New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST CF-ALL LOCAL :NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD . HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1916—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 187 BANDIT BAND WIPED OUT IN FIGHT WITH 0. S, CAVALRYMEN * Five Outfaws and Two Amer- jcans are Killed in Clash; Mass. Infantry Aids Reg-' ular Troops El Paso, Texas, July 31.—Two Americans killed and wounded in a clash with Mexican ban- dits who had crossed the Rio Grande five miles below Fort Hancock, Texas, There were five bandits were ane early today. ir the party. Private John Twoney, F Eighth United States and Robert Woads, a United States custom inspector, were killed. Troap Cavalry Sergeant Lewis Troop F. Eighth Cavalry was serfously wounded. The com-| mwand engaged was Troop F. A de tachment of the regular cavalry was | supported in the clash by a detail of | C company, Eighth Massachusetts In- | fantry. More Than 200 Shots Fired. More than 200 shots were fired dur- | ing the engagement, it is reported | The Mexicans, it is believed, crossed the line to steal horses. They were | discovered by American outposts and were attacked by cavalry patrols. The Mexicans, maunted on good horses, attempted to flee but were in- tercepted and forced to fight. Other reports reaching here sald efforts to identify any of the Mexicans - had been unsuccessful but it was be- lieved they were members of one of Villa’s bands. Advices here said the Massachusetts company was commanded by Captain Cushing and most af its members are aid to have come from Cambridge. Thompson, Caperton to View Conditions. San Diego, Cal, July 31.—The flag- san Diego, of the Pacific fleet, with Admiral W. D, Caperton on board, will sail Wednesday, it was an- nounced today, for the lower Mexican coast. The new commander in chief of the fleet, who succeeded Admiral C. McR. Winslow lats Friday following | the latter’s retirement, is anxious to scquaint himself with conditions at| the several ports of West Mexico and | to take immediately the supervision of the warships now on patrol duty in those wators, | BORDER FAKERS TO BE SHIPPED HOME Press Correspondents Who Have Been | Sending Wild Yarns of Starv- ing Soldiers Shaking in Boots. i cious. ENGLISH SWEARTO | AVENGE EXECUTION Furious Over Shooting of Capt. Fryatt by German Captors GUNNERS STRIP T0 SKIN Heat Wave Improves Light and Gun- ners Pour Constant Stream of Shells Onto Foe—Ferocious Grapple At Guillemont. With the Dritish Army in the Field, July via London, July 31, 4:45 a. m.—French and British soldiers made today’s attack in swelter mid-summer heat. The first real hot vave of the season struck northern France st night, and this morning British and French infantrymen co- operated in an action north of the Somme, in front of Guillemont and Maurepas. For the last few days the one word on everybody's tongue has been visi- bility, which has come into universal use since Admiral Jellicoe's first fleet despatch. Former artillerymen spoke of good and bad light. Persistent bad light, or low visibility, which did not permit the gunners to register their targets, had delayed any import- ant infantry action. Yesterday the light became better as the heat grew tropic and offensive operations were resumed. 10,000 Men on Short Front, Every day the Germans have been increasing the number of guns and men in the Guillemont sector, which is among the last portions of high ground they hold By prisoners tak- en ten German battalions, or 10,000 men, has been identified on a front of 2,000 yards where the Germans are still in their old second line fortifica- tions, with maze trenches and deep dugouts built long ago and strength- ened since the offensive began. The Germans appear to regard this sector of critical importance since the Brit- ish broke the second line on the ad- Joining front for a length of two miles on July 14. Part of the ng strucls | the Ger- British attack from the bloody rones Wood other part of the flank while mans tried to man machine usual after a British bombardment. The Germans resisted the British bit- | terly, fighting under the broiling sun as if every inch of ground was pre- th | Fight at Guillemont. The British got possession of the railroad station, which they had reached in a previous attack, and this time, according to last reports, was still holding it. Some of the attack- ers got into Guillemont and reached the church, where the Germans, swarming in dugouts, outnumbered the advance party which fought against their foe on all sides. It was Ferocious El Paso, July 31.—Special corre- epondents attached to the various mili tia units in this district were made un- easy today by news that copies of their articles to home papers dealing with the treatment of the men have been submitted to the various com- manding officers for investigation. It is learned that at the orders of the war department these ofiicers have been instructed to get at ‘he truth of the charges of mismana ment, in- competence and neglect m: le in these articles. If it is proved that the men have been in any case madc to suffer needless hardships the blam: will be fixed; but if it can be shown that there was no basis for charges that caused the relatives of the guardsmen great mental anguish, then the gullty writers will shortly see themselves homeward bound i A detachment of 290 recruits of the Massachusetts organization arrived here last night. REAL PROGRESSIVES SCORE Anti-Hughes Faction Draws First Blood in Clash at Hartford Meceting Today—Alsop Is Puzzled. Hartford, July 31.—“I don’t know what thes gentlemen wan clared Chairman Joseph W. Alsop of Avon, pointing to his colleagues of the progressive state central commit- tee in the lobby of the Heublein ho- one of those hand to hand and hide and seek conflicts In the village ruins of indescribable ferocity. The British had to retire from the edge of Guil- Jemont but made good a considerable advance southward on the flank of the town, where, through the hot night, fighting continued to maintain their gain. i Perspiration’ made white water courses in the dust of the men’s faces today and their eyes looked out though masks so thick that their faces seemed to be covered with some kind of armor. Motor trucks passed like phantoms in thick clouds on the road. Gunners, stripped to their skin, kept on serving thelr guns at top speed. Breathing came hard in the mixture of dust and shell smoke. Soldiers who reached Guillemont speak of the fearful carnage amonsg | the Germans from the British gunfire, | owlng to the masses of Germans con- centrated under the RBritish bombard- ment before the infantry attack: They said they could hear the moans of the German wounded for water above the bombing and rifle machine gun fire. With the news of the shoot- ing of Captain Fryatt fresh in their minds the British went into the charge in a fury, swearing they would avenge his murder. | Ambassador Sharp Says French Agree of as to Permit Feeding Poles tel here at 2 o’clock this afternoon, Just before the meeting called by him had come to order. “They asked me to call the gather~ fng” he continued, “‘and here it is.” More than half the nent progressives, not connected with the committee also there, including A. Lincoln Chase of this city and F. E. Duffy of West Hartford. The anti-Hughes faction of the committee scored a signal victory just before the executive session was or- dered, when they elected Luther H. Telscheman of this city, town chair- man of the party, as state committee- man from the first disarict, to suc- ceed Irving Gabriel, who lately moved out of the district. It was expected that the meeting would last at least two hours. committee was | on hand and there were many promi- | Planned by Britain. Washington, July 31.—Ambassadar Sharp at Paris cabled the state depart- ment today that France acquiesced in the recent note of Great Britain offer- ing to permit shipment of American | relief supplies in portions of Poland cccupied by Teutonic forces, an con-. dition that the occupying armies not seize or remove native food pro- products. | MOB CONTROLS HANKOW. San Francisco, July 81.—Hankow, China, today was in the hands of a revolutionary mob and great quanti- ties of property were burned, accord- ing to cable advices received here by | the Robert Dollar Steamship Co., | from its Hankow office.- No detafls‘ were given. | | the BRITISH ADVANCE; GERMAN ASSAULTS ARE BEATEN BACK English Push Posts Forward on Platean Near Bazentin- le-Petit FRENCH HOLD OFF ATTACKS AT THEIR END OF THE LINE Berlin Reports Allies Gained No Ground in Offensive During Sunday Fighting—Portuguese Opérating in East Africa on Small -ale—Rus- sians in Pursuit of Austrians, | CHICAGO’S DEAD FOR ONE London, July 31, 2:36 p. m.—As a| result of lacal the | region of the the | British troops advanced their at some points on the the north of the town of | Bazentin-le-Petit, it was officially an- nounced this afternoon. The says: “Last night| ‘was spent in improving the positions ! gained yesterday. There further developments in the situation. | “As the result of local encounters we advanced our posts at some points on the plateau north of Bazentin-Le- Petit.” encounters in River Somme last night posts plateau to statement were 1o | Counter Attacks Repulsed, Paris, July 31, orth of the | Somme yesterday evening and last | night the Germans redoubled their! counter attacks between the Hem Wood and Monacu Farm, says the official statement issued this afternoon by the French war department. The struggle was especially severe round Monacu Farm, where the Germans got | a footing for a moment but were im- mediately driven back. At Hem Woad all the German as saults were repulsed by Franch counter attacks. At the same time the French batteries on the left bank of the Somme, the statement cpn- tinues, enfiladed the German troops, | inflicting great los: On the left bank the Verdun sector, on the northeast failed On the French region southwest of of the Meuse, in a German attack side of Hill 304 ri progressed ht bank of the Meuse the slightly in the leu | reached No Gains Made Sunda Berlin, July 31, Via London. p. m. —Anglo-French troops in their attac on Sunday against the German posi- | tions in the region of the River Somme aid not gain a foot of ground, accord- | ing to the German army headquarters staff in its statement issued today. Portuguese Active. July 31, Via Paris, | | 10:45 | m.—Portuguese naval forces have been operating in East Africa, though Lisbon, a. rot on a large sca'e, says the Seculo. A despatch received by the newspaper from Lourenca Marquez says: | “A Portuguese flotilla made a recon- | raissance on the left bank of the| Rovuma (a river separating German | East Africa from Portuguese FEast! Africa) on the 20th, H “Tuge conducting a force were fired | on by the Germans with machine]| | gans, two Portuguese being killed and | five wounded. “Eight davs later the Portugucse again attacked the Germans who were strongly entrenched on the right bank, but they had to retire. owing to the state af the river, after suffering considerable loss, including a captain. The Germans in this theater are put- ting up an energetic defense.” Russians in Pursuit. Petrograd, July 31, Via TLondon,| 3:36 p. m.—In the region of Brody, on the Volhynian and Galician frontier. Russian troops are pursuing the stro-German armies, it was official- announced here today, and have reached the Rivers Graberki and Sereth. Austrian Statement. Berlin, July 81, hy Wireless to Sav- An Austro-Tungarian vnder date of July 30, reads: r theater The battles Galicia and in Volhynia con-| with undiminished violence ks between Beres- okhod, in spife of the human lives, had no sue- | er. \ere the Russi perarily over trenches west of Tutsk, they were counter attack “Ttalian war theater: An Ttalian Jattalion attacking southwest of Tanc- veggio was repulsed.” ville. official statement issued by headquarters tinue great 10s : tem- aia hy entered they efected ns as WITH US YFE RBaltimore, July 31.—Beyond an in- timation from one in authority at the pler of the Fastern Forwarding Company, where the German mer- chant submarine Deutschland s berthed, that the subm-rsible would not snil tod noth could ho learned regarding the sailing plans of the under water boats. ¥y | at the latest. | great extent | Thir | the number of new | remained | ing the twenty-four hour period end- | | taken HOT SPELL HERE AFTER RECORD IN THE MIDDLE WEST Wave of Heat Spreads Over Middle and South Atlantic States DAY IS REPORTED AS 115 Dead Horses Lying In Streets In Many Sections of City—Distressing Fea- ture Is High Rate of Infant Mor- tality—Mercury Drops From 102 to 73 Degrees In Milwaukee and Re- lief Is In Sight. ‘Washington, July 31.—After break- ing several heat records in the west- ern upper lake region, the hot wave today had spread into the middle and south Atlantic states. Cooler weather was predicted by weather bureau officials for Tuesday in the lake region and eastern New Yor but elsewhere in the east the heat wave will maintain torrid tem- peratures. 115 Deaths In Chicago. Chicago, July 31.—Chicago and the middle west are awaiting with con- siderable anxiety the promised cooler weather today after four days of un- usually high temperatures during which the thermometer hovered around the 100 mark. The weather forecaster has prom- ised lower temperature by tomorrow Chicago, after yesterday's list of | 115 deaths, attributed to the heat, and more than 400 prostrations, to a slept out doors again last night. The numerous parks of | the city were vast sleeping apartments | and Lake Michigan furnished comfort to thousands of bathers as late as | midnight. The high mortality among infants has been the most distressing phase of the situation. Upwards of fifty babies were reported to have suc- cumbed to the heat vesterday. Among animals the death rate has almost established a record Dead were reported lving along in many £ the city loca authority the s is to like horses streets sections c o forecaster ement that vesterday, when mercury 10 The promised cooler weather already had appeared, so far as the Lake Superior region was con- cerned last night, according to the forecaster. The cool wave which is coming from the northwest is moving faster on its north than it is on south end. is for today t just be | its 102 Degrees In Milwaukece. Milwaukee, Wis., July 31.—A fall of temperature from 102 degrees at 4 p. m., yesterday to 73 at 8 o'clock this morning was the official record at the Milwaukee weather burean. | Deathy from the heat in Milwaukee vesterdny numbered 31. * PARALYSIS TAKES JUMP -five Deaths and 133 Noew Cases Reported to Health Authorities in New York in Last 24 Hours, New York, July 31.-~The mortality rate took another jump today in the epidemic of infantile paralysis while cases discovered virtually the same. Dur- | ing at 10 o'clock this morning there were thirty-five deaths and 133 new | cases reported, as against 13 deaths and 145 new cases during the period ending the same hour vesterday. nia, July 31.—The first death | from infantile paralysis in this city was reported this morning, Joseph, the five vear old son of Mr. and rMs. John Burns of 113 North State street dying Sunday night. The child was ill Friday, the disease being reported to the health officials Sat- urday as nfantile paralysis. Horaco | Ans co i Smith, aged two years, the only other | ! tide about 1,000 vietim of the malady in this city, is | reported as fmproving. rtford, July 31.—Only two new of infantile paralysis were ported to the state board of health to- day. One w from Lebanon, the other from Sharon. J. T. Black, secretary, considers the disease is decreasing. H s re- Dr. that MATL SHIP HITS MINFE. July 31, 4:05 p. m mail steamship Konigin has struck a mine near the Hinder lightship says a de from The Hague to Reute u company. The passengers vessel in the lifeboats and The Wil T.onaon Duteh helzina North nateh releg left the | made for the lightship. "WEATHER, Hartford, Ju Hartford and vicinity Tn- settled. probably thunder showers tonight and Tuesday. — e e~y 31.—For i | Hughes | summer home in | paratory | from Canada that he | tonight will be [ the nominee’s " room ! The young man | Work EXPLOSION OF MUNITIONS ROCKS GREATER NEW YORK ZEPPELIN RAID IS AGAIN A FAILURE Driven Off By Acroplane Whose Pilot Own | | In Rendered Unconscious by Gun. London, July second raid w 31, 12:40 p. m.—The hin a week of the! east coast of England by a Zeppelin airship was made this morning. An official statement announcing the raid says the arship was engaged by | a British aeroplane. The official statement follows: At | 15 o’clock this morning one of our aeroplanes pursued and attacked a Zeppelin thirty miles off the east coast. The pilot had fired more than two tray of ammunition into the Zeppelin when he was temporarily in- capacitated by a portion of his ma- 5 ! chine gun flying off and stunning him. The Zeppelin was nowhere to be seen when the pilot regained conscious- ne: He was therefore forced to re- turn to his station.” AID THE RAILROADS Senate Judiciary Committee Discusses Holding Up Section of Clayton Anti- Trust Law. Washington, July 31.—After a con- ference between Chairman Overman and President Wilson the senate judi- ciary committee today considered an amendment to the Clayton anti-trust law to postpone for two years the ef- fectiveness of a sectfon which after October 15 would restrict dealings be- tween railroads and other corpora- tions having common officials or di- rectors. The plan is to delay putting the section into effect pending investiza- tion of the entire railroad situation | by the recently created joint congres- sional committee. The proposed amendment, which is earnestly desired by the railroads, has the support of the president and efforts will be made to pass it during the present sess of congress. HUGHES ARRIVES Roosevelt Will Be There When Re- publican Candidate Reads of Acceptance—Taft Is In Canada. New 31 Charles today from Bridgehampton pre- to the ceremony tonight in Carnegie Hall at which he will be offi- cially notified that he has been nom- inated for the presidency. Col. Theodore Roosevelt will, it is understood, attend the ceremony to- night, accompanied by his wife. For- mer President Taft telegraphed today would be un- able to be present, stating in his telegram that he regretted that he could not be present at “at great oc- casion, to hear a great speech, an York, came July here it | augury of victory.” Mr. Hughes' speech of acceptance | heard by Mrs. Hughes, two eldest daughters, and Charles E. Hughes, Jr. BELL THROWN FROM BED. N. & J. Traflic Manager Near Scene of Explosion, Walter Bell of Francis street, traf- fic manager for the North & Judd Manufacturing company, was thrown from his bed in a New York hotel by the explosion early yesterday morn- ing. Bell had been on a business trip to Pittsburgh for his concern and r« istered at a New York hotel Saturda night. The explosion threw him onto the floor, smashed the windows in his and jammed the door leading to the corridor so that it was necessary for hotel employes to release him from | his prison. DROWYNED AT SAVI) New a man Gooley, found West ROCK. Haven, July 31.—The body of identified as that of Patrick 22 years old, of New Haven, on the beach at Savin Haven, today, at low feet off shore. The attired in a bathing suit. went bathing yester- believed seizure of was for his Wi Roclk, body was day. Tt a cramps drowning. is responsiiie LABORERS STRIKE. Sewer Department When Employes Quit, Demands Are Refused. Jetween ten and of the sewer department man Prendergast on the st et job quit work this when demands for §3 a day for nine hours were refused, The men, it is reported, have been consldering tho move for some time Engineer Hall sald that the refusal to request for a o from men would stand, and the ditch on tha street would be allowed to remain as it s until the matter ia adjusted, Tt {n probable that a discussion on the matter will be held at tho meeting of the board of public works tomorrow evening. twelve employes under Fore- Whitman morning afternoon the this to tho acceda | the Speech | CAR STRIKE SPREADS TO NEW TERRITORY | | T 1 | Trolley Men on Harlem and Wash- ington Heights Lines Join Those Already Out. | i New York, July —Officials 01’! Third Avenue Railway company, the operation of which was suspended | vesterday after a strike of about -.u} 500 employes, promised to attempt to | resume the movement of cars today, | Previous attempts to maintain a | e have resulted in disorder and | many arrests, | Edward A. Maher, general manager | of the company, says he will fight the strikers to a finish. Willlam D. Ma- hon, president of the International Association of Street Railwaymen, vs the union will continue to fight | until it has organized the employes of every traction company in the city. At present, he asserts, the union's grievance is against the Third avenue line only The strike on the Third company's lines spread into and Washington Heights 8 a. m. not a car of the company's lines was running in the district be- tween Sixty-sixth and One Hundred and Sixth streets. Avenue Harlem today. At MUST SPEND §10,000 MORE Board of Education Hears Report from Committee on Accomodations Regarding Prevocational School. It is estimated by the committee on school accomodations, which reported to the board of education this after- noon that the expense of making re- pairs to the Prevocational Grammar school will be at least $10,000. This report was presented at a spe- cial meeting of the board this after- gation. Large cracks have appeared in the walls of the building, this being due, it is said, to the character of the ground on which the school was erected. The structure is one of New Britain’s newest school buildings. It was rumored that all was not tree who planned the biulding, and the committee on accomodations but 3eorge W. Traut, chairman of the { committee, denied this late this after- noon. POPE’S APPEAL FAILS | Pontiff Admits Prayers and Entreaties of Two Years Have Had No Effect on Warring Nations. noon as was the result of long investi- peace between Architect W. P. Crab- | Four Killed, Scores i jured and Many Mi sing--Property Da age May Reach a2 High as $45,000,00 THREE ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING N. J. LA Und Shrapnel Bombardment / Adjacent Territory Cargo of War S-pplies fi Allies Blows Up for Eigl Hours Following Fire Board Lighter. New York, July 31.—Two men under arrest today on wa charging them with manslaughter indirectly causing the death of one the victims of the terrific explosion ammunition on Black Tom pler ea vesterday morning. Fstimates of | casualties early today placed number of dead at four, with thj cthers mortally injured, thirtys suffering from less serious inju and eleven to twenty missing. nmates of the property loss from $25,000,000 to $45,000,000. Many persons who were on bod barges moored at the burned plers rissing and it is feared that they h perished. In some quarters it was lieved the total number of dead Wo! reach twelve Those under arrest were Albert Dickman, agent of the Lehigh Val railroad stationed at Black Tom Pl and Alexander Davidson, superin dent of the warehouse of the Nati Slorage company, thirteen of wi were destroyed by the fire which lowed the explosions. A warrant | iesued for the arrest of Theodore Johnson, president of a lighter company, one of whose barges loa | with ammunition is alleged to Hi been moored at the pler. Frank Hague, commissianer of p| | lic safety of Jersey City, charged ¢ the blame for the explosion lay either the Lehigh Valley Railr company, the storage company or ; lighterage company, and that somi them had violated the laws of Jersey, the Jersey City ordinances ra Rome, via Paris, July 31, 10 a. m. —The failure of the Pope’s appeals to the warring nations for peace was admitted by the Pontiff in addressing a delegation of the Youth of Rome vesterday. The delegation prayed for peace in accordance with the Pope's ppeal to the children of the whole world to appeal to God, on the last Sunday of the second year of the struggle. The Pope sald the war which was ravaging all the earth was not visi- ble on all faces, although such c: nage made an ever present call for mediation and penitence. Yet, he said, adults were unable to forego the attractions of life and that was why he turned to the children who are nearest and dearest to God by their innocence and weakness. “We, the father of all the faithful,” he said, “have suffered, exhorted and prayed for two years but as our ex- hortations to the combatants to lay down their arms and seek a settle- ment through the channels of jus- tice and reason have been in vain we decided to have recourse to invo- cations to Divine help by the all powerful means of your innocence, hoping that the prodigy of the Son of Hagar might be renewed FRANCIS JOSEPH ILL Emperor of Austria Reported to Have Taken Chill ‘While TInspecting Troops—said to Be Very Sick. m—Tm- Austria inspecting despatch July nei severce Tondon, peror I caught chill while savs a Vienna to Lloyd by the cor at The Hague of the Ex- Telegraph company Tlis described being very his forwarded spondent change ma jesty troops, is as the rules of the interstate comme commission, by permitting bai loaded with explosives to re maored at the plers over night. TI barges were being used to transp the ammunition to steamers lying Gravesend Bay. Investigations Under Way. Several investigations were e menced today to discover the o | of the fire which caused the a explasion that destroyed $5,000, worth of ammunition, 85 freight set blazing ammunition barges ad to bombard the Statue of Liberty the Ellis Island immigration ste with shells and shrapnel, and sH tered $100,000 worth of windows this city. One of the investigationi conducted by Colonel Beverly Dunn, chief inspector of the bu cf explosives of the American Rail association and the interstate cg merce commission. He is aided thirty inspectors. The county prd cutor and city authorities in Je City are making investigations af It is understood that agents of the partment of justice are making quiries to learn whether the explo was the work of an incendiary. Cause Not Ascertalned. Conflicting reports as to the of the fire still are circulated. Lehi Valley officlals assert that an inl loping barge loaded with ammunit} was moared at their pier in deflan: their orders and that the first plosion took place on board vessel. The commissioner of pul safety that four ammunif] rges e at or near the plers at of them were destroyved.¥ thelr crews perished, pier just west of the Stil mass of smoki piled “hund and with t! sa we all red The big of Libe W y is today h the debris of feet high in fire still burnin The work of repairing the dama to t1 Bed ruin buildings on in SUCCEEDS BTRREI T, Tdward Duke New Chicf Sec- retary of Treland. enry unfon- T.ondon, July 31, 5:46 p. m Fdward Duke, a barrister and 18t momber of parliament was today appointed to chief secrotary of Ireland In succes- slon to Augustine Birrell. The new | chlef seerotary will be given a seat in | the cablnet. No new lord llentenant | of Ireland will be appointed sue- eeed Lord Wimborne, who resigned aftor the outbreak of the Dublin re- bellton. tor ) bo the new hurned land York s ity The immi 1d had the appé village with ev4 oof of the h door blo’ executy island brold thro in New tod and began at E of a w window shattered pital caved in the iway and the wrecked tation th c main and while the with of shrapnel and three-inch shells drifting barges whi the as t age was estimated. rooms strewn bits ashore ha from bombarded The da island $76,000. 1§ The doors hi-Hour Bombardment. huilding on Bedloe’s island wi blown in and windows shatte (Continued On Eleventh Page)s|