New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1915, Page 11

LIES CLAIM CAINS N UPPER ALSACE AND NEAR CRAONNE (Contlnued from First Page.) bth of the Lys the British artil- ry shelled the roads over which the prman troops were moving, as well the points where they were fnbling. In the sectors of Arras, Albert, re, Noyon and Soisson there was ermittent cannonading and rifle ing at variaus points. The infan- {' of the enemy endeavored to come of its trenches to attack, but it S at once driven back by a se- re fire. b rimans Lost 6,000 Mecen. 'In the region of Craonne the total Bses suffered by the Germans on the bth and the 26th of January un- as- bubtedly reached the equal of one | igade (a brigade in the German my totals 6,000 men). 7The German Isoners in our hands all are un- pr the impression that they have en strongly checked. Our losses | cead, wounded and missing for ese*’two days arc about 800 men d they can be explained by two ings: [First, the severity of the Eiating and second, by a partial iand- de at an old quarry in which l\\'n’ French soldiers had during the bombard- was reported vesterday, shut up in the quarn were taken pri- mpanies of ten shelter ent. As cse men wer hd they doubtless e!".s;.b_\' the enemy. During the first prt of this attack our counter at- cks resulted !n bringing again into pr possession all of the territory in ispute. “In the aector of Rheims and from eims to the Argonne, there was an ery duel in which our heavy ar- mastered the batteries of the As was set forth in our an- last night, we have progress to the orth of Senones. Three attacks in e Argonne, at Fontaine Madame, livered at 6 A. M., 10 A, M. and P. M, were completely repulsed. here was the same outcome to three perman attacks in the Forest of Dail- v, to the southeast of St. Mihiel. De- achments of the enemy were driven back at Parroy and at Bures. On the lope” of Mount Henri our advance mounts te about 400 yards. ade an equal advance to the fest of Senones, and in the vicinity Ban-De-Savnt, near Launois, we gained ground and broke in upon the supplimentary defenses of the ecne- nemy. jouncement of adesr perceptible Claim Progress in Alsace, “We made progress also in Alsace. the region of Ammerzweiller and Burnhaupt-Le-Bas the territory oc- jupied by us was retained, Near Car- ey the attack of a German battalion vas repulsed. “Judging from the number of dead pund on the field of battle on Jan. B, 26 and 27, to the west of Ypres, t La, Bassee, at Craonne, in the rgonne, in the Woevre and in the orges, the losses of the enemy dur- ng these three days would appear to e greater than 20,000 men.” German Official Statement. Berlin, Jan. 28, by wireless telc- graph to London, 3:10 p. m.—Victory for German troops in two important enga}’cmonts along the western front is announced in an official communi- cation from the war office today. In. the region of Craonne another section of the trenches of the allies was cap- tured, and in upper Alsace the French retreated in disorder after suffering 1cavy losses in attacks on the German positions. Tn the eastern campaign wo small defeats of the Russians are eported. The statement follows: “Western theater of war: ages of Middlekerke and Klype, on he coast of Flande were bombard- d by the enemy’'s artillery. “In the heights of Craonne another 00 pietres of trenches adjoining on he east the position we captured on the day before vesterday was taken from the enem, French attacks were repulsed without difficulty, 1,100 Prisoners Captured. (he enemy has suffered heavy lo®ses in the battles between the 25th hnd the 27th of January., Over 1,500 dlead Frenchmen were found on the batti¥field. Including those reported on-the 27th, 1,100 prisoners fell into e hands of our troops. ‘In the Vosges several French at- acks in the neighborhood of Senonges and Bau-De-Sapt were repulsed, with The vil- delivered a series of vigorous attacks on our position, all of whiech we re- pulsed. In the vicinity of OIlti, fift five miles west of Kars, the Tur following their custom of recent d of taking the offensive, sent forward an enveloping column. This column was, ‘nowever, thrown back by us and the Turks sustained heavy losses. Kurds Repulsed Everywhere. “In -Azerbaijan province, Persia, the activity of the enemy is increas- ing. It has been noticed particularly that numerous bands of Kurds, sup- ported by regular Turk troops, have undertaken offensive operations lon | ! | [ies. | reads as follows: ! m.—The arrival in the vicinity of Khoi, but they every- where have been repulsed. “Along the other Caucasian fronts »nuary 26 the military activity was limited to rifle firing.” Russian Official Statement. Jan. 28.—The general staff of the Russian army today gave out a communication on the progress of the fighting with the Teutonic al- It is dated January 27, and Petrograd, “In Oriental Prussia fighting has continued in the region of Malwisch- ken and Lasdehnen. Germans Forced Back. “On the right bank of the lower Vistula there took place again an ar- tillery engagement and encounters with advance parties of the enemy. In front of this river, in the neigh- borhood of Skempe, we were success- ful in forcing back several German battalions, “The night of January 26 and the day follows saw no important change on the left bank of the Vistula. The Germans, however, delivered reiter- ated attacks against our front in the vicinity of Bolimow, but in every case they were driven back. During one of these engagements some detach- ments of the enemy who have been successful in gaining our trenches were despatched at the point of the bayonet. Attacks Prove Futile. “Attacks made by the enemy in the vieinity of the villages.of Rabske- budy and Kamion also resulted in failure. “In the course of January. 26 ou artillery bombarded with success the lines of the enemy and reduced to silence a German battery located at the village of Atlanka, which is near Sochaczow. Engagements in Galicia, “In Galicia the engagements are developing on a large scale, The front extends from .Mount Dukla to Mount Wyszkow. On the right wing of this front we have captured one hundred prisoners and two machine guns, “In Kukowina on January 25, in the vicinity of Walehutna to the souta- west of Kimpolung, there was an ar- tillery engagement.” Mine Gorges of Danube. Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 28, 6:15 a. of a regiment of Hussars at Orsova, on the frontier, is an- nounced here. The Serbian engineer corps has mined the gorges of the Danube from Trehia to Belgrade and has fortified all the defiles through which the Austro-German troops could invade Serbia. German Serbo-Rumanian LOCAL ELKS ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES services for Late M. J. Hafey, of Hartford, Held This Morning in Capital Ci!‘.\‘. A good sized delegation of Elks from this city attended the funeral gervices of M. J. Hafey, the well known Hartford politician and Elk, held at 10 o'clock this morning from St. Auguistine’s church in the Capital City. Rev. Father Barry, him- self a member of the Elks, celebrated the requiem mass and then delivered a touching eulogy on the deceased. Father Barry dwelt on the certaint; of death ard judgment and then re- ferred to Mr. Hafey’s undying loyalty to his fraternal lodges and con- cluded by saying that he was no less loyal to his church and his God. Those who attended the services from New Britain lodge of Elks were Past Exalted Rulers William F. De- laney, George E. Bunny, H. C. Brown, William E. Beers and August Burck- hardt, and Treasurer James M. Cur- tin, Michael T. White, J. M. Finnigan and W. W. Hanna; Past Exalted Ruler P. J. Murray of Torrington lodge, also attended the services. { had conducted, 10 PROBE CONDITIONS OF TRANSPORTATION {Industrial Reiations Commission | to Undertake Work. York, Jan. 28.—Frank chairman of the federal on industrial relation n- nounced today that the commission would conduct in Chicago an investi- gation into the entire transportation conditions of the country, the rela- tians between railroads and their em- ploves, and conditions among the workers. This investigation, Mr. nounced, will be begun within a few days after the commission shaill have concluded its hearings here, which is expected to be ‘the latter part of next weelk. Garretson § 5 | | | com- | Walsh an- Queslions lLec. Ivy stand J.. Lee, upon resuming the upon the re-convening of the ion today, was questioned by oner Garretson. Mr., Lee testified that his personality played no part in the publicity campaign he but that he had en- deavored to present truthfully the views of the people he represented. The witness said that Elbert Hubbara wrote to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., that he intended to write a magazine article about the Colorado situation. Mr. Rockefeller asked the operators to give Mr. Hubbard all the informa- tion he desired should he visit Colo- rado. Mr. Garretson asked an arrangement b if there which the was Col- i i orado operators were to distribute a million copies of the magazine. Rcads Hubbard’s Letter. The witness said he didn't know about that. Mr. Welborn, he said, might have taken ‘some thousand"” copies. Mr. Garretson read a letter written by Mr. Hubbard in which he said the price of his magazine was $200 a thousand. The Rev. John Haves Holmes. pas- tor of the Church of the Messiah in this city, the next witness, discussed the aid given the Belgians by the foundation. The work of the foun- dation was Jaudable he said, but he thought the whole people and not the foundation should spend the money the people had made. GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES FIRST LAW OF PRESENT SESSION (Continued from First Page.) cerning bonds of railroads and streect Tailway companies, to make the Connecticut law conform which is intended with the Massachusetts law in regard ta bond issues. The present state | law permits issuance of bonds up one. half the amount expended on the railroad while the Massachusetts law permits the issuance of bonds to twice the amount of the capital stock. The bill is one of cansiderable length and under it authority would be given for refunding of the railroads out- standing floating indebtedness either by a preferred stock or bond issue. Old Legislation Matter. An old legislation matter appeared in the house, it being a bill to re- lease the state’s interest in the estate of Morrie E. Beth. This matter first | appeared in the legislature in 1901. The house adopted resolutions ap- pointing R. H. Leonard and J. P. Wightman commissioners of Tolland county. Eugenlc Marriage Bill. An cugenic marriage bill appeared. This would require contracting par- ties to a marriage to obtain a phy- sician's certificate before a registrar issues the license. M. H. Kenney of Union, member- elect who had been ill ‘was sworn in | as a member of the house. His seat | had been filled by E. G. Walker, mem- ber of the 1913 session. A trolley bill calls for a single fare within a town’s limits and six tickets for a quarter. Urges General Court. no elector who docs not own real es- | ate situated in the town in which he resides shall be allowed to votc upon any matter pertaining to the appro- priation of money or the rate of tax that shall be laid in said town.” Other bills included these: Pro- hibiting gas and electric companies from making a charge for the instal- lation of meters; for licensing clair- voyvants and fortune tellers; appro- priating $4,000 to William H. Taylor for a “legislative souvenir” book; ex- tending the term of*town four vears; limiting deposits in sav- ings banks for one person in one book to $3,000 within three yvears; abolish- ing the Connecticut board of embalm- ers and transferring its duties to the | state board of health; placing the re sponsibility for caused by negligence comply with the law, making sucn person llable for all loss and for ex- pense incurred in extinguishing it; amending the charters of Ansonia, Meriden and Waterbury and many other places. fires, and whenever or failure to Suffrage Bill Presented, A suffrage bill would permit wom- en properly registered as voters the right to vote on the license question and at all municipal elections. ‘“‘Senator Alcorn offered a measure for a three headed highway commis- sion to be appointed by the governor for terms of six s at a salary of $4,000 a yvear each, at the same time explaining that he had intended to introduce the measure in the last two sessions, but refrained because a democratic governor was in office, and he presented it now hecause a repub- lican governor holds offic Other noticeable bills were these Providing for the appointment of Connecticut public librar committee of five by the state board of educa- tion; for a state purveyor at a salary of $4,000; prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons under penalty of one to three vears in prison; pro- viding for the appointment by the governor of a commission of six to re- vise the general statutes; prohibiting the sale of liquor on Good Friday; providing that in cas of capital punishment the jury may take a vote whether or not to recommend the ac- cused to the mercy of the court; re- quiring railroads to sell one thousand mile books at $20; prohibiting the taking of measurements or general description of persons arrested for minor offenses; requiring railroads to sell tickets to passengers without baggage for half a cent a mile less than if they have baggage; authoriz- ing the employment of certain in- mates of the Norwich State Hospital upon public work in Preston, Led-~ vard and Groton; providing for the appointment of a commissioner of town accounts; providing for the ta ation of water, gas, electric light, water power and heating companies upon the gross earnings at the rate of two per cent. ve Appropriation Bills. Among appropriation bills was one calling for ten thousand dollars for each town in the state for improve- ment of public highways and another of $400,000 for repairs on state roads, not including trunk highways. Trouble of Mileage. Senator Whiton of New London re- newed today for first time this session the old trouble of mileage for mem- bers in offering a bill designed to cir- cumvent the constitution in what he terms a legal manner. Pointing out that under Section 19, article 4, the general assembly defines the duties of the comptroller, his bill instructs comptroller to accept the money due each member under the for mileage and in return hand to each member enough commutation tickets from day to day to carry each member to and from the capital with- out any actual expense to the mem- ber. The comptroller is instructed to buy this mileage at the cheapest rate possible and charge the deficiency to legislative expenses. Mr. Willlamson of Darien offered a bill to repeal scction 3916 under which makers of electricity are per- mitted to supply their surplus to man- ufacturing or mercantile establish- ments in the same block. This sec- tion has been the subject of much con- troversy in the past two sessions. Other Bills Introduced. Other bills included these: Trans- ferring the powers and duties of the shell fish commissioners to the state board of agriculture; raising a com- mission to codify the laws relating to | taxation; increasing the punishment for embezzlement by agent to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprison- ment of not more than twenty years, or both. The existence of baseball pools is recognized in a bill to abolish them and providing a $500 penalty for vio- lation of the law. clerks to the | constitution | FORD OXEL PRICE €] @ 114-16 Asiun 81, 5 HARTFORD. SUITS FOR STOUT WOMEN A SPECIALTY. SILK DRESS SALE Crepe de Chines Charmeuse, Crepe Meteors, Blues, Blacks, Tavenders, Golden Browns, New Browns and Greens. —AT $9.95 WERE $14.95 TO $25.00. Satins, Wistarias, All in this one lot to $9.95. close at Ladies’ Dept., Second Floor. B i ) —_— en persons in line and at 6 o'clock there were thirty. From then on the places in the line grew rapidly and at 9 o'clock 136 persons had registercd for the exchange tonight. HELD IN STRAIGHT JACKET. Bridgeport, Jan. 28.—Joseph Bruse- nak, who was arrested yesterday at I!l‘m plant of the Union Metallic Car- { tridge company while t rying, 1t lieved, to fire the buildings, as en to the city almshouse in a straight jacket today for detention until he can be committed to the Middletown Insane Asylum. He will probably be deported. Overwork in studying for the priesthood and brooding over the war are given causes for his con- dition as ITEMS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN, Peanut butter salad the hutter is made with rubbed to a paste with lemon juice, nd seasoned with =salt and venne. Use as a dressing for celery and tart apples. Jam turnovers are made of flaky pastry cut in little circles or squares. Turn up the corners or edges and put any sort of jam you fancy in the cen- ter. Bake twenty minutes. Cream cheese and make a delicious lunch basket. watercress sandwich for will the Sometimes merely kinks into a hat will like a new shape. bending make it new look Charming footstool covers are made of gray linen worked in colored | cross-stitch design. No fruit salad is complete with- out a touch of color in the shape of a maraschino cherry. A good meat salad is made chopped cold meat and cold potatoes, onion and parsley. Bread and butter, cheese and beans, nuts and sugar, are among the best foods for the hard worker. Tt is said that 'all kinds of natural with boiled Coppers and Some Specialties A'so States Stee) center market a fall RICHTER & MEMBERS NEW Represented by E. W. KDDY. YORK »TO New Britatu N 25 Shs. AMERICAN HARDW! 25 Shs. COLT’S ARMS 25 Shs. LANDERS, FRARY & C 25 Shs. NORTH & JUDD 25 Shs. STANLEY WORKS FINANCIAL NE PARTIAL RECOVERY Recover From Seiback. M.—United the Wall 10:30 A shares Street, were again of interest today's stock Steel in common declined at the opening to 43, its new minimum of five points from yesierday’'s quotation on offerings of 1,900 shares This lot of 500 and several one lots, all at 43 again sold off to within a its minimum. Other active cluding Pacifics, St. Paul and ing, were lowe but the list general recovery after the absorption of initial offerings. The London mar ket showed numerous advances 1or Americans, but refusal the Lon- don exchange to reduce the minimum price on Steel caused the withdrawal of thal stock abroad. Close.—Prices hardened in the late trading, the only exceptions Missouri Pacific issues, the convertible bonds declining four points. The clos- s firm another hundred was followed by fraction stocks, In- Read- made of ing v New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy National Bank building. January High. Low Sugar 35% KL RA 35 28 Close Am Beet Am Am Am Am Am Am Copper : 55 Car & Foun Co 4615 461 Can % 2T% 28% Can pfd Locomotive Smelting Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Copper. . A TS Fe Ry Co B & O 8 RT Beth Steel Canad Central Leather Chesa & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mfl & St Corn Products Del & Hudson Erie Erie 1 Great 53% 947 61 110 108% 110 119% Paul Co pfd Nor pfd Interborough Interboro pfd Lehigh Val Mex Pet Missouri Pac NYC&H Nev Cons NYNH& Northern Pac Norfolk & West Penn R R Ray Cons Reading Southern outhern Ry Southern Ry pfd . 61 Tenn Copper . 31 % Union Pac .120% Utah 54 % U S Rubber Co 56 U s Steel 13 % U S Steel pfd 10415 Westinghouse Western Union H Pac Copper one rather the civil that was, striking de- | reform | many There velopment hearing and was at service that officials were in favor of the principle | hut did not want it to apply to their | | of the share | one point The preferred stock | now quoted 51 bid, of | | asked automatie | being | 54% | RAILWAY SHARES MAKE | STANLEY W INCREASE %Ircnd of Local M Most Slocks-- (Furnished by Richi Stanley Works hi market durin| and the stock has with recent sales 53. American to | about the same and | bld 118 1-2 asked other stocks remain Landers, ¥rary & in the sales in the neighbo ley Rule & Level is 415 asked. Union M pany is quoted 60 bid Britain Machine holi Sales of No | ranged from 87 1-2 | An item of inte | holders is the bill senate yesterday by which will give the certain privileges enjoy under its pre the present time the | ley Works capitalizal This limit will be will be allowed to i tal stock from time ance with the gel Another provii | empowers the comp two per cent. stock to be held for siring to purchase this seems like a s | is In reality 2,000 this will work price of the stoe ly if marked d place the company, | vantage of it and p | that | the any | Tnsurance’ | The insurance have been partiewla two weeks, The fi continne in good Aetna Firy asked, and Na Iigher being rales ranging from rd Fire is quoted d Phoenix 267, heen ghbe strong at ere have re in the ne Last the Ael voted to § from $4.8 to stoel | to gubscribe to new the propol each four Life ~ha quoted § oy witl tockhold We ref vy desh time, a vestors wi handsome M lers Insuran e ded week ompany 1 stoel 00, offering per bid, 450 Electrie 80 and Hary 17 bid, 48 n i 5 bid, ery stock Arms is contin tr quoted Brietol During the services the Elk's quar- tet rendered sacred hymns. Tnter- ment was in Mt. St. Benedict ceme- tery. common i ael heing have ranged colored feathers can be washed in Tuke-warm water and good white soap. | departments. We presume that Lre question w equarely put to | 117 is e departments run by high members re- | Nrass holds would be | 37 1-2 asked. New ferred is quoted 1 own if the all the sta class commissions whose cefve no p. the answer unanimous against interference Mr. Bronson proposes to abolish courts of common pleas in counties by establishing a general court of common pleas the judges of which | each judge's | considerable losses to the enemy. One afticer and fifty Frenchmen were taken prisoners. Our losses were quit€ small, French Attacks Repulsed. | would go on a cireuit, re freely Bristol “RED MILL” SEATS EXCHANGED TONIGHT A motto to hang in a little girl's “In upper Alsace, along the front line between Lower Aspach, Held- weiler and the Wurzbacher forest, the French attacked our position at As- pacn, Heidweiler, Ammerzweilier and {n the Wurzbacher forest. Their at- Davida H. Oslund. David H. Oslund, aged twenty-two vears and eight months, died last evening at his parents’ home at No. 45 Belden street after a long illness. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Oslund, he leaves three broth- | salary to be $4,500 with $500 for ex- penses. Mr. Palmer of North Stonington wants a person owning sheep and ! goats to make a count of his flock | once in every forty-eight houyrs to sce if there are any missing, disabled or New System Made Standing in Line All Day Unneccessary—Many Places Taken. room is of blue linen with a “Golden Rule” sentiment worked in _cross- stitch. Simplicity is the keynote goods for the spring. of dress Bridgeport Post out with an ing. They and milk of cheesecloth | through the securely over Make covers for food of round picces elastic run will fit crock | Bristol & quoted Plainy bid 1% 160 was ref pleas to Judgment commor Mrs Teofile Znj were repulsed everywhere, with tops, jars and so on te the cnemy. Their pecially large south of veiler and Ammerzweiller, where French retreated in disorder. ive French mechine gune were cap- tured. “Eastern theater of war: Um- portant attempts of the enemy to afe an attack northeast of Gum- nen were repulsed. “Near Diezun, to the northeast of «jerpes (near tne west Prussian bor- der. in Foland), a Russian dlvision was repuised, Otherwise there are no changes in Poland.” Russians Repulsc Turks. Petrograd, Jan, 28.—The general sta® of the Russian army of the Cau- U4 has given out an official an- | brother, Mike Matis | Mangan appeared f l'and Lawyer J. G. Wg | tifr ers, Edwin R., Arthur A. and Oscar Oslund, and three sisters, Emma C., Hilda V. and Minnie. The deceased was employed as a printer at the Un- derwood Typewriter Co. in Hart- ford and was a member of the Frid- hem society and the Red Men. The funeral will be held from his late home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 o’clock from the Swedish Lutheran church. Dr. S G. Ohman will officiate and interment will be in Fairview cemetery It is expected that the exchange of tickets for the Red Mill will not last | ing into the petticoats. more than two hours tonight. The _— exchange will begin at 7 o’'clock and 1t The flare veil is worn is believed that all the seats will have the smartly dressed. ! been given out by 9 o’clock. The seat sale has been planned with view to the great efficiency this vear. The idea of giving out place cards made it unnecessary for a largo number to stand in line all day. B; raising the limit from ten to twenty seats on each diagram to a man, the Tussor silks are coming number of those forced who will | for tailor-made costumes make individual arrangements re- | — garding their seats has been greatiy gloves are reduced. Tt afternoon 185 places of the | had been assigned in the line. The committee regards this as encoura Small military capes will ing. in the spring and summer. The first two men in the line wait- —_— | ing for Hallinan’s store to be opened Organdies are the high | this morning were dresse in in cotton dress goods. that they had t post between 1 and 2 5 o'clock there were a sick. The Colony of epileptics at Mansfield asked for an appropriation, $4 50 for maintenance and two new build- ings. Charges In Compensation Law. Mr. Aubrey of Meriden proposes | , many changes in the compensation law and the creation of a state in surance fund with the state treasurer | as the custodian. Many bills to change the automo- bile laws on taxation, registration aund speed limit made their appearance. A petition from Litchfield set forth that emplovment of prisoners cor mitted to the jail there on outsid work was a detriment and made un- fair competition with men of the town and borough and prayving for legisla- tion to stop such practice. Must Own Real Estate. | Mr. Rogers of Litchfield, whose bill | coats. on hing politicians made merri- | Ub their ment yesterday offered this bill: “That | At creep- are inted white of white paint amel. This is paper. and them lastly satls- | cleanly Give Pantry attractive two coats a coat of e factory than a great deal and by more Mayor Quigley rel T hiz trip to Washingt chiffon blouses are the shoulders. = The | shirred latest on Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposi A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORAT IO organized and qualified through years o trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Executor or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. SURPLUS Connecticut Trust and Safe Depos H., WHAPLES, Pres't, HAR A e A A lack and braids will be used military blues. bi on tans, in again Shore prophesied long sleeves, be- In Bridgeport, Conn., January cause 1415, Harriet E. WV widow of Ben- jaman Way, aged seventy-one year: Prayer w!ll be offered at her nouncement concerning the progress | late residence, 1218 Noble avenue, of the fighting in this country, which | Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday at 10 follows: a. m., and funeral services will be morning of January 26 | held in Fairview. Cemetery. Chapel, forces in the vicinity of Sul- | New Britain, Conn., Friday at 3 p. m. in the Tchoruk country, | Burial in Fairview cemetery. l | =7 1 i | be worn fashion reads 2. tur | mote It is said ken | M. violet is the name given new shades of purple. o'elock tussi doz- | Lo six aboli n about