New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1917, Page 1

ALSACELORRAINE PART OF _[WISHNTON IS BRAWN OF NATION HEARS CALL FOR FRENCH PRICE FOR PEACE) f ' and Pay Indemnity to In- inredN‘afii!ns. mmua Jus- Mmtfl;o;m—&;m sunn"nv BRITISH German Naval Base at Oc- London, June 5.—A German de- stroyer has been sunk and another in & running fight between destroyers and Commo- 's squadron, the ad- The text of the fnouncement reads: almiralty an- “The vice admiral at Dover reports | that the enemy naval base workshops at Ostend ‘were heavily bombed in the eary hours this morning. A large number “of rounds '| teries returnea our fire but our bom- __tory occupied by Germany, the re- iurno!m-lnmmw France barding forces suffered no' damage;: “Commodore Tyrwhitt also reports that early this morning a force of light cruisers and destroyers under- his command sighted six German de- stroyers and engaged them at long range in a running fight. Ome of the Seven survivors ‘verely damaged. (| from the 8-20 have been picked up ¢ | and made prisoners. There were 6o s ulwthl on our side.” ‘m all. ‘amend- passes to the or- lomacy. None can or nfl’- with the national nm hay entertained b MW 1s the poMoy of mnknu- and clearness. ‘Where thc hour for supreme decision mt will be for representstives tlu country to determine fhe oonMfioM ot peace. W wish %o bring xbout the # triumph of the rights'of the ples and the ideals of justice and 1 Do not let us be decetved by formulas “ Whose makers hide themselves and ‘who wish to spread the conviction that we ssek conquest. We ask only mtwmll- ours. We demand m& % thé provinces which never ceased to : + ““Fhe resolution Which the govern- mut asks you to pass demands a _reparation, which none can contest, for apalling damages. The universal conscience will ratify these retentions. “Appealing to what has been said by the great republic of the United States, we wish to establish in stable fashion justice and right for all na- ' tions, guarantees for tomorrow ' for our children against the renaissance . It we fall back into our old differences the danger might bo great, but France united cannot be ! vanquished . “I ask you in the name of the gov- =, rpuaent in the name ef mm, that yolu- vote be unanimoaus.” : ——e 4 m:«m COREATES POLISH ARMY. Paris, June 5, 1:40 a. m.-—President ? Poincare has signed a decree creating . & Polish army. The Poles now serv- ing in the French army will form the nucleus of the new force and all oth- er avallabls Poles will be invited to enlist for the duration of the war, The who will fight under the ~.ancient Polish flag. will be organized - in the same manner as the French 5 m ‘dnd will be mamtained at the muo of the French government. —_— Berlin, via London, June §5.—The following statement has been issued at official headquarters under date of May ;i 30. ‘The German commander pproved. the formation of a con- tial council of Lithuania, com- posed of the most prominent = Lith- G-rmmnnlhuum‘. Ignorant Whether Reglstnflnn Is Being Evaded in Country HOOVER AND LANDERS DISCUSS FOOD SITUATION IN THIS STATE ——— QUIET Ill OOIIHEG'I‘IGIIT . 'Washington, June 5—4; noon to- y the registration was proceeding:| over the country without reports’ of ' disturbances or untoward ‘.inal- ita of any kind. resistance had been threat- ened nor in the large cities where or- nlh.d propaganda had been active. Thete Was nothing at that hour, however, to show whether the regis- trition was being evaded to any ex- tent but officlals were ‘confident the returns would show, that evasion is | n All Sevene in Bridgeport. Bridgeport, June 5.—Early regis- tration began here under bright skies and without a ripple of excitement of any kind. An ordinary election day would cause more apperent excite- ment.. At all the school . buildings ‘where registration is in progress of Home Guardsmen, fully equipped with ‘fixed bayonets, are ;| stationed as a precaution, but appar- ently they will have nothing to do. Torrington Anxious to Register. ‘lbm June 5.—Registration here with & rush. At 10 Nock. 1,000 men - had registered out, of an estimated totsl ‘of 2,600 subject to registration, There was no ‘| demonstration of any sort, Pittsfield Saloons Close. Pittsfield, June 5. — Pleasdnt thér and unusual quiet marked | registration day in this city, All of “|the day. the salodns in the city are closed for Each man. registering 1is a patriotic button. About 4,000 will register here. In Line When Booths Opem. New York, June §.~—Called to their Vios | duty by whistles on factories and ‘don, June §, 13:30 p. m.—The' of the: Italians in their attack on Isonso front gre placed’ at 180,0 offigial mfielfl- b Italians not omly ping the Austriak rush between Cast- agnavissia and Jaiminio but their counter attacks even succeeded in taking advanced position in this sec- tor, the war office announced today. SHOWED ANTI-DRAFT NOTE; IS ARRESTED Commercial Traveler Locked Up Afur. Displaying Literature to Rafl- Hartford, June §.—~—Because he showed to others & plece of anti-draft literature, a man giving his name as Louis Brodyat, his residence as 410 Central Park, West, New York city, and his business as & commercial traveler, was arrested at.the Union railway station today and is' belng held, without bonds, for a hearing be- fore United States . Commissioner Richard J. Carroll Brodyat, who sald he had just come from SpringfieM on-a business trip, showed a typewrStten sheet on which Were wyitten remarks of an advisory nature against the dratt, to the train caller. ‘As soon as the latter aiscov- ered the nature of -the paper, he called Policeman Dooley, who was on duty at the station. Brodyat protes:- ing his innocence of any crime, but making no effort to escape, was taken before Commissioner Carroll. According to Brodyat's statements to the commissioner, he was born in Russian ‘Poland 60 years ago, has been in this country 50 years, and is an American citizen. He says he is a commercial traveler, and that in the course of his business trips h picked up the sheet of paper at Prov- idénce. No other papers of a dam- aging character were found in his pos- session as the time of the arrest. STIMSON ORDERED TO REPORT. ‘Washington, June 35.—Formér sec- retary of war Henry L. Stimson, now a_major in the judge advocate gen- cral's office on officers reserve was formally ordered to report for active duty to the ohlef of staff for assign- * ment to tht army war collm here. shipping in the o7, New_York's young men thronged w»m tion places early standing e outside the booths when work began'| at 7 o'clock. The booths were guarded by .po- licemen and members of the Home Defense league, in districts pegpled by foreign born classes, fedéral agents and ¢ity - detectives patrolled ~ the | stieets, and in the armories’ 10,000 National Guardsmen were = kept duty, while the regulars were held in ‘| readiness in the army {-posts about New York. The first two hours passed with no reports of disorderly conduct resahing police headquarters, Enrollment’ proceeded at the rate of about five minutes forjeach applicant. Boston Also Dry for Day. Boston, June 5.—Registration day was signalized in this city by & pro- longed blowing of os at 7 o'clock the, hour at 'which the poll- ing booths in .the wi ul precincts ‘were opened. A police pfficer was as- signed to guard each bogth. . A large force of assistants wag ‘Oh duty with United Btates Marshal ‘Mitchell. In complance with the requirement of Governor McCall saloons were closed. Celebration at Washington. ‘Washington, ‘June 5.~—A . citisens’ patriotic celebration on the Wash- ington monument grounds was the feature - .of registration day here. Secretaries Baker and ' Daniels and Senator Ollie James of Kentucky were the program for 08, Heavy Rush at Wiéhhm. Hartford, June 5.—Reports fi city, state and United States officials and, from registration officers in the fourteen registration places in Hart- ford ten wards at noon today were that everything was moving smoothly. Figures from the military 'census shows approximatély 18,000: men to be registéred when the day opened, In somé wards:thiere ‘was no rush, in others the assistants were: . busy every minute from the start. .’ The problem was in the, seconi ward ‘where hundreds of those sub- Ject to registration fairly stormed tie plage. The officials fearéd that even with their large force of registrars they would be unable to complate their work by 9 5.—Registration r: the law is going forward fy through the state, and with a ponse much ‘greater than had bean; anticipated. Up till noon reports recelved from various sections and made direct to the.office of Governor Holcomb or to the offices of the council of Ae- fense in the state capital were indi- cative of a heavy and patriotic rec- ognition of the law by the young men of Connecticut. Local estimates have been exceed- . (Continued oh Eleventh Page.) iy . jb msntMni“m!m-w NSIfiNFIIRIlRAFl’ UptoZo’Cloek’l‘his After- nm&MHdAmend Registration Order. Enthusfasm, far greater enrollment than expected.and harmony thraugh- out characterized National Registra- tion Day in New Britain, greater pro- visions being necessary for registra- tion .than for taking care of those in opposition. or trying to influence others in opposition. At 2 o'clock this afternoon there was avery indi- cation that the registration would not only exceed every expectation but will for exceed the voting 'list . of those eligible. The, registration, then was 5,409.. On notable feature of ‘today’s registration is that thows of forsign birth are the most and announce their k Glory. -Not one breath opposition to conscriptfon” was mani- fested by registration officiills, Police- | men assigned to r jon: places or | @ty guard details. It ‘is expected that the number Tegisteresd 'will ‘far exceed 7,000 at the close of the day’s activities, Those of forelgn birth registering were fir more enthusias- tic, it anything, over the procedure and determination of downing the Central Powers than those of-Ameri- ‘can birth. The registratiqn, through- out, took on a .manifested patriotic demonstration. It ‘proved a revela- tion to those fearing that newly naturalized _ citizens and thome of foreign birth would faiter in their al- lo‘u.nce to .their adoptsd country. ° precautions. were taken by ufi{( G‘orgn A. Quigley. and Chief of ‘Police William J. Rawlings to pre- ‘vent-possible disorder. Regular RO~ licemen, supernumeraries and mem- bers of the City Guard, numbe over 450 in the te, were on |wu neeem.ry for the nuthnrmn to furnish adequate quarters for the ap- | plicants to register.® Not a tone of discord was heard- Street policemen and many in plain clothes had no dimculty in handling the crowds and no arrests for treasonable Y | are‘reported. The day was | g quiet than pne given over a na- tional election. Chief Rawlings, took lmmednbo i charge of the police detall, visiting ] the six registration places and as- signing ' extra policemen as required. | He found it necessary to send extra men to the Fifth ward, where the rush of applicants for registration swamped the force and made it esmry to establish two hastlly im- provised bogths in a dance ‘hall and .a vacant store on Broad street. Here the registrations far exceeded expecta~- tations, 2,000 being enrolled at 32 o'clock with long lines in front of the booths. The efiroliment will far exceed the tax i There was no disorder, no opposition' to the con- acription law voiced but an enthusi- astic desire to' enroll. Many had to consult police officers on street duty as to where written directions were to send them. Major W. W. Bullen was in active clurn‘ot the City Guard detail with W. O. Cook as officer of the d-y nd Sergeant Frederick O. Rad- clife as commandant: of .the guard. The registration by wards -at 2 o’'clock follows: First ward, 400; Second ward, 45 Third. ward, 500; Fourth ward, 80 Fifth ward,2,000; Sixth ward 1,259. . FOOD PARADES 'IN NORWAY. Citizens Will Demand Absndonment of Neutrality. - Christiania, via London, June 5.— The’ Tidens Tegn says that - a food demonstration will be held on Wed- nesday throughout. The day will be observed as a3 holiday, -#teset cars will be stopped, hops and restaurants closed, no papers. published nd only the trains will run as ususl The idea is to sécuré a grant n! 150,000,000. kroner:for the purpose of lowering food prices. The organisers ‘a186 want maximum prices to be fixed, the abolition of neutrality and the abandonmient of the proposed new military grant. FIRST CORPS RECOGNIZED. Bogton, June B5.—Acting Adjutant Genetral Sweetser has been notified by the war department of the official recaognition of the First Corps Cadets as a regiment of engineers, Recruit- ing for the regiment has been in pro- gress for some time and officers were prepared for the charge ‘of status. WEATHER. Hartford, June . S.~For Hartford and vicinity, in ¥ ing cloudiness, probably. ers tonight. wauu-hy show- ers and cooler. Held Prisoner in Germany, ®as Taken Off Armed American Steamship. (Special to the Herald.) Washington,” June §.—The food gituation in Connecticut and what should be done to improve it was dis- cussed at some length here at con- ferences between Herbert S. Hoover, prospective food administrator for the government during the war, and officials of the department, of agricul- ture and the Council of National De- | feneg, on the one hand, and George M. Landers of New Britain, chairman of. th@ food icommittee of the Connec- ticut' 'state council of defense, and Roliert Scovill, & member of that cor. ‘mitt My, Landers alsp got in touch with Reprcsenuuvo Lonergan of Connecti- He is understoad to favor strong ures -to control the food supply of the nation for the benefit of the Américan people and the allies of this country. £ ‘Willett Smith, a Connecticut man, s being held as a prisdner of war at Dulmen, Geimany, according to in- fornmtion 'received’ at’ the te de- partment. Smith gave his address as care of ‘Mrs. M. Shepard, 68 Spring street, South 'Norwalk, Conn. reported to have ‘been captured abourd an aimed merchant ship which the ‘Germans insist is tantas mount to ‘a warship. This govern-: ment holds that ‘men so captured cannot be ‘considered prisoners of war- but the fact is that they are, in Ger- meny. It is not believed much can be done for mhem 4t present. A AR Hartford, Jmu 6.—~The food mpply committee of the Connecticut 'State Council ‘of Defense has written to all members of ' the .Connecticut delega- tion in congress asking that there be incofporated in the emergency agmi- T s | SRS Srovi T | ma ble the appoiftmefit’ of a home' economics leader for each county of the state. Conditions in the state are autlined in the letter as fol- low “In the agricultural appropriation hill now before Congress.there is an {tem ‘providing for a woman coufity mn every county as a part of the on service. ’ . As Comnecticut'is a consuming and not a producing state, our experience has’ shown that the saving of food will be of the ptmol& importance to our people. This saving can bést be s#ffected in our judgment by the em- ployment of women competest.to in- struct the housewives in home econ- omica. TPhe expenses of such women will be met by subscription (and has already beéen guaranteed in the eight ‘sounties of .Conmnecticut) but unless the. Federal government appropriates the salaries their services cannot be avallgble in time to meet the pres- ent crisis. We are eonfident that the Dest interests of Connecticut will be sprved by including these: items in the emergency agricultural appropria< tion (bilL" MONGOLIA FIRES ON U—Mfl‘ American Steamship Again Figures in - Hostilities at Sea—Fircs Four | /Shipts at Attacking Submarine. London, June 5, 4:47 p. m.—The American steamship Mongolia fired four shots on June 1 at a German submarine which discharged a tor- pedo at the liner Neither the Mongo- lia or the submarihe was damaged. ATTEMPT 10 KILL GEN. WOOD Log Tied Across Track im Plot to Wreck Train Carrying Him Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, June 5.—An attempt ‘was made to wreck the train which brought Major Gen. Leonard Wood from Chattanooga to Birminghm last night. A log was tied across the track about four miles south of Chattanooga. AIR RAID IN PROGRESS British War Office Ofiicially Announces Attack on Thames BEstoary by Ger- man Machines Is Taking Place. YLoridon; June 5, 7:44 p. m.—Ofctal to, announcement s made that:an ah- | plane raid is now in progress over the Thames estuary. One German airplane is reported to have been prought down. Bomps were Yropped over Essex and Kent. He i8] W HSSUNE| REGISTRATION FOR AMERICAN ARM ‘More Than 10,000,000 Men Expected spond in Metropolis and Hamlet----N Force of 650,000 Will Be in Training Sept.---158,287 of Draft Age in "l‘(l!is, NO ONE EXCUSED UNLESS IN SERVI SPECIFIED BY THE WAR DEPi America is stepping forward today to do: her part in making the warld safe for democracy. . In every city and town, in-the most remote valley, hamlet and at the wild- est mountain cross roads, ten million sons_of liberty are inscribing their names on' the honor roll of the ages, that the free governments for which their fathers died may not perish from the earth, ‘White or black, married or single, *| vadi all men between the ages of'21 and 31 are expected to present themselves today between 7 a. m..and 9 p. m. for registration. ‘It does not matter that & man for any reason is unfit ‘for srmy - duty; that will be. established later. It does not matter that he may claim and be entitled to_exemp- tion from army service—that will be .attended to in another way. It does not matter that he is not & citizen of the United States, Every man be- tween these ages Is required to reg- ister unless he already is in the mil- itary service in some branch or other. The following is the war depart- ment's pfimer: ‘Who must ra‘Mer—An male por- sons (citizens or aliens) born betwcen | the sixth day of Jume,: 1886, and the fifth day of June, 1917, both dates triclusive, except members.of any duly organized force, military or naysl, subject to be called, prdered or draft- #d’ into military or naval service of the ‘United States, including all offi-' cers ‘and enlisted ‘of the regular army, regular a rve, officers’ reservc corps, enlisted men's reserve torps; ‘National Guard ' and National Guard’ -Resdrye récognised. by . the mijitia buresy, the navy, the marine | marine corps, ressrve .dnd: national naval volunteers recos- nizéd by the navy department. When—Today between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. ‘Where—In your home prleln"t How—Go in person to registration: place.of your home precinct; if sick, mpetent friend. The clerk: tize him .to prepare your ‘dorps, coast guwrd: waval mullfti, navat gorce, g Pun.lty for not registering—Liabll-’ ity to a year's imprisonment; then en- forced registration. 3 To register is not to be drafted. That is another step in the great plan. As each man registers today he will be numbered and at a later tima the numbers will be chosen for service but not until then will any man know whether he has been drawn for the first increment of 650,000 ‘men who probably will be called to- the calors for training early in September Before they ga to the battleflelds of northern ane. or the prsnehu ot outrn.(ed the qu up to be decided by, falr and impar- ‘tial boards. They _ will ‘determine : whether .physical .or mental detuu debar -any ome ‘from servics; whether the dependence of others np- on him, or the couptry's need of him in civil life, mfl‘fih necessary. to exempt him from service at the front. In the meantime, today’s duty is registration. The long arm of the federal law is reacliéd out to seize those who seek to evade the first duty to which all have been called and { Arkansas, 158,473; Califori 589; Colorado, 112,677; Ci 158,287; Delaware, 29,855; Columbia, &, Georgia, linois, - Iowa, 212,883; Ka tucky, 204, o1 Maine, 63,879: Maryi Massachusetts, 4174 128,164; " sipp! 117“" ‘Missouri, 3 tana, 73,464} Nebraska, X! 10,360; New Hamp Aa1re 578; New Jersey, 309,561; New ico, 34,382; New York, North Carolina, 194,066; Nor kota, 77,040; Ohlo, 498,89 homa, 216,312; Oregon, Pennsylvania, 879,378; Rh 60,790; South Carolina, South Dakota, S#90 195,479; Texas, 425,320 488; Vermont, 36,826; Vi 333; Washington, 212,624; 229,897; West Virginia, 1“. ming, 21,330, ' B Ro‘htntlon for' Huuu will ‘be arranged later. . proximate report of the Tegistration may be Dnhw o morning papers it will be; before a complm retutn 1 sembled. ke war depnrtmont precinct and county transmit any incomplets the governor of their stal therefore, be 9 o’clock ‘tonig the first precinct return in the u precincts . are closed: on . slope, Then ‘more flln’ ‘while these returns’ are mitted to the ite W ernors ha l::n s plete returns avallable: for local publi¢: the complete returns for. be. available. for pubiic’ first at a state cnplw nothing - but complote ' comparison. with . the. omqal of ‘what the ragistration ‘jv calities should be. All employers of to make- provision' to regjater. The {adividual, howeyey, s sible for his awn registration ter what it m fncor ywill : W tion nromm ‘whic e e may read ‘as’ may ui ‘that it insignificant’ people when oomn-rvd tude of th& duty it “""“ tark. % “\\ _“. those who by counsel or influence seek to prevail upon others to shirk it. The department of justice for the | time being has put aside all other | work; the great machinery of the.fed- . era]. government has been concentrat- [ od today upbn enforcement of the law. Citisens have been called upon as in- dividuals and wigilance committees to report any violation of the law; and |, while the machine of the free nation- al elections is being utilised to accom- Dlllh the registration, the entire fab- ri¢ of the civil government is being | employed. to see that it is done. Of the approximately 10,000,000 men who are registering today, the census bureau estimates ' that about 4,500,000 are married and ‘about 5, 000,000 are single. They are distrib- uted through the walks of lite - ap- proximately in this number: Agricul- ture, forestry and animal hulbl.na/ry. 2,864,000; manufacturing “and e chanical industries, 3,036,00; no 12:! tul occupations, §00,000i transporta- tion 967,000; trade, 1,054,000; public | service, 144,000; domestic and = pérs sonal service, 447,000; professionakt service, 335,000; clerical” oc¢upations, 374,000; extraction of minerals, 364,- 000. These iligures total less than 10,000,000, The remainder are scat- tered through:occupations not here classified which are many and varied. The provost marshal-general’'s of- ifice estimates the number of men sub- ject to registration today at 10,264.- 890. They are scattered through:the states as shown by the following table: Alabama, 214,795; Arisona, 34,814; graphed to Governor for the militia. '!'hm fives. ln .the. prison. Springfeld, "ITiL. June ized r?pl &t Jollet wene: at the disposal of l\lfli zmquuun. viots . sm u. Adjutant Gflml Dick afjer commun| with ‘General Barry ‘at CM Joltet; June 5.—The ‘first wo the, soldiers was to, clqg; the con away from ‘the blasing buildin that' the firemen could work. was ‘quickly done. - At 11:14, throg houts after the ftrouble ‘startad, convicts, had .not' been subdued the saldiers wefe. making progress heading ‘them toward the cell roo The infantrymen were instructed to shoot.unlgés to save their own live OT GCHARGED WITH Bristol, June 5.—Ad who' had . distributed i literature abput !lmcl\i, a¥raigned in- the: police charge of bréach” bf th lellt!llCed to Jl-ll for dx