New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1915, Page 3

» Wworn by all ages. - Look over the fine ~ Comablnations, ‘Long Skirts, Drawers, " McCall Patterns SHION Creates every, season at least one style that meets with instant public favor. ¥ e midy Ak » | ‘Cretonnes are : the favorite: i this summer. With the ‘endless variety of designs and beautiful ‘blepding of | colors. Cretonne will be universally assortment.’ We .are showing suit- able for Smocks, Waists, Skirts, Suitd, Children’s Rompers, Dggqg-, etey, 1240 to 500 yard, ' " . Crepe Underwear—Another: lot of fine Crebe Plisse Underwear, Torchon TLdce: and’ fancy trimmings. = ‘Gowns, ‘ete;, “75c value, 50c éach, ¢ +Bath Towels--Take a bunch along on yéur’' vacation, _they Wwon’t cost you much. The bus"‘-ux-‘xmom in the ¢ity, plain and fanecy, a big as- SHORTiGE IFU. 5. GOES TO WAR Not One. Per ‘Cent. of Supplies Needed Here Sent to Europe - Washington, July . 31.—Notwith- standing Germany’s assertions that the United States is furnishink a great part of the war munitions used by the Allies, and contrary to the statements cf some persons, that the readiness of American manufactyrers = to make munitions for Europe proves that this country could prepare in a very short space of time to fight » successful de- fensive war, an investigation by Major General Leonard Wood, commanding the Department of the Bast, with lLeadquarters at Governor’s Island, has already demonstrated the inaccuracy ©f both contentions. General Wood’s investigation has re- vealed that the munitions, particularly i1l the way of rifles, shells, high ex- plosives and fuses, supplied by this country to the Allies in one year of the war were only a very small frac- tional . part of the munitions which have been. used, and that @ll of ‘the war materfal sent from this country to Europe within the year would be ab- surdly insufficient for the defense of this country in case, as one official put it: “‘somebody suddenly Jjumped on us.” “ ‘From reliable informants it is learned that the government, in the dawning of a new policy of better pre- paredness, requested General Wood to Inake careful inquiry to determine the quantity of all sorts of war supplies that have been shipped to Europe and t¢ obtain figures that could not Dbe sortment to select from;12%c to 75¢ ' wem Agents For The Famous The' Best pattern Sold at any. price, controverted. = Severalireasons dictated the step. The government, receiving complaints from many pro-German in- cividuals and associations. regarding the inability of the Allies to continue war without American supplies, was anxious to get at the truth. What Envestigation Shows. In the second place there arose a ‘Sheet—Tilustrating " ° Cre- i ‘Caps, \Children’s Dresses, Rompers, *ete. “Ask to'see it at Pattern: Counter. oy B R Feen desire to know just where this country would stand if, in case of war, it had the advantage of all the muni- have gone to the armies of Europe. In the third place figures were wanted as to the amount of war material in stock or in the making in the United States which could be commandeered by this government in case of trouble. According to informants = General Wood has accomplished the task and has in preparation a report which is likely to amaze many placid persons iwho have been going along on the as- sumption that in the last year - this country has shown ability to turn out war supplies enough to win a great war. The report, so far as can be learned here, has not yet been flled with the war department, but persons who as- sume to be familiar In a general way with the facts ascertained say that General , Woo Fesearches have demonstrated _more . positively . than any argument ade the absolute unpreparedness of the United States in the ‘matter. of mapufacturing mu- nitions. i k i . The opinion is givenithat the inves- togation shows that the supplies sent to.the Allies within the year were not ont-twentieth of one per cent. of what Bury Six Funerals of 600, victims .of the East- land catastrophe were ‘held in: Chi- cago, while; the whole) ¢ity . was' .in mourning: undef an: official proclama- tion by Mayor’ Thompson, who' Té- turned. from ‘San; Franeisco and took charge of the relief ‘work. Auto- ‘Waists, Skirts, tions, accumulated and piled up, that | trucks, vana-.and“qtfi9r vehicles. were pressed into:seryice to carry the dead. The funerals were held in.a drizzling rain. . Tt was . “Black ,Wednesday’ -in Cicero and the surrounding suburbs, Hundred Estlnd'Vc'tims While Whole City of Chicago Mourns' e AUTO HEARSE W/TH EASTLAND V. where the plant of the Western Elec- tric; company .is situated and where ‘a ‘majority of the victims resided. Thirty funerals: were held from ome small church: ‘The wet streets were ‘crowd- ed. with-mourners. | Mistaken identi- fication ‘halted <one, fuperal. ‘‘Whe dre 'you. looking ‘for?. aske police man at the morgue'as a bay walked in"and 1ooked anxiously about. “Mary Morgan,” camé ‘the 'answer. ‘‘Mary Morgan has been identified, and hér activities or will the government give them enough work in manufacturing reserve supplies to Keep them going as a great factor of national defence? it is believed that this will be one -of the great problems that will have to be solved by the administration as a result of the report to be made by General Wood. Maj- Gen. Wod Silent. Major-General Leonard Wood re- turned to/his headquarters at ‘Govern- or’s Island after a tour of inspection of army posts in the east. When his ton despatch printed above he said: “An inquiry along the lines men- tionéd has been made. You will un- derstand that I am not permitted to discuss the results of the inquiry or to make public the figures obtained. they: have used, and that, in certain necessaries of warfare, such as rifles, ‘shells, high ‘explosives and fuses, all ' 1t is understood’ here, that General] e France,\July 30, 8 p. m— trial flights -this' morning an e making a: steep ' volplane collided with another machiné ap- proximately two hundred feet above fiying fleld. § “Both aeroplanes fell. One aviator ‘was burned to' death and the other was severely injyred. . . Ligndon; "31i—Grand Duke ussian forces, has declared secord- ing'to\a Reuter’s Petrograd despatch, that no property in Warsaw shall be destroyed unless such a gtep is im- perative ‘from the viewpaint: of mili- tary ne ty.” » Owners of Tty and growing crops = which stroyed will be indemnified by. the Russian government. Specific rul v have been designed for the use of ,bh? inhabitants of Warsaw, who are'vol untarlly leaving the eity.’ the upplies sent abroad with the year would not have mal one per cent. of what this country would have needed in case of a serious war. e Obtains Reliable Figures. ‘Wood, seeking an answer to the ques- tlon as to whether or not the United States could have made a respectiable showing with the same amount . of supplies that have been manufactured here for use in Burope, sought ' in- formation from purchasing agents of all- countries at war, from manufac- turers’ ' assoclations and = individual manufacturers. and from' port. mani- fests, which give the details of war shipments. In this. way. General Wood acquired an array of figures which could not be blinked at by any person at all familiar ‘with the Im- mense requirements of modern war- fare. % He learned that after a year of war, when there were troubles, interna- _commander in chisf of the | tional or domestic, to curtail the op- | tled without armed = violence. erations of munitions plants; when Buropean countries = were literally begging American manufacturers to speed up and were offering money | without Hmit; when there was every reason of profit and much sentiment to hasten and increase the output, the result was extraordinary trivial, He learned that the supplies of shrapnel and explosive shell, judged from the standpoint of consumption in the war, have been practically negligible, Given Little Help. Despite all talk to the contrary the United States has done 1ttle or noth- ing in this direction. She has given | little ‘of that sort to the Allies and would have been able to give little to herself. More has been accomplished in the way of supplying boots end shoes, wearing apparel and the like, but go far as lethal instruments are concerned the investigation proved the utter falsity of statements ahat a year's manufacturing - activity has shown the capacity to serye the coun- try when the time came. The investigation disclosed certain hopeful conditions, however, Fore- most is the fact'that many old manu- faoturing plants ‘long devoted to Ppeaceful manufacture have been re- constructed to turn our war material; that new plants are being built, and that others will be buiit, Here the question has arisen, What will be done with ahose plants after the war in Europe ends Wil they be permitted to turn back to former Any information must come ' from ‘Washington.” POPE MAKES NEW APPEAL FOR PEACE Pontift Addresses Letter to Heads of Belligerent' Nations Asking Sup- port to’' End War, London,’ July 31.—The Rome cor- respondent, of . Reuter’s. Telegram company says that in last night's is- sue. of the Observatore Romano, offi< cial organ of the Vatican, taere 1iv- pears a letter addressed by Pope Ben- edict to the heads of the belligerent countries, inviting all. friends of peace to 'unite with him in his desire to ter- minate the war. The letter says: “It is our firm 'determination to de- vote every activity to'a reconciliation 'of the people now engaged in this featricidal struggle, It must not be .said that this conflict cannot be set- Put away mutual desire for destruction and reflect that nations do not aie: If humiliated and oppressed they pre- pare to retaliate by transmitting from generation to geneération hatred and | & desire for, revenge. ' “Why should not a direct or an ins direct exchange of views be initiated i in an endeavor, it possible, to arrange aspirations so that all should be con- tent. This is our cry for peace, and we invite all friends of peace to unite |-with us in our desire to terminate this war and establish an empire of right, resolving henceforth to solve differ- ences, not by the sword, but by equil- ty and justice. “We impart our apostolic benedic- tion also to those not yet belonging to the Roman Chure.” EXPROPRIATES SUPPLIES, Berlin, July 31, via London, 10:47, a, m.—The military authorities of the province of Bradenburg, Iin which Berlin 18 located, have issued an order expropriating all supplies of copper, brass and nickel. The order covers skillets, pots, pans and kettles. These articles may be retained untfl fur- ther notice but must not be sold, de- stroyed or disposed of-in" any way. TWO STEAMERS DETAINED London, July 28, 6 p. m., (delayed by censor.)—The Danish steamer Tuborg from Baltimore for Nykjob- ing, Denmark, and the Norweglan steamer Clitra, Savannah - for Hel- singborg, have been detained at Kirkwall. attention was called to the Washing- | [HAITIENS KILL TWO AMERIGAN SAILORS Nephew of Samuel Gompers Vic: tim of Snipers 31.—Twpo Ameri- them from Washington, July can bluejackets, cne Brooklyn, were killed during tack by Haitians Thursday upon the American forces now in oc- cupation of Port Au Prince Admira]l Caperton reported this to the Navy Department yesterday. He added that the attack was easily -re- pulsed and that there is no cause for alarm.as to the safety of the Ameyi- cn forces or foreign residents of Port Au Prince. LY 500 More Marines. As a result of this attack, diss closing the seriousness of the situa- tion with which Admiral Caperton is dealing, 500 more marines are being sent to him A part of this force will of an at- night leave Philadelphia on board the bai=. tleship Cennecticut and the remainder will be made up of marine detagh- ments from Norfolk, which will ~be picked up by the Comnnecticut off e;m. Virginia Capes tomorrow. 4 Admiral Caperton has assumed fult military control of Port Au Prince and constitutes the only government of recognized authority in the Hai. tian capital at this time. A loeal com- mittee of safety organized by the Haitiaw; no longer figures in the sii- uation because of its attempis to in- terfere with Admiral Caperton’s meq- sures. 24 > Who the Dead Are.. The dead as a result of Thursday night’'s attack on the town age: Seaman William Gompers; next uf' kin, Mrs Sophie Gompers, 107 Stock- ton street, Brooklyn. . Ordinury seaman Cason S, White- hurst; next of kin, Cason M Whifs- yurst, 608 Clay avenue, Norfolk, Va. Secretary Daniels sent telegramg yesterday afternoon to the mpext "“of kin announcing the fact of the sea- men’s deaths and expressing his deep regret and appreciation of their ser- vices. ‘Warned of Attack According to Admiral Caperton's despatch he was warned : Thursday afternoon that an attack would prob- ably be made on the town that night. Accordingly at 5 o’clock in the after- noon he disposed all his forces to meet any attack, placing the majority around the edge of the city. The attack came at 8 o’c¢lock. If consisted chiefly in sniping from the bush on the southern side, of the town Gompers and Whitehurst were kill¢d during the fighting that followed, but. no others of the American forces were even wounded. The Admiral sent no further detatls of the fighting except to say that the attack was easily re- pulsed, Quiet During Night, The city remained entirely qujec throughout the night and good order was maintained. It is presumed the attack came from unorganized bodies | of Haitlaris who have drawn' toward Port Au Prince since receiving ngws of the upheaval there. Possibly thesq forces have been augumented by Hal- | dowed mo @{,hau been taken home,” said the ‘o@c r.' “I know all about that,” said the boy, “but the body at Morgan's is Mary’s.” A short time later the boy ';ldentlfled Mary Morgan’s body as:one that had been brought from the river on:Monday. The mistaken identifica- tlon had been made by her own father. . In the accompanying illus- tration’ is shown an autotruck with five coffins containing bodies of the vietims. ! tiap soldiers who may have fled into | the brush with the arrival of the | American forces. Meantime the State Department has | not yet' reached a decision as to programme to be pursued in Haiti beyond the needs of the immediate sibuation. The decision in this regard is alfeady largely in President Wil- son’s hands, though the Départinent to! States has not fully completed its consideration of the situation and ity recommendations. U. S, Must Act Soon. It is the unanimous opinion of ail who havc Haitian affairs. officlally or other- , that the moment has come for vigorous action by the United States looking to the ending of the intoler- able conditions which have been per- mitted to prevail in the negro re- public. The several commissions Sent to Haiti ' in the last two years have all returned with the conviction that nothing short of active American in- tervéntion will ever bring the coun- try under such dontrol by the United States ns is necessary to maintain there a stable government which shall ineet all- its international obligations i and not waste its funds in corruption and . expenditures for large military Morces with which to put down re- current revolutions. ~Paul Fuller, Jr., recently submitt- ed an exhaustive report on the sub- ject, having been sent by former Se- cretary Bryan to renew the attempt to negotiate a treaty with the Haitlans which ‘would give the United States the necessary control over the coun- Ty to insure peace and financial in- tegrity.. He concluded that interven- tion was necessary to achieve this purpose. It is understood that he witl be consuited by the State Department 4gain in connection with its handling of the present situation. Forces to Remain. For the present it is the intention | to keep' Admiral Caperton in Haiil and to supply him with whatever forces he deems necessary for - the preseryation of order and for protect- m‘ all foreign life and property. There is no question about his re- mainipg there with the American forcés in possession of Port Au Pr until some sort of a govern- ment, éither Ameri¢an or Haitian, is established and until such govern- granted to France and'Santo Domingo reparation, for the violation of their legations by the Haitian ‘mobs, Nel- ‘their is' it doubted here that the American forces will yemain until an arrangement has been effected be- tween the Haitians and the United States, though how far reaching such an arrangement may be is still wholly a8 matter of uncertainty. Admiral Caperton reported yes- terday that he had placed Capt, E. L. Beach at Port Au Prince. Col. E. K. Cole, who will be in command of the 600 marines en route to Haiti on the Connecticut, will take command as- hore, under the direction of Admiral Caperton, on his arrival, The situation at Cape Haitlan con- tinues, . unsettled, Accordingly the Navy Department has despatched the cruiser Nashville from Santo Domin- go 'City will relieve the naval yacht Hagle, the only American war vessel now in that' port. Néophew of Samuel Gompers, New York, July 31.—William Col- umbus Gompers, one of the marines killed by native snipers in Haitd, was 22 years old, and before his enlist- ment five vears ago lived with his wi- her, Mrs. Sophia Gompers, at Ne. 107 Stockton street, Brookly, to Cape Haitien, where it | Store Closed Friday A fternoons Untif OF DESIRABLE LIGH GHT SHORT LENGTHS CUT | COLORS. LENGTHS 8] ABLE Clean-Up of Broken and Misses CHILDRENS' COATS, $2.95 Twenty coats for children, broken sizes, but most all sizes from 6 to 14 are ' repréfented, marked down .te this very low price, $2.95 each. MIDDY BLOUBES, 58¢. Two dozen Middy sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 only. Mussed and soiled. Were 98¢ and $1.26. Choice at 59¢ 2ach. blouses, (N HALF. " Apparel. WCOLEN DK GOODS ALF PRICE. DESIRABE WOOLENS., ALL VARIETY OF FOR SKIRTS, GARMENTS, AND MANY OTHER USES. Lines of We SMOCKS, & White or € ha, Smocks with hand of various colors, To close at $2.9 WHITE WASH SKI Well made By twill cotton ' . belt, patch pocket, buttons. Bands 25 cial at' $1.68. v Broken lots of §5 dresses for w Sage-Allen X d HARTFORD He was a nephew of Samuel Gom- pers, the ‘labor leader. At her home last night the mother was /grief-stricken. Only this week, she had received a letter from him in which he had inclosed a money or- der for, his salary. Every month e remembered her with his pay. Gom- pers enlisted when he was 17 years old. His term expired and he en- listed again. He saw service during the trouble in Mexico when the Amer- ican marines were landed Iin Vera Cruz, Ready to Sail, Philadelphia, July 31.—With 430 marines and a two months supply of provisions, the battleship Connecticut was ready to sail today for Port. Printe, where two American blue- jackets were killed Thursday night in an attack on matives. The Con- necticut was expected to leave the Philadelphia naval yard about 1v o'clock and proceed to Hamptcn roads, to také aboard 125 additions] marines. . The men are to assist the force under Rear Admiral Caperton in maintaining order in the Haiti¢n city. The marines many of whom saw ser- vice at Vera Cruz during the Ameri- can occupation of the Mexican oy last year are commanded by Coloncl E. K. Cole, U. 8. M, C. Captain E. H. had any connection Wilh | p5,r6); i5 jn command of the battle- sip which is expected to reach Port- au-Prince in four or five days Equipments plied aboard the vessel last night include everything the land force would require. One of the new features is a section kitchen, particus larly adapted for wuse in tropical lands. Each section is eight feet high and five feet wide and it can be erected in a few minutes. Twenty-four automatic guns and the usual complement of three inch field pleces were taken along. No Orders for Hancock. Although it was reported from ‘Washington that the navy transport Hancock, now being overhauled at the local yards, also would go to Haiti, officials of the yard stated that no or- ders had been received. It was stated, however, that the first regiment o1 750 men had been ordered to hold it- self In readiness for service. All the men aboard the Connecticut are the second regiment. GIANT BATTERS ARE CLIMBING of | having piifered 62, . Fournier, Chicago; | troit; Caldwell, New. paugh, New York York are all tied ors with four ton leads in total | Cobb holds the with 95. Detroit with 2 . "nternational | ter s Gilhooley, Buffalo .276 and Provi Gilhooley leads in | 39. Whitman, | New York, July 3l and two, with one le up the rear, 181 arrested when | the Standard Ol { Bayonne, N. J., W Recorder William. in Jersey City. ing all day in c ,.‘ ring events of ‘th ) the bay were were discharged. These ten we could pe lm& b were held im bal to $2,600 on & charg The ¢thers manehy * the county jall and W discharge papers. Increase The Tidewater « i Coat Bin | a general c) day. to its 1,800 intendent Samuel nounced that less a day 15 per cent.; $2 and §3, 10 ce pany's action was Merkle and Doyle Now in .300 Class—Cobb Batting 406 Chicago, July 31-—Two members of the New York Nationals have attained rank among the first five batters of the ' *1 league, according to averages published here today and have helped to bring the Giants into a tie for batting leadership again with St. Louis. The five leaders, in- | cluding those who have player in | hdlf or more of the games up to last Wednesday, are: Daubert, Brooklyn New York .325; Doyle, .323; Snyder, St. Louis .323; Cincinnati .315. i Cravath, Philadelphia leads the league in greatest number of runs scored with 65. He also holds the home run record with 15 eircuit drives. Carey, Pittsburgh, is the lead- ing base stealer, with 25, while Saler, Chicago leads In total bases with 164, New York and St."Louis are tied for club batting with .266 each and Chi- cago is next with .253. The five leading batters in the American league who have played in half or more games for the season, are Cobb, Detroat .405: E. Collins, Chicago .342; Jackson, Cleveland 338 .327; Merkle, ' New York Groh, | .323. Cobb s far lhe%;‘lp w stealing, {ing of the | gan the | nished the was no strike and ‘e made by the i irpoee? down to avoid oy Henry Wilson, Public Safety, was Board of Comi : Inve-txl‘n:u: the ugene m H a commissione, | Strike. The Bayonne dignant at at his cl the strile, Wiison wil held Tuesday. b The witnesses. examl wer pol il sherifts. Leo-C. e declined to' answer | t stitutional grounds. * Gel a guard, aleo decll list of names presented The men held and the their bail follow: Georg Elizabeth, $2,500: Jos And John Stone, John Routter, Arthur Bro don, John Victors, @ and Waiter Wils) i WEATHE Washington, ties now got N through + # Why presentation, | which the go !hrly furnished the report ingham, Ala.