New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1916, Page 15

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2§, 1916. pppr——— C GERMANS AGAIN DRIVE AT VERDON French Troops *Hold—Ttalians | Deleat Austrians their plans they for a week preparations. The German effort was confined to Malancourt, this short preparation the shells of their he apparently expecting an easy victor: bombardment. advantage * machine gun a curtain of shells which approaching. resistance of the defend- i Malancourt $till Held. The object of the Germans was o village of surrounding Malancourt, completely, the Malancourt the Meuse_where the German as: statement today say French car- | constructed. to recover Malancourt was sion, which was thrown back with | large losses. The text of the communic: “Ip the Argonne district our batter- jes have bombarded the positions of the Germans north auchee and on the southern boundary of the wood of Cheppe. . hand grenades, made in conjunction | for us with activity in the next sector, made it »possible particularly 1t with | about forty hou the connecting | of Avacourt. enemy last night made no fresh effort against our positions at Haucourt and | Malancourt. The bombardment, sver, assumed, our front Mort Homme and Cumieres. Gain Footing in Wood. Bethincourt, peparatory artille lelivered a pirited attack a of | tillery. sastern corner iepth of more than 300 yards, as well 15 an important work called the Re- loubt of Avocourt which the Germans @ad strongly fortified. A violent and he enemy with a fresh brigade which on the scene but a days ago was completely repulsed t us. The enemy suffered heavy losses | and left fifty prisoners in our hands. | “To the east of the river Meuse | there has been great activity on the part of the opposing artillery forces and in the Woevre in the sector of ! Moulainville. “On the remainder of the front the night was quiet.” German Statement Differs, Berlin, March 29, via London, 0 p. m.—French positions north of Mal- ‘ourt several lines deep along a front of 2,000 metres have been ormed by German troops, the Ger- man headquarters staff announced to- day. The statement follows: “Eastern front: The Russians did | rot repeat their attacks in the rorthern sectors yesterday, but con- {inued during the day and night their iruitless efforts south of Narocz lake. On seven occasions our troops re- pulsed the enemy, sometimes at the point of bayonet ‘A German aerial squadron bom- | barded with goed r the enemy’s 1z2ilway depots in the western part of Molodechno. Balkan front; there is nothing to i | | | | | report. “Western front outh of St. Eloi, one of the mine craters occupied by the British was wrested from them a result of a hand grenade engage- in the region of Vaux and Douaumont, | ment. “On the left bank of the Meuse our troops, with little loss to themselves stormed French positions north of Malancourt over a front of about 2,000 metres. They also penetrated into the northwestern portion of Malan- | court. The krench left in our hands | twelve oflicers and 486 unwounded men; one gun and four machine guns. Examination of the prisoners taken | enz two more French divisions have been brought into the fighting.” bled us to confirm the belief that Berlin, March 28, (By wireless to Tuckerton)—On both the Russian and Italian fronts Austro-Hungarian | troops have withstood vigorous as saults, inflicting heavy losses on the at- tackers, the official Austrian statement | of March 28 sa ighting On Goriza. Rome, March 29, via London, 12:12 p. m.—TItalian infantry has ejected the Austrians from positions on the Heights northwest of Goriza which | were Jost to the Austrians on Sunday, the war office announced tod The Ttalians captured 302 2 Austrians, including 11 officers. The announce- { ment follows: “In the region of the upper But | River there was moderate artillery fir- | ing by the enemy against positions we | recaptured. A column of the enemy which was ascending through Valen- tina Valley toward Val Poccolo was | repulsed by our effective gun fire. “Heavy rains and fog interfered with artillery work again yvesterday in | the upper Isonzo zone, but we demol- ished enemy posts at Mrzlivrh and made a direct hit on a trench mortar. Our grenadiers destroyed an entrench- ment of the enemy in the Seagora section, compelling the defenders to flee. “A desperate fi northwest of Goriz 1t on the heights 1. which lasted ended successfully After intense concentrated gun fire against our entrenchments at Grafenberg, which already had been damaged by storms, the enemy opened an attack with a v important force on Sunday evening. Our troops offered obstinate r ance and held back the masses of the enemy."” In the center, after furious hand- to-hand fighting, one of our battalions retired about 400 taking with it about thirty prisoners. | “A very lively interchange of gun- | fire continued throughout the suc- | cceding day. Our infantry began a counter attack in the evening and by | means of repeated charges, which were supported admirably by the ar- re-took by storm the position 1y 1o We captured 3 including cleven officer prisone two machines, a large number of. rifles and much ammunition of all de- | scriptions. The fourth enemy aeroplane hrought down by our rifle fire landed vesterday near Vittorio. Both the oc- cupants were captured, WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR HERALD ’Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. We want you to have the HERALD every night and .to make sure that it is delivered to you we have ar- ranged with the WESTERN UNION to have a mes- senger boy rush a copy to your home. This serviceis § given at our expense. It will cost you nothing. We want you to be satisfied and when you are we feel ! amply compensated for whatever effort we may make § for your benefit. SO, IF YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE THE HERALD BY 6 O’CLOCK 'PHONE WEST- ERN UNION. YOU’LL GET A COPY SOON AF- aboard the rived. Th al of the long-d erection in Ha tourist hotel of magnificent propor- tions and of various other plans to in- crease the attractions of the eral excellent hotel sites but it would hardly be possible to complete a building by the beginning of next year and fears are expressed that should the war come to a conclu- sion the rush of tourist tr instantly set Europeward and so con- tinue for years to come. Democrats To Thre ha which promi for creating plenty of enthusiasm dur- ing the remainder of the campaign. The Ruthenian hall on Erwin Place has been seletced as the place. | day. ¥ QUARTET CHOSEN FOR CHORAL CONCERT Catholic Choral Union Will Present Well Known Singers to Local Public. Professor Frederic F. Harmon has returned from New York where he olic Choral Union, to be held in the Russwin Lyceum theater May 14. The trip was crowned with success for the four persons secured by Professor Harmon, are noted for their ability | | throughout the countrs The tenor part will be in the hanas of John Finnigan, a member of the choir of St. Patrick’'s Cathedral, New York, and one of the best soloists in the metropolis. Donald Chalmers who has been heard by many local people at Asbury Park, N. J., for sev- eral summers will be the bz solo- ist. M Marie Stoddardt, remem- bered for her wonderful work in the presentation of the Stubet Mater five Years by the local union, will again be heard in the soprano role. For con- tralto work Miss Elsie Baker of New York, a member of the Victrola com- pany of artists will complete the quar- tette, Director Harmon has arranged for the presentation of Haydn's “‘Spring’ and Rossini’s “Stabet Mater.” The members of the union are rehearsing for the concert and are perfecting themselves for or of the most suc- cessful concerts ever given by the organization. WAR ENRICHES CUBANS, Tourists, Unable to Go Abroad. Fock To Nearby Islc, (Corrtspondence of The Associated Press.) Havana, March 21—The tourist sea- son now drawing to a close has been by far the most prosperous that Ha- vana has ever seen, the number of vis- itors from the United States cxcecd- ing by thousands that of any previous vear and taxing to their utmost c pacity the steamship lines from New York, Key West and New Orleans. This has been due in part to the at- tractlons of the fine racing track, in- augurated last year at Marianao under unfavorable weather conditions, but in the main to the closing of all the European resorts and the serious in- terference of traflic with the other West Tndian Islands due to the with- drawal of the German and British tourist steamers During the height of the rush south- ward all the hotels in Havana were so crowded that many visitors were com- pelled to find shelter for the night hips on which they ar- has given rise to a renew- ussed project of the ana of at least one ity are av: ffic would SIXTH WARD RALLY. st Guns Of Campaign. The Sixth Ward democratic club arranged for a rally this evening, to be an incentative from the ward Candidates for offic: will deliver their first speeches of the campaign, including William J, Smith, Alderman Kerwin and Councilman A. M. Paon a. Other speakers will be W. Pelton, Chairman W. I Mangan and Senator George M. Lan- ders. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs, Edith Hollfelder. Mrs, Edith Mary Hollfelder. wife of Joseph Hollfelder, died vesterday aft- ernoon at her home, 183 Hart street. She had been ill a long time. She was forty-three years old and leave side her husband, nine children rang- ing jn age from nineteen years to eight be- months. They are Joseph, William, Martin, Touise, George, Gertrude, Idith, Tillian, Rose and Agnes. Mr Hollfelder was a member of St. Pet- church and belonged to St. Anne's society. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow from the church and interment will be in new Catholic cemetery. AYRES TOOK POTSON. Condition of New York Man Not Much Tmproved. Stamford, March 29.—The condi- tion of H. A. Ayres, of Trvington, N. Y.. who took poison vesterday, and later was removed to the Stamiord hospi was not much improved to- pathologist, Dr. Bruce Weaver, is unable to state vet what effect the poison will have upon the patient other than making him ex- tremely ill. It is understod that Ayres took the poison while despondent over a turn in business affairs. He id to have engaged in some financial affairs of considerable magnitude which have not resulted as he expected. He states he is a promoter and had counted upon strong financial backin According to a report from New York city Ayres is connected with the Standard Shipbuilding Co., of No. 41 Whithall street, which was to build cargo carrying vessels at yards on Staten Island. He is said not to be an executive officer of the company. MORE STOLEN Among the brass v the police as illegally sold to a Hartford junk man by Benjamin Cutler of Hartford avenue is a quantity from the Stanley Rule & Level compa Employes, of the company identified the brass yesterday and took it back to the factory today. No arre have been made aw it is not known who has been stealing the brass from this concern. spent several days securing soloists { for the annual concert of the Cath- i from | but navy weaker than several powers for “Americ ! neri SPEGIALISTS ARE NEED OF NAVY Sec. Roose\;élt Would Develop Engineers and Aviators Washing ment of specialists in engineering, javiation and other lines in the navy was urged today by A tary Roosevelt of the navy depaii- ment. before the house naval com- mittee. He opposed securing spe- cialists from scientific schools, stat- ing that Annapolis Academy train- ing for all naval officers was essen- tial. He said he did not know whether Secretar, with him on this matter. Mr. Roosevelt went on record \gainst exclusive government manu- facture of war munitions. “I believe in government manu- he said, ate manu- facturers should he encouraged to develop a good submarine engine, with government experts also work- facture to a certain cxtent,” Mr. Roosevelt said priv ing to that end. New val Base. Island, near Porto Rico, another ] than at Guantanamo, Cuba, was suid i by Mr. Roosevelt to be nceded. Our scouting line should ext ewfoundland to Bermuda Windward Isles, he said, men to guard such a base. “We Dbelieve the enem probably make an initial attack in are vulnerable the West Indies. We down there to a quick at so than along the Atlantic would have to have some b or an sland in the West Indies.” To an assertion that battleships have played a minor part in the ropean war, Mr. Roosevelt said “‘Dreadnoughts have won the gri seas. “1f we had enough dreadnought we'd win a bloodless victory in ca of war.” U Richer and Wealker. Tods: the United States and weaker than ever in i in comparison with other powers, Mr. Roosevelt said. explaining that the 1 resources nation has great potent A “handful of an army” and immediate defense. That there is a possibility at least n becoming involve in of this n r with a vietor in FKurope wis rted by Mr. Roosevelt He pi tured disaster in war with twice as strong, e p ‘bottled up’ and open to invasion. Might Fight Victors. Tn reply to a suggestion that Euro- pean belligerents will be exhausted at the close of the war and be little in- clined to continue arming, Mr. Roose- velt said: “It is entirely problematical, bat, judging by history, the best gu. that they will continue. We cannot tell yet if the w in a draw, with everybody weak, down and out. If a victory for either results, history shows the victor will ve enormous resources. _ If there yis a victorious side there is a prob- ability or a pos ibility that we might et mixed up with that victorious side. oday we have great potential re- sources, but nothing to withstand an immeadiate shock.” MOVTES . SALOONS. A} \bulate Numbers Boy Scouts 1 ter- ing Various Places. The observations of the Doy Scouts of the South Congregational church, which were made Monday have been tabulated. 1In the time be- tween 8:15 and 9 o’clock, 119 persons entered Fox’s theater, thirteen pe sons entered a temperance club and seventeen persons were seen to ga into a saloon on Main street Interesting reports arve =i other parts of the city; fifty-five en- tered a clothing store; sixty-three, the New Britain Institute: twenty people passed the railroad crossing on Chestnut street, going toward the cen- ter; twenty-four passed the corner of Elm and Winter ward the center; Myrtle and High streets. 136 were noted approaching the center. The scout stationed at a place would stay 1 in reets, going to- | there a short tinie and then would he I'succeeded by another. The results were written on a pad. It is planned to repeat the experiment in the near future. CHAMBERLAN TO PRE Local Man Wil Act As Toastmaster at Connecticut Bankers' Banquet. IPrederick Chamberlain, treas- urer of the New Britain National banlk will preside at the State Banker sociation banu which will be held in the Hotel Taft in New Haven to- night. About 350 officers and direct- 's of banks in various parts of the e will be present. There will be no business iransact- ed at the gathering, the affair being strictly of a social nature. The kers of the evening will be Job Hedges, former Republican candidate for governor in New York, who will deliver an address on “What is Meant by Preparedness” and Rev. T. O. Jud- kins of Glen Falls, who will speak on nism.,” Represented by E. W. Eddy. New Britain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel 114116 ASYLUM ST. RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EX CHANGE, HARTEFORD. on. March 29-—Develop- stant Secre- 1 Paying by Ches Danicls agreed turned after payment and becomes a receipt. and system into your dally transactions. Do Clothes Make the Man? firms and individuals. tablishment of a new and in- and smoked a clay pipe? vulnerable naval base on Culebra a pateh in his ectly fitted suit f President G Hall of Clark | eries of questions to It would pay cvery voung man in husines 25 shs LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK 25 shs AMERICAN HA RDWARE. 25 shs AMERICAN SIL VER. 25 shs BRISTOL BRAS S. 25 shs NEW DEPARTU RE, COM. An obligation paid by check avoids disputes—the chech Paying by check is business-like and convenient—it pi This strong Bank welcome: checking accounts with o 274 MAIN STREET. ning sentiment for a bhase on { Culebra He stated that it would take several guns and five thousand wouid answers T select those sen- FINANCIAL NEWS 'K; mors coasl. If an enemy came over here they se. There are only three locations for bases, Canada or Newfoundland, Bermuda, the world.” ituation that dressed 1 feel as if T could fa “I feel abld RAILS AND STEEL “When I am ill dressed 1 do not like to @ 41 must constantly iy opinion of myself deeided drop.”’ stion 11 was your clothing which may not be obvious to Recessions Felt Along the Lile— | eaiers e oot e o T am always est victory of the war and not fired |a shot. They have ac | what they were built to accomplish to keep the other man's fleet off the omplished and noticing it.” peoplo testi- | . _New York, Mareh 2 fied that good clothes inspired in thern sub- stock exchange at gains fractions to a point. Initial dealings | prominent men today placed & in Kennecott, Shatuck-Arizona, Read- } $10 ing and fresh clothes Mecantile Marine preferred denoted Landers, Fra further heaviness. United States | pyeeting yesterday, declared a Steel was unchanged at the outset, but | gividend of 2 per cent, subsequently made slight headway, | Today the stock ol : 3 " stock exchange wa > Crucible Steel forfeited all of 1ts | Laratis bt subconsciously in doing business you do when you made furthe Close—Rails and U- §. Steel fell to lowest prices in the final hour with recessions in most other quarters, The closing wnis heavy. fleet ssing belief that the United States fleet would be wiped | out, the Panama Canal and United | States possessions lost and the nation d than the man I applied to, of an advantage people in the world known you for what you are. you hastily vou appear w York Stock Exchange quota- | 15 tions furnished by Richter & Co. . members of the New York it~ i change. Represented by 1. W. Bddy. clothes convey vou can do husiness on: work hard later Wear H. O. P. Clothes Chalmers Beet Sugar Alaska Gold Ag Chem Car & Fdy Co 70% 68% 69 Ice . e & 28 TR 3 619 s is r is going to result ide CTit;v 12‘2?7%5 Can pfd SR loco ........ T8% T6% 7T771%}) «~—— — Smelting .. 1001% 1001 ; e g S i (Continued me First Page. Toh 19514 S Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop S Fe Ry Baldwin Looc rs Notice! e due Ap candidate councilman giduts Beth Steel requirement natures to his petition and will file it irman Goodwin of the repub- ican town committee, The public Vocational Leather & Onio ‘hino Copper . Mil & St Paul. inspection High school until after evening ‘rucible Steel tillers Sec s ything will be running order, and Carl Loren- 1st prd General Elec cratic town committeemen on April 4 . one | | Inspiration ..... Kansas City So Steel Lehigh Valley Mot com Mex Petrol Lead sk Air Brake Co . ¢ & Hud Cons csseas b NH&HRRES N Y Ont & West i Northern Pac .... t West MeMillan's department at the corner of | Jewish mass meet- ing Sunday th hall to take action towards en- celebration Cons Reading ... .e Rep T & § com Rep 1 & S pfa Pac to return to his home Studebaker . underwent appendicitis. cases of measles today and quar. Cop m; tory Ave T Pac FINDS LOST PIN, Fruit Utah Cop 7 S Rub Co 7 8 Steel 7 8 Steel pfd | Va Car Chem Westinghouse tern Union 5 Overland TOO LATE TFICATION. improvements. COLT'S ANNUAL SATUR l.\lujnri'_\ of Local Stockholde Gains One Point Today. majority of the owners of Colt} nieeting of that concern, whigl Le held in Hartford Saturdayy , Wall Street, motors and | r.con. Speculation is rife on a. m.—Coppe some of the war issues were the fea- | action, if any, will be taken af of today’s early trading on the | meeting and bets are being mig s ranging from | what the outcome will be., h, one backing his opinie e comprised individual Jots | the directors wiil make a pre 1,000 to 1,500 shares, the rails | the stockholders and the othi showing slight rccessions. Federal | holding the opinion that only &l Smelting preferred lost & point and | Jar dividend will be declared. and Clark, af Iy quiet. American jumped ahead one point to 27 and Stanley Works also gained sl 1y, going to 73 3-4—74 1 d yuotations were as follows: 4 Manufacturing, 540-550; Niles, ment-Pond, 177-180 Bristol B 63 rican Hardware, 128 ainders, Frary & Clark Specialties, with few exceptions improvement later, tock IoX Feck, Stow and Wilcox, 30 1 rd Screw, 2 8; and U 81-82 March 29, 1916 High Low Close 29% 29 2014 6814 6814 1d for Buffalo, and was know $6% | cue of the finest trains on the B 103% | York Central lines 104 7% 877% The flier was run in two secti [e} = liccause of unusually heavy traffic, Engineer Missing, 3 An CH In a s super n Pacific . 168 545 ement given out this f noon, D. C. Moon, general manages the New York Central lines at Cle| nid The rear car of the section was a coach from Chicago!l Pittsburg. It had forty passen four of whom were killed. 1 d know how n v were injured “Fhe next car was a club Pullman car. There nobody in this car but a porter and mail clerk, These two men are mil iand & 1 1ead of the co Goodrich Rub ing. Great Nor pfd The cars ahend of the coach af Gt Nor Ore Cetf club car were slecpers Nobody them was hurt “The Twentieth Century was railed but nobody on it was injured I have ordered an intvestigation 3% | once sl ‘1 don’t think of the crew wi | hurt, but so far we haven’t got trad % | of the engineer of the second section| 10514 2 Washington, March 29.—H. W. B nap. chief of the division safel of the Interstate commerce commi sion, will leave Washington late todd to investigate the Lake Shore wreg 1714 Pac Mail near ind. George 1. Ellis, Penn R R the division of safety, stationed Peoples Gas .. Chicago, and H. A. McAdam, stationd Pressed Steel Car at Pittsburgh, already are enroute fd the wreck New Haven, March 29.—W. Ha mon Voltz, injured in the wreck o the New Yor man in a local store, and was on business trip. The name of P. W Kavanaugh is not in the local diree Central road, is a sales| ‘brd Miss Rose Solomon, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Solomon of Hartford avenue, has found a class pin which she lost several month: ago. Yesterday, as her brother wad shoveling some snow out of the yard he dug up the missing pin where it had been buried.