New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1917, Page 1

EASUR IN F ORCES POSTPONEMENT OF TWENTY-FO - HOUSE COMMITTEE FAILS TO SPEED RESOLUTI Leader of “Little Group of Wilful Men”, Once Denounced Publicly By President, Again Stumbling Block in Path of Who Desire to Take Action Agamst Germany s Illegal Assaults on Ametican Commerce---anlomatlc Rupture_w VMMMmmn Youtbs for Compulsory Millary T OFFICERS OBJECT i mmug for tratning 'of about 00,000 men of 20 years of age and, 3 'the president’s discretion, "many housands more up to 23 years of “The bill was reférred to tho mplnn. The definite plans of the war de- it are waiting to go forwara ‘when it ig ready to re- ent Wilson gave.a clear view immediate steps to be urged ‘address, but until the depart- -has been submitted de- ed as confidential. nm ‘element of the plan the t has already disclosed. Itis K. ibling of 500,000 men under ] ualuv—l service system, as an ad- 4 ‘to the regular.army and Na. nal Guard, which would provideé a otal war strength of 1,200,000. It Nerves on edge, ready to “fall i and “forward march” at a moment's notice, members of Company E and Company I, First Connecticut Regi- ment, are today bivouacked at the state armory on Arch street ready to start for thelr ultimate destination “somewhere in Connecticut” for ac- tive duty. When the order will come is not known, but officers and men expect that it will be received to- morrow, or not later than Thursday. ‘Today physical examinations of men in both companies continued and by early afternoon had been completed. Then began the task of taking all data, information and finger prints of each man. Aside from the tense- ness that goes with the anticipation of an order to move, work at.the armory has proceeded with orderly routine and except that the men were kept close to their command and but few outside passes were issued, the g an. early order to move Anticipating a number of the men have announced | their intention of taking “war brides” before they march out for service and one man, Private Clifford Wagstaff.of Company L' has stolen a march on his ' and 1s already enrolled in the #anks of the benedicts. Last Saturday Private Wagstaff secured a leave of absence for a few hours ana went: to Southington where he and Miss Cora Furgeson were quietly mar- ried . at the Episcopal parsonage. Thus to Private Wagstaff belongs the distinction of having the first “war ‘bride” in either otN.w units. Corporal assumed that coincident with fim, lling out of the new army, orders 0 recruit the regulars and guard- pen to full strength will go out, ne by volun- ' May ‘hll 500,000 More. "Army officers believe 500,000 is the paximum number they can under- ke to train at once. When the work. as proceeded for a few months, how- er, an' additional 500,000 could be led out, to be followed at intervals f & few months by other similar 1 pents until a total fully of the esired size has been mustered. The training of the first half mil- n will tax the personnel and ma- [hi of the regular army 'to the mit. Even with provisional lists of ifficers and the officers’ reserve corps -call upon there will be a shortage tral) personnel. The units of he u army, it is said, will be ! ) mecessary to carry the work prward. For that reason the sug- fon that an expedition army .nenttoclrr'flmflulntol"rlm a symbol that the United States as definitely and finally aligned fainst Germany in the world war, with a cold reception today officers of the general staff. officer said such a step would “military suicide,” as the only pops available for such purposes ould be the regulars, who could not e spared from training work. There is much uncertainty as to he use to which the National Guard to be put under the new plan. No formation was forth comlnx on this oint. May Eventually Reach Eutm)e. President Wilson is . believed to ve spoken in direct accordance with e advice of the war department and e general staff, in the program he oadly outlined to congress.. There reason to belleve that the admin- tration is' looking ahead for a year more to the time when the na- 's military power would be fully wveloped, in planning for actual (Continued on Ninth Page) leave it possible. ‘will take as hiu bride Miss Mable Sl?mlom According { to stories afloat at the armory several ‘more of the young soldiers are con- sidering matrimony, but none of those suspected will admit i . The physical examinations to which the men were subjected yesterday and togay were conducted by Major Styles, U. 8. A, retired, and Major Water- man of the First Infantry - Medical Corps. (They were assisted by Ser- geant. Connors of the hospital corps. Each man was put through a thor- lm.gh examination, but the results have not been announced, mor will they be for some time to come, it is stated. Although no definite informa- tion can be ol , - it. ‘has been stated that in Company I about four- teen men have been recommended for discharge because of physical disabil- ity, and in Company E about a similar !pumber have been reéommended. Lieutenant Rayond R. Rand stated of - ficially this morning, however, that it will be some time before the definite status of the men is known. The ex- amining officers make their official re- pert to the regiental headquanters and | the men mentioned are discharged or not, at the discretion of the colonel, working in conjunction with his sub- | ordinate officers. While it has been currently reported about the city that a number of men have been rejected, these reports are positively unofficial. Lieutenant Rand stated, and all men now in the companies will be' taken out of town when the soldiers march i | considered and action taken, it is de- cided to reject any of the men, their ldlschame will be forwarded in due time and then, and only then, will they leave the service. Until such (Continued on Ninth Page) away. If, when the reports are fully Rescue Doubttul on Account of Storm and High Sea NINETEEN REACH LAND British Freighter Docks at New York With Refugees From Trevose and Alynwick ' Castle Destroyed by U-Boats Without Warning. ! ‘Washington, April 3.—A despatch from - Ambassador Sharp dated at Paris 5 p. m. yesterday, said that niveteen survivors from the Astec were landed yesterday at Brest and twenty-eight persons still were miss- ing and their rescue was doubtful be- cause of the heavy sea and storm. Ambassador Sharp cahled: “The foreign office ' has just in- formed me that the American steamer Astec was torpedoed at 9 p. m. last aight (April 1) far out at sea off Isl- and of Ushant. One boat from the steamer has been found with nine- teen survivors who were landed this . . i eearching for them, the stormy corfat tioh of” tiis:sel “ahd ‘weather renders their rescué doubtful. “Foreign office not informed as to names of survivors. Will cable fur- ther details as soon as possible.” Dispatches to the French embassy last night put the missing at eleven. Refugees of Two Vessels Arrive. New York, April 3.—The British freight steamship Trevose, reported by.Germany as having been sunk was torpedoed without warning on March 18 and t -four. of her crew. are unaccount for, according to officers of the Fabre line steamship Venezia, which' arrived here with five of ;ho Trevose's crew. The Venezia brought also nineteen from the British passenger steamship Alynwick: Castle, already reported sunk without warning on March 19. The five from the Trevose were rescued by the Alynwick Castle from an _open boat. The twenty-four men brought in by the Ven: -had floated for four days and four nights in open boats before being picked up, and five men died from exposure during the time. iMany of these rescued are suffering from frost bites and frozen limbs. The Alynwick Castle, .they said, carried a crew of 100 men and 24 passengers. The' British admiralty ‘I has already announced the sinking. of this ghip. Seven boats were launched = from the Alnywick Castle but on account of the strong' gale blowing they ' were soon separated end thus far 100 of the 124 aboard are unaccounted for. The survivors of the Trevose said i that vessel was sunk early in the morning of the 18th, the U-boat not ibelng sighted by any one on board and giving no warning. The. crew took to the boats, which soon-drifted ‘apart. The - survivors picked up by the Alnywick Castle had ‘been on that ship only a few hours when she in turn was torpedoed. The launching of the Alvnwick Cas- tle’s boats was attended with extreme difficulty, as there was only little ‘tlme to get them loaded before the- ship went down. The high wind.then drove the boats in various directions. : The sufferings of the passengers and | crew’ were described by the survivors |as terrible, and when the Venezia thove in sight four days later all were |'so ‘weakened by exposure that they | were unable to assist their rescuers lin saving them. The Trevoss was on her way from | New Castle to Alexandria, Egypt. . She was of 3,112 tons gross. . The Alnywick Castle was on a voyage from London to Cape Town, Africa. She was of 5,900 tons. Cannizaro Is Destroyed. New York, April 3.—The British steamship Cannizaro which 1dft New York on March 14 for Hull, England, (Continued on Sixth Page) SOLDIER FPAINTS PACIFIST HEADQUARTERS YELIK)W. . Washington, April s.-A ‘Na- tional Giuldm of the Third ‘Washington, April 3.—The. house met today under the new organization completed last night by democrats with a few changes in. committee chairmanships from the arrangement in’ the last congress. . The : minorily mmittee assinigments ! n_the pmuupuon that, they ‘will follow thé make-up dl thl Tast session former republican 'members of the foreign relations committee were_invited to meet with the demo- cratic members this morning to con- sider the war resolution. Southern democrats were replaced by northern democrats as some chair- man in some cases. The democrats retained their majorities in all com- mittees but allowed the republicans one more ‘place on some of the more important committees. The committees for which new chairmen were named are: Rules, (Pou, North Carolina; rivers and harbors, Small, North Carolis Indien affairs, Carter, Oklahoma; la- bor, Maher, New York; education, Sears, Florida; patents, Smith, New York; claims, Stephens, Mississippi; raillways -and canals, Bruckner, New York; irrigation, Taylor, Colorado; accounts, . Park, Georgia; ileage, Dill, Washington; elections {No. 1), ‘Wilson, -Louisiana;. elections (No. 3), ‘Watson, Virginia; expenditures, (in the varlous executive dep&flh’entd): war department, Dooling, w. York; | post office, Keating, Colorado; interior. Hastings, Oklahoma; justice, Raker, California;' commerce, Crosser, Ohio; .| labor, ELondon, New York'(declined): public buildings, M. McCllntlc. Okla- homa. Of the independent group who voted for Speaker Clark, Representa- tive Schall, Minnesota, progressive, was placed on the rules ‘committe: Randall, California, . prohibitionists, on the post office; London, New York, socialist on the labor department ex- penditures, labor, mines and revision of the laws committees, and Martin, Louisiana, progressive protectionists, probably will be added to the ways and means committee. Representative Fuller of Massachusetts, independent, who voted Tor Representative Lenroot for speaker, was not nccoi'ded any ussignment. Democratic additions to the com- mittees included O’Shaunessy, Rhode Tsland, Carew, New York, and White, Ohlo, ways and means; Byrnes, South Carolina, appropriations: Sumners, ‘Texas, and Flynn, New _York, ciary; Hamma, New Jerséy Nebraska; . Lonergan, Connecticut, Prand, Georgia, and Stevenson, South Carolina, banking and currency; Dale, New York, and Snook, Ohio, interstate ‘commerce; Garrett, Texas, and Lunn, New York, military; Venzon, Georgia, Littlepage, West Virginia; Bathrick, Ohio, and Wilson, Texas, naval; Ster- ling, Penn., post office; Smith, New (Continued on Ninth Page.) "~ WEATHER. Hartford, April 3.—For Hartford and vicinity: Fair tonight, Wednesday cloudy. O s s D PRESIENTS DARTS | AINED AT KAISER | Curtailment of Autocracy May Be. Preliminary to-Peace ALL BRIDGES BURNED Administration ‘Offictals Feel Time | Has Past for Conference of JBelli- gerents as Proposed by Czernin ‘With Consent of Central Powers, Washington, April 3.——Whether the German government will permit pub- lication of President Wilson’s ad- dress was a question of great interest today at the state department. The sharp line drawn by the president in His address between the German peaple and the autocracy that rules them is regarded as providing addl tional fuel for the unrest in Germ which “has been' recognized even Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollw: The extent of the unrest and the titude~.of the a um-m,. toward it MM“: be showp in caused a surprise at t.h. department, where it was said that no definite information to. that ofloe(,‘\ud been received. g g B Officials felt, however, that; flm- for such a conference passed. The view is belng 7 adap here that no negotiatiohs’ can be be- gun until Germany has laid down a general statement of mu guRT. antee. of good faith. = The United ‘States apparently would be as loath as the Allies to ehter n ference. The sharp . foc! [ of amnuon throughout ‘the'world by the presi- aent’s- ‘address on the presght auto- cracy: of Germany is expected to make some "~ curtailment of - that ‘autocracy esgential as'a peace nflllnmury The British and French, ‘even before “the terrible . devastatiop ° of -northern France, have ml-b; times, even in high-quarters, demahded actual capl- tal punishment for a few 'leading statesmen in Germany to whom the . While the A\l%]‘ll. Bultlrhn and Turkhl:h situations, remains just as it was, for the' pi nt, so far as this country is concerned, it is probable that Germany will force those nations to her side. = Austria, deeply affected by freedom in Russid and fearful of a break with this country; Bulgaria, already satisfled with her war results and anxious-for peace without dis- aster, . Turkey overrun from four sides throu her richest territory by Russian and British troops, all are known to be ready for peace negotia- tions, * Germany, however, has built up during the war a domination -in those countries which may not be I broken. Count Tarnowski, whom President lwumh said could not be received as Austflnn ambassador, now is expected to) ask’ for his safe conduct home. . Just‘after the receipt of the Austrian note affirming Germany’s decree, he was told he could not present his credentials and it is thought to be as a sequence of this that Ambassador Penfield has been summoned home | from Vienna. Full diplomatic rela- | tions would, under such conditions, not exist, and little doubt is felt that the "next step will follow within a few days. > CONFERENCE AT BI-IRLIL\'. Rcpresentatives of Central Allies to Approve Czernin’s Proposal Berlin, via London. April 3.—The proposal of Count Von Czernin, Aus- trian foreign minister, that a peace conference be held by belligerents without requiring the cessation of hostilities apparently represents the attitude of all the central govern- ments. Count Czernin’s appeal was not only sanctioned by Austria and her allies but shortly will be formal (Continued on Eleventh Page,) il Ultimate Passage By aenate of I State of War Believed to Be F clusion Even By Those Who Pacifists Attempt to Prevent | Navy Enlistments Washington, Apnl 3.—The ad)outnment of today was marked by a stormy scene in whlch La Follette, by objection, forced consideration’ of resolution over until tomorrow ‘and Demcnnc Martin, then forced an adjournment to cut off Li Consideration of the administration war' the house foreign affairs committee was post’pon tomorrow. Action by the senate within at least two pr ; was predic even by Senators opposm those designated by President Wilson as, clared emphatically there would be no fillbudi‘r : tracted battle. Amendments from republican semtors‘ 1 prevent a formal alliance with the Entente. them, are expected. Senators Borah, Kenyon,: ) and other repuhhcans are particuiarl W ns nimu asked that &Ih'mx Hitchcoek then told .him that'it ‘absence of ‘printed copies was the. basis of his objection he could promise thelr distribution ‘within five ' “I object, under the rules,” insist- &d Senator La Follette: ‘Senator Martin angrily faced Sen- ator La Folette saying: *“Qf course it.is within the power of ‘the senator to:carry this over. He has top mruch & lence to make The, senate foreign mlttec today amrrav‘d ‘tration’ resolution declarin war exists Wwith Germany the same form as it in both hoi - ni gh were made to rord The vote was nfijm $ Chairman Stofte.””" !snufn“t‘ z Idaho was abeefit. 'Senato cock of - Nebraska; who the resolution on the flo mediately to the house foy committee to show it the ¢ senate committee had made | to have it'put before both effect remaing | the same form. 1t n.an-‘.ry {for me to tell him that | mendous consequences.” - Senator La Follette broke in with a protest. against being. “lectured” by Senator Martin. “I'had no idea of lecturing the sen- ator,” Senator Martin retorted, but I have a right to call the attention of the senate and the senator to the mo- mentous consequences of ths resolu- tion. t's quite unnecessary,” said Sen- ator LaFollette, “I think I realize it as fully as the senator from Virginia does. I ask the regular order.” Senator LaFollette then insisted that the vice president sustain. and an- nounce the rule against further com- ment. after objection has been made to immediate consideration of a reso- ultion. The vice president called for uther bills and resolutions and Sena- tor Martin' precipitated the adjourn- ment. desire to say right here,” he an- no\mo-d, “that no bther business shall be led with until this matter 18 settled. - I move that the senate ad- journ until 10 o’clock tomo The galleries greeted this announce- ment with a wave of handclapping which was not suppressed. The sen- ate then adjourned. Leaders of both parties in the sen- ate are disposed to pass only appro- priation and other war measures and wdjournment. Some believe it possi- ble to adjourn by May 15 but some republicans think June 1 more prob- able. b Senator La Follette of Wisconsin sald today he expected there would “quite’ a little debate.” : “Y don’t know,” he said, “they may know, when' I expected to sped! House leaders predicted umlnu_nous support to the :president. . The. only possible objection foreseen by them was to a possible proposal to send troops abroad at omze. Later after an army had been well trained, if the war continued, they thought the house would support such a plan. In the wave df patriotic fervor which swept over the house today aft- er overnight consideration of the pres- ident’s address, most of the so-called pacifist group fell into line by declar- @ 1 The resolution was prei | senate today. s X Senator Hite relntlolu ‘com; consent for its lmme&h« tion. Senator LaFollette ob.l ‘went over under the rules of; The Resolution. , The regolution as lm!tq senate committee now. 1% @ Resolved; by m of representatives of the of America, ' in that the state ntw_ United States and’ the' Im) emm-nt. -which has this et iy loy naval and mmt:rv lnnaq United States ‘and the: the government to - carry against the Imperial Gex ment and to brifig the cos successful termination. | All of the resources of ¢ try are hereby pledged by ¥ gress of the United ‘States. Country at War wm The United States reall with the German empire ti ing ‘only ‘the formal congress. Every agonty wis miovily the nation against the - which the president,” in his' characterized as a nuunl foe | serty, . i The cablust 4t & war sesbion called to diecuss the ' 'extens credits to nations at war Wit many; the raising of money. tion for use by theé United:| the war; the equipment of i to the fullest state ‘of cope with the submarine m the raising of a great pringinle of universal liab ice—thé first’ increment, of be G§9,000 men. The ,Council of Natiol and lts ad\isnry commh‘fi-(:i (Continued on Bleventh