New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. "WATER DAMAGE SALE on Furniture, Bedding, Rugs, Pianos, Hoosier Cab inets, Etc. This is a rare opportunity to get home furnishing at almost your own prices. THIS IS A GENUINE SALE. Water pipes in the upper floor of our es- tablishment became disconnected and flooded the several floors underneath. We have made an adjustment with the insurance companies and will give on» patrons the benefit of the prices we are able to offer. Our store is closed today to arrange for this clearance. » Sale Starts SAT. MORNING, FEB. 17, at 10 o’Clock OHN A. ANDREWS & CO. Sergt. Herting Resigns to Uphold Dignity and Honor Efficiency in Police Departm ent Blasted By Petty Politics ) of Majority Members on Board of Pllblic Saf- ety—What Wil “To the Members of the Board of Public Safety: Gentlemen: I herewith ten- der you my resignation as offi- cer and of the New Britain Police Department. Yours for efficiency, member T. M. HERTING.” In the above terse communication, T with meaning to those who feel that recent petty interference i34 , the safety board in police matters is bringing a state of chaos to the de- partment and making it the laughing of -other departments in the Herting evered his connection with New Brit- .ain police department late vesterday ternoon, turning in his badge and Txeys to Chief of Police William J. Rawlings at headquarters with the Jetter of resignation. Coming with- out warning, his resignation proved like a bombshell to his superiors and colleagues as well as to the public large. Under recently passed orders of Commissioners Howard M. Steele and Frank J. Moran of the safety board, with Chairman BEdward G Babeock going on record in opposition on the ground that it would seriously pregnant affect the efficiency of the department, | out on street duty at 7 o'clock last night in charge of Squad A with su- pervision of the city south of the ra road crossings. As a result of h resignation, Sergeant ‘William C. Hart had charge of A and B platoons Sergeant George Kelly, detailed ‘o Sergeant Herting's former place in charge of headquarters from mid- night to § a. m., began his new duties fast night. . Feeling that his assignment to street duty was, in reality, an unjustc demotion, a veiled attack on his a ity. with no course of defense other than resignation, Sergeant Herting took, action after mature deliberation. . “It my work has not been satisfac- tory, if there are any specific com- plaints or I am not considered com- petent,” he said today, “I would wel- come charges so as to he able to have the entire matter aired and be al- lowed an opportunity to defend my- self.” Praised’ by For about eight .vears rgeant Herting has been leutenant of partment in everything but name andd salary. During this time he has been. at times, virtually in command of the department absence of Chief Rawlings and Capt. T. W. Grace. His work, according to Chairman Babcock of the safety board and Chief Rawlings, has been that of a first class officer and patrol- #an. “Absolutely honest, to be de- pended upon in any emergency and an excellent disciplinarian. the city loses a faithful and competent serv- ant in Sergeant Herting,” sald Chief Rawlings today. “I wish that might see his way clear to reconsid- er,” he continued. ‘“He has sever: asons for resigning. He seems ¢ feel that sooner or later he would have to o and dig not care for, what he considers to be. further humiliation. He has a clean record and T considor him an A-1 policeman and offic Chairman Babcock also took the resignation with much feeling and cagsiders it ‘‘a shame’ that conditions should be such as to cause him to feel that leaving the department is the only thing he could do to maintain his self respect. Upon receiving the unsealed communication today, he immediately sealed it without reading it and sought Sergeant Herting in an attempt to se- cure a re-consideration of it, before it goes before the board. They had a long conference this morning in which Chairman Rabcock pleaded that the regignation be withdrawn, at Jeast mporarily and untll the return of Mavor George A. Quigley. Sergeant Forting was firm in his decision to Superiors. al o leave the department, with conditions Lhc will take no action on its accepL-l during temporary | he i 1 Quigley Do ? as they are, and maintained that his course was the only one he could take and uphold his self respect. J “‘Naturally,” he said, “I am working for promotion and not demotion, but {not along the lines of having others work for me, trying to get a “pull” or to influence those in power. I have never secured advancement in this way and never can. Undoubtedly I have ! made mistakes, possibly many of them, but I have done my duty as I saw it and have tried to he absolutely Tair | and honest in my service for the city. 1 have no grievance against anyone, ance, leaving such action for mnse] whom are blamed tion. MENOCAL WELCOMES ALL T0 HIS SIDE Guarantees Protection to All Now Loyal to Cuba Feb .16.—News from Havana early today that President Menocal had issued a proclamation guaranteeing protection to all 1o persons, whoever their antecedents or affiliations, was welcomed by mem- bers of the New York Cuban colony many of whom have relatives in the territory affected by the revolution. The family of Licutenant Ramon Castellro, commander of the palace guards at Havana, received word that for the resigna- New York, but, under present conditions, can see no future for myself in the depart- ! ment.” | Continuing, he said, that if there | was any question as to ability, or com- plaint about conddct, he would wel- ; come charges so that he might de- j fend himself. He expressed disap- : proval of, what he considers, a veiled attack upon him. ‘Wotld Interfere With Authority. “If I accepted the demotion and went on street duty,” he said, “what | discipline would I be able to com- i mand? If it were necessary to repri- ; mand men under me, they would feel | right in saying, openly or behind my back, that I had little right to repri- ' mand them inasmuch as I was not con- | sidered capable of holding down a desk sergeancy. Should I have occa- sion to report conduct of men to the fety board, what credence or sup- { port do you suppose I would receive from men who do not consider me a sufficiently competent officer to hold - the place that I formerly held?” ! For a time, he expects to return to | his trade of cigarmaker, has already { received three lucrative offers of po- | sitions, and feels that he can earn i nearly as much, at the start, as in the | police department. Sergeant Herting was appointed to the regular police department April 1, 1907, after an excellent record of sev- | eral years’ service as a supernumerary officer. When the late Capt. Patrick Lee was retired and Capt. T. W. Grace promoted from a sergeancy, Sergeant Werting was advanced July 1, 1909, to fill the vacancy and has heen as signed to desk duty since. He is a native of Hartford. He lives at 639 Arch street. The resignation, according to ®pin- fons freely expressed today, is but the beginning of the state of chaos in the department predicted by Chair- man Babcock when voicing his ob- jections to procedure of Commission- ers Steele and Moran in interfering with the handling of routine police | matters by Chief Rawlings. In the original order, the quarterly shifting of the four sergeants was ordered ‘‘to increase the efficiency of the depart- ment.”. Chairman Babcock went om | record® in opposition, strenuously ; voicing his objections, but was out- voted. A storm of protests followed, ! | Chairman Babcock being backed up ! { by men prominent in the civic and { political life of the city. The orig- | inal order would have sent Detective +Sergeant Samuel Bamforth out on i street duty in uniform and brought u | street sergeant, inexperienced in the | many details of modern sleuth work, into the detective bureau with it equipment of photography, finger print tem and other apparatu Public opinion, pleas of Mayor Quig- ley and other prominent men caused -modification of the original ruling jand it was so formulated as to affect { only the three uniformed sergeants. | The order was supposed to go into | effect January 1 and at several safe ty board sessions either Commissioner Steele or Commissioner Moran ex- pressed much concern about whether ! it had become operative and inquired as to when it would. Owing to the illness at 7 o'clock. At that time there were only two street sergeants for it to affect. | Sergeant Herting's resignation will be brought up before the safety hoard at its meeting Tusday night, unless there is a special meeting before that date. Chairman Babcock said that | | i | | clusively to investigation a reprieve had been granted to the young man. He had been sentenced to be shot on charges of conspiring against the president. Dr. Orestes Ferrara and Dr. Rai- mundo Cabrera. chief representatives of the Cuban liberal party now in the United States, are preparing; to go to Washington to urge that a dommit- tee be sent to Cuba to investigate the recent election They have an- nounced that the liberals are willing to abide by the decision of a mediator appointed by the United States gov- ernment whether favorable to them or not. Santiago de Cuba, Feb 16.—The mil- itary governor has ordered the deten- tion of prominent civilians on the charge that they were engaged in a conspiracy against the immediate de facto government. Governor Feuntas and other officials of the civil regime, who had been allowed to return to their homes under guard have been taken to the military barracks. Santiago Free of Mines. ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—An American sunboat, the name of which is with- held by the navy department has ar- rived at Santiago de Cuba, export harbor and found it free from mines, A despatch to the navy department today from the commander of the vessel said Santiaga was quiet. A physician, for the small satchel in his hand is not unlike that of the doctor, but when opened it will be found to contain these articles: A complete finger-print outfit, searchlight, steel tape measure, paper, envelopes, sealing wax, twine, tags, small box of tools—saw, screwdrivers, jimmy, file, compasses and scissors— stenographer’s notebook rubber gloves, bottle of antiseptic wash, and saap and towel. Perhaps the murder has been com- mitted in a room or hall and the mur- derer has got away without leaving an ordinary visible clue. To the layman there would appear to be noting to work upon; but - the detective goes scientifically to work to find a clue to the identity of the slayer. The room, hall, or whatever location may he measured and tabulated. Every mark or wound on the victim is minutely in- spected and recdrded in the notebook, Then the searchlight is turned upon the woodwork, doors, furniture, or any other article and they arc examined for the print of a finger. It may be found on the wainscoting or the door. [ Out comes the saw and the wood is cut away. Perhaps the mal of a foot is found on the carpet, oilclath, or floor near the body. With the scissors a square is cut from the carpet or cloth. If on the floor, then a square section of the wood is taken up, so that a later examination and photo- graph may be made and the results compared with records in the bureau of criminal identification. A photographer and a stenographer are always ready at the detective bureau at police headquarters to assist the squads in their wor They help to obtain immediate statements from all a able witnesses' or dwellers in the house or near the place where the murder has been committed. From the information thus obtained the actual hunt for the suspect is started. It is all very simple when carried aut logically and accurately according to well-tested rules, But as for the detective familiar only with the old methods, which formerly often con- sisted of “looking at the corpse,” then “looking wise,” and doing nothing mare to gét a clue, he would be *lost” in this maze of scientific data, POST OFFICE BILL IN SENATE. Tncreased Second Class Rate and Penny Postage Discussed. Washington, Feb. 16.—Considera- tion of the annual post office appro- priation bill was resumed in the sen- message signed by Major Fernandez military commander of the insurgent forces in Santiago sent to the Amerl can minister at Havana on Wednesday said Santiago harbor had been mined and advised all ships to ask for pilots. SCIENCE AN AID IN HUNTING [IRIMINA[S‘ New York Detectives Becoming‘ Adepts in Locating Clues j New York, Feb. 16.—During the two years since Police ‘ommissioner Woods reorganized the detective bureau by withdrawing the ‘plain clothes men” from the police stations throughout the city and established | branch bureaus having no connection | with the uniformed force he has originated a system of training of the members of the different squads until ,today most of them have become specialists in some form of detecting: criminals and the gathering or evi-' dence with which successfully to prosecute them. This is most strikingly shown in the new methods of the “Homicide quads,” which devote themselves of murder cases, In addition to the' natural faculties of the detective and the knowledge he may have gained frov experience and work in some particu- lar line, he is scientifically equipped 1o apply both his experience and know- ledge to the best advantage. When a crime has been committe:d and a report of it has reached a branch bureau, through the police or from other sources, at least one of th- squad will immediately go to the pls of the crime, carrying a “little blact bag.” He may be mistaken for B R R et ate today with the question of in- creased second class mail rates and one cent drop letter postage in cities and towns and on rural routes still in dispute. Both of these proposals, eliminated from the bill in the house, were pre- sented as amendments when the | measure reached the floor of the sen- | ate v ! U. . ARMY SNOBS - HURT EFFICIENCY Officers Consider Privates on Par With Lowly Worm York, Feb. 16.—The Ameri- can army as it exists today is a ser- ious menace to the interests of real preparedness, according to an article entitled “Our Anachronistic Army” in “The Forum” for this month. The author of the article is introduced as “a foremost writer and authority on military affairs.” ““One must have had actual part in army life,”” saws the author, “to be enabled to realize the extent to which it is jnfluenced by un-American sen- timent—by class distinctions, by the spirit of absolutism and by a sense of the rights of the officer as against the civilian. “If I have undertaken to speak of the spirit of the army—in its social manifestations—it is as one who was born in the officers’ class and who has all his life been connected with it through kindred and friends. “Yet neither habit nor sentiment can blind me to facts. First among these, both because of its obviousness and its significance, is the feeling of i caste which governs the officer in his relation to the enlisted man The American citizen who enli becomes thereby in the eyes of the citizen who holds a commission as officer not merely a subordihate but an inferior in a sense not known in civil life. T do not put it too strongly when I say that he has entered into something like degradation.” Private Taught His Place. The writer then cites a number of almost incredible facts to illustrate the claim that the American army is permeated by a spirit that is “at variance with the basic principles of the nation.” He then gives the rea- son for thc inefficiency of the avia- tion service, and declares that the American soldier is in a state of re- bellion. “A well known civilian aviator was speaking recently of the scandal at the army aviation field at San Diego— where deplorable conditions were kept hidden until the tragic deaths of sev- eral men and a young lieutenant brought them suddenly to light. In the course of his remarks he gave it as his experience that enlisted men cannot satisfactorily be taught to fly by officer instructors. “‘When a man is learning,” he said, ‘he naturally likes, after a flight, to go over the machine with his instructor, to ask questions and discuss details which have attracted his notice; But few officers will allow such approach to familiar intercourse. They think the private must be taught his place and kept there. So, when the ’plane alights, discussion is discouraged and the student-soldier has no course but to put his heels together, salute and take his departure, carrying his ques- tions and perplexities with him.” The author then exposes the spirit New | | Is My Weather Prophet. can tell stormy weather days off by the twinges in my shoul- ders and knees. Rut here’s an old friend that soon drives out the pains and aches. Sloan’s Liniment is so easy to apply, no rubbing at all, it sinks right in and fixes . Cleaner than mussy plasters and ; the pain. ointments, Try it for gout, lumbago, neu- ralgia, bruises and sprains. t your druggist, 25¢c. 50c. and $1.00. of unfairness prevailing .in the Engi- neer corps of the army. He says that the American army officer in his heart never admits the right of American principles to take precedence over the traditions of the service. and points out that being undemocratic does not necessarily make for the success of an army. That an army can & all military standards,”” the author writes, “when founded on principles in accord with democratic theories of government, the soldiers of TFrance have proved before the eves of the world. If France has succeeded in evolving an army in the spirit of dem- ocrac so, too, can we. “And now, belatedly, it is becoming apparent even to certain army officers that something must be done if the army is to survive at all. They have had an unpleasant surprise in the fact that a decree of congress announcing that the army was to be enlarged has not resulted in enlargement to even half the number contemplated. They had fondly supposed that recruiting offices would be crowded. There was something half pathetic, half ludicrous in the preparations made by recruit- ing stations to ‘accommodate the rush’ and {n the bewilderment of the army; when' the rush failed to occur. Bug it is the citizens’ lack of patriotism upgr successful by \ 132 Main Street which officers are disposed to put the blame—and by no means upon their own lack of Americanism.” _ SPEARS FOR MENTOR Former All-American Guard, Is Men- tioned As Successor to Cavanaugh for Dartmouth Football Coach. Hanover, N. H., Feb. 16.—There is a rumor about this town that Spears, f{the former varsity guard, will be named as coach to succeed Frank Cavanaugh. Spears is a senior, and was ineligible to play for the Green last season because of a year of foot- ball on a small western college team. 1le gave his attention to the fresh- [Than eleven last year and the Green, as will be remembered, had one of the best first year outfits in the east. Spears intends to enter 'Tuck school for post graduate work next fall, and thus would be available for coaching. CITY OFFICIALS INDICTED ‘Chief of Police, Five Policemen, City Scaler Surrender on Election Fraud ‘Warrants. Indianapolis, Feb. 16.—Chief of Po- lice Samuel V. Perrott, City Sealer Herman H. Adam and five police offi- all of Indianapolis, appeared at States Marshall and surren- returned by charging the office of United Markstoren yesterday dered on an indictment the fegeral jury yesterday, clection conspir. AUSTRIA SEETHING ASHUMAN VOLCAND Revolts in Bohemia Put Down by Cold Stecl New York, Feb. 16.—How Bohemia is terrorized by the Austrian author- itles is told in a letter from an Aus- trian published in the “Gazette del | Popola,” Turin, Italy. i The correspondent, speaking of un- | paralleled executions in the Slavonic sections of Austria, described the situaticn there as follows: | “Famine is at our door. The situa- tion in many of the provinces is hor- ribly gloomy. We hear of attempts at revolt suppressed in blood, and yet there are still men among us with the delusion that we ure going to an- nex new territories. Our people are becoming impatient. Those under Hungarian domination are becoming deflant. Thus the tension during the last few weeks in the relations be- tween Count Tisza and the Croatians has become heightened. The reign of terror in Croatia and Dalmatia dur- | ing the two and a half years of war | has been without precedent. i “There has been wholesale hanging, shooMing and murdering without any | parallel in any European coudtry. Up till the end of 1915 there were alone in Bosnia, Herzegovina and in Dalma- {ia 1,200 sentences of capital punish- ment for alleged treason, and in thesc figures are not included the hundred: of victims who were summarily exc- cuted without any court martial. Tm- mediately after the declaration of war an imperial rescript authorized the military authorities to take hos- tages in those countries and to shoot on the spot any one tampering with the railway, telegraph or telephone lines. “Of this power the military made ample use, as may be seen from only one example. A well-known and prominent Dalmatian was in a train in whih a rifle shot was heard. The train immediately stopped, and the passenger was marched out and fastened to a tree to be shot. A sol- jdier in the train then came up and itold the officer who was about to give the cruel order that it was his own rifle which had gone off by acci- dent. The man was released from the tree, but the threat of sudden ex- jecution had driven him mad. e ias since been in a lunatic-asylum.” | champion of New CONSIDERS ARMY | OF U §. IMPOTE Yon Ludendori Does Not Beli We Count Paris, Feb. 16.—Americans, ing in the French capital from lin who were in, a position to what was taking place behind screen regard General von Ludendo the first quartermaster general of German imperial army, as the n vital unit’in the small group s rounding Emperor Willlam resp sible for the German policy. General Von Ludendow, the Amj tcans say, appears to be the brain tHj conceives the military plans, w! Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, ¢ of the general staff, is the hand ti executes them. General Von Ludg { dorff is described as being of a itary mind rather than of a politl one. Yet his immense influence the entourage of the German peror gives him a voice in purely litical and foreign policies. Americans whose business in By lin was to study the springs of acti of the German government say thi know that General Von Ludendo dislikes Americans and has contem, for their milltary strength; that while he is aware of its potentialif vet, so far ag any organiaztion ai application of it is concerned, he confident that it could not be broug! to bear upon the present year whic in his belief, will be finished befo: the United States can get into actio The military situation in German according to the same source of it formation, is regarded as beginning { be affected by the exhaustion of ma power. Every man in the countr between the ages of 13 and 45 he been gathered for the army. Work men within those ages have been re placed by men physically unfit for a¢ tice service or below or beyond th age limits, i The German losses in dead,’official ly placed by the last public announce ments as having reached slightly be yond 1,000,000 officers and men, are according to cautious estimates, 300, 000 or 400,000 above that figure. CLINE BEATS DUFFY First Attempt ot Matchmaking b ar o { Joe Shugrue Proves Successfu Fasane Outpointed by Drummie. Feb. 16.—Irish Pats; York won a clean-cu decision over Jimmy Duffy of New York at the Auditorium here lasf night and Johnnie Drummie of Wa. terbury won over Jimmy Fasane als; of this ci in ihe semi-final which also went rounds. Bobby Moore of New York knocked out Tomm: Connors of Scranton, Pa., in threa: Tounds and Young Miller disposed o Johnnie Shugrue, brother of Joe Shugrue, in the same time. Joe Shea,} who was at one time bantamweight! England, refereed Waterbury. Cline of New 2 The bout OUCH! LUMBAGO? | Try Musterole. 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