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

'HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. VATICAN S BRITAIN HERA NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, D HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSIN] 1917, —TEN PAGES. ESTABLISHE NDS PEACE PLEA TO ALL COUNTRIES AT WA ‘Pope Suggests estoration of Belgium, Serbia, Rumania and German Colonies a Peaceful Solution of Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Triest and Polish Questions " FAST. TROLLEYS COLLIDE AT NORTH BRANFORD:; 19 KILLED . Shore Line Car, Crowded With People Returning frem City, Telescoped By Extra Traveling at High Speed Toward New Haven—Motorman Claims to Have " Fallen Asleep at Post. 7 New Haven, Aug. 14.—Nineteen persons lost their lives in the col- Visionof two trolley cars on the Shore Line electric railway at North Branford late yesterday. Sixteen passengers, mostly women, and one em- ploye of the company were killed outright and two men died at a hos- pital here during the night, the latter being Leonard §. Hotchkiss of New Haven and Ernest A. Kolin of Clinton, & travelling salesman of New Haven. GOODRIDGE TELLS OF BATTLE WITH U-BOAT ew Britain Sailor Saw Torpedo Pass Ten Feet Away. The coroner’s inquiry was opened here. A gang of men this forenoon removed the wreckage on the line north of Branford so that through traffic could be resumed. The early « morning developments apparently did not change the aspect of the disaster as to the element of cause. Motor- man Wesley Negus of Saybrook, of the trolley car which had left Guil- ford as an extra and was running towards New Haven, sald after the wreck, that he had dropped off to sleep with his head on the controller box after the car left the waiting shed: at North Branford and that the next he knew he was on the ground. A few hundred yards to the west after 4 ronnding a curve th;':r H’;‘d ctuh'm:: George L. Goodridge has returned into the car from ven 'to this i was well laden with . passengers| . .io.op Z x ,: e bound for shore towns as.far as Say- i i brook and which had the right of |8t 53 Barnett street after seeing ' way. Negus, it is understood, did not | service with the American fleet in materially alter his l'&tamefi ’w forelgn waters. ~ The battleship on Denntza C&tgé;:mwy;‘:;i““’!o“‘n ’;g ‘which- he had charge of the can- hnol‘“t" and was tired out. m, and the issue of clothing and The coroner’s inquiry today was |uniforms sailed from an American conducted in New Haven. port a few months ago for the sub- The following is a revised list of fmarine zone. . the identified dead: Mr. Goodridge sald that he hardly John H, Cannon, New Haven, re- jrealized golng over that America was tired insurance agent. i at war for the routine was the same Mrs. Julius' Day, Shelton. as during times of peace. But once Miss Julia Flowell, 20, East Rivery|arrived in the submarine zmone every- Mrs. John Grannis, widow of Dr.|one was on the qui vive all the time Grannis, Old Saybrook. 5 especlally after some ‘“subs” had Mrs. Charles B. Chapman, widow | been sighted. of former Senator Chapman of West- | Hght was beginning to lower, two , brook. Submarines were seen from the bridge v+ Harry Morrls, motorman, New |of the American vessel then some Haven. . distance from the coast of France Antonio De Nardi, Boston. and immediately the battle between Mrs. Angelina Nimfe, Leete’s Island. |the U-Boats and the American war Henry D. Morey. New ¥ork. vessel began. The submarine got off Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Clinton. their torpedoes promptly and almost Mrs. Willlem Hofer, Guilford. with too much accuracy for one of Mrs. Andrew J. Higgins, Brooklyny|the torpedoes shot across the froat N Y. of the ship not 10 feet from the bow. Leonard S. Hotchkiss, New Haven,.| Meanwhile the Yankee gunners were Z(aied In hospital.) on the job, and the rapidity and pre- Bdmund Parker Shepard, Sachem's| cision with which they worked forced rend. the submarine to submerge, and the Miss Edna Waite, matron- Elm City | danger was past. N hospital, New Haven. Submarines were often sighted and Miss Phoebe Ingersoll, Chicagog ‘the watch on the ship . was kept Ernest A. Kvlin, Clinton. doubled all the time, Every man, Two bodies are still unidentified déspite his rate or ranking, was the morgue. | obliged to do guard duty. Among Miss Ingersoll's effects| When questioned concerning the were found a will executed in 1914, | morale of the seamen on board the and a number of papers of consider- |vessel and those on other Vessels, Mr. sble monetary value. Goodridge replied that it was excel- Handle Down,)}lent. The strictest kind of discipline Fips(HAS, Conto/let 18 1n force and drill is held on the When the inquiry of Deputy COr-| 14y contingally, so that the sallors oner Wynne was opened only a few ’ witnesses had been called. A num-~ ber of exhibits were taken into the soffice among them a controller box said to have been detached from Motorman Negus’ car. At the tme it | 1o syry ey s‘;’;:"i:;m;?,;:;yy‘;:;‘_’ was not clear why the controller boX\|soneq on the U. 8. 6. Nevada, a was brought to the city but later it| - g0:n superdreadnought. At present was said that examination of it|ap. Goodridge 1s & first olass yeoman, showed that the rubber piping had|ang dque to his consistent work for the been twisted around the lever. It .ot ton years.in the navy, it is ex- was said that this controller box 18| pected that soon he will be again pro- _similar to those which have been used | oted. on high speed trolley lines, and the| Mr Goodridge is a member of the métorman to get electrical contact 18| miks - He was graduated from ths obliged to instantly depress the lever. | New Britain Grammar school in 1905 It pressure is released the contact i8ang later worked for two years in the lost and the car ls without power. K Stanley Rule and Level factory. Mr. It is sald to have been a practice | Goodrich plans to spend the most of some motormen when running for | yseful part of his life in the naval long distances through a right-of-way | gervice of his country and at the end where stops are not to be made for | of his period of usefulness he will be «amiles, to attach a pilece of iping |retired. At the termination of his from the wrist to the lever so that |furlough in a few days he will report depression of the latter can be se-|at his ship ready to go wherever or- cured without the motorman being | ders rqay designate, and it is probable offensive naval work. Mr. Goodridge is an experienced sailor. He is now on his third enlist- obliged to continually apply manual | that he will soon be on a ship that is | weight. It is said that this piping|a member of the American fleet in on the controller box carried to the | foreign waters. coroner's office showed that the prac- tice had been followed on this car. The coroner's inquiry will 0 into{ Queenstown, Aug 14.—The body of the system of operating the cars as, | an unildentified American bluejacket S#t is sald, that there were no block | ahout 34 vears old was washed ashore signals and the cars were usually run | here vesterday. Keys tied around the by watch schedule. Crews set their | neck hore the letters U. 8. N. An in- vestigation ie being made by the American consulate. BLUEJACKET WASHED ASHORE. (Continued on Third Page.) One evening when the-|’ are well trained and very eager for TAX WAR PROFITS, LAFOLLETTE’S PLEA Minority Report to'Senate Calls Bill Inadequate - GAINS FOR BIG CONCERNS' P(-mxmta’ge of Net Income Over Nor- mal of Corporations Shown to Be Enormous—Burden on Péople Who Can’t Afford It. ; ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—A minority report of the senate finance commit- tee on the war tax bill. was presented to the senate today by Senator La- Follette, with the concurrence of Sen- ators Gore and Thomas, recommend- ing that war: profits and big incomes be utilized as the principal sources of taxation in providing funds for the country’s war needs. Contrary to expectations, Senator LaFollette did not pesent a substitute for the pending war tax bill. He an- nounced, however, that unless the senate adopted amendment fored by himself and his a: substitute will be offered. The minority report charges that the bill as revised by the majority meakes palpable inadequate provision for raising of revenue needed for fin- ancing the way through the next fis- cal year and that the onus of taxa- tlon has been placed ‘“‘upon those least able to bear it.” England has taxed her war profits 80 per cent. without impairing her great industires, declared Senator La Follette. Instead, her wealthy classes “were never:in receipt of larger in- comes, nor were her larger business concerns mMv; flourishing. “Heavy taxes, he sald could be levied on American corporations without any fear of affecting capital or crippling industry. It congress were to adopt the Brit- ish rate of 80 per cent. on war profits, Benator La¥Follette said more than two and a quarter billions of dollars would' be realized in a single year from this source, Seventy per cent. would yleld $2,021,000,000, 60 per cent. $1,732,600,000, 50 per cent. $1,- 433,700,000, 40 per cent. $1,155,100,- 000, 30 per cent. $866,250,000, ac- cording to estimates furnished by ‘the trade. Must Finance Many . Countries. “Nothing that this country or any country has ever previously under- taken In the way of war financing,” he declared, ‘“compares with the ob- ligations we are assuming. We have not merely to finance one country; we must to a large extent filnance at least five or six: other countries. In comparison with the average yearly wage of $700, earned by the /lAmerican laboring man, Senator La- Follette presented . statistics indicat- ing that the percentage of war profits over normal earnings of the DuPont Powder company was 1,400 per cent., Bethlehem Steel 1,300 per cent, American Zinc Lead and Smelting ' company 1,600 per cent., United States Steel 300 per cent., Anaconda Copper company 400 . per cent., American Beet Sugar 250 per cent., Armour & Co. 350 per cent. and American Hide and Leather 250 per cent. In urging that the income tax scale be increased to lighten the burden borne by the laboring classes, figures were cited indicating that wages have increased only 18 per cent. while the necessities of life have advanced 85 per cent, “It is monstrously unfair, Senator LaFollette, “to tax the every day necess of the average man or woman to pay the expenses of war in addition to commanding their serv- ices, and the lives of many of them and their children, so long as the swollen and abnormal war profits are not taken.” In support of the minority conten- tion that the majority estimates are grossly insufficient to carry the' gov- ernment through the next fiscal year Senaor LaFollette declared the esti- mate expenses probably will exceed the estimated receipts by $9,402,307,- 000, without taking into consideration the additional billlons probably to be furnished the Allies. THe majority report provided for the raising of only $1,943,458,000. Considering the loans clared. cept for the return of territory. POPE’S FOUNDATION PLANS Washington, Aug. 14—An unofficial outline of Pope Benedict's beace proposals recelved here discloses that the Pontiff includes some af the principles of world peace for whith President Wilson has de- Among. the principles in the Pope’s proposals are reduction of armaments, freedom of the sea, that there shall be no retaliatory struggle after the war for world commercial supremacy. These are regarded as the foundation stones of the. Pope's plan. ‘The Pope's proposal declares that the injuries to all belligerents have beqn so great that there should be no thought of reparation ex- Included in the restoration of territory, the Pope’s proposals in- sist, should be the return to Germany of all her colonies, as well as complete restoration of Belgium to her savereignty. 4 CALL FOR MORE ELIGIBLES CONNETICUT TROOPS NOT IN FIRST QUOTA Plans for Sending National Guard to France Per- * fected. Washington, Aug. 14.—Plans for the first National Guard troops to France have been perfectéd by the war department with the or- ganization of a division which will incude troops from 26 states and the Districts of Columbia. The states from which the National Guard troops are to be assembled are: Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, sending Maryland, South Carolina, cCalifornia, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colo- rado, Oregon. The others come from the District of Columbia. The commanding officer of the divi- sion will be Brig. Gen. W. A. Mann of the regular army, now chief of the division of miltia affairs of the war department. KWARDED COMMISSIONS Maurice H. Pease, Cedric Powers and Charles J. Kittredge Win Honors at Emngineer Training Camp, ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—Commissions awarded to students at the engineer training camp at American university, ‘Washington, D. C., announced today include: Captain, engincers, officers reserve corps: Maurice! H. Pease, New Brit- ain, Conn. ! 5 First lieutenant, engineers, officers reserve corps; ©dward T. Collins, New London; Alexander Kennedy, Jr., Pittsfield, Mass.; Cedric Powers, New Britain, Conn.; Louls E. Wyman, Pittsfield, Mass.; Charles J. Kittredge, New Britain, Conn. Second Lieutenant, enginecrs, offi- cers reserve corps; James R. Patter- son, Pittsfield; Frank W. Hoyt, Dan- bury. BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK Winshlp Destroyed by Striking Mine in North Sea—Captain, Two Officers and 43 Men Saved. London, Atig. 14.—A British stroyer has been sunk by a mine in the North sea. ‘The captain, two offi- cers and 43 men were saved. de- PGSR Ry WEATHER. Hartford, Aug. 14, —TFore- cast for New Britain and vicinity: Probably showers tonight. Wednecday fair. SEPGSS-SSS SN [ 1 aliens IN 2D DISTRICT FORECAST Only 400 Yet to Be Examined .With Draft Quota Far Be- “ low Necessary Number— Auto As “Dependent.” F Up to 1 o'clock this noon, when the second examption board closed exam- lnations until 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, a total of 113 men had beer found physically fit and had not at the time made claims for exemption. | So many men who are physically fit however, are making claims for ex- | emption on. the grounds that they have dependent wives, mothers, brothers or other relatives that the exemption board, acting on rulings from Washington, intimates that many who seek exemption on thése grounds may not receive it. It is un- derstood that the draft boards Willl have to be very strict in allowing any claims for exemption, either because of dependents or other reasons. To- day’s record fell somewhat behind that of yesterday. Out of of 308 men examined and found physically fit:-only 54 did not claim exemption immediately, while yesterday 59 were secured out of a total of 297 exam- ined. Unless out of the 400 men yet to be examined a total of about 130 men physically fit and not granted ex- ! emption, cap be secured it will be necessary for the second district to issue a second call as the first has al- ready done. The necessary quota is 239, Automobile As Dependent. Of the many claims for exemption received the oddest one yet was made tthis morning by Frank Kulukackas of 134 Winter street. Although phy- sically. fit without dependents he in- sisted that he should be exempted be- cause, he explained, he is buying an automobile and has it partly paid for. Inasmuch as he cannot stop payment and get his money back he thinks he should be exempted in order to save what money he has put into the car. He made such a loud clamor that he was finally allowed to make a claim | for exemption on industrial occupa- tion grounds, but officials state, he has no_earthly chance of getting ex- empted. Another man whose name was not recorded by the clerk ap- peared to appeal from the doctor's certificate on the ground that he can- not see ten feet in front of him. His eyes are very bad, he said. Investiga- tion showed that his usual occupation is that of a registered chauffeur and confronted with this fact he withdrew his appeal and decided to go to war. Two Chinamen and two German were . registered also, One Chinaman, Bock Hong Fong of 38 Church street, declared himself to be a declarant but claimed exemption on the ground that he has a wife depend- ent upon him for support. His coun- tryman, Jung Kun Ping of the same addre: is a naturalized citizen but was rejected for physical disability. John Wohl, who déclared himself to be a subject of Russia, loudly insist- ed that he was a German and should be exempted as an unfriendly alien. His eclaim: was not allowed, so he claimed exemption on the ground that he is a Russian alien. Frank Doum- koski of 4 Union street did not object to going to war, but the doctors ob- jected to letting him for his trigger finger on his right hand was missing. The avowed German aliens are Her- man Karl Ramm of 111 Cherry street —r (Continued on Ninth Page.) Message Will Be Treated With Open ----U. S. Government Knew of Proposa Rome, Aug. 14—Peace proposals made by Benedict have been delivered to all the belligereng: ernments. The Pope suggests restoration of Belgium, Se Rumania and peaceful solution of the problems of Lorraine, Trent, Triest and received from Vatican sources. Poland, according to re It is_expected the j posals will be published today by the Vatican. e ‘Washington Knew of Proposals. ' Washington, Aug. 14.—The state de- partment acknowledges that ‘it had recelved unofficial knowledge of Pope Benedict's peace preposals before to- day's news despatches were receivea here. No official cognizance can be taken of it until the proposal is con~ veyed officially. Whatever considera- tion is given to it will be after con- sultation with the Allies. At the Apostolic degation all knowl- edge of the Pope's proposal was dis- claimed. It was said the Papal dele- gate had not transmitted it to the United States government and did not | expect to do so. The opinion was ex- pressed that it would come through a neutral governmént. i ‘Within the Enteénte diplomatic cir- cle the opinion was freely and prompt- +ly expressed that the peace proposa: was inspired by Germany and was an attempt to split the Allies in a con- flicting discussion of their war aims. The extent of the state department’s information docs not indicate through what channel the proposal will be conveyed amd @ives no informaion from which an inference might be drawn as to whether it will come through one of the Allied governments or through a dignitary of the church. Officials were unusually explicit in saying that it eould not be discussed until it came officially before the gov- , ernment and were emphatic in declar- ing that no statement whatever could be represented &s reflecting the offi- ctal view. 'Will Be Accepted in Good Faith. If an inference might be drawn i from the under-currents which were started in official circles by the re- port, a trained observer would ven- ture the opinion that the proposal is one which would be discussed in good faith by the Allles but that it does not meet their war aims. It was indicated that a peace proposal coming from the Pope—the first actual proposal of the kind to come from the Vatican—would necessarily have to be considered carefully and deliberately and that an answer con- vincing to the world would necessar- ily have to be made. How far the peace proposal reflects the close relationship of the Vatican with Austria, whose earnest desire for peace despite German influence is well known, or how far it reflects the Catholic agitation for peace in Ger- many no one here would venture to say. It was recalled, however, that leading Catholics were prominent fig- ures in the recent peace flurry in Germany. Announcement that the Spanish’' ambassador at Rome had transmitted Pope Benedict's proposals to: the Italian: government and the opinion expressed at the Apostolic delegation here that they might be delivered to the United States by a neutral led to the possibility that the Spanish ambassador here, Juan Riano, might convey them to the state department. The Spanish embassy’s only infor- mation today, it was said, there had been received from the Associated Press despatches. Endorses Wilson’s The Pope's proposals, ready have been delivered resident ambassadors and ministers of the warring powers in Rome is quite lengthy, making in print some- thing more than a column of large | newspaper type. Although special ef- forts are made to facilitate its trans- | mission to the United States, this may not be effected for at least a day or two. | Meanwhile, however, an accurate outline of the principal of the Pope's ' communication is in the hands of the government here and already has re- ceived thoughtful consideration. In eloquent language the Pontiff | declares the terrible conditions exist- ' ing in Europe which he declares is hénded for destruction unless the Views. which al- to the belligerents are willing to Mi the appeals of disinterested cease a suicidal war. > Such conditions, he feels, Jjustify him in taking the pre portunity to .suggast what mayy hopes, at least, 4 foudationi which peace negotiations V. itiated. A i At best Pope Benedict's g are omly suggested as a ‘roi for such negotiations and; realizes that the details in complexity must be worket tiently and in a spirit of co by the belligerents themselyi Unqualified approval ‘of “P Wilson’s plan fi hy | future wars by tional organizatig behind it the neg| PO force its judgments, 18 given" Benedict, who declares that such a splendid project mui effective arrangement for redy armament to a point just's for defense purposes. ¢ No Indemnity or Rep It is inconceivable, the P that any permanent peace' © maintained unless the various g are willing to gather in amity upon a recognition of national Any attempt to prevent free ech action between the bellj 1t Pope points out, would b therefore he says there must ¢ dom of the sea in all that I implies. The Pontift' declares: extensive has been the injury to belligerents that there can thought now of either indem reparation, In a spirit of conciliation and tice, he says, all the belligerentsis submit to accept the losses th sustained exccpt in the matter ritory, and beside these questf indemnity an reparation the Poj clares that there must be no cf ation of the war by an 0) struggle - for ~supremacy which would be purely evil This refers directly to the: Paris economic conference, wi followed by one in:Vienna, effort was made to bind. the ents on either side after the, have practically no’commerct tions with their late enemies. On the important question of disposition of occupied territory the territorial ambitions of the bel erents, the Pope, by way of pref, admits that special cases might tify special consideration and adjusted in'all’ conformity principles of equity and justice; as a general proposition he fedly: & \proper basis, for discussion ;s be the restoration at onoce of &l ritory no ‘enemy occupation would involye_liberation of B leaving not a trace of Ge trol, ‘political or military. principle regarding 'freedom fullest sense, he says, should P in regard to every power and R Not only .must French territofy occupied by Germany he restory France, he says, but on the of hand all German colonies which h been occupied by England, Porty Belgiuin and Japan would be turned to Germany. A more difficult ITrredenta, the Pope thinks, should examined in o spirit of conciliatl W fairness and that special cons] eration in the settlement should § given to national aspirations. Likewise does the Pope hold tH the complex questions involved in adjustment of the Balkan staf should be considered in the sa spirit of equity and justice. He especially in mind Armenia, the kans, and Poland and the intimati conveved is that these questions of safely be dealt with by direct'dip matic exchanges between the.bel erents, once an agreement is ¥ question of Ttg (Continued On Third Pags