New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1917, Page 1

;e « HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS EW BRITAIN HERAL | HERALD “ADS” M IBETTER BUSIN E4 — PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. —TEN PAGES. GOETHALS AND DENMAN OFF |SERBIA COMPLAINS | BRITISH EXPENSES ‘Former Retires Voluntarily and Latter Is Asked By President Wilson to Re- linquish His Office. o WHITE ADVISED ALL TO RESIGN Edward N. Hurley, Former Chairman of Federal Trade Commission, Will s Succeed Denman and Washington L. Capps, Chief Constructor of Navy, Will Replace Goethals—Bainbridge Colby on Board. ‘Washington, July 24.—President Wilson today asked Chairman Den- man of the shipping board to resign wnd accepted the resignation of Major General Goethals as general manager of the emergency fleet cor- poration. Edward N. Hurley, a Chicago busi- ness man and former chairman of the federal trade commission, will be- come chairman of the shipping board. Washington L. Capps, chief construcs \Sor of the navy will succeed General oethals. Bainbridge Colby of New York will become a member of the shipping board in place of Captain John B. White, whose resignation the president accepted today. President Wilson today accepted the resignation of Captain White from the shipping board. After his resignation had been ac- £Lepted Captain White said he advised ‘& the other members of the board to resign and give the ‘president a free hand for reorganization, Chairman Denmean- received the president’s request for his resignation at noon and tendered it immediately. “I want to help the president i every possible -way,” he satd, “an never have questioned the wisdom of 4jis decisions.” . The president’s action came as a surprise. Letiter to Denman. “The president’s letter to Mr. Den- man follows: “I hope and believe that I am in- terpreting your best judgment as well as my own when I say that our,duty concerning the debate and misunder- Mandings that have arisen in con- npection with the shipbuilding pro- gram ought to be settled without re- gard to our personal préferences or our personal feelings altogether, and with the single purpose of doing what will be best to serve the public in- terest. “No decision we can now arrive at could eliminate the elements of con- troversy that have crept into almost every question connected with the program; and I am convinced that the only wise course is to begin afresh —not upon the program for that is already in large part in process of execution, but upon further execu- tion of it. ,'f have found bath you and Gen- eral Goethals ready to serve the pub- Mic at a personal sacrifice. Realizing that the only manner in the way which can be completely cleared for harmonious and effective action is to carry our shipbuilding plans forward from this point through new agencies, General Goethals has put his résigna- tion in my hands, and I have ac- cepted it in the same spirit in which it “was tendered—not as deciding between two men whom I respect and admire, but in order to make invidious de- cislons unnecessary and let the work be developed without further discus- sion of what is past. “I am taking the liberty of writing to tell you this in the confidence that .vou will be glad to take the same W™ sinterested and self-forgetting course that General Goethals has taken. When you have done as he I am sure you may count with utmost confidence upon ultimate verdict of the people of the country with regard to your magnanimous and unselfish view of public duty and upon winning in the retrospect the same admiration and eonfidence that I have learned to 1%el for vou. “With much regard and very great appreciation of the large s~rvices you have rendered, “Cordially and sincerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON."” Letter to Goethals. President Wilson's letter to Gen- eral Goethals follows: : % “Your letter of July 20 does you great honor. (this was the general's letter of resignation) It is conceived in a fine spirit of public duty such as 1 have learned to expect from you. This is, you say, a case where the service of the public is the only thing to be considered. Personal feelings _and personal preferences must be (esolutely set aside, and we must do tne thing that is most serviceable, It Is with that thought in my mind that 1 feel constrained to say that I think sou have interpreted your duty right- ty. “No impartial determination of the questions issue can set the ship- buildin promptly and ef- fectively on its way to completion or success. 1L is best that we take the self-forgetting course you suggest and Negin again at a fresh sheet of paper, begin, neot the shipbuilding, but the further administration of the pro- pram. This shipbuilding is happily program (Continued on Ninth Page.) 11892 chief of the money order PROBABLE CAUSE IN INFANTIGIDE CASE Miss Molly Miller, 21, Bound Over for Murdering Her Baby. Charged with the premeditated murder of her infant baby, Miss Molly Miller, 21 years old, of 27 TUnion street, was arraigned before Judge James T. Meskill in police court this morning. The uncontradicted evl~ dence introduced by Prosecuting At- torney George W. Klett was sufficient for Judge Meskill to find probable cause for first degree murder and the accused was bound over to the September term of the superior crim- inal court without bonds. The testimony of the state’s wit- nesses showed that the murder was a cold blooded, deliberate one. Dr. D. ‘W. O’Connell, who first discovered the infanticide, was the state’'s first wit- ness. He testified that early on the afternoon of July 16 he was called to attend Miss Miller at her home on Union street. Her condition aroused his suspicions but, he said, she steadfastly denied having given birth to a child. The doctor institut ed a search however and, he said, hidden in a trunk in a closet of an adjoining room he found the lifeless body of a well developed male child. Medical Examiner H. E. Elcock said that there were wounds.on the baby's chest and back and he declared Miss Miller admitted having killed the child, which had been born alive and had breathed and cried, by holding her hand over its mouth until it stopped bfeathing. Detective Andrew J. Richardson who was called in on the case said that the woman had admitted the murder of the child to him and- satd that in addition to stabbing it in the chest and back with a pairiof scissors she had banged its head against the floor. REQUISITIONING SHIPPING Beging to Take Over Vessels and Orders Government Commercial Seven Tank Steamers to Report. ‘Washington, July 24.—Requisition- ing of commercial ships was begun today by Secretary Daniels. Seven tank steamers were ordered to report at Atlantic and Pacific ports to carry fuel oil for the navy, WRECK HOLDS UP NEW ENGLAND COAL Fourteen Carloads Spilled in Smash Between Danbury and Poughkeep- sie—Passenger Service Hampered. Danbury, July 24.—Traffic between this city and Poughkeepsie on the Central New England Railroad. was tied up last night by a train wreck near Manchester Bridge, N. Y., late vesterday. Fourteen loaded coal cars on an east bound freight left the ralls and piled up, blocking both tracks. Pas- sengers were transferred around the wreck, but freight service over the Poughkeepsie bridge route between Maybrook and New Haven was tied up, seriously delaying the heavy movement of coal in progress to the New England states. Wreck trains from Maybrook and Waterbury suc- ceeded in clearing one track after several hours’ work. No one was in- jured, although a brakeman riding on one of the wrecked cars had a narrow escape. KAISER Berne, Switzerland, July 24.—The Post Zeitung of Augsberg, Bavaria, says that at the reception given re- cently in Berlin by Emperor William to members of the Reichstag. the emperor, in conversing with Philip Scheidemann, the soclalist leader, spoke slightingly of America and ex- pressed the conviction that the United States would not play a decisive part in the war. VETERAN P. 0. EMPLOYE DEAD. Hartford, July 4.—Arthur T. Bogue, for 26 years connected with the Hartford post office and since de- partment, died this morning after an illness of more than six months, He was & native of Hebron, this state and was 47 years old. TEUTON ECONOMIC CONFER Amsterdam, July 24.—A series of economic conferences between Ger- man and Austro-Hungarian represen- tatives have been inaugurated, cording to Vienna advices today. CE ac- PAPER MILLWRIGHTS STRIKE. Holyoke, July 24.—The millwrights employved in the plants of the Ameri- can Writing Paper company here went out on strike today on refusal of the company to meet the new wage scale demanded. SNEERS AT U. S. ROLE. | Accuses Austrians 511(1 Bulgar- | ians of Ruining Commerce IMPOSE TAXATION SYSTEM Note Claims Has Population, Money Been Squeezed From Civil Laws Upseet by Military Autocrats and Homes and Libraries Pillaged. ‘Washington, July 24.—Serbia, in a formal note made public at the state department today, charges Austria and Bulgaria with an illegal economic ex- ploitation of occupied provinces and gives notice that ,'she reserves the right of claiming, at the time of the peace negotiations, an indemnity cor- responding to the damage inflicted, both on the Serbian state and its sub- jects, by these flagrant violations of public internatianal law.” The note claims that over 100,000, 000 crowns have been illegally ex:- torted, as well as 6,000,000 crowns in the form of forced subscriptions to Austrian war loans and the Austrian and Bulgarian Red Cross. The Serbian trade is stated to have been ruined by the abolition of the Serbian moratorium for the purpose of allowing enemy merchants to collect immediately, with six per cent. inter- est, debts estimated at 120,000,000 crowns. Failure to pay is stated to be penalized by sale of property at ridicu- lous auction figures, which allows the invaders to make immensely profitable purchases of large stocks of goods. In addition, many shops have been pillaged and trade has failen off at least one half. “By such arbitrary measures towards our merchants and by means of this legalized pillage, the military authorities have attempted to ruin our trade,” the note says. ‘Austrian and German firms will take the places of the ruined Serbians and will so bring a denationalization of Serbian com- merce.” Houses and Libraries Ransacked. All private houses abandoned by their owners, including the royal palaces, are stated to have been plun- dered under the theory that they were “unowned property” because the owner was absent. The national and ethnographical museums are reported to have been completely ransacked by the Austrians, the national library, the university library aof Nish, and the library of the school of theology at Prizzen by the Bulgarians. Books, manuscripts and art works were stated to have been carried away as booty. ,‘The Bulgarians,” it is stated, “have plundered to an extent and with ef- frontery unexampled in modern war- fare. “Austria also has placed the as- sessment of all taxation in the hands of a military committee. In the pravinces occupied by Bulgaria the whole Serbian taxation system has been swept away. “Similarly the Austrian authorities have ordained that Serbian money 'shall be accepted at 50 per cent. of its normal value. Serbian money was taken by force from private persons and Austrians money given in ex- change at a.rate less than malf its value. The Austrians collected our bank stocks at a very low price with the intention of changing them abroad at a higher rate.” PROTECT U. S. SQUADRON Officials at Buenos Aires Take Extra Precautions to Guard American Warships Due in Port Today. Buenos Aires, July 24.—Strict sur- veillance of the docks during the visit of the American squadron has been taken by the authorities here. The vessels will reach port this afcev- noon. After welcoming addresses, | one of the first atts o: the visiting marines will be to leave a wreath on the tomb of General Jose De San Martin, the South American liberator, and at the statue of Washington. The Americans will be given the free- dom of the city during their stay. STRIKE IN BRAZIL. Workmen Decide to Engage in Pcace- ful Demonstration. Rio Janeiro, July 23.—Workmen in various trades have declared a peaceful strike and have announced their intention of adhering to the movement. The police are taking precautions, ROCKVILLE PA; Rockville, July 24—Rev. G 5 Hartwig, pastor of the West Main street German Lutheran chureh for 29 years today offered his resign, tion, without giving a reason. The so- ciety will meet next week to uct upon letters OR RESIGNS. F. MONUMENT M Baltimore, Juiy 24.—An indictment was returned in the United States court here today against the National Retail Monument Dealers association of American, incorporated officers and members of the board of managers, for alleeed violations of the Sherman [ anti-trust act. FEDERAL SHIPPING BOARD| (F ECONOMIC BLOW| §33,975,000 DAILY Government Estimate Will Be Exceeded, Says Bonar Law $6,036,000000 T0 ALLIES Net Increased Expenditure 33,500,000 Pounds, Not Including Loans Others in Entente, Which Have Increased 800,000 Pounds a Day. to London, July 24.—Andrew Bonar Law, the chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons this afternoon that for 112 days the average British expenditure was 6,- 795,000 pounds daily. The chancellor said the total ad- vance made by Great Britain to her allies and the Dominions was 1,025,- 000,000 pounds. Mr. Bonar Law said the net in- creased expenditure was 33,500,005 pounds, not including advances to Great Britain's allies which reached an increase of 300,000 pounds daily. It was obvious. he said. that the government estimate was to be ex- ceeded. He declared he would not be surprised if by the end of the year the excess was not approximately the same as that of the last fiscal year. FIRES ON BELGIAN MISSION American Soldier Doing Sentry Duty Discharged Rifle When Leading Car of Procession Is Not Halted. Loulsville, July 25.—A sentry guarding the cantonment discharged his rifle at the parade of the Belgian war mission here today when the car leading the procession refused to heed his command to halt. The rifleman fired above the heads.of the occupants of the car. He was placed under ar- rest. 4 AMBULANCE TRIP OVER THE VOSGES Williamn Damb Initiated Into Ambu- lance Service With Journey Across Mountains on French Front. Word has been received from WH!= liam Lamb. son of Joseph F. Lamb, who sailed with Yale Ambulance Unit No. 45 on the 26th of May to drive an ambulance at the front in France. He reports that he likes his work well and is driving a Jeffrey ambulance. His ambulance was ready on the 28th of June and his first trip was over the Vosges mountains. Edward Martin has received a let- ter from one of his classmates of one of the early Yale units in which the information is given that when the unit arrived in France there were no ambulances ready for the students to drive and that the French authori- ties gave the men their choice of waiting in Paris until the ambulances arrived or taking positions driving motor munitions transports -between the base stations and the front. The letter states that 21 of the students were so desirous of getting to the front immediately that they accepted positions as drivers of the munitions transports. ANTI-GERMAN REVOLT. Uprising in Ecuador Against Pro- Kaiser President. Panama, July 24.—Dispatches re- ceived yesterday from Manabi, a coastal province of Ecuador, say that a revolution has been started there agajnst Dr. A. Baquerizo Morena, president of the republic. Revolutionary propagandists in Panama affirm that the outbreak is due to Dr. Morena's alleged pro- German policies and tyrannies. Propagandists expect the United States to support the local authori- ties . Dr. Morena is in Tumbez, Peru. FEAR GENERAL IRON STRIKE. Ironwood, Mich.,, July 24.—With miners at two properties near Besse- mer already on strike indications to- day were for a general walkout on the Gogebic iron range. The distrib- ution of literature, circulated by members of the I. W. W. has been ex- tensive. Posters demanding in- creased wages and shorter hours have been distributed throughout the range. SWEDEN LOSES 136 SHIPS. Total Tonnage Destroyed During War Is 125,000. London, July 24.—The number of Swedish ships lost by submarine at- tack or through striking mines dur- ing the war has reached a total of 136, according to a Central News de- spatch from Copenhagen. The aggregute tonnage of Is was given as 125,000, Danish ships to the number of 120 have been lost in a similar manner. ; these ves e~ WEATHER- Hartford. July cast for Hartford and ity: . Partly cloudy and Wednesday. 24.—Fore- vicin- tonight | workmen’s and soldiers’ | Atlantic ESTABLISHED 18 WAR TAX INSUFFICIENT : McADOO ASKS FOR MORI CABINETS IN PERU AND CHILE OUT Santiago, Chile, July 24.—The cabinet has signed. No reason for the action is given. Lima, Peru, July 24.—The Peruvian cabinet re- signed today. The ministers, however will remain at their posts until July 27 pending the formation of a new ministry. re- EACH EXEMPTION BOARD TO MEN FOR TEST| CALL 1,000 MASTER LISTS ON WAY: T0 EXEMPTION BOARDS Two Copies Being Forward- ed By Septrate Mails Today. ‘Washington, July 24.—Master lists of the draft—the official and last word assigning every man of the 10,000,000 to his place in the national army—were going forward in the mails today to the local boards. They supercede all hitherto published lists and rectify all errors. The lists have been prepared with the greatest cara and safeguards against errors. Print- ed by the most expert and trusted men in the government printing of- fice. they have been proofread three times by veteran proof readers. In order that each district board may be assured of getting a list in the mails two copies are being mailed to each, one in one mail and one in another. The theory of this practice is that if one list goes astray tlie other surely will reach its destination. The summoning of the men of the first increment before the local board will quickly follow the receipt of the official master lists. Until the men are summoned they are free to volunteer. Examination of the master list shows that red ink number 5,794 has been placed as number 10,500 in the order of drawing. It is assumed that this was the missing number and was placed last ,although the black cap- sule first came up as number 10,004. It previously had been understood that red ink number 4,664 was the missing number but that number was later found as number 9,652 where the master sheet shows it as such. ‘Another correction on the unofficial list shown is red ink number 570 as liability number 3,512. It was trans- mitted as 507 but duplicated liability number 236. The master sheet shows red ink number 507 as liability num- ber 236. KERENSKY T0 WIELD LASH Russian Dictator to Adopt Policy of Blood and Iron to Guide Country Out of Chaos. Petrograd, July 24.—A “blood and iron” policy will be put into effect if needed to save Russia, by the govern- ment of Premier Kerensky, to which unlimited power has been granted. In an interview today the premier said: “Relying upon the confidence of the masses and the army, the government will save Russia and Russian unity by blood and iron if argument and reason, honor and conscience are not sufficient. “The situation at the front is very serious, and demands heroic measures, but I am convinced the organism of the state is sufficiently vigorous to be cured without a partial amputation.” ‘The Russian council of delegates to confer with the labor parties of En- tente countries have arrived in Eng- land. They will be the guests of labor party leaders of England for a few days and then will proceed to Paris. London, July 24. delegates elected by the ADOPT INTER-MOUNTAIN RATES. I. C. C. Approves Without Change Re- port on Western Roads. Washington, July 24.—Tentative findings of the Interstate Chamber Commission in the Inter-Mountaln rate cases were adopted today by the commission virtually without change. A general re-adjustment of rates in- Cluding the abolishment of low pre- ferential rates from eastern sections to Pacific seaports, was ordered. By the commi on’s findings the whole inter-mountain territory will enjoy rates based upon proportionais of the through trans-continental rates to Pacific coast points. Rates on barley, beans, canned Roods, asphalt dried fruits and wine from Pacific coast ports via rail and water routes through Galveston to the seaboard were ordered re- adjusted to accord with the long and e~ | short haul clause. German Bank Reported to Be Willing Examinations Will Cease When Sufficient American Army. Members of the first and second district exemption boards are now all ready to begin their actual work, as soon as master sheets arrive from ‘Washington, Although every detail has not been worked out yet, it is probable that each board will sum- mons approximate the first thousand men on their lists for the initial group of eligibles. This will make about 2,000 men from whom it is expected that New Britain's first draft quota will be taken. In each district i BIG SURPRISE Quota | Has Been Secured for New | Needs of Army Navy May Requi Additiona! Five ' lion Dollars AT THE LAST MINUS ‘Senator Penrosc Calls Adminlstraf in Both Branches of Defensive Sq ice Inefficient and Indecisive D ing Debatc on Investigation €4 mittee on Publication—*""Pca Politics,” Ollic James Replics. Washington, July 24.—Seccref McAdoo today prepared new war timates for congress, very much those also reported ing revef the sen excess of which will necessitate rai not contemplated when finance committee revised the war bill. The bill probably will be | ther revised. | The government, basing an mate on the needs of the army 4 navy, wants the war tax bill to ] thorize an additional five billion 1A . Secretary McAdoo will appear. fore the finance committee late to explain the treasury’s needs bi on the requirements of the and navy. Whether the $5,000,01 1 000 would be raised by a bond i8 has not been determined. 3 when a sufficient number has been ac- cepted examinations will cease. As soon as the men are called be- fore the boards they will be given a severe physical examination and either accepted or rejected. Then will be given an opportunity to make claims for exemption or accept what fate has decreed. Already there are a state that they will not make any claims for exemption and will do their bit. Drs. T. E. Reeks and D. W. O’Con- nell, who have: charge of the medical side of the army draft in New Britain, have annaunced that they have signed the following local physicians to aid them in the work of examining the candidates for the first draft army: Drs. George H. Dalton, John L. Kelly, Edward S. Grace, M. W. Maloney, George W. Dunn, M. A. Kinsella and Edward J. Dray. i The doctors will take up their work immediately after the exemption board has certified the list of young men to be examined. A clerk will as- sist each physician, and with a large examining board, it is expected that the work of each physiclan can be more thorough and the examinations will be completed sooner. OFFERS LOAN TO ARGENTINE to Lend 400,000,000 Piasters to Gain Sympathy for Berlin Government. Buenos Aires, July 23—A German bapk is reported to have offered con- fidentially to Argentine government an immediate loan of 400,000,000 pias- ters. Although much German capital is concentrated in the banks here the maneuver is thought to have been made in an effort to neutralize grow- ing sympathy in Argentine for the Allies and to profit by the financial necessities of the government and its difficulties to obtain a loan in Europe. FIRE IN KEROSENE TANKS, Explosion Scatters Burning Fluid at Waterbury Blaze. ‘Waterbury, July 24.—Great ex- citement was caused in Brown street today by a fire at the public garage of Frank Peters, the blaze starting from an unknown cause in kerosene tanks standing near the sidewalks. An explosion scattered the burning oil in all directions and gave the firemen the hardest kind of a fight. Two automobiles were destroyed and total damage estimated at about large . number of eligible men who | While no official intimation of source of the new revenue Wps B | before Secretary McAdoo went be { the finance committee there was | dications that it would be drawn pi | cipally from excess profits and ei | taxes, probably some increases im | come taxes and minor increase in n | cellaneous taxes. Official figures: { said to show that excess profits in United States are now at the rate $5,000,000,000 a year. i Secretary McAdoo asked Chairn SimmoHMs ‘of the finance comnitted | withhold reporfing the bill to i senate as had been planned.fef.iad | until he could confer with the se i tors. The new situation threw all plans for pushing the war tax awry. Senate managers had na i when the big measure for raising revenues for conducting the war wol move forward. ; During a bitter debate today tween democrats and republicans Senator Penrose's resolution to inved | gate the committec on publicatil Senator Penrose declared adminisf tion of both the war and navy d ments was marked by indecision inefficiency. He proposed early in tigation. Senator James of Kentucky, de: crat replying, referred to “copp headism and sniping” in the scna and said Senator Penrose was tempting to play ‘peanut politics making baseléss charges. ¢ The $640,000,000 airplane bill H came a law today with Presidd Wilson’s, signature. This immense appropriation is of the beginning of preparations for 4 canfpaigh intendéd to overwhe Germany from the air. Mcre, tl 20,000 planes are to be built as first increment and there will be 1 thousand of aviators. ol Germany realizing the danger of air campaign, already is feverisl building airplanes to fight the 4 coming to overwhelm her. The" ment of speed therefore is foremost building the American fleet. <1 This feature was emphasized ¢od] in a statement by Howard E, Coi chairman of the aircraft producti board of the council of national d fense. The program must be carried of with a promptness equal to that d played by campaigns in passing t measure,” he said, “it is a task d manding all the initiative and pow| of American industry for consumi tion. All world’s records for industri development of a new art must broken. “One word of caution only need § said here. Under ordinary conditiot at least a year would be required the Industrial preparation which tl program demands. Yet we have such length of time in which to pe| $4,000 was done. The gasoline tanks at the garage are located under- ground and the fire did not reach these, HARTFORD MAN IN FRANCE. Hartford, July 24.—A cable an- nouncement has been received to the effect that John Jay Van Schaack, | son of David Van Schaack, director of publicity of the Aetna Life, has| reached France in safety, Mr. Van Schauck is the first Hartford man to join the fumous Lafayette Esquadrille, the American corps of aviators serving in France. From reparts of the As- soclated Press, the Lafayette Flying | Squadron made fourteen patrol flights along the enemy lines during the week | ending July 14. In these flights sixt; i seven airplanes took part. men fought fifteen air duels, with the result that several German machines | were damaged, and one destroyed. I :was diecharged several form the task now.” LOCAL BOYS ENLIST. City Chauffeur and Water Departmer Guard Join Medical Cor Daniel Fitzpatrick, chautticur fc the board of public works, and Jol Coffey, a guard emploved by the watq department, enlisted in the medi corps of the United States army 4 New I[laven today. Coffey will leay for Fort Slocum on Saturday an| Fitzpatrick will Teave a week later. Both of these men have seen P vious service. Fitzpatrick was g several years a member of Compan E, where he was company coo! Coffey is also a former Com pany man, having served with the co! pany at the border last summer. E] months & dlsability, . b } because of physical was accepted today.