New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 7, 1917, Page 1

#PRICE THREE CENTS, . - NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED U. S. WARSHIPS REACH FRA PROVISIONS FOR ARMY LANDER “French M““Sh'y of Marme Announces Safe Arrival of American Squadron Off Coast---Gre ~ ings Issued By French /NQVy-tCollier Jupiter Unloading Wheat For, Overseas Expedition BRITISH ATTACK ON FRONT | ANSONIA MAN HELPS |HUNT FOR SLACKERS BEGINS E'@;fi:’“:}"&flflf Gt 8 OF NINE MILES NEAR YPRES| 10 SN SUBMARINE| AFTER 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT| By g Ot For Ituny and. = seasion'‘until ‘9 'o’clock’ tonight in the mayor’s office. Those failing and Aviation Parks Established : to comply with this order, will be dealt with in accordance with the Paris, June 6, 11 p. .:—The ministry, of oyl coksoeh sttty nounced tonight that American warshnpg W Josph S. Celone Member of 6an . Grew on Silvershell L on & 4% & sharp German sallent # south of Ypres. For several days the British have maintained & tremendous, bombardment for almost thirty miles % : o the -Wytschaste ridge of over nine miles. ‘We have everywhere captured 3 attack.’ Numbers of. prisoners _are reported alfeady to be reach- ing the collection stations.”. - “We Alsatians and Lorrianers will never forget that our emperor, by his overwhelmng majority of satians and Lorrainers did not want the war and only wanted to work out to completion their position as mem- bers of a state in union with the empire and to further pro- The new British offensive iy against| tung, referring to Praident Ricklin's miles people. of French cannot bring forward the “Such then, are the views of the Alsace-Lorreine. ' The ‘on this portion of their front. The |claim that there is & popular demand salient itself ig about three miles in | for reunion with France. The Aisa- width and the same distance in derth.| tians "ul:-:hd Lorrainers do not wish to An effective advance in this sector| be would seriously menace the German hold on Lille, which is about five miles from the nearest British posi- {The British also captured important trench positions all the way along ob- More than 1,000,000 pounds of high The cites histortcal evidence paper in supports of its claim that Alsace- Lofrriane for 800 years to from which it was forcibly appeal. to Franoce to relinquish the ¢ explosives was blown up under the |unattainable, its closing ‘words being: w - German forwasd positions. This, the ~ most gigantic mining operation in the | majority . history of the war spread panic among deputies the Germans. “Against Premier Ribot ‘and the in the French chamber of tion to hold what, before God and the “Panks were in the thick of ' the:|public law, belongs to the German . More than 1,000 Gerrhans | empire.” were taken prisoners early in the en- gagement. ‘The fighting continues under a mid< summer sun. The Germans hawe not | deputy A leading article in the Berlin Vor- waerts’ today, signed by the socialist ‘Hermann Wendel, argues that yet rallled for the expected countér*|the only possible solution of the Al- attack. "British Cssry Ridge. sace-Lorraine question is the forma- tion of two ; state on the same basis as the other into a federal British Headquarters in France, | states of the empire. - from staft correspondent of the As- sociated Press, June 7, via Lnndon‘;- o the The British rush this morning of ‘Messines-Wytschaete ridge 13 Belgian front took them well over the . KEBT BABY NOT FOUND ridge where they are now entrench-|geven Under Arrest for Abduction ing. : El'l:e village of Messines, was re- s ported to have been taken early in the It was also reported that Zareba had fallen and that ‘hed been surrounded by fighting. Lenfer and ‘Wystchaete “the British storming troops. Noon.—A. en persons Attack. Plot Deny Complicity in Kidnap- ping of Banker’s Child. Springfield, Mo., June 7.—The sev- under. arrest in connection with the alleged plot to kidnap a Jeweler named Clement, a baby and a St. Louis munition manufacturer today still maintained their innocence force of Germans made an attack| o o, connection with the disappear- northwest of 8t. Quentin at m|dnl;;“hyt.. ance of Lloyd Kent, infant son the attacks were caught under a vig- Jent French fire and retiredl Afler| . ..orv that surrounds the Today's official announcement sustalning heavy: losses. Little Activity in Balkans, Sofia, via London, June 7, as follows: There was weak artillery fire on the whole ‘Macedonian front. On the right bank of the Vardar and south of Huma an enemy at- tack against Bossilakova was re- i. pulsed. 'There was aerial activ- ity in the resion of Sraichadan ptinued on' Eleventh Page.) 6:35 s. m.—The official statement issued by the war office on ‘Wednesday reads of J. H. Kent of Springfield. Miesing now more than a week, the child’s disappearance seemingly is as far from solution as it was on the night his father drove an automobile many miles over Osark hill roads following instructions of the supposed kidnap- pers, only to return home empty handed. ‘WAKELINS INDICTED, Cambridge, June 7.—Joseph Wake- lin, a farmer, and his wife, Mrs, Sarah Wakelin of Melrose, were in- dicted here today for the marder of their six-year-old daughter Lauretta on June 1, 1916. HONRS. FOR COMMANDER| "™ / | Warrant Officer in Charge of Gunnerd . Be Promoted—U-Boat Seen 'to Fight in Mediterranean. Paris, ' June 7.—The American steamer Silvershell has had a battle with & submarine In the Mediterran- ean. . After an exch-.n‘g of sixty shots the ‘submarine disappeéared. Details of the fight were made pub- Hlc today by the ministry of marine. The Silvershell, commanded by’ Cap-| tain Tom Charlton, sighted the sub- marine on May 30. In' the running fight which followed the American boat proved speedier than its enemy and proved to be the master in gun- fire. . The disppearance of the sub- | company of Califorpin:: She sailed from - America early ' May with crew of 43 men, of whom 15 @American citizens. Her eomes from New York. are commander Says Submarine Was Sunk. ‘ Washington, June 7.—Willilam J. Clark of New York, a warrant officer from the battleship iArkansas, com- manded the armed guard aboard the American steamer ' Stlvershell, which sunk a German submarine in the . “It was a splendid plece of wi Becretary Daniels said - today, wWe are ‘now considering promotion for Clark who well deserves it.” The Silvershell is the steamer re- ferred to in yesterday's state (’epm- ment announcement a8 lwvinr sunk a German submarine after'an exchange of sixty shots'in @ running fight. The state department did not an- nounce the name of the steamer be- cause it is the government's policy not to 'disclose the names of ships having engagements with submersi- bles because the officials feel it marks the ship for further attack ‘as ' they belleve was the case with the Mon- golia. That vessel, after having once been tdentified with a submarine en- counter, has repeatedly been attacked as though the submarine flotilla has set about especially to' destroy the ‘vessel. 7. The other members of the Silver- shell’s gun crew were George R. Briner, Jameson, Md.; Thomas F. At- wall, Providence; Frank Brousseau, Southbridge, Mass.; Joseph S. Celone, Ansonia, Conn.; Donald F. Chisholm, Jersey City; Walter R. Horn, Boston; Thomas J. Leahy, Springfield, Mass.; ‘Willlam Martens, . Brooklyn; Maurer, New York; Jerrie L. Patter- son, Forsythe county, Georgia; Law- rénce B. Ray, Burnsville, N. C.; Her- ‘man L. Seedorf; Brooklyn, 3 The navy department received word some days ago of the action between the Silvershell and the submarine. In- quiries were made promptly of the naval gun crew at the port where the ship’ has arrived and, the account of the battle was confirmed. Secretary Daniels said his advices added: noth- | ing to the details of the fight already published. . As turret captain of the dread- nought Arkansas, Clark has held high | rating among warrant officers for the navy and was selected to command the guard on the Silvershell because of his ability, proven through years . of naval service. In some other in- stances warrant officers are in com- mand of the gun crews although in the majority of cases the men are under command of officers. Secretary Daniels did not say what grade he was contemplating in the promotion for Clark. CITY OF MONS FINED $100,000.. Amsterdam, via London, June 7.— The city of Mons has been . fined 20,000 pounds because & paper pub- Jished in Holland announced’ that Crown Prince Ruphrecht of Bavaria was in Mons when the city was bom- | by allied airmn, 4 barded by alll ?,' Leo 4 - Ends With Surrender ' to Authority. ' Petrograd, via London, 7:10 a. m,, June 7.—The Kronstadt incident is closed. The local committes of sol- diers’ 'and workmenig. délegates has recognized \the authority of the pro- visional' government. ¢ : The so-called Kronstadt republic Lamano¥, president of the Kronstadt council of soldiers’ and workmen’s delegates. It was negotiated on be- half of the provisional government by M. Tseretelli, minister of posts and telegraphs and M. Skobeleff, minister of labor who arrived in Kronstadt on Tuesday. The negotiations at first were car- ried on with the Kronstadt executive committes. The ministers then ad- dressed the full council and finally made speeches to, crowds in.- the streets. The local committee of the work- men's and soldiers’ “delegates at Kronstadt decided on June 1 to as- sume control of the great fortress and réfuse recognition of the provisional government. | The government offi- clals were removed. The secesisonits made a program of dividing Russia into a great number of self govern: ing communities' and sent mission- aries out to try and persuade neigh- boring towns to join them. The social- ist ministers in the provisional cabi- net, M. Tseretelli and Skobeleff, went to Kronstadt from [Petrograd and endeavored to persuade the seceders to abandon their plan. The present surrender apparently is a result of their mission. MACZKA RELEASED ° " ON BOND OF $5,000 | Wife’s Uncle Furnishes Surety in M of New Britain Man Held by Federal Authorities. Hartford, June 9—Matthew Maczka, & trolley man for the Connecticut company -living in New Britain, who was held under 35,000 bonds on the charge of distributing- anti-conscrip- tion literature in New Britain was re-. leased from jail today on filing of bonds by a New Eritain resident. P ' Maczgka is married to a niece of the man who furnished bafl for him. Maczka insisted that he had only one anti-conscription placard and had no knowledge of its origin.. SOCIALISTS TO WITHDRAW. San Bernardino, June 7—California socialists will withdraw from the national party unless the anti-draft resolution adopted at the soclalist convention April 7 is repudiated ac- cording to a statement made public here today by 'A. N. Richardson, member of the party’s state commit- tee convention. v B e S WEATHER- ‘Hartford, June 7.~For Hartford and vicinity: Con-~ tinuell unsettled, - probably ) thunder storms tonight and Friday. A A GEO. A, QUIGLEY, Mayor ' Final compiling of the.registration lists of Tuesday were completed in Mayor Quigley's office today and the .resiit showed that 7,171 men between the ages of 21 and 31 enrolled for service, when rieeded, in Uncle Sam’s army. . The -work of making up the Mats for'the adjutant general and the government officials in . Washington, D. 'C, was also completed and they ‘were forwarded today. The city was laid out in two districts, wards 8 and 6 comprising the first and wards 2, 4 end 6 the second, Tabulation of the figures follow; : First Second District District ‘Total ., B4 bR 11,226 Disabled * ..... Dépendents .. Occupational ~ emption No. exemption. Cojored ... No . exemptions ex- 15 697 20 g In the first ward, the number of applicants for exemption on account of total disability was 52, four times as large as the entire similar applica- tions in the five other wards. Ex- emptions claimed for' disability in wards was as follows: . First ward 52, secona 2, third 1, fourth 5, fifth 1 and sixth 6. Others asking exemp- tion for other reasons by wards is as follows: First ward 292, second 306, third - 206, fourth, 327, fifth 22 and sixth 517 Assited by a corps of workers, Mayor Quigley plans to start work at once in sifting out the “slackers” and when deflnite information has been recelved from United States Dis- trict Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy, ac- tion 'will be commericed against these recalcitrants. Mayor Quigley could not state this afternoon how many slackers there | are 4n the city, but with the taking of the census last spring/ and returns easily accessible, no difficuity will be encountered in tracing them. STATE FIGURES INCOMPLETE- Total for Towns Already Reporting Is 160,254. Hartford, June 7.—As registration under the conscription law will’ not be completed until tonight because of instructions yesterday of Provost Marshal General Crowder at Wash- ington, to permit delinquents to make good today, and by reason of the further fact that yesterday sick per- sons by agent filed their cards, the tabulations by Adjutant General George M. Cole are still incomplete. (Continued on Eleventh Page.) off the French coast. . The announcément adds “The. French navy greets with joy or‘g, vthe‘ln‘ a these new brothers in arms who, under th¢: flag gredt 'American republic; have come to participa RUMANIA PREPARES TO RESUME WAR Premier Declares Country Will Ré- main Faithful to Allles Despite . . Paris, June 7; 5:05 + hu'raorxanl:ed h new peace formula: Neither annexa. tions nor indemnities. She wishes to impose that formula on her allies and Rumania finds the formula acceptable as far as she is concerned. She. did not enter the war to make conquests.’ "Her single object was and is the liber- ation of " Rumanian territories ' en- slaved by Hungary, which never had the right to dispose df themselves. My country is keeping its' promises' under the most difficult circum- stances. ' It has beén invaded by an enemy superior in numbers, it has lost its capital and more than half of its territory. It has suffered famine and disease but it has never given up the struggle. Today Rumania is ready to resume the fight; its army is perfect- ly trained, and ‘it has material such as it never had before. “In the ' crises wc ' are passing through, at a moment when the - war seems to be approaching fits final phase, Rumania, who kept her en- sagements toward the les, has the lrlgh'. to expect that the allies will re- imain faithful to the terms of the treaty binding them to her.” RUSSIAN MUNITIONS BLOW UP Great Quantity of Explosives, Just Ar- rived From Engiand, Destroyed in Petrograd Harbor. 3 London, June 7.—An" explosion in Petrograd harbor on Tuesday, as a result of an accident, caused a fire in which" a great quantity of explosives that had just arrived from England were destroyed, the Copenhagen cor- respondent of the Exchange Tele- graph company reports. A number of persons are said to have : been killed. MAY ARREST LOCAL PHYSICIAN FOR NOT REPORTING CASE OF SMALLPOX County Health Officer Will Prosecute I Dr. Griswold of Berlin Will Furnish the Evidence. Laxity on the part of the patients or their families to repert the various cases to the proper authorities or in- ability of the health officer to combat with the plague hus led to what secms_to be a continuation -of the smallpox epidemic which has raged intermittently throughout the . towns of Berlin, Kensington and Bast Ber- lin for the past several weeks. It is also alleged that a New Britain do tor who attended a case of the di ease in the town-of Kensington and falled to make the proper -dlagnoais and to report it to the health offfcer of that town may be:prosecuted and steps’ in that direction hawe , been taken. If drastic measures - not taken at once 1t is reported that there will be a general shaking up of the health officials in the aforementioned: towns and more competent men ap- pointed. % About three weeks ago Miss Eliza- | beth McKeon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McKeon of Perceival ave- nue, Kensington, became ill and a rash broke out over her face and body. Knowing that smallpox was prevalent at that time in the neigh- borhood, a New Britain physician, whio has an office in the North end was called in to attend the case. Af- ter taking what was supposed to be a thorough examination he diagnosed the case as chicken pox and told the, family there was nothing to be ; Continued on Tenth Page.) protection of an Amiasio ‘the Matin announces.;.” is now' being ' unload port, the ne . ‘Nahne of the Ameriea: bringing his family. : The Matin says ‘the transpert- means.that of the army. is well the arrival of the accordingly. the Ameriea make no call on the French & food; i Jupiter, Says Secretary D ‘Washington, . June 7.~—The collier Jupiter has arrived: Secretary Daniéls lhllnllw laden with 10,600 tons of whes other supplies. 2 ‘The ship salled from an port without any intimation ¢ voyage ‘having been: given out. vance and is now at ‘anchor French port. S The Jupiter is one, of -the largest colliers. .She was. { electrically propelled ' steamer ‘built ‘and her performanos £00d that it led to 'the electric drive for all new b and battle cruisers 'the - Aw navy being the only one {a: to adopt this type of pr Jupiter was built Mare yard, San Francisco, and high speed for an. auxil vessel, which would en escape submarine attacks iréumstances: what supplies besides wheat t ship carried. PANCGHO VILLA IN Mexican om\.M‘ of Battle. JRED Villa was injured when ‘his ‘B and ‘kicked MR 1N becams' knéwn toduy at whose houss Villa Jose came here and said he: tertained Villd. He said’ mun:: at his house three 4 ‘he had reco d sufficiently his troops. . Thisaccounted or. absence’ from the Ojinaga fight ‘ Juarez, June 7.—After’ three hou of hard fighting the government of Gen. Cordova Espinoza aef the command of Francisco Vilia Mol day at Pueblito, six miles south Ojinaga, according to an official nouncement made here today.. RADISLAVOFF GOES TO Amsterdam, via London, Ju A Sofla despatch says ‘that 3 Radisiavoft left for Berlln o nesday accompanied by the*i the royal cabinet and the x the public debd ‘