New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAII HERALD LHERALD “ADS" BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED "NATION WILL STALKED BY FANCIES, ASSERTS WILSON| New Circumstances Have Arisen Which Make It Necessary America Defend Itself, Chief- in Pittsburg Speech Executive Declares Pittsburgh, Jan. 29.—President Wil- son reached Pittsburg at 9:40 a. m. today to make the first speech of his middle west tour in favor of national preparedness. Mrs. Wilson Tours City. Shortly after the arrival of party at the hotel, Mrs. Wilson, companied by Dr. Grayson, an hour’s automobile ride through the parks and residential section of the city. The president’s special stopped at the Shacyside station, four miles from the city proper, so that he might elude the crowd which the police anticipat- ed would be awaiting him at the Union station. He was met by a com- mittee of business men, who escorted him to his hotel. Hold Informal Reception. After reaching the hotel the presi- dent and his wife held an informal re- geption to the committee which ac- lompanied Mrs. Wilson to Soldiers’ IMemorial hall, where the president was to speak. The president and Mrs. Wilson Junched in their suite, in keeping with their plan not to attend any public Juncheens or dinner In Good Condition. Notwithstanding the unusual ac- tivities of yesterday in Washington Jand the fact that he had spent three consecutive nights on the train, the “president rose refreshed. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the White House physi- cian, said Mr. Wilson was in good con- dition for the activities of the week ahead. the ac- went on Memoriai Hall Crowded. Half an hour before the president was due to speak Memorial hall was lacked, all seats were taken for the overflow meeting, and a crowd of several thousand stood at the doors oufside. ) The president was closely guarded by police as he walked from the hotel to the hall. 4 Fanfarc of Trumpets. The arrival of the president was heralded by a fanfare of trumpets and the Star Spangled Banner.” Mrs. Wilson entered first and was warmly applauded. When the president ar- rived the crowd broke into loud cheering. As Mrs. Wilson stepped out on the platform the band played a wedding rgarch. She smiled broadly. Truant From Washington. When President Wilson rose to speak he was greeted with applause. He said he was conscious of being a iruant from Washington, but that he felt it his duty to report to the people on the affairs of the nation. He ded that he got more inspiration outside of Washington than in it. “I believe in peace. I love peace. Jwould not be a true American it I did not love peace; but I know that peace costs something. That the’ only way you can maintain peace is tc enjoy the respect of everybody with whom you deal. No Passion of Fear. N",‘There are other counsellors whose sources of counsel is passion. It is not ise nor possible to guide na- tional policy under the influence of passion. I would be ashamed of the passion of fear. “America does not desire anything other ‘than freedom. justice and right conduet.” The president also advised against zking the advice of professional sailors and soldiers on some ques- tions. Equal Right of Nations. “It is time that we attempted, at any rate, to apply the standards of our own life to national defense. What” do wer want to defend? Need T answer? We want to defend the equal right of the nation as against all other nations, and we wish to maintain the peace of the western .hemisphere, “These are our great needs of de- sense, “Did you ever stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for? She stands for the sovereignty of the self- governing peoples of tthe world. Our aim, our assistance, our en- cFpachment has thrilled two conti- nent in the Western Hemisphere, This is what we stand for. Iive With Efficiency. “It seems to me that America is in love with efficiency. Material effi- clency, of which we hear so much, ¢nly underlies, however, what I may call spiritua] efficiency. “I for my part, have a gre‘u. en- tgusiasm for rendering America spiritually efficient. The plans for our military efficiency do not prove for a great army. We want only an army necessary for the wuses of peace; but we want back of that army a trained body of men. These men ghould be civilians, men who know that the arts of peace come before | the arts of war. “A plain gentleman in black, some- (Continued On Tenth Page.) during the tour. | i i sive purposes only, and the state de- NOT BE GHOSTS AND | GERMANS CAPTURE FRENCH POSITIONS Take 927 Prisoners and Thir- teen Machine Guns South of France. Berlin, Jan. 29, via London, 3:10 p. m.—The capture of 1,000 yards of French positions south of the Somme by German troops was announced to- day .by army headquarters. Prisoners to the number of 927 and thirteen machine guns were taken. The thousand yards of positions taken were south of the village of Frice, which also was captured by the Germans. Northeast of Neuville the Germans stormed trenches along a front of about 1,700 yards capturing twenty- seven prisoners and nine machine guns. Paris, Jan. 29, via London, 3:48 p. m.—An attack by the Germans on the French front south of the Somme vesterday along a width of several kilometres failed completely on the southern end of the line, succeeding only on the bank of the Somme against the village of Frise, it was announced today by the war office. RIOTING BREAKS OUT AGAIN IN LAUSANNE More Than 100 Arrests Made Near | German Consulate in Switzer- i e land—Troops On Scene. Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan. 29, via Paris, 2:565 p. m.—Notwithstand- | ing the presence of troops, rioting | again broke out last night in the vi- cinity of the German consulate. More than 100 arrests were made. Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 29, 5:20 a. m.—A battalion of the 123rd Land- wehr has been sent to Lausanne at the request of the state council of | the canter of Vaud. Camille De Cop- | pet, president of the Swiss Federation has been delegated by the federal council to proceed to Lausanne to dis- | cuss the situation which has arisen in that city as a result of the hostile | demonstration during which the Ger- man flag raised by the German con- sul, on the occasion of Emperor Wil- liam’s birthday on Jan. 27 was torn down by a mob. The city of Lausanne is now calm. The landwehr soldiers on arrival were greeted with cheers for the Swiss army and cries of “Down with spies.” The Lausanne city council has issued | an appeal to the inhabitants to live.| up to their traditions of orderly and decorus conduct. Berlin, Jan. 29, via London, 12:45 p. m.—The Swiss minister called at | the forelgn office today and expressed the regrets of his government at the anti-German outbreak in Lausanne. The German government expressed its thanks for Switzerland’s prompt action and the incident was closed." VERONA MAY SAIL U, S, Grants Olearance Papers After Italy Gives Assurances Guns Are Only for Defense. H ‘Washington, Jan. 29.—Italy has given assurances that the guns mount- ed on the liner Verona are for defen- partment today advised the treasury that there was no objection to permit- ting the Italian liner to clear. The New York customs authorities were instructed to clear the ship. New York, Jan. 29.—Upon the re- ceipt of instructions from Washington, the custom house today granted clear- ance papers to the Italian liner Ver- ona: WEDDED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Mr. and Mrs. Horace L. Foster of 152 Black Rock avenue are today ob- serving the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Foster is well known and is employed at the Stanley Works. He is a prominent member of the Sons of Velerans and has held sev- eral important offices in that organi- zation. MRS. MOHR ENDS PERSONAL DEFENSE Widow on Witness Stand for Three Court Days T0LD DETAILS OF LIFE i Providence Woman Never Wavered in Her Decclaration That She Had Nothing to Do With Murder of Her Husband. Providence, R. 1., Jan. 29—Mrs. Elizabeth ¥. Mohr today on the wit- ness stand ended her personal de- fense of the charge that she had hired three negroes to murder her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr. For the greater part of these court days she faced friendly and unfriendly at- torneys who drew from her every detail of her life with Dr. Mohr. Many of these details were given reluctant- ly. She never wavered in her declar- ation that she had nothing to do with the murder, although she had objected strenuously to her husband’s attentions to other women. The testimony of Mrs. Mohr was regarded by the defense as the most important at the trial which stands adjourned until Monday. Brown Kind to Children. William H. Lewis, counsel for Brown, questioned Mrs. Mohr briefly concerning his employment by Dr. Mohr. She said Brown has always been kind to her children. ‘When Arthur Cushing began redirect examination he offered in evidence a letter writen by Dr. Mohr to E. J. Sullivan, of Fall River, Mass., to which Attorney General Rice objected. Question of Marriage. “This letter bears upon the ques- tion of the marriage,” John J. Fitz- gerald of the defense declared, in ar- guing that it should be admitted. After reading the letter the court ruled that it could be introduced on proper proof, but held that the prose- cution should have the right to com- ment on the absence of Sullivan, who is Mrs. Mohr’s brother-in-law, if he is not put on as a witness. Tetter Read to Jury. The letter written by Dr. Mohr to Sullivan on March 5, 1909 was read to the jury as follows: “I am rather surprised to hear from Elizabeth that vau dolefully betrayed a trust and, I dare believe her, falsehoods, both you and your wife, that were appalling. However T am not in the mud slinging business but you must not say too much Elizabeth or you will have to reckon with me. For myself as I said I don’t care what you think, but don’t think it too loud. Elizabeth, I find, had a perfect right to suppose she was married and T find now I am in error. 1 got my idea from the Ma- loney case in New York, Maloney who secretly married Osborne and had no record made of it. The courts held that that was not legal. However, they used assumed names.. - Feligion mixed us all up and made us do as we did. W &Qnsulted ar. attorney this morn- ing an@-fird that the fact that the certificate was not recorded did not invalidate the transaction. I write this im defense of a good woman at present, although what I contended she admits and that is our present difference.” Mr. Cushing attempted to bring in the record of the birth and baptism of the Mohr children, but on objec- tion of the attorney general this mat- ter was excluded. The court recon- sidered its decision, however, after Mr. Cushing had argued that it bore on the question of the doctor's recog- nition of the marriage. Baptized at Cathedral. Mrs. Mohr then testified that both children were baptized at the Cathe- dral and that Dr. Mohr took them there. \ On the recross examination Mr. Rice asked Mrs. Mohr if there had been some talk about her marriage. ‘“People were talking about you— saying some nice things about you, weren’t they?” ‘“They were hurt,” she said. “What did you husband mean when he wrote to Mr. Sullivan ‘I am not in the mud-slinging business?”’ “I don’t know.” “He got more mud in his life than he threw,” ¢ “No sir; me. ’ the not while he lived with Always Good Girl. “What did your husband mean when he wrote ‘I write in the de- fense of a good woman at present?’ Did he mean you were not a good woman before?" “No sir, 1 was always a good girl and mother.” She admitted that at the time the letter was written she was not living with her husband, but was with her mother in Taunton. “And your quarrel with your hus- band was the result of your admitting improper conduct?” “No sir.” “Did you say that you had made a man of him and that every one knew it?"” BOMB INJURES EIGHT. | Halifax, N. S., Jan. 29.—A bomb exploded while a lecture was in pro- gress at the. military school here to- | day, injuring eight persons, two seri- | ously. i “Yes, the doctor always said I made a man of him and he told hundreds about it.” And his life the result up to the end vour handiwork? (Continued On Tenth Page.) right of added | bout | FOUR PERSONS SHOT BY MAD GUNMAN Two of Victims at Albany So Severely Injured That Their Recovery TIs Doubtful. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29.—The resi- dence districts of the city were today dotted with extra policemen and de- tectives searching for the mad gun- man who late yesterday afternoon ana last evening shot four persons, injur- ing two so severely that their recov~ ery is doubtful. Three of the victims were shot through the back and one through the side with a tweniy-two calibre revol- ver, either equipped with a silencing device or fired through the pocket of a heavy ulster the unidentified man wears, Of the four percns shot two hearad muffled reports and the other two were not aware they had been injured until they fell in the street from wealk- ness. The police believe they have to cope with an cxpert marksman who shoots through his pocket. Miss Margaret Stapf, employed ‘n the family of Deputy Attorney General Chambers, was accosted on the street today by a man who ‘answered the general description of the one be- lieved to have done the shooting. She was not molested, but later discovered a 38 calibre cartridge had been slipped into her muff. The police are round- ing up known' drug users and those who have bean at any time subject .to mental aberration of no matter how trivial a form. WHINLEY DAY IS OBSERVED IN STATE Dinner in New Hayen To- night—Ex-President Taft Among Speakers. New Haven, Jan. 29.—The custom of wearing a carnationthe fa- vorite flower of the late president— was generally followed throughout Connecticut today in the observancs of McKinley day. The only formal notice of the occasion will be the din- ner of the McKinley association here tonight at which Congressman W. B. McKinley and former President W. H. Taft will be among the speakers. The assolation was formed in 1904 and held its first dinner in this city. Members of the association every part of the state will be here. Most of the members of the repubpli- an state central committee also will gather but that body will not meet. | Informally there may be discussion of | Plans for the spring convention at which delegates to the national con- vention will be seiected. Tue commit- tee will probably meet within the next fortnight to select the city and date of the convention. The proposal to raise $1,000 for a Connecticut tablet on the McKinley memorial building in Canton, Ohio, will probaly come before the associa- tion. Washington, Jan. 29.—All official ‘Washington wore carnation blossoms today in honor of the late President McKinley's birthday. In the house where Rep. Foss of Illinois, delivered an eulogy of the martyred president, virtually every member and employe wore a flower. CONN. MEN TO APPEAR Will Favor Federalizing National Guard at Hearing - Before Com- mittec on Military Affairs. (Special to the Herald.) ‘Washington, Jan. 29—Representa- tive Tilson received a letter last night from Brig. General Cole, informing him that Colonel Charles F. McCabe, Second Connecticut, C. N. G., Colonel Richard F. Goodman, First Connec- ticut, C. N. G., and Colonel Dorsey, Coast Artillery, will appear before the military affairs committee of ths house next Monday and speak in favor of federalizing the National guard. In his letter to Colonel Tilson, General Cole says that he is first, last and all the time in favor of making the National Guard a federal force and in his opinion a large majority of the organized militia of Connecticut are of the same mind. Paris, Jan. 29, 5:30 a. m.—A de- spatch to the Matin from Rome says that Essad Pasha has effected a junc- tion with the Italian forces in Alban- ia. It adds that he is fortifying posi- tions at Avlona and other points fur- ther south in Albania, and is confi- dent that he will be able effectively to stop the advance of the Austro-Hun- garian forces. TURKS SURROUNDED. London, Jan. 29, 5:46 a. m.—Ac- cording to despatches from Petrograd, it is estimated that two army corps of Turks are shut up in Erzerum. tonight. Sunday rain or snow \ and warmer. |V ——— e WEATHER. Hartford, Jan. Hartford and vicini 29.; from | PACIFIC COAST HIT BY SEVERE STORM Sixty Lives LoSt—Property Dam- age Runs Into Millions RESERVOIR DAM BURSTS ot gl Fifty Persons Drowned in Otay Valley In California—Northwestern States Struck Heavily—Flood Conditions in Arizona. San Francisco, Jan. 29.—The storm that has raged over the entire Pacific coast early Thursday has claimed a toll of not'less than sixty lives and caused property damage amounting to millions of dollars, according to Teports thus far received. The greatest loss of life, about fifty, occurred in the Otay Valley, south of San Diego when the lower dam of tthe California Mountain Water company broke Thursday af- ternoon. Garbage Carrier Wrecked. Just outside the Golden Gate eight lives were lost yvesterday when the gurbage carrier Aberdeen of Oakland, Cal.,, was wrecked. Flood waters and high winds did much damage in various parts of the slate. The oil districts in particular have suffered severely, hundreds of derricks being toppled over. Hits Northwestern States. The storm struck the worthwestern states heavily, Oregon, Washington, IGaho and Montana reporting cold and snow. Montana iast night shivered in what was termed the worst storm in twenty years, with the thermometer ranging from 20 to 54 degrees below zero. Flood conditions Arizona. Faces Water Famine. Riverside, Cal., today faced a short- age of drinking water, as flood waters of the Santa Ana river washed out six hundred feet of the water mains carrying the city’s supply. The storm today is gradually mov- ing eastward. prevailed in Fifty Lose Lives. San Diego, Cal, Jan. 29 (By Radio to Los Angeles.)—At least fifty lives wére lost Thursday in a wall of water thirty feet high, which swept down the Otay Valley, according to an es- timate made by the coroner early to- day. When the lower dam of the South- ern California Mountain Water com- pany broke late Thursday it released a flood of eleven billion gallons of water into the populous valley which lies just south of here, devas- tating an area fifteen miles long and two miles wide. The property dam- age, it is Dbelieved, will reach £1,000,000, Near Breaking Point, Another dam continues today near the breaking point, threatening ad- ditional ruin to the valley. Scores of persons are reported missing, and it is believed that a number of bodies were carried out to sea. Striving to Reach Scene, Rescue parties are striving to reach the scene, approach to which is = extremely . difficult, owing to swollen streams and the fact that all of the bridges between San Diego and the little valley have been carried away by the flood waters of the last two weeks. Hundreds of families cut off from communication - from the outside world are believed to be threatened with a food famine. Twenty-five Japanese Drowned. One report stated that twenty-five Japanese, including men, women and children, were among the drowned. Twenty-five farm houses are known to have been carried away by the waters. The heavy rain during the last two days filled the lower Otaway dam for the first time in its history. Realiz- ing the dam was weakening under the great pressure of water, warning was sent to people in the valley to fiee for their lives. Preferred to Remain, Tt was unheeded by many, accord- irg to reports here, the residents in | the valley preferring to remain and’ er deavor to protect their property. Although the emptied reservoir was tho principal source of the San Diego city water supply there was no dan- ger of a water famine here, it was said by officials, as there! are sources from which the city draw an ample amount. Telephone and telegraph communi- cation with the valley has been cut off since the galée and rainstorm swept this city early Thursday morning. can Flood in Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 29.—With the Mississippi river already ten feet above floor stage at Arkansas City, danger of damage to property throughout Arkansas is growing hour- 1y. There have been two days of rain. The crest of the flood in the Arkan- sas river is expected to reach here tomorrow. Traveling Man Drowned. No loss of life, except that of F. H. Fuller, a traveling man of Fort Wayne, Ind., drowned last evening (Continued On Tenth Page.) other | Rule Company Pays McMahon for Houses (4834%4) Land (54113%) .. Mills and Manufac. (95) Stores (634) Horses, etc. (821) Neat Cattle (393) .. Automobiles (798) ... Conches, Carriages, etc. (193) Farming Utensils and Mech. Tools. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry struments Household Fur. and Mln'arles trade Investment in Mech. and operations elsewhere Money on hand exceedmg $100 . mentioned 10% additional .. diers, Sailors and Widows) . TOTAL GRAND LIST FOR 19 TOTAL GRAND LIST FOR 19 INCREASE OVER 1914 .. NO NEW MOVE MADE IN LUSITANIA CASE Lansing Denies U. S. Has Given Germany to Feb 5 to Disavow Incident. Washington, Jan. Secretary Lansing today denied published ports that the United States had given Germany until Feb. 5 to make definite answer on whether it in- tends to disavow the sinking of the Lusitania. At the state department it was de- clared that the Lusitania negotia- tions remain just where they stood early in the week, when Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassaday, transmitted to Berlin a new draft of the proposed agreement which eni- bodied all the ‘points for which the United States contends. There could be no new move, offi- cials declared until the German foreign office had passed upon the new draft. This draft was made by Count Von' Bernstorff immediately af- ter a conference with Secretary Lan- sing and is understood to provide thut Germany shall disavow the destruc- tion of the ship and acknowledge as a matter of law the rights of the neutrals who were lost. On this point the state department is understood to be very firm. While all officials are declining to discuss the Lusitania negotiations, the impression prevails among those who are in position to know of the progress of the exchanges that Ger- many has been informed that the United States wants the controversy settled without unnecessary delay. re- a Pittsburg, Jan. 29.—Advisers of President Wilson, while denylng that a time limit had been set for Ger- many’s reply, indicated that the president and Secretary Lansing were determined that the Lusitania c e settled as expeditiously as possible. SINK NAVY IN 60 DAYS Sea TFighte se Uncle Sam’'s Would Be Sent to Bottom by Any First Class Power, Says Genl. Wood. (Special to the Herald.) Washington, Jan. - 29—General Wood, former chief of staff of the United States army while on the wit- ness stand before the naval affairs committee of the House vyesterday, said: “The United States navy would be at the bottom of the sea in less than sixty days, perhaps sooner, if the United Stajes were attacked by a first class power.” With the sea control lost, he said that the present mobile force could not stop an invading army which would land at New York and the New England states and drive the people back into the interior, wherc they would be defenseless without ammunition or powder plants. Con- trol of the muntion plants in New England, he aid, would give an en- Deductions on account of blindness. . Deductions on account of War (Sol- GRAND LIST $45,609,508; ASSESSMENTS INCREASED OVER ’'14 BY $1,133,5( Heaviest Tax---Belg Leads Individuals and Schupack Outstrips Second Place RECAPITULATION $17,762, 1,594,690 7,135,791 6,078,850 72,495 11,790 320,040 59,920 1,986 6,050 Piano-Fortes and other musical in- 6, 59,275 Amount employed in Merchandise aud 1,858,741 410,540,863 Money at interest in this Smte and 4,901 55,598 All taxable property mnot spedficallv 13,384 163,029 $45,745,728 $27,550 108,670 136,220 $45,609,508 $45,609,508 44,476,007 15 14 $ 1,133,501 An ihcrease amounting to $1; 501 in the grand list of 1915 over t of 1914 iy shown by the statemen sued by the board of assessors tod The grand Ms'. for 1915 totals $45,6) 508, Very few ‘'additions to factory | sessments were made by the asses who boosted e manufacturing pl considerably on, the grand list of previous year. \The corporation P ing taxes on the \heavist assessmen| the Stanley Rule \and Level comp $2,551,900,/ The K. & F. Corbin, vision of the American Hard Corporation pays off $2,418,100 Landers, Frary & O ing company pays Fred Beloin ,owner loin and real estate Church streets, continues to le individuals with an ssment $251,750. Morris Schupagk ou P. S. McMahon in the contest for ond place, paying on $178,750 wh McMahon is assessed on | 31464 Schupack’s assessment went' up $3 000 since the last grand list\ Was sued and McMahon’s assessment v down $13,000. Among the tiofis reduction was one.of $100 the American Hosiery comp on the N company’s assé approximately $25,000 Britain Gas Light ment. The increase in the grand list) slightly less than the increase of ¥ over 1913, which amounted to $1,4 109. Coporations and individuals p on $20,000 cr more on the 1913 foliow. Alex, Har Alford Amer bin American Hdwe. bin Screw Div. American Hdwe, C Orh F. Corbin Div. 1 American Hdwe. Corp. sell & Erwin Mfg. C American Hosiery Co. Andrews, John A Andrews, Jos. R Andrews, Swift & Co. Appell, Davia A. Armour & Co. Attwood, Wm Bardeck. Philip Barnes, L. M Beaton & Cadwell Beaton, Chas. H Begley, M. J. et al Beloin, Fred Bennett, J Berkowit Berkowitz . H. and Fannie I, n Hdwe. Corp. Cor- abinet Lock Div.. Corp. Cor- P. & 2,418 Rus- , Div.- 1358 Mfg. Co. Samuel . Bissell, . Bodwell Land Co. Bollerer, Valentine Booth, Horace Est. Booth, Horace W Booth, Lyman J. Boyle, Chas. Boyle, Frank . Boyle, John Co. Brown, Roberta M. Cadwell, Margaret B. Cadwell, William' H. .. Cadwell, W. H. and Nellie Brady . Calumet Building Co Carlson, Albin, and «nd Johm Torell Carlson, J. August Carpenter, Walte nie, Central Churchill Andrew and Jen- Block Co Annie § emy 80 per cent. of all the powder and arms in this country. He favored immediate preparation. (Continued on