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

MEMEL PLUNDERED AND FIRED BY RUSSIANS Piful Tales Told by Few lnhab- tats of East Prussian Viage (Correspondence of the Associated I'ress.) Menmel, Prussia, March 31— ®or seven months and a half the war had Dbeen little more than rumor for the inhabitnats of the little city norther- t Prussia on the Baltic. Be- mobilization of 600 of the to take the place of tne regular troops things had gone amuch the same as usual. Then, suddenly, on the Mar Cossacks were coming from the north and the east, and Memel began to get its first direct impression of the gi- gantic conflict. In the days that fol- lowed it was to got other and more terrible impressions. Russians Force Entrance. While officials frantically appealed for help from the military authori- ties, {he little band of Tandsturm slowly fell back from one defensive position to another before the oncom- ing Russians, made one firal but in- offcctive stand at the outlving vil- lage of Althof, and on Thursday night, March 18, were forced to let the Russians enter. Burning and pillaging as they went, tizg Russian troops swept into Memel. Af terrified villagers gazed from their windows, the soldiers marched through Memel's main strect, smash- ing in the store windows, stopping only long enough to help themselve to tobacco, liquor and food. Had Twenty-four Hours Notice. Memel, however, had had twenty- four hours netice, and had utilized the time for partial flight. Terrified vil- lagers from the outlying districts had come panting into town with of dwellings looted and burned, reln tives and friends seized and borne off to Russia by Russian civilians fol- lowing the wake of the soldiers, and of atrocities too terrible to mention. Eight thousand of the towns pop- Wation, thanks to one final stand of the Landsturm at the Karlsbrueche with a machine gun, succeeded in g ting out of Memel, with a few belong- ings, and onto the long strip of sand dune known as the *Kurlsche Neh- rung” that runs in a curving direction southward toward Koenigsbers. Had Little Food. Few of the fugitives had had time to'bring any food, and on the narrow strip of sand there was nothing on which they could subsist. The bitter winter weather that had made the flight so terrible, however, proved o be their salvation, for it froze the sheltered water between the sand and the mainland so that supplies could sledged across in sufficient quan- ¢ to keep soul and body together. Ignorant of the fate that might ha befallen those they had left behind, suffering terribly in the bitter weath- er, the fugitives waited, hoping des- perately that the reinforcements for- which they had appealed so earnest- 1y had arrived to drive the Ru: out. There they remained a week, or for four days after the invaders had been expelled with great losses. b 4 No Tactical Reasons. For three days the Russian troops camped about the town. Their swoop on Memel seemed to have been in- spired by no tactical reasons, for they did not sink the ships in the land locked harbor, nor fortify themselves, CGermany's threat that Russian towns ywould be destroyed if they continued to burn down German villages is be- leved to have restrained them from destroying Memel. Instead they cleaned out virtually cvety delicatessen store, every provi- ion market and every wine and liquor establishment in Memel. Individual soldiers prowling about, entered the homes of inhabitants and added to thejr fear by their depredations and their threats. German Reinforcements Arrive. On Sunday the German reinforce- ments began to arrive, and the Rus- «lans began to leave. A few hours later a trail of dead bodies from the center of the little city to Althof—or Ity remains—told the story of the de- patture. When the last Russian had gone and the inhabitants ventured out of their homes, 171 corpses picked up and piled together prepar- atory to burial in a common grave. This gruesome work was still gress when an Associated Pres: repondent reached Memel. Twelve Civilians Killed. @nc of the first to reach the scene was Ober-President von Batocki of the province of Kast Prussia, and ho began at once to sift out the truth rom the mass of rumor and hearseyv reghrding the invasion. Shortly he lotermined that between 500 and 600 L, SPUTTING < SOK BEADACHE Dr. James’ Headache Powders re- <, lieve at once—10 cents a package. You take a Dr. James’ Headache Powder and in just a few moments your head elears ‘and all neuralgia and distress vanishes. It's and surest relief for headache, whether dull, throbbing, splitting or nerve- acking. Send someone to the drug ptore and get a dime package now. Ruity suffering—it’s so needless. Be ure you get Dr. James’ Headache wders—then there ill b isap- ikt P e wi e no disap: ast a of Memel, tucked away in most T the af 17th < in cor- en | h, there came the report that the ¢ i approached, leaving his wife and five were | { his bride next Tuesday the quickest | persons in the Memel part of tlle] province had been carried off to Rus sia, that twelve civilians had been killed, that one woman took po when she was attacked by a Russian soldier and that another died from such an attack, that the second m or of city had been dangerously and perhaps fatally wounded by a bayonet stab in the abdomen, and that si teen soldi had been killed in di pelling the Russians The Associated Press correspondent was able to retrace the route taken by the Russians as they advanced on Me- mel from the nearby border, to the north and to the ecast, and to see a panarama of desolation such now iy common in Iast Prussia, and no where else in Europe: Belgium is chell-riddled. Iast Prussia is burned down and devastated. Along Baltic Goast. The route led up along the Baltic | to the remains of the little vil- of Nimmersau—a typical town, building in which had Tt had been the objec- tive of the Russians as they swept over the border from Polangen: they had stayed long enough to all but wipe it off the map. The few inhabitants of the village who had mustered up courage to stav, or who had returned, told pitiful tales. One old man, with on ragged suit of clothing, a battered hat and broken umbrella as his sole remaining p: sessions, had left Nimmersau with his two young sons when the Russians coust lagc the principal been the inn. voung daughters behind. Wife and Children Gone, He came backto find parts of the walls of his home still standing, the interior a smoking ruin, and = a and children gone. The tears rolled | slowy down his cheeks and froze in the bitter cold as he told the story. Not far from this scenc of deva tfion was another, th time the mains of what had been a more pre- tentious inn with the euphonious but mocking name of {urhaus Nimmer- satt -(Never Satisfied.) The smoko still eddied through the ruins of the walls, and in what had been an Ttalian garden, now a mass of wrecked mar- ble tables, there stared out the sign “Please do not pick the flowers. Villages Systematically Plundered. Again the southward, then to {he eastward, and finally back to Memel the route led, with the picture always the same, devastation vary- ing only in degree. Yet not one house and not one village showed the ef- fect of gun fire or fighting. Fach had been stematically plundered and then fired. As the correspondent left Memel, bhound for more southerly scenes of the same or a worse character, Rus- sian prisoners were just completing the burial of their 171 comrades who had had a part in the destruction of the distri Every hundred yard there were teams hauling fugitives and their few remaining belonging: fleeing from possible future invasion or because there was nothing left for them to stay for. to City Items Rev. M. St. Mary's town today. Haven. Albin Carlson and Frank G. Vib- berts, candidates for councilman, re- port to the city clerk that they had no campaign expenses. The last open mecting and enter- tainment of the season will be held by Stanley post, G. A. R., this evening in G. A. R. hall. All are welcome. Exchange Gift Shop, ‘28 Veranda Novelties, Stenciled Covers, Chinese Tea Stoves, Folding Tables, Inexpensive Flower Baskets, Inexpensive Crepe Napkins.—advt. formerly at or in New L. Reagan. church, was a V He is located in Court St. Table St. Mary's bazaar in Hanna's armory will close this evening. The function has been a success in excess of the expectations of those m charge and it is proposed to close the event in a blaze of glory tonight. According to Water Commissioner \W. B. Rossherg, P. J. Egan will con- tinue as clerk of the water board next year, The first meeting of the committec on rules and legislation of the common council will be held this evening. Contracts for elty printing will be awarded at a meeting of the commit- tee on supplies and printing of the Common council next Tuesday cven- ing. The sixty-second anniversary of the New Britain Turner sociery was cele- brated last night in Turner hall. President Arno Kerber made the ad- dres A gymnastic exhibition was followed by dancing. ‘A reception to the last confirmation class of St. John's churen was given last night at the church. Rev. Paul Kirsch of Meriden and Rev. M. W. Gaudian made addresses The wedding of Rev. Frederick W. Ieese, pastor of the German Baptist church, and Miss C. Steinberg, a m sionary and nurse, will take place in Boston Iriday. Rev. Keese left for Boston yesterday and will return with His farewell sermon will be preached May 16 and will assume the pastorate of the Itumboldt Park church in Chicago, June 1. Plans for an auto trip to Winsted and Highland Lake on May 9 by the New Britain Camera club were made at last night's meeting. Slides from Fitshuag weer inspected. James H. Curtin and Willlam T Delaney left today for Brooklyn, N. V.. to attend the funeral of John | liunny tomorrow morning. George I5. Bunny of this city, a brother, and his daughter, Miss canor Bunny, left yvesterda A special lodge, A. F. this evening, will be conferred. served. A new jitney car running to Bristol | and Plainville for ten cents appeared on the streets of New Britain this meeting or Centennial and A. M., will be held when the third degree A lunch will be morning. ST. PETER'S FAIR /1 PRESENTS AWARDED aud Financ:al Suceess. St. fair came to a Bardeck’'s hall, successful ba. ever conducted. Peter's parish close last evening in concluding the most iar the parish ha ho attendance each of the four evenings was heavy and cveryons brought a well-filled pocketbook with the clasp missing. The principal feature of last night's gathering was the awarding of pres- ents. The results were as follow Season Ticket § in Gold—N>Mrs. Emil Kraus. One-half Ton Coal-—Mrs. One-half Barrel [IFlour—E 100 Cigars—Joe Crosby. Order for Pair Shoes mand. isabeth. Mary Die- Special Prizes, —Arthur Volz. John Zotter. J. Baumgaert- Parlor Clock Sofa Pillow- Crocheted Jacket- ner. Boiled ITam One-half Dc -—Noble Lang. Center Piece—Mrs. man. Vacuum Cleaner Purse—Mrs. Fred Roy. Comfortable—Agatha Benz. Butter Knife and Sugar Schweitzer. $5 in Gold—DM. F. Coffey sacred Heart Picture—N. A. en Bauimmgaertner. Knives and IForks M. Zimmey M. J. Kenney. Shell— Schweit- Hall. Alphonse Palm—M Parlor flamme. $10 H. 1. Rug—DMrs La- in Gald—Catherine V¢ BUSINESS MUST FACE MANY NEW PROBLEMS In Next Few Years Deciares Head of Cotten Manufacturers. Boston, April 28.—The belief that expansion rather than contraction of American trade should be sought by manufacturers was expressed by Al- bert Greene Duncan of this city, pres- ident of the National association of Cotton Manufacturers in an address prepared for delivery at the annual| convention of the organization toda: He said that cotton manufacturers were harder hit than almost any oth- er industry” in this country by condi- tions arising from the Kuropean war and added: “We are only beginning an improvement which we hope will be real and substantial.” Speaking of general business condi- tions, Mr. Duncan said: “The halting attitude of business is the natural se- quence of our recent national policies and is caused by the fear of the legia- lative and governmental campaigns against business. No one will deny that there exist faults in business life, but there is no justification for (he propaganda whjch has denounced all business as entially corrupt and vicious. Corrective legislation is necessary for the excrescences thal may grow on our business, but correc- tive legislation is very different fromn the restrictive and punitive laws which now burden our statute books. Many New Problems. “Business will have to face many new problems in the next few years. At the close of the war we shall be the one nation that has gained in re- sources rather than lost. With an- nouncement of peace, unlimited op- portunities seem to open for Ameri- ca. American industry and initiative are amply cquipped to take advantage of these changed world conditions. A we then to see this golden opportun- itly slip from our hands because of the handicap of governmental regulation? Business must stand together and de- mand that our representatives in tate and nation conserve rather than destroy the business interests of our | Greater Individual Effort. The limitations on association ac- tivities in developing export trade were dicussed by Prof. Paul T. Cher- ington of Harvard university in a pa- per presented to the meeting. Prof Cherington urged greater individual {nitiative and effort on the part of the manufacturers. Any association,” he said, “‘partic- ularly if it has already established it- self in connection with domestic ac® ities, has facilities for zathering and | _giving out information of a general character which can be of great value, pbut as the exporter nears the stage of actual business his responsibility be- comes more and more individual. Relations Between Individuals. “A field for association work which promises to become of great value is that opened by the relations between the individual members of the asso: tion and the various governments: Tariff disputes and the adjustment of appraisements and smaller misun- derstandings have been satisfactoril handled in many cases by an assoc- jation when individual settlement might have been more difficult and more costly.” Colonel 1. M. Ullman of New Haven will be the principal speaker at the hanquet of Jehuda Halevl lodge, B'Nai B'Rith, in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall on May 9. Best Butter S4c 1b. advt. COMMUNICATED. Single Headed Commission Favored for Board of Public Safety. Where does the demand the division of the boa come from? Last winter we had an officially selected charter revision committee to advise, devise and rec- ommend all the charter changes their combined wisdom and judgment could evolve. During their three months or so of deliberation- this scheme of making two boards do the work of one escaped their notice In fact some who were members do not hesitate express their opinion that if such a plan had been brought up it would have heen killed so guick it could not have committed suicide in time to This matter seems to up in a night. It was rushed through the common council with hardly chance for investigation or discussion and bobs up in Hartford the legislative committec as a demand « the people of New Britain few advocates claim that it represents the wants of the people. expressed through their mayor, common council. How is it known they do? "he common council at a recently specially called mecting voted nearly unanimously to have the city vote on a proposition to purchase the present lighting system for it to go Into the lighting nd furnishing electrical power busine Incidently this would run our present indebtedness of over three millions up to over five million dollars, increasing our tax rate by over two mills per annum for interest d this represent the They voted it nting voice inside a week at a regularly calléd meeting for another purpose common counci] large voted without due invest change and cut down the prepared estimates for the propriations so as to lower posed tax rate, which if n would have resulted in criy services of somc our city ments. The proposition for official, and now to escape. have a berore and peo- down of city The majority tion to carefully vearly the p ade a jaw without a di by a ng the of depart- city meeting furned down the by a vote of twe te one, That is what the people at the meet- ing thought of it. Therefore it is not an assured fact that the action of the common coun- cll always represents the wishes of majority of the people. Ior the p. fifteen years or more it has been the policy of the city authorities (and as a rule endorsed by the people) to con- solidate the city office This is evi- denced by town and city consolida- tion, the creation of the hoard of public works and its absorption of the old subway commission, the over of the sewer handlinz the city lighting and now working towards controlling the water department. We had:the marriage of the police and fire departments, incidentally tak- ing in as a_roomer the electrical de- partment. Our health department has expanded from less than a two thou- nd a year proposition to one handling the garbage question, plumb- ing, sanitary, milk and food inspec- tion. and assuming charge of the tuberculosis society, therchy iving a varacious appetite for salary in- creases, that it will now require all told in the neighhorhood of twenty thousand vear to run it. Our : thorities also in order to or get the city offices together, pur~ chased the property and remodeled the building now used as a city build- takir au- ing at an expense of nearly a quarter | of a million dollars. Now our lawyer officials and others are further schem- ing to consolidate the local court buss iness, thereby doing away with the scattered justice courts and have a combined police and city court, The claim is that consolidating or concen- trating business, whether public private, tends towards better service at a less cost, This seems to be generally ceeded by all authorities, ’ Creating two boards to act in the place of one will be a step backwards It will be an entering wedge to undo wkat it has taken years to build up 1t is a slap and rebuke to the for thought and judgment of the cates and workers for modern metn- ods, block to progress and a step towards retrogression in this the twen- tieth century. How many are would favor the conducting b in the manner it fifteen years ago? The causc for dissatisfaction now manifest about cxisting conditions in the safety department can be removed with little trouble It is not nec- ary to increase the number of thosc in charge. The ald saying »oils the broth,” applies in this or con- advo- there today who city danc of siness was “too many cooks s matter. We get along with one n one corporation counsel, one city engincer, superintendent of schools, ete., we do not need cight men to run fire and police departments any than we need them to run the tions above named Put one man of strong goad judgment with perience (preferably training) at the hecad of it, give him practically a free hand in the man- agement, with sufficient funds and vou will get results. The next best thing to do is to get the same kind of a man even without business experience and put two men on with him with bhusiness training as business advisors. 1t should not be expected that men wha have had no training for, or ex- perience in managing men or business of the nature crlaining to this de- partment shouid make a howling sue- cess. You would not send your watch to a blacksmith for repairs, or press yvour cook into service as your barber. To work with a beard of the above de- scription there should be a non-par- tisan practical commission for the choice of the material for this par- ticular class of work for the examina- tions, passing upon the qualifications and recommendation af the men for police and firemen. Political pull and itism should be str and the more posi character, me business ex- with a military a personal tly favor- climinated in “d of public safety | sprung | ap- | department, | it | consolidate | ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGH TO WORK? Mrs. Hubbard Tells How Vinol the Famous Cod Liver and Iron Tonic Built Her up and Made Her Strong. Covington, Ky.—‘‘1 was in a general run-down condition and suffered from a bad cough. Ihave a family of four, and after working for a while around the house I would get so tired I would have to sit down and rest and sometimes it seemed as though my back would break. ““I tried cod liver oil emulsions and other remedies but did not seem to get any help. Finally one day I saw Vinol advertised and tried it. I soon noticed a dpcxdcd improvement, and now it has builtup my health and strength.’’— Mrs. 10w | ALEX. HueBARD, Covington, Ky. Vinol is a constitutional remedy for all weak, nervous and run-down con- ditions of men, women and children. _In a natural manner this delicious cod liver and iron tonic creates a hearty appetite, aids digestion, makes pure, healthy blood and thus creates strength for the run-down and debilitated. ° have never sold in our store a more dependable remedy for coughs, colds and bronchitis than Vinol. Try a bottle, and if it doesn’t help | you we will return your money. The Clark & gists, New Britain ing drug stores e | ———————————————————————————— Brainerd Co., Drug- onn., and at lead- erywhere. With a as outlined. responsibility can be incentives would tend to zood, and efficiency in the work would be surprisinz- this sclection system above placed the making department ind increased Such the Old Readers. v is belief of of one yvour CONSECRATED BISHOP FIVE YEARS AGO Bishop Nilan Observes Anniversary of His Election as Head of the Ha tford Diocest, Hartford, April Rt. Bishop John J. Nilan observed the fifth-anni- Rev. versary of his consecration as bishop of the Hartford diocesc yesterday with high The mass The high Monsignor Thomas S. a pontifical mass at St. Joseph's cathedral by the it. Rev. V. nd the bishop's deacons William H. of church, and Rev, James €. O'Brien «f Stamford. The deacon of the mass s Rev. William J. McGurk of South and the Rev. McAuliffe, dent ' seminary. was celebrated priest was Dug- cathedral hishop. an, rector of the were Rev. Patrick’s Rogers St. inchester sub-deacon pres Rev vic the s master of ceremonies, assist- Rev. William H. Flynn. The cathedral choir, augrnented by | «tudents of St. Thoma minary. sang ! special mus Rt. Rev. Monsignor sivnott and about 150 priests attended { the mass, ail the of the diocese being repre The bishop eatertained the v priests at iuncheon in the after the ! ceremonies. Rishop Nilan was consecrated April . 1910. His appointment to be nishop of the Diocese of Hartford. to succeed Bishop Michael Tierney, who died in October, 1908, was approved by the pope February 16, 1910. He had been rector of ¢ Joseph's parish at Amesbury, Mass. Previous to that lie had done pastoral work at South ¥ramingham, Mass., Abington, Mass znd in St. James parish m Boston. ¢ was ordained to the priesthood in December, 1878, after his graduation from Notre Dame seminary at Troy, N Y. Bishop shes ented. ting eonvent i Nilan has instituted many reforms. He has established dio- cesan corporation for the holding of church property that had been in pri- vate and parochial control. He re- constructed the conference plan for the clergy. e was instrumental in | «ccuring funds for the erection of St. Agnes’ Home. The diocese has shown a steady and growth since the time of his consecration as bishop. a vigorous PARTISAN SAFETY BOARD PROPOSED Desire gf Common Council Has No Bearing on Changes in New Britain's Charter. A slap in the face for the common council, is the way many cilizens re- gard the decision of the legislative committee and bhoroughs to rccommend that New Britain have one commission of three members charge of its police and fire depart. ments The council voted in favor of separate commissions of four mem- on cities in Horehound and Tar for Coughs ana | (Drug- gists) § 1 | into | 1ater John | chancelior of the dio- | Colds When it ache Pike’s Toothache Dro; MAY RECORI ON SALE N( most delight enthusinsm of the popul The Viet record offering for May charming and will no doubt o te a ot Victor audiences, Below are only a few Records.” i of Anay Bay . 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