinity college. Mr. Holmes held a conference with Mayor Quigley this morning and later to the city clerk’'s office where he took the oath. Mr Andrews stated late this ternoon that there were no new velopments the safety board troversy as far as he cerned. it went af- de- con- con- in ‘While the entire household, includ- | ing the two housemaids were attend- | it completely, getting fifty dollars for | . covered that his home had been vis- | ited by thieves he notified the police | and Detective Sergeant Samuel Bam- | forth at once conducted a careful ex- | an entrance through a rear hatch-way | Harold White | earnest | ON SAFETY BOARD | of | pointed to succeed Joseph R. Andrews | Mayor | held a long conference in the'mayor's | Mayor | | HOLCOMB SWORN IN AS SIXTY-SIXTH GOVERNOR Chief Justice Prentice ‘Administers Oath to New State Execuivs. CEREMONIES WERE VERY SIFPLE General Assembly of 1915 Convenes— Sen. Bartlett ChoSen President Pro tempore of Senate and Rep. Healcey Elected Speaker of House. Hartford, Jan. 6.—Marcus H. Hol- comb of Southington took the oath of | office as the sixty-sixth governor of | Connecticut today in succession to Governor Simeon E. Baldwin. The state officers elected last November | also were sworn in, and as all, with the chief executive, are republicans, the state administration once again became republican in all its depart- | ments. Ceremonies Very Simple. The inauguration of Holcomb did not depart from the time honered, simple ceremonies, in | which the only display was provided by the military escort of the retiring | and incoming governors from their hotels to the capitol. The usual procession was formed within the capitol and marched from the executive offices to the chamber of the house of representatives head- ed by High Sheriff E. W. Dewey, of Hartford county, and including the two governors, the justices of the su- preme court of errors, state officers, the military staff of Governor Hol- comb, and invited guests, where the | new executive was sworn in by Chief Justice Samuel O. Prentice. Governor General Assembly Convenes. The general assembly of 1915 came into being today for its biennial ses- sion which will last until the second Wednesday of June under the con- stitution. The organization of both | branches confirmed to the desires of | the republican caucuses held last | night. Senator Frederick A. Bartlett | of Bridgeport was chosen president pro tempore of the senate and Sabin 8. Russell of Killingly clerk. The Rev. J. Frederick Sexton New Haven, a former chaplain, named as senate chaplain and con- firmed. Mr. Russell named W. Ar-| thur Countryman, Jr., of Hartford, as | his assistant. He is a son of W. A. Countryyman, a former editor of the Hartford Post, and nephew of Rev. Mr. Countryman, a former house chaplain. of was | Healey Elected Speaker. In the house Frank E. Windsor Locl ed speaker terbury, democ | vote. Healey of republican, was elect- Devine of W . on a straight party over at Jesse Echo of Democratic Control. An echo of democratic control of the senate of 1913 came to the pres- | ent session in the form of the joint rules which require adoption. These ! rules were changed at the last session so that they increased the democratic | minority representation in the house on the committees by decreasing the number of house numbers from eleven tc nine. The republican majority to- day restored the rules in this particu- lar to their form prior to 1913 and in addition adopted a new ‘rule re- quiring that committees shall make reports on bills within two weeks after | an executive session of the committee has acted upon a matter. The old rule required a report but fixed no limit of time. The revised rules offered by Senator Isbell were adopted in both branches. A new committee is created on state parks and reserva- | tions in place of the old committee on Putnam memorial camp. Changes in the senate rules were | @also made to ellminate two rules which the democrats adopted in 1913. Rule 18 Stricken Out. ! Rule 18, which is stricken out, read: | ‘““When the senate has voted to ap- point a cornmittee to prepare a bhill or resolution no person shall be on such committee who was opposed to the | i i vote of the senate. | Rule 26 eliminated in part referred | | to persons who should be given the eedom of the senate chamber and adjoining rooms. The rule as it | now stands throws the senate cham- | ber open to spectators. Senator Tsbell explained that this latter rule was a | source of annoyance in the last session. The revised senate rules were adopted. Committees Confirm Eiections. Committees of both branches having canvassed the vote for governor, lieut-governor and state officers re- pcrted to both branches confirming cn the part of the legislature those | clections. Introduction of cease with the January 28 Before recessing both bodies voted that when they adjourned they would dc so until next week Wednesday. Phillips Opens Senate. Sescretary of State Albert Phillips | lared the senate opened. Rev. J, Sexton addressed the mem- new business will | session of Thursday, | de FPrederic (Continued on Tenth Puage.) Hartford, Jan. relatively mild Thursday. e ! 6.—Rain and tonight and | convention here this week | lowed in the wake of the war. | tributed | Wilson today reciterated | take the same position | man spies had | ELEVEN ME | Blanket Permit G | addressed | wherever | seribed with STANLEY SALESMEN MAKE SACRIFICE Men Here for Couvention Give Banquet and Vote Money to Up Charitable Purposes. The Stanley Works salesmen in voted i | | to give up the annual banquet at the Ho- : tel Bond and give the money that | would be spent in this way to charity. ' It is expected that half of the fund i will be given to local charities and | half to provide relief for the sufferers | in Europe. The organization which | will be entrusted with this relief work ‘ has not yet been selected. The Stanley Works has given salesnien a banquet at the close each convention and this year it was planned to have the banquet at the Hotel Bond Friday evening. On con- | sideration, however, the officers of the Stanley Works felt that such a cele- | bration would not this year be fitting on account of the general upheaval in Europe and the suffering that has fol- When referred to them, the forty or more salesmen that gathered here this week heartily approved of the idea. A sum | of money equal to what would have been spent at the banguet will be dis- by the salesmen at the end of the we¢ its | of | WOMAN SUFFRAGE STATE | ISSUE, DECLARES WILSON President’ Reiterates Hisi Position to Delegation of Suffragists. i 6.—President | delega~ | Washington, Jan, to a tion suffragists his ously announced position that franchise should be brought about through action by the states rather | than through a federal constitutional amendment. Nearly one hundred | women from different parts of the ! country met the president at the | White House to ask him to support the Bristow-Mondell amendment, | which comes to a vote in the house | Jan. 12. | The president told the women that | he much admired their skill and te- | nacity in their campaign but that he had announced before that he was opposed granting woman suffrage through federal action. He spoke of the importance of the movement and | his appreciation of the call today. | I have had a life long conviction that this should ‘e ' done’ state. . by | state.” sald the president. “I would on a question affecting men's suffrage. I would be | deserting my deepest constitutional | convictions if T changed my position on the subject. My views on question do not represent any an- | tagonism to the cause itself.” | Mrs. George A. Armes of the District of Columbia branch of the Wilson | and Marshall league, headed the dele- | gation which included the wives of | several democratic members of con- | gress and committees from Maryland, Delaware, New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. GERMAN SPIES AMONG CANADIAN TROOPS | of women previ- equal | Forty-three Arrested in England Re- ports Toronto Lawyer—One Killed | | When Charge Was Made. | | New York, Jan. 6.—Charles Walter, an attorney of Toronto, Canada, an- | nounced today upon returning to New York from England aboard the steam- ship Minnehaha that forty-three Ger- | been arrested among the Canadian contingent troops which sailed to England last fall. Mr. Walter said that he had been largely instrumental in identifying the prisoners and in causing the.arrests. All the men, he said, had enlisted in Canada One of the forty-three, ac- cording to his announcement, was i killed by the members of the company in which he had enlisted when the charge was made that he was a Ger- man spy The other forty-two alleged spies, | according to Mr. Walter, had been | locked up. What was done with themn afterwards, he said, he did not know. of | | | IN ONE DAY. | ven Suffragists For | Street Meetings. TING Eleven meetings were held yester- day by the campaigners for woman suffrage who have invaded New Brit- ain this week. Miss Alyse Gregory a meeting of the Central |© Labor Union last night and ncxt Sun- day afternoon one of the orators will | address the socialists. |4 Miss Gregory is in Stratford today | so there will be no address made to | the Italians this evening. The reg- | ular meetings wiil begin at & o'clock. | The suffragists have been glven a Dlanket permit to hold street meetings the will whenever make addresses | opportunit and nd in city offers. S0 eagel to were the children hatbands and buttons in- Votes For Women™ that | the organizers had to discontinue dis- tributing them indiscriminately when their supplies were almost exhausted yester aay zet i { cordon scene vietims. assumed | | most ‘ in New York ' One -;IA("ill-ed;i 200 Sub Panic andCanfus Scores Unconscio o us, Smoke, Cause Erroneo As to Number of Perso New York, subway Jan. 6.—New , York's was visited by fire and panic today which sent some 200 persons to hospitals, caused the death of one woman and demoralized the transpor- tation system of the city The fire was said to have been due to an electrical explosion in a conduft between the Fiftieth and ' Fifty-ninth street stations. The noise, flame and smoke terrified the seven hundred or more passengers of two down town trains stalled nearby, and in their ef- forts to escape scores were badly bruised, many were knocked uncon- scious and still others were overcome | by smoke. May Cause Long Delay. The subway service, it was said lat- er, may be tied up for several days as a result of the accident. If this proves true, it wil) mean that the more than a million persons a day carried by sub- way trains will be diverted to the sur- face and elevated systems It was at first thought there been terrible catastrophe, and ports reached police headquarters that at least a score had been killed The entire fire department and all the ambulances in the city, together with the pulmoter squad were rushed to the scene. Smoke was pouring out of the subway entrances, man holes and ventilators and screams for help could be heard. It tupned out, how- ever, that while police and firemen had more than they could do in bring- ing out the unconscious, including the score or more of women who fainted, the early reports had been exaggera- tions. It was more than three hours after the accident happened that had a that time in the streets nearby there | was a continuous procession of ambu- lances and private automobiles re- moving the injured to the various hos=- pitals. The accident was described by the police as the worst in the history of the subway. During the first ex- citement the authorities seriously con- sidered blowing up sections of the street on either side of the scene of the accident to let fresh air in the tube. Fire Chief Kenlon said that when his men entered the two trains they found many of the passengers gitting in their seats unconscious, oth- ers lying in the aigles, and everywhere evidences of a terrific panic floors were strewn with hats and torn | clothing. Still others were found y- ing on the ground beside the tracks. | Practically every window of the cars was broken. Died in Ambulance. A surgeon attached to the Polyclin- this | ;o hospital reported that one injured woman had died in an ambulance on her way to the hospital. Two hundred persons in all were taken to the Polyclinie, the surgeon re- | the | last passenger was rescued and during | The | Brooklyn B {trance was sands. For | of police r crowds thedg restored. Elevated were packe the city wif turned aw Sixty pes conscious ed the fire to hospitals re well. Fire Coy ceived repi to the effé fined to t eral person| great many Ventilatio from the # tieth and 1and many moved in th Man All man as well as the openin their hose. | crawled do smoke that| | and Fifty-n tube itself Through from the the red A | peared to The fire the Fiftiet] stations, passengers said after an explosio almost im Aboard t rush for t open doors: a stream.a struggled ently ohW third rail, The phatfol Jammed al | existe som ‘ down and v Emerg: brought te in Manhatt} scious vi tube they | carried to and gliven squads of | | great was | fire fightin in the wi said, but as far as he knew, with this scious one exception, none had been fatally injured. The fire broke out in a Fiftieth and Fifty-ninth streets sta- tions by an earlier accident in power house of the system which tied up the service. Collision Was Reported. ’ Unofficial reports placed the cause of the fire as a collision between ox- press trains. At the time of the fire the subway contained smoke from a previous fire, extinguished only few minutes before, at the Spring street station. It was shortly before 9:30 o'clock that wisps of smoke began to curl from the manholes along Broadway between the two stations. The spot where the fire burned fierciest was at a point opposite Fifty-sixth street Hampered in their efforts to reach the blaze, the firemen dug into the paving with their axes They suc- subway at Fifty Third street. From Hose wags di- and even of smoke and flames rected through the openin hand extinguishers were used With Ambulances, the streets were with the fleet of ambulances came from all over the city. A thrown around Broadway by the police held in check tens of thousands of &pectators, The tie-up started at & o'clock this morning, the busiest period of the rush hour. An hour and a half later a slow express service was started only to be halted by the discovery of fire Three alarms were turned in. Fight ambulances were sent to the More were called for imme- Tined For ten blocks lined that iiately. Many Unconscious Vietims, From trains stalled between stations iremen emerged bearing unconscious Every available fireman hat could be spared was called out o help Fire Adamson of the scurrying with orders (o ailable to the before obtained Commissioner yersonal charge sit uatior men through wut the ¢ pulmaotor av f the victims notors could be sent it hring Some died the | Manhattan Entrance Crowded of prevailed station. which at al At the Congestion, the like has seldom seen subway ity every subway | | train which was one of a long line of rush hour trains held up between the the | 8 who | ry | the | | telephone | the firem The tr: | from the fi to Brook | persons sti and subwi | oughs in | tan. Q As the streame 0O his arms tered the The bod on the pl station an | Baffled | vietims | cars, Insp | of compi | gers by | with inst | mite. He | necessary, | thus affe | ceeded in making a hole above the | {hrough | nampered. | this opening there belched a volume ! { AT T [ Many I Hant Many 10 brilljant Governor Foot Guard them will | Klett and Schultz an | Major | representis {will attend this eity and Lieu | as staff off] lanx loan company, | their rece | Among are Mayor Burckhard Webster, Rouse and 1 | | “THES | The sul | Dansants,’ | consisting | and Miss 4 | been nu | cess to t | fair will B from four held Jan uary 23,