New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 3

NEW. BRITAIN "Boston Store BED SPREADS Hemmed, Crocheted and Sat- in. $1.15, $1.25, §$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Fringed, Crocheted and Sat- in, $2.50 to $5.00. Scolloped Edge, $2.50 $5.50. A Very Desirable Number at This Season is The Crinkle Spread Light in Weight and Pretty in Design. For single and full size beds, at $1.25 and $1.50. Sizes 63x90 and 92x90. Mattress Pads in all sizes. Pillow Cases in Plain Hemmed, Hemstitched Embroidered and Envelope Style PULLAR & NIVEN WESTFALEN IS HIT BY E-23 TORPEDO Germany Oficially Admits Big Battleship Was Damaged London, Aug 24.—The admission by the Prussians that the battleship ‘Westfalen, which belongs to the Nas- ~sau class was damaged by a British torpedo in the recent fighting in the North Sea has gratified the British public, as it is a proof that the British were not left at such a disadvantage in the most recent naval fight as ap- peared from first reports. The first account of the clash deb- $2ted Great Britain with the loss of the two light cruisers, the Falmouth and the Nottingham, as against the destruction of one Prussian submarine and the damaging of another. The fact that Berlin withheld the news of some of her losses in her first official account of the Jutland battle is used as an argument to discount the state- " ments made. The denial of the Brii- ish Admiralty of the Berlin claims is accepted without reservation. The account now stands as fignved on the British side, the loss of the Nottingham and Falmouth, whose crews, however, were nearly saved against the certain loss to the Prusians of a big battle ship dam- % aged and, according to the belief of the commander of the attacking sub- marine, possibly sunk, one submarine sunk and another damaged. There is great rejoicing here sver the exploit of Commander Turner, of the E-23. His successful attack in a fight in the open sea is taken as dis- proving the contentlons of those who questioned the utility of the sup- marine in such warfare. The official statement from Berlin, reiterating the claim that a British battle ship was struck by a torpedo in the recent North Sea fighting, was met with an emphatic denial from the British admiralty. The secre- tary of the admiralty issued the fol- lowing statement: ‘here is not a particle of truth 'in this fantastic story. No ship was struck except the Nottingham and the Falmouth, whose loss has already been officially announced.” The admission of the fact that the Westfalen was hit and slightly dam- aged on Saturday by a British torpedo came in a semi-official telegram from Berlin late yesterday, according to Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent. The Westfalen, however, it is de- elared, continued capable of man- oeuvring and soon will be repalred. A British official announcement of Tuesday told of a torpedo attack by 3ritish submarine E-23 upon a’ Ger- man battle ship of the Nassau class in the North Sea. The submarine commander reported that while the ship was being escorted back to port in a damaged condition he attacked again and struck her with a second torpedo and believed she was sunk. ®he Westfalen is one of the Nassan class of battle ships, displacing 18,402 tons. She was at first reported sunk in the Jutland naval engagement last N May, but afterward was declared by the German admiralty to be safe in & home port. to * all } GREEK EDITOR IS HELD FOR LIBEL Gonsul in King’s Eyes New, tro, York, Aug. 24.—Solon I. Vlas- editor of the Greek daily news- paper Atlantis, was arrested in the of- fices of that publication at 113 West Thirty-fifth street last evening on a of articles charge having criminally libeled Atlantis, Greel consul San Francisco. The s damages of $50,- Vlasto, by | Cleanthe Vassardakis, sul general in consul general a 000. Demetrius J. tios Polyzoides, and all the members, writers and staff of the Atlantis are to follow Mr. Vlasto into the criminal courts to answer for statements they | published, according | dakis. The arrest warrant issued by Supreme Court Justice Delehanty. Mr. Vassardakis’ lawyer is Schuyler M. Meyer of 27 Cedar street. Mr. Vassardakis, who was sent to ! this country two years ago as the of- ficial representative of the Greek government, was in full charge of the preparations and final opening of the Greek pavilion at the Panama-Pacific international exposition, which closed with a celebration in Mr. Vasardakis' | honor, last December. Before his ac- tivities were transferred to the Pacific coast Mr. Vassardakis had his head- quarters at the Waldorf-Astoria, from which arrangements for the pavilion at the exposition were made. In San Francisco he took an active part in suppressing evils in the Greek coffee | houses in California, Everything which he did was misrepresented in The At- lantis, for the purpose of discrediting him before his king and country, Mr. Vassardakis asserts. Among the li- bels in The Atlantis, he asserts, was an allegation that he incited his peo- ple to bloodshed in California. Fif- teen specific charges against Mr. Vlasto, each for $50,000, are made in the affidavit against him. Mr. Vlasto, who was decorated with the Golden Cross by the King of Greece, in February, has figured in a | number of libel suits, brought against him by Greeks in this country, due to Vlasto was horsewhipped in the lobby of the Hotel Imperial by the wife of a Greek named Ekinomidy, who the wife asserted had been libeled in At- lantis. In 1914, Vlasto again acquired toriety when he was arrested in the Waldorf-Astoria in a libel action for $50,000, afterward being released un- der bail for $1,500. In this case, Vlasto was sued by Petros P. Tatanis, secretary of the Pan-Hellenic union, who charged that Atlantis published an article accusing Tatanis of writing to William J. Bryan, then secretary of state, alleging that A. Schliemann, minister to this country, from Greece, was poorly informed on Balkan ques tlons. A purchase of coal through the navy department at Washington the Atlantis was said to have declared. resulted in the loss of thousands of | dollars to Greeks in this country. Mr. Vlasto sald last night that he had been released on bail of $2,500, about $1,500 of which was raised by his employes, and the rest through friends. He said that, so far as he | knew, Atlantis had not made the statements which Mr. Vassardakis Im- puted to it, but admitted having criti- cised the appointment of Mr. Vassar- dakis as a representative of the Greek government in this country. He as- serted that papers in Athens and San Franclsco had criticised the appoint- ment, and that Atlantls had followed sult. Mr. Vlasto sald that he regret- ted that his arrest had made it impos- sible for him to keep a dinner en- gagement. LIEBENECHT SENTENCED Original Penalty of Thirty Months Tn- published in Adaman- to Mr. Vassar- was made on a no- creased to Four Years and Expul- sion from Army. via London, Aug. 24.— Karl Liebknecht's war | Amsterdam, The result of Dr. appeal against his sentence for treason has been the imposition of a new and severer sentence of four years and one month penal servititude and expulsion from the army, according to a despatch from Berlin. The appeal of the socialist leader was heard on Wednesday before a supreme court-martial presided over by a naval captain. The other mem- bers were two lawyers, two majors, a captain and a lieutenant. Liebknecht was defended by Herr Bracke of Brunswick. The public was excluded after the hearing, but sentence was announced at an open session. In addition to his prison sentence | Dr. Liebknecht is deprived of his civil rights for six years. In announcing the verdict the court declared that the sentence was fmposed “for at- tempted war treason, severe dis- obedience and resistance against the armed power of the state.” The court announced that as the prisoner has already served one month of his sen- tence he has the previlege of an appeal from the present judgment. The original sentence imposed was thirty months imprisonment and dis- missal from the army. Commenting on the outcome of the hearing, the semi-official Wolff Bu- reau says: “The severe sentence appears justi- fied despite all the clrcumstances fa- vorable to Liebknecht, if one consid- ers that he violated his duties as a soldier and citizen in war time in the grossest manner and to the detriment of his menaced fatherland Lieb- knecht himself admitted that by the distribution of pamphlets and by ar- ranging public demonstrations he in- tended the weakening of German war Alleged to Have Trled to Discredit | | my DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, FRANCEGIVENNEY | = COMMERCE CREDIT - Purpose Is to Pay 1&111erwani Creditors in United States l w York, Aug. 24.—Brown Bros. & Co. announce the completion of ne- gotiations for the extension of a sec- cond commercial credit to France. The | new credit is for $25,000,000 and was arranged with ten French banks, un- | der the auspices of the Banaue de France, to facilitate the export to France of an equivalent amount of American merchandise. The new credit runs for one year and is to be availed of by ninety-day | sight drafts. It is secured by colla- teral, consisting of French government | bonds, which are held in New York, and payment in gold at New Yorlk at maturity is guaranteed by the Banque | de France. A number of other firms and banks participate with Brown Bros. & Co., in the advance. It was just a year ago that France | | arranged ‘a similar commercial credit here for $20,000,000. This has not been exhausted, it was said yesterday, and the advances made under it are being repaid as fast as they fall due. The purpose of the credits is to en- able American exporters to be paid in dollars in the United States, elim- inating the risks of exchange, and so encouraging exports. It will enable Trench buyers of American merchan- dise and other commodities, who have found it difficult to obtain exchange with which to settle their accounts in the United States, to make payments | through their own banks. ! ‘With this credit France's borrow- ings in the United States since the outbreak of war total nearly half a billion dollars. Besides her half in- terest of $250,000,000 in the Anglo- French loan and the $100,000,000 re- , cently borrowed on collateral, France got $10,000,000 in one-year 5 per cent. Treasury notes and $30,000,- 000 on 5 per cent. Treasury bonds. Both of these loans have been re- | pald. She arranged the commercial credit on Aug. 24, 1915, which is now being renewed, and obtained $30,000,- 000 on a collateral loan made through the Rothschilds on Pennsylvania rail- road and St. Paul bonds. Two accept- ance credits, totaling $30,000,000, were also arranged here. These loans | amount to $4'1" 000,000. HE HAS ADOPTED Hillionaire Accused hy Woman in Death-Bed Confession Chicago. Aug 24 Joseph L junk dealer, whose two daugh- | adopted by Bdward N rison, eighty vears old and owner of mmmm of dollars of Chicago prop- faced the old man in the U ed %mme District Court here yesterday and accused him of being the re ther of his newly made wards “Edward N. Morrison is himself tae father of the two girls he adopted,” he told Judze Kenesaw M. Landis. | My wife confessed it to me on her deathbed.” Judge Landis gasped and blinked Then he turned to the old millionaire who sat near, collarless, and twisting his long beard with thin fingers. Did you hear that?” he asked. “I don’t quite understand,” Morri- son faltered. “He says that of these two girls. The old man almost shrieked as ne leaped from his chair. He shook his | fists in front of the witness who ed back stolidly. “It's false,” he cried. “It's a lie.” He choked and dropped into his chair, panting. Burnstein took up the thread of his testimony calmly. “The first time I met Mr. Morrison,” he said, “‘was at my wife’s funeral two vears ago. We went in the same carriage to the cemetery. I told him wife had confessed to me on her deathbed that T was not the father of the two girls. I told him that she had named him as their parent. He admitted the relationship and said, ‘Never mind. I will make it all right T will take care of them.’ Action Over Property. The action before Judge lar grew out of a petition to appoint a ¥ ceiver for Morrison's properties, which are believed to be worth $8, 000.000. It was contended in this that the city of Chicago, under the will of Morrison’s father, would ie- ceive if the man died childless, the entire property for educational pur- poses. Tt was also alleged that Mor- rison had adopted these two girl Anna, eighteen, and Alice, sixteen, to prevent this bequest. The millionaire i away more than tate to friends vears. When ing by stuck stein, ters were | you are the father id to have given ,000,000 of his es- in the last seven after a severe cro Judge Landis to his sto question- Burnstein st{ll was excused FATHER OF GIRLS §75 | she found that she would be forced to cA Sensible)\ Clgarette m%&@& HARTFORD Busincss Hours From 9 to 6. Saturdays From 9 to 9. COLORED VOILE DRESSES Reduced to $2.98 Several dif! Friday Tel. Ch. £090, erent modeils morning. of sizes and color. A good assortment To to go on sale are represented in this lot. TUB SKIRTS Reduced to 59c This lot includes white gaberdine, pique and honeycomb weaves. Special Cut Prices for week of Aug. 21st to § August 26th, Inclusive. BIG 4 COMBINATION 10 lbs Gran. Sugar......... 1 Ib Elryad Coffee 1 can Talcum Powder ... .. .. 1 bot Extraci, any flavor. 60 Royal Gold Stamps Free. FELS APTHA PINK | ALASKA PUFFED RIGE pkg 13¢ SPINACH 1 can Sultana Spice 1 pkg A&P Cream or Jelly Powder 10¢ 1 can A&P Chloride of Lime 10c 1 can A&P Lye Free Delivery on 50c Worth or Qver 184 MAIN STEf:1:1, .19 BRITAIN, CONN. e e e e We Give Royal Gold Trading Stamps—Ask for Them SALMON - EFLY RIBBONS 3....5c IGE CREAM SALT 10hbag1de IONA BRAND In several styles from which to choose. On sale Friday morning only. BRASSIERES 69c. Blouses. $1.00 Blouses made of voile and lawns, in plain white or a touch of color. Broken sizes and styles. Special at 49¢. $1.00 Brassieres trimmed with heavy Russian lace top and bot: tom. Specially priced at 69c. PORCH DRESSES. House or Porch Dresses in Peter Thomson style, with large collar and tie. Made of linon in pink, blue, tan and lavender. Good dresses for home or sea shore wear. At 95c. SWEATERS. $7.50 Fibre Silk Sweaters at. $3.50. In green only. Other Fibre Silk Sweaters at greatly reduced prices, 2 cakes 9¢ LEONARD & HERRMANN CO. - caNn 10¢ JUST RECEIVED SMART MIXTURE DRESS SKIRTS Made of a neat gray and white mixture washable fabric. style with two patch pockets—button trimmed. Just the wear to work. REGULAR SIZES EXTRA SIZES Latest Skirt to . 98¢ EACH) $1.25 EACH Fresh PRETZELS K b 10c Still have many good values left in those Silk Blouses we are offering at $3.98 EACH. Have you bought one? If not, call at once. No. 165 Main St., New Britain—TWO STORES—] No. 73 Washington St., Middletown. Stamos Frez Wl'h Any of tne Pr)llowmg ————— — —— Groceries —— ————— 1 pkg Reckitt’s Blue 1 bot Royal Polish 2 bottles A&P Vinegar . 1 pkg Mother’s Oats { Electrical Supplics and Constructio Cone:li | Electrical Engineers. Plans and Esti nates furaidand, Home, Commercial and Industria Lighting. Electrical Machinery and Motors. Liglt: ing and Power Plants. Wiring and Fixtures. Sup es and Appliances. All kinds of repairs. The Spring & Buckley Electric Co EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL 77-79 CHURCH STREET .ea 10c Free City Delivery 8AM 2P M B 'Phone 135§ TEL. 900 from the stand and Morrison was re called. ““Mr: friends good “When Burnstein and T were » he told the judge. 20 to the hospital for an operation | which might kill her she sent for me. She had never been rich. I had plen- | & of money. So she asked me if I would take care of her daughters if | sho should die. I promised her I would.” | Judge Landis then asked severali tentative questions regarding the giris’ | parentage. These the old man an- swered evasively. He seemed dazed. Then the judge came out flatly with: “This man tells me you are the father of his wife's daughters. Is that true?” “It is not,” Morrison sald, flaring up weakly again. “Today is the first time I have ever heard it.” Burnstein then was recalled to the stand. He stuck to his story. “She told me Morrison was their father,” he repeated. “She told me on her deathbed.” At the concluslon of the hearing Judge Landis restrained James Ward. attorney to Morrison, from collecting any further rents on the property which his client had given him. Fe also debarred the lawyer from repre- senting the millionaire further durinz the proceedings. | The old man, still dazed and mut- tering to himself, left the court room badly shaken and supported by his friends. A crowd of spectators fol- lowed him. He would make no cori- | ment on the accusation brought against him In the court. He Hnly fingered his beard and muttered- “It isn’t true.”” Lacourciere and Albert Stammering and i Bellero: Specialists, diagnosis of the impedi charge to those who call on them If 1t is tmposstble for you to call on them Alfred the will give their ent absolutely of 15!1-(-ng1h." during their short stay in New Britaln, Stammering and Stuttering Specialists R. 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