New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL HERALD “ADS” ME LOCAL NEWSPAPERS BETTER BUSINETS ESTABLISHED GERMANY’S LOSS GROWS IN NAVAL BATTLE OFF JUTLAND: 150 SHIPS ENGAGED IN GREATEST SEA CLASH IN HISTORY; BRITAIN'S FAITH RETUR? Thousands Lost in Titanic Grapple Which Sends to the Bottom Ships Considered Ranking With Best In Each Navy -Zeppe Seen In Flames Far At Sea---Admiral Scheer In Command of German Fleet---British Deny Destruction of Warspite and Marlborough and Say Both Are In Port Although Damaged BATTLE OF VERDUN AT POINT P R/EIT)ASRTEQHT%EE/SH?I[}YAL MARLBOROUGH AND WARSPITE SAFE Beii?éfl?tEfldofifiqzvff}l}f o ifif '- Over 25’000 were Expecled m spite is absolutely untrue. Both these dreadnoughts are safe in har- bor. PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916.—TWELVE PAGES. “The German report that the entire British battle fleet was en- March i Toda gaged 1s equally untrue. A portion of the Britlsh fleet, much in- Berlin, June 3, By Wireless from Staff Corresp Geman houghe Bto Be]AI]MlRA[‘ SEHEER HER“ . Parade y St e humel fl‘;“ ;‘fvrmc’l‘(}izn;‘i}ll‘g.h(“E::'Agt(xfll :;w \'(flxe;.l ent of Associated Press, via Sayville.—The first naval @ ve it back c arbor. e British control the Nor i A S : tle on a grand scale during the present war has been| Making Supreme Effort to ! Se i i > informatio []F EERMANY,S VI[;T[]RY 'CITY BURIED !N FLAGS tended by results which, according to the inf t Sacrifice Was Not Without Some e — — — ceived here are highly satisfactory to the Germans, 5 o Hartford Expected Over 2,000 to P . Right Bank of Meuse. Men on Great Britain’s March THAN WAS ADM[TTEI] RE SEEN lN FLAMES by the rescue of British survivors. crowd which this city has entertained . H H MAIN LINES HOLD, Two Battleships, One Battle | Danish Fishermen Report | German commander who succeeded Admiral Von parade this afternoon. On only two Six Destroyers. ships at Sea. Detailed reports have not yet been received, b Attack Involves Enormous Losses for |personal command of the |hinegtoisnproactigit folthor find ine =) S, o] forces he battl ff Jutland, whit P = = & S Teutons, Parls Reports, Although | forces in the battle off Jutland, while fassembled, and those were on Flag | puitien public, who retired last night | via London June 3 12:15 p. m.—Twe Reward as Part of Village of Dam- | German forces consisted of the Ger- | 1€ 014 Arsenal to the capitol followed | gyrijer British and German reports, | day to have been destroyed. On one noughts, older ships of the line, bat- | parade of 1596 This report, while | The Avis Lemvig states that fisher at present in the North Sea, torpedo | {he =3 e e e ledieny o The exact ranges and courses of the day fight| with the enemy about 5 o’clock in the | from in town and . out enrolled | greater than was at first estimated. point forty miles off the Thyboroln engagement were not extreme, possibly at a distar inforcements an the right bank of |light cruisers. Consequently the whole | s o' e eure was Targer thi | COTIIAn losses include ‘two battie | TS ; The German torpedo boats and destroyers wer the Meuse, supported by a great | ,"po fighting lasted until 9 in the | e bacintration of the| German |torpedo boat destiovera mad cruisers:| Sitire\vesterdayland adores of businses|||point out) thab! the Germantiieet re-(| Bsbiere d40fempty tornedo) cubes, whelming superior force. It is understood the forces is taken here to indicate a cupreme attempt to bring the long All | street particularly is a bl Red, | there is no question about the super- but little bunting is used, flags being | British hands. The loss of British Capture Fortress and S ey Make Formidable Effort PR Only About 300 From This City Leave fiERMAN L[]SS EREATER ZEPPE”NS "ESTR"YEI] Enly' in ;es;f)ect ohf thehménparatlvc lqsses ofdtt};]c LW(l)d . . to Take Part in Procession Although ut in the fact that the Germans maintaine e fie i Survivors Praise Bravery o < ’ g to Mass Reinforcements on y of the battle. This is shown, German commentators a Vessel The full German high sea fleet was engaged, essels. Hartford, June 3.—The largest = o personal command of Vice Admiral Scheer, the ene TR Sy e 5 g since Bridge Week in October, 1908, Th B h fl d : 1 msterdam, Via London, June 3, |; 8 SR i B e . a P . . iti i timated at approximately IS FRENCH CLAIM o S i is here today for the preparedness . Light Cruiser Elimination of Two Air- e Britis eet is now esti A Ao mnates Lo s ! ; Cruiser, Li& 5 as strong in guns and ships as that under Admiral S( that Vice-Admiral Scheer, command- | other previous occasions, according to er of the German battle fleet, was in | the old timers, has there been any- ’ e Gormantit 8 (B0 SERE RS R o main engagement apparently occurred about 125 | At e DeicEoN A (I on don W un S BT 0O M isbjerg, Denmark, Iriday, June 2. | goth-southwest of the southern extremity of INorwa the scout division was under the di- | Day, Sept. 17, 1879, when the Civil | ot D oy the first mews of the | Zeppelin dirigible balloons are report- | 150 miles off the the Danish coast. The battle was d i . i . War battle flags we. i S do 3 | rcetion of Vice Admiral Hipper. The | WVar be ags were transferred from | xoptp sea battle as contained in the | ed by fishermen returning to port to- | intn two sections. The day engagement bcgan : ; by thousands of soldiers only fourteen fort £ . airship : vers of the crew | 0'clock in the afternoon and continued until darkn " . man high seas fleet with dread- |years . 3 took some comfort from the later | airship all the members o S loup Was Reached—Austrians Con- : years out of war, and the sound mon=y | gyjtish report which was found in the | are said to have perished. l about 9 o’clock. This was followed by a series of se tinue Victorious Sweep. Lo cisersjell fthe SLaht lace forcen ) According (o close estimates from | i O ot decrense the Britieh losees |men arriving this afternoon repert | engagements through the night. Paris, June 3, 11 a. m.—The bat- |boat destroyers and submarines flotil- A s headquarters | oveopt in destroyers, which were re- | enat yesterday they saw )_'”“f“‘.'f.w & : v N0 s i ¢ as the result of g tle of Verdun peached a point of un- |18s. ) ) 25,000 men and women. for there | Ouced from eleven fo clght, “shows | i oS i vestel was destroved at & | not been' ascertained. . It is assumed the rang e sdetanioise e I damivall Hipperfeam Bintollcontactil s 6ok iy cad Rtk e e e ATy [that the German losses were much ) that ibe air ve ) ges of t forty-elght hours. The Germans |afternoon when he engaged a squad- | Tames s § ! ‘According to this latest gecount of [ Canal and that the entire crew per- : 4 ‘ made a formidable effort to mass re- |ron of British battle risers and ‘f;‘r"‘]‘;‘:“w Howard and St l';lv.llz(v!r.\"n\:;;L iheh grest naval engagement, the |ished. about eight miles, as the weather was hazy. s 5 S ships, . battle cruiser, one light |riving at R say they saw A b s . fleets on both sides were engaged, | ipui e . v i T another Zeppelin destroyed vesterday effective than the British accounting to a consideral number of heavy picces drawn from | ovening. Later on In the night there | . = 1) iasciofiColon: battle cruis damaged and three | some miles from these warehe | tent for the successes of the Germans against an cther fronts. were sharp engagements between 1e city began to get into its gala [ battleships hit. Naval writers also A fis E 3 £ k The leading German vessels alone | Diaces blossomed out in £he Stars aud [ tired ps soon a3 ‘the et s D ’LOST Mary and the indefatigable were both sunk in th{ sank six " stroyer: 5 L any more today. Mat et ared on the scene, s ¢ : . sank slx molern destroyers. | ) un | fleet appeared battle. It has not been learned when the Warspitd drawn out attack on the fortress to | forces which participated in the bat. | White and Blue. It is noticeable that |iority of sea power remaining in e the other British warships went down. (The loss a successful issue and to prevent a |tle agree on the bravery shown by ! c 1HEh | eved to Have Gone Down With In- s 3 : - mmr:” offensive by the allies, Des. |the enemy in the long battle. The |dominant. ships Is of course admittedly serious, | Belicved to Have Go Warspite is denied officially by the British. % _ crews of the German torpedo boats The New Haven road had a number | while the loss in officers and men has vincible From Which His Flag Was All the German warships except those mentio pite the intensity of the attack, in- |which were sunk have not been heard | ©f SPecial trains on'its several lines | cast a gloom over the whole country. ) i A th fcial t h de'lh ]p Rave f i volving enormous losses, the French |from but the majority of the men on N4 eXtra coaches attached to nearly - Flying—Was Second in Command. £ a0 f]_a rfiporb HEEIiE d] emshaven sa ely' T e b | ol S i o e S Dl overy recuins I Onelent din [ibtou R T A G ¢ vy ar nothing has been reported regarding the extef O e bl hous C gl : .ondon, June 3, 5:57 a. m.—Rear ) £ were rescued, despite the unfavorable thousand or more operatives from the ELBING WENT DOWN Admiral Horace Hood probably lost | which any of these vessels were damaged. A full lines are mot essentially changed. < : 3 2 5 weather. Naval airships gave valuable C(heney Mills in South Manchester; . e g =i & 5 The furthest point reached by the | G"{ \¢oonnoltering befare and after Others brought in 2,000 or more from L isfliregvhonginebatilefontijons Germans was houses on the outskirts | the battle. Nevi Brita ld BTy erbar o | e vea ASItorWhetheriSho acibishwesisrale DRGSR oty of Damloup, The main portion of Vice Admiral Scheer was appointed ' 1nes began to discharge their thon- ’ g . ;!e. ?lf\‘(fn‘lnf\g’m t]n‘v‘ |““n‘|_v\m‘ ‘1\;:;"]1::‘1 It is stated at the admiralty that|over the loss of the battl the town is strongly held by the |commander of the German battls S3nds at City Hall Square early in| Was Rammed by Another Ger-iHood was flying his flag at least thirty-four British capital | Queen Mary, which was of French. T i o i e B e G0y phdl oh v el e N e vincible as second l‘“lf"“”“"“"‘l of | hips were engaged and that the | show ships of the British N Except for this gain, the statement | ceeding Admiral Von Pohl who re- | Place was almost choked with v man Ship or Was Blown Up. the battle cruiser squadron. British torpedo flotillas were severely [ was only completed at savs thle Germans were repulsed With |tired on account of ill health. Admiral | tOTS. -SDecial cars were rum at fro- handled. The battleship Westfalen [1913. Her crew alone was eavy losses. Scheer was for a long tima director ' duent intervals on most of these lines 2 alone sank six torpedo boats during |of about 1,000 men . The of Spirited fighting continued in the | of the general marine department at 35 Well as on those within the cily, |June 3 5:16 a. m-—Three officers, | Alexander Hood was foriv-six vears|ight encounters. sers were older vessels. Argonne, west of the Verdun sector. |the admiralty and also served as chief At 2:30 all traffic on the streots given | three pet 0 Sk Y e o | German persomnel and material i Two German attacks west of Fille |o¢ staff of the high seas fleet and as OVer 10 the line of march was stopped | of the crew of the new small Ger- [ first lord of the adr - = 150 neval | alike stood the test brilliantly and Eibt =% Morte were repulsed back. commander of a battle squadron. land persons coming in by motor ir|man cruiser Elbing, which was lost | Preak of the war. 1 was 850 0&Va"| the damage sustained by ¢he German lIbing Allowed to S Paris, June 8, 12:30 p. m.—In the | * Admiral Hipper was in command (rolley were forced fo turn back, wait |in the Jutland battle, have been land- aide de camp to the King, and in 1910, ) geo( js small in comparison with the | Ymuiden, Netherlands, J course of repeated and violent at- | o¢'the German squadron which fought fOr hours or walk into (he center. |ed here One officer said that the |then a captain, was naval attache 0| pritish losses. The battleship Pom- | rondon 10:30 . m.—The e o peight o Fort Yaux, on the |the British squadron under Admiral Scamen Are There | Blbing ank after she was rammed by | the embassy in Washington. Admiral) ., orn which was sunk, was com- - m.—These Verdun front east of the Meuse, the | gjr David Beatty off Helgoland in Jan- ¥ i }u...,m...- German vessel, which res- | | | port from Admiral Scheer is expected soon. Ymuiden, Holland, via London, Admiral Fon. Horace Lambert ; officers and twelve sailors [old and was naval A feature of the parade were the 4 Hood served also in the Sudan and in [ o0 5050 S poalken the sinking of the Germa Germans penetrated a deep ditch | yary, 1915. It was in this battle that 275 offjce e and band | CUed the remainder of her crew. Somaliland, w |‘mx»_o he e ne)l*\nnlnr:]e](; Berlin ia decked with flags, and the | Elbing were learned herd 8 S : in despatches twice and receivec ey TR of (he main Trench position. |the German cruiser Bleucher was from the { S nes A attler | Another maintained that the Elbing | 1% desbas e achievement of the German Dutehcrown i Ge s nidd o he works, the war 5 b Ah he ba B v o AT ¢ istir o O was aroused the greatest enthusias; 2 L sunk. S S - S Was blown up by the heavy firing of has aroused g : — o office announcement of today says is PETRC O Ship was anchored off New Haven | 722 (,\l:?l;unrlt One of the KElbing's e There was a remarkable demonst Dutch military commander =611 helal byl ihio: Brer cht oxn blentianditnclmenicamejtolF b SN QUSRELS S e e el WOUNDED SAILORS ARRIVE tion in the Reichstag when Rear |9en. Who spoke to three o Zhe t=st of o communication PROBE MASSAGRES o oy sbectal train, the eity paying | S B8 AT cers who were picked e o Admiral Hebbinghaus, former naval |Man cruisers officers follows: all expenses. The train arrived here | S0 BUitish offoos FUE Were PIeRec | 1055 of Life to English Estimated | Jiiche to the German embassy at| The EIbing was a new “In the Champagne district, west i this forenoon and the jackies and ma- | P Py the tré At 5,000. i hineton! announced GhA zesulth of |icrul of about 4,000 or b St Mt ot cartiin detairments rines were hustled to a hotel for lunch | PFOUSht here. 5 3 3, 4:2 EELL °*land carriea £ 450 of & ] >tu, ents | ina Englishme: TR d > a hotel t —_— London, June 3, 25 p. m.]— lihe battle. anc ¢ crew o of the enemy who following an in. | Americans and Englishmen Reported “y\':*“ ll‘f’lnmur.\ of the Utah were | 3 (P T ; Wounded men from the North Sea = ish gunfire caused such ; entertained » s Harttord o "he loss ¢ e Elbing is en - - o 3 . ; N hat Capta tense bombardment had penetrated | glain By Strikers At Talare, Poru, | coeoins jn o AN Hartford club. . The | The Joss of HC K h o Gorman | battle reached London this morning. | British Say They Were Outnumbered, | 07 the ship that car some of our minor advance posts j special Is scheduled to take them pacl | tioned in eithet ¢ the batty por™aT | They were quickly removed to hospi- London, June 2, Friday, 11:07 p. m, | W28 among t! r were dislodged by counter attacks, i"l and Investigation Is Ordered. ‘hv New Haven at 5:15, There are 3‘11 account © -t"‘ battle, but the | tals or their homes. The public was 7“““_‘\'0“‘ i T!‘ah?nli&;\fin)-‘Afi"lrr‘—. decided to have alv which hand grenades were used. S i | fourieen officers with them. E miralty statement says that | . oyipited from talkinggfo the men, HEELE A S " | and allow the vessel to sir “In the Argonne district vesterday | Washington, June 3.—Investigation| Irom 11 to 12 o'clock there was o |2 German cruiser” was sunk. | DIOU 0 a0 cembled outside the bar. | Sl oMM 2 5 and | “p o tore the I went evening a German attack on a sa-| of reported massacres of Americans | f6CePtion for Gov. Holcomb, other | The lbing does not appear in avail- :,‘\‘,.r Giithc rallway stition cheerng (;,"""',“” “{““rm :‘»r the s(‘," mh,' O | pulic or the « as take A A 2 et 5 g | state officers, congressme ; _ able naval lists < ALl vEaEe g the Danish coast seem to indicate | "5 > bont lient of our line west of LaFille| ang Englishmen by strikers at Talare, | & o, " HCClS: congressmen, mayors of A them L Vi A Al 15 Davial Badtes ; L Morte was repulsed after a fairly | e . other cities and other distinguished There is no.estimate of the number | ot o squadron o e 1 | may be expressed as to wh S, Peru, was ordered today by the state ' guosts i S e ales cruiser squadron came in contact with safal - spirited encounter. A second attac ) guests in the municipal building. T T T el G sailors arrived safely at W t at : department. Reports of an outbreak Dadzes were i i OfRROLIASC Spic : > | the German main fleet, or possibly at about 8 p. m., also was completely : 2 Jndges were given them. The city e i Wil ccoca 000 oo o { were received by both the state and gave a lunchenn. f : oss . in the first instance, a portion of that checked. [ > ave a luncheon for this party at the and men, including the whole crew of | fore R ihe Tert bank of the Meuse onri| navy departments from Ame Hartford club prior to the parade and 5 e Maiy torce: hoard until the vessel Positions’ fron ot o 204 o o | Holaista N Corint N o e I L buffet Tuncheon will be served after | Senator From Kentucky to Wicll thelQueeniiatyy Although aware that he was op- | (GoTF G G5 NS TR second line have besn subjected fo | from Rear Admual Winslow, com- [ the demonstration s aftex . e et = posing a stronger force than his OWn { 0" vore picked up by 2 lave been fsubeC © | manding the Pacific fleet. e % Gavel at Democratic National Con- TRAINS ON SHORE L the official statements make it appear, | o e violent bombardment. | They're Off at 3 o'Clock. New Haven, June 3— has naval observers say, that Vice Admir- trawler “On the right bank of the river With the parade starting at 3| vention at St. Louis, is Latest. the interruption of service on the |n| Bentty courafkeously engaged the | Members of the Duish the fighting is going on in the sector 'C PLATFORM. o'clock it is estimated by the marshal | o Shore Line Electric Railway the New | Germans, lLater, presumably the | (Nt When the Eibing san of Fort Vaux with the same fero- —_— that the last division will not have Washington, June 3—Senator | yi,ven road today announced extra \\,lmh,‘ German flect appeared on ‘the | 28 covered with driftwood city as before. All the onslaughts of | President Will Be Nominated On Night | passed the reviewing stand antil g | James for permanent chairman of the | 1oca1 train service between New Ha- | vomne. Viee Admiral Beatty was then | "0dles were floating arou the enemy upon our trenches west o'clock or later. It is also cstimated | d€mocratic national convention, and | yon and Saybrook, both ways, for [ completely outnumbered, and before sailors saw a German wad and east of the fort have been re- that the length of the line would | Senator Stone for chairman of the gngay, trains to make connection at | aqmiral Jellicoe's main fleet was able | SPKIDE condition sunk by Pulsed. Against the fort itself {he Washington, June 3.—President | stretch seven miles, although the | Platform committee is the slate VIr-j g vprook with local trains from and | o get into action the Germans made | CTUiSer. — Others naticed Germans multiplied their furious as- | Wilson already has begun work on a | line of march i wreely @ thira of | tually agreed upon by President Wil- | { "New London and Valley Branch | og R blazing. saults, and this in spite of the heavy | d1aft of the platform for the demo- | that distance. The head of the pra. | Son and his political advisers. | losses caused in their ranks by the | cratic convention and it will be taken | cession will long | ven Twenty-one men remd of June 13 o lines. British naval experts comment on 3 since have dis — - - > & 3 - and impartial na- 150 Ships Engag 2 h e SEledh il | (he apparently fair and impartial na Nips Engag fire of our artillery and of our ma- | Vest by Senator Stone. banded before the rear kets started. | s~~~ ADMITS WESTFALEN'S LOS! ture of both the German and British London, J chine guns, which each time forcel Arrangements for the convention, [ Sixteen divisions have been planned | WEATHER. | Tondon, June 3, 4:32 p. m.—The | gmcial statements. 1t is helieved that B in T our adversaries back. Nevertheless, | nade tentatively, include the nomi for, but it was believed that an un- | E Gerniinl Aamiralty naniieel thelloss ot e iaaiey e Tom T during the night certain detachments |tion of the president Thursday night, | classiticd division would be necessary | of the enemy were successful in pen- |June 15, by John W. Westcott, attor-| {o take care of the late comers from etrating a deep ditch north of the |ney general of New Jersey and the | out of town. M P m Be: The G ) More than a dozen Chedl ok today from Berlin. The German bat \ onfesse 1 A : Fice Pr P & undey squalls ferman bat- | communication confessed to more fort. In the interior of the position |nomination of Vice Pr lent Marshall | bands and as many drum corps were this afternoon s d 2 5 tleship Westfaien displaced 18,4( ns losces than were given in the b by Senator Kern Friday morning, 6 L and tonight; J o : A o . [ e e o (e e - i tons e Westfalen cost approxi- | Pritis \port T G RN I L T e L { tomewhat cooler, Sunday fair. t appr pPritish repot A 4 : the German losses were greater than | from Amster Ivicora Tone — For the dreadnought Westfalen, accordir vas admitted in the official reports, | News, is to (! Hartford and vicinity: Un to a wireless dispatch received here [yy¢ it is noticeable that the German | Gestr. IS~ TNV Sl ima el n LG 0 N (000 The greatest regret is felt here