New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 1

g. » e BETTER BUSINESS 'PRICE THREE CENTS. WAR ZONE EDICT TO TAKE - EFFECT HERE ON JUNE 1; ALIENS MUST GET PERMITS : Subjects of Germany * Not Permitted | Near Factories Making Munitions or Armory < INTERNMENT FACES THOSE WHO DISOBEY Those Whose Integrity Can Be Vouched For By Citizsens May Se- cure Privilege of Continuing At Work and Residing ‘in Present Homes—Restrictions in Effect tn Hartford a¢ Same Time. - Iron clad restrictions on the move- ents of all alien enemies in New Britain will become effective on Fri- day, June 1, according to a statement made today by United States Mamshal Middlebrooks, in charge of this sec- tion of Connecticut. After that date nio subjeet of the Imperial German governme or even & German sub- Ject who Bés taken out only his first naturalization papers, will be per- mitted to live in, work in, npmuxg or pags through any restricted dis- trict without an official pass from the United ' States marshal. Orders of District Attorney Thoras - Spellacy are that any such alien enemy who persists in violating thege rules will be arrested and interned as & prison- er of war untll hostilities between enemy, would not suffer. Such ene- mies as are employed in restricted fac- tories must obtain a statement from their employes vouching for their in- tegrity, and other people must have eome authorized American citizen vouch for them. With the approval ' of the district attorney, the marshal will issue permits to all who are en- ; ‘titled to them. Each applicant must, before applying for a permit, have three photographs taken, each 3x3 inches, and also make out his appll- cation in duplcate so that one can be sent to Washington and one kept on record here. In order that aliens who are entitled to permits will not suffer unnecessarily the marshal will open an office here a few days before the edict becomes effective and will also plan to have the office open eve- nings in order that no man will be v mebliged to sacrifice his working time, More complete fnstructions as to fhe location of the office and office hours will be made later. In Effect /in Hartford. Hartford, May 14.—United States Marshal C. C. Middlebrooks today is- sued an official warning to enemy . aliens to the effect that any one found within restricted areag after June 1 or shortly thereafter, without a permit would be subject to summary arrest and probable imprisonment for the iperiod of the war. The marshal also reiterates instructions concerning the manner of securing permits. TO BUILD UP 'CE. American Engineer Has Plan to Har- ness Water Power New York, May 14—Reconstruction of the devastated territory in France and Belgium, reclaimed by the En- tente alles, is to be begun at once, almost within earshot of the enemy’s guns, according to an announcement today by William Howard Cole, an American engineer and technical di- rector of the Societe Generale Indus- trials, which is to undertake the work. Among the directors of the organiza- are some of the most prominent }mm-hl leaders of France. ' To meet the problem of coal short- age; Mr. Cole has' submitted plans to the. French government for harness- ing the water power of the Alpha and constructon has been granted to . imasufscturers of Lyons and . other cities where this power is available. It 1s expected that within six months 20,000 horse power can be developed from the waters of thé Rhone. Y Sl 2 _SCULLY BOY STILL MISSING. L ‘Waterbury, May 14.—Willlam Far- rell, who it was thought had gone “maway with John Scully returned. ‘to- day. Farrell says he was not with ' Bcully and knows nothing of the lat- \titer's whereabouts. Mayor Scully in- tends to continue the search for his “son until he obtains positive informa- tion concerning the boy's where- MEDINA. 12,350 TONS, “ BRI TAIN ALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1017.—TWELVE: PAGES. OIL, GAS AND FIRE |WAR 39 DAYS 0l |[FORESEE NO MATCH FOR GRIT| AS CONGRESS TALKS| British and French Push on|Little Progress .Made. Toward Despite Inhumne Wa_lponsb \ * Crashing German Rutoerecy fitis SUNK BY SUBMARINE | SEEK DOUAI AND CAMBRAI|MANY WEARY DAYS AHEAD Omrah, 8,130 Tons, Torpe- doed in Same Locality— No Passengers Lost. New York, May 14.—The British passenger steamer Medina, 13,350 tans gross, owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation com- pany, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine April 28 when off the coast of Plymouth, according to American passengers arriving here to- day from England. On the same day, in almost the same locality, the Omrah, 8,130 tons, owned by the Orient Steam Navigation company was torpedoed and sunk, the passengers sald. No lives were lost on either ship, but valuable cargoes went down. On tthe Medina were more than 300 Ppersons, passengers and crew. This vessel was on her way from ports of Ceylon to Great Britain. She re- mained afloat for about half an hour after being struck, which gave the passengers and crew time ta get away, On board the Medina were crews of two other torpedoed ships, the Spit- head and/Zambesi, both British, taken aboard at Port Sald and Malta. The Spithead was a vessel of 4,697 tons and the Zambes! of 8,769. TRADING IN WHEAT BARRED IN CHICAGO Toledo and Minneapolis Also Order Two Day Sus- ! 'Chicago, My’ T4—All' trade ‘In wheat except to close up existing con- tracts was ordered stopped for two days by directors of the board of trade today, Saturday’s closing fig- ures were given as the maximum at which settlements may be made. All trading in corn and oats for May de- Hivery was ordered discontinued. May wheat was eliminted last Saturday. Extreme deglines of from 9 to.12 cents in July and ‘September wheat came as a result of the order of the board. The two days cessation was decided on to give time for representatives of the board’s in the country to come here tomorrow for discussion of con- certed action to curb the runaway tendency of grain prices. Conicident with the directors’ meet- ing, members of the leading private wire grain houses of Chicago met to discuss conditions and consider fu- ture action concerning the taking of new trades, the calling of margins and other phases of the sftuation “which call for prompt action.” “There is plenty of grain in the country to carry us through,” sald President Joseph P. Grifin. “If it were not for this hysteria, this wild frenzy that has seized America and the allied governments,—the whole ‘world—there would be no such prices paid for wheat. There is plenty of wheat if it could be distributed with calm, clear thought and without ex- citement. There is too much wild ad- vice by amateurs who know nothing about grain or production.” Toledo, May 14.—Trading in wheat futures was suspended this morning for two days by the directors of the Toledo produce exchange. Trading in corn and oats was suspended indefi- nitely. | | Minneapolis,” May '14.—The direct- ors of the Minneapolis chamber of commerce this afternooa decided to suspend trading in futures until futr- ther notice. Open trades wil be set- tled at prices which obtained at Sat- urday’s close. ‘Washington, May 14—Plans for old- fashioned popular rallies, organized to stimulate interest in the “Liberty loan,” with a corps of orators of the two great political parties enlisted in a speaking campaign, was the subject of a conference here today between Secretary McAdoo and Vance C. Mc- ‘Cormick, democratic national chair- man. Mr. McCormick promised also to co- operate Jvlth chairman Willcox of the republicdn national committee in sim- ilar activity. Secretary McAdoo will start this week on a speaking tour of western cities. Success of Attacks on Zeebrugge and | Pressure From Administration and Wilheimshaven Encourages 'British “—Germans Assault Allied Lines But Are Driyen Off With Losses, In the face of blazing ofl, liquid fire, poison gas and every other horror known to modern war, the British are slowly and stubbornly fighting their way ta the Drocourt- Queant line, the gate to Doual and Cambrai and the principal line in the fettors welded on northern France by the Germans. General Haig is ham- mering all along the line, but it is around Queant, at the southern ex- tremity, that his success has been most marked and the corresponding menace to the Germans' greatest vic- tory is virtually locketed. To the east, west and south, the road is clear to the British as far as natural bar- rlers are cancerned except for a part of the village of Bullecourt. - After some of the grimmest fighting seen on the western front, the British have driven, their fobs from one part of Bullecourt and unless the tide is promptly turned, the village is lost to the Germans ,and the crushing in of the southern end of the Drocourt- Queant line is inevitable. . A ray of sunshine has also fallen on British arms at sea. The great Ger- man submarine base at Zeebrugee and the naval stronghold at Wilhelms- haven have been assaulted from sea and air, apparently with notable suc- cess. Zeebrugee is an absolutely ar- tificial harbor, called into existence on the flat, sandy Belglan coast by the exigencfes of submarine warfare and practically depending on its being on a great mole. This mole is said to have .been breached by the British guns and the Germans must speedily Tepair the gap or the silting sands will complete the work of destruction commenced by the British gunners. The only incident of moment in the other war theaters is a fresh Austrian report of a great artillery bombard- ment by the Italians on the _Isonzo front. This may mean that the long inactivity ot General Cadorna is about to be, _“The. Italian situstion has ., N c ble -ob- \ have b mflt‘e e ‘ . uncom= fortable rumors that the chaos in Russia was inspiring the Central Powers to mass forces for a great drive against Italy. These rumors have been somewhat offset by the ac- cumulating evidence that Austria is seeking in every direction a path to peace and is willing to make great concessions towards that end. Germans Attack British. London, May 14.—*“Hostile raids were repulsed last night, northeast of Epehy and north of Ypres,” says to- day’s official announcement. “We se- cured a few prisoners. We progressed during the night in Roeux village (Arras front).” Recoinnoiters ‘Driven Back. Paris, May 14.—The French last night repulsed German reconnoiter- ing partes northeast of Vauxaillon, north of Craonne, at Hill 108 and in the Champagne, the war office reports. ‘The German losses were large. Berlin Claims Bullecourt. Berlin, May 14, Via London.—The battle near Bullecourt was continued yesterday with bitterness, says the afficial staternent issued today by the German army staff, and in the stub- born struggle we retained the ruins of the village against several enemy attacks. German Attack Less Forceful. British Headquarters in France (From a staff correspondent of the Asesociated Press):——British troops have just about compléeted the ab- sorption of two important villages to which the Germans have clung des- perately ever since the battle of Ar- ras began. One of these villages is Roeux, on the north bank of the Scarpe, and the other is Bullecourt, which lies directly in the )Hinden- burg line just west of Queant. As a result of steady fighting dur- ing the last forty-eight hours, the German’s foothold in,JBullecourt has been ‘reduced to two isolated posts, where bombing fights are continuing. A virtually similar situation exists in Roeux. Since the British victory on Satur- day the German counter attacks have lacked much of their fierceness. The number of prisoners taken during this time has been exceptionally large for the character of the operations, or it may be that the Germans have be- comhe tired of sending so many of their troops to the front in massed formation . The German soldiers have been fighting very stoutly since re- serves were thrown into the Arras area. The heat wave in the fighting dis- trict has been temporarily broken by a series of thunder storms. NO EPIDEMIC THIS SUMMER. New York, May 14.—The board of ! health, in answer to many questions, announces in its weekly bulletin dis. tributed today that it does not expect another epidemic of infantile paralysis in New York city In 1917, il Public Being Brought to Effect Houses Disagree on Many Measures, . Waslilngton, May 14.—The United States has been at war with Germany thirty-nine days and virtually all the measures through ‘which this govern- ment is to ‘do ‘its part in the world conflict still are in the talking stage in congress. The accomplishments since President Wilson convened the special war session on April 2 have been passage of the resolution de- claring a state of war with Germany and ' enactment of the.$7,000,000,000 loan law, ¢ 2 Those who predicted congress would provide the nation with the means for making war successfully and adjourn by June now have extended their es- timates to the middle of August. Pressed for speed by the,adminis- tration on one side and on the other by constituencies at. home demanding action, congress faces many big things to do, and quickly, if ‘the aid of the United States in the war is to be of its full value., The immediate pressing need of the ald the’ United States can give the Entente allies in the war.on Germany is best known to the president end closést advisers, who have heard it from the heads of the French and British mission. These to whom it has been communicated have been impressed with the necessity of mor accomplishments. : . ‘Where Congress Is At. As congress today went into its thirty-seventh working day the war program stood this way: ‘War tax bill—Under-debate in the house and up for public hearings In the genate finance committee. At the present rate of progress it probably will be up before one-house or the other for at least a month. Army bill—In conference again to thresh over the action of the house in restoring the so-called Roosevyelt in the house. 'An entirely different form of bill has been introduced in the senate. Shipping Bills—The bill to vest legal title to the seized German ships in the government has passed both houses but is in conference for recon- ciliation of differences. The bill to appropriate $400,000 for a start on the great merchant fleet to overcome the submarine menace has not yet been introduced, and may not - be, while plans are being discussed of paying for the ships out of the §' 000,000,000 loan. The bill to author- ize the taking over of ship building facilities and ships building for for- eign account has been introduced but is not yet under consideration. Espionage Bill—The house in pass- ing the bill retained the newspaper censorship section demanded by the administration, but did not enact an embargo section which the adminis- tration wants to keep supplies from gong to Germany through neutrals The senate -has its bill under debate, retaining such an embargo section but entirely without a censorship pro- vision. The real enactment of this bill probably will be in conference, where the administration will bring pressure to have both censorship and embargo sections inserted in- accept- able terms. d Prohibition—As an amendment to the espionage bill the senate has at- tached a section prohibiting the man- ufacture of intoxicating liquors from food grains. Various prohibition pro- posals are pending in the house. Federal Reserve Law Amendments —These additions to the existing bank law were proposed by the administra- tion to bring more banks into the federal reserve system and, by liber- alizing the reserve requirements, in- crease the gold holdings of the sys- tem more than $300,000,000. In addition to these.principal meas- ures there are a few others which have adminitration sanetion and which congress will- be called on to pass before adjourning: TO RUSH PLANTS. New York, May 14.-—Voluntary conscription of large industrial re- sources, through contributoin of the best efforts of American manufactur- ers to meet the country’s require- ments in the present war will be the general topic of discussion /at the 22nd. annual convention of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers which began a three day session here today. MOTOR BUSS DRIVERS STRIKE. London, May 14.—London is with- out motor buses today, ten' thousand employes of both sexes being out on strike. e o WEATHER. i Hartford. May 14.—For Tiartford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tucsday. Not much change in temperature. ) ) e R WILSON AUTHORIZES EXPANSION OF REGULARS TO WAR STRENGTH| Peop'e Will Fi RUSSIAN MINISTER OF WAR OUT OF OFFICE Gen. Guchkoff’s Resignation Quickly Follow; That of Gen. Korniloff. Petrograd, via London, May 14.— General Guchkoff, minister of war, has _resigned. . In announcing his resignation at yesterday's meeting of the congress of delegates from the front, M. Guchkoft read the following letter sent by him to Premier Lvoff: “In view of the condition in which the power of the government has beex | placed, especially the authority of the minister of war, in relation to the About 65,000 of 183,000 Re- quired . Already Recruited —Two-thirds of Officers to | Receive Promotion. Washington, May 14.—Expansion of the regular army ' 'to the full ,war strength contemplated in the ad- mlinistration army bill has been au- thorized by President Wilson. Or- sanization of the new regiment will begin tomorrow. About 65,000 of the 183,000 men to be added to the army already have been recruited. The immediate effect of the order W e ERALD BEST OF Al LOCAL NEWSPAPE ESTABLISHED S FOOD GAMBLERS HANGED FROM LAMP POS Sen. Kenyon B Means of K Prices Down Senators Hot Under Coller’ will be to promote nearly two-thirds of | the present officers of the regular army, The fallowing new regiments will be raised in the east. The 38tth and 29th regiments of infantry, at Syracuse. One existing ‘Washington, Mag 14. strained’ wrath’ of' the ' poured down upon food - speculators’ today in one ‘o remarkable séenes in the M the chamber. 4 army and navy, a condition which I | regiment of infantry to be sent there |. , “Pirates” and “robbers” am powerless tQ alter and threatens to have consequences fatal each of its three battalions expanded which | from the southern department and|frequently. applied to thone: : by speculations in' food : to the defense, the:liberty and even |into a full regiment. The 12th fleld | of the nation’s need: ' the existence of Russia, I can no artillery to be raised at Fort Meyer, of food -speculators longer exercise the functions of min- | V&., from one battalion of fleld artil- | jamp posts was hinted ' ister of war and marine and shive responsibility for the grave sin being commltt\ed against the country.” The resignation of Gen., Guchkoft follows that of Gen. Korntloff, com- mander of .the Petrograd garrison, and probably is due to similar rea- sons. Gen. Korniloff said his posi- tion had become impossible on ac- count -of the efforts of various or- sanizations to control the garrison, the last straw having been a demand by the executive committee of the |frone one regiment of fleld artillery | gition, Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates that all his orders be pre- sented to the committee for its con- sideration. Gen. Guchkoff has been a leading figure in the * Octoberist party for years, but during the war little was heard of him until the time of the revolution, Since' that timeé he issued many ap- peéals to the troops and the workmen to support the government and con- tinue the war. Armistice Not Sought. Petrograd, May 14, via London.— The semi-officlal news agency today gave out the following: “The report that the councll of Workmen'’s and Soldiers’ delegates has called for an armistice is denied. The question never has been raised by the council, which, on the contrary, is engaged at present in drafting an appeal to the soldiers at the front pointing out the inadvisability of a separate peace or of fraternizing with the enemy.” ZEPPELIN BROUGHT - DOWN IN NORTH SEA L-23, Destroyed by British Naval Forces, Fourth Victim With- in Past Year. London, May 14,—British . naval forces destroyed-Zeppelin L-22 in the North Sea this morning( according to an official statement by the ad- miralty. ‘The destruction of the L-22 marks the fourth attempt at Zeppelin raids within the last year which has ended in disaster. Two of the mammoth airships were shot down during a raid on London on September 28, 1916, and two months liter two more Zeppelins were destroyed off the Eng- lish coast. On March 17, French artillerymen shot down a Zeppslin be- hind the French lines while it was endeavoring to reach Paris. REPAIRING GERMAN DOCKS. U. S, to Rush Work on Large Piers at Hoboken. New York, May 14—Work on im- provements to the docks of the Hamburg-American and North Ger- man Lloyd steamship lines at Ho- boken, which have been taken over by the government, was expected to be- gin today under the supervision of Col. John M. Carson, quartermaster in New York and superintendent of army transport service of the port. This is in furtherance of a plan to attain the greatest possible efficiency in the movement of military supplies to Europe by co-ordination of the shipping facilities of the United States and the Allies through a transporta- tion board to be named. DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND. Stamford, May 14.—Joseph Robic, a middle aged man, died at the local hospital today of a gunshoi wound inflicted by aceident. Robic was driv- ing along the highway in a wagon with the gun between his knees, when the jolting of the vehicle caused the weapon to be discharged, the shot penetrating a lung. lery to be brought from the barder. The 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th regi- ments of infantry to be ralsed at Syracuse from two existing regiments from the border. The 15th field ar- tillery to be raised at Syracuse from one battalion brought from the border. The G58th, 59th, 60th, and 61st regiments of infantry ta be raised at Gettysburg National Park from two existing regiments to be brought from the border. artillery to be raised at Montauk, L. I., from the border. DISRUPTION IN GERMANY. Von Batock Admits Monarchy, Is Not a Unit o Food Question. - odon, Wiy 14.— the ‘Réichstag ended on Saturday-when Adelt Batockl, president of the' food regu- lation board, announced that a com- : mittee representing all parties in the | wil] fovde' fortnight's | the han Reichstag would make tour of inpection so as ‘to learn: food conditions throughout Germany. He sald that a better mutual understand- ing was necessary as up to the present, relations between the different fac- tions had been growing steadily worse. The food |controller declared it would be fatal if the country returned to peace with the present bitter feeling continuing between town nd country and consumer and producer. He added that if an improvement did not: occur. Germany would ‘be ‘unable’ to perform her economic tactics after the war. & BRIDGEPORT MANAGER DEAD. Raymond L. 'Brown Succumbs to Ptomaine _Poisoning. Bridgeport, May 14.—Raymond L. Brown, business manager of the | Bridgeport baseball club, is dead at his home here from ptomaine poison- ing caused, it is said, by tainted pork eaten by him in a New Haven restaurant. His went with the team to New Haven last Thursday to the opening game of the season, had & meal in a restaurant after the game, and was ! taken sick on arrival home. He was 30 years old and single. BUTLER AND JEWELS GONE. Gems Valued at $2,500 Missing from Shippan Point Home. Stamford, May 14.—The police are looking today for Charles Faulk, col- ored, in connection with the disap- pearance of $2,5600 worth of diamonds and jewelry from the home of James T. Crane at Shippan Point. Faulk was employed up to last Saturday as butler at the Crane home and the fact that the jewels were missing was not discovered until after his disappearance on that evening. POLCE PATROL KILLS CHILD. Five Policemen Injured As Well in ‘Waterbury “Tragedy. ‘Waterbury, May 14—Marry Kelly. a three yedar old child, was almost instantly killed this' atternoon when the police patrol, loaded with police- men who were hurryilng "out East Main street in response to a strike call, ran over her. ~Five policemen were slightly hurt in the accident. QUINCY, MASS|, MAN KILLED. Ottawa, May 14.—The casualty Hst of the Canadian overseas forces issued last night by the war records office in. cludes the name M. McWilllam: Quincy, Mass, who was killed in ac. | . tion. The 19th and 20th fleld The storm ’broke Thomas, democrat, of posed as‘an amendment. istration ésplonage bill & suspend for ‘the duration all boards of trade, and chambers of comme permit speculation in fut: Senators who opposed i the ground it the ob; accomplished /in another’ some thoughiy it would merce. The; great n::r;n 'ms. it g i expressed in force and range of ad, dom been heard in the | ber,. favored some drasti stop food -gambling and which inakes for artificial ness thit some ‘Thembers j mint fon: unnecessarily ing ot to, the country. T the need of economy but n Slmony. ' If the ple und truth they would not be holdf 3 out in fear, timidity and ts j1s needed at this hour §s‘a jof, law authorizing the pi ) évidence: satisfactory to him is being unnecesarily held, . | such’ food andorder its’dis under the ‘proper branch oL ernment; with compen: owner and a just mai sured the people.” * I think,” said Senator crat, of Missours, - “‘that " fne to be taken to ‘stop” speculs foodstuffs' within the * M powers of congress.’ But der to me today that we $4 wheat and forty. cent $5 or $8 potatoes an sixty cents a_pound. been in the history.ofth agitation that parallels one. We are pra ¥ Unitea States is on the vation and that the world starving and then we are that when next ‘winter: wolf of hunger will be W door of every human b ;_ world. When that informat forward men are astonished” prices paid for foodstuffs maul plan had been conceived to them mount -the aone -adopted not have bheen improved upom ingenuity of man or the devil hiing ““The thing to teach the Am people now is that Ameriga wil be starved, that she can’t be and the consequence will be to the conditions. that con! pester us.” Food speculators were 4 as robbers by - Senator ‘K Jowa, who recommended, that the food speculation m held over to be conside; food. bill. AP ““We should blot out this in food,” he sald, “but we it with adequate consid oY * “If congress can’t stop i —and that is a mild term for: people will ‘find some “way have to,make use of lamp D s Overman. for Censorship Ci e Senatar Overman, in chyrge B¢ administration espionage’ Bil}, nounced’ today an effort would imade ‘to restore the press cehsorsh section to the measure before pass . Debate on the war tax bill o pled the house again today with prospect that the stage af con ing amendments might be fore adjournment and a vote by Friday or Saturday. Support from both'sides chamber continued .to- position of the house.to main. 7 ‘the pravisions, drawn by the way: eilt that' day of desolation; ## 0 pe B (Continued on