New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1915, Page 1

A Dita NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 7, HELLO GIRLS GIVE RING TO ASSOCIATE 1915 —EIGHTEEN ' PAGES. JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM PRESENTED T0 CHINA Peking Government Given il 6 P.M. | Sunday to Yield to Demands. [EUIEVED IT WILL CONCEDE ALL | LODGE ENDORSES DELEGATES ACTS | BAIIfilI Bitsh Reporied 19 Warly in Dar CONSTANTINGRLE 18 of Court Charter Oak Holds Important Miss Frieda Stanquist Recipient Gift From Her Office Friends, Meeting and Echo of HAD 1,310 PASS - MANY BOATS TO RESCUE M. _N.’ Alles, New York. Julien: DeAyala, Cuban consul gen- eral at Liverpool. Scrap Is Heard, By a vote of the members of Court Charter. Oak, F. of A, taken' last night, it was decided to endorse the action of the delegates from this court, as well as those from Court Beethoven and one from Court Prog- ress, in withdrawing from the joint meetings recently held at which ac- tion was taken which seéemed unjust Companions of Miss Frieda Stanquist who is about to leave the employ of the Southern New England Telephone company as an operator, tendered her a farewell party last evening at which they presented her with a handsome ring as a token of their friendship. There were about thirty of the voung lady operators present and =a Passenger Llst Contained Names of b P -~ Many Prominent Americans; Be- lieved They Are Safe Reports Are That Ship Was_ Struck: Ten Miles West of Kinsdale from Where All Available Craft ; Was Sent to“Ass.istance. : 05 p. m.—Lusitan® has been sunk off Old Head, Assistance has been sent._ i Sunk at 2:38 This Afternoon, Liverpool, May 7, 5:43 p. m.—The Echo has been informed that a ,’guage to the Cunard Line reads’as follows: *The L\ul'.&n'l! was tu'rpedoed and aunk at 2:33 Kinsale,. ! ‘“There is no word of her passengers or crew, who number over 1,900 London, May 7, Kinsale, by torpedo.' “this afternoon off All' Passengers Safe. London, May 7.—All pwen”rs on board Lusitania believed to be safe. by Wireless. London, May 7, 5:66 p, m.—Themanager of the Cunard company has “informed the Liverpool Evening Press that he received this afternoon the following message from the wireless station at Old Head, off Kinsale: ““The Lusitania was sunk by & submarine at' 2:33 o’clock this after- noon eight m"ea south by west (of this point)” Company Adinits Disaster. . The New York office of the Cunard Line announced this that the Lusitania had been sunk. The steamship compahy earlier today had received from its agents in England an unconfirmed report that the steamship Lusitania had been tor- pedoed off the coast of Ireland. Repors Is Confirmed. Confirmation of the geport was received in a despateh dateqd Queens- town, 4:59 p. m., today and reading as follows: “Old Head, Kinsale, about twenty boats, all sorts, belonging to Lusi- - tania, are in' vicinity. ‘Wnere 'sunk. About fifteen boats are making for the spot’ to rescue. Calls for Aid. The cublegnm ‘was preceded by the following message: “Liverpool, Cay 7,—Lands End wireless reports distress - Lusitania as follows: % " {“‘Come at once. Big list. Position ten miles west Kinsale.’ A third-cable despatch Tead as follows: “Queenstown, May 7.——All available craft in harbor dispatched to i lfllt-" * A despatch from Lonaon printed on the Dow-Jones News Bureau Ucker stat eil:hnt a report to the Llovds says the Lusitania has been sunk afternoon calls made by A 1,310 Passengers Aboard,’ Wh t.hq Lusitania salied she had abpard 1,310 passengers. Some had been caused because of the publication in the - morning ‘&lnrdly of an advertisement warning hxt:pdln‘ travelers that state of war existed between Germany and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the Waters adjacent to the British Isles; that “#in aecordance with notice given by the German government vessels flying % /the flag of Great Britain are liable to destruction in those waters and that ravelers sailing in the war_ zone on ships of Great Britain or her allles do g0 _at their own risk. “This advertisement wes- signed “Imperiad German Embassy.” iy Warning Not Heeded. This' warning apparently did, not cause many cancellations, for the 2ehip sailed with ‘a. very full passenger list. Just before the steamer’s departure a number of . the passengers received telegra: at the pler, signed by names unknown to them, and preumed to be titious, advis- Jing them not to sail, as the liner was to be torpedied. . Alfred Gwynne ‘Vanderbilt was one at the passengers who received such a message. He destroyed the message without comment. Ay Charles P. Sumner, general agent of the Cunard Line, was at the pler and in a statement made then said that the vovage of the Lusitania would not be atténded by any risk whatever, as the liner had a speed ‘o{f g and a half knots and was provided with unusual watertight bulk. gads. k. . Not_ Snnk hy Single Torpedo. & In commenting on the report ofthe torpedoing 'of the Lusitania to- James: Baker, England. Miss M. A, Baker, New York. Mr. and Mrs.'G. W. B. Bartlett, London, J J. Blttel'lb Stockport, Eng. Albeért C. Billcke and his wife, Los Angeles, Cal. Leonidas Bistio, Atlanta. J. G. Black, New York, Thomas Bloomfleld, New York. H. G. Colebrook, Toronto, Miss Dorothy Conner, New York. Mr. and Mrs, George R. Copping, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Crompton, Stephen, John and Alberta Crompton, and infant and nurse, all of Philadel- phia. Rohert W. Crooks, Toronto. A. B.'Cross. R. E. Dearbergh, New York. Mrs. A. DePage, New York. C. A, Dingwell, Chicago. Miss C Dougal, Quebec. Audley Drake, Detroit. James Dunsmuir, Toronto. W. A. Emond, Quebec. John Fonwick, Switzerland. Dr. Howard Fisher, New York, Justin M. Forman, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Fowles, New York. J. Friedenstein, London, Bdwin W. Friend, Farmington, Conn, - Thomas Bloomfield, New York, James Bohan, Taronto, Canada, B, B. Bowen, Boston, Mr. Boulten, Jr., Chi- cago, Miss Braithwaite, Morristown, N. J.,, Miss Josephine Brandell, New York, Allen Bredge and wife, New C. T. Broddrick, Boston, W . Tex., J. H. Brooks, New York, Mrs. F. C. Brown, New York, William H. Brown, Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Burnside and maid, New York, Mrs. and Mrs. A. H. Bruno, Montclair, N. J., A. J Byinsg- ton, London, Michael G Bryne, New York, D, L. Chabot, Londan, Mrs. W. Chapman, Toronto, J. H Charles, Tor- i} ‘'onto, Miss Doris Charles, Toronto, the Rey. Cowley Clark, London, A. Clark, Tdronto, M. Cohen, New York. Centurion Sunk.: London, May 7, 2:85 p. m.—The British steamer Centurion was tor- pedoed by a German submarine off | the Irish. coast yesterday. H-t craw was saved.. The Centurion was Md abo the sdme time that the .Bri steamer Candidate, owned by .the same company, was torpedoeod off ‘Waterford, Ireland. The Centurion wag bound for South Africa and the Candidate for Jamaica. The Centurion was 339 feet @nd her net tonnage wasg 3,854, wags owned in Liverpool. Candldate Torpedoed. London, May 7, 12:66 {p. m.—The British steamer Candidate was tor- pedoed by a German submarine yes- terday off Waterford, Ireland. The members of her crew were saved. The Candidate was outward bound when she encountered the submarine, eighteen miles ~ from Waterford. Members of the crew say the vessel was torpedoed without warning. Four boats were launched from the Candidate. One of these was swamped but the occupants clam- bered into the other boats. All of the She | Alice Gleed gave several recitations, |on the charge of murder, the shoot- ‘that it may be in the hands of the long | .ments pleasant evening was enjoyed. Miss while the Misses Hagist, Middleton and Grombach gave piano selections. Later a light luncheon was served. Miss Stanquist is leaving the am- ploy of the telephone company to take up a position with the office force of the Stanley Rule & Level company. DR. CARMAN ON STAND AT HIS WFE'S TRIAL Freeport Pllyslcum Says It Was Dark When Mrs. Bailey Was Shot. Mineola, N. Y., May 7.—Dr. Ed- ward Carman described on the wit- ness stand today, in his wife's trikl ing of Mrs. Louise Bailey in his of- fice in Freeport June 30 last. His story was identical with that related by him in the first trial. Mrs, Car- man, who had prepared 1to testify in her own ‘behalf late today, -fol. lowed his testimony closely. It was dark. Dr. Carr.an said, when he heard thé crash of glass, and looking up saw a hand grasping a revolver thrust through the broken 'window. The state contends that the shooting occurred while it was yet daylight and opposes the theory of the _de- fense that the assailant escaped in the darkness. Before Dr. Carman was called to the stand, Wm. R, Smith, engineer of the electric light plant at Free- port, testified that the street lights | were turned on at 8:10 o'clock the night of the shooting. i Geroge Hicks, the colored. detective alleged ‘by Celia Coleman, the . Car. | man’'s negro maid to have told her Ultimatum of Tokio Hegime Contains | Lo the above named courts. Russian | the Japanese minister to China, | ernment. | presented by Tokio. |is good reason to believe that China | is prepared to concede everything de- Mrs. Carman would pay her $300° ' fo._change her evidence, was a pos- | witness for the defense. The. case. is proceeding so rapidly jury Saturday afternoon. RHOADES AGREES TO MAKE $500 PAYMENT After Conference With Water Board | Says He Will Give City That Amoung on Ice Contract. As a consequence of the agitation in the Herald regarding the tardiness | oft Edgar Rhoades in making pay- on the municipal ice crop which he has bought for $2,700, the city is in a fair way to receive $500 today. This should have been paid on April 1 and the fact that Rhoades | Japanese i Chinese foreign | ther | by China without qualification. | Minister Tsao Yulin that the legation Certain Modifications of the Twenty- four Demands Originally Presented by Japancse Government, Peking, May 7, 6 p. m.—Eki Hioki, | 1o the Chinese foreign office between and 4 o'clock this afternoon and ésented the Japanese ultimatum, which insists that China accede to the { demands presented by the Tokio gov- Previous to this action on the, part ‘of the minister the secretary of the iegation visited the foreign office and informed Vice Minister Tsao Yulin that the ultimatum of the cations of the twenty-four demands Prepared to Concede Demands. Peking, May 7, 5:06 p." m.—There manded by Japan, realizing that the situation is hopeless: This possible outcome to the pres- ent tense situation is not generally comprehended in Peking, consequent. ly a number of foreign residents, as well as Chinese themselves, are to- day packing their personal belongings and otherwise preparing’ for eventu- alities. It was ascertained here today that the Japanese government yesterday presented to the Chinese minister at Tokio a note warning him that China must accept the demands of Japan, as otherwise there would be presented to her an ultimatum, the expiration of which would be fixed for 6 p. m. of Sunday, May 9 Policy of Japan. Peking, May 7, 10:30 a. m.—Ja- pan's policy, says the Peking Ga- zette is to extort the entire body of her demands while avoiding the odium of Burope and America for exactions from China through an ultimatum. Further Concessions Refused. Peking, May 7, 12:55 a. m.—The legation has informed the office that Japan would be unable to accept the fur- concessions offered yesterday (Thursday) -by China and would pre- sent an ultimatum before 3 o'clock | this (Friday) afternoon unless the twenty-four demands were accepted The Japanese legation continued vesterday “its efforts to persuade the Chinese government to concede Jap- an’s demands without the necessity of serving upon China the ultimatum of the Japanese government, which was received early vesterday morning. China Offers Concessions. The secretary of the legation visited the foreign office and informed Vice had received the ultimatum and that | it would be presented unless China agreed to Japan’s twenty-four de- mands before 7 o'clock in the evening went | Japanese ! government contained certain modifi- | | vailing today In the mining district of | frem $40 to $90 the ton, wheat flour | ures do not include the unemployed ployed so situated number about 45,- 000, or counting their (lmluo- about The action of the meeting from which they withdrew was'character- | ized as unjust and- the delegates were recommended for their “manly and independent” act, The oppeosition at the meeting in question are under- slood to have claiméd the majority of nine votes out of the fifteen, leav- | ing the Charter Oak delegates six votes, but it is believed by the mem- bers of this branch that the vote real- 1y stands eight to seven with Charter Oak on the top. There is also a current rumor in lodgedom that Court Charter Oak is supporting Court Progress candidates in their fight ‘for the place on the council and Court Pride’s candidate for supreme delegate. There are compromise candidates. After the meeting a whist was held and later prizes which the , degree | team had arranged for. were drawn, resulting as follows: First, Miss Dor- othy Wiegand; second, M. Kerrigan: third, D. Young. The prizes can be had by applying to the secretary, who will be at the club rooms Saturday evening. DESPERATE STURTION IN WESTERN POLAND Cutting Off of Imports and Closing of Mines By Ger- mans Cause Misery. Warsaw, Russian Poland, May via London, 11:20 a. m.—A detailed report of the desperate situation pre- western Poland, now in possession of the Germans, has been received by the Rockefeller commiission, which was organized to assist the suffering popu- lationi of this region. A comparison of food prices before the war with those which prevailed in January of this vear show the fol- lewing contrasts: Rye flour increased from $60 to $102, buckwheat from $60 to $125, and peas from $60 fo $250, Before the war a ton of straw cost $210, in January it brought $612 and the price of oats has increased 500 per cent. Out of a population of 135,000 in the district of Sosnovitz, 12,650 per- sons are now dependent upon charity. In Bendin there are five thousand charity subjects, out of a population of 50,000, and in Dombrow 5,000 out of a population of 60,000, These fig- who are receiving assistance - from their former employers. The unem- 100,000 persons, Continuing, this report says that during the last five months the popu- state that the résis slang is being brokn and that the whole © they Aviators Bell Done’ Serious Damage | Capital—Exact in West Galicia in il Official announcemi despatch from Col severe losses have been French and British ed on Gallipoli Penin one entire ‘battalion in an attack on'the and that in another British lost heavily war munitions. Reports reaching Dardanelles, while co details of ‘land fightii bardment by the all Turkish fortifications | ccessfully. Som Chanak and Kilad other on both sides of to the narrows, are silenced. Exact Status in The exact status of & great battle of wes mains trian reports of a s in doubt. G are increasingly _optim of the Russians has a precarious situatio advices, howeyer, whil measure of success to allies, say these clai exaggerated. The fice announces & victory a battle near Stry, in tl further east thah the present main battle. Hopes that Italy wo fully her differences parently are fading as were revived ‘a The Austrian governn ed to have informed It treme concessions it 'is make, the Austrians. Rome are confidence in & German school on receipt of & lin and the exo Italy is eonumllnl bere, \ustria military pre 3 attack by Tt » Constantinople, to Berlin and m.—The followin| ing the operatio was issued last war office: An enemy b ed Wednesday tack by our wing. At Avi Burna strongly bullt e captured. “At Seddul Bahr losses on the Engli great quantities of & have taken ten enemy, lation of this region suffered serious epidemics of typhus, scarlet fever, dysentery and cholera, Of cholera there have been thirty-five authen- ticated cases, and the death rate among non-combatants has increased from ten per cent. to twelve per cent. Two chief causes of the misery in this region have been the cutting off of imports, upon which this part of Poland always has been dependent, Tsac Yulin immediately visited the winter palace, the residence of Yuan Shi Kai, and, after a conference with the executive and other members of the government, conveyed to the Jap- (anese legation the following further concessions: China reiterated, regarding Shan- ' tung province, that she would grant Japan everything that already had been granted to Germany there by "day marine men pointed out that in their aplnlon the Lusitania could not He sunk by a single torpedo. S¥ The Lusitania_was delayed for more than two and a half hours in . sailing for Liverpool last Saturday on account of having to take over the 11163 passengers from the Anchor Liner Camaronia, which was chartered t the last minute by the British admiralty. Certain Forts § London, May 7, 62 forts at Chanak and Dardanelles have b some of those on waterway up to Naj are out of action, the Chronicle, from Miados Set was $1,000 back in his payments was | given to the public through tHis | paper. Chairman W. B. Rossberg of the water commissioners had ‘a confer- ence this afternoon with Rhoades'and one of his bondsmen and the ice man | agred to make a payment of §500 today. The following crew, numbering forty-four, landed at Milford Haven, The British steamer Candidate was 2,826 tons net register. Bulilt in Glas- . gow in 1906, she was 398 feet long and was owned in_Liverpooi, where che arrived April 9 from New Orleays. : All Passengers Saved. New York, May 7.—The Dow and Jones company Ticker service in a report from London declares the Lusitania was beached and passengers letter was received from . Chairman ~ one of the speediest. ‘end crew, according to Lloyds, were saved. President Wilson Informed. President Wilson was. informed of the sinking of the Lusitania and ite House officials showed keen anxiety to learn whether any American ; iives were lost, No comment was made. While disposed to await full details before expressing opinions, all ad- ministration officials realized that the incident was probably the most seri- ous Washington has faced since the beginning of, the war. Seaport of Ireland. Kingale, off whi¢h the Lusitania wag torpedoed, l! a seaport 6f Ireland, thirteen miles southwest of Cork. It lies near the entrance of St. George's Channel, between Ireland 'and England, through which trans-Atlantic sels pass on their way to Livernool. P Tt was the steamer Lusitania whose flying of the American flag in the month of February on her way from Queenstown to Liverpool in order to protect her against possible attack by a German submarine caused con- “siderable astonishment on both sides of the ocean, and resulted in the’ issuing of a statement by the British foreign office justifying the use of a neutral flag under circumstances such as-these. ! | Among Lar gest Liners. The Lusitania was one of the la1g est of transatlantic liners as well as She was built. i n Glasgow in 1906. She was 785 feet ‘omg, 88 feet beani and sixty feet dee p. Her gross tonnage was 32,500 and TWENTY-ONE KILLED DURING WIND STORMS - Proper“y Loss in Louisiana and Mis- sissippi Estimated, af About 4 $300,000. New Orleans, May toll of the wind storms - tated Acadia Parish in ‘seuthwestern Louisiana and Coahoma. County in northwestern Mississippi ‘yestérday ‘to- day stood at;21, Alf but one Were ne- groes. Fitteen. were killed at Bgan 'and l\fiermentnu in Acadia. Pl.fllh gnd six n{ar Lia!‘lfldnle and Johnstflnn Miss. Forty five more persons are own to have been injured in Acadia Parish, some of them seriously. today by Rhoades Rossberg: *“You are now in default on two payments on your contract of March 1, 1915, with the city of New Britain. Unless these payments are made good within one week from date we shall notify the corporation counsel to bring suit on your bond. ‘We are notifying your bondsman to the same effect. Please give this matter your immediate attention.” The following letter was received by the bondsmen, W. L., Deming, R. Rhoades and C. A. Johnson: “You are hereby ‘notified that Edgar Rhoades Is in: defaylt of payment on his contract for. the purchase of mu- nicipal ice with the city of New Brit- | ain. Please take notice that unless all back payments are made within orne week from this date we shall re- port the same to the corporation | counsel with instructions to bring suit | consents to the release of China from treaty. China agreed to grant the Japanese the right to work mines In south Mahn+ churia and eastern Mongolia; that afl disputes between thte Japanese in Manchuria. of whatever nature, shall | be under Japanese jurisdiction; that | schools and hospitals may lease land from the Chinese, thereby reserving | land ownership: to grant a concession 1o Japanese to build the NanChang- Chaochow-Fu railway if Great Britain tne negotiations begun ihig railroad two years ago, The | Japanese claim they requested the concession for this railroad in 1907. Three Counter-Proposals, The three stipulations China made to the demands in the nature of coun- ter-proposals last Sunday were not withdrawn by China. These were that China asked the right to participate concerning which in normal times give employ- church yesterday morning when Miss Rose Mary Mancini became the bride of Nicolo Perotta. The bride's sister was the briedsmaid and the groum's brother ing the wedding a dinner was served at the bride’s home, No. 260 South Main left for a trip to Boston. and the closing of the coal mines, ment to 50,000 men. PERROTTA—MANCIN Young Couple Are Wedded by Father | Sullivan at St. Joseph’s Church, A pretty wedding was solemized by the Rev. J. L. Sullivan at St. Joseph's acted as best man. Follow- street after which the couple Guests present were Mr, and Mrs. attddk of the war on © is reported in an un from Athens, slan aviators flew over ping several bombs, lieved to have caused age. sian Black sea fleet Turkish forts on the Bosphorus Russian shells fell wil Dardanelles, London, May 7, tillery exchanges bet: ships of the allies and tions of the Turks ¢ Some vessels are firing: Gulf of Saros, making us matory shells. The town was set on fire yi Constantinople | Paris, May 7, 12:30 p. m It is The message says also Wedn: on Rosa, Mr. and Mrs. Carasa, Mr. and «Mrs. Dagata, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas DiChichio, Mr. and Mrs. Carlone, Mr. and Mrs. John Mancini, all of this | city, and Mr. and Mrs. James Dagata of Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Petrillo of Waterbury and Mr. and Mrs, Albino, of Boston. The bride and groom will live at No. 260 South Main street. miles of Constantinople, French Oficial Repo Paris, May 7. 2:36 g8 French war office this out the following stai progress of hostilitics “The Germans deliv yesterday at the close telle, in the Argonne. complete failure, “On the remaind paticularly to the north in the region of Va been violent art e German O . her net tonnage 9,145. ‘She was owne d by the Cunard Steamshlp company, % . Limited, of Liverpool Her captain w'as. W. T. Turner. in an international conference. for a rearrangement of the aliered status | ot Shantung: indemnity for the losses incurred in consequence of the Tsing- tau campaign, and the restoration of | the status of Shantung as before the war. It is sad that the Chinese govern- . ment has resoived to communicate wth the United States, Great Britain, Ttussia and France on receipt of the uitimatum, and thai the nature of the communication will depend upon the nature of the ultimatum, China to Avoid Rupture, Tokio, May 7. 11:45 A. M.—A des- patch to the Nichi Nichi, from its Peking correspondernt, says China last night. informed. Japanese Minister Hioki that it desired to arrange a set- against you or the bond.” Early estimates placed the property loss there at $500,000. Many build- ings were demolished at Mermentau, 0 were destroyed at Egan and all farm houses in the path of thhe storm are reported to have been razed. , The storm which visited Mississippi Was accompanied by rdin and railway tracks in several sections of the state were inundated. Reports from the stricken districts were delayed today by damage to FLOWER DAY, “Flower day” will be obserVed by the * Zionist societies of this city on Sunday. May 16. . Girls with baskets | ot flowers will distribute them about | the city for a nominal sum, The funds realized from the sale will go towards the “National Zionist Fund.” A like sale will be heid in every city in Con- necticut where a Zionist society 1% located, Trumbull on Board. Plainville, Ma§ 7.—Among the passengers on the ill:fated Lusitania was Isasc Trumbull, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Trumbull, aBd a brother of “the men at the head of the Trumbul Electric Manufacturing company this place. Mr, Trumbull is a former Plainville resident and' is now inected with a Bridgeport concern, which- is mnnufa.ctux‘ing the Trum- WII cycle car. It wés In the interests of this mmp.ny that Mr. Trumbull made ar- rangements for his trip abroad. 'Relatives here received word from him last week that he would sail’ on ‘the giant’ Cunarder on Saturday and in telegraph and telephone lines, the lblnnee of any information to v.he ¢°ntr.ry thay believe - he was nu Birmingham, Ala.,, May 7.—A wind bered among’ tM passengers. b # storm caused damage estimated at moare than $100,000 in Birmingham List. o‘,w early today. Several business build- fo! ng Is a lst'of the first “W. Mec, Adams, New York. e followl: J/ings iIn the heart of the city were ‘Enbln pmasgen aboard th- Lusi- "Dady Allen and maid, Montreal. badly damaged and a number of tania Miss Anna Allen, Mantreul. 5 homes in residential sections were Miss Gwen Allan and maid, Mont- oy AGREE ON LIQUOR TAXES, London, May 4:66 p. m.—An agreement has been reached between Chancellor of the Exchequer Lioyd George and representatives ' ‘of the | Berlin, May T ¥ia 1L liquor trade in the mattér. of pro- | ~The German 3 posed taxes on beer and spirits, The | ters staff toduy gave oul the: statement is made that the. chancel- | statementy lor has agreed to drop all the new | ‘E %q"ner- tfin : A. H. Adnma. New York. - Hartford, May night and Saturday. blown down. No deaths have been reported. “In % Ty taxes in the form originally proposed (Continued on Tenth Page.) by him. o 3 L