New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1916, Page 1

{HERALD BEST OF ALL| {LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MB BETTER BUSINH “ PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TecedDAY, APRIL ¢5 1916. —TWELVE PAGES. * ESTABLISHED TROOPS MAY CONCENTRATE FOR THEIR OWN DEFENSE; PURSUIT IS AT STANDSTILL Attack on Cavalrymen at Parral Reason for Persh- | ing’s Action in Postponing | Further Chase of Villa— | Advance Detachments Are | Reported Recalled. CONTINUANCE WOULD SURELY BE OPPOSED ‘J | i Snipers Busy Trying to Pick Off General of Natives Causes Leader | American Soldiers and Tostility of Expedition to Halt for the Pres- | ent—=Soldiers Will Rendezvous at | Three Places. Camp of General J. J. Pershing at the Front, April 17, by Motor and ‘Wireless to Columbus, M., April 8.—The American pursuit of Villa | at standstill because of the un- provoked attack upon American cavalrymen by the insubordinate sol- diers of the garrison at Parral. A small party of American soldiers was fired upon near here last night, r.one of the Americans heing injured. This, coming on the heels of other reports of sniping, is responsible for the belief that the expeditionary com- mand is confronted with a serious problem. At General Pershing's headquar- ters there seemed no prospect of the | resumption of the chase. There were rumerous indications that a con- tinuation of the pursuit would meet with armed resistance. A report received here from Ca ranza sources that a Villa colonel, captured near Cusihuiriachic had | promised to lead a party to a grave | in which Villa was said to have been | buried last Friday, is generally dis- credited by military authorties here. a Carranza Advance Column Reported Recalled. 11 Paso, Tex.,, April 18.—Reports were received here today from Mexi- can sources that the American ad- vance detachments had been recalled by General J. J. Pershing and that | the expeditonary force was being | concentrated in three places, a strong detachment being encamped near fatevo, the main column near Nami- quipa and a third division at | Colonia Dublan. These reports also stated that the Parra] fighting had a most unfortun- pte effect on the people of northern Mexico and had greatly inflamed the anti-American feeling. The Parral | Incident, was said, had been mai- nified by anti-American and anti- Carranza agitators into a great battle in which the Americans were badl beaten. The Mexican dead were ac counted for as unarmed citizens who | had been killed by the Americans be- fore the Parral garrison could inter- fere. People Greatly Excited. | The excitement of the people had been very much increased, according to the same reports, by their know- jedge that Villa, dead or alive, had | never gone as far south as Parral nnd their consequent inab to un- | derstand why the American cavalry- meti were in that district except on the assumption that they were really Invading Mexico. The misery of the peons, ravagad Ly disease and f: ; is making it more difficult than ever for the authorities to keep them in con- trol, it is said. They have been tzught so long to regard the Ameri- cans as their enemie and the cause of most of their woes that it is an rasy matter for the agitators to rouse them against the United States sol- o ho failure of the Mexican officials here and in Juarez to obtain any con- | firmation in two days of the reported | discovery of the body of Villa has | \Imost extinguished hopes here of the | report being true. | The situation of the American | {roops and fears of another incident l guch as that at Parral have com- pletely overshadowed the pursuit of the bandit. The one question of in- terest here whether the American troops alled. s as to ire to be T All May Join in Common Cause. Torreon, Mex., April 18.—General | Moycotte, who returned today:from Pedricena, reported that he had had a very friendly .conference with | Canuto eyes and his lieutenants, Cen- , |ceror, Paliza and Margareto Salinas. | The only bandit leader not present ! was Calixto Contreras, who is reported to have gone north to join Villa. General Maycotta said that the basis of a complete understanding | was arranged on the plea that it was i the duty of all \'\ttriu Mexicans n; ) heir private grievances anc '[w‘rrrxgxe:lo:w and join hands to stop the | useless shedding of blood. If the ten- L tative agreement is ratified all the | onferees are expected to arrive here | (Continued On EL venth Page.) | one sick |not known here whether the | of eleven hou ]nm ied. PERSHING AMBUSHED BY MEXICAN SNIPERS i Fire Is Returned and Natives Are Put Flight. to Columbus, N M. April 18—A speedy motor train carrying General John Pershing, commander of the ex- peditionary forces, together with his escort, was fired upon during a drive made at night from Satevo to the wireless station at Namiquipa, ac- cording to reports received here. No | official confirmation of the report (oulrl be obtained by military au- | thorities here. Nor could it be learn- ed whether the report was bhased upon ihe attack on General Pershing's supply train on its way to Satevo on April 11, According to the reports General Pershing was on his way to Nami- quipa when Mexicans in ambush near Providencia opened fire. There were only about ten snipers, all of whom fled when the Americans returned their fire. None of the Mex- an bullets took effect, the report said, and General Pershing regarded the incident as trivial. A despatch received from Joseph W. McMullen, a truck captain, sald that a truck train due to arrive here this afternoon was bringing thirty- and wounded men. It was men are Americans or Mexicans. Reports that the Carranza garri- son at Parral attempted to ambush |the command of Major Frank Tomp- kins and other reports of strained re- lations between the American forces in Mexico and soldiers of the de facto government were responsible ,for some trepidation expressed here today. In some quarters here the opinion is lexpressed that the pursuit of | Villa’s band has become a secondary matter and that the prime problem the expeditionary troops are now facing is that of their own protection. It is persistently rumored also that jeneral Pershing has expressed his displeasure at the turn the coopera- {tion of the Carranza troops took at | Parral. 'TROLLEYMEN SEEKING Will Ask the Connecticut Co. to Grant Request By May 1. Motormen and conductors employed by the Connecticut company in th city and members of the local branch | Amalgamated Street Railway of the a ciation will present demands to the officials within the next few days, asking that they either be accepted or rejected by May 1. The demands are in reference to the schedule of pay and | working hours. A g00d sized delegation of local mo- tcrmen and conductors attended the union meeting in Red Men’s hall in last evening at which new demands were drafted. The trol- ley men will ask for a new sliding scale of wages, based on term of ser- vice. They will ask that men during the first year of employment shall be pald twenty-six cents an hour. The second year pay shall be twenty-eight cents per hour, the third year pay thirty cents per hour and all men in the employ of the company for four vears or more shall get thirty-three cents per hour. Another important demand is in re- gard to the working schedule. At pres- | ent there is no systemized scale of hours, but the men will ask that nine hours constitute a day’s work and that the nine hours be included in a space * time. The trolleymen are sometimes compelled to be virtual- 1y on duty for eighteen hours in order to get ten hours of actual work. In case the trolley officials do not see fit to grant these demands the action of the union has not been determined. Some intimate that a general strike will be called, but the more conserva- tive members feel that if the company does not grant their demands they will at least try and meet the men | hulf way and effect a fair compromise. KILLED BY MAIL TRUCK. at New Haven Station Sends Truck Against Man. New Haven, April 18.—Michael J. McNern who was injured by a hurtling mail truck at the local station of the New Haven road last night, died of his injuries at the hospital early today. An incoming train struck the truck and hurled it across the platform. It struck McNerney in its flight. Mec- Nerney w thirty-five years old and Train | Mr. Lande! [ gained by MORE PAY, LESS HOURS, the | 'LANDERS AGREES T0 ASSUME PRESIDENGY Will be Elected Head of Chamber of Commerce This Afternoon SUCCEEDS E. W. CHRIST Enjoys Enviable Record as Mayor of New Britain, Scnator ¥From This District and Successful Manufac- turer—Choice a Sound One. Senator George M. Landers will be the new president of the New Brit- ain Chamber of Commerce, to suc- ceed President E. W. Christ, who de- clined last October to again head the organization on account of pressure of At the meeting of the di- of the chamber this afternoon 130 o'clock, it is likely that Mr. GEORGE M. DANDEKS. Landers will be the unanimous choice. For many months there has been considerable speculation as to who would be President Christ’'s successor. It had been rumored from time to time ‘that Mr. Landers would be the new leader of the organization, and it is with the utmost satisfaction that the formal announcement of his wil- lingness o accept the place, could be made today. President Landers will, it is said, assume his duties at once. There is in the city at present no man more capable of filling the duties of the president of the Chamber than who, by the knowledge his experience in municipal matter: affords the city a valuable leader on matters along these lines. As head of one of the largest manu- facturing concerns, his knowledge of affairs pertaining to the many im- provements the city needs is invalu- able. Real Work. aid this afternoon accept the place, of the im- duties. He Now For Senator Landers if elected he would with the full knowledge portance attached to its said that after the city has recovered from the recent mud-slinging and criticism, it was time to get down to better development. Joining the organization in its in- fancy in this city, Senator Landers has evidenced considerable interest in its undertakings and effor When- ever matters of utmost importance were to be discussed, Mr. Landers made it a point to be in touch with them, and through this valuable attention, should be capable of jumping into the office and starting in at once to fur- ther the principles of the chamber. As a member of the committee on securing better transportation service on various railroad lines, Mr. Landers was particularly active. The new president is a native of | this city, the son of the late Charles |'S. Landers. He received his early | education in the public schools, grad- uating from the New Britain High school. He entered Yale Scientific school from which he graduated in i 1891. He became identified with Lan- ders, Frary & Clark, and for a num- | ber of years was the treasurer resign- ling in 1911 to devote his undivided | attention to the presidency of the | North & Judd Manufacturing com- pany. He is a director of of the New Briiain National bank. He is also a member of most of the fraternal so- cieties in the city, and holds member- ship in many clubs in Connecticut and New York Senator Landers enjoys an enviable ion in potitical circles, both in tive city and and in state. En- in 1897, when he was elected a councilman on the republi- | can ticket and he was elected an al- derman in 1904. Mr. Landers was elected mayor of the city in 1906 at the time of consolidation and so suc- cessfully did he conduct the business of the city, that he was overwhelm- ngly re-elected in 1908 over John M. Brady. Tn 1910 Senator Landers handed the G- O. P a surprise when he announced his change of political faith, and joined the democratic party. He was as a candidate by the party and w elected on In 1912 the parly him as their choice for sen- named for councilman | every occasion. honored (Continued On Eleventh Page.) MAYOR TAKES OATH FOR SECOND TIME Briel But Impressive Ceremony t City Hall This Noon WILL SERVE PEOPLE ONLY Although Elected Republican is Bound To No Party—Will Again Strive Xog Harmony in Common Council—Oth- er Officials Sworn, In the presence of his wife, mother, relatives, friends, city officials and newly elected members of the com- mon council, George A. Quigley took the oath of office as mayor of the city of New Britain for the second time at | noon today. in the mayor's office, the oath being impressively given by City Clerk A. L. Thompson, who had previously been sworn by Judge George W. Klett. While the event was not nearly so well attended as two years ago when Mayor Quigley was first elected there W a sizeable assembly lined about the four walls of the office of the city’s chief executive. On the long mahog- any table in the center of the office | were potted daffodils, an Easter lily, friends. Before administering the oath, Col- onel Thompson, his voice trembling with emotion, spoke briefly on the importance of the event. He said it was the sixth time he had held office as city clerk that he had administered the oath of office to the mayor of the city, this being the second time to Mayor Quigley. After administering the oath to the mayor, Colonel Thomp- son heartily congratulated him and wished him all success. ! Mayor Respon In response Mayor Quigley said he was deeply gratified for the confidence the people of this city have displaved in again electing him mayor. The carnations ana the gifts of admiring mayor then pledged his honor to do | his best to fulfill the duties of his of- fice. He felt that although he was elected as a republican in reality no party is entitled to the victory. the people alone he felt responsible and he would strive to serve them. City Officials Sworn. Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis, as two years ago, was next to take the ocath of office and he was followed by William Middlemass, member of the board of relief. Then came William Ziegler, registrar of voters; Alder man M. 1. Jester and Councilmen Charles May, J. C. Andrews, Lincoln Odenkirchen, David A. Wicander, John Tomaszewski Iliam J. Lenchan George M. Li Clolonel Thompson congratulated all and once more called on Mayor Quig- ley for remarks. His Honor referred to the non-partisan character of common council during the past two years and again gave assurance of his determination to work for harmony and to strive to serve the whole peo- ple. The assembly then filed past the niayor and each gave him a hearty handgrasp with well wishes for the new administration. BRISTOL ESTATE .. .. .. TOTALS $35,251 New Britain Nonagenarian Who Died Last Winter Possessed Valuable Holdings. Harrison Bristol, who died last February at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Walter P, Steele on Chest- nut street at the age of 93 years, left an estate valued at $35,251.44, ac- cording to the report made to the local probate court today by the ap- praisers, C. C. Haill of Cheshire and William Foote of Branford. Mr. Bristol formerly liven at Short Beach in Branford and for thirty spent his winters at Ormond, Florida. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Steele, he left one son, Truman Walnut street. A large amount of his estate represented by cash in bank as fol- Cash on hand $598 New National bank $96.65, Na- Savings bank of New Haven, Branford Savings bank, New Haven Savings bank Connecticut Savings bank, of Nlew Haven, $542.85; Savings Bank of New Britain 32 i Meriden Savings bank $2 7; People’s Sav- ings bank 5 Berlin Savings Lank $799.75 Burritt Savings bank $500, and Society for Savings $440. In notes and interest due on notes are the following items: Note $8,500 and interest $165 note $1,500 and interest $381: note $3,665 and inter- est $797.48; note $2,790 and interest $1,043.10; note $200 and interest $7.78; note $300 and interest $7.62, In property he held three pieces of 1and in Branford, a acre plot valued at $1,100; seven acres valued t $1,000 and thirty acres valued at ,300. —— e e WEATHER, Hartford, night and Wednesday temperature Wednesday, e The ceremony took place | {of J. J. McIntyre, To | and vears | H. Bristol of | | amount | become effective FIVE KILLED, FORTY HURT WHEN “GILT EDGE” EXPRES HITS LOCAL ON SHORE LI Three More Bodies Believed to Be in. Wreckage Bradford, R. I.---Fire Adds to Horror, Four Coaches Going Up in Flames REVISED LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED New Haven Road Issues Statement Saying Dead Number Five and Hurt Thirty-nine. New York, April 18.—A revised list of the dead and injured was given out |at the New Haven offices here today, placing the number of lives lost at five, with two other persons unac- counted for, and the number of in- | jured at 39. The injured include the following eleven persons whose names were not in the list given out here last night: Simon Connor, Old Lyme; at a hos pital in New London. R, B. Dyer, 120 Burrington street, Providence; bruised about the body. E. M. Brownell, 21 Union street, Boston; shaken up. W. D. Gibson, New York city. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Reynolds, 75 Lilac street, New Haven; shaken up. Abraham Sapocitz and his ister, Fannie, 295 Maine street, Providence; shaken up. Mrs, D. E. Gallagher, New Haven; right shoulder injured. Grandfield, Westerly, shaken up. Mrs. Hoag, Westerly, R. R. I.; shaken | up. The list today strikes out the name Charlestown, Mass., last night reported as injured, and changes the name of A. W. “Griffen” of Oneida, N, Y. cut about face, to A. W. Clifford, same address. Mrs. William Price, Westerly, is given as injured instead of William Price as listed last night. IMMEDIATE GHANGE IN BERLIN'S POLICY i Most Vigorous Note Wilson the | or Lansing Have Ever Written. Waghington, April 18.—The Amer- ican government'’s communication to Germany, designed as the last word of this government in the submarine con- troversy, was being put into diplomat- ic code today for immediate trans- mission to Berlin. It is expected to go forward during the day. The document is said to be the most vigorous diplomatic paper President Wilson and Secretary lLansing ever have drafted. It covers the activities | of German submarines since the Lusi- tania affair and is intended to force the question of a speedy settlement of the subrearine issue by making plain that only an immediate change in Be: lin’s policy can prevent a rupture in the friendly relations between the | two countrie i Chairman Stone of the scnate for- eign relations commitice had an en- gagement to see President Wilson at the White House today before the cab- inet meeting. Senator Stone was in- formed of the intentions of the admin- stration as soon as the communica- tion was completed by the president. Much interest centered today about Ambassador Von Bernstorff, who re- turned from New York on the eve of the despatch of the American com- munication. It we id that the am- ador had no new instructions from government, although it was thought he might visit the state de- partment today to learn the views of the United States and to inform Sec- retary Lansing regarding those of Germany. Count Von Bernstorff, acting under instructions from his government, will discuss the.submarine crisis in general terms with Secretary Lansing 1 o'clock this afternoon. After the cabinet meeting today it was learned that some points had not Leen finally agreed upon, and it was | understood there might be some change in the note’s phraseology as drawn up by President W . terday. It was said the points left open might be closed at any time and the communication sent forward. Just what these points are was not revealed. at WAGE Lowell, Mass., April 18 of a wage advance 20,000 cotton mill operative was made last ght. The | of the which will was not an- RAIS Announce- affecting | s in | 20,000 | | | | | ment nearly this city increase, {along with a stretcher. | charged with cons: ENGINEER SAYS FARTHER SIGNAL WAS NOT SET (RESCUED FROM WRECK COVERED WITH BLOOD Men, Women and Children Carried Out Present Horrible Sight. 18.—James Brax, who was injured in the wreck at Bradford, made the following state- ment. “I was with Habbid Mancy, of this city, and we got away from Boston about 5 o'clock. When just outside of Providence our train stopped for about ten minutes. After getting un- der way again we ran very slowly until we reach Bradford “While standing at the Bradford station there came a crash. It seemed that the entire train collapsed. The chairs we were sittnig on were ripped from the floor, the windows were broken and one of the doors in the car fell on my companion. 1 was thrown into the aisle and my leg got caught in tHe seat. In trying to get away in the darkness I turned my leg and for a time was helpless. After | getting free I grabbed hold of Mancy and we made our escape. ‘We had just got outside the when there was an explosion. I told it was a gasoline tank in rear car. Flames shot up from this car and in a short time the blaze had reached the Bradford station and the freight house, which were both burned to the ground. As we lay near the smoking car a couple of men came They stopped and inquired if we needed help and on being assured that we were all right they went into the rear car. “When they came out they had a woman who was smeared from head to foot with blood. Her hair was matted on the side of her head and she presented a sickening appearar I turned my head just in time to another group of men bringing out two women, a child and a man from the rear car in front of the smoker. All these were covered with blood and the man’s legs were twisted into un- natural positions. ‘“The papers say there were only five killed, but 1 myself saw the wreckers bring out eight bodies from the rear c: and they said all these were dead.’ PLOTTER USES FISTS Von Papen’s Seerctary Puts Up Iight New London, April car was the Before Permitting His Arrest Fol- lowing Grand Jury Indictment. New York, April 18.—Wolfe ‘Von Igel, secretary of Franz Von Papen, former military attache to the Ger- raan embassy, was arrested here to- in Captain Von Papen's office at No. 60 Wall strect, after a fist fight with four agents of of justice. Von Igel indicted yesterday aa s the fifth man vith Von Papen viracy to blow up the Welland Canal, Von Igel's name had been with- held by the federal authorities pend- ing his arrest. When the four agents of the department of justitce entered s office today he put up a fight in | sted by George Von | ich he was a Skall, an employe. Von he was overpowered, reaching a safe in the far the room, banging the door shut and turning the combination. Von Igel was taken to the federal building for arraignment The federal agents said that Igel was not finally subdued until they pointed revolvers at him. He then declared tht he was on German f{erritory and protested that the United States authorities had no right te invade that territo. “Go ahead and shoot,” his captors reported him as saying. ‘It will only cuuse war between the United States and Germany. You have no right to invade this office. It Is German ter- ritory. The are Russian methods. before in of 1gel, succeeded corner Von WILSON FAVORS SUGAR TAX. Washington, April 1§ Wilson favors the senate ing the placing of President bill postpon- the sugar on free April 21 nounced. list until 1920 in pr house bill postponing ference the it indefinitely. to e the department | AGAINST HIS TR Some Victims Thought to Ha Burned to Death—Man; Acts Reported—Three tions Under Way—Sickeni As I red Are Taken Fro in Crews Given Hea Bradford, R. I., April 18.—| | of the wreckage resulting fi rear end collision of two trai New York, New Haven and railroad here last night was progress today, in an effort mine whether it containgd @ in addition to the five persons known to have lost their lives the opinion of many persons been at the scene during the at least three other passeng] been unable to extricate t from the burning mass More than thirty other pers [ injured, most of them suffer! | cuts, bruises or shock. | e Follows Crash. | Al the victims were oce the rear of a local train | had started to run on a siding | of the Bradford station whe | I2dge express, from Boston, linto it. Coals from the exp: | motive and the explosion of & ‘ on the bottom of the coach s the wreckage, and the flamd so rapidly that the nearby std freight house were destroyed er with four wooden coachd local train. The passengers & difficulty in climbing out of t ished car and those who I lives were badly burned | As there is no fire departm| I no adequate fight could b | against the flames until the | apparatus from Westerly, | distant. A wrecking train from New London nd came on another train fro dence. Minor injuries were and several persons were ta. hospital at New London No one was injured on the ch was backed to a junc! ceded to New York soon ccident. Early today thd e sufficiently cleared to e 1mption of traffic and ali # vors proceeded on other train Engincer Denies Responsi Trainmen were at variane as to the signals express after the local tr d here by engine trouf veen ordered to take the sidi agreed that the signal ncared cal was set for danger but | Manstield, engineer of the ex that the signal next beh showed a clear track ahead when he caught sight of the light shining through the thij was too late to stop his s ing train. After tho flames died do wreckage was a mass of ¢ hours. 1t was impossible to thorough search for bodies ul after daylight Engineer Mans remain today, mot under restraint, ! the understanding that he w4 leave until the several inves had been completed Three Investigations O The inquiry by the public cemmission of Rthode I ! under way, Geor rmi ial agent having been ear scen with his assistant to statements from witness fo n effort to place responsibilit wreck. The coroner’ be held this afternoon ett H. Kingsley of W several hours here that he was awaiting ¢ medical ex r, Dr Supplementing its earlier i tion, the New Haven road through Supt. P. T. Litchfiel New London division, attem gain further information a exact cause of the wreck | ferred at length with Engined \ field, whose record, it was | showed that it was the first tid years of service o had been in an car p| | spec inquest probal Coron, , W earl twenty-six | neer that | of this kind he Extinguishes i April 18 Collision | New London, | Maney of this city tells his | the Ldford wreck as follo stopped at Bradford. (Continued On Eleventh P