New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CCXINECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. DUTCH LINER RYNDAN |22 o caes [CLARK ESTATE CASE RAMSTRAMPFREIGHTER, - = v - smcsce 1S HEARD BY JURY... Colision Ocours at 4 2. m, lml Mrs. Bfldost_c!ark Owaed alf of Nantucket Sheals Lightship. - Livery. Business, ‘Says Wiiness. BOTH - VESSELS - BABLY DAMAGED ACTION 1S T0 RECOVER $5,000 IQllesuon to Be Decided ¥s Whether Crew ' of Holland-America Lines Latc Bridget Clark Owned Half of Steamer Transferred to Battleship Livery Business—Son Claims .She South Carolina, Did Not, 1 ! New York, May 26.—The Dutch lin- | er Ryndam, which sailed from this port yesterday for Ritterdam with seventy-seven ‘passengers.and. a mil- lion-dollar cargo was badly damaged in a collision fifteen miles southwest of ‘the Nantucket Shoals lightship at 4 o'clock this morning with the tramp freighter Joseph J. Cuneo, which sailed from Boston last night for | Baracoa, Cuba. Both Vessels were geriously injured. The Ryndam wireless reports indicate ‘was, struck aft with such force that hold No. 6 filled almost immediately, water flowed freely into the engine room: and began to creep up in hold No. 6. i Cuneo’s Bows Smashed. The Cuneo’s bows were smashed in badly. 8.70. 8, signals were flashed from the Ryndam’s wireless and her passen- gers were transferred hastily to the Cuneo. Oné¢ hundred and sixty of the Ryndam’s crew of 200 likewise wers put aboard the freighter, leaving only forty men aboard the liner to navigate AUSTRIANS CO TOFALL BACK] ADVANCE OF | King Emmanu T Too JACOB RUPPERT DIES IN:NEW YORK HOME TAMERICAN SHIP NEBRASKAN | HIT BY TORPEDO OR MINE "~ OFF FASTNET, IRELAND \merican-Hawiian Steamship Company’s Ves- - sel Chartered by White Star Line Not Seriously Damaged. BUICHERS FNED $50; PEDDLED DISEASED BEEF Kensington Men Pay Hea‘*ily for Selling Tubercular "4 Meat. ander of Bc‘!.*wln‘ Company That Bears His Name DPasscs Away in Seventy-fourth Year, New York, May 26.—Jacob Ruppert, one of the most widely xpown brew- ers of this country and 'founder of the Jacob ' Ruppert Brewing company, died in his home here late last night. He was seventy-four years old. As a boy of ten years, Mr, Ruppert began his career as a brewer in the employ of his father, Franz Ruppert, in this city, TLater he started his own bréew- ery and in a building hardly fifty feet square and with no meachinery. His establishment was enlargcd several times until it now has an annua) ca- ‘|- pacity of two million barreils. . In addition to the brewery property, .. Defended by still another new law- | Mr. Ruppert's realty holdings in and | | yer, Attorney Hart of New Haven, | about this city are estlmated to ! as ‘well as by Attorney McConnell of | amount to several million dcllars. | the same city, Joseph H. Clark of Mr, Ruppert was a member of the this city, appeared before Judge Jos- | electoral college in the second election {eph Tuttle and a superior court jury | of Grover Cleveland as president. this morning ready to go on with His =on, Col. Jacob Rupprt, Jr., is the case in which E. W. Schultz, ad-|now head of the great business found- ministrator of the estate of the late | €d by Mr. Ruppert and is part owner Bridget Clark, asks damages of $5,- | of the New York baseball ‘ciub of the 000 from him, alleging that he' has | American league. {appropriated a livery business, haif i l'of which is owned by the estate. m"n fm s“fmm Attorney 'G. W. Klett, joint coun. sel for the estate, read the com- Dr. Julius Hupert and Anton Cieszynski Give $50, . | plaint to the Jjury, stating that on in Four ish to Begin on That Date. * ‘Washington, May 26.—Ambassador Page .cabled Secretary Bryan today that Sir Edward Grey had given as- surance that prize court proceedings in four of the American meat cargoes destined to European neutrals, but held in British ports, would proceed without delay on June 7. Sir Edward Grey: requested that counsel for the packers be present. Alfred Urion, their general counsel, is preparing to sail Saturday. Secretary Bryan, in making public the announcement today said it was the result of negotiations- here be- tween Mr. Urion and Arthur Meekor, of Armour & Co., and' British embassy officlals. * ; Conference continued here today about twenty-seven other cargoes. Mr, Urion said he was hopeful that ‘a complete understanding ~would = be reached. It is sald an arrangement will be made for payment for the de- tained cargoes and that the packers will agree to make specific’ consign- ments of future shipments to neutral nations go as to'avoid suspicion that they might be destined for Germany.. THANKS SWITZERLAND FOR PROTECTIOR ON JOURNEY Teutonic and Ialian Anh.t ¥ Tircugh Mouataio D¢ BRITISH GAE GROUND “+ 'PASSENGERS ON STEAMER.: Vienna and Berlin O of General sians Near by Conspicuous Omflbl.r' An official com Rome indicates that t) vasion of Austria has over almost the whols Italian frontier, > statement, the Italians WA number of towns near, the have forced their way thro tain defiles, occupying - positions, Appavently “little heavy in one instance a mentioned., It London, 'May 26, 12 noon.—The nerican steamer Ny kay, Captain en, from Liverpool, May 24, for ware breakwater, was torpedoed day by a'submariné at a point y miles west-southwest of Fastnet, "oft'thé south ‘coast of Ireland. \+ s q/fne sea was calm at the time. The § at once took to the boats and. ».‘.l.;?d by the steamer. " : Not Seriously Damaged, L It'Was Boon ascertained that the Ne- braskan was not seriously damaged. fhe had been struck forward.and her Teholds were full of water, P The crew returned ol and got %’ G el under way, .‘Nb lives were among the crew. ‘The:Nebraskan il ot carry any passengers. THe foregoing infprmation 'was re- ay by the Britisn admiralty and it was at once com- Lorenzo Brigolio and Vinciano De Motta, who were arrested by the Bers lin ‘authorities yesterday for selling diseased meat from a tubercular cow to Carlo China and hig folirteen years old daughter, Angeline of Beckley, were found gullty in the town court this morning and were fined $60 and costs éach. Carlo China, the victim of ptomaine poisoning, was unable to appear in court as he is still confined to. his bed under the'care of his phy- sician, Dr.. Thomas C. Hodgson of East Berlin. y James. Cardino the first witness for the ‘state told the court that noticing the animal was about: to ‘die from April.17, 1911, Joseph Clark was ap- pointed administrator of his mother's estate. On April 9, 1913, he was re- mayed by the court of probate and his’ removal was confirmed. by su- perior court on Noévember 26, 1918, jand on April 26, 1913, E. W. Schultz was named administrator of the es. tate. The issue -teday. however, Is whether Joseph Clark wappropriated | the livery business lte now rums, The ;‘M@ claims that the business . wns o od icated to the American embassy. ediately she was struck the san began calling for ‘help by ess, Browhead received the wire- eommunication ati9 p. m. yester- 'y, from Crookhaven. ' i some unkrown' disease he gave it away to. Vinciona ' De ' 'Motta providing he purchased a calf for $9. The deal ‘was' concluded but instead of re- celving the bovine for ‘a gift De Motta this mornln:, claimed that he paid $9 for the cow and the calf, He engaged it, SRR G Battleships Answer Calls. United States battleships in the vi- ity answered the . wiréless calls. 'hree ‘hours after the collision, tre battleship South Carelina was stand- ing 'alongside ‘the Cuneo. The Ryn- sadors Arrive at Zugich— ‘Depart for Countries - Zurich, May 25, via Paris, May. 26, nard Clark jointly and.therefore one- haif of the business belongs. to the estate. The defendant claims tihat on December 17, 1910, - his - father, Bernard Clark, owned the entire bus- iness and by a legal bill of sale turned tmarly ownca by Bridget and Per- |’ Contributions amounting to $187 | =° have been made to New Britain's Tag Day fund for Poland’s war sufferers. 'Phe Tag L:y has been set for May 31 end in case of rain th June. 5. The fu lions are t “they fell back, The new attack sf £on against the Przemysl, in C Vienna and Berlin tended by gonspie war office at in b0 . Omiciat Sutprised,” . rise. to. American, officlals L Apparen it* Mrred before ck' last night it over to him. Mr. Clark denies | pert, treasurer that he appropriated ‘the busiress| W. Attwood .. from the estate and contends that-it | Dr. E. P. Swasey is ' legally his by virtue of’ the bill| Dr. Catherine Travis of sale’ from -his father. . A. Andérson .... Miss Leibler Testifies, - Mark 8. Bradley . For the estate Miss ‘Margaret <C.| (e0r8e L. Damon.... | Leiblér, until December, 1810, em. |- L. Hatch ¢ \ploved ‘as a clerk by Mr. and Mrs. | Antoni Cleszynski { Bernard Clark at their livery office, | O JUuS Hupert ... was the first witness. She clajms ¢ Rl o o X Colman, ine & Co., Boston {to have heen loyed b; rs. .Cly “ 3 S Tartnee s vt e e ier Metal Bed-Co. Newark. . 3 rk too % Avarna to this 4 v i bivd 13 4 New York .. 7... | mfiwmi‘d‘fl?whim fhe money &nd: pald all the| irench & Heald Co., Milford .. Zurich garrison. | Lo e (oetimony it wis evident that | - M. James & Co, New Yark , the German minister at Berne and | & C SV Was "0 Attorney Kiett | EATn Store Tea Co., New York the consul in this. city. offered an old envelope -of the cg Lnign Carpet.Lifin. Co.. Béston Before leaving he sent a telegram | 7 sanie ok 'I ® €On-1' 0, G. Thomas, Taunton ... to Gen. Wille, commander of the | ®®™ '“; SXRIDIK i t was printed | gmajl contributions Swiss army, thanking him for the ar- |20d said, “return to B. & B. Clark.” | by M. W. Maloney | rangements made by the military aus | TS meant Bridget ~and = Bernard thorities for his protection on . the |12k said ~ the witness. A bill journey through Switzerland. A ‘sim- ! made out to "B. B. Clark,’. the 'in- i ilar’ telegram was 'sent to' President ; tials said to stand tor Bridget ‘and Motta !’Y Baron Von Macchio. 5:46 a. m.—The Duke of Avarna, Italian ambaseador at Vienna, Baron Von Macehio and Prince Von Buelow, Austrian and’/German ambagsadors to Italy - together with the staff of the BarVarian legation at Rome, all ar- rived here this afternoon. The Italian diplomat and his suite boarded the train which brought Baron Von Macchio ifrom Rome and continued the journey while Baron Von Macchio went on to Vienra ‘in the special whig! ought the Duke of Brignolio| to slaughter the animal not knowing how to do it himself. Not being able to sell any of the ‘beef at his store DeMotta’s claima that Brignollo loaded it' into his wagon and sold it without his know- ledge. When Brignolilo was put on the stand he said that he was asked by De Motta to 'try to sell the meat. Both men’s testimony conflicted. ; ,DeMotta said that he had heard no ‘eomplaints concerning, his beef untii .nmdumfi?éw ’fiqulr, under stion; by Prosecutor Wil e o S e Sunday -and . bury- 6t the meat i@ the rent ‘of the medt. Dr. B. D| Radcliff, meat, food and milk inspector, of -this-city, told of ] exun_nnu;fi 4 ‘piece of meat from the o1yl i QB o | cow within twenty-four hours after a'.'.‘rw:;f '!M,-“t::;gor;e(su the animal-had been killed. He sald Minerva and the attempt to| he found ‘“the meat very badly de- “the Iris )whn:h went te her ‘cungpo-ed and not fit for human. con- The "1 4 Cromer, load- sumption.” Dr. Hodgson another wit- s had o Naerow es. | mess for the state told of treating dam'’s passengers and those of ' her crew who had been transferred to the Cuneo were taken’ off by th South Carolina. The battleship was directed by wireless from the Newport Navy ard to convoy the stricken'liner te this port. ‘With the South Carolina alongside,. the battleship Texas ten miles astern, the battleship Louisana in the near vi- cinity and the Cuneo slowly follow ing, the Ryndam was steaming slow- “this port, A% .10 o'clock when R w124 ol aa onat of 18 tain sent a wireless mesage to the Vessel's owners, the Holland-America line, saying that the Ryndam’s en- gines were much strained but still holding out. Six ‘Americans Aboard, Previous messages from Captain ‘Van Der Heuvel asserted that the wa- ter was gaining in'No. 6 hold and that the ship would have to be abandoned if the water gained much more. So (oo | states that attacks on M $10.00 | 1;ie aiong the San river w X 10.00 g All fereign ves- v o leaving Liverpool have had.thelr es and: nationalitles .. t 50.00 | pressing 5.00 | part of the 5.00.{ brought on 10.00 | jcnce. - The offie 6.00 | trem Parig today 5.00 | gttacks made wit near Lorette, were all Herlin statement adm small position near aseerts that elsewhere W JOHN SKELLEY DEAD; Svoer Bernard Clarks was also introduced, Miss Leibler said she often talked:to from being torpedoed while’l or Rotterdam yeyterday. Al ae, fired a torpedo without It missed the ship by only, | yards. According to the cap- story 'to Rotterdam correspond- periscope was seen five hun- yards distant, and ‘hen the wash the torpedo which was moving so dly that nothing gould be'done to old 'it. The attack occurred at a oint four miles north ' of ' North finter 11ghtship. g -~ 2! American Hawatian ‘Steamer., [ The American steamer Nebraskan, pt. Green, is owned by the Ameri- n_Hawallan Steamship company of w 'York, and is of 2,824 tons net stér. 'On her last eustward trip fhe, left New York May 7 for Liver- A8 ., Passes Kinsale, Ireland, ondon, May 26, 1:11 p. m.—A to 'Lloyds from Kinsale, Ire- d, says tnat the Nebraskan passed China ahd his daughter for ptomine polsoning. He said he asked Chna what he had eaten and was shown the ‘meat. He examined it and found the beef to be dark in color,.and had a slimy 160k and gave off a disagree- able odor. Brignolio and DeMotta in their own defense produced two sporty . looking individuals as witnesses. Both claimed eating some of the beef and were not injured. ° ¥ Judge 'George G. Griswold found sufficient cause to ‘fihd both men guilty ard fined them $50 and costs. Both paid up. A civil suit may follow with China as the plaintiff. TRAINING CLASS GRADUATION. Rev. J. O. Whiting of Hartford to Glve Address at South Church. \ Rev. John C, Whiting, director of religious’ education of the South church, Hartford, has been. selected to deliver the address at the gradu- far as the line knew, there were only six Americans among the passengers. The other passengers it was sald, were Europeans returning home. The Ryndam, a vessel of 7,976 tons register, net was buflt in Belfast In 1901. Her length is 550 feet, her beam, sixty-six feet. The Cuneo is a steamer of about 800 tons capacity and 210 feet length. ' She carried’ a crew of twenty men and no passen- gers. Arrive Late Tonight. Dispatches sent during the forenoon by the South Carclina said that the, Ryndam was making thirteen knots on her way to this port. This speed, if maintained, would bring her to New York late tonight or early tomorrow. Collided About Four A. M. The' collision, it was reported. took place 15 miles southeast of the Nan. tucket shoals lightship about four &. m. The Ryndam's wireless became fain- - ter and fainter and it was difficult for the wireless stations to communi- cate with her, 'Two warships of the} “bration in this eity. “FOURTH” COMMITTEE NAMED BY CHAMBER Celebration Will Be Similar to, That of Former Years—J. R. Andrews Is Chairman. A general committee was appointed tlils morning by the Chamber of Com- merce to draw up the general plans for the coming Fourth of July cele- The committee will work with the public amusement committee of the city, of ' which Kdward H. Prior is chairman. = The first meeting of the committee will be Leld, tomorrow in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The members of the general com- Mrs. Clark concerning the lvery bus- iness and the latter sald, in substance, that she owned a part of the bu-ineu and when her husband wanted to’sell out'she refused. “Mr/ Clark and T own ‘the livery business half and half,”" Mrs. Clark had often said’'to her. " ‘Mrs. Clark was the active head of the business, stated the witiiess, directing the expenditure of money ‘|and the purchasing of supplies. Ownesskip is Questioned. The first question asked Miss Lejb- ler Hy Attorney Hart for the defense was, “Js your memory - good, Miss Ledbler?’ “I consider it g _she replied, The lawyer. quizzed , Miss Leibler. incessantly as to ' whether therg were two ““Bs” on the bill ex- hibited by the estate when she first saw it five years ago. While it looked like the same bill, the witness could nct siate definitely if it was the same one presented when she worked for the company. Neither could she state positively if there had been two “B's” on this particular bill. Here Lawyer 1 | | Former New Britain Man Passes Away at His Daughter's Home in New Haven. ] John Skelley, for many years one of the best' known Irish residents of this city, but who for the past fifteen years has made his home in New Haven, died yesterday after a long iliness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George T. White, of 259 Sherman avenue, The funeral will be held to- miotrow at 9:30 o’clock from St. Bran- don’s church, interment to be in St Lawrence cemetery, New iaven, Mr. Skelly was-- born in Berlin, Conn., Sixty-nine years ago but lived most of his life in this city.. When the Civil war broke out he inlisted In the fourteenth New York cavalry and served valiantly during the war, When in thig:city -Mr.! Skeliey and his family resided on Elm street and will be rememberfi;:l by many of the cld time residents.} OLD TIME RESIDENT driven back with heayy log Itallans Occupy Rome, May 256, via 8:30 a, m. ve op#) sulting in the occupation territory all . Lombardy 1o the in an official statement 1 by the war office, Ttalian #eized various towns in and forced their way through | tian defiles. On the lower I tacks were contifiued to gain of the wiver. e Austrians . | ported to have retired, bridges behsd them. T bombarded Monfalcone, o thit of Tm-l;.h u“ The statement follows, .~ 4 “Everywhere on the troops took the o Forcella, Montezzo, Tonule Caffaro, in Val ¢ | tory north of Ferrara ani Baldo. * v “They also led Monte and Monte Foppa, N 1 b wnittee are: J. R, Andrews, chairman; George #. Dyson, Willlam Cowlishaw, J. 8. Bennett, and George F. Atwater. Sub-committees 'will be named later to take care of special features of the celebration. . The celebration will be similar to ! those of former years, with athletic events in the afternoon and fireworks in the evening. John G. Eadie, supen- | irtendent of playgrounds, will be in atl » | Alantic fleet hurrying to the assistance Ttt:i';flne: e otOtthethseout:Q:g:x?cL of the Wisabivh yiase] oguifiiip RioEyA to be held in the chapel Thursday|®ide of the Ryyndam about 7 ofclock evening, June 3. Rev. Dr. George|2nd steamed alorig with = the liner, W. C. Hill will present the certifi- | Which made very slow progress. cates .of graduation given by the Inrush’ of Water Checked. State .Sunday School association. From wireless reports received later The following members of . the |it was believed that the inrush of wa- class will receive certificates: Mar. |ter in the holds of the Ryndam: had guerite Davis, Corinne Goodwin, Ruth | been checked and the steamship was | of Lessini; Monte Baffelan, at the no and Leogang valleys, files of Val Brenta. We ber of prisoners. .Oceupy Frontier D “in Cadore we ocupied frontier defiles. “The ememy’s medium tillery opened fire on the Hért introduced a ' receipted _ bil, For years he was ¢laiming it to be for the same article for which the other bill calied. This bill was made out to “Bernard 8. Clark.” Miss Leibler said she always madé out all bills either payablg to “B, Clark, Bernard Clark or B. and B. Clark,” Lawyer Hart asked the wit- ness {f the Clark's ever did a check business and she replied that she nt jat 11 o'clock. this morn- arently bound ~for s 3 " R, @ hie wekacinn Vodviidins o bws. " Sh w::gromflw nder her’| thesignal: employed at the Stanley Rule & Level company. He was a member of Car- mody council, K. 6f O, of tnis city. Besides his-wife, who is also in poor health, Mr. Skelley leaves two daugh- ters, Mrs, George T. White and Mrs, Catherine Nolan, and one son, Bdward J. Skelley, all of New Haven, i NO INVESTIGATION »YiET. P Bherican steamer Nebraskan passed jeenstown this afternoon on her way /to Liverpool. She was 'pro- Perry, Helen Smith, Irene Swift, Car- Iyn Kingsley, Gladys Marvin, Leora Saunders, Minnie S¢hwaderer, Gladys Stevens, Dorothy Zimmerman. faing under her own steam at ht knots an hour. Struck by Mine or Torpedo. New Y ork, May 26.—The American~ wa‘_flnusmmshh: company, owners the Nebraskan, received a message }ddy from the Nebrasxan's captain ‘which the captain said the vessel fad been struck by either ‘a mine or pedo and:that he had - turned text of the message, which was | yesterday and signed by Cap. . follows: u torpedo, riy-eight miles. wi Fastnet and ¢aming ' to Liverpo Water in r hold. 'No one injured.” | day, ‘Jtine unchanged; REV. FOX 0 PANAMA. Rev. Howard S. Fox, assistant pas- tor of the South Congregational church, will leave tomorrow morning on a month’s vacation, = He will make a visit to his brothers, Morris W. Fox, an engineer in the government ser- vice at Palboa, Panama. He expects to return to New York on 'June 18, ‘when he, will go to Ann Arbor, Mich., to atténd the commencement exer- clses of his alma mater, the Univer. sity’ of ‘Michigan." - He will return to New Britain’ on June- 27. H DEAD. New . York, May 26.—Mrs, Stuyves- ‘ant. Pish, wife of the @nancier and rajiroad man and -the leader of New | York's social set, died last night at her summer home in Garrigon, N. Y., accordl to advices recetved here to- ?/blex,v was the cause. KING’S CONDITION UNCHANGED, ‘Washington, May 26.—Dispatches to t0 the Greek legation today report the general condition of ‘| sevén, of whom twenty were in the Kxng‘ Constan. | enabled to increase her . speed to twelve Knots or -more. ~ Meanwhile the Cuneo with the Ryndam’s passen- gers and part of her crew headed to the westward towards this port. . 'No wireless messages were picked up from the Cumneo and it was not known here whethér or not she was equipped with long range wireless, The extent of the Cuneo’s damage has not been as- certained, but it could not have been anything serious, because immediately after the collision all the Ryndam’s passengers and part of the crew were transferred immediately ta the Cuneo. Had Seventy-Seven Passengers. The number of passengers aboard the Ryndam, it was announced at the office of the line today,' was seventy- first cabin, thirty-four in the second ana twenty-three in the third. The i numbered 200, e Atlantic fleet’which has been engaged in maneuvérs lies in the neighborhood where the accident oc- crred. - v4 Ready to Abgndon Liner, The progress of the Ryndam ‘was ‘& continued| fight 6n the part of the ‘efew to preyent held No 6 from flill- ing.” With hold No'6 filled, the water (@nfinued on' Tenth Page.) Is Building New Power company of Springfleld, Mass., power plant will measure 37 x 49 feet. Accomodations for two new boilers ; are being erected at present and the charge of the athletic events. DOWNES GETS CONTRACT. House and Coal Pocket in Kensington. John E. Downes, the well known builder, has been awardea the con- tract by the American Paper Goods company of Kensington to erect a new brick power plant and a concrete coal pocket and has already commenced ! the work. Plans for the new buildings were prepared by the Samuel M. Greene The foundation. for another will be com- menced soon. Mr.: Downes is a member of the board of public works and as a build- er is gaining in favor among manu- facturers in- this vicinity. N e WEATHER. \ Hartford, ers and cooler, Thursday. May 26.—Show- ‘Un‘lh'} and never saw any while she was there. He then tried to Introduce certain checks, signed by Bernard 8. Clark, which would go to show that a check business was done and Mr. Clark signed them. J. H. Clark Did Nothing. Miss Liebler told the court. that Joseph H. Clark was often in the office, conducting the law business. Arked what else he did in the livery | office the witness said, ‘“nothing much.” Witness also emphatically de- nied that in December, 1910, she was discharged by Bernard Clark. Tax Records Exhibited. New Britain’s 1908 tax list contains ing the records of Bernard and Brids get - Clark’s praperty, Joseph H. Clark, was introduced. Carl Bengston, for the past thirteen years a local assesor, took the stand and declared that J. J. Clark had gworn| to the tax list. = Recorded as property of Bridget and Bernard Clark were the horses and vehicles used in the contested livery business, August Burkhardt, another assesor and- chairman of the board, testified that Joseph H. Clark has in the past brought assessment lists before him. Theé list for 1907 was identified by (Continued on Eleventh: Page:) Luddy and John F, Meehan. signed Dby | gongefer said the committee w. interview the teacher next week. The cated with the board of education, Chaloner of Hawkins street notinced this afterncon al a tesm ana | five-hundred party at the home Miss Jessie Wightman street. Investigation Committce Will Inter. view School Teacher Next Weck. Richard Schaefer stated this after- | roon that no investigation had been made yet regarding a charge that a teacher in the Northend school had forced her German pupils to stand in class and give their opinion re- garding the sinking of the Lusita- nia. A committee of investigation was appointed Monday night by the new- ly-formed American Independent Union. Mr. Schaefer is chalrman | and the other members are Simon Mr. ould investigators have not yet communi- CHALONER-DAVIS, The engagement of Miess Marion Davis of West Main street to Russell wak an- of of Russell Twelve young ladies were sitring, but without results. “On the Carnia frontier” o night of the 24th we took by onet attack the defile of Vi ferno and the extremity of no. g “On the Frieull fronts 25th In the middie of the I glon we sticcessfully €0 fensive operations near We have disposed troops quered helghts near the the Isonzo. Medium calibs of the Austrians at Santa Mur sSanta Lucia to the southwest mino opened fire on the tween the Judrio and Isonzo out result. 4 Austrian ¢ b, “On the lower lsonzo we tinued our offel to : of the river. rywhere retired, dest 5 .3 ting commu) ons. i bom! and “Our & tric pow at Monf; 2 ’ , Dot 1o m, ';fifi\‘. m.—The present at the affair. No date has been set for the wedding. telegram from /¥ " (Continued on Eleventn