New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HERALD “ADS” MEAN ! BETTER BUSINESS A L PRICE THREE CENTS. NEVER ANOTHER WAR LIKE NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916 —T'WELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876 ENGLANI'S HOPE | PACIFIG NORTHWEST IS TOGETU. 5,70 |15 HIT BY BLIZZARI; FIGHT WITH ALLIES| HEAVY DAMAGE DONE Frankfurter Zeitung Declares in Al Northern Transcontinental Warning to Germans Not to Con- | Railroads Tied Up in Mountain sider Uncle Sam Not Dangerous | Passes by Heavy Snowstorm SCORES BERLIN EKESS FOR | DOME OF CATHEDRAL ATTACK ON LANSING’S NOTE | IN SEATTLE COLLAPSES Objects | Oregon NO DOUBT AS TO APPAM’S STATUS AS GERMAN PRIZE OF WAR DECLARES LANSINGE Secretary Says Question of Her Disposition Still In volves Further Consideration of the Hague Con- vention and the Prussian-American Treaty. LEFT IN POLAND MOEWE PUT ON HONOR . : LIST OF GERMAN NAVY > | Darkest Pictures Fail to Por- i Louis, Feb., 3.—President \V'l-i . tiong Drawn From Baral Affair, T e - 5 i BBy oin s cnatoncs of moap |- ray Extent of: Miseryiof *| “7° TS (RERE GEet | New Rngend. Cruiser’s Daring Raids Tus-| SI[ICHED TIRE C0. IS fbich swayed with a tumult of w. franitioxonstlo e, eb. 1 Seattle, Wash., Feb. 3—The Pacifi e oty s ces e o | trate Spirit of Men on | NFw pER N [NDUSTRY cheering, that the United States Via., London, 10: he Eramic o e et fea dem Is Still Alive. TIME OF GENERAL PEACE Wilson Tells St. Louis Business Men’s League ; Believes U. S. Navy Should Be Unconquer- able, “the Greatest in the World” PRESIDENT JOINS WITH CROWD IN SINGING “STAR SPANGLED BANNER” VIRTUALLY N0 FooD < | a- Chief Exccutive Declares That for th Captured British Liner Is Now Anchored Off Newport New Most Part the Instructions of Sub- Vigorously to Statements in Grip of Worst Storm marincs Were in Accord With Inter- Made in ‘Capital of Germany That| In History—Business Practically At { American Proposals Are Inaccept- national Law, But That the Act of Standstill—Fall in Boston Reported One Commander Might able to Teutonic Government— To Be The Heaviest Since 1909— Trouble. Comlt:mns Sweeping Gencraliza- Precipitation Lighter in Southern 245 Persons Aboard Craft Allowed Land on American Soil-—200 Othe Detained on Craft By Lieut. B British Ambassador Asks a. m. siould have the greatest navy in the furt Zeitung, whose u ces p 1 i & y irter I se utterances on | ,¢ battling with an almost unpre- subjects | J | cedented snow storm which has par- | | et | | | certain _ are regarded as in- of ilie Cnited! Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 10:37 a. spired, publishes an article in which Department What Disposition ¥s * going ta the Coliseum for his main | id be unconquerable,” he ! «test in the world.” | aut declared that he be- lieved there would never be another | war like resent and that the war | will hasten the time of general peac: ‘ He spoke at a breakfast of the St.| Louis Business Men’s league before | address.. | Bovernor Major of Missouri sat next | to, ghe president. { Given Enthusiastic Applause. ~AThe room was decorated with American flags. Enthusiastic ap- | plause greeted the president as he rose to speak. “It's just as well to shed speeches as you go,” he said. “‘There are many things I would like to speak, but now | 1 am talking of national defense. Not only is it necessary to mobilize the military, forces of the nation but also the economic forces of the nation. Business Again Together. “I am not looking forward to war but to times of peace. People do not | hate each other and therefore they ! will do Dusiness again together.” The president spoke of th陥 of representing facts or business as they really are. ‘a; U. S. Shy in Competition. “America has been shy at going out in competition,” he said. Little fuel remains. ticularly from lack of fuel, and ! inhabitants in many cases are living in | dugouts. Forty thousand persons who sifted back through the Russian lines are in concentration camps. m.—The darkest pictures drawn of privation and pestilence Poland have failed to portray the extent of in misery of the war sufferers there, it id today by two Americans who have made a personal investigation. They are Frederick O. Walcott, Bu- ropean representative of the Rocke- feller Foundation, and Caspar Whit- ney, of the American commission for relief in Belgium. These men have wa { just returped from a fortnight's trip through Poland for investigation the need of relief. Mr. Whitney and Mr. Walcott say there is virtually no food left except potatoes ard a small quantity of flour. Typhus and other Thousands of per- of diseases prevail. sons whose homes were destroved dur- ing the Russian retreat are shelter. ulation is absolutely dependent on re- lief. without Thirty per cent. of the pop- The trip includes visits to Warsaw, Vilna, Kovno and points eastward up to the fighting line. Everywhere was encountered the urgent need for-relief | ‘though in varying intensity. | The urban population suffers par- the Fortu- “I am ready to match the business | nately the winter thus far has been ex- of America against that of the rest of the world.” He explained that the United States | must keep out of the war if possible in order to help in the ‘“healing pro- eegges.” Never Come Again. The president declares that such a war can never come again; that it will never come again; and that the war will put forward the time of uni | versal peace better than anything else could. Not Against Preparedness. The president opened with the statement that he had ‘“‘come seek- 1k something in the middle west ceptionally mild. Little iivestoclk is left, and accord- | ingly there is no meat or fat food for the people. living almost exclusively on has resulted in stomach diseases. The fact that they are potatoes Black typhus has broken out. There are now thirty cases daily in Warsaw The general death rate in Poland has risen from nineteen to thirty per one thousand. NEVER SICK A DAY, DIES OF OLD AGE vigorous objection is expressed to the tone adopted by the press of Berlin in discussing Secretary Lansing’s note on submarine warfare and the arming of merchantmen, and in par- ticular to the statements made in Berlin that the proposals are inac- ceptable to Germany. It from the position taken by the Kreuz Zeitung, and Professor Von Stengel that Germany has no interest in ne- gotiations to wrest from Germany's bands her submarine weapon. To this the Zeitung rejoins: A Gross Offense. “It is a gross offense not only against international law but against the most elementary conception of £00d morals to charge openly that the United States, with which Germany is not at emnity, is putting forth efforts mn the sphere of international law merely with the perfidious purpose of helping England.” The newspaper also condemns sweeping generalizations drawn from the Baralong affair and regards it as “‘disgusting” to make capital out of the incident, as if it were typical of Great Britain’s method of making war or as if the British government caused all German seamen who were captured to be murdered. Negotiations Unsatisfactory. Turning to the present status of the Lusitania case, the Zeitung sayvs it cannot be ignored that the negotia- tions have taken an unsatisfactory form. ‘“‘Apprehensions of this kind,” it says, ‘“must exist in America also ss Washington evidently intends to dispose of the Lusitania case at the same time as the general question of submarine warfare and is using the Lusitania case to obtain Germany’s ccnsent on the general question.” Tt h:nts that this is a very objectionable procedure, involving serious possibili- ties. “The people in America are think- ing of bringing the matter to a de- cision,” adds the Zeitung, is evident from the fact that Mr. Wilson has dissents | alyzed rail communication, disorgan- ized city life, held residents in out- lying sectlons snow bound and caused many thousands of dollars damage to buildings which were not strong enough to withstand the weight of more than two and a half feet of snow on their roofs. With contin- ued cold weather and more snow in prospect the outlook is not promis ing today for early resumption of normal conditions. All the northern transcontinental railroads are tied up by snow in the mountain passes, and railroad offi- cials have abandoned hope of raising | the blockade until the storm ends. Cathedral Dome Collapses. In Seattle and other cities street car, lines are completely blocked SNOw. Schools are closed and busi- ness is practically suspended await- ing the end of the storm. The grent- | est single loss from the storm oc: cured in Seattle, where the dome of St. James Catholic Cathedral col- lapsed under the weight of snow yes- terday causing damage to_the editice | by | of $75,000. Worst Storm in Histo Portland, Ore., Feb. and a iarge part of Oregon today in the grip of what is said the worst storm in their history. Sleet and snow dr by hizh winds cut off all railroad communication east and wi communication pa Iyzed on all sides save intermittent tel- egraph service to Spokane. is practically at a standstill. The storm, which is known as a “silver thaw”, has been experienced here befort, but never is so severe a form as now. For forty-eight hours sleet has fallen, driven by a fierce wind. Thousands of trees have bent and broken under the weight of ice. Telephone and other wires by hun- dreds have fallen into the stree many becoming entangled with live wires as they fell. Extends to Canadian Border. Boston, Feb. 3—A snow storm which began yesterday in south east continue 3.—Portlana | to be | have | Business | Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 12:15 p. m.—News of the arrival of the Ap- pam at Hampton Roads and the dar- ing raids of a German cruiser in the main lane of sea traflic between South Africa and Burope has aroused a new outburst of enthusiasm for the navy. The cruiser Moewe—in English, the Seagull—was enrolled immegdiately on the honor list with the Emden, Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Karlsruhe. Her feats are characterized as most daring, illustrative of the fact that the spirit which animated the men on the Em- den is still alive, and that further pages of German history are being written. There is no little mystery here re- garding the identity of the Moewe. Admiralty officials evidently were not surprised at the news, but for obvious reasons decline 1o give any informa- tion about the cruiser or whence she set out for her raids. A vessel named Moewe is given in the German ravy list as a surveying ship. She formerly was engaged in survey work at the East African sta- tion. The raider may have been this craft, although it seems improbable that this little stcamer of 650 tons, with a speed of only nine knots, could accomplish the exploits in question. It may have been that some larger steamer, assuming the name Moewe when converted into an auxiliary cyuiser, slipped through the British lines. A precedent of this nature exists in the case of the German merchant- man which was converted into the auxiliary cruiser Meteor, which sanlk the Brilish patrol boat Ramsey and other British ships in the North sea last summer and subsequently was de- stroyed. v L The German surveying ship Moewe was sunk by gunfire on August 9, 1914, London, Feb. 3, 4:08 a. m.—Accord- ing to the Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, the Moewe, which is said to be the vessel which held up the Appam, is well known in South Plant of Hartford Burial Case Co., Sold Today for $22,000. IFormal announcement of the sale of the plant of the Hartford Burial Case company on Farmington road. Berlin, to the Monarch Stitched Tire company was made today by W. R. Beckerley of 847 Main street, Hartford, who acted as agent for the Berlin Wheel com- pany, owner of the plant. The selling price was said to be $22,000. The Monarch Stitched Tire com- pany is incorporated under the laws of Maine but the- charter will be amended so that it will be incorporat- ed under Connecticut laws. It manu- factures a tire in which the vulecan- izing process is eliminated, guarantee- ing no blow-outs. Machinery for the new plant has been ordered in the west and it-is- expected to arrive within sixty qays. The concern will start business with 100 hands and it is said it has orders sufficient to keep it busy for six months. L. K. Kendall is president of company and Borton Coggeswéll of Maple Hill is treasurer. There are said to be many stockholders in New Britain and Hartford The plant has a plot of two acres and the principal building is of brick and two stories in height. It was erected about 1900 and this the second time within four years it has been sold by Mr, Beckerley. The tire company expects to have an output of 2,0000 tires a day an has already en- gaged a superintendent, who will ar- rive when the machinery with select- ed hands. His name is not being di- vulged for the present because he is connected with another concern in a similar field. The sale of the plant and renewed activities there will be pleasing news to the people of Berlin as it means no the - sideration and ers on ish Hague convention. officials are doubtful that the can be applied to the case of Appam because the Prussian-A: can treaty is believed to be bindl and because Great Britain signed never ratified The Hague conventio Be Made of English Subjects He ‘Washington, the Feb. 3.—8ea Lansing stated today that there no question as to the Appam’s s as a prize but that the question of hi disposition still involved further o of The Hague convent Prussian-American Lieutenant Berg's refusal British seamen who were gun poin British merchantmen will the subject of further consideration. to The British ambassador has Interned or Sent to Sea. ‘When the disposition of the line decided she will be released from custody of Norfolk custom authof and if turned over to Germany be interned or sent to sea as the lin government chooses. Spring-Rice, ambassador, went again to the department today position is to be made of the Brif subjects on tHe liner Appam who, #i German captors contend, British military service because # pointers sunk by the German sea raider whi made the Appam a prize. authorities tend there is no warrant for hol the seamen, they passengers and crew: the German commander, objected, they now are being held pending ther conferences of officials. Anchors Off Newport News, News, her German prize commander on bridge the British liner Appam me ed up from Old Point Comfort e Sir Cecil ere gun The Bri were to Newport ish and it rel Va., on ed Feb. to ask what tred that the ship be returned to her B owners under article 21 of State departmi the Bri are in d merchantm was unde with ) By Lieut. here 3—WH sent Colonel House to Europe pre- sumably to obtain information from belligerents. We hope that no breach of relations—not to mention some- thing worse—may follow between Germany and the United States, but if the unexpected should happen Germany will confront her new foe stoutly as she did the old. But we do not want to be lulled by cer- tain jingo heroes of . the writing desk into the illusion that this foe is rot dangerous.” England’s Hope. The Frankfurter Zeitung then refers to Germany’s excellent military situation and to the prospect that the military Tesources of the allies will be exhausted and that Great Britain’s financial resources will fail. It continues: “But all this might ctange suddenly—and this is ob- viously England’s hope—if the allies sccured a new helper, who would grant unlimited loans and, further- more, make contributions of a war- Like kind hy supplying our present enemies with all their requirements ammunition.” today and anchored off this port discharge the 245 persons on boa given liberty to land in the TUni States. The ship’'s legal status is undetermined. Lieut. Berg, German officer moves his craft on orders through Collector Ham “We are treating her as an. i lish ship which has put into an Aj ican port flying the German n ensigh and under charge of a who says he is an officer of the man navy,” is Mr. Hamilton’s expl ation of the present attitude of United States. Back to England. Some of those who were pa on the Appam when she tured by the German raider, v ly described as the Ponga or MoeW prepared to land in Newport New but most of them will be transfern with the ws of other captu British vessels to Norfolk, there board a steamer to New York on the to England. Edward Merewether and oth officers with lang have arrang to place their property in CUSEON 'hond here and proceed directiy New York to take the first availan for home. 3 Visitors Still Barred. 4 Lieut Berg still refuses to pe! any one to go on board the lines cept those who have official busin He is holding more than 200 ped: aboard, including his own prize om of twenty-two men, some twei Germans who were prisoners of on ‘the Appam, Capt. Harrison the entire crew of 155 of the Appa and twelve of her passengers who he claims belong to the British am or navy. Fair Prize of War. Prince Von Hatzfeldt, counsellor rman embassy at Washingtd 8 "apt. Gaunt, the British na 1ttache, reached here from Old Poi little boom to that town. The Monarch Stitched Tire com- pany had an option on the plant of the Munro-Eastwood Pen company in Seymour park but allowed it to ex- pire. PARENTS MUST REPORT He Will Who Do and found it.” He said he had been told the middle west was against preparedness but did not believe it. “1 did not come out to learn how you thought but to tell you what was going on. I came out that there may be absolute clarification of the is- %ves we are now confronting. America Wants Peace. “What is the situation? The situ- ation is that America is at with all the world and wishes to re- main at peace. It is a genuine peace, based on some of the most funda- mental things of international law. “America is the friend of all the world. 4 ‘We believe we can show our friendship for the world better by keeping out of this struggle than by getting into it. I do not misread the spirit of America. “I have no indictment of any form of government. Will Not Be Led. “No man can lead America any- whére that her people do not de- sire to be led. I believe it to be my dgty to subordinate my individual t&ings to the consclentious attempt to interpret and express in these international affairs the genuine spirit of my fellow citizens “So far as America is concerned 70 man need go amongst us preach- ing peace. We are disciples of peace ; and no man need preach that us. instructions to commanders of submarir part ars in accord with the law of nations, but the act of one commander may set the world on fire. ° May Cause Trouble. “There are cargoes of wheat and cotton and manufactured articles on #he sea, and every one of them muy trouble because they go into tfe zone of fire. “America hai ern New England has extended te the Canadian border today, with the heaviest fall in this city and moder- ate gales off the coast. The government bureau reported that the storm center had moved dur- ing the night from Cape Hatteras to some point off Nantucket, but that | its influence extended as far north | as Canada. It was expected that it would move out to sea before night, followed by clearing weather. ! Heaviest Since 1909. The snow in this city was the | | heaviest since 1909, slightly more | than ten inches having fallen up to 9 o'clock this morning. The precipitation was lighter southern New England. Train ser- vice, especially between this cit and New York, was somewhat de- layed, although mnormal conditions elsewhere were reported. Africa, where she was used as a small survey ship for the Ger—-~ nayy. She was at Cape Town shortly before the war and was on the west coast of Africa when hostilities broke out. Tt is rumored that later she took refuge in a South American port, where she was interned and whence, presumably, she managed to escape. George Jones, 82, Said He Had Never Been Confined by Iliness, But Suc cumbs to Advancing Years. George Jones of 194 South Main street, one of the city’s oldest re: dents and a man who hag made his peacs | ome here for the past thirty-three | vears, died this morning at his home of old age. He was 82 vears and seven months old and had enjoyed the distinction of never having been day in his life. His attending physician stated that Mr. Jones’ death was due entirely to old age. Mr. Jones was born in London, England, and came to this country at the age of 49. He came to New Britain on September 4, 1873. For vears he was employed as a driver for the W. L. Damon company and the New Britain Lumber and Coal company, but a number of years ago retired from active work. Mr. Jones' wife died about twelve vears ago and he is survived by two sons, John, employed at Landers,| The Frankfurter Zeitung Frary & Clark’'s and Timothy, who |y warning the German people that | conducts a cafe on South Main street | they must consider the outcome of and two daughters, Mrs. Mary |the war and that every other end, Schmidt of Plainville and Mrs. Clara | Fowever desirable, must be subordi- Benton of Waterbury. | nated to it The funeral will be held Saturday | ternoon at 2 o’clock from the home and at 2 o’clock from the Erwin 3 mortuary chapel. Rev. C. E. Jones, | p. m.—The feeling which has been assistant rector at St. MarK's church, | prevalent in German circles that a cri- will officiate and interment will be in | sis is at hand in German-American | ‘airview cemetery. relations, particularly in regard to the | Lusitania case, has been moderated, it only in slight degree, by the semi-of- ficial annoucement regarding the forwarding to Amba lor Von Bern-. | storff at Washington of instructions which give hope of a definite settle- ment. The Bourse, which had been depressed by thic sitnation, recovered somewhat on publication of the an- nouncement. The newspapers have little {o say re- garding the situation. The chief editorial writer Kreuz Zeitung devotes a la his daily review to a disp discussion of German-Americ fair: He doubts whether President Wilson will “commit the foolish act” of entering the world war, despite his “bellicose utterances.” { McMAHON LOSES LICENSE. . te Superintendent Ree Secretary of State Imposes Penalty for Transferring Number Plates. Make Example of Some Not Reveal Pr ce Measles. Secretary of State Burnes has or- t Reveal resence of Measles dered that P, S. McMahon’s automo- bile registration license, number 2584, be indefinitely suspended. A couple of weeks ago McMahon's chauffeur was arrested for driving an unregistered car. Then it was that the authorities say they learned that McMahon had been making a practice of transferring the registration plates from his touring car to his truck, thereby using the same license for both cars when the law provides that each car shall be licensed separately. MRS, TIFFANY’S WILL. sex, Feb. 3.—The will of Mrs. Frances J. Tiffany, who died Jan. 1916, disposes of one of the largest estates lately left in this section. After giving about $5,000 in personal about $17,000 is given to charitable purposes, including New Haven branch of Woman's Board i dvocate and Female of New York, Mid- of Middletown, Con- Aid Society, Con. Aroused by an epidemic of measles, Superintendent T. I. Reeks of health department stated today he would make an example of some parents who did not report the illness of their children to school teachers when no physician is called in to at- tend the youngsters. At noon today there were over thirty-five cases of measles,, most of them in the dis- tricts of the Northend and Bartlett schools. Nineteen cases were report- ed yesterday. ' Parents of children having me must, under the law, report the to the children’s teachers if a physi- | | cian is not called to attend the your people. Dr. Reeks says this not being lived up to and he s will make an example of some of the ! parents. Measles is a dangerous dise Dr. Reeks says it is responsible for more deaths of children under five vears of age than scarlet fever and diphtheria combined. Measles leads to pneumonia and bronchitis and is frequently fatal in the csae of chil- dren who have not reached the age of five yvear MORASCO’S CASE NOLLED. Bridgeport, Feb. 3.—As the accused has borne a good reputation and as it could not he proved that he had Comfort soon after the ship anchos robbed the pockets of the passenger, The prince is urging the German elaj Judge Frederic A. Bartlett, ty that the Appam is a fair prize of we court today nolled the « entitled under an old Pru an-Ame Mo e Bt jcan treaty to remain in an Amerk chs with port as long as the prize crew desin Morasco was : Capt. Gaunt is mana the remoy] | picking the poclke of Iing awaitingsy the Berkshire di New Milford and this city. the that in cr TURKISH HEIR ASSASSINATED, Paris, Feb. 8, 6 a. m.—*“Yussof Izze- Qin, whatever may be said, was a sassinated by his suite, by order of the committee of union and progress,’” said Cherif Pasha, who, with Prince | Sabah Edin, directs the principal| p movement of the Turkish opposition | to a reporter for the Matin. “Latterly Yussof had revolted against the dicta- {orship of the Young Turks. Fe be- came dangerous and he has been re- moved. His successor and cousin, Vahid Edin, is cven more hostile to the Young Turks than was Yussof. I should not like to make prediction r garding the length of his life,” said Chief Pasha in conclusicn. colonial of baggage British quantities | % concludes | ship Berlin Fecling Modified. Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 12:05 and es for the maost oty Hospital | necticut Children’ necticut Humane Society, x Con- gregational church. The residue of the estate is to be divided equally be- tween the American Board of Ior- eign Missions, Ameri n Home Mis- sionary society and Fresh Air Fund, of New Yor BRITISH EAMER SUNK. COMPULSION IN FORCE ¥ London, Ieb. 3, 12:55 p. m.— George, at a privy council today si a proclamation fixing Feb. 11 appointed date on which the military service act shall be regarded as com- ing into force. Lelle of France Sent to Bottom— Nineteen Lascars Missing. London, Feb. 3, 12:25 p. m.-—-The‘ British steamship Belle of France has teen sunk. The Europeans crew and twenty two landed. | drawn no fine points, no new issues in her international rélations; she has merely asserted the rights of mankind when the lfc Nineteen Lascars are missing. of mankind is threatened in a world £ aflame with war. She ha ed up- | The Belle of France was last re- on what is already written plain on | ported at Karachi, a port of India, on the documents of international law.” | her arrival there from Port Said on The president said that some d Dec r 24. Her gross tonnaze was tatcermen of the older countries in her M. L. But faint hopes the attending physicians covery of the Rev. M. L. West Haven, formerly at St. Mar; church in this city. The ciergym is a patient with pneumonia in t. hospital in New Haven The last rites of the church were ad- | ministered to him last night. Lascars were held out for the re- Reagan >f of the in ci of Joseph Danbuy, the pe: pect ssenger ain between zed bre: Tlavtf o Hartford tonight and - K d to be vicinity: h subjects and iday. 3,876, and was built at Sunderland, England in 1905 for the Belle Steam- ship Agency, Ltd., of Liverpool. ision 1t Eleventh age.) o~ (Continued on R o T U (Continued on Eleventh Page.)