New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1915 —TWELVE, PAG VER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ETWEEN U.S. AND GERMANY AFTER ANY FURTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS rican Note in Process of Preparatlon Will De-| NEW ASSESSOR MUST BE mand Guarantee That German Submarines Must Cease Repetition of Past Performances. ‘ fiTTITUDETOWARD ¢ This Country Is’ Frqpared for GERMANS STIFFENS Eventualmes and Will Care- | " fully Conmder Each ‘Situation — Families of 'Lusi- tania Victm: Must Be Washington, May '12.—The United tes government in a'note to Ger- any today formally -demands of the r erial government & strict account- ' for the loss of American lives in the’sinking of the Lusitania and viola- ‘of American rights in the war @one, It also asks giarantees that, there will be no repetition ol such ‘events or pr&ctlcas‘ ' Vith the plain {ntimation in it that ! United States is prepared to meet eventuality that may arise from a n-compliance, the communication, B in unmistakably -emphatic i#.h‘me. was prepared to be cabled 0 Berlin by nightfall, 4 A i/ Written by Wilson. Written “by President Wilson and | d unanimously by the cabinet note was being carefully examined Counselor. Lansing and .the law i ‘officers of the gov ent at the state ent today to make sure that _its phraseology covered every point of ’Ig‘ involved. i \The White . House officially an- | nounced the fact that the president G finally de ined the course. of n to be p\l »d,"in the following nent issued by Secretary. Tu- after a contennc- vmh me\ quu.rle of the pruldant hns' termined, It will be' an- Just so soon ag it 'is proper to. h the note mow in preparation. m:rvl g the ! 2 ‘would t of the eommunica- lin before making ‘it public. | it there.was some suggestion ‘the communication be sent per- by ent. to BEmperor Wilsop detérmined ! mld be addressed not to an “but to the German govern- i‘n-n and thxau(h it to the German | le. X i ') /As for reparation, the Unlted Btates, nlmfllly will seek financial repara- ‘tion, 'but its protest now is in the name of international law and human. ity to obtain a guarantee that such i‘; igedies will not be repeated and the of non-combatants sacrificed. | . Voices Intense” Fecling. hile high officials.and cabinet of-, rs were reticent to discuss its con- its, it -was agreed that the note ed the intense feeling of 'the pited States over the occurrences in he war zone and wanted an explana- tion of them as Well as a guarantee 5 it they would ‘not he repeated. 5 he communication lays stress on nhumanity of the attacks, with- wsrnln, on merchant ‘vessels. It ews .in a ‘general way evm-y case the war zone {n' which'thé ‘rights nerican citizens have been trans- d~«—t.he sinking of the steamer the Joss o‘!| Logp 5. »nfih. while firm and. pointed M abandon tanes of friendll- ing room for a disayowal by ¥ ot her acts or an abatement "Practices. - This is intimated suggestion that the German nment and the German people certainly not have intended to fice American lives in 'the pursult eir maritime ‘warfare, ention i called to,the fact that (le advertisements of warning ap- ed in.the newspapers, the United tes government Was mever offi- lly informed of it; but irrespec- ‘ot that, the position is taken that ing of notica to do.an un- dct neither justifies it ncr. ful, nl‘on of Coltrse. 5(tl,lla on @Germany for an and future he stops the e e steps, hiy vl ent’s note was the: |3 ‘| geon of the American Compemated in Full, the dignity and honor of the United States, indicating that the American government was prepared ti 8o to the full length of its ability. , . Each Step As It Arises. The note-does not say éxactly what the cotlirse of the United States will ! be in the case of'a refusal, nor would the president’s advisers ilidicate to- ! day beyond saying that each step and situation would be considered as it arose. 3 ; In official quarters, however, = the eventual severance of dipjomatic rela- tions was declared not to be impossible if there was no abatement of the Ger- man practices. Framed Sunday Night, ° N It was,learned that the president framed his’ policy on "Sunday night and that his pacific utterances in his speech in Philadelphia last Monday | are not reflected in the firm unequivo- cal phrases of the note, Tt ts described as a businesslike document, demand- ing the “strict accountability’” which the United States in its fornier note {0 Germany said it would demand. It is said it not only asks for a termina- tion of the unlawful methods of sub- marine warfaré on merchunt ships but reparation in full 'to the families of ‘the v!cnms of the Luinanla trag- edy. 1 erywhera in o\mulal quurters today i as detalls of the presidért’s plan: oto action, became known there was t.lkl of firmness and a stiffening of - tho position of the United Stutes govern- mient towards Germany. Wilson Gets Gold Medal. 1 " President Wilson spent the, fore- | noon fn his study writing on hig type- | { writer. ‘He saw no callers during the morning but'shortly after noon kept two ‘engagements made previously. One was with the Siamese. minister, wha presented to him a gold medal in commemoration of the coronation of the king of Siam in 1911. ‘The other ‘was with Cutzon Borglum of - New ork, a sculptor, who callel to pay his respects, Despite the tensity of the'interna- onal situation the White House pre- sents outwardly an air of calm. Country Behind Wilson. Telegrams from all sections of the country, from men in many stations of life and many organigations, con- tinued to'pour in. Practically all ex- pressed the sentiment that the coun- try;would stand behipd the president in'any course of action he determined fupon... ' Protest Lusitania Disaster, Paris, May 12.—More than ope hun- bred Americans in Paris have signed the following cablegram which was forwarded to President Wilson: “We, the undersigned, having observed striet neutrality though living amiad the horrors of war, ‘now feel that in ‘justice to our conditions and in order 1o preserve. our self respect we must Voice an indignant and energetic pro- test agaist the sinking of the Lusi- tania, an act pre-emient in its sav- agery and which places the responsi- ble government outside civilized hu- manity.” Among the signers of the message are Dr. Edmund L. Gros, chief sur- 1 Ambulance Corps in France; A. Piatt Andrew, formerly sistant secretary of the United States treasury; Norman | Hutchinson, American consul general fo Rumania and Serbia; Lawrence V. Benet, former president of the Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce in Paris; Captain Arthur W. Kipling, of the American Ambulance Corps; P. Loril- lard = Ronalds, George Blumenthal, Wm, E, Iselin and Dr. Winchester Dubouchet. Brought to New York. | .New York, May 12—The Lusitania’'s | American dead, ‘so'far as identified, .now lying at Queenstown and other towns in [Ireland, wil be brought to New: York, according to a cablegram recelved here today by the Cunard line from Liverpcol. When and by what vessel the,bodies will be brought across the sea was npt stated by the message. | The memorial services to be held in Liverpool tomorrow for the victims of the Lusitania will be observed by the Cw‘ Line here with the closing of —lw offices between the hours or 12 and (Continued on Eleventh Page.) {. 'The report will show that the net | SAYS WILSON WILL DO PROPER THING Sen, Williams Expressos His Views on Sinking of Lusitania and Tor- pedoing of Gulflight. Jackson, Miss, May = 12.—United States Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, in'a statement here to- day regarding the Lusitania disaster declared that if the vessel was armed Germany as justified in torpedoing her; “but,” he added, “I am jinformed that she was not, and ‘that puts different light upon it.” Discussing,, the torpedoing of the! American steamer Gulflight, Senator ‘Williams said, “If I were president, I would mobilize the fleet and demani of Germany not only an apology and indemnity, but.assurances that such! an incident should not'be repeated. But this would be a demand only and | not ap ultimatum. “However,” he said, “I am perfect. | 1y willing" to leave the entire sub-| Jject with the president, who is fully informed and will do the proper thing.” y NET DEBT OF CITY DOWN $17,489 DURING 1914-15, Sinking Funds Swelled By | Almost $60,000 in Past City Treasurer Frederick 8. Cham- Berlain's apnual report is now being prepared and it is expected that it will be released for publication with- in a few days. n debt of the city was decressed $17,- 489/48 under the first year of Mayor George A, Quigley and that there has been a big increase in the -sinking | fund, $ At the beginning of the last fiscal year the net indebtedness of the city amounted to $8,019,838.64, and on March 81, 1915, the end of the year, 4t amounted to $3,002,349.16, a de- crease of $17,489.48, The total of the sinking funds at the 'beginning of the last fiscal year was $405,650.84, and at the beginning of the present fiscal year was $465,~ 640.32, an increase of $59,989.48. Mayor Qultley expressed pleasure today at the decrease in the indebted- ness despite the many public improve- ments he belleve have been made. Mayor Quigley is now working on his annual message, which will be bresented to the common council at its meeting-a week from tonight. In it the mayor will refer to the heavy cost of schools but will explain that while the total cost appears to be great the cost per pupil in this city is much lower than many other cities in New England. He is dwelling on the school question, as he wishes to bring the situation before the public through the municipal record, in whith his message will appear. JAUTO I"()R CITY GINEER. Board ol»Pnbllu ‘Works Decldes at Meed-ig Today to, Ask for One. A special meeting of the board of public works was held this noon and it was' decided to ask the conmimon council for permission to buy an auto- mobile for the city engineer. The esti- mated cost of the machine is $800 and _the' water department. will pay half of the purchase price. This will give the board three autos, one now being used. by the superintendent of streets and one by the superintendent of sewers, Favorable i votes were taken on the following projects: Rule and Level company permission to relocdte pipes at the corner of Elm and Church streets; construction of a sewer at the end of the Cherry street sewer to South street; laying a water main in Daly avenue from Oak to Wilcox streets, DOLAN GETS APPOINTMENT. Special Officer Thomas Dolan has -been appointed as the oflicer to do "duty at Walnut Hill park during the gummer months ‘and he began his duties this afternoon. It is his duty to see that there is no disorderly con- duct in' the park and that the rules and regulations of the park commis- sicners are lived up to. The job con- tinues untll early fall. California, Granting Stanley | i CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Charter Amendment Adopted By Senate Is Being Criticized. Pople who are familiar. with the amendments to the New Britain char- ter as passed by the senate yesterday ure criticising the section rgarding the appointment.of a board of assessors «f three members as they believe that the work of the board will be ham- pered by one requirement, that which torces the mayor to appoint the new- est member of the board as chair- 1man. After providing for the ment of the board, the says: ‘“The mayor shall, at the time «f the original appointment, name one of the assessors to be chairman of such board, and as the term of office of said chairman expires, the as- sessor appointed to fill said office shall be chairman of the board.” The adoption of this by the house of rep- resentatives means that the man ap- pointed to take the place of the chair- man the latter’'s term expires must be the chairman of the board. Another requirement is that ‘“the chairman of said board shall devote his entire time to the duties of as- sessor.” It is believed ' that any mayor will be handicapped by this re- cuirement ag there are not many busi- r.es8 men who would be willing to give up their entire time to such an office ut a salary of $1,500 or so, the figure which will probnblv be establlfih(‘(L DELANEY RECEIVES appoint- HIS APPOINTMENT . New Postmaster Will Assume Charge g of Ofice Monday . Morning: Willlam F. Delaney, ex-Congressman Augustine' Lonergan's appointee for postmaster at New Britain, received his formal commission from the Wash- | ington government this morning. His | bond was filed about a week ago, p now all that remains to be done be- fore he assumes charge of the office is to take an audit of the accounts. This audit will be taken during Sun- | day of this weck and on Monday Post- master Tra E. Hicks will step aside, | laying down the burdens of the of- fice which have been his for over six-. teen years, to make room for Mr. Delaney who will step in, There will be na particular changes at the office, according to the new postmaster. He considers the office to be on a good substantial basis. The only formality connected with the change will occur Monday morning when Mr. Hicks and Mr. Delaney meet at the office. There will be a hearty hand clasp and the exercises will he over. | MEMOR]AL TO TEN { HEROES OF WIRELESS Drinking Fountdin at Battery to Be Dedicated to Operators Who Sent “S. O. 8. Calls, ! New York, May 12.-~The names of ; ten heroes of the wireléss who stucdk | to their keys, sending “S. O. 8.” call§ from sinking ships, are inscribed on a | monument to be dedicated here this afternoon by Acting Mayor McAneney. The memorial is a drinking fountain erected at the Battery. The names with the vessel, dales and locations of the disasters are: George C. Eccels, Ohio, August 26, 1909, Pacific coast. | Stephen ¥, Sczepanek, Pere Mar- quette, Sept. 9, 1910, Liaké Michigan. Jack Phillipps, Titapic, April 15, 1912, Atlantic. ,Lawrence Prudhunt, Jan. 17, 1918, Pacific coast, Donald Campbell, Perkins, state of | Aug. 18, 1918, Pacific | | Rosecrans, coast. Clifton J. Fleming and Henry Fred Otté, Francis H, Leggett, Sept. 18, 1914, Pacific cogst. Adolph J. Svenson, 23, 1914, Pacific coast. Ferdinand Kuehn, Monroe, Jan. 30, 1914, Atlantic coast, Walter E, Reker, Admiral Samp- son, Aug. 25, 1914, Puget Sound. Space is left on the memoria] for additional names. Hanalei, Nov. N WEATHER. Hartford, May 12.—Unsecttled, probably showers tonight and ‘Thursday. et R, e amendment | | patiently for | petitions to the | Shanghal despatch to the PHILIP CORBIN BUYS. LAND FOR RESIDENCE Young Milionaire Wil Euld Up Big Estate in West End. HOUSE 0 BE ON SUNNY LEDGE | Will Bring Foremost Landscape Artlst | in America to This City o De- velop Tract—Magnificent Residence Planned. All private estates in New Britain | are expected to be eclipsed in the aear future by a new mnome and srounds which Philip Corbin is plan- ning in the western section of the city, - It was admitted today by Wil- llam T. Sloper, manager vr Mr. Cor- Lin's property, in reply to questions | put to him by a Herald reporter, that the young Croessus of the Hardware ity had purchased property in that section with a view to eswmblishing a private residence for himself. To Consult Best Landscape Artist. The property is six acres in area. | It begins at Sunny Ledge and runs south to Monroe street and is one of ithe most choice locations in the city for a man who has sufficient money to | aevelop it. Mr. Corbin intends to consult Frederick Law Olmstead of i JJoston, America’s foremost landscape authority, and to develop the prop- crty under his supervision. Mr, Corbin’s purchase begins at the | south line of C. W, Upson’'s property on Lincoln street and runs over the | crest of the knoll through the gar- | Gens of E. Allen Moore, second vice ! { owns a beautiful residence at Sunny Ledge, From there it includes a lot rresident of the Stanley Works, who | ES. ‘GAYLER BLOCK 1S SOLD i Fred Beloin Buys Valuable Property Opposite His Hotel, Fred Beloin, owner of the Hotel Beloin and New Britain's heaviest axpayer, today purchasea the Gaylor block at 82, 84 and $6 Church street, cr A, L. a number of years, The property has a frontage Church street of forty reet and depth of 125 feet. The deal also in- cludes a passway right on the west of the block, The price is not stated | but the property is listed for $20,000 { by the assessors. Included in‘ the properwy are two stores, one occupied by Mr. Gayler as a barber shop-and by 1. H, Solo- 110N as a ‘cigar manufacturing estab- listhment, and the other by Joseph Mortelitti as a shore store. It is three and one-half stories in height and has four tenements. The building forms on a owned by R. G. Spencer on Lincoln | street. This has a frontage of ninety teet and a depth of 150 feet. The re- mainder of the estate will take in property formerly owned by Cadwell & Brady. It begins at the corner of Monroe and Lincoln streets. easterly 600 feet on Lincoln street and northerly to Sunny Ledge road. esidence on Brow of Slope. Ir., Sloper stated that Mr. Corbin nlhnq to have a single residence on ihe crest of the slope. It will prob- | ahly have a southely exposure and { Will be the finest structure In the city uged for residential purposes. The siupe extending southerly will be de- ! veloped ‘under the capable ‘hands of Mr. Olmstead and it i§ promised that thie estate will surpass any other in New Britain. | My, Corbin is the principat heir of | his grandfather. Philip Corbin, the ‘nardware king,”” and founder of the American Hardware corporation. He is but thirty years of age and inherit- cd over $1,000,000 from his grand- father last fall. It will be pleasing news to New Britain folk that Mr, | Corbin intends to erect a’ permanent | home here. He is at present living at the New Britain club, ANTL-GERMAN WAVE IN JOHANNESBURG | tizens Burn and Trample Upon Ger- man Flag and Urge Boycott of Germans. London, May 12, 5: a. m.—A Reulec despnh.h from Johunnesbum says; “Anti-German ‘feeling is run- | ning 'high as the result of the Lusi. tania tragedy. Extraordinary scenes are being enacted in front of the town hall, where crowds of citizens wait | an opportunity. to sign mayor questioning him to call a mass meeting to voice protests against Germany's action, “A large (ferman flag is spread on | the ground where the petitioners stand while writing their names. Another erman flag was publicly burned in front. of the town hall, Placards have been displayed urging a boycolt of Germans, and a Stock Exchange committe has adopted a resolution asking members of Teutonic -birth to | avold the exchange during the war. “The mayor has consented to com- ply with the request that he call’ a mass meeting.” | FORESTERS IN BRIDGEPORT. Connecticut Grand Court Convention Opens—Parade Tonight. Bridgeport, May 12.—More than 400 delegates from all parts of 'Connec- ticut are present today at the Con- necticut grand court convention of the Foresters of America which is In session here. Thig evening a street parade will be held in which 3,600 Foresters will participate. ' SOULE BANK EXAMINER, i Hartford, May 12.—Frank E. Soule, of New Milford has been appointed an examiner in the state banking de- partment. He is considered one of the leading expert accountants of thp state, MEDIATION, 3:19 a m-—A Post - says one of the leading Chinese newspapers regerts that China’s accéptance . of. Japan's ‘ultimatum was due entirely to British- mediation, DUE TO BRITIS London, May 12, running | | more he denied to the priest that he | hands and'as the Massachusetts man Talf of the block in whict the Hotel Itegal ig located. [The entire property was formerly known as the Steele and Damon block. KRAKAS DENIES TAKING " PART IN ZEBRIS URDER | Says He Was Never Priest’s House— Bids Cousin Farewell. to the Merald) Del., May 12.—Toeday | Peter Krakas, who is to be hanged [ I'riday 'tér the murder of Policemun _Tlerney in this city, calmly awaits Mils cxecution, not showing any outward signs of emotion as the hour of his ! death draws nearer, This morning Krakas, who has been kept in close confinement and has not been permitted to see anybody except the officials and his spiritual advisor, issued a statement in which he abso- lutely denied that he took the slight- est part in the murder of Rev. Joseph Zebris and Miss Eva Gllmanaitis in New Britain on the night of February 8. that he was in any way connected with the murder, but be also main- tains that at no time was he ever in Father Zebris' house, Later in the day the doomed mur- derer sent for the Rev. Father Bu- chowiecki, his religious advisor, and to him he professed his bellef in the Supreme Being and in religion. Once (8pecial | Aviimington, was connected with the murder In New Britain, and a'sé declared he re- members nothing of the shooting of the policeman here.. However, he is convinced that it was his hand that fired the fatal shot’and he expresses ¢eep sorrow that it is so, saying he wishes he could have been killed be- fore he pulled the trigger. Alboit Kaklenas, of Worcester, Mass., was a visitor at the New Castle county workhouse today, He is a cousin of the convicted Krakas and the two ,were. permitted to meet for a few moments. - The two men clasped passed from the dreary murmured “goodby,” full well know- ing that never again would he gaze upon his relativ Bernard Mpntvid, who is in the Hartford County jail, was arrested in Wilmington with Krakas and after being put through the third degree he confessed that it was Krakas, who with two other men killed Father Ze- bris “and Eva Gilmanaitis. Montvid, although he admits being one of the murder party, states that he stood out- side of the parish house and watched ! while the other three did the kHling. WATERBURY LABORIIMS STRIKE, ‘Waterbury, May 12.—Fifty laborers, employed by the Sperry Construction company, went out on strike this morning for $2 a day ‘nstead of $1.75. Their demands were refused, and when they threatened othér workmen the police wee called. Sergoute Thomas Dodds and a squad of patrolmen went to the place and dispersed the stricers although the men sald at first they would not move. The cwnpany has | now ehgaged special julicemen to guard the place. The building is be- Gayler, who has owned it for ; n Jenemy, 'MOBS RAID AND RANS GERMAN SHOPS IN Police Defied---Houses Dismant] Mauled and Mishandled in Sever One Thrown Into Horse T Military Rudy Whose Ranks German riots in even greater viol he was attacked. the army that it ! A number of { ments were raid: their contents #treets, The police In . some 1o protect the nd fittings of to the ‘streefs. verg caught wmauled. One German his comphatriots dren. He was vulice. most cases they down and their A number of leing mistaken Reports were that West End-are l Troops | the police ' Jdon were renewed { l'een so weakened horse trough with their time drowning 10 BIGG[ST TAX PAYER] ~Thinned By B London, May 12, 18 the Wherever a Geroan The had ing with the rioters a stables had to be } G Wy G were forced to go | ithe angry (‘I‘OW‘, were injured during Y G “tores were nurM Pl sy were torn from their & Thrown Into X wasl had 1} - only similar fate by the There were several German butchers their carts, They the streets at a mad i ultin At veh! Plead for Russia focking this morning i stations in the Bast pirotection, explaining th for G b o private houses wealthy Germans in Large placards almost all busi k,bmmw The protest °f Bradford German govern of the Lusitania I rublic denunciat! Teutons expressing nation of the G Letters from 1 are appearing in ti he more 1an residents uny move, Cabinet in Co The cabinet was in ence today to review Not only does Krakas stoutly deny | tion as altered by and the country Is drastic action. Anti-German out! 'ar severity occu neighborhood of Sixty or seventy nforcements are scene. More In consequence measures for the persons, Jeynson-Hicks titions in the h day asking thhi linternment of all of military age petitions turer. was quite the Lusitania, beyond merely m| fully considering the segregation an enemies on a scale. morrow. It would be indignation aro this country,” the result of thi cent and u danger of b Ppenalty hr “From ing erécted for the Scovill Mfg. Co., and will be 600 feet lons uud 200 feot wide. the s % parallel for the fe rred the wrecked, Germans b uniting for self-defer V- ot the the demand for the alien enemies, the § ety der contemplation 1 t the hous maj and | jother alien enemies cell Krakas |/iles or mare from hore about '§ Beyond Military © Premier Asquith IMQG of commons today % alive to the f progressive violation of civilized warfare and hw culminating in the and the aroused had made it ne litary the a inte more © The premier added that make a more definito si Probability. s P iy The government, thmf.n. " o