New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1917, Page 1

Lf. 5 A3 * NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917.—TEN PAGES. RAILROAD STRIKE'WILL - |GRITISH ARTILERY [GLEVER SWINDLER |U. S. STEAMER ALGONQUIN ‘BE CALLED SATURDAY Trainmen Await Orders to Quit Operations: ‘ of Railroads—Managers Can See no Com- promise in , Sight—President Wilson is - New York, -March 14.-—The chiefs ©of .the four great brotherhoods of «allroad employes came here today from, Washington for a final confer- for an eight hour day. It -was expect- ed that the eastern representatives -IGHT NEAR VERDON Battle of Importance Now Under Way—Allies Move in Macedonia, Fighting of & notable characteris in progress on the Franco-Belgian front. Not the least significant pos- sibility, is a French operation in the St. Mihiel region, the sector of the famous sallent, lying. to' the southeast 'of Verdun. " The French also have held’ the Germans from effecting gains in new attacks on the hotly- contested posi- tions near Maisons de Champagne, The Turks apparently are still in retreat up the Tigris from Bagdad. On the Russian front the operations have consisted mainly of raids. any’ 3 quwcdonh. Wowever, there seems o { ‘wlth’ the chiefs tomorrow. 3" A “circular alleged to have been _.ent {6 the. four hundred thousand bers of the brotherhoods from Cleveland headquarters in the it'‘week, headed “Compulsory Ar- tion Bulletin No. 2” and by W. 8. Carter, president of 'the ‘brotherhood of - locomotive = firemen #nd enginemen was made public to- ‘day- by the railroad managers. It read: ‘ If there is a sincere public de- mand that the railway employes shall mot strike for the eight hour day, then let the federal government oper- ate the rallways and assume responst- Jbillity for the wages and working op- . -erations of the employes. B A ... Washington, March 14.—President ‘Wilson is amazed at the proposal of a nation-wide rallway strike at this “Juncture of international affairs. It s’ stated -authoritatively today that he expects. raflroads and the men at their conference tomorrow to con- sider the state of the country’'s for- % elgn relations and make: every pos- sible effort to agree. . The stipulation signed by counsel .for the government and all railroads last November and made a part of thic supreme court test case provides that all other litigation should remain ‘in abeyance pending the .court’s de- ‘cision. Brotherhood representatives { were not parties to the stipulation. The court is regarded as without iijurisdiction over any brotherhood ‘O representatives, as none are parties to 3 March 14.—Six vice presi- dents of the four brotherhoods of lroad employes are here today s awalting orders from their superior 5. ., officers in the east, which will de; vpon result of the conference in New *"York tomorrow between thé brother- {Hood chiefs and the committee of ° rpilroad managers. “Zwirhe whole situation depends on ‘what conclusion is' reached in the “New York conference on Thursday,” Timothy Shea, assistant president z“:hc ‘brotherhood of locomotive en- - & and firemen and ranking of- of the union leaders assembled “Mere. i % L © The railroads, especially the west- ferp lnes, are unprepared for a gen- eral strike, according to railroad of- iis hepe. “We are making no preparations whatsoever,” said C. H. ‘Sarkham, president of the Illinois Centrat railroad. “I do mot care to fsay why we are not preparing.’ You fcan draw your own conclusion.”, ' H. R. Kurrie, president of the Chi Indianapolis 'and Loulsville,; e fflh 'AM'S l;.n‘l:‘m for a 6 1ot pre- an Bntente moyement of some impertance in progrese. " e Berlin's official report today does ;lotu:nongoon the reported retirement n the mme region befo: re: Berlin, Sayville.—In: Macedonian front, tacks by the French Ochrida and Lakes Presba fafled ‘and as- northwest ' opera~ French Presba hostile tions reads: “Seversl ‘between Lakes Ochride 'were without reswlt. 0es By the iride and Confidential Reports State That Teu- tons Have Entire ‘Charge of Mexi- can Banking and Diplomatic Affairs . Washingtos, March ‘14.—0pnldtt tial diploniatic reports from the rep- resentatives of a' neutral government in Mexico ‘passing through here on their way to Europe say the German bank in Mexico City and the German legation there are guiding virtually the entire financial and diplomatic af- fairs of Mexico. According to these reports the action of Mexico in sending recently to the Americn republics a note o the sub- Ject of peace in Burope was directed by officials of the German legation whfletl:eflmbmkh-ukohgvc come into control of 'the M finaneial situation. o 500 ENDISTED. —_— Home Guard Stations Have Been Open Ouly Few Hours. \ Hartford, March 14.—More than five hundred men in the state have already enlisted in the Home Guard, although the recruiting stations 1n the majority of the towns will not open until Thursday morning. In Hartford fifty had enlisted at 2 o'clock thisg afternoon. The station here is on the second floor of old City hall. ‘Waterbury notified the board that it had enlisted 350 men and Andover that it Had enlisted 106. Additional recruiting officers were named today. v GERARD IN WASHINGTON. Returning Ambassador Will Be Un- able to See President. Washington, March 14.—Former Ambassador Gerard arrived here to- day and was met at the railway sta- tion by Secretary Tumulty and other officials. g Mr, Gerard may not see the presi- dent for a day or two, as the president is receiving no visitors until he re- covers from his cold. * SIGNS AVIATION BILL. Hartford, ‘March - 14.—Governor Hblcomb today signed the bill under which & site for an aviation school at Westport will be secured. * COLOMBIAN TREATY, ‘Washington, March 14.—The senate in executive session toddy took up the i Colombian treaty. ’ BIDS FOR CRUISERS, Washington, March 14.—Bids were scout qelu:ve of a:q- $e.0b00s GLARES AT BAPAUME Ge_]mn Stronghold Can Be Taken ' When Word Is Givgn THIRTY HOUR BOMBARDMENT Tommy Atkine Secures Range on BEnemy’s Defenses and 'Calmly Bat- ters Them to Pieces—Infantry Fin- ishes the Work. From a m Correspondent of the Associated Press, British Quarters in France, March 13, via London, March 14, 3:50 &. m.—The ridge overlooking Bapaume ithe northwest, which has come to be looked upon by Brit-, ish as a sort of promised land ever: since the battle of the Somme began last July,’ passed into the hands of Gen. Haig’s troops today. -For the first time since the great struggle on this front opened the British have advantage of the highest ground and can now look down upon the famous German stronghold and a wide tent of the country beyond. officers believe that they are mow in 4 position to take Bapaume whenever the word is given. Grevillers was cap- tured last night and the new British lines stretch along the ridge which runs northwest from that point to the outskirts of Achiet-le-Petit, 'y posts had established' in the - Aurqf.wn-.» § Sww Gewaime Houses. country’ about’ Loupart wood' beyond is in quite 'gbod shape. As a matter of fact Grevillers was the first touch of real. civilization, the Tommies said, they have had in many moons. “Why,” said one stalwart Australian t “do’ you know' there are reg- ulay “houses in Grevillers' with . real fo9fs on them?’ What this mesns to men. who have fought so long in the alough of mud of the Somme valley can only ‘Be grasped by those 'who ‘have Hved amid destruction. The. Germans - hitherto always have had the adyantage of the high ground and the villages, posges- ston of which has so been bitterly contested, have been nothing but pul- verized ruins which offered no shelter for the soldiers. '‘Where fires are not burning the country back of the Ger- man line looks green and wonderfully | inviting. The German positions on the L8u- part line had been completely regis- tered by -the British guns on Sunday morning and that afternoon the heavy artillery began its work of destruc- tion." Thirty hours of terrific bom- bardment was all that the defenders could withstand. One prisoner said that he was the only survivor of a squad of ten who Were in a dugout which was blown to bits by a British shell. Retirement Déscribed As Nearly Rout Paris, March 14—Great importance is attached by French military ‘writ- ers to the continued British successes on the Somme. The Matin says that it looks very much as if the Germans do not think they could hold Ba- Paume and Peronne any longer and are preparing to evacuate the two cities. Reports from aviators show that all along their inner lines the Germans are blowing up 'bridges-and culverts, burning munitions and pro- visions while trying to mask the withdrawal of heavy guns by heavy firing with fleld guns. German headquarters on the Som- | | me front is said to have been moved back ten miles. The Matin: thinks that the German staft at first planned a strategic retreat so as to delay and upset' the British plan of attack, but that this scheme was frustrated by the tactics of General Gough. Instead of using cavalry against his rretreating foe, General Gough maintained contact by the methodi- cal and destructive use of artillery. The result, according to the Matin, was that the Germans were caught in their own trap and the retreat, which was at first intentional, became al- most a rout under the continuance of pressuré of an adversary superior in material and initiative. General Gough, who is mentioned in the Paris newspapers as the fleld marshal in. the British operations against - Bapaume, is ' presumably Maj. Gen. Huber De La Poer Gough, commander of the third cavalry bri- gdde. General Gough is an Irishman and prior to the war, then a colonel, received prominence as one of the officers who threatened to resign if British troops were ordered to force Ulster into acceptance of home rule. In the early days of the war he was praised by Field Marshal Frenchfar his conduct ip the fighting folloiing the battle of the Marne and was pro- moted to major general in . Navem- A, S : + -hideous scenes of - i HERALD “ADS” M : |BETTER BUSINES ESTABLISHED WITNG GULBLE DESTROYED BY SUBMARINE: CREW BELIEVED TO BE SA I “Collocting Tazes” and Police Attention at Same Time FORBIGNERS ARE VICTIMIZED Stranger Takes Advantage of State of Iar Bills About the Clty—Is Belng Traced. YRapresenting himself to be the collector of taxes, personal, military, special revenue or whatever type he believes will most effectively “work” his subject, in. the quickest possible ‘time, an unidentified and clever crook with the newest wrinkle in get-rich- quick schemes is believed, by the po- lice, to ‘be reaping a golden harvest in seéctions of the ‘city inhabited by those of foreign birth. Armed with an excellent description of the visi- tor, detectives are scouring the city for him this afternoon. Investigation has disclosed his visit to at least two small' stores this morning.. At one ) place he recejved $2, the person mak- ing the payment under the' impres- sion that the personal tax was being paid and that non-payment mean the closing’ of.the store. * the second store thie woman in charge. was suspi¢ious and said that POPE TO PROTEST. Paris, March 14, 4:50 a. m.— The Popé has declded to pro- nounce an jmportant allocution at the consistory.to be held at the end of the month, acgord- ing to a news despatch from Rome. : The despatch says that it is understood that the Pope's pronouncement will deal en- tirely with war and that it is reported in Vatican circles that the pontift will protest against Germany’s unrestricted subma- rine campaign. % DUTCH SHOOT DOWN ' GERMAN AEROPLANE Airman Injured’ But Starts Machine Again and KEscapes Over Line to' Comrades. Amsterdam, via London, March 14, 9:59 a. m.—A German airship which flew over Sluis yesterday afternoon .| was shot at and hit by.Dutch troops who, were maneuvering, according to +{ the Hapdelsblad. The aviator was wounded and compelled to descend in Dutch territory, but before he could | be ‘oyértaken by the Dutch soldlers he | restarted. his machine and flew - 33 collecting methods have mystified res- 1dénts of foreign birth #o that crooks find lt_uly‘ to play ‘.",“ their credu- long overcost, checkéd neck scarf and carrles a traveling grip of yellow _The police are still looking for & person of much similar ~description who, - with a woman supposed to be his wife, were guests at the Hotel ‘Washington for several days and are alleged to have left by the :fire es- capes without paying a : bHI- of about $17. ‘'He registered under. the name of Talmadge and is supposed clever crook.was reaping harvest among those of forel birth with representations bf being the collector of personal taxes. HOME RULE BILL BEFORE CONN. HOUSE Amnouncement of Death of Rep. Kelly / i Made—Sherwood Presides in - Speaker’s Absence, Hartford, March 14.—Announce- ment of the death of Rep. Kelly of Killingly was made in the house to- day upon opening of the session. Rep. Sherwood of Westport presided in absence of Speaker Healy. A home rule bill applicable to cities and towns of 10,000 inhabitants was fa- vorably reported to the house, as was another amending the ballot acts so as to permit an easier way of voting a so-called split ballot. Another bill gives the, superintendent of the state police supervision over the gtorage of | inflammable film material, * i ‘Bills rejected in this body on‘unfa: vorable reports were those -providing that cities might license automobiles used for carrying passengers, other- ‘wise a jitney bill making a penalty of $25 for failure to obey an order of a fire warden or chief of police. The home rule bill reported in was made the order of the day- for Wed- nesday next at noon. - 7 The Martin bill to liberalize . Sun- day observance is expected to be re- ported by the judiclary committee. This carries a local option clause to towns of 10,000 and upwards:as to permitting sports and- motion pic- ture. exhibitions. . B - *. PAYMASTER SHOT. Cleveland, ' March, 14.—Cuyler Mowrey, - paymaster for N. J. Rich and company knit goods manufac- turers was shot-and killed by two sutomobile bandits in front of the Rich factory on Egst Sixty-first street this afternoon. - The robbers securcd $5,400 and escaped in an automobile. N A e A WEATHER. Sy Hartford, March 14,—For. Hartford and vicinity: ' Snow, turning to rain and warmer tonight, Thursday cloady and winds o metres over the border into Belgium. ‘German troops hurried to._his rescue ‘and he was -carried away by Red Crons-attendants.’ ‘Washington, March 14.—China has severed_diplomatic relations with Ger- many, taken.possession of all German merchant ships in Shanghai,” about six 'in ‘number, placed their crews on shore under guard and placed armed guards.on the vessels. Advices to the navy department today from the sen- ior officer in Chinese waters gave fur- ther, details. China’s severance of relations has been expected here for weeks. The action of the United States in break- ing relations was received with ac- claim by Chinese officials and press, particularly including China. Feeling against Germany .has run high on account of the the memory of - the kaiser’s order to his boxer punitive force to make er word German dreaded in China for a century, and the seizure by Germany of the prov- ince of Shantung for the murder of two missionaries. Seizure of the German ships may be taken by Germany as ar act of war as in the case of Portugal. s China’s action may be followed by seizure of German property in China which is very extensive. In addition to all the concessions held by Ger- many in Chinese cities which it 1is presumed will be seized as quasi- public property, there are extensive private German holdings in China. tost flgurfs show that there are mut 3,000/ German - clyilians scat- tered throughout the republic but it is not knewn whether they will be interned. China’s actions is expected to have far-peaching effect on Far Eastern history, as it aligns Her with Japan and the other Entente powers. German trade before'the had be- come: the most dangerous competitor to British and Japanese business in China, amounted to about 20 per cent.’ of Japan’s trade and offered a tempt- ing prize. for the latter. The phase of the commercial situation was widely discussed at the Paris economic con- ference when plans to drive Germany out of the Far Eastern market were adopted. s g SEA PLANES GIVE BATTLE. Russian Destroyers Driven from Ap- proach to Roumania. Amsterdam, via London, March 14. =~A battie between German sea planes and ‘Russian destroyers in the Black sea ig reported in an official statement {ssuéd by the Berlin war office. ‘The destroyers were = approaching | ;the Roumanian port and 1 NOW AT 0DDS | 1 No Warning Given When Boat is Sent to Bottom By Shell Fire From U-Boat— Was Worth $1,700,000—Several cans on Board Vessel—TFirst to Sail Un Blockade Orders From Germany New York, March 14—The American steamship Algo with ten Americans aboard, was sunk by a German submaris March 12, with a loss of vessel and cargo valued at $1,700,00 cable message received here today by her owners, the An Star line, and despatches from London told of the apparent, of all the officers and crew, twenty-seven of whom have landed. The message to the owners said the vessel' was'to but did not indicate where she was at the:time. According consular report from Plymouth, England, the Algonquit’s ¢ stated his ship was sunk by shell fire withog w:nunio ; Four of -the Americans on the ‘Algongum’ were born ' United States and the others are naturalized: American - according to the record on file here. - They are: - . W. T. Holmes, boatswain, Pittsburgh; Alan Hopkins, man, Ellsworth, 'Maine; A. T. Form: seaman, - Baltimg Frank Formason, seaman, Gloucester, Mass., all native k and Captain A. Nordberg, Norwegian, Brooklyn; F. G. ¥i first mate, Belgian, Detroit, Mich. ; Charles Schultz, chief German, New York City; Frank Johnstone, assistant, Irish, whose parents live in Scotand; Alexander Paul, se gineer, Scotchman, Brooklyn, and E. Zimmerman, third Norwegian of Brooklyn, all naturalized Americans. ; \RMED NEUTRALITY IS |OHNA AND GERMANY |Sinking of Americas Liner Will Not Pre- s sa (:ipitateal_’)ecl'nl"a‘t(_iopm BEEN ALREADY GIVEN' ‘Washington, March 14.—In the ab- sence of official despatches on ' the | bonus of 25 pér cent. with destruction of the steamer Algonquin,, |vision that it the vemssl twas. Snj officials withheld comment, but'the {or destroyed the men w o T unofficial view was that nothihg 'in [the bonus xith their the incident changes the situation be- {they returned ‘to the United of armed neutrality, which, with the by the Press association. breaking oft of diplomatic 'relations | no warning.. The submayine: with Germany, is virtually the last fire ‘at a range of three ‘“j‘ measure posgible short of war. Amer~|gahsut twenty-five e ican ships now are béing armed, to |fired st the Algong: of defend ' themselves against - unlawful | pi¢ her Yorward, the crew, attacks by submarine. The general | ore to thé bodts, and bu view today is that arming of ships i8 | from the sinking vessel’: the only answer to submarine opera- “Then the submarine 1 tions short of a declaration of War, | ang, with only her periscope which may be made only by congress. | gaijed around the 4 The circumstances that the Algon- [¢ymes. Finding that the . quin carried . foodstuffs, which are | handoned the ship, the contraband, and that she recently |came to the surface. was, transferred from British to Am- | Germans boarded the Al erican registry, § transaction Ger- [;130eq ‘bombs aft. These many might plead she would not rec- [ nioded, and within a ognize, are not taken to outweigh the | ;o4 the steamer:d pp fact that she was reported destroyed | "«y gppesled to the submag ‘without warning. Neither does the ,anger for a tow toward fact that, appatently, no lives were|yjey of the roughness of the. lost mitigate the situation. But the the German gruftly re fact, as unofficially expressed, is ‘No, I am too busy.’” that while the destruction of an Am- The Algonquin sailed erican ship in such a manner is Very |y, fop London on Fel serfous, the American government al-| g, quiume " She. was one ready has taken all the steps it can iy ioon thine to leave - take to meet such a case unless it g, oeter Germany estal wishes to take the last step and de- |y g pine blockade. clare war. i adian veseel The real issue of peace or war is Brf;::mryc.nthe ! Algonquis expected to come when an Amerlcan |, . o0 05 to the American armed ship has a clash with a Ger- December, when she was purc man submarine. S 5 A scrled of destructions ot Ameri- |17 the Ametican Star foe. can ships probably would arouse con- |, . 0y in trade between New: gress to a declaration of war, 1f n- | " Ve Tyo) Ty deed Germany should not declare war Carried 2,000 Tons of O The Algonquin carried about tons of cargo and was comiman Captain A_ Nordberg, - 2 nat American citizen of Norwegian’ When. she Jeft on February on the United States as many expect as a result of the first encounter with ne of her submarines. Up to the present in the absence of action by congress, all that could be donecfl to meet such a case as the destruction A i of the Algonquin already has been A'”.'l‘q't‘;“’ °;"‘°"' ::l”"':z done. Tt is generally accepted on |reacl e . sdbmari by March 8. Jt was assumed ‘here first reports as not being the evert ehat Whe wont_ bly: aut course, v Prior .to sajling, the Al captain ‘said he had no feal e war zome on a vessel ‘Washington, March 14.——President | o arican’ ‘flag than I do Wilson hag selected the following men | yape my way about New Yosk as members of the tariff comnission: |3ng’ aodeling taxicabs,” he ‘said. of Har- Davia J. . . former. FOR TARIFF COMMISSION. 3 Professor Frank W. Tai P ——————e vard; former Represen FREIGHTER : ON : Lewis, of Cumberland, New York, March 14.—The Representativa Willlam Kel Kent- f er ' Siglo of the Morgan | fleld, Cal.; Daniel C. Roper, of McCall, | rived here today from Galveston Soith Carolina; E. P. Costigan, .jof Lher carzo of cotton and barley- ot 1’ ¢ Denver, Col.; W. S. Culbertsol (Continued on Ninth Page)s