New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1916, Page 1

e ey HERALD BEST OF ALL! LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAR L'BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 RUSSIANS REPORT GAPTURE OF TOWN Brartorysh Captured in Dfive Against Austrians JIEUTONIC PLANES BOMBARD Austrian Machines Visit Montenegro— Allies d to Ilave Occupied Island of Melos— Germans Tcll of Sur- prise Atta 8, offensive 11 11 still Lo Jan. a Rus most occupies the present an impor place in , with the capture of as the lat The R possession of the vii tr have advanced any further than news of the st achievement full age, but the Aus- < claim ns deny they the cem Austrians apparenily are fight- ing Friort Gesperately in this region in the hold thefr for Kovel, h-German ™m ews T ding L¢ taken with reserve. port d later than that Russian, i that all ground 1 retaken. The town anay beco second Czernowitz, Awvhich zpparently is untenable by either side On the British front in the west the CGermans hay attacked near thc Lille-Arment: railroad, but ac- cording to offic British advices have been repulsed. Coustantinople reports the allies | 1in bombarded the narrows nd and sea. | Adjournment of parliament over the | -end bhas brought a Iull in the ! :ontroversy over compulsory military | service. ions link 5 in Ga rartorysk must A German re- of ‘the the lost to po: and a as the . es Austrian Plan Cettinje, Montenegro, Paris, Jan. 7, 11:15 p. m offige statement today follows: trian aeroplanes were exceptionally active today. They dropped a quan- tity of bombs on our positions at *Mount Lovcen and three ~n Cettinje, but without result.” Melos Occupied. Berlin, Jan. 8, by wireless to Say- ville.—Announcement is made by the Overseas News Agency that the Greek Jsland of Melos off the southeastern coast of the mainland, has been oc- cupied by entent forces. “Public opinion in Greece is great- ly aroused,” the news agency says. 2 German Statement. Berlin, Jan. 8, via London, 3 p. m.— The German official statement given out today says: “Western theater: Fighting along the greater part of the front was un- favorably influenced by bad weather. By a surprise attack south of Hart- manns-Weilerkopf we wrested a por- tion of a trench from the French. More than sixty chasseurs fell into our hands, “In the eastern and Balkan theaters there was nothing to report. ICE HARVEST BEGINS. ¥ Fine Quality of Fleven Inch Ice on Local Ponds. Whether the city ever gets under way with its belated and much cri- ticised ice harvesting project, the people of New Britain need not worry over an ice famine next summer. ~Steady winter weather during the past few weeks has produced a fine crop of clear ice, eleven inches thick, and local ice men are busy in har- vest preparations. In fact the Glenwood Ice company on Shuttle Meadow Road started cutting Thursday and this morning M. L. Rhodes began marking out the old ice pond at the foot of Arch street. It is expected that the New “Britain Tce Corporation, with which Mr. Rhodes is associated, will begin cutting at Doerr's Shuttle Meadow avenue pond and at White Oak as soon as the harvesting at the Rhodes pond is finished. Nothing but an ernitire upset in the weather conditions | now prevailing can prevent the har- vesting of a large crop. 2 CLOTHING STORE ROBBED Burglar Obtains New Outfit pense of Farrell and O’Connor, The police learned this that sometime last night a burglar entered Farrell O'Connor’s Main street clothing store and secured a ngw wardrobe. rtrance was gained by forcing a rear door. Among the articles stolen new overc morning & were a a heavy woolen sweater several suits of underwear, six stick i silk hosiery and $4 in cash. The police state that indications that the job was done by some man who needed new cloth nd stole them as the only way to get them FAILS AT HIGH FINANCE. George T.ucas was yesterday arrest- €d by Sheriff M. D. Stockwell and Officer William Grace on a writ is- sued by M. H. Camp. is.suing the accused for alleged that Lucas sold 3road street bologna busine was not his to sell. The ac pbeen taken to jail in ble to furnish bonds. The writ returnable hefore the city court the fourth Monday of this month, Y used has lieu of being on m.—The | the * | out . | place at Falmouth Heights. .at Ex-| J. H. Hoffman | ROLLER SKATING PIONEER IS DEAD | | Charles L Hobson, Who Introduced Sport at Hanna’s Rink in the i Eighties, Passes Away. 5 Word reached here today of the death in Falmouth, Mass., of Charles I.. Hobson, formerly of this city. | Mr. Hobson came here in the early | cighties as a pioneer in the roller skating business and with Henry | Hall opened a rink in Hanna's East | Main street armory. Roller skating | was a new thing in those days and the craze took like wild fire. Bvery hody in New Britain went roller | skaing mad and many of the most | prominent people in the city were pa- "(rons of the rink in those days. The sport was very popular for a period | of four years and went out just juickly as it had become the vogue. Mr. Hobson then went into the hotel business and for several years con- ducted the old Strickland House, now | known as the Hotel Bronson, at Main and East Main streets. Later, form- ing a partnership with George W. Giddings, brother of Frederick W. | Giddings, who died in Hartford this | week, Mr. Hobson went to Falmouth, | Mass., where they conducted the Pick- { wick house. The name was changed to the Vineyard Sound hous The: also ran a hotel at Leicester, Mass. | Finally Mr. Hobson sold his interest to Mr. Giddings and bought a Here Le | opened the Falmouth Heights Casino. ! Tt proved to be a fine location and | was patronized for years hy wealthy | people. Mr Hobson prospered and | continued to conduct the place until | recently when owing to ill health, | he sold out. Besides his wife, he | leaves one son, Harry B. Hobson, of | Springfield, Mass. Mr. Hobson was a member of Cen- | tennial lodge, A. F. & A. M; Giddings chapter, R. A. M., and Doric coun- cil, R. & S. M., of this city. The funeral will be held Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock in Worcester from Sessions chapel with burial in that city. POST OFFIGE THIEVES SURPRISED IN BUILDING Posse in Hiding Traps Five Men—Three Injured Two Arrested. Penn Grove, N. J., Jan. 8.—Six or seven men were surprised while rob- bing the post office here early today with the resdlt that three are hospital with bullet wounds and in a two others are in the Camden county jail | after a battle with citizens, policemen and postal inspectors. Because of the great increase in the number of employes at the Du Pont Powder Works at Carney’s Point, N-J., Penn Grove now has a population of about 25,000. On pay day at the pow- der plant two weeks ago an attempt was made to rob post office and as yes- terday was again pay day another visit from the robbers was anticipated. Chief Marshal Harbeson enlisted the services of half a dozen citizens to help his. four policemen, and postal officials sent four inspectors. All were armed. The post office was surrounded at midnight by this guard and at 2:30 a. m., the robbers silently approached the little building from different di- ections, jimmied open the front door and entered- One man stayed outside as lookout. Soon afterward the posse closed in on the post office and the lookout opened fire. Instanly the other robbers at the doors and win- dows had started shooting, the posse returning the fire vigorously. The thieves retreated under contin- uous fire of the posse but three fell wounded. These were taken to the hospital where they gave their names as John Mayo, of St. Paul, Minn., Frank Matson of Galsburg, Tll, and Charles Collins. Two other men were arrested later. LIFE, BOAT FIRED UPON? - Fishing Vessel Picks;Up Small Boat ‘Were From Ancona—Holes in it Apparently Made By Shells. Rome, Jan. 7, 7:20 p. m.—A fish- ing vessel put in at Azio today with the life-boat from the steamship An- cona, which has been picked up. Ex- amination of the boat see’.s to bear out the assertion that it was fired upon and sunk by the Austrian sub- marine which torpedoed ‘e Ancona. Many hair pins were found in the boat. Several holes in it, apparently made by shells from the sulmarine, had been stopped up with shawls and torn skirts. ALLIES ARREST MORE. Berlin, Jan. 8, by Wireless to Say- ville—Reports from Italian sources, as given out today by the Overseas News Agency, state that further ar- rests have been made at Saloniki dur- ing the last week on orders of the al- lied commanders. EMBARGO ON WOOL. Wellington, New Zealand, Jan. 8.— Acting. under imperial ins:ructions the zovernment has prohibitec. ihe export | of wool to neutral countrics. NEW HAVEN JURY STILL UNBECIDED Possibility of Absolute Deadlock Discussed By Counsels “HAVE MEMORY REFRESHED” Hours When Brought 1Into Court to Hear Reading of Parts of Testimony—Also Ask for New York, Jan. 8. Open Exhibits. o The fate of the cleven former directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- {g:dél:]e(;‘crzzenflacr)lf(io:jmmm violation of e t' ;ll?t lav:', still hung el e today. The jury at lock had been out twenty-four hours without reaching a verdict, and at that time were listening to the reading of certain parts of the testi- :mony in open court. Doubt was expressed that they would reach an If at all, before night. The testimony had to do with the operations of the Joy Steamship Line, which the New Haven is alleged to have bought in order to suppress its competition, The request to have their memory freshed on the testimony i | about an hour after the assembled today to renew their do- liberation of Wm. Rockefeller, one of the defendants in negotiations, as the result of which, according to tesimony in the case, the Joy Line was prevented from puchasing two steamboats from the Florida East Coast Railway company. Whether the jury had reached a deadlock, or had not yet satisfied themselves as to the bearing of the testimony on the numerous phases of the case, was the subject of much speculation among counsel. Deliberations Resumed. The jury arrived at the building shortly after 10 o’clock and resumed its deliberations. The de- fendants, with the exception of Wm. Rockefeller, who was still ill, were no hand early. Many rumors were in circulation to account for the delay. Shortly before 11 o’clock the jury sent for additional exhibits. Several of them related to the partjcipation of ‘Wm. Rockefeller in the alleged con- spiracy, being correspondence he- tween him and Henry M. Flagler of the Florida East Coast railway in re- gard to the sale of steamships to the Joy Steamship. Line, while it was a competitior of the New Haven. Ac- cording to the testimony in the case John M. Hall, while president of the New Haven, wrote to Rockefeller sking him to use his influence with Flagler to prevent the sale of two of by counsel agreement, re- was made jurors re- Coast company to the steamship line, ter to Flagler. Jjury, however, in making his request, erroneously referred to the letter as having, been written by Charles S. Mellen to Rockefeller. no such letter, the clerk of the court declined to comply with the request without the consent of the court. Judge Hunt was accordingly sent for. The jury also asked for the test mony of Frank M. Dunbaugh, presi- dent of the Joy Line, and for a copy of the United States supreme court de- cision in the northern Securities case, which was in evidence. Summoned to Court Room. Judge Hunt after a conference of counsel, ordered the Hall letter to be given to the jury, but summoned the jurors to the court room to hear the Dunbaugh testimony. They filed in the testimony was read by Frank W Swacker, of counsel for the govern- ment. The testimony had to do with com- petitive conditions that existed be- tween the Joy Line and the New Ha- ven before the railroad acquired it and dealt wjth the negotiations be- tween Dunbaugh and Mellen for its sale. The record of Dunbaugh's cross ex- amination was read by John G. Mil- burn of counsel for the defense. The reading of the testimony was concluded at 2 o’clock and the Jury retired to its room for lunch and to | continue its deliberation. INDIANS AFTER NEPHEW H. K. Jones Interested in Uprising of Yaquis in Mexico. H. K. Jones, a patent expert con- nected with the Corbin Screw corpor- ation is fearful for the safety of his nephew, Barrett Jones, a former Greenwich man, who now owns & ranch in Mexico and who recently had an_encounter with the Yaqui Indians. Mr. Jones—of Mexico-——has had a number of hair raising escapes from the Yaquis and has been run off h ranch several times. On one occa- sion he was captured and sentenced to be killed. He managed to notify John Hay, secretary of state, who in- formed President Taft. The latter sent a message to the American consul at Guaymas and Jones' life wa ved only by a few hours before he was to have been shot by the Indians. Jones has been in Mexico several TEAME Jan. p. m.—The Norwegian steamship Bonheur, 58 tons gross, has heen sunk. members of the crew have been land- led. London, Men Had Been Out for Twenty-four | federal | the boats owned by the Florida East | and Rockefeller forwarded Hall's let- | The foreman of the | There being | and listened with close interest while : ifteen | TROLLEY PASSENGERS ESCAPE COLLISION Factory Extra Returning From Hart- ford Narrowly Escapes Dinky at Chestnut Street Crossing. A factory extra returning from Hartford behind the 8:07 trolley nar- rowly escaped collision with the Berlin dinky at the Chestnut street railroad crossing at 8 o'clock this morning. Only the coolness of the motorman saved the day. The regular trolley due at the tri- angle at 8:07 had passed safely over | the crossing and the conductor of the extra was preparing to follow with his red flag, when suddenly the gates wer lowered to be raised a second later. Believing the coast clear the car then started and had reached the crossing when the gateman discovered he had made an error. The gates dropped with a bang, inose on the east side of the crossing hitting -the car roof with a ecrash. Instantly the motorman shut off power and applied the air, bringing his car to a dead stop. He had no | sconer completed this operation than the dinky shot by with but inches to pare. There were a dozen passengers in the trolley car and their feelings can b= better understood than described. Not a word was spoken for a moment, but the silence told of volumes of thought. It was a close shave from a sudden and violent end. CONSTANTINE HAS NO PRO-GERMAN TENDENCY So Declares Greek King— War Brings About Blind Hatred. Athens, Jan. 6, via T'aris, Jan. 9:20 p. m.—*I hope you will make the people of the United States under- stand that I am no more pro-German | than your president,” said King Con- stantine to the Associated Press cor- respondent today “I am pro-Greek, | { pro-American. 2 |~ “It is one of the saddest evidences of the blind hatreds and prejudices evoked by this war that people who should, in their sober senses don't know better than to insist on imput- ing to others motives which they never could conceivably have entertained.” The king’s statement was made in communicating to the correspondent an important declaration of his polic which he had given to a Tepresenta- tive of the Lokal Anzieger of Berlin. This declaration was made with | view to clearing up any misunder standing respecting his intentions which m ist in Germany. RIOTING IN STRUTHERS | Trouble Similar to that East Youngstown Takes Place in Nearby Town—Situation Now in Hand. Youngstown, O., Jan. S.—General | Speaks has received an appeal from citizens -of Struthers to send help at | once to that village for protection from rioting there. ~The message stated that a mob has formed and is engaged in a general fight in the streets, men shooting and beating up each other. Gen. Speaks at once sent two companies of militia to Struthers in automobiles. in at Struthers was under control but | troops will be kept on duty there to | prevent further trouble. MAY CONTEST WILL egon Brother of Late Hugh Kerwin Said to Be Considering Idea—In- competency May Be Grounds. It was reported today that will of the late Hugh Kerwin, her- mit farmer, may be contested by | his brother Patrick, of Portland, Oregon. Out of an estate totalling about $15,000 the Oregon brother w left only $1.000, while the Femainder of his wealth went to various insti- tutions and friends. The presumed grounds on which | the will may be contested are that the testator was unduly influenced when he made his will last October and that he was incompetent. The claim is also set up that, during the past six months of his life, Hugh Kerwin’s mind was such a blank that he could not recognize old friends. | O the INVESTIGATE FREIGHT RATES. Washington, Jan. 8—General inves- tigation of freight rates on milk and cream between New England points and the regulations of the Boston and Maine and other rail- roads, relating to such traffic, was ordered today by the interstate com- merce commission. ESTATE TO CITY, Berlin, Jan. 8, a. m—Wilhelm Ehrecke, a merchant who died recently, queathed his entire estate of 5,000,000 marks, to the city. -~ WEATHER ) i 10:10 Berlin be- about via London, i Hartford, Jan- 8.—Hartford and vicinity: Fair weather with ri temperature to- night and Sunday. N S just as your president tries to be only | I Later reports said that the situation | MAPLE HILL WINNER IN FIGHT FOR GAS New Britain Gas Light Co. In- structed to Lay Mains By May 16 MAY HAKE HININUM CHARGE ublic Utilities Commission Takes Cognizance of Heavy Cost of Con- struction and Sys Property Owners Must Contribute at Least $15 Each. In a memorandum received by in- ton, who petitioned the public utilities commission for an extension of gas mains from New Britain to their prop- erty had their fight, the com- mission ordering the mains laid and gas furnished by the New Britain Gas Light company on or before May 15, 1916, A petition requesting the commis sion to instruct the New Britain Gas Light company to extend its mains was presented to the commission on October 27, 1915. It was signed by G. E. Root, William F. Sternberg, F. M. Holmes, Nina L. Blair, R. Hul- bert, Jr., J. C. Moody, E. B. Proud- man, O. N. Ferry and N. M. Fieber, all of whom represented the Maple Hill Improvement society. A hearing on the petition was held at the office of the commission on November 17, 1915. In its memorandum the commission says: Has Charter to E “The New Britain pany secured an amendment to its charter in 1905 authorizing it to ex- tend its mains and furnish service in the town of Newington. According won xtend Mains. aus which was sought be the communi wa ! proposed station by the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad com pany near the point where the tracks of said company cro road in the town of Newington. I was thought also that occupation o | this territory by the gas would development of Maple Hill, in town, as a residential district. station was not built, however, the growth of Maple Hill did not mee: the expectations of the Gas Ligh | company. At the 1915 se: legislature the company have its charter righ oked, but without ent petition continued of Maple Hill to induce the c: to furnish service in that distric eral years ago. the company in success. s the culmination o re Sev offerec guarantee of $1,000 gross income. This offer was not accepted, however, and according to the statement of th company’s president, was later with- drawn. “The section in que: easterly of the New Br city ion lies line, in the town of Newington the nearest main of the avenue on being 12,132 feet. tance which, This is the d according to to lay an eight-inch mair. laid. Closely adjacent to the divid- ing line between New Britain and Newington is the locality known Elm Hill, lying on and near Newing- ton road, through which highway the eight-inch main would pass to reack Maple HHill. The com- pany estimates that 12,357 feet of four-inch main would be required on Maple Hill alone, no estimate being included for extensions ¢ the side streets at Elm Hill where, the com- pany contends, the houses are so scattered and the use of cas would be so slight as to warrant but littls consiceration. Extension Might Cost $20,000, “The basis ordinarily used by the New Britain Gas Light company for figuring the cost of laying new mains for four-inch mains, would, however, be creased in the opinion of the com- pany’s representative, on account of the present and increasirg high cost of labor and materials. The estimate submitted for the entire pense of the proposed extension was approvi- mately $20,000. The petitioners |pre- nted a aitement signed by eighty- three residents of Maple Hill and fourteen residents of Klm ill read- ing as follow ‘We, the undersigned, hereby state that it is our intention to use gas in the hou at Maple Hill (or Elm Hill) which we own or oc- cupy, if the extension of 2as mains to Maple Hill is made.’ After subscrib- ing to atement of this tenor the commission feels justified in assum- ing that substantially all ot such sub- scribers will become patrons, and be willing to enter into a contract with the company to take its service as soon as the same is installed. “This is a petition coming within the provisions of Section 24 of Chap- ter 128 of the Laws of 1911 amend- 1, Chapter , Laws of which figurcs materially in- ed by Section 5 (Continucd on Second Page.) terested parties today, it develops that ; the residents of Maple Hill, Newing- | Gas Light com- | to a statement of said company, filed | the American at the hearing herein, this amendment of the growth of | cecurity s expected | of a vessel to be sunk. to result from the establishment of a | the persons found on board of a vessel Newington | dition of the sea and the neighbor-| company be further warranted by the said The and ion of the ttempted to Newington The | florts of the residents mpany to make the extension upon a yearly just n town and the distance along the highway from gas company, at the corner of East street and New- | ington road in New Britain, to Theo- | dore street at the corner of Robbins | le Hill in Newington, the com- pany’s estimate, it would be necessary On the de streets four-inch mains would be as necessarily was stated to be $1 per foot for eight- | inch mains and sixty cents per f00t| FRENZIED MOB CAUSES $1,000,000 DAMAGE TO EAST YOUNGSTOWN, Looting, Killing and Burning, Strikers Swé Streets of Town Which Now Lies i Ruins---2,000 Militia Called Out. | | TEXT OF GERMAN Youngstown, O., Jan, 8.—Feari new outbreak of rioting this moi when a crowd of strike sympat] gathered on the hill opposite Youngstown Sheet and Tube pany plant, Brig. n. John C. Sg ordered four Cleveland militia panies of the Fifth Regiment tq strike scene, Two companies mai LIFE BOAT NOTE “‘Small Boats Not a Guaran- | dred strike guards, and the othe | companies patrolled opposite thd ” to prevent mob organization. O tee of Safety”—Status ton. ot the: miles e catindl of Frye Matter. pended today and no attempt made to operate it. ! Three hundred office employes marooned in the plant where spent the night for safety and keep fires going. Struthers Will Resist. Led by Mayor A. B. Stough, citizens of Struthers village, the Mahoning River from Youngstown, have armed thems Washington, Jan. 8.—Germany’s note, accepting the American conten- tions that the mere placing of non- combatants in life boats when a pr ize a is to be destroyed is not under all con- ditions to be uring | them a place of | and massed on the bridge led | te 5 T state department, | across the river ready to repd publichtoday g ss L threatened invasion of strikers. | o | The most important part of the text| o, "5;0 armea with rifles and relating to the sinking of ships carry-| vers. A. charge.of fifty neuil dynamite has been placed beneat] | ing contraband and the safety of non- bridge and a wire made read; combatants, follows carry a current to set off the | “Until the decision of the perr nent court of arbitration the German | and blow up the bridge the mo a mob starts across. | naval force will sink such American vessels as are loaded with absolute By noon today practically contraband, when the pre-conditior company of the three regiments provided by the Declaration of Lon-| prising the Second Brigade of Gon are present. n this the German| Ohio National Guard was eithd | government quite shares the views of | the city or its suburbs. The government that all| bilization of the Fifth and W must be taken for the| Regiments was accomplished in passengers | ord time. Brig. regarded as safety, was made possible care of the crew and A Consequently Gen. Speaks distributed men at important points. The fi Regiment will be kept on its outside the city until it is needed At noon today state troops we full control of the situation at Youngstown. A near clash in auth: rity oce this morning when Mayor W. H, ningham of East Youngstown clined to issue the necessary fd appeal to Gen. Speaks to brim troops and the militia was held § city limits until an agresment be reached. When Speaks ma plain that it would be more likg start fresh trouble if local forces employed, Cunningham vielded the Cleveland guardsmen were into the steel mills. At noon today a canvas of mo| and hospitals gave a list of one and twenty-three injured as thi sult of last night's rioting. dead man is yet unidentified The wild scenes of rioting looting which marked last left the thriving little city of embers. One life is to have been lost, fully blocks of the town, including entire business section, were b and several thousands of people driven from their The was placed at $1 000. Two weeks ago laborers of tk public Iron and Steel company sf for an increase of wages from 1 to 25 cents an hour. The Yol town Sheet and Tube company ed them 22 1-2 cents an hour mediately after the United Steel Corporation had announce increase of 10 per cent. for I This was rejected by the and the strike since bed progr: Reports to are previ that strike breakers had been ported which precipitated the tro Physiciz called to placed the after the ber at one hundred, although fifteen had been brought to hosy here. While the majority had shot, there were ms wounds knives, bearing out the statement when the rioters finally d from Wilson main best | of the town mud { among » | may not be ordered into life boats | except when the general conditions, | | that is to say, the weather, the con t | £ hood of the coasts offord absolute certainty that the boats will reach the | nearest port. For the rest the Ger-; man government begs to point out that in cases where German naval forces have sunk neutral vessels for carrying contraband, no loss of life| has yet occurred.” | Germany declined, however, to have | the commissioners who will settle the | Frye damages meet in Washington | hecause, itis pointed out that the Ger- | | man expert, Dr. Greve, of Bremen, | f | would be exposed to danger of capture | during a voyage to America. ‘“In con- | sequence of the conduct of maritime | war by England contrary to interna- | ticnal law.” Germany also declines to assent at - | this time to the nomination of an umpire in the absence of a determina- ‘Iion of whether the experts would settle damages or principles. Ger- many refuses to have an umpire con- sider the question of principle. For the arbitration of the Prussian- American treaty, Germany in the note, proposes a special court of five from the permanent court at The Fague, of which each country shall se two and the four shall choose tne fifth, to meet at The Hague June 16. The United States | that the German cruiser iedrich had no right | treaty to sink the Frye. t t 1 1 k homes no less than contended Prinz Eitel under the has RUNS IN FRONT OF AUTO. Maple Hill Girl Run Down Near Chest- nut Street Crossing This Morning. has Jumping off the in-bound Hartford | the Chestnut street 18, who, weye car near ng at 10 o'clock this morning, the twelve years old daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. George Slater of Maple Hill ran around the rear end of the and directly in front of 1 automobile , driven by Charles Russell of 382 Elm ! | street. Although Mr. Russell did his to avoid the accident, the left guard on his car struck the child and knocked her down. She was some- what bruised but not badly injured and was taken home by her father. cros wounded car o were the beg enue, they themselves Saloons Closed. Mayor Carroll Thornton, of Y0 town, two miles from the bul | town, was expected to issue an | today closing all saloons in the while arrangements were being to restrict, and perhaps prohibi sale of fire arms, if the militan not act. There was no liquor 4 tion to settle in East Youngstown| of the twenty saloons all but twe been burned and they had been ed. The trouble began late vestel when the day shift at the pla the Youngstown Sheet and Tube d pany quit for the day. Trke H is located on the flats of the Maho River, several hundred feet from hilside on which is built Youngstown where most of the Wi men live. The mills are reag from the town by a high bridge, sy ning the ilroad yards which been carefuly guarded by pri watchmen since the laborers at plant several days ago joined laborers of the Republic Tron Steel company and other mills § strike for advance of 25 cen day { I DAUGHTER HEF Father of Mrs, Carric Weber, Dead in Saco, Me. (Special to the Herald.) Jan, S.—John G. a confectionery dead this morning at 51 Storry street. The medical ex- aminer was summoned, but the cause of death was not determined. Mr. Newell was apparently in good | health despite his age. Besides a | daughter, Mabel Newell, with whom he.made his home, the dead man is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Carrie Webber of New Britain, Conn. Saco, Maine, Newell, aged 80, dealer, was found TOWNSEND'S FUNERAL. New Haven, Jan: 8.—The ments for the funeral of Dr. Joseph H. Townsend, late secretary of the state board of health, had not been completed early this afternoon. Dr. Townsend died last night following a | hard cold which quickly developed | | into pneumonia and brou on heart He had heen only days. arrange- an A crowd of men and women It mated at 200 had gathered at the ill (Continued On Ninth Page.): | failure few a .