New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1917, Page 1

"PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. MOB OF 2,000 WHITES BEATS - |MEMORIAL SERVICE . UP NEGROES IN LABOR FIGHT| FOR TORNADO DEAD Tears Through Section of |BRITAIN AND FRANCE |Mattoon and Gharleston, m.; to . East St. Louis, Ill, Occu- ! pied By Colored Residents, Seeking Revenge. ~ HUNDREDS DRIVEN - ACROSS MISSISSIPPI Demonstration Begins After Labor Meeting, When Crowd Hears White ‘Woman Been Insulted and Two White Meny Held Up—Ome 4 . Negro Shot and Many Others Pum- mielled Into ‘Unconsciousness. o East St. Louis, IlL., May 29.—A mob ‘ of perhaps 2,000 persons went " through the negro quarter during the night, shot one colored nian, serious- 1y wounding him, beat a score into. urConsciousness, drove several hun- . dred ' negroes across the Mississippi 4 Tiver into St. Louis, Mo, and then “ dispersed before daybreak. The as- sault began after a re| had been circulated that a wiite woman had been insylted and two white men held up by negroes, } after a com- mittee from the Central Trades and A Labor Union had attended a meeting of the city council to make a protest against the importation of any more ° colored laborers into St. Louis, ‘ Many shots were fired, but only one negro is known to have been wounded. He fled to Sty Louis and was found there unconscious with a bullet wound in_his head and three, ribs fractured. All negroes were searched’ and . if armed they were beaten into uncon- Many negroes were given refuge In the city jail and at midnight the po- lice estimated that 3,000 persons sur- rounded the building, threatening to storm it.. The mob was dissuaded, however, and rushed in to the: busi- b went virtually unchecked.' put under arms but took no active part in the. disturbance. 8,000 Negro Workers Imported. | Many workmen here have been idle on account of strikes, and it is es- timated that at least 8,000 negroes have heen imported’ from the south to take their places. At the meeting of the council, which was held in the main suditorium of, the city hall in order to lceommnd-‘. the crowd, the mayor pleaded with the men. to restrain themselves. The crowd seemred . peaceable enough until a rumor was heard that a white woman had been insuited and that two white men had been 4 held up by the negroes. Then the mob began attacks on negroes, who “were seized and searched. If un- srmed ‘they -were punished lghtly; if Rhey, carried & weapon they Were shown no mercy- { “f'his continued intermittently for more than four hours. Governor “‘Yowden was asked to send troops, but as the National Guard has been fed- “eralized, it could not answer such a call. The mob began to disperse shortly betore 2 o'clock and at 7 o’clock the city appeared quiet. Police officials said, however, that they feared an- other outbreak, especially if negroes % - gtart to work in plants where strikes have been called. 3 . HOME GUARD MOUST DRILL Officers of Second Company Will Insist That enlisted Men Appear on Drill Night or Show Reason for Absence. The Second Company, New Britain Home Guard, will not drill tomorrow evening as scheduled, but the meeting of the company on June 6 will take > e as usual, m?!‘che commanding officers of this company are determined that all en- fisted men shall take fart in the reg- ular drills and an order was issued today providing that every member must present a written excuse for all absences. This excuse .must be filed with Captain F. H. Johnston or Lieu- denant W. H. Spittler as every effort will be made to compel all members “to report. ‘While the Second company is not + ‘tully equipped, the officers expect to soon receive word from the Mmu.r‘y uni- Emergency board stating that forms and rifies have arrived. SOLDIER SHOOTS IN DEFENSE., Attacked With Iron Fired When - by Boatman. .+ 'New York, May 29.—H. P. Binder. . man, 59 years old, a canal boat oper- PAY JAPANESE DEBTS Flow of Gold to the Orient. Tokio, May 29.—The heavy move- ment of gold from the United States to Japan was explained today by Kazue Shpda, minister of finance, as being due principally to the fact that the indebtedness of Great Britain and France to Japan is belng pald par- tially through America. M. 8hoda revealed the fact that Japan is now negotiating with Great Britain and France with the purpose of making war loans to them, while private Jap- anese concerns, including the specie and industrial banks, are planning the purchase of British and Frencly se- curities held in the United States. These operations will reduce the out- flow of American gold and relieve.the burden of Japan’s accumulating sup- plies. M. Shoda emphasized the fact that the trade balance was not gn exact 8guage of the situation, pointing out that Japan now has & yearly income of 300,000,000 yen from abroad in the form of ocean freights, insurance and remittances from Japanese ®ountries: He also called attention to the fact that British discount made necessary the sending of specie to India in set- tlement of the importation yearly of cotton to the value of 200,000,000 yen. Japan’s specle holdings are increas- ing at the rate of about 67,000,000 yen monthly, M. Shoda estimated, the Present total being about 838,000,000, Only 15,000,000 yen gold has been im-~ ported from America since January first, he said. in the Chinese loan group and her n that American capftalists perate with Japanese in China would be 5 . *“The is convinced,” he sald, “that the mutual juterests of Japan and the United States would be served by co-operation in China, ‘which ‘would establish closer general financial relations and permit of ad- justments in times of crises. —_— CAMPAIGN TO AID CONN. RECRUITING FEligible Men fn Meriden, Middletown, East Norwalk, Danbury and Tor- rington to Be Invited to Enlist. New Haven, May 29.—With the ob- ’ject of speeding up enlistments, Major W. A. Mercer, United States recruit- ing officer, today issued orders from his headquarters here directing mem- bers of the local recruiting statlon to go to Middletown and Meriden every Monday to co-operate in the work with the flag stations there. Orders ‘have also been sent to the Bridge- port Central Auxiliary station request- ing the members to proceed every Monday to East Norwalk- and every Tuesday to Danbury to co-operate with the flag stations there. The sta- tion at Waterbury will delegate a member to go to Torrington on Mon- days. s Next month, it is announced, a touring party will be sent from the New Haven station to the eastern end of the state, visiting towns, and in New London and Windham counties for the purpose of stimulating recruit- ing and assisting the station at New London. Approximately 200 men, it is point- ed out, are meeded for the regular army to fill up the quota of the Na- tional Guard. Enlistment,.it is stated, 'is only for the period of the war. it Nooet LEOPOLD DE ROTHCHILD DEAD. Was Son of Baron Rothchild, Famous London, May 29, 11:20 a. m.—Leo- pold De Rothschild, died this morning at his home at Leighton Buzzard after | an illness of six weeks. Mr. De Rothschild was 72 years old and was the third son of Baron Lionel Rothschild, founder of the English branch of the famous banking house. For many years prior to the war Mr. de Rothschild was a prominent Bar | figure in English racing circuits and in 1904 his horse, St. Amant won the derby. LORIMER HAS BROKEN ARM. de | Hold- Public Exercises FUNERALS DOT ROADS Merchants Open Makeshift Stores and Some Sell From Wagons—Revised Figures Place Dead at 248 and In- Jured at 1,207 in Eight States. . Mattoon, Ill., May 23—Mattoon and Charleston today, buried many of the victims of Saturday’s = tornado. ‘Throughout the day the streets and roads to the cemeteries were dotted with funeral processions. All of the burials were private, it being planned ‘to hold public Memorial Day services in each community tomorrow. Business today began to assume a normal aspect. In Charleston, where a large part of the business district lay directly in the storm’s pathway, merchants opened stores in makeshift shelters, tents and covered wagons. Temporary shelter is being afforded many of the homeless in tents loaned by the state -of Illinois. Detailed statistics giving the cost of the storm were prepared by the Red Cross. In addition to listing the dead, aggregating 34 in Charleston and 54 in Mattoon, the number of orphans and widows and others whose circum- stances warrant relief is being com- plled. 2 Storm Deaves Ruins in Wake. Paducah, Ky., May 29.—With order slowly evolving out of the chaos left behind the storm which late Sunday afternoon swept over Western Ken- tucky, taking a heavy toll of life and property, effective relief measures are being taken today throughout the stricken district. ‘With wires down and roads miry from the rain it will probably be a day or two before it will be possible to obtain a complete check on the re- ports of lives lost and property de- stroyed. According to apparently reliable reports the death list in the four counties affected by the storm prob- ably will exceed seventy. Dead Placed at 248. Revised figures on dead and injured in the storm of the last three days in Ilinols, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama and Kansas show a total of 248 dead and 1,207 injured. The table of casualties: Dead 95 12 Injured 650 220 26 60 40 /0 1 12 20 53 31 100 23 52 Tilinois Indiana ‘Tennessee Alabama . Arkansas . Total .... 148 1,207 Prof. . Henry Cox, director at Chicago of the United States weather bureau, sald yesterday that the storms of the last few days in the middle west and south were due to great humidity and low barometer common in that territory in May and June. High temperatures in the northwest, he said, tended to push the humidity ‘southward where level territory does not offer the resistance to tornado con- ditions that is put forth by moun- tainous and hilly sections. STRIKE AT SHIP YARDS Machinists at Newport News Wherc ‘Warships Are Being Built Quit and Deniand Increase in Wages. Newport News, Va., May 29—About 400 union machinists at the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock com- pany’s yard here struck today for in- creased wages. Two battlé cruisers, two dread- noughts and six destroyers have been allotted to the yard as part of the new naval building program. ‘Washington, May 29.—A = federal conciliator, sent by the department of labor, is at Newport News inves- tigating the strike of machinists at the ship yard. ~ The strike will be called to the attention of President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, who, as chairman of the labor com- mittee of the Council of Naticnal De- fense, has undertaken to reduce strikes to a minimum during the war. TARIFF SECTION OUT Senate Finance Committee Strike Out Ten Per Cent. Duty on Ad Valorem Basis in War Tax Bill. ‘Washington, May 29.~—Another fundamental change in the war tax bill was agreed upon unanimously to- day by the senate finance committee Kentucky;.| RECORDS SHOW (UNCLE SAM AS FREE SPENDER Expenditures by Government S0 Far This Year Reach $1,600,000,000, Nearly Billion Increase ‘Washington, May 29.—The govern- ment's expenditures for the fiscal year 80 far reached $1,600,000,000 today, more than $900,000,000 in excess of last year's expenditures up to the present date and a new high record in American history. 2 The chief item of increase—8$607,- 500,000—was purchase of the obliga- tions of foreign governments in ex- change for loans advanced to the allies. An increase of approximately $425,000,000 in the ordinary dis- bursements of the government chiefly to military and naval needs, is also re- corded. Ordinary receipts rose - more - than one-third over last year, to date being $818,000,000. The chief item of in- crease is the income tax, payment so far this year having reached the total of $155,000,000 as compared with $28,000,000 last year. Income tax re- ceipts are flawing into the treasury at the rate of nearly $4,500,000 a d‘g; They have reached a total:of near! $100,000,000 this month, as campared with less than $5,000,000 last May, MILITARY FUNERAL FOR PRIVATE WELCH Dead Company E Man Had Expressed Desire for Federal Honors Should He Die in Service. JIn. complianpe:.. with a requeat made by the dead: soldier a few weeks ago, the funeral of Private Joseph Welch of Company B will be attended with full military formalities, The services will be held from his parents home, No. 3 Sexton street, tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock and later.from St. Mary’s church. Private Welch was one of the firing squad which at- tended the funeral of the late Private Attilio Jiantonio of Company I two weeks ago and at that time he ex- pressed the desire that should he meet his death while in the service he be accorded a military funeral. This re- quest is being respected by the young soldier's parents and his commanding officer, Lieutenant Ashley J. Griffin. Although Company E, which num- bers 101 enlisted men, is so split up in outpost guards that only about a dozen men are at the armory bar- racks, as many of the soldiers as can obtain temporary leave will attend the funeral ‘in a body, The pall bearers will also be from the company and they will be Sergeant James C. Kelly, Sergeant Walter Bober, Sergeant John Curtin, Corporal Harold Thompson, Musiclan Gregory and Private Joseph Carroll. A special firing squad will fire a volley over the grave in the new Catholic cemetery and last taps will be sounded by regimental buglers. It possible the First Regiment band will also come to New Britain to at- tend the funeral. Colonel Richard J. Goodman has not as yet approved the findings of the investigation committee which had charge of ‘making a full report con- cerning the shooting of Private Welch at the hands of Private Frank Matu- lis on Sunday night. The findings will probably be ¢omplete before the day is over however, and plans for a court martial will be made. Captain Emer- son G. Taylor of the Machine Gun company is the officer in charge of tho investigation. Private Matulis is being ,held at the state armory iIn Hartford under close guard. pending formal charges and ' Private ' James O’Keefe, whose gun it was that Pri. vate Matulis picked up and supposedly accidentally discharged with fatal effect, is also being held. The other . members of Company E wha wit- nessed the tragedy are not.being held under guard, although they are cited as witnesses. A strict censorship has been placed on all sources of informa- tion at the state armory and no details of \the investigation or possible results are given out. VETERAN SHOWMAN DEAD: Everett, Mass.,, May 29—John Bow- man, a veteran showman and for nearly twenty years the team partner of the late William Harris, the New York theatrical producer, died at his home here yesterday. He was born RUSSIANS AND RUMANIANS READY TO STRIKE GERMA COUNT ANDRASSY MADE PREMIER | Resumption of OF HUNGARY BY KING CHARLES| Operationsi : : _ | Forecast in D Had Formerly,Occupied PM‘ F s STATE m INVEST IN and Was Known :s Leader‘! From Berlin UBER“ UMN “F ’” of Opposition to Count | Tisza, Resigned. Treasurer Chamberlain An- : nounces $2,000,000 Will Be Spent for Bonds. ) Hartford, May 29.—State Treasurer ! Frederick S. Chamberlain announced® at the capitol today that he had de- cided to invest $2,000,000 of state | Hufiarian premiership since.May 23, funds in the “liberty loan.” When Count Stephen Tisza, Austria- i ehy :}l:unsary'l “Iron Man” and leader of New York, May 29.—Women began | arcny, ‘restgned his post. Differemses | —AD Attack by Rumiax and taking the places of bond salesmen at | with ‘the throme over franchise re.|lan tréopa is expeéted, today! Liberty Loan” booths in sixty depart- [ form 'measures were assigned as a |report eavs. o ment and large retail stores in New |reagon for the resignation. Count e WA York today, in order to release the ! Tisza’s proposals weve understoad. to ; - men for more active work in soliciting | he narrower in scope than those which | The Rumanian front exte ::lobscrl,ptkl)ns to th?" lmm.l The | the monarch favored. the mountainous western men’'s loan . committee also an-| Count André: Moldavia, the morthern p nounced -today the opening of a schaol | ang long one os:y{h: ;o‘:re;,:;:::: Rumania, and eastward 8¢ for the training of speakers to assist | joaders of the oppositian to Count | Southern edge. of Moldavis ' in the campalgn to. be carried | misza’s ministry, is regarded as .a | Danube south of Galats. throughout the New York federal re- | jiberal of the advanced type. With | The Rumaaian arm¥y has serve bank district. Count Apponyi and other opposition | tually out of; the war since Theatrical managers and press rep- | jeaders, he participated in an agree- | verses of the latter part of reséntatives and the présidents of | nont early in the war not to antagon- | When nearly @il of ‘Wallachta several professional clubs met today |j74 the government's forelgn policies, to the Central Powers. ¥ t; pert;ct an organization to assist In | py¢ Jast August the truce was broken | sian troops bore the brunt of ha the publicity for the loan. and the opposition has since been an | the line taken up along the Mol active force in Hungarian politics, | border, the Rumanians werse. Iy with differences regarding domestic | for the most part to have bes policies eccentuated. to the interior. 4 The blow struck Rum power by the campaign Von Falkenhyn and Von was a heavy one, but her announced a determin: tinue the struggle, re-fit | and place them, again in against the, enemy. Unlike" Rumanii;has had no aif ine " 49 '.con army disetp) ‘contend’ FACTOR IN STRUGS LY Army e Zurich, Switzerland, May 29, Via| London, 1:15 p. m. (British Admiralty Per Wireless: Press)—An official tele- gram from Budapest .says that Em- peror Charles has appainted Count Julius Andrassy premier of Hungary. - —_— There has been a vacancy in the Berlisi, Via London, May 24, Washington, May 29.—The “Liberty Loan” and other war finance measures compel the bureau of engraving and printing these days to work 24 hours a day and employ 1,200 extra work- men and clerks to produce the 2,700,- 000 impressians which now are turned out daily. Director Ralph estimated today that the bureau this year will make 26,- 000,000,000 notes and certificates of various kinds, compared with five billlon last year. Heavy additional Amsterdam, May 29, Via London, 3 p. m.—The Volks Zeitung of Cologne says configmation of the report of Count Andrassy’s appointment is lacking. far as Ki MUST EXPLAIN EXEMPTION bonds, 3,000,000 of which already | Mere smz by Those Who Ob- :;:? ot have been partially printed, certifi- |- w ject to Entering Army il Not - edvy fighting on the Rum cates of indebtedness and ad interim, x sta stam e A he Ri war tax stamps, extra postage Samps | g,uetv Officials, Who Will Insist on | for important progress’ i | tion ‘to have been made. required by the prospective increase Washington, May 29.—Men who I'manian Hie has been simost s en in letter rates to three cents, army afficers commissions, postal savings o e certificates and federal reserve bank |Clalm exemption from army draft|quiescent since early this yes when they register next Tuesday, will | On® or two minor bursts of. be required later to explain fully’ why | developing. ; notes. [ they, believe they should not be cailed, CONSPIRED TO FIGHT Provost Marshal -General Crowder an- C ONSCRIPTION LAW nounced today. Public authorities will determine the exemption of each | P. m.—The ¥t 1 individual on the basis of second’and | tor yesterday drove ihe Austs more ample legislation, not on. the | garian forces to the snd of the Three Men and Two Women Arrested Priefly stated reason given the regis- | east of Glebna, says the officlal § strar. Al men who belong to classes [ ment issued today by the Italias in Chicago—Plot Through { which may be exempted will not ne- | department. - Since May 14, th s cessarily be. subject to exemptién. | ment adds, Austro-Hungarian ddle est. Furthermore, every man between the | ers taken on the Julian numb ages of 21 and 30 inclusive must regis- | 681. The Italians also capturags ter, regardless of his claim to ex- |guns, Including 12 of ¢he. ‘heg emption, unless he is in the army, | calibre, : g navy, National Guard or Naval Mil- o e itia actually in federal or naval serv- ? t 3 ice. Each man must state his full Frénch Take German Post, name, age on last birthdsay, street ad- Paris, May 29, rnoon.—The dress, date and year of birth, occu- | have captured a German pest n pation and the kind of establishment | Vacherauville' iu. the . Verdun where he is emplo: ,military ex- | according to an official annoumnes perience, whether he is single or mar- | this morning. Two German g ried at present; whether he has o |in the region of Hurtebise, father, mother, wife, or child, brother | Champagne front, were l-gyv 5 or sister, under 12 yéars of age de-|Germans attacked after pendent solely on him for support; | bombardment. : whether he is & state or federal of- Y ficial;” whether he is a native born ] i American; or whether his father 1s M Repulse R naturalized, or has taken out first Ip!_nlon,lhs 29, 1:46 & papers. . 5 tile ratding ‘ parties were ' dr ) . Men past 31 should not try to regis- | & ter, as they will e refused and will | sa only confuse the system- SOLD “IROK CROSS” Chicago, May 29.—Three men and two women are held today for inves- tigation on a charge of conspiracy to defeat the conscription law on June 5, and other arrests are expected to follow ' shortly,” &ccording to Hinton G. Clabaugh, chief' investigator here of the federal bureau of justice. The names of those in custody were not made public, but federal agents claimed that the leaders of the alleged anti-conscription are under arrest. Mr. Clabaugh said the alleged conspiracy extends through the entire central dis- trict. © He said evidence of the alleged plot has been found in portions of Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Iowa, and that arrests would be made in many parts of the district between now and June 5. . Whether his information showed that the alleged conspirators planned actual interference with the operation of registration on Jjune 5, or merely demonstrations, Mr. Clabaugh declined to say. ; Ing the night southwest of -‘today’s official state; te o * success®i ratds notth - wood. The enemy’s tillery was active last night n neighborhood of Bullecourt and both banks or the Scarpe.” 4 Ploe POR 88 Dr. Von David, Arrested in Washing- |- Russians Raid Turkish Kansas City, May 29.—Injunction g proceedings asking that city, county and state officlals be prevented from enforcing the registration laws in Kansas City were filed in the circuit court here today in thé name of the Federal League for Democratic Con- trol. ) A special grand jury to meet June 6 w called today by Federal Judge Van Valkenburgh. Francis M. Wilson, United States district ~attorney, in asking that the jury be called, said it was necessary to investigate cases of persons advocating non-compliance with the army draft registration law. MACMILLAN PARTY SAFE Crocker Land Expedition Which Dis- appeared Into Silent North in 1913 pelzo(nid_. May 29, Via .P.-m. (British Admiralty Per 3 lesy Preu)e—auuxu;:lr e ton, Parts With Trophy of French Battlefiedd for Mere Pittance. Russien Bl Sea fleet Waterbury, May 26—Dr. Von David, | made & lan: at Chivi, fo.4he. reported under arrest in Washington, | Sanisun, .on. the Anatolian coss ‘D, C., for impersonating an' officer of ;‘:‘W‘C the ‘Turkish post th ‘the United States army, visited this w‘,"‘m&";‘;':.&m&ufl ity recently and made several speech- a ¢, the. Russien wu-"n : es in the interests of recruiting. He kS 7 o R made an address before the Rotary _that the usual club at a dmner. He was not per- mitted to speak in-one of thelocal anCopnte s theaters and- protested vigorously SN ) threatening to send a full report,of ‘Germans Repulse French: the incident to the war department. Berlin, Vig' liondon, May 2 It' was reported here' today that|p. .m.—The repulsec of French the doctor, who was introduced here | in the Aisne and Champagne as Captain Von David, was financially | notably one upon the German' t; embarrassed and to relieve that em-|in the Moronvilliérs dists . An barrassment sold an “iron cross” to ' advances of . hostile reconnolts a local military 'officer for $2. 'The | parties nlong the. front occupled o ; which decided to strike out the whole cross, he said, had been picked up | the British, it is announced; ator was shot by Private Herbert Taylor, a 19 year old infantryman, at Chicago, May 29.—Willilam Lorimer, % Long Islana City today. former United States senator, and, for- According to the police-report, Tay- | mer banker, is recovering at his home Jor, a member of Company K of the here today from the effects of an ac- 47th New York infantry, fired in self | cident in a saw mill at Jonesville, La., efense while on guard at a manu- |in which his right arm was broken. o Bacturing piant. Bindéfmen, the po- | Mr. Lorimer Ras been engaged for Bice were informed, was ordered away |the last' five months ih managing the “feom the property and' attempted to fsaw mill, in which -he is interested e Taylor with an fron bar. financially. i section levying $200,000 by a general tariff increase of ten per cent.'on an ad valorem basis. As a substitute the committee proposes direct excise or | consumption taxes on sugar, tea, cof- fee and cocoa. The administration’s food survey bill, passed by the house, yvesterday went to sendte today where a similar measure is under consideration. in Mobile 74 years ago. WEATHER. Hartford, May 29.—For Hartford and vicinity: Clear- ing Iate tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer, e~~~ Sends Word From Greenland. . New York, May 29.—Donald Mac- millan, the explorer, and other mem- bers of the Crocker Land Expedition, which went into the Arctic in 1913, are safe at Etah, on the northwest coast of Greenland, according to a cablegram received today by - the American Museum of Natural History. London, May 29.—The British ‘hos- pital ship Dovercastle has been tor- pedoed and sunk, it is announced offi- | been sunk eiter & collision. by him in the trenches in France. | army headquarters statem HOSPITAL SHIP, CRUISER AND DESTROYER SUNK cially. The Brm‘hlnmed; n cruiser Hilarty also has been and, sunk,.and & Britih dest