New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1917, Page 9

ISHELII PRISONER Klfim' Provinoss i Revol Against Central Governmen Shangha, June 4.—General Shang- ¢ 3up, military governor -of the prov- § Agre of Anhwel, arrived in Tien-Tsin ) on Saturday eveniug and after a con- . ference with © slonal government for China was fermed. < Hsu-Shih-chang was ap- ited dictator; Wang-Shih-chen, the 4 Ppremier, was made premier; -Chi-kwel, brother of Tuan-Chi: former premier, was named min- ‘war;“Tsao-Ju-lin, who is be- Weved to be strongiy pro-Japanese, re- “M ‘the portfolio of foreign affairs, Tang-Aua-lung, former minister ¥ communications, was choun as r-of thé interior. 'The chief of the Gendnrmarlo at -‘has been requested to watch ont ‘Li-Yuan-hung, who presaim- ually & prisoner and who is | t6 reslgn forthwith.. militarists 2ave completely iso- Pekin. ' The government has es- -h;: ‘& strict censorship on the ntsin, China, June 4.—The con- hero -have -been officlally in- > 4 .that :u. province of Chi-Li sbroken off relations with the government.. Detachments of ~have reached Slang-Wan-Chu- }R;-dwenty-five: miles from Tien-Tsin. Htary headquarters have been: es- ed in Tien-Tsin city. -Soulin,: governor of Mukden Ince, has .commandeered railway to take troaps toward Pekin. The are not to enter Pekin, but will n within a short distance of the unti] the president’s final decision nounced. It is said heré that Pe- h quiet, . 2 5 h ¥ —— - JEleven Provinces in Revolt. Peking, June ¢.—FKleven provinces the eighteen in China, including Province of Chi-li, in. which Pekin I situated, now.mo lorger recognize ‘Immflty of’ the Pekin govern- ht. * The Provinces 6¢ Kwang-tung, and Yun-nan are support- President: Yuan-Li. ovisional Assembly’of le.ngstnnc. hflng its loyal support to the e t and’ piriiament, démands o’ military mernor- Lbe. dis- , axd other revélutionary lesd- vm«unc Kurriedly to Cant . UNITED STATES 3% e militarsts a provi- | ton. It seems p:ohbh that should the governors persist in their ruvohltldnu‘y obnm th' three loyal named, Km; tung, xnnc-d. nd ‘Yun-nan, will rise in support of the president. At present the situation is serious and the president virtually powerless. According to official information to- day, President Li-Yuan hung intends today to intreduce & bill taking in a declaration of war against Germany if-there is a quorum present in par- liament. The presence of & -quorum, i however, ‘'seems doubtful. Attempts are being made to In- fluence President Li-Yuan-hung to resigil rather than to -dissolve parlia~ ment, the objéct being to throw the blame for any disturbance upon the militarists., The president has is- sued a mandate, pleading with Chang- | Hsun, the commander of the govern- ment troops at Nanking and Feng- Kwo-chang, to come to Pekin and ef- fect a compromise: The commander has accepted. The militarists, it is said, do not in- tend to' foree, a disturbance while they are in control of the railways. fMic has been interrupted and the { militarists are demanding a new elec- tion immediately for the purpose of obtaining a workable constitution. Pgesident . Li-Yuan-hung is power- less, as the Pekin military” ‘command- ers refuse to carry out his orders. Tuan-Chi-jni, the former premlier, in refusing the demand of the militarists that he accept the office, said that he wAs tired of politics even if & com- promise were possible. OOLLIDED WITH CRUISER. American Vessel Arrives in Port Week Behind Schedule, An Atlantic Port, June 4.—Her bow plates- slightly bent, her uppeér works and stanchions badly, smashed and her lifeboats on the port side ripped away by . eollision with a British cruiser in an English port fifteen days ago, ah American steam- ship spent a week in drydock in England for repairs, S8he arrived yes- terday with 165 passengers, nearly a week behind her schedule. ‘While the steamship was under- going repairs the passengers were cared for by the steamship company at a prominent hotel. The cruiser, it was said, was not damaged at all. Among the passengers was Captain Ronald True, of the Royal Flying corps.. He has come here to inspect and test aeroplapes. Captain True has been wounded thirty-eight times in his flights over the German lines. “Another passenger of . interest aboard the steamship was Captain Edwards, commander aof the Ricking- ham, the armed American steamship which was sunk by a submarine on May 1 off the Irish coast, NO MORE ENLISTMENTS. No further enrollments will ,be made in Section No. 1, New Haven, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY JUNE 4 1017. BENNY LEONARD IS THE FIRST NATIVE NEW '€ syl New York, June 4.—Benny Leonard" who won ' the lightweight champion- ship ‘of the world by defeating Freddy Welsh, is the first native New Yorker to hold a championship title. He was born April 7, 1896, which places him just over the twenty-one year old mark. His real name is ‘Benjamin Leiner, and he is of Jewish descent! He started fighting at the Fairmon! club, which is conducted by his man- ager, Billy Gibson. His first fight end- ed as did his battle with Welsh—by & knockout.. . His last five fights have resulted in knockouts, He started his K. O. streak by stopping Packey Hom- mey here; then he jumped to Milwau> kee, where he put Ritchie Mitchell to sleep; thén he knocked out Charley Kid Thomas in Philadelphia and Ed- die Shannon in Brooklyn. He is five feet three inches and weighs 133 pounds ringside. — Third Naval District, Naval Coast De- fense Reserve, excepting that men with special qualifications: may write to Lieutenant L. A. Howard, U. 8. N. R. F. Drawer 30, New Haven, Con- necticut, stating their qualifications and if they are found to be desirable men, they will be notified to present themselves for enrollment. OFFERS FREE ADVERTISING. Frank L, Beardsley, manager of the Connecticut Company, today sent & written offer to Mayor Quigley ta be presented to the proper officlals ‘whereby he will give, free of c¢harge, any advertising wanted in trolley cars to boom the “Liberty Loan.” ‘The local “Liberty Loan” committee will meet in the directors’ room of the New Britain National bank on Monday evening. e ELKUS ARRIVES AT ZURICH. Berne, Switzerland, Via Paris, Sun- day—Abram I. Elkus, formerly American ambassador to Turkey, ar-!] rived at Zurich, yesterday. YORKER TO WIN WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE | rour morpetons 1t ¢ Avnectons Liner—Gunners Reply But Omy't|Isidove Wise, Buys Large New York, June 4.—Newé of an attatk on the'armed Ammrioan lner Kroonland by two Germanisibmarines on her last eastwanrd was brought here an Ameri- can traveler who the, tion from’ an ‘officer of ‘theiship ‘recently 4t a ‘British port. - The Kroonland, VMGNM ‘RO pas- sengers, and was under‘the command of Captain Thonias G. Barman, was nearing the ‘danger- some, - the return- 10g traveler:stated, wheneabout 11 a. m. two torpedoes coming: at the same time from across her bow and port sides whizzed arross her'how missing it by a bare seven yards. The captain sent word to the chief engineer to give her every pound of steam _he could get on the boilers, and steered | a sharp sig-zag course just as the submarines fired ‘two more torpedoes, both of which hit the sides of the liner, but the angleswas so acute that the missles, which would have sunk the ship, glanced offiinto the sea with- out exploding their comtact deton ators. . Meantime the ‘maval , gunfiers opened fire at the positions én the port and starboard . sides forward where the torpédoes came from. The officers could not say. whether either of the submarifies had ‘been hit. —— Normal School Clase of *001Hes Gath- ering—Will Meet Again in,1920. The class of 1900, New Britain State Normal school, held its fifth reunion on- Seturday night &t the school. Professor Ludwig of New York favored with violin ' selections, accompanfed. by Mrs, Clara ‘Stern- berg Traut. Old time class songs werq sung and greetings read from: 'the following teachers unable to at- tend: = Miss Grace Tours of New York, Mrs. Grace Dayton,Daggett of Mrs., Rgse: King Duhamel ot | Windsbe Locks, Mre, Mary Tuohey | McGovern of Prividence, Mrs. Sarah Judson Kernan of :South Ha.ven.l Mich., Mrs. Aliece Clark Hubbell of | New H-wn, Miss Bubel (Street of | Glenhead, L. I, Miss"Amy Barbour of Richmond Hul, L. L, and Miss Grace Bristol of New Havem ‘Those who were present yere: Mrs. Clara Sternberg Traut, Mrs. Georgia Fancher Eno, Mrs. Baith Sheywood Beardsley, Miss Catherine . tham, Miss Jennie )Yeufl!. -lfllnw:ulll. Houghmaster, Mrs. Reah eeler Thomson, Mrs.. Lela Miller Tilla- paugh, Mrs. Anna Kalish Warfield, Mrs. May Sloan Case and Miss Minnie "0, Engel, The class will hold is sixth reunion in 1930. LIBERTY LOAN The safest and best investment in the world. WILL YO DO YOUR BIT? Twobillmndolhnmustberauedby.luneISth The State of Connecticu’s Quota of these Bonds is $53,000,000.00. New Britain should report at least $2,000,000.00. your patriotic Duty to buy a Liberty Loan Bond. "~ HELP NEW BRITMN DO HER SHARE, BY TAKING A BOND UNDER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PLANS: It is EveryAmenunatuenmustdosomethmgtohelptheConfiy [ 1. Full payment now, drawing interest at31-2 per cent. untll June 15th when interest on the Bonds will commence. 2. Pay 2 per cent. now, on amount sulm:nhed for, pay 18 per cent. June 28th, pay 20 per cent. July 30th, pay 30 per cent. Aug. 15th, pay 30 per cent. Aug. 30th. 3. Pay $1.00 a week for a $50.00 Bond. Pay $2.00 a-week for a $100.00 Bond. Pay $10.00 a week for a 3500.00 Bond. 4, Snlnmbe _under plan advertised by Savings Bank of New Britain for that institution only. Rt LA B Suscriptions will be received on these terms at any of the following banks. NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK NEW BRITAIN TRUST COMPANY COMMERCIAL TRUST COMPANY SAVINGS BANK OF NEW BRITAIN USSR ——— e A .l..ll‘ » - Isidore Wise of Hartford, known as a member ¢ firm. Wh.lmzbaeu.nfi the pu chase of four large tracts Chumhml’nnm has more than trebled the of his atore. xu.-.:t involves about $7 0, * same time makes 3 mthahu-ln-ucuum any individual in Haftford . about 90,000 square feet to h ent property. ¥ The new properties that Mr, has acquired are the ing on Pratt the Unity § strest and tl plon bulldisg | ‘GChurch street. Plsas under consideration now for the ersction of am structure on Pratt street, the floors to be leased to specialty. and the upper ones to be 8 iness offices- ot:a': ? development of t! P ‘d"‘\ nm MASS ne of the. finest masé of the Je: b3 held Wednesday evening. in Talmud Torah hall, l(ndvr { spices of the M- 8. Duni all 1 addressed by Yiddish m ter many attempts the comn succeeded in obtaining o as .the main English speaker meeting. The committee feels elated over Mr. Cowan’s visit to. Britain. Dr. George. Cohen, { sor of semitics in Yale.and M. M of this city will .speak in George Gan® will be chalrman. Mr. Cowan must leave for Bal the same night the meeting called for 7:30 o'clock. WATER BOARD CO] E By the appointment of Thon Kehoe the fourth member water board, Mayor Quigley hu pleted the personnel of that Other members of the water .1 are. W. B. Rossberg, Ernest Humphrey and Thomas W. ¥ Rossberg has resigned health boafd in order to tion on the water board. o it KING ON POLICE' The fourth member of the lice board has been selected by Quigley. He 1s Patrick ¥. Kh 18 at present a member of the | of finance and taxation. The. board is now ennm th, ¢ lowing members: H. 8, ard M.| Steele, wfl F. King. Totlmewllohvenofacilmesfor safe-guarding their Liberty Bonds we offer to keep them'in our vaults andheollectm,