New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1915, Page 3

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Don’t cost you much when you buy the material and knit them yourself, five skeins and up | proven Big showing of Wash Materials for | ISCHEAPER T0 | Plan 0 Double Present Angle BUY THAN TO STEAL D. W. Wilcox Fined $35 for Theit of $30 Watch Aside from the moral fact that honesty is the best policy jt was in police court this morning that as a business proposition it is cheaper to buy then to steal, for D. D. Wilcox of 76 West Main street was fined $35 and costs by Judge James T, Meskill for the theft of a gold watch valued $30. The watch be- longs to James Griffin of 158 North street. Wilcox’s downfall came when to tried to pawn the time piece at Sam Tarski’s “sign of the three Lalls.” Mr. Griffin identified the watch and fob as his property and valued the Waltham at $30. He is employed by Building Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford as a mason and was working on a new house on Park street extension., He left his trousers with the watch in the pocket on the first floor of the house. When he looked for his watch at 3:45 o’clock it was gone. Buys Stolen Watch, George Kniffer of Pearl court iden- tified Wilcox as the man who tried tc pawn the stolen watch in Sam Tarski's pawn shop and subsequently sold it to himself for $3 and a cheap- er watch. Kniffer said that he and & young man named Charles Beebe went into Tarski’s shop about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and saw Wilcox trying to pawn the watch for $10. Tarski offered him §1 when Beebe raised the bid to $2 and was ejected from the store by the pro- prietor who objected to competition in his own place of business. On the street however, Kniffer met Wil- cox and gave him $3 and his own old watch to boot for the gold time- piece. He said Tarski was much in- censed at the loss of a customer and fellowed himself and Beebe up to the required, according to size. We have " all the wanted colors for coat knitting, 15c skein. Special price by-the pound. AMBER ENITTING NEEDLES, all .sizes, full length. 2 PULLAR & NIVEN NEW HAVEN ROAD TO /3 RUN SHUTTLE TRAIN For Accomodation of Labor Day Fair Visitors—Extra Cars Other Days Next Week. s Train accomodations to handle thousands of people going from this and nearby cities to the Connecticut fair at Charter Oak on Labor Day have been made to the New Haven road. A special train of ten cars will leave Waterbury on Monday morning at 8:15 o’clock. It will leave New Britain at 9:25 o’clock, arriving at ~LCharter Oak at 9:40 o’clock- This train will be equipped with two lo- comotives and after the first trip from Waterbury will be run as a ‘shuttle train’’ between Charter Oak and New Britain as long as needed. As soon as a trainload is obtained in this city the special will return to Charter Oak and maintain this accomodation schedule in both directions all day - 3Monday. During the week all suburban trains leaving this city between 9:2 R. m. and 4 p. m- will stop at Charter Dak and all trains going west from Hartford between the hours of 4 p. m., and 11:40 p. m- will also stop there. Each suburban train wiil have five cars. by AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN, No Irishman Should Fight for John Bull, Says Kinkead- New York, Sept, 2.—Any Irishman who fights for John Bull is a fool, ac- cording to Sheriff Eugene F. Kinkead of Hudson county, whose prominence in the Standard Oil strike in Bayonne in July earned him the name of ~#Gene, the Movie Hero.” At least that is what the sheriff told William A. Poe of Tower City, N. B., In a letter replying to latter’s criticism of him for removing his hat when passing the Catholic church in the strike zone, and also pointing with pride to the fact that two of his 2ousins recently left Ireland rather than fight for England. “Personally I think that any Irish- man who enlists under the English flag is a fool, “¥or your information and educa- tion, as you say, permit me to state that the reason why I raised my hat when I passed a Catholic church is that I believe in the Catholic doctrine i'the Divine Presence in the Blessed Bacrament, and it is for that I raise my hat in salutation.” NEW “FIRST AID” KIT. Anybody getting hurt at or near the 4epot has but to go to the tele- graph office and ‘Doctor’” Halliday, the genial yardmaster, will fix themn up. The New Haven road has in- . stalled a new and complete first aid this reason | corner of Main and East Main streets. Becoming apprehensive of notoriety the two young men ran as far as Commercial street, but Tarski kept up with them and as a result of their argument all three went to the police station where developments, disaster- ous for Wilcox, took place. Tarski’s Laudable Ambitions. Tarski told of Wilcox trying to pawn the waatch for $10 and offering him $1, although he suspected the watch had been stolen. He said he protested when Kniffer tried to buy it because he wanted to protect the city from having stolen property sold, but Judge Meskill told him not to bother about explaining his laudable ambitions about saving tthe city dis- grace. John Nelson said he saw Wilcox go into the house from which Griffin’s watch was stolen. Axrested in Theater Officer Charles McCarthy traced Wilcox to the Scenic theater, where he arrested him in company with his wife and daughter at 8:30 o’clock last night. Mrs. Wilcox told the cfficer if there was any trouble over a watch she would give it to him, and handed him the timepiece her hus- band had received from Kniffer. To Sergeant Bamforth, Wilcox denied stealing the watch and at first denied pcssession of the fob, but later pro- duced it. Wilcox's story in denying the theft was child-like in its absurdiity. He said he was standing at the green when a total stranger came up to him and offered him the gold watch and fob for $2. Thinking it a good bar- gain he bought it, he said. He later told his wife that he had piayed policy ‘and struck a bargain, getting $8 and a watch. He denied the theft. Jail for Zemba Brother. Stanley Zemba was sentenced to serve forty days in jail on charges of cérunkenness and breach of the peace. He was arrested at Landers, Frary & Clark’s factory Vesterday afternoon by Officer Perry for assaulting his brother John. The accused pleaded guilty and his only plea in court was that he was very sorry it happened. Sent to County Home. Eight years old Mary Connors has been taken from the town home and was committed to the county home at Warehouse Point by Judge Meskill in chambers. Best Eggs 29c doz. Russell Bros. WIFE OFFERED §5,000 T0 KILL DR. MOHR (Continued from First Page.) a brook near the Rhode Island Coun- try club. Kill Miss Burger Also. Brown declared that Mrs. Mohr told him to be sure and kill the doctor, and to kill Miss Burger if he could. His instructions, he said, were to shoot anybody in the tonneau, wheth- er it was Miss Burger or Florence Ormsby, a maid employed in Dr. Mohr’s office. After Spellman and Healis had cor- roborated Brown’s story two police detectives went to Mrs. Mohr's house and brought her to police headquar- ters, where later she was formally placed under arrest. She made a vig- orous denial of the negroes’ charges, and said their confession was ‘ab- surd.” Tmmediately after her arrest she sent for her attorney, Arthur Cushing. No specific charges were preferred against her as the murder was committed in Bristol county. which is out of the jurisdiction of the Providence County courts, It was stated that she would be arraigned on a charge of inciting murder. The charge against Brown will be the mur- kit at the depot and Mr. Halliday has been assigned as “first aid” praction- - : der of Dr. Mohr; that against Healis ‘ will be accessory to murder before and I The main batteries of American bat- tleships hereafter will have an ele- vation of thirty degrees, practically doubling the present angle of fire, ac- cording to a decision reached by navy department experts after close study of all available information of ndval engagements of the European war- ‘Wherever possible ships now under construction and those already — in commission, it is understood, will be similarly fitted. The Arizona, 1OW nearing completion, will be fiitted 1n this manner. The effect of the change will be (o increase ms.terh_;lly the range of the navy’s fourteen inch guns and also to make gunre more ac- curate in rough weather. The gun‘s now have sufficient range to Teaci enything within the limit of vision S S of ' Fire on American Battleships THE_COMPLETED ARIZONA © mc ke~ smmm at sea, and the added elevation will enable them to hurl at objects far beyond the horizon or over hills of fortifications. Navy officers have heeded closely information on the battles in the North sea and off the Falkland islands in reaching their determination, it is said. Both were fought at almost the extreme range of the biggest guns engaged- after the fact, and Spellman will be charged with assault with intept to murder Miss Burger. Letter is Damning. This foremoon Mrs- Mohr and the three negroes were taken to Warren, the county seat- of Bristol County and arraigned before Judge Frank Hammell. The woman was chargod with ineiting to murder. Before the party left the made public a letter addressed to George Rooke, a brother in law ot Miss Burger, and bearing the signa- ture of Mrs. Mohr. Rooke said he had received the letter a short time ago. police The communication follows: “My Dear Mr. Rooke: “Just a line to ask you to tell your sister if she dares to go into my Newport home she will never come out alive. I am giving her fair warn- ing no matter what the outcome may be. I will see it through. I was told about her buying linen at Gladdings (a Providence department store) for Dr. Mohr. I do hope you will try and straighten this matter out and I know you cannot stop her going out to dinner with him. But she will have a sad ending if she keeps on against me. My home is being watched and if I should leave New- port this summer my home will be watched just the same and should I get word I shall come right on. Tho world is with' me in my sorrow. I am heart broken. ‘“Respectfully, . “ELIZAPETH T. MOHR.” Brown’s Confession. The confession of Brown as taken down by the police reads: “I, Cecil Victor Brown, twenty- seven years old, of 39 Hammond street, Boston, Mass., saw Elizabeth T. Mohr Monday night, between 8 and 9 p. m, August 30, 1915. She sent for me and told me to prepare to kill Dr. Mohr, because she could not stand this any longer. ‘“‘I'do not want to do it,’ she said, ‘there is something in it for you. I will put you in the garage business. Do not be afraid, as I stand in with all of the detectives and chief down in Newport and the judges in Provi- dence.’ “She said if we get in any trouble she will spend her last dollar to get us out of it, and be sure and tell George to come over so as she could have a talk with him. After nine days she would have everything set- tled—that is her part of the estate. She also said she did not know if his other two children belonging to his first wife would come in for their share, and she would pay me $2,000 and also pay George $2,000 and Henry $1,000, and if she had enough left she would give me $500 more. She said ‘There is no need of scared, everything will blow over. This is something that has got to be done.’ She made me ride to Boston on a train leaving Providence at 7:40 p. m., to purchase a revolver in a pawn shop on Beach street, about three months ago, which I paid $6 for, a 38-calibre., good one. If we did not kill him she was going,to do it herself. She paid $100 for the motorcycle I own, in May this year.” Mrs. Mohr Jealous. All of the negroes under arrest said that Mrs. Mohr told them that she was jealous of Dr. Mohr and also was desirous of getting possession of his estate, which she believed would be denied her if she obtained a divorce. They said she explained to them that the payment of the $5,000 would he made nine days after the commission of the crime as by that time the en- tire estate would belong to her. Married Twelve Years. Dr, and Mrs. Mohr were married twelve years ago. Recently Mrs. Mohr fnstituted separation proceedings and the doctor brought a counter suit. After the suit was entered Mrs. Mohr said that she did not ask for a divorce as she hoped the causes which prompted her to seek a separation might be removed some time and a reconciliation would be effected- being | Mrs. Mohr said to get a | WORLD OF LABOR IS QUIETING DOWN No New Troubles Reported and 01d Scores Near Adjustment 2.—There were Labor troubles Bridgeport, Sept- few indications of here today. The 1,500 employes of the Bryant Electric company who had been out returned to work, having won their demands: The strikers of the Salt's Textile compasy Will meet tomorrow when President Golden of the Textile ‘Workers of America will make an ad-~ dress. The men at the Automatic Machine company who had been ¢n strike, and who accepted a compromise cf the Tifty hour week, returned to work today. At the meeting of the strikers of the Bias Narrow Fabric company it was stated that the company had agreed to all demands. At the Canfield Rubber company’s strikers’ meeting it was announced that Supt. Holcomb would give the employes one hour for washing up with fifty hour week, the dmand is for the eight hour day. The employes of the Burns & Bas- sett company will meet tonight. The company will grant the eight hour day, and time and a half for over- time but desires to deal with em- ployes individually and not recognize a grievance committee. There are 1,500 employes- at this plant. The differences at the Remington Arms and Ammunition company af- fecting the polishers, are still the subject of confcrences- Mr. Roche, an organizer for the American Federation of Labor, to- day, notified strikers that a man who is circulating among them with a book securing subscriptions to a strike ‘‘souvenir” has not been au- thorized to do so, and that he is thought to be retaining funds so coi- lected for his own use. New Departure Notice. Bristol, Sept. 2.—The New De- parture Mfg. company today posted a notice to the effect that it would run its plant beginning on Tuesday, Sep- tember 7, on a nine hour day, half holiday on Saturday, the year round, with a ten per cent. increase in wages and a proportional increase to piece workers. Vacancies in the grinding and automatic machine de- partments will be filled in order of application. This latter is taken by employes to mean that the officers will deal with them individually. The conference between the strikers and the officers was not held this forenoon. The strikers met and decided to make their demands: A fifty hour week with Saturday half- holiday without decrease in pay with a ten per cent. increase additionally, and time and a half for overtime. No Change in Forestville, Forestville, Sept. 2.—There was no change in the strike at the National Marine Lamp factory except that it was claimed that several of the strilkers had returned to work, At Pratt and Whitney’s, Hartford, Sept. 2.—James Hender- son of Detroit, a national machinists organizer, addressed about 300 em- ployes of Pratt and Whitney company at a noon hour meeting today. He rald he did not ask them to strike, but urged them to organize and pre- sent demands for an eight hour day. Pratt and Whitney’'s is an open shop. 2,600 men are employed. {accident at all, There is no strike | 'THIRD EXPLOSION IN | WAR PLANT; 6 HURT Talk of German Plots Follows Blast—Recall Mysterious Fire Hastings-On-Hudson. N. Y., Sept. 2. —The third serious explosion to occur in plants engaged in the manufacture of war munitions within a week took place in the sheet room of the Na- tional Conduit and Cable company here yesterday. Six men were in- jured, one probably fatally, nearly all the employes of the plant were thrown from their feet and the whole town was shaken. Following so closely on the expla- sions in the Du Pont plant at Wil- mington and the American Powder Company at Acton, Mass., and also a mysterious fire, which burned out a central switchboard in the local plant three weeks ago, the suspicion that the accident might not have been an but the result of a plot at once arose. It was given out at the offices af the companhy that water getting into a retort containing a quarter of a ton of molten copper had caused the bursting of the retort. But immedi- ately after the accident orders were given to the men not to talk about jt and questions asked of officials in re- gard to the possibility that the explo- sion was the work of German sym- pathizers elicited no reply. The explosion occurred in the room where metal is rolled into sheets. The ton retort burst with a terrific deto- nation, showering the room with molten copper. This set fire to the clothes of the six men stationed near the retort. Patrick Martin, who was in charge of the retort, was severely burned before aid reached him and is now at the Hobb’s Ferry hospital, in a serious condition. Armed guards have been stationed about the plant for several months and a patrol of watchmen maintained. It is interesting to note that two af these, of German birth, recently com- mitted suicide because they could not bear to work for a company turning out munitions to be used against the fatherland. The fire in the switch- board three weeks ago was generally attributed to German sources. So far the chief output of the com- pany for shipment to the warring na- tions has been what are known as cups. These are the copper and brass shells for cartridges which re- ceive their explosive charges abroad. Five new buildings have recently been added, however, and it is understood the plan is to establish a complete munitions factory. The plant is just beginning to come under the influence of the movement among munition factory workers for the eight hour day. J. J. Keppler, vice-president of the International ‘Association of Machinists, will make his first speech before the machinists here an Friday evening. 29c¢ doz. Russell Bros. Best Iggs VCEY DEAD. 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BROWN AEROLUX PORCH (INCORPORATED) HARTFORD i Sage-Allen FAVORS THE BRITISH] Public Cheered By Hamilton’s Re- port—Russians Gain Strength London, Sept. 2, 11:60 a. m.—The British public has been greatly cheered by the version of the recent heavy fighting at the Dardanelles con- tained in the official report received last night from General Sir Ian Hamilton, the British commander in chief. This report had been awaited eagerly, in view of the assertions of Constantinople that the allies had been repulsed with heavy losses. Sir Ian claims that his forces oper- ating on the northern section of the line captured an important tactical point commanding the Buvuk Ana- farta valley to the east and north, as well as making an appreciable gain along the Australasian front. Clear Road to Achi Baba. If the British colonials now dom- inate Anafarta their guns should have a clear field to fire upon one of the main Turkish supply roads leading to- ward Achi Baba. The Turks, how- ever, have an alternative line of com- munication with this part of their front. Constantinople has admitted no advance on the part of the al- lies. Russians Stronger. The Russians are developing unex- pected strength in the north, where, they state, they are not only holding Field Marshal Von Hindenburg but have gained a local success near Vilna. Various changes have been made in the Russian command, the most important being the return of General Ruszky to the leadership of the northern army. Berlin Reports Reversal. Berlin wireless reports, which usually are a day or two in advance of the Petrograd official communica- tions, announce a reversal in the Ga- lician situation as the result of a vic- torious assault on the Russians north § of Zborow. Von Tirpitz Discredited. ested in the German promises of a |j change of tactics in submarine war- fare, and attaches considerable sig- nificance to the news that Admiral Von Tirpitz is to have a vacation. This cellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg has won a definite victory over his naval colleague in the German cabinet. Summary of War News PBritish submarines have torpedoed four Turkish transports. Word of|t this feat of British undersea came through Paris today. ¢ The Britisn steamer Savona, an | c zone of German submarine operations and three members of her crew are |t 1missing. Latest official reports from Petro- Galicia and record the capture more thnan seven thousand prisoners. German reports have indicated the Teutonic advance has been sumed in this region after a tempor- ary check. t tecent claims by the Turkish war office of victories over the Dardanelles | 1, expeditionary forces with heavy loss- cs to the latter have been followed by | 1 a British oificial statement reporting the capture of an important tactical pomt in ihe Anafarta region and re- | t Grodno Falling, « The Russian fortre of seems to be nearing its fall. army headquarters at Berlin nounced that the outer forts strongheld hac been taken. Only artillery engagements bomb fighting are reported from the|, front in France. Berlin has reports from Paris that Today an- of the o e chibald which have Grodno | L itary strategists to the M of Grand Duke Nicholas, Germany Reiterates The German adm , by the report ¢f a B iterates its declaration Eritish cruirer and a bvat were surprised German torpedo boat fig Jutland coast on Awy cru ser is now stated to Aurora class, Vessels of uirplace 3,600 tons. GERMAN DOCU FOUND ON ARG American Scribe Garg mouth—Was a Messag New York, Sept. 2 th:” London Central Ne J. Archibald, an Am per correspondent, who hended by the British when the steamer Rotte from New York for Rofi into Falmouth a few da carrying dispatches to Vienna from ihe German trian embassies at Washi Central News asserts that bald was charged with p unneutral service. He quently released, but the ! were retained by the offi It is statea that the docu en from Arcnibald are of importance, containing tible proof of the compli tain German embassy Washington in fomenting izing strikes and other unfi in the United States. One document in particl described as nothing less cial report to a certain de the German government topies, detailing the prog and the'effcct obtained. Because (of its importal United States its contents municated to Washington, Archibald's plea that i ng innocently not only s lieved but is discredited by 3 ments found on him. The English press is keenly inter- | that he was simply carryl He)| ntroduction to various hi officials and was unaware were among them any “contraband When Archibald was is interpreted as indicating that Chan- | ;o oo “poinouth be ab nied carrying anything, bl it no impression on the offic: finally gave up one letter Austrian ambassador to # States, Mr. Dumba, in whi er requested him to deli¥ craft | ments enclosed at the Al fon at the Hague, and if onvenient tc the Austrian # 1,180 ton vessel, has been sunk in the | Berlin. One letter from Capt. he military attache of the embassy in Washington® chibald grad dweli on the Russian success in | documents and wished him of | age and success. has been known to that | here for some time. for the offer to Archib the His 0 Germany and the articles wrote are remembered on neir virulent anti-British The success which attend ort of the authorities in cal just as he was abol or Germany (s merely one not been made extreme likliho There is Archibald will be relieved off along the front occupled by tae| erican passport to Holla thorities here are wonderings eption ne will receive in & arrives minus the doe TRADE PROTE! London, Sept. 2. 12:21 p rous pj s are being and| pritish /trade interests ction of the British govi mitting American importers eive from Germany D France and England stand ready to|ywere ordered prior to | assist Russia by detailing expert mil- o f the war.