New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1916, Page 1

| HERALD BEST OF ALL (LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERA LDE5s PRICE THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916. —SIXTEEN PAGES. 'SARCASTIC REPLY TO NOTE HERE FROM BERLIN; GERMANY OFFERS TO MAKE U-BOAT CONCESSIONS WASHINGTON FORECASTS A DIPLOMATIC BRE/ ~ Whole Blame Thrown On United States For Loss of American Lives At Sea---Ironic Reference to Mere Protests Made to / For Alleged Violation of International Laws---America Accused of Discrimination In Its Humanitarian Solicitude--- Germany Admits Possibility of U-Boat Having Attacked Steamer Sussex But Reserves Final Decision ~ $85,000 GOAL IS REACHED AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM; CAMPAIGNERS FINISH TASK l J Building for New Britain Boys’ Club Assured and Everyone Is Happy—Geo. P. Hart Comes to Rescue When Sum Sought Is Found Short. TEAMS GET $3,372 ON THE LAST LAP company E, First Regiment, C. N. G., Contributes to Fund—W. W. Leland Leads Men’s Teams for Daily Receipts and Mrs. Joseph M. ! Halloran Reports Largest Collec- tions for Women. Yesterday’s toOtal ...$81,401.81 Today’s report .... 3,372.75 Geo. P. Hart . 225.44 Grand total .......$85,000.00 "EAM CAPTAINS’ REPORT. Andrews -..... 14.00 Attwood .... .32.25 Bennett .. 2895 Cadwell . ... .34, imer H. Camp .. .68.25 3. Chamberlain . 32.60 Cooper 54.00 Crona . 38.00 Wells Eddy .. 60.00 Charles Fox - Glass .. g Hall ... ”. W. Holmes W. Leland . H. Meagley C. B. Parsons . .. HS L Pease Fo - 0 e P. K. Rogers . Carl ROsen Maurice Stanley G. S, Talcott .. Howard W Harry Sches 339.50 24.50 58.00 129.00 7.75 26.00 82504 124.00 10.00 21.00 WOMEN'S TEAM G. W. Traut .. H. L. Mills 5 E. W. Pelton .. . J. H, Kirkham . John Purney s. Wm. Rowland . W. E. Beers ... Howard Parsons Katherine Wilbor Howard Platt W. L, Hatch Gertrude Carlson Mrs. J. M. Halloran Mrs, B. Bassctte Mrs. E. W. Christ .. Mrs, Mrs. 00 80.00 16.25 10.60. 24.50 Mrs. 260.00 Mrs. Miss 125.00 313.00 Totatl . With the Chair- man George P, generous offer of Hart of the initial subscription committee of $225.44 to make up a deficit of that amount which staod in the way of success for the workers in the campaign for the Boys’ club, the ten days’ hunt for the lucre ended with the noon-day Juncheon at the armory todayv, While there has been an attitude of absolute assurance of success for several d the workers kept plugging ith as great ardor es in the early stages of the cam- paign, and the reports of today showed that the team captains we still on the job to the last minute There was another ge gatherir on hand today to partake of the final offering of the luncheon committee. Rev. H. Fox offering grace. Charles F. Smith, H. C. Noble and J B. Minor occupied seats at the guests’ table. Owing to the speechmaking me’ the was eliminated today, other than the calling for an expres- sion of thanks for the services ren- (Continued On Fifteenth Page.) lack of | ing. “THANKS” RANIS OF STRIKERS FURTHER INCREASED 500 Laborers Quit Work—All Berlin Yards Closed TROUBLE 1S SPREADING Shots Fired At Mecting In Open Lot, But Only For Pranks—May Close Industry Indefinitely, Unless Mat- ters Are Soon Settled. started in yesterday aft- large propor- a prominent manufacturer, as expressed this With the closing down of t Towers and Donnelly yards this morn- ing, the principal industry of the town is now at a standstill. p to the present, there has been so of violence, but the authoriti keeping a strict vigilance on movements of the strikers. movement was inaugurated at Stiles and Reynolds brick yard yes- That the strike, which the Berlin brickyards ernoon will the spread to tions, is belief of are the [The the terday morning shortly after 11 sclock, the men there throwing down ‘heir tools and leaving the plart. They formed a line and proceeded the neighboring yards and were Jined by others. When they ar- rived at the Donnelly yard, work had been completed for the day and ihe varade disbanded. Call Out Towers® Men, morning the strikers number- ut 200 gathered in front of House and remained there when they started up Beech Swamp road. Arriving at the Towers yard, one of the leaders in- vited the men employed there to join them. Towers' men complied and drove their teams to the barn unhitched. At first the enginee the traction line refused to stop the engine, but one of the men pulled the plug and shut off the power. The en | tire crowd, which then numbered in to This s ab > Kilby until 8:4 ihe (Continued “n Fifteenth Page.) morn- FOUR MORE IRISH REBELS ARE SHOT Jos. Plunkett, Ed. Daly, Michael (0’Hanrahan, Wi, Pearse Executed OTHER SENTENCES COMMUTED Fifteen Others Sentenced to Death, Sent to Prison—Nationalists in Par- liament Want Ireland Disarmed— Casement Trial in Two Weeks. Dublin, May 4. more rebel to death by this morning. This official The men were Joseph Plunkett, ¥Edward Daly, Michael O'Hanrahan and William Pearse. Fifteen other rebels were tenced to death, the state ment adds, but later their sentence: were commuted -to ten vears’ penal servitude. The death sentence of an- other prisoner was commuted to eight years’ penal servitude. Two rebels were sentenced years in prison. Oflicial Announcement. The following official communica- tion was issued this afternoon (Thurs- day): “our prisoners, Edward Daly, (Delayed.)— were sentenced shot “our prisoners court martial and was announced sen- to ten Joseph Plunkett, Michael O’Hanrahan and William Pearse, were sentenced to death and shot this morning after the sentence had been confirmed by the general commanding-in-chief, “Fifteen others sentenced to death were commuted to ten years' penal servitude, They were: Thomas Bev- an, Thomas Walsh, Finian Lynch, Mi- chael Mervyn, Dennis O'Callaghan, P. 1. Sweeney, Patrick McNestry, Peter Clancy, William Tobin, George Irvine, John Doherty, J. J. Walsh, James Mc- Linn, J. J. Reid and John William “Another prisoner, John McGarry, was commuted from death to eight year: ‘Two others, Richard Davys, vears.” Francis Fahey and were tentenced to ten Joseph Plunkett, court-martialed and shot by order of the British gov- ernment in Dublin yesterday was one of the seven signers of the proclama- tion of the Irish provisional govern- ment. When Patrick H. Pearse, pro- visional president, and Thomas J. Clark, and Thomas MacDonagh met a similar fate it w announced in cable despatches that of the remaining four signers of the proclamation—Plunkett ana James Connolly were impris and that S. MacDiarmad and E. C annt had not been accounted for. Mac- Diarmad, who is a cripple and in fee- ble health and Ceannt and James Con- nolly, three of the signers, are ap- parently still alive. Plunkett was a member of the Cath- olic branch of the famous Irish fam- ily of that name. William Pearse, among those who were shot yesterday, was a brother of sign | and | on | Patrick H. Pearse. He was a sculp- tor and was once a tutor in the Irish Boy hool, of which his brother wa head master. Iidward Daly and Michael O’Han- rahan, also among the rebels killed vesterday, have not played prominent roles in the revolutionary movement, so far as cable despatches indicated. Casement’s Trial in Fortnight. Sir Roger Casement’s trial will take place in London within a fortnight. Lefore three or five judges and a jur Baron Reading, the lord chief ju tice of England, probably will pr side. The attorney general will con- uect the prosecution. Sir Roger has asked Sir Edward Carson to defend him, but it is unlikely that Carson | will accept. According to good authority, Cas nient, who for rme time after hi capture was threatened with a serious | nervous breakdown, now has com- } pletely recavered his health. | Want ' Ire Disarmed. London, M: Irish nationalist members of { house of commons will ask the | ¢rnment to securc the complete | armament of Treland The national- ist valunteers are willing to hand in fteenth nd m the gov- dis- (Continued on F P: The | Washington, May tions of the Dy —The first por- German note were read officials here with undisguised dis- The first portions was of such character that some officials feared a break in diplo- matic relations was forecast. | The unoflicial copy W sent to President Wilson as rapidly as it was received. He had no engagements fo- day outside of the cabinet meeting, which was expected to be devoted al- most exclusively to the German situa- tion. No 1:&D])(»1x\(n1ent. tone of the the ved action will be taken until official text of the note has ar | here ana s been studied by president and Secretary Lansing. The president already has discussed with his cabinet the steps to be taken In case the note was found to be nnsat- isfactory. The official text is expected to be here before Sunday, the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania. It was generally expected that whataver action is taken by the American gov ernment probably will come on that day, The president already has informed t Congress of hés intention to hreak relations with Germany in case her reply is unsatisfactory and, it is believed he has decided mot to 20 before Congress again before tak- ing the action. The state department’s only information on the German note just before 11 o'clock this morning was a despatch from 9mbassador Gerard, sent last night, saying he just had re- official he | therefore, | BREAK WITH BERLIN FORECAST coding it and starting it b The unofficial copy the cabinet. One chief point for con- sideration seemed to be Germany's reference to the immunity of “me chant vessels recognized by interna- tional law.” This regarded as having possibilities of relating to the dispute over question of armament and alleged instructions of the British admiralty to merchant captains to a tack submarines. The first impression in official cir- cles w that the full text did not much relieve the unfavorable im"res- sion created by the opening portiom although it was admited that the new instructions to submarine command- ers would have to be weighed and con- sidered very carefully before their ac- ceptability to this government could be determined. ‘When the cabinet meeting broke un Secretary Lansing met all inquiri with this reply “I cannot dis | time.”” All the other members of the cab net made similaar statements. T made plain that President Wilso would decide after studying the official text While final decision on the attitude | of the American government waits on the official text, some cabinet mem- bers indicated that the Germnan assur- ances probably would be accepted and that diplomatic relations would mnot be broken unless the order to submna- rine commanders was violated and American lives endangered. cable. cuss it at all at this FRENGH SUCCESSES ARE BIGGER THAN REPORTED Germans Thrown Back of Line Held By Them in March. May 5, 1215 a. m.—The French successes on the left bank of the Meuse have been of greater import- ance than indicated by first reports, according to a semi-official statement issued last night. The French troops, by a skilfully prepared and brilliantly executed operation, have thrown back the Germans on the northwest side of Dead Man Hill beyond the line held at the heginning of March. The enemy has thus lost by a single stroke his gains painfully made by two months of continuous, costly attacks Dead Man Hill has twin summi:s known respectively as Hills Numbe 265 and 29 On the first of the | the Germans had effected a footins but now have been completely clea~ed from hill No. 265. The German wrprised by the denness of the rench attac! thrown hack in disorder and exceptionally heavy losses particuls Iy from the preliminary bombard- ment. The large number of Germans Kkilled exvlains so few prisoners were taken. Paris, why Paris, May noon.—West of e the Ger 1ns yesterday ever | strongly attacked the French positio ! north of Hill 304, says the officia statement issued this afternoon by the French war office, but they were { repulsed along the whole front at- tacked, except in one or two points in the advanced trenches. An attempted attack on the tren- { ches at Cappy. south of the Somme, the statement adds, completelly failed. | FEast of the Meuse and in the Wo~ v~ re there was an intermittent bombard- | ment. Otherwise | tively caln the the front was compare WEATHER. - Hartford, Ma ford and vicinity night. Satur much chanze S5—For Hart- Cloudy to- fa Not in_temperature. e e MARKET DEMORALIZED WHEN NOTE ARRIVES Bethlehem Leads Decline With Drop of Nine- teen Points. New York, May 5.—Wall Street's grave view of the German note was reflected in the tone of the stock market ng active ing three to points, lethlchem Steel. The tenor of the German reply was before the market and demoralized at the oper to- particularly those group, with ninetcen for day, issues, compri the war breaking known the generally opened. news tickers other agencies having published many of its essential features. count- tele- received and Comm on houses less queries by: telephone graph from out of town points. Brokers ders and the course of the market at had numerous selling or- the opening denoted little support The more specific declines included Crucible Steel, 6 points: Lacka- wanna Steel 4 Anaconda 3 31 United and numerous 1 c¢lsewhere. United 4,000 shares at Studebaker 4 1-2; Industrial Alcohol States Smelting 6 1-2 to point declines States Steel opened with 80 1-2 to 81, against of 82 5-8, and initial sale com- block of 3,800 shares at 82 80, a maximum decline of six points in the first fifteen minutes, but the market's undertone continued active. further recoveries fore 11 o’clock, by citement had died was almost normal like United the industrials ne preferred’s were made be- which time ex- down and trading In fact, leading ates Steel nd Union stocl among among the were then only Pacific 1ails, under ing w Later re in representative mere fractions vesterday's while Read- actually above that quotation excerpts of the German note raed s far more conci S tone than the early pa xres. i Prominent bankers declined { comment the note pending | Velapments at Washington. close, were ja- tery to upon de- foreign office and that he was at once was laid before | less it probably establishes a new re | German Naval Commanders Now Or Not to Sink Merchant Vessels Wit Without War Zone Before Warnin less They Try to Escape Or Resist Germany's reply to the note sent by the United Statés ment on April 20, protesting against the indiscriminate us of the note is sarcastic, although G¢ submarine as a weapon warfare was received in this toda offers to make concessions in tie use of the submarine. | In some respe longest diplomatic note exchanged between any governmen| ing the present war and as it was sent across the Atlantic b, ord for a message sen| out the aid of wires. that tl U-be ision has not been reached on that matter. In the beginning, the note admits the possibility sex was sunk in the English cnannel by the German says final de Germany says it must repudiate the assertion made United States that the Sussex case was only one of many inc inate attacks by her undersea craft. It claims that the States failed to substantiate this assertion by reference to cf facts. The whole blame for the loss of American lives at thrown on the United States in the following paragraph: tunately the government of the United States decided not tc travelers to the proposals (to reduce danger to American imum). Had it accepted, the government of the United would have been instrumental in preventing the greater par accidents that American citizens have met with in the mea The note says Germany cannot dispense with the use submarine in the conduct of warfare against enemy trade decided to make a further concession adapting method fare to the interests of neutrals. Great Britain, not Germany, has violated all accepted international law and has “extended this terrible war to t and property of non-combatants,” the note charges. The note waxes sarcastic when it says: As matters stand, the German government cannot b erate that the sentiments of humanity which the governn the United States extends with such favor to the unhappy of submarine warfare are not extended with the same wa feeling to many millions of women and children who, ac to the vowed intention of the British government, shall be and who, by suffering, shall force the victorious armies Central Powers into ignominious capitulation.” Accused of Di of Tnited States to marine warfare, delivered day by Gottlieb Von Jagow iegn secretary, to Ambassad “The undersigned, on behd Imperial German governme: honor to present to His H the Amabassador of the Uni Mr. James W. Gerard, the| reply to the note of April 20) the conduct of German warfare. “The German over to the proper naval for early investigation thd concerning the Sussex as co; ed by the government of States. Judging by the r the investigation has hithe: the German government is g the influence of the prevent breaches of on the part of the the note says “But, matters stand, the German people i the impression that the gov- of the United States, while demanding that Germany, struggling for existence, shall restrain the use of an effective weapon and while making compliance with these demands a condition for maintenance of relations with Germany, confines itself to pro- tests against illegal methods adopted by Germany’s enemies. Moreover, the German people knows to what Speaking international law belligerents, as under ernment governme considerable extent its encmies are | possibility that the ship m supplied with all kinds of war ma- | the note of April 10 as h terial from the United States.” torpedoed by a German erlin diplomatically protests that (15 ,«"H-'lll.v identical with f] it could not be held responsible for “The German governme: a break in relations with the United | reserve further communicaf States, having done all in its power | matter until certain points o i G in Europe and |&ained, which are of decist having tried to up to the prin- |ance for: establishing the f4 ciples of international law, case. s:nuld it turn 'he Concessi commander was wrong The Concession, St Y | German government will draw the consequences resu from. “In the peace live out} in| . o The concession spoken of consi new order to commanc Is not to sink any merchant ship, without the war zone, be- warning, unless that ship or resists capture. \so notified to safe- in far as such 2 s of vel within f e giving attempts to es Commanders human or connection with th| Sussex the governme United States made a ments, the tion that | sidered h ate e : serie ist which is the it in one guarc life S0 guard L ident is of] indiscrimina; of all sorts, instance ext of the Note. by method of Prelons tion of vessel ~Following is the text Americal nate respectiag suwb- | via Say- of 4 (Continued On Fifteen