New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1916, Page 1

LY “ers were rescued early today HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL N!: WSPAPERS S NEW BRITAT! HERALD HERALD "ADS" ME’-\N BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 —T‘WELVE DAGEb ESTABLISHED 1876 §.E. TEIPER HELD FOR KILLING MOTHER Arraigned in Supreme Court on First Degree Murder Charge MOTION FOR BAIL DENIED Examination of Prisoner Postponed Until Wednesday at State’s Request —Buffalo Tragedy Occurred a Week Ago Last Night. Feb. 7.—John Ed- arraigned before Marcus in the su- court here today on a charge of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper, his mother, who with Teiper’s brother, Frederick C.. was killed on the Or- chard Park highway a week last night. Motion for bail was denied and Teiper was committed to jail until Wednes- day. The charge was made before Justice Marcus as a committing magistrate. Edward R. O’Malley, former state at- torney general acting as counsel for Teiper, demanded an immediate ex- amination but District Attorney Dud- ley- asked that it be deferred wuntil Wednesday morning., Two days’ de- lay was allowed under the code, he Faid Buffalo, ward Justice preme Entitled to Delay. Justice Marcus said that inasmuch @s this was the first ttme Teiper had been before a court he was inclined to @gree with the district attorney that the state was entitled to two days’ de- lay, “This man could have been brought before a magistrate last week,” said Mr. Dudley. His counsel could have secured action by the court if he, so desired.” Denies Motion for Bail, Justice Marcus then granted the d trict attorney’s request for an ad- journment until Wednesday morning, refusing to entertain Mr. O’Malley’s motion for bail for his client. The grand jury, which will hear the evidence against Teiper, was impan- ¥lled in Justice Marcus' court ten minutes before the prisoner’s ar- raignment. District Attorney Dudley will ask it to take up Teiper's case, first. 195 WORKMEN KILLED Three Buildings Blown Up By Explo- slon at Skoda Armanent Bohemia. ilan, via Paris, Feb. 7, 4:25 a. m,— Bucharest despatch to the Secolo says that in the explosion at the Skoda ar- mament factory in Bohemia, 195 workmen perished. Three buildings were blown up, the despatch adds in- cluding the one in which the famous 12-inch hydraulic cannon were made. A Rome despatch dated Feb. 6 said that, according to the Bucharest cor- respondent of the Messaggero the great Skoda works at Pilsen had been partly destroyed as the result of an explosion, TWO DIE IN FIRE. Twelve Other Persons Rescued in Lodging House Blaze at Portland, Me. | Portland, Me., Feb. 7.—Two persons re burned to death and twelve oth- in a fire sghich destroyed a small building, the Wpper floors of which were occupied g a ln(l’*vng house. The dead are Ernest L. Gove and his wife, Mrs. Er- nest L. Gove, who were recently mar- ried Mrs. Gove had reached the street from her room on the third floor, but immediately turned back in an effort to save her husband. Her body was found in a hallway, twenty « feet from Gove's body. A number themselves by were rescued by of the jumping, firemen. lodgers save while others INTERPELLATION ON PEACE. To Be Presented in Swedish Parlia- ment at Request of Ford Party. London, Feb. 7, 12:31 p. m.—Notice of an interpellation on the subject of peace has been given by Deputies Tindhagen and Stroem, socialist mem- bers of the Swedish parliament, says Ixchange, Telegraph despatch from Charlottenlund, Denmark. The in- quiry is whether through the initiative Sweden or another Scandinavian country there can be arranged a peace onference of neutral states with a view to preparing the way for uni- versal peace. It is said the interpellagion is to be presented at the request of members of the Ford peace party TO BE COURT MARTIALED. Washington, Feb. 7.—Lieutenants Mort, Peyton and Waldron, who re- gently led a detachment of American Mroops into Mexican territory to res- fue two soldiers captured by Mexicans Brownsville, Tex: have been ordered court-mar- tialed by Major General Funston. Of- tials her without information as to what charges have been brought against the lieutenants, but it as lsumed they are charged with cros the Mexican bord ders. near ing in violation of or- lt"rld v 0 MERCHANDISE FAMIN '(0 go into business together “FEDS” SUIT AGAINST 0. B. DISMISSED Filed a Year Ago Under the Anti- Trust Act \INJUNCTION ~ WAS ASKED Judge Landi CONFRONTS COUNTRY Sccrctary of Manufacturers and Tm- porters Association of America Declares. Cincinnati, Feb. 7—Possibilities of a general scarcity of merchandise con- sequent upon the soaring cost of raw materials affected by war con- ditions are to be considered at the seventh annual exposition of the Man- ufacturers and Importers’ association of America, which opened here tod The price tendency is decidedly upward and will be for some time to come” said Wm. Bromberg of Chicago, secretary of the association in discussihg the objects of the expo- sition; “but it is not so much a ques- tion of prices of getting goods to stock retailers’ shelves. The factor- ies are flooded with orders but the prices of material are hitting the sky. The possibility of a merchandis famine, he said, confronted the coun- try. During the convention, which wi last a week more than two hundred lines of merchand will be displayed. Judge Land id that a careful re- i failed to impugn the honor of base- ! ball or of any individual player. Asserts Careful Review of Evidence Has Ifailed to Impugn Homnor of Baseball or Any dividual ¥ Chicago, Teb, Federal a year —The suit against of the baseball, filed the anti-trust act, by Judge K. M. United district league ago under was dismissed Landis cour The withdrawal of the league suit was the work few minutes. After entering the crder of dismissal without prejudice, today i in the ates of only Presented by Sw The motion for withdrawal presented by Attorney S. L. St. Louis, representing the | teague, and was concurred in by At- | torney Harry P. Webber, representing George W. Miller, counsel for or- 1nized baseball. Mr. Webber presented to the court official notice from all the defendants ‘o the suit consenting to the with- drawal. Judge Statement. After directing that the suit be dis- ed Judge Landis id: “The motion for a preliminary in- junction in this suit was presented to was| Announce Sale of Main Street Store to Middle- town Firm. Announcement of the intended sale of Rossberg’s dry goods store at 165 Main street to Leonard & Hartmann, well known Middletown dry goods merchants was made today. While the sale has not been completed as vet, it will be shortly Rossbergs’ store i Landis’ m one of the oldest In- | ire of the provosed merger { o’clock had advanced to Federal | a Swarts of | Federal | | that | the Midvale company, | William H. this court a little more than a year | ago. The whole structure of organ- |ized baseball was immediately rlunged into litigation. Aside from the interest of baseball fans there were two sides to the controversy, or ized baseball and so-called out- baseball. There was a very full “#rgument on every point involved I'resented to the court and the prob- lems appeared simply from a legal | point of view, “The court’s expert baseball obtained by more than thirt vears of observation of the game a a spectator convinced me that if an | | ¢rder had been entered it would have if not destructive, at least injurious to the game of base- and best known dry goods establish- ments in New Britain and its trans fer to another owner is an item worthy of more than passing inter- est. The store is owned jointly by | C. C. and W. B. Rossberg, brothers. In 1872 the two brothers determined | and they organized their dry goods store. | For the past thirty-four vears they have maintained this -business on Main street and have built up a prosperous retail trade. A number of vears ago | they erected the business block in which their store is mnow located. The sale does not include the *block, the business only being transferred Leonard & Hartmann, the new owners, conduct a large dry goods ctore in Middletown and will manage | a the local store as a branch of their| “No! Middletown store. They will con- |made, i timue to carry the same line of stock | Sersed from court victorious. Afte S i b ol s mn up. | \REIDE comnsel Wiin my own uds fo date establishment. Philip Hart. | ment, I decided that the court had mann, a brother of the senior mem- | the Tight, or at least the discretion to ber of the firm has been taken into | ROStpone decision in the case, and partnership by the Middletown men | this was done. and will come to this city to ‘take| T want to say thatin all the pre- i S o i e [ liminary evidence and the various ar- s .| suments, when the records were gone sej:”t‘haffth;?einJ:zcslsfi‘ie‘i};zn}‘;g}: over with a fine tooth comb to find Setive business, They have a number | Something injurious to the other side, cf outside interests that will take | DOt the slightest evidence was pre- much of their time. W. B. Rossberg | s()‘n-fi.ed to cause ‘lho most suspicious is well known as the chairman of the | Persons to impugn the honor of the water board. He is also a naturalist | 82Me or of any of the individual of prominence. player: MAYOR DISAPPOINTED e In the peace agreement between the Counted His knowledge of Teen, citally wter what decision had side would have heen either Tederal league and organized base- Lall the Baltimore Federals were dis sutisfied. After the order of di missal was entered Attorney Jannay suid that August Herrmann and They Agreed to Serve and Must Now | cthers prominent in the amalgama- 2 | tion had promised that the dispute Get Out and Hustle All Over Again. | (5} “the Baltimore olub would b ttled satisfactorily to all con- cerned. . DANCE 70 KEEP WARM | High School Pupils Drive Away Jack Commissioners Before ! Sitting in front of a mahogany desk and appointing comm nice little game, if it succeeds in a while the best laid plans of mice, men and mayors are wrecked by tak- | ing too much for granted. This has been the case in regard to i the board of public safety, which has been a thorn in the flesh of M George A. Quigley. The mayor thought how nice it would be to have Carlisle H. Baldwin for chairman of the safety board. He allowed himself So cold was it at the local High to enjoy roseate dreams with Mr. | school this morning that those in | Baldwin wielding the gavel. But | charge did not feel justified in making when the mayor put it up to Mr. Bald- | the pupils sit quietly over their les- . win the latter threw up his hands and | sons. Accordingly, the gymnasium informed his honor that he did not opened up and all who so de- care for the position. Mayor Quig- | sired were permited to go in there to ley planned to have Mr, Baldwin re- | dance to keep warm. sign from the chairmanship of the| Some one presided at the piano and city hall commission and take the|a number of the pupils waltzed about chairmanship of the other board but, | the hall until th blood Wi once according to Mr. Baldwin's statemurt, | more coursing through their veins. he does not intend to accept. Per- haps it is just as well for the mayor that such is the situation, as Mr. Bald- win is a man with a mind of his own and would not stand for any inter- ference in the board’s deliberations or decisions by anyone, even the mayor. Frost With the Aid of Terpsichore in the Gymnasium, was HEAI \\ILI, IN Expects to T alk to Town Committee Regarding His Resignation. Althe the republi- can town that R. their chair- Mr. is equally as decided 1gh members of insist committee Healey Healey WiLL BE 85 WEDNESDAY. Ray- E. Williams of Black Rock avenue will observe his eighty-fifth birthday on Wednesday. About six- {een years ago Mr. Willlams went blind and since then has resided with his daughter, Mrs. ¥. W. Latham. In the past Mr. Williams, who was an engineer, made several valuab inventions which are used at present. mond remain Henry man, not to do so and he expects to confer with other committee members at the | Lincoln “anquet of the Third Ward Re- publican club tomorrow night regard- ing the date for a meeting to select a rew chairman. As head of the town committee Mr. Healey has been apable and earn- est worker and the members are loath to part with him. Several times his resignation has been laid over and at the last mecting of the committee, shortly after Mr. Healey had been offices with lodgings rooms on the | removeq from the board of public upper floors were destroved by fire | cafety for majesty, the members of which was estimated at | refused to consider his resignation $75,000 NORTH ADAMS FIRE. North Adams, Mass., Feb. wooden buildings in the bu tion of the city, occupied as ~—Four siness sec- stores and BUYS CONTROL OF CAMBRIA STEEL CO. Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company of Philadelphia Purchases Large Independent Firm, Philadelphia, Feb. 7—Control of the Cambria Steel company, one of the largest of the independent steel concerns, has been purchased by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company of Philadelphia. Announcement to this made today by W. H. H. Donner, President of the Cambria company. There w a scene of excitement on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange when the opening gong rang today, due to the announcement of the fail- of the Cambria Steel, Lackawanna Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube com- panies The stock of the Cambria company on Saturday closed at 77 1 opened today at 76 to ‘effect was 79 3-4. In the first hour and a quarter the trans- actions amounted to 109,272 shar breaking all records for the stock and exceeding in activity and dealing in a single since the excitement in Reading s s in 1893. The official announcement of the sale of the Cambria company at $81 a share was made about noon. Par value of the stock is $50. The total outstanding stock amounts to 450,000 shares. The Midvale Steel and Ordnance company was at the time of its or ganization, several months ago second only to the United States Steel Cor- poration in point of size. The addi- tion of the Cambria Steel company gives it control of extensive works ut Johnstown, Pa., and iron ore proper- ties in the Lake Superior district. Feb. 7—It was B. Corey, chairman of and his asso- ciates had taken over the option the majority of Cambria stock held by Donner, who represents a syndicate of which Henry C. Frick is member. New York, William ZEPPELIN VICTIMS BURIED IN PARIS | holders. Funeral Services Held for Eleven Who Were Killed in Recent Raid. heral cny The f of the held in 1l e La Croi nt out an Amette, Arch- celebrant of th2 10 Zeppelin vaid on P Church Notre Dame at Menilmontant brou mense throng. Cardin: bishop of Paris, the m , spoke briefly but eloquently Louis J. Malvy, minister of the terior, spoke in the name of the gov- ernment. of The chief discourse was pronounced | of | by Adrien Mithouard, the municipal council, of the city of Pa the obsequies were held “In deciding to bur cent victims,” said M. “the city of Paris has not only obeyed the prompting of a generous compas- sion; she wished to preserve from oblivion the memory of an expli- able crime. She wishes to raise a mon- ument that will recall without ceas- ing to the generations to come that France has for a neighbor a nation unworthy of the great ambitions she pursues, inhuman to the point of do- president in the nams these inno- ing evil for pleasure—the only coun- | that try in the world and in history has consecrated in its language a monstrous word to express the joy of doing harm. “Paris d mourning of cerve for the that the irreparable everal families should instruction of the en- tire peopde, who will never forget.” TWO DROWNED, Locomotive Goes Through Bridge on Indiana Side of Wabash River, Ind., Feb. 7.—Two en- drowned today when Vincennes, ginemen, were {be engine hauling Big Four passen- | gov train No. 48 on the Vincennes Fianch went through a bridge on the | Indiana side of the Wabash river, | south of here. The bridge, weakened by the flood waters, gave way as the engine got cn it, but the coupling broke, saving the train. About sixty feet of the bridge went down with the engine and it is thought that traffic on the line will Le suspended two weeks or more. VILNA FINED London, 75,000 ,000 MARK! a. b iy is said m.—A fine Reuter's Feb. 7, of marks Petrograd correspondent to have been | of on fire the people of the city the German authorities the ground that the recent great was of incendiary origin. reached the headquarters of the gen- eral staff of the German army oper- ating on the front between Vilna and Baranovichi. levied on ilna by WEATHER. Hartford, Feb. Hartford and vicinit and colder fonight and day. Cold wave. 7.—~For Tair Tues- o S A and by 11:15 | Cambria on | | he dia { annual The flames | s | im- in- | is, at whose expenseé | Mithouara, | | prov | are William H. | George | Allen Moore, | nett, | stanley. GERMANY AGREES REPRISALS MUST BE AIMED ONLY AT SUBJECTS OF BELLIGERENTS Expression Offered by Berlin to Take Place of Phras Containing Word Illegal Which Was Incorporated in Draft of Lusitania Agreement. NO INCREASE, SAY FACTORY OFFICIALS President Hart Does Not Anticipate Capitalization of Stanley Works Will Be Enlarged. Hart of afternoon that President William H. the Stanley Works said this increase in the at directors not expect of meeting any capital stock that concern the of the Fri- day afternoon. State Treasure Chamberl company, pate any , who is a director of tf also said he did not antic increase in the capitali | e stated the Stanley Works g its, stoc! have been flying thick and f: for the past few day In the 111 for the annual meeting, it is stated that agiong the matters to be discu d would be to vote on the acoption of an amend- ment to the charter passed at the last ssion of the 1 ature. The amend- ment g increase its capital stock as it all that is necessary being 1 of two-thirds of the 3 Before becoming effective, amendment to the charter must adopted by a majority of the Rumors that would incre: wi the hes, ap- this be stock- the electic ent L. Hoyt Pea: Hart, B. N. Stanley, 1, G Platt, C.oH. Chamberlain and will be The pr Hart, Other busine of director B E concern closed to meeting. The books of the day until after the DAUGHTER GIVES MOTHER POISON | Mrs. Ann Goodwin Made I By Ac- cidentally Taking Wrong Draunght. Mrs. Washing- ton Place had a death gave her ally mistaking it for coush medicine. soon as she had taken the poison Goodwin was thrown into a proxsym of pain and Dr. D. W O’Connell was hurried to her home. He applied emergency treatment and succeeded in relieving the woman. It is thought that the poison given Mrs. Goodwin was some weak solu- tion containing hydrochloric acid. though the giving of the wrong me cine was a result of carelessness, Mrs Goodwin’s daughter cannot be blamed for negligence inasmuch as the poison bottle had on it a label bearing the name of cough medicine. Mrs. Goodwin was quite able today, Anna Goodwin of 4 narrow escape from yesterday when her daughtc a dose of poison, accident- Mrs. comfort- | NO BRITISH SHIP HIT IN ZEPPELIN RAID England Denies German Report That Caroline Was Struck By Bomb and Sunk With Great Loss of Life. m.—The fol- issued: London, Feb, lowing official here today: “A German wireless mes: quotes Koenische Zeitung reports from the Dutch frontier that on the occasion of the recent air "raid Englanda H. M. Caroline was struck by a bomb in the Humber and sunk with great Ic of life. ‘Neither the Caroline of H 7, 3:18 p. statement wa age today on other mer- nor any nor any chant ship, large or small, was struck by a bomb in the Humber nor in any other port.” The Caroline is a placing about 3,800 tons. which, cording to the latest naval was built at Birkenhead in ing been laid down Januar year and presumably put mission some time after nuing of the war. Her of the several other class is given at thirty and her armament as two 6-inch guns, two 4- inch guns and four torpedo tubes. She has a three-inch armor belt and inch deck armor. The British brought the first report that the ¢ sunk a ac- light cruiser, records, 1914, hav- 28 of that into the begin- speed and that vessels of her knots tWo- official news re wroline statement ding the had been res the concern permission to | stockhold- | 1y directors . Een- Alix W. com- | Lansing Flatly Denies New Demands Were Made by U. S. in Disputed Cas VILLA THREATENS TO | HILL ALL GRINGOES | Asserts He Does Not Want Mines Owned By Ameri- cans to Be Operated. Secretary Says State Department C siders Situation Unchanged—; Stone Considers Issue “Practical Settled”—Administration Offici Declare Mere Choice of Words Wi Not Prevent Success of Negotiatio Washington, Feb. 7.—Germany that reprisals must not be against any other than en subject: This expression ig o by Germany to take the place of & . 3 phrase containing the word illeg] Ancisco | which was incorporated in the drd leader, ter- | ,r he Lusitania agreement now und of Laguna, consideration. Chihuahua, on Monday last, and Tt ' B1%0 B rame i aiar - e threatened to ‘kill all Gringoes he |, ., expres the hope that it mi caught,” according to Mexico passel'- | have the opportunity to co-ope | gers who arrived here today on with the United States in some acth t train from the south in ei | looking toward the freedom of i seas before the end of the war. T statement is taken in high diploma circles to imply that the Berlin go | ernment sees no occasion to await cessation of hostilities before settll that issue. § agreed rected El Paso, Tex., “eb. T Vilia, Mexican insurgent rorized the mining camp Ge Villa at leav Monday last, they d, appeared at the Pielagos Mine lL.aguna and ransacked the town, ing only a small supply of corn. Upon leaving, they said, Villa made the threat 1inst the Americans. On Wednesday, it was said, Villa re- | appeared with 200 followers and told the laborers to leave, asserting he did not want any mines owned hy Americans to be operated. The Piels goes mines are owned by an KEnglish- [ man and an American now in Chi- | huahua City. | The passengers declared that I"eb. 3, Pablo Lopez, who is said have directed the recent massacre British Blockade Inhuman. Furthermore the German govel ment refers to the British blocks of Germany as being inhuman, attention to the fact that néutral v sels have been affected by the effes of the British government to sta Germany, and puts forth the conti tion that the German retaliation the war zone around the British I8l | justified by the actions of Great B | cighteen Americans at Santa Y | ain. Claims that the reprisals are | with twenty followers rode into Fres- | are not mentioned no, a suburb of*Chihuahua City, kill- As has been previously stated, G |cd four soldiers, stole a number cf | many n the communication ¢ horses and escaped. . | the killing of citizens of the Unil Chihuahua City, it is said, S a 1?“:“1‘.\ was without intent and th garrison of only 500 Carranza troops, | the method of conduct of warfare und frequent killings in the streers | the war zone around the British I8l were reported. Sixty Americans re-‘| has been changed out of regard fi main in Chihuahua City. | the long standing friendship betw —_— the United States and Germany, El Paso, Feb. 7.—General Francisco | because American lives were losft Villa with about twenty-five men is on v % ] lselaiid = 1 No New 3 the defensive in Nidos Canyon of the Santa Clara ch, according to offi- cial advices received at military head- | quarters in Juarez toda KITCHENER MAY LEAVE BRITISH WAR OFFICE on | to of say. Demands. R Secretary Lansing today nied that new demands had be made in the Lusitania case at a til | when the German government col ered the megotiations practically Wi by Dr. Zimmermann German und secretary of foreign affairs, to *i demands. “This government,” Lansing, “has not increased the mands made in the Lusitania casel set forth in the notes of May 13, JU | 9 and July 21. I doubt if Dr. Zimi | mann ever made the statement | new demands had been injected, cause he must know that it is utte) false.” How Zimmermann Was Quoted. - s that Barl A In an in\er\'m\\'\\i(h the Associa will leave the war | EYeSS, Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, unj secretary for foreign affairs, was qu ed as follow ‘We had thought the submarine sue settled and the Lusitania qu tion on the way to arrangement—H agreed to pay indemnity and all ti —when the United States suddel made its new demands, which it is 1 possible for accept Gives No Detai flatly said Secrel London D: ys Changes of | Great Tmportance in Direction of Conflict Are Contemplated. Feb. 7, 4 importance London, 30 a. in m—Chang of great the direction of the contemplated, the Daily Sketch. It Kitchener probably office. The ‘Sketch also Robertson, now chief ably will take over active direction of the war without interference, ex- cept from the cabinet as a whole, and that a civilian of real ability for or- | ganization will become secretary for war. In the event that EF 1 Kitchene leaves the war office, the Sketch add he will undertake work of an import- ant character elsewhere. war are says ir William of staff, prob- says s to Lansing would not go i Mr. Zimmermai When Dr. Zij was publish his ref§ inds taken® construction of word illegal the proposed f0 of settlement The only grou American officials could find for o8 structing that embodying a demand was that | might be considered applicable | alone to the destruction of neu future | on the lLusitania but as ta go out in the name ' method by which she was sunk, 8 [ of Sir William Robertson, the chief cretary Lansing repeated thath of staff, instead of that of Lord Kitch- | expected to confer with Presidy ener, as heretofore. Wilson some time during the day.i was said at the White House thaf was doubtful whether the confers could be held before some time afternoon, as the president had o | engagements. Secretary details or statement mermann’s in this ence to apply to a discuss further stat country dem rent London, Feb. on | however, the new order of staff “Shall suing the orde regarding military Daily Mail says Since the cr of munitions changes in the retary for war The order army orders will —Commenting that the' British chief | be responsible for s of the government | operations,” the | new was possible in of the ministry important of the sec- place. in the possibility ation no more functions has taken means that | | i also GAS (()\ll'\‘\\ l)ll'l'('(ul\ Re-eclected Today, M Board of I\|n'(’u‘(l to Be Situation Unchanged. it kno departmy unchaj senate forell | { The annual meeting of the stock- | { holders of the New Britain Gas Light | company was held this afternoon at | the office of the company, West | Main street. It was expected that the { board of directors would De re¢ | ciected. The directors are A. i H. 13. Russell, John Walsh, I. | impres: anley, F. M. Travis, H. T. Sloper | “practic R. S. Browr | into det hancial statements showed that | ever. indicated ful dur- srefary Lansir however, that the considered the ' situ Chairman Stone of relation committee dministration 1s the Lusitania case settled.” He did Secretary Lansin that mag ate tion the aid offi with on w 1y ils lope N. and * the company l”‘! its past fiscal year. not . ho some annound has been succes (Continued On Eleventh Paged