New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1915, Page 9

“Tab” ¥ield Day Plans. ements for attending the C. “Field Day and parade to be a ln Southington, June 19, under § 1 he Cfllfilcu of the Y. M T. & B. so- of that town were made yester- ¥ morning by the New Britain so- ety. All who attend will wear straw ats and black bow ties and will carry joanés. The drum corps will head the parade and the Tierney cadets may be in line. The contract for the ice BUPDly. Was yesterday awarded to the | Néw Britain Ice corporation. » The C. W. B. L. The Catholle Women's Benevolent on will hold its regular meeting Mary’s school hall, tomorrow svening at 8 p'clock. - United Order Golden Oross. Following the regular meeting' of the United Order of the Golden Crass 9 be held in Mechanc's hall on Arch Mot at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning there will be & whist party to . which all members and friends are ,hxvlted. X ) Aléxandria Lodge. Alexandria lodge, No. 24, I. 0. D. of George, will have its annual roll " €all at the regular meeting in Turner Ml next Wednesday evening. Every member is requested to be present. Unity Rebekah Lodge. At the regular meeting of Unity Rebekah lodge held in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall, Monday, May 24, it was voted to hold “Gentlemen’s Night'* at the next ing, June 14. The committee meet tomorrow night at 7.30 o'¢loek: in ‘the hall, for further pre- parations. An invitation was also ae- itepted to attend a lawn party at the [lome of Mrs. Treat Hubble in New- igton, June 17. It is hoped that as any as can will attend. Jr, O, U, A, M, & regular meeting held last Sat- ¥ evening fiftéen applications for mbership were received and ten ididates were elected. On Satur- f ‘evening of this week anotheér 8s initiation will. be held, when a ES, of twenty-five candidates, will Ve the degree conferred upon them the degree team of General Mans- council, No, 9, of Middletown, eshments will be served after the ting. All members are requested ear in mind that the membership est ‘closes June 15, and all who fve applications are requested to them in before that time. OUGHT TO HAVE ELOPED. ried John Robbins. nds of Miss Minerva Murt, who ly lived at 144 Rockwell are worried over her . edhs absence and it i3 belleved that s eloped with John Robbins, ed. at the Stanley' Works. VRurr made the acquaintance blnl while she was employed nley Works. More recently een studying to bé a nurse tford. She is only nineteen fbold. It is thought that Mies nd Robbins weht to New York ay’ and were married. He is gnva song to Hartford to meet friends belleve they took a to New York ' as ~Miss Burr ¥ Rot secuté 'a’ Marrfage licenss VQ i M&k'n office Satur- wlwthm- the girl had Mlss‘ Burr‘- home " GETS LOVING OUP. A Coffey Gets Prize for lbvln. Best Summer Garden. hen Coffey, a thirteen-year-old mar school pupil has been pre- b with a silver loving cup e at $25 for having managed | best - summer garden last vear. pal W. C. French made the pre- ow 'the boy: will make a peech before Hhis classmates, his appreciation. ORD TO THE WISE, .30 the wise. The chicken 10 made an attempt to rob ¥'s hennery at 336 North Streét last night are expected t, according to the com- m she wants an officer here to arrest them. “ing ' in new Catholic cemetery. PRISONERS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS IN ONE DAY (Continued from First Page.) southeast of Neuville St. Vaast is 150, including four officers,” ’ Turkish Official Report. Constantineple, May 30, via Berlin and London, May 81, 9:18 a. m.-— The following official statement was issued tonight at the war office: “On the front in the rear of Arl Burnu the enemy made unsuccessful 1 efforts to prevent us from reinforcing trenches we had captured in the cen- ter of his position. “At, Seddul Bahr the enemy seems sl;suged in filling gaps made on May “Our Anatolian batteries on the nar« rows violently bombarded enemy po- sitions at Seddul Bahr today (Sunday) Nothing of importance occurred at other points.” 15 TONS OF DYNAMITE EXPLODE IN SCOW $40,000 Worth of Plate Glass Win- dows in Seattle Destroyed—Police Investigating for Russia. Seattle, Wash. May 31.-—Police and private detectives employed by the Russian government to guard vesssls leading munitions of war for Russia were busy today. endeavoring to learn the cause of the explosion ' Sunday morning of fifteen tons of dynamte aboard a scow anchored in the bay. Except for the statement of private detectives that for two weeks thoy have ben watching for two men who, it Is alleged, were coming to Puget Sound to destroy ammunition car- riérs, there was little for the police to work on. The scow was blown into .frag- ments and no trace has been found of a watchman employed Saturday to guard thé dynamite over night, While detectives were engaged in seeking to determine the cause of tie explosion, many workmen began re- placing 350 plates glass windows in the Seattle business district shattered by ‘the explosion. The damage from this source was estimated at $40,000 ‘while injury to several large wooden buildngs on the water front nearest the scene of the explosion added $10,- 000 more to the loss. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs. Amelia Hart. The funeral of Mrs. Amelia Hart ‘waé held' this morning, intrement mbe- re. Hart was the wife of Thomas Hart of Main street and ‘was but twenty- two years of age. She died at St Francis’ hospital Saturday afternoon following an operation. Besides her ‘husband she leaves a daughter Alice. aged one year; her parents, Mr. ahd Mrs, Dwight Gordon; two brothers. Fred and John Gordon, and.a sister, Miss Nettie Gordon. ! W. A, Thompson. Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill officiat- ed ‘at the funeral of W. A. Thompson held from his late home on Ceorbin avenue yesterday afterneon. Inter- ment was in Fairview demetry. TAX RECEIPTS. FOR MAY, Collector Loomis Reports Taking in .the briefs of Frank's attorney, $12,745.77 Last Month. When Tax Collectof Bernadotte Loomis closed his office this noon for the month of May his receipts totaled $12,745.77. The figures for May, 1915, and May 1914, follow: 1916—Taxes, $8,072.04; sewers, $3,- 268.89; street improvement, $40.06; street sprinkling, $265.08; total, $12,- 9 Taxes, $12.718.26; sewers, .41; street improvement, $240.06; street sprinkling, $266.08; total, $13,- 972,71, NOT ALL: OVER YET. It appears that the now famous Clark case, which -every one thought was finished when Joseph H. Clark re- céived a favorable decision .in the su- perior court last week, is by no meéans ended. F. W. Schultz, administrator of the estate, has signified his inten- tion of appealing from Judge Tuttle's décision and the case will probably’ be further aired in the supreme oourt. MR. GRIFFIN ORDAINED. Thomas Griffin, son of John Grifin of 188 North street, was or- dained to tHe Catholic priesthod at the cathedral in Hartford today by the Rt. Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop of Hartford. There was a large at- tondancé of Mr. Grifins friends from this city. Rev. John T. Winters and Rev. J. E. Fay of St. Mary’s church were on the altar. CLARENCE PLACE LEAVES, Clarance Place, & wéll known and popular dancing instructor and also well known as being employed in the mortuary department at B, C. Por- ter Sons, has left this city to accept & lucrative position with a large undertaking firm at Lorraine] Ohio. Mrs. Place will leave for the west to Join her husbnnd in a couple ot weeks. TOO LATE R CLABSIFIOC. [ON. FOR SALE—Mahogany Upright Piano Parler Grand, $400 instru- ment. only used short time, Moving ' to Ohlo, old very reasonable, call and examine any time, Bachom, 1§ Winthrop street, New 'Britain, 5e81e1ax ourm | HONOR WAR VETERANS (Continued - from First Page.) Walnut Hill park a huge American | flag flaps in the wind, standing as a figurative signal of loyalty from the entire city. Fxercises at New York, New York, May 31.—Owing to the advanced age of most of the Grand Army veterans taking part in the Me- morial day parade here today, the line of march was shortened to less , than half a mile. Members of forty- four Grand Army posts, a detach- | ment of regulars ‘from Governors | Island, many national guard and naval militia command, Spanish War veterans and other organizations marched up Riverside Drive to the Boldiers’; &nd “Sallors’ mohument to be reviewed by Major General Leon- ard Wood, Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, retired, and Major Genaral John F. O'Ryan, of the National | Guard. Exercises were held at the monument and at Grant's tomb. Hen- ry Breckenridge, assistant secretary . of war, was one of the speakers. To- night memorial exercises will be held in Carnegie hall. LAST FIGHT TO SAVE LIFE OF LEO FRANK Georgia's State Prison Conmimission | to Hear His Applicagion for Com- mutation of Death Sentence. Atlanta, Ga., May 31.—The last| fight to save Leo<M, Frank from thé death penalty began here today with preparation for the hearing before the state prison commission on his ap- plice®on for commutation of sentence. Frank’'s execution has bgen set for June 22 next, Former Congressman William Howard, in charge of Frank’s case, was prepared to emphasize in his argument the doubt as to the prison- er’s guilt expressed by the late Judge Roan, who presided at the trial; the dissenting opinion of two judges of the state supreme court when a decision was rendered affirming the findings of the lower court, and the dlqsennng< opinion of Justices ' Holmes and | Hughes of the United States supreme court, when that tribunal . denied Frank's appeal for a writ of habeas | corpus. | Frank's counsel also was e\pec(ed; to flle with the commission a letter | written by Judge Roan' just before his deatn, in which it was said he re- iterated his doubt as to Frank's xuilt | and urged executive clemency. Communications'before the comm is~ sion included a letter from Solicitor General Dorsey, who . prosecuted Frank, protesting against clemency; and an ‘argument by Hooper Alexahder, United. States attorney for the north- ern district of. Georgia, who as a pri- vate citizen appeal for commutation. MAINE MEMORIAL MONUMENT UNVEILED Majnmast and Fighting Top of Bat- tleship Constitute Memorial— Wilson Present at Exercives. Washington, May 31.—Unveiling and dedication of the Maine Memor- ial Monument, erécted by the govern- ment to the dead of the battiship destroyed seventeen vears ago in Ha- vana harbor, was the prineipal fea- tyré of Memorial day ceremonies in Arlington National cemetery. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Secretary Daniels and Governor Frank B. Willis of Ohio, were on the pro- gram more thoroughly national in its scope than ever, since General John A. Logan established services of the kind forty-seven vears ago. Th monument dedicated to the Maine dead is the mdinmast and fight- ing ‘top of the battleship which long lay imbedded with other wreckage in thd bottom o&f Havana harbor. ' Re- stored and rigged as it was on the deck of the Maine it now arises from a granite and marble base chiselled in the form of a gun turret with names of the Maine's 264 victims carved on its curved exterior. VERSARY, Excellent speakers Address Ladies’ Talmud Torah Association. The tenth anniversary of the or- ganization of the Ladies' Talmud Torah assoclation was celebrated at Talmud Torah Institute on Elm street last: evening with appropriate exer- cizes. W. Frinshberg, who 1s principal of the New York Hebrew school and formerly princip: f the local school, D. Gurian and Mr. 'Rosenthal of Hart- ford gave addresses. Attorney RB. S.: Pouzzner of Boston also spoke. Messrs, Weinér, Rosenberg and Aisen- berg spoke in Hebrew. Refreshments were served. 500sMILE AUTO RACE, Indlanapolis, May 31.—With Carl Fisher, president of the Speedway, leading the first lap, 24 automobile raceérs started .at'ten o'clock today on their §00.mils race. The first lap around the 2 1.2 milse brick track does not count and is intended mere. 1y to give the drivers a’fiying start. The 'skies . remained pgloudy and threatening. Fily FOUND—AN HONEST MAN. Found—An honest man. Guldo An- tonip of Spring street came into .the police station this morning and re- ported that he had found an um- brella on Lafayette street early to- day, Would that there were more men of Antonio's type is the prayer of those who hwn nrbflcoq by ex- nlmneo. s In the accompapying illustration is shown one of the oldest submarines. It was called “The Intelligent Whale"” and was built in 1864 in New by C. Halstead. LONDON COMMENT Manchester Guardian Says Kaiser Will Landon, Commenting on thé German reply to the ‘American note Lusitania incident, Guardian has this to say: ot know how long the war will last, ! but it s clear, way, that its end will find the nego- tiations with the United States over the submarine ‘blockade’ still dragg- ing out their interminable length. “The German note does not even reply directly to the Amefican re- quest that such actions as the sink- ing of the Lusitania should be dis- avowed, and that they should be dis- continuead. Fuuws by American Press Association. Upper—A scene ‘on the diver's tender, telephoning to diver. Center— A United States submarine st ng on the surf; Lower—Gunner's. Mate Frank Crilley in diver's suit about to descend. ROBABLY no greater feat in deep sea diving was ever un- k dertaken than that of Gunner George D. Stilson, Chief Gun- ner's Mate Frank Crilley, Gunner's Mate S. J. Drellishak and their com- panions in diving for the lost subma- rine F-4 at Honolulu. - Drellishak started to the difficult task nlready holding a world's record. In a special test of an invention by Stilson last year Drellishak went down 275 feet and spent ten minutes on the floor of the ocean. Crilley beat this by going down 288 feet and spent twelve min- utes completely surveying the F-4 on the floor of the ocean. b It is Stllson's new power driven air compressor which has brought about | the rapid development of deep sen div- ing i{n the past two years, but Crilley went down for his first exploration in an ordinary diving suit and the recom- pression chamber to reduce the ores- dred feet of depth compressed diver's suit an Perils Attend Rele: With the supply comes another danger. sure on the diver was not used by him. The pressure of the water has been one of the greatest difficulties to over- come in deep sea diving. to nearly fifty pounds to the square|of a diver brought suddenly up from a inch of the diver's body for each hun- To neutralize this, the helmet and the pressure is increased as he goes down to cor- respond with the increasing depth. is pumped Into It amounts of eompressed air The nitrogen of the compressed air is absorbed by the blood in hubbles, which are inflated if the outsfde pressure is suddeniy dimin- ished. This would result in the death great depth to a normal atmospheric pressure. To avoid this he must be raised very slowly. After Drellishak had made his record dive he was brought slowly up to with- in ten feet of the surface and kept sus- pended at that depth in the water for half an hour before being brought to the surface. The pressure of the air supplied to him was diminished grad- One of Oldest and One of Newesz Craft Built for Naval Warfare feet, of four fon Jersey | Bushnell, Augustus Rice and H. It had a length of 28.8 also thirteen. tested and condemned in 1872, i destroyer a depth of nine feet and a crew She had a speed of She had hand propul- $50,000. She was There the new tarpedo boat sson, the latest addition knots, and cost is shown Er ably ON GERMAN REPLY tion Drag Out Negotiation Over Lusi- tania With U. S, May 81, 12:18 p. m.— concerning ‘the the Manchester “We do if Germany has her ! day “The note actually has the effront. ery to add that the passengers prob- would have been saved had it not been for the explosion of ammuni- which, it is alleged, was carried by the Lusitania, as though the sub- marine had torpedoed the ship with- out intending actual ta sink her. STAND BY WILSON, | Gov, Willis Declares in Memorial Day Address at Arlington Cemetery, ‘Washington, Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, paid tribute to “the unknown dead” in Memorial May 31.—Governor exercises at Arlington National cemetéry here today, in the course of which he urged the nation to stand by the president of the United States in efforts “'to keep us out of the broils of Europe.” “Thig nation must remember," sald Governor Willis, “that there is a hero- ism of peace as well as a herolsm of war, heroism is courageous service of th In its biggest and best sen _ | | of Ml the “bends.” blood 1s call An ld'd;d lied in the ’room. into wi'l‘ pumped. If the affected by the after he is brought up i room under the pa Special Room Required, This room is supplied a teléphone communicat! outside, and a carefully supplies the pressure patient. This big com is a part of the g divers had with them &t The United States navy | experimented with the diving suit which was vage work of the Fm wrecked in the St La: ®0 Gunner Stilson and his trained men had to do t] yantage. It is not & thing be used without experience. It is really more like a ma a suit. for it weighs nearly and the man inside is less in its grip untl 8o far below the surface ¢ is counterbalanced by the sure. He is then able to after the manner of & man fashioned steel armor. The suit has more than fif Joints to give it f xmuv, its marvels Is & won I arm and hand. The and h twelve fingers, 80 ¢ N |that when manipulated by ¥ the man inside it & pin cA® up from the floor. This hii supplied with an electric I Peculiarly Diffcult Task, To fasten cables round submarine Iying far below ary diving depths is & alike the endurance of their equipment. Onece. cated and the cables & tached it is comparats powerful tugs to raise her, Heretofore diving has confined to torpedo boats marines in the navy. The of the (iver was to recover | dropped into the water. D last two years additional been given to diving, and that more of this work wi the future. One of the best known York began life as a was threatened with e wanted to change his work &n inte diving by accident years ago. He has been in fce all that time, has health and made City ltem: Miss Mary Ostroski of | I8 spending & week's v | reiatives and friends in Mr. and Mrs, Arthur N, R of 620 Staniey street are | | their fifth w ~an their home todi will entertain their fi ception, ! John Miller of Cotts spending a two wesks' f | his home. Mr. Miller is 8. Birmingham, being & ter in the signal corps. An anniversary reguiem will be celobrated at 7 morrow morning at St, Mi for the late Joseph B | chairman of the board of ety. E. W. Yergin, Boys ! the Y. M, C. A, returned o after a two weeks' al ! Joined the ranks of the ben ! Saturday in ‘Auburn, N. Y, | GERMAN FREE MAS( SEVER RELA Disown Brother Masons in Berlin, May 31.—The G lodge of I"ree Masons has following declaration: i “In view of the attitude Ttalian Free Masons, whe, by French sympathizers, took the political struggle leading war and thereby violating the ¢ | { Masons in Hostile © | | ; | to Uncle Sam's navy, steaming at| 30.41 knots an hour during her trial | trip oft Delaware breakwater. It will be noted that no smoke i visible from | her stacks because of the exceptional operation of her boilers and fuel ofl | system. people’s cause, He who calmly, con- scientiously ond unceasingly does his best to perform his duty to his fam- ly, to society and the state, though he may be to fortune and fame un- known, is nevertheless, rendering a high public service, PROFPOSE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. New York, May 81.—A committee of 100 prominent men of the country, headed by ex-President Taft, have is- sued a call for a conference to be held in Independence hall, Philadel phia, on June 17, to consider the adoption of proposals for a League of Peace, or League of Nations. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. Barry, Woles, May 31.—The British steamer Tullochmoor, 3,520 tons, was shelled and sunk by a German subma- rine Friday evening, The crew es- caped and has landed here. The Tul- lochmoor was in ballast from Genoa for South Shields, I i srand lodge hereb: principle of Free Masonry forbidding such methods, the G severs all relations with Italian and ¥% Free Masonry, “Towards Free Masons in the lands, the grand lodge the decision adopted at an ‘date, that all relations of grand lodges be suspended outbreak of hostilities.” TO BUY MACHINE FOR SHOE FA Representatives of Villa in St. Louis Authorized 1o 815,000 for I-M 8t. Louls, Mu) 31.—Three sentatives of the Villa gove Mexico are here to purchase ery for a shoe factory sald is to be built and General Villa at his capital, hua. The erection of a shoe become necessary, on of =aid, because the Villa purchasing power of on the dollar in the Unl pair of three dollar shoes, cost the Villa government M lars of Mexican money. The Mexicans .-u they had authorized to spend §15,000 for machinery. G which