New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1916, Page 14

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No pure ood receives Feater attention L manufacture. inthe oval foil in the e slide box c 20210 THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY FEARED FIRE. ew York, me July 7.—The Norwegian New York a cargo dock early P When off et smoke was discovered the vessel's returned here arrival no cvidence ha forohg | se | with | owing to the southerly course steered | | enemy | the details of the | of ships | dreadnought type, one of the Deutsch- | curate report of the d | officers, who tes | terview | sible it is not accurate as regards the | damagea | of | more do 1 | tour and Captain Stanley serious | lantry that v, Jeliicoe Gl Repo NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916. rt On ]zgiiarzd Bank Fight| Tells of Impertant Naval Engagement—Praises German ‘ and British Seamen—Admiral Beatty Is Also Highly Lauded. July B: Lords Commissioners of the that brought 1916, to the westward of off coast of Den- London, pleased to in the the German High Seca the iralty to action on of May Jutland Bank, the mark.” Admiral Sir commander-in-chief In these words Vice John R. Jellicoe, fleets, on of the home opens his report | to the admiralty the battle ove which there has been so much discus- | sion. Continuing, Admiral Jellicoe grand fleet, in ships of the of the policy of periodical sweeps through the North had left their base on the previ- ous day, in accordancce with instruc- tions issued by me. “In the early afternoon of Wednes- day, 31st of May, the first and second attle cruiser squadrons, the fi ond and third light cruiser squadrons and destroyers from the first, ninth, tenth and thirteenth flotillas, sup- ported by the fifth hattle squadron w accordance with my direc- tior ing the southward of the hattle flect, which was accom- panied the third battle cruiser squadron, the first and second cruiser the fourth light cruiser fourth, eleventh and pursuance general ba in to by Junction Delayed. junction of the battle fleet the wcouting force after the cnemy had been sighted was delayed, “The by our advanced force during the first after ¢ nencing their action | with the enemy battle crulsers. This of course, was unavoidable, as had our battle cruisers not followed the to tho southward the main fleets would never have been in con- hour battle cruiser fleet, gallantly Vice Admiral Beatty and ad- mirably supported by the ships of the fifth battle squadron, under Rear Ad- | miral Evan-Thomas, fought the ac- tion under, at times, disadvantageous conditions, especially in regard to light, in a manner that was In keep- ing with the best traditions of the service.” Names of Ships Held. Without maps and charts many of report cannot be It states that “the list and commanding officers which took part in the actlon lhas been withheld from publication for the present, in accordance with the usual practice,” which also detracts from the interest of the document. Admiral Jellicoe estimates the Ger- man losses at two battleships of the \ made clear. and type, which was seen to sink; the battle cruiser Lutzow, admitted by the Germans; one battle crulser, seen tc | be so severely damaged that its return | was extremely doubtful; flve cruisers, seen to sink—one of possibly a battleship; seen to sink, three destrovers damaged that it was doubtful if they | would be able to reach port, and a | Vive-Admiral Beatty In concluding, Ad- {houetted against a cl | Germans, { obscured by mist. ] submarine sunk. miral Jellicoe “Tow Visibilit ‘ “The conditions of low visibility un- | der which the day action took place and the approach of rkness en- hanced the difficulty ving an ac- mage inflicted | or the name of the ships sunk by our of | | | forces. But, after a most careful ex- | amination of the evidence of all the | ified to seeing 2nemy actually sink, and personal ir s with a large number of these am of the opinion that the the inclosure gives the | though it is pos- vessels officers, I list shown in minimum numbers, class of vessel, especlally were sunk during the night attack. In addition to the ves- sels sunk it unquestionable that | many other ships were very seriously by gunfire and torpedo at- particular those which is tack. ; Germans Were Gallant. ot to report the loss his majesty’s ships Queen Mary, Indefatigable, Invincible, Defence, Black Prince, Warrior, Tipperary, Ar- dent, Fortune, Shark, Sparrow Hawk, Nestor, Nomad and Turbulent. Still regret the resultant heavy of life. The death of such gal- lant and distinguished officers as Ar- buthnot, .Hood, Captain Sowerby, Captain Prowse, Captain Cay, Captain Bonham, Captain Charles J. Win- B. Ellis, and perished with them, loss to the v and to They led officers and men equally gallant and whose mourned by their comrades in the grand fleet. They fell doing their duty nobly—a death which they would have been first to desire. The enemy fought with tho gal- was expected of him. We admired the conduct disabled passed down the after dep which was “I deeply re loss those who is the country. who we death i particularly those on board a light cruiser which British line shortly under a heavy fir turned by the only gun left in action. The conduct of the offic s and m was entirely beyond praise.” est f fell to the ™ cruiser fleet Admiral its of ch were - opponents, and he appreciation of he har: tle the armor expre a ! | dered | presence | ed to the eastward. | that the enemy was to the northward ! impossible for i of the battle i four | of the battle cruisers ! ahead and the destroyers were | course to the northward to lead the | ron closed to within 13,000 yards of the light | battle cruisers with all guns and anhont them | 5 o'clock came under the fire of the six destroyers, |jeading ships of the S0 | fleet. |ing very severe punishment, one hat- o? | German | of gallant leadership, firm determina- | tion and correct strategic fighting. He appreciated situations at once on | sighting the enemy's first lic forces, then his battle cruisers, finally his battleship I can fully sympa- thize with his feelings when the eve- ning mist and fading light robbhed the fleet of that complete victory for which he manoeuvered for which the | els in company with him had | iven so hard. The services ren- by him, not only on this but on two previous occaslons, hava been of the very greatest value. Enemy Brought to Action. Vice Admiral | | ves Extracts from Beat- | ty's report give the course of C\'cms,‘ fleet came the scene of action. At 2:20 o’clock in the afternoon the Galatia reported the of enemy vessel At 35 o'clock considerable smoke was sight- | This made clear before the battle on and that it would be him to round Horn Reef without being brought to action. The course of the British ships con- sequently was altered to the eastward | and subsequently northeastward. The enemy was sighted at o’clock. His force consisted of five battle crulsers. Vice Admiral Beat- ty's first and third light cruiser squad- Ton, without awaiting order spread castward, forming a screen in advance cruiser squadron under Evan-Thomas, consiting of of the Queen Eliz- and eastward 3:31 Admiral battleships abeth class. The light cruisers engaged the | enemy and the cruiser squadron came | up at high speed, taking station ahead At 3:30 o'clock Vice Admiral Beatty increased the speed to twenty-five knots and formed the line of hattle, the second battle cruiser squadron forming astern of the first, with two destroyer flotillas ahead. Vice Admiral Beatty then turned cast-southeast, slight converging on the enemy, now at a range of 22,000 yards. The fifth battle-cruiser squad- ron was then bearing north-northwest 10,000 yards distant. The visibility | was good. From 4:15 to 4:43 o’clock the con- flict between the battle cruiser squad- rons was fierce and the resolute Brit- ish fire began to tell. The rapidity | and accuracy of the Germans’ fire de- | preciated considerably. The third German ship s seen to be afire. fhe German battle fleet was reported re- called. Weather Becomes Unfavorable. Admiral altered his Vice Beatty the British battle light cruiser squad- Germans toward fleet. The second German battle fleet and came under heavy but ineffective fire. ~ The fifth battle squadron engaged the German German battle The weather became unfavorable, ships being sil- | ar horizon to the | whose ships were mostly i Between 5 and 6 o’clock the action | continued at 14,000 yards on a north- v course, the German ships receiv tle cruiser quitting the line consider ably damaged. At 35 o’clock (hel | fleet { range | fect Germans were gradually hauling east- ward and receiving severe punish- ment at the head of the line, prob- ably acting on information from their light cruisers which were engaged with the third battle cruiser squadron or from Zeppelins which were present. At 5:56 o’clock the leading ships of the British battle fleet were sighted bearing north, distant five miles. Vice- Admigal Beatty thereon proceeded cast at greatest speed, bringing range | to 12,000 vards. Only three German battle cruisers were then visible, fol- owed by battleships of the Koenig tvpe Vice-Admiral Jellicoe then takes up the story of the battle fleet. Informed hat the Germans were sighted, the proceeded at full speed on a southeast by south course during two hours before arriving on the scene of battle. The steaming qualities of the older ships were severely tested When the battle fleet was meeting the battle cruisers and the fifth battle squadron, great care to insure that the British ships were not mistaken for the German ships. war- Grand Flect Prepares. Vice-Admiral Beatty reported the position of the German battle fleet at 6:15 o’'clock. then formed the line of battle, Vice- Admiral Beatty meantime having formed the battle cruisers ahead of the battle fleet, and the fleets became ; engaged. During the deplovment the Defense and Warrior were seen pass- ing between the British and German fleets under heavy fire. The Defense disappeared and the Warrior passed to the rear, disabled. Owing principally to the mist, it was possible to see only a few ships at a time. Toward the close of the battle only four or flve were visible and never more than eight to twelve. The third battle cruiser squadron, under Rear Admiral Horace Alexan- der Hood, was in advance of the battle fleet and ordered to reinforce Vice-Admiral Beatty. While en route the Chester, Captain Lawson, engaged three or four German light cruisers for twenty minutes. Despite many cas- ualties her steaming qualities were unimpaired. Third Squadron. Describing the work of the third squadron, Vice-Admiral Beatty sald Rear Admiral Hood brought it into action ahead of the Lion “in the most inspiring manner, worthy of his great naval ancestor: Vice-Admiral Hood at 6:26 p. m. was only 8,000 yards from the leading German ship and the British vessels poured a hot fire into her and caused her to turn away. Vice-Admiral Beatty, continuing, re- ports: By 0 o’clock the battle cruis- ers were clear of our leading battle squadron, and I ordered the third battle cruiser squadron to prolong the line astern and reduced the speed to elghteen knots. The visibility at this time was very indifferent, not more than four miles, and the enemy ships were temporarily lost slght of after 6 p. m. “Although the visibility became re- duced, it undoubtedly was more fa- vorable to us than to the enemy. At intervals their ships showed up clear- | 1y, enabling us to punish them very severely and to establish a definite su- perfority over them. It was clear that the enemy suffered considerable dam- age, battle cruisers and battleships alike. The head of their line was crumpled up, leaving their battleships as a target for the majority of our battle criusers. Before leaving, the fifth battle squadron also was engag- ing battleships.” Cut Off German Fleets. The action between the battle fleets asted intermittently from 6:17 to 8:20 o'clock at ranges between 9,000 nd 12,000 yards. The Germans con- stantly turned away and opened the under the cover of destroyer ks and smoke screens, as the ef- of the British fire was felt, and alterations of the course from south- east by east to west in an endeavor to atta | Horn | search of the enemy was necessary | { The visibility early on the first Vice-Admiral Jellicoe | | sea | sumption to have been correct. close up brought the British fleet, | which commenced action in an ad- vantageous position on the Germans bow, to a quarterly bearing from the German battle line, but placed Vice- Admiral Jeliicoe between the Ger- mans and their bases. The German vessels were entirely out of the fight at 9 o'clock, says the report. The threat of destroyer at- tacks during the rapidly approaching darkness made it necessary to dispose the fleet with a view to s 7 while providing for a renewal of ac- tion at daylight. Vice-Admiral Jelli- coe maneuvered the fleet so as to re- main between the Germans and their bases, placing flotillas of destroyers where they could protect the fleet and attack the heavy German ships. Concluding his account of the bat- tle, Vice-Admiral Jellicoe wrote: “At daylight on the first of June the battle fleet, being southward of reef, turned northward in vessels and for the purpose of collecting our own cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers. of June was three to four miles less than | on May 31, and the torpedo boat de- | stroyers, being out of visual touch, did not rejoin the fleet until 9 a. m. “The British fleet remained in the proximity of the battlefield and near | the line of approach to German ports until 11 a. m. in spite of the disad- vantage of long distances from fleet | bases and the danger incurred in waters adjacent to the enem coasts from submarines and torpedo | craft. “The enemy, however, made no sign, and 1 was reluctantly com- | pelled to the conclusion that the high fleet had returned into port. Subsequent events proved this as- Oour position must have been known to the enemy, as, at 4 a. m. the fleet engaged a Zeppelin about five minutes, during which time she had ample opportun- ity to note and subsequently report the position and course of the British fleet. Pick Up Survivors. “The waters from the latitude of Horn reef to the scene of action were thoroughly searched and some sur- vivors from the destroyers Ardent, Fortune and Tipperary were picked up. The Sparrow Haw which had been in collision, was no longer sea- worthy and was sunk after the crew was taken off. A large amount of wreckage was seen, but no enemy ships, and at 1:15, it being evident that the German fleet had succeeded in returning to port, our course was shaped for our bases, which were reached without further incident on Friday, the 2d of June. “The cruiser squadron was de- tached to search for the Warrior, which had been abandoned while in tow of the Engandine on the way to the base, owing to bad weather set- ting in and the vessel becoming un- seaworthy. No trace of her was dis- covered, and further subsequent search by the light cruiser squadron having failed to locate her, it was evident she had foundered. “The fleet was fuelled, replenished its ammunition, and at 9:30 p. m., on the 2d of June, was reported ready for further action.” Two estimates of the total tonnage lJost by the Germans in the battle have been made by British official The more conservat one, who in- cluded in his list only vessels “seen to sink” and based his estimate on the theory that the battleships sunk were of the oldest dreadnought type, gives the German tonnage lost as 109,220, as compared with a British loss 1n tonnage of 112,350. He concludes that the Germans lost two battleships of the dreadnought type of 18,900 tons each; one of the Deutschland type, of 13,200 tons; the battle cruiser Lutzow, of 28,000 tons; five cruisers of the Rostock type, making a total of 24,500 tons for this *type; six de- stroyers, aggregating 4,920 tons, and one submarine of 800 tons. The more liberal estimate the German loss at 11 places .220 tons, as ' aggregating 24,600 follows: One dreadnought of the Kronprinz | Established 1880 ,if Globe Cloth © ng House Half Yearly Sale of Clothing Straightforward Announcement We Have But Two Sales a Year, January and July Ours Is a Genuine Sale This Store Is the Home of Hart, | Schaffner & Marx Clothes type, 25,480 tons; one of the land type, 22,440 tons; Pommern, 13,000 tons; Lutzow, 28,000 ton Helgo- battleship battle cruiser five Rostocks, tons; destroyers, aggregating 4,000 tons, and a subma- rine of 800 tons TINKER AFTER STAR. Rumor Has It That Evers Will Again Wear Cub Uniform, Chicago, July 7.—Manager Joe Tinker and President Weeghman got together yesterday and prepared a piece of fancy tinware for Eddie Mulligan. The Cubs are close to making deal for a new shortstop. It was reported from a source pretty close to the Chicago head- quarters last night that the player in question is Johnny FEvers. Neither Tinker nor Weeghman would admit it. Evers is particularly anxious to ; get a transfer to Chicago. Efforts to land him have failed because Chicago refused to give up Heinie Zimmer- man, Evers is here with the Braves. CUBS GET HERZOG Windy City Papers Announce Sale of Reds’ Manager to Weeghman. Chicago, July 7.—Charles Herzog, manager and shortstop of the Cin- cinnati Reds, is to become a member of the Chicago Nationals, according to a story published here today. It is shown that the Cubs have wanted a shortstop for some time, and it & said that the negotiations which will bring Herzog to Chicago have pro- gressed so far that the deal will bg closed within the next 24 hours, The price which the Cubs are to pay for Herzog is not given, but it {s said to be a large amount of money and one or two players. Jim Bluejacket, Former Ted Hurlery Is Garnered by Herzog. Bloomington, Ill., July T7.—Pitcher Jim Bluejacket, last year with the Brooklyn Federals, was sold yesterday by the Bloomington club of the Three 1 league to the Cincinnati Nationals. Bluejacket two seasons ago was signed by the Giants, but the Indian jumped his contract with MeGrawW and signed with the Brooklyn Federal league team. While with the Brookfeds Blue«" jacket pitched fairly well, winning ten games and losing eleven. He deserted the Brookfeds in midseason, but later wasg reinstated. Bluejacket this season has not been doing anything to boast of, but Man- ager Herzog of the Reds has decided to give the Redskin a thorough try- out. One day last week Bluejacket was pounded for fifteen hits for a total of twenty bases by the Hannibal club, the final score being 9 to 1. Bloomington at the present time leads the Three I league. (« Somebody is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life, By BRIGGS SHE wiLL FALL ME ALL For RIGHT WHEN SHE SEES THESE SomE CLASS o me | Guess ~ 0 | HOPE SHE DOESNT Go oo CRAZY OVER AIE LAY ME = ] GIRLS LIKE TRE CLOTEEYE ST _ FELLOW WEARS NE T [S MISS PHOEBE AT 1 essels and Admirals Burne n-Thom continue: hand com- mends Duft dce, Ev and u Leveson Showed Qualities. David niral Sir No chAance ! SOME BoDY IS ALWAYS TAKING The -JoY ©ouT OF LIFE