New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 1

D "ADS“ MEAN .BETIBRtBU;SINBSS PRICE THREE CENTS. Dehark at Piraeus and Cas- tella and Seize Heights Near Phalerum Bay—No E}plnnation Given. KAISER PAINED BY KING’S ABDICATION German Emperor Sends Despatch of Sympathy to Brotherin-Law and, Queen Sophis—Eerlin Paper Haves at “Ravishment of Whole People” and Dedlares It to Be Without Parallel — Pro-Germans Under | Athens, June.14, Via London.—®n- tente forces are now landing at the Piraeus and Castella. Some of the ‘troops are occupying the heights near Phalerum Bay while others are ‘ marching to Athens, The landing of Entente troops has been effected at the point of the =+ coast nearest Athens, probably for ¥ :the purpose of preserving order iIn «the capital, and giving support to the ‘p:mew. government to be set up in con- vsequence of the abdication of King Constantine. Piraeus, the port of Athens, is five miles from that city. - Entente troops also have been i+ ‘landed further north for the purpose of safeguarding the ripening crops of Thessaly. The French war office * ! yesterday announced the occupation of the railroad terminal of Larissa, 130 miles northwest of Athens, by French cavalry. Constantine Leaves Capital. . ‘Athens, Tuesday, June 12, via Lon- don, June 14—Former King Con- . stantine left Athens late today to embark on a British warship. SIS Kaiser Pained by News. The Hague, Via London, June 14.— A Cologne despatch says the news of. King Constantine's abdication created a painful impression at German hud quarters. (The Kaiser expressed great chagrin and sent his brotherdn-law and Queen Sonmu & ‘megsige " of sympathy. fis Abdication Proclamation Posted. Athens, June 12, Via London, June 14 (delayed.)—The proclamation of former King Constantine, announcing his abdication, was posted throughout the street today. It says: “Obeying the necessity of fulfilling 7.my duty toward.Greece I am depart- ing from my beloved country with the heir to the throne and am leav- 4 iag my son Alexander my orown. I , beg you accept my decision with calmness, as the slightest incident may lead to a great catastrophe.” Berlin Ciatms to Be in Dark. Berlin, June 13, Via Londen, June 14.—The absence of adequate tele- graphic connections, with, Greece has 1eft Berlin without authentic informa- tion regarding Greek affairs since the news of the abdicatien of, the king was received. The Greek legation has ‘been cut off for several weeks from all communication with its government, receiving only occasional perfunctory instructions of a. routine nature by way of Switserland. The impression prevails here that the new condition of affairs will have no bearing on t.h';b military situation in Macadonia. evening papers % publish copious comments and retro- spects and laudations .of . King . Con-. stantine. The Lokal Anseiger says: ““The n indicates the final chap- ter in one the moving tragedies of: the world war. This is not a tragedy with a single hero, this is the story of | the ravishment of a whole peaple, and in vain will one search history for & parallel. “It is plain as sunlight that Con- stantine laid down his crown only be- cause he had not the heart to deliver up his people to starvation at . the command of England and France. “Russia and Italy appear to have been pushed aside in the recent En- tente undertaking. The newly created envoy Jonnart has forced the king to abdicate under pain of the confiscation of the harvest of Thessaly. =Because the king was deprived through thumb screw methods of every weapon with which he might effect his escape from sch a predicament he was forced to decide to give up his throne.” Pro-German Greeks Under Watch. London, June 14—A despatch ta the Mail from Syra, Greece, says the pro-German leaders will be sent to some place where they will be under Dousmanis, shief of the general staff, are among those mentioned. ZEPPELIN DESTROYED D-43 Brought Down in North Sea by British Bonar Law Informs Commons, Naval Forces, London, June 14.—Zeppelin L-43 hag been destroyed over the North Sea by naval forces, Chancellcr Bonar Law announced today in the house of commons. The a.dmlrnlt\ reports that no sur- zeppalm were seen. ‘| house of commons today. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. { ENTENTE TROOPS, LANDED IN |CITY GENEROUS IN |COLONEL RIPS UP |PRESIDENT TEAR GREECE, MARCH ON ATHENS| |04N T0 GOUNTRY| GOWARDS OF PEACE VRN OFF e GERMANS IN RETREAT AS BRITISH ADVANCE Important First Line Posi- tions in Belgium Are Abandoned. London, June 14.—Important sec- tions of the German front between the dys river and St. Yves have been abandoned by the Germans, it is an- nounced offictally. ¢ British troops followed the retreat- ing Germans closely and made consid- erable progress east of Ploegsteert ‘wood. ‘The statement follows: Our further advance east of Messines, combined with the pres- sure of our troops south of the front of our attack, has compelled the enemy to abandon important sections of his first-line defensive systems in the area between the river Lys and St. Yves. Our troops have followed up the enemy closely and have made considera- ble progress east of Ploegsteert wood. We also gained ground during the night in the neighbor- ° hood of Gaspard. We raided enemy trenches last niight morth of Ballecourt and south of Hooge, and captured a few prisoners in each case. Paris, June 14.—No important en- gagements during the night are re- ported in todays’ official statement. The Germans violently bombed French positions at various points, / EXPLOSION KILLS 50 IN BRITISH TOWN Bonar Daw Tells Commons of Acci- dent Near Manchester—Air plane Raid Victims Increase. London, June 14—Fifty persons were killed and many were injured by an explosion at Ashton-Under- Lyne, Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of .the exchequer, announced in the Ashton- Under-Lyne is a manufacturing town near Manchester. A number of persons injured in yesterday's attack on London by Ger- man airplanes succumbed to their wounds during the night. Firemon, ambulance workers, phy- sicians and nurses assisted by the police were engaged throughout the | night in the search for the bodies of the victims in the areas which suf- fered most heavily. In hospitals and police stations, women and men wait. ed for hours in the hope of receiving more favorable news regarding miss. ing relatives. & Berlin, via London, flest of our large airplanes’ today’s German official statement, “yesterday bombed the fort of Lon- don. All our airplanes returned un- harmed. PRICE REDUCTION CAMPAIGN American Federation of ' Labor Be- Heves Passage of Food Bills Will Reduce Cost of Living. ‘Washington, June 14.—In the be- lief that the establishment of a fed- eral food administration will result in lower prices, organized labor forces in.the United States today started an active campaign for passage by July 1 of the food bills pending in con- gress. The American Federation of Labor sent to thousands of labor unions letters urging them to press their congressmen for early action on the measures. Labor leaders became convinced after a series of conferences this week with President Wilson, Herbert C. Hoover and members of congress that the machinery provided by the bills ‘would force discontinuance of much food speculation, and elimination of unnecessary steps in the process of distribution. Many believe prices will drop 20 per cent. H. §. PRNCIPAL KILLS PUPIL! Arthur Willard, 34, Shoots Cecll | Holmes, 21, for Alleged Attention to Former’s Wife, at Bingham, Utah- Salt Lake City June :4.—Arthur Willard, 34 years old, former Uni- versity of Utah student and now prin- cipal of the Bingham High school, last night shot ‘and killed Cecil Holmes, 21, one of his pupils whom he had accused of paying undue atten- ; tion to his wife, daughter of J. Hol- den Kimball, prominent churchman. The shooting took place in Bingham where Holmes was a boarder in the Willard home. Under the laws of Utah Willard, who was arrested, will be freed at the preliminary examina- tion if the contention that the ‘slain student, was intimate with Mrs, Wil- jlard is sustained, New Britain 8637,000 Past Liber- ty Loan Quota at Noon $2,067,000 AND STILL GOING A. J. Sloper Expects Mark to Reach $2,200,000 Before Treasury Depart- ment Closes Door—$1,818,000,000 in Country at 1 p. m. New Britaln has responded to the urgent appeal sent out by the govern- ment for money to aid the allies to successfully combat * the German autocracy and that the United States may win another war. And it has responded In such a measure that it has been placed among the leading cities of the country in point of sub- scribing more than her share to the “Liberty Loan.” Not only are the manufacturing companies, the banks, those who are financially able to lnvest their money in “Liberty Bonds,” or the various concerns who have answered in, ‘a truly patriotic manner, to be com- mended, but to the workingmen should the greatest vote of apprecia- tion be tendered. They are the ones who have made the greatest sacrifice Sent out when conditions and food prices were and still are fluctuating, the request for subscriptions for this loan has been complied within a commendable manner by this class of people, who at times have been hard- ly able to eke out a living for them- selves and dependents. They have taken bonds in denominations as high as the law of necessity would allow them to and, through the arrange- ments made by the officials of the different banks whereby they may be paid for on the installment plan, their burden will be made lighter, This afternoon it was announced by A. J. Sloper, president of the New Britain National bank and secretary of the committee appointed to handle all “Liberty Loan’” subscriptions that $3,067,000 had been subscribed and that this city’s contribution for help- ing to uphold the nation’s honor would, in all probabilities, reach $2.- 200,000. New Britain’s designated allotment was $1,530,000 and $537,- 000 in excess of that amount has al- ready been subscribed through the different banks and if prospécts ma- terialize in the neighhorhood of $137,- 000 more will be added. The employes of the American ‘Hardware and the Stanley Works have each made a second subscrip- tion of $20,000 which brings their aggregate contribution up to $170,- 000 and $80,000 respectively- A glance at the figures will show New Britain as one of the most prom- inent if not the leader of all the citles in New England. This {8 more clear- 1y illustrated when it is recalled that the cities and states of New England, taken as a whole, are somewhat be- hind the “Liberty Loan” quota. Resi- dents should be justly proud of the showing that New Britain has made. $1,843,000,000 at 1 o’Clock Today. ‘Washington, June 14.—Subscrip- tions to the “Liberty Loan” reported to the treasury department at 1 o’'clock was $1,843,000,000. New York, June 14.—Total sub- scriptions for the ‘“Liberty Loan,” totalled in the New York federal dis- trict up to 10 a. m. today, amounted to $872,000,000, The clerks were sev- eral hours behind the subscriptions known to have been made. Chicago Needs $42,000,000. Chicago, June 14.—Volunteer sales- men in the Chicago federal reserve district started out today determined to make a record in obtaining sub- scriptions of approximately $42,000,- 000 necessary to complete the $260,- 000,000 expected from the district. Danbury Invests Sinking Funds. Danbury, June 14.—The common council has authorized the water de- partment of the city of Danbury to invest a surplus of $25,000 in its sinking funds in “Liberty Loan” bonds and Mayor Anthony Sunderland .will make the purchase today. Oregon Oversubscribes. Portland, Ore., June 14.—Oregon has oversubscribed her quota of the “Liberty Loan' bond issue by $1.500,- 000, total subscriptions throughout the state having passed the $10,000,- 000 mark today, according to com- mittee in charge of the bond selling campaign. The state’s quota was $8,500,000 JAPANESE MISSION COMING Envoys From Nippon to United States to Have Broad Diplomatic Powers—Will Leave Early in July. ‘Washington, June 14.—Japan will send a mission to the United States. The mission which will have broad powers, especially in diplomatic eon- sultation 18 expected to leave Japan during the first part of July, SUCCEEDS GEN. GURKO. Petrograd, General Denigkine, former chief of staff, has been nominated to succeed General Gurko in command of the armies on the western front. via London, June 14— | Expresses Patriotic Hatred for Men Who Kept Us Unprepared CALLS THEM = TRAITORS Our Duty Now, He Declares, Is to Train Our Giant and Send Him Over to Smash Prussianized Ger- many of the Hohenzollerns. Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—Colonel Theodore Roasevelt, in a speech which he delivered here today at the celebration of the semi-centennial of the Statehood of Nebraska, criticised the national policy of | the United States for failure to protest pramptly against German ruthlessness and bru- tality, deplored national failure to prepare for the war, pleaded for un- divided loyalty to the American flag, denounced the pacifists, and asked for generous support and for the use of the Red Cross in caring for American troops on European battlefields. ‘““We permitted our national policy,” he said, “‘to be swayed by the national devotlons and national antipathies of men who exercised the rights of American citizens but showed them- selves traitors to America' by the way in which they prostituted our citizen- ship to the interests of Germasy or to their hatred of England, * “It would be lmmslble to over- state the damage done to the morale fibre of our country by the profes- sional pacifists propaganda, the peace- at-any-price propaganda. The profes- sional pacifists during the first.two and a half years of the war, - have occupied precisely the position of the copperheads during the time of Abraham Lincoln. Overlooked Germany’s Faults. ‘The fact that shéer cowardice was more potent than the love of peace was proved by the fact that the lead- ing pacifists dared not condemn a single specific act of wrong-doing jwhen such act was committed by the powerful and brutal foe they most feared—Germany. They clamored for neutrality between Germany and Bel- gium. They denounced war in lan- guage which reflected as heavily on the fathers who were defending their wives and daughters from outrage as upon the aggremsors who systematic- ally practiced rape and torture. By their failure to protest against the in- human torture of the poison gas they made it necessary hereafter to accept this as an ardinary instrument of warfare: just as. by our failure to take immediate action in connecflon with the murder of innocent non- combatants by submarines, we com- mitted an offense against humanity the effects of which cannot be com- i+ pletely eradicated by any subsequent action on our part. “All this meanness and abandon- ment of duty was championed by the professional pacifists on the plea that thereby we should be ‘kept out of war.” And by their political pressure, they prevented us from preparing, and kept us utterly unprepared on the ground that preparedness invited war; their motto was ‘safety first’ not ‘duty first’ They cared nothing for right- eousness. They cared nothing for hu- manity. They cared nothing for our national honor or interest. All they asked was a ‘peace’ that would permit us to get all four feet in the trough while we' strove to distract attention from the squalid baseness of our ma- terialism by the 'shrill clamor of a sham-sentimentality. “And nevertheless we have not been kept out of war. Our avoidance of duty simply invited such cumulative repetition of insult and injury that finally war was forced on us: It merely resulted in our drifting into war stern foremost, in a condition of such complete unreadiness that we owe an ignoble safety exclusively to the protection of the exhausted na- tions to whose help we have an- nounced that we intend to come. Demands Undivided Americanism “From this time on let us insist on an absolute and undivided American- ism in this land, untempered by any self-allegiance to the countries from which our ancestors may severally have sprung, and untainted by any unworthy national animosity towards any other country. Let us prepare ourselves spiritually, economically, and in all military and naval matters | —including as a permanent policy the policy of universal military training and service—so that never again shall we be utterly unready, as we now are, to meet a great crisis. Finally, in the present war, a war for liberty and democracy against the ruthless mili- taristic tyranny of the Prussianized Germany of the Hohenzollerns, let us I ag speedily as possible train our giant, | but our soft and unready, strength, so that we may use our hardened might to bring the slaughter to a real and final end in the only way honor- ably possible by securing for ourselves and our Allies the peace of juxtlce based on _overwhelming victory.” In his appeal for support for the Red Cross, Colonel Roosevelt sald: “The most lnnml'talll thing is to (C onllulled On Tenth Page). T e WEATHER. 14.—For Fair to- Hartford. Junc Hartford and vicinity: moderate temperature, night and Friday. ! ST SRR R R G S EXPOSING GERMANY'’S HAl PARIS GIVES WILD OVATION TO PERSHING AND OFFICERS TEN MISSING AFTER BROOKLYN EXPLOSION Building Storing Sugar for Allies Blown Up—Hun- New York June 14.—After a search of the ruins was begun today at the American Sugar Refining company’s plant in Brooklyn where explosion and fire last night caused an esti- mated property loss of $1,000,000 the authorities expressed opinion that the loss of lives would not prove greater than ten. Of nearly two score persons earlier unaccounted for, ten made their ap- pearance this morning, saying they had fled in fright and a majority of the ‘others are believed to be at their homes. Fire following the explosion was not brought under control until early today &nd firemen and volunteer res- cuers were unable to enter the wrecked building in search of the dead. 'Of the scores of workmen who were taken to Brooklyn hospitals one died last night and many others were not expected to live. Not more than 100 of the 500 men in the building at the time of the explosion escaped injury. Several investigations were begun today in an effort to determine the cause of the explosion. The company has large. orders for the Entente allies and the particular bullding in whicth the explosion 'oc- curred was the one from which re- fined sugan was being loaded for ex- port to Europe. When the search for dead was be- gun this morning, 36 persons were unaccounted for, although it was be- lleved that nearly half of these had escaped and gone to their homes without reporting. The missing in- clude Henry Nidrin, assistaht night superintendent who was seen in the building ten minutes prior to the explosion. STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS THREATENED JUNE 23 Thousands Would Be Thrown Out of ‘Work If Machinists at Forty-one Places Quit. New York, June 14.—Representa- tives of the department of labor to- day continued their efforts to avert a strike of metal workers in forty- one privately owned shipbuilding yards in and about New York. A strike would affect not only 5,000 ma- chinists and 15,000 boiler/and pat- tern makers, but also many thousand employes whose work depends upon the workmen who have made de- mands for increased pay. The demands of the men are now in the hands of the employers and, if a reply is not given by June 23, & strike will automatically become ef- fective on July 2. The machinists d mand & minimum wage of $4.50 per day; erecting machinists demand $6 a day with double pay for overtime, holiday and Sunday work. AMERICANS HELD IN BERLIN { Many Refused Passports, Says Chi- cago Man Who Reaches Copenhag- ; en—Women Advised to Leave. Copenhagen, via London, June 14.— Michael J. Stark of Chicago, an em- ploye of the International Harvester company at Neuss, Prussia, arrived here from Germany last night. He had been trying since February 6 to obtain a passport and was just now given permission to leave Germany. He says that a number of Americans of his acquaintance have been abso- lutely refused passports until the war is over. On the other hand the German au- thorities are pressing American wom- en to leave the country. One woman, a long time resident in Germany, who recently reached Copenhagen on her way to America, said that when she appeared for compulsory registration the German officer in charge asked her what justification she had for re- maining and said that the government decided that all American women had better leave Germany. Another recent American arrival is Miss Sjozilius of Duluth, an American singer, who was engaged ‘by the Mann- heim Opera. Miss Sjozilius was re- leased from a long term contract, owing to the war. Americans Buried Under Floral Tributes While En- tire City Cheers Iiself Hoarse During Parade. Paris, June 18.—Paris opened its arms to Gen. Pershing and his staff this afternoon, and welcomed them with an“outburst of spontaneous en- thusiasm as only Paris is capable of. No conquering hero returning home could hope or receive such a tre- mendous reception as greeted ' the American commander as his automo- bile passed before hundreds of thou- sands of cheering people. Paris and particularly the French authorities, had planned a great re- ception but it is doubtful whether even the most optimistic pictured the almost frantic crowds that all but ‘blocked the passage of the automo- biles. Men and women ' cheered themselves hoarse and flung flowers into the cars Parisians declare that the only event in their lifetime that approached the reception in en- thusiasm was that accorded to King George of Bngland in 1914. ‘When the special train reached the station Gen. Pershing and Field Marshal Joffre were the first to ap- pear. Behind them came a stream of Amercian officers, each with a French officer as his host. The first shout of welcome now became a continuous roar that seemed to shake the sta- tion to its foundation. The police be- gan to clear a lane down which half a dozen automobiles moved at a snail’s pace through frantic throngs. -Old Glory in ‘Abudance. From hundreds of winddws Amerl- can flags were waved by men, wo- men and children. Sellers of Ameri- can flags had improved the hour pre- ceding the arrival of the party by distributing thousands of Stars and Stripes. Girls, with flags pinned to their ‘breasts and their arms_filled with flowers bought from their¥scan- ty savings, fairly fought for a chance to get near enough to the machines to hurl their offerings into the laps and on the shoulders of the Ameri- | can officers. . The Americans apparently had not imagined the heights to which Pari- sian enthusiasm could rise. Men and girls and even some old women strug- gled to jump on the running board of Gen. Pershing’s car and shake hands with him. The demonstration was the more significant because it came from a great outpouring of pepole who, for the time being seemed almost to for- get that war was in progress. It ‘was not Gen. Pershing alone who came in for unprecedented ovations, but every American caught sight of by the people was almost buried with flowers. Crowds shouted themselves hoarse with cheers for America. From every: housetop all along the route, from every window, from every elevation and from the thou- sands who choked every throughfare in the vicinity of the line of mr}h there was hurled a welcome that no American in Paris will ever forget. Gen. Pershing. was .expected to ar- rive from Boulogne ‘at 5 o'clock but his special train did net reach Paris until 6:30. This gave opportunity for thousands who work until € o’clock to mass themselves along the route, until the congestion became so great that transportation was tied up. Gen. Pershing’s feature’s were not familiar to the people, but “Papa’ Joffre’s cap caught their eye and re- vealed the identity of the soldier in khaki at his side At the station Gen. Pershing was met by a group of French officials, in-. cluding Minister Viviani, Marshal Joffre, and Generals Foch, Painleve and Peltier, and by a group of Ameri- cans headed by Ambassador 'Sharp. Before leaving the station the party assembled. Speeches of welcome ‘were delivered by prominent French- men. A dinner was given tonight to Gen. Pershing at the American embassy. Premier Ribot, Marshal Joffre, min- isters Viviani and Painleve and other leading military and naval officers and public men were present. The dinner was informal. Toward the close Ambassador Sharp proposed the health of the present French republic and the president of the United States and success of the expedition on which Gen, Pershing is entering. The premier responded by greeting the American commander as represent- ing the American army and wished him success in the task on which they are now embarking. He wished them ell success and proposed the heaith of President Wilson. Parls Capitulates to Americans. Paris, June 14.—The first day spent in Paris by Major General Pershing was a continuous successian of popu- lar demonstrations, given wherever the American commander made an appearance. Gréat throngs filled the Place de La Concord early in the day, hoping to catch a glimpse of the. (Continued On Eleventh Page). Explains Why /' by Using Her END OF WAR wo Declares Poace Talks Comes 89 Through “All Sorts of CH Exposcs Vicious Spy 8; Conspiracies in America, Ko by Berlin—If Germany Wins W Must Arm Again. ‘Washington, June 14.—F Wilson warned: the America: in a Flag Day address on the ! ington monument grounds toda Germany has carried into greater part of her lmmodh.u conquest and now is n new ‘“intrigue of peace’ end the war while her secure All the central empires, tln dent declared, have been & into one great autocracy-r pire, “throwing a broad belt man military power and politi trol across the very centér of .and beyond the l(‘dll the heart of Asia.” This he said, it is easy to 'unde: Germany is fostering & for an en.rly peave. o er foreign office year and more,”" said “A little of the talk has but most of it has Through all sorts of ch come, to me and in all so The military masters ui Germany is bleedirig see Vet to what point fate has bro If they can secure p the immense advan hands which: they has Ppeint apparently-gained have justified themselves Gernian people; they will by force what ,they pl’b by it 4 . The pregident ited ;& Germnn “M‘"l":fl whhb. United States to, war. . He the purposes for which, Am diers now carry the Stars to. Europe for the first ti tory are not new. to Ame tions because realization of ‘G war alms must eventually mesn undoing of the ‘whole spoke in full as' follow: “My fellow citizens: ‘We celebrate Flag Day becausc which we honor and' under serve is the emblem of ou our power, our ‘thought ahd a5 a nation. It has no othet’ ter than that which we give generation to generation. The are ours. It floats in majestict above the hosts that e choices, whether in peace or 1 And yet, though silent, it us,—speaks to us of the past; d men and women who went b afid of the records they it. We celebrate the day birth; and from its birth it has witnessed a great h floated on high the: symhel events, of a great plan of life out by a great people. We srgs to carry it into battle, = to where it will draw the ‘fire enemies.. We are about lo eands, hundred of tho be ‘millions, of our men, the the strong, the capable men nation, to go forth and die b on flelds of blood far aw; what? For some . unaceu thing? For something which never ' sought before? armies were never before se: the seas. Why are ‘they m For some new purpose, for w areat flag has never been. o fore, or for some old, fa: purpose for which it has its own men, die on every upon which Americans ha arms since the revolution? “These are questions wua answered. We are Amel ! in our turn serve America,: serve her with no private We must use her flag anx ways used it. ' We are aceo: the bar of history and must utter frankness what pur, we seek to serve, No Choice Other m- “It is plain enough how forced into the war. The nary insults and aggressions of Imperial German government left no self-respecting choice but to ta up arms in defense of our rights a free people and of:our honor & sovereign government. The militas masters of Germany dented ug right to be neutral. They fill unsuspecting communities W clous spies and conspirato sought to corrupt opinion of oy ple in their own behalf. Whe# found that they could.not ddt their agents diligently spread A L, (Continued On Tenth .