New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1916, Page 10

0 MY ATHINS CUTS MUSTAGHE glish Soldiers by Thousands Ply Salety Razor ] i U Correspondence of Asso. Press.) uondon, Nov. 1.—The long-honored | stache of the English soldier may pn be a thing of the past. By a re- | ed army regulation it is now made lonal and already thousands of the efully cultivated hirsute adorn- nts have fallen before the ad- | Jnce of the grim reaper—usually e brand of American safety razor. the army regret the “mark of the soldier,” ters who have been lately to grow a respect- | le appearing mustache have breath- | a distinct sigh of relief. It was | Imparatively easy in the old days to | trol the army mustachios but in tremendous new fighting machine } 'w martialed under the Union Jack | ey had gotten completely ‘“‘out of unds” and had begun to border on ridiculous. 0 an order has been issued strik- | & out the fateful words “but not the | pper 1ip, from Paragraph No. 1696 | the King's Regulations, This | ragraph originally read: “The hair of the head will be kept ort. The chin and under-lp will shaved, but not the upper lip. skers, it worn, will be of moder- | length.” In an attempt to comply with the eulation, and at the same time to | joy the freedom of a clean shaven ce, ‘upper-lip and all, many of the bw subalterns and Tommies devel- ed “what is known as the tooth- ush mustache. There were such riations the “tusk,” the “fytrap,” o “fiick sardonic” and the “gingered hrt,”” while some even went so far as effect a iser twist.” There lere still others who declined to re- br attempts at an outward and vis- le sign of martial valor as anything £ “It.” It is a salve to the old soldier that e nmew rule is merely optional. It ould be a gr grief to many of e old sergeants-major to part with e splendid, branching twirlies they | ave cultivated over five and twenty ars. _And then, too, it would be tirely out of the question to annihi- te the old traditions at one fell vOOD. The change to smooth upperlips is | iready strikingly noticeable in Ton- while at the front there is no | s been a great scraping of | azors in the first line trenches. Tt | imated the new order will re- | ult in much time-saving to the offi- nd soldiers, for it does not long merely to “mow’’" it did to carefully bit of* downy fluff that muster on inspection FUTSCHLAND HAS 52,000,000 GARGO (Continued From First Page). ‘his afternoon. Captain Koenig an- nounced to them that later in the [weekk the public would be allowed | bn ‘board by invitation. Return Cargo Ready. A return cargo for the Deutsch- and consisting mainly of crude rub- ber and surgical supplies valued at fmore than $500,000, has been ready lon the pier of the Eastern Forward- ing Company for several weeks. This lcargo, made up in small packages, is istowed in a shed .of corrugated iron 400 by 25 feet, built at the water's edge on one of the new state piers rezently completed, and leased by the jastern Forwarding Company for an indefinite period. The Deutschland is securely berthed here. The North German Lloyd Steamship Willehad is made fast to cluster piling at a distance of about fifty feet from the pler, the stern,of the ship hard and fast against the New London bank of the Thames River and in such a position that with the ship on one side, the pier on the other and the bank at one end, an open water space 50 by 385 feet for the submersible is made en- closed on three sid To complete the enclosure a floatling gate built on pontoons is made fast to a piling set &t the bow of the Willehad. Visitors Kept at Distance, Guards from the crew of the Wil- lehad, and private detectives em- ployed by the company keep all vis- ltors at a distance. To prevent the submarine being reached by water from under the piers, the piling di- rectly around the reserved space is heavily wired and the wires eclectri- cally connected with an alarm gong In the office of the company. The pier shed was constructed aft- departure of the Deu chland! and the assembling | as begun at onc: 1t was &nnounced at the time that a si r submersible, the Bremen, was mo- | mentarily expected. i The bringing of the Willehad from Boston to act as a mother ship for *hant submarines, was accom- without incident. Hinsch, formerly master of North German Lloyd Steamship Neckar now at Baltimore, is stationed 2t New London as port captaln for tha Eastern Forwarding Company. Ciermany’s first commercial subma- the Deutschland, arrived here teday, completing her second ough the warships of Pritain and France on both of the Atlantic. Under Captain ! Koenig, who was in command ing her first trip to Baltimore, the tschland left Bremen on October and tied up at a berth prepared youngs uggling s NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916. Vote for ilon heSe A merican$ are Work COPYRIGHT 1916 BY THE PRESS P SHING CO. € NEW YORK EVENING WORLO) By J H. Cassel To 4 i day ==& Wilson prefers War as a \ Thede Etraopeand Wikl Not Back To Work for her here at 2:35 o'clock this morning. The German submarine entered the lower harbor shortly after midnight, coming in by the Race at the entrance to lLong Island Sound. For several weeks the Eastern Forwarding com- gents for her owners, had a cach night off Montauk Point dy to meet the Bremen, but the tug was withdrawn some time ago. It was evident that the Forwarding company had some warning of the Deutschland’s arrival, however, for 2 tug was engaged and Captain F. i ch, of the company, accompan- ied by the health officer steamed nut to meet the submersible. The North German Lloyd steamer Willehad, which had been at her dock here for a number of weeks awaiting the ar- rival of a German submarine freighter let her searchlight play on the water madking the path by which the Deutschland traveled to her wharf. Capt. pected to lecave Bremen on October 1 but that his boat was injured in a collision and forced to put back for repairs which delayed her sailing for ten days. The captain and the cre wof twen- ty-five men were in excellent heallh and spirits over the success of their gecond venture. The Deutschland carried clearance papers for “Balti- more or any Atlantic port.” The boat was no sooner moored than she was screened from sight by a pontoon carrying a high fence. Her crew went on board the . Willehad, whero quarters were awaiting themn. Breaking Down Cargo. A score of negro stevedores were sent aboard the Willehad in readi- ness to begin breaking out the car- go of the submersible a* daylight or as soon as James McGovern, of Bridgeport, collector of customs for the Connecticut district, had given the necessary permission. Capt. Hinsch said that later in the day Capt. Koenig probably would g'v out a statement regarding his trip across the Atlantic. Capt. Koenig said that, except for unusually rough weacher, the trip across had been uneventful. The Deuischland’s cargo 18 sald to conslst mainly of chemicals and medicines. While New London has been ex- pecting the arrival of a ferman suh- marine for some months the Deutsch- land’s appearanee was a surprise, ex- cept to officials of the Eastern For- warding company hers, the Awnerican agents of the German line of subma- the merchantmen. The Deutschland appeared off Eastern Point soon aft- er midnight and anchored. A heavy fog lay over the harbor. The T. A. Scott Wrecking company, sub-agents of the Eastern Forwarding company, sent ite tug T. A. Scott, Jr., which towed the craft to the speclal berth at the Forwarding company’s wharf, alongside the North German ILloyd liner Willehad. Capt. Koenig pleaded to newspaper ricn that he was too tired to talk, hut promiseq a statement later in the cay. First Appearance. Foliowing rumors oft repeated, the Deutschland made its first appearance in American waters at 1:45 in the morning of July 9 when, etched by the vivid flashes of an electrical storm, th~ craft was seen by a pilot boat as she slipped Into Chesapeake bay, aft- er running the gauntlet of cruisers standing guard off the Virginia Capes. Her voyage of approximately 4,100 miles, made without a stop at any port, established a record for craft of the kind. The Deutschland was soon aftor picked up by a tug and convoyed up the bay to Baltimore, where she dropped anchor that night. On the first trip she brought a cargo of dye- stuffs, the value of which was first estimated at from $500,000 to $1,- 000,000, The arrival of the Deutschlang at Koenig said that he had ex- | Balitmore created a new diplomatic problem. Representations made to the state department by the British and French embassies set up the claim that the submarine was potentially a warship, even though designed and used as a merchantman. The very | nature of construction of a submarine, { It was held, made it impossible for such a craft to comply with the re- quirements of international law. She could not be stopped and searched, | and the representatives of the en- | tente allies asserted, must be regard- i ed as an enemy warship subject to de- struction on sight. The state department, however, | formally ruled, on July 15, that the submarine was entitled to all the rights and privileges belonging to a merchant vessel flying the flag of a belligerent country in a neutral port. After remaining in United States territorial waters about three weeks, the Deutschland, heavily laden with a cargc of rubber and nickel, drew away from her pler August 1 and un- der her own power sajled from Balti- { more on her homeward journey. The vessel arrived at the mouth of the I Weser River on the afternoon of Aug- ust 23. There was great rejoicing | throughout Germany and Capt. Koen- | ig was ordered to Berlin to make a | personal report of his trip to. Em- [ Peror William. | While no definite announcement of the Deutschland leaving Bremen on a {secona trip was made, reports per- sisted during the last few days that she was again on her way to an Am- erican port. Several times it was ru- mored that the Deutschland had either been sunk or captured. Washington, Nov. 1.—A board of navy experts probably will be directed ! to inspect the submarine Deutschland at New London to make certain that no war equibment had been placed aboard the submersible during her stay in Germany, thus altering her status as a merchant carrier estab- lished to the satisfaction of the state department when she visited Balti- more some months ago. Officers from the flotilla of navy submersibles at New London may be directed to make the inspection. CLOSE OF ANNIVERSARY. Luther Night marked the close of the three days’ celebration in conmnc- tion with the tenth anniversary of the English Lutheran church. The speakers last evening were: Rev. 8. G. Ohman, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church; Rev. Charles . Blethen of Hartford; Rev. Frederick W. Schaefer of New Haven, former pastor of the English Lutheran church; Rev. Paul A. Kirsch of Meri- den and Rev. William D, Horn, D. D., of New York. An informal reception followed the exercises. NEARLY FINISHED. The new municipal slaughter house on the town farm property is nearing completion. T. W. Crowe is the con- tractor and the structure will cost the city about $5,000. The building is two stories high and of brick con- struction. WOMAN WITHDRAWS. Denver, Col, Nov. 1.—Mrs. Hattie K. Howard, only woman candidate for cengress in Colorado, has withdrawn from the progressive ticket it was an- nounced tocay. A number of other progressive candidates also have withdrawn. WILL SUPPORT HUGHES. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1.—Walter J. Thompson, progressive party nom- inee for United States senator, ‘today announced his withdrawal and his intention to support Charles . Hughes, republican nominee for pres- ident. Cz't_xj Items Anna Gauer has transferred prop- erty on Curtis street to Frances Paris. There will be a rchearsal this | evening of the New Britain Choral { Union at Booth’s hall, All of year’s members are asked to attend whether they received notices or not. The water department reports re- ceipts for October of $4,280.64. Go up to Wilson’s and look over the overcoats; they are wonders.— advt. The board of assessors had a very busy session today as it was the last day for filing property lists before the ten per cent additional clause becomes operative, Do you know coats in town The office emplo: Hosiery company enj party at the old Andrews Barnesdale last evening. games were enjoyed. that the finest are at Wilson” over- dvt of the American ed a Hallowe'en barn at Hallowe’en Miss Myrtle Porter of 26 Glen street cntertained a number of her friends last evening at a Hallowe’en ghost party. Hallowe’en games were played and refreshments served. A. E. Stanton, chauffeur for Miss B. M Eddy, of 51 Highland street, Hartford, reported to the police last evening that a pair of amber goggles had been stolen from his car as it stood at the corner of West Main and Washington streets Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Barbour and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hall have re- turned from cxtended wedding trips to Niagara Falls and Bermuda. Mrs. Lenora Long who has been taking a two month's course at the Hartford Isolation hospital has re- turned to St. Vincent's hospital at Bridgeport. Arrangements are being perfected by Secretary Andrews of the Chamber of Conumerce for meetings of the Isle of Safoty committee next Thursday and the comittee on uniform hours next Friday. Both meetings will be held in the afternoon, the exact hour to be determined later. Fublic Works Commissioner John A. Anderson and family have moved inta their residence on Arch street. The members of the Woman's Lit- erary society of Maple Hill will meet tomorow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. R. Lamb. Women interested in the nceds of the hospital are in- vited to attend the meeting. Luncheon will be served. Members of the swimming cl at the Y. W. C. A. will give an exhibi- tion in the gymnas tank tomor- row evenin um sold to at 62 Louis Lawlor Annie F Falletti et street. tino has al. proper Company I will meet at the armory tonight and under Captain Ladbury will resume drilling. From now on two drills will be held a week. the town 575 hunter’'s afternoon as issued Up to this clerk’s office licenses. Miss Carolyn Young has taken position school teacher in Northwest District, Marlborough. BUILDING PERMITS, Building permits were issued today as follows: Charles W. Holmes a single house on Alden street for John Borwski at a cost of $1,600; to B, U. Carlson for O. J. Murray porch at 60 Vine street at a cost of J. Calabretta for Louis Moug two family house on ‘Wilcox street at a cost of $2,900 and to J. P, Sweeney a porch at 108 Clark street at a cost of $200 a the last | | | their now POLI IN DESTINN HOME Pillagers of Residence of Opera Singer Finally Captured New hunted York, burglars Nov. 1.—Policemen in the dark last night in the big white stone house at | 94 Riverside Drive, which lis the | home of Emmy Destinn, Metropoli- tan soprano, and is. furnished with her art treasures. The muffled re- | ports of revolvers from the darkened house und the shrilling of police | whistles drew a crowd which could only imagine the scene inside, where fugitives and detectives fumbled amid costly draperies and crunched heavy- footed on jewels that strewed the floor. Three men were caught, two of them with the assistance of Charles | M. Higgins, manager of the Standard Oil company, who lives next door, | after they had jumped twenty-five feet to the roof of an extension of Mr. Higgins' house. The third man, wounded, was captured in the Destinn home. With a double handful of jewels, which if they were of the stage variety were realistic enough to dazzle policemen, the prisoners were taken tc the Fourth Branch Detective bureau. Police Seek Complainant. Until Mme. Destinn, who is in- terned in Austria, can return, it is doubtful if any one can tell whether the marauders had already disposed of sorie of her treasurers during a visit which neighbors believe lasted at least twenty-four hours. Having captured the burglars, the police are hunting for a complainant, .as the house has been vacant for months. The prisoners gave their names as Walter Page, twenty-two years old, of 226 West Forty-seventh street John Webh, twenty-one years old, of 1465 Third avenue and Frank Smith, twen- ty-five vears old of 218 Bast 118th street. Webb was hit by a bullet from a detective’s revolver, which glanced from his head and lodged in his shoulder. He is in Knickerbocker hospital, but is not badly hurt. Page is known as ‘Hoppy,” be- cause he limps. He got out of Sing S| a few monthg ago, after doing three years for burglary. Within a short time he was in the line-up at headquarters, where Inspector Cray impressed upon his men the neces- sity of keeping tabs on “Hoppy.” Neighbors Give Alarm. It was about 7 o’clock when Frank- lin Simon, of 95 Riverside Drive, tele- phoned to Lieutenant Ryan, at the 4th branch, that there were lights in Emmy Destinn’s house. Within a riinute two other messages to the same effect came in. Ryan started Detectives Naimoli and McGuire for the place on the run. Then he tele- rhoned to the West Sixty-eighth street station and got the reserves out. Naimoli and McGuire had the luck to emerge from the branch detective bureau in West 123rd street just as an automobile helonging ta the Yridge department was passing. They climbed in and raced down the Drive at suchia pace that ~when they reached “the Destinn house, between Enghty-first and Eighty-second streets, the clangor of the patrol wagon with the reserves was not yet to be heard. The house loomed dark and silent. After a cursory inspection the detec- tives rang Mr. Higgins' bell and gat permission to reach the Destinn home fiom his roof. They found the scuttle had not heen tempered with. For several minutes they listened with ears glued to the trap door. They heard nothing but the motars on the Drive. As they ened the patrol wagon from the West Sixty-eighth street station drew up in front. Reserves Surround House, Leaving McGuire to guard the roof, Naimoli descended. With Patrol- man Neamey of the West Sixty-elghth street station, the detective undertook a mare careful examination of the bouse, directing the rest of the re- serves to surround the place. Naimoli and Neamey found that the basement door, guarded by an iron grating, had been forced. Cautiously they pushed it open and crossed the threshold. The house was silent as a tomb and as dark. While they listened breathlessly, the floor above them creaked to a cau- tious footfall. Groping their way to a chandelier the two policemen sought to turn on the lights. The | lights did not work, and they returned to the wall fumbling for the switch, Tn the course of their search they came ta the stairs leading to the| floor above. Mounting these, they reached the first floor, which seemed lighter to accustomed eyes. There were no blinds, and street lamps and those of passing motors lighted the rocm with dim and fitful gleams. The police could make out vague shapes | «f muffled furniture, but saw nothing human. i | | Creaking Is Heard. From a room toward the front of the house upon which opened a| double doorway there came again the creaking they had heard in the ba: ment as of some ane shifting his | weight. Naimoli, his nerves already or cdge from prewling in the darkness, ieveled his revolver and shot twice s fast as he could pull the trigger. While the double explosion was still ringing, shadows in the front room dissolved with a clatter of running fect, and there came the sound of ranting men racing up the stairs. The two policemen followed as fast as their cautious and certain myster- icus impediments which strewed the ctairway would permit. Later, when the lights had been turned on, they found that these were jewelry and costly silks which the fugitives had epilled in their flight. Straight up to the fourth floor the CE AND ROBBERS | & amiiiil ¥ U We want you to have the WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR ERALD| "Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. HERALD every night and to make sure that it is de livered to you we have ar- ranged with the WESTE RN UNION to have a mes- senger boy rush a copy to your home. This service is given at our expense. It will cost you nothing. We want you to be satisfied and when you are we feel cmply compensated for whatever effort we may make for your benefit. SO, IF YOUR NEW SBOY FAILS TO LEAVE THE HERALD BY 6 0’ CLOCK ERN UNION. YOU'LL TER. s "PHONE WEST- GET A COPY SOON AF- i by a whole flight of stairs. “Hoppy,” despite his game leg, was in the lead. Clambering up the ladder to the roof scuttle, he pried it open with a jimmy which he carried ready in his hand. Shot Tells “Hoppy.” As the scuttle rose and the jimmy protruded, McGuire, irked by a ted- ious vigil, and asoused by the sound of the struggle in the house, was convinced it was the muzzle of a re- volver. Without waiting for the owner of the weapon to poke his head out, McGuire thrust his revolver into the scuttle opening and fired. “Hoppy” fell, hit in the head and shoulder, and carried Page with him. Smith, at the foot of the ladder, ran to a window a* the sound of the shot and leaned out. Page, who had scur- ried under a bed when “Hoppy” tum- bled down upon him, followed before the policemen from below arrived. In the street. and in neighboring houses the hunt had aroused great curiosity. A considerable crowd had gathered behind the lines formed by the reserves, and residents of adjoin- ing houses were going from window to window to catch a glimpse of the excitement. Mr. Higgins had left his dinner to cool while he tried to follow the chase with his eyes, first from front win- dows and then from those in the rear of his home. He was at a rear win- dow when Smith and Page leaped from the fourth floor window of Mme. Destinn’s house. Two Reach Extension. The two men landed on a rear ex- tension of Mr. Higgins' house, twenty- filve feet bhelow the window from which they had jumped. The Stan- dard Oil man ran downstairs and met Patrolman Meaney, who had left the Destinn house and was on his way to Liead off the fugitives by way of Mr. | Higgins’ roof. “Two of ’em are hiding behind my chimney,” whispered Mr. Higgins, seizing the patrolman by the arm and dragging him upstairs. The two men stepped out onto the extension roof. “Hands up!” cried the Standard Oil man, and Smith and Page, breathless and shaking from the exertions, crawled from behind the chimney. “Don’t shoot; we ain’t got nothin’” one of them pleaded. Their captors led them back to the house next door, now ablaze with lights. “Hoppy” had been brought down to the first floor, which was lit- tered with the debris of the running fight. Coat Is Blood-Soaked, “Say, somebody shot me,” said “Hoppy” mournfully and attention was turned from the new prisoners to him. His face was smeared with and the right side of his coat, soaked. An ambulance was from Knickerbocker hospital. Dr. Somers examined ‘“Hoppy's”’ head and looked puzzled. “I don’t see where that could have gone,” he said. “Here doc; I'll get it for you—just a minute.” It was the patient himself He was contorted, apparently in an effort to scratch his shoulder blade. In a mo- ment he straightened up and handed the ambulance surgeon a bit of lead. It was the bullet, which had glanced from the right side of his head and lodged just beneath the skin of his shoulder. McGuire took it for a souvenir. The reserves were set to cleaning up. Among the things they found littering the stairs were a silver cup, pitcher and two sugar bowls; two bracelets, one of heavy oxidized silver; two gem-set cherries such as dangle from Carmen’s lips; five pairs of jewelled earrings; a ring containing a stone of impressive proportions, ap- parently a diamond; twenty pairs of silk stockings and a copious supply of other silk garments, Start for Bureau. blood was called bullet These they packed up and set off | for the branch detective bureau with the prisoners. In the excitement no one asked Mr Higgins whether he had a permit for his revolver. “Hoppy,” who was taken with the rest of the party to the detective bu- reau before being sent to the hospital, asserted that they hadn’t been in the house half an hour when the police interrupted them. “I was strollin’ down Drive this afternoon,” he said, Riverside “an’ I burglars fled, leading their pursuers see this place an’' thinks ‘Gee, that the anybody could tell there hadn’t been no one there for a long time. The winders was thick with grime, an I bet you could ’a’ tracked fifty cats across the dust on the steps. Cats don't camp out in houses where folks live. Any- they don't leave that many tracks arcund. é “So I knew where I could get’ a | couple o' pals an’ we started to turn the trick. “Hoppy” did not get off with that explanation, however. It was recol lected that within a week he had been | arrested as a suspect in connection with the burglar gang who had been camping out in the Upper East Side homes. The detectives kept after him until midnight, but he stuck to his story, frankly admitting that Rls recent release from Sing Sing was his second prison term, as he had previ- ously served at Elmira for burglary. Mrs. Simon Saw Three. Mrs. Franklin Simon, whose hus- band gave the alarm, said she had seen the three in Riverside Park about dusk, and that the lame ‘Hoppy”) had sat on her teps as though deep in thought. When lights began to flicker in the house that had been so long vacant, she asked her husband to notify the police. Mr. Higgins, whose own house was | entered by burglars two years age while he was away, explained that for twenty-four hours strange sounds | had been coming from Mme. Destinn's ! house. From the quantity of goods | he had noticed done up in packages |in the singer's home he was inclined | to belleve that the burglars had been at work for some time and might have carrled away some of thelr loot. Mme, Destinn's taste as an art cons noisseur Is well known. Two yegs ago, when a good part of her cole lection was sold, many of the pleces brought big prices. looks soft’ You see, even if ;hnuse wasn't boarded up, ! | | how, i FORMER HEAD COMING. Percy Smith, First Superintendent, Will Attend Opening. Percy Smith of Providence, R~ I, one time superintendent of the Wwcal Boys' club will be a guest at the exs ercises to be held in connectfon with the re-opcning of the club at the cors ner of Fast Main and Center streats, Mr. Smith was superintendent of | the club when it was first organized | many years ago. Many of the older | business men can remember when | he ran the club on Church street and | later on West Main street in the Holnies 2r@ Hoffman block. Last year | he conducted a very successful came paign for the raising of funds for the club work in Providence. As there are numerous repairs to be made om tho building the opening has been planed for about Christmas. SHIPBUILDING BOOMING. London, Nov. 1.—Lloyds register of shipbuilding for the quarter ended Sept. 30, shows there were 469 mer- | chant vessels of 1,789,064 tons under construction in the United Kingddm at the close of that quarter against 440 vessels of 1,640,218 tons in the June quarter and 432 vessels of 1= 536,177 tons in the September quars ter of 1915. Of the vessels under | construction 135 are under 500 tops | gross, 58 between 4,000 and 5,000,-47 | between 6,000 and 8,000, 23 between 13,000 and 10,000, 16 between 10,000 | and 20,000, 9 between 15,000 and 26, | 000, one of 30.000 and two between | 50,000 and 40,000 tons. WOMEN SEEK EDUCATION. Berlin, Nov. 1.—The number; of women at German universities unders| went a further considerable increas during the past summer semester. | The total was 5,460, which denotes & | sain of some 1,300 over the numbex | when the war broke out. Out of evel | 100 students present at the univer | sities 10.5 are women, whereas the | proportion before the war was onl | 6.7 and if the resident women st | dents be taken into account, not ress| | than 42.3 per cent. of the studen | present are new women, o