New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1917, Page 1

£ ’» * i~ or Nicholas Be Handed NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, ‘MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. Galveston, '.Bc.. June 4—The Amer- fcan fidhing wchooner Arcas was| boarded by tdp grew of a Mexican gunboat off thé coast of Tehuantepec, Mexico, on the high seas, May 31, and looted of clothing, fishing gear | and medicine chest. This news was Russlan Cspital Spends Hours of - “ly ' Boastful = Persifiage—Sulphur ‘Petrograd, Sunday, June 3, via Lon- /fton.—Sailors from the Kronstadt gar- &¥ison, which recently declared its in- dependence of the' central govern- ‘‘ment,, arrived, here early today with ~= the anncuncement that warships at f R Petrograd Kronstadt would eome to immediately and land men to make (% demonstrations. . Later it was report- -od. that saflors hed landed at Gutuyeff brought here today by Captain Mc- Donald of the Arcas. NAMES OF GERMAN SHIPS ARE CHANGED' 'names of the seized German ships as- signed to the navy have been changed as follows: i+ dwland, port of Petrograd, and begun | Geter to Schurs; Breslau to Bridge- cattack, A yisit to the Gutuyeft i, port quarter showed that the story of he landing and attack was untrue. However, it was. sufficiently alarming . to provoke great excitement in the +7. city and cause the)dispatch of & mil- itary force. .1 Petrograd waited' today for . the ally extinguished. A large quan- |y of sulphur was afire. There was } ‘. the marriage question, a violent explosion. Win. baum, ahips, arrived oft Gutuyefl. It was ,.Aying the'red flag. On it, written by ‘saiiors and workmen, were the words ‘of the hymn of the Bolshevikl ex- fremists. The ice breaker steamed up 4nd down the wharf, took on board “"WON'T MARRY. SLACKERS Rev. Warren F. Coek Will Refuse to Mary Couple If Man, Is Boeking To Avold Army Duty, Speaking to fathers and sons,. Rev. ' Warren F. Cook at the Methodist church service last night made known his. patriotic and eugenic stand on most oppor- k said: + certificate to get away duty; and chil Ld Jn his talk the pastor sald he had no use for siackers and would not as- sist them by uniting them in mar- riage to some young women In order to save them from doing army service. He also spoke with feeling against the marriage of children, boys and girls in their early teens. He said " he would refuse to such couples even though they daid have the consent of their parents. Next Sunday night Pastor Cook will 3 h a sermon to mothers and mothers-in-law. /“MEYXCO AND FOOD. Efforts to Be Made to Incresse . Mexica City, June 4.—The problem %ot Mexico’s food supply has caused the National Chamber of Commerce port; Kiel to Camden; Liebenfels to Houston; Saxonia to Savannah; Vo- gensen to Quincy; Cnicara to Pensa- cola; Odenwald to Newport News; | Hoenhenfelder to Long Beach; Frieda Leonhardt to Astoria; Andromeda to Bath; Rudolph Blumberg to Beaufort; President. to Kittery; Locksun. to Gulfport. 5 Most of the new names are of all Thornton, an American seaman, survivor of the ship who has arrived here. He said the ship was attacked Federal Authorities Expect to Identify Men “Higher Up” GAVE MILITARY INFORMATION Cbannel Through Which Beriin Was Informed of Movements of Amer- '. fcan Destroyers May Be. Uncovered " —Held on Technical Charge. New York, June 4.—With three men under arrest, who are alleged to be | only minor figures in a conspiracy to transmit information of military value from' the United States to Germany through neutral mail channels, the federal authorities and detectives to- day Indicated further arrests, which, they sald, might result in disclosures of a German spy system. Apparently the officers hoped they could uncover an explanition of how Germany knew in aflvance of the approach of ‘Lthe American destroyers' to the British coast ‘o that an Irish port could be mined. ' Statements of where and when the three defendants were ar- rested, and their identity, were with- held pending their arraignment today before-a United States commissioner. ““The charge against them, at pres- ent,” Asst. U. 8. District Attorney Knox said, “is that of competing with the government by carrying mail ‘in opposition to the government.” Mr, Knox added that the charge might be changed to treason. s Two of the men are said ‘to be American-born and the third a nat- uralized citizen of Sweden. Exam- ination of & quantity of malil :eized by federal agents indicated the trans- mission of information on steamships || to . Mexico and thence probably by ‘wireless to Germany. Cable Cemsorship Insufficient. . Mr. Knox was asked if the dis¢ov- eries which had been made showed that censoring the cables was insuffi- clent to keep information from being transmitted quickly to Germany. “It certainly shows,” he said, “that censoring cables is not enough. Mr. Knox said that the mall for Ger- many which had been captured was, of considerable variety, and that part of it related to business matters. He refused to say whether it involved ‘the shipment of munitions into Mexico. Whether the . men under -arrest knew the cantenta of the letters which. they: were carrying and understood that they were serving German spies, could not be learned. In order to hold the prisonérs without disclosing the whole case against them, they will be arraigned before Commissioner Hitchcock in the federa] building to- ‘| day on the formal charge of conspir- lives. . The Karums, built in Sunderland in '1910 .was owned by the Unison Steamshipping company of London. ‘When sunk it was in the service of British admiralty carrying troops. The Russian bark Imberhorne, 1,- W'Ua party of ‘Petrograd’ workmen and | g58 tons gross, from Mobile, - Ala., March 238, for Greenoch Scotland, was sunk by a German submarine on May 1 off t west coast of Ireland, ac- cording to American passengers who have arrived here. The crew escaped. London, June 4.—According to in- formation received by the Norwegian legation here, 49 Norwegian steam- ships, with a gross tonnage of 76,- 397 werd suik in May with a loss of twenty-five lives.. . FRENCH LINES ENTERED British Recapture Outpost, Paris, June 4, Noon.—The Germans have forced their way into French advanced positions on the Friedmont salient, according to an official, state- ment issued by the war office this miorning. They attacked the. salient last night. ¥ London, June 4.—The British have recaptured 'the advanced' post near Cherisy taken by the Germans in Saturday's attack, MAY DRAFT 1,800,000 Provost Marshal Crowder Reveals Part of Plans for Formation of New Army of Registered Men, ‘Washington, June 4.—Plans of the war department to draft from 900,- i}, %0 issue @ call for a meeting in the 000 to 1,600,000 men of the 10,000,- .i..capital on July 12 of all land owners .z-,in Mexleo.. It will consider the plant- fng and harvesting of sufficient crops “to provide for the necessaries of the people. > The chamber, acting in conujnction the department of commerce and “fndustry, insures agriculturists and land owners that steps will be taken to aid them in planting all available ground. The departmient of industry has ©ordered the governors of the various atates to report conditions of their . Adtéericts and prospeets. It is hoped that the plan will put a large acreage :&:‘Mnusly barren land under culti- 3 m. 000 who it is estimated will register tomorrow were disclosed today by Provost Marshal General Crowder to the senate military affairs committee, Complications, he said, probaby ‘would resuit in reducing the number to 625,000 men for immediate service. WILSON'S MESSAGE IN RUSSIA. Washington, June 4.—President ‘Wilson's communication to the new Russian government on the war aims of the United States has been de- livered at Petrograd, by Ambassador Frances but will not be published tur a day or two, while the department ,ls clearing up miatters of detafl, ing to violate Section 185 of the fed- eral statutes. This'is as follows: “Whoever shall ‘carry any letter or packet containing létters on board y vessels which carries mail other- than in such mail, except as oth- erwise provided by law, shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned for not more than one month, or both.” Though the specific act described in this section is lightly punished, the three men will be charged with con- spiracy to violate the section, and the punishment for such conspiracy under Section 37 is not more than two years’ imprisonment, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or hoth. The police declined to tell where the men were arrested or how the plot was discovered,, but Mr. Knox and Commissioner Scull agreed that the case wds one of great importance. Shortly after the war the United States government established a cen- sor on the powerful wireless stations ir this country. When this country entered the war ihe use of all wire- less was prohibited except under the immediate direction of the United States. Since then it has been re- peatedly rumored that information about American military movements and of ships, gathered by spies in t1is country, has been smuggled into Mex- ico, or sent to German submarines, German-controlled neutral ships or German raiders and relayed to Ger- many. It was intimated at police head- quarters that the search for the pa- trons of the German mail-smuggling service might uncover the spies in “high places.” " TAX ON NEWSPAPERS Senate Finance Committee = Favors Higher Second Class Postal Tax and Assessment on Advertisements, ] Washington, Juhe 4.—After several hours discussion of how newspapers, magazines and . other publications shall be taxed| for war purposes, the senate finance committee today adopt- ed a resolution increasing second class postage rates and In favor of levying a direct rate two per cent. upon ad- vertising receipts. The decision waa tentative but is expected to be final. \FJVE KILLED IN MINE. Nanaimo, B. C., June 4.—Five men were killed and much damage was done to No. 6 mine of the Canadian col- lieries at Cumberland by an explosion yesterday -from an unknown cause. The victims were members of ‘a survey party mapping out work. for the week. The mine is under the town of Cum- berland, Which was badly. rocked- Booths Open Tomorrow from 7 a. . £0 9 p. m. for Registration PUNISHMENT FOR SLACKERS Severe Penalty Also Provided for Those Who Interfere With Enroll- ' mient Or Encourage Anti-Conscrip- ‘tion Propagands. \ WHERE TO REGISTER. First Ward—No. 168 Arch street in salesrooms of Kissel Kar ‘and Studebaker Automo- bile company. Second ‘Ward—Burgitt Mis- sion building, Cherry street, be- tween Whiting and Lilac streets, Third Ward—Second floor, City hall,. board of public works hearing room. Fourth Ward—Herald build- ing, Church street, empty stare adjacent to Herald office. Firth Ward—Dobson’s block, corner Broad and Washi: n streéts. A X Sixth ~ Ward — Waskowitz'a block, corner North and Willow street Points to Remember. " “Booths open.from-7 & ‘m. to All males between the ages of 31 and 81 years, whether citizsens or aliens, MUST resis- ter themselves except ds herein provided:: It too sick to visit the regis- tratioh booth send-an-accredited friend or: relattve to represent you. 1f out of town' ,register by mail with.the city clerk or first The only persons mnot . re- quired to register are officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy and marine corps, National Guard units in federal service and those'in the verious government-controlied reserve corps. . The penalty for refusing or neglecting to register one years in prison and registration as well. Those who canspire to cause others not to register may be sent to prison from | one ‘to six years. ' > 3 Lastly, register as ' early as possible for your own con- venience as well as that of the registrars. 7,000 Expected to Register Here. Tomorrow is national registration day, when all males between the ages of 21 and 31 years, except as other- wise yravw\ed, must register for con- scription and from the lists thus ob- tained will be drafted the new United States army. In New .Britain every- thing is in readiness for this registra- tion and several hundred volunteer registrars and olerks will be at the registration booths from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. tomorrow to fill out the blanks. It is estimated that in New Britain there will be fully 7,000 men register. Nao trouble is expected in this city, but at each registration place there will be a policeman on guard and these civilian officers will be assisted by members of the City Guard. Yes- terday the various clergymen in the city gave due publicity to the signiQi- cance of June)5.and there is very little likihood-/and' there is a 1o man in New Britain who is not per- fectly familiar with all plans, espec- ially since detailed explanations have been printed in various languages and distributed throughout the city. It is likewise expected that the fac- torles and ather places of employ- ment will co-operate with the authori- ties in order that the registration may proceed as rapidly as possible. The mayor has also asked the various factory whistles be blown several times tomorrow. to mare forcibly im- press upon the male population the significance of registration day. It is expected that the whistles will be blown shortly after .7 a. m., again at 12:30 o'clock and again at 7 p, m. Church and school bells will also probably. be talled. Complete lists of all. males in New Britain between the ages of 21 and 31 years have been obtained from the state library, the state military census blanks having been used for this purbose. Thus, when the regis- tration booths close at 9 o’clock to- morrow night the registrans, by checking up the various cards, can as- certain just who has failed to register and so notify the federal authorities for drastic action. EDDY-HART NUPTIALS. Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Hart have issued invitations to the wedding of their daughter, Miss Alice Stanley { Hart, to Stanley Robbins Eddy on June 19. The ceremony will be per- formed at the home of the bride's parents at 6 o'clock in the evening. WEATHER. Hartford, Junc 4. — For Hartford end vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Tucs. day. A~ REBEL KRONSTADT GARRISON (TRIQ ARRESTED AS |NEW BRITAIN WILL ANTI-DRAFT AGENTS | READY T ATTACK CAPITAL spys o G| GV SO0 7000\ WEEK-END CAMPAIGN HEE ALL MEN IN THE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21 AND 3| YEARS. EXCEPT THOSE IN THE ARMY. NAVY. NATIONAL GUARD OR NAVAL MILITIA. MUST REGISTER TOMORROW. REGISTRATION PLACES WILL BE 4 = COUNTRY COMBED FOR AGITATORS; ARRESTS FOLLOW SEDITIOUS TALK GREGORY DETERMINED T0 ENFORCE LAW Evaders Will' Be Prosecuted Attorney ‘'General In- forms Public. Washington, June 4.—Final ‘warn- ing against evasion of the draft reg- istration tomorrow or attempts to In- duce others to evade it .was discussed today by Attorney General Gregory. He said he expected a few men to re- ‘fuse, but anticipated no \ resort to force to prevent the execution of the law. i “It is the duty of this department to prosecute evaders and it is pro- posed to do so,’ said the attorney general. : Itallans were urged to. register by || tha Prince of Ddine head of Inlyk'- war mission in an address to a dele- gation of his countrymen who called on him. The regulations provide that Amer- icans returning to the United States must register within five days after their arrival at .n American port. Registration at the consulates abroad, however, is purely voluntary and can- not be enforced while the citizen re- mains out of the country. - Publicity Campaign in New York. New York, June 4.—Members of patriotic societies and city, county, state and federal officials had com- pleted plans to bring home to every man eligible for military registration tomorrow the meaning of the ccn- scription law so that none would be able to plead igmorance of its provi- sions, or that he did not know how or where to register. 3 The registering offices will be the voting places used at the last election, ‘with a few exceptions. Tonight patriotic mass meetings will be held as rallies in churches. * Many of the speakers will be men of Ger- man birth or descent. ’ Twenty-five prominent women . of the Natiopal Leagues of Service will speak on street corners this evening. Most of the exchanges will be closed ton‘mrrow. 5 % Boston Chamber of Commerce to Help Boston, June 4.--The Boston Cham- ber of Commerce at the request of the committee on public safety has undertakeén the task of providing a force of 500 persons to prepare the final records of registration for the army draft in this state. The work will be started on Wednesday. Many business houses have placed the serv- ices of ‘clerks and stenographers at the disposal of the committee in charge of the.recording. GERMAN OFFICERS ARRESTED. Three Brought From San Juan—One Arrcsted Today. New York, June 4.—Three officers from the German prize ship, Farn, interned at San Juan, Porto Rico, and taken over, by the United States iIn April arrived here today on a Porto Rico steamer as prisoners. A fourth man, described as the son of a German army captain, was. ar- rested this forenoon. The police fe- fused to disclose his identity prior to his arraignment before the federal commissioner. MANY VISITORS REGISTER, The office of City Clerk A. L. Thompson was overcrowded thiy af- ternoon with about fifty men, all of whom live out of town and want to register. Most of those who applied | were with the Sheesley Shows and at Keeney's theater. Many stated that they have no other home than where _jthey happen to sleep. New Haven Man Held for Investigation — Mob At~ tempts to Liberate Prison- ers from Michigan Jail. New. Haven, June 4.-~Anthony Car- roll, an elderly citizen whose eccen- tricites for many years, especially in the way of open air speeches, and in petitions for . investigations of ocity matters, have attracted much ‘atten; tion, was held todey under order of Colonel E. L. Isbell of the Second Connecticut infantry, pending the ar- rival here of United States District Attorney Spellacy, who .will deter- mine the charge to be brought against him. Carroll was arrested yesterday aftet a talk upon the*Central Green' in. which he is said to have advised his hearers to oppose the conscrip- tion law By refusing to register- It is not yet determined whether Carroll will be charged with:an. of: fensive under the.cotaériptivn law ‘under the.old law which related to ditious utterances. ; : Mr. Spellacy will be here late e~ in United States Commissioner Wright. ' Carroll lately has had the privilege of speaking on the bandstand on the | green Sunday afternoon. He usually discussed public and city problems and was always free with criticism of men and measures. Sometimes he had a large audience and at. other times only a few persons. Often he said things which has led to friction later. He was generally in .attend- ance at public hearings in City hall and as a rule was opposed to almost every project. Among Carroll’s féw hearers were ' a Yale student and Yale _instructdt who complained to Colonel‘ Isbell as to Carroll’s remarks on the conscrip- tion law. T Attempt to Release Prisoners. Marquette, Mich.,, June 4.—John Saikkel, an organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Pletro Plerre, labor leaders, were arrested today at Negaunee, Mich., a mining town near here, for making - alleged incendiary remarks at anti-con- scription ,meeting. The meeting' wi held after a parade in which many miners took part. L 4 Later - .several hundred persons | gathered about the city jail and at- tempted. to release the two prisoners. Fearing another attempt would be made to storm the jail officials hur- ried: the: prisoners to. the. county. fall ‘here, where they will be held for ex- amination.. . Agitator Arrested at-Boston. Boston, June 4—John Scherenski was arrested by federal authorities to- day charged with advising two young men not to register tomorrow as re- quired by the president’s proclama- tion. Information regarding his al- leged activities was obtained by the police who reported the matter to United States Marshal Mitchel. EVERYONE A POLICEMAN. Governor Holcomb Urges Every Mau 1o Watch for Agitators. Hartford, June 4.—The governor in | & statement to the press today, ad- vised the young men of Connecticut to report promptly to the police or military authorities, if any are at! hand, any attempt to dissuade them | ENGAG Under $2,500 - For Alleged Di tion of Handbills ‘ | IU.' S. DIST. ATTORNE TO INVESTIGATE . CA Auto Bearing New York Men.q Used in Distribution .of ;N soription Circulars—Three Seen in the Suspected’ M Pamphlets Lest on Ve Mayor Quigley’s Home. Charged with treason, propaganda tending to stir' sition to the war policies of\the ernment, as well as the giving af and comfort to the ememy,” nection with a second flooding city over the week with' ant circulars, Matthew Magqzka, ‘& of 104 Dwight street, native of: K uania, naturalized an American d in this city in- 1903, and, ' service, one of the oldest e in the employ of the Connecticu’ pany locally, was arraigned | Judge James T. Meskill iin) court today and held for a4 hearing Wednesday 'in. b $2,600. Prosecuting At W. Kilett, .without go! with Unitea- States evidence s 'y .dsmaging: rant an lhdhzi”d‘t n's District Attorney -Spell the accpsed: pleaded not charge, when formaily. brokenly stated “I am Willlam Smyrk, late |1t being alleged thatthe a: “ been seen to throw two. of i draft circulars into & yard nut street by Warden § after their wholesale .6‘" throughout th B ed to the poli being set the identity of those res Smyrk, . actording to the police ‘was suspicious of ‘the conduet o accused, and followed him uni met Policeman Lyons, Maczka is kept cavefully -gud from outsiders, lmm-&efl‘ v his arraignment, the first in: docket, he was_ burried to:di quarters dowa - stairs.. ) investigation refused to admi t! a for about fifteen Lithuhia,” but’ was fourteen years ago. who is living in Chester, are no chilgrén.' “There are- brothers and sisters, & number. in this country. . * % ‘When, scveral ‘weeks ago, the ‘was first flooded by wholesale butidn of anti-government litest every effort of the authorities bent to apprehend: those The effort was unsuccessful, th sults of investigation' being lim! the fact that a woman, herdly than a girl in appearance, was: those responsible. The second: tempt, coming late Saturday early yesterday morning, believed, yesterday afternogn, t authorities by surprise. Hui handbills bitterly arraigning. ernment. for forcing fits force of law into - nat) against their will and into land were distributed wholesaie X . in envelopes i Y thrown lookely on Mas!:'f hallways. Even the home" ‘George A. ‘Quigley ‘was not exemp number of the circulars being thi on his veranda. ' B That fanatical' pecifists, rabid clafists and others opposed to org or others from registering tomorrow ized government are responsible, wo or to persuade them not to this obligation of citizenship. “There is no reason to suppose that we wiil have any serious trouble in Connecticut when the young men of the state present themselves ‘for registration,” said Governor Hol- comb. 1 “Our sons and brothers between the | ages of 21 and 31 are prepared to go to the registration places in their home wards, voting districts or towns and answer these questions which fulfill ; (Continued on El.e-vvnth ‘Page.) ing systematically and from cen in the leading cities of the counti is the belief of the authoritiesi Th do. not believe that it:is a lgcal state movement of unrest and op) tion to the policies. of " 1le Again, information. coming inso possession of the authorities, indic that, at least, one Woman was sonsible for the latest: distrib ny treasonable literature, the being on a cheap type of. ly printed and not showin * . 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