New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1917, Page 1

Advoute of Puee-at-Any- Price Thought chons:ble for Destruction of War CONFIDENCE IN THE 'SUBMARINE WANING mmwmwu _garding Success of .U-Boat. Cam- paign Against Buitish Shippiog— Sk “France Bled White” Myth Also mmemvmmw mmom & eop-am-n. via London, June 2, tomooflnmpmcxpnm mtmflnt‘nmmmflr-m mitfiition factories and establishments qngaged In war work may be at- 5 ifl!nma in’ part to peace-at-any- .\vifluumtu. ‘who have taken this fneans of hastening an end to the war. The destruction of farm bulldings md ' granaries is also referred to zum " padeship stand in their way of detect- fng and denouncing such ‘enemies of Another mphotthn-pifltpn— hquun:mufidneh— Gmny ‘of food controller - Batooki examinations of stdres "' time, as to what would the effect in BOMBS SHOVERED ON GERMANS IN BELGIUN Zeebrugge, 'Ostend and ‘Bruges Again Attacked By Entente Airmen. London, June 3, 1:45 p. .—British airmen have repeated their attack on German bases on and near the Bel- glan coast. - Several tons of bombs mdmmhnnlfl:t upon Zee- Ostend and Bruges. The lome at St, Denis Westrem also was attacked, Paris, June 2, moon.—Livély can- nonading in the region of the Chem- in-des Dames is reported in the of- ficial statement issued by the French war office this morning. The state- ment says that a few feeble German attacks were repulsed dflfln‘ the night. —_— nnrlln June 2, via London, p. m.—French positions over a front of about one thousand yards north- day, the war office: announces. The ‘statement says: “Portuguese poldlol\ were taken prisoners by the Gor- mans on the western fron The artillery in the Wflnlnm bend, on the LT 3 Romeco, ., June 3, via London,4:30p.m. —Italian forces on the Julian fromt Magnell Mayor’s Choice As clnir man of Fire Gommmon 'l’hey’llllelmhedfllltollfl WATER BOIKD MRS cANOT DOE THE DRFt| WHILE RESlSTlNG INVADERS| in Streets of: ‘mmmmm demm ¥ —-&odenllnobbumm Xonnmo-mpmmm Three of the four new comminsion- ers for the recently created fire and Threq of the four members of - the new water board' were also named aa. have the civil service board and an assessor. By the appointment of the police and fire boards the old safety board, with Chairman E. G. Babcock in charge, automatically went out of existence toda; The new fire com- missioners named thus far are Alfred E. Magnell, Herbert V. Camp and Frank J. Moran. . The three police commissioners m H. 'S. Tallard, Stephen Robb and Howard M. Steele. While he has not fully arranged the terms for which each man is, ap- pointed, the charter providing ‘that the commissioners shall serve for:one, two, three and four years respectively, Mayor Quigley states that Commis- sioner Magnell and Commissioner Tal- lard will each have four year appoint- ments as he expects that they will be chosen as chairmen of the fire and police, boards respective All six of the appolnnu are well known ‘in New Britain. Com- missioner Magnell is one .of the city's best known newspaper men, having | been local correspondent for the Hart- .{ford Times, for the past twelve years. { Previous to coming to this city Mr. Berlin, June 3, via London 10:40 m.—The Frenich and British Magnell worked three years on the Times elsewhere and he also worked on the Hartford Courant for a like period. . His home ‘was formerly in South . Manchester where he was at one. time clerk in the post office. Ha first became interested in civic affairs ‘|in 1208 when he was appointed olerk of the board of phblic safety and he has served continuously in that ca- pacity with the exception of the year 1914-1915, z January, . 1918, g the: diaruption of one ‘boards; ‘Mr.. Magnell cmmo»mm m Tr 7 7 RESERVE HOME GUARD [crut o B it -fl-mmwm— ‘Washington, June 3.—In an official announcement today, = Attoruey-Gen- erel Gregory renewed attention to the provision of the army draft law, which provides that no man can chooss imprisonment as a substitute for registration, but will. suffer the first and be compelled to do the lat- ter: if he resists. NOW IN FIRST LINE| Tyansport Co. and Eight In-| fantry Omflmfiom Add- ed to Hartford Divisiqns “It ‘has come to the notice of thc i department,” said the attorney eral, “that certain disloyal who are themselves beyond conscrip- 'tion, are suggesting to the young men |' of the country that it is better to suffer: imprisoniment under ‘the. terms of ‘the conscription act than to reg- ister with the iikelthood of being en- listed- and compelled 1o merve At the front. ‘Attention “is called = to ' the fate that under:sectjon five of this sct, partias. convicted on the, c of ‘evading registration are not only punished for: the crime committed but are thereupon . duly . registered | with all the lhbillty tar mm-y servs New !Urk. June 2~The military and police autharities of Cuba .are co-operating with American legation of ‘this comntry in Havana. watching. all suppected siackers who have' flsd to the Island Republic. ‘from - the Unifed States In an effort to evade registration June 6, it was announcad here today by the news bureau rep- resenting Cuba. A number of. young American men of military. age. errived in Havana, it was sgtated, and mesisures wil be':taken see that they :do mot evade their duty. : More than. 100 Americin citisens between the ages of 31 and: 30.years have formed a : military unit in Havana and are receiving daily drill, it was announced. 3 coepted ‘supreme . e temporary appointment by Mayor | taken today from -the ruling of the Quigley and acted as chairman, com- | circuit court at Kansas Oity refusing missioner and clerk. He is well in- formed on fire department matters. Fraternally, Mr. Magnell belongs to the New Britain lodge of Elks, the »| Knights of Columbus and the A. O. H. Commissioners Well Known. The second member of the fire com- ‘mission is also a former newspaper man. -Mf. Camp was local ‘corre- spondent for the Hartford Courant for a number of vears. He was also on the reportorial staff of the New Britain 'Record 'and bas served as a | "{ member of the cHarter revision com- mittee. At present he is in the rea! estate business, being a member .of the firm of the Camp Real Hstate Co. He is a member of Centennial lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Chamber of Com- merce ‘and the Country club; Mr. Moran is at present a member of the safety board, having been appointed by Mayor Quigley a year aga. He is | employea at the Btanley Works and is the money and return my'child,’ Mr, ‘the United States be it the submarine | Keet declared easly today. “Those I, warfare were now abandoned. The|who are holding the boy prisoner government, however, shows no signs | probably were frightened away.” {7'of weakening and is now in| The severe weather that has pre- a vigorous publicity campaign to bol- | pailed since the boy was taken away ster up the waning confidence of the | has added to the mother’s anxiety, as % home and quit the complaints of neu- { she fears the kidnappers could not trals. ‘| successtul * = It 18’ & matter of knowledge to the. 1} ‘correspondent that at least one mem- . ber of the German government re- fused to commit himselt to nny defin- te time-limit for bringing Great Brit- ain into & fame of mind to (u.lcuu peace. In the correspondent’s last informal conversation with Dr. Alfred head of the foreign office; & few hours before news of the rupture of relations with the United States was received in Berlin, the- § " minister, who was on tenterhooks to ¥ kxnow what the United States would do declared impulsively: | Zimmermann Changes Mind. “If the United States will only keep .hands off and let us alons, two or 1 ,.‘m months will be enough,” 32" men noticing the correspondent up his ears at this foreign of- fice use cf the stock' phrase of the ites. he quickly ‘Shy six montha,’ ¥eading a further mute query in the <o ent’'s eyes said: “Well, let us not fix any definite then went on with the argument that England and properly care for an infant even though eo disposed. U-BOAT TORPEDOED mwmum -nmm—-.num taro. Escorted by Torpedo Boat. Rome, Friday, June 1, via Paris, June 2, 1:30 a. m—The French marine Circe has torpedoed and sunk. & lafge enemy submarine as it was coming out from Cattaro 'y & torpedo : boat. ' Although attacked by airplanes, the Circe managed to return to its base. $100,000,000 T0 FRANCE America Now Total $200,000,000— ‘Total Loan to Allles $845,000,000. Washington, June | ‘The govern- ment advanced another $100,000,000 )% ithe entente would quickly be madelto France today, making the total amenable to the peace idea if '-helo( loans to the French Republic of ‘United States would only refrain; 200,000,000 and the toal loans to the fifrom breaking relations or declaring | Allies $845,000,000. war in consequence of the proclama- tion of the unrestricted lubmarlno gn. German naval writers for soms time have been preparing 4the monthly figures of tonnage de- yed by submarines. X ¥R (Continaed ob Ninth Page.) GEN. EDWARDS TO VISIT CONN, Hartford, sune 2.—Governor Hol- commanding the Northeastern Department U. 8. A. .Many of}lan acceptance of the governor's in- JMiem furnish the advance explnnn.uon vitation to visit Connecticul. The general will come here on some day during the week of June 11. sub- | a member of ’)n Knights of Pythias and the Fi Mr, who will uhdoubtedly W ehllrm-.n of ' the police on ' Maple treet and 'fow years has been a brick manufacturer. in ‘Berlin, retiring but recently. He was for many years with the Torrington company. and is alsa known as an ex- pert agriculturist, at the present time devotinig all his energies toward mak- ing a success of the municipal farm, of which committee he is chairman. Mr. Tallard’s friends know- him as a courteous gentleman, a strict disci- plinarian but eminently fair, Mr. ‘Robb, who will serve with him on the police board, has been connected with the John Boyle company for many years and is regarded as an excellent type of citizen, at present being one of the conscription registration board members. He is prominently identi- fled with several . ledges including Scottish organizations. - The third appointee, . Howard M. Steele needs no imtroduction to the New Britain public as he has been ‘before them since 1901 when he was elected to the common council from the fourth ward. In 1904 he retired and was elected city 'tax collector, holding that position for . ten . years when he resigned to enter the three- cornered mayoralty content in which Mayor Quigley, E. W. Schultz and he himself figured so conspicuously. He then became connected with the Suffield-Berlin Trap Rock company where his business interests now are. He is a member of the old safety board, having been appointed a year ago. Other Appointments Made, The water board will present a new face. W. B. Rassberg has been re- appointed and Ernest N. Humphrey has likewise been given a reappoint- ment. The new appointee thus far is | Thomas Fagan. Mr. Fagan succeeds their | comb today .recelved from General|P. J. Egan, present clerk and com- “yeaders for a possible. falling off in | Clarence B. Edwards, mijssioner who cannot hold both posi- tions under the amended charter The complete civil service board ts|; madg up of Harry W. Brown, A, G. (Continued on Ninth Page) to enjoin state officials and city and county officials at Kansas City from enforcing the army registration law. Socialist Held for Treason. Jersey City, N. J., June 3.—Charles Kronenberg, described ‘as a soclalist, \was held without bail in the criminal court here today for action by ' the federal authorities upon a charge of tmlon. Kronenberg was arrested while passing out - hand- bm- containing an ‘appeal to ignore registration on ‘the mund that 1t ‘was constitutional. CASE OF SMALLPOX / ON LINCOLN STREET Miss Vanessa Lanpher, Daughter of Patrolman, = Stricken—Jliness Started Week Ago. Miss Vanessa. Lanpher, daughter of Traffic Supervisor- and Mrs. . Clarence Lanpher, is ill at her home, No. 8 Lin- coln Court, with smallpox. The house and family have been placed under strict quarantine by Dr. T. E. Reeks, superintendent of health, and all pre- cautions are being taken to prevent the possible spread of the disease. Miss Lanpher was taken ill just about a week ago and three days ago a rash broke out over her body. This morning Dr- Reeks ‘was called into consultation on the case and the dis- ease was pronounced smallpox. Im- mediately Officer Lanpher was sum- moned from his work on the police force and a brother of the patient, Clarence Lanpher, Jr., employed in the city engineering department, was likewise taken to his home and placed under quarantine. Miss Lanpher has been placed, in a secluded room in the house and all other members of the family have' been instructed to keep away. In fact\Officer Lanphere and his son have not been near the young woman for several days be- cause of the nature of her allment, which at the time appeared to be some skin disease. ‘Miss Lanpher is employed in the main office of the Stanley Works, in the box strapping department. There are about 2560 other clerks employed in the Stanley Works office. PRUSSIAN VILLAGE FIRE SWEPT. Firty-five Houses Destroyed in Kletz, Prussia. y Amstérdam, via London, June 2, 8:65 a. m.—Several lives were lost and 45 houses destroyed in a fire which swept the village of Klietz, near Schoenhausen, Prussia. P T o O O WEATHER. Hartford, June Hartford and vicinity: Un- scttled, probably showers to- night and Sunday. L e o~ 2.—For Hartford,. June 2.—Fifty-one for- mer reserve organizations of the Con- necticut Home Guards have been ‘ac- oepted and plaged in the active force, or ‘first line, according to. a general order .issued by the- state military & recent act of the legislature, autho- rising an” increase from the original quota 'of 5,000 men, to 10,000, to be fully, equipped. .There are now about. 9,000 men in the Home Guard, or- n.nlnd into 130 companies. ‘A _supply - company ‘and headquar- ters muchm’nt ‘will be added to the (Tegiments of ‘the: six military districts. In the first 'military district - head-' quarters Hartford, besides this, there will _be added.to_the active force, & transport com: and night infantry orgapizations. Four infantry com- will be added in the second dis- trict:and two will be ldded in the third. The fourth district, heulqu-.rton Bridgeport, has secured the. -largest nllotmont In this district there will be added one supply company, a head- quarters. detachment, and thirteen units three of which ure platoons. In the fifth, seven units will be added lnd in the sixth,. five. Some of the p.ncepmd organizations have already De uniformed and armed, in whole’ or in part, by the generpsity of fellow townsmen. Uni- forms, arms and equipment will be issued tp the other organisations as oted by their respective military et commanders &nd found:ready to receive and care for them. Second Company Here Accepted. News of particular importance to members of the New Britain Home Guard, as well as to the ci s at large, is the statement from the mil- itary emergency borrd to the effect that the Second Company, Home Guards, has ueen = recognized ‘- and placed on the active list, first line defense. Heretofore only the first lome Guard company was recognized and equipped. Captain Frank H. Johnston of the Second -company was notified ' today that his company has been accepted and just as soon as possible uniforms, rifiles. and other equipment will be orwarded- Willlam ‘H. Spittler s rst lieutenant in the company and W. L. Williams is the ueond lieuten- ant. At present there are ei:hty active members of the Second company, with | a reserve list. Inasmuch as the state will recognize only sixty-five men and three officers in each company those in charge of the command will have to go over the muster roll.and place a number of the members on, the reserve list. BISHOP OF WALL ST. RETIRES. New York, June 2.—The Rev. Wil- llam Wilkinson, known as “the Bishop of Wall street” has been retired by Trinity Corporation as Trinity’s Minis- ter, 8 position he has held for nine years, it was announced today. Mr. ‘Wilkinson \is one of the best known figures in the financial district and his noon meetings in Wall street have been one of the features of that sec- tion. SUFFRAGISTS 70 HELP Will Distribute Coples of President’s Speech - While Mcn Register for Service in Army. Members of the New Britain Equal Franchise League will “‘do their bit* next Tuesday at the six polling booths when men eligible for service in the army present themselves to register. The suffragists will distribute copies of the recent speech by President Wilson and every man who registers will know, if he reads the speech, why the United States is at war and what he is fighting for. Secretary Baker of the war d partment requested the women’s committee of the National Council of Defense to ask the women of ‘the country to co-operate by distributing the President’s speech. The Con- necticut Woman Suffrage Assoclation will care for this item in thig state | i and Mrs. Buel B, Bassette, president of the New Britain Equal Fr.mchlset League, will be in charge of the work here, at the request of Mrs. Ed- ward H. Smiley, temporary chairman of Connecticut of the woman's com- mittee of the National Council of De- fense. ustrians and Germans— Old Men, Women and Children Massacred. Udine, Italy, June 3, via Paris, 4:45 a. m.—A fragmentary news despatch | received here recently through mneu- tral countries of widespread insurrec- tionary. movéments in Serbia is now supplemented by. the statemelts of Austrian prisoners, captured in the recent Italian advance, giving details of the merciless methods of repres- sion. used to crush the uprising. The insurgents were gradually sur- rounded by Austrian, German and Bulgarian regiments and all who felt In spite. of this. procedure flerce resistance was offered for three weeks and = heavy Tosses inflicted on the invaders, es- pecially the Bulgarians. The ingurgents finally succumbed to superior number and . the Serblans were hanged by the thousands, Ac- cording £o 'the ‘prisoners the.Bulga- rians were- gullty of such atrocities, especially against women and - chil-’ dren; that efen their ‘Austro-German allies Mmed them barbarians. . . KlLLEDBY 'NRRAI)O xmmnmmaqlm ands_of Dollars Damage Done in ‘Western States. . ? t _Kansas City, Mo, Jm .~>Twen- ty-three persons were' killed . more then 200- wers .iyjured and .property valued at hundreds of thousands of doliare. waa, festrayed, scoc: e 'munities in Okishoms, Kansas and Missouri, Wwhieh _were swept by torradoes late yesterday and last night. Coal Gate. Oklahoma, in mining cen- ter, suffered the heaviest loss of life. {Bleven persons were Wwhen ‘4 ‘tornado swirled ‘and twisted through the western end of the town. More than 160 houses were destroyed and'a number were i{njured, some of ‘whom, it was m could not recov- er. s Late estimates placed the property damage at Cofteyville, Kas., at a hfl! miilion dollars with a possibility of the amount being doubled. More than thirty persons were injured, some of them seriously, but none was killed. The tornado took a ‘course through the residenge district. At Drake, Okla., pereons, all members of one family were killed, Two residences and the school house' were d yed there, One person was killed at Montans, Kas, two at McCune, Kas., and one at Bartlesville, Okla. At Morse, Kas., three persons were | killed, several others were injured and extensive done. SWEDES DRIVE OFF 'ZEPPELIN WITH GUNS property damage Torpedo Boats Fire on German Afr- ship Over Neutral Territory— Afr Oruiser Reported Hit, Copenhagen, via London, June - 2, 7:40 a. m.—A Zeppelin appeared over Swedish territory on Friday morning near Malmo and was driven away by pelin disappeared in & -outhu‘ly al- rection, The Danishi newspapers say mt £ Zeppelin' appeared over, Swedish ter- ritory near Ystad on Fridsy. The air- ship is reported to have been fired upon and hit by the Swedish terpodo ‘boats Pollux and Vegsa, .¥stad is a port on the extreme south of the Swedish peninsula. HENDERSON IN RUSSIA. Number of British War Coundl | Reaches Petrograd. { Petrograd, June 2, Via London,! 5:40 a. m.—Arthur Henderson, mem- ber of the British war council ana minister without portfolio, has arrived here. He was met at the atation by Minister of Foreign Affairs Teresch- tenko and later was introduzed to the other ministers. Countesa Panin, weil known for her organization of popular philanthro- pies, has been offered the post of as- sistant minister in the new depart- ment of public welfare. grad and D Authority’s Do’ — London, June 2, 6:11 3., rograd despatch to that a few score ‘anarch! panied by some soldiers marched through the Nev pect and other main tho! midday on . Friday, nscribed: capitalists,” “Long revolution and the Nevsky, inciting them: and declaring that the tion would -be procl casion of the appro elections. ' The' sum terfere with the et Gti.ll Duke. N London, June § ‘108t of Gmd‘l)‘!e N armies, in conssquence killed . there ment with: the W ‘port of the ‘Kronatadt 4§ dicates that they preliend ‘the relal Prior to m WAr thn was equh‘uunt.»to -b.u& Petrograd, via ¥, Konovaloff, who day as minister of trade, is quoted today -bp§ ‘news agency ‘ds saying' the motives for his ! presént government should "fi' for a homogeneous socialist. ge ment. e Ne successor to ex-Minister aloff has as yet been named. — Pmogna.lnnol.vh “They - never '-umybuzmr trenches.” The address’ expresses. the Cossacks are spread whole front instead.of, being together po as to be able to st powerful blow at & given point. INTERNED 'GERMANS FLEF, Jump Into Water at KEllis One is Caught. Two Germans Interned in 't migratiop station on. Ells W caped today by jumping Ini water and swimming for the land. One of them, Wil a youngster from one of German ships in New York was caught when he attem Jand at plers of the Central of New ' Jersoy. 0