New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1917, Page 1

BEST OF AL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. —— Teatons May Make Second At- { . WEST FRONT ALIVE|wes o 5o tempt to Smash Down En- |TELEPHONES - T0 POLICE |PLANS STRICTLY GUARDED |ASYLUM - tente Lines on Yser NORTH END OF WAR ZONE | BRISTLES WITH ENERGY ° ‘man retirement, but additional ground i | were made by the Germans last night % Sayville—The British made an attack ‘!hrmstrnflltihndl, Who ' Bucceed in Reeapturing Trenches on Hill 185 in Champagne—Berlin and Paris Await Re-opening of Ac- tivity ~ With Confidence—British Wlkevp_unw“l'm\n'. The Franco-Belgian front is brist~ }ng with military activity. All the reports indicate preparations for op- €rations on a large scale. When the ! blow~will come and when it will fall are still matter for speculation, which ie being freely indulged in by the mil- itary commentators. X ¥ Much attention is,centered now on ‘the n ern part of the ‘front. ‘The rmans recently closed the Belgian- .Dutch frontier and there are reports f important troop ' movements be- /hind the secret barrier. These are & él:‘r:rmd as possibly presaging an- ‘attempt by the Germans to . break through the Yser lines in a drive for Calals—a move ly . at- tempted earlier in the war. Weather ‘eonditions are important factors. in any Msmmpt over this low - lying " 'So far the important engagements “of‘the. opening active season ‘have been fought further south along the _line. The Somme n by the . Eritish has not definitely developed any new phase since the great Ger- being occupied from time to time General Haig’s forces, for the most complete 1se of & violent Ger- n‘an cdunter. *k here the French retaining all positions. & Four German Attacks Repulsed. - ‘Paris, March 13.—Several attacks and all were repulsed, the war office man detachment which attempted to ‘m@vance on the Coury road was tichecked. Another futile attempt was made' near Beauvien-et-Chivy. Two German attacks on Hill 184, and on Touvemont work on the Verdun Sfront were . countered easily. The Ql‘nnc‘h took 150 prisoners yesterday. During the night the Germans Hombarded Soissons. The French suc lly railded German trenches Detween the Avre and the Aisne. " Both Sides Confident. Amsterdam, via, London, March 13, —A Berlin telegram quotes an official statement issued’ there as saying: . “A Havas news agency reports speaks of events on the western front ‘which are awaited in France with the greatest confidence. We also look {forward to these events with .the greatest confidlence.” ‘British Attack on Wide Front, " Berlin, March 13, by Wireless ta | y over a wide front. Today’'s official announcement says ‘the at- tack failed and that heavy losses were infiicted on the British. i Russian Lines Raided. Berlin, March 13, Wireless to Say- wille.—Thirteen machine guns. and more than 300 prisoners were taken [ by the Germans yesterday in raiding ‘the Russian the Russian lines in Ga- . licla, north of the Zlotchoff-Tarnapol _raflroad, the war office announces. ustrians’ Success on Italian Front. Berlin, March 13, (By wireless to yville).—A successful raid by Aus- %-.n troops operating through a snow nnel on the Italian front is reported today's Austro-Hungarian army dquarters report. Bagdad Painful, Not Serious. London, March 13.—The Koel- mha Volk Zeitung is quoted by the Sentral’ News’ American correspond- lefit as deseribing of the occupation of Bagdad as'an undenlable success es- ially as the tish also have suc- E ded in driving the Turks from the 8inal peninsula. " “The event must be regretted, but it not, the leagt influence on the:de- fion of the war, the newspaper says, opotamiia being a secondary the- r of operations. The loss of Bag- d, it comments, is nevertheless pain- to the Turks. & THREE KILLED IN MINE. /;Canonsburg, Pa., March 13.—Three n &ré known to have been killed jid ‘seveni others are missing as a re- It of two explosions at the mine of he Henderson Coal company at Hen- preonville, five miles from here, irly today. The mine was opened years ago and normally employed *® NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1917. —TEN PAGES. GERMAN DASH FOR |LAWYER BEATEN BY |SECRET ORDERS T0 |HARRY THAW CRAZY, CALAIS EXPECTED; | MIDNIGHT VISITOR| GUNNERS PREPARED| PHILA. COURT SAYS Political Gourt Fight Victim Says He Does Not Know As- sailant, Before Becoming Uncon- scious—Attempt to- Ransack His Papers, Authorities Say. New Bedford, March 13.—Former City Solicitor Henry Woodward was attacked and eeriously wounded in his law office late last night. The po- lice responding early today to a tele- rhone call from the lawyer found him stretched on the floor of his office with his head a pool of blood. Be- fore he la; into unconsciousness he sald he had been assaulted by someone whom he did not recognize. ‘Woodward was to have appeared in court today in a continuation of ‘litl- gation involving Mayor Charles S. Ashley, former Mayor Edward R. Hathaway and. Willlam T. Caswell, the license comm! ler, who recent- 1y was removed by Ashley. A politi- cal fight of much bittérness brought the rties into ‘court when Caswell filed 'a petition for reinstatement, al- leging that his removal was illegzl. Hathaway, who had appointed Cas- well, intervened, asking the court fof a writ of prohibition against the hear- ing sought by ‘Caswell. Subsequently Hathaway’s request for a writ was withdrawn and the hearing on Cas- well's petition was set for today. . ‘Woodward represented Caswell and also was counsel for former Mayor Hathaway, who had instituted an ac- tion against Mayor Ashley, looking to the removal of the mayor under the corrupt practices act. Telephoned for Help. At last midnight Woodward tele- phoned police headquarters he had een assauited and asked for help. 0 officers and an ambulance were sent to the lawyer's office. 'Dr. W. K. ‘Turner also was summoned. When the party arrived at Woodward's of- flse they found he had fallen near the telephone stand. An examination revealed several wounds on the back id the the office leading' minutes after the police arrived and could give no detalls of the attack. ‘Woodward was wearing an overcoat ‘when assualted and the police theory 1s that appearing unexpected at his ‘office about midnight he had surprised a thief who was engaged in ransacking The union his papers. GERMAN TROOPS IN - RELGIUM BREAK OUT Prisons Overcrowded With Soldiers ‘Who Engage in Disturbances— Amsterdam, via London, March 13. —Serious disturbances among the German troops in the vicinity of Namur and Huy are reported by the Telegraaf. Fragementary reports of the trouble have reached Holland, but it is known that such large num- bers of soldiers have been imprisoned | at Namur and Huy on charges of in- subordination in conmnection with the outbreak that the prisons in the two towns are crowded to four and five times their normal capacity. The Telegraaf also publishes an ac- count of further food riots in Barme in which the chief of police was ser- icusly wounded by the stones of the women ‘rioters. The account says that the police were helpless and that even the troops failed to disperse tho Complete Instructions to Guards American Line Steamships May Not Be Able to Sail Unless More Eligible Seamen Are Located—Fifty Per Cent. Bonus Rejected. Wuh]n‘wn, March 18.—Complete and definite instructions to the “armed guards” to be placed aboard American - merchant craft bound through the @erman submarine sones have been completed by the 'mnavy department and approved by Secre- tery Lansing. They will be forward-' ed to the navy personnel aboard the merchant craft whenever the ships ::l]xlich are to be armed are ready to The nature of the instructions will not be made public. They were care- fully prepared by navy officials and then submitted to Secretary Lansing, at whose suggestion some gmendment was made. It is planned not to send, broadcast the orders generally through the naval 'service, but to fur- nish the officer in command of the armed guard on each ship with a copy when his vessel is ready to sail.’ ‘The department is making -every effort to suppress all information re- garding armed ships, such as sailing dates, the equipment put aboard by the navy, the personnel supplied to Eandle the guns or anything that might be of the slightest value to an enemy. It was said officially, how- ever, that no conflict of jurisdiction between the ship master and . the gun crews would arise. American Sailors Scarce. New York, March 13,—Prepara tions to send out American merchant ships armed and guarded. against submarines Have reéyealed a possible shortage of American satlors. It is understood that the American line, none of whose passenger vessels has sailed Yor Europe since tho beginning of the German blockade, will need 2,000 men., Gustave A. Braun of the Atlantic district of the International Seamens’ union of America, expresses f doubt that s0 many men 'can be ‘furnished by tlie unjon at shoft 1o- rioters,” who finally t in hand by firemen turning ,the fire hose on fthem. - A rioter who cut a hose with a knife was séntenced to ten years' imprisonment. PRACED ON' PROBATION, Sentences Suspended on Two Accused of Manslaughter. Hartford, March 13.—Two men accused in criminal court of man- slaughter were today put on proba- tion for a year. They were Frank A Davis, who was driving in an automobile three months ago when it turned turtle and his companion, Da- vid C. Hunter, was killed, and Pa- trick King, who some months ago shoved Robert Brandt off a veranda, the latter dying. Botl' accused were sentenced to Jail for a year and sentence suspend- ed on probation. “SLAVERS” SEEK PARDON. Diggs and Caminetti Appeal to Pres-’ ident Wilson. Washington, March 1 President Wilsor} has received applications for ‘pardons for Maury I Diggs and F. Drew Camitnetti, convicted in Califo nia for ition of the ‘“‘White Slave” law after 2 fight, Other difficulties, according to Mr. Braun, may arise from the fact that many of the union seamen are not American citizens. Some are Ger- mans, others are citizens of the Fu- tente nations and reluctant to go te ports where they might be held:- for army s ge. Six thousand -of ' the union men; expect to go o the Great Lakes, where navigation will open next month. ¢ Z will - meet tomorrow night to consider the offér of the In- ternational Mércantile Marine, own- ers of American line, of a fifty per cent. wage bonus. The union hasde- manded a seventy-five per cent. bonus. i LUFBERY HONORED. L New Haveén Aviator Wins French Cross of Legion of Honor. Paris, March 13.—The American aviator, Sergeant' Major Raoul Luf- bery has been decorated - with the cross of the legation of honor. The announcement gives the following reasons: - “Enlisted under the French flag for the duration of the war, he has giv- en proof as to his valor and boldness and has brought down up to Decem- ber 27, 1916, six enemy machines, has already been twice 'mentiohed in army orders and decorated with the military medal.”” MAIL ON TANKER IS SEIZED AT HALIFAX Thirty-nine Sacks From Europe Tak- en Off Standard Oil Ship By British Authorities. New York, March 13.—Mail car- ried on an American ship, the Stand- ard Oil tanker John D. Archbold, was removed by the British authorities at Halifax, according to the officers of the vessel which arrived here today from Norway. "This is said to be the first time that a ship flying the Amer- ican flag on the Atlantic has been de- nied the privilege "of transporting mail from a foreign country, either neutral or belligerent. . The John D. Archbold took out of Bergen thirty-nine sacks of malil from Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The vessel followed the custom of other neutral ships by putting in at Halifax instead of Kirkwall. There she was detained three days, accord- ing to the officers.and all , the mail taken off for examination. The tank- er resumed her voyage without it. Since the German submarine blockade began no mails have reached here on Scandinavian or Dutch, ships. SUBMARINE STRANDED. TLondon, March 13.—A German sub- narine is reported stranded in neighborhood of Hellevoetsluis, the Dutch coast, says a Reuter patch from the Hague today. l ve Appeared Today in | Navy Dept. and Sec’y Lansing |Cannot Be Extradited to New York on Assault Charge AWAITING HIM Judge Acts Following Report of Lun- acy Commission, Which Questioned - Prisoner and His Mother—Family ‘Wanta Case Dropped. Philadeiphia,- March 13.—Harry K. Thaw was today adjudged a lunatic by the common pleas court of this city and under the law cannot be tak- en to New York on requisition to stand trial on charges of assaulting Frederick Gump. \ Thaw will be kept in St. M; 'S hospital here pending his removal to a Pennsylvania asylum. * The court’s action was based on a report presented today by a lunacy commission which Vesterday took the testimony of Thaw and his mother. In announcing the conclusion of the lunacy commission, ‘James Gay Gordon, counsel for Mrs. Thaw, on whose behalf the lunacy proceedings were begun, made this statement: “The inquisition which met yester- day and heard the case of Harry K, Thaw adjudged him to be a lunatic and the finding was today flled in the court of common pleas. i “Judge Martin made the usual ap- propriate order touching ' his person and estate. Thaw is now'in the cus- tody of the sovereignty of the state GHANGE IN U-B0AT WARFARE FORECAST Germany May Alter, But Not Lilt, Blockade of Allies 10 APPEASE UNITED STATES | Conference Reported in Christiania to Prevent Declaration of Hostilities— Bernstorft May Tell of Leak on Mexican Note. ; London, March 13.—The arrival in Europe of Count Von Bernstorff, for- mer ambassador to the United States, has caused renewed discussion in Ber- 1 HERALD “ADS” MEM BETTER BUSINES ESTABLISHED * IS DUE SATURDA MARKET AFFECTED BY |Managers Learn T4 THREATENED STRINE| Brotherhoods Plag Railroad Shares Slump and Cal Employes f Ofhers Follow to Lower | FOr Eight Hour Levels. g NO TROUBLE IN CA New York, March 13—Raiiway | NATION GOES TO ¥ shares .were somewhat unsettled at “ lin of the submarine blockade, be- tween political, naval and diplomatic representatives, according to the Nor- wegian Mercantile Shipping Gazette, says Reuter’s Christiania corregpond- ent. Z ¥ “Some German naval attaches in neutral countries have been called to Berlin for a conference,” continues the despatch. “The alteration but not ising of the blockade is prob- ‘| the ‘publication, arouse out of devel- obpments during Count Von Bern- sorfl’s stay in Christiania when in- direct efforts, it says, were made to prevent the situation between Ger- many and American devejoping into May Disclose Note Secret. Copenhagen, via London, March 13. —Count Von Bernstorff, dismissed ! Reading, Chesapeake and Ohio and the opening of today’s stock market,| .. the unexpected attitude of the rail | Chiefs Assure President Wi ‘Will Support Him if Hos way . brotherhoods ¢ausing moderate Germany. Arc Declared gelling. Union Pacificc Northern Pacific, i Leaders From Southeast C day at /Wumnnan—xu’r’} 2 aimost two_polnts. Cleared of Congestion, | & 8 ndustrials were sympathetically af- | ; fected, . United Siates' Steel a1so 108- | sion recaived by he nationet ing 3-4 of a point with one point each | ence cotnmittee, composed for Crucible Steel and Republic Iron. | gers of the wreat ralitey The general list also maniYested | ang made public by that hody Teactionary ' tendencies. indicates that the four, : Rallles from low levels occured be- | hrotherhood: have comple fore ‘the end of the first fifteen min- rangements for a pmm?.au utes. 2 1 ’ of strikes t . Prices declined again before 11|erm tlm:. o: m’;d:ty.n&fyf o‘;lock. rails falling under lowest| conference on: the eight hour prices of the opening. here Th 3 h | Tosses in industriats d1sé were ex-| e T, falls to reach tended, steel ylelding a point with other active issues registered losses renging from. material fractions to of Pennsylvania represented . by ‘its|German ambassador to the United |tW0 or more for Central Leather and | Informed President of O court of chancery and. under the con- ‘trol and protection of the court and laws of the commonwealth. This nec- essarily settles, the question of - his extradition and rings down the cur- tain on that proceeding. “Mrs. Thaw and her family all de- sire, if possible that the matter may be dropped from public exploitation. Thaw is now safe from harm to him- self or others, and the court will hold control and guard him. Anything with' respect to him hereafter can only be done with the sanction of the court. COAL PRODUCERS MUST Federal Trade Board Issues Warning to Big Oper- ators. Washington, March 13.—-The. fed- eral trade commission today notified the country’s leading anthracite coal producers that any fallure to grant the usual spring price reductions can- not be justified by claims of {ncreased cost_of production. The commission has heard, the potice says, that pro- ducers intend either to withdraw or reduce the regular seasonal discounts on. the ground of increased mining costs. i ¢ In its inquiry the cost of mining anthracite, the report on which soon will be issued, the commission has obtained detailed information on the costs to companies which mined in 1916 about seventy-five per cent. of the total production of anthracite. - “This information,”. sald the com- mission, “obtained directly from the companies referred to, indicates no increase in average cost ir. ‘the last four months of 1916 and further indi- cates an actual decrease of cost in the case of some of the companies, whose cost of 'production is high. “Judging from the tonnage pro- duced in January, 1917, there is no reason to believe thmt costs thus far in 1917 would materially change ths average shown by the figures com- pijed from September to December, 1916. Therefore, it is the opinion of the commission that further increases in circular prices this spring by fail- ure to grant the customary discounts could not be justified on the basis of increased cost. “The commission makes this state- ment in advance of its forthcoming report, because it is a matter of vital interest to the public that no unjus- tiflable increase in prices be made. This statement does noi refer to the increases in circular prices of ‘all anthracite in May, 1916, nor to the panic prices which have prevailed on the part of the tonnage this fall'and winter, concerning which the com- mission’ will make a report in the near future. The cost data already compiled by the commission however, are conclusive against further price increases this spring.” AMERICAN FREIGHTER IN. New York, March 13.—The Ameri- can freighter Navajo arrived here to- day after running thé German sub- marine blockade. She left Liverpool on Feb. 19 in ballast. N~ WEATHER. Hartford, March 13.—For Hartford and vicinity: Cloudy, States, prepared a statement on many’s dealings with Mexico after his arrival here. This statement will be forwarded. to the Berlin foreign office and, if approved, will be made pub- Hc through the Wolft Bureau, the of- ficlal German news agency. It is un- derstood: that the . statement deals with the way in.which .Foreign Sec-' retary Zimmermann's instructions to the German minister in Mexico City fell into the hands of the American government. ‘The departure of the Frederik VIII from Christiania was decided upon so suddenly that several passengers were left behind in the Norwegian capital. The impending arrival of the steamer ‘her was known early, and the German colony dssembled at the docks to give X ‘hearty welcome. By 9 o'clock ' the quays were thronged with thousands. .of ! people but only the most important Germans and those who waved flags | and friendg were admitted inside: the enclosure. 3 American Flags in Evidence, The German minister to Denmark, !| Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, with the staffs of the German legation and con- culate and the Austrian minister, Count Szechenyi, reached the dock as the ship berthed. The. liner's band played American airs and the deck was all a flutter with American flags ‘waved by the passengers. Count Von Bernstorff and his wife stood on the promenade deck watching the dock- ing and apparently oblivious of an American flag which was waved ener- getically by a neighbor, The German and Austrian ministers were quickly on board and exchanged greetings in the lounge with Count Von Bernstorff. who then gave him- self up to photographers and report- ers and posed on the deck with his wife. Count Rantzau remarked: that Count Von Bernstorff’s face lacked its familiar smile. The dismissed am- bassador talked -with the newspaper men about his trip Frut declined to discuss international affairs. According to the other passengers the count had no wireless communi- cation with Germany until he reached Norwegian waters. An extraordinary number of police had been detailed to control the crowds at the water front but there was no demonstration. Plot Seen in Opened Trunk. London, March 13.—The story of a mysterious trunk which was on board the Frederik VIIL|the steamer which brought Count Von Bernstorft from the United States to Copenha- gen, Is given prominence by the Ex- press. The trunk is said to have been consigned. to Stockholm by the Swed- ish mlnistyr to the United States and to have borne the seal of the Swedish consulate in New York. The story says that the trunk was held at Halifax because its seals had been broken and that it will be sent to England by a British warship. Af- ter it reaches the British capital it will be turned over the Swedish le- gation, where its contents will be ex- amined in the presence of British of- ficials. The:Express suggests that the trunk was opened between New York and Halifax to permit the insertion of secret documents belonging to Count Von Bernstorff. CUNARD LINER SUNK. Single American = Aboard Is Uhinjured. Washington, March 13.—The sink- ing of the Cunard non-passenger lin- er Folio, with one American on board was reported to the state depart- ment today in a preliminary despatch from Consul Frost at Queenstown, as follows: “Cunard. non-passenger Folio sunk rford, l:;h Survivors hma!- S # W ashville, Tenn., Saved ‘one 1o two years 'in prison. Texas company. Shippings, coppers and motors also sagged, Atlantic Gulf and West In- Gles losing 2 3-8. ) With the exception of steel ' in which individual offerings ran into the larger stocks the decline was ac- complished’ on relatively small deal- ings and without any marked unset- tlement. W. H, HART IS MADE MANUFACTURING SUPT. ‘Washington, March 18.—T road -brotherhoods on b, to President : Wilson, known today, formally of the conference with representatives scheduled 16. In this letter the leaders decided they wers. of making a_ satisfactory s of differences pending with roads. 3 The brétberhood . also informed President if, | whil ot 4o Q. Boston Igmorant of Strike Boston, March 13.—Local ch of the railroad brotherhoods sai they received no strike orders an early hour today and that: had not been notified that'the tional officers of the four ' brof Foods were planning a general “If any ‘action of this kind proposed I am sure!that we have heard of it,”” said J. Blake, man of the Brotherhood of tive’ Enginters and Firemen Dcston & Maine system. New England Lines Clear. Boston, March 13.—Officers of: principal ‘rallroads in New En; win vor Part P o, | ment. 3 { Take Over of Work of C. K| ™G 1er Hiadddent Wilson Bennett—Cedric Powers | tary Wilsom of. the depa St J 3 Jabor 1’ info eossaren regnrdi {ntention of ‘the. ik Walter ‘H. Hart, assistant: secre- .m“?“'n ‘:;.“m“’:}:eh:d o tary and, for fitteen vears, mechani- | gay's conference. An ‘inv cal superintendent of the Stanley|was begun through = gove Works, has been advanced to the | agencies, however.: * F manufacturing - superintendency, 1t It ‘was stated .that there was announced today. He will take{Of a definite character thal over much of the work formerly | ernment could do until the handled by Clarence F.. Bennett, sec-|the meeting in New York | ond vice president, who will now de- | is khown. At the direction o vote more time to the general man.|dent Wilson, Secretary Wil agership of the corporation. Cedria| keep in close touch with ‘the Powers, assistant to Mr. Hart for the , ence and should it fail the g past two years, has been selected as | then will consider further ste mechanical superintendent. : Government officials regard Phe new manufacturing superin- | inconceivable that there sho tendent is a native of New Britain | nation-wide railroad strike and a member of one of the state’s | time, and while no plans h best known and prominent l‘.mlllel.jmlpped out it was générally He has worked his way up to . his ‘mntqd that the president. present, position, entering the employ his utmost efforts to prevent of the Stanley Works immediately strike. following his graduation from Shef- | Tetter to President. field Scientific’ school in 1896. For/| The:letter of the brotherhe two years he was connected with dif- | resontatives to President Wilsol ferent departments, while learning lows: H £ the fundamentals of the business. For “We fcel obligated. to aoff four years following he . was In {vise you of our intention charge of the cost room and was then | again the national conference advanced to the mechanical superin- | mittee of the rallways on tendency. . His record there during|jor the purpose of making the fifteen years has been such as to | effort to adjust the ~ pending assure success in his new yposition. As | nour controversy. . a factory executive, he is rated as “We are very hopeful of especially capable and suacessful. A |out a satisfactory adjustman graduate of New Britain High school | the railroads but if, while w in the class of 1893, he has always | gotiating, our country sho taken a keen interest in the city and | come involved in wur we Wi 0 itz multiple affairs. He has served | sure you, as chief exocutive of thg# in the common council. tion, that we and the membenr Mr. Powers has won his promotion | represent can be relied upon' ta through presevering efforts and on | port you to the fullest extent @ merit. Upon his graduation from | yourself and the nation will h Tufts college in 1909, he entered the | hearty and full support.’ * employ of the Stanley Works and : ity was, for six years, conn;ctedt wlt:) Conference at Wash the machine and tool lepartment. n, March | 1} For two years he was assistant to rfll‘lvuhl"l‘-‘lzr londers from '* Mr. Hart. In military circles, he is, east met here today to disouss well known as sergeant of Co. I, ey s a for an eight First Regiment, Connecticut Infan- to be p A to the raliroad ry, and saw service on the Mexlican | por, of the four brotherhoods: border. He is a native’of Medford, the. advisability of calling. an i Mas diate general rallway strike it th mand is refused. National officigl OFF FWRIDA the brotherhoods said, on the of SUBMRINE hand, that the strike would nog:s determined until word came other meetings of railroad men 4§ Former Naval Officer Declares He Has | 1119 in other cities today and td Positive Information of Presence of | "%, . 500 men' were expected U-Boat \Off American Coast. attend the meeting here today. Miami, Fla., March 13.—At a meet- ing of Florida naval militia here last night Col R. M. Thompson, former naval officer and president of the naval academy alumni assoclation of New York, sald he had “positive in- formation’ that 3 German submarine is lurking off the coast of Florida “waiting for the overt act precipitat- ing war with Germany to begin struction of American commerce.” POOR BOX THIEF SENTENCED. Hartford, March 13.—Willlam Cor+ nell, accused of robbing the poer box in a Windsor church and suspected of other similar offenses, was in crim- [inal_court today sentenced to .frem (Continued on Ninth Page) X