New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1917, Page 1

e ?Itl'lotic Demonstl‘llion it Capi- “”\m He “Attacked” Clerk :mmmmo’m wmmm :Innh 9.—With the |, ‘America” rucmndln’l lhl'mllh the corridors of the uplhl this noost the houge ‘of Tepresentatives % paswed a home guard.bill as an emer- o m-.hro ‘The bill then went to S “This bill provides for & board of ihumu\hnwhomuunchun mnunmkmtwfiu ” for constabulary duty in event The military committee of- “who wrpuonth"m-' ‘ e ‘gomptroller furniahed it i« Senator Brooks said that this coun- &ry was sitting on a ‘charge of dyna- mite and at any moment someone, " ‘might set the charge pff. He said this! /state would be the first at % point of and it 2 ‘government had the themselves coul done be ; Senator Hunt said he did not regard ', the words “made an attack upon the clerk” as meaning ' that' Senator .. O’'Sullivan had made a bodily attack. Senator Hemenway sald that it ould have been only justice if the clerk had recorded what the senator the seventeenth had actually Senator O'Sullivan said he ob- . jected to the word mentioned because ‘at some_future ‘time it might be in- terpreted to mean that he ' leaped i from his seat and made an atack upon the clerk. He suggested that the rec- iord might be changed to read that a verbal attack was made. As this change would be satisfactory to Sen- ‘Sullivan, Senator Klett with- s motionr and the change was made. @enator Hunt n sald “that this P oy ‘the time the sensator ~#rom. the seventeenth had said - ill- vlng ords_and not again would hé e & party to an attempt to “white- the 'democratic leader. Senator O’Sullivan said that Senator laws of decency and gentlemanly conduct and 6 hoped the clerk would insert in #Xthe record that the ‘senator from the ‘fourth (Hunt) had made an attack E the senator from the sev teenth (O’Sullivan.) £ In the house the governor's mes- i sage and accompanyng bill to give 1hé or authority over nd material resources of Atuok on Antomoblle Dealer uud-ocmmmm&um of Rabies Are this afternoon on advice of Dr. T. E. Reeks, superintendent of health, fol- lowing a consultation with State Com- missiongr of Animals Phelps. Com- missioner Phelps will issue another order to Mayor Quigley within a day or stating just how strict this law is to observed, and by what date all animals must beé muzsled. New Britain has already had two ‘pronounced cases of rabies in doga In each instance the dog thought to be mad was dispatched and its head sent to' the state laboratory gt Midale- town where the specialists pronounced @ach case that of° undisputed rabies. Already two local men have been bit- ten by dogs suffering from the rabies, It 1s known, and Willlam F. Keelpy, the well known automobile - man, is the latest victim. He was bitten early in the k and as soon as it was de- that he had been attacked by & mad dog he went immediately to the Pasteur Institute at New York Dr. Reeks states. that at M there gre forty-one Connecticut pedple recelving treatmen®at the Pasteur In-, stitute for wounds recelved from dogs suffering with rabies. Already there has been one death from hydrophobta, that having occurred in ' Waterbury soveral weeks ago. At present there are . twenty-eight cities and towns within the borders of Connecticut ‘where the law to compel the mussling of dogs is enforced. APPROVE CHANGE IN INAUGURA'HON DATD “ Announcement to that effect was made today following a meeiing of .the Washington members. of the Na- tional committee on the c! of ineuguration day. Pn'udenmnn, who 1is suffering from a severe cold, will be urged ‘to help in securing the passage of the proposed amendment. . “The dangerous weather this year emphasized the necessity: for a change,” said a member of the com- mittee. “President William Henry Harrison died from exposure on inaugyration day and othgr prominent men have died | or ‘become seriously fll from exposure,” ALLIES GRAIN BURNS up mmnmmn,m J mmmn wl Is Destroyed—Making Investigation. Detroit, March 9.—A spectacular fire caused, it is believed by spon- taneous combustion today . destroyed the grain elevator of the Detroit rail- road elevator company, Adjoining buildings and valuable railroad prop- erty also were damaged. The total 1688 has been estimated a more than $1,000,000. It ‘was learned this -Mrnonn that the which was destroyed was about to be exported to the Entente allles. The quantity is not definitely stated. ¥ Investigations have been started to determine the exact cause .of the fire. . HE'S A HANDY MAN; Marine Recruit Blows -Up Tin Cans or | Battleships. Chicago, March 9.—Robert 8. Phil- lips caused a flutter of excitement at the marine corps recruiting station when he offered to enlist. “I'm out of a job and want to join the marine ¢orps if you can use a man of my profession,” he told the sergeant in charge.’ “What can you d0o?” asked the ser- it, ~ “I can blow up anything from a tin can to a battleship. I'm a profession- al dynamiter.” Phillips was accepted and is on his’ ‘way-to Charleston, S, C., where he will Join a company. LUNACY HEARING VORED. Philadelphia, March 9.—Governor Brumbaugh announced today that there would be no hearing on applica- tlon for the extraditioh of Harry K. ‘Thaw 2o New York until the lunacy ngs pending shall have been led. Favors | - : | for St. Paul Vigil by Captare of, Man Indicted Wltl:v«nl;d.m.ndm- .'IllllnAwfl,l’lC. Los Angeles, March. 9.—Cliptain Al- fred Fritzen, said to be a ‘German naval officer. was ‘arrested y Hart, | Wood, near here late iast Y. & mpecial agent of the t of Justice -on suspicion of The authorities said he was ‘wanted in connection with the alleged plot to destroy the Welland canal. The arrest was made on orders from Washington. “What I know I cannot tell" was the only statement Fritzen would make concerning charges against him. He sald he had been in ' the United Statés three years and Te- cently had made a tour In Cuba. Federal agents here have been on the watch for Fritzen for six months, they said. . They learned that he re- turned to California three days ago and that he arrived in Los Angeles yesterday: . Several months ago he ‘was ' here, it was understood, under the name of *‘Piper” and worked for a time as farm hand on a ranch. No papers nor anything incriminat- ing have been found in !‘rn.un‘s pos- session, it is sald. * “Emil Roeden, former Girmm con-< sular agent here, federal authorities, said has alded Fritzen but whether simply because of his nationality or for other reasons was not stated. Indicted Year Ago.' New York, March 9.—Alfred A. Fritzen, arrested at Hartwood, C: last night, was indicted by a federal grand jury. in this city on April- 17, 1916, for an alleged conspiracy hatclied in the United States to blow up the Welland canal. ~ Indictments were returned at the same time against Captain Franz Von . Papen, former millitary attache of the German ebassy, Wolt Von Igel, . secretary; Captain Hans Tauscher, agent in America of the Krupps; &iid’ ‘Constantine Covani, alas" “EHUWN ‘Gonzales. ‘With the possible exception of Co- 'vani, Fritzen is. the only one of the alleged conspirators now in this coun- try. Hans Tguscher and Wolf Von Igel are returning to Germany with Count Von Bernstorff on the steam- ship Frederik VIIL.' The whereabouts of Covani is not; known. RULES AGAINST AMERICA. Treaty With Nlmn.m Would Be Menace to Salvador. San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, March 9.—The decision recently made by the Central American court of justice upholding for the second, time the claim of Salvador in the Nicaragua canal treaty ute says that the nava] base which the United States is to establish in the Gulf of Fonseca would constitute a menace. The court rules that this proposed treaty between' Nicaragua and the United States is ‘in violation of Nica- ragua’s treaty obligations to Salvador and of the joint ownership of the gulf. 'DUTCH BAR ARMED SHIP British Steamer Not Permitted to Dock at Rotterdam Until ‘Defcnsh'e Guns Are Thrown In to Sea. Berlin, March 9, by Savville wire- legs.—The British merchant steamer Princess Melita was refuse¢ permis- sion to enter the harbor at Rgtter- dam on Tuesday because she was armed, says the Overseas News Agen- cy. “She left that evening and returned to Rotterdam the mnext day, after throwing overboard her gun and- its mounting. “The Nieuwe Rotterddmsch Cour- ant says that in the week from Febru- ary 25 to March 3 only ‘seven ships pared with fifty-seven in the corre- sponding week last year and 197 in the week of 1914. The Handeisblat says that in that week only five ships arrived at Amsterdam compared with twenty-six last year. CONFERENCE ON 8 HOUR LAW Local Chairmen of ’l‘rnlnm’; I Brotherhood to Consider Future Ac- vmkllusurels!)eduedn'nll. Spokane, March 9.—A meeting of the local chairmen of the Trainmen’s Brotherhood at St. Paul, March 15 to consider possible action in the event the Adamson act is declared uncon- stitutional by the United States su- preme eourt has been called by W. G. Lee, . president of the trainme union, a.ecord“\g to J. Rodenha Jocal chatrnian’of the Pacific coa: Rodhenhaven and A. Harren, chair- mian of the Idaho division, left today l to attend the conferes called for arrived in Roétterdam harbor as com- | consing R & mm Re- ganing Rebels at Sunin FRENCH SMASH GERMAN Will Provide Defens LINES FOR 1,500 METERS| Sons Under His stitutional Authw ! BI.AHEII mmm H]R Rnsh Defenses on Somme; He Announces #Waphington, March 9.—Official de- -m\dha. today from Cuba were fusing as to whether the government forces were about to attack Santiago or whether the rebels had abandoned the'city and were about to conduct guerrila operations just outside. Re- ports_to both state and navy depart- ments, which announced the landing of American forces for the protection of foreign interests, said the rebels ‘were luvln: the city and that consti- tutionalist forces under . -Governor Mupoz were in control. * Others sald an attack by ,robel forces was dmpending. Officlals could not. understand why the rebel forces 'should abandon, the city Wwhich is ‘their principal source of revenue, to. condupt. an "attack upon: lt !rvm the outside, ' . Additional intormfion l- ‘béing: gathered to clear up the situation. ' The naval forces were sent ash by Commander Belknap; ing the United States ' squadro; Santiago; harbor, on his . own sponsibility and at the request.of civil governor. An attack on, the el by rebel forces was impending and destfuction of foreign property. Collapse of Seem. The repossession of Santiago and the: capture of the rdbel leader. §o- mez, and his staff, is regarded here as marking the collapse of the reballion. Today’s despatches do not say wheth- er there was a.fight, but -y tho rob- els “realizing they. were_ti to' be captured,”. threw arms hnd fled to th‘ oul-l'w 3 It appéars from . the despatches, /whiah ate:! lnomm that the Munos, fo; 0 he cl a eme within unos himself onu to P ent . Men- ocal and the governmenmt, and sat|had told lm' Premier Li his request American forces were landed to protect foreign interests in case the departing rebels should at- tempt to re-enter after having gath- ered their forces outside. T0 PROTEST H. C. OF L. AT MASS MEETING People Asked to Sluport . Measures to Reduce Prices. Feéling that the Nmit has been reached and that some positive action must be taken at once to reduce the high cost of living in ‘New Britain, a special public hass meeting has been Sunday evening. This meeting will take place in the hall in Hanna's block on Main street and ‘will be called at 7 o'clock. The formal call for the mieeting specifies that itr purpose is “to make arrangements for a protest agajnst the high cost of living.” It is their opinion, the promoters state, that the prevailing costs of foodstuffs is altogether too high and is far out of the ratio in: which wages may have beem raised. The committee in charge feels that with bare necessities of life costing un- necessarily high prices some steps should ;be taken by the government to ¢bring relfef to the people. Fur- thetmore the committee makes the statement that if artificial prices are being created regulation should be tried. In other cities about the country similar meetings have been held and anft | shie | although they have had no nation- | wide effect it is possible that local conditions were bettered. One-of the most notable instances of these pro- tests against the high cost of lving has been in New Haven where ‘the Housewlves’ léague Has declared and actually enforced a boycott on po- tatoes in an attempt to reduce the price. After being in force for a couple of weeks the members of the league voted yesterday to continue the boycott for another month. Just- what plans New Britain will adopt will probably be brought out at this meeting. WEATHER, Hartford, March 9.—For, Hartford and vicinity: Fair . tonight and Saturday. Colder it -, DEATH OF KITCHENER But Mrs. Wheeldon Says She Desired to Take No London, March. 9.—The taking & of new testimony in the trial of Mrs.| Alich Wheeldon, her ‘two dluxhurl,i and Alfred George Mason, husband of one of the daughters, was resumed to- ddy before Justics Low. in ‘the . Old Balley, where the prisoners are charg-{. ed with conspiring to murder Premier (Lloyd George and Arthur: Henderson, ' 1abor member of the war council. The Case was delayed because of the . ill- | B¢8s. of & juror.which necessitated the & in of a new) \jury and the Tepetition of testimony submitted by the prosecution up to that time. JWith the testimony of the police to the jury having been ' repeated by jtheém, Mrs. Wheeldon continued her lying to Judge Low, that she often had ex- Pressed hope that the premier and Mr. Henderson would soon be dead. At the moment of this expression it rep- Tésented her wishes, she testified. ;On heing asked whether the poison purchased was not bought - with the intention ' of | killing mier Liloyd rge and' Mr, Henderson, Hrs ‘Wheeldon, the witness, said: I did not desire it to be cm-ried o I never wished to take anybody’s life or to have anybody’s blood.on my conscience. That 18 why I ebjected to the .army taking ‘conscidus object- testiman: Mrs ‘Wheeldon declared that vari- ous occurrences which the crown con- Wors ail e fiwm the police, George was relpolllfl)la for Lord Kitchener’s death because 'Mr. Lloyd George was to have gome to Petrograd, but the plan was changed two hcurs before the time of departure and the escort .which had been arranged for him was withdrawn.. Miss Harriet Wheeldon testified that she knew nothing about poison. ‘When Premier Lloyd George was go- ing the Almighty, she sald, as there “be seeing his majesty soon,” inean- ing the Alighty, she said, as there was a possibility that the premier would be shot while in Rome. AMERICAN SAILORS ARE GIVEN LIBERTY Seamen Taken to Port on Yarrowdale Released and Sent to Switseriand. London, March 9, 10:34 a. m.—A despatch from Berlin says that the Americans and other = neutrals who were on -board the captured British steamer Yarrowdale left Germany on ‘Wedneaday. The Spanish, American and Brazil- ian Yarrowdale prisoners were sent from 'the prisoner’s camp at Brand- enburg to Switzerland by way of Lon- don on ‘Wednesday afternoon, accord- ing to a Berlin despatch to Reuter's by way of Amsterdam. Mcmbers ‘of other neutral crews were sent’ home through various frontier towns. The despatch says that the prisoners were released on the expiration of the quarantine impésed by the discovery of a case of spotted fever. Swltnrlnnd March 9 via P-.rll There are fifty-nine . of the men from the Yarrowdale in the party which has Ibft Berlin for Switzerland. SR LR REVENGE UPHELD. Boy Kills Man Who Slew Father and Goes Free. Croweburg, Kansas, March 9.— Eleven year old Joe Vinardi went back to school today exonerated by law for avenging the killing of his father. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of self defense, absolving the boy from blame for the death here last Monday of Mike Gilio, suitor for the hand of Joe's sister and enemy of Giancento Vinardi, Joe's father. Vinardi and Gilio met Monday night and next day both were found dead. The inquest revealed the fol- lowing facts: Vinardi, . the elder lying mortally wounded, instructed his son to obtain vengeanc: His father’s shotgun in hand, the boy shortly afterward found Gilio, ‘also armed with a shot- gun, in'front of his home. Gilio inted. his weapon at the Boy .and lp&flud at him, whereupon Joe Vl.n- ardl fired, killing Glllo. ront and Hold Off Coun- ter Attack—Teutons Take Russian Pogition. . March 9.—German: positions front of 1,500 metres, varying in depth from 600-to -30. Ometres; -were carried by the attack in the Cham- pagne made yesterday by the French, the war office reports. A German counter offensive was repulsed after violent _fighting. Two Geyman at- tacks in Avocourt wood, ou the Ver- aun front, were repulsed. * 800 Russiang Tuken Prisoner. Berlin, March 9, by wireless to Say- ville~~An attack made yesterday by Teutoh ‘forces on the mnorthern manian nt\ resulted in the ca.pture of strong Russian positions, the war office announces. More than 600 pris- oners were taken. y Italians Attack Austrians in Vain.' Berlin, Wednesday, March 7, by wire- \less to Bayville.—Italian ajtacks on Austrian positions on the Austro-Ital- {an front were unsuccessful ‘as was an. attack by the Italians on Monte Sie. London, March 9.—The 'closing . of the Dutch-Belgian: frontier by the| German’ military authorities is re- ported in a Central News despatch from Amsterdam. London, March 8 «delayed by cen- sor).—Further retirement of the Ger- man lines on the Somme river front in France and the arrival of the Brit- SPECIAL SESSION' OF, CONGRESS ON AP RII Washingtqn, President ‘Wilson afternoon announcnq ; had decided to a ish army before Bagdad, in Mesopo-1. tamia may be predicted as events affecting the military situation, according to the views expressed. by Major Gen. erick - B. - Maurioe, chief director of. military . operations early | at the wm- o:ea, in his weokly talk _» nufia -l “During the. past wetk on uu west- ern front the Germans haye kept up & slow retirement until. their-new -line xtends approximately from ‘Bucquoy,| to Bapaume, thereby.acentuating the dangerous salient from which'the éne- my wishes to retire rather. than risk meeting our offensive along that line. “In the east our cavalry'is within twelve miles of Bagdad, whluh Hes in a valley and is thdéfensibla ‘except along the River Diala, six miles away,/, where the Turks might make.a ‘stand and which point Gen. Maude. - (com- mander of the British forces) may. have reached by this time, as our lagt news was sent March 6. *“This campaign’is by no means an ificatio: to guard . Ialm another the armed neutrality: bil ficials: to believe the p ‘now.call a special’ nnon soon: to/pass on the ne ure., In view of the lon; 1 prohhly would be mm désire for early action to get ican shipping moving intimated . in . c quarters the president’ wmd ‘tl;: arming of ships by execuf isolated action and the last where a}. series of operations have bilasted the German plans. The Russians have been rapidly clearing Persia, but —on account of the physical difficulties of the country rather than the resistance of the Turks tunher advance mny be | slow.” KILLED BY COAL GAS The semate ‘toddy bmf ‘erations under a 'néw rule : forever end.orgatized filib “will, 1g wvent any tle group of front ‘sta; off a vote ‘before the senate. of Under it two-thirds of the | present and voting can in the Kmmmmm u.muucmnwsn— Mmhw 'Hartford, March 9.—When the saloon of Schoolnik and Schoolnik at No. 251 Windsor street was opened at 5:30 this morning, the bodies of two meh were found in a réar room, which, was fllled with coal gas. One was dead but life remained in his companion who was rushed to the hospital. The dead man was known | about the place only as ' “Frenchy” while his companion was called “Joe, The latter has a chance for recovery. The dead man had been: frequenting the place for'several days and ap- parently was without meafns or a place to sleep. ‘When they banked the fire in & hot water heater in the boller room of the building last night the outsido draft was shut off so that the placs became filled wih gas. ' The men sleep in a bare room in which the ‘was practically no wventilation. “Frenchy” is belleved to have come from Waterbury. Decline to Seat w in Pew| Holders’ Reservations. New York, March 9.—All the ushers of ' the Fifth avenue Presbyterian' church have resigned as a, result of the disagreement with their pastor, Rev. John Henry Jowett, over the course to be pursued in ting strangers. This church 4s crowded nearly every Sunday with visitors from outside the city and Dr. Jowett, backed by the. session, has insisted that places left vacant by the pew- holders should be held not later than 11 a. m, . The ushers are volunteers and many of them ‘have served from' fifteen to twenty years. limit debate and say when shall be taken on a pen!l In adopting the new 1:, ate is abandoning a century tom under which a sepator 3 mittad tq talk as long as hiy ld & -against the .rulaj lf‘ollotte, Gronna/ 'Germans Twenty-fous urt ruary According to Berlin Berlin, March 9, by wireless ville.—The Ententc military 1o on the varlous tro lost ninety- alrships during: February as pared with. twenty-four Tost by Germans, army. "headquarters nounced todpy. It says:) “During 'Februacty we lost ti four airships. = Our enemies, on ‘western, eastern and Balkan lost ninety-one airships, of thirty-seven are in our possess forty-nine were observed to yond our lines while five were to descend.” REFUSE 10 Sfll@ GER ner” Instead of “F South Norwalk, Man the High school pupils called upon yeste ta Fatherland” they began “‘The M in-oppositis omit ercise ot