New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 1

33 LOCAL EST OF'ALL NEWSPAPERS W BRITAIN HERA LD Wy D "ADS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNE CTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915 U. 5. WILL PROBE SINKING OF YASAKA MARU BY U-BOAT Inquiry Will Be Made By State \Department Through Amer- ican Consular Agents MAY RESULT IN ANOTHER GONTROVERSY WITH AUSTRIA Japanese Liner Incident Coming at Time When Ancona Case is Believ- cd to Be on Way to Settlement is | Regarded As Being Especially De- plorable—Egypt Reports Claim | German Submarinc Sank Vessel. ‘Washington, Dec. 24—An lnquiryi into the sinking of the Japanese liner | Yasaka Maru in the Mediterranean will be made by the state department | through Amegican consular agents. Further diplomatic correspondence with Austria-Hungary will result, 1t was said, if ofiicial reports confirm press despatches that the steamer was | sunk without warning. | No Official Information. 1 No official information of the in- | cident had reached the state depart- ment today. It was. - felt, however, that press despatches contained state- ments which warranted prompt inves- tigation, and the consular agents will | be asked to obtain accurate versions | of the incident and forward them’; without delay to the state depart- ment. Should the department’s investiga- 4tion establish the truth of reports that the liner was sunk without warn- ing by an Austrian submarine, it is said, further diplomatic corres- pondence with Austria-Hungary will | ensue, in which the entire method of .conducting submarine warfare will be discussed and demands will be made by the United States for the abandonment of the practice of sink- a»ing ships without warning. Especially Deplorable. | Coming at a time when officials be- lieved the controversy over the An- cona is on the road to amicable set- tlement, the Yasaka Maru incident is / regarded as being especially deplor- | able Baron Zwiedenek called upon the secretary today and discussed among | _other things, the press reports regard- | **ng the sinking of the Yasaka Maru. Although he was said to possess no | official advices from his government concerning the incident, it is under- stood he told the secretary he doubt- ed the statement that the ship had not been warned, if it were an Aus- | trian submarine that sunk the vessel. | Note to Lansing. After conferring at some w4th Secretary Lansing, Baron Zwiedenek returned to the embassy and spent a half hour preparing a communication which was delivered | tc Secretary Lansing by Messenger. The secretary said it was of a confi- dential nature. AThe state department’s inquiry in the case is based solely on reports | that the liner had an American pas- senger aboard. Although he was re- | Ported rescued, it is felt that if the | liner was torpedoed without warning | his life was endangered. length | | ‘Was German Submarine. Rome, Dec. 23, 11:45 p. m.—News reports from Egypt concerning the #fniking of the Japanese steamer Yas- aka Maru by a submarine in the eastern Mediterranean last =Tuesday, refer to the natiorality of the sub- _mersible as German. Blow for Austria | London, Dec. 24, 0 a. ma—Com- | menting editorially on the _sinking | ©0f the Japanese steamer Yasaka Maru | in the Mediterranean by a submarine, the Standard says: “This fresh out- rage will rob any disavowal by the | P Austrian government or the officer ! who sank the Ancona of any virtue.” i SOCIALISTS TALK PEACE. | % S Members From All Belligerent Coun- tries Except Italy Meet at The Hague. Amsterdam, Dec. 24, via London, 11:58 a. m.—A number of prominent socialists from all the Dbelligerent eountries except Ttaly met last Wednesday at ‘The Hague to discuss stgps which might be taken to help bring about a speedy peace according to the Telegraaf today. The newspaper says that the meet- ing was held at the offices of the in- ternational socialists bureau. The dis- cussions were of a very provisional | character, it adds. The Dutch dele- Eages of the international bureau had &he proceedings under their direction. 12,500 PARCELS DETAINED. Berlin, Dec. 24, by wireless to Say- Wille—Advices from Stockholm re- Jjport that, in pursuance of the Swedish overnment’s decision to hold ' up parcels post packages passing through Eweden to or from England in retai- lation for the removal by British au- fhorities from steamships of packag: or Sweden, ten thousand parcels from and for Russia are now being at Gothenburg At Haparanda it hel ! said he zailed to find much evidencas 'T0 RESCUE AMERICANS T LACK OF ENTERPRISE BY “NUTMEG” STATE 'ew Connecticut Manufacturers E(-i hibited at San Francisco Exposition, New Britain Native Says. Edward Holleran of Nome, Alaska, former resident, is back in this city renewing acquaintances of long ago, | | and his numerous friends extended to him today thelr heartiest greeting for a happy holiday season. It was about twenty vears ago that Mr. Holleran, j then a youth, was magneted by the tales of the wonders of the frozen north so he set out to make “his pile” within the frigid atmosphere of | the north country. Trials and tribu- | ations were encountered by the | vouthful fortune hunter, but being | possessed of the sturdiness and thrifi of a native of New England, Holleron faced the difficulties without a quiver | AUSTRIA WANTS NO BREAK WITH U. 3. Conviction Entertained Ancona In- | cident Will Be Amicably Settled ; 'REPLY T0 NOTE IN FEW DAYS Prof, Lammasch Suggests Internation- al Naval Commission of Naval Ex- perts From Neutral Countries Examine Case of Italian Liner. Vienna, Dec. 24, Via. London, 12:20 p. m.—In all quarters the conviction i and has prospered. Today he comes back to his nativ city expressing wonderment at its | progress. |in Nome, October 1, and visited the | Ancona incident are Exposition in San Franiesco. In a| talk with a Herald man he expressed | state mr at the ufacturers displaying wares | ~®* osition. In his trips he of New Britain product on hand. Mr. Holleran was also agreeably surprised at prosperous conditions that he found in every state thut he visited since leaving his home in thé | IPar North. . Conditions in the south | and southwest, according to Mr. Hol- | leran, are the best that he has éver known of and with pride he speaks of the prosperity existing locally. lack of snow in this city. the Herald in which he read of the recent blizzard and he expected to find the city submerged under several feet of snow on his arrival here. Mr. | Holleran will spend the Christras ! holidays with his brother, Matthew . Holleran. HELD BY VILLA FORCE| Generals Obregon and Tre- vino Considering Plan to Liberate Prisoners. El Paso, Tex. Dec. 24.—Territory recently surrendered to the defacto Mexican government by the followers of Gen. Villa is today in nominal charge of Silvestre Terrazas, secretary of state for Chihuahua under Villa government, Terrazas succeeded Colonel Flaylano Paliza, as com- mander at Juarez when Paliza fled across the border after a demon- stration by soldiers last night when they failed to receive their wages in gilver and were offered currency of the de facto government instead. Terranzas is the third former Villa leader to assume charge at Juarez‘h within twenty-four houks. Juarez was quiet today. George C., Carothers, representing the American state department made representations to General Obregon concerning four American employes of the Hearst Ranch near Madera, ! who are said to be prisoners of the Villa force there. He is understood to have urged that a military force be sent from Chihuahua City to effect their release. Later it was announced at the Car- ranza consulate that some plan to rescue the Americans was being con- sidered by Generals Obragon and | Trevino. * The most pressing problem of the Carranza defacto government of Mexico is the establishment of paper currency on a basis that will insure itg acceptance by former Villa soldiers. Last night’'s disorder in Juarez was the result of the discovery that there was no silver in sight. Preparations, however, had been made for an out- break, and it was speedily put down after a show of arms in the street. The presence of agents of a party working in opposition to the deficto government was indicated when un- official notice was given that two Ami- former i | i between amicable settlement. The Austria-Hungarian reply to the | cted | ¢ in a few days. surprise at the display by the few |latest Ancona note may be expe | is now entertained that the differences | Austria-Hungary Mr, Holleran left his home | United States which arose from tre | susceptible and Press Withholds Comment. The second Ancona Washington is being Meanwhile the press comment. is been received were even friendly in tenor. note studied the from here. withholding The remarks incident to | | the announcement that the note had | voted in the present elections at sev- temperate and | O HERALD TOMORROW There will be no issue of the Herald tomorrow, Christ- mas day. VENIZELOS TRIUMPH IN GREECE | Former Premier Says Reccent Elece- tions Were = Brilliant Victory for Policy and Ideas. Dec. 24, 5:50 a m.—The correspondent of the Figaro | sends an interview secured from M. | Venizelos, former Greek premier con- | cerning the recent parliamentary elec- tions in Greece in which the adher- ents of M. Gounaris, minister of the interior, were successful and in which ! the Venizelos party abstained in most cases from going to the polls. The correspondent quotes M. Venizelos as follows: “The elections were a bril- liant triumph of my policy and ideas. A great majority of the voters ab- stained from voting. I am entitled to y that the verdict- was still more categorical than that of last May. It in vain that my opponents attempt to explain the abstentions by the mobii- ization. It must not be forgotten that we had a hundred thousand men with the colors last May and that the army to to eral centers and that the part of the army which could not vote contained No inkling has been gained as to & large x}umber of my party. In cer- forthcoming | tain polling ‘stations only three votes the nature of the Austro-Hungarian communication the United States but in this connec- | 2 A surprise for Mr. Holleran was the | tion interest attaches to an article by | also rem?wed by M. Gounaris and the He was in | Professor Henry Lammasch, one of ! other ministers, who maintained that Boston a week and secured a copy of | the leading Austrian authorities on in- | the elections were conducted in to | were recorded.” 1 The correspondent says that he was a {ernational law and a member of the |free and open manner and that the tribunal at The Hague. the fact that there is as was done in the bank incident. quarters here that this Professor Tammasch suggests that in view of | a misunder- standing Vetween the two nations, an | international commission of naval ex- perts from neutral countries be ap- pointed to examine the Ancona case famous It is felt in certain procedure dogger number of abstentions was normal. The Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency has the following to say concerning the political situa- tion in Greece: “When parliament reassembles states of siege probably will be voted, in order to stop the merciless attacks upon the govern- ment’s policy. M. Gounaris insists that the present cabinet remain but would offer the best chance of estab- =\\Jnless the situation changes througn lishing the facts and thus placing the responsibility. ‘Want Good Relations, | the king’'s intervention are construc- | tion of the cabinet probably will oc- cur.” The Assoclated Press correspondent | can state on the best authority that the Austrian government, as well as the German, is willing to do its utmost {0 maintain good relatio with the TUnited States. provided no conditions | HOOVER PLAYS SANTA CLAUS FOR WILSON of this nation are imposéd. At ‘the American embassy the im- pression prevails that it still arrive at a solution of question. the | regarded as prejudicial to the honor | | is Ancona Attacks President Wilson. Amsterdam, Dec. 11:49 a. second American note President Wilson. next election.” The Berlin correspondent 24, Via. London, m.—In commenting on the to Austria-~ Hungary concerning the Ancona in- cident, the Volks Zeitung of Cologne, Germany, makes a vigorous attack on It -says the presi- dent will not let slip an opportunity to gain a great success, since ‘“failure would prejudice his prospects for the of Treated as Murderer. Paris, Dec. 24, Matin in an editorial today clared not responsible, ment ‘is indicted for murder place, and if that government does not give full satisfaction treated as a murderer. ture of diplomatic America’s demands with.” the it XMAS GIFTS FOR WILSON AND BRIDE 5:20 a. m.—The | the latest note sent to Austria-Hungary by the United States, relative to the sinking of the steamer Ancona by an Austrian submarine says: marine commander having been de- govern- his on “The sub- in must This language can signify nothing less than a relations are the Cologne Gazette says the note leaves the door open for friendly discussion. rup- unless complied to Takes Gifts to Fifty Little Friends of President in Virginia. ‘Washington, Dec. 24.—I. H. Hoover, chief usher at the White House, who is playing Santa Clause there this year in the absence of President Wilson on his honeymoon trip at Hot Springs, Va., was a busy man today. Early today in the White House car loaded with presents Hoover left for the Virginia side of the Potomac River to remember fifty little friends of the President. They live along the ‘Washington road between the river and the Virginia Club, where he often plays golf. ‘When Mr. Wilson first assumed of- fice the children began wayving greet- !ings to him from the roadside, and soon they and the chief executive be- came quite chummy. So just before leaving for Virginia springs the presi- ;dent admonished Mr. Hoover not to forget them at Christmas time. This was just the beginning of Hoover’s work today, though. Up in the library of the executive mansion, on the second floor, he found a large Christmas tree on which ten little stockings were to be hung tonight. It had to be trimmed for all of the Mc- Adoo children, Sally and Nona, and the President’s grandchild, Ellen Mec- Adoo, seven months old; Francis Bowes Sayre, one year old grandson of the President and Josephine Co- thran, a grandniece of twelve years, who are to spend Christmas at the be President Takes Charge of Prescnts for Wife and Latter Holds Those for the Chief Executive. | Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 24.-—All ericans were meddling in Mexico pol- | itics .in Juarez. remain on the American side. Opponents of the government point i 1 Robles as executive, without designa- | tion, in the reconstruction of the for- mer Villa territory of Chihuahua as a possible cause for disagreement he- tween Carranza and Obregon. The defacto government today is conducting Juarez affairs from Tl Paso, the former Villa generals being left to handle the Juarez situation un- til further orders. ENTOMBED 96 HOURS. Miner Taken Out Alive After Being Buried Under Coal Since Monday. Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 24—After be- ing entombed by a rush of coal at the Richards Colliery of the Reading company since Monday last, a period of 96 hours, Joseph Renock, a miner, ‘was taken out alive at 10 o'clock this morning. A force of 120 men had been work- ing for the last four days at the risk though very weak, is expected to re said 2,600 packages are being de- ed. cover. They were ordered to | President Wiison here passed today {into the safe keeping of his wife, to of their lives to reseue him. Renock, | 1leafling missionaries i Japan. Christmas presents addressed to be withheld by her until tonight when be opened. |to Mrs. Wilson were taken in charge ! by the president. Among the presi- | dent’s gifts are two from his grand- ildren, Ellen Wilson McAdoo and.| Whether the president and his wife | | will participate in the Christmas cele- | bration to be given tonight in the | day in Hot Springs. They have been invited but have neither accepted nor { declined. An automobile trip and possibly a game of golf were on the president's program for today. MR DE FOREST DEAD. Boston, Dec. 24.—The receipt of a cablegram from Japan bringing word of the death of Mrs. Sarah E. DeFor- | | est, for forty-one years a missionary of | ! the American Board of Commissioners | | for Foreign Missions was announced | ! by the board today. Mrs. DeForest, who was a native of Guilford, Conn., was the widow of Rev. Dr. John H. | Del"orest, for many years one of the A issue of a national loan, the bonds to Te redeemable in to the selection of Gen. Jose Isabel | the big accumulation of packages will | convertible before 1926, The packages addressed | i five per cent, and the bonds will be free from ture. lire. ¥rancis Woodrow Sayre. from Jan. until abroad at the consulates and special- ly designated banks. | hotel was the chief topic discussed to- | the last bond issue can comvert these bonds into the new bonds on payment of two and one half lire per hundred. 4:20 a. the severest cold - points has fallen to 62 degrees below zero. i White House. ITALIAN LOAN, toyal Decree Authorizes Bonds— Re- deemable in Twenty-five Years. Rome, Via Paris, Dec. 24, 4 p. m.— royal decree today authorizes the 25 years but not The interest all taxes, present and fu- The issue price is fixed at 97 1-2 The subscription lists will be open 10 to Feb. 10 in Italy and March 31 in the colonies and The holders of SEVEREST COLD IN 150 YEARS. Stockholm, via London, Dec. 24 m.—Sweden is experiencing in the last 150 The temperature at some rs. WEATH Hartford, Dec. Hartford and vicinity: Cloudy tonight. turday unsettled probably rain or snow by af- ternoon or night. 24 — For —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLIS FORD SAILS FOR HOME; ABANDONS PEACE EXPEDITION Hands $270,000 Check to Women’s : International Peace Associa- tion to Continue Movement GIVES UP WHEN HE FINDS | | ALL OFFICIAL DOORS CLOSED ’ Making | of Recognizes Impossibility of Headway to Get Troops Trenches by Christmas” With His Party Always At Loggerheads and i | “Out Scandinavian Pacifists Adopting At- titude of Reserve. ChrisZiania, Norway, Dec. 24, . via London, 2:35 p. m.—The Norwegian liner Bergensfjord, with Henry Ford on board sailed for New York .this morning. Mr. Ford stated: :before leaving Bergen that the peace expedi- tion would continue under the,/augpi- ces of the Women's Interhational Peace Association. » The Rev. Samuel S. Marquis, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit, =ailed from Bergen with Mr. Ford. Ford Issues Statement. Before leaving Christiania for Ber=, gen Mr. Ford wrote out the follow=- ing statement for the press: “I am satisfied with what-has beén accomplished in Christiania. ' Peace has been given publicity. Newspapers have. power to end the war, for it is through publicity that the gospel of peace is spread. Committee As Leaders. In announcing at Bergen the cir- cumstances under which the expedi=- tion” would be continued, Mr. Ford said a committee had been appointed to act as leaders. It consists of Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, the Rev. Dr.. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago, John Barry of San Francisco, | Governor Andrew J. Bethea, of .South Carolina, and Louis P. Lochner of Chicago, Mr. Ford's secretary. Christiania; neWspapers! §&y: thiat view of Mr. Ford's departure no prominent Norwegians will join the | expedition. Ford Gives 70,000. London, Dec. 24, 3:48 p. m.—A Co- penhagen dispatch to the Exchange | Telegraph Co., says: “‘Before leaving Mr. Ford gave check for 1,000,000 kroner - (about $270,000) to finance the expedition. He left because he recognized that it was impossible to make headway. His party was always at loggerheads and Scandinavian pacifists adopted an attitude of reserve. When Mr. Ford found all official doors closed he broke down.” | a End of Novel Feat. Lieutenant | With the object of raising as a building and endowment the directors of the New for Britain Boys’ club are arranging a whirlwind campaign early next spring, which will be under the direct charge of S M. Bard of New York./ Mr. Bard has made a nation wide reputation as .a conductor of similar campaigns and has everywhere been remarkably suc- cessful.”" "His ~ methods arouse the greatest enthusiasm and people, who, under ordinary conditions, are hard e to interest in matters of this kind have become enthused with the spirit of giving towards this wovihy, ferm of rhilanthrop. L Uere sy For ten years, Mf. Bard whs state superintendent of the Y. M, C. A, in Pennsylvania and was influential in raising funds for buildings in several Henry Ford's departure irom Eu- | rope apparently marks the termina- ' tion, in its original form, of the most novel of the many movements which have been undertaken to bring about | the ending of the war. | Mr. Ford's announcement that the Women's International Peace asso- ciation henceforth will conduct the expedition would seem to indicate that so far as he personally is concerned, he will relinquish the self-imposed task which he expressed in the phrase “Out of the trenches by Christmas” 1t has not been made clear, however, whether Mr. Ford wil continue to give financial support to the cnterprise. Mme, Rosika Schwimmer The Women’s International Peace association has been in existence for some time. It held a congress at The Hague last spring sand appointed del- egatious to visit the capitals of vari- ous European and American nations. One of the most prominent women at the congress was Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, president of the Hungar- jan Woman Suffrage association and a member of the Ford peace party. After the conference at The Hague, Mme, Schwimmer came to the United | States to continue her work for peace. She went to Detroit to see Mr. Ford and it was reported it was she who suggested to him the idea of the peace expedition. Before the peace ship Oscar TIL. reached the other side there were re- ports of dissension among the peace delegates. When Mr. Ford reached Christiania he kept in the background it being said he was ill. It was not unti] lust night, however, that the un- confirmed report that he had quit the party reached this country. Although full details have not been received it would appear that he made his de- parture secretly, and that most of the peace delegates, at the time they left Christiania for Stockholm, were .ig- norant of the fact that he was not to go on with them. One Christiania de- spatch said Mr. Ford had boarded a train from Christiania for Bergen yes- terday at about the time his former associates were leaving for Stockholm. Tt was said Mr. Ford’s sudden depart- ture was due to the fact that his phy- sician had ordered him to rest. S $85,000 TO EMPLOYES, ester, Mass, Dec. 24.—The Graton and Knight Mfg. Co.. distrib- uted $85,000 among its 1,700 employes as bonuses for loyally during the past year in an unprecedented rush of business. GIV Wor { 5. W. CHRIST, President of Boys’ Club, H. L. PLATT, Treasurer of Boys’ Club, cities. From there he went into the general field of fund raising in short term campaigns throughout the coun try. Ltecently at Wor, 3ard conducted interests of the in which 12,000 $162,000. This was followed other campaign in Haverhill and sulted in raising $81,000. Six thou- sand people aided in this compaign At the present time, Mr, Bard is con- ducting a gigantic campaign in New | York city, the object being to raise ester, Mass, Mr a campaigh in the 3oys’ club in that city contributed | by an- people $80,000 l fund ' b win BOYS' CLUB CAMPAIGN F( $80,000 STARTS IN SP Building and Endowment Fund to B lected by S. M. Bard of New Yo With Help of Local Men $500,000 for the Newsboy s0on as this is completed, | Boston where a campai | completed, he will go to B | a’campaign is te be cond Bunkes Hill Boys' club. | wifnessed- the climax of hill campaign and weie g I tic over the results obtaind lat once engaged him to | the Boston campaign, The campaign in this e March 24 and will last w but the soliciting of fund S."M. BARD. work among the people will 1 ten days. Have Suitable Site. A sultable site for the M which' it is proposed to erect Boys' club, ‘'wag recently acq | the airectors and is locuted o A, J. SLOPER, Honorary Chairman of Camp R. H, CRAWFORD, Superintendent of Boys' Clab, street west of The ¥, M. ¢ A, 14 considered an ideal location nd proximity to the Y, M, €., A, ig garded with especial favor as the § casily induced to o4 the good work in jolning the Jarger institw time is ripe. At present located on Lafayetie st having four rooms. While spl work has been done Heérve and is carried on by Superintendent O MR/ { be more tinue club, when the begun (Continued. oh Second Page.)