New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1917, Page 1

PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY; MAY 31, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. { ALEN ENEMIES CWEN WEEK |DEAN OF AMERICAN. FRENCH LINE FIRM [SENATE COMMITTEE DROP . OF GRACE TO GET PERMITS Ruling Forbidding Them to © < Mile of Factory Not in Force Tomorrow, . * VIOLATION OF LAW ' MEANS INTERNMENT Federal Agents to Round Up Those Who Have Failed to Secure Cre- dentials—Police Excused from En- forcing Edict of U. S. District At- torney—Order Becomes Effective at 7 p. m. on June 9. . Advices from the office of United ‘States Marshal ‘Middlebrooks today ‘stated that the mandate cémpelling all- alien enemies to have a special United States permit in order-to live in, work. in, or pass through any dis- trict within one-half mile of any armory, munition factory or other government premises where material . for the army or navy is made will .. met become effective tomorrow as first planned, The date has been ex- teided by government order until time all enemy aliens not . as 7" provided in the ruling of the United & States district ey must do so to avoid complications The United States marshal’s office . furthermore stated that the. order will | become effective at 7 p. m. on -Aflm June 9, and all enemy aliens v ‘without all proper credentials will be arrested. It has been previously stated that enemy aliens arrested in "violation of this law will be interned ‘prisoners of war until “hostilities Marshal Thomas D. Mc- his assistants. Investiga- applications already filed In Hoboken, N. J., where a third ‘of the population of the 68,000 is n, the United States marshal's m‘m beseiged all day yesterday by applicants to': ogcrmltlr It w.:' z jiotimated that 1, applications > % -made up to the time the office closed. In Brooklyn last night more than 1,000 Germans were in line = when Marshal Power tlosed his office after ‘cesstul ones remained ' in line and afted until Marshal Power opened his office this morning. 2 g —_—— Bast St. Louls, 111, May 31.—Anti- _negro riots which began Monday night ““naveé recurred each night but with de- creasing violence, and Colonel C. BE- Clayton, commanding the six com- panies of Illinois National Guards- men now on duty today declared he believed the officials had the situa- tion well in hand. Last night despite the fact that the city was patrolled by police, deputies and National Guardsmen, fifty men began a search for negroes, #,One was shot and wounded, while two pthers were beaten, and warned to /leave town. % Harly today three shots were fired from a house near a negro district at & group of guardsmen: None of the “guardsmen was hit. 3 The disturbances grew out of =a by labor leaders against im- portation of southern negro labor. a NO REGENT FOR POLAND. / Austrifin and German Governments Ry Postpone Appointment, - ©Co vat London, 3:33 p. m., y 31.—The Lokal Anzeiger s quot- /84 in a Berlin despatch as stating that ' #he Austrian and German governments ve decided against the appointment i regent for Poland at the pressnt e. It is proposed, however, to in- the powers of the provisional Sguncil of state. ! w.The Lokal Anseiger's statement would tend to confirm yesterday's re- * port that the council of state had re- BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL ABDUCTORS OF BOY Baby Son of Prominent Springfield, Miss, Banker Kidnapped While Parents Attended Dance. . Springfield, Miss., May 31.—Lloyd;’ 14 months old son of B. H. Keet, vice president of the Hollnd Banking company, was kidnapped while his parents were at a dance at the Coun- try club last night. | Bloodhounds' were placed on the trail of the kidnappers early this morning. BABCOCK HARPOONS STEELE AND MORAN Chairman of Expiring Safety Board Says They Wouldn’t Attend ‘Meeting to Buy Ooal. Alleged refusal of Commissioners Howard M. Steels and Frank J. Moran to attend the special safety ‘board meeting, ‘called by Chairman Edward G. Babcock for last Tuesday night, is apt to cost the city several hundreds of dollars, according to Chairman Babcock, in difference between prices submitted, and to be submitted later, for supplying coal for use of the po- lice and fire departments. Consider- ing that the safety board is in exist- ence untl] the police and fire commis- slons are’ appointed, ‘Chairman Bab- cock retains general oversight over the police and fire departments. AL He -n%nhu ‘been figuring on on coal for the departments during the coming fiscal year, realising that some one will ave to do it and be- leving that the lowest prices may be secured at the present time. He NAVY DEAD AT 94 Rear Adulal Upsia Was Oldes Living Graduate of Aunapolis BECAME ‘MDY IN i Won Fame With Perry in Japan, Fighting African Slave Traders, at Slege of Vera Orus and in'Attack on Port Royal in Civil War, . Washington, May 8$1.—Rear Ad- miral John Henry Upshur, U. 8. N., retired, died at his home here last night of heart disease, at the age of 94., He was a native of Virginia, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and was the oldest living gradu- ate of the naval academy. . Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur! was ‘the: oldest of the living flag officers. of the United. States navy. His life spanned ninety years of naval development. Fifty-four were passed In active service and twenty- nine as & retired naval commander of the old school. He was a veteran of two wars. He accompanied ‘Commodore Perry -on the mission to induce Japan to open her ports to the world’s commerce. He spent adventurous 'days .in |pur- suing and fighting the African slave traders of a half century ago. Admiral Upshur’s birth name was Jobn Henry Nottingham/ ‘Born i Northampton county, Va., in- 1823, ] where his mother's family, the Up-| shurs, was distinguished, he adopted her name when 16 years old. He was jephew of Abel. Parker Upshur, ‘was secretary of the navy in President Tyler's cabinet, later suc- «ceeding Daniel Webster as. secretary 'INDER HARD BLOWS Teutons Return to Task of Re- claiming Lost Territory FOUR ATTACKS SHATTE Desperate attempts by the Germans to push back the French from 'the vantage ground won in the recent at- tacks by General Petain’s forces in the Champagne region have been re- newed. As a whole the French line re- mained ‘intact under the: successive severe blows dealt it early today in a sustained . effort of an' extremely vio- lent ‘and, sanguinary charac ] shells 'being liberally employed. Tho front was denfed at only one. point and ‘this’ but slightly. i At the Teton, sthe . Cabque,: positions northwest of . Aubrieve ‘and d, on the. front against which attacks were’ launched, 'the et : was ‘nil. - Along £ Blo the of state, and was killed when. a |{; cannon expldded aboard:tié Prince- ton. - e ' At Vera Crus qhn 23 Betoming a midshipman in 184 young Upshur received his baptism.of fire at the age of 23 while serving under Commodore Perry at the siege of Vera Cruz in the Mexican war. ]In the fourteen years before the out. bresk of the Civil war, he spent year in study at Annapolis, accom- Perry to Japan ,acted as flag panied {Meutebant on the African squadron during the suppression of slave trad- k %':lnd instructed a class at Anna- g in the South-snd the-Nurén Atlantic Squadrons- { Porter, Du Pont, and Leée in the Civil New York, May 31.—Owen Cattell F. Phillips, described as Columbia University students and Eleanor Wil- son Parker, a teléphone operator, ‘were today arrested by agents of the department of jutice charged with being engaged in a conspiracy to spread anti-conscription sentiment. ' The complaint against them alleges hat as & committee appointed at an anti-conscription meeting held on May 8, they went to & printing es- tablishment on May 24 with manu- script - folders containing .anti-con- scription literataure and headed: “Will you be drafted?” names of the three, according to the complaint, weré signed to the manuscript. May 31.—Rallroad ‘commissions from eight states voiced | their protests against the proposed 15 per cent. advance in freight rates at the continuation today of hearings before the Interstate Commerce com- mission. These states were Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, South Dakota and Louisana. At _the same time a special exam- iner of the commission heard protests against the proposed increases by rep- resentatives of the several in es, including Chicago pickle and m machinery and lumber dealers, In- diana limestone interests and Missis- sipp! totton seed crushers. 17,0001 Great Strides Made in Red Oross Expects 10,000 Mark to Be Pagsed. At press time more than 7,000 Red Cross memberships had been reported to the general committee and these do not include the large ‘number ob- tained by Rev. Lucyan Bobjowskl. Neither does the figure include many memberships known to have been ob- tained elsewhere but as yet unre- ported. The committee is confident that the campaign will close with over 10,000 members ‘and during the last day a record breaking number of member- ships is éxpected as sgveral teams are thought to be holding back for a final spurt. war, he won commendation from Du Pont for his skill in commanding a gun deck division of the Wabash in the attack on Port Royal, and shortly after was given command of the Flambeau, He commanded the Minne- sota during operations along the James river. in - the.slege of Peters- burg. At the battle of Fort - Fisher under Porter, he was placed in com- mand of, ‘the reserve dlvision of wvessels. and won recommendation for promotion. ! 5 At the age of 61, . Upshur had reached rank and title ‘of rear adimiral, having in . the meantime commanded the flagships of the Pacific and the South Atlantic squadrons and the New York navy yard. He was under orders to take command of the .United States naval farces in the Pacific when he ‘retired in 1885. ‘The remaining years of Admiral Upshur's. life were spent in Washing- ton, excepting for occasional abroad. He was celebrated as.a story teller of the days when he sailed’ the seas under Commodore Perry in:the wooden . warships which have since disappeare TORNADOES® WHIRL ' ADDS TO DEATH LIST Ten Killed by Storm Over Missourl and Hlinois—Enginecer Races Train to Safety. St. Louis, Mo., May $1.—Tornadoes in Missourt and southern Illinois yesterday caused the death of at least ten persons and the injury of fitty or more, according to advices today fromi the various communities over which the storm passed.. ‘At Mineral Point, Mo., four were killed and thirty injured, and at Eye one man was killed- In -Alexander county, Illinois, two men were killed and another fatally hurt. + Four other Missouri towns, Granite- ville, Bonne Terre, Diehlsladt, and Bismarck were reported struck by the storm. Much property damage was, done in Alexander county, Illinois, near Mounds, Illinois and a ten ton steam- roller was lifted and whirled for fifty feet. The station agent at Mineral Point was standing with his arm about the shoulders of Thomas Lemasters, con- ductor, when the Mineral Point sta- tlon was demolished. The agent es- caped unhurt but Lemasters was killed instantly. A ‘thrilling race with the toronado was won by the engineer of the Mis- sissippt and Bonne Terre railroad near Mineral Point and possibly saved the lives of 100 passengers. When the twister became visible the conductor ordered the engineer to put on full steam in an effort to outrun it. The storm followed the train for more than a mile before it changed its course. trips. perate in’ the’ region 'of. Casque -and.. Monthaut, | beltig. laupched in, fo! waves -Hfter a: - heavy' ‘g The ¥renchtook prisoners. ‘duflq‘; the fighting, including two, dfficers.. Raiders Keep British Engaged. Londan, May 31, 1:08 hoitile raiding.party. was’ g0 M'mpon on | “We secured a few prisoners. There was considerable artillery activity on ! both sides during the night in the neighborhood of Bullecourt and on the right bank of the Scarpe.” * Rome, May.$1, via London, 4:48 p. m.—Italian troops in Albenia have occupled the villages 'of = Cerevoda, Velisest, Osoja and Cafa, the war of- fice announced today. ' 4 DEMAND FRER POLAND Austrian Poles, at National Conven- .ton in Oracow, Also Insist on Access to the Sea. Copenhagen, Via London, May 31, 5 A national comvention of ‘Austrian’ Poles, which was held in Cracow during the Whit Sunday holi- day unanimously endorsed a resolu- tion of the parliamentary Polish club calling for. a 're-establishment of free and independent Poland, with access to the sea. The convention declared that international regulation ‘of ‘this question would constitute a guarantee of lasting peace, The resolution also expressed, the hope that the Austrian . emperor would support the project in the cer- tainty that the re-establishment of the Polish state. through Austrian ' help would assure to . the ' monarchy a natural and religble ally. = After its adoption the resolution,. which is a virtual appeal for independence and separation from Austria’ and the Hapsburg dymasty, was read from the City hall balcony to a crowd and greeted with thunderous applause. * Apparently there was no inter- ference from the Austrian authorities although Cracow, as & . fortress, is crowded “with Austrian ¥’ The wording ‘of the resolution’: ‘note- worthy for the absence of any refer- ence ‘to. Germany, although it is no- torious that Polish hopes for an acquisition of Prussion 'Poles alzo aspire to the inclusion in an independent state of Warsaw and that part of Russian Poland. which is now in.the hands of the Germans. SOUSA JOINS NAVY. Great ‘Lakes, Ill, May 31.—John ‘Philip Sousa, who had the ‘rank of lleutenant when He was director of | the' United States Marine Band at ‘Washington, today became an enlisted man of the United States navy. He began the organization of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station band, | which he hopes.to develop Into one of 300 pieces. IR e WEATHER. Hartford, May 3i.—For Hartford and vicinity: ' Prob- ably showers tonight and Friday. Warmer tomight. S e P m—“A driven . off | ~ TAX FOR WAR MUNITIC BRITISH LOSSES IN - 5,902 OFFICERS, 106,331 MEN MARTIAL LAW AGAIN | FORGAST FOR SPAIN : Be Swnded Soon, Newm Predict. to Madrid, via Parils, May 31, 4:50 a. m.—According to the newspapers . the constitutional guarantees will be suspended again in two or-three days. { Former Premier Count Romanones declaréd to' an intimate friend that he Tearettdd he was not invited:to the masg méeting held by pro-ally sym- pathizers last Sunday. He said that it hq had been present he would have maintainéd the declarations. made in his Iétter to King Alfonso at the time, he ed/ He added that many who - were partizang of the ould also liked to‘have been Discussing the :same subject e cofrespondent of a French newspaper Count Romanones said: * “Thé meeting was of énormous im- portance... It will perhaps exercise a greater influence on foreign than home policies.” § ey “Agked what he thought of the situa- Spain the. former premier de- clared that. it became more grave and more contused: “every day .and every hour. the ‘day.” Questioned.as to whether he thought the Cortez would be . summoned, ' Count Offensive at Arras Respon- sible for Heavy Casualty Toll—Claims of London " Not Borne Out. London, May 31, 11:30 a. m.—Brit- ish casualties ‘as published in May show a total of 5,902 officers and 106, 381 men. The British offensive on the Arras front, involvihg some of the severest fighting of the war, naturally has re- sulted in a large increase in casualties over, the ' inactive winter season. .M AY ARE IFavors, —l—n;md, sessment on Tes, fee, Sugar and to Raise $80,000, EXCESS PROFITS % Censorship Problem Comes Casyalties for the last few months{’ have not been received, but in Feb- ruary the total reported was only 1,243 officers and 17,185 men. The assertion of the British that their losses are. fifty per cent. smaller than in the battle from the Somme, notwithstanding, the fact that larger forces are engaged, is not borne out by the May figures, although in the absence of .the casuslty report for April, early in which: month the of- fensive ‘'was launched, the showing is not conclusive, - . X - The casualty recorded in the first three months of ‘the Somme drive were 307,169 officers and ‘ men. : In' August of last year, the pe of ‘the Somme' battle, th were 127,945 as compared with 112,- 233 for May, the second month of the ‘Arras. battle. 7 S Romanones | smiled and answered: “I am not toa | ‘| sure;of that.” . Y . ‘Minpister.of the Interior Burels has prohibited all-:public . manifestations relative to international questions 'as “dangerous’ tq .the interests:of:.the country, in'view of the important dip. lomatic nesotiations pow: going o! Several such _demonstrations ‘had, Madrid: and other cities. the PFranco-Belgian front operations. disorders throughout the country. It was reported in Wash- ington that a revolutionary movement by the Spanish minister.” The opera-\ tions ‘of the censorship have cut off definite information regarding the ‘re- cent internal situation in Spain. COonscription Open in Kahsas City— Viglation of Constitation. = . Ksnsas City, May 31.—Arguments/ on petitions to enjoin Governor Gard- ner, Mayor Edwards and other state, county ana bity officials m en- forcing the draft registratibn next Tuesday were opened in the circuit court here today. ‘The state was represented .by F. W, McAllister, at- torney general of Missourl. The argument 'to be ‘presented by J. D. Shewalter, attorney for the pe- titioners, was that the pregistration and draft was illegal, as it violated amendments to the federal constitu- tion.. The injunction proceedingss were filed ‘in the names of Raymond I Moore and Thomas Sullivan, repre- sending an organization known as the Federation of Democratic Control, g e AR R GERMAN ‘EMPEROR AT. DOUAI - Copenhagen, ' Via. London, . May 31, 10:560 a. mi—The German emperor, on his recent visit to the western | front: was received at Doual by .Gen- eral von Below. General von Below was formerly in. command the the: German forces on the Monasitr front.and has recently been brought across -Europe to command one of the ‘armies on the Arras line. PRIEES, SINKING 'SUBMARINES. ‘Nice, May 31.—H. W. Barol, American resident here, has given 125,000 francs to the ministry of marine as prizes for officers and gun- ners on merchantmen who sink sub- marines. The money is to be distri- buted. in prizes of 5,000 francs. Tk ; Jacksonville, Fla., May 31—Sherifts along the Flo i Under instructions from Governor Catts, who says he has information that not a few draft subjects have al- from now until next Tuesdy.detain any person within the age limit sus- pected of trying to escape. 7 Pittsburgh, May $81.—David E. Park, one of the most prominent steel manufacturers in the United States, is dses.d at his home here at the age of 68, v Mr. Park was one of the organizers of ‘the Crucible Steel company, and formed the Park Steel company, a $10,000,000, concern, which was iater taken over by the.Crucible company, He also built Pittsburgh’'s first sky- scraper. PHILIP CORBIN BUYS LAND, * Property Formerly Owned by Boys’ Club on Court Stroet Transferred. The property purchased from"E. G. Babcock on Court strest by the dirsct-: ors of the New Britain Boys*club Yor the purpose. of erecting a glub. house E. W. Christ, to Philip’ Copbin. i The Boys’ club directors, after pur- chasing this property, finally decided that the property at the corner of Center and East Main streets suited for their purposes. . “ MEXIOAN BANDITS BRATEN, Carranza Foroes Check Advance of Outlaws Near La Muls, ‘ Washington, May 31.—War depart- ment despatches today from Marfa, ‘Texas, say that the Mexican consul at Presidio reported an engagement south of La Mula, Mex., on May 29, in which Carransa -foroces under General Garsa defeated a bandit band. The commandant at Presidio re- ported a hundred moving from Palvo to Ofinaga, presumably Carranza troops and that the Villistas in that vicinity were in fact refugee Mexicans en Toute to: Palvo, POLISH CATHOLICS GIVE $2,088 TO _ RED-CROSS IN THREE DAY CAMPAIGN Collection of $2,088 for the Ameri- can Red" Cross sociéty in the parish af ' the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was an- nounced today by Rev. Lucyan Boj- nowski, pastor. ‘This amount was colleoted since last Monday, a feat| that ‘will’ put every organization and church parish in the city on its mettle to duplicate. “The large collection is all the' more remarkable because of the fact that Father Bajnowski’s parish 'is com- posed for the greater part of men who work for daily wages and who, with the cost of living so hjgh',are handi-| capped in the management of their domestic establishments. That the Polish people of the city have wan the undying affection of Red .Cross workers here by their generous con- tribution is‘an indisputable fact, ' Father Bojnowski also announced that $12,000 had been paid.' on the church mortgage, which now stands at $37,000, best | finance comm! mission today provide in the war tax $80,000,000 by consump tea w expocts (the' following. rev raised:' - sugAl $50,000, are being care of import contracts: - * “Another provisic committes WORK was in prosress, but this was denied | ready left for Cuba, the shefiffs will | taxation ‘alcohol ‘beuled ing beer and red tent' i the making when such ‘alcohel for commerdial pu ""The committee The long drawn out the question of & néews ship was rerewed:in the with the fate of the .pr. ‘what in doubt. # X The question arose when: t] took ' up for adoption ‘the cbn report on the esplonage bill" ing the new compromise provision: Both ' oppon friends af the 'censorship * made eleventh hour: can members to win support: side. ? hould the provisioh be predicted by many senate leaders,. & meparate ' ce may be presented by the tion. | s The modified consorsh by the: bill would" forbid Hcation:'qf military in s {has been sold by the club, through not news of equipment forees, and the president authorized to declare by what information awvould ot to the enemy and ‘might be Jiiry ‘trial for persons a lations would be ‘porm! 3 Food tion was under’ eration on both gides of the today, e In the senate debate on the ready passed by the house, for & survey and stimulation production “was resumed, - house agricultural committ work.of perfecting the bill Both, bills measures. The senate. i pass its bill within the, i -—,—T‘P—_flfl Honbol May 31— of the créw were kilied wha) steamship Hamakua, of 646 fonnage, carrying explosives, yesterday off the Island of the Hawallan‘ group, ‘word received here .today. sel was a total loss. Th were George Nistro Captain Wichert § sthe i caused by an explosisn: H n.,du‘;m'm OF INJUF Springfighd,; Mase., May 31— G. Chapin, & prominent.pap ufacturer, ‘died