New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, O AR R CASEMENT BRAVELY GOES 70 HIS DEATH Continued from First Page.) family were Protestants and he was brought up in that faith but became a convert to Roman Catholicism within the last few weecks. On June 29 he was registered a member of the Iiaman Catholic church since that t.me Fathers McC" rell nd Carey of | Eden Grove church, near the prison, | have been ministering to him. He re- . .geived his first holy communion at 7 | yclock this morning, when he as- | sisted at mass in his cell. One of his ! attendants said that h overpowering iove of God and Ireland was most striking. According to this attendant s of the condemned man, pravers, were: I die ountry.” James McC a rrell, who sement : the han #61a a representative of The c:ated Press that the condemned man his death caurageously, sement went to his death like brave and bold man,” said Father M Carrell. “Just before the black cap djusted he stood forward boldly clear, distinct, slow oh TLord, I| Then, still he added: t- ing, { 0- tended Ct met was crect and said in ‘Into th my his full h 1t ul. after nine o’clock, a that he found | 1 beautiful character | cted any nn(‘l voice: ds, commend g at Casement to be and that he never instri in his religion who showed himself a qnicker or mere promising learner. All hopes of an eleventh hour re- prieve were dashed to earth yesterday th the statement of Lord Robert G4cil, parliamentary under-secre | of fore rs, that no government | doing its duty could interfere with the sentence. Supplementing this were | the dramatic disclosures by Lord New- | 1on in the house of lords that the rmans ently shot two Irish | oners who refused to Jjoin Case- | ment's Irish legion, Government Criticised, The morning papers mostly deal in | he briefest and most matter of fact | were the | part thizers in the United States and Ireland, and even in England, to se- cure a reprieve. Petitions for mercy poured in upon the British govern- nent and effarts were made to obtain action by President Wilson. Re- peated attempts to pass a resolution through the United States senate re- auesting the president to urge Great Britain to extend mercy to Casement failed. This agitation was finally ended on July 27 when the senate committee on fareign relations or- dered an adverse report on all resolu- tions proposing intercession by the United States government. The only action taken in Washington was the passage of a realution by the senate asking the president to use his good offices with the British authorities to obtain clemency for Irish political offenders in general. Many prominent men both here and in Great Britain interested themselves in Casement’s behalf, including George Bernard v and the Irish poet, “William Butler Yeats. The hopes of the condemncd man’s friends were ex tinguished when Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, announced on Wednesday that the British govern- raent was determined not to grant a 1eprieve. Lord Cecil declared that s much more ‘“malignant to Great Britain than leaders who took an actual in the Sinn Fein revolt and that there was no ground which could be biought forward in mitigation of his offense. Honared with knighthood—a title since taken from him by King George's order—for many years of service for Great Britain as consul cud consul-general, Roger Casement assumed leadership, at a period of his country’s cri; in the recent Irish rebellion, the plans far which were iaid while Casement was in Berlin, where he was reported to have nego- tizted an understanding with German imperial authorities, and hostile Trapped on Irish Soil, British naval supremacy brought an abortive close to Casement's plans. The German tramp steamship on which there was transported an armed expedition fram Germany nearly to the west coast of Ireland in April of this year was blown up by its own crew when the latter foresaw that it 15 inevitable that the blockading 1glish warships would capture it. the | |WILSON TO APPOINT FARM LOAN BOARD President to Take Action Without Slightest Delay Washington, Aug. of the 3.—Organization loan board, whose members have just been named by President Wilson, will be accom- plished without delay, it was said to- day. Members be notified their immediately within fifteen days oath of office. Their were confirmed by the senate yester- day. The board will meet in Washington soon and afterwards will start hear- ings throughout the country purpose of dividing the United Stat into 12 federal land bank districts. Actual operation of the farm loan tem probably will not be begun be- fore next spring. Secretary McAdoo, chairman ex- officio of the new farm loan board, to- day notified the four appointive mem- bers of their confirmation by the sen- ate and called a meeting here Aug. 7 when the work of organizing new system will be inaugurated. Division of the United States twelve districts will be the firs of the board after organization. Hear- ings on the subject will be conducted in Washington and throughout - the country. new farm will appointment and must take the into Child Labor Bill. The child labor bill was the senate calendar today. It was to bE taken up after disposal of the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and will remain the unfinished business until passed. Southern dem- ocrats are fighting the measure. There is no republican opposition. Senator Borah will submit the im- migration bill as an amendment, de- spite a democratic caucus decision to oppose such a move solidly. of | nominations | for the | next on | the | task | Von Lin;s*l:ngen,i Defender | Of Stanislau, in West 1916. POWER BILL CON Washington, Av Shields and President ferred today ‘Wilson igable streams, which have conference. some of both bills. General Alexander VON LINSINGEN AND TWO ME von Linsingen is as ter river, and the Zlota MBERS OF HIS STAFF Lipa river, 3.—Senator con- on the bills to control development of water power on nav- passed | rust according to announcement today: the senate and house and are now in The president objects to RUST AFFECTS WHEAT, Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 3.—Fifteen per cent. of the total spring wheat| area in Manitoba is affected by black by the provincial department of ag- ! riculture. GUARD YOU TING g BIGHTING way with the execution of Casement.| The crew were made prisoners. The The only editorial reference is in the | tramp had been convoyed from Kiel Daily News which says: ca t{ 17 a German submarine, from which but reaffirm our conviction sement and a campanion landed on ,vernment exhibited grave unwisdom | Irish soil. where they were taken exacting the death penalt; No | into custody before their plans ma- | results could have followed a | tured. imutation of the sentence. The! In May, Casement was given a pre- inging gives the disaffected section | liminary hearing and was committed another martyr, embitters, for trial on the charge of high treason, throughout the island, alien-| Late in June the trial was begun, a large and important bady of | ement pleading not guilty and can opinion and enables Ger-| uttering a denial that he had worked | The federal government stood SLICK GROOKS GET 8660 denine b hs et y to play 1nrr 1:)\«‘-1410?::1 nt'”(‘,u:c—‘; in Germany interests and that he|ready today to offer any possible aid | ;‘Qull «;yll::\x}llxzs;l oo fiesn pranpecia against the death of Fryatt.” had accepted German gold as a bribe. | ;. <ote1p . 3 # 5 The S Casement Tose about half past I8 he coiivts WeraTcE vasl cnilhy andl| e e O R S S N R e I S| O Yot Gl T AL (L Dol e ],,JJW!“,;”f:',::f morning. From then until the sentence of death by hanging was, | COUNtry’s railway systems and their || Rt ek «clock, when Father cCarrell ar-| ufter appeal by his counsel, confirmed | employes, which threaten to bring on Needs for Remarkable Price of | 1ived, he spent the time reading the | by the court of criminal appeal, late |a disastrous strike. The department | . ¥ . | instructions of the church for assist- | in July. of labor was considering an appeal | 33 1-3 Cents Each, | ing at mass and the taking of the first The London press generally ap- |transmitted through President Wilson Aug. 3.—Antoni communion After mass he-ate a| proved the fate legally fixed for Case- | vesterday by the Chamber of Com- | =~ R little bread and butter and drank alment, but in America persistent efforts | merce of the United States asking for | V6¢X, Who raises poultry for the mar- ss of wate were made to save the noted prisoner | an infuiry into the situation. ket in He had very little to say to the{ fiom death. In Washington a Tesolu- The federal board of mediation and | given a helpir an 1 priest, only making a few remarks| tion was adopted in the senate re- | conciliation, authorized by law to | today so that he st back to his S et bout the immoartality of the soul. | questing President Wilson to transmit | attempt to avert strikes on railroads, | farm, although without $660 which he e o appeared, said Father McCarrell, | to the British government an expres-|is watching developments. had brought here Suro- Iike a man who had slept soundly— | sion of hope that it would exercise| The chamber of commerce an-¢veck had been the v a confi- | Mt his nerves were completely calm. clemency in the case of all the Irish |nounced it had in view a conference do]}ro ame. “’_'(.;:“”t"‘ A coroner’s jury found that the sen- | political prisoners. In Busgland, the|here of its representatives through- Suroveck said he met two men last | {rennan as tence had been carried out in ac-| Manchester Guardian and a number |out the country to impress congress| Sunday to whom he talked of his et~ | Yale & Towne plant, had pntol) cordance with law and in a humane | cy other papers pleaded for merey and | with the advisability of immediate | forts fo raise $2,000 to buy out his| Mith Shmonosky on Tuesduy foilng manner. Gavin Duffy, Casement’s| petitions asking for a reprieve were |action. | partner. One of the men said he had A i i \_‘; ([“ ““1 ! solicitor, who appeared in behalf of culated in London. Adherents of @helativel infihogiisa U ryfdonartimont Mt apinan ]"‘“0]1 St | S e G0l Bniond forwerded B Droner who could secure all the dollars he ; character failed to save the man. The | Relatives Refusod Body. Asquith a petition signed by six needed for 33 1-3 cents each, and of- | deputy coroner has begun an inquest. | Replying to a question by the| Lishops, twenty-six members of par- | fered to get $2,000/ for SHxopecle t “\ coroner, Solicitor Duffy said that| lixment and fiftv-one ather persons, latter had $660. Suroveck accepted Casement’s health at times was Very | including a number of educators. the offer. He paid over that amount He made a plea that the body be| Pope Benedict interceded in Cas: [faeragyester daatoRiheRe i gl il ary anded over to relatives, which the| ment's behalf, endeavoring to obtain Slvine bim e lockea sl bcass e e e authorities, he said, had refused. The| grace for him from the British gov- fitainlnEgappazontly foux Tolld oLl Fon Mty e oM coroner declared he had na power to | crnment, influential Irish Nationalists | disappeared, bidding him o ait for | American o o G e (i interfere, whereupon Duffy protested, | having urged upon the Pontiff that their return. When they un_u} .tu'xnf | lxct_mu(a (‘(_)‘ n.]swninn(,n oday ving it a “monstrous act of in- | {he prisaner was not a traitor but was appear he broke open the suitcase and | being on sick leave. cency that the authorities should | jnspired by Irish patrotsm. Tefuse the request.”” v amous Reformer, Hoped for Reprieve, Roger Casement, prior to the war, frequently patches, now prominent in the public ey! Marine corps officers appear _|one of the leading German generals : ppeared to- | G nting against the Russians. The day before house conferees, who are 5 S Sl seeking information on a senate pro- | '¢POrts place his army west and| vision in the naval bill to change | NOrthwest of the town of Buczacz, in | the navy and marine promotion sys- licia, near the important city of | tem to selection by a board instead | Stanislau, which is believed to be one of by seniority. Its advocates declare | °f the Russian objective points. Be- it will put younger and more efficient | tWeen the two flows the large Dn men into the higher commands, Ready to Settle Threatened Strike. mentioned in the dis- flows from the north into the Dniester about midway between the two places. Von Linsingen is a Hanoverian by birth and is sixty-six rs old. He joined the army in 1868 | and saw active service in the Franco- | Prussian war of 1870, winning the liron cross, second class, for bravery. Promotion System Inquiry. | in evil found the rolls to be of paper, around ve the man a night's his carfare home. REPAREDNESS is a big word—a word of importance to every motorist. Don’t wait until your car is stalled to think about the battery that furnishes power for your starting system. . Now is the time to equip your car‘with an “IEXide’’ Battery. 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Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents. When writing mention the New Britain Herald. AND ; WOMEN | MOREY ON DUTY AGAIN, | American Punitive | | Headquarters | Expedition, Mexico, Aug. 3.—Capt. | Vulcanizing According to one news agency Case- through his investigation of the Congo and South n rubber atracities committed Belgian and British The then Sir Roger on of inquiry which brought about reforms. In 1913 he became actively identified with the organization of the Irish national vol- untee He was in the United States when the war began and addressed an cpen letter to the Irish press advising ment had high hopes of being re- prieved until the eve of his execution. He did nat hide the fact that he ex- pected his many powerful friends wguld obtain for him a free pardon, because many of them exercised no little influence in political as well as literary cjrcle “As there wi fast night,” this no sign account became very morc or reprieve | says, “the established a reputation Amer on natives by rubber hunte headed a commi IVE GoT A COUPLA \WEEKS VACATION BUT I DoN'T \ v.'f\m,]t MAKE AN ENGAGEMEN To GO UP N THE €CoUNTRY- \"D GIVE ANY- WHATEVER ‘PoSSESSED ME To COME OP To THIS GOD FORSAKERS DUMP - 1'D (e e By BRIGGS | SURE HAD SoME SWELL Time- I'LL CATCH THE DICHENS FOR STATING A WEEK OR 59[] IONGER —BUT IT wAS & #Now How :KNOLAJ To PUT IN THE TIME- I WISH | condemned man WORTH 1T~ I LIKE { TO THiNIC WA ST { 0F T and after he had dane a considerable | lcoked upon as high treason His GO(NIG AWAY g S e : ) L7 amount of writing he retired to rest| friends, recalling his years of service Nl ot 7 ; ? % 7, and slept sound in Africa and Sauth America, claimed 4 o] : 3 /// 3 and hardly spoke at all. He did, how- | Irishmen to remain neutral. In ever, inquire about the Zeppelin raids October, 1914, he went to Norway and i asked if any German airships| thence to Berlin, whence came the Wid reached London. Soon after-| news that startled the worid—Case- wards he became resigned to his fate, | ment was plotting what his country “When aroused this for him that the tropical sun had un- ment showed conside nervous- | balanced him mentally. ement ness, but he was quite collected and | was born on September 1, 1864. thanked the warders for the many fittle kindnesses they have shown him while he occupied the death cell.” » At the inquest the governor of the pison and the chief warden testifled | that death instantaneous. Dr. Mander was ¢ lieitor Duffs whether there was any truth in the statement published that Casement had been insane. He replied “I saw no evidence of insanity. He sgfed in a sane manner to the end.” Britain Stands Stolid. Virtually to the very hour of Roger Casement’s execution strenuous efforts were made by his friends and sympa- morning Case- 1ble TO SPEND KING'S GIFT. Half Million to Be Used For General Purposes. London, Aug. 3, 3:27 p. m.—With the approval of King George the 100,- 000 pounds which His Majesty pre- sented to the nation some months ago will be devoted to general purposes in connection with the war, according to a statement made today in the house of commons by Premier As- quith. sked by S WELL — I'M oFF ON A N(CE VJACATION AT LAST Now FoR A FEW WEEHS OF UNALLOYED PLEASURE ~ | WLSH END A LIFE TIME UP HERE WHEN | THINK OF Fun I'm GOING To HAVE - 'VE &oT To LAVGH HAS BEEN THE ANOTHER e (T AND King George accompanied the do- nation with a letter directing that the money “be applied in whatever man- ner deemed best in the opinion of His Maje government.” KELLY-MALONEY WEDDING, A pretty wedding was solemnized in church this morning when ard Kelly of Waterbury took Miss Maloney of Seymour street for his bride. The ceremony was per- formed amid a large gathering friends of the contracting couple by Rev. John T. Winters. A reception followed at the home of the biYe after which the couple left on a honeymoon trip. “®% their return they will reside in Waterbury where the groom holds a responsible posi tion. *iD DRUG HABITS SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME AT > NEAL IRSTITUTE 112 Dwight St. Hew Haven, Conn. Phone Center 5540