New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1915, Page 1

HERALD BFST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD l_BETTER BUSI — HERALD “ADS” PRICE THREE CENTS NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, D._cMBER 27, 1915 —T'WELVE PAGE S. ESTABLISH NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLANDHIT | HARD BY STORM | Wires and Trees Torn Down, | Houses Unroofed, Shipping Crippled and Trains Stalled HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT Hartford County Alors Suffers Loss of $100,000—Eight Deaths in Mct- | ropolis—Telegraph Communication | in Several Sections Still Interrupted i Owing to Leveling of Telegraph i Poles. New York, Dec. 27—Northern and | eastern New York and New Eng- land are slowly recovering today from the damage inflicted from yesterday's | storm. A succession of rain, snow, lightning, sleet and thunder “inding‘ up with a gale that tore down wires | end trees, unroofed houses and drove ,1 shipping ashore, caused widespread | damage and many deaths and acci- | dents. Telegraphic communication in some ons was still interrupted today, of telegraph | se owing to the leveling poles by the high wind. In a similar | manner the signal systems of rail- road lines running north and north- ‘past from New York were crippled end trains were not able to maintain their schedules. New England Hard Hit. New England suffered more sever- ely than New York City and reports from there told of severe damage to buildings and vessels caught in the #path of the gale. The snowfall, ex- cept in northern New England and northern New York was comparative- | {1y light but sufficient to interrupt | P 'suburban street car service. 4 Eight deaths in this city were di- jrectly or indirectly attributed to the !tot‘n\ The wind here at one time | ‘nttained a velocity of ninety miles an | { hour. Rl | | | | Albany Suffers From Storm. | salaried employes. EXTRA DIVIDEND AND BONUS FOR EMPLOYES New Britain Trust Company Trustees Plan Santa Claus to Stocking- Holders and Salaried Men. Santa Claus dropped in late at New Britain Trust company but visit although delayed two days, The trustees the the was just as acceptable. met today and declared the reguls, quarterly dividend of three per cent. and in addition an extra dividend of three per cent. Both are payable on December 31. ‘What pleased the boys behind the grillwork even more than the alove announcement, was the inlormation that the trustees also voted an extra compensation of five per cent to all on the salary list. Business with the New Britain | Trust company for the past vear hes | been such that the trustees ‘elt jus- tifled in payving the extra dividend and additional compensation to the The institution has thrived and everybody. SPECIAL COUNCII: MEETING. .To act on Appropriation of $1,100 for Ice House, A special meeting of the common- council has been called for Wednes- Gay night to take action on the gppro- priation of $4,100 for making repairs | to the municipal ice house and for harvesting the crop this winter. This amount was acted on favorably by the board of flnance and taxation. ‘Wednesday night’s meeting will give the opponents of the ice house an- cther—and probably their last—op- | Fortuniity to take a whack at the ven- ture. Opposition to continuing the business this winter has developed at nearly every meeting of the council or committees where the subject was dis- cussed but so far it has been able to veather all revenues and criticism. WCABEALLOWED $2,000 FROM BRADY ESTATE Heirs May Take Appeal from Euling of Probate Judge. Judge B. F. Gaffney of the court of probate today announced that he had allowed Patrick McCabe $2,000 his work as co-administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Brady. for Mr. Mc- Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27.—A gale, ac- | Cabe’s bill for services was $2,500. companied by eight inches of snow | here yesterday seriously hampered | Heirs of Mr. Brady opposed the bill of $2,600 claiming that Mr. Mc- IND WARNING GIVEN JAPANESE STEAMER BEFORE BEING SUNK American Consul Bristow at Port Said Cables Washington Re- garding Yasaka Maru SAYS LINER MADE NO ATTEMPT T0 ESCAPE State Department to Make Renewed Efforts to Determine Nationality of Submarine That Torpedoed Vessel— Incident May Causc Further Diplo- matic Correspondence With Teu- tonic Powers. Washington, Dec. 27.—American Consul Bristow at Port Said cabled today that no warnnig was given the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru before she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean last Tuesday by a sub- marine of unestablished nationality. The liner, he added, made no attempt to escape. The consul’s despatch which came in response to Secretary Lansing's call for reports on the disaster, was the first official information on the inci- dent which probably will be the sub- ject of further diplomatic corres- pondence with the Teutonic powers. Sunk in Forty-Nine Minutes. Today’s report said the submarine was not seen until after the liner had been torpedoed and that then only her periscope was visible. The ship sank in forty-nie miutes ad the sur- vivors—120 passengers, including an American, W. J. Leigh, and the 162 men of the crew—were picked up by a French cruiser and landed at Port the sinking came last week. The general assumption is that the submarine must have been German or Austrian. Renewed efforts will be made to determine its nationality and instructions to that effect probably will be sent out today by the state depart- ment. If it can gather the necessar) information on which to proceed, the United States is prepared to include the incident in its diplomatic repre- sentations against the sinking of non- combatant ships without warning. Wide Possibilities. The outcome of the Yasaka Maru Said, from where the first reports of | = ONE SPOT IN NEW BRITAIN WHERE SUNDAY GALE LEFT iTS TRADE MARK AFTER UNWELCOME VISIT Britain had yesterday. which ept down frightened. The oldest resident was forced to rack his brain toda The above photograph, taken by a He from the northwest. the large tree, branches of which protruded through the roof into a bedroom on the second floor. nately there was no one in the room at the time, although the inmates in other parts of the house were badly The house is a century old. ald staff phot for a comparison The house, located at 1021 Stanley street, was partly destroyed by of weather such as New pher, indicates the fury of the gale ogri Fortu- FRENCH STEAMER SUNK; EIGHTY LIVES LOST Ville De La Ciotat Terpedoed in Mediterraneaa With- out Warning. Paris, Dec. m.—The French steamer Ville de La Ciotat, with passengers on board, redoed without warning ihe Mediterranean by a submarine December the ministry announced today, Most of the pas- sengers and members of the crew have been rescued. The statement follows: “The steamer Ville De La Ciotat was torpedoed and sunk on the 24th in the Mediterranean by an enemy 5P, was tor- and sunk in on of marine TRYING TO BREAK PAUL GABIN’S WILL Detroit Man Objects to Admission of Pocument at Hearing in Probate Court Today. A hearing on the will of Paul Gabin of Cherry street, which is being op- posed by his brother, Robert Gabin, of Detroit, Michigan was held before Judge B. I°. Gaffney in the probate| Berlin, Dec, 27, by wireless to Say- court this afternoon. Attorney Ben- |Ville.—M. Gounaris, whose party won jamin Alling appeared for the execu- the trix, Mrs. Ann Konler who principal is heneficiary Judge J. H. and Kirkham for Robert Gabin. The will was drawn January 23 this year by Harry Moton, Mr. Gabin after di- recting that $300 be spent for a mon- ument in Fairview cemetery and that ! his just debts be paid, made a feW, minor bequests and left the bulk of | his estate to his nephew Max Tubert, GOUNARIS RENOUNCES GREEK PREMIERSHIP Believes Change in Govern- ment Not Only Unneces- sary But Unwise. the recent general election in Greece, has renounced his claims to the pre- miership, the Overseas News Agency An Athens despatch recélved the news sgency states that M. by Gounaris made a report to King Con- stantine on the outcome of the elec- tion, and added that, as the leader of the new majority party, he was willing to support the ministry of Premier Skouloudis. Owing to poli- | tical conditions in Greece, he believ- | ed a change in government to be not | ROOFS BLOWN ( |Lives of Travelers Ed TRAFFIC CRIF BY CYCLONIG When Telegraph Pole Across Railroad T NEW BRITAIN HARD H] GALE FROM THE NOR Alarmed Worshippers as Chimneys Tumble—Big cu Through Roof on O House on Stanley St Light Service at Low Kbl System Out of the Runn Damage which will of dollars pro thousands to re| sulted in this city in comy other sections of Connectid yesterday's gale. Nearly ev) shows evidence of the havd by the furious wind, which on the tail of an all-night and accompanied by a blin| snow made travel next tol ble for several hours. Rod torn off houses, blocks and buildings, trees and heavy lin down by the score, bringidg them in many cases trolley, and telegraph wires. While did not greatly impede trolle falling trees and broken wi crippled the system. Du height of the snow storm w, gan shortly before 9 o'clocl impossible to see a hundn ahead and the wind swept ped off their feet. Everything 14 a tendency to sudden and movements as the gale in creasing gusts buffeted right For a time the storm promise do the blizzard of two weeks in the afternoon a rift appe the clouds in the north-we shortly afterwards the sun bial the wind, however, was not its capers by any means A north-west gale continued to n destroy property. Trains Late. The railroad company s00! problem on its hands which th ed to be worse than that caused storm two weeks ago. All alg right of way on the main i graph poles came down acrol tracks and the automatic s of telephone and telegraph communica- | Cabe had done nothing to warrant | ase is g?"ed‘".“llly r;“;‘:i: al;y s“:f submarine without warning. ' A ma- fi“tngar:j ,‘\;".”“":"e.r') f'?“k‘.”cl use of | only unnecessary but unwise. system was put out of commi Hon and made uncertain the time of | the allowance of that sum. One close | fowng 7o, SIPETRE (SI0, S0 ST | jority of the passengers and crew | I [ recosnition for her kindness in | 1t is sald the king agreed with his [ The company was compelied panica roporied that their Nines were | (0 the Brady family stated today, ft- | garding Japan's future course in the | VCTo Plcked up by an English | mo nis brother, Robert Gabim. he left | *FE%1O" Cruine. procesded Wity e ol Yown'cast and south of here. Tele, | °F Judge Gaffney had mado his an-|war. It has been suggested that sho | Soomsy, Detalls have mot e re-|the sum of one dollar. Paris, Dec 27, 5:20 a. m.—The | caution as the danger of & Wre e o paaies a1a thas wamy of | nOUNcementy that the decislon would | might answer the challenge to her . At the hearing this afternoon, the | Athens correspondent of the — Matin | grest . In the face of thege thelr wires also had been broken by Probably be appealed to the superior | shipping by a wide preparation in the witnesses to the will were examined | wends the following Soe the company Uil Sl Nkt Gl s WO B L | T war, even to the extent of taking part | pongon, Dec. 27, 6:05 p. m.—Kighty | by Judge Kirkham. George Schmidt|" “Having intorviewed M. Venizelos' | bl of hesrs passenger trafle § from thirty minutes to' four. hours | A hearing on the bill for services |in the operations In Europe. __ | of the passengers and crew of the|Was the first witness and he testified | on the subject of the elections and | tend with, Thousands'of peoq SR Was held in the court of probate on | As Germany has already iven as- | Xii'De Ta Clotat lost their lives, | 0 SIENINE the will and the curcum-| htained from him an afirmation that | wooein From oisistens. poctl ‘Monday, December 6. Mr. McCabe | surances that her submarine com- |npo omainder of the persons on | Stances that’surrounded it. He board- | his triumph was demonstrated by the | family gatherings glutted the si ! 4 New Haven, Dec. 27.—A four-hour [ freak blizzard with wind blowing at[ fit',)_'-seven miles an hour at times ac- | Fifty-seven Mile Gale. companied by a fierce downpour of | sleet and snow followed a heavy all | ' night deluge of rain yesterday fore- ncon, blowing down three houses, un- roofing four more, felling at least | Tourteen old trees that had escaped | the axes of Forester Cromie’s staff, | blowing in many windows, including several costly glass, and performing ' many eccentricities in the way of de- | struction, including the razing of the steeple of Grace Episcopal church in Hamden and the turning upside down of a toolhouse connected with the farm premises at Laurel Hill near | Branford. In spite of all the damage | hich mount into thousands of dol- | ars, there was no fatality, only a fféw minor injuries being reported. 'ne or two had narrow escapes from 1ling trees or limbs, The storm did almost as much damage to transportation companies @nd even more to telephone and tele- graph communications than did that ! oF two weeks ago today. The elec- | trlc power between New Haven and Stamford was again put out of com- mission but it was expected that it would be restored during the night. The company’s servants were doing | their utmost to restore it. The signal service between this city and Hart- ford, was also interrupted with the re- sult that trains over this line were many hours late, Three Serious Blockades. The Connecticut company met with many unexpected difficulties, the Btorm taking them completely by sur- prjse. However, much was done by nightfall to get every line in the city running, notwithstanding three very serious blockades by falling trees at Chapel and York streets, Whitney avenue and Sachem street, and Whal- ley avenue and Garden street. The snow storm struck the city about 8 a. m. and abated just after inoyn with almost as much suddenness syt had made its appearance. Aftep hdt, the day overhcad was clear and eautiful although the wind kept up several hours. At its highest ve- locity, \between 9 and 9:30 a. m. the d blew at fiftv-seven miles an . Within seven miles of the was represented by Judge Walsh and the Brady family’s counsel wus Judge ‘William J. Malone of Bristol. Mrs. Nellie J. Brady, widow of Thomas H. Brady and co-administra- tor with Mr. McCabe, said tne laiter had already been paid $2,500 for ser- vices and that he told her this amount | would cover his full term as admin- | istrator. In this respect she was corroborated by Assistant Fire Chief ‘William J. Noble, who is manager of the Brady Electric and Manufactur- ing company on Center street. Mr. McCabe, on the witness stand, denied having agreed to continue as admin- istrator without further reimburse- ment. His claim is based chieflv on his work adjusting differences be- { tween the Brady estate and ‘he Hart- ford Auto Parts company, in which Mr. Brady was at one time heavily in- terested. . Considerable bitterness has been aroused by the claim for $2,500 ad- ditional made by Mr. McCabhe and an interesting battle is anticipated In the superior court. DIPHTHERIA DEVELOPING. 8ix New Cases Repoted to Superin- tendent Recks Sunday. Superintendent T. E. Reeks of the health department spent nearly all day yesterday tacking up quarantine signs. Never before in the history of the present commission has there been such a continuous call “or inves- tigation and quarantining. Seven cases of communicable eases were reported to Dr. Reeks and he was forced to hustle out in tihe storm to investigate. The cases wer scarlet fever on Arch street and diph- theria on Curtis, Walnut (2), Bassett, ast and Chestnut streets. GREECE DISBANDS TROOPS. London, Dec. 27, 2:38 p. m.—The correspondent at Athens of the Ex- change Telegraph company y A royal decree has been issued disband- ing two auxiliary classes of troops. FATHER OF 16 ARRESTED. Officer George Moffitt arrested Mike Koloski this noon on a charge of breach of the peace. Mike proudly told Chief Rawlings that he is the father of sixteen children, eight of ‘whom are still living. als- | manders were under instructions not to attack liners without warning. there was a disposition to believe the ng boat was an Austrian. No Flag Visible. Tokio, Dec. 27-—Detailea advices received here today from Port Said concerning the sinking of the Yasaka Maru corroborates previous statements that the steamship was topedoed without warning. It is said she was attacked at 2:35 p, m., by a subma- rine whose presence had not been ob- served. No flag was visible. Shortly after the torpedo was dis- charged two periscopes, ore long and one short, appeared above the water within 400 feet of the steamship. They moved to a position off the stern on the starboard side, the Port Said ad- vices relate, as though ready to dis- charge a second torpedo, if necessary. Conning Tower Visible. After the Yasaka Maru sank a conning tower was visible for a brief time at a point about a mile away The report describes the manner in which all on board the stcamship en- tered the boats safely, -this having been accomplished within ten min- utes of time the torpedo was dis- charged. The captain caused the | boats to be tied together. Sails were | hoisted and, in accordance with a plan arranged previously by wireless, a south easterly course was taken. This was held until midnight, when the French gunboat which res- cued the passengers and crew wi met. No Sign of Panic. During the evening the periscope of | the submarine reappeared, only a few vards from the boats, but the sub- marine itself was not visible. The passengers praised the captain and crew for their coolness and discipline. There was no sign of panic through- out the long ordeal- According to a statement made to the Di>t by the finance minister there was on board the Yasaka Maru gold to the value of 1,000,000 yen, ($500.- 000.) BOY-ED SAILS TOMORROW. New Yorll, Dec. 27.—Captain K. 3oy-ed, the recalled German naval at- tache, will leave New York on the steamship Rotterdam tomorrow. He | reserved his stateroom today. board were saved. Washington, Dec. 27.—Seventy-nine persons were drowned in the destruc- tion of the French liner Ville De La | Ciotat, the American consul at Malta reported today to the state depart- ment. No Americans were aboard. The ship, he reports, was torpedoed without warning at 10:15 o’clock on 24 and sunk jn fifteen} | | December minutes. | GERMAN AMMUNITION ENDANGERED BY FIRE Blaze in Store Room at New York Estinguished Before Flames Could Reach War Supplies. New York, Dec. 27.—Three million rounds of artridges, thousands of Springfield rifles and revolvers and other weapons were endungered by a fire in the storage room of a building in West Houston street carly The fire was quickly extinguished l the fndaw, with small loss. before reaching ammunition. Police who investigated the circum- stances said they learned that the ammunition was bought in this coun- try by German agents seven months ago with the intention of shipping it to Germany by the way of South America and a neutral Turopean port. The plan, they said, failed be- cause sailors of Bri.ish vessels refused to engage in work of carrying am- munition to the enemiss of Great | Britain. John H. Patrick, a coriractor and owner of the building h:.d police permit to store the ammunition and 500,000 revolvers there. a T e T T U BRSO S WEATH Hartford Dec. 27.—For Hartford and vicinity: Fair, warmer tonight. Tucsday be- coming unsettled. ~———e——————— s Kohler, who occupied a ame floor as Mr. Gabin's apartments. Mr. Gabin requested him to go out and get witnesses to the document in the evening after supper. Mr. Gabin sat in the kitchen and wore a dressing gown. He explained that the document was his last will and testament and the Witnesses gned it. They were in the house about half an hour. He said the will had been written hefore the witnesses were called in. Mrs. Kohler was not present when it was signed, but the witness heard her go out shortly be- fore. Emmerich Deutsch, witness, gave brief testimony to the same effect. He was called in to wit- ness the will and did so, Mr. Gabin explaining what the document was. Gabin's will was admitted by Judge Gaffney. Mrs, Kohler was appointed administratrix under a bond of $2,500. flat on the $400 A FOOT FOR BURRITT rsv. PERTY School Land Mayor Quigley s Should Fetch This Rate—Would Buy Up Entirc Square. IFour hundred dollars per foot is the value placed on the Burritt school property having a frontage on Main street by Mayor George A. Quigley. The property abuts on Main street 161 feet and the man who buys it will have a neat sum to pay over to the . Main street side, feet, has a value of according to Mayor aid an offer of $100,.- g v been made by ore citizen but city officials believe a larger sum can be secured. The school building itself is of little or no value and rather tends to depre- dmirably ln~ s block. ciate the site, which i cated for a large businc Mayor Quigley believes it would he an excellent scheme for the board of education to purchase the entive block hounded by Main, North, Clark and Lee streets not be used for school purposes im- mediately hut the mayor says such a deal would be a good investment The unused section could be utilized as a playground. another | All that land would | small number of votes polled, upon v T called M. Gounaris who denied there | 1s any considerable number of ab- stentions and claimed that even if {the 300,000 soldiers mobilized had been able to vote the result would have been the same. I then sought to ask about the foreign policy of Greece but M. Gounaris interrupted me, aying: ‘Greece’s policy is unchanged Greece is a small state which does not want to be dragged into the war | which might involve a catastrophe | like those which have befallen Bel- gium and Serbia. We are Greeks and nothing else. T am neither a Ger- manophile nor a Francophile but just circumstances remained attached fto England, France and Russia to which lead us, without absolute necessity into the conflic and we believe noth- ing now requires us to cease our neu- trality. Greece always will feel keen- Greek people could agree to the al- lies' army falling back indefinitely be- fore the Bulgars on Greek territory. * ‘Now you are going into the do- angle of forty-five degrees, being in position by the house. bad scare but sides being sadly frightened, was od pelled to vacate refuge with relatives. waiting for trains that late or had apparently from the ken of man. Police Hear Troubles. As the day wore on and the increased in violence the tal havoe caused by the storm becs serial story at police headqui with a fresh installment every the telephone rang, which was as often as central could connect} 96.” On Franklin square a tree pulled down electric wi the police did guard duty there the damage could be repaired. Family's Narrow Escape. The family of George Brow were disapy a Greek. Germanophiles do not exist | cupying the second floor of the lnu(,reece. at 1,021 Stanley street on the ‘All Greece, even under present |o¢f Shepherd hill, narrowly o serious injury and perhaps when a huge elm tree was uprg she owes her existence and her de- [ang fell on the roof. Several velopment. But you cannot ask that |jimbg broke through the roof and these sentiments should go far as to smashed through the attie through the plastering and into & room. The tree now rests at The veral !1\' whmc\-c:- happens for better or |roof on the south side of the st { worse to France but we cannot do [tyre was also demolished. The hd \mgrlh N belongs to Fairview cemetery then asked M. Gounaris to e was occupied on the lower floor plain how, it the Bulgarians are the | john €. Cashman. The Cash hereditary enemies of Greece, the | gamily received nothing worse thal the Brown family, and take tempon » house PA Dok the futirs. Be Teplisd, Bind [yinjcabont « osntury ago by Erl 3 l EaCsR SIS Itofnat, father of Loren Judd, founder PG e s North & Judd The big elm 1 J. A BLAKE RESIGN 01 tre ledge and John A, Blake, managoer of the Bos- L e D e s 'd ton store at 208 Main strect, will sever | his connection with that house after | January 1, it was announced today. Mr. Blake has been connected with the Boston store for thirty-five years and is well known in state dry goods h t softened by the heavy stories of houses being robbed of thi rain could g but poor support when the gale str he tree. Houses Unroofed. From all quarters of the city o circles, tin coverings. On Pleasant street i t5 double house owned by Charles 1 A was entirely unroofed, the WILSON R/ Hot Springs, i Tleavy snow kept I’r doors today and he d ing to papers brought With Mrs, 1 dent Wilson in ! the morn- sm Wushing- Wilson he ton, | The street, overing being rolled up like et despite strong efforts t down before the of the owned hy a bl de to wind did its wor at 115 Boa sk, Wy roof house Henry g N planned to Shalf torn off and the roof of 381 We &0 motoring later in tic day. Among } Main street, owned by Mrs. Jenn| ](!uv questions before him was the se- 3ailey, was damaged. Metal gutte lection of a postmaster for New | City, several applications for and numerous ers. York pardons routine executive or- « Pouse on Selectman William West Main (Continued On E. Latham) on street wes