New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEA BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1916 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1 1. 0. P. KINGPINS LOOKING BACKWARD _ WILSON DECLARES President Makes Telling Assault on Those of Opposition Party Who Try to Block His Work " DOESN'T BELIEVE THEY REPRESENT REAL PARTY the gays Opponents Do Not Know Problems of the Day and Spoil His Efforts to Place Forward-Looking Men in Office—America Ias Big Part in New Age Now Dawning and Must Be Ready For Role. Salisbury; N. C., May 20.—President Wilson, crowd at the railroad station here at- tacked leaders of the republican party as men who are “looking backward.” * Members of the president’s party de- clared he was referring to the fight led by Senator Gallinger, defeating the nomination of George Rublee to . the federal trade commission. ) “These are very serious things to be done nowadays, ladies and gentle- ,men,” said the president, “and it is ~ “sgtisfaction to be associated with men #% ¥ho know how serious they are, und © with what spirit’ they fmust be ap- proached, because, whether he will or not, we are at the beginning of a new age for the world, and America will have to play a very gréat part in that new age. ‘And we”will have to be very sure 4 'mot to encourage or give counteniince to the men who are trying to hold ‘us back. Hits At Blockaders. “There are some men, I do not be- lieve they .r@present the great rank and file of the republican party, but the men who now control the repub- .., lican, party are looking backward, not Y forward. = They dognot know the prob- lem of the new , and wherever I, for example, tryj#oshow m; mpa- thies for the fo; ooking: their own jparty’ &mi mi‘;nen .« of that sort they ce try te block “the pr They have no sympathy “Avith the #8#ward-looking men of their L gown party. Now T am for forward- ‘looking men not for backward-look- %@h‘gmen. We have come down to cele- ,i.f' te an historical episode, but we ‘have not done it because we -&re we have done it derito give oursklves the ‘together and fee! the @mericans and living worth while be- addressing a large . today, U d B Needed. Charlotfel N, €., May 20—President Wilson today addressed a crowd es- timated at more than 100,000, gather- ed here for the #41st anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg de- claration of independence. He was Introduced by Gov. Craig of North 'qfifaroum who Spoke of the president s one of the greatest leaders the W nation has ever seen. The president “Ybegan speaking at 12:30 o'clock. ¢ 'The president spoke only briefly ‘and devoted himself almost wholly to discussion of the ideals of the United States. He declared “un- tainted Americanism” was needed, and that the United States must pre- serve its ideals in order to be of assistance in helping the world. e was enthusiastically applauded. I have come back for a brief visit to a region dear to my heart,” w;d the president. “I do not know Whether T can interpret for you the Epirit of this occasion. It is nece: to realize st what we celebr There were only 3,000,000 people this nation when it became indepen- dent. Now there are 100,000,000 people. There have been changes, but we have the same elements. What T want to lmpress on you is that w have always been in the makin Among the men who founded th nation there was a very great passion for human liberty. Material Side Uppermost. “What I want to call your attention to is that this nation has devoted it- self almost too much to material things. There have been other na- }ions, just as rich as the United States e must think of what we are going o do with our wealth and our pros- perity. “America did not come out of the outh and it did not come out of the middle states, where there was a mixture of different races.” The president spoke of ,Jropean war. “What are ments of this war?’ he asked. Tt Is a clash of different elements. Europe is fighting out in the war the question we are fighting out in peacec. As the processes of communication have grown better ions and peoples have grown togeth: Men can now learn more about each other. So that now the melting pot Js bigger than America. It is as ns the world. See, then, what a new world we have come into “Here in America we have tried get the example of peace by. keep! together. Isn’t it the sign and dawn of a new age that the one thing now (Coantinued On Ninth Page.) Eu- the ele- the close big to ANSONIA STRIKERS TURN DOWN OFFER Reject Compromise of Employers in Regard to Wage Dispute ALL IS QUIET TODAY Guards Surround Plant Where Riot- ing Occurred But Have Nothing to Do—Arrest Made, Prisoner Being Held as Material Witnes: Ansonia, May 20.—While Coroner Il Mix is continuing his inquiry into the shooting of striking employes of the. Ansonia Manufacturing company the situation here will probably main unchanged. re- As this was a short work day no effort was made to re- surne operations at the company’s mill. Yesterday the prospects were good for an adjustment of the trouble by having the/ wage dem~nds of the men passed upon by A. S. | Aaronson, an attorney and member of the general assembly, and Judge Verenice Munger as an arbitration committee. But the strikers last right declined to accept the com- pany’s proposition and matters rest while the inquiry is on. Saul Koopla is held in detention by the coroner’s Grde There is no charge against him. He is regarded a-material witness. The streets at the Ansor com- pany’s place were quiet this morning. It Many Guards Surround Plant, Coroner Mix will not be here ‘until Monday to resume his inquiry. The company has about thirty of its own guards on duty, High Sheriff Hugo has a dozen deputies and the police have era] officers at the plant. The men had nothing to this morning. Vote Not to Return. The striking employes in mass meeting this noon voted not to return to work. The decision had a touch of the dramatic in it. This may have been due to racial characteristics. Representative Abraham S. Aaronson, who had been asked by the strikers to look after their interests, addressed the meeting, urging them to go into work Monday, promising that their wage demands would be looked after Jb¥-Judge V. Munger and himself. Judge Munger for the company, fol- lowed and told the strikers that they ought to let Mr. Aaronson and him- | self try and settle the trouble A Greek speaker talked to the Greeks | and his eloquence was such that they immediately voted to go back. The Lithuanians were next addressed by a man of that tongue and argued so | forcibly that with a cheer men of | this nationality voted to return. The Russian speaker was next and some- where in his remarks he asserted that prospects for a settlement were not 50 good as Messrs. Aaronson and Mun- ger had said they were. The Russians were uncertain about their action and finally refused to go in. This action was interpreted to the others and in an instant the entire meeting was on its feet declaring that the strikers | would not return. In two minutes the crowd was outside. The funeral of Charles Lalco, the striker who was killed by a bullet, was to have been a wuiet affair, but right after the meeting two brass bands were engaged and the crowd | prepared to march from the Lithuan- ian Catholic church to the cemetery. do Ballot a Secret. ew Haven, May 20 It is un- derstood that ‘as the wage and time schedules of the motormen and con- ductors on the Connecticut company lines have been adjusted the trolley men’s conference board will not make public at this time, if at all, the figures of the ballot taken on the company’'s proposition. DIVORCEE OF TWO WEEKS TO RE-MARRY Former Wife of Hartford Policeman, Living at 28 Church Street, to Wed Waterbury Man. Mrs. street, vor on Anna Haun of 28 Church whose husband secured a di- from her two weeks ago today statutatory grounds, is about to don the yoke of matrimony once more and yesterd marriage license was granted to and John S. Brown, who will become her second husband Mrs, Haun’s soon husband was Hugh Haun, a well knawn Hartford policeman, and he secured a divorce en evidence which he is said to have collected against his wife, Mr. Brown is a Waterbury and is employed on the When the couple will be not known. first man married is LYNCH'’S SKE Punishment Today, British May 20, His Will Be Announced Say. il was a The American embassy officially in- formed today that Jere- miah C. Lynch, the naturalized Amer- jcan who has beem convicted of com- | plicity in the Sinn Fein revolt, would | be announced by the military authori- l\ms during the day- London, m.- scrtence on | truck Iroad. | 'FIREMAN FATALLY HURT ATTEMPTING ~ LEAP TO SAFETY Freight TI‘&E hN;ar_ Waterbury Piles Up When Derailed Cars Stop'Aner Hall Mile Run DOUBLE-HEADER SPLITS SWITCH AND IS WRECKED Grade Provide Bad Tangle—En- gineer and Fireman of Second Locomotive Teap Successfully Negotiate for Life—Wrecking Train Put Out of € nmission, Waterbury, M to jump to safet, his engine and nine J. B, v 20.—In an ecffort v after derailment of cars, Fireman Grimes was caught and fatally hurt early tods The freight in trouble one mile west of Allerton Farms on the line hetween Danbury and Waterbury, was O. A. 2, made up of a combination of extra freights 161 brook, N. Y., to Hartford, with two engines. The truck of engine 161 and nine cars were derailed from a cause as yet undetermined, and the track torn up for 300 feet. All the cars save three remained upright. Fireman Grimes, who was crushed, ed an hour later and the body we taken to Naugatuck to be viewed by the medical examiner. He lived at 24 Fourth street, Waterbury. The freight train was a heavy one and engine 329 was helping engine 161 over the grades. Runs Half Mile Before Stopping. The peculiar feature .of the derail- ment was that thetrain ran seventy rail lengths, or about half a mile, be- fore it was brought to a stop by the piling up of the cars and the tender of Engineer Fred Boath's engine. Apparently the primary cause of the derailment was the taking of a switch for a siding by the first engine while the second engine and cars held to the main iron.4* The first engine then' ran on the ties for half a mile until it struck the points of another switch This caused the tender be thrown crossways and the cars immediately following were sent zig-zag across the rails. The wreck was in arpck-cut and at the Allerton Farms switch, Grimes jumped as the tender went over but was caught and had his leg cut off, Engineer Booth and. "Flagman Dutcher stayed in the cab and were rot hurt. The engineer and fireman of the second e jumped safely There \verfivgntyvlwo loaded cars in the sl The grade fal away into Waterbury. The single track was badly torn up and may not be ready for use again until tomor- row. The Waterbury wrecker was dis- abled and wreckers had to be called from East Hartford and New Haven. Fireman Grimes had been on the engine for six months. His mother and three brothers live here. SHIPPING BILL PASSES Administration to Mecasure Designed to Build Up Marine and Strengthen Navy Goes Through, 211 to 161. Washington, May 20.-—The admin- istration shipping bill designed o up- build the merchant marine and strengthen the navy, passed the house today by a vote of 211 and 161, vir- tually in the form it was introduced Immediately after the the shipping bill the conference re- port on the army bhill was taken up. Chairman Hay of the military com- mittee urged that it be adopted, with all the increases agreed upon by the conferees Republicans voting for the 1ill were Dillon, South Dakotz Young and orton, North Dakota; Mos ry, Wisconsin; Mooney Michigan; Prog Louisville; Nolan, Cal Minn. Two democrats, . and Slayden of Texas, voted against the bill and Kent, the Califor- nia independent, for it. The hill proposes to $50,000,000 to be raised by Panama bonds, for the purchase, charter or lease of ships by the government. A shipping board of five empowered to prevent rate | ination and unfair practic | ships plying American wate imum rates, would be bill to the By a vote of 349 today adopted the the bill'as previously the passage 5 3 Ohio, and James, ressives, Martin, Schall, appropriate members, diserim- by all fix max created. The | | | | now goes senate. to 25 the house conference report adopted by | army | senate | CANAL OPENING POSTPONED. Washington, May 20—Gov. | thals of the Canal zone still to fix a date for re-opening the can:l He has advised the war department that although the slide 1 heon | removed sufficiently to permit the passage of drawin fe. decided to postpone forn until 30 foot is unalb il be vessels 20 | he ha nin sed. one can i pa vessels Twenty-two Loaded Cars on Down | and 329, east bound from May- | and | Olney | SWANN CONTINUES ON ‘TAPPERS” TRAIL Detective Agency Accused of Vio- lating U. S. Constitution MITCHEL AND THOMPSON SPAT Mayor Asserts Vital National Interest Is Involved But Senator Denies It— District Attorney Fears Effect of Publicity. New York, May 20.—District At- | torney Swann continued today an in- vestigation of the theft of copies of war munition orders from the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., the tapping of telephone wires by the police, and the se of an eavesdropping device by a private detective agency in an effort te trace the “grapevine’” method by which the information was pilifered. State Senator Thompson, chairman of a legislative committee which has been inquiring into the affair, de- clared that the activities of the detec- tive agency had been in violation of the United States constitution - and that some of the operators of the agency had fled from the city to avoid testifying before the com- mittee. Result of Publication. The investigation has resulted in a spirited controversy between Sena- tor Thompson and Mayor Mitchel. The m: that a vital na- tidhal is involved. The senator denies that any of the nation’s interests are affected. The | United States district attorney asserts | that “any publication of the facts at present would be most regrettable from the standpoint of, the adminis tration of federal justice.” Senator Thompson's committee has | adjourned the hearing until Monday The senator said he would be glad 1{¢ turn over the whole investigation o a congressional committee if one were appointed for that purpose in | { accardance with a resolution pre- | serfted in the house at Washington | vesterday by Reépresentative George | W. Loft of this%eity. o Eugiee N THOUSANDS AWAKEN | FOR FACTORY FIRE interest | i | | | Storehouse Connected With Corbin | - Motor Vehicle Plant Gutted Early Today—$1,000 Damage. Thousands of sleeping citizens were aroused about 2 o’clock this morn- ing by the wild shrieking of the fire and the lurid glare of flames reflected | against the sky. ed midway between Corbin’s garage and the old Motor Vehicle corpora- tlon caught fire at that' time and tre. factory fire department was called out. » The factory firemen were hardly able to cope with the blaze and En gine company No. 2 was called on alarm and Chief Dame summon- the companies from the Central station. The first floor of the store- house was gutted by the fire a number of automobile bodie: It is estimated that the damage | will amount to about $1,000. The origin of the fire not k“ownf but it is thought to have been smouldering veral hours before it was dis- covered. AUTO KILLS GIRL Hit By Machine Driven By ymaster of Middletown Concern—Police of | Take No Action. May 20. seventeen, died in this afternoon by an ett, paymaster of Russctt reported s not held. Middletown, Catalano, aged Middlesex hospital ter being struck driven by L. H. Ru | the Russell Mfg. Co. to the police but W ihe af- . West | Miller and | ILLNESS CLOSES CHURCH. Owing to the recent serious illness Hart the Hillerest U h services, held at Main street have been discon- | tinued for the past few weeks but will | be resumed tomorrow. Mrs. Hart { lives in the block, just above ! room in which the services are ! and the singing and speaking. in condition, would have her life. agreed *to discontinue ser- she recovered. held her serious en- dangered graciously vices until MER 1 Lew May 20.—The Smith | land, Va.. coast guard station tod | reported that the Danish steamer Pe lin, New York for Baltimore, i ed one and a half miles north | Smith Island, near Cape Charles D 5 RE nd cool d vicinity tonigh lightly w day fair @ A | duced | that he managed the Princes: whistle at the P. & ¥. Corbin factory | A storelouse locat- | other things stored there were ruined. | onstantina | the | The congregation | strand- | VIOLATION OF Paris, May 20, m.—Switzer- all in- 5:20 to a land the vasion of her territory by troops of | the belligerents, according to an terview with President Camille Coppet, sent to the Journal by Berne correspondent. The president was asked specifically what would be the action of Switz- erland if troops of one of the warring powers should be sent across the Porentruy salient. He replied: “The federal council would prepared resist with forces at her command ‘any in- De i never THE FRONTIER tolerate such a proceeding and in cordance with the plans of Gener Ulrich Wille, the commander-in-chief of our army, would order the imme- diate mobilization of all our force which would iinmediately be sent into ! action. “The Swiss army is in splendid con- training which has been hitherto un- | known and has just received a com- plete equipment of new heavy artil- lery which w manufactured in France and Germany by order of the Swi government.” CASE NOLLED, BUT RE-ARREST FOLLOWS Former Manager of Bristol Theater Must Face Grand Larceny Charge In New York. B aged stol, May 20.—William L. 4, formerly manager of the Princess theater here, who was ar- rested in Hartford Sunday charged with embezzlement of $23 had his case nolled in the city court today, having made restitution, but he was at once arrested by direction of Chief In- spector Faurot of the New York po- lice department, charged with grand larceny. The allegation is that Gross after leaving here went to New York and Gross, | obtained from a moving picture sup- ply concern a special reel of pictures valued at $3,000 upon representation theater. Gross and gc¢ This reel cannot be found. said he would waive paper: to New York with an officer. Gross came here from Bridgeport in January and before that was in ‘Washington. POPE WAS WILLING. Offered to Act As Mediator Between Xl Germany. London, May 20, 9 ter dispatch from Amsterdam quotes the Berlin Norddeutsche Zeitung as asserting that the statement of Sir | Bdward Grey in the house of com- | mons that the Vatican had endeavored | to induce Germany to abandon her | submarine warfare was not in con- | formity with the fac The Nord- deutsche Zeitung says We learn from trustworths source that the Pope intimated to | Germany and the United States his willingness to mediate in the dispute | between them. The Emperor thanked | the Pope for his good intentions and | referred him to the reply which Ger- | many had already given America.” " HUGHES IN THE LEAD . and a. m.—A Reu- a a i | Has Clear Ficld In Oregon Primaries —Cummins Runs Second and Bur- ton Brings Up In Third Place. | Portland, Ore., May | Charles . Hughes had | jority for the republican presidential | nomination in yesterday's preferential Senator A. B. Cummins of | Towa is second, and Theodore 1, Bur- | ton of Ohio third. ! The progressives nominated Col | Theodore Roosevelt, who also received ! many votes for the republican nom- ination. President Wilson was unopposed on the democratic ticket. The three republican were renominated —Justice a clear ma- ‘ primary. congressmen automobile | i | Dr. Karl Heifferich Chosen Vice Chan- cellor—Baron Von Schorlemer, | is Dismissed. 20 Be Karl May -The Dr. Imperial Denmary, B 17D states Copenhagen, Via liner | Hrelfferich, m. that the London, Tageblatt secretary of treasury, has been appointed to suc- | ceed Dr. Clemens Delbrueck, as vice chancellor. The Tageblatt also s Von Schorlemer, Pru | agriculture, has been | post, and that Herr Hoesch, a con- ccrvative member of the Reichstag, has been appointed to succeed him. | vs that Baron an minister of relieved of his 100,000, VALUE LOVE AT L Su Stamford Women in melizht Over Alienation to- | Anna Mit- sident, Vera 1 tile affections Bridgeport, May chell, a wealthy Stamford 1 has been sued for $100,000 by | Wyckoff of unford, who Mre Mitchell alienated the of Mus husband. Mrs is the spoford Wyckoff, who marti in 1910, i Mitehell by Wyckoff to Wyckof Mitchell I of the that in- moihe 1 it It false leged tements his wife. plaint Mr leave NEWPORT NEWS TO NEW YORK BY AIR Aviator Travels 416 Miles in Four Hours, One Minute—Battles With Thunderstorm. 20—Victor Carl- epower biplane to t this n New York, May strom, in a 160 hor flew from Newport 5 Sheepshead Bay Speedway in city today a distance of 416 miles, four hours and one minute. This is an American record, according to an announcement made by the Aero club of America During his flight Carls lost for a time in a thunde an altitude of 5,000 feet Stephen- son McGordon, who started at the same time in another machine, was forced to descend 3,000 feet on count of the storm and reached here one hour after Carlstrom’s arrival The flights were. held in connection with a military, naval and aviation tournament which began today at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway. The Aero club announced that the best previous American cross country flight was 332 miles in four hours and 44 minutes, made in 1914 between Des Moines, Ia., afnd Kentland, Ind. Carlstrom carried as a passenger, Caut, Ralph Taylor of Connecticut. Captain Taylor,, who weights 200 pounds, is one of the militia officers of thirty-two states who are being trained in aviation at the expense of the national aeroplane fund. BRITISH START ON NEW TIME SCHEDULE rom was strom ai | All Public Clocks Will Be Pushed Ahead One Hour Beginning Tomorrow Morning. London, May 20, 4:36 a. m.—The hands on all clocks on British rail- roads, post offices, newspaper offices, police stations and other places where business is conducted throughout the night will be pushed forward at o’clock tomorrow morning to 3 o’clock, in accordance with the daylight saving act. The general public will put their clocks and watches one hour ahead be- fore going to bed tonight or will awake to find themselves late for breakfast. The new schedule will run until Sept. 30, when clocks will be stopped for an hour. Factories, banks, stores, trains, theaters and restaurants will all conform to the new time schedule. There is a small, old-fashioned sec- tion of the people who have derided the daylight saving scheme, but they will be practically forced into line by its acceptance in all public institutions. The only exception will be the parks in the large cities, which will open an hour later to allow people the benefit of more fresh air. The hour or two on Sunday morning was selected for the change because fewer trains are running then than at any other time during the week: 2 a, via London, May 20, 6:19 a. m.—The legislature has passed the daylight savings bill, advancing the clock one hour. The new regu- lation goes into effect on May 22. NEEDS REINFORCEMENTS Norfolk nd Marines Mobilized 2t Boston in Response to Appeal from Caperton at Santo Domingo. Washington, May 20.—Marines were being mobilized at Norfolk and Boston today preparatory to ng for nto Domingo to strengther. Rear Admiral Caperton’s forces in policing that re- public where political disturbances have occurred recently The movement of the to a cable to from Admiral further reinforcements. marines is in the navy de- Caperton re- response partment questing Washington, May Nebraska, in reserve at Boston Navy Yard, today was dered to Vera Cruz, to relive the tucky, which has been a; na militia of New Brooklyn and Jersey mer maneuvers. -The battle- the ship Ken gned to the York City fou City sum 1 | | { nothin SEAPLANES RAID ENGLAND: AIR ATTACKS ON BELGIA SWISS PREPARED TO RESIST Three German FIy Drop Thirty - Se Bombs On East Co Dunkirk and Berg Also Targets dition. It has reached a perfection of FRENCH RE—FALIAT BY SAME METH l(i(‘l'nmn Camps Attacked From Offset Damage Done by Teu Germans Take Offensive at] Canal, But Paris Says They Repulsed—Beclgians Press st Africa. May 20 p. a raid London, made last German seaplanes east coast night, English ish official announcement this noon states. One of the aircra brought down off the Belgian ¢ The seaplanes dropped thirt bombs, killing one soldier and ing two civilians, The statement “A hostile the says: { air raid was carr on east coast of Kent lasi by three a least seeaplanes raiders made the Jinglish cos few minutes past 2 o'clock.thi ing. One seaplane then turned and dropped a dozen explosive over the Isle of Thanet dows were broken Otherwis were no casualties an1 no othd age. “Two other and dropped twent bombs over south one town a few One soldier w: and one seaman puble house was era]l houses were maining bombs or damage. “The raiders all made off as their bombs were dischargel of the raiding seaplanc, was down by a naval pat:ol off the coast this morning." Son eaplanes turned e Ke took e stern bombs killed, one were injure recked an camaged. caused no as c Paris, May 20, 0 p. m.— troops took the offensive ald Yser canal, between Steenstra Het Sas last night, the war of nounced today.” An attempt the canal failed. The Germans also Champagne. The war ment says that asphy used, but that the pulsed. Dunkirk w German aeroplanes. One wos killed and twenty-seven perso: wounded The town of Bergues, near T also was bombarded by Germa planes. Five persons were ki eleven wounded. In retaliat] these attacks Irench and aeroplanes dropped bombs man camps. On the Verdun front there important developments. Frer sition at Avocourt/ and at| Man Hill were bombarded v attacked| office an a o French Attacks Fail. Berlin, May 20, via Londo p. m.—The failure of repeat tacks by the French on the position along the road Haucourt and Esnes, on the front, was announced today war office. A patrol operati the Argonne resulted in heav: for the French. Belgians Press on in Afri Paris, May 20, 12:10 a. forced retreat of German fdg German East Africa is annou an official report today Belglan war department at The report claims the a highly organized German position and the of a metre gun text of the r| follows issue te d Iso xt operations in satisf thr of K Ruanda ctorily. Thel atened, both ali and by Belgian column and strongly pre north of the 1 n forces have retreated. neral Tombeur occupl May 12 the Mount Kama rang the enemy had converted into erful defensive A metre gun zell hands] *Our veloping munications occupation of a Kivu troops vance Lake our Gerr barrier. into our Turkish Constantinople don, 1:20 p ment was issu today M Statement. M The m foll pot new illery L camp fire wsian ht wing jected artiller zemer ri enemy local (Continued On Ninth