New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1916, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916. " GERMAN ABUSE OF FRENGH PRISONERS Déscribed in Baakfiuhlished for Distribution in Other Lands (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Paris, Oct 26.—The of the Exench government against Germany case i’ regard to the alleged mistreatment of French prisoners of war is set out in detail in a volume of 100 pages ‘which h sued and which will be distributed abroad. The book sums up reports of the Spanish em- bassy in Berlin, of delegates from the International visited German prison camps, of doc- tors and nur ' these c Jjust been i Red Cross society who es who were interned in mps, and the testimony given under oath by crippled soldiers who have to I photographs and sketches returned nce. ume includes received from private sources from German illustrated papers, /The French government contends that the following accusations have been proved. Theft from French | prisoners; killing of wounded prison- ers; execution without formality of civilians arrested on the pretext of | sniping; transportation of prisoners in foul cattle cars, with healthy, sick and wounded crowded together ind criminately, without rood or medicine; igsults and violence to prisoners by German soldiers on their ar: 1 Germany; attac on French pris ers by women at Erfurt with knives, sickles and scythes, tolerated by the escort; spitting upon and whipping of prisoners by civilians and kicking of prisoners by young German re- cruits, as they filed through Torgau; ggeat ravages in nearly all prison camps by tuberculosis developed by neglect of most elementary hygienic precautions; spread of tyhpus among British and French prisoners by mix- ing them with infected Russians; gen- eral prevalence of rheumatism in all prison camps as result of dampness; enforced labor of prisoners of war on military work, such as trench digging, manufacture of arms and munitions; ingufficient food, shelter and clothing. / Without Shelter in Winter. Photographs of German camps are offered to show the prisoners in mid- winter with only tents or dugouts for shelter. It is charged that during he first winter in Germany large numbers of prisoners were obliged to dig themselves into the ground for shelter or to construct mud huts, and jthe Spanish ambassador is quoted in eupport of this accusation. It is ad- mitted that some improvement in these conditons have been made in certain camps. In regard to the question of nour- ishment, French surgeons and nurses who have returned to France after ppriods of captivity in Germany re- port that the insufficiency of food, coupled with other privations, has re- sulted in the spread of tuberculosis and with diseases such as erysipelas, scarletina and gastriti The latter sicknesses are reported to be very frequent in the camps of interned civilians and among children. Much Tllness in Germany. Crippled soldiers returning to France from the camps of Langen- ssel-Viedrwehren and Wil- lenberg, repori that Russian prison- ers, carrying typhus contagion, were scattered through these camps, start- ing an epidemic. They accuse the German doctors of brutality to nurses as well as neglect of typhus patients. Men who died of the disease during | the night were said to have been left lying among the other prisoners until morning:- “During the painful epoch of epidemic,” the quoted “everything was | lggking, including beds and medicine.” At Willenberg, according to the sworn testimony of the returned sol- diers, the German authorities aban- doned the typhus stricken camp to its own resources, which were nil. All communication was cut off from the exterior. A narrow gauge railroad Was used to shove into the camp the | prisoners rations and coffins. Two thousand French soldiers are said to have died of typhus at Cassel. The secti of the book which with the enforced labor of the oners of war charges that French prisoners were forced to in the Krupp works at Essen. Sev- ejal thousand, it is also asserted, were sent to Courtland province in Russia, where they were employed in build- ing strategic railroads In some mu- nition factories Frenchmen were com- pelled to work, it is alleged, from 4 o’clock in the morning until 8 o’clock in the evening the Spanish ambassador is as reporting, | i deals pri 1,500 work ? KLETT GETS $160. George W. Klett of this city, Mor- Ful- ler, who acted as a commission of the superior court the proceedings against property owned by the Robert Allyn estate in Hartford, have each pensation for their work psioners ruled that the the nty wanted for improvements at e county court house is worth $800 2 front foot. The land condemned was ten feet wide, making the bill $8,000 against the county » gan B. Brainerd and Edward A. in condemnation been awarded $100 com- .The com- land FINED IN E. Frank Marvin and Frank Saunders, both of this city, were arrainged in the East Hartford town court last eviening charged with reckless driv- jing in that place last Saturday. Mar- ¥in was fined $2 and costs, amounting to $12.17, and Saunders was fined $5 costs, totalling §$22.25. HARTFORD. The vol- | dodging she called for help. Dr. Walsh, Professor at Fordham, to DEATHE AND FUNERALS. Isaac Timbrell. The funeral of the late Isaac Tim- brell of Mapie street will be held from the chapel of the South church .at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. G. W. C. Hill officiating. Prayers will be said at the home at 1:30 o’clock. Interment will be in Fairview ceme- | tery. Gustave Unterspann. Gustave Unterspann, was at 365 Bast street, dled last night in Middletown. The funeral will be held from his late home at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon and at 2:30 o'clock from St Lutheran church. dore Steege will ment will be in whose home Rev. A. C. Theo- officiate and inte rview cemetery. Card of TI We desire to expres: thanks to kind neighbors and friends for the expressions of sympathy ex- tended to us at the time of the death of our beloved hushband and brother, Charles Booth. We are particularly grateful for the floral tributes. MRS. CHARLES F. BOOTH, MRS. EDGAR FRANCIS. nks our heartfelt A Card of Thar To all my dear friends who have in any way made manifest, or extended to me their help and sympathy, at this time of my deep bereavement, in the death of my devoted wife, Emma Smith. I wish to return yvou my sin- cere thanks, and your kindne: will long remain in memory, a treasured boon of inspiration and cheer. AUGUSTUS G. SMITH. ERTAINMENTS AT Y. M. C. A Secretary C. H. Barnes of the Y. M. A. has anncunced the program fot eries of entertainments to be given at the association building during the winter. The dates are as follows: Tuescay evening, November 14, Eastern Glee club; December 5, Catherine Kennedy; January 1, Ven- etian Trio; January 30, Royal Male Quartet: March 13, The Pierces. Ac- cording to the schedule the first of these entertainments will be given on next Tuesday evening and danc- ing will be enjoyed after the per- formance. Tickets are issued free at the building and members and their c Matthew’s German ! BROADWAY PAYSUP ITS FREAK WAGERS | Friends Excuse Hotel Man from Fating Felt Hat | | { ?‘ New York, Nov, 11.—It was retri- bution night along Broadway and in the hotels. The news that Wilson | had carried California, thus declding the election, came too late on Thur day night for the payment of freak bets which have been hanging in the balance since Tuesday, but jeering | friends last night exacted full penalty from Although many of the Hughes bet- tors refused to concede the election their plea to wait returns were in was disregarded by those holding the other side of the wager, for they cared not technicalities. Broadway was first startled and then diverted at the theater hour to see unfortunate losers. until the official a rap for a man clad in overalls lolling comfortably in a cushioned wheelbar- row while a perspiring friend trundled Lim along the thoroughfare. The rrow rider bore aloft a sign “He lost! From Harlem to Bowling Green.” The crowd on the White Way had hardly recovered its gravity before a new sight caused another explosion of mirth and jeers. This time it was an unlucky Hughes man of consider- able latitude and low longitude who, stuffed into a tiny go-cart, was vain- ly endeavoring to appear composed as the wabbly vehicle bumped and creaked along the uneven asphalt. Near the entrance to the Hotel Astor the two small front wheels collapsed under the strain and the Hughes man hit the pavement with the go-cart on top of him. Protesting indignantly he was pick- ed up by his “friends” his silk hat friends are invited On January 1 open Louse is always observed and there will be other forms of amuse- ment as well as the entertainment. THROWS DISHES AT WIFE. Charles Merzen of 216 High street was arrested at his home this after- noon by Supernumerary Officer Fred Friend on a charge of drunkenness and oreach of the bveace. Merzen came home drunk and proceeded to throw dishes at his wife, so the police tate ,and when she got tired of NOTED WRITER TO SPEAK. Appear at Lyceum Theater, An event of great interest Catholic circles is scheduled for No- vember 2% at the Lyceum theater, in local was recovered from under a passing motor car and jammed on his head, and the journey was begun again with the go-cart tipped up on the hind wheels. Lest some one overlook the loser in his chariot several automi- biles with signs calling attention to him followed. Diners in the Delta Robbia room at the Vanderbilt hotel were startled to see the conductor of the orchestra, Joseph Sejer, lay aside his baton, take a chestnut from one of the musicians and gravely proceed to roll it across the huge room on his hands and knees. At the Hotel McAlpin the. waxed goatee of the house detective, A. G. Denniston, shone with a lustre even | greater than usual and his smile was broader than ever. The goatee nar- rowly escaped obliteration on Wed- nesday morning, for Denniston had vowed he would shave it to the roots when, under the auspices of St. Mary's Sodality a lecture and concert will be | given. The speaker of the evening will be J. J. Walsh, Ph. D., of New York, a professor at Fordham Univer- sity, and one of the foremost writers on medical and religious subjects in layman ranks in the country. Dr. Walsh also holds a place of distinc- tion in medical societies in the me- tropolis. He is one of the most en- thusiastic members of the Knights of Columbus in America and plans are beinz made to entertain him by the Bishop Tierney Assembly, Fourth De- gree, K, of C. The committee which will handle the plans consists of Jo- seph Ward, M. J. Kenney and P. C. McIntyre. The sodality committee arranging for the lecture is Miss Rose MecIntyre, chairman; Miss Agnes Fin- nigan and Miss Minnie Meechan. The committee has also arranged } for singing by John Finnegan, the | noted Irish tenor of New York, Those who heard Mr. Finnegan at the spring concert of the Catholic Choral Union will remember his wonderful work on that occasion. He has recently completed a tour across the continent | with a company of stars, featuring ! in all the big cities to the coast. = To the Board of Count§ Comm ers of Hartford County: The Charter Oak Foresters acting by Fred W. Jos Treasurer, duly authorized by vote of said Club, hereby apply for a Club Certificate to entitle it to have in its possession and dispense to its mem- bers,” spirituous and intoxicating liquors as an incident to its social life under the provisions of Chap. 296, Public Acts of 1915 at the quarters of aid Club, located at 96 West Main Street, Town of New Britain, Conn. d Club has for its purposes and objects the following: The promotion of its member social welfare. Tt has a membership of one hun- dred and sixty-four and was organ- ized April 1913, The Officers are as follows: G. 'W. Roden, president; George Smith, vice president, Fred W financial secretary and treasurer; Ogren, recording secret: A copy of its By-Laws, Constitution and list of members are hereto an- nexed Dated at New Britain this 8th day ov. 1916. CHARTER OAK FOR CLUB, By Fred., W. Jost New Britain, 1916. Personally appeared Fred W. Jost, Secretary-Treasurer of The Charter Oak Forester Club and made oath be- fore me to the truth of the foregoing application and that said Club, bona fide organizatior where the dispensing of liquors is not its chief object, but is an incident of its exist- ence as an organization, to its mem- bers who are twenty-one, and that there are no minors in the active membership. ssion- Club, Secretary 1D}, of THE TERS' Fin. Conn., and Tre: ov. 8, A, D: in a if Wilson were not elected. The news that the West £ supporting Wilson halted Denniston’s razor just in time. Charles Mascord manager of the Hotel St. Regis ,an enthusiastic Hughes man, said he’d eat a felt hat if Hughes was not elected. Some of the patrons of the hotel bribed the chef to serve an imitation hat made ix pounds of candy and yet hold to strict accountability for atement Only the popularity of the manager deterred his friends from making him bolt a truly fuzzy $2 hat. HOLD WILSON WHIST. A Wilson whist party, for the ben- efit of the church of St. John the Evangelist, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Coholan of 1096 Stanley street last evening. There were thirty tables ana the winners were, Mrs. M. J. Kenney, Mrs. W. Hurlburt and Jeremiah Driscoll and Patrick McDonough. Misses Mary Cusack, Mary O’Connell, Mary Smith, Helen Brady and Molly Jackson were the scorers and Miss Anna G. O’Brien presided at the punch bowl isted by Misses Lucy Scanlon, Lillian Cor- rigan and Minnie Germa Lunch- served by the Misses Mary Mary Campbell. Joseph violinist, and Miss Sarah Driscoll, painist; rendered musical selections and vocal selections were rendered by Miss Frances Vater. MANY BIRTHS LAST MONTH. According to the records at the town clerk’s office there were 17§ births in New Britain during October and marriages totaled 65. During the st week nine deaths were reported and 15 marriage licenses were is- sued. Advertised Letters. The following is a list of letters re- | maining unclaimed, Nov. 11, 1916, at the New Britain, Conn., post office: Anderson, Calif Adams, Mrs. M. L. Adriance, F. H. Buffa Margarita Buiter, Frank B. Beard, Walter . Gallo, Martin Grala, Joef Guppy, Joseph Jones, Margarite Knapp, El Kelly, Winifred Kolenda, Peter Lambert, W. A. Lundberger, Edward Lowell, Albert Lindrock, Annie Locke, John P. Merentz, M Rieguford, Wilbur | Richardson, Frank | Rush, Julius Surplavage, T. J. Schwich, Freich Tiffany, Henry F. Totten, Chas. Watts, J. O. Wadin, Emma i | | | | A CHARLES E. RUSSELL, Notary Public for County, DELANEY, FOOTBALL Yale 6, Brown 0, end period. Harvard 0, Princetin 0, at end of first period. FIVE AND TENKING LOSES RURAL HOME of second | Fire Burns $200,000 Mansion of Woolworth at Glen Cove Glen Cove, L. I, Nov. 11.—Winfield "Hall, the country home of F. W. Wool- worth, burned to the ground yester- day, with a loss of $200,000, while all the firemen and fire apparatus from four townships stood helpless in the yard. It was one of the finest houses in the Fresh Pond colony and stood on the brink of hill overlooking the bay. The firemen came as quickly as they could pull the apparatus out from the towns, but they found only a four inch water main with poor pressure, so they simply carried out a few val- uable pieces of furniture and then stood around and watched the house burn. Mr. and Mrs. Woolworth were in Manhattan. They were found by tele- phone, but by the time they got to Glen Cove by automobile, which was about 3 o’clock their home was a blaz- ing ruin, with the servants guarding a heap of first floor furniture and rugs in the door yard. Mrs. Woolworth was overcome and was taken to a neighbor’s house, but Mr. Woolworth stayed with the crowd that had been watching the spectacle from the start. It wasn’t the money loss that bothered Mr. Woolworth. “It's just the fact that it'’s my home that hurts,” he said. The fire started on the top floor, probably in the billiard room or the valet’s quarters, and quickly spread over.the whole structure, which was largely of wood. Miss Mary Hill, the housekeeper, discovered the fire, alarmed the neighborhood and then started the servants carrying out valu- able pieces of furniture- More than $50,000 worth of articles were car- ried out and piled on the lawn. The villages of Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Locust Valley and Oyster Bay sent all their fire apparatus. It is presumed the fire started from a de- fective electric connection. An in- vestigation is to be made. The only real work for the firemen was to rescue one of Mr Wool- worth’s maids, who was trapped in one of the second story rooms, where she went for some valuabl She was brought down a ladder, and that section of the second floor caved in so soon afterward that Tom Murray a Glen Cove fireman, was hit by brick. Mr. Woolworth was anxious about his hooks, srieved to learn that few were saved. A $20,000 organ into the Woolworth music room total loss. “We were going to the city for the season in a week or so,” Mr. Wool- worth said, “and everything was be- ing fixed here for the winter. Well, I shall rebuild right away.” Mr. Woolworth’s town house is at 900 Fifth avenue. particularl and was of them built is a a City ltems ‘g Miss Ruth Hart is spending a few { days in Norfolk. Mrs. F. C. Monier the house by appendicitis. | Elfard B. Eddy is having a cottage | {bullt at Middle Beach, Madison. | Mrs, Henry Ramm of Belden street | is in New London, | On Monday evening the Working | Girls club will hold its regular monthly business meeting in the club | rooms in Judd’s block. | Edward Prior has resigned his | position in the office of the Landers, I'rary & Clark company. Washington Camp, P. jwill have a match game of carpet| 'howls on Monday evening, follawed by |a light luncheon. All members should tattend. M i surp: is confined to | 0. Jennie Norton was tendered a e party last evening at the home of her sister at 528 Stanle; |street. A buffet luncheon was served and music and games enjoyed. Star of Good Will lodge, S. of B., will hold a meeting on Monday even- ing in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. bers are urged to make an effort to attend. There was a small fire in the power {plant at the Stanley Warks late y {terday afternoon when one of the | motors caught fire. The factory fire | Gepartment was summoned by the | blowing of the factory whistle. The | damage was nominal. Real estate transfers were recorded at the city clerk’s office today as fol- lows: Whiting Land company to Carl J. Anderson, et ux., property on Stan- ley street; Helen K. McCabe to Teo- fela Zarecka, property on Lawlor street; and Rev. John G. Murray of Hartford, chancellor, to the church of St. John the Evangelist, land on Bast street and Newington road. | | VICTORY FOR HARVARD. Yale Hill and Dale Team is Defeated Today. Nov. 11.—Harvard de- the annual varsity run today by a score 29, Overton of Yale hed fi covering the six mile | course in 33 minutes 15 2-5 seconds. | H. A. King of Harvard was second in 34 minutes, 59 seconds. The other runners finished in the following order: V. E. Water, Yale; A. R. Bancroft, Harvard; W. P. Whitchouse, Harvard; Levin, Yale; R. W. Babcock, Harvard; J. D. Hitch- inson, Harvard; H. S. Cooper, Yale; | A. E. Krause, Yale. Yale won the freshman a three-mile course, 24 to 33 Lewis rd finished first in 16 min- seconds with 8. M. Hincks of | a close second. Cambridge, feateq Yale in cross country race over | S. of A, R All mem- | § URE FOOD LAWS FOR THE MIND (A Sermon on Religious Reading | INov.2 SUNDAY 10:45p.m. “PILATE” The Man Who Thought He Could Shift Responsibility Sunday Evening Sermon 730 P. M. Trinity Methedist Church night entered an advanced German position, the war office reports today. P night, were crushed by the tenacious 1esistance of the German troops. With the clearing of the weather the | artillery became more active, but the British and French were unable to| . oq0. make a general attack i “Fighting on Thursday resulted in o8 2/ 0 O solated violent encounters mear “PORES O 0 Eaucourt L/Abbaye, Gueudecourt, P FIC FPYES Lesboeufs and Pressoire, the entente attacks being stifled by the German fire. “French storming columns made rewerful attacks and were repulsed in anguinary hand to hand fighting. About Pressoire the fighting continued vnitl evening, when it ended without 1,000 Yards of Trenches Stormed. Nov, 11, 12:35 p. m.—The announces the German a front of 1,000 yards front were stormed British. ns Meet With 11, By an forces by the use of strong recapture the positions the day previously at Reverses, Wireless to Sayville).—Ru yesterday tried in vain new forces to stormed by us RUMANIAN TOWNS SEEN IN FLAMES. (Continued From First Page). diately by the fire of our artillery and machine guns, and only south of the Somme, near Pressoire, did the | forces at success for the French. “Among fifteen hostile aeroplanes | shot down on the western front was jone large battleplane provided with two motors and three machine guns. The airplane carried three men. We captured it undamaged.” Baranovichi. Al under heavy losses, official state- Skrobowa, near the attacks broke says toda German ment, German troops penetr Russian positions southwest Krasnotsie, the statement repulsed five violent counter launched at night. ted the main of Folv- adds and attacks 'man Attack Repulsed. - Nov. 11, 11:30 a. m.—German ced last night at Deni- court, on the Samme front, and were repulsed by the French, who inflicted heavy losses on them, the war office announced today:. Paris, Russians Claim Success. rad, Nov. 11, London 2 Determined counter attacks by resulted in the re- of the position Petro: via p. m.— the Russians have a French obtain insignificant local suc- cesses, { “Attacks launched repeatedly on! Wednesday in St. Pierre Vaast Wood, Although continued until late in the capture of a portion taken from them yesterday by the Germans near Skrobowa in the Bar- novichi region, the war office an- nounced today. German Position Entered. Berlin, Nov. 11, (By Wireless to Sayville).—Northeast of Courcelette, on the Somme front the British last BY BRIGGS e e e e —— (4 STRAIGHT CHARLIE = THTPIIER] NOTHING LIKE ) A SHOWER AFTER THE GAm FLL TAKE MINE) r_rus CERT'NLY HAD A FINE Time ToDAY BILL - | WANT You To COME MUCHA "BL e FOR ThE Hev!? ¥Jae» OF YOUR SHOES ‘BouT = How LITTLE SNIFTER = A SWELL COURSE WHAT DYA Hrow ‘BOUT TuaT! o JUST MISSED THE &,15 AND { 1GED USE ARE GREAT-| I'DA DONE \SN'T UNTIL 7. 48 OUER To MY _—— cLuB Now — o~ =< ) Y w. F. Postmaster. 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