New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1916, Page 1

e HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” M BETTER BUSINI PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1916 —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED « VAUX STILL HOLDS OUT, PARIS SAYS; FOES CLAIM FALSE French Accuse Germans of Exag- gerating Their Success in Many ™ Other Engagements at Verdun BERLIN COMMUNICATIONS ALLEGED TO BE UNTRUE Defenders Say | ] Teutons Falsify Statc- ments Sing Offensive Failed, Claiminz to Have Captured More o Men Than ted—Violent Bom- bardments on Banks of Meuse But Infantry Fails to Make Attack. Paris, March 12:30 a. m.—An ote has been issued cate- denying the statement made Gierman official communica- 1 ¢f March 9 that **The village and | mored fc of Vaux were captur- | in glor ght attack by Po- reserve regiments under the 1 dership of General Von Gurietsky Cornitz.” > 10, ofticial note .. gorically in the e ed ous n s assertion, the note is false note denies contained in recent eoinmunications, No Attack on Tort of Vaux French official note says cerman official despatches March | 9 affirm that in a glorious night at- | tack the Posen reserve regiments, No. and 19, under command of the in fantry Gen Von Guretsky Cornitz, stormed the Fort of Vaux with a number of adjacent fortifications. | This assertion is false in every way. | At the very hour when the German | communication arrived, the French | staff found that the fort of Vaux haa | not been attacked and that the sol- diers guarding it were calmly at their posts “The says, every other German statements official | same communication asserts | further (1) that German troops are engaged in clearing French troops still remaining out of Corbeaux wood: (2) that the Germans stormed the | village of Vaux. These assertions are both untrue At the present mo- went the enemy only occupied the fastern extremity of Corbeaux wood, +he greater part of which is held by us. All German counter attacks fail- ed to drive us from it. The village | Vaux, attacked during the night | by German troops, was vigorously de- fended and remains in our hand The German infantry which succeed- ed in getting into the village were all driven out at the point of the bayonet Full of False Statements. been remarked that, of the offensive against | official communica- tions full of false statements, Thus, when the French troops with- drew from Fresnes the German com- munication stated on March that 300 French prisoners had been taken and then on March 8 that the num- er amounted to over 700 The gar- | #Ason of Fresnes was less than 700 | altogether and was able to withdraw | from the village without great diffi culty. “In the attack on Forges, Regnie- | ville and Corbeaux wood the Germans | declared that they had made prison- ers 58 officers and 3.277 men, all un- Nounded. Now garrisons of the Forges and Regnieville were in all about 600 all the of “It has the failure Verdun, German are men and that is enemy could possibly have captured” The announcement adds that the violent bombardment continues on both banks of the Muse, but that there has been no infantry attack by e Germans - NEGOTIATIONS HALTED U-Boat Receipt of England's Mer- Poceedings in Controversy Stop Pendir Instructions to Captains of chantmen. hington, March 10—Adminis- tration officials were today awalting Froat Britain's reply to the Tequest of United States for a copy of the eonfidential instructions to command- ers of British merchantmen, Germany claims prove that merchant ships equipped with defensive arm- ament have orders to act offensively against Teutonic submarines. Until o reply has been received it is con- All Except Soft Coal De- which | SCHOOL AND CHURCH IN DANGER OF FIRE Newtown Suffers $7,000 Loss—Two Automobiles and Several Car- | iages Are Food For Flames, Newtown, March 10.—A wagon and carriage shed, together with two auto- moblles and a number of carriages which were in it, was burned here to- day. The loss is roughly estimated at about $7,000 partially covered by in- surance. The building was owned by C. How- ard Bassett. One of the automobiles belonged to D. (. Peck of Newtown and the other to Dr, C. T. Baldwin of Derby. The cause of the fire is not known. Nearby is located High school and St. Rose's R. C. chureh, but the wind kept the flames away from these building the Newtown SWEDES TO REMOVE MINES | Stockholm, via London, March 10, 1 8:40 a. m.—The Swedish government has decided to remove the German mine field off Falsterbo, which caus. ed the loss of the steamer Martha. The press supports the government in this decision, and several news | papers declare that the German ob- ject in the laying of these mines is to prevent all traffic between ths Baltic and the North Sea. TEMPCRARY LIFTING OF FREIGHT EMBARGO clared Off Until Midnight of March 14. New Haven, March 10.—Announce- ment was made today by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road that all existing embargoes is- sued by the road except that upon soft coal, will be suspended from mid- night,© March 10, until midnight, March 14, after which the embargoes will be reinstated. This action it is explained, is taken | to afford to industries in New Ing- land which may face closing of plants because of lack of material. The congestion on the New Haven, is stated, continues very acute and the temporary lifting of the embar- goes is not an indication of easier con- ditions but a step to afford relief | where extreme conditions now pre | | | c i t vail. Shipments of carloads and less the carloads receipted for by the car until Tuesday, inclusive, it is stated may go forward without interference | from embargoes placed by the New Haven, although such shipments will not be moved out of their regular turn. FLOODS IN WASHINGTON By 1 | o ‘Transcontinental Lines Tied Up High Water and Washouts Causcd By Rain and Warm Winds, Seattle, Wash., March 10.—Heavy rains in the lowlands and warm winds in the mountains where the snow is melting rapidly have caused floods in all parts of western Washington, completely trying up the three trans- continental railroad lines across Wash- ington. The Northern Pacific and the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and £t. Paul are blocked by high water and washouts in the vicinity of Ellensburg, on the east side of the mountains. The Great Northern has been detouring its passenger trains over the Northern Pacific between Seattle and Spokanc for several days. Property damage to railroads, ranches and highways will be heavy. CTIVIL COURT CASES, Hearing on Carlson vf. Agren Case Today—Other Cases, A hearing on the answer to the complaint was heard in the superior court today in the case of C. Adrian Carlson, administrator, against John A. Agren. Kirknam & Cooper ap- peared for the plaintiff and Attorneys P. F. McDonough of this city and John T. Robinson of Hartford for the cefendant A hearinz was given on the fore- ciosure proceedings brought by the Farmers' and Mechanics’ Savings bank of Middletown against Patrick 11. McGuire, administrator. Judge G. B. Carlson represented the plaintiff, The trial of John B. Robinson of & o Salikely that thers will be any further negotiations with Germany in the submarine controversy. The request for the instructions is the first step the United States has taken since officials began the latest memorandum and append- jces from Germany. It fs intimated that later the British government will &e given an opportunity to answer all RIOTING IN COLOGNE. Amsterdam, via London, March 10, 4:16 2. m—The Telegraaf states that it has reccived reports of serious riot- ing fn Cologne on Tuesday last in con- sequence of the heavy losses of Ger- man troops in the Battle of Verdun. The reports are further to the effect thae artillery had to be placed in the st%ets to overawe the crowds. rman charges, examining | | Farmington against Edward Gold- | stein, et al., has been assigned for | next Wednesday. Klett and Alling | will appear for defendants in tho | case. In the superior court today, a hear- |ing was held on the modification of | judgment in the case of Louls Zevin against Concetta Ruffini. A hearing on the demurrer was | heard in court of common pleas this | morning in the case of A. Lipman against James R. Halloran. Attorney |31, D. saxe appeared for the plaintift and Attorney J. (. Woods for the de- | fendant. Patrick H, Smith, who was fined in local police court several weeks for defrauding the New Britain ny, paid his fine veste opening of the superior s com | before the | court. | f t } f | | i | which command the attempt further. the present | senieved |ter was the German attack on Verdun The Germans then | tattles on small fronts, sometimes at GERMAN WAVE AT VERDUN IS NOW AT CREST, FRENCH SAY Further Advance Considered Im- possible Without Great Loss ol Life and Ebb Is Expected PARIS MILITARY EXPERTS ARE PUZZLED BY TACTICS Teutons Begin Scries of Battles on Small Fronts But Without Any Ap- parent Effcct—Blue Clad Soldiers of France Anxious to Jump Into Of- fense and Drive Invaders out of Region—Artillery Duels Continue. March 10, 5:45 a. m.—The situal at Verdun regarded much better, from French viewpoint of a result of yesterday’s fighting. The cheered reports the part Not- expendi- Paris, on is as public is greatly by of successful resistance on of the defenders of the fortress, withstanding an enormous unstinted have the ture of ammunition and Germans break, sacrifice of life, the failed to bend, much 1 blue line. The inference drawn by the general public is that the German wave has advanced as far as is in its power without further wasteage of life on a large scale, which the German gen- eral staff hesitates to make, with four army corps already put out of action in the struggle of eighteen days. Exhausted by three days of violent | the assailents called a half- rest to replenish the depleted ranks of infantr The French took ad- vantage of the respite to sweep out the Germans still remainig in Cor beaux wood, and in this effort wer almost successful. efforts, Douaumont Under Fire Again. The renewal of heavy fighting east of the Meuse, attended by a series of assaults on Douaumont, has entered nterest one more on this portion of he front. A good road runs through the gen- le sloping ravine up to the plateau refore Douaumont, po: ion would enable the attacking to take the defenses in the Massed infantry, well suppori- artillery, struggled hard to win of this easiest approach to famous position but the Irench were able to hold off the assailants and at the same time to deal with attacks from the village of Douau- mont. In the Woevre, the Germans did not to pursue their actions forces lanik +d by The great successes in battles up to have been gained by means of violent shocks delivered b fresh and especially prepared masse: ol infantry, and generally have been rapidly. Of such a charac- the 26. s of which French smashed defenses itself against on February began a seri cne point, sometimes at another. One cay the attack was made on the ex- treme left from Bethincourt to Goose Hill; on another day a blow Wi struck at the extreme right at Fres- and again at Douaumont. All were genuine attacks carried out by m s of troops capable of undertaking serious actions. cench Observers Puzzled. French observers are at loss to explain the object of these assaults, it is believed there is little prob- ability that they will have grave con- uences for the defenders. The portant guestion whether thing 11 go on this way just as in the se of the French offensive in the Artois region, which, beginning May 9 of last year, continued with dim nishing force far into June, o hether there wiil be another i} ck, carried out by the most pow: er means and with that single- ness of aima which decides the victory Not often in the long battle have the French infantrymen had the or- der to advance. When they did ceive it they showed that their of- fensive spirit had lost nothing b: being held in. They had such oppor- tunities on Wednesday and Thursday in Corbeaux wood. On Tuesday night the Germans held virtually the whole wood, and an advance post had crossed the road into Cumieres wood, from which it was attacking _ tho southwestern slopes of Goose "Hill, Had the Germans advanced another 200 yards they would have come out on the main road from Cumieres to Forges and cut the communications of the French force on the hill. To prevent this French infantry- men were brought out from the trenches shortly before midday ot Wednesd They advanced simul- taneously on two sides. From the positions on Dead Man’s Hill they crossed the Bethincourt-Cumieres road, climbed the slope on the oppo- site side and entered the wood. From the southwestern cdge another strone attack directed from rettes niile further a as i 5 was Les Cau- about down (Continued On Eleventh I'age.) great | AY SEND FLEET SOUTH. Washington, March 10—No orders have been issued to the navy this afternoon, but it was considered probable that some of the Atlantic fleet might be Placed in Mexican waters to be near if Americans in coast towns were endangered by anti- American demonsirations. The government is reluctant to make any naval demonstration that might be construed as against General Carranza. | NEW SIGNAL SYSTE FOR THE RAILROAD Changes Announced Between lawn and Stamford and Stamford and New Haven for Safety. New Iaven, March 10—A chan in the signal system on the New Yor! New Haven and Hartford rai between Woodlawn, N. Y., and ford to be followed by a change in the present system between Stamford and New Haven, was announced at the company’s offices here today. The statement is to the effect that the company is taking out the control [ lock and block stem and substitu- ting for it a three-position automatic block system between Woodlawn and Stamford. To make the system uni- form from Stamford to New Haven the company will replace the two no- sition system with a three position ystem The semaphores will be dropped to the left. At present the arms are on top of the catenary s tem and it has been claimed the in- terposed wires have prevented engin- | eers from the obtaining a clear view of ignals. The changes, the coni- pany states, are in the interest of ah- solute safety. Signal engineer C. H. Morrison will have charge of the installation of the new signals, and there will be accompanying importani clectrical changes BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE SENT T0 THE BOTTOM Torpedo Boat and Destroyer Hit Mines—French Liner Sunk. London, March British torpedo quelle and been sunk officiall offici of 10, boat torpedo 1 The Eo" 55 p. m.— destrover boat No. 11 mines, it afternoon nouncement the Itic connection sinking of the warships wus have by striking with the forty-five. The statement follows: “The torpedo_boat destroyer C(o- quette, Lieut. Vere Sevmour, R. N. R.. in command, and H. M. torpedo boat No. 11, Lieut. John A, T. Legh, R. N have struck mines off the east coast and sunk “The casualties were Coquette. officer and twenty-one men. “The torpedo hoat, three and twenty men.” Paris, Mar. 10, 9:45 a. m.—A Hav: dispatch from Havre says that the French line steamship Louisiane sank last night at 11 o'clock. Al the crew were saved. No passengers were aboard. It is presumed that the ves- casu in an officers sel was sunk by the same submarine ; been operating along the coast Boulogne and Iavre and which torpedoed the Hermatrice. The Louisiane had arrived from New Orleans, which port she left on Feb. 11, entering Newport News on Teb, 17 and leaving on the following day. The vessel was built in 1905 at Dunkirk and was owned by the Com- pagnie Generale Transatlantique. She was of 5,109 tons sr She had for many vears been engaged in trans- Atlantic passenger service, mostly ports in the Gulf of Mexico. No ther details of the of the have been given out as has between ur- loss hip in the above despaich operating along the between Boulogn and Havre is the first word that has been received here regarding {he presence of a hostile ¢ raft on that part. of the Frerch coast. Available sh | ping records make no mention of sel named Hermatrice. DARING HOLD-UP shot The allusion submarine glish Channel Paymaster and Assistant and of 000 in Philadelphia Rohbed Mill—Assailants F=cape. Philadelphia, March 10.—Two men jumped from a hiding place in a fire tower of the Germania Worsted Mill here today, shot and killed a paymas- ter, fatally wounded nis assistant =nd | escaped with a satchel containing it is said, $3,000. Herman Kastening, the paymaster, and Walter Haupt, the assistant, were ascending the tower with the week's of the mill hanc pay WEATHER. Hartford, Ma ford and vici ing tonight. colder. (e ‘h 10.—1or ity: Clenr- wday fair, Wood- | stam- | was | 'FEAR NEW BRITAIN MAN IS VIGTIM OF BANDITS May Have Been Former Church Dead Druggist Street Businessman That who was killed Columbus New Mexico, vesterday, was Miller the druggist. by Villa bandits in the raid on a former New Britain man and part- | Han- both ner in the drug firm of Miller & of Church street, is feared . Hanson. his former as business, and his mothe: Anna S. Anderson of C. E. Miller_ left this city three years ago and went to San Diego, California, where he secured employment in a wholesale drug store. Business conditions were bad in San Diego last year, Mr. Miller went to | Chino, Cal.. and opened a drug store. | His wife, Mrs. Anderson’s daughter, | is still in San Diego and her mother | received a letter from her last week. About the same time she received a letter from her son-in-law and he | wrote that all was well, but she was greatly alarmed last night when friends called her attention to the imilarity in name and occupation of | | her son-in-law and the druggist slain by the Mexican outlaws in their bor- | der raid. In an attempt to learn just wher Miller was located, Mr. Hanson called | up Berquist Brothers, the proprietors | of the local drug store, at their head- in Hartford and was infomed | | that he was operating a store at 616 D | | strect, Chino, Cal. This information | | coincides with an address Mrs. Ander | son showed a Herald reporter this | morning Her, daughter. she said, is not the best of health and she fears that if her son-in-law has fallen victim to the Mexican raiders the news will prove a terrible shock. Mrs. Ander- [ son was nearly prostrated when told that it was feared | in-law had been killed. | - | RANSDELL STRIKES | BACK AT MR. ROOT son by Sven ciate in law, My Main street. I | quarters in | | | | a | last her s | Defends Attitude of United States in ! Not Interfering With Inva: of Belgium by Germany Washington, March 10—A vigorous reply to former Senator Blihu Root's recent arraignment of the adminis- | trations foreign policy was made | Senator Joseph E. Ransdell democrat, | of Louisiana, in a speech entitled | “The Silence of Elihu,” delivered in the senate today. After declaring that Senator | silence on President Wilson’s Pan- American policy was because he could find nothing in it to criticise, | Senator Ransdell took issue with Mr. Root's assertion that treaty obliga- tions should have caused the United States to protest against Germany’s Uinvasion of Belgium. “Far be it from me crushing of Belgium said Senator Ransdell. as one of saddest history. It was not for us, in violation of our wise h icy, to meddle in FEuropean “The Wnited States was not to the solemn convention of 1831, signed by Great Britain, Aus- | tria, France, Russia, Prussia and | Belgium, guarante the nentralify | of Belgium. That treaty was purely | la Jcuropean affair and arose out | the mutual fears of the high con- | tracting parties that one of might gain some advantage over the others using Belgium a seat of The breach or enforce- so-called ‘scrap of pa- matter with which the had no concern, in so by its treaty obliza-~ | Rool's it the defend by Germany,” “I regard it events in all however, toric pol- affairs. a party Nov. 15, to the | | A ing them by as ’v‘\ry‘\ of | United Sta far it is affected tons.”" this ty M. ¢. NORTH HURT. Superintendent of Corbin Scre w Cor- poration Tnjured in Accident. 1t Mortimer of the Cor- 1t was learned today ti . North, superintendent | when endured by 'UNITED STATES TROOPS AR ORDERED TO CROSS MEXICA BORDER AND CAPTURE VIL Expedition of 5,000 Will Be Sent to Kil Take Prisoner Bandit Chief and His throat Gang Who Waged Butchery C paign in Columbus, N. M.---Citizens PRESIDENT WILSON DETERMINED T HUNT DOWN OUTLAW AND HIS BA | Two Hundred Mexicans Reported | Slain While Our Dead Number Six- teen—Citizens and Cowboys Arm to Patrol Border While Soldiers Are Rushed to Scene to Prevent New Raids Which Arve Thought Possible. Columbus, N. M., eral trocps in inere: patrolled the Mexican Columbus, as a precaution ther invasion of American May cd number today border nea ainst fur- territory army, Quick Action Follows Cabineg ing—Oflicial Washington and Men Pleased at Wilson's De Invasion Will Not Mean Inf tion in Mexican Politics and T Is Not Expected to Ind Washington, March, 10.—Prd Wilson today ordered American | over the Mexican border to cap] kill the Villa bandits, who yes raided Columbus, N. M by Francisco Villa's bandit which yesterday in a surjprice atta upon this town, killed sixttea Ameri- can citizens and soldiers, wounded many, burned buildines and looted stores before being driven into Mexico by American tioc More than one hundred of the banca army were killed and about two hundred wounded in the attack oa Columbus. Villa at the head of of bandits was reporte fifteen miles south of the internation- al line. wh he halted after a run- ning fight yester with pursuing United States troopers. signal south of body today main early fires seen along the border here last night were believed however, to have been placed by band- it and report that armed raid S Wwere in the vicinity of Hacita, N, led the military authorities to v inforcements to the border there. The a M., 1 re- patrol possibility of further bandit s admitted by army otficers armed civilians and state militic and cowboys are operating with (he federal authorities in maintzining a border patrol. Re first reinforcements today when the first battalion Twentieth Infantry, 250 men, Major Wm. R. Sanple arrived from Fort Bliss on a special train. The battalion after receiving supply of ammunition, were patched by Col. H. J. Slocum manding the troops here, to V thirty-two miles west. Other troops were reported to have been despatched at various along the borde The pursuit of Villa and his men by 50 American cavalrymen .nder Ma- ors Tompkins and Lindsley ended the Villa forces made a deter- mined stand after reaching a scries of hills, fifteen miles south of the hor- der. The casualties to the American forces during this battle consisted of the death of a corporal whose name has not vet been learned, and the wounding of Capt. George Wiliiams, who was shot in the hand. The Mex- ican castalties in this engagement were not reported. Of the seventeen Americans kiiled nine were civilians and eight soldiers. All the wounded are expected to re- cover. orcements Arriving, The carly of the under arrived a com- *torio points Villa Executes Others, In addition to those killed by Villa's men in Columbus, several others been executed hefore | on. Arthur Me- | are | believed to have | the American inva Kinney, Wm. Corbett and James O'Neill, employes the Palomas | _and and Cattle company, which pron- | erty was raided on March 1, | tured and are said to hve been execut- of were cap- | decision Major General Scott, chief of | of the army announcéd that | pedition would consist of not 1¢8 all of which are @ border under Major Gi | 5,000 men ir\!\ the | Funston. | age the presl | int In its present not mean Mexico, It expedition to deal with over which the Cag has no contro: armed provides order does tion in punitive forces | to less government from White How wal tement The at “An once following the White adequate force atement House: will be Villa wit capturing i his forays. and will b§ aid of the Mexico and| for sow sued e | | | | [ in pursuit of | single of | putting to | “This can be done | in entirely friendly | tuted authorities in | scrupulous respect | ty of that republic | It was said at the White Housd a stop the the American government wantsj 1 and that stept | dead to carry out that | be neglected | ject. It was | States or alive no that consider declared will not expedition an invasion | Wil continue to deal ranza government. The Amel | government is still opposed to & | intervention in Mexico but h | ed that the peaee of both Mexicd | the United States is imperilled b; | continued activities of Francisco The cabinet unanimous i ciding that Villa must be caugh¥ As Secretary Lansing left the | net meeting he indicated that fug | representations, probably giving a the decision, would be sent irranza government immediatel It was said that the pursuit of § will be undertaken in comprei ive wdy and organized plans will laid for his apprehension, Offic Officials the 1 the pul Mexied with the was Washington Pleased. the word Villa with isfaction. expressed pleasec | | of trd received to go after with undisguised Cabinet membe |selves as greatly cers voiced unanimous genera] feeling relief that the ministration had finally. decided take the was apparent The president himself is firmly vinced of the of eliminay Villa £ the tuation. represented determyj Villa Y Huerta announcement the int the president to & into Mexico was accompaf th| Army Hpro of steps necessity Mexican s just he om is fo oust as as as was to oust toriano The tion troops ed. John Bdward Wright and Frank Hayden, taken prisoners near Poear- Chihaubau, recently are to have been killed. son, also be- lieved Woman Prisoner Nine Days, Maud Hawke Wright, wife of Bdward Wright, taken prisoner with her husband, wter nine days in captivity was sed vesterday during the height of the bat tle before Columbus. Her baby said, was taken from her and she told, given to a Mexican family Mrs. Wright related how she learned Villa had premeditated the attack up- »n Columbus, and of the privations the bandits in their over- M John was and o bin Screw division of th Hardware corporation, was injured an accident in the factory vard High street Wednesday and has incapacitated Mr. North, it is reported, was hurt | while superintending the unloading of some stock from in factory | vard. A large power crane is used in | j this work and while his attention was | distracted for a moment the craw swung ahout and knocked him down He suffered a heavy fall and was e siderably bruised but today improved and it able to days, American | in | been | | | 1ce. a car the 1 1 was much is betleved will he |, resume his dutics in a fe | 1 | | land journey | the study strength to their objective. A Mexican soldier, she said, told her that members of the Mormon colony near Casas Grandes had been by bandits. Alleged Spy Under Arrest. In carrying out his plan for the ack, Villa is sald to have sent spies to the situztion and report the of the American forcc Columbus, In conz foned at vith this Marquez, » irrest hove, d out to the (eged method iwimido Mexic is Delieve nders . estdent. under point houses in mar: the (Continued on Rifteenth I those at deterr to ¥ by scenes not equalled by White House the m to send t Atlantic 1914 2 flecot Cruz in Pains by th. spirit ere joint out their hope t Lrray vhich ein th would realize | American tro. Villa anza that the intention of ory whatever L sovereignty =4 ifter Car ately will 1 1 taking and th o notificd TiHag At has, Mexican ful of nation, Difficulty, officials realize that have difficulty in consé to the presence of American ars' on Mexican soil popular feeling in ranzo himself, howe is believed Villa’s capture i with the Amerie Car American ranza may ing hecause his country he 1 so eager for may co-oper General Scott necessity of the Ame Mexic rovi bord en than n troops v strom now hd wre open for r the while ic would not now there £ The from punitive expedition pro othel be ordered f (Continued on Injf