New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1915, Page 1

FI"MERALD BEST OF ALL "I LOCAL NEWSPAPERS LW \ /3 4 PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915-:T\Y/EL‘/E PAGES. | 1 HLIES CLAIM GANS N UPPER ALSACE . IND NEAR CRAONNE m War Oifics States Every Ger- ~am Allack in Western Fron- - tier Was Repulsed. [IGONFLICTING REPORTS COME FROM BERLIN HEAGQUARTERS the Turks Were Petrograd Claims | | ! ._Ahrown Back With Heavy Losses in | the Transcaucus and Constantinople | Maintains the Sultan’s Forces [n- flicted a Defeat on the Russians in‘ the Caucasian Region. The official reports of the war today —~_are in such conflict that the outcome | OY? recent hostilities, particularly in the west is left in doubt. In upper ,Alsace brisk fighting has been re- | ‘ sumed and the battle at Craonne con- | “stinues with undiminished severity. i The French war office statement announces that every German attack was repulsed and that every French “attack made progress. It estimates German losses in the last three days #4 20,000 and asserts that ground was won by the allies in upper Alsace and near Craonne. The German state- ““ment says that the French were de- feated in upper Alsace, fleeing in dis- order at two points, and that at Cra- onne another long section of trenches of the allies was captured. Germans Win Advantage. +&4 Concerning the war with Russia, the Berlin war office says that Ger- -~ man troops won the advantage in two s.unimportant engagements. "" ‘Severe fighting is in progress in the : Transcaucasus, where the Turks, not- withstanding their reported defeat re- -cently, are admitted by the Russian | military authgrities to have assumed | Afain an energetic offensive. An of- -~ ficial communicatiop from Petrograd “ 'says that the Turks made a series of attacks, but were thrown back with | heavy losses. Other Turkish defeats are announced in fighting in northern Persia. An officlal ‘announcement | from Constantinople, however, says| that the Turks inflicted a defeat on | the Russians in the Caucasian region. Great Battle in Galicia. " A great battle has developed Galicia, along a 100 mile front skirt- | ing the Carpathians. This struggle, | . which is in pursuance of the new ! . Austro-German plan of shifting the ‘;' i Weight of attack from Central Poland in i ! she encountered terriffic { the ship’s boats, | smashed- ! it applies to this war: ALGONQUIN BRINGS SURVIVORS HERE yde Line Freight Steamer, Herself a Wreck in Tow of Cherokee, Lands Other Shipwrecked Victims. New York, Jan. 28.—The Clyde line freight steamer Algonquin, herself a wreck in tow of her sister ship, the Cherokee, brought to this port today the survivors of two ship- ! wrecked vessels whom she picked up before she became disabled after hav- ing developed propeller trouble on her trip from Santo Domingo. Of the eight rescued men oboard the Algonquin seven were the captain and crew of the American schooner Fred- erick Roessner which sailed from Jamaica, December 3 for Stamford, Conn., with logwood. The eighth man was the purser of the steamer Anita, bound from Halifax for Kingston, which was wrecked on North Caicos Reef, January 10. Captain Swain of the Roessner said that after his vessel was out ten days gales and was completely disabled. The stays were carried away and all the sails stripped off. In the heavy pounding the schooner’s seams were opened and she was soon in a waterlogged con- dition. The crew attempted to launch but the boats were For three days the crew clung to the drifting wreck. Finally they were sighted by the steamer Iro- quois, which sent a boat to their relief, took them off and landed them at Turks Island. Thence they were brought to New York by the Algon- quin, “ONE MAN WITH €0D, ALWAYS IN MAJORITY” Kaiser States ' Principle in Conflict to War Corre- spondents. Berlin, via London, Jan. 28, 10:25 a. m.—Emperor William, speaking to the war correspondents at the general headquarters in the field, said: “Good evening. I pay Yyou compliments. You write and I thank you for it. You accom- plish excellent things and I read your articles very gladly. Your reports have a high patriotic tone and it Is of great value to our men in the my matter. “And now one thing more and note this, gentlemen. My principle—and is .the word of old John Knox, the reformeér in Scot- i land, that ‘One man with God is al- ways in the majority. The emperor’s birthday was ob- served at headquarters yesterday with a simple divine service held in field. The auditors included Prince “ '@ the south, may mark a turning point in the campaign in tle east and | ¥ # both the Russians and Ttutons at- | i tach the highest importance to the | outcome. The . Austro-German ar- | mies, if successful, would effectual- | Iy cripple Russia’'s drive at at northern Hungary. Thus far there | we no indications as to the result of | _319 fighting in this battle, which.; "~ probably is still in its preliminary | stage. An official statement from | Petrograd says merely that the bat- tle is developing on a large scale. *To the eastward, in, Bukowina, there is in progress fighting which is enother phase of the Austro-German " pmovement to drive back the Russians to their own territory. Apparently tHe Russian sweep across Bukowina has been halted. The Russian report states that artillery engagements are in progress but gives no information < as to the ouicome. Meanwhile the struggle continued | In the north, along the Warsaw front. Repeated German attacks were made, nd at the point, on the Bzura, the attackebs broke through to the Rus- | sian trenches. The Russian statement | says that later they were expelled at the point of the bayonet. | French Officials Statement. | Paris, Jan. 2%, 2:45 p. French official announcement whut by the war office this makes claims to uninterrupted French successes on January 27, the anni- versary of the hirth of Wmperor W liam, a day upon which the Ger ns had determined to be particularly ag- gressive. “The French were successful in every one of their endeavors, and they estimate the (German casualties during the days of January 25,'26 and 27 at no fewer than 20,000 men. At Craonne alone they say the Germans has losses amounting to 6,000 men. In this particular fight the T'rench govern- ment places her losses at 800. text of the communication follows: “January 27 was the anniversary of she birthday of Emperor William of Germany. Our adversaries an- nounced for this day a very alar effort, but if it was made by them t did not result to their advantage. German Attacks Repulsed. “The day was a good one for us xlong all“the front. Every German attack repulsed, while every French attack made progres “In Belgium the positic of the enemy were shelled, and several of als trenches were demolished To the (Continued on Eleventh Page) | | | m — The was i given | afterr.oon | The | partic- | Oscar, the fifth son of the emperor, Prince Prince Waldemar, the oldest son of Prince Henry of Prussia; General Falkenhayn, the chief of staff: Chan- i cellr Von Bethmann-Hollweg, Admir- al Von Tirpitz, the commander-in- cellor Von Bethmann-Holweg, Admir- cfficers. BAD COASTING ACCIDENT. Ruth Savinsky of Booth Street Suf- fers Broken Leg. , An unfortunate coasting accident occurred on Broad street last night when Ruth Savinsky, a twelve years old girl, was run down mid-way . up the hiil by a heavy double ripper loaded with boys. The girl was tossed to one side of the road and her right leg was broken. The police were notified of the ac- cident, which is of more than passing importance inasmuch as Booth street is one of the streets where sliding is prohibited by the police. ) MARRIAGE. APPROACHING John A. Wood of New Haven to Wed | Miss Agnes R- McAvay of This City. Announcement is made of the ap- proaching marriage of John A. Wood | of New Haven, to Miss Agnes R. Mc- | Avay of this city, which will be sol- emnized on February 4., The bride to be is the daughter of.Letter Car- rier Peter McAvay. After the wedding the young coupls | { will take up their residence in New | Haven. REQUISITION FOR ROE. Hartford, Jan. 28.—Governor Hol- comb today made requisition on the | governor of New York for the return to Connecticut of Harry E. Roe, now ! at Poughkeepsie and cused of the | murder of Hubert E. Case in Bark- | hamsted, November 28. It is expect- | ed Roe will reach Winsteq Friday night and, go before the grand jury | Saturday. TO TRY GERMAN AVIATORS. Petrograd, via London, Jan. 28, 9: | a. m.—The Novoe Vremya states that I in order to establish the legal status of bomb dropping, Russia will pla | the Germans captured in the Zep- | pelin, which recently attacked Libau, | on trial, They will be charged with !:lr()liplng bombs on an undefended | town. Norwegian | famously ! trenches when we can send them such | the | Friedrich T.eopold of Prussia; | PASSENGER POSITIVE TROLLEY STRUCK MAN Car Crew’s Repert Differs Frem That of Factery Official. BERLIN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE May Arrest the Motorman and Con- 1 ductor Who Appear to Have Tried to Evade Responsibility—Oscar Beck- strom the Victim. Tt has developed that Motorman Andrew Nelson’s report to his su- periors relating to the discovery of the body of Oscar Beckstrom on the | lats between this city and Berlin late Saturday night with the right leg severed, conflicts with accounts vol- unteered by people who were passen- gers on the car. As a result, the Berlin police authorities have begun an investigation and the probability is that arrests will be made. According to a story told by Super- intendent C. H. McCarthy of the Suf- field-Berlin Trap Rock company, the report of the car crew was untrue and it was the car which conveyed the injured man to the city which ran over and nearly killed him. { Conductor Indifferent. “The conductor was just about to hand me a transfer,” says Mr. Mec- Carthy, “when the speed of the car | was so suddenly slackened as to cause | him to lose his balance. Simultaneous- |1y, there was a jolt as the Wwheels | passed over some obstruction on the E track. I cried out to him. ‘You've run .o\'er somebody.’, but he did not heed me and continued to give out trans- fers even after the car had ‘stopped | and some of the passengers had gone | out to see what the trouble was. Finally, he went out. I followed him, and, about fifty feet behind the spot where the car was standing, we found the man. What there was of his right leg was lying across one of the rails l'and he appeared to be very seriously | hurt. The conductor bent down over | the man and, as he was about to ; leave the scene someone suggested { that the man be placed on the car { and rushed to the hospital in New : Britain. He waved this person aside, saying, ‘That's a coroner’s job. Let ! him stay here untii the = ambulance | comes,” but I insisted that the injured man be brought to New Britain in i that same car at once, and he un- doubtedly felt obliged to consent. Then, instead of hurrying along, as they should have done, the crew stopped the car at a corner a short way up while the conductor took time to telephone, presumably for the am- ! bulance and to converse with another car crew about the accldent. passengers on the car were indignant that the apparently dying man should be made to wait when the | conductor could have saved time by lnstructing the other crew to make all arrangements over the .telephone while his car proceeded into the city in all haste.” Motorman Evading Responsibility? In an interview with a Herald re- porter Monday morning, Framk I. Beardsley, superintendent of the local division, said that, according to the report which the crew 'had made to him, the motorman saw an object on the left rail in barely time to drop the fender on his car and shove it to one side to prevent it from going under the wheels, The superin- tendent had been given the impres- sion that Beckstrom had been in- jured previously in some manner, possibly by the car which passed over the line before Motorman Nelson's | car came along. However, the other | motorman iInformed the superin- tendent that he felt positive that his car had not struck anybody. Prosecuting Attorney William H. Gibney of Berlin was informed of the circumstances ' this 'morfiing and - he immediately’ began an'’investigation. The conductor whom Mr. McCarthy refers to is G. E. Provost. At the local hospital ported this afternoon that Beck- strom’s - condition is much improved and that his recovery is not impos- { sible. Besides the loss of his leg, he | suffered a number of other serious injuries, among which were several broken ribs. 1 it was re- WALSH DEFENDS BILL. Pemocrats Answering Republicans in Ship Purchasie Measure Fight. Washington, Jan. 28.—For the first time in the two weeks the ship bill | has been under a continuous republi can attack in the senate, the adminis- tration’s defense of the measure was | brought forward in a speech today by | Serator Walsh, who replied to Sena- tor Root’s contention that its enact- | ment would lead the United States | into foreign complications. | citing rules of the British admir- alty, the Declaration of London, de- cisions of the privy council, the | United States supreme court and state papers of a century Senator Walsh de- | clared the right of the United States | to purchase ships of the belligerents was unquestioned so long as thetrans- actions were in absolute good faith; that Great Britain had maintained the sume right for more than 100 years, and that France for the same length o¢ tiem acquiesced in the principle e declared that had Senator Root's argument been advanced by another it would have been accounted impos- sible. At length the democratic sena- {or quoted laws of courts and nations | to support his view. The | ! so raked over by Senator Klett as he | Judge John H. Kirkham to i Winters. | berts FIRST AID CLASSES AT Y. M. C. A. BEGUN S——— | 1] Febuary 26.—C. Erb Will Talk at Fireside Sunday. 8ixteen boys have enrolled for the class in first aid to the injured which will have its first session at 4:45 this afternoon under the direction of A. O. Washburn, the educational secr: tary of the- Y. M. C. A. A class in advanced work will be begun in a week or so by Kenneth Andrew, the physical director. A Dbanguet for the employed boys of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A. will be held February 26. It will be the sixth annual banquet of this group and will be open to all emploved boys, whether members of the association or not. An interest- ing program is being prepared by E. W. Yergin, secretary of the boys’ de- partment. C. Erb will give a talk at the fire- side meeting of the boys’ department Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clack. Mr. Erb will tell stories of the sea. All around athletics will be started among the junior classes of the Y. M. C. A. next week. Next Wednes- day evening at 7 o’clock the student juniors will play the freshmen team for the championship of the junior classes in basketball. SENATOR G. W. KLETT RAPS PALMISTS IN BIL Also Suggests Abolition of Several State Commissions —Meskill Reappointed. Several more vitally important bills were brought before the senate to- day by Senator George W. Klett, of this city. one of which provides that all clairvoyants and palmists shall be under the direct supervision of the chief of podice in the city where they are stopping and they shall be li- censed at a fee not to exceed $25 or less than §10. This measure is deemed a much needed one and in his capacity as prosecutor of the po- lice court Senator Klett has had oc- casion to see its need, having prose- cuted crooked fortune tellers several times. 4 Another bill introduced by the New Britain senator provides for the abolishment of the labor commission and factory inspectors. As a substi- tute for this commission he advises a commission of a single man and to make him alone responsible for con- ditions ufider him. The tuberculosis commission is al- does not think the present system works out to the best interests. His new bill provides for the abolition of the tuberculosis commission and re- commends a one man commission In- stead. Measures which would make it necessary to codify all laws in rela- tion to taxation were also outlined by Senator Klett and voicing the ideas of State Treasurer Frederick B. Chamberlain, also of this city, he recommended that there be estab- lished a state board of finance to be composed of three men. When the judiciary committee of the general assembly met to take up the matter of judgeships and assistant judgeships there appeared to be no opposition to Judge James T. Meskill for reappointment as judge of the New Britain police court and his | name went through with a unanimous vote. At press time the name of succeed Judge Willlam F. Mangan, demo- cratic appointee two years ago, had not come up for decision but it was intimated that there would be no op- position to him and it is probable that he will be named as Judge Mes- kill’s assistant. Chamber of Commerce Stenographer Becomes Bride Today. Miss Cornelia A. Vibberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Albert W. Vibberts of 1145 Stanley street, became the bride this morning at a nuptial maks in St. Mary’'s church, of Edward J. O’Connor, Jr., of 25 Capitol avenue, Hartford. The ceremony was per- formed at 9 o'clock by Rev. John T. Mr. O'Connor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. O'Con- nor, formerly of Park atreet, this city. He is employed in the accident un- derwriting department of the Aetna Life Insurance company. Miss Vih_ was emploved stenographer in the Chamber of mmerce of- fice. Miss Mary McCarthy was brides- maid and Raymond O’Connor, brother of the groom, was groomsman. Miss Vibberts wore a blue traveling suit and a picture hat of rose satin and plumes to match. Miss McCarthy wore a suit of heliotrope with a satin hat to match. The couple left immediately after the wedding for a honeymoon trip in the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts. On their return they wil reside at 25 Capitol avenue, Hartford. « S e WEATHER. ( Hartford. n. 28.—Clearing and colder tonight. Friday fair with a cold wave. e e NEW TROLLEY LINES 1 | Four Brancaes Will Take in Terr- ory i s Norih End. | RUN TO HARTFORD AND PLAINVILLE Bill for Company Introduced Into Legislature Today—Prominent Citi- { zens Are Behind the Movement— $500,000 Stock is Authorized. Representative E. W. Schultz today introduced into the legislature a bill authorizing the of the New Britain Street Railway company to be conducted by Mayor George A. Quigley, George M. Landers, Joseph | M. Halloran, Edward O. Kilbourne, William J. Farley, Charles Glover, George P. Spear and Mortimer H,i Comp as incorporators, To Construct Four Lines. | The bill would empower the com- | pany to lay, construct and maintain a line with motive power other than steam commencing at or near the cor- | ner of Myrtle and Main streets, con- | necting with the existing street rail- way, westerly along Myrtle sireet to the corner of Grove street, to Broad street, to Washington street, to Farm- | irgton avenue, to Commonwealth avenue, to McClintock road, to Stan- | ley street and on the Hartford road to | incorporation ‘ connect with the existing line at Elm- | wood. Another line would begin at the corner of Myrtle and Grove streets and run to North Burritt street, to | West Main . street and along the Plainville road to the center in Plain- ville. A third line would commence at the corner of Main and Broad streets and run westerly to Washington street. A fourth line would commence at the corner of Myrtle and North Bur- ritt streets and run to Osgood Hill avenue, to Farmington avenue and to | the corner of Commonwealth avenue { where it would connect with the line | first mentioned. May Run Over Other lines. | The company, if the bill is adopied, | will be entitled to operate its cars running between New Britain and | Hartford or between New Britain and Plainville as may be reasonably nec- essary to reach the central transfer points of said cities and towns. If the parties interested cannot agree upon | the terms under which the cars shall be operated on the board of public utilitiezs shall prescribe such terms and conditions. The company shall have the right to take land through condemnation pro- ceedings. Fifty thousand dollars is set for tha capital stock of the company with | which to start business but it will be | authorized to increase this to not| more than $500,000. The company will be authorized to lease or sell its property and fran- chise. The bill authorizes the calling of the first meeting of the stockhold- | ers. | E. BERLIN PEOPLE HURT IN RUNAWAY | | | Kaminski’s Horse Bolted When Sleigh Got Caught in Car Tracks and Overturned. Two Bast Beérlin people, Joseph | Kaminski and his mother, Mrs. Lenore | Keminski, injured a wild runaway on Main street at 11 | o'clock last night when, trying to | get out of the way of the were seriously in | in fire de- partment as it sped down the street | the runner of their sleigh got caught | in the car tracks and frightened their horse, causing it to bolt. They were rounding the park at| the center on West Main street when | they turned aside, hearing the fire | department coming. The horse bolt- | ed when the runner got caught in | fAhé fracks and overturned the slelzh.i Mrs. Kiminski was thrown violently | to the pavement, but the young man | held onto the lines and was dragged some distance. Dr. Joseph Walgh was nearby at the time and took the couple into Riker's drug store where he patched them up so they were able to re- turn home. The voung man's head and shoulders were badly bruiged and | he may be hurt internally His face | was alsa badly scraped. Mrs. Kam- inslsi complained of internal | pains. also MYSTERY OVER ARREST. William Webb Held in Toils a Little While While Hs Is Questioned. Much suspicion is attached to the arrest last night of Willlam Webb and his subsequent release. The pallce state that they wanted to have a “lit- tal talk” with him and that was all. It is also Intimated that another well kriown character, « friend of the for- | mer's, is belng sought by the police A ‘report that a well known tor’s office had been broken Into re- | ¢ cently and robbed of some drugs was | denied this afternoon by the physi- | ¢ cian and the police alsp disclaim any | { knowledge of the affair. | « « 1 doc- | | Government ! other | of the New York | Hartford ! eriminal charge of | crew | with | This was rail when the naval review will the President has taken up the ques- tion with Secretary tion monument to (en, | ROBBINS’ TRIAL PUT OVER TILL FEB. 23 Consents to Postpone- ment on Account of the Diness of Prisoner's Counsel. New York, Jan. 28It was an-| nounced at the United States district | attorney’s office today that the gov- ernment had consented to a postpone- ment till February 23 of the trial of | Edward D. Robbins of New Haven, Conn., originally set for today. Mr. | tobbins was indicted with twenty | directors and former directors New Haven and | company on A conspiracy in con- nection with the management of th New Haven’'s affairs. The illness of Addison S i Railroad Pratt, Mr. Robbing’ counsel, caused pongment of the trial While Mr. Robbins, not to be tried on the indictment it was said at the district attorney’s of- fice that the proceedings on February 23 would virtually amount to such a trial. Those proceedings to termine whether Mr. Robbing’ plea of immunity shall be permitted to stand Mr. Robbins based his plea on the fact that he had testified before the federal grand jury here January, 1913, it was said, and that he had committed no overt act since that date. The government charges that his testimony before the grand jury does not give him tmmunity for acis committed prior to January, 1913, and that, even if it did, the defendant has continued the alleged acts of spiracy since January, 1913, The question is to be decided jury. the post- technically, is are de- 'GREEK STEAMER TOWS PARODI INTO PORT Crios Rescues Drifting Ital- ian Liner Believed to Have Been Sunk. New York, Jan 28 —Italian's ’stvamshlp Angelo Parodi, which was lost from view of the revenue cutter to have gone down with her of twenty-seven, reached this port today in tow of the Greek steamer Crios. The Parodi lieved For four days Itasca stood by was exhausted revenue cutter and indeavored to get a line to the drifting The Parodi's food supply ship. ran | out and this increased the suffering | of the crew. High seas prevented the | Senate Ing House Makes T [0 Abolition of noon. ing surance and Transfer g Board of posed Ame New Haven islature. (SBELL PRESE FoR SIA L Hartford, Jang general legislal general assemb Lt Sen valuation was Cheney compani senate on Tuesd made threc am phraseology these the sen in bill in corcurers engrossing sary tion ports of the as the bi of securf cles i co ance commissio) are now due, appointing The senate pointing Jacob Geddes commi county and In by French and Wi sioners of Midd To In The senate I the resolution | investigate the between Shelt Itasca yesterday in a fog and was be | Both branel noon recess, as the supply had been adrift since | | January 19, when her supply of coal | the | ment. been exhausted Introduct] the ended The much less thy 1915 AGEregate n | clerks | their kinds will n records. In Itasca from avoiding either the ship | measures to pi | administration ernor Holcomb or those aboard During Monday night the Parodi dirfted away from the Itasca in thick weather. The cutter searched Tuesday and Wednesday and not finding it, sent a the Perodi had | sage, create a liffers from sunk about 380 miles off Cape Henry | Mr. Stoddard all on board. This said by the fact that the cutter en- countered a mass of wreckage in her search. After the Parodi became separated from the Itasca her officers said today the Greek steamer Crios sighted her. 6 a few hours after she had from the Itasca The in getting a line to took her in tow of the Parodi is second one achieved by the Crios in successive voyages. On her previous voyage from New York to Piraeus on November 23 the Crios fell in with the British steamer Gripwell, which har lost her propeller, and towed the Grip- January drifted away Crios succeeded the vessel and The rescue the belief was | ocrat, and w « it © health, o p 1 Py state f the approp ator 1sbell's he governor, Other Other bills its duties exami of ommission to ommissioner Wo years at ommissioner well to Gibraltar, a distance of 800 |4,.. ¢ the miles. The Perodi left Maddellena, Italy, thirty.three days ago for Baltimore MAY CHANGE PLANS OF CANAL OPENI Formal Ceremonies Probably Will Be | Postponed From March to July. 28.- the -Formal Panama Washington, Jan. cpening ceremonies at probably will be postponed and President to San Franciseo Panama later be held. Although no formal announcement )f the change in plans has been made, Canal frem March to July Wilson will go March and by in to Daniels The President today told the North ‘arolina congressional delegation he ytobably could not accept an invita- to speak at an unveiling of a Nathanlel Greene House, N. C., July probably would be at Guilford Court he At because ama 1¢ report of Governor Goethals hat he could not guarantee passage f warships at the original time set or the formal opening is understood b 1 b i a =i h i P w! st ar m re la ta. in have been chiefly instrumental in ringing about the change, le salary of $2 uty 600 that all necticut in credited to t recefved hon ureau of labo Ty inspector bor comm n advisory f a woman commissioner e replaced b culture who of the uties oner, and the state missioner to e to have comm issiol A proposed ter of the Ni follows ven and Hi authorized ledge or othi hole or any the capital owned by it reet rafl organized.” Soldien A soldters’ | pe re residents ates of t celve & rs, the x exempti The New Hi the senate ( Continued . the senat and whicl ail | the administ for the ship | guished from wireless | lier | message last night to Norfolk express- |10 {ing the belief that Among h v commigsioners,’ | other for three| vears, the tern at 3 o'clock the morning of [0 be six ye he $500 a year board of four times a