New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1915, Page 11

3 Ment D&hws British Liner Was Armed and That ‘ Kaiser’s Submarine Acted in Justfied {Belf-d efence. WILSON'S N H Berlin, May 31.—Germany wita- holds its final decision on the demands advanced by the United States govern- Ment in connection with the sinking of the Lusitania until the receipt of & answer from the United States to the note which Herr Von Jagow, the toreign minister, hag delivered to Am- _ bassador Gerard, in reply to the Amer- © lcan note received by the German gov- ernment on May 15. In its reply the German government | Sdeclares that it Is not its intention to submit neutral ships in the war gone, which are guilty of no hostile (#cts, to attacks by submarine or areo- ‘plane; that it is investigating the cir- | eumstances in connection with the at- cks on the Americana steamer Cush- | Ing and Guiflight, and that in all cases ‘Where neutral vessels, through no f tault of their. own, have been dam- éd, Germany will pay .indemnifica- Justified Self Defence, The reply urges that in the cases of | the Lusitania, which Germany alleges was armed and carried large stores of war munitions it was “acting in justi- fied sélf defence in seeking with an the means of warfare at its disposi- tion to protect tie lives of its soldiers destroying umrm\nmon lnteqded' or, the enemy.” The German government recalls the proposals submitted by the United | itates government to Berlin and Lon n designed to end the submarine farfare and the shutting out of food Ipplés from Germadny, which, it de- res, failed of their purpose because the refusal of the British govern- nt to agree to them. Text of the German Reply. \The text of the German reply. to sident Wilson's note sent after the xing of the Lusitania follows: H 'he undérsigned has the hono: to it to Ambassador Gerard thé fol- lowing answer to the communication of May 15 regarding the injury to American interests through German submarine warfare. ““The imperial government has sub- jected the communication of the ric government to a thorough ‘estigation. It entertains also a| wish to co-operate in a frank L [ iéndly way in clearing up a pos- | that it was acting in justified self-de- i#nts mentioned by the . American { troying ammunition intended for the rnment. 55 Cushing and Gulflight. ding, firstly, the tases of the aepicaii steamers Cushing and Gul- [have been aware of the ight. * The Amag&cln embassy has al- ['which the passengers aboard the Lusi- fbeen informed that the German |tania were exposed under these con- ditions. imeént has no intention of sub- ig netdtral ships in the war zone, are guilty of no hostile acts, to | by & submarine or submarines ors.. On the contrary, the Ger- forces have repeatedly been in- ¢d most Apecifically to avoid at- (s on wuch_ships. L eutral WHipg in recent- months " sifféred through the German arine warfare, owing to mistakes ntification, it is a question only of ite” isolated and exceptional cases, lich can bé attributed to the British oyernment’s abuse of flags, together the ‘suspicious or culpable’ be- jliour of the masters of the ships. & Hag Offered Indemnification. f¥The German government, in all s in Which it has been shown by investigations thal a neutral ship, jtself at fault, was damhged by rm@m submarines or aviators, has pressed regret over tiie unfortunate cident and, if justified by conditions, :fi‘flered indemnification. 3 e cases e Cushing and the fight will &t&'ened on the same iples. An investigation of both s is in progress, the result of tl‘ will présently Dbe communi- ed ‘to the embassy. The investiga- Pn can, if necessary, be supplemented F an. international cali on the inter- onal commission of inquiry as pro- by Articlé IIT. .of The Hague Preement of ‘October 13, 1907| o, Falaba Twenty-three Minutes. “When sinking the British steanter | jiba, the commander of the Ger- n submarine had the intention of jowing the passengers and crew a opportunity for a safe escape. when the master did not obey rder to heave-to, but tied and oned help by rocket signals, did German commander order the and passengers by signals and fEaphone to leave tne ship within minutes. He actuatly allowed twenty-three minutes time, and the torpedo only when suspicious jtt were hastening to the assistance fhe Falaba, ; egarding the loss or life by the king of the British passengeér mer Lusitania, the German gov- eMt has already expressed to the, tral governments ' concerned its Tegret that citizens of thefr states itheir lives. Certain Important Facts. this occasion the tmperial gov- hewever, cannot escape the on that certain important § having a direct bearing on the of thé Lusitania may have the attention of the Ameri- n The interest of 4 clear and eom- p understanding which is the aim joth governments, the imperial nment considers it first necessary ohvince itself that the information le to both governments about of the case is complete and d. % overnment of the . United eedd on -'the assumption Lusitania_could ‘De regardsd e | government feels impelled in conclu- OTE ONLUSITANIA itself in this connection to point out that the Lusitania was one bof the largest and ' fastest British merchant chips, built with government funds as an auxillary cruiser ana carried ex- pressly ag such in the ‘Navy List' issued by the British admiralty. Equipped With Cannon. “It is further known to the imperial government from trustworthy reports from its agents and neutral passen- geérs that for a considérable time bractically all the 1nurc valuable British merchantmen have been cquipped with cannon and ammue nition and other weapons and manned with persons who hawe been specially trained in serving suns. The Lusi- tania, too, according to information received had cannon aboard which were mounted and conceated below decks. “The imperial government, further, has the honor to direct the particu- lar attention of the American govern- ment to the fact that the :sritish ad- miralty in a confidential instruction, lssued in February, 1915, recom- mended its mercantile shipping not only to seek protectivn unger neutral flegs ‘and distinguighing marks, but also, while thus' disguised, to attack German submarines by Tamming. As a special ineitation to merchantmeén tc destroy submarines, the British government also offered ' nigh prizes and has already paid such rewards. British Merchantmen Not Undcfended "The imperial government. in view of these facts undubitably knewn to it, /is unable to regard British mer- chantment in the zone of naval oper- ations specified by the admiralty staff of the German navy as undefended. German commanders consequently are no longer able to observe the custo- mary regulations of the prize law, which they before always followed: “Finally, the imperial government must point out particularly that the Lusitania on its last trip, as on earlier occasions, carried Canadian troops and war material, including no less ‘than | 5,400 cases of ammunition intended for the destruction of the brave Ger- man soldiers. who are fulfilling their duty with self sacrifice and devotion in the Fatherland’s service. “The German government bélievés ASSISTANT CHIEF ON STAFF IN ARMY H As assistant chief of .‘the United States ‘army Major General Tasker H. Bliss would take an active part in hostilities in.the event of war be- tween the United States and a foreign country. ' General Bliss is considered one of the most efficient and experi- enced men in the United States army. CHILDREN'S GARDENS - ATTRACT ATTENTION New Briai Praised al Federated Boys' Clubs Conferecs. Robert H. Crawford, superintendent of the New Britain Boys* club, has returned from the nintn annual con- ierente of the Federatea Boys' clubs, enemy. / Aware of Danger, “The British shipping company must danger to The company in embarking them, notwithstanding this, attempt- ed deliberately to use tWe ' lives of American citizens as protection for the ammunition aboard and acted against the clear provisions of the American law, which expressly pro- hibits the forwarding of passengers on ships carrying ammunition and provides & penalty,; therefor. The company, therefare, is waptonly guilty of the death'of so many passengers. ‘“There can be do doubt, according to the definite report of the submar- ine's commander, which is further confirmed by all other information, that the sinking of the Lusitania is primarily attributable to the explo-! sion of the ammunition shipment| causéd by a torpedo. The Lusitania’s passengers would otherwise in all hu- man probahility have been saved. “The imperial government considers the ‘above mentioned facts important enough to recommend them to the at- tentive examination of the American government. Defeated by British. “The imperial government while withhelding its final decision on the ‘demands advanced in connection with the sinking of the Lusitania until re- ceipt of answer from the American sion to reeall here and now that it took cognizanze. with satisfaction of | mediatory proposals submitted by the United Government to Berlin® and T.ondon as a basis for a modus vivendi for ecanducting the maritime warfara between Germany and Great Britain. The imperial government, by its read- iness to enter upon a discussion ‘of tliese proposals, then demonstrated its | good intentions in ample fashion, The realization of these propesals wak de- féated, as’'is well known, by the dec-| {linatory attitude of the British gov- { ernment. s “The 1 etcetera, undérsigned takes occasion, | TAGOW.” VISIT TO CEMETERIES, The annual visit to the two Catholic cemeteries will be mude next Sunday, une 6, by the members of St. Mary's and drum corps, the Tierney cadets and the St. Paul Fife and Drum corps of Kensington will parade from the !T. A. B. hall to the old Catholic cem- etery on Sexton street and then to the new cemetery. The clérgy and officers 5of the society will ride in carriages. Rev. J. T. Winters and President Wii- liam J. Kerin of the society will, make addresses. St. Mary's choir will sing. BANNER TO BAPTISTS, The Baptist Junior Endeavor so- clety received the banmner for the larg- est percentage of attendance at the New RBritain rally held Satdrday in the South Congregational church { of 115 Dwight street parish. The Y. M. T. A, & B, society | held at Pittsfleld, Mass.,, last week. The conference motto was: “Sell Your Hanimer and Buy a Horn,” and Mr. Crawford says this spirit dominated the entire session. It was the biggest affair of its kind ever held and as a result the Boys clubs all over the country will be benefittea by the newly aroused enthusiasm in the work. Local Superintendent Speaks, At the different meetings held dur- ing the three days' conference various phases of Boys' club work were dis- cusséd and when it came to gardening New Britain was held up as the shin- ing example. Superintendent Craw fcrd was called upon to give an ad- dreéss on the subjéct of Boys’ club gar- denirig and he told a graphic story of what has been done and what is being done in this city. His talk was demon- sirated by photographs and the work that New Britain’s chilaren are doing with their summer gardens became the talk of the convention and Pitts- field papers devoted much space to an account of New Britain's summer gar- dens. & Various other exhibits were shown, { all of which demonstrated work that béing.done by some Boys' clubs and which can be done by otners. The in- terest, of many prominent men about the country was also enlisted in this work and as a result tne new direc- turate includes some of the foremost men in the business world in the east. Mr. Crawford has been ' attending these conferences for the past fifteen years, but states that this year's cclipsed them all. The local superin- tendent also has a hearty commenda- tion for the manner in which Pitts- ficld treated.its guests. The City club was turned over to the superinten- dents and a banquet was served. Luter .an exterisive . automobile trip through the city was enjoyved. | City items ' The will of John O'Neill, late edi- probate today. Frederick John Hangon of 160 High street and Fanny BElizabeth Carlson were married Saturday by Rev. Henry W. Maier, The water department will shut down drinking fountains used by | of glanders. Water Commissioner W. B. berg made an auto trip to mountain today, % 1 An outing' of the Hartford Bird Study eclub was held in New Britain Saturday afternoon. Forty members started from the South church in the Néw Britain Ice Corporation truck ang a trip was made to Ragged Moun- | tain, Mr. and Mrs, Keenaz Johnston and 2on of Glen street spent the week-end with friends in Waterbury, John Durn, the most recent addi- tiont to the Dboard of charity commis- sloners, inspected the town home yes- terday in company with Commission- ers Frank Riley and B. C. Morey. Mr. and Mrs, Henry Golzard of New York are spending Memorial day at the Bélden homestead. Ross- Wolcott chapel, having sixty per cent. of 'its membership in attendance. KEach so- ciety contributed to the program. Miss Goodrich was in charge of the singing ‘ordinary unarmed merchant- imperial government allows ¢ and Miss Estelle Dickinson gave a recitation, e Mr, and Mrs, William E. Beers, of Pear street, attended the graduation éxercises at Lakewood, N, J. last week when their daughter, Miss Francina, was graduated from Miss Walker's school for girls. tor of thé Herald, was admi‘ted to horses tomorrow to prevent the spread | | Sljog?grapfiy RAVY.” Rusie-Mathewson Trade Was Most One-sided Baseball Deal. This is the forty-fourth anniver- | sary of the birth of Amos Rusie, a ‘name recognized by the older fans as that of one of the greatest slab ar- tists in baseball history. Rusie was born May 31, 1871, Indianapolis, and spent the greater part of his il- lustrious diamond career in the uni- form of the New York Giants. To the rising crop of fans Rusie is only a name, like Napoleon or Washing- | ton, but the old hero is linked with the present by reason of the fact that | he figured in the deal which added Christy Mathewson to the pitching | staff of the New York club. It is almest impossible to think of Christy as other than a New Yorker, but, as a matter of fact, he had a narrow escape from being a denizen of Red- | land. % Away back in 1901 a young twirl- er who answered to the name of | Christopher Mathewson was drafted | from the Virginia Satte League by | Cincinnati. At that time Amos Rusie was still pitching for the New York: but he was a falling star. The Gotham | | pilot realized that Rusie's good arm | was failing, and when the Reds of- fered to swap Young Mathewson for {life veteran New York snapped at the chance. The trade was completed be- fore the 1901 season opened, and Mathewson thus. made his = major lehigue debut “in ‘the New York uni- | form. A year or two passed before | Mathewson showed the stuff he was made of, but it is scarcely necessary to assure the reader that in time he developed into a very" fair pitcher. In fact, one might say an excellent pitcher wtihout unduly stretching the truth. That deal must rank as the most one-sided in baseball history. To trade | a man who had once been the pitch- ing star of the game for .the man | dsetined to shine as his successor was a bit of Juck that transcends anything else recorded in the grand old dope. Rusie had served New York long and well, and then, in the moment of his | decline, he was swapped for Mathew- son! Which is one of the several reasons why Cincinnati has never had | a National ldague pennant. The jinx that has brooded over Redland ever since 1867 was certainly working overtime when the pilot of the Reds | was seized with the ambition to swap the kid Mathewson for the veteran Rusie. - Rusie's seryice with New York covered- the last decade of the nine- teenth century. In 1894, when the Giants finished second, he helped to win the Temple cup from the cham- pion Baltimores in the post season series. In 1897 he led the National league pitchers, despite the fact that at that period the Giants were suffer- ing a decline and the pitchers were given indifferent support. Charles Neary’s Birthday. Charlie Neary, long one of the star lightweights of the ring, was born in Milwaukee thirty-three yea His real name was Nehring. German began fighting in 1900, | and within three years he had whip- ped such good men as Kid Broad, Battling Nelson, Kid Herman and Johnny Thompson. In 1904 and 1905 he fought three draws with Aureglio | Herrera, and was defeated by Kid Herman in Denver. He knocked out | Herrera in 1906, but was himself knocked out by Jimmy Briggs in Los Angeles. Packey McFarland de- feated him in 1907. Neary's last im- portant ring appearance was in 1908, when he fought a ten-round draw with Freddie Welsh in Milwaukee. in { { | | WALSH TAMES COLUMBIA, “Bill’ "Walsh of this city did- things to Columbia Saturday, leading the Fordham nine to victory, 7 to 0. Coi- umbia was helpless hefore Walsh's slants and speed and secured | only | i | Ma. | pick out the latest N i g HARTFORD Suits For Stout Women a Specialty MY DAD DON'T BUY MY CLOTHES —HE JUST PAYS FOR THEM, Dad says I'm big enough to’ know what I like.* He was a boy once, and. | can feel for a fellow. & “Let the boy get a H. O. P.; Right- Posture suit if he wants it,” he teils | “Satisfy him and he'll be proud | of his clothes and take care of them," Then we slip around to the H. 0. P. at lunch'time, or after school ,and I the fellows are wearing—while Dad digs up the six fifty. Some class to H, O, P. Right-Post- ure! Makes you feel like man— chest out; shoulders square. That lit- { tle Patent Reminder In the coatback ! jogs you up like a conscience, every time you start to slouch. The fellows say I'm some “Clas: Kid.” But, believe me, they don't ! know how. much of that class comes with Right-Posture. You can get the Right-posture hab- ellows—at $6.50 per. “A Right-Posture Boy.” a four hits. Seven disgusted - Colum- bians strolled back to the bench after chopping holes in the air. The .game was for the college championship of New York city. National Teague. New York 5, Brooklyn 1. Roston 9, Philadelphia 4. Chicago -3, Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 0, Pittsburgh 0 (ealled in fifth, rain). St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 3. American Leagne, | New York-Washington, rain, Cleveland-Chicago, rain, Philadelphia 2, Boston 1. Boston 6, Philadelphia 5, Detroit 7, St. Louis 1. : Detroit 3, St. Louis 3 (nine innings, darkness), Federal League, St. Louis 11, Brooklyn 0. St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 4 (callea in tenth, darkness). Baltimore 4, Kansas (ity 1. Buffalo-Pittsburgh, -fain. New Jersey-Chicago, rain, International League, Montreal 15, Providence 7, Rochester 4, Richmonad Rochester 4, Ricamond 3. Buffalo 4, Newark Providence 6. Montreal 6. | chusetts Tech. and Bowdoin | stitutions MEMBERS NEW Representea by E. W. EDDF. RICHTER YORK New .hh’l“ AMERICAN HARE STOCK | Bought, Sold and Quc 847 Main Street /OLIVER H. THRALL, I FART FORD. Toronto 3, Jersey City Toronto 11, Jersey City 7. New York State League, Syracuse 7, Wilkesbarre 6, Scranton 1, Utica 0. Elmira 12, Troy 2. Binghamton 10, Albany 7 (fifteen innings). New England League, Worcester 2, Fitchburg 1. Portland 6, Lawrence ‘2. Lynn 4, Lowell 0. Lewiston 3, Manchester Lewiston 5, Manchester 7. Colonial League. Fall River 4, Brockton 3. Hartford 9, Springfield 5. New Bedford 7, Taurton 5. Pawtucket 3, New Haven 2 (eleven | innings). College Games, Princeton 2, Yale 1. Fordham 7, Columbia 0, Cornell 6, Penmsylvania 0, Brown 7, Harvard 3. Phillips-Exeter. academy 11, mouth 2. Army 6, Navy 5. Syracuse Rensselaer nic 5. Williams college 17, Springfield Y. M. C, A, college 16 (ten innings). Maine 2, Bowdoin 1. Colby 5, Bates 1. T.ehigh 8, Lafayette 2. New Hampshire college §, Island State college 4. Tufts 10, Wesleyan 6. Holy Cross 2, Boston college 1. Trinity ®, Worcester Tech, 0, Union 10, Middlebury 0. Dart- Polytech- Raode CORNELL WINS MEET, Two Records Brokem, One Equalled, in Intercollegiates. The field track and the fortieth annual games of the Inter-Collegiate asso. clation of Amateur Athletis of Amer- ica in Philadelphia Saturd scoring 45 1-2 out of a possible 195 points, Harvard was second, with 26 points, one more than the total scored by the Yale athletes, with Pennsylvania and Princetan tied for fourth place, with 21 points each, Dartmouth and Mich- igan divided fifth place ‘with 14 points each. Columbia was sixth, with ten, while Maine, with 9, Pennsylvania State 6, Johns Hopkins 1 1-2, Masea- 1 each, completed the list of scoring colleges. The calibre of the competing ath- letes representing the twenty-odd in- of the assoclation wi shown by the fact that two new rec. Cornell university team won Buffalo 11, Newark 4, i Rgh g o s = ~ R RN 7o ’m-u-n e THE ADRIATIC New York, May 31L—When the White Star liner Adriatic sailed from this port there werc three Americans on board, Miss D. Wells and P. L. Fos- ter. of New York and A. R. Boffey | of Maywood, N. J. The ship car-| ried a large cargo of war supplies, but H nothing in the nature of powder ox_‘ cept cartridges in cases. Captain B, H, Hayves and his officers did not ap- ' pear alarmed about the risk of be- | ing attacked by a submarine, When the liner is near the danger zone, the | boats will be swung out and lowered to within ten feet of the water, and | I | | along they spread out deck, where lockers and promenade Safety Precautions Taken on Adriatic as She Enters War Zone arn R i o g o i L s ® over the bunks and put them on deck, handy to the part of the ship where t ol after life belts when the ship t ¥ Jackets, which they will put on as the & e: down a tube at the meck. Sir Thomas Shaughnessey, nadian Pacific railway, who is aboard t the lifehoats will be taken out of the easily be obtained by the passengers. | United States would be forced Into a the The gailors, firemen and stewards will may take their life belts from the rack|ture. war with Germany ords were established and a third | are working. The deck offi- who do not have time to look is in he danger of going down, have pro- ided themselves with rubber life hey ers, hip nears the Irish eoast. Th asily inflate the jackets by blowing president of the Ca- |} he ship, expressed the belief that the in the near fu- CON SOLIDATIEDN 8 'I;C:EK EXCHANG STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND COTTON bought for cash or carried on moderats margin, Exectition. of orders unsurpassed, Excellent market in Boston Cop pers. HARTFORD OFFICE £ @ 4 “Phone equaled. Wesley M. cleared 6 fest 4 1.2 inchs in ning high jump after & duel with Alva W. Ricl nell, the winner of the Of |{Jump at Stockholm in: 181 . Bailey a Star > To H. P. Balley of the of Maine, a new member sociation, went the homer ' the second rercord. M | collegian sent the ®ixteen-p: | mer whistling out 165 & {in his preliminary = trial winning first place without fort and adding 2 3-4 inche ! figures established by John {the famous Princeton fo 1 {in 1902, Ted Meredith of vania equaled the assoc! : of 48 seconds in wiming the rvn, and might have time, made by C. D. Reidpath o cuse in 1912, had he been | harder at the finish, h TIE IN Two Teams Even for First for Third Place. - The new course at the ain Golf club was opened with a four-ball foursome. ‘. Poteet and J. H. Kirkham, one team, were tied for first with Philip Corbin and W, | son with a score of even teams were tied for third follows: G. A. Wisman of and Mr. Sault of Hartford, | Pratt and C. B. Shea, both ¢ ford, W. P. Coholan and W, both of this city. The down, Cemetery golf was the | the links this afternoon. MACK SELLS PE] Philadelphla, May 38 Mack of the Philadeiphia announces that he has Pennock to the Boston A lefthander will join the once, Why Girls Go Wrong (New York Review.) To place the sole blame troubles of Miss Eugenia the lure of the tango Broadway is ridiculous, general, the trend of‘th. times, utter disregard for the eu! the old-fashioned domestic which were so greatly prized mired iIn our grandmothers, rearing of young girls today, blame for the scandal tn whi dashing young helress volved. Above all things t is admired in a young girl ia ¥ “smartness” and there understands this faot voung girl herself, No her station in life, wh wage earner or the lionaire, it seems to be every girl to be Sugt possible, This is manifested clotheés she wears in her tion, In her hours of werk and in recreation, The stenographer ing twelve dollars a week wear Any but silk stockings, Wi cost at least seventy cents & a hat which is not in the mode minute. The soclety girl pret have if she does not actually the knowledge of the blase man world. concerning the gossip Tenderlofn, and the latest sc the gay life of the eity. The Birl in her late teens toda; more about vice than the a woman of the world did twenty ago, She can tel you what a to mix dry Martinis. b No one is interested in the girl devoted herselt to qualifying to good wife and mother who is ficient housekeeper, a good o handy with the needle, That ¥ a girl receives no admiratio; #pect, dance the latest steps whowse cut in the newest fashion and talic all the up-tosdate sl cigarettes and toss off a ¢ is popular with the men of t Tt 1g the silly fapper Of course the tango desirable places for-voting glrls # quent and they should not to go to such places strict chaperonage but the —— ors are.merely one of the a reneral condition, What we need to safeguard our 4 are new standards and ideals, or er, ndards Ideals, A return to old wtw: Was-sermon reaction means and ¥