New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1916, Page 3

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TANKS INPORTANT UNIT OF OFFENSE Humorous Stories Related by Men in British Advance HONSTER BECOMES STALLED Runs Short of Gasoline But Con- tinues to Wage Battle—Stellar Role Assigned to New Machine in Cap- ture of Thicpval, British Front in France, Sept. 27, Midnight, Via London, Sept. 28, 5:30 a. m.—In the lull which has occurred after the great two days’ battle, in which five villages and 5,000 prison- ers were taken by the allies, the cor- 1espondent of The Associated Press has had an opportunity to glean many stories from the participants in the struggle. These stories were not only of courage and heroism, but of a humor and paradox possible only in such complicated and remorseless warfare. The most wonderful of all the tales told was perhaps that of one of the “tanks,” or new armored cars, which started for Berlin on its own account. This monstrous land ship, ambling end rumbling along, did not wait on They Laughed at Him! Said a man to me the other day: “Doctor, you cannot imagine how cheap a fellow feels when everbody tells him: “‘Go on—you are not sick! You can eat and drink and work, you are big and fat—what more do you want? You just imagine your symptoms.’ And the doctors I went to laughed at me and said ‘Nonsense, man—there's nothing the matter with you. Better stop worrylng—you are all right.” “That’s just it. Stop worrying. But how can I do it? I have tried hard. I have fought it for years. But, doctor, T can’t fight it any longer. To toss around in my bed thinking, brooding, all the time; to wake up in the morn- ing as exhausted as if I had done the hardest work; no confidence in my- self; always taking offense at what people say—doctor, it's intolerable. I used to be a pleasant, happy-go-lucky sort of a chap—they all liked me. But now they say I'm cranky. I don’t care to go out—don’t care to be soclable; and I don’t care to be alone, either. I don’t know my own mind—I only know that it is the meanest, most fiendish feeling a person can have. And if there was a reason for it! But there is not! I have nothing to worry about. I have a good job, I have the dearest wife you ever saw, my chil- dren are healthy and happy—and yet, I worry, worry, worry. To tell such a man he musn’t worry is cheap talk—he knows that himself. But he cannot help it. He nceds more than a jest, a slap on the shoulder, and a jollying word. That man is in the deepest depths of despair, and cannot find his way out. He needs more than mere medicine. He needs an experienced advisor, a sympathetic friend. He needs somebody to help him find himself. Have you seen a spirited horse dash off to destruction, when suddenly frightened by danger, real or imagin- ary? It's the same thing with you. You have lost your judgment, your reasoning power. You cannot see the ‘way out. Let me be your gulde. I can show you the way. And once you see it, you will wonder how you ever came to miss it. DR. CLINTON J. HYDE The Hartford Specialist, 254 TRUMBULL STREET, Hartford, Conn, Hours.—9 to 5 and 7 to 8. Sundays and Holidays 10 to 1, Treatment as low as $2 the infantry after the taking of Gueudecourt, but plodded over shell holes and across lots looking for its pray like some prehistoric lizard. in | course of time it found a German trench, but as it engaged the occu-! pants with its machine gun it ran out | of gasoline. When the Germans found this strange creature, with its steel hide impenetrable to bullets, stalled, cur- | sity and a desire for revenge was 2 fillip to their courage. They went | after it with the avidity of prehistor- ic man, stalking a wounded mam- north whose bulk was fast in one of | the alleys of the cave dwellers. No such game was ever seen on this | | western front, marked as it has been | i by all kinds of bizarre fighting. to “Burglarize” Tank. According to the accounts given by the British officers with veracious solemnity, while the “tank’s” machine suns blazed right and left some of the Germans managed to creep along the trenches under the forelegs and hind legs of the crouching beast. Then they swarmed over it, looking for an cpening through which to strike at its vitals. They fired their rifles into joints and bombed it alM over, but to no avail than burglars trying to reach | the inside of a battleship turret with a jimmy. All the while the ‘“tank’s’ machine guns kept busy at the human targets in reach, while its crew, chosen daredevils, concluded ta stick until they starved or the Germans found the proper can-opener to get them out. Finally the British infantry in the rear, seeing the “tank” in distress, re- fused to wait on any generallg orders that they should remain at the ob- jective which they had gained. They were cut to save the impounded “tank,” and with a cheer they rushed the Germans and overwhelmed them. When the crew heard the laughing and shouting in English they opened the door and called out: “We are all right if you will only get us some more juice so that the old girl can bave a guzzle of her praper drink snd we cah take the road again.” So the infantry formed a line in front of the “tank™ determined to de- fend her to the last man, while a runner was hurried back for a can of gasoline. The gasoline arrived safe- ly and the beast, having taken a swallow, ambled back into reserve amidst wild cheering. Tt left behind 250 dead Germans, according to its commander. Taking of Thiepval. Another * which did well in its fight a; in the taking of Thiepval. There was once a chateau in Thiepval. The cellar is still there, roofed by the remains of the dwelling, bricks, stone and mortar in a thick |, shell of pounded debris which pro- tected it from penetration by even i nine and twelve inch high explos Here the Germans waited, smoking their mild’ cigars and drinking soda water which was brougjiht up through shell-proof underground® tunnels, while the ruins over their heads were belabored vainly by the British ar- tillery. They had the sense of se- curity of an early Kansas settler when he went below and closed his cellar door during a cyclone. Of course they bad a machine gun ready to welcome the British infantry instantly that the British bombardment stopped. When that gun began rattling Mr, Thomas Atkins took caver and considered ways and means of silencing it,' His meditations were interrupted: by the appearance of a.‘tank” which, with »lephantine deliberation, lumbered across trenches and, dipping its verte- braeted ponderosity in and out of the shell holes, made a quick finish of the cellar and its accupants, The taking of Thiepval and the Zollern redoubt, which lies between it and Courcelette, was a wonderful business. Thiepval was held by the One Hundred and Eightieth German Regiment, which had been there for a long time. According to prisoners the defenders had forfeited the com- manding ridge with an amazing series of ramified tunnels and dugouts. They had dug into the chalky earth with beaver-like industry until they were safe under a shell fire which would have turned a fort like Maubeuge or Liege or any other of the pre-war type into the jumbled grave of its garrison. The men of the One Hun- dred and Bightieth asked permission to remain in Thiepval, giving their word that it would never be taken from them, and the German army command consented. | Not only at this village but .all along the ridge upon which hangs the whole Anglo-French movement was the same maze of warrens where the Germans lived with all the com- forts of home. The One Hundred and Eightleth had cudbeled its brains | to make Thiepval the very last word {4n this kind of defense. It was this sort of preparation which stopped the British attack on July 1. Then as the British infantry charged after the artillery bombardment the Germans popped out of their hiding places with machine guns and swept the lines of khaki with their deadly spri Bit by bit since July 1 the British have worked their way forward. Y terday when they went after Thiep- val and the Hohenzollern redoubt, the British soldiers, as one of the cap- tured Germans sald, were at the doors of the dugout almost as soon as the last shell of the preliminary bombardment had burst. A hurri- cane of shell fire kept the Germans in their burrows and when it had lifted the British had arrived. Death Before Surrender. Though the Germans in many dug- outs where their galleries of \pe | were closed, surrendered in bodies, in other instances they kept the faith that the Hundred and Iightieth would die before it ever surrendered Thiepval. All of yesterday the Brit- ish were prying for the entrances to dugouts in the blackened ruins of the town and amid the stench of all kinds of explosives as well as gas and lach- rymatory shells. There was sporadic hand to hand fighting and at inter- vals Germans appeared from th bowels of the earth with their hands up and surrendered to the British soldiers who were smoking cigars found in the German dugouts. An example of what ¥ digging will do in the extension of | cellars of buildings is given by Mowu- | | | Prussian quet Farm, which the British took on the fifteenth. They blew in the mouth to all the entrances of dug- outs that they could find and had ad- vanced their line well beyond the farm when a British officer saw two Germans standing on a sort of slag heap close to his side. They bec oned to him, and he thought they were prisoners left behind by their escort, but as he went toward them one shot him dead. Both then dis- appeared in the earth. Later on other Germans came to the surface and began firing into the backs of a party of British pioneers who prompt- ly dropped their shovels and took after the burrowers. When the pion- eers returned after a flerce under- ground melee they brought with them as prisoners an officer and fifty men. It is supposed that the Germans here had found the forgotten tunnels of a medieval monastery and added auxiliary ones to suit their purpose. Germans Show Less Enthusiasm. All observers agree that of late the Germans, when left in isolated strong points with orders to hold fast to the death, are less inclined than former- ly to obey their instructions to the letter. An officer of the Second Guards reserve division, who was captured yesterday, was in | a state of exceptional disgust and expressed himself freely. “We got no support from our artillery,” he said. “The British had double our num- ber of guns and three times as many aeroplanes while our aviators seemed to have lost their nerve. was always put in the worst pos position. Some of my men, who were given Rexa automatic rifles threw them down without waiting to fire when the British charged. gun squads and last ditch parties are left to stick in face of the British guns and British charges with assurance that if they stick a coun- ter attack will rescue them. But the counter attacks fail to materialize as they did at first. I gave in, I had had enough.” However, the officers of the British staff spoke of this man in their dis- passionate way as a man Wwith a grievance and pald a tribute to the stubborn bravery of the Germans in the Hohenzollern redoubt where he was taken. The Bri ground tacks in order to line. Maple Hill The choir rehearsal will be held on Saturday evening at 7:45 choir is to furnish music at the New Britain Christian Endeavor Union meeting, Oc¢t. 2, and a full rehearsal is very desirable. sh spent today taking in a number of smaller at- rectify their new Mrs. Walter Canfield and son Wes- le; are visiting friends in Westerly, R. Educational and Teachers’ night was observed at the grange Tuesday evening, Superintendent of Schools Charles E. Pratt made an address. Next Sunday will for the Sunday school of the Congre- gational church ‘mond Goodale has gone to re- sume his studies at Wesleyan univer- sity. F. H. Buell has sold out his grocery business to D. T. Haines of Portland, Conn. Mr. Haines takes possession Oct. 1st Miss Julia L. Spring and Miss Alice Munson have gone on an automobile trip to Philadelphia. About seventy-five young people were entertained with a corn roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sharp last Thursday evening. The lawn was decorated with Japanese lanterns and fortune telling tents. Games and dancing was enjoyed on the lawn and refreshments were served. The annual Rally Day supper for the members of the Sunday school of the Congregational church will be served in the chapel on Friday even- ing at 6:30 o'clock. As the picnic was not held this year, this will be an opportunity to get together about the tables and ought to bring out a good attendance. The marriage of Miss Grace A. Darling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Darling of Seymour Park, to BEmery Maurice Clough will take place Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Congregational church. At the regular meeting of the New- ington Grange Tuesday evening the lecturer's hour was opened to Super- intendent C. E. Pratt and all the teachers of the local schools. After a varied program, Superintendent Pratt told of problems and neceds of our schools in a most interesting manner. Refreshments and dancing followed, music being furnished by a Victrola. LEDUG O STIGH BY WOUNDED WIFE First Page.) (Continued from believed her innocent of doing Mrs. LeDue, the husband said, has been studying operatic singing, for ten yes Before her marriage she was Lillian Kappes of = Cincinnati, where her mother now lives. At the hospital LeDuc told Hig wife to cheer up, that he would forgive her and take her back to Chicago. Mrs. LeDuc told the story of the shooting and events leading up to it to her husband 'in the presence of dotectives. She said she came to Philadelphia by train and not hy automobile as reported, to see her nephew and his baby, recently born. She denied that she had traveled to various cities with Graveur and sug- any wrong- My battalion | ibl e Machine ' M the | o’clock. The | be Rally Sunday | SHage-Allen & Co (INC.) HARTFORD Business Hours, 8:30 to 6:00. Sat- urdays 8:30 to 9. House Dresses. 98 cents and up. © —Second floox.— EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION Special Purchase and a Special Sale of MILL LENGTHS AND BOLT E B | MILLS. % We have secured from the Sommerville Woolen Mills, leading manufacturers of high grade woolens, their mill lengths and bolt ends of this season’s Coatings. At enormous purchase with enormous ‘economies for our customers, dealing in such exceptional fabrics at such low prices. Hundreds of pieces in lengths just right to make up into full skirts, smart suits and tailored coats. Not a few but many colors and weaves, all of the high standard for which this mill is noted. NOTE THE PRICES This occasion is more important than usual to Dressmakers, Tailors and thrifty Housewives because of the extreme low prices which prevail. These prices would not be possible unless we bought such an immense quantity. i It is a very remarkable fact that, although woolens generally are today 25 per cent. higher than they were a year ago. our prices at this sale are very little, if any, higher than just one year ago when we had a similar sale. And the goods are even finer &nd more attractive than those offered at that time and which gave such good satisfaction. . These goods go on sale Friday morning. They will be on sale until all are disposed of. the first choice is worth coming for. Note prices below. VDS FROM THE SOMMERVILLE WOOLEN and immense satisfaction in Naturally, At 75¢ This lot includes the short lengths of Meltogs, Chinchillas, and Velour: alues up to $2.50. Splen- did lengths for children’s Coats, At $2.19 This assortment embraces Diagonal mixtures, Camel's Hair, Chinchilla Coatings in the most at- tractive colors. All 54 inches wide. At $1.45 Here you will find Coat lengths of the season's best style fabrics in Zibelines, Velours, Beaver mix~ tures, etc., in rich, dark shades, values to $8.00, At $2.45 such very attractive early in the season. We do not recall selling goods at such a sacrifice so ‘Worth up to $4.00. Large ass 'LEONARD & HERRMANN CO. NEW FALL COATS IN FASHIONABLE COLORINGS FOR STREET, AFTERNOON AND MOTOR Women will go simply wild with desire for possession when they see these beautiful Coats and learn their remarkably low prices, All cut full with the proper “hang” and dashing flare that the well dressed miss or woman is looking for. All the season's most wanted materials are represented. Many new collar styles are shown; some of self materials, while others are of fur. PRICES RANGING FROM $8.75 to $32.50 EACH. gested that her identity had been confused with that of Mrs. Belzer. The wounded woman said Graveur told her he had come to Philadelphia with Mrs. Belzer and then persuaded her to go back to New York. Ac- cording to Mrs. LeDuc, Graveur called up Mrs. LeDuc’s New York address by telephone and learned that she had come to Philadelphia to see her nephew. He was given the address and later he met her. The same evening, Mrs. LeDuc said, they went to a theater, then supper and a dance on the roof gar- den of the hotel was suggested. M LeDuc said she did not want to be encumbered with her handbag, and at Graveur's suggestion she said she left it in his room on the floor be- low. Mrs. LeDuc further said she intended returning to New York that night, and after the dance she went with Graveur to his room for the | sole purpose of getting the handbag. | ‘As they entered, Mrs. LeDuc said, Mrs. Belzer, whom Graveur thought he had induced to return to New York, jumped from a closet and be- gan shooting. Mrs. Mann, sister of Mrs. Belzer, who came here today to claim the body of Mrs. Belzer, said Mrs. LeDuc’s statement that Mrs. Belzer had come here with Graveur was not true. She also denicd that her sister had lived with Graveur. S WEAR 1T'he Women’s New Apparel Shop, No. 165 Main St. OFFERS PRIZE. | NECK BROKEN SINCE FALL | R. S. Brown to Award Gold Piece to Collcge Athletic Star Was Ignorand Y. M. C. A. Drawing Students. | R. . Brown of the New Britain| Pittsburgh, Sept. Machine company offers a prize of $5' all around athletic of the Univers n gold again this year for the best of Pittsburgh, has had lis n drawings submitted in competition by | broken since last fali, but he did the members of the first year me- | know it until today when, after va chanical drawing students in the Y. ly trying to play with the footl M. C. A, night school. | team he consulted a physician. This contest arouses a good deal X-ray photograph disclosed a fi of interest each year. Last season ! turc between the second and t SIR CHARLES CAYZER DEAD, | Philio Hannon won this prize over vertebrae but (he spinal columnm London, Sept. 28, 1:45 B e e et 5 . B 3 'a aw. class is V' e 1 I i Charles Cayzer dled today at Aber-|ajvigeq into two sections and indi- | the ;‘)r"r“‘id‘«tlr:t b ),x“fi:::r:;hmlsi foyle, Scotland. vidual instruction is given to.all stu-|scrimmage, Maston refused to @ dents in mechanical, machine des baseball, although his playing and structural steel drawing. not to his standard, GUPID HALTS POLICE Not Injury. —Joe Mas p. m.—Sir Sir Charles Cayzer, 73 years old, was head of the prominent shipping firm of Cayzer, Irinve and Company, Ltd., owners of the Clan Line of steamships. For many years he sat in parliament. His daughter, Flor- ence Gwendoline, is the wife of Ad- ! miral Sir John Jellicoe, commander in chief of the British home fleets. NEW LONDON KEEPS BASE. New London, Sept. 28.—Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels has sus- pended temporarily the order to re- move the submarine base from this place to Newport, because of the com- plaints caused by a neighboring fe tilizer plant. Information to th effect was received by former Con- gressman Bryvan F. Mahan in a tele- | Chicago, Sept. 28.—To save & yol gram from Homer S. Cummings this | bride from embarrassment fed morning. Stringent steps are now | Officials today promised to withhy being taken to abate the nuisance. |!he name of the wealthy Iowa m RS | chant recently fleeced out of $10, | by blackmailers, and to delay arrd in the case until after October 0 | which is to be the wedding day of Zaanland | r.erchant’s daughter. Warrants South American two young women ports; Rvndam, from New York for' attorney, chargedi il Rotterdam and Arakatan, from Java | plackmailing the merchant and U8 for Amsterdam, have been forced by | {he Mann Act nave N the British to surrender their mails, | jscued. the Overseas News Agency announced The merchant, a widower, in today. plea to H, G. Clabough of t«” depd ment of justice, said he feared posure now would wreck his daud i ter's happiness and might even cal the wedding plans to be cancelled, DEMOCRATS NAME DAVIS, Authorities Agree to Discli Name Blackmalled Merch of CHINE! Until After His Daughter's Ma 2 MINISTER RESIGNS. Dr. Koo’s Action Causes Surprise in Country’s Capital. Peking, Sept. 28.—Dr. V. K. Wel- lington Koo, minister to the United States, has sent his resignation to the foreign office, giving ill health as the reason. The resignation has not vet been accepted by the president. Dr. Koo's resignation has created surprise in Peking. Tang Shao Yi, recently apopinted foreign minister but who has refused the office is op- posed to Dr. Koo because of his monarchial leanings, BICYCL Meriden, Sept. BRITISH SIEZ Sept. 28, (By Sayville) The steamers from Amsterdam for MATLS, Berlin, wireless the arrest u Chicago as a club, LETTER FROM CZAR, Washington, Sept. 28.—A personal letter from the Emperor of Russia replving to President Wilson's note to the heads of five belligerent nations requesting concessions for the ship-| Middletown, Sept. 28.—Charles ment of relief supplies into Poland | Davis of Middletown, was-nominal was received at the state department |for state senator at the 33rd senal today and forwarded unopened to | rial district democratic convent! Shadow Lawn. here today. HIPPED BACK —Chief of Police Charles B. Bowen given a sur- prise today when an express company delivered at headquarters three bic cles which were stolen last Monday from a shed where employes of a lo- cal concern kept their wheels. The bicycles had been shipped, charges prepaid, from Worcester, Mass. TOLE 28 was