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

A Y A N /N NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1915—SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 8,000 SERBIANS Capital Morm[A_gain—Russiau Advance Anticipated AERIAL DUEL 1IN WEST Fighting Between Aeroplanes Only Activities—Italians Still Advancing -~ Y—Resignation of Premier of Greece. Austro-German and Bulgarian for- ces are pressing the Serbians hard, driving them toward the Kossovo Rlain from both northeast and south- ' east of Pristina. The Teutonic for- ces are nearing Mitrovitza, whence the Serbian capital is reported amoved to Prisrend. (4 Berlin reports'the capture of 8,000 rbians by the victorious Bulgarians, who also have taken 44 cannon and 22 machine guns. Elsewhere, according to the wireless Yersion of th® German army head- quarters statement, 1,300 ~Nd six cannon were captured. These latter captures were not mentioned in the text of the statement as re- ceived by cable from London. An official statement issued by the British foreign office declaring that no blockade of Greek ports has been instituted is interpreted in London as ipdicating that the Greek government has furnished the ~guarantees de- anded by the entente allies regard- ing the safety of the ‘21 troops in the Balkans. It is assumed that the recent an- mouncements in Athens regarding a scommercial blockade of Greece were, | premature, indicating only the provi- | sional intentions of the allied powers. Saloniki has reports that the resig- naltion of Premier Skouloudis of re- d Serbians | 1 { | SPECIAL TRAIN HITS EXPRESS HEAD-ON Seven Members of Carnival Company Known to Be Dead—Others May Have Been Killed. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 23.—Seven per- | sons at least were killed, and forty-two were injured ncar here late last night when a circus train collided head on with a passenger train on the Central of Georgia railroad. A misunderstand- together on a straight track and much of the wreckage was burned. Six per- sons are known to ‘nave been burned | to death, and a seventh died in hospital. All the dead were members of the Kennedy Carnival Co., which was traveling on a train of twenty- i eight cars: All the injured are ex- pected to survive. | The owner of the show estimates | that eighteen were killed, but a searci | of the wreckage today gave no trace i of that number. All the show animals were burned to death and there is a possibility that several showmen of whém no record was kept also were lost. DENIED BY BRITISH No Ships Seized—Deduction Is That Greece Has Sat- isfied Demands. London, Nov. 23, 1:46 p. m.—The foreign office states no Greek ships are being seized or held up in the ports of the United Kingdom, and that ro blockade of Greek ports has been instituted or is in force. No amplification of the foreign office statement is obtainable in official quarters. The universal deduction is Greece is imminent because of diffi- <ulties between Greece and Great | Britain. ! Apparently anticipating a Russian | advance in Volhynia the Germans are | reported from Petrograd to have | strongly fortified Kovel, the import- | @nt railroad junction point held by that the Greek government has satis- fied the British demands, submitted by Earl Kitchener, secretary for war, who was in Athens last week. It is assumed that Greece has furnished: suarantees of the safety of the Anglo- French expeditionary force. It is believed the announcement thgm some thirty miles to the west of the Styr River. In this region the | Russians recently * have announced important successes. In an official statement today the British foreign office gives apparent heontradiction to the general belief that an informal blockade of Greece had “been decided upon by the entente al- b 16 No blockade of Greek ports has been instituter or is in force and no Greek ships are being s d or de- tained in United Kingdom ports, the statement declares. Prizrend, near the Albanian border, s now the Serbian capital, diplomat- sts in Athens are advised, the seat of government having been removed from Mirovitza, now threatened by the Teutonic advance. Thae diplomatic corps has gone to Petch, Montenegro. in the desperate battle being waged for Gorizia it is declared hy Rome that the advances scored in the Oslavia sec- | tor and elsewhere have been retained, gdespite violent counter attacks. The ustrians penetrated the new Italiap Ines several times, but on each occa- fon were thrown back, General Ca- dorna asserts. pidditional progress on the Plateau near Monte San Michele San Martino also is claimed by Ttalians. The latest Turkish war office state- iment does not indicate a continuance of offensive operations on an exten- sive scale by the Franco-British for- lces. It declares, however, that Tur- kibh artillery fire drove off transports tempting to approach the coast of ;h Gallipoli Peninsula, possibly with einforcements for the allied forces. Today's French official statement ludes only to operations of the avia- ors. “French airmen have been suv- €essful in several engagements. Five Gébman airmen were worsted in that number of aerial encounters in the Champagne distr: it is declared. ? Carso and the England Hopes For Monastir, London, Nov. noon-—The latest Tews from the Balkans has revived #he hope in Bngland that Monastir Inay hold out long enough to enable ihe French and British forces to ef- fecgya junction with the Serbians. The Rofe and London legations of Serbia have received reports of a great Sep- bian victory northeast of Pristina, but a5 these advices ¢ neither details nor dates there are doubts as to their importance. It is now belicved allied forces Hch may take refuge on Greek ter- " ory are hardly likely to be subjected » attack from the rear. The most ignificant indication as to the present ttitude of Greece is contained in re- arks made by M. Rhallis Greek min- ster of justice, who is quoted in a ~ess despatch as having complained tterly of methods adopted by the en- ‘mte allies. He argued that their tar- diness in bringing effective support for the®Serbians made Greck participa- tion ‘impessible. M. Rhallis declared, however, that the Greeks were de- termined to main ality and that-the entente allies had no reason fo fear danger if they should be forced Licross the Greek horder. French in “The French military position in acedonia is reported to have im- d. The assertion is made that Macedonia, from Athens concerning a commereci hiockade of Greece were premature in that they presented the provisional in- tentions of the entente allies as ac- complished facts. Recent despatches from the near east have stated that the British gov- ernment had inaugurated a ‘“peace- ful blockade” of Greece. A message on Sunday from Athens gave what was reported as the text of an official announcement from the British lega- tion there, saying the allied powers “have deemed it necessary to take certain measures which will have the effect of suspending the economic and commercial facilities which Greece bas received from them heretofore.” It was stated that as soon as the ailies were satisfied as to the attitude of Greece they would remove ‘“‘the cbstacles now opposed to the arrival of merchandise in Greece.” The purpose of these measures, it was said, was to induce Greece to guarantee immunity to Serbian, French and British troops which might be forced into Greek territory from hostile action by the Greeks. WANTS AMERICANS RELEASED Dr. Stuart of Boston Working Through Consulates to Obtain Freedom of Four Physicians in Uskup. Saloniki, Greece, Nov. 17, via Paris, Nov, 23, 1:35 a. m.—Dr. Edward Stu- art, of Boston, is endeavoring through the American and Bulgarian consul- ates to obtain the release of four Am- erican physicians who remained at Uskup after the Bulgarian occupa- tion. The men he seeks to free are Stan- ley S. Osborne of Peabody, Mass: Charles E. Fox of Baltimore; Henry Plotz of New York and George Bahr of Brooklyn. Dr. A. F. Cornelius, of Berea, Ky., has announced that he prefers to re- main at Uskup with the Lady Paget hospital. MONEY FOR MUNITIONS Lapland and St. Paul Land About $15,- 750,000 to Pay For British Orders In United States, New York, Nov. 23.—Two ship- ments of gold valued at $15,750,000, which arrived here on board the steamers Lapland and St. Paul were landed tcday. 3 The Lapland brought $7,000,000, while the St. Paul carried $3,850,000, in gold specie, and $4,900,000 in bul- lion. Most of the gold was consigned to New York banking houses to pay for war munitions ordered by the British government GRAIN FROM Amsterdam, via London. 5:22 a. m.—The Vossische Zetiung of Berlin announces the arrival there of the first consignment of cereals from the Balkans. A Constantinople des- patch says regular shipments of foodstuffs, especially grain, to Ger- BALKANS., (Continued on Twelfth Page.) many and Austria from the Balkans ‘\vill begin tomorrow. | ing of orders brought the two trains‘ Boy-Ed, German naval attache, i ATTORNEY FOR U. S. CHARGES TEUTON NAVAL ATTACHE { Will Prove That Large Amount ol Money Was Used for Provis- joning German Warships CONSPIRACY EXTENDED OVER WHOLE COUNTRY | Sixteen or Seventeen Ships Used by Defendants to Carry Supplies of All Kinds With Supercargoes Sailing Under Sealed Orders—Signed Let- ters in Evidence.—Sauerkraut in Cargo. K. was New York, Nov. 23.—Captain the directing head under whom was spent $750,000 in chartering and supplying neutral steamers with coal and provisions for German men-of- war in the Atlantic and Pacific, in August, 1914, the government for- mally charged—and asserted that it was prepared to prove the charge—in the opening today of the trial, on charges of conspiracy, of Dr. Karl Ruenz, managing director of the Hamburg-American Line, and three of his subordinates. Roger B. Wood, assistant United States district atiorney in charge of the prosecution, in so declaring, stated that entire sum was under the per- sonal direction of Captain Boy-Ed and that from $500,000 to $600,000 of the amount was spent in San Francisco in chartering vessels and obtaining sup- plies for the German warships Liepzig and, perhaps, the Dresden. This, the government charges, was part of a conspiracy that extended from New York and Philadelphia to New Orleans and San Francisco, in which German money was spent by the million and in which the defen- dants were the leading characters. In the performance of this alleged | conspiracy, Mr. Wood said, the de- fendants “Rode roughshod over the laws and treaties of the United States | as contemptuously as if those laws and treaties had been mere scraps of paper.” Counsel Admits. William Rand, Jr., counsel for the Gefense, admitted that the defendants had chartered and supplied twelve ships which sailed away from Ameri- can ports for the relief of the Ger- man men-of-war, In so doing, Mr. Rand asserted, the defendants acted upon orders received by cable from Ger! ny. “On or about August 1, 1914,” Mr. Kand said, ““Karl Buenz received di- rections by cable from the home office in Hamburg to send ships laden with coal, provisions and supplies to various parts of the Atlantic Ocean, there to await for a reasonable time, the possible appearance of German ships of -war or merchantmen, to which, upon orders of their com- manders, the coal, provisions and supplies were to be delivered in such quantities as might be required. “Karl Buenz undertook to comply with these instructions and with that end in view issued the necessary orders to George Kotter and Adolph Hachmeister (co-defendants), who cbeyed them. “The Hamburg-American Line owned or chartered upon time char- ters a number of steamships, bought coal, provisions and supplies which were loaded upon these steamships and caused or attempted to cause these steamships to sail from the ports of Newport News, New York, Pensacola and New Orleans with this object. “The sums so expended were from time to time supplied by the home office of the company in Hamburg by means of credit through banks and bankers in New York city in favor of the Hamburg-American Line.” Charges Boy-Ed. In almost the first words of his opening address to the jury Mr. Wood charged that Capt. K. Boy-Ed, Ger- man naval attache, directed the char- tering and loading of some of. the vessels and that $750,000 for relief of German warships was spent under his direction here. “We expect to show,” Mr. Wood said, ‘““that this conspiracy extended from New York and Philadelphia to San Francisco and New Orleans. We expect to show that Dr. Buenz em- ployed 2 man named Kulenkampf to clear two vessels in a hurry from Philadelphia at very opening of the war, telling him that this was do- sirable because the Hamburg-Amer- ican line should not appear in the transaction. We can prove that one of the vessels—the Berwind—was loaded with coal bought from the Berwind Coal Co., and we under- stand that Dr. Buenz wanted Mr. Berwind of the coal company to clear the steamer, but that Mr. Berwind de- murred and Kulenkampf was called in to do the work. Prove Receipt of Moncy. “We shall prove that not lon terwards Kulenkampf received $750, 000 from some place in Germany—— he didn’t know where or from whom —that he put this money in two New (Continued On Fifteenth Page.) l jas a silent representative of $102 CHARGED FOR RENT FOR CORPSE Inconvenience Caused by DcmAhn's Body Remaining in House Recog- nized by Court. 23.—The admission of the report o\James Cray as admin- istrator causedl a furore in the probate court this morning when former At- torney Charles F. Conlon of Plain- ville raised an objection to the wc- ceptance of seven items against the estate of the late Patrick Coughlin. Considerable interest was manifest- ed in the hearing and the court room wae crowded to its capacity by friends and relatives of the eccentric Forest- ville man. Among the items which brought forth the loudest wails of protest from Mr. Conlon was those of Mrs William J- Coughlin, who claimed balm to the extent of $33¢ for forty- two weeks' board for the decease, but the climax was reached when Willlam J. Coughlin modestly asked for $294 for care of the deceased and $102 for inconvenience caused by the - Bristol, Nov {laying in state of the deceased’s body for two days. Judge Newell, after careful con- sideration, admitted the report to tho court, and Hotice of intent to appeal was immediately given by counse? for the claimants. Judge William F. Mangan was an attendant at the triai some of the parties envolved. LYNGH MAY SUE U. §. A. IF THEATER IS GLOSED | Manager of Lyceum Will Ask for Money Back—Con- cert Cancelled. That the United tSates gowernment may be sued for $75 by Manager Thomas J. Lynch of the Lyceum thea- ter was confirmed this morning by the theatrical magnate, who, in a talk with a reporter, stated that he would hold the government responsible if he is obliged to close his theater as a result of the trouble now in progress with the striking stage hands. Manager Lynch bases his claims for reimburse- ment for damages on the ground that at the beginning of the season he was forced to pay $76 revenue to keep tine house open for a year, and if he is forced to close it on account of the present trouble, he will naturaly look to the government for the above amount. The strike, which at the outset, was not considered very seriously by local people, has reached porportions that are beginning to have a serious aspect One of the latest developments that is creating mucha discussion both pro and con is abolishing the proposed charity concert under the auspices of the Catholic Choral Union and the Phil- harmonic orchestra which was to be given in the Lyceum theater on No- vember 30 for local charitible organi- zations. President W. C. Hungerford on learning of the possibility of a disa- greeable situation arising over the concert, arranged for a meeting with President George Smedley, Jr., of the stagehands union last night. For a time it appeared that everything was to be peaches and cream with the committee and Mr. Hungerford 'but a conference between the stage hands put a damper on the affair and as a result Mr. Hungerford announced that the concert would not be given. CARGO EXPLODES Steamer Libra, Norwegian, From New York, Destroyed While Unloading Inflammables at Cadiz. Cadiz, Spain, Nov. via Paris, Nov. 23, 12:25 a. m.—The steamship Libra and the greater part of its car- go were destroyed by a fire which followed an explosion while inflamm- able goods were being discharged from the hold here today. Seversl seamen were injured. The Libra ar- rived Saturday from New York. 22, The Norwegian steamship TLibra, 1,109 tons, which probably is re- ferred to in this despatch, sailed from New York Oct. 29 for Santa Cri where it arrived Nov. 14, clearing later for Naples and Genoa. PARISIAN STORE BURNED, Loss At Bon Marche Estimated At Six Millions—Covered By Insurance Paris, Nov. 23, 4:55 a. m.—The loss in the fire vesterday in the annex of the Bon Marche, one of the largest department stores of Paris, is esti- mated as at least 30,000,000 francs ($6,000,000). The flames destroyed collections of old furniture, objects of art and orien- tal rugs worth 20,000,000 francs, in addition to vast quantities of mer- chandise, including carpets to the value of 2,000,000 francs. Rebuild- ing of the annex will cost 1,000,000 francs. The loss ix covered by in- surance. WEATHER. Hartford. Nov. Hartford and vicinity: Tn- creasing cloudiness tonight: ‘Wednesday probably rain, ris- ing temperature. B e [JURY HEARS STORY OF BILLARD DEAL New Haven’s Business Method In- " troduced in Court GONSPIRACY IN LEGISLATION? Council Introduces Letter Purporting | to Show N, Y., N. H. & H. Worked With New York Central to Obtain Favorable Law New York, Nov. 23.—Over the pro- tests of the defense Judge Hunt, pre- siding at thetrial of the eleven former New Haven Railroad directors under the Sherman anti-trust law, allowed the jury today to hear the story of the famous Billard transactions, by which, it is alleged, the New Haven concealed from the Massachusetts au- thorities its ownership of the Boston and Maine railroad until it could get iegislation clearing the way for the road’s legal acquisition. Judge Hunt, however, admitted the evidence con- ditionally, stating that he could not determifhe whether it was relevant to the case until he had heard it. As testified to by C. S. Mellen, John 1. Billard, a coal dealer of Meriden, Conn., purchased the New Haven's 109,000 shares of Boston and Maine stock without putting up a cent of his own money. The sum of $11,000,- 000 was supplied him for the purchase through a loan which Mellen arranged | for him on the stock itself, and the New Haven accepted from Billard in addjtion his demand note for $2,750,- 000 without security Even though the New Haven had thus supposedly divested itself of the Boston and Maine holdings, it was brought out that Mellen used New Haven resources to buy 25,000 more shares of the, stock. which the gov- ernment alleges was then also put into the temporary control of Billard. The Billard company is the concern which the government alleges was used by the New Haven to conceal its ownership of Boston and Maine stock until legislation could be obtained legally, enabling it to own the road under the lpws of Massachusetts. BT, ykus, for the government, started to introduce a letter which he sald had to do with legislation. To this the defense also objected. “We are going to show by this, said Mr. Batts, “that the New York Central and the New Haven, having agreed to work together in matters of legislation, proceeded to do so. There is no evidence of corruption here.” Letter Admitted. { letter written by Charles S. F. Choate, Sr. on admitted and read | The 'iYour favor of the 1st regarding action of the Boston and Albany (New York' Central line) with legis- lative matters was received this morn- ing and I.have taken the matter up with Mr. Newman (president of the New York Central) a few moments ago. “Mr. Newman ys that, without being at all active in the matter and of course whatever is done will have to be dome very quietly, he will in- struct his people in Boston to say to such friends as they have in legislature that what we were dertaking to accomplish is to a cord with their wishes and that they should assist. “Delicate Position.” “You understand what a delicate position it is, and the New York Cen- tral don’t want to take any action | openly, for or against, but the in- fluence will be quickly felt, I think, from this time on.” Prec what the subject of the legislation was did not appear from the testimony. The letter was writ- ten during the time the so-called Cole bill ‘was in effect in Massachu- setts during which time, Mr. Mellen testified yesterday, no legislation wa taken affecting the New Haven. Thoe Cole bill invalidated the New Haven’s ownership of the Boston and Maine stock for one year, ending June 30, 1908. Mr. Mellen said today he had that time been in favor of the tension of the bill because of the ac tivities of the ‘“Massachusetts states- men who were trying to apply pa- tent medicines to cure all the ills the transportation system of Massachu- setts was heir to. AEROPLANES HISSING Part of U. After at . Squadron Fails to Ap- pear Flight to Austin— Search for Machines. Austin, Tex., Nov. 23.—Four of the aeroplanes of the United States squad- ron in flight today from Waco to Aus- tin, were reported missing this ar- ternoon by Lieut. T. D. Milling, one of the aviators, after he had landed at the stopping place here. i Lieut. Milling appealed to all avail- able sources to help locate the m chines. which has failed to arrive more than two hours after the flight of about 100 miles began. 100 DROWN Rome, Nov, via London, 2 oD, i Judge | { from the factories. PRESIDENT KAI DISLIKES SUGGESTION Chinese Head of Goverment | ! Doces | . | Not Fall In With Allies Plan to Solidify East. Peking, Nov. 23.—The informal sug- gestion of the entente. powers that China join the allies, thus solidifying the far east, has nmot been well ceived by President Yuan Shi 5 who is not willing to abandon neu- trality and sacrifice German good will. Japan apparently has not par- | ticipated in the suggestion which is | believed to be of British origin. Eki Hioki, Japanese minister to China, has returned to Peking and | visited the foreign office yesterday He said he brought back no demands upon China and would not present for further consjderation at this time group five of the original de- mands which were deferred for fu- ture consideration at the time the others were accepted by the Chinese government. This group relates to the employment of Japanese advisers in political, financial and military af- fairs, the employment of Japanese to reorganize the police force, the purchase from Japan of munitions of | war and the propagation of Buddhism in China by Japanese subjects. 1 1 ! re- Kai SUIT FOR INJUNGTION Tuttle Rules His Stoneyard Is Not a Nuisance. In the case of John Schmidt vs. John F, Meehan, which has been at- tracting no little attention in this city for some time past, Judge Jo- seph P. Tuttle in the superior court | this morning handed down a decision han. By this ruling Mr. Schmidt must pay the entire cost of the legal proceedings, Many weeks ago Mr. brought civil action against Mr. Mee- han. He retained Lawyer Frederick B. Hungerford and the writ, which was served by Constable Fred Winkle, set forth at great length that Mr. | Meehan's stone buriness located at the corner of Union and Clark streets is a nuisance, For being subjected to this nuisance, Mr. Schmidt claimed damages of $3,000 and asked that a permanent injunction be issued - re- straining Mr. Meehan from operating his stone yard in the future. Mr. Meehan was represented by Attorney George W. Klett and Judge James T. Meskill. In making known his decision, Judge Tuttle remarked that the stone cutter's business has always been con-* ducted in a proper manner and had been shown sufficient evidence to satisfy his own mind that it is not a nuisance. His memoranda of de- cision follows in full: ‘““This action is brought claiming an injunction restraining an alleged nui- sance and for damages. | “Plaintiff’s counsel ypon the trial | stated that the first prayer for relief | was the one really desired and upon | the evidence it is the only one which can be considered for it was not shown that the plaintiff had been damaged in any sum whatever, either in the rental or sale value of his prop- erty. On the contrary, the upper tenement of plaintiff’s house is still occupled by the same tenant who resided there before the alleged nui- sance was installed and at an in- creased rental. It further appears that the plaintiff has been constantly increasing his asking price for his property and that he has had an op- portunity within the past year to sell his property for more than it was worth. “These facts are of much signifi- cance upon the question of an injunc- tion and the claim practically re- solves itself into one for re- straining order compelling the de- fendant to discontinue the noise oc- casioned by the use of pneumatic hammers or drills. This noise is more or less offensive to plaintiff's wife who has been an invalid for twenty-six years ' “The defendant’s business is a legitimate one and his plant s equipped with modern appliances and is conducted in a proper manner. It is in a somewhat thickly populated section of the city of New Britain, not far from the business section and More or less smoke, noise and odors from sources other than the defendant’s plant are noticeable at the plaintiff’s residenc The inconvenience and nuisance oc- casioned the plaintiff by the operation of the defendant’s plant not of Schmidt | in favor of the defendant, Mr. Mee- | NEUTRALITY POl SPLITS RED CR Members Here Secede Beca Miss Boardman’s Vi BELIEVE SHE IS PRO-GES They Express Opinion That should Not Discriminate Her Sympathies Are With t tral Powers. Having formed the opinion American Red Cross society i tributing its benefices too freely vor of Germany to the exclusion triple entente, many prominent bers of the New Britain branch organization have declinéd to nected with, thé movement any and a decided split in thé ran occurred. There is no disposition to the general ideals of the Red society. All without question that its aims and purposes are criticism. Its humanitarian when carried out on the broad proposed by its founders, is g praise by those who have dec to lend their efforts further to cess. But they believe the time | now come to guestion the ad of continuing along present I they express the opinion that clety has deviated from its purpose, neutral humanitarism. Is Miss Boardman An undercurrent of opinion steadily growing stronger members of the New Britain and this has developed into | lack of sympathy with the mo as it is now conducted. Many Britain men and woman whose are prominent in soclety nd have always been enthusiastic wa | for the Red Cross have given | consideration to the situation ai at last decided that they oo consciénciously continue to their time, money and moral because they believe that Miss T. Boardman, national presiden shown herself to be pro-German time when she should have been tremely careful to remain neut !all the word implies. | Aid Diverted to Germany. ‘Whispers have reached the | New Britain membgrs—and no | mgmbers in other cities have | them—that Miss Boardman was | tile in spirit to the Triple Enten | that her sympathies lay with the tral Powers. It is claimed th greater part of Red Cross relief | tributions, conststing of clothing, | | ical supplies and money, is being [verted to Germany and that the| diers of the Kaiser and others wh he | assisting him are receiving the er benefit, while the soldiers of Allies are being discriminated This, if true, is against the basic of the American Red Cross which is supposed to work for alleviation of suffering on both No Concerted Opposition 1 There is no. concerted to discredit the soclety in Neéw ain, as far as can be learned. ever action has been taken is sult of individual thought, it is @ ed. Those who have seceded based their action on their own ciusions’ and there has been no ing, no conference, at which on ized hostility to the branch has decided on. Some of those who been enthusiastic over the work the organization are now frank stating. that they cannot longer associated with it. None would for publication or permit the of names but sufficient informi has been secured to demons without a doubt that there is a fous split in the New Britain Regret Their Withdrawal, In withdrawirig their support, people do so with regret. They preciate the high aim and the ids of the American Red Cross but t feel that they cannot remain as ms bers while neutrality is being vio ed. They wish it understood they are not pro-Allies. They simply neutral and believe the sistance of the organization sho! be distributed indiscriminately. Declined Re-clection. Previous to the annual meeting the New Britain branch held at chamber of commerce rooms on day, November 15, it was anno that some of the officers would degl to accept re-election. Rey’ H.** Maier, pastor of the Center Cong tional church, had previously subi ted his resignation but had been, vailed upon to continue in offie the annual meeting. He gave members to understand that he wi such a characte as to entitle him ‘o the relief sought. “This is especially true in view of | the fact that the defendant, befare | moving to this location, conducted a similar by < in the vicinity, with | the operation which the plaintiff | was thoroughly familiar, and not- | withstanding his familiarity with this | operation the plaintiff not only es } location and making“an investment of p. m.—One hundred persons wer drowned today by the washing away | of a bridge over the Salzo river ncm'l Licato, Sicily. some $8,000 or $9,000 thereat “Judgment is rendered for the de- tablishing his business at the present fendant.” 1 not permit his name 1o be consid for Te-election to the. presidency. . T. B- Reeks, superintendent of health deparunent, also declined election. Whether this aetion decided on by either because of belief that the society is no lol neutral could not be ascertained day 1 ¢ the . L Present Officers, 'he present officers of Britain branch are as fol President—Willlam. ¥, i