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

“ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. HERALD BEST OF A LOCAL NEWSPAPE NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917.—EIGHTEEN PAGES, ESTABLISHED BlG CELEBRATION |PUT RAILRADS AT |ASKS GOVERNOR T0 [ KITCHIN CHEERED OPENING FIGHT ON PATRIOTS' DAY Plans Call for General Half Holi- day in City Thursday FLAG RAISING ON GREEN Streét Parade Will Begin at 2 o’Clock —Mayor Quigley and Hon. G, M. Landers Will Try and Get Factories . and Stores to Close at Noon. Patriots’ Day will be celebrated all over the country next Thursday af- ternoon, will be observed in New Britain as a half holiday and a day for an exhibition of national patriot- ism, if plans suggested by a special committee last night are carried out, and today everything points to the be- Hef that they will be, The council committee met . with the public amusement commission last evening and an elaborate celebration plan was evolved. Mayor Quigley presided at the meeting and Judge W. F. Mangan was chosen chairman and Howard A. Timbrell was named as clerk. The chief aim of the celebration workers at present is to secure the perfect co-operation of the entire city, business and private. The plan calls for a half holiday, with the schools, factoribs and stores closing at noon in order to give the employes a chance to participate. The big street parade will begin at 2 o'clock in the after- noon and Alderman A. M. Paonessa and Councilman Willilam Mueller have been named as a committee to secure a band for the occasion. The flag raising exercises will take place in Central park instead of Walnut Hill park as first planned, and Howard L. Platt has been delegated to secure a suitable flag pole and flag for this ceremony. Various societies in the city are to be invited to take part, in- cluding the City Guard, the Sons of Veterans, the G. A. R.,, the Boy Scouts, the Tierney Cadets, the Pa- triotic Order, Sons of America, the Spanish War Veterans and other. or- ganizations, including if possible and permissable, the: Home Guard com- panies and the members. of Company E, First Regiment, who may be in this eity. , Veterans ‘'Will Ride, The plan calls for every unit in the parade to march with the exception \ of the Grand Army Veterans who will Mayor Quigley has been named as & committee of one to solicit this ca- operation of various societies and or- ganizations ta participate in the parade. Councilman McDonough has been asked to canfer with Superin- tendent Stanley H. Holmes to request that the schools be closed at noon that the children may participate in the exercises.. Alfred E. Magnell, Paul Leupold, A. S. Andrulewicz, Joseph Huitgren, Joseph Roche and Harold R. Jones have been appointed a pub- licity committee to assist in booming this patriotic observance. Other Celcbration Plans, | The plans also call for the erection of a band stand in Central park hnd for other decorations and the mayor and Mr. Platt will be in charge of this. The mayor will also secure the speakers far the occasion, one of whom will probably. be a naval officer who will at this time launch the navy’s three day campaign for re- cruits. Whatever part the school chil- dren may take in these exercises will be in charge of Miss Mary A. Camp- bell, Superintendent S. H. Holmes and George B, Mathews. The marshal of the day is to be Colonel Alfred L. Thompson and Councilmen McDan- ough and Anton Steiner were namecd to take charge of the parade plans, Mayor Quigley. will communicato with the heads of the various fagtories in an endeavor to get their co-opera- tion and to have them close down at noon for a half holiday. President George M. Landers of the Chamber of Commerce will act in the same ca- CALL OF PRESIDENT Revised Bill Would Not Actually Take Over Lines OTHER UTILITIES - INCLUDED Telegraph and Telephone Lines and ‘Workmen Would Also Be at Dis- posal of Executive Under Terms of Measure Introduced in Congress. ‘Washington, April*13.—Power for the president to order railway offi- clals to operate any part of their rolling stock during war time as he /may see fit, without actually taking over railroads, is given in the com- mon carrier regulation bill of last ses- slon, reintroduced in amended form today by Chairman Adamson of the house commerce committee. Provision to' permit the president to control and operate all railroad, tele- graph and telephone lines, to draft their employes into the military serv- ice, to use military in protecting the operation of railway lines and to in- crease the personnel of the Interstate Commerce Commission from seven to eleven members are included as in the previous bill. The section in' which the president might order the operation of part of a road's rolling stock is considered of the greatest importance. It would permit the government to obtain the same service that it would, if the line were taken over and at the same time, prove economical in time and cost, it 1s belleved. Compensation for the use of the rolling stock by the government would be fixed by the In- terstate Commerce Commission. All property taken over by president would be returned to its owners at the close of the war. At- tempts to evade service ordered by the government would be dealt with severely. Coupled with the proposed increase of the personnel of the commission ‘would be a provision to sub-divide it with the purpose of expediting busi- ness. As now constituted, the com- mission finds itself impossible to keep abreast of its work. Yy No special provision, other than permitting the president to use the military to the operation of the trains, 18 o wirikes. ] REVERE'S RIDE OVER AGAIN the Rider Uniformed as Immortal Horse- man to Cover Same Ground in Cele- bration in Middlesex County. Boston, April 13.—Towns and cities along the route of Paul Revere's ride in 1775 to warn the Middlesex county farmers of the approach of the Brit- iish troops will co-operate in a spe- cial observance of Patriots Day on April 19. A rider in continenta] uniform will go over the route from Boston to Lexington, mot in the early morning hours of Revere's gallop, but during the day, in order to permit of a pa- triotic celebration in each place through which he passed. A war rally will be held in the Boston arena in the evening. RADER IN MEXICAN GULF Brm.uhsu‘merwt;l‘mol German Vessel Disguised As Sail- ing Ship—U-Boat Also There. Galveston, April 13.—Information that a German commerce raider, in the guise of a sailing ship, has en- tered the Gulf of Mexico, was report- ed today in Galveston. This news was received from an unnamed Brit- pacity in reference to the store _keepers and will endeavor to get them to. close at noaon. The celebration committee will meet again tonight at 8 p. m. in the mayor’s office. MARRIED MEN INELIGIBLE Must Be Dropped From National Guard—Two Additional Troops of Cavalry Ordered in Connecticut. Hartford, April 13.—That all en- Msted men of the National Guard, now in federal service, or under call for federal service, who have fam- illes dependent upon them for sup- port, be discharged from the service whether such enlisted men desire to be discharged or not, is the gist of an order from, the secretary of war, ac- cording to a bulletin from headquar- ters, Eastern Department, Governors’ 1sland, Major General Leonard Wood, commanding, received by Colonel Goodman commanding First regiment, Connecticut infantry this morning. Another event of importance in the Connecticut military situation, today was the war department order that two additional troops of cavalry be ralsed in this state, one in New Haven and one in Hartford. FILE PLANT BURNED. Newcomerstown, Ohio, April 13.— The plant of Rex Saw and File com- pany was burned here last night. The loss is'estimated at $200,000. ish steamer in a radio message. It al- 80 has been reported that a German ‘| submarine is operating in the eastern gulf. BRIDGE GUARD FIRED ON. Assailant Approaches in Motor Boat and Fires One Shot. Portland, Me., April 13.—William Hay, a guard at the Grand Trunk railway bridge, reported to the police today that he had been assaulted and fired on during the night by a man who climbed onto the drawbridge from a motor boat. The bullet grazed his arm. Hay's assailant and companions who were in the boat exchanged shots with the guard before they disap- peared in the darkness. PLEDGE PLANTS T0 GOVT. —_— Machinery Manufacturers and Deal- ers Offer Stocks and Establishments to U. S. For War Purposes. Memphis, April 13.—Machinery manufacturers and dealers of the United States, delegates to the South- ern Supply and Machinery Dealer's association, the National Supply and Machinery Dealers’ association, and the American Supply d Machinery Manufacturers’ association today pledged their plants and stocks to the government in the war against Ger- { many. CENSOR LABOR LAWS Council of National Defenses Urges That He Have Control T0 INTERPRET RESTRICTIONS quee Legisinture Requested to Permit Executive to Suspend or Modify Cer- tain Statutes if for Welfare of Coun- . try—Goes to Judiciary Committee. Hartford, April 13—By letter, which Governor Holcomb sent to the Gen- eral Assembly today, Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, for the Council of National Defense, has requested the assembly to delegate to the state's executive the power to suspend or mmodify restrictions contained in labor laws in the interest of public defense for the period of the war. The governor's communication fol- lows: To the honorable General Assembly: I have received a letter from Hon. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war or such tener, that I have deemed it my duty to acquaint your honorable body with the same. The letter is as fol- lows: Council of National Defense. ‘Washington, April 9, 1917, Tojthe Hon. Marcus H. Holcomb, Governor of Connecticut. Sir: I respectfully call your atten- tion to the following resolutions Ppassed at the meeting of the Council of National Defense and its advisory commission, held on Saturday April 7: TRat the council of National De- fense urge upon legislatures of the states as well ‘as all administrative agencies, charged with the enforce- ment of labor and health laws, the great duty of rigorously maintaining the existing safeguards as to the health and welfare of workers, and that no departure from such present standards, in state laws or state rul-. ings affecting labor, should be taken without declaration of the Council of National Defense that such a depar- ture is essential for the effective pur- suit ' of the national defense. That the council of national defense urges upon the legislatures . of the several states that before final ad- Jourament the: delegate to the gov- erners of their respective states the power to suspend or modify restric- ! tions contained in their labor laws, ‘which such suspension or modification shall be requested by the Council of National Defense; and such a suspen- sion or modification, when made, shall continue for a specified period and not longer than the duration of the war. (Signed) Very truly yours, . NEWTON D. BAKER, Secretary of War and Chairman of Council of National Defense. You will note the request for legis- lative action by the several states made in the last paragraph of the letter, and I submit the same to you for such legislative actlon and re- sponse to this request as you may deem necessary. g § (Signed) MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, Governor. The communication went to the senate which referred it to the com- mittee on the judiciary after Senator Neebe had pressed a wish that the labor committee also have opportun- ity to consider it. Lieut. Gov. Wilson said he thought that the labor com- mittee would have this opportunity. U-BOAT BLOCKADE ON THE ATLANTIC Navy Officials Expect to Sec Subma- rines Off New York, Boston and Other Ports. ‘Washington, April 13.—New im- petus was given plans for naval co- operation between the United States and the Entente natiohs today by conferences between Secretary Daniels and American naval officers and Vice Admiral M. E. Browning of the Brit- ish navy and Rear Admiral R. A. Grasset of the French navy. Ameri- can warships first will undertake the patrol of the entire Atlantic coast from Panama northward, possibly even including Canada, permitting the withdrawal of British and French pa- trol vessels and using naval bases of those nations in the south Atlantic if necessary- Naval officers have expected Ger- many will extend submarine activity sporadically to this side of the At- lantic and cause a formal blockade of Boston, New York, the mouth of the Delaware, the mouth of the Ches- apeake, Charleston and Savannah. ‘ It is understood British and French yports in Europe will be opened to American ships when the need arises, and eventually an American naval station probably established on the Irish coast. DIPLOMAS FOR RECRUITS. Princeton, April 13.—Trustees Princeton university have voted to grant diplomas to members of the senior class who leave college to join some branch of the national service. About 100 undergraduates already have entered into active service. of DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS OFF FAST AND WEST SEACOASTS AUTO KILLS SCHOO GIRL IN KENSINGTON Dies Soon After Being Hit By R. O. Clark’s Machine. ‘While returning from her studies in the Kensington Grammar school shortly after 12 o’clock today, Vie- toria Tarditi, was struck by an auto- | mobile owned by R. O. Clark of East Berlin and so badly injured that she died fifteen minutes later at the office of Dr. R. M. Griswold. Death was caused by a fracture at the base of the skull but there were a number of other bruises about the body. According to Mr. Clark he was re- turning from New Britain about 12:15 o’clock in his car, driven by James MacPhearson, and upon approaching the highway bridge at Kensington they slowed down because there were a number of children and a trolley car to pass. The automobile was moving at a cautious te of speed he says, when Victeria appeared from in back of the trolley. The Ilittle girl was jumping ropé and making toward the sidewalk, ‘where a number of her friends had gathered. She was struck and rushed at once to the office of Dr. R. M. Griswold where she died shortly afterward- Victoria was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tarditi of Farmington road, Kensington, and was eleven yvears of age. She attended the Ken- sington Grammar school and was in the fourth grade which is taught by ‘Miss Nellie Keena. When news of the accident reached her parents they were prostrated with grief. Later, at the suggestion of the coroner, Mac- Phearson was arrested but upon se- cm:ln"_ $2,500 honds La8- released. EALE LS FUNERAL OF CHESTER DEAD Two Scorc Unidentificd Bodies in Oaken Caskets Laid in Long Trench While Entire City Mourns. Chester, Pa., April 13.—Thousands of persons assembled in the Chester rural cemetery as rain fell today to witness the funeral of two score uni- dentified dead of the explosion at the plant of the Eddystone Ammunition corporation on Tuesday which killed 122 persons. Services were held at a long trench in which the victims were buried in oaken cases. Clergy of all denominations took part in the ceremony. The Eddystone works shut down at 5:45 a. m. until Monday in respect for the memory of the dead. The loco- motive plant of the Baldwin works, the Remington Arms company and i numerous business places closed part of the day. Of the fifty injured still in the hos- pitals twelve are in a serious con- dition. The various investigations of the explosion continued today. MOOSE ENDORSE WILSON Also Declare for Prohibition, Woman Suffrage, Universal Training and Conservation of Resources. St. Louis, April 13.—The progres- sive national convention which held its first session yesterday met again today and it is expected ideas on the conduct of the war will be expressed in the form of resolutions. The convention adopted a platform jlast night declaring for national wo- man suffrage, prohibition, universal training, laws compelling conserva- tion of national resources and reduc- tion of the high cost of living. The declaration of a state of war by congress and President Wilson's stand on the German situation also were endorsed DREADNO 'X‘H'l‘ NEARLY READY. ‘Washington, April 13.—The dread- nought New Mexico, being construct- ed in the New York navy yard, will be launched. April 23, the navy de- partment announced today. Construc- tion will then begin on the Tennesseec. NAVY RECRUITS NUMBER 4,871. ‘Washington, April 13.—The mendous rccruiting campaign for the navy is beginning to show results. During the first twelve days of April a net gain of 4,871 men for the reg- ular service was recorded. e e WEATHER. Hartford, April 13.—For Hartford and vicinity: Rain, Probably turning to snow this afternoon, Fair, colder to- night and Saturday. i ! ! l l v Washington Publisl_u_s Regu- tions Restricting Ship Movements and Will Not Assume Responsibility for Damage Caused Through Violations. Washington, April 13.—An ex- ecutive order designating ‘defensive sea areas” on coasts of the United States and its insular possessions was made public today. Regulations gov- erning the movements of vessels' in these waters are appended and the order concludes with this statement: “The responsibility of the United States of America far any damage in- flicted by force of arms with the object of detaining any persons or vessels proceeding in contravention to regulations duly promulgated in ac- cordance with this executive order shall cease from this dette (April 5)" The areas specified are: Mouth of the Kennebec river, Partland, Moe.: Portsmouth, Boston, New Bedford, Newport, Long Island East, New York East, New York main entrance, Dela- ware river, Chesapeake entrance, Bal- timore, Potomac, Hampton Roads, Wilmington, Cape -Fear, Savannah, Key West Tampa, Pensacola, Mobile, Mississippi, Galvestan, San Diego, San Francisco, Columbia river, Port Or- chard and Manila. Many reports of . German raiders dnd submarines lying in wait near American ports to destroy commerce reached the navy department today through civilian channels, but official confirmation was consistently lacking, Secretary Daniels said the utmost vigilance was being accorded and al- though hundreds of rumors had been & FOR $7,000,000,000 WAR MEASUR His Personal Success and Passage of Bill | terpreted as Being Inspiration For Appl Congress Told Nothing Must Inter With Success of Entente Allies ; FITZGERALD TALKED DOWN WHEN Washington, April 13.—Great applause from bg sides of the house greeted Democratic Leader Kitchu}; day when he began his opening statement in behalf of $7,000,000,000 revenue measure. It was interpreted as rying the double meaning that the bill would pass with@ serious objection or delay and that all chance of Kite being deposed as majority leader for voting = againsts war resolution had passed. After declaring that the measure was ‘“‘most mentous” and carrying the largest bond issue ever posed to any. legisfative body, Mr. Kitchin made a ment of the contfints of the bill, BRAZILIANS URGED T0 LEAVE GERMANY Minister in Berlin Instructed to Give Them 24 Hours Notice. Rio . Janeiro, April 13.—Foreign Minister Muller has cabled the Bra- zilian minister in Berlin asking him to urge all Brazilians in Germany to leave the country within twenty-four hours. A decree has been issued with- Fitzgerald Auttacks Expens Representative Fitzgerald, man of the appropriation attacked as excessive the pi ich would authorize the W] ture of one-fifth of onc per ce HE OPPOSES EXPENSE ACCOU the $5,000,000,000 bond issue £§ penses of the issue. provision to prohibit sale bonds for less than par. “This $5,000,000,000 scratch the surface of we should not dlscredfr the outset,” he said. i Proposals to limit expen the money loaned the Allies Mr. Kitchin to declare, amid . that nothing should be done fere witih prosecution of the the Allles. He also added expected virtually all of the would be spent in this countrys It is confidently believedy: measure will pass the hoi morrow night. Representative Ragsdale of do r o investigated no basis in fact had been | drawing the exchequaturs of the Ger- | carolina wanted congress to’ found for any. The most persistent report was that a-German submarine was in the south Pacific. No official agency, however, ‘has been able to confirm it. Plans to release for government use many coastwise vessels on both the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards are un- der way among the chief railroads. Through the Council of National Defense, the government has request- ed the roads so to re-arrange their schedules and facilities to permit the release of yirtually all vessels in the coastwise trade to the government. Many of the ships thus released prob- ably will be used in the transportation of foodstuffs and supplies to the Allies pending the construction of the gov- ernment’s fleet of wooden vessels. Steamships operating on the Great | T.akes also will be used for the same purpose. The first definitg offer of aid from these sources came today from W. J. Connors of Buffalo, ‘who controls thirtyfive vesscls on the lakes, He said six of his fleet will be available for ocean-going traffic. He also said that four Lehigh Valley railroad vessels on the lukes could also be used. A sizeable fleet for trans-atlantic trade, officials believe, could be ob- tained quickly by taking over the chief coastwise vessels plying out of New York to New England, southern and gulf ports. To permit the shipping board operate at its maximum efliciency democratic Jeaders in congress are considering a proposal to increase the sum placed at the board’s disposal from $50,000,000 to $200,000,000. FEDERAL WAR RISK BUREAU New York Produce Fxchange Be- to Belicves That Government Should Insure Property on Land and Sca. New York, April 13.—A [ederal war risk bureau to cover property on land in the same manner as the government now insures ships and cargoes at sea is suggested by the New York Produce Exchange. A petition sent to Secretary McAdoo of the treasury says that the prompt establishment of such a. bureau “is an immediate necessity for the carry- ing on of our business in grain, grain products, provisions and allicd arti- cles.” Boston, April 13.—Insurance men said today that bombardment policies amounting to more than $4,000,000 had been written in this city since domestic companies were advised this week that they could accept such risks. GOFTHALS WILL ACCEPT POST. man consuls. ‘The ministers of France, Great Britain gnd Italy con- ferred at length witk Dr. ‘aller. An officid! inspectiont of e German | ships seized in Brazill ports shows that important parts of the engines are missing, rendering the vessels vir- tually useless. Renewed ‘anti-German demonstra- tions occurred last night. Crowds gathered before the German club,and {hooted after which they proceeded to the legations of Chile and Argentina and cheered the ministers of the two sister republics. The leagus of Friends of the Allies has apvroved the following vropositions which have been placed befere the president. First, the disarming of confederated | German rifle socicties in Brazil; sccond, the prohibiti respondence between German subjects through elther forefzm or domestic mcans and a rigorous surveillonce of all Germans resident in Brazil: third, the suspension of German newspapers and publications wkhich spread Iidecs calculated to alarm or confuse the nind; fourth, to offer the Allies and the United States the co-operation of Brazil; fifth to sequester all Garman Southern t of cor- | ships until mere radical measures can | be taken; sixth, ihe dismissal of Dr. T.auro Muller as foreign minister and the appointmeni of Ruy Barbosa as his successor, German Newspaper Piant Wrecked. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aprii i3.— offices of the Diario Alemano, a pro- German organ, were wrecked last night by a mob of pro-Ally sympa- thizers. e presses were destroyed. “DIAMOND JIM” BRADY DEAD Prominent Sportsman Passes Away at Atlantic City After Long INiness— ‘Was Rallroad Supplies Contractor. Atlantic City, April 13.—James B. Brady of New York, known as “Di- amond Jim” Brady, died at a beach front hotel today after a long iliness. Mr. Brady was a contractor in rail- road supplies and was reputed to be extremely wealthy. Mr. Brady came here several months ago for his health. b 3 Mr. Brady was attended by three physicians from Johns Hopkins hospi- tal, Baltimore, who had been sum- moned to his bedside when he became very ill. Death was caused by heart disease, superinduced by an affection of the kidneys, the physicians said. He was 64 years old and his only surviving relatives are said to be a brother and sister living in New York, where the body was taken today for burial. ‘Washington, April 13.—Major Gen. | Geo. W. Goethals will accede to Pres- ident Wilson’s request that he take! general charge of the construction of | wooden ships planned by the shipping ' board to carry subplies to the Entente llies. While no formal reply from Gen. Goethals has been rveceived offi- cials’ have information that he wiil undertake the work. - SPAIN DEMANDS INDEMNITY. London, April 13.—A demand for indemnity, for the sinking of the Span- ish steamship San Fulgencio has been made on Germany by Spain, the Mad- rid correspondent of the ~Exchange Telegraph company cables, The Sun Fulgencio was without warning. torpedoed any American citizen to tal commission from ‘any Allfed - ment for. handling bonds, - Mr. Kitchin replied that dent could be trusted not ‘tof Iany “shylocks to ‘gouge the | and the president would ha clent discretionary authority i the bill to: prevent it. ) Representative Fockt of Pei nia demanded to know wiel bond ne v ‘for tho pu terminating the war with Gei or reaabllitating the Aliles afe close of the war. i “I would say unhcsitatin; TKite! replied, “that it fac € the war to an cnd and Wb habilitate the Aliies. B At tie end of two hours apd Mr. Kitchin surrendered the ¢ zentative Fordney of bliean ¢t ‘e e Wi Aty There was no aitempt 10 bate, but the ieaders were d rotiing the bill passed before nt could be hurried ¥ bi8 senate. [SAAC PERAL AT A Sabmavine Buitt in This Cout Spodu Foreed to Put (ntl When 'Engines Brcak Dow 3 New Yori, . the torpedoing und Danish steamer Dai: schooner Freenwood marines in the ! brought here tod: two vessels who w Spanish steamship. ders, v said, ‘e passen Acting un other passengers Captain J. A. New London pilot, who was American-built Spanish Isaac Peral when she left necticut port on February Spain under convoy of the sl Lopez y Lopez. The engin submarine, Captain Kimb broke down when about 1,308° out, and tho submersible was t& tow by the steamer and I Azores for repairs. GUARDSMAN Made Remarks Threatening 1 and of Disloyal Nature. Little Rock, Ark. April 13.4 ‘W. Kaucher, a member of the of the Arkansas National Guan day was held to the federal jury charged with having threatening remarks concerning ident Wilson and with disloyall the United States. He served with the First Ark regiment on the Mexican bord cently. MILITIA MOBII ugusta, April 13.—The units of the Second Maine. regiment of the National Guai into federal service vesterday mobilization at the home stati day. - MAINE He also uff i oursef