New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1917, Page 1

OF ALL. PAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. ALD NEW . BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1917.—TEN PAGES. HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSINESY % 5 ESTABLISHED 18} WOMAN DRAWS GUN [TWELVE SHIPS SUNK[SHOOT ON SIGHT ORDER WII COMMITS SUICIDE WHILE WORRYING OVER STUDIES FIGHTING IS FIERCE IN THE CHAMPAGNE Germans Make Unsuccessful ' Elsie Parsons, Aged19, Richardson in Hotel Room vof 195 Jubilee Street, - Vial of Car- Acid. Authorities Investigite Story Told By Gfrl Who Said She Was Invited to Go to. New York for Life of Ease. ‘With the blue-steel ' mhuszzle . of & fully loaded .25 caliber Colt’s automa- tic in the hands of an infuriated wo- o e ' BEFORE SENSES GO Was Found on Floor of Bedroom, **. Partially Olad, When She Failed o ;Respond to. Breakfast Oall— bullet on its way, Policeman'A. C. Ma~ lone faced death early last night in a room of the Hotel DeVille on ' Main !tmem h:r::;“o assistant. Detective A. J. Give Up Her Studies—Was Brilliant | created by a successtul German opera- | L.chardson in the arrest of Patsy De- . tion last month. The Germans in this | RO5% and Mary DeRosa, alias Mary Scholar. ) new effort made several desperate m"'o“m“" ‘““”ru"’:t""h b'":."dn°b°' ':“ ning 'the contents of a carbolic | B2rges and the tide of battle flowed mpo ai © by the lllllv-,‘ s ke HENEe Mt aunt, Mrs, wk ana ::m: for some time. l::::( ;‘;‘hfi':::;h‘“ 1;"‘"‘“’" .0“.‘:: | | Freda Bjork ascending the stairway | IOVeTSR. the French arms prevalled, | TO. L W DOectve Rcnaneon e Hnto ipquire relative to her non ap- | 3ccording I o iy SRS o e \nce at breakfast, Elsie Parson, | 1o ground originally gained held by et serious injury or . death, 19 years, honor ‘student in the | Bereral Nivelle's forces but fresh pro- | While 't ;:ro:':-:‘;;: ...en.‘:"-l';"&‘.'é ) o ?:d- :‘fl::;'kn::n“/l;r. H;‘.‘: Other activities on the co-Bel- | she’ was rerdered partially and tem- Bolido rahip and musical mplish- | Bian front were confined for the most | porarily helpless, the iatter seized the C'W‘”' i s l“d“‘”m great | Part to raiding operations, except that | hand that held the automati en her ‘home at 185 Jubileo nprmentbnt Verdun the Germans are | it and the ;weapon fell from her finy $ o'clock thix reéported by Paris to have unsuccess-| gers. To convince the twe that fur- fully attacked the trenches lately re- | ther resistance wag futile was but the antl:rea-by the French north of|work of seconds, " A urieres wood. Although the charged :was not Operations in the Rumanian p: préssed becausé of the lack of “cor- ince of Dobrydja are mentioned in th roborative official rapomh, for the first ‘time 1In{ claim' that the DeRosas bear: all the many weel = | characteristics of the typical “white iR, st on B | ST T e ; . that the two were in this cvtry op an Clinging to some ground near the Na¥- | gryang ‘ot @ highly suspicious anture e ey o e roTInce iot!| Their arrest followed & plan ocutlined e o . a th"“’. Sulina,—an| bY the authorities following’ a visit of getuary of the Danube i northern Do- :n"‘""‘af"m;:" sirl of ""““y”:"" e e € DR | tornoon with . story considered to be N worth investigating. She shid she had o 5 been invited to the DeRosa’s room last SNEAK GOODS ABOARD | night to talk over a contemplated trip BAIDERS Last night the:Germans made an attempt to regain the ground they had lost in the recent French attack on the salient near Maisons de Champagne usness brooding %5 &t it would cause her to give up .k,,vl.hlnlicv’dwhavobnnth'o woase. Whel report given "Ww anyt] to do with 'the ‘act of self-destruction, has Heen. jecause it was morning no_school, the girl Dot rise ‘customary. = Mrs. to New York and contended that if the trip was made there would be “plenty of ney without having to i é : ., .4 work for i Desk Officer Malone e ib S ; ’ .| beard her story, learned the time of sq—ukhamadfls&agpmmm divectad hep to i o - keep ' it.. His. ons were "' com. e :‘Mm ‘fi:“ Detective .Richardson. ; N g . they closely followed the visitor 2 b ey | to the hotel shortly after the time of Philadelphis, March = 10.—Alleged | the appointment. v ::t.m to -u;: lwd: :n and :: Girl’s Name Is Withheld. G""‘"““ R Falmasiona: u“"; yara | Before Judge James T. Meskill in Wmmmd-* n on todmy by | Police court this mroning, DeRosa of the g"’w‘o ment, in- ‘was senencted: to four months in jail .‘clum" the w"“‘l “'m““‘m vt ‘A for breach of the peace and carry- ding of ““"‘”n the yard, who ing concealed weapons while his com- ! m‘. tommh.o righo {: q panion was given two months in jail ““"‘n dcon foodstuffs wmmnh for technical breach of the peace. "8;"’ W‘“flhemlm and - the . Dtk The . authorities are reticent relative Eitel Friederich, is said to be in- :o the name and add! of. their in- 'ormant, saying that) she is of the volved. It was roported that several | pignesi reputation, and Would- suffer arrests will be made. undeserved publicity and has un- Some of the articles reported 10 | goubtedly dome a great service for have been smuggled from the ships | ¢ne public through information given. are said to be part o;dthe merchan- | * pvidence given by the girl bears all dise selzed by the crulsérs while rald- | of the characteristica of the' typical |ing.. There i» no confirmation of the WM“" of “white slavers” of for- T, Was 1 save permission for its prepara- A, for burial. Great agitation was f ‘whep the fatal draught was n, the girl’s lips, chin and cheeks g .seared by the flery acid. . It became known today that the girl has been In an extremely nervous , condition for the past. two months, ‘been under the care of Dr. Fro- jen and had expressed the fear that _she’ would have to give up her studles . 7, sna /Jeave her classmates. She had #;heen obliged to give up'a mumber of her school activities becsuse of her condition. The vial containing the acid could be found, careful search develop- ing no- signs of it. ‘The partially opened door to the attic leads to the llef that the victim went to the rway -leading to the 'attic and ypped the vial down between tho 1 g; either drinking the contents just before going there or in the little wve. According to pgople in the , & sound was heard just prior the discovery of the body similar rats or some disturbance in the rpartitions. g7 - The deceased was the daughter of “Sven’ Parsonm, a cal now em- oyed in Bristol. ‘He had no warn- Mx‘ of the impending tragedy when e left Home. When notified later in Bristol, he was in a state of collapse. -5.." The funeral will be held at 2 iclock Monday afternoon from the me and half ‘an hour later from Swedish Lutheran church with e pastor, Rev. S. G. Ohman, of- ting. ‘The burial will,be in Fair- cemetery. 3 Praised by Princips] Siade. cipal L. P. Slade of the High 1, when informed of Miss Par- donis’_tragic death this morning, was greatly shocked. He spoke in terms e concerning the young girl’s ool life and could think of jno for her rash act. She would been ct June. Principal Slade said, “Miss Par- was a most ‘delightful pupil. had been doing very .credible k and easily led. in her studies, a high ranking. She was one faf ‘Our part time pupils, that is, she Attended school a half day and was ymploged the other half of the day the P, & F. Corbin office. A num- of High school seniors study un- this system.’ 5 ked 1f 'he thought Miss ome mentally unbal of over study, Pri %M on plosives were two e | report that some of the boxes alleged to have been smuggle tained ammunition. YON BERNSTORFF ARRIVES Former Ambassador to United States Reaches' Christiania This Morning, 1s Messngo to Dondon. + London, March 10.—Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassa- dor at Washington, arrived at Chris- tiania this' morning according to an Exchange telegraph despatch from Copenhagen, Count Von Bernstorft aboard com- N il reached. Christiania in the midst of a violent snowstorm. On reaching the quay several hundred members of the Ger- man colony gave the returning pas- sengerg an ‘enthusiastic welcome, the first words being heard by the former ambassador being those of the Ger- man anthem sung by the assemblage at the pler. A few moments after- ward, the correspondent adds, the Germans boarded the ship singing “Deutschland Uber Alles.” BANK MESSENGER HELD UP Shot and Robbed of $1,500 in Cash and $8,500 in Checks—Assailant Is Captured. Philadelphia, March 10.—A federal bank messenger was held up on the street today, shot and robbed of graduated with honors |2 satchel containing $1,600 in cash | of the authorities called Concerning her school ;and $8,600 in checks. The highway man. was capturea and the satchel was recovered. He gave his name as Frank Smith, 2. years old of Chicago. David Findloft, messenger, is.in a hospital with bul- let wounds in the legs and arms. He will recover. DEFENSE AGAINST SUBMARIXES. New York, March 10.—Defensé of the_ country “against submarine -and he “qUéstion of ordnance and . ex the chief sub- & navy oconsul eign birth among their countrymen. She said that the woman stopped her on the street, asked her about the prospects of "securing work in this city and wanted to/get better ac- quainted; She continued by saying that the woman soon brought up the subject of good money to be secured in New York and asked her whether she would not like to go to that city. It was contended that the woman claimed she was not- married to DeRosa but had him along with her for companionship and protection. In response to grilling cross ex- amination by Prosecuting Attorney George W. Klett, she denied that she is the “Mary White” who was sought by the authortlies in connec-’ tion with a typical “white slave” case in a neighboring town. DeRosa said that he came to Hart- ford from .Brooklyn more than five months ago and had been living at ‘71 Temple street in that city until less than a week ago: ' His story was that he met the womarn known as his wife in Rizzio’s restaurant at the Temple street address, where she was employed. They were married, he said, about five months ago. - The authorities believe that the | Rizzio restaurant at the Temple street ad- dress is the same one that was brought into notorious. proinence re- cently and came -up at.this term of ‘| superior court in Hartford as a dis- orderly house, ., Girl Reported Threat. Suspecting that something was wrong and, according to her story, threatened with the vengeance if she did not agree to their plans and take the trip to New York, the informant at head- quarters for aid and conferred with Desk Officer Malone at headquarters. From the first, he realized that it was no ordinary complaint and sus- pected the motive behind the apparent interest of the girl’'s acquaintances. She was encouraged to give all de- tails of her acquaintanceship with the strangers and agreed to call upon them at the hotel, as planned. ; Detective Richardson and [Police- man Malone were suspicious that there would be trouble as they ente the room. As soon as the wo 10 SHOUT POLCE,. IV NEDITERRANEAN Bz GIVEN AMERICAN Exciting Moment for Malone and 'l‘onmgé' Désimyed Aggregates | zldcdee. the authorities | of coal, sunk: Feb. 36. 82,000, Berlin Announces COUPLE ARE ARRESTED ITALIAN OFFICERS LOST One Gemeral, Three Colonels and Two . Majors . Among Those Drowned . When Transport Minas, Carrying 1,000 Troops, Was Sunk. Berlin, March 10, (By wireless to Sayville).—The ' following -account of submarine operations was given out today by the admiral 7 “In the Mediterranean . there have been sunk nine steamers and .three =ailing ,vessels with an aggregate ton- nage of 32,000. Among the. ships sunk were: ¥ [ “Morino, armed: Italiain ,l\um 4,189 [tons, | ladlen ' with cotton; ‘sunk Feb. 14. N “Rosalie, Indian transporf steamer, 4,287 tons; with ammunition and osts from New. York to Saloniki, sunk Feb, +Wathfield, .armed British steamer, 3,012 ‘tons, ‘with 4,500 tons iof mag- nésium for: Bngland, sunk Feh. 21. ° . “French stéamer of about : 1,0 tons, sunk ‘Fbb. 22.: ‘“Trojan - -Prince, armed ' British “Arthed hostile ; .of abput 5,000.-tons,. with ‘a eargo “Victorla, Greek steamship; tons, sunk Feb. 26. “Craigendoran, ermed British steamer, 2,789 tons, susk on March:3, “*According.to .reports from Italian ‘soldiers rescued from Italian “troop transport Minas, suitk on Feb. 15 the, Mediterranean by a German. submarine,-the vessel had on board one 'general, three colonels, two | two_majors and”1,000 Ttalian soldiers i originally [* belonging to three regiments. ‘On ac- count of the rough jea these men perished, ~ " ' o The sinking of the. Rosalle, Trojan Pflnec.;d and Wathfield has heen an- noun Ppreviously by Londen;Lloyds. ma%wum o T Pod, 12. The P e m;fiwm L not recorded. Ng Italiam’ Moriné is listed. 'The sinking of the Minas was an- nounced by Berlin officially. French Freighter Reported Sunk. New York, March 10.—A report was | Suggést that the defendants TRIAL BY ORDEAL IN “ASSASSINATION CASE Lawyer Favors Having De- fendants Walk on Hot Plough Shares. London, March 10.—In the course of .an’ eloquent and vigorous ’ speech today in 'summing up the case of the four persons oun trial charged with .| conepiring -to, murder ‘Lloyd George and Arthur Hendeérson, member of the war coyncil,’ 8. H.+Riza, the Moham- smedan lawyer who is acting as attor- ney for the defendants, startled the court’ rogm by $uggesting a trla: by ordeal. He referred to the. medieval form of judicial trial in which, i» place of evidefice, supernatural aid is invented, as in a test by fire, water, poison or other agencies. * jAttorney ‘Riza had been endeavor- ‘ing:to impress the ‘Jjury with the al- leged 'sinister significance, of thé fail- ure of the crown. to produce a certain witness’ against the four defendants, Mrs.: Alice Wheeldon, her two daugh- ters, and Alfred D Mason, hus- S “of one of the daughters. This perdon, he sald, was a ‘man who | should have been fits .principal wit- !Ifi-. .namely ;the mysterious secret { Bovernment agent known as Gordon.” s '"'" :iThe. attorney declared Gordon was " police spy 'who had. started the Wwhole plot, who had lured the defend- ants on and then’ when he had got 'them well within his nét had handed them over to another agent named Booth, so that his own counnectio:a with’the case woyld not be 5o flagrant- ly apparent, ) o “Why wasn’t it possible for Gordon to come into court and face the jury?” asked the lawyer. ‘Because from' him,” he continued,' “the jury would have drawn a very different; version of the case. The case rests wholly on tne evidence of Booth who, moreover, was allowed to read the whols of evidence. In the absence of this mys- Garden th'l; trial is not a'trial. | interests | ‘of the puble ‘and the safety of the countr > 2 Then. atter' & long and impressive pause Attorney Riza spddenly said: n theé absence of Gordon I would should current in shipping circles today that |have a trial by ordeal.” ° the 8,700 ton freighter Ohio, flying the |. French flag, had been ‘torpedoed. The vessel left here February 19 and was due in Havre today. The French said they had no confirmation of the report. ; 5% B SENT T0 ATLANTA PRISOII Eight Officers of Gq-ll/“nek smummw to ‘Florence, 8. C., March 10.—Eight officers of ‘the German steamship Liebenfels, sunk in Charleston harbor the night of Jan. 31 last, today were sentenced to a year in the Atlanta fed- eral penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500 each. They were convictéd ves~ terday of sinking a vessel on a nav- igable stream in violation of the navi- sation uvz-. » SUNDAY CONCERT PROHIBITED. Meriden, March 10.—Upon a formal complaint made by the Meriden min- isters association, prosecuting attorney Thomas P. Dunne today cancelled a permit for a concert tomorrow night at a local theater, the proceeds of ‘which were to go to the Meriden hospital. The ministers said that such a concert would® be ‘‘commercializa- tion of the Sabbath.’ SO. PACIFIC WINS SUIT. New York, March 10,—The South- ern Pacific company announced here today receipt ' of advice that the United States circuit court of appeals rendered a deéision in favor of the Southern Patific company in the suit of the government to compel the company to sell its control of the Cen- tral Pacific railway. PRESIDENT IMPROVED. ‘Washington, March 10.—President Wilson virtually had recovered today from the cold which has kept him in bed for the last four days. ‘While he remained in his room this morning it was expected he would be able to at- tend to public business. He had no engagements today. Shortly. before noon, the president’s physician said Mr. Wilson was well enough to sit up today and that there was no objection to his seeing important callers. R e e e e ) WEATHER. Hartford, March 10.~For Hartford and - vicinity: Faie tonight. Synday The judge was puszled and said: “I fedr that would be impossible, It ha¥ been abolished. ' Do you seri- oualy ‘suggest the ladies shou}d walk over hot/ plough shares in order . td ‘| prove thelr innocence?” Risa continued, “I d The judge conilnued, “It is no-use submitting such a suggestion. . You are not serious.” Riza, “I do seriously suggest it.” GERMAN GOVERNMENT LIKE REED IN WIND e Socialist Deputy Declares People Have o The Ha¥ue, via Tondon, March 10. —Further extracts from the speech of the socialist deputy, Herr Hofer, &ur- ing the sensational food debate in the Prussian diet are printed in the Berlin Vorwaerts, The paper quotes .. Herr Hofer as saying: g “The government vacaillates be- tween fear of the agrarians and fear of the masses, like a reed in' the wind, If you insist on carrying on war you must see that the people are adequately fed,; Does it not suffice | for the government to incur the ha- tred of the whole world, or do they also want revolution at home? The people have been fed on fine words for long enough. We demand deeds.” The Vorwaerts says that Herr Hofer frequently was cheered. Elgewhere | the paper says that latterly it has re- ceived numerous complaints of the poor quality apd indifferent prepara- tion of the food supplied in the popu- lay food kitchens at mid-day and de- clareg the evening meals in these places are unfit for consumption.” The Vorwaerts asks what will be the con- dition in summer if this is the case in the present cold weather. BARS' UP AT WASHINGTON. Tonrists Now Allowed in Many Public Buildings. ‘Washington, March 10.—Precau- tions for safeguarding gavernment buildings - and reservations, taken when the international situation be- came most acute a few weeks ago, now have been relaxed 8o that prac- tically all the attractions of the city are again open.to visitors and tourists, 3 The state, war and navy buildings, the White House and the navy yard “th gdvernment ru:;;vtfiem State De’pfirtmeht Considers Armed Ships: b GUNNEI ¥ ready on Defensive Since Kaiser Issu Sink on Sight Ukase---Sighting: of Pe scope Sufficient Cause to Begin Firing UNITED STATES STANDS FLATLY ON ITS WARNING ISSUED ON MAR ‘Washington, March 10.—The mere appearance of a German submarine or its periscope in the presence of an American armed merchant vessel ‘would ‘entitle that shig, according to state department opinion today, to take all mi -of protection on the presumption t .the U-boat’s pur- Dpose. was hostilé. . Under this ruling considered as .. taking ve action. This view is based on Ger- meny’s declared intention to sink on \sight within certain zones all vessels, neutral as well as belligerent, and whether passenger vessels, freighters or: contraband .carriers. The United States was said to stand fdtly on its armed merchantman independent group to control ganization but there.is cons talk of a coalition organisa The new senate is: d majority of twelve. Speaker lieved congress will . find . i.# work before it that it will session until August; 19: . Appropriation * I in the aggregate .more than: 000. Among measures Which: /in the last congress, t: the administration, are labor bill."Webb foreign heiling . cy Bill, conservation and land; megsures, and acts to_en o térstate Commerce Com ‘give wider powers 'to. th d. - 5 warning of March 27 last, in which ity 5. definitely recognized the . ‘“right to prevent capture” as part of the right of self protection,” which could ' be exercised either by flight ' or resist- ance. ‘The mere presence of a Ge man submarine is - declared = ground for; hostile intent becauseof the deliberate statement by Germany that all vessels are fo be sunk on sight. Denial by Germany of the old rule of visit and search makes all itg U-boats actually hostile. o’ Record of Intrigues. . Reports that the state department was preparing a. White Book of Ger- many’s plots and intrigues in._ this cquntry for - presentation ~shortly, either to' the press or to the senate were flatly ‘denfed ' by Secretary; Lansing today. i’ \ The opinion here today was that the action of the United States in arming its merchant shipping would - “f","«“: - ] , gunnérs ammunition will be placed-aticard American merchant ships immediately and they will be sent to sea under orders to fire on German submarines which - attack them illegally. , Navy yards were ordered today - to ‘equip .the vessels as fast as possible and the action will put' the United Stated in the position of armed neu- trality, the next step beyond the sev- | erance of diplomatic relations ‘with Germany, and possibly the preliminary of war; : . What ships dre to be armed first and when they will sail will be kept. secret in order to avoid endangering the lives of Americans aboard them, President Wilson isstied the neces- sary orders yesterday in the belief that he has ample ' executive power without special authorization from congress. Simultaneously however, he | called congress to meet in special ses- ston Abrif 16, to be in position to support him if necessary. . Guns Are Ready. Preparations for arming American merchant . vessels already had . been taken by the government and actual ‘work of equipping the vessels only the Atlantic coast are stored - guns, ammunition and ' other necessary equipment’ ready for installation. In offictal circles: today ccnndane-‘ was expressed that Secretary Daniels appeal to newspapers, not tg.seek nor publish specific news of thé arming and sailing of -American merchant- men, would be observed. A similar appeal was made to telegraph and cable companies. “The best news the renders can have,” said the secretary, “is that'the' government will protect the rights of Americans to freedom of the seas. The publication of .details can serve no good purpose and might jeopard- ze human life.” # Uncertainty felt about the capitol for the last week over an early session of congress was replaced - today . by preparations for the special session called by President.Wilson for April 16, five weeks from Monday, to con- sider appropriation bills and other ‘important measures on _which - final action was not taken before adjourn- ment of the sixty-fourth eongress last Sunday. The new bady ..probably will bé asked to consider the armed neutrali- ty bill specifically authorizing Presi- dent Wilson to arm American ships and appropriating funds for the pur- pose, despite the president’s decision yesterday that he already ‘has execu- tive power to put navy guns, gunners and ammunition aboard merchant- men. Organization of Housc in Doubt. The organization of/ the new house cannot be foretold at this.time, for - a majority is 218 and the stan is: Republicans 215, demoerats”214, hibitionist-progressive, . protectionist, socialist and indepe ent, 6no each; vacancy in dem: ¢ one. Republican and 5 e leaders declare they will have “from‘énough of, the so-called - I SR’ % ‘Whiting ‘street, purprise informatien marriage | though e plans, it 4 mony’is so The while hig year able the come | ran ‘date aj strong planned Mary Hennigan, Aged 76, Bed With Head Orushed. Admits Attacking Hoe. Boston, March 10.—Michael ] gan, & jaborer, surrendered t confessed, the police murder of his mother, M was found later at their ho Roxbury district. The died ‘while being removed pital. . ik Hennigan first told of the ok a saloon. and re| Lot sald, to dead. heen & o b 0% Austro-Hungartan Statement ¥ JJ8 at War With Central Pows London, March 10 —~Ofmclal . § nouncement was made hers 't that Austria-Hungary has issued proclamation to the Albanians that it has granted autonomy to bania upder its protectorate, Influential . Albanians ‘have lished from’ Saloniki, the sta says, a protest saying the A measure 1s useless because it is rected toward a country wi ready independent, has 4 on the enemies of the Entents. —— Fairfild Denies Owing $463 | common pleas in Hartford county Is:to Qetermine the. legality of ord *reconstruction” in this ection. -