New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1917, Page 1

VOFF MINISTRY \HiGH EUALPR!BES lIHIIIAIil] Slllll}llMBS * DETERMINED NOT | ARE UNWARRANTED| TO JOFFRE'S SMILE| Wmflflmmmmmmmmmmwm S¥Will Resign Rather ‘Hmn Repudi- Preliminary Report on Situation. in ngmgsmn g[elessageolsimport NWTFMWMWM“MY - Sent to Allies FOR FRENCH CABINET mm-o:muw Pargde to Rebuke Disturbers Who Demanded Resiguation of Foreign Minister Milukofi—Press Not i mcmnmum blos But Majority is Optimistic. Petrograd, via London, May §— :§{ The provisional government, through i Premier Lvoff, has declined to modi- Y 4 Ty the note sent to the ' Allies.- ‘The government declares that the minis— 3 Tt 'is impossible to send another note. Thé temporary government will 7" comply with its duty and leave its post rather than take such a step, which would menace the country with Fonll‘llaecnary l(flukofl. con- firming (he stand taken by Premier Lwvoff, sald; : “T'he note expresses the view of the temporary government. It has ‘no other aim. :The recent. mote répeats and develope the ides expresed in the note, 'which was worked o i needs and of continuing the war we are m&mflm to- & great extent on the Aflies especially on America. It would be an everlasting blot on our m 1f there qmlfi! be a possibility of eon- £ <cluding a 'separate peace. . But the council itself has, declared against a rate peace.’” = Tcheidse, president of the coun- en. peated - .frevious _declarations pm.li-t attitude of the] 'u unacceptable. mz v “Neither tlu soldiers nor the work- men are for war. If the government does not mean to hide our watchword * of peace without contributions it will © have to make itself clear.” | ¥ M. Tcheidse called attention to the fact that there was no interior dis- : cord, and that the trouble. was tn re- ‘spect to Russia’s foreign policy. Demonstration for Government, Petrograd, )lny 4, via London, May §.—Friends of the government out- demonstrated the demonstrators here, un. evening. As though with one ac- the people, stirred into. § seem- m realization of the threat ovérshad- owing the country, through the men- ace to their government, turned out, man, woman and child, in support of tHe temporary suthorities. From.end t0'end, the Neysky Morekaya was pmcked with marching crowds of all grades of society. Well groomed and gray-headed men and women, expen- sively clad students by thousands, sol- djers, business men and children, seemingly & quarter of the population @f the city, cheered and shouted for the government. 8o completely overshadowed and outnumbered were the earlier mani- femnu who demandeéd the downfall of the authorities that they appeared tfterly insignificant. The crowd poured into the square' in’ front of e @ . the Marinsky palace, the scene.of last . nfght's meeting of the ministers and deputies, and packed the = immense % . M iusia's enemies could fina 1uttle scene. Banners in- ‘Away With Anarchy,” Peace,” and similar pbrases gave the parade an appear- #nce of a gala procession, in striking contrast to the anti-government mob was composed of the shabbiest | ,most disreputable element of the uuuon A series of clashes oc- between the rival columns but ‘were without much result. 'The per editorials this afternoon wnh the situation’ in the gravest The Edentstvo, reflecting the’ “yugu "ot the working classes, said: Must Avoid Civil War.’' "PWQ must find a way out in order to war. The council must _AContinued on Seventh Page.) / mn.orn-mumanm on Part of Public ‘Would Increase Cost—Pian to Punish Alarmists and Speculators. ‘Washington, May 5.—Prevailing re- tall’ prices ‘of anthracite coal are un< warranted and the supply for next season is adequate, the federal trade commission stated today in a pree liminary report based on a partly com-~ plete investigation ordered by . cons gress last winter. The .commission ‘Warns consumers against buying larg- | er quantities.of coal than usual this tummer. saying there are symptoms now of such & buying panic as that which enabled speculators last win- ter to force prices above normal. No. good . reason. exists, says the report, why prices should not be subject to the usual, ler discount, but “if the public is n ‘80 deceived as to indulge in a scramble for coal the Wi Alarmists. - The commission is keeping in close touch with the anthracite situation and promises to “expose any unscrup- ulous wholesaler, jabber or retailer who seeks. to. mislead the -public into & beliet that exhorbitant prices are justifiable or that there is any neces- sity to join in a fremsied bidding to secure immediate delvery for far fu- ture needs.” The United Mine Workers' new wage scale, which went into effect last week, increases production cost between 24 and 30 cents a ton and “is & beneficlal and steady factor in the industry,” ssys the commission. Leading operators” prices at the mine for May mvldn for this wage in- crease, and “there is no justification increase to be ¥ ’ \ May at the mifnes are .61 & net ton for egg, stove and $3.93 for chestaut ‘of speculation and the charging of an exorbitant price, or the withholding from use of this necessity of life; and, “2—The imperative need for keep- ing cohl moving from the point of pro- duction to. its final destination, and of preventing céal cars from being held .out ‘of putorthe purpou of speculsitive storage.” “Shows People Were Robbed.” » When the Teport was pmsnua in congress, Senator Hitchcotk, author of the investigation resolution, de- clared it “shows the people haye been robbed by speculators and ‘consumers Bo Bave ‘contributed to it by their pan- condition.” expressed the m M wide publiel'.v would be tapofi from a govern- there i8 an abund- :mmuthndm and no warrant for increasing prices. The high cost of living in all lines, Senator Hitchoock said, had been made higher by the panicky condition of the consumers and speculators had taken full advantage of the opportun- ity.” anm. Ohurch Olosed So Pawishioners Can ‘Work in Gardens. Lexington, Mass., May §.—The Fol- len Unitarian church of East Lexing- ton, taking advantage of the new law permitting farm and garden work on Sunday in this state, has decided.to omit its morning services on Sunday Auring May and June in order that its members may devote more time to their gardens. The pastor, Rev. John N. Mark, has enlisted in the naval re- serve. Rw John M. Wilson, pastor of the rst Parish Unftarian church has in- vfltelvcmcntobflnclhd(:muand other relief. work to church every Sunday during the war and sew dur- ing the services. . smmsudpe.wnsnw Oloudanmdeduluppyolun byur.ecn-d.—nhym-m- sons in America. Chicago, May 5.—Joseph Jthuos Joffre, Marshal of France, has smiled hl-'uyinto the heart of Chicago and the middle west. Not understanding English, he met throngs which beset the French mission on its every turn | today with a smile—and it was with this smile illuminating his face that |- he stood before the mass _meeting Iast night after it had clambrea for an expression from him, and entwined two small flags, the tri-color of France and the star spangled banner of the United States, M, Viviani, minister of justice, and head of the mission, was acclaimed no less enthuuluuully. His appeal to his ‘Ameérican brothers ‘“to come under your gloricus banner to fight for the democracy of the world, to show our men that when the rights of a single nation are violated, the rights of all nations are trampled under foot,” drew round after round of applause. ‘ In the address made at a dinner to the commissioners, M. Viviani toasted the president of the United States. LaFayette, he said brought back from America many ideals which are now dear alike to anchman and A.merl- cans, “If we had our doubts as to the Justice of our cause,’”* he added, ‘'we should not have doubted any longer, when, gazing across the vast expanse of sea, we saw all thinking ricans turning to our side and, so far'as they cauld, by thefr 'sympathy, by ' the benefits they showered on ‘the heads of our dying, our orphans, prove to us the ardor of a sympathy, which, in those tragic hours, raised and Hrted us above our very selves. Toast to the President. : In the message of Mr. Wilson in- comparable in its grandeur and nobil- Gty and which went to the heart of France your illustrious pl:::::‘m m&d}; manifest the idgse ot ca., He 100 magnifcmn to preas. them. when lcipbnk :? da&cfl 8 {deus, when I speak of violated rights to be avenged, of the sufferings endured by those who have fought for liberty anc can only be repaid by victory, I can- not do better to symbolize my thoughts, to give them concrete form, than to raise my glass in honor of the illustrious president of the United States.” 2 ‘When he spoke many Chicagoans saw a.good omen in the discovery of (& cloud in the zenith which seemed to form the American flag.' The - “flag” ‘was composed of six white stripes al- ternating with the blue of the sky.. In the upper left corner was a fleld of stars. The “flag" resembling a huge banner unfurled, waxed with realism for about ten minutes before dissipat ing. A strenuous day marked ‘'with a mil- itary air was ahead of the distin- guished visitors today. Following a motor trip over the boulevards, with a visit to the art institute, a military pa- rade was arranged in honor of the guests. A reception and ‘a luncheon at the university of Chicago were followed: by an afternoon mass meeting at the stock yard ENGLAND I8 GIVEN | ' LOAN OF $25,000,000 Amount Will Carry Her for Three Days—Loan of '$100,000,000 to | Reichstag, acco: SOLUTION BELIEVED. FOUND BY NAVY BOAK ASK REV J. E. KLINGBERG TO FOUND HOME IN RUSSIA KAISER'S AUTHORITY RECEIVES IIARII BLOW Imperial Chuwellor _ Must Approve Ordinances and e Amsterdam, via London, May 5.—A restriction of the power of the Ger- mah emperor has been decided upon by the constitution committee of the ing to' a despatch from Berlin. - The committee has de- cided to alter ‘Article VIL of the im- [ perial constitution as followg: “Ordinance ' and .decrees of the kaiser will be issued in the name of the empire and will require for valid- ity the counter signature of the im- New York Philanthropists Invite Friend of Children t0'Open An Asylum in i N Rev. John E. Kiingbere, pestor of | py,y9) consulting beard, announced here today that the Swedish Elim church for the past sixteen years and superintendent of Children’s Home since it was founded fourteen years .ago, has received an offer from a group of New York men to go to Moscow, Russia, and found an orphan asylum on the same prin- ciple as the local home. This morn- ing Mr. Klingberg said that he was glving the matter serious considera- e perial chancellor. or his representa- | tive, who thereby assi ity to the Reichstag. The committee’s decision was in ac- cord with joint proposal -by the cen- | es responsibil- terists, nationals. and progreesives. | Four ' conservative membaers , voted against’ the change. The committes also adopted a ‘resolution by the same proposers de- manding a bill flxlng the chancellor's rupon-fl:lllty for any violation of his official duty and the verificaton of such violaf by a senate tribunal. Dr. Karl interior, definite statement in regard to hisat- titade could not be expected from him. He sald thagyit would be only pos- sible after a federal council had ds- fined its position, . The constitution committee has re- Jected Dr. Bernstein’s proposals re- quiring the approval of the Relchm told the committee that a 8 mm has alos: réjebted. flu proposal to introduce a bill giving the [ Reichstag ~ power to ' dismiss the chancellor when it wishes, the advices ad Amsterdam, May 5, via London— Emperor William, according to the Berlin Vossiche Zeitung gave an audi- ence at great headquarters on Thurs- day to Count Von Bernstorff former German ambassador ‘to the United States. It'is reported that he is about to be appointed minister to & neutral country. €0. 170 REGRUIT Captain Gyiswold Will Send Detail of Men to This Oity on Monday to (Special to the Herald). Company I, Headquarters, May .5.— Captain A, H. Griswold, commending Company I, First Connecticut Infan- try, which has been strung along a sixty mile front doing guard duty for the past month, today made. plans to send a recruiting detail to New" Brit- ain on Monday to attempt to add to the man strength of his command. Already Company I is one of the strongest units in the First regimént and its officers and men are intent upon recruiting it to full war strength. Captain Griswold hag received infor- mation from a number of New Brit- ain boys which leads him to believe that his campaign here on Monday will furnish him with a dozen or more ‘| new men. ‘Washington, May 5.—A 'second loan was made today by the government to Great Britain. The amount, $25,000,- 000, was' transferred by Secretary McAdoo to Ambassador Spring-Rice. It will meet Great Britain's require- ments in this country for about three days. The loan is for a short term and will be taken into the greater-loan to be made when the proceeds of the ‘| big bond issue are at hand. BRITISH CONTINUE ADVANCE Make Progress North of Havrincourt ‘Wood and Near Fresnoy—Germans Attack French But Are Repulsed. London, May 5.—The British have made further progress north of Hav- rincourt Wood and near Fresnoy, ac- cording to an official statement by the war.office this morning. . Paris, May b6.—Heavy counter at- tacks launched by the Germans witn frosh divisions last night on the po- sitions captured by the French yes- terday along the front from Craonne to. Mont Carnillet were repuised in all cases, the war office announced to- day. In addition the French made progress east of Mont Carnillet. More than’ 1.000 jprisoniers have been ‘taken by the French. —— Announcement also was made that the $100,000,000 loan to France would be made within a day or so. HOLLWEG T0 GIVE VIEWS German Chancellor Will Make Known Ideas on Peace in Answer to Politi- cal Pressure. . Copenhagen, May 5, via London.— A plainer declaration of Germany’s peace conditions will be made by Chancellor Veon Bethmlnnvflollwes within & fortnight. Dr, Karl Helfferich, the vlce chan- cellor announced yesterday that an answer would be made within this time by the chancellor to the interpel lations presented by the cohservativi and the socialists. The chancellor’s de- cision to define Germany's aims was the result of Ppressure.exerted from | all sides. ‘ Captain Griswold' states he is plan- ning subsequently to open a perman- ent recruiting office in New Britain so that any man who may so desire can enrofl in his company right'in their heme town. when treaties are being inaugurated and concluded, when war is declared. Hen peace agreements are be- MINISTERS RELEASED Brazil Hears Repyesentative to Ger- many Is No Longer Detained and Pormits Kaiser's Emissary to GO. Rio; Janeiro, May 5.—On receipt of a cablegram from the Brazilian min- ister to Gérmany that he expected to arrive in Zurich today the goyern- ment has ordered' that the minister to Brazil Adolf Pauli, be permitted to { continue his journey to Uruguay. Herr Pauli had been ordered de- tained on information that the Ger- man government was withholding the passports of the Brazilian Tepresenta- tives. \ N A e i ¢ / 3.~For Hartford and vicinity:' Rain tonight. | patgn éfiferich, secretary of thal recelves numerous gifts from all over the country for his work. In their letter the men told him that they considered that with the formation of. a new republic in . Russia;the - time would be an ideal one.to.found such an lnntmmon for, the. homelu. Ghu- dren.’ ) - It was slxteen yeutn ago: unt Mr. Klingberg ‘took severel children' into his own home and gave them a place to- live. From. that. time until the present day he has continued' the work, each year depending on his prayers and the people ‘of the country over for support. The first real home was opened on Barnett- street and- since that time'there has been a steady growth in the number: of chil- dren taken in. At the present time there are four homes in different sec- tions of the city.. One is lqcated on Corbin ' “avenue, one on. ', Rackliffe Helghts, one on Arch street ahd one’ on Hait ‘street: ' For -the ' past - few, years Mr. Klingberg has been trying to raise money to build -a main home on Rackliffe Heights and ' al ready . the plans have been prepared. While Mr. Klingberg has _always been able to maintain the home in a fairly good style the people of the city have never given the support to the institution that it deserves. If he should make a decision to go to a foreign land to work on the orphan home, the city would lose, one of its most valuable citizens and for this reason it is expected that every -effort will be made to have him stay. SUBSCRIPTIONS POUR IN Telegraph Tdnes Glutted With Orders For “Libdrty Loan”—Far in Excess of Amount Tabulated yesterday. Vynshinxlon, May 5.—The nation’s .response to the first offering of lib- erty loan bonds is a deluge of gold. Subscriptionps poured .in today at a rate threatening to choke telegraph lines léading into Washington. Sub- scriptions received during the ' few hours today were far in excess. of- the original $138,674,000 tabulated yester- day. MASSACRE OF JEWS, Threatened With Wholesale. Slaughter in Palestine, B’'Nai B'Rith Hears. Chicago, May 6.—Jews in Palestine are threatened with massacre, accord- ing to a cablegram received here to- day by Adolph Kraus, international president of the order of B'Nai B'Rith, from President Gilbert of the London lodge, who appealed to, President Kraug to intervene. Mr. Kraus asked Secretary Lansing to send urgent messages to natlonal presidents of the order in Norway, Germany and \Austria, requesting them, to petition their respective: sovm- ments. to. call ‘the attention ' of:the Turkish' government to the report, ks " |Confident They Have Dis Dlscovered Means Thwart U-Boats By Expenmenes on At tic Coast—Destruction of Undersea Only Real Solution, Chairman Saunders § BALFOUR SPEAKS IN HOUSE WHILE : PRES. WILSON SITS IN G! New York, May 5--W. L. Saundets, ch;lirman/ 0 board had forwarded to Washington plans for . de with the submarine problem which, it was bellevefi, solved the problem successfully. ~ CHURCHILL LASHES ' BACK AT CRITICS | declared, was today towed lnuo(!‘ewslxm.!ww London,: May §.—Colonel . Winston Churchill, [ former first lord of the admiralty, joining in the newspaper | controversy in regard to the respom- sibility for the present naval situa- tion denies the charge that he did not favor naval offensive actfons He cites instances to the contrary and says among other things: “The first German submarine cam- against merchant shipping which began in March, 1918, was en-. countered by measuresisnd & devices mainly offensive in cHasacter' and . | was so gompletely qnelloq m the succeeding months ‘that {from the battle of Jutland, has’ ‘been’ attempted.” State Tax Dissatisfied With Inventory of Es- tate of the Late Reuben Hadley— State Tax Commissioner Willilam H. Corbin today made a formal petition for a re-appraisal of the estate of the Jate Reuben W. Hadley. ‘A hearing has been set for May 12. Although no. definite statement has been given as to why this request has been made by ‘the tax commissjoner, it has been in- tjmated that.. Mr. Corbin ‘doés not think the estate has been set at a fig- ure commensurate with its actual value. ¥ The original appraisers were P. Spear, T. H. Murison and M. T. White and their inventory gave the Mr. Sainders who has been man of the naval consulting about two months, supplem announcement by saying that the submarine problem cann: reality solved until the U-hoaf 'been destroyed, neverthelens i ous ' experiments have ‘- along the Atlantic coast encouraging results and which' 'board to feel confident thi tion had been reached. * “It looks as thgugh the- ‘problem has ‘been solved:* Saunders; *'not only in ¢ the strength of practicsl Atlantic coasts.” Mr. S8aunders added that 540 tions for U-boat suppression submitted to the board an ments with many of them 2 believed, the assertion that.a'plag into periments,”'all data on having been auffl'; High oflleh.!s of and’the British on the committe third ' formal ‘ conference sin that Held yesterday in Secretard:l sing’'s office. Spy Bill in Senate. The, House esplonage bilt, 3 odified’ u:lpwnhlp. following 18 sage went to the day whiere'a stmilar measy der mnfiéfiuon i The MQM ‘\,nnlouhm or lon m o the:h p it m zwu..‘ the estate a total valuation of $163,998.21, |. GOING TO PLATTSBURG. Severs] Local Youmg Men Are Ap- inted: 1o Training On Major . Shuttleworth today an- nounced his list of men accepted for the officers’ reserve training corps at Plattsburg and among the New Brit- ain men accepted are the following: Lawyer Joseph A. Glover, Sidney R. Hungerford, C. A. Hartung, Mathew L. Egan, Fred O. Rackliffe, H. B. Hin- man, Gardner.C. Weld, Morris H. Pease, F. P. Woolley, Willlam W.:T. Squire, Richard Hultgren, George A. ‘Warner and Eugepe R. Ripley, Jr. I W. W. DEADER ACQUITTED. Seattle, May §.—Thomas H, Tracy, an Industrial Worker of the World, accused of the murder of Deputy Sher- iff Jefferson Beard, at Everett, No- vember 15, was acquitted here today by @ jury:in the superior court. Tracy was a member of a “fres speech” ex- pedition which ettempted to land in Everett from a boat. A fight between citizens and industrial workers fol- lowed in which seven men were killed. TO CHECK MORAL HAZARDS. New York, May §5.—Raymond B.| | Fosdick of New York was. named by Secretary Baker as chairman of an advisory committee to consult with | the secretary regarding the checking | of moral hazards" assoclated with camp life, inh connection with army mobilization. TO REPAIR THE PRINCE OSCAR, Philadelphia, May 6.—The German steamer Prince Oscar, seized by the government when a state of war was to the .Cramp shipyard for repairs to her ma- chinery, which was dunma by her ‘Ferew. 10 tive draft biIL today . 'a iron out differenced house and senate. "W ure was postponed from cause of the necessity responding to frequent both houses on the esp! The chief point ‘of over the age Hmif, the senate it at 21 to 27 and the house 31 ta The conferees had to agreement today in order bill may be laid before P son for his approval the first wook. Ja.pon ’1‘ d a war the: Unit formation hnd been m was sald at the state dep that .intimation from = am. source had’ been mfido that panese government was, ¢ the move, ‘When the commlsdo}l 1o headed by Elihu Root vifl not been decided but’ partment expects it to bo uuln as s00n as plans can be coniple .~ Balfour Speaks in Housc. Foreign Minister Balfour, speech' before the house tmy | clar ““The’ ‘rhénace of mmumm* creases.. We free peoples.of civlization are:. banded together fight_ this menace. - In thi use will surely conguer.” President Wildon occubiéd the execiitive gallery ot the day while Forefgn Baifour and mmm‘i&*fln commission were received on the It was the first time a S8 tal mord';ea 3ld find t (conunuoao Mth o