New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1915, Page 1

) ESTAI 3,000 AUSTRO: PRISONERS TA RUSSIANS IN RIght Bank of Rive for Considerable Tewaic Aligd GERMANS PRESSED B iN BALTIC P it Advance Near NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. NTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS CITY TURNS OUT T0 HARDLY PARALLELED IN AMERICAN '"0"0'* WAR_VHERANS: HISTORY FACE PRESIDENT WILSQN; " & Yo & t he Arowes Pairietic Spirit. risis in Relations Between United States and Germany Over Destruc- THOUSANDS WAINESS EXERCISES kA \\“\ Yigss! tion of American Lives by Submarined atid’ Administration’s Deter- Syl Sameri mination That Order Must Be Restored in Mexico % AR TER S AP By Memorial Day Has More Than Its Usual Significance This Year TWO HUNDRED GIRLS ACCEPT OFFERINGS Polsh Tag Day Starts With a Ru Contributions Made Willingly for Rclief Cause. Two hundred feminine traffic cops | | guarded every evenue of escape in the city toduy and turned smiling faces | on every passerby, every glance being an appeal for the widows and orphans in devastated Poland. The weather for the Polish Tag Day | | could not have been finer and the white dresses and gay colors of the | ! girls made a summery scene that was | | auite attractive. =The weather also brought out the crowds and this was | the feature of the day which the girls Observance—Many Travel By A\uloi wil! appreciate most. Svery indication points to a suc- cessful Tag Day. Practically every | person who passed by was decorated | with a white tag with red and black i printng stating suceinctly the purpose | of the movement. The contributions | were varied, from pennies to bills, and - | it is likely the collectors will have | dreds visited the various cemeteries | o b oS ¥ T FFTENCEE N ne end where . they cither decorated the | o¢ their day's labors. graves of deceased friends and rela-1 The courtesy of the girls on v or reverently watched the Civil | : war veterans, assisted by their Hed | organizations, pay thelr annual tribute | to their war-time comrades who have passed on to their great reward. At 1 o’clock thais afternoon the big Memorial day parade formed along | Main and West Main streets prepara- tory to the march to Walaut Hill park, where impressive exercises were held. In the parade were the veterans of the terrible war that nearly broke up the Union a half century ago, the Sons | of Veterans, the Spanish War Vet- erans, the military companies, the P. O. 8. of A, the Boy Scouts, the Tier- ney Cadets and other patriotic organi- zations.. The line of march was to Walnut Hill park, where Commander Streeter, Major Ira E. Hicks, Mayor George A. Quigley and other officials stod and reviewed the parade as it | passed them. A band concert fol- lowed. | Graves. of This Soldier Morning—Polish Tag Day or Trolley. Ideal weather conditions prevailing, this Memorial day is o:1e of the bright- est that has been observed in recent vears. Thousands of people thronged the city streets this forenoon, hun- Second Note May Be . De- " spatched to Berlin With- in 24 or 48 Hours. Allies Prewre Forest and Italians Invading With Little Opposil Nea duty was marked and nobody was annoyed | by undue persistence. It was simply an appeal for the poor, not a hold-up, | and as such the kindly feeling of the public general toward the war suf- | fers was incréased. ; | victory of the Russiang at ‘1 RE Ccfiss im rOR | central Galicia, on the SUFFERING MEXICANS | :=-s = e e bank of the river has for a considerable distance tro-German forces which Dr. T. E. Reeks Receives Ur- gent Message from Na- tional Headquarters, “'Yvasnington, May 31-—Two interna- Wl proble.ma—ona & crisis in ‘the rflbflons between ‘the United States /Germany, and the other the de. innjtinn of the administration to g about an early cessation of in- il warfare in Mexico—developed for. President Wilson today a combi- pation of clrcumsumces hardly par- l!eled in American history. 5 The president had prepared a state- pt to hbe issued tomorrow as n - W fnlng to' the Mexican factions that ‘Y \incessant strife' had forced the t populace to the verge of i-v; on and that unless the chief ents came to' an agreement to ore order some other means ld’ be found by the United States iccomplish. this end. ‘There was a confidence in exgcutive farters that the warning would suf- to set in motion definite plans or‘peace in Mexico, but in respect of ‘the relations with Germany‘ made \ ngly ‘grave by the reply from rlin tothe Americani note sent as consequence of -the, Lusitania dis- pessimism’ -:ni high lension ,»plrenL n ply ‘Evades Main Issue. he official ‘text of the note from many had arrived and was before m‘eflunt early today. = Officials v read it Wwith profound . dis- ntment for, they .pointed ouf, “to obs: /and-evade the | '} ; i B g : : S ; £ hum 5o Lt 3 3 3 : s | Admit Retreat River, Russian resistance to German advance in Galics ly is stiffening. Followin crossing it, three thousand being captured in one day. s as has been disclosed, hol Russians have not succ ing the movement for the of Przemysl. | In the Baltic provinces Germansg are said to have back, losing guns and p Russian war office’ ackn: treat near the Dubysa rive serts that German attem) the river fafled. Fail to Recapuw An official announcement stantinople states. that British attempted in vain § ture the positions in thelr to have been taken by the The main bodies of Italia trian troops have not vet 4 grips, the Italian invasion ing little opposition. z France gaips for th rei rted hear Arras, in | Forest and in*Alsace, Six Ships Sunk i Ty London, May 31, 12 man submarines haye busy while the Germ was engaged in the - its answer to the Wi the ‘Lusitania_incident, days, it is pointed out im vided them with a heavy merchant ships. M steamer Ethiope, 5.700 ton Tullochmoor, 3,500 tons," s sunk by submarines Frid upproaches to the Eng On Saturday the B Pingsuey, of the Hoilt tacked twice by Germen heats within the space of but she succeeded) In ‘ Plymouth. The steamer Gien 4,000 tons, was sunk some tween the British and Fren 1ecently. In the Nowth Sea a submarine sent the Ru n shi 1o the bottom a few days ago, @ lceses of the British steamers’ moor and (adeby also nave ported. Thus within the space of th #ix ships of considerable sl been sent to the bottom by vubmarines and six lves lost. Furthermore, the I'ner Megantic had & n from an attack by a German An urgent appeal has come to Dr| Reeks, secretary of the New Britain ted Cross chapter, from C. A. Devol, the acting chairman of the American Red Cross society, “Not to let the suf- ferers at pur own door'die for lack of | food,” and calling for “gifts of money, corn, beans, rice, flour,” for the Police 'Do Escort Duty, | Acting as an escort to the paraders wag a cordon of police, . hedded by Chief Willlam J. Rawlings. The of- ficers, all in full dress uniform, were Gustave Hellberg, Theodore Johnson, Louis G. Quinn, Andrew J. Richard- fon, William C. Hart, Willlam F.| “great number of unfortunate Mexi- Grace and Joha L. Carlson. Indica- | can people, largely women and chil- tions were that fully 10,000 Deople‘ dren, who are facing death by ‘starva- would witness these mammoth out- | tion.” door oxercises at the park. The appeal came today to Dr. Reeks 2 l‘hisfflz;engn[\m;ce:e":r‘;' :gmr:'i; |in a lengthy night letter. It has been ses of the G. A. R. visite e dit- | cupported by Prest w Wil ferent local cemeteries and placed .O:_p a,‘,.;;.,,,:".,g"s‘x,“:::e :::‘n 'i’_';l; A;::;’g‘nc“‘t‘e“*::’: '“r:"’/‘: :;"k:l: asked to ask their people for funds mfl? Yar veteran. Ga:'mnds of ;O:T:? ‘:‘h': 'v:,:::,mn ?;‘yh?x?; 7 :u"e:;d crs also decorated each grave and as | ¢, FOREE PR CUICIR 1R he the gray haired old 'soldiers who went | | i . oo g | to the cemeteries stood over the littls | * Made for the sufferers in Europe. | green mounds with heads uncovered | The New Britain cnapter of the Red the sight was o solemn and impressive | CVOS% in common with similar organ- one, % jzallonu in ‘the country, has spent At 1 o'clock a dinner as served in | MOSt of its time makihg garments for G, A, R, hall by the Woman’s Rellet | WOunded soldiers. Boxes were sent corps, and the auxiliaries of the Span- | OUt nearly cvery week following the ish War Veterans and the Sons of | Organization of the society here. The Veterans. Foliowing the serving of | attention paid to the foreign countries dinner the, veterans formed in front | of Europe has obscured the need of [ ©f their hall in preparation for the | the sufferers in Mexico, in which war Marade. For those of the old evterans | has ravaged wide territories and left who were too feeble to' march auto- | thousands homeless. The moncy for the Mexicans should mobiles were loaned. be sent, according teo the jnstructions | from the American Red Cross, to the local Red Cross treasurer, A. J. Sloper or to the national headquarters in Washington. » he guestfons 31 | ( H~ 31 _argument on matterl of ‘hitherto - undisputéd under the ‘accepted laws of nations. portant of all; it was noted, attention 'was given to the of ‘the United States for as. (m(thax American lives would be arded’ in the future: course of the United States nment is expected to be shaped (he, president: before/ the day is " and will be discussed at tomor- s cabinet meeting, ‘ Wilson’s Action Unknown. hrough Ambm(da\r Gerard the dent had kndwn, for several days ‘the disappointing character of the ‘man note. ~What his action will is: unknown' to any one but him- —if ‘indecd, he has formed definite elusions: From a previous knowledge of the Bresident’s feeling over the Lusitania iaster in which more than 100 ericans lost their lives, it is con- ently believed in many quarters he will order the despatch of a ond note to Berlin within twenty- T pr forty-eight hours, answering many’s request for the facts. of Death’s Toll This Year. Death’s toll from the local G. A. R. has been a heavy one this year and | through the minds of those partici- | pating today flitted the thought that this may be the last time they will as- somble with their comrades to pay a tribute to their departed friends, as indeed it will be for many. Those | who have passed away during the past year are: Henry H. Deming, Co. A, Twenty- fifth C. V., July 29, 1914; John Fa- gan, Co. A, Thirteenth C. V., July 30, 1914; James Mason, Co. A, Twenty- first C. V., September 5, 1914; Frank | 8. Lee,' November 19, 1914; Joseph | D. OF C. CONVENTION. Gathering of State Delegates in This City Tomorrow. The state convention of the Daugh- | ters of Castile will be held in this city tomorrow. Over fifty delegates are expected. A mass will be celebrated at St | : GEAND\LDEE‘,N OF VETERANS Top DECORATION DAY, PARADE. Bettor: T Meniorial day = was 2 commiemorate the dead of the civil | survivors of the late pars in which this country engaged. The celebration this year is more general than ever. In This year the celebration of Mem- inaugurated to orial day comes at a.time when more than half the world is at war. This war. Of late years the dead of the jhe VL\lsltflnifl-! cargo and equipment h a restatement of ‘the circim- ances as made clear in the first merican note and an intimation that L. Prompt reply is expected. Ref- ce,, it is believed, \will be made country has kept out of the - terrific conflict. How long we will without be- coming embroiled none will say. Spansh-American war also have been honored on that day. The struggle in Europe brings back memories to ths the ' accompanying . illustration arc shown jgrandchildren of veterans and a typical Memorial day parade. i the understanding of the American | of the®sinking of the British steamer nment that another AmencaulFB]BbB, an which Leon C. Thrasher, He Nebraskan—has been to d without warning while the dip- discussion’” ‘was .in. . progress, 8 'urgent inquiry, it is”thought, will ade as to what effective ' mea- will be taken immediately by f German. government to further destruction of' Amerlvan 8. and property. Bpucrican Stand Never Disputed. L gal officers - of the United S"dhs(submanne warfare, Wernment _say the Amierican POt | from a legal point view on the legal questions d has never been disputed in the by Germany or any other na- of the world in any of the es- tial features. Ansjyzing the German reply, it was inted out that the Germanm accept- - ¢e “of responsibility for attacks on ! ' American ships Guiflight and the | fshing . with expression of regret and br's of reparation, could not aid ma. y in clearing up the situation | it was declared in the :Ameri- note such promises do not re- a dangerous practice t is held, is jproved by the at- | the Nebraskan and the ah- of any assurdnce that Amer- ps on unarmed merchant ships ufv flag in ked 4o al plice of safety - before . destroyed as a prize of mtcl!! on ‘American ves. ’m&a‘n‘ha&wule intent, may vowed in each, case, is regard- W™ American nflh‘fl tan American citizen, lost his life, was not surprising to officials, for® thers has been a controversy in the reports of the German . government and’the affidavits of survivors over the lengtly of time given'the Falaba: to'transfer present | her passengers—a point that has neyer The inei- established. is only been . satisfactoril Falaba case, however, { dental to the American protest over conducting | German method of and is not of view warning the 5 Vital as the { torpedoing without Lusitania. = - Germany’s contention that the Lus- | er and was on the British naval lst and that it was armed with cannon was met with the statement in official This | the future will be trans- | Js as constitut- host! actice. fl%fi \fl" the Gm note | that no Britis quarters that the merchan ships of all nations may 'be commandcered hy the respeciive governments in -times of war, but the change from a peace- ful werchantmanto an armed auxil- | Hary naval vessel is a proceeding, of such a distinct character as to leave place. Great Britain’'s practice al- { ways has been, it was pointed out, to i place a commissioned naval officer in command of converted merchantmen which are commandeered only in home ports and to equip the vessel with | BuUns. cial investigation by government offi- | nted | ship | l cials before the Lusitania was g ¢learance from New York, the carried no guns mounted or unmount- ed. Moreover there has ! agréement for several months between tes and, Great Britain the United 8 merchant shpa lfin,v of the tania was built as an auxiliary cruis- ! ing American ports shall carry any guns. Germany Army Irrelevant. An argument .in the German note that the Lusitania carried Canadian troops and ammunition is' regarded by -officials as irrevelant, for they de- clare it is-well known that no Cena- dian'troops could pass as an Orgin- sajling of a few unarmed individuais does not constitute an armed expe- | dition under international law. Net er it is and ammuniten been regarded as warranting ithe destruction of any un- { armed merchantmen without previous visit and search. As to ‘the. citation 6f provisiens of American law, on the question of car- ryving passengers on ships transport- ing munitions of war attention was called. to decisions in 1911, ‘When the American government ruled that the federal status applied not to car- tridges, but to self-exploding materil such as dynamite and nitro glycerine. ° Reference to Proposals Expected. The German governmqnt's refer- ence to the proposals made by the United Statesto securethe abandon- mest of Submayi|1e warfare by Ger- According to report of an offi- | been’ .an i ‘“ Américan rights on the high seas must many through an agreement with Great Britain whereby the laiter would not interfere with. foodstuft thie” civilian population of a bellig, ent was not unexpected. Wilson has made”it clear, however, ! that the issues raised by the sinkng of the ILusitania and other violations ‘of | bo settled on their merits entirely ‘hln from conditions arising in the 64 v ized body over American soil, and the | contended, has traffic in arms ! relations of the United States with other bellgerents. No Official Text Received. President Wilson went for a long | automobile ride early this morning j after reading newspaper comment on | the German note. He had not: re- ccived the official text from the state | department and as his day was broken by an engagement to speak at Memo- rial day exercises in Arlingtoa Na- !m.ml cemetery, he will not begin a thorough study of - the note before night. { An unusually large number of sight- seers were gathered in front of the I White House when the president went j out to his motor, There was a scat- tering of handelapping, and the presi- dent bowed and smiled in response. Officials refused to discuss the note | before the president had opportunity to consider his reply. Tt is expected that the question will be discussed thoroughly ~at tomorrow’s cabinet meeting and that an answer will be forwarded to Berlin with as little de- lay as possible, GERMAN FLAG OUT. What was evidently an attempt to violate neutrality was made this morning” on Church street when a resident flung a German flag to the The flag aroused much not all “of -which was fa- i | breeze. | comment, s Vorable. President Hartford, May 31.—air day and tomorrow, temperature, to- Rising B i o AR + sum should be realized. Hackn Thirteenth C. V., December 1, 1914; Henry Kirk, Co. A, Twenty- second C. V., February 21, 1915; Levi | B. Boughton, Co. D, Eleventh C. V., May 5, 1915; Perry C. Edgarton, U. | ‘s church at 10 o'clock by Rev. John T. Winters, chaplain of Court | Columbo, of .this city. The conven- tion proper will open in Eleectric hall at 11:30 o'clock. An address of wel- 9. navy, buried in Plainville. Many Travelling Today. ! Hundreds of automobile parties | passed through this city this morning | enroute to the seashore wiere they | intended to spend the day, and the | jitneys are looking forward to a pros- | perous time this afternoon. For those | not fortunate enough to be able to | ride in automobiles the trolley car offer a pleasant diversion and all cars zoing in every direction are being filied each trip. A large num- of local people have planned to go by train or trolley to Charter Oak park to witness the aviation exhibit. | Others planned to go to Lake Com- pounce .wherc there is boating, dan- cing and other amusements to be concluded this evening with fire- works. A large number also visited the different cemeteries, as was evi- denced by the crowded condition of the East Main street and North End cars. On almost every street corner in the city today are stationed young women who are taking up collections o help the widows and orphans in “oland. The response to this tag day appeal is a generous one and a large ber American Flags Predominate. Today being one of this country's| zreatest national holidays the | lorious red, white and blue was un- furled from every available place. fhe soldiers’ monument has been fe; voned with the national colors, city sall displays two flags and from pri- (ate residences all over the city Old Movy proudly flies to the breezes. “rom the flag pole on the summit of (Continued on Ninth Page) come will be delivered by Mayor (veolgs- A. Quigley and addresses on “Ideals” and “Unity and Charity” will be delivered by Attorney Joseph G/ Woods and Judge William ¥, Mangan respectively, Mrs. Elizabeth Ahearn, state regent, of New Fiaven, will pre- side. A banguet will be served at noon and an interesting entertainment has | been arranged. A recitation will be given by Charles Stone and vocal se- | lections by Mre. M. T. Crean, Miss Elizabeth Sweitzer, John Kiniry and Urban Callahan. Reports of officers and elections of | new officers will occupy the attention of the convention in the aftermoon. It is said that Court Columba will have a candidate for state secretary. i It MORE MAIL SACKS F’OUfiD" Lad Is Said to Have Discovered Two | and A Long, Black Revolver, Theodore Sandberg, a ten year old | boy of 70 Woodland street, is said to | have found two empty mail sacks in a freight car near the siding of the City Coal and Wood company at Elm street. Post office authorities say they have received no word of the find. Young Sandberg is also said to have found a long., black revolver with the barrel missing in the same ca He’ carried the weapon but did not report the presence of the mail sacks. The Farmington post blown open on the morning 18 and a mail sack marked ington to Hartford” was later in an empty freight car near Whiting street freight house. office was | A of May arm- found | the | ments “of be searching for Germanu su in _the . vicinity for the moment to be unchanged, Ou ta repo llllln's. wus easily yesterday sible. London observers are d i tention to these cases, particul connection with the presentatt the German note, Take German Trenches. The lull along the western, front has been broken by the who claim to have taken a g German Tegion, and to have mude 0 &ress north of «g-operation =Y trenches in the With to Arras, they appear de slight progress north of After repeated repulses the mans, for the time being, seem ebandoned their Ypres. mans have made only slight the neighborhood of this salien attempts 1o During the past week Turkish Trenches Capt Except for the warships news of the which - appe s, little definite informat) come to hand from the Dard: | Certain despatches by wuy of claim that many trenches on the hcve been taken during the past lines or Ty Gallipoll Penli The situation along the River of Przemysl & French Oficial Report. Paris, May 31, 2:41 P, y “rench war office this aftern on the progress which reads as follows “There were no new d away | during 'the night of lluy the exception of the el region v of Notre Dame ttack. 'rni-' s CGlerman “The number of prisohers at 'The Layrinth’ ta to (Continued on Ninth Pageds repulsed by our troops