New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1915, Page 10

ANA HONORS s Managers and Captains Big Figures In Contending World’s Series Teams JAMES W. RILEY Gelebrating Sixty-Second iday of Hoosier Poet pnapolis, Oct. 7.—Indiana today brating the sixty-second birth- James Whitcomb Riley: the r Poet, and tonight Mr. Riley banqueted by his friends. The ist includes many distinguished Every school in the state will the day to the man whose s have won so many hearts. the past two weeks Mr. Riley pen showered with letters and ms and poems congratulating n his birthday. The poet reads them. His happiness over tributes is potent to all who “It's so good to be alive,” d yesterday after reading a big pf messages, “I try to answer one of these.” p year was picked for honoring bet because the citizens of In- 'wished to pay him tribute while puld be fully able to take part i enjoy it. In addition to the of years, Mr. Riley has felt the of ill health. He has reached geason of his life “when the is on the punkin’, an’ the fold- h the shock,” and the state of rth and life-long residence felt t didn’t want to delay longer omplete and formal expression love for him. pvernor Issues Proclamation. ernor Samuel M. Ralston re- issued a proclamation asking community in the State to set the day for the honoring of hna’s most beloved citizen.” His vas to have business suspended ch as possible. The proelama- s being generally observed in city, town and village, from hapolis down to Greenfield, Mr. Riley was born, and Carle- jhe tiny hamlet, under the name lholt, the praise of which the sang with the lines: kin boast about ver cities, and their stiddy growth and size, i brag about yer County-seats, and business enterprise, railroads, and factories, and all sich foolery— the little Town o’ Tailholt is big enough fer me!” Remembered As Little Boy. penfleld took particular interest e celebration. Many of its old- Inhabitants remembered James omb Riley as a little boy, un- n to the world except as the son laptain Reuben Riley, a highly cted citizen. Also it recalled it is situated on the banks of randywine, the little stream le joys the poet chronicled in Old Swimmin’ Hole,” and of jh. he had said, that, wandering nd down it, he ‘had more fun pe square inch, than ever any- o vernor Ralston, Mayor Joseph F. Charles Warren Fairbanks, dith Nicholson and George Ade charge of the celebration in In- ppolis. In order to lend nation- interest to it, they invited cele- kd persons from all over the try to attend. Many accepted. filllam Allen White came from oria, Kas.; Dr., John H. Finley [Colonel George Harvey from New ; Hllery Sedgwich from Boston Young F'. Allison from Loulsville, to help honor Mr. Riley. Many From Indiana. he list of Indiana citizens taking in the celebration is big. In ad- n to the members of the com- ee of arrangements, there were ner Senator Albert J. Beveridge, tor Kern, Vice-President Marshall others, ® program of the day called for mtertainment in a local theater in afternoon and a banquet at which Riley was to be the guest of or .in the evening. It was ex- ed that the poet would read a new at the banquet. Poems Set To Music. it the entertainment, several of Riley’s poems, including ‘The dy Man,” and “Little Orphant p were set to music by Mr. d Stephens. Dancers from Anna lowa’s company interpreted a ber of the verses. undreds who had hoped to at- d the banquet this evening will disappointed. The committee in have been compelled to re- scores of appeals for accommoda- Charles W. Fairbanks will be tmaster, October Favorite Month. he coming of his birthday in ober has a peculiar happiness for Riley, he said the other day. It (his favorite month, as he attests his poem, “Old October.” In it says: “I love Ol@ October so, I can’t bear to see her go— Seems to me like losin’ some Old-home relative er chum— ‘Pears like sorto’ settin’. by Some old friend ’at sign by sigh ‘Was a-passin’ out o' sight Into everlastin’ night.” fames Whitcomb Riley was Greenfield, Indiana, 3, the son of Captain Reuben A. Jley ana Elizabeth Riley. He first gan contributions to Indiana papers 1873. His dialect poems brought his greatest fame. His first ok appeared under the pen-name, enj. F. Johnson, of Boone.” jnong his best known poems ittle Orphant Annie,” ‘“The [dy Man,” “Leedle Dutch Baby h’ Old Swimming’ Hole,” “An’ O1d etheart o’ Mine,” and “How John it the Farm, born October 1, All baseball writers on the world’s series agree in the statement that the result of the blue ribbon sport- ing event depends largely on the qual- ity of the managership of the two contending teams, especially shown in o X - X Qe 1 CARRIGAN ---2-MORAN~Z L UDERUS - 4 - BARRY- the selection of pitchers. so, both the Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston Americans are for- ‘tunate in having Pat Moran and Bill Carrigan, respectively, to direct their struggles for the world’s pennant. Moran is a man of the quiet, brainy sort, who thinks a whole lot and says This being | little. Carrigan thinks just as much. but he’s more active and hustling all the time. On the field the two m agers are ably seconded by their lieu- tenants, the captains, of the teams, Luderus, the Phillies' first baseman and Barry (formerly of the Athletics) the second baseman of the Red Sox: NEW YORK LOSING COMMERCE PRESTIGE Canadian Ports Providing Facil- ities Tor Trade Syracuse, N. Y., Oct, 7.—New York city is losing much of its prestige in commerce, according to Frank §. Ellsworth, secretary of the New York State Waterways Association, in an address before the sixth annual con- | vention of that association which met ! at Syracuse today. On the one hand, he declared Montreal and other Canadian lake and tide water ports were making lavish expenditures of money to provide facilities of every kind for present and prospective com- merce, and were constantly increasing the amount of grain handled—grain which could, he said be prop- erly handled through New York. On the other hand, Atlantic ports, such as Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and Galveston showed larger increas- es than New York in the number of vessels entering and clearing port: He sald in part: “The grain receipts at Montreal in 1909 were 43,651,119 bushels in 1910 they were 1,876,171 bushels greater, in 1911 they were 5,774,176 bushels greater, In 1912 they were 14,842,588 bushels greater and in 1913 they were 22,627,118 bushels, or more more than 50 per cent. greater than in 1909, and in 1914 they totaled 99,054,293 bushels, an increase og 127.4 per cent. over 1909, and were only 60,000,000 bushels less than New York’s total for the same year. It can be point- ed out in reply that during this same period the receipts at New York in- creased from 94,434,614 bushels to 159,264,866 bushels, an increase of about 65,000,000 bushels, but there was also a steady increase at the other American ports, except Boston, during the same period from 1909 to 1914, inclusive. An Endless Affair. “This struggle for commercial su- premacy is no affair of a day, a month or a year, but is endless and calls for the most earnest thought, the great- est strategic ability. The principal struggle has not opened along the Atlantic coast, because, I believe, New York has scarcely awakened to the danger that threatens. When all of the forces are aligned, possibly with New York against the wall, we shall realize that we at the beginning of the most decisive battle yet fought on American soil. In the meantime, let us assimilate the fact that Mon- treal has every facility—railroads, elevators and wharves—for the expe- ditious handling of grain, and that it is rapidly overcoming the handicap imposed until recently by a lack of vessels. Despite the higher ocean freight and insurance rates, the au- tumnal and spring ice hazard and the fact that it is not an ice-free port, Montreal is taking business away from New York. Whatever may be said for or against the views I am expressing, the official statistics of both the United States and Canadian governments show the grain move- ment by way of Montreal has increas- | ed enormously, while that by way of New York has not even kept pace; I believe, with the growth of the country and the increase in grain acreage. “Turning from freight to vessels that carry it, we will consider the statistics relating to the number and registered tonnage of vessels in foreign trade that entered and cleared from American ports in 1910 and 1914, Boston In Lead. “During the five years 1910-1914, Boston, with a total net registered tonnage of 5,580,621 tons in 1914, showed an increase of 3,037,353 tons, or 119.4 per cent., while New York with a total of 31,188,941 tons in 1914, showed an increase of only b5,- 604,220 tons or 21.9 per cent.” He cited other figures to similar ef- fect, and said: “These indicate, I believe, that the prestige of New York is as seriously threatened by other ports on the At- lantic seaboard as is that of Buffalo by other ports on the Great Lakes, and, in my opinion, it is as imperative to act promptly and on a large, un- selfish and scientific scale in respect of New York if we are to hold the business that is rightfully ours.” GERMANS MALTREAT PRISONERS OF WAR While Russia Makes Them Com- fortable, Says British Official Petrograd, Sept. 30.—British Red Cross Commissioner Ernest Hart, in a report to Prince Oldenberg, patron of all sanitary work in Russia, con- i trasts the good appearance and gen- eral healthfulness of German prison- ers of war with distressful conditions of Russian war prisoners returning from Germany, at time of their ex- change at Tonso on the Swedish fron- tiet . Commissioner Hart visited To- ronso at the special request of Prince Oldenberg 'to witness the transfer, towards the end of August. His report follows: “In the large new school house at Torneo I found 247 invalid or disabled men (Austrian and German) most excellently accomodated, the wards being large, airy and scrupulously lean, the beds very uncomfortable, with ample room betwen each, and the food consisting of nourishing soup with meat, another dish of meat and wholesome bread in good guantity. Grateful for Treatment, “I spoke to several prisoners, who were grateful for the treatment they had received both on the journey from Petrograd and at the hospital. They were cleanly and physically in as good condition as the injuries they had received in battle permitted. That is to say they were well nourished. Where their own clothing was de- ficient or worn out they had received fresh clothing including a warm over- coat, a cap and often boots. “ 1 saw these men sent away across the border the same evening and the arrangements for removing them by wagons, stretchers and boats fur- nished nothing to be desired on the the* score of humanity: I also crossed into Haparanda and inspected fthe arrangements of the Swedish Red Cross under Dr. Nauchkoff, who spoke | very highly of the completeness and | humanity of the treatment of the in- |jured prisoners of war by the Ru sian authorities. It was very clear that the Swedish authorities did not hold the same favorable opinion the treatment of Russian prisoners by the Germans, and I was informed At Haparanda that they were sent out of Germany, in a painfully, dirty and neglected condition, often half naked and half straved, Like Scare Crows. “I had the opportunity of verify- ing these reports the next moring, when about 250 Russian prisoners ar- rived from Germany. Several of the men were wearing the same cotton clothing given out to them in the hospital, with worn-out list slippers on their feet and no socks, and tney had traveled in this condition from Koenigsberg in Germany, through Sweden and into Russian territory at Torneo. Many of the men were like scare crows so ragged and filthy was their condition, and one was clothed in the uniform of a dead French prisoner of war. They were thin and weak and said that they had been half starved during the imprisonment. They produced samples of the bread that was given them, it being = ex- tremely hard and mouldy and mixed with potatoes and even particles of straw. They said little or no meat was given them in the thin soup served out to them daily. In addi- tion they had been subjected to se- vere punishment for alleged breaches of discipline despite their maimed and disabled condition, the punish- men including their being compelled to stand on barrels for hours at a time, or being tied to posts with their arms above their heads. They were also frequently struck by their Ger- man guards with the butts of their rifles or the flat of their swords. “One of the worst features of the condition of the returned Russian prisoners was the number of cases of tuberculosis. These numbered some sixty out of the 250 men returned asd I was told that the usual number was about twenty per cent. The cases of tuberculosis among German and Austrian prisoners, on the otaer hand were only five to six per cent. out of the total of 1,250 already exchanged. Some of the returned Russion prison- ers had lost their feet while in prison in Germany, from frost-bites due to exposure. There have been no such cases among the German and Aus- trian prisoners in Russia, and I have ‘had the opportunity of seeing and conversing with these prisoners in Moscow and other parts of Russia which I have visited during my jour- neys in Poland, Galicia, Mid-Russia and the Caucasvs.” IN SUPREME COURT, New Britain cases argued in the supreme court yester- of W. IL Cadwell against the Connecticut company to restrain the latter from using the trolley line in front of his West Main street house and to recover $1,000 damages was argued by Lawyer C. H. Mitchell. The case of Frank Slater, who appeals from paying damages to John E. Feehan, whom his auto ran down in Berlin a year ago, was argued by Judge B. F. Gaffney, Two were day. The case l BURST OF SPEED, COP THEY’'RE HERE AGAIN Girl Being Initiated Into Secret Society Wants to Be a Traffic Policeman—Yas, Rahley, Say' girls, if someone told to put on a black stocking and shoe and a white stocking and shoe, pinned an alarm clock over your heart and sent you to the biggest policeman in New Britain to beseach Lim to let you take his place as traffic officer, would you do it? Now don't all answer at once. It was under- stood you wouldn't in the first place, e¢ven before that question wa sked. Well, one girl did just that thing yesterday while being initiated into a High school society. She wore a white stocking on her left—er—Ilimb with a white shoe to match and a black stocking on her right—er—Ilimb &nd shoe to match. Right where it could keep in step with the beating of her heart she wore an alarm clock. Followed by a number of other High school students, she pranced along Main street and approaching Officer Clarence Lamphere at Crowell’s cor- ner she asked in a demure and sweet voice whether he didn’t fee] tired and want to be relieved. Needless to say, the voluntary Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Police Force didn’t get the job. It is said that the girl was being initiated into a secret society. Whether it was Bita Piecea Cheese or Tapa Kega Beer is not known. you safety- WATER DEPARTMENT GROWTH. istics Show Tts Spread in the Past Year, El The following statistics issued by Water Commissioner P. J. Egan today show the growth of the department in the last twelve month: Oct- 1914 221 4893 Oct. 1915. 235 5078 Streets Buildings Fomilies ....10556 10718 Meters 4834x xx5096 x148 factor and 36 private- xx142 factory and 43 pri- vate, DARRACH RECITALS, Marshall Darrach has been en- gaged to give a series of Shakespear- ian recitals at the High school, under” It is announced that on November 5, he will give “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” November 12, “Julius Caesar,” and November 19, he will re- cite the “Twelfth Night.” Owing to the success of last year's recitals a large number of pupils are expected 1o attend. The course tickets are $1 2nd the admission to a single recital will be fifty cents. Mayor Quigley will speak to both the morning and afternoon schools to- morrow on the subject of “Fire Pre- vention Day.” The first meeting of the Debating club will be held Tuesday afternoon during the fourth and fifth periods. the auspices of the senior class. City lItems Judgment was reserved in the case of Berkowitz vs Sherman, heard in the city court yesterday. Haddock 5c at Hall's.—advt. Miss Effie Pickop has returned from Swampscott, Mass., where she visited her sister, Mrs. David Sloan. Alfred A. Olds and Frank H. Whip- ple, both of Hartford, have fore- closed a lien for $331.96 and costs of $24.65 on property of Peter Schurve- chuk on Washington street. A ladies’ branch of the P. O. S. of A., with forty-one members has been recently organized, to meet the sec- ond and fourth Mondays in G. A. R. hall. Benjamin Travers, a salesman, noti- fied the police last night that a stick- pin had been stolen from him, pre- sumably by a ckance acquaintance he had met. George K. Macauley of Stanley street notified the police at 9:40 o’clock last night that a man, who had apparently been hit by a train, was lying beside the tracks near the Ellis street bridge. The patrol was sent down, but the only man about was named Molumphy of Berlin, who was walking home. A case of diphtheria on Chestnut street was reported to the health de- partment today. The house in which there has been a case of typhoid fever on Steele street was fumigated this afternoon. Ebba Sandshaw has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Mar- tin Sandshaw by Judge B. F. Gaff- ney of the court of probate. The ap- praisers appointed are John A, Abra- hamson and Otto Bengston. MACDOWELL RECITAL, Through the efforts of Prof. F. F. Harmon, a musical event of unusual importance is promised for Wednes- day evening, October 27, when Mrs. Edward MacDowell, widow of Amer- jca’s great composer, will give a re- cital-lecture of her husband’s piano compositions. Mrs. MacDowell’s play- ing is described by critics as a revela- tion in its wonderful interpretation of her husband’'s genius. She has been touring the country with great suc- cess in the interest of the art colony established as a memorial at Peter- borough, New Hampshire, where Mr. MacDowell created the well known = ide Tales,” “New England and many other favorites. SHOWER FOR MISS WHITE., Mi; Mabel Crawford gave a pre- serve shower for Miss Dorothy White Tuesday at her home. Miss Alice Hart gave a whist in honor of Miss ‘White, who is to become the bride of Richard Brainard Lewis of Hart- ford Saturday, xor these came from Trenton, N, J, DRIVE NAILS INTO HINDENBURG—HELP WAR SUFFERERS i - WOODEN VOIY HINDEN BURC INTO WHICH NAILS HEEB gzmmsv In the presence of Princess August Wilhelm, who represented the em- press; many members of Von Hin- denburg’s family, the chancellor and other distinguished officials a huge wooden monument of Field Marshal von Hindenburg was unveiled in the Konigsplatz, in Berlin, close to the column of Victory. The Second Ma- surian infantry regiment, No. 147, which distinguished itself in the bat- tle of the Masurian lakes and which since has carried the name of Hin- denburg, had a deputation of officers present who were warmly acclaimed. Fifty-two thousand pounds of alder wood were needed for the statue. Gold, silver and iron nails are to be driven into the statue by the donors to war hospital charities, the drivers of the iron nails, paying 50 pfennigs (about 12 cents) for each nail. and the gold and silver nails paying higher prices. When the entire statue is full of nails, thus virtually converting it into metal, it will be transferred to Von Hindenburg’s country estate. GREECE READY T0 FIGHT FOR SERBIA (Continued from First Page.) half of the American mercy and relief committee. I scarcely know how to cxpress the profound gratitutude which I am convinced each of my countrymen will feel over this new evidence of the great heart of America. Greece Helping Refugees, “The Greek government is:doing all it can to help more than 300,000 homeless refugees from Asia Minor, Macedonia and Thrace. 70,000 home- less now are in Mytilehe, 22,000 in Chios, over 50,000 in Saloniki and the remainder scattered over Macedonia, all in dire want, especially of clothing, The government is able to keep them from actual starvation but an expense of 3,000,000 francs ($600,000) a month is very heavy for a small country. That help should be offered from America at this juncture is a source of most sincere joy to me. “For don’t forget that I am a Cretan. I remember the war for the liberty of Crete and the puissant aid and generosity of America in 1906. No Greek, certainly no Cretan, could cver forget, whatever the destinies of Greece may be in the war upon which ghe is now embarked, her debt to America is and will be unpayable.” JOHN L. GETS BELT BACK. Trophy Put in Pawn Twenty-seven Years Ago Is Redeemed By Pugilist. Chicago, Oct. 7.—The famous championship diamond belt presented to John L. Sullivan by admiring friends in 1887, and later left by him in Chicago as security for a $4,000 loan, is again in the possession of the veteran heavyweight pugilist, it be- came known today. Sullivan redeemed it from a jewelry firm yesterday, paying $5,300. The celebrated trophy is made u- of 360 diamonds and fourteen pounds of gold. TAKE TELEGRAMS TO WILSON, Washington, Oct. 7.—Among grams of praise and criticism ceived at the White House today connection with the President's nouncement yesterday that he vote for woman suffrage in New Je sey, Oct. 19, several of the prot are believed to bear forged signatures. Secretary Tumulty sent acknowledge- ments to the senders of all messages. He received replies from several per- sons whose names were signed to the telegrams, saying they had messages to the White House. tele- re- in would sent no Three an- | ' MISSIONAR > SOCIETY CONVENES Sixty Delegates of New York District Attend Session in Bridge- port. Bridgeport, Oct 7.—Some sixty nl4-|-& egates representing twelve societies of the New York district, New York East Conference of the Woman's Home Missionary soclety. gathered in the First Methodist church in Fairfield avenue today for their annual meet- ing. Delegates at the meeting be- sides those from the Bridgeport Meth- odist churches, represented churched™ in New York city, New Rochelle, Mt. Vernon, Mamaroneck and Portchester, N. Y., and New Canaan, Norwalk, amford and Stratford, Conn. Miss Caroline Ridgeley, of New Rochelle, president of the district, presided and conducted the business which began with devotional exercises and prayer conducted by the Rgv Géorge M, Brown, pastor of the FiPst church Mrs. C. W. Strang, president of the auxiliary of the First caurch, made the address of W In the ab- sence of Mrs, Samuel W. Bertine of Mt. Vernon, recording secretary, Mrs. Nicholas LePage, of Mt Vernon acted. Telegrams of condolence were sent Mrs. Bertine, Miss Adalide Jones and Mrs. William F. Evans of Mt Vernon. All three are district office and were unable to attend the meet- ing because of deaths or fllness in their families. The annual reports of the read this morning show the s0c ety be in a flourishing condition in New York district and the finances to excellent shape. Luncheon was ::r::(l by the Bridgeport Auxiliary at noon time The afternoon session was with an address on “Our world,” by Miss Jessie Arbuckle, su-_ perintendent of Dwight W. Ill:lkl-Ifl"f‘ Memorial Deaconess Home of :\e\\ Haven, and an address by Rev, W li. Finch, D. D., pastor First M. B. church, Stamford, Miss Esther Berg sang a solo. Sunshine Society. Have you had @ kindness shown? Pass it on. ¢ *Twas not meaht for you alones Pass it on. Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe other’'s tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears. Pass it on. officers to the taken up deaconess Motto—Good cheer. Flower—Coreopsis. Colors—Gold and white. Reports of yesterday’s meeting show two wheel chairs, 6% pair crutches and two air-cushions not in use. All who have not handed in their articles for the needlework guild are requested to do as early as possible- Many plans were discussed for final action at the next meeting which will be held October 19. FINED FOR GAMBLING., Card Players on Train Arraigned o Bridgeport Court, - Bridgeport, Oct. 7.—Harry Scoffield, a traveling salesman of 505 West 154th street, New York; John Rocker, an advertising man, Brooklyn; John Harris, a planter, Brooklyn, and Tony Torino, a laborer, of South Norwalk, were each fined $5 and costs when ar- raigned before Judge Bartlett in city court today charged with gambling"d a train from New York yesterday afs ternoon. A pinochle game was in progress in the smoking car when- Railroad Pof liceman Hugh F. Shannon entered th§ car. Shortly after an altercation arose when Tony accused one of the traveling men of cheating, When,he railroad officer interfered he was in- formed by Tony that the latter had been buncoed out of $10. The card players were then arrested iz DOUGHERTY -O'MARA. Couple Marricd By Rev. John T, Win- St. Mary's Church. John J. Dougherty of 213 street and Miss Sadle O'Mara married at 9:30 o'clock morning at St. Mary’s Rev, John T. Winters. They were at tended by Patrick Dougherty. the groom’s brother, and Miss Margaret Naughton. The bridal party left for ew Haven by auto and started on their wedding trip from that elty. They received a large number® of beautiful presents, Mr. Dougherty is a well known plumber and his bride was for many’ years employed by Dr. J. E, Kelley. ters at Clark were yesterday church by H. 8. TENN TOURNAMENT. The results of the second round of the High school tennis tournawtent are as follows: Corbin beat Parker, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Wheeler defeated Bed- ford, 3-6, 6-2 L. Bassette ol inated Skrentney, 6-4,6-4. and Swift defaulted to H, Bassette, In the semi-finals K. Bassett defeated Wheeler, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2¢ thus getting in- to the finals. The winners of &hs match between Corbin and 11 Basd sette, who have not yet plaved, will ¢ the opponent of 15, Bassett in th finals when three out of five sets wi be played. ™6 5; CHALU JUR ARRESTE b Willlam Martin, & well knd chauffeur, was arrested by Officer J. Cosgrove this morning on com plaint of D. Gold of 126 Ha avenue who alleged that Martig ¥ saulted him this morning in Deniaie rage. Martin was release bonds of $100, furnished by Higgins,