New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1917, Page 1

"PRICE THREE CENTS. 311,100 13 ADDED L...10 RED GROSS FUND Glty Gonunuas to Respond-Na- tion-Near $76,000,000 Mark : 'DONATIONS FROM ABRO ¢'! Captain Moore of New Britain Gives " Boost to Standing .and Captain Platt’s Team is {Looking for Blood” —Boston is Backward. ‘With but two days left, the cam- . paign workers in the interests of the . Red Cross and the Y. M, C. A, Army Camp Fund, find themselves with the ‘task of collecting $34.094 from now until Monday noon wheam the final Juncheon will be held.] Today's re- ports from the team captains and the 0 of $11,100 bringing the grand % to date, $78,406. Captain 8, Talcott's team secured the today with subscriptions total- $2,955. Captain E. A. Moore's Am tontinues to scintillate, although second honors today with wports of $1,911 collected. Through- {_&:J& the week there has been a close Platt's team in the lead up to noon with $8,458 and ' Captgin 's reports showing $8,405. How~ > Captain Moore's report was in excess of Captain Platt's today l.’ll compared with $681. Team Reporta. 'l'ho complete report of the team th hd some caustic language was ap- fed to the man who refuses to re- in the person of James B. McMurray, president of the Acma Steel Goods are in a position to render to the young men of the country assistance in time of need, and many times they . are of quicker and more = efficlent value to the army and navy than the ‘government. To carry ot this! won- derful work particularly when it is ‘meeded 8o bad, the assistance of every man, woman and child in our great nation should be given toward fur- thering the v(ork » t for grand high totals with Cap- | . NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, FOOD CONTROL BILL READY FOR PASSAGE Indications Are That the Required Legislation Will Be [Enacted By July 1 As Requested. Washington, June 23.—Prohibion proposals and ' pending amendments eliminating government licensing of food dealers were the principal sub- Jects of contention in the house today. on the food control bill whose final | passage is expected tomorrow. | In the house speeches were limited to five minutes. Senator Reed of' Misspuri was ready to take the floor in the senate for a long speech, in opposition to the bill. Indication muitiplied today that the legislation would be enacted by July 1 as urged by President Wilson. TRADE. COMISSION T0-SET STEEL PRIGES President of Emergency Fleet Corporation Asks for Sweeping Inquiry. ‘Washington, June 22.—The federal trade commission will be asked soon by President Denman of the emer- gency. fleet corporation to fix a uni- form price for steel products for all industries throughout the country. The commission will be asked 'te name a price which will afford the producers a falr profit not o on steel but on pig iron, iron ore and every other material entering ints the manufacture of steel- The method of procedure will be for the commission to suggest to all iron and steel manufacturers and ore | BRITISH HOSPIT RUN BY AMERIGANS Six of l}ase Institutions Are Taken Over by Unit$ from U. S. WORK ON LINE ALSO memu,mmm Physicians /Assume Their Places in Gathering Spots for Wounded of Many Nationalities. British Headquarters in Franoe, June 33, (By the Assoclated Press.)— Quietly and with very little ceremony 80 as to escape all but official atten- tion American doctors, hurses and ‘en- listed men have within the last fort- night taken over six of the British great general fleld hospitals, releas- ing the English staffs for duty near their front. American surgeons have been rendering valuable aid also.in the forward casuaity clearing stations during the battle of Messines. This has been the duickest organized aid the United States has given British arms in France and has baan greatly appreciated. The Americans have been mnch im- pressed by ‘the cordlalty extended by thn British hospital units, 80 smoothly have the transfers been’ made that the Americans have taken up their new work without even a moment’s upset in the routine of the wvarfous hospitals. The Stars, and ‘stripes iy with the Union Jack from each hospital flagstaff, the two en- signs fluttering side by side in the cool breezes that sweep in from the sea. Sites Carefully Selected, The British selected their hospital sites with the greatest care and have producers that they unite and name a;| developed ' them with a completeness price themselves, subject to the come mission’s approval. Should they de- cline to adopt this course the gov- ernment has power to commandeer the plants. ‘With the government obtaining its steel for the proposed fleet of ocean- going vessels at a comparatively low price, it is feared that unless some restrictive action be taken the price of steel and iron to other industries will attain unheard levels within & short time. That, it is pointed ont. might be brought .:b:mt by t;. mt“bnl law of demand, ss the lfl"z ‘requirements fills, ‘would leave an jntdoqum supply for other industries. The commission might find it ne- cessary to find the price of manga- nese, limestone and other elements entering in the manufacturing of pig iron, which in turn is turned into steel. '].'l:- directors of The American Hardware corporation today declared their regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent,, and in ‘addition thereto de- clared a special dtvidend of % of 1 per cent., payable July 1, to stock- holders of record June 23, which will be ment to the stockholders with the following letter: The directors of The American Hardware Corporation have declared a special dividend of 1-4 of 1 per cent, payable July 1st to stockholders of { record June 22, for which check is unlike previous campaigns in which he was called to respond to invita- tions to address the gatherings, this one was very. aserious. Most people do not readily grasp the situation and the ideas which the founders of the campaign now in progress are trying to bring to a successful end- ing. In previous campaigns, many persons had an excuse to dodge con- tributing to fl:: campaign, but in the .gRrosent one, there was absolutely -no f reason for so doing. If the residents ""6! this" city, the speaker said, will ‘ stop and eonlider the submarine menace, the dangers of the prop- agandist and others who are prowl- ing through the country, trying to + foment dissatisfaction among the people of this nation, of the dangers and ' tribulations that will confront our boys who will soon embark to cross the ocean in the interests of democracy and humanitarianism, they will readily grasp the meaning of the work which the national. Red “committee has planned for. —_— Contributions From Abroad. - Washington, June - 22.—America’s campaign to raise $100,000,000 this " week for the Red Cross, today as- sumed international proportions when word - reached = headquarters that Americans in . London, Paris and Bouth American countries are actively soliciting funds. - Promise of contribu- tions aggregating several hundred thousands came also from Manila and Guam. Campilations at headquarters early today showed $63,000,000 was ob- ¢tafned and today’s work was expected to raise the total to near $75,000,000. New York Has Record Breaker. New York, June More than halt’ way to their goal of $40,000,000, campaigners for the Red Cross war funid today made an appeal far con- tribgitions in an effort to better yes- ter ’s record of $6,689,965 as re- ported by the thirty teams of men and womnien in a cumpetmvc race for the enclosed herewith. It is hoped that the individual shareholders will contribute this dividend to the New Britain commit- tee of the Red Cross, and to the treas- urer of the war fund work of the Y. M. C. A. in addition to their own gifts to these funds, If you desirs that this dividend be so applied please endorse the cheque and mail in enclosed envelope to Isaac D. Russell, treasurer. RED OROSS DIVIDEND, L, F. & C. Gives Extra Amount for Following the example of many of the country’s big corporations, the directors of Landers, Frary and Clark at & meeting held yesterday de- clared an extra dividend of 1 per) cent, payable today to stockholders/ of record on June 21 with the sug- gestion that the money be contributed to the Red ‘War Relief fund., Most of the owners are ex- pected to accept the idea, endorsing | their checks in favor of the Red Cross. < The directors also declared the reg- ular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. payable July 14 to stockholders of record July 9. FISH FOR FOOD. Boston, June 22.—All fish streams in this state are being stocked more heavily than usual and régulations governing fresh water fishing will be made as liberal as possible in an effort to reduce the high cost of living, Wil- lium A. Adams, chairman of the Mas- sachusetts Fish and Game Commis- sion announced today. BIOOD ON FLOOR. New York, June 22.—Dr. Schultze, medical assistant to District Attorney Swann reported today that scrapings from the wood in the floor of the shop of Alfredo Cocchi, where Miss Ruth Cruger is supposed to have been murdered ' last February, had been subjected to analysis and disclosed the presence of blood, e A that has come from nearly three years fleld experience. Some of the general ‘hospitdls are made up aof temted wards, accommodating forty to sixty ‘beds each. Others are constructed of a series of huts. 'Both styles are models of fleld comfort and con- venifence. The operating theaters are splendidly built and seem to lack nothing in-the way of modern sur- gical equipment. Originally planped for 1,040 beds each, virtually all the general haspi- tals have been enlarged to 1,400:beds and during a crisis can accommodate 2,000 patients. The units which have taken over the various hospitals were organized by American Red Cross, as “United States base hospital And with the declaration of war these staffs were turned over to the regular army for service. Settle Down to Work. The nurses are all graduates of ‘well known training schools and wilk probably be supplemented soon by voluntary aid detachments of young ‘women workers, such as are now at- tached to the various British staffs. The non-commissioned orderlies and privates were practically all taken from civil life but in keeping with the dac- tors’ and nurses have settled in their mew work with marked efficiency and enthusiasm. Cleveland Unit First The first of the American units to reach France was known as the Unit- ed States base hospital No. 4 and was recruited in Cleveland by Dr. Crile. ‘This unit has taken over British gen- eral hospital No. 9 somewhere in France. United States base hospital No. 5, organized at Harvard by Dr. Harvey Cushing with Major Paterson as commanding officer, has taken over British general hospital No. 11. Unit- €d States base hospital No. 2 from the Presbyterian hospital, New York, or- ganized by Dr. George Brewer with Major Hopewood commanding, has taken over British general hospital No. 1; United States base hospital No. 21, organized in St. Louis by Dr. Fred- erick Murphy with Major Fife com- manding, has taken over B. G. H. No. 12; United States base hospital No. 10, organized in Philadelphia, large- 1y in the University of Penna, by Dr. Richard Harte, with Major Delaney commanding, has taken over B. G. H. No. 16; United States base hospital No. 12, organized in Chicago by Dr. Bes, ley, Major Collins commandng, has taken over B. G. H. No. 18, all, of course, being “Somewhere in France.” Each American hospital staff has organized mobile units for service in the clearing stations just back of the firing lines for emergency work during the first days of great battles. The American hospitals present an inter- ‘esting international study with pa- tients from HBngland, Scotland, : Tre- iand, Australia; . New, Zealand. and Portugal. Stepg will be taken to in- crease the varfous units and bring them up to the strength required. American doctors and nurses have al- ready acquired the tea habit, which they enjoy every afternoon with the convalescent wounded. URGE RECONSIDERATION. Newspaper Taxation Still a Matter I Conjecture by Senate, ‘Washington, June 22.-—Representa- tives of the American newspaper publishers association today urged reconsideration by the senate finance committece of its decision to incor- porate in the war revenue /bill a section raising second class mail rates to 1 1-4 cents a pound and the levy of a five per cent tax on pub- lishers net profits over $4,000 a year. The association meeting here yes- terday protested against special por- posed taxes not levied on other class of business. | ! | NEARLY TEN MILLION REGISTER FOR DRAFT Been Received—Regulations to o X ‘Washington, June 22.—Following receipt of war regulation returgs from Wyoming and Kentucky, mak- ing the pation’s final total enrollment 9,649,988, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today that draft Tegulations. will be ready for publi- cation July 1, two months before the first call to the colors. Detalls of the machinery soverning exemption boards were not disclosed. In. addition to regularly tabulated totals, 6,001 Indians of eligible age ‘Wwere enrolled. Making allowanoes for the six hun- dred thousand or more engaged in military ‘or naval service not re- quired to register the provost mar- shal general's office figured the census burehu estimate of 10,375,604 eligibles as approximately correct, POLICE BAN BANNERS OF SUFFRAGE PICKETS Two Women, Arrested, Fall Back on Constitution for Legal Support. ‘Washington, June 22.—The police today began dealing with the suffrage pickets about the White House with & firm hand. It was ordered. that no banners were to be permitted to be displeyed and twenty | policemen were stationed about ‘the White House fence to enforce the order. Miss Lucy Burns of New York and Miss Katherine Morey of Boston, bearers of'a banner, who refused to move from in front of one of the ‘White House gates were arrested and taken to police headquarters. “You'll have to moye and give up your banner,” sald ont men to Miss Burns. “This is private property,” suffragist leader replied, “and you have nol right to take it away.” . ““Wouldn’t you rather give it up than have it taken from you,” sald one of the police matrons. “We don’t intend to give it up,” said Miss Burns. “You have no right to take it. Our position 1s logical and constitutional and yours is; illogical- and' unconstitutional. FARMHAND MURDERS FOUR Two Brothers, Their Sister and Family Physician iKlled by Crazed u..,‘ Goes to City and Surrenders. Watertown, N. Y., June 22.—Frank Driggs, & farm hand aged 35, killed four persons at the Dr. Buck farm in the town of Stockholm, St. Lawrence county, last night. He murdered them with a rifile. The victims were Henry Ladue, 485; his brother James, 48; Mrs. Josephine Rogers, 40, sister of the Ladue brothers, and Dr. Theron Jen- kins of Brasher Falls, who was called - to the house to administer to Driggs professionally. After the murder Driggs gathered up Harrlet Ladue, & niece of the Ladue brothers, aged 18 years, placed her in the bottom of a ‘wagon and drove to Potsdam, 10 miles distant, where he surrendered. The girl, who had witnessed the murder of her relatives, told & dramatic story of the tragedy and then collapsed. Driggs has been subject to fits of melancholia and is thought to be de- ranged. Though quiet, it was said that he became deranged at trifles. of the police- INVESTIGATION DROPPED. Mongolia Incident Wm‘ Absolved—No Search for Spy. Washington, June 22.—No further investigation will be made by the senate naval committee of the shell accident last month on the armed liner Mongolia, in which two Red Cross nurses were killed. The com- mittee is preparing a report, which, it is understood, will absolve the gun crew and the navy department from Tesponsibility. It was decided not to await efforts to find the unidentified man de- nounced by Secretary Daniels as a traitor or .spy for furnishing confiden- tial information fram the ordnance bireau to Senater Frelinghuysen, CONST E AT THUSIS. Thusis, Switzerland, June 22.—For- mer King Constantine of Greece ar- rived here yesterday by special train with a suite of thirty persons. The railway station was guarded by troops to prevent manifestations. The recep- tion given the deposed monarch was sympathetic. WOMAN MINISTER. Lexington, Mass., June 22.—While Rev. Christopher Walter Colller, pas- tor of Hancock Congregational church here, is absent in ¥rance with the American ambulance field service his wife will carry on the work at the church. —————— WEATHER. Hartford, Junc Hartford and vicinit, tonight rnd Saturday. D i S S 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. REFORMS IN RUSSIA - FAGE GOVERNMENT Yote. Will Be Allowed to Both Sexes Irrespective of Holdings, DEGISION ON ARRESTS Soldiers and Workmens’ Congress Cail for Dissolution of Duma, and Coun- cil of Empire—Japan Is Willing to Help, Petrograd, June 22.—The provis- fonal government continues the pro- mulgation of important reforms. The first concerns the Zemstvos. Hence- forth the vote will be enjoyed by both sexes independently of the present provision regarding property. Elec- tions are to be on a system of pro- portional representation. ‘The Zems- tvos are freed from the tutelage of admiration. M. Skibeleff, the new minister of labor has drafted a plan to revise the sickness and insurance law of 1913. This act will be extended to all parts of the empire and embrace & much larger category of employes. Sick . benefit funds heretofore con- trolled by eémployes and employers henceforth will be.in charge of em- ployes uncontrolled. The regimental court, under the terms of a proposed law, is obliged to decide within twenty-four hours whether there is good cause for ar- rest. If not the prisoner must be re- leased immediately. ‘Want Dums Dissolved. A resolution has been adopted by a small faction in the Soldiers’ /and ‘Workmen's congress calling for the dissolution of the Duma and the council of empire: The action is based on the ground that in the .early days of the revolution a group of Duma members took advantage of their parliamentary position to be- come _the center of a tumult which ‘was anti-democratic. Japan Offers Aid. Copenhagen, June 22.—According to Finnish papers Japan is willing to help Russia in the work of organiz- ‘ing the democracy and in the reor- ‘anization of the army. Japan ac- cording to these papers, exprésses the wish that Rugsia should soon resume its place in the ranks -of combatants. COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. Senator Newlands Not Sure of Lati- tude of Power in Steel Inquiry. ‘Washington, June 22.—Inquiry into production, prices and transportation of coal, steel, copper and other basic material over which goveriment .su- pervision, may 'be proposed during the war was decided upon today by the Senate interstate commercé commit- tee. Coal will be the first. subject taken up next Tuesday. Chairman Newlands explained .that as present legislation contemplates control only of food, the committee will' consider whether such.control can be extended to coal, iron, steel, their by-products and other raw materials as weli 88 their transportation. BRISTOL SOLDIER KILLED Max Killam Hit by Train on Trestle— Another Guardsman Suffers Broken Rib in Similar Accident. Derby, June 22.—Private Max Killam, 19, of Bristol, Company'D, First Connecticut Infantry, on guard at a bridge near here was struck by an extra freight early today and killed. He was on the trestle when a freight went north and came back on a -south track. Alfred Boudette, - another guards- man from Bristol on'the bridge but at another end saw a freight coming and jumped on a back car to avoid In jumping out of the car, he went through the trestle, a fall of thirty feet, which gave him a frac- tured rib. PANISH STEAMER SUNK. New York, June 22.—The Danish steamship Orion, & vessel of 1,848 tons gross register, was sunk by a German submarine June 4 in the North sea ac- cording to ofl\cerl a Dutch ship which arrived here today. They said they picked jp the crew of the Orion at sea. AUSTRIAN MINISTRY. Amsterdam, June 22.—Count Henry Clam-Martinic, head of the Austrian cabinet, which recently resigned, has failed in his attempt to reconstruct the ministry, according to a despatch from Vienna. WHEAT EXCEEDS ESTIMATE. Topeka, Kas. June 22.—A total pro- duction of 42,000,000 bushels of win- ter wheat in Kansas this year, 2,000,- 000 bushels more than the May esti- mates, was forecast in the June crop report issued by the state board of agriculture today. . CHASERS T Wushington, June —Preliminary reports from the New York Navy yards on the trials of the first of the 110 foot submarine chasers show satisfactory results in every respect. The hull was completed in a few weeks {ime and the boat already has weathered her first run without de- veloping amy defeck . ACTORY, GERMANS THANK RUSSIANS. “Thanks' for the long mdm- ing which fratérnalisation cnabled us to transfer troops to the western front to hold up the atiack of the English and French. Now enough are transferred. We are gonig to fight and will fire on fraternizere.” GERMANS AND FRENCH FIGHT WITH ARTILLERY Infantry Attacks Die Down —Teuton Attacks Are The engagement between the French and the Germans which was opened Wednésday by & German at- tack near Vauxallion, southeast of Laon, is being conducted ' spiritedly ing having died down. Paris today reports an exun:lon of the artillery 'dual’. eastward ' from Vauxallion. It was raging last night along a' front of ‘approximately 10 miles as far as the vicinity of Braye- en-Laonnois, reaching what the offi- cial report characterizes as ‘‘extreme intenst The infantry - battle inary successes for the ‘after prelim- remained to the Germans. | Resump- tion of attacks by one ddo .or ; the other, along a much wider front, ap~ pears an early probability. In the Champagne also heavy fight- ing is in progress. After the dis- appointing result of yesterday’s at- ‘tack by the Germans, in which the crown prince’s forces were not' only repulsed but afterwards driven from their own positions, ' they attacked again last night, this time at 'l‘c'.on height. This asszult failed. x .The Austro-Italian front oontlnun the scene of active preparations' but news is lacking today to throw. light on the lltna.fiok . ol parent! ”m. ulon‘: L o ‘sector of the. ‘!‘m tino front, where 'L‘rcnt is the Italian obfective. " 7 NGRWEGIAN STEAIER SUNK mmmumm From Cederic—Despatch 1s ‘Said to Be Omclal. London, June 22.—The sinking of the Norw: n steamer Cederic is re- ported in a Central News despatch from Copenhagen which credits to the Norweglan foreign office. °The captain and 12 men areé satd ‘to, be ‘missing. ¥ It was reported several days ago that the Cederic, a freighter, of 11,- 280 tons which left New York May 28 for Liverpool had been sunk. but the New York representatives of - the | line said they had no adyices. Temporary ' Injunction Will Not Be Asked Says U. 5. District Attorney Boston, June 22.—George W. An- derson, United States district attor- ney, announced today that he proba- bly would not ask for a temporary injunction in connection with & bill in equity filed by him in the federal court yesterday as the ‘first step‘in proceedings to break up an alleged unlawful combination in control of the fish industry. £by 3 It was alleged that forty-one whole- sale dealers control the capital stock of the New Emgland Fish Exchange. DUTCH MINERS STRIKE. sa;lous Situation Arises in Limburg; Interned Belgians Join. London, June 22.—A despatch to the Exchange Telegram company from Amsterdam says that nine per cent. * of the Dutch miners of Lim- burg (a province of southeastern Holland) are on strike for a mznimuln wage and eight hour day. Many Belgian interned soldiers who have been working in the mines, joined the strike which ' involves about 70,000 men. The situation is considered serious. RED OROSS SUNDAY. Hartford, June 33.—Governor Hol- comb today issued a proclamation naming Sunday, June 24, as Red Cross Sunday, when churches are asked to devote their collections to the fund. He asks every mai, woman and child to do their share by con- tributing to the fund. FINLAND WANTS FREEDOM. Helsingfors, Finland, June 22.—The social democratic congress of Finland has adopted resolutions demandini separation of Finland from Ruyssia and ratification of an independeént re- public. RUMANIAN MISSION HERE. A Pacific Coast Port, June 22 A Rumanian mission to the' United &tates arrived hen today, % Generdl culorn; 4 ESTABLISE ANDREWS' | Tamate of Archer Ho Rwiay Yery Sudd WAS WELL UP 10 mony — Alleged Victim o} Hartford, Frost King, 3 Windsor, in whigh was Home for Elderly People kept & Amy E. Archer-Gilligan,. wu tried on an indictment lor Frankiin F.. Andrews, testimony today. oL Dr. King said he mud on the night of May. 30, had not prdvlmuly tend him, ‘Witness was called at . Gilligan. - He thought acute indigestion as he comi lnum pain in the stomachi described as having a ‘buj tion. ‘Witness ‘did not ness to result seriously. tablets, one for nausea and as a p\lmtlv-, 5 ahy reason why Andl'”l‘ haye lived ‘for years. corn attempted to i1 certificate in. which the had been left blan had an _objection Under cross e: Holden the witness tion he left'was for pounded 'b; IO or 85-when Wf Andrews' years it ‘il ‘awtully. sick.' vomitted into .a th thought had found stomach from King admitf ney m ‘ad Mrs. Gilligan’s hrrest. said he would net: ll'm' bility for everything printed nection with thesh m Mr. Holden:. -mlle thing in' thl case Or York, retained by the d u authority on paisons :n;”‘“ ment credited to Dr, would not talk tbout the ¢ there anything that yo Mr, Alcorn’ thought you | thig case to embarras state of Connecticutiin asked Mr. Holden, » ' *“I don’t want to bility for the state of: ' replied Dr. King. The witness said he did | the duration -of “Andrews' il cause it is often impossiBle this and in Andrew: 1-.. 3 no_ duration. ~ . Mr, Holden read a usually the in: able to dle &t Questions u letter in_which Be gan had asked the’ sta) Inquire into Andvews at ‘this t1; serving declnmim. Mr. Hi that no evidencé had been. tured by the defense. 'He sald “Sothe on¢ may go to prh T will not see a prosecution turn a persecution of this wonjan.” Judge Greene sugges thy the case be tried simply and. fully without an apueal to pathies of the jury, reservingit the arguments. Mr. Holden did not appeal for sympathy pressed surprise that the state not produce the-letter. Mr. Alcorn said he ‘was not holding the letter but W&Iflad to 4y duce it later, and at the prop or Mr. Holden could offer it evidence. The court' ruled (Continued On FM