New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAY 10, PRICB THREE CENTS. j 3 ; . 1915—T\X/ELVE PAGES o L e 3 L LUSITANIA WAS SUNK BY GERMAN ~ SUBMARINE U-39, MUNICH DECLARES Washington - Officials .Believe Wilson Will Denounce Act President Not to Call Extra Session of Congress to Deal . With Situation, Thus Keeping U. S. ¥rom Being Drawn Into European War—Three Torpedoes Fired at Ill-fated Cunard Liner, Says Rev, Mr, Guvier, London, May 10, 1:19 p. m.—The Central News has received a despatch from its correspondent at Genoa who Bays a telegram received there from Munich declares that the German submarine U-39 was responsible for ‘the sinking of the Lusitania.” Denunciation of Act, ‘Washington, May 10.—Speculation “'as to what the United States'prob- ably would do &as a' protest against the torpedoing of the Lusitania with the loss o fmore than a hundred , American lives, developed among of- \ ficials and diplomatists today the general opinion that President Wil- son would express'in the policy he pursued a denunciation of the act as inexcusable under the laws of nations and humanity. The extent of his actipn—whether it would “bé ‘beyond an “emphatically phrased note to an actual severance of ‘diplomatic relations | with - Ger- many—still was undetermined.’ Fate today the president will go. to Phil- adelphia to address a gathering of 4,- 000 naturalized Americans nrmngéd for by the bureau of naturalization of the department of commerce sev. eral weeks ago to launch a syste- matic course in the instruction of + aliens in.the rights and duties ot 4 American citizenship. It is gencrs ally expected that he will refer to the situation produced by the sinking of the Lusitania, though hot divulging vitally . the course the United States government intends to ‘Pursue. . When the cabinet meets tomorrow. + 4 President Wilson probably will present " to his colleagues his ideas of what _the government’s policy should' be. No Extra Session of Congress. 7./It'ts'now certaln that the president 4 jesymot ' Intend to .call congress in session. This disposes; for the grdnr\t at least, of the suggestion that ermany’s action = will cause the X United States \to be drawn into the ‘¥’ Buropean conflct. Considerations such as the military impotence of the United States fo af- fect the course of the struggle abroad and. the poss(blllty that the entry of this country into the war would au- tomatically cause a reduction in' sup- les of ammunition to the allies ke- Yeause of the greafer need at howe, .have influenced.many officials‘to tho, belief that the disapproval 'of the United States can be voiced in far more effective’ ways' without declar- s ing war/ Several Suggestions Made. . .The withdrawal of Ambassador Gor- ard without actually severing. diplo- matie relations has been sugggsted in some official quarters ag one way of indicating the feeling of the Ameri- can government. Other officials inti~ mate that a complete severance of dip= lomatic relations until complete rep- aration and apology is made probably would conform to the wishes of Am- erican public opinion. Before any such point is reachod, however, certain preliminary steps most HKely will be followed. As soon, |\ as Ambassador Gerard’s report frem /' the German government on the facis of the sinking are received, it is‘ex- pected that a note will be sent do- manding full reparation, under o warning of the United States that Germany would be held to a strict ac- countability for the loss of American vessels or lives. The case .of the Am- erican steamer Gulflight, ' torpedoed without warning, the attack by Ger- man airmen on the American ship Cushing and the drowning of Leon C. Thresher, an American, on board the British steamer Falaba, probably will be grouped in the general repre- sentations. Upon Germany's reply will depend the nature of the next step by the United States. Wilson Considering Disaster.: - - President Wilson continued his con- sideration of the Lusitania disaster in seclusion at the 'White House, but it was indicated, that before the day passes he will let the public know what steps he had decided on. While officials reiterated that the president would not allow himself to be hurried into a hasty decision, he realizezs that . ‘public_séentiment favars a prompt in- dication of what the Unlted States | will - do’ Messages from all partg of the coun- try continued to pour into the White house counselling various courses, Same advocated war, but a majors ity of them counselled peace, al- though ns horror over the great loss of ‘ " Stone sap Tumulty. Chairman t e of the lénata for- . .eign-relations committee, was at the “ White House today, and ! X ‘Contmued on mvohth Ran 2 ,ain Machine company had lost a con- Prominent Men Among Passengers On the 11l Fated Liner Lusitania In the accombanylng illustration . is shown a reproduction of the warning issued by the German embassy just NORTH & JUDD GOODS ARE ON BOARD THE LUSITANIA Consignment Consisting of | Local Hardware Valued at $100,000, Hardware mnnutactured in this city is lying'in the cargo hold of the Lusi- tania, according to information re- celved today by Vice President How- ard C. Npble of the North & Judd Manufacturing company, Mr, Noble was informed that 5oods valued at $100,000 eqmpm with ar- ticles ‘manufactured by’ North & Judd formied a consignment aboard the Lusitania. Mr. Noble does not know as yet what company shipped the goods, but has received official notice that they were on the ship. - *That looks as if you will have to manufacture .them over again,” a re- porter: remarkeda “We may haye.bo make them over aggin several fflhes unless the war is stopped,” rep ed Mr. Noble. North & Judd does not ship direct- Iy to any of the belligerent countries but makes saddlery hardware and ac- coutrements for firms which deal with the waring nations. Indirectly ' the loss of the Lusitania is a ‘‘good wind” ! for.North & Judd as it will mean that anumber of orders must be refilled. It was rumored that the New Brit- ‘signment of material on the Lusi- | ‘tania. Treasurer Herbert: H. Pease was asked about the rymor today and he said. “As far as I have been.able to learn none of our goods was nboardJ the Lusitania. We sell directly tg New York and we would not know How the goods are sent to Europe.” “WHY FEAR DEATH?" Last Words of Charles Frohman Be- fore He Met Death, London, May 10, 3:25 g. m.—'“Why fear dcath? It is the most beautiful adventure in life,” were the last wordg of Charles Froham before he “cp" down with the Lusitania, Rccordlng to Miss Rita Jolivet, an American actress with whom he was lfl.lklnx Lalmly Just | before the end came. Miss - Jolivet, who was umong. the survivors: taken to Queenstown, ‘said she and Mr. Frohman were -standing on deck as the Lusiatania heeled over, They decided not to trust themselves to life-boats, although Mr. Frohman believed the ship was doomed. It was after reaching this decision that ‘he declared he had no fear of death, FIRE ON ARCH STREET, But Little Damage Done—Two Beds Burned in Night Blaze. An alarm from Box 9 at 8:1% o’clock this morning called out the fire department to a blaze in the black- smith shop located in the rear of No. 162' Arch sfreet. There was much smoke but little blaze, the damage being about $25 to the floor, i Last night 'Engine company No. 1 was called out to a fire in Kelley's house on Broad street. Two beds were burned, the damage being less than’ §100. - NOTICE! be!‘ore the sailing of the Lusitania. There also are shown the following, who were passengers on the ill-fated ship: J. Foster Stockhouse, explorer; | LUSITANTA: DISASTER “WHOLBESALE MURDER.” Kinsale, Ireland, May 10, ¥ 3:57 p. m,—The coroner’s jury, which has been investigating the deaths attending upon the loss of the Lusitania, returned the following verdict today: “The jury find that this ap-, palling crime was contrary to international law and the con- ventions of all civilized nations, and we therefore charge the officers of the submarine, and *the German Emperor and the government of Germany, under whose, orders they acted, with the crime of wilful and whole- sale murder.” FRED YARROLL BACK~ AFTER LONG WALK N New Britain Man Walked From Here Jacksonville, Florida, Since Scptember 16, ¥red W, Yarroll, of this city, who was formerly employed on the Herald to ‘and the Record, returned home today after a long hike to Jacksonville, Florida. He travelled under the name of “Hardware Fred,” and had many unique experiences during his long walk, He left New Britain on Septemher 16 for Jacksonville. He arrived there on March 21, having stopped at all the principal citles en route, including New York, Philadelphia, Baitimor2, Washington, GCharleston, Savannah, etc. After reaching his destination Yar- roll went on a tfip up the St. Johr's riyer. He dlso visited St. Augustine. Among the unusual experiences he en- countered was having to sleep all the night in a wet" swamp' *outside of Charleston, Mr, Yarroll reports.business as vers dull in the southern ciuoa, especially Charleston. FR.[:sHM AN CLUB. Zionigt, Organization Pprmefl‘ Among Jewish Students ‘at High School. A Zionist club made up entirely of Freghmen in the High school has been formed- in.this city. The purpose of the organization is to further Judaism among the Jewish pupils of this city. The club will meet regularly each week at the Talmud Torah Institute on Elm street. A name will be given to the organization at its next meeting to be held some time this week. The ‘following officers were elected at the first meeting of the club. President—Myer Goldberg. Vice president—Saul Leades. .Secretary—Samuel Shulman. Treasurer—Bernard Kranowitz, Chairman of the floor committee— Joe Zeitlin. Executive committee—Joseph Segal and Nathan Namerosvesky." Critics—David Nair and Dropkin. Milton FATHER MATURIN I’Ll(lblllvl) Lendon, May 10, 3:17 a..m.—It has been learned that Father Basil Wil- liam' Maturin of . Holywell, Oxford, perished on the Lusitania. — ‘bon in Germany on October | ‘about to ascena | | were thrown into the roaa. | | | Lathrop Withington, football player; J. M. Forman, author and Lindon Bates, "Jr., New York lawyer. SUCCUMBS T0 INURES RECEIVED N ACCIENT a Wilhelm Albrecht In-| jured in Au.. Collision on April 23. Mrs. Otillia Louise Wilhelmina Al- | brecht, of No, 106 Cherry street, died at the New Britain general hospital at 3 o’clock this morning as the result of the injuries she received on night of April 23 when an automobile in which she was riding was smashed | Austro-Germans Win Further Victory the | | Gionitu, | ber of the neutralist group. ESSEX COAST RAIDED BY GERMAN AIRMEN Bombs Dropped on South * Ed, Westcliffe-on-Sca and Le.gh PROPERTY DEMAGED--LIVES LOST| in Galicia Driving Russians Back Along Carpathians—German - Ad- venture in Baltic Checked. An aeria] rald within forty of London was made early today - ious conflicting reports were received from the Kssex coast, cne whiun said serious damage to property and some loss of life had been caused by bombs dropped by the raiders. It was reported also that four Zeppelins took part in the raid. Another despatch however, said that, while seveial aireraft took part, it had not been established whether they were Zeppe- lins or aeroplanes. The towns of South-End, On-Sea and Leigh appear been attacked. A further victory for the Austro- | German forces in Galicla was re- ported today in a despatch from the Austrian press headquarters, captured the first stage of the battle by breaking the Russian lines in western Galicia, the Teutonic allies were said to have begun an attack along the Carpathians further to the east, driving back the Russians be- tween Lupow and Uzsok passes. It was estimated that the number of ’\Ruulans taken prisoners in western Galicia would be increased to 100,000. German Adventure Checked. The German adventure in the Balti» provinces of Russia was reported at Copenhagen to have been checked. Strong Russian forces operating from | Mitau were credited with having com- | pelled +the retreat of the Germans, who penetrated 100 miles or more inic Russian teritory, No mention was made of the fate of Libau, capture of which the Serman war office an | nounced on Suturday. | IExcept for the assertion that a | miles oL Westeliff- | to have small amount of tervitory near St George's was won yesterday,: the of- ! ficial French statement indicated no /changes along the western iront. Three German attacks. in lol’lum were said ‘to have been repulsed. Italy’s Decision Soon, Italian government to reach shortly its decision against war, Ia this conncc- Rome regards as of significance the capital of Signor former premier, and a mem- The pected for or tion { the visit to is now ex- into and overturned by a roadster owned and driven 'by Benjamin Knox, [ of Hartford. The accident occurred between 9 and 10 o'clock in the eve- ning, about an eighth of a mile south of Newington Junction. The Albrecht family have instituted a claim for damages against thé Hartford man {and have retained Klett & Alling as. their counsel. ! Mrs. Albrecht was the wife of Wil- helm Albrecht who is a foreman at Landers, Frary & Clak’s, and was 22, 1854, being about sixty years of age. Be- sides her husband she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Betz, of Los Angeles, and Miss Louise of this city. Two sisters ahd one brother also sur- vive her, Mrs. Minnie Bouschard of ! Bristol, Mrs. Bertha Wesche, of . this city and Herman Vater, also of this | city. The funeral will be held. Wed- | nesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. ‘ A, C. Theodore Stecge officiating. The | funeral party will be conveyed to | Rockville by trolley and interment | will be in Grove Hill cemetery in that | place. Although Mrs. Albrecht was injured | on April 23, she was not removed to | the hospital until 5:15' o’clock Satur- | day afternoon. In addition to serious | internal injuries she suffered a broken | rib and broken leg in the accident. | The unfortunate affair the local people were returning from | Hartford. George Betz, nephew, | was driving the car, and as they were the hill south of | Newington Junction Knox's car came along. Betz claims. to have sounded his horn, but the Capital City:man misjudged his distance and the two cragshed together in a narrow part of the road. The local machine was overturned and both Mr. and Mrs, Al- ! brecht, as well their daughter, occurred as | a as AND AUSTRIANS, Liverpool, May 10.—The board of | dircctors of the Cotton association ! passed a resolution today setting forth that no naturalized German or Aus- | trian shall henceforth be permitted to enter the cotton exchange. BAR GERMANS MARTIAL LAW IN VICTORIA, Victoria, B. C., May 10.—Victoria is under martial law today as a re- sult of renewed attacks on German os- tablishments by mobs bent on aveng- ing the sinking of the Lusitania. O P LG 5 S s S WEATHER. Hartford, Conn, Falr tonig] war| May 10— Tuesaay fair, | were | to have dropped forty or | Zeppelin airships are reported to have | dropped_bombs on Westcliffe-On-Sea, | lishes | a { Arras we have maintained all the im- It is ro- | ported in Rome that if Ttaly decides to enter the war. she will do so by | declaring war on Turkey. | Air Raid on South End. | London, May 10, 8:10 a. m.—In- | coming passengers on trains from South End, a seaside resort in Essex, report an air raid there, in which seri- ous property damage was done and which ¢aused some loss of life. ‘Warning of the approaching of hos- tile aircraft was given South End at 2:62 o'clock this morning. Several machines took part in the raid, but whether they were Zeppelins or aero- planes the residents were unable to state, as the weather was cloudy. No Deaths Reported. Bombs struck houses in various parts of the town, but ho deaths have been reported. One man and his wife were badly burned in a fire started by an incendiary bomb. One resident told of three bombs dropping near his home, none of which caused dam- age. 1t is reported that several burned at Leigh, a town near End Four Zeppelins are said fifty bombs | shops South there. | Westcliffe-On-Sea Attacked, London, May 10, 10:15 a. m.-—Two near South End, but no fatalities have been reported, Russians Check Germans, May 10, 2:47 p. m.—The Exchange Telegraph company pub- a despatch from Copenhagen declaring that the Germans have met severe check to the westward of Mitau, cipital of the Russian Province | of Courland. Numerous forces of Russians in strong positions compelled them to retreat, French Official Report. Paris, May 10, 0 p. m—The French war office this afternoon gave ocut the following statement on the progress of hostilities: “Three ngy/dabrman attacks to the north of Lombaertzyde were repulsed yesterday. Allies Take Union Farm. “To the east of St, Georges our marine fusilliers took possession of ! the Union Farm, very strongly forti- fied by the Germans, and also of a position further to’ the’ east. They made about thirty prisoners, “Dunkirk was again bombarded this morniig about six p’clock, two shells being thrown. London, Allies Maintain Gains. “In the region' to the north of | ! but after Having | | STROLLS OUT WITH $400 DIAMOND RING { Ignatz Serulick Later Found Washing | Saloon Windows With Ring on Finger. As S8am Tarski, n pawn broker, was | showing J. Malkis a $400 diamond ring he had “in hock,” Ignatz Ser lick stalked into the jatter's sto Spying the glistening stone Ignauz calmly picked it up, put it on his fin- ger and walked out. Neither Tarskl nor Malkis made a move to stop him, he had disappeared they woke up and set up a loud wall and Detective Sergeant Bamforth was summoned. Malkis showed a stubborn afttitude agdinst helping locate Serulick and it was not until the officer had thresi- ened to arrest him that he would give | any aid. | Serulick was finally located washing | the windows at the subway saloon, the | valuable diamond sparkling on his fin- | ger. He is charged with drunkenness | and theft. | Tarski says the ring is owned by & Bristol man who was to redeem it to- day. The ease with which Serulick made | away with the diamond is the more | ludicrous inasmuch as neither Tar- skl mor Malkis knew im. HSS ROGERS IN DANGER FROM TURKS AND KURDS Armenian Christians. De- fending Van, Are Being " Overpowered. Tiflis, via London, May 10, 3:58 & . —Americad missionaries in the vilayet of Van, where the Armenians appear to be weakening after a fierce | resistance agdinst attacking Turks and Kurds, are reported in grave dan- ger. The American missions are located in the eastern suburbs of the vilayet where for fourteen days the jArme- nians have been standing off their be- | siegers. Eleven hundred Armenian iboyu and girls and thirty American citizens have taken refuge in this quarter of the town. The Turks have fired 17,000 shells wupon the defenders in the fighting of the last few days. Miss Rogers Teaching School. Miss E. Gertrude Rogers, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. D. O. Rogers of Camp street, {s one of the missionaries in Van. Miss Rogers went to Turney in 1907 and in 1912 e back hame for a year. She returned to her du- ties again and is now located in the immediate vicimity deseribed by the above dispatch from Tiflls, She is connected with the girls’ school under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The last heard in this city from Miss Rogers was a letter dated In February which was received last week. There was very little war news in it as the censarship is said to be especially striet. Miss Rogers said that conditions at that time were quiet, D. Minor Rogers, a brother of Miss Rogers, was killed in a massacre in Adana, louthout Asia Minor, in April 1909, Boston, May 10.—Little apprehen- sion for the safety of the missionaries stationed at Van, Armenia, was ex- pressed today by officials of the Amer- ican Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions. Press despatches from Tiflig reported that the Armenians at Van were stubborniy resisting an tack by Turks and Kurde. WANT FULL POWERS, Italian Council of Ministers Desire to Handle Military Policies of Country. Paris, May 10, 4:45 p. m.—The Temps today publishes a from Rome saying that the council of- ministers has decided to ask the Ital- ian parliament for full powers in deal- ing with the foreign and military pol- icies of ‘the country. The cabinet counts upon a majority of 400.deputies when the chamber lis- tens to the declarations to be made by Premier Salandra. t $1,000 FOR SUFFERERS. Washington, May 10.—The Needle Guilg of America, which has just |t delphia today, forward $1,000 to the Red Cross for relief of the Lusitania sufferers. It was the first donation recelved for sufferers from the set tragedy. The guild also sent $4,000 for relief work i Poland and $1,000 | t for work in Serbja. MRS, BUFFUM'S SECOND TRIAL, Buffalo, N. Y., May 10.—The second trial of Mrs, Cynthia Buffum for the alleged murder of her husband near Little Valley in August, 1913, began here today, The husband, Willia Buffum, died from the effects of poison, from which several other t members of the family also suffered. t e FRANK TO DIE JUNE 22, Atlanta, Ga., May 10, Teo M. Frank today was re-sentenced to be hanged, (Continued on Eleventh Page.) l and the date fixed as Tuesday, June for the murder of Mary Phagad, | admitte er and bro { company’ of. | moving spirit n the interestd _'r Frank, who is = Beerc G0 Trumbull's Quecnsto of Liner Dol Sufficient Ca That th L pany is -erfo.fly ufacture of mul nid the affies: in | the Teutgnic ford sible i ave! Isaac Tru; vietim ”; 1 y by § president of the. brother of one | forfeited his life a8 tack of the G company's plans state and the e p-red to make an to what course they admit, however, portunities to m plies of rifies, shi munition, for whi other German | pay almost uy £ now figuring on the machinery necesss sary for him , pursuits, and Jast e to Plainville with, | plished .nvlhln‘ the proposed- pany's lines, . Body Cable advices confirmed the the first list of s\ public and Mr, found to be al pany notifying body was among. 3 3 temporary Mr. Trumbull first six corp and ident! yesterday thi Adams re of the dead town, Deta manner in lacking, been notified balmed States interned b lfi o 1 \? no'. beett Mr. Tru ing greatly oy 1 o however, altho! grief over the y most apparen Merit to While he r brother and the the ill-fated der, President lleve that the | sufficient cause fi States Into the @ concedes that the claims of that as the If lish flag and for the alli prey | Nevertheless | for will do more German ' cause; sympathy of neu despatch | less cause more @ he slightest Mr. Trumbull clse the nav for their fail was properly o0 that it reflects Put A “The standin try could be he local man der the prescat States could be war. closed its annual conference in Phile- | ered almost suffie ! country out of the provoeation was 1o This fact | Regarding bull said the embassy against A he Lusitania m | knew no fear. well to his wife he was affe friends, told her risk as the ‘mo is kill me.” Was Suae y The dead mun 15 o) rs, who have he manuf reasurer of o i ar Al on the ab (Continyed o Tenl