New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1915, Page 1

< . AL ~. B PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, { o e e e U. 5. T0 LOAN 300 MILLIONS ~ T0 THE ALLIES? Reported That Foreign Commis- sioners Will Endeavor to Raise That Amount ANGLISH AND FRENCH FINANCIERS REACH PORT Commission Sent Credit Conditions By J. P. Morgan—Decline to Dis- Are Entertained cuss Plans Beyond Making Formal | Statement — Lapland Was Con- voyed. New York, Sept. 10.—The joint Anglo-French financial commission of | six members, deputed by Great Bri- tain and France to adjust the foreign exchange situation here, reached New | York today aboard the steamship Lapland from Liverpool. There were met at quarantine by J. P. Morgan and H. P. Davison, one of Mr. Morgan’s partners, Who es- corted them to their headquarters | This afternoon the commission will meet a number of New York bankers in the library of Mr. Mor- gan’s home and enter upon the first of a series of negotiations looking to- ward the establishment of a big for- eign credit loan. The Lapland was convoyed by two British torpedo boat destroyers throughout the war Zzone. Formal Statement.. A formal statement, issued on the commission’s behalf, was ‘the only expression made by any member of the party for publication. This state- ment issued at quarantine, reads as follows: “Tire -Joint Anglo-French mission under the chairmanship of Lord Reading which has been sent to the { United States in connection with the , question of exchanges between New York, London and Paris, arrived this moring by the Red Star steamer Lap- land. “The British delegates are the Right Honorable The Lord Reading of Erleigh, G. C. B, K| C. V. O., the Lord Chief Justice of England; Sir Edward Holden, Bart; .Sir Henry Bibington Smith, G C. B, C. S. I. and Mr. Basil P. Blackett, C. B. of | the British treasury. The French deligates are M. Octave Homerg, re- presenting the French treasury, and M. Earnest Mallet, director of the banque De France. Object of Visit. “The object of the visit of the mis- gion is to.consult with the. American bankers and others as to the best means to be adopted for regulating the exchanges between New York, London and Paris, in order that the commerce and industry of the three countries may suffer as little as pos- sgible during the course of the war. Mr. Blackett will act as sécretary to the mission.” Members of the commission declin- ed to confirm or deny the Teport brought to New York two days ago here. # by passengers on the steamer Ryndam to the effect that the commission would act for Russian as well Creat Britain and France. It was understood . however, that the report was well founded and that the re- sult of negotiations to this end. al- ready believed to be in progress in London among the finance ministers of France and Russia and the Brit- ish .chancellor of the exchequer, would be communiacted by cable to the deligation here, Meeting Social Affair. J. P. Morgan, who greeted the deputation at quarantine, said the meeting in his library this afternoon ‘was to be primarily a social affair. “It would be unreasonable to as- sume,” Mr. Morgan said, ‘“that these gentlemen at the end of a long voyage would plunge immediately into their work here. They have first to meat the men with whom they will nego- tiate. That's what they expect to do this afternoon.” Mr. Morgan would not say if this meeting, at which only New York financiers would be presented to the commission, would be followed, as - reported, by other meetings at which bankers from the chief cities of the United States would be present and discuss the situation as viewed by them. Canada Floating Loan. “It became known today that Canada, probably for the first time in the history of the Dominion, is to bo‘ consulted in negotiations for the con- templated flotation of a foreign credit joan. Hon. W. T. White, Canadian * minister of finance, according to an ¢ Ottawa despatch, is on his way here { to join the commission. The first thing, asparently, con- tronting the commission is the mak- Ing of a program for meeting Ameri- ran bankers and discussing the situa- ton. - The commissioners reached LT ~i (Continued on Fifteenth Paze.) Here To Readjust ; as | ANOTHER FRAUD IS DISCOVERED Chamber of Commerce Learns That Agents Canvassing Here Were Fakes—Wants Receipts. Several weeks ago Secretary A. H. Andrews of the Chamber of Com- merce had called to his attention the matter of book agents who were can- vassing in this city, and who were offering three volumes at a price that was thought to be exceedingly low, if the proposition was straight, and the bureau of investigation at once warned the local people against sub- scribing for the magazines until the doubt was cleared away. Immediately at the time a com- munication was sent to New York to ascertain the standing of the company, but nothing definite was learned .and | the Chamber going further, took the matter up with one of the most re- liable publishing firms in New York, which went to work on the case. A day or so ago Secretary Andrews | received a letter from this firm, which stated that a publishing house in San Francisco, Cal., had notified them that the two men who were supposed to represent their firm in the east had proven to be crooked, so they warned against them. The local Chamber has taken steps to co-operate with other cities in an endeavor to prosecute such fakers as these, and in this they should receive the hearty endorsement of all citi- { zens. ‘It has been a noticeable fact | that since the installation of the in- vestigation bureau in the Chamber the amount of solicitors in the city has been greatly decreased. The Cham- ber requests all who have subscribed with the strangers purporting to travel for a San Francisco publication | to communicate at once with the sec- retary and to send in the receipts oba tained. WOULD PROVOKE WAR BY INFLATED REPORTS | German Says There Has Been Exaggeration in De- tails of War Shipments. i — Berlin, Sept. 10, Via. London, 11:35 a. m.—Dr. Kirl Bachem, of Cologne, clerical member of the Reichstag has contributed an article to the Cologne Volkszeitung suggesting the possibility that the nature and extent of Ameri- can exports of munitions of war has been exaggerated in certain quarters for the specific ‘purpose of provoking war between Germany and the United States. Herr Bachem declares he recently was assured by a prominent Ameri- can that American munitions ex- ports never even had approached the quantity reported by German news- papers. Hitherto, the un-named American is said to have asserted, moderate quantities of small arms 2ammunition had been delivered but not a single shell. Herr Bachem as- serts that it is hard to escape the be- iief, therefore that there is a ‘‘sys- tem’” behind reports concerning im- mense American war exports, ‘and that we are systematically to be in- cited through exaggerated reports of American war supplies in order to impel us to war against America. Caution and reserve in this matter in criticising the commercial methods of the American government at this moment are the duties of every en- lightened citizen.” | TWO AVIATORS KILLED | French Airmen Strike Barbed Wire Eutanglements When ° Alighting— Bombs in Plane Explode. Switzerland, Sept. 10, via London, 1 0 a. m.—Two French aviators were killed at Deyingen, Alsace, when their machine struck barbed wire entanglements as they were making a landing, causing the explosion of bombs aboard the aero- | plane. They had been forced to de- scend because of motor trouble. The airmen were buried by the Germans | with military honors. Geneva, DUTCH TDRN ZEPPELIN Air Destroyer, Flying High, Shot at by Frontier Guards—Retraces For- mer Course From Belgium. Amsterdam, Sept. 10, via London, 10:10 a. m.—The Maasbode says it has been informed by its Roozendaal | correspondent that a Zeppelin coming from Belgium and flying at great height 1t by Dutch frontier guards whereupon it im- mediate iiled in a southerly direc- tion. WOMEN RIKE. Shelton, Sept. 10.—A number of women employed at the Adams Mfg. company’s cotton mill, where mos- quito netting is made, left their work today. They had made no demand. | The entire working force is about 400, and the strikers probably num- Ler less than two score. F. R. Adams | of the company is on his way here | from New Xork to inquire into the Lincident‘ DR. H. A. ELCOCK MEDICAL EXAMINER Appointed by Coroner Calhoun to Succeed Dr. T. 6. Wright ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY Physician Graduate of Yale Medical School and Has Specialized Aboard —Also Assisted Medical Examiner of New Haven County. Dr. Harry A. Elcock, one of the leading physicians of this city, has been named as medical examiner for the city of New Britain to succeed Dr. T. G. Wright who Tecently resigned, by Coroner Gilbert Calhoun of Hart- ford county, While the news was re- ceived with surprise it was never- DR. HARRY A. ELCOCK. theless a pleasing announcement to the papular physician and his many friends. The new examiner will com= mence his duties in a few days. Dr. Elcock is a native of Enfield. the son of Alfred and Mary Ker Elw cock. He was born in 1870. He recelved his early education in the public schools of that place and on graduation he attended Williston Seminary, later taking a course at the Warcester Institute of Technology. He then entered Yale university and was gradauted from the Yale Medical school in 1891. He served in the New Haven hospital for a year and a half and then entered the Manhat- tan hospital in New York when he ‘remained for a yeay. Eliminated Small Pox Plague. At this time an epidemic of small pox broke out in New Haven and he was sent for by the New Haven offi- cials on account of his knowledge of this malady and he remained in this practice until the dreaded plague was entirely eliminated. Has Studied Abroad. In 1895 he journeyed abroad where he took a special course in anatomy and bacteriology under the noted scientist, Dr. Virchan, and on his re- turn to this country he again prac- ticed in New Haven. In 1902 he moved to this city and took up a practice, which later de- veloped into one of the most suc- cessful in the city. Member of Many Societies. The new medical examiner is a member of the Yale Medical s=ociety and also of the Deutsch Anglican so- ciety of Berlin, Germany. He is al- so a member of the New Britain Lodge of Elks. He is married and with his wife and four children he resides on West Main street. Dr. Elcock is thoroughly capable of assuming the duties of medical ex- aminer, having assisted Dr. White at one time medical examiner of New Haven County and in this capacity he became acquainted with the duties and methods employed by that offi- cial. WORKER CONSUMED BY BURNING OIL Explosion of Tank Burns Bianci Bap- tiste—Two Pieces of Bone Are Only Remains Hartford, Sept. 19.—Two smolder- ing pieces of bone from the forearm were all that could be found today of Bianci Baptiste, who was burned in a crude oil tank which exploded at Wilsons Station in Windsor last night. These will be buried in the Windsor Cemeter. Baptiste was employed by the Wilson Brick Com- pany in carting the oil from a tank car to the company tank. He went with a lantern after dark to dis- charge a load from a tank wagon, and set the lantern down near the mouth of the tank containing 3,500 gallons of oil. This is supposed to have been the cause of the explosion, but the de- tails will never be known as Bap- tiste was alone there. Baptiste’s wife and child were on the scene when the bones were found today. The company’s loss is about $1,750. ENGINE GOES DEAD, AEROPLANE SMASHED Nygren Volplanes to Earth 200 Feet and Hops Out as His Machine Hits Hill and Turns Turtle. A relentless Nemesis has evidently fastened itself to the biplane owned and driven by Richard Nygren, the East End aviator, who is meeting with an unsual share of misfortune in his efforts to conquer the air. Life for him is one bump after another, but he is not discouraged and will con- tinue at his task. of rising above his fellow men. Nygren's latest mishap occurred late yesterday afternoon and resulted in smashing his aeroplane and dam- aging the motor. He was trying out a new seventy-flve horse power Rob- erts motor which he had just installed and which was at the seat of his new- est misfortune. Rising from a field near Kelsey street, Nygren directed his bi-plane towards Clayton and circled over that section several times before deciding to return. To all appearances the new motor was working well, but it went dead while the machine wasg flying over the eastern section of this city. It was then at an altitude of about 200 feet. Nygren turned its nose to earth but was unable to select a suitable landing place and the bi- plane went head-on into the side of a hill. Just as it was about to strike, Nygren sprang out and avoided the wings as the machine turned turtle. He was not injured but considerable damage was done to the biplane. Nygren had an engagement to fly in the west next week, but will be forced to postpone his trip indefinitely. POLICE SEEK BUTLER FOR NICHOLS MURDER Thinks Former Associate of N\ Hall Boy Was Accomplice —Five Men Watched. New York, Sept. 10.—Owney Talas, after spending a restless night in his ceil at police headquarters, was placed in the “Line up” today and closely scrutinized by 850 detectives. The confessed accomplice of the PHFee meon who caused the death of Mrs, “Blizabeth Niéhols while robblng her of several thousand dollars worth of ewelry had previously been photo- graphed, finger-prints and measured according to the Bertillion system. Inspector Faurot said a general | alarm had been sent out for a former butler in the Nichals home and associate of the latter. Detectives now have under surveillance five men known to be associates of the former butler. District Attorney Perkins will to- day place the evidence against Talas who is held on a charge of homicide, before the grand 1ury. BURGLARS RANSACK HOME OF E. B. EDDY | an | Second Story Men Get $20, Two Gold and Gold Purse. Watches An unusually bold burglary was perpetrated carly las* evening when second story men entered the home of Elfora B. Eddy at 327 West Main street and succeeded in ransacking the sleening rooms urmolested. They made good their escape and took with thern $20 in cash, two gold watches and a gold purse. The robbery was not discovered un- til the second story men had undoubt- edly had ample time to make good their escape. The matter was report- ed to the police this morning but so far as is known they had but a faint clue to work on. Mr. Eddy states that at 9 o’clock last evening he discovered that a screen in the rear of the house had been cut out. A subsequent investi- gation showed that the sleping rooms on the second floor had been thor- oughly ransacked hy the marauders. | LINCOLN EXTRADITED. New York, Sept. 10.—Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, a former member of the Eritish parliament, and who recently | 2dmitted he had been a German spy, was today ordered by Federal Judge Veeder, of Brooklyn, to be extradited to England to stand trial on a charge forgery. Lincoln’s attorneyvs con- tested the extradition proceedings, charging their client would be tried as a spy if he were returned to Eng- land. of SHOWER FOR MISS DAVIS, Miss Marion Davis of West Main street was the guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower tendered her morning by Miss Mable Perry at home on Emmons Place. About young ladiss were present and (ffair took the form of ‘a morn- sewing bee fiss Davis is soon to become the bride of Russell Chai- oner. WEATHER. Hartford and vicinity: cooler tonight. probably’ fair, Fair, saturday ! declares that | the parliamentary | the Germans are fortifving themselves | 1915—SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTA RUSSIANS FOLLOW | PREVIOUS VICTORY Strike Effective Blow at Trem- bowla—Unable to Follow Up GERMANS WIN TRENGHES Successful in Western Area Says Ber- lin—Bombardment at Dardanelles; London Feels Austro-German Of- fensive is Near End. Heavy fighting has been in progress in the Vosges region, and the Ger- mans announce that they have cap- tured by storm French trenches at Schratzmannele and Hartmans-Weil- erkopf. Paris admits the gain of ground by the Germans in their attacks but nearly all the terrtory lost at Schratzmannele was regained and that the Germans were driven out of the trenches they had won at Hartmans-Weilerkopf. The Teutonic armies engaged with the Russians on the eastern front are making slower progress. The forces of the Russian Emperor are occasi_onally taking up a successful offensive on the southern end of the line. In the north there is little change, and the Germans are re- ported to be digging themselves in near Vilna- The Serbians continue their bom- bardment of Austrian positions along the border and are skirmishing with the new Austrian forces gathered there. . British losses of officers in the fort- night ended Aug. 30, totaled 1,502, of whom 407 were killed. The sever- ity of the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, where most of the losses occurred, is indicated by these fi- gures. Important conferences are in pro- gress in Russia with regard to the formation of a new ministry. Reports of cabinet members deputed to discuss the subject with leaders of the par- liamentary majority in-the Duma and others are expected to be made to &"tthe eouncil of ministers tomorrow. The great congress of trades union- ists now in session in England has rejected by an overwhelming major- ity a resolution providing that terms of peace satisfactory to the working class be formulated and advocated hy committee of tha labor party. Official Washington declines to #take any comment on the German government’s nofe in explanation of sinking of the Jiner Arabic pending study of the“lext of the note as transmitted by Ambassador Gerard. Although Bulgaria’s relations with Turkey are excellent she has as- sumed no political obligations for the future in connection with the De- deaghatch railroad concessions from Turkey, the Bulgarian premier de- vlares. Bulgaria is treating with both the entente powers and the central powers, but the Bulgarian govern- ment intends to adhere to its policy of neutrality so long as Bulgaria's interests are not endangered, the pre- mier states, Only artillery fighting on the Galli- poli Peninsula is reported in the current official statement from Con- stantinople. The Anglo-French financial com- mission appointéd to adjust the ex- change situation with the States has reached New York. Russians Follow Victory. London, Sept. 10, 12:52 p- m.—The | Connors, are at the hospital recover- Russian victory at Tarnopol, ern Galicia, has been followed another effective blow at Trembowla, twenty miles further | south- In the combined actions more than 15,000 prisoners have been taken \' according to Pctrograd’s report. As | was the case at Tarnopol, the R sians were unable to follow up advantage gained at Trembowla, OW- ing to their inferiority in artillery, and the Austians were not pushed be- yond the line of the river Sereth. Basing its judgment on reports that east- by | at Austrians | strongly in the vicinity of Vilna ,tc- gether with the trend of events on the southern wing of the eastern front and the slow progress of the Teutonic center, the British feeling is | that cessation of the Austro-German offensive in the east may be at hand. Capture Trenches, Berlin, Sept. 10, Via. London, 3:45 m.—French trenches near Schratz- and Hartmans-Weilerkopf, in the Vosges have been captured by German troops, army head- | officially announced today. | p. mannele storm by quarters Use Asphyxiating Gas. s, Sept. 10, 2:33 p. m.—Artil- fighting continued yesterd last night along the lines in F according to announcement day the French In the Vosges, use of asph lery and ance, made war office. to- by the Germans made ating shells and flam- ing liquids, as a result of which a French” trench of the first line had to be evacuated. A French counter attack, however, resulted in the re- capture of the greater portion of the lost ground. United | | who ! jail and brought to this city for trial SPANISH BOAT FEEDS SUBMARINE Activitics of Under Boats Explained By Empty Barrels Floating Upon Water, Bordeaux, France, Sept. 10, 4:45 a. m.—In explanation of the activities of German submarines in the Bay of Biscay, the assertion is made by the Petit Gironde that a steamer regis- tered at Bilbao, Spain, left that port recently with 500 barrels of benzine. Where the cargo was unloaded is un- known, but soon =after the steamer { left port empty barrels were seen floating on the sea. The newspaper declares the same.steamer took fifty barrels of benzine to a submarine at Concha De Artedo last June. Private ndvices received at Bilbao stated that agents huve been scouring the north of Spain for gasoline, which 'has been sent to Bay of Biscay ports. STRIKE SETTLED Albany Street Cars Again Run—Dif- ferences Between Operators and Company Will Be Arbitrated. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 10.—The strike on the Union Traction company lines, which has tied up all city traffic in Albany, Troy, Cohoes, Watervliet and Green Island since Monday, was set- tled early today. Cars resumed operations on afl lines soon Wfter daylight. The disputed point—whether the agreement between the company and | its employes permits the discipline of motarmen and conductors by either the general superintendent or division superintendents—will be decided by a board of arbitration on Oct. 1 CONNORS DROWNED IN MOHAWK RIVER Well Known Local Chauffeur Meets Tragic Death at Amstgrdam, N.Y. John Connors, of 106 Beaver street, ! well known in this city as a chauffer, was drowhed at 6 o’clock last night in the Mowhawk river at Amsterdam, | N. Y., according to a telegram re- | ceived today by Fred C. Wright of | Hartford and relayed to the New Britain police department, Details are lacking. Connors, in company with Wright and another young man, left for New York state over a week ago to find work. Wright returned home but his two companions continued and it was the third member of the party who sent the telegram. Connors was em- ployed by the American Pipe and Construction company and was work- ing on a dredge when he fell into the river and was drowned. What dis- | position will be made of the body is not known. For a number of years past identi- fied with the automobile business, Connors was one of the best known chauffeurs in this city and at one time was employed by Lawyer P. F. McDonough and Dugald McMillan. His short, thick set figure was a fa- miliar sight on the streets and he was regarded as a very muscular young man. He was about thirty vears of age. Jeremiah Connors, an aged veteran | of the Civil war, who has the distinc- tion of having sailed into Mobile Bay | with Admiral Farragut during the { Civil war, is the dead man’s father. | His mother and sister, Miss Katie ing from a brutal beating adminis- tered to them several weeks ago by another brother, Charles Connors, is now at the Hartford county fail. What makes the news of John Connors’ untimely death the more sad is the fact that tomorrow morn- ing his brother will be taken from Where his own mother and sister will testify against him. Captain T. W. Grace informed the aged father of his son’s death this | afternoon. i SHOT BY BOARDER. Bridgeport, Sept. 10.—While sitting at the breakfast table this morning | Miss Mary Stafford was shot but not seriously wounded by Patrick Byrnes, a boarder with the family. The act was done without warning. It is at- tributed to the mental condition of Byrnes who, in the city court was committed without bail for a hearing Jater on the charge of assault with intent to kill. —— = | STRIKER JAILED, ‘ Waterbury, Sept. 10.—Lare Lanich, striker arrested -last night -at the Chase Metal Works for attempted in- timidation in the city court today was sentenced to 20 davs in jail. Lan- |t ich is a “drifter” having within six months been employed in Bridgeport, Conn., and New; e NEGRO HANC ? Bowling Green, Mo., Sept. 10.—Love Rudd, the negro who was taken from a constable by a mob near Clarksville, Wednesday night, has not been heard from since, and it is reported he had been hanged. The negro was charged tin Theodore from | has been aked for by . States government, today o his Count ambassador. ference could mot be Aso Bernstorff rem their respective hotels the of the day ARGHALD DESPAYG GERM State Department * Correspondent Cal ments for Colonel DUMBA’S CASE OF AMERI Count Bernstorfi al Are Thrown Into I Although Their Ct us as That of Ambassador—May Number and Von 1 ‘Washington, Wilson’s request Sept, to her ambassador, DF. dor Dumba, has bro ation which contaifi# extending to other @ Germanic allies. i Dr. Dumbs, w bald, an American ican passport, ae ry a communication foreign office. Although it has nol ficlally to the attent ernment, the state d stands unofficially thi carried a communical Von Papen, military. German embassy. Secretary Lansing the American govel the sending of any the manner which Dg an abuse of an Americi Again Review | While al! officials o cuss the situation furthel that the activities of @ Von Number, of Austrigy those of Count Von German ambassador, reviewed by the state | Captain Von Papen’s’ was a private commun wife, is now on its department from Lot said the fact that it wi not an official communie alter the case any. It that the writer made ences to American offie Concerning 8t Another document fol cials are waiting iz an Dr. Dumba’s letter whi negotiations between Coj Von Number and the edl eign language newspapen bringing about strikes in hem works and other wi factories. It was made plain, Ty while the state departm: time has been fully ad activities of Count Von was not involved to the ing in the same position ba but that there was serig ation of whether Captain or Consul General Vo should be allowed to rem this country, Reception Awal Washington, Sept. 10 Austria-Hungary's recep American note requesth of Ambassador Dumba awaited here today in and diplomatic circles. Of | aaministration appeared the belief that summary. not result in any intern while diplomats close to Hungarian embassy were to believe that the Vienna immediately would com request. Ambassador Penfield, lieved here, could have livery of the note by tod Remain In Sech New York, Sept. 10. Dumba, Austria-Hungary, suite in an uptown ¥ Von Bernstorff, The subje: Dumba and G ained in Both Dr. I TOWN ON F Police Wear ’I"Illl' Arthur, Mason Andrews Awe | The Jearn hur Corbin and Mason police have well known young men fro end, have disappeared since the arrest of their Hentingway, Ceclia Beaulieu. been men sped from the'eity ers of a fast frelghtl on a comp The informed that Tollowing the ingway several were made whi with robbing houses and with making threats against white persons. plicate Corbin und And l rious offense.