New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1915, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD M GENERAL YON KLUCK SLIGHTLY WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL FIRE (Continued From First Page.) 1,000 Russians were taken prisoners, among them being a squadron of lan- cers with their horses and five ma- chine guns. A Russian attack to the northwest t” Ciechanow was repulsed.” French Official Report. Paris, March 29, by .Wireless Tecleg- raphy to London, 1 P. M.—The French war office today gave out a report on the fighting of vesterday, ‘which reads as follows: g “In the region of Ypres a German observation® post was blown up by he French with a mine. “At Eparges the Germans attempt- the lost by violent trenches After a ed to regain them March struggle the French gains were on the whole maintained in their en- irety. The Germans obtained a foot- ng in a few sections of their old renches, but on the other hand the rench " made progress at other points.”" URUMIAH DISORDERS DENIED BY TURKEY - Ambassador Morgenthau Cables State Department—Porte Sending Send- ing Troops to Scene in Persia, r\'\'u,\hingmn_ March 29.—The Turk- ish government denies that there have been any disorders at Urumiah, Per- 8in, Ambassador Morgenthau, at Constantinople, cabled the state de- partment today that the grand vizier had so informed him on the strength of a report made to him by the Turk- is%: war office. -Mr. Morgenthau reported that fur- ther instructions that order must be maintained had been sent to Urumiah at his request and that regular Turk- ish troops were on their way to the scege. News despatches from Tiflis and re- ports ‘to the Presbyterian Board ‘of Foreign Missions in New York have told of atrocities committed upon Christians at the American and French missions at Urumiah by ir- regular Turkish troops and Kurds. In response to appeals for protection the state department directed Am- bassador Morgenthau to ask the porte to send troops. Secretary Bryan announces that new instructions by the Turkish gov- efgment affecting foreign educational institutions in Turkey had been post- poned until September, when the new school year begins, The new in- structions announced last year wheh the Turkish government abrogated the capitulations would have taken from the misslonary colleges the ex- emption from Turkish supervision they enjoved. Secretary Bryan rsaid Ambassador Morgenthau, who has conferred with the heads of the in- structions reported that the situa- tion was “satisfactorily adjusted” for th¢<time being, at least, by the post- ponement. $5,000 DAMAGE SUIT » IN SUPERIOR COURT Danbury Journeyman Hatter Alleges Conspiracy to Prevent Him From (9 Securing Employment. Dridgeport, March 29.—The $5,000 damage suit of Dominick Conners of Danbury against Patrick Connolly ipd ‘Emil Ness of the same city, in ich Conners alleges that the de- fendants conspired to prevent him from obtaining work as a journeyman hatter and had him discharged on September 21, 1909, began today be- fgre Judge Curtis and a jury in the :ivil superior court here. Conners ¥gs the first witness and he was still New Britain Herald The Home Paper of New Britain, It is the only pa- per that covers this field of 50,- 000 people, aad to reach them there is no better 0r more econom- fcal advertising than the Herald. As a home paper {he Herald covers the city, state and world news thoroughly. Price 3 Cts. ‘'a Copy, 15¢ .per Week.... on the stand under direct examina- tion when the recess was taken. He testified that he came to this caun- try from Ireland in 1880 and worked as a hatter from that time till he was discharged in 1909. He was working for the Hawes Von Gal company in Danbury in January, 1909. There was a strike then, he said, and when he went back to work in June there was an agreement that after ninety days the factories would employ nane but union men. He was a member of local union No. 10. Witness had not paid an assessment of 13 per cent. on his wages that had been levied by the union. Con- nolly, he said, told him his check would be sent to the national officers in New York far action. On Sep- tember 21, 1909, there was a shop meeting, and after it was over Fore- man John Shanley told him he would have to quit work, as the men would strike, he testified. Later, he said, he met Connolly, and the latter told him that his check was in New York and the executive committee would deal with it. Witness returned to the factory on October 18 and asked Foreman Shan- ley for work, he said, and was re. fused. At that point in the direct examination the noon recess Was taken. PARKERS’ DOUBLE SILVER WEDDING Clayton A. and Eugenc W. Parker Wedded Misses Harriet M. and Nel- lic M. Judd April 2, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton A. and Eu- gene W. Parker, brothers and sisters, will celebrate their silver wedding an- niversary at their respective homes, 105 Vine street and 27 Winthrop street, Friday of this week. Both couples were married April 2, 1890 by Rev. Dr. J. W. Cooper, then pastor of the South Congregational church in this city. Clayton Parker's bride was M Harriet M. Judd and Eugene Parker’s bride was her sister, Miss Nellie M. Judd. Each of the couples has five child- ren. To Mr. and_ Mrs. Clayton Par- ker were born Flprine G. Harriet E., Luther J., Clesson W. and Wesley I., and to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Parker, Rachel, Mabel, Clifford, Clayton and Richard. LANDSCAPE PAINTER BANKRUPT Waterbury, March 29.—Walter Bowman Russell, the landscape and portrait painter of New York and Chi- cago, whose -country home is at Wash- ington, Conn., was in bankruptcy court here today when a hearing was ‘held on the voluntary petition in bankruptey he filed in the TUnited States court some time ago. Russell has scheduled his total liabilities at $63,000 and his total assets at $52,000. Unsecured claims include promissory notes to Hornblower, Miller and Pot- ter of 24 Broad street, New York, $10,000, and to the Commercial Trust company of New York, $14,000. Rus- sell's principal assets include $35,000 worth of stockiin the Ultima Printing Utilities company described in the schedule as “very difficult to sell.” THREATENING LETTER SENT Mother of Girl Recently Found Mur- dered in New York, New York, March 29.—Mrs. Eliza- zetn Cohn, mother of the five year old éirl Leonore, who was recently found myrdered and mutilated in an east side ' tenement, received through the mail today a letter threatening that there would be more deaths if the police, investigation in the murder did nrot stop. The letter, written on the stationery of a political club in West Fortieth street, was turned over to the police. ; The police are vigorously pursuing their inquiry in the cdse, but have not as yvet been able to fasten the crime definitely on any one. THAW HEARING POSTPONED. ~ New - York, March 29.—Harry K. Thaw had a brief airing today when taken to the county court house, where the hearing on the second writ of habeas corpus secured by his at- torneys, was to come up before Jus- tice Bijur of the Supreme court. The proceedings in court were brief as counsel for both sides concurred in a request to have the hearing post- poned to April 5. ANARCHISTS ON TRTAL. New York, March 29.—Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone went on trial in the supreme court here to- day on the charge of making a bomb ! and ‘placing it in St. Patrick’'s Cathe- dral on the morning of March 2, when 700 worshippers were at their devo- tions in the edifice. An effort to post- pone the case was unsuccessful. A motion to have the defendants tried separately was WANT PAPERS RETURNED. Hartford, March 29.——An_ action has been brought in the United States court to secure the return to the gov- ernment of naturalization papers granted to Felix A. Magnotta of this city in July, 1914, on the ground that they were secured by fraud. Magnot- ta served four years in 'prison up to May 17, 1912, and it is asserted by U. 8. District Attorney Scott that nothing was said about this at the time Magnotta was given his papers. BOYS LEAVE ON TRIP, Nine boys left with E. W. Yergin, secretary of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C., on a vacation trip to New York, Philadelphia and Wash- ington. They will return next Satur- day night. 25TH RED CROSS BOX. The war relief committee of the Red Cross society will on Wednesday ship the twenty-fifth box of articles for the use of the Red Cross in Eu- rope packed here since the society was organized here. The box will [ represent a great deal of work on the part of the ladies of the city. e e L i e s e e e L e e DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs, A. M. Schulman. Mrs, A. M. Schulman, formerly cf this city, died Saturday in Brooklyn, N. Y. One of her sisters is Mrs. A. Kolodney of 81 Broad street. James Elliott. The funeral of James Elliott who died Saturday afternoon at his home at 454 Stanley street, will be held at 1:45 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the house and at 2:30 o’clock at St. Mark’s church Rector H. 1. Bodley of- ficiating. Burial will be made in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Elliott was born in Leicester, England, February 6, 1830, and has been a resident of New Britain for more than thirty years. He is well known in the city as an expert Eng- lish landscape gardener. His wife died two vears ago and he is survived by twenty-one grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Nine years ago he and his wife cel- ebrated their golden wedding anniver- sary at the home of their son, ox- Councilman George E. Elliott. 'His other three sons are William Elliot, Charles J. Elliott, the perfonal tax collector; and Fred Elliott manager of the Gulf Refining company’s branch here. His daughters are Mrs, Walter Kingsbury, Mrs. Ralph Chant, and Mrs. Louise Hitchcock. He had been seriously i1l wit pneumonia only since Wednesday. Mrs. Lauretta Pauline Reidel. , Mrs. Lauretta Pauline Reidel, wife of Charles Reidel, of 100 Winthrop street, died yesterday morning at her home after a lingering illness at the age of seventy-three years. In addi- tion to her husband, she is survivea, by a daughter, Mrs. Herman Beh, and a son, William C. Reidel. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, Rev. Martin W. Gaudian of the German Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be made in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Davey. The funeral of Mrs.: Elizabeth Dav- ey, who died Saturday at the age of ninety yvears, was held this afternoon from her late homé on Kelsey street, Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill officiating. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. Roman Zedeviski. Roman Zedeviski, aged thirty-five years, died yesterday at his home on Broad street. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at the Rus- sian Orthodox church and burial will Ewents Tonight I “The Escape” at the Russwin Ly- ceum. = Moving pictures and vaudeville at Keeney’s. Moving pictures at Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Mattabessett Tribe, No. 14, T R. M., in Turner hall at 8 o’clac Meeting of Gerstaecker Lodge, No. 96, I. O. O. in Turner hall. Fox's, O. Banquet of the O, U. A. M. bowling league at Broadway restaurant, Meeting of the claims committee of the common council. AUTOS COLLIDE ON HARTFORD AVE. Dr. Bray’s and M. P. Leghorn’s Cars Damaged Slightly in Crash This Afternoon. Automobiles belonging to Dr. Hen- ry T. Bray and M. P. Leghorn were slightly damaged this afternoon whey they collided at the corner of Hartford avenue and North street. The front axles on both cars were sprung and the -front right wheel on Mr. Leg- horn’s machine was broken. Dr. Bray was going west on North street and Peter Servis was going down Hartford avenue at the wheel of Mr. Leghorn’s car when the accident occurred. The drivers did not sce each other until it was too late to avert the accident. FIREBUGS BOUND OVER. South Norfolk Men Held for Trial on Arson Charge. South Norwalk, March 29.—Barney Wolk and Joseph L. Moeller, both of this city. charged with arson, were this afternoon bound over to the next term of the superior court, probable cause being found. Mr., Wolk's bond was fixed al $4,000 and Moeller's at $2,000. It is alleged that the two men, on the night of September 29 last, fired a house valued dat $1,500 and covered by §10,1000 jnsurance. The house was destroyed #nd suit is pending for recover of thejinsurance. The trial was held in th& Norwalk city hall for the past ten days, and local lawyers state that®not within their recollection has og much interest been shown or so many people attend- ed a trial in this city, DEPART FOR TOULON, French Battleships to Be Repaired in Dry Dock. L Paris ,March 29 38 a. m.—The Fren battleships Suffren and Gaulois whi were badly damaged by the fire from Turkish batteries in the bombardment of the Dardanelles forts by the allied fleet on March 18, have left for Toul- on, France, to be repaired in the dry dock, there, according to a special de- spatch from Athens. No attack was made in the straits Sunday, the despatch says, but Franco-British fleet and the Russiun cruiser Askold bombarded the Bu line of forts from the Gulf of Saros. ! City Items Dr. Clifton W. Cooley left today for a week’'s stay at Old Point Com- fort. The annual festival of the Young People’s society of St. Mathew's Ger- man Lutheran church was held last evening. Reyv. Lindemann of Water- bury gave a special address. : Rev. M. W, Gaudian, pastor of St. John’s church, has postponed the an- nual confirmation exercises until the second Sunday in April. Mrs, Henry W. Maier led the ser« vice at the Y. W. C. A. yvesterday af- ternoon, giving a lecture on A Palm Sunday in Palestine.” A social hour followed. Miss Marie Andrews of New York is the guest of Miss Margarete Scltzer for a few days. A meeting of the committee in charge of the “Made in New Britain Week” will be held at 5 o’clock this afternoon in the Chamber of Coni- merce rooms. Dog licenses must be renewed on Thursday of this week, April 1. John Coffey, the dog warden, is prepared to enfore the license law Tt is said at the hospital that John | Bresnahan who attempted suicide at | | the Town farm last week by slashing his throat, will probably recover. | Edward O'Dell was found sick and suffering from exposure at the cor- ner of Brook and South Main streets vesterday morning and removed by Officer Nealon in the patrol. Dr. Joseph Walsh® examined him at the station and ordered him sent to the hospital. Ous Christmas Savings club and special interest department will be open for deposits every Monday even- ir.d until further notice, from 7:00 to 00 o’clock. New Britamn National k.—advt. David M. Kusnezow complained to the police this morning that his store on East Main street was entered be- tween 11 and 1 0 o'clock last night and sixty-eight cents taken from tns register and a bicycle wheel carried away. Mr, Kusnezow says that the store was entercd by means of a ker. LOSE. TRAIL OF BANDIT i ‘Who Held Up Stroud Banks and Se- cured $4,500. Stroud Okla.,, March 29.—Fosses that have been searching for the rob- bers who held up two Stroud ban Saturday, returned today having spent & fruitless Sunday trying to pick up the trail of the bandits which was lost at sundown Sunday. The loot the robbers carried away amounts to $4,500, a large part of which is in gold. REFUSES TO ADVANCE CASE OF RUDERMAN Judge O'Meara Also Declines to’ Re- duce Bond of $20.000 Under Which Prisoner Is Held. A motion to earlier New Haven, March 29. advance from April 10 to an date for a hearing, the case of Sam- uel Ruderman who is charged with arson, was denied by Judge E. P. O’'Meara in police court today. An. other motion for reduction of the bail bond of $20,000 in default of which Ruderman is in jail, was also denied. The arson charge is in connection with the partial destruction by fire of a mnearly completed apartment house in Lake Place about three weeks ago, of which Ruderman was the owner. Arthur Rosen, of Jersey City, N. who was charged with having actually set the fire, died a week ago at the hospital of burns suffered in the fire. Counsel for Ruderman argued that as the date of the hearing was made contingent on the condition of Rosen, the death of the latter should per- mit advancing the date from that or- iginally set. The prosecution stated that several important witnesses could not be got- ten here before April 10. SILVER LOVING COUP. And $100 in Gold Prescnted to Nor- folk’s ex-Postmaster. Norfolk, March 29.—A well merited and handsome recognition of long and faithfu]l public service took place SBat- urday afternoon when there was pre- sented to ex-Postmaster Leopold J. Curtiss a solid silver loving cup and a purse containing about $100 in gold, the gift of his fellow townspeople without regard to party or political affiliations, as a mark of their appre- ciation of his long and efficient ser- vice in the local office. On March 8. Mr. Curtiss completed a term of sixteen years, during all this time conducting the affairs of the | office in a manner highly satisfac- tory to the government and to the pa- trons of the town. Uniform courtes and fair dealings to all, rich and poo high and low. have characterized his management of the office and the gifts presented on Saturday repre- sent the spontaneous and universal feeling of the residents towards Mr. Curtiss as a friend and a public ser- vant. BRODERICK 1, TGATION ENDED. Hartford. March 29.—Tnd of .ihe Broderick litigation was reached to- day by the withdrawal from the perior court in this city of the $750,- 000 suit of the Latin American Con- | tracting and Tmprovement company of New York against Bishop Bonaven- ture I°. Broderick of Saugerties, N. Y., su- former Congressman John A. Sullivan of Boston and David Broderick and wife of Farmington and Hugh J. Reil- ley of New York. The plaintiff in the action was the assignees of Jose Antonio Frias, former Cuban senator, whose cla‘m was for a commission on a $3.000.- 000 contract secured from the Cubun government for installing a water and sewer steml in Cienfuegos, Cuba. 1 | report. e / srreJ, J Y fitiress P o HARTFORD FOR STOUT WOMEN A SPECIALTY. BLUE SERGES SCY Blue Serges for Men $14.98 to $30.00 Al Styles Blue Serges for Young Men $1 l.fi@?fi.flfl TWO NEW DEMANDS sidered Perilous Ground by China not comprised in the twenty-one origi- nal demands presented last January, which, incidentally, still form the basis on which the negotiations are being conducted. Japan, is seeks to obtain a substantial measure of Japanese participation in Chinese customs administration, which now is controlled by Great Britain under loan agreements which are guaranteed by the customs. The customs staff now includes, be- sides British subjects, some other I‘uropeans and Americans ese. The Japanese gover con- tends that because Ja L trade, excluding that with Hong Kong, which is ment is & British colony, is now the great- eet of the nations trading with China the Japanese should have a numeri- cally large, as well as infiuential, rep- resentation on the customs staff. The iministration is controlied jointly by a Britisher, Sir Richard aorris Dane, in and the Chinese, accordance with terms of the recent so-called reor- ganization loan with the quintuplo zroup of bankers, To Prevent Boycotis, In response to repcated protests made by the Japanese legation, Presi- dent Yuan-shi-Kai has issueq persist- ent orders with the object of prevent ing boycotts and tempering the tone of the press throughout the country The orders are being carried out by the prov uthorities, The quarterly meeting of the Fire- men’s Pension and Relief association will be held at the central fire station Sunday, April 4. The committec in charge of the recent ball will make 10 BE MADE BY JAPAN Negotiaions Reaeh Ciauses Con- | demands, which, according to Chinese, | Am the | ind Japan- | Japanese continue to hold the con- trolling power in the Tsing-Tau cus- toms house in spite of the efforts of ¥rancis A. Aglen, the British inspec- tor general of Chinese mauritime cus- toms to recover it. The Japanese le- gation, according to Chinese diplo- mats, also is evincing a desire to par- ticipate in the salt administration, which, next to the customs, is China’s Inrgest source of revenue. The salt | F. N*S 409-410 NATION NEY PRIVATE DIRECT FINANCIAL NEW HIGH RECORD eight point rise. All of the more ; ; ceasoned stocks were higher, Cana- Eir bodice o | dian Pacific being foremost in this| ,u¢ & both af o class with a gain of 1 Prices | creef tashion. shaded in the general end of the half hour. Close—Bethlehem Steel's movement continued to the end Island showed sudden strength activity. The closing was strong feverisl anc New York Stock Exchange quot: tions furniehed by Richter & Co. | members of the New York Stock E Locomotive officials, the Japanese are again press- | A4m Smelting 68% 7 Am Sugar .. ..105 ing firmly. The negotiations between | A1, Tel & Tel. .. L122% Japan and China. which, have now | Anaconda Copper. 29 reached clauses which are considered |A T S Fe Ry Co.100% perilous ground by the Chinese. The |B & O. J 783 conference between the Japanese min- (B R' T 9014 9 ister and the Chinese officials Satur- | Beth Steel 89 7 day again discussed, but failed to | Canadian Pacific..165 64 agree, on the question of Japanese im- | Central Leather 15 migration' in Manchuria and the so- | Chesa & Ohio. 447 44 called “Hanyehping” demands, namely | Chino Copper 40 a9 9% the Han Yang iron works, the Tayeh | Chi Mil & St Paul 90% 90 20 mines and the Ping-Siang collieres. "‘orn Products Co 11% 113% 113 5 4 | Del & Hudson 149 149 149 Two Further Questions I Distillers Bec 8% §% 82 The Japanese, according to informa- | g 40 IS 24 tion gleaned in Chinese official circles, | grjn st ptd. 29 have intimated that it is Japan’s in- | General Electric tention to open two further questions | Great Nor pfd... | Interborough | Interbarough pfd.. | Lehigh Val 138 371% | Mex Pet 4% T1Y% T3 Missouri Pac 11 118 NYC&H 85% 863 | Nev Cons 11% 11% 119 INYNH&H 601% 581 599 NYO&W 28% 28 28 Northern Pac 106% 1055 1057 Penn R R 3 | Pressea Steel C Railway Cons teading | Rep T & | Southern Southern Southern | Tenn Copper | Union Pac | Utan Copper | U S Rubber Co. ar. Ry prd U S Steel U S Steel pfd Westinghouse | Western Union FOR BETHLEHEM STEEL Al of Morc Scasoned Stocks added seven points to last Saturday’'s H st before the Rock i dre nectil on fellows { for he ound th titutigy for his J Roy wi mattllin that 1 too m along the s end. further t fathers, their fi tive can | =ta) Assi not to ti ing new. Bristol Under- | Balbriggan Un- SM B.' G unieshey can b Wenn derwear | W Bi§ GAIRS. do- B peal wa Medium weight, | Medlum weight o stead§ living wi % eight. | wmite, Cream| . _ e ! oit Sh Aniid Two Colors | una Black. | New York, Wall St, 10:30 a. m.— | ong Mlhe gutter, white and brown Double seated | A further rise of over seven polnts In | make the 1.00 a Sui | drawers, Knee | Dethlehem Stecl was the dominant | .o on whicH | 3100 a Suit | @ ankie length, | [eature of today's early operations.: .8 ouue ope | '-l L { The stock rose to, 82, a new huzh| w Long and shorl|,..,;q ang fitteen points above its Union suits | S1°cve SDIFs. | price of last Friday. Further realiza- | TN OF IN All grades, $1 “tofi‘il"llvlr and | ion of the company’s increasing : < | o . . | business and short covering con- the very sl dop $hee $1.00 4 Suit. | tributed to today's movement, . An-| o gl e ng: other specialty, General Motors, | (eS80 Daging dresses havewdices with frillgeplums. | i “Sheton stite | new art needle used pr luncheon | change. Represented by E. W. Eddy, Tapta ruching Nationa] Bank building | prettyfinish for Peking, China, March —Presi- March 29 skirtgon taffeta di dent Yuan Shi-Kai Saturday again High. Low. Close g ijs | Am Beet Sugar.... 453 44% 44 conferred with certain members of his | 4 " 4 é 2 | Am Copper. 21, 61% 62 Chifiren’s coats entourage regarding the question of | Am- Can 07, | moirf serge, or B rejecting or accepting the Japanese | Am Can pfd. check or broken fie Th old-time compny with th whicl it harmoniz Sping fashions] butta@s everywhen and tocks all weal will wi tied Chidren hats, trimmed ribboy simply Dotted Swiss m tle frocks for the noon dress on hot that sdg are stif mostly Tt is sald couturiers skirts, but Very new and blouges with the square yoke. The tons up the fronmt. The quiet colors spring are known Even reds, plums, very dark and ruffs bl are In neck the most popular 4 there are also pea and green combined New veilings are mesh. but they ha of either chenilie squares, or an effed sign ! New silk stocking | tonholes stayed wid Llhn‘vy]\ this the | This prevents the of ning Living Without Work The business W (Brooklyn Eagle,) Pt B3t Thees WS chine or volle. With The idea of living without wonk rdrobe she can which appeals strongly to a, certdin | ang attractively dres! ltype of young men, brought up b too indulgent parents to wear good | A dress fashioned clothes and to amuse themselves With- | meuse and made wi | out any serious purpose, came 10 jts| plack Chantill 1n0a logical and proper fruition vesterday | with three flounces when Judge Roy sentenced Alfmed | js very chic and bed | Assman to two one-half years in Ring | Sing. If the family is { Assman was the perfect type of that | ¢, warrant the purs kind of well.dressed loafer who de-|gjde of lamb, a grea spises work and imagines he can lve | may he saved An by his wits. He is only 21, vet he | putcher will hang th admitted six burglaries in court, and | the firet cutting in the police accuse him of nearly thirty. | you want to use it He came from a good neighborhood | L | on the Park slope, and when his fam- | ily got tired of his ways he took a Hot linseed applea: | room in the Waldorf Astoria and con- [ficial in cases of i ducted a series of burglaries to get|it, pour one quart the money to maintain his life of wejj. [ over four tablespoon dressed idlencss He seemed, top, | #ecd. Add the juice have some kind of notion that the | #Wecten to taste, ¥yl hot drink bLefore rel | criminal law was not made for well-