New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1917, Page 1

§ v ¢ * ' " 'People In Adjacent - PRICE THREE CENTS. ~ AT P. & F. CORBIN ANNEX; - LOSS MAY REACH $175,000 ."#'Houses and By Police| _ : - On Main Street MOST SPECTACULAR Coteey. BLAZE IN YEARS| martfora, May 33.—Judge Josepk 1 ! ( from, the superior court bench. He 4!'-&9""?"*'@_ Ten Buildings | ,osigny as his reason, the inadequate and Thresten Entire Section of Oity | salary paid to the judges of Connecti- 11 ¥ cut higher courts. % ; j; The judge sent his resignation to | ¥vom Sparks—Private Fire Alarm{ihe governor more than a wesk ago. B Fafls to Werk—Oity Guard | He refers in his letter of tion to the failure of the general assembly Oslled Out to Maintain Fire I4nes. | to pass a bill increasing salaries of . | pudges of the supreme and superior One of the most spectacular and de- | o4y says that he cannot afford 4structable fires In this oity in MAQV [ to stay on the bench in view of " years broke out at 11:40 o'clock last wmu-tlil, lnunndw o mn:;z fCborose w.;a Ann oo | o o a 2 svening in the P. & F. C"M:h flr: Concerning the fallure of the bill on Stanley street and before the to get through the general assembly ‘men, ‘after a stubborn battle, had|Judge Tuttle said: finally conquered the blase, ten wond-| ' “I am advised that after favorable en ‘structures wmufl all faction by the judiclary committee the _that remains todey are the‘chirred |bill was referred to the carmittes on ruins. How the fire started has not | appropriations, from whom it re- been determined, but persons 1 . ;| celved not even the courtesy of un- in _that section of the city reported | faverable action. : Thea & noise similar to an] ‘“For myself I do not care, but in explosion, ‘and a moment later -the |behalf of the others I cannot but] " building on the east side of the plant | protest against this. indignity cast wis a geéthing. nmass of flames. Frank |upon them by a co-ordinate branch < English, who lives on Bast Main street, | of - the state government with refer- m from the box at the ence to ‘s bill which was introduced Judd company | unfaverable report. The failure of members of | the committee to report, of course, prevents further legisiative action ain Institution, ' Kept., This, it is belleved, will mean}| 1.4 4, tne high cost of medical the saving of my‘thmunnda o oy materials and sundry supplies con- mected with the work of administer- ' According to the best information |In€ to the sick, the New Britain Geén- { ' btatnablé the fire started in the east | eral Hospital is now forced to raise ‘énd of the main bullding nesr the |its rates. The new schedule will go ller house and .spread rapidly. |into effect on the first of the month, ¥ :bdn the -fremen -arrived on the | according to announcement made to- @cene, the layout of the hydrants|day by Mrs. Jennie L. Bassett, matron ‘cAused some delay. The members of | of the hospital. The' decision to in- No.. 2 ‘company laid seven lines of | crease the costs of various treatments hose from a hydrant on East Main |at the hospital was not reached until street and patiently wailted for the |after due deliberation by all - those water to come, but the top broke off {.concerned in the administration of its the hydrant and it was necessary to | affairs. ! pick up the hose and hustle for an- iWard patients formerly charged $7 o%!r spot. A part of the work which [a week for ‘board ‘and nurs- brought considerable criticism was the Ing, wlll%;v. $8 a week after manner in which the men started in | Jane 1J, - rivate wards the fee per to combat thé blage. None of the|patient hh“' 2.8 week. This will ‘buildings which were later raged, was | b raised to $185. vate rooms that on fire when the department started | up to this' time have been rented to to work, but instead of concentrating | patients for $15 a week will, after their efforts to keep the flames away | Junesl, cost $18. There will be no . from ‘the west end of the structure, | change in the price of $26 rooms. the firemen jumped into the thickest There will be also a relative in- of it all, and the builldings not burning | crease in the price of services in vart- were soon at the mercy of the fire. | ous departments. The maternity de- Omne after one these became ignited, | partment will hereafter charge $3, the and when it was seen that the saving |fee to be $5 when anesthetics are ad- .. of the main foundry building was im- | ministered. Operating fees, too, will Possible, efforts were directed toward {undergo a change. Five dollars will other structures, but the blaze was 80 | be charged for all minor operstions 4errific and the construction of theé |and $8 for major operations. These building of such a character that soon | were services formerly rated $3 and the whole yard seemed to be a fur- | $5, respectively. There will be no nace. new charge for the administering of ether, the prevalent price of $2 to re- r:aln‘.wmr the war, officials of the ger grew every minute and mnearby |10SPital hope to bring back the prices properties were soon menaced. Housea | 20 P! Reyslent: in the vicinity became ignited, mak- % ing it necessary for relief. = One of the largest crowds that ever viewed a fire was.on hand after the word had 5 passed around of the seriousness of wmw Arrive at Rotter- 7 ghie situation, the recent, firebug icai aam After ?fl?l remaiitfng fresh in residents V! Mewe, Adjacent Houses Afire. Fanned by a sharp breege the dan- NO ORITIOISM OF U. 8. Bill for Increase of Salaries| P. Tuttle ¢f Hartford, has resigned. soinds. Many remained until nearly 8 o'clock. when the conflagration seemed to be under control. It was after 4 o'clock, however, before the firemen started the work of picking 1 up their hose. :Scenting the danger, Mayor George Quigley issued orders for calling t the Ciiy Guard and the menibers, aided by the police force, handled the big crowd commendably. Chairman B. G. Babcock was on hand as T Chief Rawlings and other memblers of the police department lending every assistance. Chairman Horace B. Clark of the Hartford fire. department was early arrival on the scene, word ':;vflt ‘been sent to Hariford that oA (Continued on Eleventh Page.) Rotterdam, via London, May 33.— Count Tarnowski Von Tarnow has ar- rived here after an uneventful voyage from the United States- He will leave or Vienna on a special train tomor- Tow morning. At the same time his fellow passenger, Admiral Paul Von Hintze, dismissed German minister to | Peking will entrain for Berlin. No submarine was sighted by the liner on which the German and: Aus- trian diplomats traveled and Count Tarnowski declared his visit to the | United States had been most enjoy- able. None of the party had any com.- | Plaint to make in regard to the ex- | amination ‘ot the ship by the British i authorities at Halifax. A prominent Austrian from Chicago described the attitude of the British officals as most courteous. A " FRE IS $3,000,000 Thousands Homeless After Dy- namite- Robs Flames of Prey RESIDENCES BLOWN = TP mm_mwm Care for Destitate—Oity’s Leading ‘Men Meet to Provide Relief—One Death, Few Injunies. “Atlanta, Msy 33.—Atlanta tively to work today to e-r.'::: ::; destitute people from 3,000 homes de- ”ma ‘m:: the fire that oon and last night through- out seventy-five blocks and was stopped only after the dynamiting of beautiful homes on Ponce de Leon avenue. The property loss was esti- mated at ‘33,000,000 by Mayor Can- djer, but other estimates ran as high as $6,000,000. The fire started in a warehouse on Decatur and Fort streets and drove first due, north and then mnortheast. It crossed Ponce de Leon avenud at one point and swept down the boulevard for & block. 'On the south side of Ponce de’ Leon avenue, a wide resi- dence street, the burned ares extend- ed from North Jackson stréet, some seven blocks east of Peachtree street, the principal business section, out almast to the baseball park. 3 3 Five Thousand to Bé Fed. Destitute persons from the burned area, which included negro homes and costly residences of white peéple, |'were cared for by the local Red Cross: and the associated charities. Prepa- [ rations were completed today to feed 5,000 people. A meeting of the city's Tepresentative men was called for &A‘r? provide relier for those need- Mayor Candler and President Ivan E. Allen of the local Chamber of C: merce agreed that no outside aid be needed. Both exp: their ap Ppreclation of scores ofters tele @raphed %o them. * Only one person is kngwn to have dled as a result of the fire. Mrs. Bes- sle Hodges dfed of shock after her home was destroyed. Injuries were remarkably few. The people fled be- fore the flames, 7 The burned area is roughly defined ding all that territory between n the of and Ponce de Leon’ On the eouth side of Ponce de Leon ave- nue the fire swept from North Jack- son street three blocks east of Fort, almost to the baseball park, which caught fire, but was saved with vir- tually no damage done. At the boule-/ vard the flames crossed Ponce de Leon avenue, burning out about a block on both sides of the street. PAINLEY APPLAUD A\ Interpellations By Frank Explana- tion of Results of Offensive., Paris, May 22.—The plain and un- ambiguous statement made by Min- ister of War Painlev before the mili- tary committee of .the chamber of deputies yesterday has made a very strong “ impression and it is consid- ered likely that the government can obtain a postponement of all inter- pellations until next week, if it so de- sires. - M. Painlev was. roundly applaud- ed—a rare event in committee meet- ings—after he had frankly explained the immediate results of the French oftensive and ‘the eventual conse- Qquences expected. RELIEF TRIP TO AROTIC. Effort to Be Made to Reach Party Marooned Since 1918. New York, May 22.—The American museum of natural history announced today that it would send a third re- lef ship in search of the Crockerland expedition, which has been marooned in the Arctic since 1913. The steamship Neptune has: been chartered for the purpose and will be commanded by Robert A. Bartlett, who was with Peary on his Arctic explorations. The Neptune is ex- .pected ‘to sail northward about July 1. $10,000 m IN WESTBROOK. Two Frame Blocks With Stores and © Tenements Burned. Westbrook, May 22.—Two business and dwelling blocks of frame con- struction were burned here early to- day- The loss is estimated at about $10,000. The cause of the fire is not known. One of the buildings was occupied by the grocery firm of Edward F. Schmidt, who lived on the upper floor; the other a short distance away con- tained the crockery and variety store of Frederick B. Kunz and Louis P. Kunz, brothers, who lived in the rear of their shop- v Several nearby houres were saved with considerable difficulty. TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE. Washington, May 22— Mrs. Mary Louise Hull, wife of Rep. Harry E. Hull, of Towa, died here last night after taking poison tablets which she | thought were headache pills. She was forty six years oid. . Teged yeoster-. , Weat: dnd the |Fo (BRAZIL T0 REVOKE |U-BOAT SEEN OFF MAINE; NEUTRALITY STAND| - SUBMERGES NEAR MACHI RUSSIA TO QUIT ENTENTE; President Braz Recommends Stch Action by Congress 10 SUPPORT UNITED STATES| Executive’s Memsage Declares Change of Front Would Meet With Favor of “Great Majority of Brasilian COMPROMISE REACHED ON 2D CLASS MAIL TAX oot e | Receipts from Educational fecommendation by a large majority, The message declares that the arder to the Brasilian authorities enjoining the observance of neutrality was only intended to have effect until congress met. It continues: . -*“Today, in consideration of the fact that the United States is'an integral part of the American union, in con- sideration .also of the traditional policy of Brazil which has always been governed by a complete unity of views with -the -United States and finally, in oconsideration of the es of a great.majority of the B -nation, the administration invites congress to revoke the décree af neutrality.” In. anticipation of the message the newspapers 'yesterday commented in favorable terms on the mew political orfenitation. 'The Correio De Manha tages to the southern republic.” 3 i MEXICO OBJECTS TO U-BOAT. Reported to Have Semt - Protest . Against Campaign. Amsterdam, May 22, Via London.— A Berlin despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company says that the Mexican minister to Germany 18 ¥e- ported to have handed a note to the German government protesting against the submarine campaigm. The re- port followed a prolonged conference between the Mexican minister and X Secrefary ‘Zimmerman an Mexico City, May 21.-—It was indi- cated here today that a thorough un- derstanding existed among govern- ment officials. that the United States had not and would not exercise pres- sure to force Mexico to take sides in the war. General Alvare Obregon, who re- cently resigned minister of war, explained today the reasons which prompted Mexico to endeavor to'main- tain absolute neutrality in the war. At a farewell dinner befor¢ his de- parture tomorrow for Sonora he said Mexico's self respect called for this policy. Even if Mexico joined in the war, he said, she could give no ef- fective aid. She could furnish neither men, ships, supplies nor money. Un- der such conditions, Mexico could not, with self respect, enter the war, un- less forced to do so, and certainly not merely for the sake of gain. DON’T HIDE BEHIND SKIRTS OR CHILDREN Exemption From Military Service to Be Granted Only Those Actually ‘Having Dependents. ‘Washington, May 22.—“Do not hide behind petticoats or children to aveld service in the new national army” is the injunction of Provost Marshal General Crowder in an official guide he has issued to show how questions put to those who register on June 8§ should be answered. The gulde ex- plains that there is no desire by the government to draft any oneé who is the sole support of any man, woman or ‘child, but points out that unless the person you have in mind is solely dependent on you” ‘exemptione will not be granted. The registrar will drop permanently from the list those whose physical de- fects, such as the absence of a leg, or.an arm, make unfitness for service obvious, but all other claims for exemption will be passed upon by the local boards. The applicant will he required to state specifically the character of the work he is performing in order that the board may judge if it is such as to warrarnt the govern- ment in excusing him from army duty. “If you are a felon or otherwise morally deficient and desire to claim exemption on that ground, state your ground briefly,” said the guide, The difference between a ‘natural born” citizen and a naturalized citizen is explained carefully and it s painted out that even alien enemles within the age limit will be required to register although they will not be drafted. Hartford, - May 22.—For Hartford and vicinity: Rain tonight and Wedncsday. B it o S Entertainments Not ’to Be Assessed for War. Washington, May 22.—A compro- mise on the proposed eecond = class mail tax, so as to make it from one and one-half cents per pound in the first parcel post zone to eight cents in the eighth zone. ~vas agreed upan by t‘:: house way: 4 means commit- ‘Receipts from educational entertain- ments Wwere excluded by the house from the proposed ten per cent. amusement tax by a vote of 114 to 1, Representative Moore of Penneylvania opposing. - He insisted that it was un- fair -that William - Jennings . Bryan should receive from $200 to $500 a night' for: educational éntertainments while: the government got nothing from them. AF Early senate action on food legisla- tion depended largely upon the agri- cultural committee's consideration to- day of a bill providing for a survey, re-committed by the senate, and an- other | measure to’ stimulate prodtic- tion. - A third bill.to regulate food suppiiées and authorising appointments of a food administrator was ready for introduction ‘in the house today. Although government food experts oppose fixing maximum prices on stapld food products, except to: farce big "holders to release their supplies, protection. for the consumer will be one of the first coneiderations of the new. food control, administration. If ‘there is a.shortage in any food stapie and it ' becomes essental to Jower the ! price the government, it was said today, ‘will.not hesitite té moreé can be actomplished than by | setting maximum prices. If there is an abundance of faod, however, it will not be necessary to exercise the power to commandeer. European demand for food this vear will take all America’s surplus. The Allies, it has been stated on good au- thority, need 1,000,000,000 bushels of grain to carry them through the year. with- normal crops this country can furnieh 400,000,000 bushels of this and Canada 200,000,000. " GERMAN RAIDER SOUGHT British Warships Combing Seas for Craft ‘Which 1s' Believed ' to' Have Slipped Into the Atlantic. New York, May 22.—Information that the British naval authorities bus- pected that a German sea raider es- caped from a German port and was at large was brought to America today lz’ an arriving Belgian relief steam- p. The Belgian captain said his vessel was fired upon by a British cruil:r on May 13 off the north of Scotlanll. ‘The relief ship halted and was ex- amined by the Briton. The latter ex- plained, the Belgian captain reported, that the relief .vessel, which carries four masts, was mistaken for a four- masted raider which was believed to have left Germany under the guise of’ a merchantmanr. Another Belgian relief steamer ar- riving reported sighting a Zeppelin oft the Dutch coast on April 28, head- ed toward the British Isles. On the ! following day the Bel ship was halted by a German submatine which permitted her to proceed. | — BURNED FRIEND TO DEATH. ‘Wood Chopper ‘ Held - for Superior Court for Murder. Bridgeport, May 22.—Coroner John J. Phelan in a finding today lered that Eugene Gangnon of Shelton be held for the superior court far trial for the death of Willlam B. Normand in that place on April 1. The two men were wood choppers and occupifed a hut on the outskirts of Shelton. On April 1, according to the finding, the two quarreled. Nor- mand later went to sleep in the hut. Cangnon is alleged then to have set fire to the hut and to. have waited around while the shack was destroyed and Normand was burned to death. He was arrested in Shelton after two other men had found ' Normand's charred body in the ruins of the hut. WREATH ON DEWEY'S TOMB. Washington, May 22.—The RBritish navy paid tribute to the memory of Admiral De when ‘a floral wreath was placed an his tomb by Rear Admiral de Chalr and Cowm- mander Lawford, the admniralty rep- resentutives with the British officiaul \ mission. " CANNOT SUPPORT PROGRAM IOnlyRevisiofi of Treaties, Acceptable to Workmen, Can Hold Country in Leash. London, May 23.—The Petrograd correspondent of the Dally Express say that a series of important nego- tistions is impending between Russia and her allies on the question of re- vsion of war alms as outlined in ' the replies of: the Allies to President Wil- son. Foreign Minister Terestchenko distussed the matter with the Allled ambassadors on Baturday. it says that Russia, ns, will try to define precisely her desire for péace without annexation or indemnity and wili make clear that'the Russian - work- ers, while not desiring a separate peade, canrot support the Allles in their present war program. A revis- fon of the treaties between the Allies and Kussia will be requested, and it is believed that the Allles will call a conference -to .comsider the -whole question of Russia’s future in the war. Political circles in sympatly with former Foreign Minister Milukoff and former Minister of War Cuchkoff view the negotiations with considerable alarm.\’ The correspon- dent of the Daily News writes in the same vein and believes that the coall- tion government will staxnd or fall ac- cording to the position which the Al- lies take in the l»:vdlnt xn;ntuflm says Minister of ‘War Kerensky is making: & eftart | T ‘cipline In the army m& will be lightened if & clearly expressed agreement is reached between Russia and the other mesbclof he Entente. | . NEW YORK GENEROUS * Oversubscribe Share of “Liberty Bonds”—Many Women Purchase. New York, May ‘22.—The.. flying squadron of bond salesmen working in financial districts and the establish-’ ment of booths in the larger retail stores of the city for the sal e have s6 stimulated the gén that members of the bankers com- mittees were predicting. today that New York would oversubscribe its al- lotment of $750,000,000 to the Liber- ty loan. 3 Lt The department stores’ promise’ to be the largest sources of subscrip- tions, many of which permit credit customers to charge $50 ‘worth of bonds to their regular account, ‘pay- able In installments until Augtst "30. A majority of the customers yeste day wera women and the subscrip- tions. raniged from $60 to $1,600. The Canadian Pacific Rallway has subscribed for $1,000,000 of the Liber- ty loan bonds, it was atfinounced to- day.. Another million dollar subscrip- tion came’ from the American Brass | company. : BUDAPEST. STRIKE STIL 0 Stockholm Clatms’to Have Intorma- tion, Munition Workers Have Not ‘m-m‘ Since May 1. Stockholm, May ' 32, via. Lendon.— According to informiation from & Hun.' garias source recelved here a strike a8 been continuously in' progress in i1l the Budapest munition - factories [since May 1- - TRY 70 KILL KERENSKY Minister~—Supporters of Monarchial Regime Under Suspicion. New York, May 22.—The Jewish Daily Forward received a cablegram from its correspondent in Petrograd today, saying: “An attempt on the life of War Minister Kerensky was,k made just now. Kerensky escaped. ' All the pur—1 ticlpants arrested. .Rumors that uu| plot was arranged by the support of the old regime.” 3 FUNERAL OF FATm KEATING. Norfolk, Conn., May 22.—About sixty of the clergy of the Roman Catholic of Hartford, and Bishop John ! J.°Nilan attended the funeral of Rev Patrick Keating held today from the Church of the Immaculate Conception. ‘The solemn high mass of requiem was sung by Rev. Andrew Slattery of Win- d the sermon was preached Luke Fitzemons of Water- Burial was tn St. Mary's ceme- ‘ports’ that an fAvestigntio It: was learned uno! coast guard at Cross; ed . the. -supposed ' subi watched it for five mifgl Washington, May 22, commander of the Main forwarded reports of a marine in that vicinity were,_80 far ‘“‘without. Mother of ‘Siatn Child. Dy “-geance, Prisoner Is and Torch Is Applied. Memphis, 'May '22.-~Ell negro,’ cénfessed * murdedel toinette Rappai ssvéral was burned to death of the crime 9 o’clo mob_estimated ‘at from 3,4 saw the death of the negro. In preparation for the b ‘body was soaked ib oil ang suspended in midsair | of a nearby trees A applied aud the body until the Wfi b o sb. fell to the {1 Telephorie mésskgey.at'l stated that the mob had Dewitt Ford, a mute, one of groes implicated by Persons § murder of the Rappal girl, an: on the way to the scene of the lynching. ’ Persons is said to have rep confeasion that he killed the ¢ implicated two other negrges. bers of the mob lmnow' in pursuit of t? o, the bri held ;and . spee¢h to . whh?i: P A Counsel for Boston Broker, Com of Murderliz Wife, in Home, to Ask for New Trial. ta o Smalk, under sentence to be hasged on ary #8imext for ‘the m wife, t;;h;lr Gttage on i