New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1915, Page 11

NE W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1915. " JEWS PROVE LOYAL | - CITIZENS OF RUSSIA Warmth of Their Patriotism Sur- prise in Muscovy Washington, D. C., Dec. 28—Russia has the largest Jewish population of any country in the world. Although their lot has not always been an en- viable one under the rule of the Czars the great war has found them loyal citizens of their northern fatherland willing and anxious to contribute their sacrifices to the success of its cause. According to private letters and dispatches from Russia, many Jews have come forward to enlist; they have opened and equipped hospitals for the soldiers, and displayed an eagerness to aid with their goods and their labor. The warmth of their patriotism has been a surprise in Muscovy. The position of the Jewish subjects of the Czar, as it was before the war, is told in a bulletin just prepared by the National Geo- graphic society. It reads as follows “More than one-half of the world's total Jewish population, numbering * about 6,500,000, dwells within the Russian empire. The total number of Jews in the world numbers about 13,000,000. The United States and Austro-Hungary, each with more than 2,000,000, Germany with 600,000, and the British empire with 400,000, “*are the other important homelands of this sscattered nation. Russia, how- ever, today might be looked upon as the true fatherland of the Jewish people, as the great body of them live there. This comes primarily from the cause that the Slavs, more es- pecially the Russian Slavs, have al- ways bean’ the most tolerant of people in matters of religion. The sRussian church, properly speaking, is not a missionary church. That a Rus- ian should be a member of the Rus- an branch of the Eastern Orthodox church, is regarded almost as a law of nature in Muscovy, while the Rus- ¥ian feels that it is just as natural and fitting that a Tartar should be a Mohammedan, and that-a Jew should follow the Mosaic cred. Originally Polish Subjects. “Tt is true, that most of the Jews Jere originally Polish subjects, and, it is said, that colonies of them lived in the basin of the Volga and the Crimea 500 years before the birth of Christ. Through the yvears of their bitterest persecution, the rule of the Poles over the Jews was a light and ‘#miable one, and many hundreds of thousands of them passed to this country Thus, with Poland, Russia acquired the greater part of her Jew- ish subjects. “The Czar's Jewish subjects are confined, by law, to a definite part of the empire, known as the Jewish Pale of Settlement. This is an irregular belt of territory, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The Pale includes Poland, Lithuania, White ussia, part of Little Russia, and regions in the Caucasus. A belt »>f land about 30 miles wide along the international boundary is also exempt. Th‘e Pale proper, wherein nearly all of“the Russian Jews dwell, comprises the entire territory of Russian Poland, and the governments of Kovno, Vit bsk, Vilna, Mohilev, Volhynia, Grod- no, Minsk, Chernigof, Poltava, Kief, Podolia, Bessarabia, Kherson, Ekat- Chitose are to sail BUCHANNAN AND SEVEN INDICTED (Continued from First Page.) sults of the grand jury's work which has lasted four months. Comment of MonnCct. Columbus, O., Dec. 28—*“I do not know anything about it, “was the comment of Frank S. Monnett, of this city, when informed that an indict- ment had been returned by a fed- eral grand jury in New York charg- ing him with conspiracy to foment strikes at munitions plants. ‘I am attorney for several labor unions,” he continued, “and recently have been giving legal advice to the men engaged here in the strike of glass blowers and others. There was nothing in my employment that was not entirely regular.” EXPECT BIG FIGHT OVER PROHIBITION House Leaders of Congress Preparing for Battle on Constitutional Amendment. ‘Washington, Dec. 28—House lead- ers are preparing for a vigorous fight over the prohibition issue in congress. Chairman Webb, of the house ju- diciary committee, who is an earnest advocate of prohibition and whose committee has jurisdiction over the question, already has informally con- ferred with Chairman Henry of the rules committee, regarding the pros- pective attitude of the committee to- ward any effort to report a rule that would permit bringing a constitution- al amendment for nation-wide pro- hibition on the floor of the house. The rules committee will be organized early in January and the question of a rule will then be raised. Members of the Anti-Saloon society have been active in their campaign for congressional legislation and their efforts have been reflected in numer- ous communications to members of both houses. ABANDONS SUEZ CANAL. Japan Mail Steamship Company Sends Ships Through Another Routc. Tokio, Dec. 28.—On account of the war dangers to vessels which pass through the Suez canal and the Medi- terranean, the Japan Mail Steamship company, which controls the bulk of the shipping of this country, has de- cided to abandon the customary route and despatch its steamships around the Cape of Good Hope from Colombo, Ceylon. The voyage to England will be lengthened a fortnight. The Japanese cruisers Tokiwa and tomorrow from It is south Yokosuka on a secret mission. believed they will go to the seas. 27 YEARS IN PRISON. Champlin Sentenced for Murder of Bishop in Providence. Providence, R. I, Dec. 28—Pelge Champlin was sentenced in superior court today to serve twenty-seven vears in state prison for the murder of Frederick H. Bishop in this city on Nov. 21. With the consent of the erigoslav, and Taurida. Kovno, Minsk Mohiley and Volhynia are the most thickly settled by Jews, who, in these governments, constitute about two- thirds of the entire population. Some Jews were settled as agriculturists upon the southern Steppe, and, des- Ditg- the strict law, wealthy members of the nation are found in businoss in Petrograd and Moscow. All dis- abilities which attach to Jewish birth in Russia, fall away with the conver- sion of one of the race to Orthodoxy, | but, nevertheless, such conversions seldom take place. This curtailment of the freedom of the Jewish sub- jects is not a matter of religious per- seclftion but rather an expression of the Russian’s dread of the superior business ability of the Jew. May Dwell Without Pale. “There are, however, certain classes of Jews allowed by the law to dwell Wwithout the Pale. These are students in-educational institutions, merchants [6f the first guild, professional per- sons and skilled artisans, and such as ave gerved twenty-five years in the rmy. Members of these classes, levertheless, must obtain special per- phission to enjoy their rights under the law. No Jew is eligible to gov- ernment office, unless he becomes a convert to Orthodoxy: “TwWe Jews are taxed more highly than other citizens of Russia. Their citizenship is of a qualified kind, for‘ the law states that ‘Jews are aliens, Whose social rights are regulated by | special ordinances” Taxes on ‘kosher’ jmeat, on candles for use in the syna- ogues, on skull caps, legacy taxes jind special taxes upon their busi- | esses are taken by the state. There re @ host of other special regula- ons. The Russian Jews, on their kide, are organized for their protec- Hon, with headquarters at Warsaw. n spite of difficulties, however, the ews of Russia take a prominent part the’ country’s commerce, and exer- Rise a powerful influence of wealth.” FISHING SCHOONER LOST. Gloucester, Mass.,, Dec. 28.—The hing schooner Ella M. Doughty ptain Robert Diggin and five men, ‘hich sailed from here on November for Bay of Islands, N. F., was given p as lost today by her owners. attorney general he pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Champlin and Bishop were em- ployes of the local street railway com- pany and the shooting resulted from allesed attentions by Champlin to Bishop's wife. MAYOR KELLER DICTED. Toledo, O., Dec: 28.—Mayor Carl H, Keller was indicted today on the charge of accepting a bribe. The charge is based on a transaction September 15, 1914, by which, it is alleged, Keller was given an automo- bile by B. A. Gamble, local agent of the Peerless Motor Car company of Cleveland to influence the vote of Mayor Keller as member of the city board of control. to award a $65,000 contract to the Peerless company, for motor fire apparatus. Digestive Troubles cause headache, biliousness, constipation, impure blood and other unpleasant symp- toms. If these troubles are neglected they weaken g¢he body and open the way for seriousillness. Many chronic diseases may be traced back to indigestion ,that could have been immediately relieved by Beecham’s Pills. This well- known home remedy has proven itself dependable, safe and speedy during sixty years’ use. The fame of having a larger sale than any other med- icine in the world proves the dependable, remedial value of ; GEN. VILLA FUGITIVE. El gPaso, Texas., Dec. 28.—Gen. incisco Villa is a fugitive in the ero district just north of Madera estern Chihuahua, according to atest advices received by Gen. EECHANS PILLS Largest Salo of. B the Worlde g Brareilars Madician, gt Bet sgon today. 3 l 1 'VARNA IS THIRD CITY OF BULGARIA Has Played Imporif_mt Part in Military History of Kingdom 1 ‘Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Var- | na. the latest port city to feel the bur- dens of war, Bulgaria’s Black Sea primer just given out by the Nation- al Geographic society: “Varna is the first seaport of Bul- garia. It is situated in the north, near the present boundary of Rumania, on the Bay or Varna, a capacious, shel- tered ‘inlet of the Black Sea. It is connected by rail with all the impor- tant regions of the country which it bas long served It possesses an harbor than Dedeagatch, the Aegean port of Bulgaria, from whose develop- ment so much future advantage is ex- pected. It lies within easy steaming distance of Russla’s naval port, Se- vastopol, being about 300 miles dis- tant. Third City of Kingdom. “The port is the third city of the kingdom, ranking after Sofia and Philippopolis, and it has been strongly | fortified. It has played an important part in Bulgaria's military histo, the chief point in the so-called ‘Varna quadrilateral,’” which - formed the basis of Bulggaria’s defense toward the rncrth and east before the loss of Do- brudja to Rumania after the treaty of Bucharest. The quadrilateral was composed of Varna, Shumla, Rutchuk and Silis- tria is now well within the Ruman- ian frontier, close upon the Danube. Rustchuk, Sumla and Varna now form a triangle of fortresses, along the northeastern frontier. “Varna is 325 miles by rail east- northeast of Sofia, the capital. It is connected with Rustchuk, in the northwest, and with Sofia in the west by trunkline railways, while branches connect it with central and southern parts of the kingdom. The rail- way from Rustchuk was opened 1867, and with its coming began the city's prosperity. Burgas, south of Varna, has given it strenuous competition during recent years. Built on Hilly Shore. The city is built on the hilly northern shore of the bay, which, be- sides offering peculiar facilities for defense, makes it very picturesque. At its foot, the River Devna cuts through the mountains to the sea, and all around the hills shut in the valley and the port. Despite consid- erable modern effort at improvement the city plainly shows its age. and its irregular, ill-paved streets, lined with outworn buwidings, breathe the peace of a forgotten valley. Several industries, however, have penetr: to the city and modern and modern smartness stand fore as the prosperity of the dom and of its first port grows, na has a population of about 38,000. “Dairy products, grains, cattle, dressed meats, lamb and goat skins, and a rough cloth are the principal exports of the place, and its imports are chiefly petroleum, coal, iron and iron ware, machinery, textiles and chemicals. It does an annual busi- ness of nearly $4,000,000, and is visit- ed during the year by about 1,000 ships of an aggregate 1,000,000 tons. The largest number of these vessels are Bulgarian, while Austria-Hungary has been represented by the largest tonnage. There are tanneries, cloth factories and distilleries in the city. Nearby, among the hills, is the sum- mer palace of the king.” DEATHS AND FUNERALS. T.ouis J. Muller, The funeral of Louis J. Muller will be held from his late home 161 Lin- coln street. Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. H. W. Maier will offi- ciate and interment will be in Fair- view cemetery, HELD WITHOUT BONDS Joseph Nelson Pleads Guilty to Set- ting Fire to House in Burlington, Burlington,” Dec. 28.—Joseph Nel- son, arrested yesterday on a charge of setting fire to the house owned by Jacob Bunn, pleaded guilty before a justice of the peace here today to]| son, and was held without bonds for | irial in the superior court at Hart- | ford. Nelson, who gives his age as 30, | claims New York as his home. He | saild he ran away from home when | ten years old and had been roaming akout the country since. He denied in answer to questions #ny knowledge of the fire which de- stroved a barn and silo in Unionville last Thursda SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR PLOT London, Dec. 28, 3:15 m.—The Bucharest correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that several arrests have | been made in connection with the un- successful plot, instigated by Germans, | to blow up the residences of M. Fili- pescu and Take Jonescu and other prominent men including cabinet ministers known to lie favorable to | the allies. BRITISH TO MODIFY ORDER. Washington, Dec. 28.—Informal as- surances that the British order re- stricting American shipments of hos- | pital supplies to the central powers is about to be modified have been re- ' | ceived by the Red Cross and prepara- | tions are being made to send through | ;sume of the equipment most needed. | (The National Geographic Society.) | i port, is described as follows in a war | as principal outlet. | incomparably finer | stretched | Bulgarian | ON ARSON CHARGE | | tive Harry Roosevelt JUDGE HUNT DENIES MOTIONS T0 DROP (Continued from First Page.) ner M. Lane, a Boston banker, also suggesting the sale. He met Lane and discussed the matter. “I then went to Mr. Fargo, president of the American Express Co., and told him of the overturns,” continued the witness. Fargo Favored Sale, He found that Fargo was in favor of selling, his reason being that it was inactive on the market, and that the investment value was unfavorably af- fected by Massachusetts laws which made it difficult to raise funds. Fargo, however, thought the New York Central ought to be consulted in the matter, he said. The witness to see William K. Vanderbilt with the sug- gestion that the New York Central might want to buy the Boston and Maine shares, “Mr. Vanderbilt tooi it under con- sideration.” testified Mr. Ledyard, “but later he told me that the New York Central did not want the stock and that he had no objection to the New Haven buying it.” Effect of Acquisition. After describing the consummation of the sale, Mr. Ledyard testified that he had taken into careful considera- tion the effect of the acquisition on the commerce of New England, also as to whether it was legal, taking into ccount both the laws of Massachu- tts and the Sherman law. As to the lassachusetts laws, the witness testi- fied that he had consulted with Olney. Witness said he had examined thoroughly all of the United States supreme court decisions on the Sher- man law which had at that time been rendered. He had relied especially upon the four to five decisions in the Northern Securities case, which he cxplained to the jury. While the de- cision divorced the Great Northern from the Northern Pacific, he said, four of the justices held that the law did not take precedence over the right of a state to control the cor- poration it had created, and added that the opinion of Justice Brewer, the deciding member, had virtually cvaded the question. Roads Not Competitive. As interpreted by the witness, the only question which he had to deter- mine under the decision was that.as to whether the Boston and Maine and New Haven were competitive, and he got from traffic officials information that satisfied him that these roads were “not competitive but complimen- tar; Denounces Testimony, denounced as “‘ahso- the testimony given against him by William B. Lawrence, ihe former secretary of the Boston and Maine. He denied that at the meeting of the directors of the road at which the subject of the sale of the 109,000 shares of Boston and Maine stock came up, that any sug- gestion had been made as to Iits legality, or that he had ever men- ticned the late J. P. Morgan as being anxious to acquire the Maine to help liquidate the Haven’s $40,000,000 floating debt. “The New Haven never had any such debt at that time and I hadn’t discussed the Boston and Maine with Morgan at all,” said Mr. Ledyard. “I don't remember anything that Lawrence said that was true.” Call Rockefeller’s Doctor. Before Mr. Ledyard resumed his testimony at the afternoon session, the defense called Wm. Rockefeller's phy- sician, Dr. Walter F. Chappelle, who testified that it would endanger the aged millionaire’s health should he take the stand as a witness. Dr. Chappelle said Mr. Rockefeller was suffering from throat trouble, ac- companied by spasms of the epiglot- tis, whenever he was subjected to strain or excitement or had a cold. At nt, he added, Mr. Rocke- suffering from a cold. Mr, Ledyvard iutely false’ New GRANTED. REQUISITION Gov. Holcomb Orders Mangold Turned Over to Chicago Detective. Hartford, Dec. 28.—After a hearing in his office in the capitol today, Gov. Holcomb granted the requisition of the governor of Tllinois for the ex- tradition of Joseph C. Mangold, un- | der arrest in New Haven and wanted in Chicago on the charge of larceny by bailee. The governor authorized that the man should be turned over to detec- Wertheimer of Chicago, who was at the hearing accompanied by Captain Donnelly of the New Haven police force. Walter J. Walsh of New Haven rep- resented Mangold and the latter’s wife. He offered no objection to the granting of the requisition. BARNES LOSES SUIT. Allowed $1,44 and Costs and Disbursements. oY Tiee. Theodore Roosevelt today allowed $1,442.52 against Wil- liam Barnes, republican leader of Al- bany and costs and disbursements in the recent trial in this city when the 52 28.—Former was| i jury dismissed the $50,000 libel suit brought by Barnes. It was agreed by attorneys that Roosevelt could have exacted §$2,000 more, because of the extraordinary length of the trial, but he asked only the actual court costs incurred. Justice William S. Andrews, who tried the case, also signed a new or- der refusing to set aside the jury ver- dict and denying a new trial. Boston and | MODERATE ADVANCE BOYS’ SUIT SALE $3.50 0dd Suits Quite an assortment of Boys' Suits, sizes 6 to 15, on sale for a short time only. These are all wool and suits valued at much higher prices. Some with two pairs of pants. $3.50 OFFENSIVE ASSUMED BY FRENGH IN WEST RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. [Represented by E. W. Eddy. New Britain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel 20 SCOVILLE MFG. CO. 40 NORTH & JUDD 40 NEW BRITAIN MACHIN 30 UNION MFG. CO. U. 5. Steel Again Center of Inter- FINANCIAL NEWS Utah Coper U S Rubber Co.. U S Steel U S Steel pfd Va Car Chemical Westinghouse Western Union ON STOCK MARKET HARTFORD STO( EXCHANGE est—New Haven Drops Hartford Stock Exchal tions, furnished by Richl members of the New Yor change. Represented by National Bank bullding: Manufacturing Comp New York, Dec. 28, Wall St., 10:30 a. m.—Moderate advances ruled on the Tesumption of trading today, all classes of stocks sharing in the rise. U. 8. Steel was again the center of in- terest, opening with 3,000 shares at 89, unchanged from yesterday's close, but soon approximating the recent high record. Reading and New Fiaven lost substantial fractional ad- vances. Coppers manifested under- Iving strength, and Mexican Petro- lcum advanced 1 3-4 to 109 3-4, a new 1ecord. Texas and Pacific fell 6 1-2 points to nine at the opening on a receivership proceeding. Anglo- Adams Express Co Aetna Nut Co ...... American Brass Co American Hoslery Co Am Hardware Co ... American Silver Co. Am Thread Co., pfd Billings & Spencer Co. Bristol Broad Brook Co ... The Edward Balf Co..104 Case, Lock & Brd Co..178 Collins Co .160 Attack German Lines at Hirzstein —Allies Shell Westende Berlin, Dec. 28, via Wireless to Say=- ville.—An offensive movement by the French, who have attacked the Ger- man lines at Hirzstein, is announced by German headquarters in today’s official statement. Details regarding the outcome of the attack are lacking, the statement adds. Allies Shell Westende. Allied monitors have shelled West- ende, on the Belgian coast three res- idents being killed, two of whom were women, it is declared. Train movements at the Soissons station were stopped by German ar- tillery fire, the report states. On the eastern front the repulse of Russian reconnoitering detachments on the Beresina, northwest of Czar- torysk, and near Besertany is réport- ed. French Official Report. Paris, Dec. 28, 2:35 p. m.—An ar- tillery engagement of great activity over the whole front in the Voges was reported in the communication this afternoon from the war office. The statement follows: “In Vosges there is intense activity on the part of the artillery over the whole front. At Hartmanns-Weiler- kopf, on the southeastern slope of the hill at Rohfelsen, an attempt of the enemy to make a sortie from his trenches was arrested by a curtain of fire. “There were no events of import- ance along the rest of the front. the To Remain Inactive. London, Dec. 28, 10:27 a. m.—"The bellef is gaining ground that the Central Powers will remain inactive,” Reuter's Athens correspondent tele- graphs. ‘“‘Aeroplane reconnaissances of enemy positions by the ailies show that unusual calm prevails. There are no indications of a projected of- fensive. “The feeling in official circles is that the danger that operations will extend to Greek Macedonia is small.” ITALIAN STEAMER TORPEDOED, Washington, Dec. 28.—An uncon- firmed report from Rome that an un- identified Ttalian passenger steamship was torpedoed while on her way to Catania, Sicily, with a loss of eight lives reached the state department late today. It was not reported whether any Americans were aboard. The American embassy at Rome is investigating. French bonds duplicated their mini- mum at 94. Close—Lowest levels of the Colt's Arms Co ........88 Eagle Lock Co 3 53] Grif-Neubgr Tob Co pfd 104 Holyoke Water Pr Co.410) Int Silver pfd 101 Int Silver co m........ Johns-Pratt Co ........200 Landers, Frary & Clark 62 J. R. Montgomery Co 80 N B Machine Co .., 81 Jew Depart Mfg Co pfd 108 New Depart Mfg Co cm. 180 North & Judd Mfg Co..105 | Peck, Stow & Wilcox Plimpton Mfg Co e Pratt & Whitney Co pfd Smyth Mfg Co b % | Stan Scrw Co pd guar A 100 598 | Stand Screw Co pfd B.107 | Standard Screw Co com.265 Stan Rule and Level Cp.398 | Stanley Works Swift & Co | Taylor & Fenn o . | Torrington Co pfa | Torrington Co com | Traute & Hine | Union Mfg Co, N % | U 8 Envelope Co pfd.. U 8 Envelope Co com..125 | Railroad and Street Railroad H & C West R R guar 28 NYNHGSE&HRR. Banks and Trust Compan Bank . 130 Conn River Banking Col40 Conn Trust Co 260 Del & Hudson s i D s First National Bank ...197 Hrte pase il ok | Hart-Aetna Natl Banik .198 el e L | Hartfora Trust Co Qeneesl Koo Nat] Exchange Bank Gopdrich, b Phoenix National Banlc. g:’“\fn:'gm"f&m | Riverside Trust Co T piate Bank Interborough Kansas City so Lehigh Valley Maxwell Motor Mex Petroleum N Y C & Hudson.110% Nev Cons . 1614 NYNH&HRR 7% N Y Ont & West.. 30% Northern Pacific .118 Norfolk & West ..1227 Penn R R People's Gas Pressed Steel Prareters HayCos ' Public Utilitics, Reading el | Rep T & § con { Farm River Power Co Southern Pac | Hfa City Gas Tt Co pfd 48 Southern Ry | Hta city Gas Lt Co em ¢4 Studebaker Hfd Eleteric Light Co..2 Tenn Copper 8 N E Tel 147 Texas Oil National Surety was sold Union Pacific day at 208-212 ses- hour. sion were reached in the final The closing was heavy. New York Stock Exchange quota- “ons furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W ¥day Dec. 28, 1915 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar 70 69 Allis Chalmers 311 Alaska Gold . 241 Am Car & Fdy Co. 79 77 Can .61y Can pfd L1113 Loco Smelting Sugar Tobacco Tel & tel Anaconda Cop ... 91% A T 8 Fe Ry Co.108 Baldwin T.oco ..121 B & O . . .. 95% Butte Superior 1% Canadian Pacific .181 Central T.eather . 54% i Chesapeake & Ohio 631% | Chino Copper .... 5 | Chi Mil & St Paul. 96 8 95 ‘f 115 104 | Y 59 % 106 J115% 207% L129% 115% 205 128% 89% 107 117% 94% 695 Col F & I Cons Gas ... Crucible Steel Tnsur | Aetna Fire Hartford Fire National Fire | Phoenix ¥ | standara Life | Aetna Life . Aetna Acc and Liability Conn General Life Hartford Steam Boiler Fire Indemnity Tnsurance 592 490 580 300 and Car. o8 L168% 62% 60y % | .282 229 .139% 138% stock BUY OHIO OIL A Standard Oil Subsidiary which nets 147, This stock should sell for $1000 a share and is the best pur- chase among all the Standard Qils. Reasons why, for the asking. JOHN H. PUTNAM & CO. 49 PEARL ST. HARTFORD, CONN. 318 MAIN STREET. SPRINGFIELD, MASS, 68 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. Connecitcut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy servige, to act as Conservator, Guardian Executor or Administrator. ; CAPITAL $750,000. SURPLUS $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. H, WHAPLES, Pres't. HARTFORD, CONN, M. «