New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1916, Page 1

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ESTABL!SHED SUBMARINE ISSUE BECOMES OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AFTER SUSSEX SINKING everance of Diplomatic Relations With Germany Again Discussed in Washington FEAR EXPRESSED THAT TEUTONS WILL RESUME FORMER ATTITUDE Administration Officials Remain Quiet Until All Facts Are By Unitcad States Would Mean Cer- tain War With Germany—President Confers With Tansing—Boat Tor- pedoed Says France, —-Amer submarine of of Mazch the Wash o can ofiicials view situation Zravi as taking on aspects «/much possibility lre ng off diplomatic relations \\1“\ Germany one of pected the steamer were vietim ls s the facts & have there § over the marin shown Sussex and Englishman of submarines. they are examining all hand with open minds and no conclusion before they | additional information; but | undercurrent of uneasiness hility that G an sub- renewed their activities against passenger carrying ships in yviolation of the ances given to the United States. . No Definite Statement, All administration officials refrained today from making definite statements as to future action or from having any definite statement go out with the sanction of being official, but there was | nmo cencealing that everywhere the “Mew situation w. ver delicate. The impre as general that if it should be established that the ships were victims of submarines and President Wilson decided to take uction, he would first consult con- "}:’I‘QS Chairman Stone of the foreign re- Jations committee said, after seeing President Wilson, that all facts would he awaited before action was . teken and that in their absence he refused to express an opinion. While Presi- dent Wilson and other officials, do not underestimate the pos new situation they realize that breal ing off of diplomatic relations with Germany almost certainly would mean war, and for,that reason each step will be carefully considered. President Meets With Lansing, The president was in communication Secretary Lansing during the day urged speedy gathering of facts rding the Su and the English- to n come ar assty L with and reg man Senatc called at the view and representatives who the White House reflected that the situation was seri- ular Agent Whitman of Boulogne reported today that he was informed by French officials that a Jiece of bronze, resembling a part of e _torpedo, had been found on the annel liner Sussex. tate department officials said they #44 no information that any other then German submarines were oper- ating in the viclnity in which the Wssex was attacked. All agents in le vicinity are being urged today to fther conclusive evidence from all ble agencies. Cor THREE STEAMERS SUNK “¥French and Two British Boats ¢ to Bottom—Ninc Men Swned—~St. Cecielia Hit a Mine. March 27, i p. m.—The ship Hebe, 1,494 tons, steamship Cerne, and British fish-carrier Khartoum of 4, have been sunk. The crews he Hébe and Cerne have been @ed. Two members of the crew ~y_~the Khartourn have been saved, 7 it is fcared the remaining nine a1 were drowned. loyds reports that the British steamship St Cecilia, the sinking ot which was announced yesterday was plovwn up by a mine. She had a 2 \! cargo from Portland, Me, ondon, snch - st British » ec ;-——»LIERAGY TEST REMAINS tion to Strike It From Immigration 3111 Tost—Could Not Exempt Pco- ple iscaping Religions Persecution. March 27.—The lit- cy test w: kept in the immigra- } bill by the house working imittee of the whole, today, by of 225 to which defeated on by Rep, Sabath of Illinoi: e it.out. The que n when the house votes on a3 a whole. An amendment to exempt from the eracy test persons coming to this utry to escape ashingion, a the Known—Step | n | | either religious or | GERMANY TO COMI WAY. HALF 27 Washington, March —Tt was stated authoritatively here today that if it should be shown that a German sub- marine attacked the Sussex, Germany would disavow the act, off reparation, punish the submarine commander and satisfy the United States that the act was in violation of in- structions, Tt was also stated authori tatively that the German am- bassador, Count Von Bern- storff, was mainly responsible for the recent retirement of Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz, who is understood to have been climinated because of his views on submarine warfare after Count Von Bernstorff had made certain_recommendations to the imperial chancellor, Dr, Von Bethmann-Hollweg. NO AMERICANS LOST ON SUSSEX DISASTER | i Three of Four on Passenger | List Located—All Be- * lieved to Be Safe. | Paris, March 27, 15 p. m.—De- | tailed inforshation gathered the American embassy here indicates that by 1o Americans lost their lives on the usse All the were on whose list have now accounted the ecmbassy It is possible, however, that there may have been among the pas- sengers some Americans whose names | were not inscribed. Professor James and Mrs. Baldwin, saved -when the Sussex was blown up, it is authori- tatively announced, They are at Wimereaux, near Boulogne. Miss Elizabeth ldwin, their daughter was badly injured on the Sussex and is now in a hospital at the same place. The following letter, written by Professor Baldwin and dated Wimer- eaux, March 25, has been received by Donald Harper, an American lawyer in Paris, thember of the firm of Boardmen and Platt, of New York: “Dear Harper: Knowing you knew we were coming on Friday, March 24, i write to tell you we are all safe, but Elizabeth is seriously injured. We are here with her in the hospital. Will you kindly spread the news ihere?” Professor and Mrs. Baldwin are at the Hotel Sussex at Wimereaux, a short distance north of Boulogne. Americans names the passenger been for, states. Mark Baldwin Americans, were channel steamer Paris, March 27, 9:30 a, m.—Joshua Dickinson Armitage, of New York, | who was a passenger on board the channel steamer Sussex when she was blown up, is in a hospital at Dover, according to a. despatch Jjust received there. He is badly injured but will probably recover. Of the four Americans reported up 10 last night as missing from the Sussex, three have now been located. Cailliope A. Fennell of New York is still unaccounted for. London, March 27, 12 Of the three American ‘he sex who Dover, only one, Fitchburg, Mas dition. 1lis skull was f falling mast He sciousness this morning and his ph an believes he will recover, Joshua D. Armitage of New York, and Wilder Penfleld of Hudson, Wi zre suffering from shock and bruises lLut are not seriously injured. Washington, March 27.—Reports from the American embassy in Paris | today put the American survivors of | the Sussex at twenty, fourteen landed in France and six in England. The | report, however, antedated today | néws despatches which said all the Americans on board had been ac- counted for. survivor: are in a hospital George Crocker a H 1 | JOHN B. ELAM DE Tndianapolis, Ind.,, Mar John B. Elam, 70, one of widely known lawyers of the Indian: &R icol persecution was rejected, 140 The bill as drawn would ex- mly persons persecuted for re- reliota He was : President number of at his home here. partner of former Benjamin Harrison for a years, | dead | ranking la | The bint | full power | lations between the foreign preferential export bounties, preferential trar tation, compared and TARIFF COMMISSION OF SIX MEMBERS Rainey Int roduces Blll Calling Jor f Permanent Non-Partisan Board $10,000 A YEAR SALARY. Members Will Hold Officc for Twelve Years—>Must Not Have Been Mem- bers of Congress or Senate——Com- mission to Have Full Power. _Washington, March 27.—A revised | Lill for a permanent non-partisan | tariff commission on lines suggested by President Wilson, and which it is | said, has received his fuli approval, was introduced in the house today by Representative Rainey of Illinoi democratic member of ways and means committec. “The bill,” Mr. Rainey declared, in statement accompanying the meas- | will be supported by all demo- | i . members of means committee, will receive the support of the repub- | lican members of that committee. | 1 nearly non-partisan as il is possible to make it.” the the ways Six Commissioners Called for, The bill would provide for the ap- pointment of six commissione at $10,000 a vear each, no more than three orf whom can belong to the same political party. The first ap- pointments are to be made for two, four, six, eight, ten and twelve years, The chairman and vice chairman must be appointed biennially, accord- ing o the terms of the bill. The duties of the commis to investigate the administr fiscal effects of the this countr | on are tive and customs laws of relations Dbetween the rate of duty on raw materials and finished produc effects of ad valorem and of specific duties, questions relative to the arrangement of schedules and classification of articles in the law, and to put all in- formation in'its possession at the dis- posal of ‘the president, the house ways and means committee and the senate committee on finance. Power To Investigate. bill would give the comm to investigate the tariff re- | United States and | | ommercial treaties, ons, the effect of po importations production | The sion, | countries provis the volume of with domestic conditions, and relating to competition of forc dustries including cost of production | and dumping. The need of protecting trade secrets and processes is recognized in a provi- | sion of $1,000 fine or imprisonment for one year for any member or em- ploye of the commission who divulges any secrets of the commissjon. Added to Omnmibus Bill. Representative Rainey the would not be submitted to party cau- cuses, although to save time it prob- would be added to the omnibus revenue bill. Because it is hoped to make the commission permanent, he declared, the bill provides for an an- nual appropriation of $300,000 to meet its expenses. “The measure, in my judgment, in- sures in the future tariff stability, and whenever revisions appear to be nec- essary, it will make it possible to make them intelligently,” said Mr. Rainey. If enacted into law, it will come as near removing from the tariff unfair and unreasonable parti- san action as any measure yet con- ceived.” The measure would give the com- mission full power to compel the at- tendance of witnesses, and give them access to and the right to copy any document of any individual or bu iness concern in the production or sale of any article under investiga- tion. No person could he appointed to the commission who has been elected or served either in the house or senate. All employes except a secretary to the comm on and a clerk to each commission would be placed in the classified service under the terms of the hill of effects | vin- | cause said bill STRIKE LONGSHOREM Work Unloading is Insuflicient P en 200 Dy 200 Men Leave Steamers Cause New York, and 300 longshoremen employed the Eastern Steamship corporation, which operates steamers between Ne York and New England ports, went on ike tod: claiming that they were receiving 't pay becanse of an ineflicient time-keeping system. They left the steamers North Sta which arrived here last night from Portland, Me, and the James S Whitney, from Boston, still to be un- loaded, and the steamer IT. M. Whit- ney, which was due to leave for Bo: ton today, only partly loaded. Fifty longshoremen who remained at work were completing the loading of the latter vessel, howeve Officials of the company had not been informed of of the walkout. March -Betwe N 1 said the re: they m T F'OR MEXICO, March 27 transport the <aid TRANSPO Galveston, Tex. Tnited States army today anchored awaiting orders, It being held here in Americans in arise The H: Ttoad the read’- leaving m here is Hancock to Mexico should ness assist oceasion i e ol AFTER LONG ILLNESS all | SECOND STORY M BURGLARIZE STORE I Clark & Brainend's Drug Store is Loot- ed During Night and Day’s Receipts Stolen. Clark & Brainerd’s Main street drug store was burglarized last night and it ! is not improbable that the work was done by the same crooks who hur- | glarized the Boston Clothing store on Church street last week, Indications at the Main street drug | store are that the job was done by sec- ond story men, They climbed to the | secona story porch on the rear of the block and then cut a pane of glass from one of the high windows in the rear of thesstore. After effecting an entrance the burglar clamly proceeded about his work. He opened each of the three cash registers in the store and re- moved all the paper currency, but did not touch the change. The day's re- ceipts, totalling between $50 and $100 were stolen. Nothing else was taken from the store. THOMAS J. PENGE DIES | ! Was Secretary of Democrat- ‘ ic National Committee— Pneumonia the Cause. 27 J. democratic had Washington, —Thomas Pence, fonal for March secretary the who of committee, been in several months as a result of pneumoni | early tod President Wilson shocked when told Mr. death and expressed deep regref. With Postmaster General Burleson and. Secretary Tumulty, Mr. Pence had directed all of the detailed po- litical work of the administration since ‘the president took office Pence ' probably had ex- ve.an.acquaintance among demo- | politicians throughout the | as any man who ever oc- an official position with tho committee, He one of the “original Wilson m aft the last election o sever. important government He clined them all, however. and came assistant to the chairman the national committee in charge permanent headaus here. At meeting of the U committ last Decemb & died at him home here deeply Pence wa of country cupiéd national was e 1 and ered posts was be- of of the | it For many Pence was t of the Observer Danieis years M W A\lvll\L'flH corresponde Raleigh, C.. News and which is owned. by tary of the navy department. ‘Because of Mr. Pence's illness, W. R. Hollister, Senator Stone, recently cd as assistant sec ry tional committee and w: by Mr. Pence as acting Seer protracted ecretary to s appoint- of the ns designated secretary. v s “TED, -Charged CHINAMAN ARR New Haven, March - with having opium in his possession without having paid the federal tax, Leon Jim, a Chinaman of Bridgeport. was held for the United States cricuit court today by Commissioner Wright bonds being placed at $1.600. Sinc his arrest Jim has been in jail, as he could find no bondsman. The next regular session of the court is in May. A surety company notified the com- missioner that it would give bonds for Jim later in the ¢ ENTENTE ALLIES CONFER Representatives Meet in Paris and Talk Over Military Situation—Will Discuss Financial Conditions Later. Paris, March 12:15 p. m.—Th conference of the entente allies—the most important since the outbrealk of the war—began this morning in the great salon of the ministry of foreign affairs, wher many other historic meetings of diplomatists have taken place. No previous meeting there, howeve hes been of sU grave impor or has been tended by such a representation world war and diplomac The subject of the first sitting the military situation. That which may be said definitely, is probable that Gen. Joffre, Kitchener, Gen. § s Lieut. Gen. Count Cadorna, G u, and Gen. Roques. the French swar war minister, conference The entire the ministry at noon sion will be devoted ation of the economic the allies. ance . in is 1 but it Taarl Haig Ce new the n. addressed lunch afternoon der- of took The to cons resources company at U. H \Rl S ()\Ill'l T.ondon, March The today omitted quotations for American railway shares from its list of stocks purchaseabie under the mobilization scheme, but continued | to publish buying prices for preferred S. D, treasury ordina | number } other { Dr. | several | a priv | People’s G shares and many bonds IANTHER, A\Y Hartfc Harttord settled with Tuesday. e R rd. March md vivinity in o, —For Un- ht and ! ‘{h | frniture 1 ¥ 'WAITE MURDER CASE VIELDS NEW CLEWS IIldlC ment Wlll Not Be Asked for | Until Tomorrow \ \ | r i | (THERS MAY BE INVOLVED\ District Attorney Intimates that Other Victims Than Peck May Be Found —Members of Family Go Before | Grand Jury, i 7.—The finding ‘ the | | Ar- | the ! n-law, B. | millionaire, | New new York, March of clues which may lead to discovery of accomplices of Dr. thur Warren Waite, of his father the Grand Rapids | cuused District Attorney Swann today m delay ing for an indictment be- | fore the grand jury until tomorrow. | “We will have sufficient C\i:lf‘nccl before the jury today to warrant an i indictment for murder in the first degree,” said the district attorney, but in order to follow out certain im- portant new ideas we will hold the grand jury over until tomorrow.” More Than One Victim. The district attorney reveal the nature of the new but intimated that others might involved in the alleged murder vlot | and that further investigation might disclose that there was to have been more than one vietim. Mr. Swann admitted that he had evidence that Dr. Waite had a laboratory in which he made a study of deadly germs and that the young dentist's activities in this direction were being investi- | gated. accused of murder John Peck, declined clues, Family Before Jury. Assistant District Attorney Man- | cuso, Dr. Harry Schurz the Peck fam- ily physician, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy | Peck, son and daughter-in-law >f the | victim of the alleged murder, arrived | today from Grand Rapids and were | expected to go before the jury. Mr. Mancuso brought with him a large of exhibits and 800 pages of | stenographic notes, detailing among things the circumstances ihe cremation of Mrs. Peck, wife of the victim, whose death preceded his by weeks. By order of the Waite, who is six district attorney not yet recovered i to the employes of Lande DEAD HORSES MARK TRAI OF MEXICAN OUTLAW; U.S.CAVALRY PURS Flying Columns of American Horsemen to Stop Avenues of Escape Into Mountain Strongholds LOUR THE COUNTRY EFFORT TO DRIVE VIL FANTRY WILL IN | { Mexi 20 REsT 1 is Making Attempt American res, Colonia Mex., March PREPARE Ficld Headquarters, Ixpeditionary For Dublan, Chihuahua, 26, by Acroplanc to Columbus, M., March 3 vidence that Francisco Villa is preparing to re- sist the American pursuing col- umns and that the Mexican people are not as yet rallying to him has been collected by the officers and the scouts of the American troops. General J. J. Pershing announced last night the establishment of a new base in the pursuit of Vill: The second bas much nea the location where the bandit reported in retreat than the base at field headquarters. VILLA Fastnesses of Sierra Where Is Wild and Desolate—U., Use Railroads of Country portation of Supplies Becos tremely Diflicult, Texas, March 2% American cavall to entrap Franell sealing up in the mo El Paso, | columns of are seeking and ‘is band by trails and pe district south of El Valle, outlets barred, squadrons | ana detachments of infantry, § | ing from the base near Casasi@ | will comb the country to ' drig | bandit out in the open 9 This is the plan military, anf are following to capture 8 | brigand Villa and his band are movifi |idly among the foothills ,of ¥ Tarahumares, hotly pursued | columns of American caval | George A. Dodd is directing thi ment This brought the ¢ that is o QUIGLEY'S DEFENSE FOR ICE MEETING Railroad Tactics Poor Man’s information confirms here by American t asas Grandes distriet Villa had escaped fro troops Mexican a does not credit the repol arranza forces furnished . |opposition to Villa and pel A scattering burst of hand clapping | him to escape. the Mayor A. | Brigadier General Pershing gley received for a ten minute talk that it will take months to & Villa. Returning American and cattlemen who know the are unapimous in their expressiol Villa neter will be taken The American forces have b lowed the privilege of using the| Gain Says Mayor—Cur- tis to Trail Him. was reward George On ci Clark before 1 o'clock tod: in strongly ministration shortly his address the mayor dwelt on ‘the two veéars of his ad- | and maintained he had the drug he took been placed in Hevue Hospital | under of three dete tives | Dr. Waite has given to his brother | wathority to restore to Miss Catherine | A. Peck, sister of John E. Peck, the funds remaining from the $40,000 she entrusted to Dr. Waite for investment It is reported that M Peck hu promised to supply funds for the dens. tist's defense under certain condi- tions. the effects of ds from vs ago, has at B ate room const ITALIANS IN DRIVE AGAINST QUIGLEY 1 0. F. Curtis. U mously Endorscd by 200 at Enthusiastic Gathering in Bardeck's Hall. | | of | opposed 0. F. to 200 | tepublican Unanimous endorsement Curtis for George A. Quigley members of the Italian club at Bardeck’s hall yesterday a ternoon. Louis Fallettii vice presi- dent of the club, presided and much enthusiasm was manifest. The endorsement of Mr., Curtis was made to show disapproval by the Ttalian-Americans of Mayor Quigle and his administration of city affair during the past two years. One prom- inent member of the club stated this norning tnat the club to a man opposed to the mayor and the 300 members would swing their vot against him at the primaries Tucs- day, April 4. mayor as was siven by es TATE $61,866. MULLER T Targe Realty Owners Represent Bulk | ons of Cigar Manufacturer Louis J. Muller, cigar manufacturer, 1y months sessed an estate at his death at $64,866.67, the bulk of which Tepresented by rveal estate. appraised by P. H. F. A, Goddard, who have their report to the probate Muller's property is given under the following headin Land and build- ! ings at Lincoln and Harrison streets $9,000: land and buildings at 86 Arch street $24,000; land and buildings at Locust and Greenwood streets $1,400 property at Pawson Park, Branford 1,600: tobacco, cizars, ete. $4,177; office furniture § hor wagon and sl»lxh $150; 61 shares of Missouri Pa- 10 shares of New Britain $2,800: eleven shares Light Co. $1.1 acific bonds lite $6,183; real $680.2 I Possc: Britain who died sudden- ago, the New several pos- valued | and made ourt, Mr. Smith just of | | Trust Co. two Missour in- ince 0: [ cash in $120.04; 1S: New 90 note 17 $747 9y itair in Trust National i Co Brit- | Burritt hand mad receivable | ain ik Savi 5T mal 150 total cash on 65 property 125 1ecounts £64,866.67 $0. il | liver | dents | you e | ciarca | power 1 tis, ! but had | project { est of the poor people, ican telegraph wires between and Juarez, it wag announced by Gen. Gavira, the Carranza mander at Juarez. All comumi] tions however are censored by Bertani, the Carranza command Madera. According to front, Villa has Carranza line ward with the straining every him before he reaches the mou wastes in his ancient haunts Guerrero district. Animals Are Starving. The one hope of a speedy ation to the chase is that of the bandits will be checked starvation and the exhaustion their ponies. Tt is known that almost destitute of both sup and ammunition and the dead dying horses found along his chieved the results he set out to gain 1d in conclusion promised to work similar if rewarded with tion. The mayor spoke neau of an automobile Rutherford, his ver, who at the drove rapidly away Councilman 0. Curtis, . Mayor Quigle opponent in the battle for the republican nomination for mayor announced this noon that he will de- a series of noon-time speeches foilowing in the wake of Mayor Quig ley and answering the mayor's con- tentions regarding the achievements of the Quigley administration. At noou tomorrow he will begin his cam- paign with a speech at Landers, Frary & Clark’s, In his opening remarks today Mayor Quigley declared that he is still be- ing opposed by the same machine that give evidence of his desperate he fought against two years ago. For and need. the past two years, said the mayor, I Once safely in the midst o have tried to give you a business ad- ' Sierra Tarahumares the task of ministration free from pull and ning the bandit to his lair will favoritism and for the past two years become one of tremendous diffig the officials of the city have forgotten This country is inhabited by the politics and politicians and have ahumare Indians one of the worked for the good of the ci For distinctive tribes in Mexico. the past two or three weeks, con-|American who owns a ranch at { tinued the mayor, you have heard |[ro in the heart of the district statements that the Quigley adminis- | who has lived there forty years, tration is responsible for the increased | this description of the Tarahum taxation. 1 want to say to you r toda These Indians,” he and tax payers of the city of | “have some of the finest and Britain that in your hands ard [ qualities of any of the Mexican in your hands alone rests the ques-|igines. If you treat them fairly tion of the tax rate. You can settle ! will stand by to last gasp. that question in the city meeting. If | loyalty to their friends is almost @ don’t like the tax rate and the [to that of a dog. They are hg estimates as left by the board of [and very industrious. finance and taxation and the common council you have the right to decide ainst them. Taking up the question of the ts rate, Mayor Quigley then denied th tlie Quigley administration was sponsible for the 19.6 mill rate. referred to the state tax of two mills | which has to be paid and also spoke the school expenses, which he de- the common council had no over., Referring to O. ¥. Cur- but carefully avoiding his name, mayor turned to the question increases and declared that this along lines for the next two years elec- from the ton- driven by A. campaign man- close of the talk an despatches fros broken throu| and is fleeing American nerve to o ter] the si- New you Making for Mountains The one of peaks fused = e | only country in the wildest of the Sierras jumhle, with the vaguest which they on earth. rise in no roads of trails. Well that-country, T never ven# far from the trail from my rang | the railroad without Indian The mountains of vol origin and devoid of vegetaf] llere and there. there are little leys in which the Tarahumares fi | hut they hidden at the cntra % L had not only | to mighty canyons and a man i he council had not only gentleman in the cour | wander in the until he cored an iner: to $1,500 in the | 2" 4 o ustion thirst before salary of thé superintendent of streets, | found one. favored and voted for the in- | "y 40 jngication of the creases for the police and firemen [t1e SNicahamniai 1 might men The men who are opposed to me 10 | yhut 1o bullion train ever leavel day, said the mayor, are disappointed | g orrero region without a P oftice seckers, those who I have turned { yymare guard. The mining men cut of office and the gentlemen Who | gt 1o others. They rely on opposed the mumnicipal ice projec | honor of the Tarahums and Speaking of his action in the city ! e it has never been betrayed meeting, when he railroaded the ice ! "wpufinore fs another side to B through, the mayor declared |1 q4iine ™ mo the who' 1njui he would do the same thing over |0, > relentless 4 again if such a problem faced him. (oo i fig fiends, and by He declared it was done in the inter- | 4% S0 0 powers of especially those | o and, their passions of the ; ave their cruel had the word | of health that pecrin ;;)"‘\ d the children hopes to tal eased have 1 a an et any \ of the are wastes and honest t man they t like rordinary ance when section he northern uned that | in the ('”\.‘\r and main the superintendent death rate amor section hus dec were able to ihe ice ct o supply (b competition devilish thes roused 1t [ whom in i | wer the | tpal | refuge 1 fends it of | in is among his early passed, that He is amon to as ik 11 people Ford v said them career " N since =et munic had il he soration ! outs W 1 ) et of his n (Continued On Eleventh