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

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERAL . gl o HERALD “ADS” M} BETTER BUSIN PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916.—SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED OIRIKERS RIOT IN SHELTON, PELTING POLIGE WITH EGGS Girl Injured When ~Struck With | WANTS WIFE’S FLOWER LAID IN HIS GRAVE loctrocuted Murderer Leaves Note Proclaiming His Love for the Wo- man He Stabbed to Death. Ossining, Y., March 3.—Walter Watson of Brooklyn was electrocuted at Sing Sing this morning for the murder of his wife in March, 1915. Watson protested his innocence to the last. He left a sealed envelope with Club While Trying to | Rescue Prisoners ! TROUBLE STARTS WHEN SOME WANT T0 RETURN T0 WORK Apples and Red Peppers Showered on Them at Factory Gates—Grohol Asked by Strikers to Assist in Set- tlement—Two Girls Arrested But Released on Bonds Furnished by Linguist. March 3. ween strikers here today in with the strike of about 80 girls and women at the R. Supply company. ed out a day or two ago, demanding an adjustment of wages. Most of them gathered at the fac- tory gates today and attempted for- cibly to prevent other employes from ing to work. When the latter persisted in ring they were pelted with eges, , red pepper and other missiles. a dozen police stationed at the factory went to the aid of the at- tacked employes, and were also made targets by the strikers. Attempts to Rescue Prisoncr. Iy when Amy Kurozeurez, a strike, of Derby, was arrested the others attempted to rush the police @nd rescue her. The officers had to hurry their prisoner by a back way and through alleys to the lock up. As the crowd pressed after them, yell- ing and still pelting them with var- jous objects, another striker, Joseph- ine Osczecz, also of Derby was ar- sted. Policeman Hits Woman. In the clash one of the strikers had her head gashed by a police- man’s club. The officer claimed that his.club struck her accidentally as he whirl- ed around in the crowd to protect himself. She was given medical at- tention nearby. Her name was 1ot Jearned. The rioters then dispersed. Grohol Appealed To. Few of the strikers can speak Eng- lish, and Joseph M. Grohol, ] the voung linguist who took a prominent part in settling the strike of unskill- .ed laborers in the mills of thciAmel— jcan Brass company in the neighbor- city of Ansonia, recently, has bheen asked by the strikers to help them settle their troubles. G?‘oh()l was in Shelton today and furnished bonds for the two girls arrested, who had been charged with breach of the peace. Grohol vet no definite strikers wanted. All Quiet This Afternoon. A large crowd of cltizens_gathered ar the mills at the opening hour afternoon, but there was no fur- order. None of the strikers, id, appeared in the crowd. strikers held a meeting today Grohol was present. No statement was given out. Shelton, be occurred Rioting and and police connection clashes en- r ing that he had as the todz idea of what said NO CHANGE IN DERBY. Derby, March 3.—The strike at the General Ordnance compan shops \here about sixty men are oub re- inained unchanged tod: A labor or- vanizer was in town last night, from Bridgeport, it was stated ‘\\)du)‘. and wany of the men are said to have joined a union affiliated with the ma- hinists international organization. BUFFALO Buffalo, N. Y., March 3—The ma- chinists' strike situation remained un- | changed today. Representatives of the employers clalm that the back Lone of the strike had been broken, while union leaders asserted that {he full powers of the men had not et been exerted. Estimates as to the pumber of men out on strike varied \ith the viewpoint, the employers ad- mitting not over 700 and the union officials claiming 1,200. With the Jockout at the plant of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co., over 5,000 men re out of work on account of the strike. — COMBINATION DENIED. Washington, March 3. B Loving, head of the Plymouth Cor- dage company, today denied in the tenate sisal investigation that there over had been a combination or ugreement between his firm and the Internitional Harvester Co., to regu- late or control the price of 1 or binder twine as charged by Yucatan risal planter; HU DIVORCE. Judge Gardiner Greene in the su- perior court today granted decree of absolute divorce to Carl Koeppel against his wife, Sadie Ellis Koeppel of this city. Fraud was the charge preferred by the husband, who de- a | tain a request that it be opened after his death. In it was found a faded flower and this note: “This envelope con- 1 flower from off my dear wife's grave. Please bury it with me and let it be on my breast. It is a token of remembrance of the wife I always loved, and may God rest our souls in peace.” Watson was separated from his wife at the time of the murder, which he was supposed to have com- mitted while under the influence ot drink. His son, Thomas, 19 vears old, saw his father stab his mother with a table knife and assisted in his capture. OFF GAPE HENRY, VA, Raider or Prize Thought Waiting Dash for New- port News. w York, March 3.—A report that a German commerce ralders or prize was off Cape Henry, Va., waiting for a favorable chance to make a dash for Newport News or Norfolk, was brought here today by Captain Mun- kewitz, of the Bull-Insular liner Gray- son from Porto Rico- Captain Munkewitz said that early yesterday he was called on deck by the second officer, who reported a mysterious light to the east which he could not make out. The light was moving eastward and Captain Munke- witz altered the course of his ship when a second light appeared close to the port side and apparently moving westward. Both lights disappeared as suddenly as they had appeared. On January 23, Captain Munke- witz said, when he was in about the same position he was summoned on deck to observe several white lights to the east. These lights merely flashed into view and then vanished and were succeeded by a green light from a vessel which crossed the bows of the Grayson exchanging signals with the ship to the east. few days after this that took refuge in Hampton Roads. Captain Munkewitz id heavy weather and clouds prevailed off the Virginia coast and that he was satis- fied the vessels whose lights he had seen were trying to keep their move- ments secret. Captain Munkewitz said he was satisfiled that the lights did not belong to British cruisers, as these patrol ships make no secret of their movements and are more anxious to investigate the ships they meet than to avoid them. CHARGED WITH SILK THEFT IN CORONA the Appam Hartford Police Make Round Up in Capitol Avenue Rooming House and Land Five Men. Hartford, March 3—Four of the five men said to be wanted by the New York police and rounded up in a raid on a rooming house on Capitol avenue, this city, last night, were charged with theft in police court today and held for a week under $300 bonds each, which were not furnish- ed. They gave their names as Wil- liam Keller, Charles Stanley and Frederick Ruchall of Philadelphia and Louis Brown of New London. A fifth, who gave the name of Michael ‘Ward of Corona, L. 1., but is claim- ed by the police to be Michael La- central and a fugitive from justice in Queens County, N. Y., waived ex- tradition and was taken to New York by detective Sergeant Hammerick of that city. It is alleged the men are con- nected with the theft of $5,000 of silk from Corona, L. I., two weeks ago. CARMEN SYLVA DEAD. London, March 3—A Bucharest dis- patch received by Reuter's Telegram company, by way of Amsterdam, says that the Queen Motaer Elizabeth of umania, widely known under her | pen names of Carmen Sylva, died yes- terday of pneumonia at the age of 73. GIRL WALKED FAR. Little Margaret Kennedy of street, who ran away from home Tuesday and was located with rela- tives in Collinsville yesterday, told the police today that she walked from her home to Farmington, via Plain- ville. In Farmington a kind hearted trolley conductor gave her a ride the rest of the way, Elm HOIST BY OWN PETARD. London, March 3, 4:38 p, m.—The German steamer Delta, from Apen- rade, Prussia, is belleved to have struck a mine field south of the sound and foundered according to a despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co., from nied being the father of his wife’s child Lawyer J. Woods appeared for the husband |\ Copenhagen. Wreckage from the Del- (ta was washed ashore. NEW BATTLE RAGES NEAR DOUAUMONT; GERMAN DRIVE ON Berlin Claims Linesfl Have Been Advanced to West and South of Village LIEUT. INMELMAN ACCOUNTS | FOR HIS NINTH AEROPLANE Teutons Claim Capture of 1000 Pris- oners and Many Heavy Guns—Paris | Says Attacking Force Has Succeed- | ed At Onc Point Only, Attacks Be- Repulsed ing In Vaux Assault Checked. Other Places— Berlin, March, via London, 3:40 P. m.—German troops cleared the vil- lage of Douaumont and pushed their lines to the west and to the south of the village and of the armored | fort yesterday, according to the offi- | cial announcement issued today by | the German army headquarters staff. The statement adds that more than 1,000 prisoners were taken and also | i | that a number of heavy guns werc’ captured. | | | The official statement relates that German airmen dropped bombs in the vicinity of the main Verdun fort and that to the east of Doual, Lieutenant Tmmelman shot down a British bi- plane, the ninth aeroplans accounted for by him. French Statement, Par March 3.—The have resumed their violent to the north of Verdun. The only point where they attained any success, according to this after- noon’s official statement by the war | office, was in the Douaumont region, | Here they succeeded in reaching Dou-. aumont village where heavy fighting continuing. Other attacks in this vicinity were repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans ¢ Bombardments and attacks on tie part of German troops continued all vesterday evening in the region of the north of Verdun, according to an- nouncement made by the French war office this afternoon. This fighting w. redoubled violence Near Douaumont endeavors on the part of the were repulsed with cruel then Nevertheless the Germans suc- ceeded in reaching the village of Dou- aumont, where the fighting continues Wwith ferocity. Germans | attacks conducted with fruitless | Germans | for several Beaten Back From Vaux, The village of Vaux also w at- tacked by the Germans, but these ad- vances were checked by the French fire and Germans were compelled to retire, leaving a great number of dead. The bombardment continued with great invensity yesterday evening and last night in the Woevre ‘district but French forces held the Germans in check by their curtain of fire. The artillery of the Germans has been active in the vicinity of Malan- court and near Haucourt. The text of the statement issued by the French war ofiice this afternoon reads as follow: “In the region to the north of Ver- dun the bombardment and the attac of the enemy were continued all last evening with redoubled violence. In the sector of the village of Douaumont, after several fruitl efforts which were repulsed with cruel losses on their part, the Germans were succe ful in penetrating to the village of | Douaumont, where the fighting is con- tinuing with ferocity. A little further to the east the village of Vaux was attacked at about the same hour. As- saults coming from the north and the northeast were broken by our curtain of fire and by thne activity of our ma- chine guns. The enemy was com- pelled to retire, leaving among our barbed wire entanglements a large number of dead boc “In th Wcevre district yesterd evening and last night the bombard- ment continued with great intensity. Checked, however, by our curtains of fire the enemy found it impossible to come out. ‘“To the west of the River Meuse, in the regions of Malancourt and Hau- court, tae artillery of the enemy has been. active. “In Lorraine, in the region to the south forest of Paroy, a feeble attack on the puart of the enemy was dis- persed by infariry fire and the use of hand grenades. DENIES HE ay Prisoner Answers the Description. But Police s Springfield, Ohio, March man who said he w Harry M Maken, of Chicago, arrested here last wght and held as a suspicious per- son, denies he is Jean Crones, wanted | in Chicago on the charge of being the | soup polsoner, | The prisoner says he has a wife and | child living in Chicago. He cameo | Lere to work as a chef and was at a local hotel when arrested. The police say he tallies with the deserip- o will have before | committee planned i conclusion in both houses | paid | the DEFENSE MEASURE NOW UP TO CONGRESS | House Committec Finishes Work and Senate Committee Expects to Prepare Report Today. 3—Congress it within the possibly tomorrow, national defense Washington, March ne few days, first of the ures This was forecast today as a resuit of the rapid progress made on the army bills in the house and senate | military committees. The housc | commitiee reached a final agreement late yesterday on its bill for an in- crease in the army and the te to take final vote on its bill today. Steps already have been taken to press the two measures to an early a The house bill as finally approved { calls for an increase of the army to | a total peace strength of approXi- mately 700,000 men. This would in- | clude 170,000 regulars, 425,000 na- | tional guardsmen and about 100,- 000 federal volunteers. The house naval committee after listening all day yesterday to an en- ! couraging report by Admiral Frank | Fletcher, commander in chief of ,the Atlantic fleet, on the condition and efficiency of the nation's sea forces, today turned to consideration of the bill authorizing officers of the marine corps to accept employment in the Haitian constabulary. $23,000 DIAMOND THEFT FROM CHICAGO STORE Cool Thief Walks Off With | Tray of Precious Stones. Chicago, March 3.—Theft of dia- monds said to be valued at more than | $25,000 from Dreicer & Co., jewelers, b reported to the police early to- day. ‘According to Edward L Smith, man- ager of the concern, which is located in the Blackstone hotel, a well dressed man entered the store yesterday and ked to see some diamond ngs. Smith brought out three trayvs, each containing twelve rings. = After ten minutes’ conversation with Manager Smith over the. comparative merits of the rings, all set with large dlamond the customer left the place, declaring himself di Smith stranger turnea one wiis accompanicd the to the doo and when of the trays with the dia- monds missing Detectives were sy he re- put on the case and when Smith was shown the photo- graphs of number of thieves who are suid to have operat- ed In New York and other eastern ci- ties, he recognized one as that of the man who had examined the diamonds in his store. The stor is a branch of the Dreicer & C of New York. PORTUGAL’S REPLY. Answers Ultimatum By Seizing More | German Vessels. London, March 11:35 a. m.— Lioyds agent at Bombay reports that the Portuguese flag has been hoisted | on all German steamers lying at Mor- mugao and that the Germans who were aboard have been interned .at | Panjim. % Panjim, or New Goa, is the capital of the Portuguese colony of Goa, In | India. It was recently reported that | the Portuguese government after re- quisitioning all the German and Aus- trian ships lying in Portuguese Har- bors, had given orders that all Teu- ton vessels in the Portuguese colonies | should likewise be taken over and put | under the Portuguese 'flag. Y. & T. TO SHARE PROFITS, Stamford,, March 3.—Announce raent was made today that the Yale and Towne Mfg. Co., malkers of hard- ware, had adopted a profit sharing | plan for the benefit of the employ Under this plan over $35,000 will be ! out of exc profits in bonuses | to employes on March 15, and a simi- lar amount is to be distributed in April. All of the 5,500 employes at the local plant, except those on | salary, are to share in the distribu- | tion. BURY WRECK VICTIM. Bridgeport, March 3.—Tfforts to as- certain his identity having failed, the | body of a man of middle age who died in Bridgeport hospltal u few hours after the New' Haven road wreck at Milford on February 22, was buried | at railroad expense here today, NOT DISCUSS rch 3.—The cabinet the congressional finally settled b it w NATE ACTIO Washington, M met today but a situation was not senate’s favorable action, ! not d ussed It wag also d(‘('lul‘(-'tl“ that Secretary Lansing had no new | foreign questions to bring up. | WEATHER. Hartford, March Hartford and vicin and colder tonight. faiv. tion of Crones. fa diamond | | fever. Heavy Freight Crashes Into Express Train—Many Injured. Two men a third was Albany, N. Y., March are known to be dead, taken to a hospital in a supposedly dying condition, and two others are believed to have been killed in a rear end collision in the North Albany vards on the New York Central Rail- road here early today. The dead and injured men were horse express messengers, as was one of the miss- ing men. The fifth is believed to have been a tramp who was stealing a ride, A heavy east bound freight struck train loaded with expr which was waiting a signal to pull into the Albany station, smashing a steel coach in which the express messen- gers were riding, a refrigerator car and a load of heavy automobile parts. The efgine of the freight was not | derailed, but six cars behind it were demolished. A third train, aiso loaded with press and west bound, crashed into | the wreckage, throwing debris, adding a baggage and express car to the pile. None of the trainmen was seriously hurt, Main line freight traffic will be tied up until late this afternoon. Pas- senger trains were being run over freight tracks FAST TRAIN WRE ont., | train on the Grand of Montreal. No. 1 Kingston Mills, here tod: Eight injured. K | Kingston, March 3.—The fast runk Railway out was derailed near ix miles from passengers were AMBER OF COMMERC Investigation Being Made About Two Men Soliciting Aid. The attention of the Chamber of Commerce has been called to the Lresence of two men in this city who are seeking financial aid. Yesterds the first of the pair put in his appear- ance and to persons approached he told of being stricken deaf and dumb through a recent attack of brain He informed his listeners that he wished to secure a sufficient sum to learn the linotype trade. Today a second mute put in appearance with a similar story. Secretary An- drews this afternoon issued notes to local people that before they give as- sistance to the men, the chamber should Dbe communicated with. A meeting of the Isle of Safety committee was held yesterday af- ternoon and a report of the investiga- tion made *by the committee on various cities where similar isles are cstablished. In Providence where the situation is similar to that in this city it was found that a house of comfort was conducted in connection | ith the safety issue. The committee will probably submit a complete re- port at its next meeting, NOTES an TO JOURNAL. REGARD! Fire and Explosion in Office of Pro- vidence Providence, R. March fire of uncertain origin, accompanicd by a small explosion, caused damage | of $2,000 in the office of The Provi- dence Journal last night. The blaze started in the office of the managing editor, among some newspaper files, and spread to another of the editor- ial rooms. A statément given out by The Journal said that the explosion which occurred a few minutes after the fire started, filled the room with flame, which shot through the editorial room, adjoining. “The room is which the fire ori- ginated had been unoccupied for two hours,” the statement said, ‘“and there were no electric wires that could possibly have started the blaze. When the automatic sprinklers gan {o operate, the water seemed add to the intensity of the flames, “Phe prompt arrival of the fire de- partment, and the use of chemic engines, checked the fire which w subduéd in halt an hour. After in- Paper. be- to Gore Resolution and Substitute ber Warning Americans Off Armed Ships of Be ligerent Nations Overwhelmed FIVE BELIEVED KiLLED |BIGGER MAJORITY THAN T IN WRECK AT ALBANY| ADMINISTRATION HOPED E { He wa SENATE WITH PRESIDENT, CRUSHING OPPO WILSON BY VOTE CF 68 SITION TC Offered by Mc( SIFTING PARCEL POST. Seized Bundles in London Reaching Enormous Amount, London, March 3:35 p. m.~—The enormou number of parcels of mer- chandise seized from the parcel post while enroute to and from the United States are being disposed of as rapid- ly as possible by the British authori- ties. Parcels considered innocent after a preliminary examination are sent on auickly as possible to their destina- tion, while others of origin or destin- ation which are subject to suspicion must pass through the us prize court procedure, to which goods seized in ordinary transit must sub- mit. NEW SOUND LINE HEARING. RO 3—The hearing before the interstate com merce commission on the petition of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad for the retention of its steamboat lines, which began some weeks ago in New York, was opened here today. A number of shippers and manufacturer in Rhode Island, southern Massachu- setts and eastern Connecticut testi- fied that in their opinion the best n- terests of the public would be served by the continued operation of the New Haven's steamer serviee. MURDER WITNE! CHAUSTED Bridgeport, Mar Dri B J \dams, a witness for the defense in ihe murder trial of son S. Haines, became so exhausted under the stress of cross examination conducted by State's Attorney Homer 8. Cummin that a recess of the trial was called to give him a chance to:recupe testifving today as to Haines’ mentality and its relation to alleged alcoholic excesses of the alleged wife murdered. Providence, March h, LAST NURSING CASE FATAL. Bridgeport, March 3-—Catherine A. Montague, aged 22, a student nurse at the Bridgeport hospital, died. I night from typhoid fever contracted in a private home where she was nursing a child. She was a native of Boston, but formerly lived in Mil- ford. Her parents and ‘wo brothers reside in this city. AMERICANS ABOARD CANOPIC. ew York, March 3—The White ir Liner Canopic, which sailed to- day for Itallan ports with three Americans in her first cabin, will take on rmament when she rrives at Gibraltar, it was announced by & vestigation the police department last night arrived at the conclusion that the fire could not have bLeen of wcci- denta) origin.” the White Star line today. The arm- ament will be removed when the in arrives at Gibraltar trip, it was stated. ship ag on her | return Leaders in House Now Pre cess in Lower Branch Talk Concerning War Wi many and Wilson's Desire Conflict Proved to Have n dation. Washington, March 3.—B 68 14, a greater majol they administratio) tabled to warn of to expected, in the senate today Gore's resoluttion off the armed ships of the belligerents, thereby: quelled in the sehate any . which has embarrassed Wilson in the submarine ne with Germany. When the senate assembl o'clock, virtually all the tion senators were and in th waiting for the, Usual Tound ing business to be passed oven /AtoT Stone could make the tivn to table the Gore resols Senator Gore ,author of tion' which thé administrat were ready to kil and whi made the sensationkl decl he had heard President Wil pected war with Germany, W his scat \by hig’ secretany, ministration leaders, con prepared, sat back awaiting er moment. Morning business was fini and Senator Stone’ asked ore resolution te laid befos | ate McCOumber Offers Sub Senator MeCumber, republd North Dakota, offered a sub express the sense of the sel the rules of international be revised to meet new co war aund that pending ne with foreign powers, Ameria quested to refrain from eén their lives by traveling:on sels. When the McCumber substi been read, Senator Stone a for the Gore resolution and laid before the senate. Senator Jamies of Kentucky that the resolution and all 8 be laid on the table. Sem: was on his feet asking recog A roll call then was order proposal to table the Gore The Gore Resolution. The text of the Gore resoltl low Whereas, a number of lead! ers of the world are now engaj war of unexampled proportioi “‘Whereas, the United Sta pily at peace with all ofsthe ent nations; and, “Whereas, it is equally thi and the interest of the Aj ple to remain at Wit tions; and, “Whereas, the president has afforded fresa and signal proof] ‘superiority of diplomaey to a method of settling inte sputes; and, Whereas, the right of A citizens to travel on unarmed crent vessels has recently reee newed guarantces of respect violability; and, 4 “Whreas, the right of Amen izens to travel on armed bell vessels rather than upon unarm scls is essential neither to thi liberty or safety, nor to the im ence, dignity or security of the States; and, “Whereas, congress alone & vested with the power to deell which involves the obligations vent war by all prober means ent with the honor and vital| of the nation; therefore, Ig § “Rerolved, by the senate, of representatives concurring, is the sense of tue congress, it is with the sole power ' fo war, that all persons owin ance to the United States shd behalf of their own safety and; tal interest of the United States bear to exercise the right to tH passengers upon any armed W any belligerent power, whethen vessel he -armed offensivé fensive purposes, and it is the sense of the congress that no i should be issued renewed cretary of state, or by any ol imder him to be used by as for n (Continued On Fifteenth Pa