New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 23, BOY SAYS HE STOLE AS HE WAS HUNGRY Joseph Brown. is Given a Chance to Make Good by Judge J. T. Meskill. i Beénuae he was hungry and had no money with which to buy food; ‘because his mother had turned him out of her house and his father haq 4 refuséd to have anything to do with him when he was discharged ' from jail and because for the five days he i had worked for Louis Commick, g peddlar, recefving but seventy-five cents rénumeration hé 'was.prompted to steal $1.50 from his employer was the explanation made by Joseph Brown, aged about eighteen vears, to Judge Meskill in police court this morning. 2 Young ‘Brown has had an untm-. tunate life. When a boy he was com- mitted to the state reform school at sy | Meriden and was kept there until a of . Advances in Goflzh—mmch;:ew months ago when he was sent X i home. Temptation proved to great : llufl Peck KMS"YS REons in | for him and he stole a small sum of wm.‘,c F‘shdnt i Praice money from & man for who he was | working. . For this offense he was }lok. Cnmmd Gmund. sent to jail when the reform school au- The 'stransth of the ¢utlying de- | thorities stated they would not take 'imae- of Warsaw appears to haye | him back. Upon his liberation from jail a short time ago he returned to a m checked for the time .being at Tthe mipetummw of /the Teu- home where he was given no encour- agement. fonie drive on the Polish capital. ~ Driven back from the fann@- CHELM NOW IMMINENT 'l\urko-Ga-man Forces Landed in Trip- | lu nu-—vxenna Denie- mu-n cmms and This morning Prosecutor Klett placed all the facts ‘before Judge Meskill and stated that a person who had interested himself in the boy’s ‘| welfare had promised to get him - a job if he should be given another chance, Detective Sergeant Bamforth also spoke in favor of the boy ana said he thought if given a chance un. der the proper conditions the youth might turn over a new leaf and make something of himself. Brown himself said he wanted to (g0 'to 'work and do the right thing. Judge Meskill placed him on proba- tion until August 15. ‘ of une of :he g&mumg ]tlm 18 A Jes- i ‘gihg Ge mgn NO CHANGE IN WEEK ON GALLIPOLI LINE Turks and Allies Confine Efforts - to Sapping Operations, CLAIMS “CONSTANTINOPLE. French in June OCaptured. Four Trenches Taking Several Linés by Assauli—Entire Turkish Company Surrendered Without Reslsm_ Constaatinople, July 22, via London July 23, 7 a. m.—There has been no change in the situation on the Galii- poli front in the past week. Both the allies and the Turks have con- fined their efforts to .desultory small arms and sapping operations. The weather has been excessive warm. The Turks are concentrating many ! new troops near the Gallipoli theat- ter. After surmounting many dif- ferences they now have placed in successful operation several plants for the mahufacture of ammunition for heavy artillery. Larvge Output of Shells, Output of the factories it is as- serted, is several th&usand shells day. There is but slight foundation for reports of famine and epidemics of disease in Constantinople. The city is well ‘provided with moderately cheap food, thcre have been no dis- turbances in the streets and no cases of cholera have been reportd. French Take Four Trenches. Paris, July 22, 11 p. m.—Exploits Ah eastithe great umles Field mm?nn voil ‘Mack &,H{y‘b‘hmst 0T b g&rfie‘l ““Yublin-Chelm railroad &, Both oflcinr and’ unofiicial ac- | 8 ”‘iflug ‘here lfll\la has ¢ flm%fl qats on subm liverdd by Amb me German ronuu omce ¥ ih, July 23 mnonpon 12:50 p. r lespatch from Vi to ‘the | e signs to stop the‘g&vo,m:a ot : ; nents in the. eritical battle on; the new Lne muthwnrd of th Lub~ pail wmu; i this campa.!gn is* m?g- itol .come in the territory between e Vistula. ana thi hBu‘ rivers. e Han southwestern front aced, fl'le":;lpu,fizh ndd& railroad line running. through fyangorod, Lublin and Chelm s only kv mfl- north of the ' Teutonic | es and the capture 6f Lublin and Chelm | .‘M to ba a quenmu of ‘only The correspondent of the Nationa) itung, at' Tarnow, Galicia,: while re- orting that the Austro-Gefman for- 7 ne,mdvmhm _steadily, mtl out attered is untrue.’ On the contrary they are displaying the greatest brave of any endurance, and only in the NEW. AMERICAN NOTE ARRIVES AT BERLIN Document. Delivered to Ger- | new Américan rote w: its ‘case. for the present at least. The { Ferdinand Council K. of C.. has been | man Foreign Office by AmbassadOr Gerard. Berun. 'Vid, ‘Liondon, July 23, 3 45 m.,«-—&‘he new Amerlca.n note . to duflns‘ Wuh'mtt(m, July 28.—With the Seiin sy $“‘"§:"s‘kfim°§{"’c‘.§‘e te the tau}sn office: i1 iy i that the loss of ~American lves through further violations of Ameri- ‘can rights would be regarded s “unfriendly,” the United States rests note will be - given out here late to: day for pnblication tomorrow. Officials of the Washington govern- ment turned expectancy toward Ber- lin for some 1indication as to the re- ception of the note. Until itforma- tion .is at hand, the next move of the United States will not be decided on. The note is declared to be the fi- nal word of the United States gov- ernment with regard to further trans- gressions of its rights. Should a | disaster signilar to that to the Lusi- ,tania oceur, it is believed President lson would call congress together to consider a courpe of action. It the note meets, with a friendly | reception and there appéars no in- tention on the part of Germany fur- ther to violate neutral ships on the high seas, th: president will shortiy take Uip the sitnation’ that has arisen with Great Britaln over interference | With American commerce by the al- Hes. A note virtually is ready now to ' be dispatched to Great Britain, again ‘protesting against deviations from International Law in the operations of the order-in-council ‘against com- ,merce with Germany. P. C. MCINTYRE HONORED. Local Man Prominent in Knights of | Columrbus is District Deputy, "B, C. Mcintyre, a leading figurs in ‘appointed district deputy for District No. 5, by State Deputy W. J. Mulligan. e of the contingents without high- officers do they surrender readily. Thirty-four miles south of Lub- . occurred an engagement at rs, which was u.numu.lly .and deadly. The Russians fdfi fl;atr attacking = opponents, resistedsthem with the bayonet. had assembled _ strong and the Germn.n:h and the ¥ xpend the, g to - ove! m: them. Irr::!, throw the Russiass fror Fopi Sy iy ipoint of | makes' the fiove- t infantry slow, normar 25 v -He received a letter confirming the appointment. today. Mr. McIntyré has held sevéral of- )ficés in the local councit, 'of fhe Knights during the past thirty years. He has been Grand Knight twice, in addition to occupying. many. other posts. He was also state treasurer at one fime. The district which he is to supervise contains = New Britain, ‘Southington, Unionville, Terryville &nd Bristo) ; THIEF IN CITY HALIL, “One of the callers at the City Hall | his morning was the victim ‘of an ‘act that caused him considerable annoyance, He was.in one of the rooms on business, and had removed his hat, when he went to lgok for it | found that it was missing, It looks if the moral, “keep your hats on would be a wise of thé Frsnch expeditionary force on the Gallipoli peninsula, June 21 and the the region qf Kerves Deere are recounted in an official statement is- sued tonight regarding the operations in the Dardanelles. Four trenches, forming steps on a slope between the sea and a ravine ‘opening from the village, were chosen as the objective for an attack on the 21st. A west wind covered the field of battle’ with clouds of dust, swept up by ‘the artillery preparations.” ~ Suddenly 'about 11 o’clock” metalic flashes. streaked -the shroud of yellow dust and the clish of bayonéts was heard as-the ln!antry leaped m the Anentire Turkish compafiy sur- prised in the.first trench, surrender- ed’ without resistance. “Counter attacks the following | night,” savs the official report, to budge the victorious forces. The French left completed on June 30, the advantage gained on the 2lst. Several linés were taken by assault, certain colonial troops, carried away by’ their enthusiasm, pursuing the enemy beyond the objective fixed. These colonials were almost surround- ed but were able to regain the ‘qua- drilateral’ We remained in undis- puted possession of these trenchés after the enemy had made one = un- successful and disastrous counter at- tack.. It was here that General Gou- raud was wounded. ‘Turks Make Attack, “On the night of July 4.5 Turks, heavily reinforced, aided . by aeroplanes and five cruisers. of the Barbessa type undertook a general at- tack. They seemed to have lost their spirit, however. Their hesitating ad- vance was met by the allies who ad- vanced strongly without a foot of gain for the enemy. “Seventeen allied aviators attack- ed the enemy aerodrome at Chanak on the afternoon of July fourth. Ex- plosive bombs were dropped on the principal hangar, which was set on fire,”” the, Wounded by Shell, General H. J. E. Gouraud, com- mander, of the French forces in the Dardanelles was wounded by a shell which fell near an anibuiance while he was visiting the wounded. His . wound was not considered dangerous but it was deemed advisable for him to return to France. The latest naval records show only two vessels owned by Turkey of the type of the Kheyr-Ed-Din-Barbarossa, which is classed as a battleship. The other is the Orgut Reis. Each is of 9,900 tons displacement. NOTE TO GREAT BRIAIN, President Wilson and Sec. Lansing Al- most. Finish Docament. Washington, July 23.—The American note to Greatr Britain pro- testing further against interference with commerce between th United States and neutral nations was almost finished today at a. cunrerence be- iween President Wilson and Secretary | J.ansing. It will be sent forward to licndon probably next week, Secretary Lansing will finish the note and expects to forward it to President Wilson at Cornish for his final approv- al before dispatching 1t to London. The note has been 'delayed partly be- cause of 'the President’'s desire to complete the last German note before taking up the issue with Great Britain { and partly because of developments in the British situation wnich have come up from time to time, s = “failed | new WOMAN IS ARRESTED | CHARGED WITH THEFT Mrs. Abbie Iris Steals Watch From Room at Hotel Bronson and Hides It —Police Matron Finds It ‘When Mrs. Abbie Iris was brought into police headquarters this morn- ing charged with the theft of a gold | watch and chain is required the ef- forts of Mrs. Mettey, the police ma- tron, to unravel the mystery of where the stolen watch had disappeared to as the accused stoutly maintained her innocence. After being closeted with | the woman for some time, however, | Mrs. Mettey came out With the mis- sing watch. Mettey did not say where she found it. Mrs. Iris, who is a middle ' aged woman, went to Feingold's ‘pawn- shop this morning and tried to secure a loan on a watch and chain and Offi- cer Charles Gace brought her to the | police station on suspicion. Subse- quent investigation shawed that the woman had entered the room occu- pied by W. A. Johnson, pianist at | Keeney’s, at the Hotel Bronson and’ appropriated a watch ownéd by Miss Nellie Clark which had. been left in | the room. Mr. Johnson identified the Jéwelry this morning. The woman at first denied havlng the watch and later she, declared it was her’s, but when asked to. tell what initials were efigraved ‘on the case she was unable to do so. Mrs. Iris is also alleged to have stol- en a suit of clothes and an avercoat from the Hotel Regal on June 10. SULLIVAN RESIGNS DOMINICAN POST Sequel of Investigation Into Minister’s Fitness for His Office. Washington, July 23.—James M. Sullivan, American Minister to the Dominican republic, has tendered his resignation to President Wilson and it.has been acvepted. . Mr. Sullivan’s resignation is the consequence of an' inyestigated vondusttd for the State Department : By Sen-.tor Phelan .. of California, ints the mlnhters fitness | for' his offlc The findln‘.s \\ere unravo bla to b et g R AR e T iréport has been at the State Department.and b.!on, Presfdent Wilson sevéral ‘wéeks. " Soon aftr it Was received it became known | that Mr. Sullivan had béen asked to resign and had been given a short | time to consider it. Today's an- | nouncement was made with the re- | sult Mr. Sullivan’s brief term as min- ister in (Hé island republic was at- tended by ' charges. and. . counter Chdrges 4s to his conduét. Waltér W. Viek, collsctor of customas for tho United: States. at the island, resigned because, it was stated, he had to work under - unsatisfactory conditions, brought about by :Minister Sullivau, Senator Phelan, during his investi- gation, , took u.snmony in the Domj inican republic at which' witnesses charged Lhat Secretary Bryan in ap- pointing Sullivan had been copsults: by financiers associated with Samu-l M. Jarvis, of New York, who cdntroli- | ‘ed the Banco National at Santo Do- minigo city, which was seeking da- posits of customs dues, collected hy the Unted States. Other witnesses gave testimony to show that the minister was interested in ‘conracts there for Americans. Former Governor Fort, of New Jersey and. other ' witnesses testified that Sullivan was “big hearted, good natured and honest.” The report, which Secretary Lans- ing announced today would not be made public until next week, is under- stood to sustain many of the charges against Sullivan. MRS, SAWTELLE NOW SUING FOR DIVORCE Young Woman Who Contemplated 1 Suicide Wants Bonds of Matri- mony Severed. Alleging cruel and abusive treat- ment on the part of her hysbang, : Harold Sawtelle brother of Mrs. Han~ ford Curtis of 29 Liberty stravt, Mrs. Mary C. Ssawtelle the attractiva blonde who contémplated suicide here last May, has brought action in the K Bos- ton courts for divorce from her hus- band. While she and her husband were living with her mother, Mrs, William Wilberforce Newton, at 55 Marion street, Brookline, circumstances arose which caused the young wife to leave pher husband. At that time it was thought that money was at tae kois tom of the disagreement. Ars, Saw. telle is the daughter of the late Rev. William B. Newton, a former rector of St. Pau|q chureh, in Bosiop, and u}lflo at 8t Laul's church, Brookline. WEATHER, Hartford, July 23.—Genecr- ally fair tonight and saturday. Not much change n (cmpm-:v- ture. { been closed because of a strike i to tr¢ and end the strike by Secretary | 'Poned wntil tomorrow or sunday. It " was. tHought best to defer the bury- | iug word from Adjutant Gen. Sadler “to send troops to Bayonne yesterday | 1915. —SIXTEEN PAGES. NONEED OF TROOPS IN BAYONNE STRIKE....... Comparative Quiet Prevails Today Around 0il Go.’s Plants. SALOONS ORDERED CLOSED. Sherift. Believes Labor War Can Be'! Settled Without Further Bloodshed | and Asks Men For Hearty Co-op | eration, Which is Promised. . New York, July 23.—Comparative quiet in marked contrast, to the three Previous days of the week, prevailed | in the Constable Hook section of Bay- onne, N. J., today around the plants of the Standard Oil company and the Tide Water Oil company, which have | of 1,000 men ‘in the Standard Oil Works and ‘the' resultant disorder during Which three men were killed and | wm- injured. Desuitory fires occurred during the | night, "but the police said this wus | "chiefly due to some false alarm among the guards. Sheriff Kinkéad and Caommissioner of Public Safety Wilson sald today that they believed the sit- uation was well in hand and (hat there would be no need of troops. A possible source: of trouble ‘was the funeral of the first victim of-thefiols John Stranchik. The authorities for- bade street music or oratory but an- nounced that there would be no in- terference with an ordérly procession from the church to the cemetery. The fact'that this was pay day at the works also gave the peace officers some. anxiety, it ming feared that men coming to the plant to draw tne money due them might become in- volved in fights. Sheriff Eugene Xin- kead “therefore asked the strikers' committee to defer calls for vay dsy until next week and said that if any of the men were in distress and necd- -ed their’ wages he would personally try to collect the money from the company’s officials. - The committees mi rsald they would present tlhe sherif’s' views to the men. Sherift ‘Asks Co-operation. __Sheriff’ Kinkead invited the striks ers’ "‘committee which is heacded by Jermiah J. Raly- to police headyuar- vcn and asked them to strengly coun- 1:the men tp avoid further Adisgrder keeping- off the st;eeu" a’:fla-m e believed the strike could be | set flea without , Yloodshed | ar asked for their hurty co-opératlol, which was promised. “I want to warn the strikers through you, as their committee,” hé conclud- «d, “that I have instructed my depu- ties to arrest the first man who fires a shot, and T have force enough to do it. 1 have also instructéed my sleputies, if any shots are fired from ihgde the plant to g0 in there and get the . man or men who did it."” Sheriff Kinkead announced that he had asked Governor Fielder for au- thority to gather an additional force of 100 picket police officers, from towne in the county to come to Bay- onne in uniform and be sworn in as specialty deputy sherifts. ‘Troops Not Nevessary, Commissioner of Public Safety Wil- son said "he believed the situation was go well in hand that it will not Le necessary to call out the troops. ‘ He alsg announced that a volunteer city commission in the course of the day, will act as mediators in the strike wituation, and will present td the Standara Oil compnny officials, on be- half of the committee of strikers a formal written request for an increase of wages,, All the saloons in Bayonne were crdered closed today by Mayor Gar- vin. : Concillatofs at Work. Conglliators. John A. Moffitt and James A, Smith, who were detafled of Labor Wilson in Bayonne today ! immedigtely set to work, Mr. Moffitt conferred with the strikers committee and Mr. 8mythe went to the Standard 011 works to consult with the officials in chari The | uoul -of the riot victim, John Stranchik, it was announced was post- ing of ‘victims until the feeling among the people in the strike district had subsideq further. TFourteen of the injured in Bayonne hospital, it was said, were suffering from severe wounds. Of these it was thought by the doctors, Surgeon and Michael Seizec would soon be added to the list of dead. Gov, Fielder in New York. Gov. Fielder, who left his home in Sea Girt to be near the scene of the trouble, was in New York today await- and Sheriff Kinkead which would de- | termine whether troops were need- ed. The sheriff who asked the governor had 250 deputies guarding the rdant « all. night and raounted on the roofs swept the. walls of streets narby. oil searchlights of buildings the piant and j City and the managers promise ‘their | ! hot on their heels are the Moosers, | Cohen, o.her creditors, said they were | solvency as somewhat unusual. H Very Little Sickness in City at Pres- perintendent of health, there is heavy decrease throughout the city. At present there are but two cases of diptheria, which is remarkably low at this time, records of the month of June is as follows: Dipther« NEW REVENUE FOR BOYS’ CLUB FUND Baseball Players nnd Musi- cians To, Assist In Cause for New Home, The benefit fund of the Boys’' club should be swelled considerably tomor- raw, for an event has been arranged | by the managers of the Fraternal Bageball league that will no doubt atract a large crowd to the league's new field at the north end of the city. The Red Men and the Moose are to cross bats in a regularly scheduled league game and the entire proceeds will be donated to the fund. Both of the clubs are represented by some of the fastest players in the | strongest lineups for the game. The Red Men at present occupy the lofty position as leaders of the league, but | who avow that the followers of the first American, will be forced to stwal- low the pill of the defeat tomorrow. The batteries will probably be Chalmers and Wright for the Red Men and Coogan and Zwick for the Moose. Preceding the game 40 members of the Musicians’ Union who have vol- unteered their services to help the cause along will give a brief concert at Central Park at 2 o’clock. At the close of the concert the band wiil journey to the field where they will | play during the progress of the game. Members of the Boy Scouts' have volunteered their services to assist in the collection. Those intending to witness the contest can take a North End car and get-off at'Oak or Willow street, and it is but a few minutes' | walk to the fleld. Jitney autos will | be run to the field. Superintendent Crawford, is much pleased with the spirit manifested by the Fraternal League and the Musi- ciang’ Unign in coatributing their services. He is confident that the boys of the city will get their much needed home. CREDITORS INSIST ON Refuse Sam Harris’ Offer of HAVING INVESTIGATION BRIDGEPE PRAGTICALE Ratifcation of Be Done, He Take Week to Gl GOMPERS AKD LABE LEADERS AT Prosident of American B Labor to Issue Own Signature in ] “German In in Campaign For o Be Made at Wi Bridgeport, July 28, rival here today of president of the Al of Labor, and a o of international unious, ¥ vice president of the | Workers, said that he tormed the written which an amicable labor troubles in pecured, had of the agreement b probably given ' this afternoon. Mr. Johnsfon al been determined /. in the campaign 16’ hour day 0 would be made pedting Arms o also engaged in munitions of Wi dand her all plny is bul d P o remained to be cation -of thought it Fifteen Cents-on the s of teferee in:jankruptey Biward M, Yeomans in Hartford this'morning e nal settloment of ‘the baRkrupt es- stae of Sam Harris, _prqul‘hr of th Outlet store 6n Matn strest, wis cons tinued yntil August 3'to give the cre - ditors time to go carefully over Har. | ris’ stock and see if everything is &s représented. 'During the hearing tis morning some. ot the creditors are sald to have insinuated that every- is not on vhe square in Harris’ offer. Harris appeared at the méeting this morning and offeréd the creditors fifteen cents on the dollar, Lawyer G, W. Kiett, J. E. Cooper and J. §. Koplefan, representing some of tha creditors, at once objected to such a settlement and asked a week or ten days in which to.investigate certain matters. Lawyer D, E. O’'Keefe, rep- resenting other creditors, was satis- fied with the offer and objected to a continu W!on and J, Weisman and Eij | willing to accept the offer per cent. A New York firm, Meshoff & Rhitt, thought the offer was too small and said they were willing to take over all of Harris' stock and assume all his debts and then pay the_ creditors twenty rents on the dollar. They ! thought they would make money at | that. Lawyer O'Kcefe demurred at | this and said he would want it in writing. ' It was finally agreed tha: | the case be continued until Augurt | 3 while an investigation is conMicted. This afternoon Lawyer Kop!emnn‘l armed with a writ from the refereec, visited the Outlet store with some creditors and lLégan an inventory of the stogk. Harris owes $19,900, much of which | of fitteen { After'a heated vession in the office bring the Mr. Goi s‘“&fln e i 'A‘yntmq 3K Amhriu ldml hood of C: t ! president of the al Tron Workers; ¥ representing the department of the tion of Labor, A. m: Lides The conference d lasted well into the ai its conclusion; Mr. to make any stal He reiterated rei ington about offs when the proper to his charge fluences” had so) the starting of All the tw attended the @& had been asked. happened. They ment probably we late today. One there wae a wrangle Mcm over, the sar is'for monéy loaned and netes. Hie assets consist of $1.31 in the bank, and stock which he values at oniy i $5,5600. The bankrupt proprietor owes ' the city of New Britain $171 for taxes. It was only last December thrf Harris was freed from bankruptey and made a settlement with his credi- | tors . ‘They look upon his second in- 1 DECREASE IN CONTAGION. ent Time. According to Dr. T. E. Reeks su- a contagion in the The department for the Thé sale of fire-arms and explosives Situation Within Control, Trenton, July 23.—Governor Field- er came to the State House today and | Fifteenth it I (Centinued on Page.) 2 ia, bas ‘been forbidden in Bayonne, N. J. | ¢ i ment gives his opinion regarding the decrease in contagion in the city, due to 21 cases; ase of scarlet fever. The superintendent of the depart- as the strict manner in which he health hoard is conducting ‘qQuars, | antines of contagious cases. 3 M. o | would be conclud wrights. He added that & | tive of the machis tive of the 3 a nvruomflv’ ;fi would hold & noon and |ulvh!t settling. the disp 'b and his associates pe Stewart Constructive comy This lubor man “ Gompers had inform at the ieceting that 8 statement over his later In the day in regs “German m"‘fi el they wanld be able to port tonight. Mr. Gompers would ment in regard to the was (0 call upon fleld . works su Remihgton Arm. mpany iq dis Biencen n.chused also, in craditeded Peniicld Mr. Go) » hllh.l’ .