New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BF T OF ALL T OF ALL] LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD "ADS" MEA BETTER BUSINES ! 1 PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANU ARY 12, 1916 —T'WELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED "U. S. DEMANDS | P PUNISH VILLA KILLED SEVERAL AMERICANS CARRANZA BANDITS WHO Resolutions Introduced in Senate and House | and Telegraph Go. sHampered for Intervention Unless “First Chief” Gives S/ Washington, Jan. 12.—The Mexican situation has been brought to the boil- ing point again by t xecution of the sixteen or more Amer 2 Chihuahua. In con jouse and at the state de *v it entircly displaced rine controversy and all national affairs. Lansing, after sending a tion to Gen. Car E atement declaring was to be deplored that the Americans had not followed the state depart- ment’s warning against exposing their Jives in the guerilla warfare region, and adding: “Every step will be taken » 'see that the perpetrators of this | g—mmnm- crime are apprehended and ~punished.” Storn the other Secretary demand for sati: ranas, sued a in Senate. expected storm troke as soon as sembled. Sen- otor Sherman, republican, introduced resolution posing that unless eneral Car gives proper pro- | V tion to foreisn life and property the | States should. invite the Pan- | American nations which have been a sociated in the Mexican negotiations | to join in restori order and govern- # raent in Mexico. Senator Sherman’s resoluvion was read to the senate and without com- nt or discussion was referred to the | n relations committee. Resolution in House. In the house, Representative Dyer, republican, introduced imilar reso- lution, calling on the president to in- form congress if he did not believe the time had come to abandon the ! “watchful waiting” policy. Other _snembers gave notice of their inten- tion to make speeches. The admin- istration was not without its- de- fenders, who gave notice that they In the nate, an Protection to Foreign Life and Property AMMUNITION DEPOT Seventy Persons Killed and Forty Injured—Consider- able Property Damage. Berlin, Jan. 12, via London, 3:10 m.—An ammunition depot in the uthern section of Lille, northern France, has been blown up. An of- ficial announcement says that seventy persons were killed and forty injured. Considerable damage to property was done. The official announcement, which was contained in today’s army head- quarters statement is as follows: “In the southern walledin section of Lille, an ammunition depot, belong- ing to the Pioneer detachment, lodged in one of the casements of a fortifi- cation, blew up. The nearby streets naturally suffered to a very consider- able extent. Rescue measures taken resulted up to last night in the find- ing of seventy killed and forty in- jured inhabitants. The inhabitants believe the attack was due to an Eng- lish attack.” HIGH SCHOOL NOTEF Debating Club Meets New Haven ¥Fri- day—Benefit Baseball Dance Jan. 2 The first debate of the Wesleyan | Interscholastic league will be held in the local high school on Friday, when would speak also. While the White House and the state department exhibited - evidences of concern, there was no indication to- day of proceeding further than call- ing upon General Carranza to punish the bandits who executed the Ameri- cans, and to give proper guarantees for the lives and safety of foreigners. | Gallinger in Debate. Although the introduction of Sen- | ator Sherman’s resolution® ~passed without debate, the speech —making broke out when Senator Gallinger, the republican leader, declared the time for watchful waiting had been passed and that the Unfted States now mu M some steps to protect the live: Americans in Mexico. He read communication from the state de- partrment saying Thomas B. Holm the only one of the seventeen Amer. icans who escaped death, was safe in Chihuahua. Chairman Stone Jations committee, sympathy with by Senator Sen. Stone’ servone will agree,” said Sen- Stone, “that some kind of pun- will be meted out to the as- ns who committed this crime. The senator from New Hampshire says he thinks the time has come when some permanent step should he taken to protect the lives of Ame scans in Mexico. Would the senator object to informing the senate and the country just what he thinks our zovernment should do?” “My record during this controver- =y will show,” returned Senator G linger, “that T have carefully re- frained from criticising the govern- ment, or from making special pleas to protect life and property in Mexico. Byt here is a very serious matter eorifronting us. I am not a member of the foreign relations committee, is the senator, and I am not a law versed in international law, as is the senator. Would Demand Protection. “But if T were president today I would demand protection for Amer- fean citizens of Mr. Carranza, f he were unable to give it I &5k congress what my further w&s. 1 am not going to argue, but I think we ought to settle now, once for all, whether the lives of Ameri- can citizens are safe across the Rio Srande.’” “Shal] Senator ~ of a of the foreign declared he the general Gallinger. View re- was idea expressed ‘A ator ishment would duty we wait longer?"” Borah, who as he demanded took the | Mayor tuken to the Charter Oak hospital in Mrs. been Il for several weeks ians believe the seat of and | the school debating team will meet the New Haven High school team. The subject for argument will be “Re- solved; that Connecticut shonld adopt a constitutional amendment providing for a state-wide prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alco- holic ligquors.” During the eve- ning music will be furnished by the | school orchestra. Arrangements have been made hy the baseball management for a bene- fit dance Friday, January 21. In former years baseball has caused a deficit in the athletic treasury and the benefit is given in the hopes, the team will be wble to break even finan- cially. The gymnasium will be opened from 7:30 until 11 o’clock and the music will be furnished by Judd's orchestra. 27 JEWISH RELIEF DAY. Washington, Jan. 12—In respo to the senate resolution requ ing him to do so, President Wilson today issued a proclamation designating Jan. 27 as a day upon which Ameri- cans may make contributions for the relief of suffering Jews in Europe. Contributions, it is said may be ad- dressed to the American Red Cros Washington, D. C., which will care for their proper distribution. OPERATION NECESSARY. Mrs. Edith Wood Quigley, wife of George A. Quigley, has been Hartford Quigley ha and her phy thetrouble is in her for an operation. thn oat. IN FRANGE BLOWN UP MIDDLE WEST HIT BY SEVERE STORM {Train Service Delayed-Telephone FLOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA sighteen Persons Dead—Snow, Rain | and¢ Sleet Conditions Aggravated by TIntense Cold—Omaha Reports Eight Degrees Below Zero, | Chicago, rain and sleet over west, a large area of the middle centering over southeastern Towa, northern Missouri and Illinols, but blinding in all directions, caused much delay in train service today and hampered telegraph and telephone ! companies. Further west the conditions were aggravated by intense cold, Omaha re- porting eight degrees :below zero. Many of the telegraph and telephone lines to the west were down. was reached by a cir route. Trains reached Chicago from the west irom an hour to two hours late. In the city snow and sleet hampered the surface and elevated lines. Forecast of decidedly weather was made by the Lureau. Denver itous colder weather | One Man Dead. One man is dead and half a score of minor accidents were reported as the result of the storm. August Schultz, an iceman, sustained fatal injuries when he slipped and fell while carrying a 200 pound cake of ice. Other accidents also were due chiefly to the slippery, sleet-crusted sidewalks. | | i | Mississippi District Hit. Washington, Jan. 12.—The most ex- sive and severest storm of the raging today west of the ississippi river and is moving east- ward. Temperatures this morning, the weather bureau reported, ranged from 58 degrees below zero in the Canadian rnorthwest to zero in the Texas Pan | Handle and in southern Utah and northern Arizona it was from 10 to 16 degrees below. Temperatures High. Eastward of the Mississippi tem- peratures were abnormally high, rang- ing from fifteen to thirty-three de- grees above the s onal average, but these districts re expected to feel ! the effect of the storm later in the | weelk | By Thursday night and Friday, it probable the cold wave will extend to the Atlantic coast. is First Real Blast. Kansas City, Jan. 12.—The south- west got its first real blast of winter | today. The temperature dropped | from thirty-five to sixty degrees in twenty-four hours, and this morning temperatures ranging from zero down- ward prevailed throughout Kansas, | lowa, Nebraska and this section of | Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas too felt the drop. Snow was falling in much of the territory. Train, trolley, | telegraph and telephone service seriously hampered. Sixteen Men Brandon, Man., Jan. 12.—Sixteen men were killed and forty injured in 2 collision between a snow clearing train and a heavily laden stock train cpne mile east of Brandon today. The victims are chiefly foreigners em- ployed in the snow clearing gang. Killed. ((Jontimxed On Eleventh Page.) Three German Aircraft D Brought Down By Shots f New York, Jan. —Twelve at- | tempted raids on London by Zeppelins | during December were repulsed by the British, chiefly through large fleets imed as did Senator Call- spoke for his party. = continu “I would demand protection for Americans Carranza and if he did not give as- gurances of protection in a way that would leave no doubt as to its being carried out, I would intervene.’ Protest by ‘felegraph. It was announted at the state de- partment that Secretary Lansing’s protest went by telegraph to Ameri- Consul Silliman at.Queretaro and | demands protection for Americans in | he district, which is said to be con- rolled by the de facto government £ Mexico. It denounces the murders of | | of aeroplanes, and three of the Ger- ere destroyed or cap- tured, according to Dr. W. . Vincent of the Colonial Medical corps, who {arrived today on the American liner Philadelphia- “The real reason why don or its suburbs since October 14 last.” said Dr, Vincent, “is because the British have established an elab- orate and cfficient defense against the German air raiders. During the month of December there were twelve separate attempts by Zeppe- lins to reach London. Attempts in November, 18" “a dastardly outrage.” Mr. Lansing's despatch say: nurdered men were traveling #fe conducts issued by i the | under com- military (Continuea On Eleventh Page.) During the month there were several no case were the able to reach even IL.ondon. of attempts. German the November But in dirigibles outskirts of TWELVE ATTEMPTED RAIDS ON LONDON BY ZEPPELINS DURING DECEMBER REPULSED BY BRITISH Others Demolished By Aeroplanes. Zeppelins * have not been able to bombard Lon- | estroyed or Captured—One rom Warship and Two “Three Zeppelins, to my were destroyed during the British defende One brought down by shots from a ship in an English harbor; the other | two were destroved by British aero- | planes. The general opinion among military men in England is that Lon- don is now virtually safe from fur- . ther Zeppelin attacks. General Conflagration Feared. “Neverthless the British have taken elaborate precautions to guard against consequences of a possible raid. The actual damage which might be caused by bombs from Zeppelins is not feared nearly as much as the | possibility of a general conflagration. To prevent this the London fire Qe partment has been brought to a hig state of efficiency, and in addition vol- unteer fire companies have been or- | ganized in all of the suburbs | “In the same manner medical dit | visions have been organized in and 1 #bout ILondon.” knowiedge December by | | jur. | no catholic | The | sister 3 L MRS, GAUER TELLS SIORY OF DISPUTE IN LOCAL CONVENT, Plaintilf Testifies as to Alleged As- sault by Rev. Patrick Daly, St. Joseph’s Church Pastor JURY QUICKLY EMPANELLED AND G0OD PROGRESS MADE | Physician for Woman Says She Is of Neurotic Temperament and Prone to aggeration — Admits Priest Did Not Lay Hands on Her Until After She Had Fainted—Said ! She Did Not Know Father Daly Well (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, Jan. 12.—Before Joseph P. Tuttle and jury in the perior court the case of Mrs. Margaret Gauer against Rev. Patrick Daly, pas- tor of St Joseph's Roman Catholic church of New Britain in action for $2,000 damages for an alleged as- this morning. s of witnesses Judge su- an sault, went to trial There was a large arr The complaint contains four para- graphs to which a general denial is made by the defendant. Attorney Arthur W. sents Mrs. Gauer and Attorney Joseph G. Woods and John T. Robinson the It was alleged the Upson repre- defendant. in complaint that the plaintiff was put in great fear of bodly harm and was rendered hysterical and unconscious, endured great physical and mental suffering and was made ill. As a re- sult, it is claimed, she was put to medical expense and is unable to fol- low her occupation as housewife and is still obliged to take medical treat- ment., The last paragraph of the | complaint charges that the plaintiff’s watch was broken in the assault and she was put to expense in having .it | repaired. Little time was lost in lecting Twenty-one names were called. e were immediately excused for personal reasons and four were ex- cused by lot. Hugh McAller of Bur lington was the only juror to s that he knew the e. No objection was raised to his acting, but he was the four to be excused by lot Mr After the one of . Gauer Called. complaint w: read to the jury and a general denial was en- tered by Attorney Robinson, Mrs. Gauer was called to the stand. She wore a long fur coat over black satin dress and a black hat and veil. She testified to ng in New ain for twenty years, that she married eighteen years ago and two children. Anna thur aged 14. Mrs. E she was Catholic and had tended St. Peter’s church. Since her trouble she had attended church. Her children had attended St. school. Over a year ago Father Daly ed at her home on Ellist street. He aid a neighbor named Sullivan had told him she belonged to his parish. She didn’t know the Sullivan’s and told him she attended St. Peter' Father Daly told her if she was ever ck or dying not to call for him, she d. Last July, the night before the al- leged assault, Mrs. Gauer was called to St. Joseph’'s convent by Sister Amelda, who said she was to leave and didn’t want to leave behind an enemy. She spent a pleasant eve- ning The next night she was again called to the convent by Sister Amel- da. She was taken to a room and they had a friendly talk. It was Sister Amelda’s last night at the conr- vent. The sister asked her if she Wi coming back to the church. Ths witness id she didn’'t think would. Sister Amelda then asked her if she had met Father Daly, who then came in. Mrs. Gauer, according to her testimony, then said “Father Daly is here and I must be going.” sister losed the door. Mrs. testified: ‘“Father Daly id: guilty conscience troubles.You are in hell, you're children are in hell. You came from the bogs of Ireland. The aid: ‘The devil is at work ther. Tather Daly then made horrible noises and advanced like a wild man.” Gauer said a was has id at- Gauer a call- Gauer she fell on the floor in a faint and when she came to Father Daly was saving “call the police for this woman,” witness claim-. ed. Mrs. Gauer said she out to an automobile and was taken home and put to bed by her husband. She was in bed three days and (Continued On Eleventh Page.) e e o R, WEATHER Hartford, Conn.. Jan. ‘or Hartford and V Rain or Snow Tonight Thursday B T e D e and Is | Brit- | aged 17, and Av- | Joseph’s parochial | sho | was carried | "FRENGH ATTAGK IN CHAMPAGNE FAILS Germans Repulse Assault Made Upon Their Positions {NO ALLIES AT SEDDUL BAHR Capture By of Montencgrin Stronghold Austrians Serious Loss for Allies —Teutonic Imperial Guards Among Prisoners Taken in West. Berlin, Jan. 12, via m.—The failure of a French attack London, 3:15 p. on German positions north of Le Mes- nil in the Champagne along a front | of about 1,000 yards was announced the war office today. The official announcement ‘““Western theater of war: North of Le Mesnil, in the Champagne, the | French attacked the positions stretch- ing over of 1,000 The attack broke down. by a width about metres, “The enemy attempted quickly into his own trenches under | our very active firing. A repetition of | of the attack was frustrated by our | artillery.™ to return No Allics At Seddul Bahr. Constantinople, Jan. 11, 7:20 a. m.—The official statement was i by the Turkish war office. | “On Monday evening debris, and a number of dead bodies, a single soldier of mained at Seddul course of our pursuit the remainder of the enemy who refused to surrens der and fled in the direction of the landing places were annihilated. On the left wing, in the sector of Kera- | ves Dere we discovered a great quan- tity of automatic mines, ninety ot { which were destroyed by our engi- | neers in a small space. “Irak front: On the night of Jan. uary 6 the enem rounded in Kut-El-Amara at many points to make sortie | vigorous bombardment. | repulsed with losses. | “On January E artillery battle via London, following 1ed tonight booty but not the enemy re« Bahr. In the | sian battleship Empress Maria. | engagement was at long range. | Sultan Selim was not damaged hit was obs ved on the Maria." | | e, Serious Loss For Allics. London, Jan. 1 The announce- ment of the occupation of Mount Tov- cen in Montenegro, although it is not confirmed from entente sources, is generally accepted here as true. Uneasiness which is already freely | expressed in Italy is reflected in the | Bnglish and French newspapers. The | 1oss of Loveen, from the point of view | of the allies, is serious, owing to the fact that its summit dominates Cat- taro Bay, the Austrian naval base. Before Italy entered the war the French had established a number of guns on the mountain and had pre- pared emplacements for heavy guns which cotld have swept the bay. | Austria by seizing it, forestalls this danger and is in a commanding posi- | tion with regard to Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, which is a lit- tle over six miles distant though shel- tered by intervening mountains. Making Steady Progress. The Austrian advance, considering | the distance to be covered, was much | | | | | | | | | | (Continued on Eleventh Page.) who had been sur- attempted after These were 8 there was a heavy in the Black Sea for half an hour between the Turkish bat- | tle cruiser Sultan Selim (fyprmerly the | German cruiser Goeben) and the Rus- The The while IEmpress 'MISS BURGER DR. MOHR'S SECRETARY, GIVES VERSIO OF MURDER OF PHYSICI/ | Tells of Automobile Rxde Which Endedin Fa Wounding of Doctor and Serious Injurie FIFTH EXPLOSION IN Du Pont Powder Wheel Mill Blown Up— No Casualties. Wilmington, explosion in two da Powder plant in this , late last night in the .Hagley of the company on the outskirts the city. A small wheel mill up, but bevond destroying the | ing and about a ton of powder damage was done. ualties. The fourth -esterday afternoon powder plant at J., acr the | from Wilmington. Del., Jan. 12—The s at the Du explosion red at oceur the Delaware ri Thirteen tons one. Last Sunday night there was Carney's Point which killed and on Monday there was blosion at the Hagley yards another at Carney's Point. discussing the explosions a sentative of the firm company’s force is a | larger than before the war, the orders hurried, tives as yet inexperienced at men | hundred nearly tim New Britain Fail to Court in Hartford. Cases (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, Jan. 12.—Settlement of court was reached in two Britain cases slated for trial court of common pleas today in the estate of John Henry Pinacle Mountain in the Plainville, on land owned plaintiff, settlement was Damages of $1,000 were Klett and Alling appeared plaintiff and M. H. Camp for fendant ettlement se of Jacob son, an town by for made in Louis of war back to pay was Tereskey alleged breach due to non-payment of The defendant agreed amount due for taxes. Klett Alling appeared for reskey Kirkham & Cooper Edelson | “NEW HAVE | Washington, the five former New directors, over whom federal court at New Sunday, seemed practically so for "R Jan. 12-—Retrial Haven 4 jury in R. E torney General Gregory and Batts, F. M. Swacker and C. gan, | ducted the prosecution. ‘ WILLARD VS. MORAN. ! New York, Jan. !'world’s heavyweight champion ank Moran have been matched meet here March 3 for a purse 45,000. Shortage of Iron, Steel, Etc. Britain Manufacturers in Six Manufacturers here are said to be apprehensive over the embargo placed by the New York, New Hartford railroad on many tions of raw materials lest their plants be compelled to go on short time should freight traffic conditions be not early relieved. The embargo notice was issued last night by the New Haven road operative against carload and less than carload lots consigned to New England points and | originating west of the Hudson river Haven and descrip- by manufacturers embargo extend through a period of more than six weeks many of them will find their output handi- capped or they will be short of iron, steel and cotton. The road’s embar- go does not extend to coal, coke or petroleum products in bulk, or to foodstuffs for human or livestock con- sumption. Manufacturers aid some say they are half « and north of the international bound- | INDUSTRIES MAY BE HIT HARD BY EMBARGO ON RAW MATERIAL DECLARED BY NEW HAVEN ROAD Expected to Be Feit By New Unless Ban is Lifted Weeks. crazy anyway over the freight uation and they don’t know whether | the new embargo can mabe them feel any worse, The recent held up shipments of coal and raw mater- jal to a great extent and they have i not recovered yet from that Blow. The New Haven road, it is understood, his thousands of cars which it is slowly | moving to their destinations. storms JANUARY ied today by Mr ith for the wedding ' of her niece, Miss Natalie Downing, of Erie, Penn., to Mervin S, Hart, son of President George P. Hart of the Stan- ley Works, and Mrs. Hart of this city The event will take place in IErie, where Mr. Hart is connected with the General Electric company, on January 22 and it will be a quiet . ding, being celebrated at | the evening. Donald R. Hart, brother of the groom, will be groomsman. | Several from this city will attend, i SOCIETY WEDDING Cards were i Devenport Galbr house wed- 9 o'clock in TWO DAYS AT PLANT Small fifth Pont | ity occurred | yards of blew build- no There were no cas- late moke- Carney's Point, er of | powder went off without injuring any a blast three an and rep- | id that the s all and some opera- Reach out New the In the case of Julia B. Andrews, executrix of Andrews, against Christian Peplau, an action to recover damages for cutting trees on of the made. asked. the the de- | the Edel- antee taxes. the & and 'RIAL CERTAIN railroad the York disagreed certatn after a conference today between At- L. Pa- the government lawyers who con- 12—Jess Willard, and to of sit- | to Herself- Admlts Close Friendship Providence, R. | Emily G. Burger Franklin Mohr, whom, the alleges, was a4 tributing motive for the murd the physician at the instigation @ wife, was called to the stand B prosecution The testimony the trial of Mrs. Mohr and hef alleged negro accomplices, Cec Brown and Henry H. Speliman, Of the ordinary. It was the first that she had told her version off tragedy and her testimony qui the interests of the ators. Knows Private Affairs. confidentia know moy the private business affairs 6f he rloyer and of the medical pré that brought him wealth and noto| | than any else Intimations by the record of the dead man as a phys| would be gone into has acco largely for the interest in the ca Miss Burger led by the prose attorney told of the automobile: with the doctor which ended & fatal wounding of her companion] to herself. and state today of this witness I spec her to Miss Burger pacity in is supposed one defense tha | serious wounds Miss Burger's Stol seat of the § doctor,”” she “I was in the mobile with the “Healis” (the chauffeur who trrned state’s evidence) ‘‘stopped car, turned off the headlights, P the gide lights, and then got out. \id something about motor tre Then I heard an explosion realized that 1 had been shot.” At the same time she said the tor leaned toward her and she Fealis say: “Oh! My God! Court Upholds Defense. During the cross examination state sought to keep out testin explaining the witness’ presencel the automobile, but the court that the testimony was perm Miss Burger admitted that ' she e close friend of Dr. Mohr and he had visited ler at her home &} every day during the ive vears ceding his death. She said that had a black eye on the night o murder, but could not account fi She was unable to recall many penings of that night because of| weakened condition. She remembl that Healis assisted her to the of the road after the shooting. recovery took some time and today she was not strong. Miss Burger appeared self-posd ed and promptly lifted her veil the request of attorneys for the fense. Mrs. Mohr hung on word of the witness. As Miss ger entered the room, the ace woman for the first time lost all | or. Leaning forward in her o she kept her gaze fixed on the ness. Earlier witnesses with wi the prosecution opened its case morning, rehearsed to a great stories of the crime that have come familiar, and undisputed dents that were, however, neces for record. Admits V g Hotels. With the calling of Miss Burge case entered a phase that the defl has made known it will attempi develop. Counsel she had not visited Rhode Island and Massachusetts company with Dr. Mohr and she mitted that had Since the work was beguan Monday shown intense interest ceedings. Thus far no public announcement to whether own behalf. Chafree S rear for the defense asked various hotel she of selecting a Mrs. Mohr in the there has & by her ¢ will testif on her as she First Witness. the t tified Henry Chaffee for the prosecution ‘Hh» night of the automobile drawn the road Healis stopped him and | had been a “hold up.’ uaded Healis tp take appeared to hospital also on th wit that he saw the side] and 8} aid tl Chaffee Dr. Mi seriously wog Miss Burgery wounded ground near murder up at m near Barringt witness said wa was lying the g EIGHT FRENCHMEN ARR T | Turaks Avenge Arrest of Touton suls at Saloniki. Athens, Jan. 12, 12:20 m. Amb: dor at Con | Morgenthau, has ican legation her: eight Frenchmen as reprisal for the arrest the tente allies of the consuls of the tonic allies at Saloniki The German minister | informed American | pers that many does not | the American consulate at | being charged with German | thege on the ground that | Greek territory and the ( protect foreigner and Tohn Kehl Jan. 12, a. 12 noon, via P The Amerid antinople, Hel dvised the A the arrest at Constantino| by Athens Drg agree, Salon intel slonikiy eeks foreign \meri@ instel at minister | terests consul at Saloniki, | ea accordingly. been