New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1915, Page 1

~i#~Ross notified « ment, which follows the St. Lawrence \ iIERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 101 _TWELVE PAGES. BRIDGE ON CANADIAN LINE DYNAMIT ED BY GERMAN uspect Is Captured on United States Soil; Says That War Caused His Action--Ex- '+ citement Intense Across Border Vaficeboro, Me., Feb. 2.—An at-| lempt to destroy the railroad bridge nping the St. Croix river, which s the International boundary linc | between . eastern Maine New nswick was made early today. One of the tiree spans of the structure was lt‘rwn up by dynamite. . The bridge is the connecting link bétween the Maine Central and the Canadian Pacific tracks, the Canadian Pacific having the trafiic rights over the.former road from Mattawamkeag to the boundary. This the through route from upper and western Canada to the Maritime provinces, directly connecting Montreal with the ports of | St. John and Halifax. 1 ° The attack on the brtdge great excitement on the New Bruns- wick side, where rumors of a German Plot spread rapidly and resulted in an immediate investigation by the pro- vingial authorities. German Arrested. TInquiry was also begun on this sids | &nd - this led to the arrest at a local hotel of a man who gave his name as ! Werner Van Horne. According to the | police, the prisoner claimed to be an | officer in the service of Germany, but refused to divulge his rank. The po- lice assert that he admitted that he | exploded the dynamite under a section | of the bridge and that a dynamite cap and a plan of the bridge were found in his pockets. X s Werner Van Horne, according to the police, described himself as thir- ty-seven years of age. He'is five feet eleven inches in height and weighs about 200 pounds. He is smooth shaven Thle arrest was made by Deputy Sher- ‘George W. Ross who has accom- panied by ‘a Maine Central railroad | detective and two Canadian officers | from McAdam Junction, New Bruns- wick. He was removed to the United States immigration rooms where he i was closely guarded. Deputy Sher- the United Stafes arshal and the United States district attorney at Portland, asking for in- structions. Werner Van Horne Confesses. When taken into custody at Lis ropm in the hotel, Werner Van Horne mhde no resistance, but if alleged to have told the officers the circumstanc- eg of the dynamiting. He did not ap- pear to be able to speak very gooa Juglish. There were no papers found %o identify him. In a codt pocket he carried a German flag. Asked why he had dynamited the bridge, tne prisoner, the police say, made -tne stmple explanation that his country was at war with Great Britain and Canada was a part of the enemy's country. He said, according to the | officers that he came from New York having left that city on Friday night and arrived here Saturday. Immedi- ately after discharging the explosive, Tie returned to the hotel. As evidence of his experience, he displayed a frost- tten thumb. His clothing had been sncrusted with ice and was soaked thtough. St. John Important Point. In the winter season St. John, B., is the principal eastern port Canada and thence has come from Montreal and further west great quan- titigs of provisions and other mu- nitfons' of war for shipment to Eng- land and TFrance. The Hhve passed over the bridge which it was sought to destroy. 1t is a part of the most direct route from west- as, cutting across the state of < Maine, it is several hundred miles shorter than the northérn route operated by the Canadian' govern- and | caused | | i M . river to Little Metis, Que., and then drrns south to Moncton, John and Halifax. The loss of the bridge would delay but not interrupt the transpor- tztion of war materials to the coast. Arrest Causes Interest. The'arrest of Werner Van Horne aroused special interest because of the fact that he was takein into custody on American territory and was made a prisoner of the state of Maine. To ~avoid possible complications the local authorities made no further move pending advice from the federal go rnment. The Canadian authorities Indicated that they would immedi- ately make representations at Wash- fugton with a view to extradition, on the ground that the dynamiting had leen done on the Canadian side of the horder. On the other hand it was said that Horne would be defended against ex- tradition, basing his claim for protection of the United States on his asgertion that he had committed an act of war and that his offense was political. Explosion a Failure. Railroad officials, after making a cereful examination of the bridge, de- clared that the explosion had been a failure as far as serious damage was ‘concerned. The force of the ex- piosion was up through the bridge. Sleepers were blown out, the rails svere twisted and a girder was damaged, but the foundation of the span was not damaged and repairs can be made within a day Temporary repairs were to be made at once so that cars could be pushed ' House of Commons | The of | shipments | the | the | AUTO BUMPS BUILDING. on Pavement, & L. Office. id to be owned by | ! Machine, Skiddi | Crashes Into S. An automobile, 1 O, E. Swift, | pavement at the and Elm strects last evening "crashed into the Stanley Rule | Level company's office building. The ' big car smashed the door casings on either side and dented the door panels. Strangely, the glass in the doors was not broken. | The watchman at the factory is ! said to have taken the number on the car and found it to be that owned by Mr. Swift. Church and & corner of TEAMSTER SUICIDES. Haven, Feb. 2.—Thomas | Geeren, a teamster, aged 61, com- | mitted suicide by hanging in a barn in the rear of his home here during the night. Despondency Is given as the cause. He is survived by his wife and a son. PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES ; 200 MEMBERS AT FRONT New G. Has Empty Appearance—Food Prices Considered. T.ondon, Feb. 3:02 P. M.—Parlia- ment reassembled today after a re- cess for the house of commons since Nov. 27 and for the house of lords since Jan. 8. The members dispensed with ceremonies and plunged at once into the business to which the ses- sion will be confined almost entiely, consisting of various matters. chiefly financial which have arisen as a re- sult of the war. The political truce under which controversial measures are shelved has reduced interest: in the proceed- ings. The house of commons had an empty appearance. Some 200 of the 670 members are now at the front. Replylng to a question put by George Nicoll Barnes, labor member for Glasgow. whether the govern- | ment was considering the matter of fixing food prices, Premier Asquith said: “All these matters are belhg carefully reviewed.” The committee now having the matter in hand, the premier con- tinued, was deriving full information from the various departments of the government, but he could not say when the inquiry would be concluded. government, however, was fully alive to the urgency of the subject and the premier told the house that it certainly would have an oppor- tunity of discussing the whole ques- tion. 2 LOCAL MEN DIRECTORS. ! Sloper and Cooper Interested in Plainville Factory. A. J. Sloper and Judge J. E. Cooper of this city, | of the board of directors of the Trum- bull Electric Mfg. company of ‘Plain- meeting of the stockholders held yesterday afternoon. Eoth men became members two years ago when the company made a sub- stantial increase in its capital stock, many of the shares of which are | now held by New Britain people. | Other directors re-elected were: | John H. Trumbull, Henry Trumbull | Frank T. Wheeler, Stanley S. Gwillim and Carl W. Jones. The board at a subsequent meeting re-elected the fol- lowing officers: President, J. H. Trumbull: vice president, F. T. Wheeler; treasurer, Henry Trumbull. W. Johes, the company’s office r, was given the place of sec- retary, succeeding Henry Trumbull in that capacity. | The Trumbull company continues to 1 y prosperity and the officers re- | port that considering general con- | ditions, business with them is good. The plant is operating fifty hours a | week, except for a few departments which are running on a forty-five hour schedule. were re-elected members ville at the annual | | | i TROLLEYS TIED UP, ve Miles of Limes in Conn. | and Mass. Impassible. | | Danielson, Feb. 2.—Seventy-five | miles of trolley lines between Central | Village, Conn:, and Webster, Mass. and between this place and Provi- dence are tied up on account of the ice storm. Not a car has passed over the lines today There is a layer of ice on the tracks four or five inches thick in .some places. Men are working on the rails clearing them foot by foot. This the first time, it is stated, that such a tie-up has occurred since the lines were started fifteen vears ago. The Seventy: is 1S across one at a time. A plank walk was laid across the lce for the use of the passengers in crossing the river. only line in operation 1s a five mile | stretch between Dayville and Putnam | sub-station. skidded on the slippery | | remember GERMANY LIKE. MAN THROTILED WITH GAG England’s Lord of the Admirality | Declares Sca is Free. | | “COMPLETE BLOCKADE A CHIMERA™ | Winston Spencer Churchill Grants In- | | “Matin” | terview With Editor—Says That Enemy Can Get Very Few | 1 Supplies and Will Lose Heaxt. Paris, Feb. 5:20 a. m.—"“For the | first history, England | say ‘The sea’is free,’ " declared Win- | ston Spencer Churchill, Brit- ain’s first lord of the admiralty in an | interview with Hugh Leroux, editor | of the Matin. “In the days when [,3'ou and we fought each other,” he | continued, “our mast important vic- | tories never brought us security com- | parable with that which We enjoy to- | day. Even after Trafalgar we knew nothing like it. | “Supposing Germany has friend- ships and relationships in South America, how can help reach her from them now There remains the United States. Public opinion there hesitated, perhaps, in bestowing its sympathies, but at the present moment it is fully unified. We shall arrange to take precautions fully compatible with the rights of belligerents and the respect due to neutrals. Supplies Scarce. “Our adversary perhaps can obtain a few supplies from Turkey and Asia | Minor. I cherish no illusions, for as long as there are neutrals a com- plete blackade must be chimera. Germany will continue to receive a small quantity of that whereof she has considerable need, but while you and we breathe freely, thanks to the sea we have kept and can keep open, Germany is like a man throttled with a heavy gag. You, know the effect of such a gag when action is nec. essary. The effort wears out the heart. and Germany knows it. This pressure shall not be relaxed until she gives in unconditionally, for even if you of France and our ally Russia should decide to withdraw from the struggle, which is inconceivable, we English would carry on the war to the bitter end. “The action of a navy necessarily is slow, but the pressure it exercises on an adversary is unrelenting. Com- pare it to the forces of nature, to the inexerable grip of winter, and | that it stress hothing time in can Great | | can resist.’ SPECIAL OFFICER’S FAMILY IN WAR ZONE Michael Hlebowicz Believes His Home Town in Austria Has Been Spared. Special Officer Michael Hlebowicz is | somewhat worried what have befallen his mother and father and three brothers living in a town on the San river in Austria, sit- uated right in the war zone. At laost accounts received the officer was in- formed that the town where his folks live had not been destroyed by the hordes of invading Russians and he hopes that the same still holds true. Mrs. Hlebowicz's old home is also in this locality. From the letters he has received from his home land Officer Hlebowicz is informed that the Russians in their advance into Austria came in a sweeping path and surrounded his vil- lage before the people were aware of their presence. However, the invad- ers did not lay waste to the land, al- though they took what stock they wanted. For instance, says the officer if a man had ten horses or ten cows the Russians took nine of them and | left the owner with one. This is their custom along the San, according to the letters received. Officer Hlebowicz has two brothers living in his home town who are eleg ble for military service in the Aus trian ranks but because of the speed with which the Russians captured the place he doubts t they had time to enlist. He has written them, through the Russian office. over may smail DRECTORS HEAR REPORTS. Committees of Mercantile Have Made Progres: The directors of the Mercantiie | Bureau of the Chamber of Commerc met this morning and heard the re- ports of the committees on uniform hours and practices and on trade comn- ditions. Both committees were directed to continue their investigations and re- port at a later meeting of the direc- tors. The committees have made good progress so far in their investiga- tions. President Crowell appointed a com- mittee to sct a date for a monthly meeting of the directors some time during the latter part of the month. It is said that practically all the merchants are co-operating with the commlttee in their efforts to arrange schedules of closing and holiday ob- servance that will be satisfactory. Bureau | { German a friend | home at { Naval Supply Ship EX-PREMIER GIOLITTI TALKS ON THE WAR Ttalian Attempting to Discredit Re- ports of Italio-German Agreement on Neutrality. Rome, Feb. 1, 7:15 p Giolitti, the former premier, is mak- ing an effort to discredit reports that he has agreed with Prince von Buelow, the German ambassador, that Italy must maintain its neutrality at all costs. To this end a letter writ- ten by Signor Giolitti to a deputy has heen published here, in which the former says he has known Prince von Buelow many years and has high esteem for his talents and character. He always found the distinguished of Italy, although, naturally, placing the interests of his own country first. When the prince lived in Rome as a private individual, the former premier says, he went to see him often. Since he has been here as ambassador they have ex- changed visits but discussed the war | only academically, without touching vpon the attitude of Ttaly. In closing his letter Signor Giolitti says he regards war as a misfortune to be faced only when necessary for the honor or great interests of the country. He does not consider permissible to drag the country into war because of sentiment other countries. In the present con- it | toward | dition of Burope he believes it might be possible for Ttaly to obtain enough without war. MRS. FLIZA COLE NOBLE * DIES: AGED EICHTY-NINE Death Hastened By Injuries Sustained Two Days Be- fore Birthday. the severe shock hip Unable to stand resulting from a gracture bane which she suffered a short time ago, Mrs. Eliza Cole Noble, mother of How- ard C. Noble, vice-president and treas- urer of the North & Judd Manufac- turing company, and of Mrs. E. M. Wightman, died at her daughter’s No. 29 Russell street at 2 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Noble passed her eighty-ninth birthday on January 12 and two days before she fell and fractured her hip, which proved a greater shock than she could bear at her advanced age. Up to this time, however, Mrs. Noble had been a remarkably well preserved woman, and all her senses were un- usually acute for one of her age. The& Jdeceused wWas ‘born at Conn., on January 12, 1826, being one of a family of nine children of which she was the last survivor. In 1849 she married David Noble of Kent, and they lived together on a farm in that place until about 1865 when they took up their residence in New Milford, Conn. until 1892: In February of that year Mr. Noble died and Mrs. Noble then moved to New Britain where she since has resided with her daughter, M Wightman. Another daughter, Miss Chlae A. Noble, who for a number of vears lived this city, died in 1896, Mrs. Noble was a member of St. John's Episcopal church in New Mil- ford and had a large number of friends both there and in this city. Besides her two children she leaves four grandchildren, Mrs. F. M. Holmes of Maple Hill; Colton D. Noble, Louise Howard Noble, and Jessie Wightman, all of this city; and one great-grandson, Morgan Noble Holmes son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Holme The funeral service, which will be private, will be held at her late resi- dence on Russell street at 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon. The interment will be in New Milford, Conn., on Friday morning at 11:45 o’cloc in CELTIC FLOATED. Released Half Moon Shoal Early Tod . Newport, R. 1., Feb. 2.—The naval supply ship Celtic whlch struck on | Half Moon Shoal in Nantucket sounad vesterday, was floated in the teeth of a’ northeast blizzard today. The ves- sel apparently was not injured, but as she was having trouble with her anchors, a wrecking fleet consisting of the coast guard cutter Acushnet, the lighthouse tender Anemone and the ammunition ship Lebanon re- mained alongside. The Celtic is bound from the Bos- ton Navy yard for New York ana | Guantanamo with supplies for the At- | lantic fleet. from EARTHQUAKE CONTINU Rome, Feb. 1, disturbances of a 38, Earth minor nature con- tinue at Avezzano. One of the most important was the lowering of the level of Lake Paterno by sixteen feet after a vortex had appeared in its center. This is interpreted cating a subterranean eruption which, in subsiding, drew into the carth an immense volume of water the WEATHER. Hartford, Feb, slightly warmer (¢ Wednesday. e~~~ | machine guns.” Went, | They lived in the latter place | Noble | | | [ | | | tured in | Official BATTLE NEAR WARSAW HEAVIEST OF WAR Gapture 4,000 Austrians. DEFEATS ADMITTED BY PETROGRAD Statement From Pewrograd Gives Details of Furious German Attacks in Western Theater of W. —Counter Attacks Successful. Petrograd, Ieb, 2 lenewal of a fierce offensive by the Germans in the region of Sochaczew and Bolimovo on the road to Warsaw is admitted in an official statement issued here day. The violence of the Germ attack, the statement says, compellec some of the Russian units to to the second line of trenches. communication was as follows: “On the right bank of the /istula on January 31 our made a sudden and successful a upon the German line along the front between Brezun and Lakc fifteen versts (ten miles) north Sierpeo. capturing many officers soldiers, “The the lower « and attempt of on 30th to open an the Germans offensive ment in the direction of Lipno and | Dobrzyn, supported artillery fire, was checked. “On the left bank of the Vistula front at the villages of Makow and Dyblin, the enemy was thrown back to the line of the villages of Weleze and Nasignewo, northwest of Wlo- clawek. The Germans in retreating abandoned at Makow many of their dead. by Germans Gain. “In the course of the day of Jan- ussans Kl 6,000 i 0 Week; m.—Giovanni ; to- | free. retire | 1y The | ports Orezelejo, | Sidering this latest announcement of of | the move- | uary 31 the enemy, after having con- centrated in the region of Sochaczew, Bolimovo and south of Bolimovo, large force of artillery developed ac- tive operations a nst our with very considerable force, German offensive was distinguished positions The by great tenacity, advancing in close ranks supported from rear. “After having concentrated a lent fire in the morning upon region the fierceness the offensive compelled some of our to retire to tae second line trenches.” Counter Attack Successful, strongly that of the vio- German | yntil midnight units | of “In the meanwhile a counter attack from another detachment of im, los; encheg. gecapied by him enormous with tl mans upon s “Simultaneously Borjimow the Ge series of ferocious front between the villages of Goumine Bourgade and Moghely. Th were supported by very heavy lery fire. Up to midday of Jan. every one of these assaults was driv- en back by us, some by our rifle and some with bayonet; but tween midday and 2 p. m., of Jan. the Germans were successful in occu- pying a part of our trenches. In thi they werc helped largely by an enci getic and sustained artillery fire. little after £ o'clock we undertoolk general counter attack. This was s cessful, and as a result of it the ene- the evening of Jjan. a little portion of our first delivered a the be my, but line trenches together with a certain cha- | teau in the countr Losses Were Heavy. “It can be said that the of the Germans the day of Jan the vicinity of Borjimow were tively insignificant compared to losses we inflicted on them artillery fire, our counter attack and successes 31 the our bayonet charges. According to re- | the immense Our guns from our military chiefs, an artillery inflicted damage on the Germans. | dispersed dense gatherings of German | infantr | to silenc: and it reduced th batteries to resist their fierce attack. “The fighting in the Carpathians continues. In spite of the reported participation of fresh Austrian troop which up to the present time have not | | actually approached on our front, e were successful in repelling every en- deavor of the enemy to assume the offensive in the vicinity of Mount Be kid and Mount Wyszkow, and we ar continuing to advance with along the front from Nijnia to Loudoviski. “Tt should be the night of Jan. 30-31, near Molimow, a Rus advanced upon the enemy lodged them from certain which threatened the heads trenches. In this counter used the bayonet freely and tured some machine ms 6,000 Mcen Killed. “Local inhabitants relate that that at during point related a and dis- positions of our our men we cap- t1 enemy after the Lipno-Dobryzn fight | aast of the the cap- to prisoners of Borjimow ar« that be- used sixty wounded wagons German region authority for the statement tween Jan. 24 and Jan. 30 the Ger- mans on a front near Borjimow, one and one-half versts long (a little less than one mile,) lost over 6.000 men in killed The were ous C1n remove the wounded numer- the Carpathians between Jan. 26 and Jan. 2¢ 9, on the front between Nijnia Polianka and Loudoviski, stured seventy officers, 4,065 wol- . four pieces of artillery and ten we die our | forces drove thq enemy from all the Tt ' inflicting | have formed the opinion that the of- s attack on saults against our | se attacks artil- | fire | | Al a twcal 31, retained | in | rela- | with our | ; this made it possible for us | success | Poliank: | German Submarine Unsuccessfui With ssian detachment | Submarine yesterday | GREAT I%;{ITAIN MAKES ! CONTRABAND OF FOOD | | It Is Understood That Cargo of Wil- | | helmina Will Be Paid For.—State | Department Considers Washington, Feb, United official kind or Great Britain { notified the " though foodstuffs of Austria States today, not in form, that destined for Turkey ny Germany will be | regarded ae contraband of war ! of the British govern- upon The action the Ger- that ment is hased recent whereby all man decrec take for common use Because the steamer sailed from New York before the issuance of is understood that her for German civilians will be paid for and appropriated by the British goy- ernment and the ship allowed to government | win over grain in Germany Wilhelmina for Bremen the it cargo of food decree go But, hereafter sailing from the food-laden ships United States direct- for German ports or for neutral in Burope, where it appears | that the cargo may ultimately Germany, will be subject to seizure | outright, ship and cargo without com- | pensation. The state department now is con- far ap- British government but has not committed itself to proval. 80 its MAYOR HAS COMMISSION N MIDNIGHT MEETING | Wants Improvements in Po- lice Dept. and Inspections By Firemen. His dis: isfaction with the manner in which the police department is conducted is said to have been a top ic on which Mayor Quigley dwelt with the board of public safety late last night in his office. The commissioners met at the mayor's office after the month ly meeting of the board and the may- or is d to have kept them there at conference members of tie It is saild that Mayor-Quigley be- lieves improvements could be made in | the police department and he has a number of reforms he wishes to see introduced. He believes he can im prove the morale of the patrolman and | the entire department and is said 1o ficlals could attend to their a more business like manner Another subject the mayor | up was regarding the inspection property by firemen. Mayor Quigley | broached this matter early in the y but it has never been pushed duties in brought reach | D He regula The each in bh conditior | wants the firemen to make property inspections each day city will be divided into districts to examined by the men If they find that property might comprisc menace to adjoining building will make a report to the ief the fire department. They will report unsanitary conditions | these will be reporte h commiss the chief | and | such brass. on by IS SHOULDER IN DISLOCAT William Dixon Buot One of Walks, of the walks No. 141 tims of Slippery While vietims I night, reet, is He slippe | Hotel Bror | shoulder. hotel where l 1 | | he was but one slippery Dixon of up today a rest fell in front of and dislocated He was taken into several men succeeded | getting the shoulder k into socket. Mr. Dixon is employed at the Corbin Cabinet Lock company Not only did and lfl.y» slippery walks st of women were was particulariy and at the corner h streete and also ithe accide ¥ there of Will 1 id and son la Main E as 1t hie the in g the mer bovs night number seen It corners Churc corner ! many, although | ious injuries as far o up hazardous at the in | Crowe an were no n ser 18 is kno | ATTEMPT ON ASTURIAS British Ship. I"eb P. M 2 A German made an unsuc- | cessful attempt to torpedo the British hospital ship Asturias, according to a communication given out today by the minister “Thus violating the forms of The Hague vention of regarding the attack- ing of hospital vessels.” The Astu the ex- plained, was fifteen miles north-north- Havre lightship when the made Paris. of marine 11 clause 1907 con- minister attacl was YOUNG VON KLUCK FALLS, { | German General's Eldest Son Killed | in Artillery Engagement Berlin, Via. Amsterdam and Lon- Feb 10:10 m.—The eldest of General Von Kluck, who a n lieutenant, is reported have fallen in an artillery battle Middelkerke on January 26 All former non-commissioned off cers who are under fifty vears of & have been called to drill new recruits on a son was to near mer« anty the | ret I 1 t « and f t | mine a n | that a o w ¥ " a sions for . Many Vie-| EMOCRA 10 Sk President Wil Progressive MIGHT HAVE T rhat Bill Will Be 4 ceded—Declara corporated in Might Save It Washington, Feb. ministration senate cused today to ree lines and ship bill, Pre with progs senators at the W tered the ferred make of that win a basis to enough the sud caused by nine democratic scnsational * coup ministration se measure into the the stro compr of pri the intend One of of declaration basis corporated in government which with that would in the Huropej would be of it surrender any United States had Senator La¥ republican Scarcely when upon are counting for the confer the situatio tion leaders. Thal amended most scemed ready to extent did not beed early hours of the Appoint. With a view to which progressive support the ship with democrats wi the democratic committée of th tiations and repo tonight Seven outside cussed of the with republjcans tend the caucus. | head, Camden, Hiteheock, O'Ga Senators Hoke 8 ever, who voted dent Marshall's Senator the bill of order recommit cauen Those whe revol mden Hardwi Hite Akrer Florida O"Gorman N i rdaman, M| Amendment endments wi included a wi be v hiel 1t whid N orid orris e ave in AT w Kenyom shoul rd of icials ng boa it action tion nd t i pp The upon e en the pre is concerm 1ight one of nitted that pry reco n notion to Iepubl Itepublican onferred and deel ared to debate or weeks, Vice President protest against ruling yeste After the cauel here was not ypinion to a rances of su We want to votes go ahel administratio We seven de d yesterday going to v as what ore we he re t4 | 'said Senator Va cottontalls in At tonight's motion n amendment 1otion to recol 1d send the Bl committee it with that wil of neutral Adling of a A discontinuance another eport nes