New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1915, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL | NEWSPAPERS | LocAL EW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD *A BETTER BUS ~PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE R 29, 1915—T'WELVE PAGES. ESTABLISH ey KASHAN OCGUPIED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS Czar’s Forces Now Marching To- ward Ispahan in Persia 760000 SERBS IN ALBANIA Italians Reach Vicinity of Northern Frontier in Epirus—Allied Aero- plane Hit by Turkish Artillery Firo and Falls Into Sca. London, Dec. 29, 10:35 a. m.—Rus- sian troops have occupied the import- ant Parisian town of Kashan and arc marching toward Ispahan, accordinsz to the Teheran correspondent of Reu- ters Telegram Co. Russians Attack Austrians, Berlin, Dec. 29, via London, 11:15 &, m.—The Czernowitz (Bukowina) correspondent of the Tageblatt sends the following: “The Russians have “made elght attacks against the Aus- trians on the Bessarabian border since Christmas night. Despite a treme: HOLDS INQUEST INTO DROWNING OF BOYS Milford Woman Who, Threw Her Two Sons Into Reservoir Not Present at Coroncr’s Hearing. Milford, Dec. 29—Coroner Eli Mix today held an inquest into the deaths of Edward and Sidney Krause, five and six years old, respectively, who were drowned by their mother, Mrs. | Edward Krause yesterday afternoon {in the Milford Reservoir, at the time she attempted suicide there. The hearing was held in the parish house of St. Peters church. The wit- | nesses ‘included the medical exam- | iner, Dr. W. J. H. Fischer, Edward Krause, father of the boys, and rela- tives of the Krauses. ‘It was developed today that Mrs. Krause before leaving the house with the boys had destroyed every picture of the children and the naturaliza- tion papers of her husband. Mrs. Krause was not present at the hearing, being confined at the county jail. STEAMER THESSALONIKI AGAIN IN DISTRESS Greel: Ship About 250 Miles from New York With 300 PNEUMONIA CLAIMS THOMAS L. SHEVLIN Millionaire Lumber Man Dead— Caught Cold Last Fall WAS YALE FOOTBALL COACH | Struggled Hard to Whip “EN” Team Into Shape for Harvard Game and Overwhelming Defeat Played on His Mind—Yale Captain in 1903, Minneapolis, Minn,, Dec. 29.— Thomas L. Shevlin of Minneapolis, millionaire lumber man and Yale football coach, died at his home here this morning of pneumonia. Mr. Shevlin contracted a cold while train- ing the Yale football squad last fall. 32 Years Old. | Mr. Shevlin was 32 years old. He | is survived by a widow and two chil- dren. He was interested in a num- ber of lumber concerns and was a [ member of several Minneapolis and St. Paul clubs. A consultation of physicians was held early this morning upon the ar- rival of a specialist from Chicago. Following the consultation, the physi- cians said recovery could. scarcely be | FAFNIR BEARING CO. ANNOUNCES CHANGES Elisha H, Cooper Resigns As Secretary and Ts Succecded By Maurice Etan- ley—A. G. Way, Asst. Treas. Changes in the personnel of the of- ficers of the Fafnir Bearing company were annotnced today, the changes having been made at a meeting of the directors \ ercda, afternooa. Elisha H. Cooper, who has held the offices of secretary ana treasurer, re- signed the former but will retain the | 1atter. Maurice Stanley was chosen secre- tary to succeed Mr. “ooper and Alfred G. Way Wwas chosen assistant treas- urer. A dividerd of two and one-half per cent. wWas declarcd This is slightly in excess of the usual di idend. OSBORNE OFFERS $2,000 New This MORE FIRES HERE IN"15 THAN EVER " | To December 1 Losses Total $46,- 268—245 Alarms Thus Far $8,000 BLAZE AT H. & B. Blaze in Stock Room at Humason & Beckley Plant Does Great Damage to Valuable Stock Last Evening— Year’s Review. The year increase 1915 saw more Britain than any previous year. in fires is co-incident with the growth of the city and the loss per capita is no greater than it BAIL FOR APPEARANCE To Answer Charges in Indict- of Westchester County Grand Jury. ments ‘White | closing year has seen thirteen or four- has been for the last nine or ten years, it being something less than $1. 245 Fires Since Jan. 1. According to the report made out by Fire Crief Robert M, Dame for the fire insurance underwriters there have been 245 fires since January 1, 1915, | including the fire at the Humason & Beckley company last evening. Dur- ing the year 1914 there was but 188 fires and the highest record previous to this year was in 1913 when the de- partment answered 209 calls. The | DIVORCE FEE AT STAKE IN SUIT Lawyer Hungerford Wants to Receive His Pay for Defending Dr, John L. Greenberg. Through Lawyer William F, Man- gan, Lawyer Frederick B. Hungerford today brought suit against Jacob Greenberg of Hartford for damages of §100. Sherifft M. D. Stockwell has at- tached property belonging to the de- fendant and the writ is returnable bLefore the city court on the first Mon- day in January. | Jacob Greenberg, the defendarnit, is the father of Dr. J. L. Greenberg, a former local physician, who figured in divorce proceedings a few weeks ago. It is the claim of Lawyer Hungerford that the older Mr. Greenberg agreed to pay him all his costs for appearing for his son. Dr. Greenberg, at the trial. The local lawyer declares that Greenberg has refused to do as he agreed. LAMAR AND TAYLOR DENY INDICTMENTS Released in $5,000 Bail—Six Others Yet to Answer Conspiracy Charges. | CLAIM RODS THEORY FALL American Sociologi Delegates Attack His A FOR NATIONAL Colonel Advocates Vigoro Preparcdness and Ded Nations Must Be Held i Non-Militaristic Neighb Washington, Dee, 29, per by Col, Theodore Ro vocating a vigorous polh al defense, had been read American Soclological o day, several of the deleg: cussion pronounced the coll ry fallacious. The Soclalogical society the many scientific meetl the same time as the P congress and has devoted largely to discussion of th effect of war. Attacks T, R.'s Al Prof. Edward A, Ross of dous expenditure of ammunition and men the attacking forces have not yet read Col, Roosevelt's paper, the colonel declared the expacted. Thoma e inent s Mott e | teen fires which stand out prominen! Mr. Shevlin's illness _assumed 2 Osborne, warden of succeeded in breaking through the lines. The Russians maintained a gun- fire for twenty-five nours which was ~eudible in Czarnowitz.” Russia Playing Game. London, Dec. 29, 12:32 p. m.-—The fierce fighting on the Galician-Bessar- abian front, of which mention is made i both Russian and Austrian official slatements, scems to support the fore- caste that Russia, instead of directly attacking Bulgaria, hopes to reduce the pressure on the entente allies in the Balkons and in Asia Minor and impress Rumania and Greece by a ersion to the north, with the intent if possible, of breaking through the Austrian lires. Simultaneously comes news pf the capture by the Russian of Kashan, one of the principal cities of Persia, @nd of an advance toward the still more gmportant city qf Ispahan. These points are too remote for their occu- pation directly to menace the Turks who are fighting the British under General Townshend on the Tigers, but undoubtedly the Russian advance will have an important political effect in Persia and possibly an influence upon the projected movement of the Cen- tral Powers against Egypt. o Avoided Italy or Russia, Comment upon King Feréfnand's speechi before the Bulgarian parlia- ment point out as significant that while he attacked the motives of Great Britain and France, as being “‘A disgrace to civilization,” he avoid- ed mention of Italy or Russia. Conflicting accounts come from Athens and Saloniki regarding the movements of the troops of the Cen- tral Powers on the Macedonian border, buf' there are persistent reports that the Greeks have given the Bulgarians prmission to cross the border if they and their allies are still intent on fol- Jowing the entente troops to Saloniki. The recent French official state- megts indicate that the allies are maintaining the offensive in the west ‘vflth the fighting fiercest in the ‘Vosges. 750,000 Serbs in Albania. Paris, Dec, 29, 9:45 a- m.—*Accord- ing to reliable information there are 750,000 Serbian troops at Scutari and Ilbassan, Albania,” says the Athens correspondent of the Havas agency. They are in excellent trim notwith- standing' th. difficuities encountered their retreat. They hold strongly ortified positions against the advance of the' Austro-Germans and Bulgarans nd it is unlikely that they will be atisferred to Saloniki.” Italians at Epirns. Parib, Dec. 29, 9:50 a. m.—“Italian oops which disembarked at Avlona, lbania, have reached the vicinity of the northern frontier of Hpirus in e places. according to reports from voyagers arriving from Santi Quar- ant Parsian town of Kashan, and are of the Havas agency. “Italian troops who have been seen near Tepeleni (southern Albania) Tarekish Official Report. Constantinople, Dec. 28, via London, jec. 29, 5:50 8. m.—The Turkish war flice tonight gave out the following tatement: Passengers Aboard. New York, Dec. 29.—Summoned by a wireless call for help, the coast guard cutter Seneca is speeding to the. 2id of the Greek steamer Thessaloniki. With 300 passengers aboard the Thes- saloniki was’in distress this morning about 250 miles east of New York and laboring toward this port at the 1ate of two miles an hour. The Greek vessel is bound from Piraeus, Greece, to New York. She passed Gibraltar December 1. Last Wednesday when 700 miles from the American coast she sent our her first ““S. O. S.” call reporting that her boiler and engine Tooms had been partly flooded in a heavy storm. The steamship Stam- phalia hurried to her relief but soon received word that the Thessaloniki would not require aid as the water had been pumped from her holds. Yesterday morning the Thessaloniki Teported by wireless that she was 300 miles east of Sandy Hook and in no danger. Early today the Atlantic transport liner Mongolia, lying at anchor off Sandy Hook, picked up a wireless message from the Thessa- loniki saying that she was again in distress, giving her position and add- ing that she was making two miles an hour toward New York.” The news was forwarded to the radio operator at the New York Navy Yard and then to the commander of the Seneca, which left the harbor at 3:20 a. m. The coast guard cutter, it was said, will require nearly twenty hours to reach the distressed steamer. Meanwhile, many wireless stations after vainly trying to communicate with her, sent the news to other steamers in the trans-Atlantic lane on the chance of finding one which may have picked up a later message from the Thessaloniki, It wi believed that the Thessa- loniki’s radio apparatus had been so disabled that she could send messages only a short distance. The wireless message asking for as- sistance received here from the Thes- saloniki was not signed by the captain but by the chief and other officers of the ship, coast guard service officials stated today. The absence of the cap- tain’s name was so unusual that it created considerable comment in maritime circles. The cutter Seneca which left here early today in response to the call for aid, is now endeavoring to communi- cate with the Greek steamer and the coast guard office expects a report from the cutter later in the day. It is not throught that the Seneca can reach the Thessaloniki before tomor- row. UNIQUE CHICKEN THIEVES. Quartet of Boys Set Steel Traps to Catch Seibert’s Poultry. Raymond ''isk, Willlam Dobruk, Stanley Dobruk, Frank Sandberg and John Sandberg were arrested by Offi- cer Rival at John Seibert's dairy on Park street this afternoon, charged with stealing chickens. The _boys were in court a short time ¥ ago, charged with damaging a building be- longing to Carlson & Torrell. After getting out of this trouble the boys devised a new scheme. They set steel traps at Mr, Seibert’s place to cafch pigeons and chickens. This morning one of Mr. Seibert’s dogs got szerious proportions last Thursday. Yesterday he suffered a relapse. A telegram was sent to a Chicago specialist to hurry to the sick man’s | bedside by special train, Four Physicians Summoned- After 'leaving Yale at the close of the football season Mr. Shevlin went to California to rest. Last Wednes- day he returned to his home and the following day was taken down with pneumonia. Four physicians were summoned to attend him but the patient gradually sank until death came today. Shevlin played football at Yale four vears, being captain during his last vear in 1915 when Yale had one of the greatest teams in history. Since the days when he wore “Y” at Yale, Shevlin had always stood ready to come to the aid of his alma mater as football adviser and coach. T.ast fall he struggled hard to whip the aggre- gation into shape to meet Harvard, and the subsequent overwhelming de- feat preyed on his mind. Tost Twelve Pounds. During training he lost pounds. The rest did him sood, Lecause of business matters at home he cut short his vacation and came ! home still in a somewhat weakened condition. The will of Shevlin's father, died in 1912, gave the bulk of estate valued at $1,600,000, to Shevlin and two sisters. Organized Shevlin Company- Some time before his death the father desired to abandon business and shift the details to his son. He organized the Shevlin company as a holding company for the Shevlin family. In this the son and two sisters, Mrs. David D. Tenney and Mrs. George C. Beckwith, became principal stockholders. In October, 1911, Mr. Shevlin was insured for $500,000 In October, 1911, Mr. Shevlin was insured for $500,000 in favor of the Shevlin Company. Reecntly he is said to have taken out a policy ' for $1,000,000. This and other policies, with his business interests as benefi- ciary are declared to bring his total insurance to nearly two millions. Greatest Football End. New Haven, Dec. 29.—Thomas L. Shevlin, former Yale football captain who died at his home in Minneapolis today from pneumonia, was consid- ered one of the greatest football ends Yale ever had. In addition to play- ing football he was a member of the track team as a hammer thrower. He was captain of the eleven in 1905, and several times following his gradua- tion he returned to New Haven to as- sist in coaching the team. In 191C¢ when the eleven was hav- ing a disastrous season Shevlin came to New Haven, introduced his famous “Minnesota shift” and whipped the team into such shape that it beat Princeton and tied Harvard. Last season when the condition was prac- tically a repetition of 1910, Shevlin ‘was again called back and while the team under his coaching won from Princeton it was defeated decisively by Harvard. Performer in Other Sports. In other sports Shevlin was a good performer, although he made no effort to specialize in them. As a runner he twelve | but | | who his | Mr. | cussed the case with Governor neys and offered $2,000 bail for ap- pearance later to answer the charges. No date for the pleading was set. The bail was furnished by Robert S. Brewster of Mount Kisco. When Mr. Brewster was asked if he would qualify for double the amount of bail required, he replied: ‘“Yes, or for $500,000 or $1,000,- 000.” New York, Dec. 29.—Warden Thomas Mott Osborne of Sing Sing prison went to White Plains today for appearance before the supreme court to answer to indictments by the Westchaester county grand jury charg- ing him with perjury, neglect of duty, mismanagement and immorality. John B. Riley, the state superintendent of prisons. who, it is understood, dis- Whit- man last night, announced that Mr. Osborne would be removed as soon as a successor could be folund. Mr. Riley said that he expected to take that action some time today. When informed of Superintendent | Riley's intention, the warden said: “If Superintendent Riley is not a party to the foul conspiracy against me he will do what any decent man will do, that indictment surely does not convict me' nor would it ever do so.” When he was asked what arrangements he had made to give bail, the warden replied: “I guess that will be all right, although a man with such a black character as the indictment paints me as having may not be able to get any bail at all.” 069. year the total and the value of the property endan- gered The last fig- Sing Sing, who was yesterday indicted | because of the heavy loss or because by the Westchester county grand jury, | of the | appeared here today with his attor- | blaze, Loss to December 1 Is $46,258. During the year of 1914 fires resulted in was spectacular total loss of $32.- Up to December 1 of the present fire loss was $46,258 | before a United States commissioner $1,871,000. ures are exclusive or the night or the fire at the Adkins Print- ing company. fires, the’ total loss from which that month. Hotel Bronson and the others were in Harry Alex’s Main street block, Luke Meehan’s Lafayette street block and tain O’Brien was the only fireman though at the Adkins Printing pany fire Chief R. M. Dame’s wrist is give me a fair show while walting | wag dislocated when his automobile to see whether I am guilty or not. This | yjcked as he was cranking it, teresting to note that no private per- sons were badly injured or killed by fires to which the did not receive their conflagrations, twenty-three was There were four big fires The first one was at the 1915, saw January, $14,150- E, E. Linke's storehouse in the rear of Bassett street. But Onc Man Badly Hurt, There was also a bad fire on Over- brook avenue which totally razed the house owned by Stanley Herbst. At this fire a falling chimney struck Cap- tain John O’Brien of Engine company No. 3 and injured him so badly that he was laid up for two months. Cap- | badly injured during the year al- com- It is in- city department was called. The several people who have died during the year from burns injuries from February was a comparatively quiat Albany, N. Y., Dec. 29.—George W. former dean Taw school, conferred with Governor and this led to the inference here that he had been de- cided upon as successor to Mott Osborne as warden of Sing Sing prison. Kirchwey, Whitman today, of Columbia { only $2,481. month for the firemen, there having been but fifteen alarms. The loss was but $548. While March had the greatest number of alarms there were no serious fires. There were sixty-one calls that month and the loss was Two bad fires were num- bered among the thirty-five April. There were at Fred Beloin's Main street block (Hoimes & Hoff- man’s) and at the old Cooke proper- gated no more than $2,200 through voluntary subscriptions. New York, Dec. 29.—Most of the eight men indicted by federal grand jury for conspiracy to cause strikes in war munition plants through Labor's National Peace Council are here or on their way 1o make their appearances and answer to the indictment. Frank S. Monnett, formerly attorney general of Ohio, one of the indicted men, left Lis home in Columbus, bound for New York last night. He is said to have been chairman of committee on reso- lutions of the Peace council bu the de- tails of the part he is alleged to have played in the conspiracy are withheld by federal officials, Jacob C. Taylor of Newark, N .J., president of the council, said today that evervthing was arranged for the officers of the council tc answer to their indictment. He added that he had telegraphed to them to come to New York at once. Two of the men indicted had sur- rendered up to noon today and a third was in town.: Four other warrants were issued. These will be forward- cd to Washington for immediate exe- cution unless assurances are received that the men named will voluntarily come into court. The two defendants who surrend- dered during the forenoon were David Lamar, alleged paymaster for Captain Franz Von Rintglen, and Jacob Taylor of East Orange, N. J., president of Labor’'s National Peace council, the medium through which, the govern- ment alleges, Von Rintelen sought to direct his activitiesa. Both entered pleas of not guilty and were released in $5,000 bail. Taylor denicd ever knowing Lamar, and of Von Rintelen, he said, he had heard only through the newspapers. Labor’'s National Peace council, he sald, received mo German money; in fact, he contended, its funds aggre- collected The third defendant who signified during | hig intantion voluntarily to give him- self up and who came to from Columbus, Ohio, last night New York for TELEGRAMS TO WILSON. President Receives Upon Fifty-ninth Birthday. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 29.—Belated telegrams congratulating President Wilson on his fifty-ninth birthday continued today to pour into Hot Springs. More than 200 had been re- ceived up to noon. Approximately 500 came vesterday. The president and Mrs. Wilson spent the foranoon today reading and replying to them. After a morning rain the sun shone in the afternoon and the president and his wife expected to play golf or to motor, Another iong letter frem Sec- retary Lansing, presumably revie | ing the International situation, was re- | ceived today by the president. AN RESIGNS. Middleton, POLICE Police Ofiicer Jo' one of the latest #. s cinfees to the po- lice department, has tendered his resignatior and will enter the employ of the Metropol'tan [ ife Insurance company. Offices ' délcton has been regarded as one of the most eflicient | men on the force but his action is not | entirely a surprise as it was known that police work was not congenial t» him. His associates !n the depart- ment regret his acticn. Pristilinkis. totalled $12,228. Other Bad Blazes. A bad fire in Troop’s restaurant m Hatch’s Church street block was the worst of the thirteen fires during the The loss during that month was $3,527. The month of July, which in past years seen the largest number least number this year for there were only nine calls and the loss August also had nine saw the ber. badly sixteen ty at the corner of Kelsey street and Congratulations | Rocky Hill avenue, owned by John The damage during April month of May- was only $322 fires, the loss being $1.676. tember there ware fourteen fires. for October saw twenty fires, but the loss was only $1,259, There were two big fires in Novem- The Adkins Printing company's plant on Church street was gutted and a house at 42 Olive street was also were nine- teen fires during the month, but as most of them were small ones the total damage was only $7,805. $8,000 Fire Last Night. Including last night, there had been alarms this month. the biggest fire was the one a loss of $292. had generally of alarms, devastated. the purpose, is Frank S. Monnett, for mer attorney general of Ohio. in ?:sco, etaol shrdl cmfw vbgkail MOULDERS STILL OUT. No change in Situation at Factory of the North & Judd Company. Superintendent Herbert Johnson of the North & Judd Manufacturing company stated today that there is no change in conditions at the foundry where the men went on a strike yes- terday because one of their number was discharged for causing trouble, “There’s nothing doing. The men ere still out. They have not made any demands that I know of,” states Mr. Johnson. This morning eight of the sirikers went to work as usual but on finding their fellow workmen absent they de- clined to stay. APPEAL FOR BABIES. ‘Washington, Dec. ~—At the re- quest of Charitable organizations in the United States, Secretary Lansing has instructed Ambassadors Page and Sharpe, at London and Paris, re- spectively, to inquire whether the British and French governments will permit shipment of condensed milk to which | Germany and Austria for distribution vigorous policy of national Prof. John Mez, of the Peace soclety, attacked th argument, saying he took i Roosevelt thought “The o worth while discussing is th of national preparedness.” “There is a fallacy In O veit's theory,” said he, “whig mon to all militarists, and '} think it necessary to maints ments for peace purposes. al idea that Belgium, Serbi land and other countries havi is no reason to belleve that struments which have cai suffering should be increased, Agrees Up to Oertain Prof. Hayes of the Univers linois, said he agreed with Col velt up to a certain point. “Roosevelt’s citations from said he, “have overlooked ti element of change. All great) advance have been called im ble up to the moment of ace ment.” 1 Prof. Dealey, of Brown U took a similar view. Must Be Held in o “Infinitely the most import to remember in connection ‘war and militarism in relati moral and social' ” wrote Mr, velt, “is that if an unserupulo like and militaristic nation is n in check by the warlike abill neighboring non-militaristic well-behaved nation, then the will be spared the necessity of 4 with ‘Moral and social values' b it won't be allowed to deal wi thing. Tt seems to me positivel ic to fail to appreciate, with t] ample of Belgium before our that the real question which'n peace-loving nations have to_ f} not how the militaristic or spirit within their own borde affect these ‘values’ but how on their part to resist the mili of an unscrupulous nelghbor affect them.” Theorles of Pacifists, Mr. Roosevelt referred to m Persia and Russia and to China, Korea and Armenia to what happened to nations whichl plied practically the theories of fists. “There are well-meaning ped said the paper, “utterly incapab learning any lesson taught by hi utterly incapable of understa aright what has gone on before very eyes during the past year or who nevertheless wish to turn country into an occidental Chi kind of China which every inl gent Chinaman of the present & seeking to abolish. There are pl of politicians, by no means as meaning, who find it to their p to pander to the desire common most men to live softly and and avold risks and effort. and lazy men, men absorbed money-getting, men absorbed in and luxury and all the slothful g ple naturally hail with delight body who will give them high soul ing names behind which to eid their unwillingness to run risks o toll and endure. Emotional phil thropists to whom thinking is a tasteful form of mental exercise thusiastically champion this attitu Believe Force Is Immoral, ruined William T. Sloper's Lexington | ¢, nants, under the direction of the “Dardanelles front: One of three street residence. The other fire was fast and this was emphasized by “There are, of course, persons e geroplanes flying over Ari Bur- hu wi hit by our artillery fire ana el int6 the sea. Later it was towed v two vessels to the island of Im- 08 “A vessel of the Agamennon class A British battleship with a displace- nt of 16,500 tonsy) protected by two isers, two monitors and eight tor- 8o boats, bombarded at intervals positions. Our artillery replying thg Agamennon and one of the Misers with two shells. On the 27th fuonitor posted behind the Isle of fériceb fired eighty shells on the atolian coast narrows. Our Ana- an batteries repeatedly bombarded landing places at Tekke Burnu 8éddul Bahr, disturbing an enemy port, sinking a boat near Tekku ' and destroying a great shed. d on Eleventh Page.) caught in the trap and attracted the owner’s attention. Mr, Seibert then watched and this afternoon the five boys came along and proceeded to shovel the snow off their traps. They were then apprehended and turned over to the police. SKIPPER WASHED OVERBOARD. New York, Dec. 29.—The steamer Escalona arrived-in New York today from Liverpool with a tale of tragedy at sea as signalled to her by Morse code from the British steamer Chev- iot Range, from Fowey, England, to Philadelphia. During a hurricane on December 22, 30 the Cheviot Range reported, the skipper, Captain Fell, was washed overboard and drowned, and great seas boarding the ship smashed bridges and did other dam- his speed down the field in football games under punts of Yale backs. As a boxer Shevlin was remarkably clever. Gymnasium records show that his strength tests made notable fig- ures. Throughout his academic course he was rated as a good scholar. Popular Among Collegemates. Among his collegemates Shevlin was very popular. He was open- hearted and being possessed of a lib- eral income was always ready to give assistance in needy cases when brought to his notice, both in the col- lege and in the city. Prof. Robert N. Corwin, chaifman of the Yale Athletic committee, when informed of the death of Mr. Shev- lin, said: “Mr. Shevlin’s death will age. | ever. No assistance was asked, huw-1 = WANTED FOR CHF.CK DEAL. Constable Winkle y esterday arrested Nathan Chester, formc °~ a baker at Bayonne, N. J., on a writ issued by Klett & Alling. Chre=er was found at a Hartford avenue Kery where he was working. It {s claimed that while in Bayonne he gave on~ Parney Mor- his money out of the bank and disap- pearéd bef re ‘tu> check was pre- sented for payment, WEATHER )| —l1or Rain or Hartford, Dec, Hartford and vicinity: slcet this afternoon night. Thursday fair. (Continued on Eleventh Page.) | a serious nature was the spectacular blaze at Humason & Beckley's evening. Washington started jin the stock room on the sec- ond floor where large quantities of celuloid dles were stored. towitz a check for $650 and then drew | fire is not known the burning celluloid and greatly. the fire so spectacular and gave rea- son to believe that the blaze w dangerous than it really was. turned in by flooded the employes b and to- the alarm was last street buildings and used in making knife han- | The origin of the | The smoke from . was pungent | and hindered the firemen The smoke is what made thick b more The automatic sprinklers and the water the firemen completely building. A number of taking inventory when |1 sounded escaped with- T (Continued on Ninth Page.) Lansing today Saxe today of | American Red Cross. Statements that thousands of babies in Germany and H . Austria want the milk have been laid e fire was In one of the | ,orore the state devartment. DENIES REPORT. Dec. 29.—Secretary formally denled pub- ished statements that the real pur- bose of the visit to Europe of Col. M. House was to settle differences Ambassador Page at Lon- hand, and Ambassadors Penfield at Berlin and LANSING ‘Washington, between m one d and Vienna, on the other. SPERRY IS BANKRUPT, Harry Sperry, proprietor of the City ce company, through Lawyer M. D). filed a pecition in ‘bank- uptey. His assets are $2,676.56 and his liabilities are $5,$61.71. believe all force is Immoral, that is immoral to resist wrongdoing force,” he added. “I have net taken much interest in individuals w profess this kind of morality; and do not know the extent to which th practically apply it. But of course they are right in the theory then it wrong for a-man to endeavor by fory to save his wife or sister or daught from rape or other abuse, or to sa his children from abduction and to ture. It is a waste of time to disow with y man a position of such fol wickedness and poltroonery, “If the man who objects to objects to the use of force civil life hig position is logical, though absurd and wicked. If college presidents, politicians, -a; (Continued on Bleventh l’l’."i