New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1917, Page 1

f ‘the-ad- Paris, March 30, 4!15 a. m.—A'n fiomn who arrived ' here n today asserts that Austria “8lmost feverishly anxious: to - jood relations with the United £ But is even more ‘desirous and: de- termined to support Germany. The continuance of friendly relations be-. tween Washington and’ Vienna des pends almost entirely,. he believes, upon the outcome of the crisis be- tween ' Germany. and the: United According to the diplomat, if Amer- ‘ica and Germany go to war Austria “will follow the IM of her ally, but peace -is: preserved :Vienna hopeés ;vpld a break 'lth the United an economic lm‘im in Austria bed by the traveler as very becoming steadily worse, al- .GI‘IIA,’I not more so than thn.t _FOR “CONSCRIPTION ' Washington,” March 30.—Owen P. Lovgjoy, secretary Of the National Lgbor committee and a mem- [ the executive committee of the n Union Againsg Militarism, de public a letter he had pressure from BSenator and ethers - to ' include nilitary training and. ser- 9. subjects scheduled for NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, | WOMEN'S COLLEGES |COL. GOODMAN GETS [ COMMANDING NORTHEASTERN DEPT. | 10} RALLY TO WILSON| ORDERS FOR FIRST| EECH (¢ Endorse Any kcfion He May Take Poughkeepsie, March 30.—Nine leading colleges for women in America today expressed their loyalty when resolutions of support, lulh:bly en- .n..: 1Wére delivered to President Woodrvw Wilson by his daughters, Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs, Fran- cis B, Sayre, both graduates of Gou- cher college. The resolutions tender the loyal services of the: institutions .Fepresented. They are signed not only by the presidents of the nine Colleges as individuals, but are adopted in each case by vote of the faculties. At Vassar college, where the announcement was made this | mierning, the board of trustees also lnmvod them, The - resolutions nine largest colleges {ifor women in the United States, | speaking for ourselves and authorized by vote to speak also for the facul- mt. hereby respectfully offer you our loyal service. “Although we believe that the set- tlement of international difficulties by War ' is ° fundamentally wrong, we recognisé that In a world crisis such as this, it may become our highest v to defend by force the prin- ipon which Christian eciviliza- i 1s founded, this. emergency, Mr, hemenq ‘to’ pledge you our whole- d support in whatever measure. find necessary to ' uphold Reginent 1o Do Guard Duty - Roou the St —_— c—mmw-eum "ing and Urging Congress to: Pnss Mensure, Which Is Adopted. : Hartford, March 30.—Instructions were received by .Colonel Richard J. Goodman, commanding the First Reg- iment, Connecticut National ~Guard, from the war department today.or- dering the disposition of the regiment. Beyond the fact that the command was to do gnard duty at various points about the state the authorities would l-1llow no in(ormauou to be made pub- c. Rega.rdlng the. time the troops would begin tgighove, Colonel Good- man sald that he could only state that the companie§“would bé sent out as 8soon‘ as they .€onveniently: could be moved. . Thé ranks of the regiment are about fall. Favors Pniversal Training, A memorial to the congress of the United Btates in favor of universal military service was offered ' in the senate today by Senator Brooks, chair- man, of the joint committee on mil- Itary‘_ h’l‘ha memorial follows: the laws of the United States se on all citizens the duty of performing military service in time of war, and “Whereas the volunteer system im- fi:fi & burden of that duty upon the are patriotic enough to rec- ::eh- obligation and ' enables many others to evade a duty equally !.nenn’bent upon the; solved, that the General Assem- bly* on the federal congress the Passage of such legislation as will dis- tribute equally among all citizens able to perform it the burden of military service.” Temporarily the resolution was ta- bled. A bill to provide for the plac- ing of the records of the military cen- Sus in the state library was passed -by upon the calling to their infantry regiments etachiments. of n- artillery for bridge stated at the ¢omp-" mllers office today tliat no applica- tion had been made for aid under 'the separation allowance provision of the i i up laf adopted and Immedia'ly trlwnitted to the house. " | GRRMAN RETREAT CONTINUES Announces Further With- drawal on Peronne-Finis Road— Rritish Capture Ruyaulcort. Berlin, March 30, Wireless to Say- ville.—Canadian troops made four at- tacks last night on German positions east of Neuville St, Vaast, the war office announces. They were repulsed .| with heavy losses. w;mnerort,o:- ilmRzports. The fact. that the Cunard liner Or- duna was stopped off the Irish coast by a British torpedo boat destroyer and hurriedly ordered into the near- est port while the North Channel was swept clear of a great flock of mines, suddenly discovered there, was reveai- ed by the ship’s-officers as the reason the vessel was three days when she reached her American’ des- tination today, Upon _arrival in the Irish port of refuge, her officers said, they found twenty-seven other ships already had escaped the mine peril by pulling in there, including one American , ship. Two other vessels had fallen victim of the mines, they learned. ' The mine sweepers were more than two days destroying more than 100 mines. . Then all the ships were or- dered out at once, making their way through a lane of protecting torpedo boat destroyers and patrol boats until they reached safe water. On board the Orduna were five American airplane experts who have heen engaged in construction and in- | struction work for the French on the wéstern front. It was learned they have been calléd back here to assist the development of this country’s aerial service. IRIAS TAKEN TO JAIL. Nicaraguan Revolutionist Placed Un- New Orleans, March 30.—Dr. Julian Irias, one of Zelaya's right hand men during the imgif revolution in Nicaragua, The char divulged. overdue | A further withdrawal of German troops on the Peronne-Finis roud is ounced. March 30.—The heavy. fight- he French front since the be- F'ginning of the German withdrawal Bhas come to an end for the time being. Copyright by Harrls & Ewing, from Paul Thompson, New York. ton. AGAIN BY DEMOCRATS Renominated for Speaker of House by Au-lumtldn-nwnbm May Offer Complcte Ticket. ‘Washington, March 30.—Champ Clark of,K Missouri was nominated for re-election today as Speaker of the house at a caucus of democrats. He was _chosen by acclamation. A’ meeting of the republican com- mittee of twenty-seven was called for. today to draft recommendations for organization to be presented to the re- publican caucus tomorrow. The pro- gressive, bi-partisan temporary organ- ization and. anti-Mann factions had various conficiting proposals, but in- dications were that the final decision ““From'ithe Somme to the Aisne the! would be to offer a full party ticket. night was calm along our outpasts, "l saya today’s official report. undon, March 30, 3:06 p. m.—The capture by the British of the town of Ruyauleourt, about eight miles east of Bapaume, is reported by Reuter's correspondent_at the British head- Berlin, March 30, By “Wireless to Sayville.—*“An attack of several Rus- sian companies on Prince, Leopold’s front, west of Dvinsk, faf under our fire,” says today's official report | from the East, FIRE AT SKULKER Policeman Shoots at Man Secn on Firc Escape Near Boston Court House Where Bomb (Was Exploded, Boston, March 30.—Search was .made today by the pelice for a man secn an a fire escape of a building backing on the yard of the Suffolk county court house early in the day. A patrolmian fired three shots at the man after he had refused to obey orders to come down, but the man jumped to a wall and then to the court yard and escaped. Since the recent bomb explosion at the court house which killed two men the building has been closely guarded, RUSSIAN ENVOY REMOVED, M. Bibikoff Notificd to Give Up His Post at Berne. Berne. March 29, Via Paris, March 145 a. m.—M. Bibikoff, the. Rus- ‘minister to Switzerland, has been’ nofifled by the provisiogal ‘ovemmem ‘of his removal from a quarters in France, p " 3 ‘ member of;the faculty of Trinity col- TRINITY PROFESSOR DEAD. e S Hemry Fergusor, Noted As History and Political Science Teacher. | mHartfora, March 30.—Prot. Henry Ferguson, clergyman and educator, lege, died this morning at hig-home here. He was born in Stamférd. in 1848, graduated from Trinity in 1868, and was given the L.L. D. degree in 1900. He studied for the Episcopal ministry and was made a deacon in 1872 and a priest in 1873. rector in Exeter, N. H., 1872 to 1878, and in Claremont 1878 to 1888. He was profeasor of history and political: science at Trinity and from 1906 to 1911 rector of St..Paul’s school, Con- cord, N.'H. Professor Ferguson was a' member of numerots assoclations and socteties of a scientific and hostorical character and of several clubs. He was the author of books 'on church and Amer- |icsn history. He is survi\ed by his | wife. RUSH LAKE RECRUITING: Chicago, March 30.—Orders have been received by Commandant W. A. Moffett of the Great Lakes training station, to rush the enrollment of a division of 3,000 men to serve on five hundred yachts and. power boats be- ing collected for the -navy. For Hartford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday. ‘Warmer Saturday. % He was’ BRIG. GEN, UIIAAREN(E R. EDWARDS, The ‘recent decision of Wuhlnxton authurmen to diyide the country into six military 'departments brings to New England, which will form the Department of the Northeast, Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, ndbwin com- mand of the Pangma Canal- Zone.: He will have his headquarters at Bos- .The purpose of the redistricting is helieved to be the expediting of troop movements and to" Nft from the shoulders of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who was in chanrge. of the old Department of the Eagt, the respon- sibility for, such.a large and unwieldy territory. political. move in the. ‘transfer of General Wood to:Charleston, S.' C. as .head of the Department. of the; Southeast, but this is ob\'loualy 80 lbuurd that the ldmlnm‘ratlon has-not wen dnlxned to ‘make a statement’ on the Some profess to see a IN BY MAJ. SHUTTLEWO-RTH CHAMP CLARK NAMED { Members of Compames E and I°Anxious to See Service Anywhere, Any Time, for Uncle Sam. Companies E and I of the First Connecticut Infantry were formally mustered into the federal service at the state armory on Arch street this afernaon at 1 o'clock. Major Shut- tleworth, U. 8. A.,, who was the mus- tering officer at Niantic last June, was present in the same capacity today. The formality was simple and devoid of anything spectacular, other than the impression that any body of well appearing, well equipped soldiers makes. Companies E and I, drawn up at attention on the armory floor, commanded by Captains E. Raymond Low and A. H. Griswold respectively, with Lieutenants Arthur Johnson and Raymond R. Rand also.present, num- bered about 153 men. The long mus- ter roll was called. Major - Shuttle- worth read the formal federal oath and as his name was called. each sol- dier and officer answered ‘“‘here” in-a firm voice.” Tonight the enlisted' men are. regular army soldiers and New Britain, for the time being, is a reg- ular United States army post. ’ Many Want to Enlist. The muster roll of both Company -E and Company I hag been previously printed, including the' names .of .the recently enlisted men. In addition to these -men who have been sworn in are @ large number of applicants who are awaiting physical examinations and the' administering .of the oath. The new regulation provides that all appli- cants must be examined by the regi- mental surgeons at their respective armories and then sworn in as sol- diers. The men to date who have filed application for ' enlistment In Company E, pending examination and acceptance, are Irving J. Dawson, George E. Berry, Harold F.\Cleveland, who if accepted will be, physically, the biggest man in either company; Willlam J. Smith, John B. Groder, Donald M. Bell, who ig at present in the governmental employ as a post- man connected with the local post of- fice; 'James E. French, Edward S. Ashenback, James H. Ray, George S. Peterson, Michael F. Ryan, Francis J. Murphy, Francis Campbell, W. J. O'Connell, Samuel Balfare, Samuel .| Valentine and W. A, Brown. Those who have applied for enlist- ment in Company I are W. F. O'Dell, D O, 8elandeér;”"Andrew Lynch, John W. Nunent, Daniel Reardon, Joseph i *. (€onitinued on/ Fourth Page.) 1017. -—EIGHTEEN PAGES. CONN. BATTERIES ARE ORDERED Ot HAND§ OFF ATTITUDE ADOPTED BY SWISS Legislature Votes - Against Making Any Move for Peace. v . Berne, March 29, Via Paris, March 80.—The Swiss pariiament decided to- | day by a vote of 88 to 22 that Swit- |, zerland shoul make no move in be- haif of peacé at the present time. Thik action was taken after hearlng: the majority and minority reports of a cominission appointed to consider the possibility of & peace move by Switzerland. The majority of the commission ad- vised against any asétion at this time. A minority suggested: First that the Bundesrat declare itself ready to take E and F of B and Stamford Are‘ structed By Wa _ton to Mobnlxze BOTH CAME FROM: BORDER RECEN' [} ; War Department Preparing to O Least Two Morc Regimionts ( fantry in JFastern States, ing Mark at More than 36 —Mass. Naval Militia “Go Duty Sunday. : part in a general - conference of states immediately after the war for, the purpose of creating an interna- tional organization for the peaceful ! settlement of all pg:eu and econ- omic international ;° Second, that the Bundesrat declare itself ready, either alone or ‘in connection with other neutral states, to offer its | good services for peace negotiations whenever the circumstances seem timely or whenever its services are - quested. M. Hoffman, director of the political department, in supporting the ma- jority report, said that the petition for a peace move by Switgerland were well meant but that the'psychological | moment for peace had not arrived, “However,” sald M. an, ‘we are optimistic enough to declare that it is an absolute necessity to recdm- struct international law 80 as ‘to create mew guarantees in order that such things as we are experiencing | now, will be impossible again. The ' first threads, however, will be spun 1n | someother way, perhaps according io the Bryan scheme of agreements to. defer war, which Amerlon. has con- cluded. GORSGR}PTWII lll Nwll) Mpumfimmn;‘fi&n’ to by Austro-Goermans to Offsct Lack of Interest by Residents. Copenhagen, Thursday, March, 29, Via London, March 30.—Compulsory recruiting for the Polisly army evi- dently is about to be introduced in the new kingdom of Poland instead of the voluntary system, which has so far produced only a few hundred recruits, Two army corpsiwere fixed as the maximum by Austro-f tions when the kinj lished. According to Wn.r-ow despatches to the German papers, a sort of national y caleyla- was estab- convention, convoked by the Polish council of state, has passed a resolu- tion calling for the organization of the Palish army on the lines on which the Polish legion was recruited by Austria in the early days of the war. GERMANS RAN DOWN FLAG ON ALGONQUIN ‘Would Not Permit Stars and Stripes to Fly As Ship Was Sinking. The crew of the German subma- ‘rine which shelled and sank the American ip Algonquin with- out warning in' British water on March 12 refused to let the freight ship .go down with the Stars and Stripes flying, Captain Nordberg of the Algonquin said today. The cap- tain and twenty-five of his men ar- rived today at an American port on the Cunard liner Orduna from a British port. Before the Algonquin’s men aband- oned the vessel she was being shelled by the submarine. Captain Nordberg said he decided not to haul down the Americen flag and hoped to see it filying when his ship disappeared, but the Germans who went aboard to place bombs lowered it before they accomplished their work of destruc- tion. Captain Nordberg confirmed de- spatches which said he and his crew were denied ald by the U-boat's cap- tain and had to row €5 miles to land. About three miles off shore another submarine was sighted, he sald. The Algonquin was on her way from New York with grain and pro- vistions when ' sunk. CONN. ARTILLERYMAN DIES. Member of Ninth Company Succumbs to Typhoid Fever. Stamford, March 30.—Lester C. Howard, a member of the Ninth com- pany, coast artillery corps, C. N. G, of this city, died early this morning at a hospital in New London of . ty- phoid fever, aceording to word re- ceived here today. Antonio Caputo, another member of: the company, is réported ill at the hospital of the same malady. The Ninth company has been on guard duty for several weeks. ‘Washington, E and F of "i Tenth Fisld |Connectlcut National _Guard;’ called into federal service. todi 'war department orders. ' No tion of the call was made by partment, but they probably used for police protection purp Orders were being prepared "calling out additional .\lm 2 several eastern states. The plate an increase of at I 1 ments of infantry to p guardsmen already added to | ‘eral service for police , work. | Battery A. Georgia Field the 23rd and 47th regime; fantry, New . York . Gu squadren ' A, New York wera orderéd mustered in service for similar dutty. ( May Muster 190 Branford, Conn., M tery E. Tenth Field Artill fcut Natlonal Guard, my j armory here taday. 110 men of which num ported this morning. ‘were nuit‘ of tovn‘; ‘M to0. report during 2 Regruiting was started was -that the muster ‘net oniy the auired undec th the maximum of 19( the goversiment. is in command, The battery .retur: Mexican bordér servi Battery F Turns Out’ Stamford, March , 3 Tenth Field Arflflel'y. National Guard, ordered ;. eral service, again = mol morning and it is expected mustered into the gov during the = day. The turned from the Mexican B cently.' March (30, Mass, Naval Militia O Boston, ‘March 30.—Five ¢ of the Massachusetts Na ‘were mobilized at their ai day, under orders to begi duty on Sunday. They are the first deck divi second . engineering division,. Boston; tenth deck df head; tourth deck division,’ Ly fiftth deck division, Fall NEW INDEPENDENT London, March 30.—The sovernment has issued . tion to all Poles annou the government's: wish decide for itselt' the f ment it desires, sdys &. spatch from Petrograd. \The government takes it ed that the decision will b new independent Poland, f all the three now separats | ‘The Poles are to .d form of their government & tutional assemblage to be I capital of Poland on the B versal suffrage. Mystery Surrounds Fatality & tions plant. Bridgeport, March $0. arate investigations were b into the explosion at the ph Bridgeport Brass company ; as a result of which one died, two others are fatally hurt, and several ously injured. Coroner John J. Phelan inquiry into the death of tizi, who died of his injuries § 4} The other investigations. detective’ department which ing to determine whether was due to some external ¢ cidental, and by -t REBEL FORCE Havans, March 8 the soldiers and ciyilians the rebel forces of Rigol dez in Orlente province, | and 600, surrendered to rona at Guantanamo, early’