New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1917, Page 1

ER BUSINESS] P ~ FOR DECLARATION OF WAR | STATE OLNEY DIES| ON ST, LOUIS mfll'l_['l'fis Served fn Macity ‘UnderIAmck in { - Special Session of Con- - gress Expected—No News of Sinking of Steamer Parana ROUND TRIP WITH GUN First Armed Merchantman from U. S. Is' Again at { Rio' Janeiro, April 9.—It is reported Home Port. in ' political circles that President i * Braz Intends to issue an urgent call New York, April 9.—The American for a special session of congress. ‘A Noite says the minister of | !ine steamer St. Louis arrived here to- : Wm recelved a report from the | ¥ from Burope—the first .armed 4 n der of the Al at Des- | Passenger vessel to - make a iround WM he had lnt:::;‘md several | trip voyage from America sinte the mysterious wireless messages sent | German decree of unrestricted jj9m an unknown station. . The c‘m warfare. . S seponted _thal e The St. Louts left New York on i light signala flashing in the | march 17 with American citisens *hood of the Desterro forts, aboard, and passed safely through the ity to the military regulations | {r_poat zone. On the return trip she ¢ wgoverning the forts. B left & Buropean on March 81. $4The news that the Parana was| 7The homeward voyage of the St. d after she had been torpedoed [y quis through the war zone was un- indignation here | oyontrul. No submarines were sight- : -"th:‘:‘::’m“‘;":"““ ed on the éntife trip. The naval .;:t: egral ‘rom mew] i e wrmirRcalvid, | Y e meds e JNOVASS - oo | " “The German assassins are in- ble of the simplest act of hu- the anxious on board. nity. ' It is impossible to maintain | ~mhe St. Louls brought forty first the slightest relations with such|capin, 107 second and 161 steerage m‘“ reprisals by the Brazillan | passengers. Among them were fifty-, ‘4 rament are- justified.” 4 eight of the crew of the steamship No News From'Parana. ° ° '* |City of Memphis, thirty-three from ... Up to 6 o'clock this evening ign office the| the steamship Illinois and one of the was witheut -informa- | Vigilancia’s crew. These three Ameri- from the Paris legation in regard | can vessels were torpedoed. dnilnt of ;:3 3 The ) — MAY- BB $PIRS sional target ' practice. Passengers said their markmanship did much to Pacsna., - Th a’ fifty ‘minute with jdent Braz and; n ure Muller. - The Holbrook, Mass.,, April 9.—The po- lice today notified the federal authori- ties of the arrest here yesterday of two men, on' one of whom was found a note containing the addresses Grover Cleveland HAD INTERESTING ' CAREER Deceased Had Declined Important Posts Under Present Administration —Was Nominated for President in 1904—Approved of War, Boston, April 9.—Richard Olney, statesman, once secretary of state and always a noted student of internation- al affairs, died at his home in the Fenway in the’ Back Bay district .at 8:45 o’clock last night, at the age of eighty-two. - Word of the passing of the great citizen was not given to the press until today. Three days ago he lapsed semi-consciousness with a smile on his face. He had just been advised of the president’s message to congress asking that a state of" war be recog- nized and his joy was unbounded. It was the consummation of his most earnest hope. ‘Throughout his final illness up to late last Thursday, Mr. Olney’s mind had remained perfectly clear and he followed every move in the interna- tional struggle. Those who were with into Lhim said that the one thought in his mind was that ‘“something be -done.” Checred By Russian News. ' A little earlier he had been rejoiced over the news from Russia. He had never trusted the autocracy and re- garded the Russian government as the weak link in the chain of the Al- Mles. He feared that Russla would make a geparate peace with the Teu- tonic empires and as he became physi- cally weaker this fear preyed on his mind more and more. i The news of the revolution heart- ened him wonderfully and President ‘Wilson’s call to arms made him happy and’ content even at the approach’of death. 0 It was rarely that Mr. Olney would speak for publication. Suffered Paralytic Stroke. Since February he has falled stead- ily and it was apparent that the end was not fiar off. Yesterday afternoon he suffered a paralytic stroke that left his right side paralyzed. ;that no nnz:un ship be attacked on 5 retext, even that :,‘_‘m:: mmm.’;.d of war, as thé | fused .glve any information about e oo thas cneo” | put | RuE. | STATES TO ACT. 3 # %" "Indicative that Germany may deny ; that the Parana was the victim of a s%e: German submarine are statements a.n'; Two Men Caught at Armory Under pearing in the newspapers here an ‘attributed to German dlplp;::bt:c Suspicious Oircumstances Hcld— i officials .that the Parapa prol y struck a French or English mine as W. Fires at Strange Man. it 1s "'“’:‘:::l:“ ;::: "'MGQ;"Q:;:“:; Willimantic, April $—Two men who opu:;a 50 .close. to Havre. The Ger- | attempted to enter the armory here " ‘man minister 1s quoted as asserting |after loitering in the vicinity all day that the evidence is open to suspicion. | o iarqay, were arrested today by lo- _ Bome of the newspapers express Ui | oq) and state officers and two militia- ice at the slowness of the chan-| o, They were locked up pending Jeellory to take action. investigation. The men, it is charged were attempting to gain .entrance through a window when discovered last night, but escaped ‘at that time. A guardsman on the local railroad bridge here had an exchange of shots . | with an unidentified man last night -/ Motor vehicles figured in four ac- |it was learned today. According to cldents on New Britain streets yes- | the guard he noticed the man near y, none.being serious. Machines | one of the abutments and when the charge of B. F. Clark of 38 Maple | stranger failed to obey his command street and George Richardson crashed | to- halt he fired at him. The man at .Elm and Church streéets about |returned the fire and made his escape. 2 ock in the afternoon, the hg;r" * cat beirg damaged in having a front shog torn off, one of the rear wheels 10 HOUR LAW. battered and a mudguard bent. An . n automobile operated by Chartes R.|Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Limit Staub of 162 Main street was run into of lnlia Labor in Mills D e iyrtle. stroets about 4 | Washinston, Abril 8.—The supreme o'clock, the latter machine being ;court today upheld as constitutional slightly MP o e b the Oregon law limiting labor of men .Cqrl O. Person of reet | 4, s, ‘ ta ana an unientified motorcyclist | e, Laciories and manufacturing ; ih collision on Main street at | SStablishments to ten hpura daily but t 4:50. Neither machine was bad- permitting thirteen hours labor if patd SROWS 409, Ne! time and a half for overtime. -ly injured. A few minutes later Gre- 1t s bro Bagdasar of 13 Washington street, [ 1t Was the frst general hours of on a bicycle, ran into an automobile ";e:'l'e':r m‘! ever before the su- on Arch street and suffered a lacer- | P % ated scalp. The operator of the auto- ~ mobile, Andrew Falk of 7 Conn;:‘t‘lilut .. avenue, took the boy to New n T T General hospital, where sursical at- Federal Authority to Prosecute Elec- tention was given. The police r:celved tion Frauds Is Restricted. 'e con- i thority to prosecute frauds in general ‘GUILTY. OF ARSON. state- elections and. United States sen- Torrington, April 9.—Robert Doug- | 2t°rial primarfes was materlally re- ias, 68 years old, pleaded guilty in |8tricted by the. supreme court today. * the borough court today to the charge | [Federal indictments for alleged cor- of arson and was bound over to |Fuption “comspiracies” in 1914 Rhode thHe superior court under bonds of $1,- Island congressional elections and the ..D00. He was arrested Saturday while | 1916 senatorial primary in West Vir- \he firemen were extinguishing a smail | £inia were dismissed. The court de- blaze at the home of his son with |Cided the states and not the federal whom he resided. authorities are authorized to act. DR, WINSLOW DEAD. SRR el e Boston, April 9.—Dr. Willlam Hen- ashington, April 9.—Oregon's law £y ‘Winslow, eye specialist and author | fiXing minimum wages for women, the of medical works and historic novels | first compulsory wage statute ever he- died at his home in the Roxbury dis- | fore the supreme court was tod . 4 . G ay, up- . ‘riet vesterday. He was born in Bel- | held as constitutional by an equal‘l‘y tast, Me,, in 1840 and after his gradu- | aivided court. Similar compulsory atlon from the naval academy in 1861 | Jaws of Washington, Colorad sérved in the navy during the Civil | consin, California, Utah, Ml:ntrl::; war. and Ohio were likewise sustained: It was typical of Mr. Olney that It tle was known of his fliness. From' the time that he entered President Cleve- Jand’s cabinet as attorney general in 1893, becoming secretary of state two years later, no man in New England +had been sought out more consistently by newspaper men for his opinion on current events and none probably fur- nished less “copy.” When in 1904 he was awakened by the telephone a little after mid-night to be told that the democratic na- tional convention had before it a proposition to nominate him for pres- ident the only comment elicited from the man was that'it was “an extra- ordary early hour” at which to dis- turb a man’s slumbers. Richard Olney served successively ad attorney general and secretary of state during the administration of President Cleveland, and although at the head of the state department for the short period of one year and nine months only, he won reputation as a statesman of commanding ability and force. His greatest triumph was his successful Insistence upon arbitration of the boundary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela. Imperturbably disregarding the warnings that a rigid maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine might plunge the United States into War with Great Britain, President Cleveland and Sec- retary. Olney cafried out their own jdeag of diplomacy. In his famous message sent through Ambassador Bayard to Lord Salisbury, British secretary ‘of state for foreign affairs, Mr. Olney, premising the inalienable right of the United States to inter- vene in questions affecting the terri- torfal integrity of South American countries, said in part: “Great Britain both admits that there is a controversy and that ar- bitration should be resorted to for its adjustment. But while up to that point her attitude leaves nothing to be desired, its practical effect is com- pletely nullified by her insistence that the submission shall cover but a part of the controversy: that as a condi- tion of arbitrating her right to a part of the disputed territory, the re- mainder shall be turned over.ta her. Upon what principle—except her fee- bleness as a nation—is Venezuela to be denied the. right of having -the claim heard and passed upon By an impartial tribunal? “‘It is’so, because I will it to be so’ seems to be the only justification Great Britain offers.” Although Lord Salisbury at first re- fused to. submit tothe American de- mand, upon further representations he receded from his attitude and agreed to the arbitration of the entire dispute. z - Famous in Railroad Strike. Mr, Olney’s firmness previously had become familiar to thé American pub- lic through his action in the great Chicago railroad strike and .subse- quent riots, when as attorney general he upheld the right and duty of the government to employ troops to erush the disorder. In refutation of charges that this attitude indicated his hostility to la- bor unions, Mr. Olney, in a special brief filed in a federal'court in Penn- (Continued on Eleventh Page,) i NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, APRIL o, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. BRAZIL CLEARING DECKS |EX-SECREFARY OF | BRITISHSUGESSFULJJOINT CONMITIEE |PASSPORTS DEMANDED BY | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADO WIDE, FRONT| TO CONDUCT WAR i Arras-Lens Sector | Bill Introduced in Congress Calls Presages Spring Drive for Board from Each House FRENCH QUIET . DOWN{BOND MEASURES READY Little Fighting on Somme and Aisne | Ways and Means Committce Will In- —Aerial Fighting Starts Operations | troduce it Thursdny—Resolution of British Who Are Well Pleased Calls for Self, Governing Ireland | ‘With Results. 7 and Poland, ; I The British early this morning at- | Washington, April 9.—A joint reso- tacked the German lines on a wide | lution for a congressional joint com- front from a point south of Arras to | mittee on the conduct of the war was the south of Lens, thus opening wl\ut introduced today by Senator Weeks is belleved here to be a general spring | of Massachusetts and .Representative offensive. The move has been looked | Madden of Illinois, both republicans. forward eagerly for some days. The offensive of the British fiying corps | . Th Committee to be composed of the latter'part of last week, the attack | !X members of the senate, including on Zeebrugge Saturday night and the | four democrats and two republicans, ; activity of the French in Belgium as | six from the house evenly divided re- shown in yesterday’s communication | publicans and democrats. from Paris, were considered a prelude The resolution provides that the to.important military opérations. committee shall be known as the The British commander, Gen. Haig, | joint committee on the conduct of the says the German line has béeh pene- | war and shall sit during the sessions trated everywhere and that satisfac- | or recesses of cangress, shall make a tory progress has been made in the | special duty of the problems arising direction of Cambrai and St. Quentin. | out of the war, and shall confer and The extension of attack northward to | advise with the -president of the Lens doubtless was intended to give | United States and the heads of execu- the British more elbow room for their | tive departments and shall report to operations from Arras to the point of [ congress from time to time in its own juncture with the Frenech around 8t. | discretion or when requested ta do so Quientin. by either branch of congress.” u"l‘l'na committee will be clothed with Ad on Wide Front. e widest powers of investigation, 4 compelling testimony under oath. London, April 9.—British troops to- | . In' the senate the resalution for & day penetrated the German lines all | yoint congressional ~war committee along a wide front from Arras was referred to the rules committee Lens, the war office announces. at the request of Senator' Weeks, who The statement says that' in the lained that it was d d to ha direction of Cambral the British have ::‘a conmt follow ;::‘n cfmrle t;: stormed. the villages of Hermies and | jowedq in the Givil war. “It would Bnu;fll”- and penetrated Havrincourt | furnish a direct cannecting. link be- wood. . tween the executive and legislative In the direction of St. Quentin the | pranch of the government,” said he. British took Freshoy le Petit and Bond Issue M advanced their line southeast of Le o A decision to introduce the $5,000,- Vi jer. . No estimate of the num- e 000,000 bond issue measure an Thurs- ber of Germans captured can yet be glven, the statement says, but ' day in the house was reached today by number is considerable.* - Referring to the attack on front between‘ Arras and Lens, statement says: h e ensLaw nntsa beryA:emt vbgkq “We are making progress at . all the | Rainey, of ‘Illinois, democratic leader the | of the ways and means committee, The measure will carry a $3,000,- 000,000 issue for a loan to the Allies and a $2,000,000,000 issue for com-: ducting the war for this country. The: $2,000,000,000 issue is expected o, meet’ approximately one-half' of this country’s war expenses up to June 30, Paris, April 9—Between the Somme | 1918. Consideration of plans for rais- and the Aisne patrol encounters: oc- | ing additional funds by taxation for curred during the night says today’s | conducting the war for this country war. office ‘announcement. Notwith- | will come later. The most essential standing the bad weather there was | thing to be accomplished, it is agreed, active artillery fighting in several sec- | is to prepare the Allies’ loan in or- ters. der that they may obtain much need- “Northwest of Rheims a German | ¢d, food and munitions. attack on. our positions in front -of About $1,760,000,000 or one-half of Courcy was repulsed by our fire.|the $8,600,000,000 asked for : French Are Quict. tachments were repulsed after a live- | pe raised by taxation, and the balance ly engagement with grenades. In the | by sgle of bonds, house and senate region of Maisons-de-Champagne We |jeaders had virtually decided today. made some progress in grenade fight- | 1t {5 proposed that the most revenue ing. The remainder of the front was | should come from increased taxes on quiet. incomes, in heritance and excess profits, and that an issue of 3 1-2 per cent. bonds be authorized for $5,000,000,000 of which $3,000,000.- 000 would be invested in war bonds of the Entente nations and $2,000,- 000,000 would cover the balance of the war expenses not met by taxation. All of the two billion might not' be needed within the year, according to advance estimates. Indications were that the bond ‘War Declaration. issue would have little effective op- Ry 2 position in either house, although the London, April 9.—The reply. of | problems of taxation for the war are President Wilson to the message sent | likely to prove more difficult. him by King George as given out here McCormick Resolution, today, is as follows: ° The house was asked,.in a resolu- “To his Majesty George V., king and | tion jntroduced today by Representa- emperor: _ Your eloquent message | 4jve Medill McCormick of Illinols, to comes to me at this critical -moment | oonvey to the executive chambers of of our national life as a proof of the | t1,o Entente nations its greetings and PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO ENGLISH KING George of England Hears from Wood- row of United States After Seretary . McAdoo and Representative | - al South of this point two German' de-|and navy. purposes within @ year. Tfl’;l peoples of the world, now striving to defend their ideals, to maintain the blessings of national ' independence community of sentiment among thel and to uphold the rights of humanity. | In the name of the American people and .government to -which they look for guidance I thank you. for your in- spiring words. “WOODROW WILSON" ‘Washington, April 8,” MORE WAR DECLARATIONS ? Zimmermann in Conference With Rep- rescptatives of South 'American Re- publics. London, April 9.—A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from The Hague says that Dr. Zimmerman the German foreign secretary con- ferred for an hour on Sunday with the ministers 6f Brazil, Argentina and Chilé. The despatch states that it is tthough in Berlin that conference was connected with & possible rupture of relations between' Germany and the three South American republics. WEATHER. MAM{ For Hartford and vicinity: Fair tonight, minimum about 22 degrecs. Tucsday fair and warmer. B e e e D \ the hope “that peace shall witness the restoration of Belgium and = Serbia and the establishment of a united self-governing Ireland and: Poland.” The preamble recites the fact that the United States now iiat war with Germany and declares that the other great powers at war with Germany “have voiced their purpose to secure the rights of the small peoples no less than of the great. Army Appropriation Bill. The army appropriation bill carry- ing about $270,000,000 which failed in the last congress, was taken up today by the senate. It provides for the existing army establishment until June 30, 1918 and. does not concern the bill to provide a new army of a million men. MAILS ORDERED CLOSED. Uncle Sam Puts Stop to Sending of Matter to Germany. Postmaster W. F. Delaney is in re- ceipt of orders from Washington, D. C., ordering the discgntinuance of ac- cepting mail matter for Germany, the onder becoming effective at once. Orders have also been issued whereby no employe of the office will be al- lowed a vacation .unless it is for sick- ness or ‘the usual allotment of time for vacation period. Ex-Postmaster Knapp who was in charge of. the local office from 1850 to 1858 was a visitor at the posteffice Saturday, as the guest of Postmaster Delaney. 4 b i BONUSES AND REWARDS FOR SUBMARINE CREWS Men on U-Boats Paid Extra for Accomplishment of Various Deeds. Amsterdam, via London, April 9.— The frontier correspondent of the Telegraaf suggests that the reckless- ness shown by German submarines is due to big financial reward .offered the crews by the German government. The men who man the submarines get ten per cent more than those in any other branch of the naval ser- vice and receive in addition substan- tial bonuses. * Fifty per cent of the value captured on the ship is distributed among her captors, five per cent to the com- mander of the submarine, five to the chief engineer, fifteen to the re- maining officers and twenty-five to the crew. Percentages = for torpedoed ships are based on the insurance value of the vessel. In thesa cases the submarine commander gets one per cent, the chief engineer one, the re- maining officers four and the crew ten. There are also extra rewards for special exploits. AUSTRIAN BOATS IN U. S. PORTS SEIZED Following Break Authorities Proceed to Take Over Vessels at Many Points, t New Orleans, April 9.—Three Aus- trian ateamers, the Clafa,;Anna and Teresa were taken in ‘charge by fed- eral authorities this afternoon. Philadelphia, April 9.—-The collect- or of the port of Philadelphia took physica) possession of' the Austrian steamer Franconia, war bound here since the war began. - New York, April 9.—The Austrian steamships Martha Washington and Himalaya self, detained in port here, were today seized by the customs.au- thorities. Newport News, April 9.—The Aus- trian steamer Budapest, tied up here since shortly after the outbreak. of the war, was selzed today by federal officials, . Tampa, Fla., April 9.-——The Austrian steamer Borneo tied up. here,6 was taken in charge today by federal au- thorities. A cutter with officers left this afternoon for the six mile trip to the ship. Custom officers said they did not know whether she had been damaged. ABENAKI ASHORE. Two-Masted Goes Aground on Massachus its Coast. Plymouth, Mass., Anr_ll‘o.—‘l‘he two- masted. schooner Abenaki from New York for Bath with a cargo ran ashore between White Horse Beach and Manomet Point in a heavy snow, storm today. Captain Leonard Portland Maine and the crew of three escaped by jumping into the shallow water and wading to: shore. Coast guards said the vessel would prove a total wreck. tons, was built at Phillipsburg, Maine, tons, was built at Philipsburg, Maine, in 1894, CUBAN DEFEN: SE, RGP Council Wiil Unite With U. S, Com- mittee for Common Purpose. New York; April 9,—Cuba's active participation in the war with Ger- many was signalized at a special meeting ‘of the Cubancabinet today, at which a council of defense, headed by President Menocal was formed to co-operate with the council of na- tional defense at Washington it was announced by the Republic of Cuba newe bureau here, A naval commission, it was stated, is supervising repair work to the damaged machinery of the four, Ger- man ships seized in Havana harbor. Stamford, April 9.—The cdntract| far five submarine chasers at $120,000 each has been awarded by the gov- ernment to the Luders Marine Con- struction comBany it was announced by the concern here today. The boats are to be 110 feet long, 16 feet beam and have a speed of thirty knots. FARMING DEMONSTRATTON, New Haven, April '9.—The New Haven County Farm Bureau heré an- nounced that the demonstration ot ploughing and harrowing at \Wail- lingford arranged for Tuesday aftér- noon as a part of' a speeding up plan in agriculture has been postponed until Saturday on account of the snow storm. HERALD BEST OF AL LOCAL NEWSPAPE _ ESTABLISHED gExpécted Action € | curs Today---Pex is - Safe at Z Switzerland GERMAN INFLUENCE BROUGHT 70 B Washiijgton, April 9.—Austrl gary, under, the pressure of Ge has seveded: aiplomatic reldtion the United States. ; Baroh' Evich ZWiedenelk, ol affairs of the Austro-Hun, bassy here, called thn’/e K partment today and“ukdk o ports for himself and the staff. P . Almost at the same time patch was received fromr "Am ¢ Ambassador Stovall at Berne /s the dual monarchy had ' brol diplomatic relations with'] States in Vienna yesterds ¢ ' It i3 expected that this Was.d handing ‘passports to the ' "Am charge Grew. oA . Ambassador Penfield left Vien! Saturday. | Spain Takes Over Ingress, By pre-arrangement, ’ Spain' take over the diplomatic and com interests of the United States tria-Hungary. e 'All Austrian consular "*’ depart from the United ter the diplomatic mission as; case with Germany. * ‘%, Us to the time Charge ! asked for his passports no ! tion had beep)taken by Bulgsl turkey and their represe: disclaimed having 'any Ki the intentions of thelr J ! Undoubtedly Austria’s b the United States is the 3 declaration of g state of WHe.u The diplomatic' history: tion and: the pracedents of tl to: Germany’ cam) aithough' she has no! against Ame! 3 > that Is!cansld:'v mtld\ b3 quite impassible; € g the United Sthtés on?! fopjd{ys the diplomatic ana consuise s} ‘Germany’s ally.! 7 + Antl-American” . pro o ducted by Austrian agents. un man difection hag been. n ] sive and scarcely less ' the German propaganda clean break with Austriz time ago recognized as the' velopment. 2 It is possible that there m 'warlike operations between ¢ of the two governments, ul many should force it. % Charge. Grew' at Vienna { turn over to Spain, British | nese Interests which, this ¢ looked after since the bei the war. Itallan French i { nlan 'interests in Austria by the United States were turned dver to the Swiss amb The United- States; by t! relations, is releascd of the: & { probably 2,000,000 war prisone Russia alone it is estimated' 250,000 Austrian prisoners W American protection with | erable number in France - Austria the United States for all the Italian and Rume! oners, small thought to bring the total 2,000,000, . - y About 200 native Am thought to be now in Aus ‘Hungary, with perhaps r naturalized Austro-Americans. s whom: wilf prefer to stay in the. try of their birth. 2 Austria ‘has in this country, fifty ‘consulat officers in tio her regular embassy staff not 'lm ing clerks, attaches and familles, conduct for all will be once. . . Other, { Penfield Js, Safe. The sate arrival of Ambas Mrs, Penfield ‘at Zurich, 8w tue with three, members, of ths_gmi staff; was repotted today to the’ partment. - The ‘last- divect desm from Vienna which reached: here: terday having been sent Satun said that up to that time Au not taken action. Joseph, C. Grew, formerly secref at Berlin is acting as chargey ‘Vienna, aided by four assistant: taries. Bulgaria and Turkey have not yet given any indication of their pi able attitude and officials ex] doubt as to what it will be. folt formally has endorsed Germany's marine stand and neither, has rines that would operate jcan shipping. Austria’ \ rejations ‘will cut . oft.all tion with Sofia and Con { the Greek cable to the latter only route except via Vienna, been cut,