New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1917, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. TEN MILLION MEN OF AGE F@ SERVICE UNDER DRAFT RUL GOVERNMENT HALTS STRIKE |New WOULD TELL KAISER POWER IS MENACED Conservatives in Germany Be- come Aroused at Emperor The Message of the Hour . to Women of Connectlcut MACHNERY FOR UBLIG FARM 1 T IN MOTION Econo;nize In Food to Help America and Our Gailant Allies Win the War. An Appeal by Connectiout Members, York Leads Gty Officials and Ilflters Enlist in Army fo Raise - Grops for Municipal Marke b vaent Food Shortage | FINANCE BOARD IS DIRECTED TO MEET '\vAMon-MBnyuM.l’bmlnd wwwmmmmw m&l City Meeting to Bellakl'l!:l. . Mayor G. A. Quigley 1s all his energy toward getting ly for municipal farms that the city may not feel the food shortage so mpich next fall and this morning he -communi- cated with Starrs Agricultural college inu. a view of getting some expert ad- GREAT POLITICAL SCHISM 'm-muvmmmmn-g by Progreds of Reform Wave— Press Cries Out for Deposal of Von Bethmann-Hollweg. Copenhagen, via London. May 12.--1 The Germania, organ of the clerical ] party, indicates that Cchancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg does not {intend to make a statement wita regard to Peace terms before the The chancellor evidently has won over the centrists and part of the national liberal delegation to his view that a discussion of peace terms at the present time is inadvisable. In view of the general attitude of Phillp Schiedman and other majority socialist léaders, it would not he sur- prising if the socialists also aban- doned their intention of forcing =& peace debate. The result of the pro- posed interpellations is very probable to be a controversy between the op- ponents and supporters of the chan- cellor rather than a debate on peace possibilities. The conservatives are daily grow- ing more desperate as the work of the constitutional revision committee proceeds without any intervention from the government to dam the wave of reform which threatens. the political influences of the junkers. ‘“Where is Hindenburg, to raise the fallen kaiser’s banner again and de- fend the rights of the throne?” cried Prince Zu Zalm-Herstmar, in the Reichstas. |. WOMEN OF CONNEOTICUT—Are yeu sclfish waste food as you always starving? to enough t bave while the world is AMERIOA’S DUTY to herself and to her allies in this hour is to reduce to a minimum the waste and consumption of foodstuffs. - CONNECTIOUT WOMEN, we believe, hfio&d WE EAY HORE YHAN WE NEED; we waste an-four&at the food which enters our homes. We mmst get food meals.”” mmnmloc primers and learn the science of ‘getting our allieswe must: Substitute corn for wheat bread to some extent; give up cakes and confectionery; eat less ‘We cannot send fish, fruit, meat; use leas bacon and lard. poultry Mveget-bh, and dairy produets to Burope in quantities; we can eat our total produetion of these. m ‘WOMEN OF CONNECTICUT gardening movement, the greater crops campaign, and in all work for increased produstion of foodstuffs. Jomaunnmgelubndk&mhovto preserve the fruits of this year’s harvests. REMEMEER, jur motto must be /' BUSINESS AS USUAL," for any interruption will mean upsetting the nation’s whole commercial organization. ECONOMY I8 UN- EXCEPT IN FOOD. MUST HELP INCREASE AND - WORLD'’S FOOD SUPPLY. NECESSARY Basing their action upon the be- m The director at Storrs promised | Prussian house of lords. The prince Hef that the women of Connecticut ,Q’ Send needed information here on Monday; After considering the situa- tion ‘carefully, Mayor Quigley has de- is president of the German naval league and one of the war horses of the conservative old guard. ‘The Bouth German Gasette, the want’ to help America and her allies win the war and that they want only to be told what they. can do as their “bit” in the nation’s task, Connecti- 'dul that plans for the appropriation | organ of the South German conser- | Sut members of the National League farming money must be ‘made fln’oun regular nhumom Accord- He will lay before the citizens exsict food - situation, fully ex- Plaifiéd’ in last evening’s Herald, and 4 Wil msk that they levy a special tax. ‘ot oneé mill to provide about $48,000 to 5 W finance the project. The g from the city farms would be “eold at cost to the Ccitizens and the money borrowed from the city would % Seeds and Tractor Bought. S rhe mayor stated this morning that ‘e has already secured for the city, in ‘anticipation of the special meeting, an ‘option, on %,000 bushels of seed potas ‘toes. It will beé necessary however, to get as many more. According to es- stimates given to the mayor it will require 2,000 bushels of potatoes to plant 125 acres and it is planned to plant at least 2560 acres. | The mayor that an average yield from 250 acres of potatoes would be about 50,000 ‘bushels. Desiring to be pre- pared to begin work as soon as the citizens so vote, the mayor today pur- chased four automobile tractor plows for use on the city farms. He expects 3it will be necessary toa purchase more as it is almost impossible to secure ‘horses. 1If, for any reason, these plans ‘fail, Mayor Quigley, with several other mmen, will take over the equipment personally and use it. N Already many men who are not elegible for military duty, because of age, occupation or physique, have vol- ‘unteered to work these farms'and will give up at least one day a week dur- ‘4 Ing the summer for this work.- Next * week the mayor plans to visit the High school with Superintendent S. H. Holmes and make a plea to the High school boys to ‘enlist in this service ‘for their country and city. Showing that their patriotism 1s as strong as any, the members of En- gine company No. 3, have notified the mayor that they will sacrifice their weekly “day off”” to work on these farms. Recruits for Army. Following is a list of a number of the men who have thus far volun- teered their services for at least onc day & week during the summer: Mayor. G- A. Quigley, Howard Tim- brell, Harold Jones, A. E. Magnell, { |, W. B, Rossberg, chairman water de- { pa.rmunt. Daniel Fitzpatrick, city me- % chanip; Harry Emmett, clerk of board . of llc worl Bernadotte Loomis, . tax epllector; W. J. Rawlings, chief * ot police; ‘A- N. Rutherford, bullding inspector; James Towers, superinten- dent water department; A. L. Thomp-/, son, “eity clerk; Dr. T. E. Reeks, su- perintendent of health; J. D- Willlams. Stanley H. Holmes, superintendent of #chools; Thomas Flannery, B. F. Gaf- Bey, judge of probatée; T. J. Smith, fegistrar; William Zeigler, registrar; Oscar J. Murray, photographer; P. J. Rgan, clerk of water bhoard; Joseph Roche, Edward M. Pratt, member of board; Fred C. Walker, Harry John €. Loomis, treasurer Com- Trust Co.; James M. Curtin, _Commercial Trust Co., and l vatives. suggests sending a deputa- tion to the emperor to warn him that Bethmann still seems strong and there is no indication that the em- peror’s confidence in him is seriously To Determine Poland’s Future. London, May 12.—Preparations are being made for a conference of rep- resentatives of all parts of Poland. ac- cording to the Dagens Nyheter, as today. The conference, it is stated will de- clde whether the new Poland shall Join Russia or the Central powers, or whether it shall become a monarchy or a republic, Russian Revolg Blow to Germany. Copenhagen, via London. May 13.— Advices from Warsaw, reaching here through Austno-Polish sources, say that the movement against the Ger- CAVALRYMEN ROBBERS mpuo(sflmu.s.c-mu. mwunnwrw Officers and Implicates Others. El - Paso, May 12.—Trooper Ray- mond B. Westcott of the Seventh United States cavalry, according to a statement, made by the county attor- ney, W. H. Fryer, has confessed to taking part in the hold-up of non- commissioned officers at Camp Baker, near here, in which Sergeant Samuel Cooper of the Sixteenth United States infantry, formerly of Springfleld, Mass.,, was killed. In his signed confession he impli- cates two fellow members of his ma- chine gun troop, Walter C. Jensen and ‘Walter Wehr. The three were ar- rested together on suspicion in New Mexico after deserting. \ SILENT ON PERSHING. Secretary Baker Displeased by Oon- jecture Regarding Visit. ‘Washington, May 12.—Revival o2 speculation as to the mission in Wash- ington of Major General John J. Pershing was met at the war office- department with the statement that nothing could be given out in that connection at this time and that Sec- retary Baker régarded such specula- tion as pnjud\enl to the public in- terest. Offidials: pointéd out that in the ex-; ecution of plans for building a great army there will be many conferences at the department, the nature of w];wh qog!d n?t be dbeloud of Woman’s Service today l-uod an appeal to the women of the m,te. clal organization of the country. It is a call to economy in only one phase a woman's activity—the wuse of . toodstuffs, BRITISH IN WEST GAIN OBJECTIVES Attack Near Bullecourt Succeeds and Prisoners Are Taken . SERBS ADVANCE IN BALKANS British in. Attacks in Macedonia— Turkish Artillery Bombards Invad- London, May 12.—The official state- ment given out here today says that British troops, attacking the Hinden- burg line, have gained their objectives and taken sdme hundreds of prison- ers. The British attacked near Bulle- court on both sides of the Arras-Cam- bral road and north of the Scarpe river last night and early this morn- ing. Artille#y Barks at Verdun. Paris, May 12.—Unusually heavy artillery fighting took place last night on _the Verdun front in the region of Avocourt, today’s official says, French patrols penetrated the German lines at several poits In Al- sace and in the region of Bezonvaux. \ Serbs Claim Victory. Saloniki, May 12, via London.— Serbian troops have won further suc- successes in operations now in prog- ress on the Macedonian front, cap- turing and holding against counter at- tacks several trenches.in the region of Dobropolye. British Repulsed, Berlin Contends. Berlin, via London, May 12.—Ger- man troops operating in the Cerna region on the Aisne front forced the French back yesterday at ridge, says today’s army headquarters statement. Fifteen French and British air- planes were brought down on the western front during the day, it is announced. Fighting developed today between Acheville and Queant, on the Arras battlefront, the statement re- ports. The British, it 1s declared, (contmued on Nhnh ‘Page.) S statement | Bovelle', must help in the home and eonservation BUT WE ALL THE The appeal points out that every woman is able to aid America by the elimination of waste of foods, by the substitution of some 'kinds. of food- stuffs for others, by preserving the fruits of this year’'s harvest by can- ning, and by other food economies. The suggestion, carried out, will not help America but will aid this na- tion's allies, the appeal declares. “Business As Usual” but « strict economy in the use of food is the ad- vice given Connecticut women. The special committee which drafted the appeal for the National League for ‘Woman'’s Service consists of the fol- lowing. Hartford women. Mh. - s, €L, gan Q. Bulkeley, llrl. L. R. Chanoy. Mrs. F. R. Cooley,” Mrs. Charles A. Goodwin, Mrs. J. J, Grace, Mrs. E. W, Hayward, Mrs. Samuel O. Prentice, Mrs. Henry Roberts, Mrs. E. K. Root, Mrs. C. H, Veeder and Mrs. A. A. Welch. | They report: OF 750,000 MINE WORKERS| 068000 SNUB‘ I’llflVlSll]NAL RUSSIAN GOVERMENT Committee of Workmen and Soldiers Déclines to Aid Ministry. Petrograd, May 12, via London.— The executive committee of the coun- cil of workmen’s and soldier’s dele- gates has decided, by a vote of 23 to 22, not to participate in the formation of a coalition’ government. The ques- tion will be referred to a . plenary meeting of the council. It is understood that ministries of munitions, labor and relief will be created in the coalition government. An earnest plea for the continu: tion: of the war until German militar- ism is overthrown ,was made by Feo- dor I. Roditcheff, governor general of Finland ,at an extraordinary, session of the Duma. He said: “The alllance of free peoples is di- rected against the oppression of im- perialsm and militarism. We must therefore be stolcally faithful to it. No one Kas a greater desire for peace than myself, but when the enemy tramples our country under foot the duty of democracy and of every one who desires peace is to struggle against the enemy and drlve him from our territory.” Exaggerated stories of n.nuchlttlc conditions at Schlusselburg, twenty- one miles east of ‘Petrograd, includ- ing the report that the district com- mittee had broken away from tempor- ary government and declared Schlus- selburg. an autonomous community, are denied Ry the chairman of the executive commiission of the district committee, M. Couznetsov. In a let- ter to the Petrograd press the chair- “of the m-adiu ake ‘This is ‘confirmed by M. Tcheldu, president of the council of workmen’s and soldiers’ delegates, and by other deputies who have made an investigm- tion in the Schlusselburg district. “There is no Schlussel- (VIVE PAPA JOFFRE, I5 BOSTON'S SHOUT Capial of Bay State Opens Heart to French Visitors $160,000 FOR WAR ORPHANS Flags: Bands, Soldiers, Sallors, Sur- vivors of KEuropean War, High _ School Cadets, Speeches, FEtc., Make Life Gay in “Hub.” Boston, May 12.—Marshal .Joffre and members of the French mission accompanying him arrived here from New York shortly before 8 a. m. today They left the train at the South sta- tion, where they were met by the official reception committee and an ' escort of the National Lancers. 'A crowd in the station and the sur- ’roundins streets cheered the visitors. Marshal Joffre was welcomed to Boston with every possible evidence jof enthusiasm. , State and city had| 'provided an entertainment filling every hour of the day, and the i streets were thronged, not only with i reidents of the city and suburbs, but | with many whom had come from all | | parts of New England to share in the acclaim to the hero of the Marne. ! The committee which welcomed the envoys at the station was headed .by Mayor Curley. Among its mem- bers were president A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard university and the | six French army officers who are in- | structing Harvard ‘students in mili- | jtary tactics and formed Governor | jDavid I. Walsh. A large detall of ‘mounted police was on duty about | llhe station. Old Glory and Tri-Color Blend. ‘ ‘When Marshal Joffre and members of the commission entered automo- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) | e e e WEATHER. For Hartford and vicinity: ‘ Fair and continued cOo} to- | night and Sunday. e burg republic. Schlusaelburg is unit- 'ed with Petrograd.” FOR FRENCH 0RPHANS Churches to Make Appeal Tomorrow For Boys and Girls of France whos;elv\luwlsl)ledml)mocncy The men of France are dying that the world may be redeemed from the curses of militarism and autocracy. Over the sea comes an appeal first voiced by a group of English wo- men-,for rescuing from physical and consequent mental impairment, the fatherless children of the wonderful French rdce. children have given their lives that the children in America, as well as those in Europe may not be deprived of their inheritance of liberty, jus- tice and all the privileges of democ- racy. Tomorrow is Motherhood Sunday, and in many local churches this story will be told. Anyone who may not be reached ' through his churches, may send a contribution to Mrs. . E. H. Cooper, 169 Vine street, treasurer for New. Britain of “The Fatherless: Chil- dren of France”. ‘While $3€.60 pr(»vides for one child during.one year, contributions of any amount large or small will be grate- fully received. PN SRR CHARLES PLEADS WITH PEOPLE. Austrians Urged to Hold Out Until Crops Are Harvested, Amsterdam, May 12, Via London.— An exhortation to ‘the Austrian people to hold out until the new har- vest gives relief is made. by Emperor Charles’in an autograph letter to Premier Clam Martinio of Austria, which is published in the Zeitung of Vienna. HARRY ARNOLD ESTATE. Jjohn J. Walsh and C. F. Frisble, appraisers of the estate of the late Harry B, Arnold, have filed their in- | ventory as follows: Cash, $79.25; in- terest in automobile, 10 shares Niles- Bement-Pond, $1650; 100 shares Na- tional Spring Bed company, $2,600; personal effects, $50; total $4,495.55; subject to total indebtedness of $4,177.58; total estate, $317.97. SCANDINAVIANS NEUTRAL, Stockholm, Via Londan, May 12.— An officiul announcement in regard to | the result of a three days conference by Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ministers says that.the conferees are determined :unamimously that the three countries should maintain a pollcy of impartial peutrality. The fathers of -these | Uses Pressure, As War Nec- essity, to Force Men and Operators to Agree to Sup- press Labor Trouble. Washington, May 12.—The govern- ment today demonstrated its deter- mination not to tolerate labor dis- turbances which would disrupt the war preparations by persuading cen- tral Pennsylvania coal mineps and operators to réach an a ment to avold the strike of 750,000 miners threatened for next Tuesday. Detalls are not stated. /. This was the first big ' threatened strike seriously affecting war activi- ties, through supply of fuel coal for railroads and industries, to be settled under government pressure, since the war began. Chicago, May 12—Pressurt by ' the government to end a strige of 800 | machinists employed by the American Can company seemed probable today. ‘The men walked out yesterday after demanding an increased pay and an eight hour day had been refused. RING FAST AROUND GERIANY Swiss, Dutch and Scandinavians Find It Impossible to Ship Supplies to Imperial Government. Milan, via Paris, May 12—The Swiss government has informed Berlin, ac- cording to the Corriere della Sera, that the recent commercial agreement be- tween Switzerland and Germany can- not be carried out because of the re- scinding of transportation contracts | by all American steamship companies, with Switzerland, Holland and Scandinavian states, The paper sees in, this. news . the into! 'of ‘d complete econom! bloemv ot Germany. The Corriere della Sera also' states that the American government pro- posed to neutrals. that their supplies would be assured if they agreed to suspend absolutely ali exports to Germany, even as compensati$n or ex-! change. \ ‘WOODEN SHIPS A SUCCESS., Uscd for Passengers and Freight on Washington, May 12.—Chairman Denman of the shipping board today | called the attention of national de- fense council officials to recent ac- complishment in wooden phlpvhufldlng on the Pacific coast. “The board has just been advised, sald' Mr. Denman, “that two passenger steamers and a freighter of about the size and the power to be built by us have been built of wood on the Pacific and have successfully completed their trail trips. The . passenger vesscls sons and all of the ships are the same in general to those planned by the board. That should be a sufficient an- swer to critics of the wooden ship pro- gram.” * upon, have a carrying capacity of 500 per- | ' cording to Figiir » | Census Burean {HOUSE VOTE FA ROOSEVELT tirely From :\dmlnlflnuon’ age lill in Sepatc By Vote ‘of 38— \ttempt‘ 'tn Snbsllt'lo . and Navy Censors. Defeate testa Against War Tax Bl ‘Washington, May 12.—Ten' men in the United States wflJL ¢ Ject to the selective draft con on July 1 within the ages in the conference report én'tl army bill, Director Rogers 6f sus bureau announced to(hy. This number of men betwe ages of twenty-onel and thirf sive, represents very nearly, ten per cent. of the total | population of between aufl 104,000,000 on July 1, Of these conscription bureau estimates New. Yo have 1,068,000, Penns; X Illinois 639,500, Ohlo 4 Texas 420,200, In the which had more than a population in 1910 the ‘% eligibles July 1 are estimated’ | York 634,700, Chicago 309, adelphia 171,000, St. Louly Boston 75,800, Cleveland .83:8 mnore 57, GOWrud Pmbfil"h‘ 10: 'l‘he numig necticut - is ) | bureau as 60,300 ang “ By a | today, to BilL 1 to. per Col. Rposevelt, atvisi; l‘l{i‘ France. m 0 mitt&\vm.h Mtructlnns tp the velt: amendmen. of debata he. pro Chglrman Dent fof M % - committee: objected jany | . the conferenee repo! ot ’ originally’ spensored lun | ments. { i In iflmlmmnz the noonv’u ments the conferces, he carried out the cxpressed dec! | of both houses of congress. | Senate Strikes Out News “The newspaper censorship’: sions were stricken entirely administration espjonage biil & the senate by a vote of 39 to motfon of Senator Johnson ’9! fornia, 4 After the clause had been ' from the bill Scnator Kirby, jcrat, of Arkansas, introd: amendment rroviding for a df 1 and’ specific press censorship supervision of the necrmrle‘% and the navy and that’ was 65 to 5. b Prohibition against the !ment or use of ccreals, ALTITUDE REG()RD BROKE!! Army Ahnlll Ascends 16,400 Feet, Excelling Record by Victor Carl- strom, Who Was Killed Wednesday.. San Diego, May 12.—All American records for altitude were broken yes- terday by Captain W. A. Robertson, Jr., junior military aviator at ‘the North ' Island traiming school, who reached a height of about 16,400 feet. The American record, 16,336 t«t. had been held by Victér .Carlstrom who | ‘was killed in a flight at Newport News on Wednesday. Captain Robertson had as a pas. senger Captain Rhinehardt. They used a 300-horse power butlapln.ne. Zero temperature prevailed above 16,000 foot level, and both aviators suffered intensely- HOME GUARD, FALL IN} Possibility This Organization and City Guard May See Work, Brigadier General C. R. Edwards, commanding the Department ‘of the Northeast, has intimated that he way see fit to withdraw all National Guard troops from their present quarters where they are engaged in doing guard duty and put them into a con- centration camp for hard drilling. It is sald that General Edwards fa- vors using private guards or semi- military organizations to do ' this work. If this proves eorrect it may mean that the Home Guard in New Britain, and so, also, possibly the City Guard, will have werk. to do bet long: ble grains in the manufactitée erage liquors during the war. ve&r after, was 'proposed | mendment by Senater Cun Administration ‘officlals toda; serious . conslderation to plans formulated for establishment. o international purchasing m-e gk eliminate. competition among nations to whéom the United Stat 5 loaning money in purchase al plies in American markets. Great Britain, France and Iul ready have agreed to such an § rangement, it is said, and the | ofl nations are expectéd to enter lt. -9 United States would nbt neoc have to biy mmugh tho . con agency, how Billions “of dolh.m would Qi by the purchasing comn T concentration 'of this vast ui ing in the hands of r. singk even under considerati sought would be %o get :l.\z b every doilar spent, by power of producers to hold {p above the level justified by motusf gregate f.emand. - Secretary McAdoo has chmqb‘ the ‘drafting of a proposed interi tiecal agreement to create the agency. Objections to Tax. Measure. A multitude of objections to specific taxes of the = $1,800, war revenue bill was voiced day in house debate and ‘the finance committee on the m The committee took up the war WM on public utilities, advertising, ments, insurance ,club-dues; ufacturers of ,automob pleture filins; ‘costmetics #um .and representatives ¢ intereats affected were on 3 to- telr how “thelr busing A