New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1917, Page 3

"Boston Store The time is fast approaching for the opening of the schools. Have you' looked into the requirements of the little folks for that occasion. 00— We are showing pretty Plaid Ginghams, 27 inches wide, correct for school wear At 15¢ a Yard. S, Also fine 32-inch Plaids At 17¢ a Yard. —Q Peggy Cloth is about the best wearing material known for Blouses, Dresses, etc., is 33 inches wide —O At 20c a Yard. Underwear in all weights and sizes, from 19¢ to 50c each. o w Good Strong Stockings in black, white and tan, sizes 6 to 11. Prices 1215¢ to 38c. Ot Hair Ribbox(l)s in all colors. Handkerchiefs, Ties, etc. —0i McCALL PATTERNS 10c, 15¢, 20c. .PULLAR & NIVEN ~VETERANS WILDLY CHEER WAR SPEECH Shout and Wave Flags When <« (ommander Patterson Talks Boston, Aug. 22.—William J. Pat- terson of Pittsburgh, ‘commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of Republic, speaking today at the opening session of the encampment aréused the great- st enthusiasm by declaring that merica had drawn the sword in fav- or of the oppressed people of Europe who had appealed for help. The con- vention hall rang with war-time shouts as the veterans rose to their feet, waved battle torn flags and cheered wildly every reference by their leader to the unselfish motive which had prompted the United ,§tates to enter the struggle for the freedom of the world and without hope or thought of reward. “Except for the physical training of the men, this nation was never better prepared for a great war,’” Commander Patterson said. “The people of the whole country are thor- oughly loyal and devoted to the flag. Our one time enemies through the "smnh express unqualified loyalty to the nation, and in the war donfront- ing us the men of the north and the men of the south will be found marching shoulder to shoulder in de- fense of humanity and of the rights of the American union.” Discussing the causes which led to American participation in the war, “ommander Patterson said that while the American people were reluctant to do so, the force of circumstances was irresistible. ‘“The continued and increasing insolence of the imperial German government could no longer be tolerated,” he declared. *“Its vio- lation of solemn pledges, its army of plotting spies scattered throughout e lands, its schemes to destroy workshops and create strikes, its in- trigues to stir up insurrections among our own people and provoke hostility in neighboring nations had reached a point where forbearance had ceased to be a virtue, “When notice came to us that the Wsolemn pledge of Germany was to be raised and the indiscriminate and ruthless submarine warfare resumed, the only course left for this govern- ment was to sever diplomatic rela- tions with that empire.” Immediately, he said, as cornmand- er-in-chief of the G. A. R., he tele- graphed President Wilson that the Grand Army of the Republic heartily Supported his stand for neutral rights of Americans to the free use of the open seas, “Later in Washington,” Mr. Pat- terson said, “I called at the ‘Vhite House to reiterate in person what had been declared by wire. Predident ‘Wilson expressed his pleasure at our prompt endorsement of his course, remarking that he and the whole country knew without any assurances how the Grand Army of the Republic stood on all patriotic questions and that no one had any doubt as to how that organization stood in the present crisis, “And so today our lives, our prop- erty and our sacred honor are pledged In support of liberty in the titanic struggle now waged between autoc- iacy and democrary. Commander Patterson presided over the convention, wielding a gavel made from the tifmbers of the frigate Conetitution, famillarly known as “Old Ironsides.” SEDITION GANNOT - BE PUNISHED HERE But American Defense Society Is Having Bill Drafted New York, Aug. 22.—In response to the need for federal laws against lsedltion which amounts to less than !treason, punishable by death, the American Defense society is having drafted an anti-sedition bill which will shortly be introduced in congress. In its campaign against the propa- ganda of sedition the soclety has found itself confronted with the fact that there is at present no law in the United States punishing sedition, such a provision having been cut out of the espionage bill. The soapbox orator who now inveighs against our allies violates no law unless he incites to riot. It is the purpose of the society to have such disloyal action classed as a crime and to have a punishment prescribed by federal statute. This would put an end to the anti-British campaign now being waged in this city by the Friends of Irish Freedom and others. The need for spch a law was em- phasized in a letter which Police Commissioner Woods sent yesterday to Col. Roosevelt in reply to a letter from Oyster Bay to police headquar- ters asking for more stringent action against seditious orators. The com- missioner wrote the Colonel that the department was doing the best it could under the present law, and said: “If disloyal¥preaching is to be effec- tively prevented in this country a federal statute should be enacted making criminal any sort of propa- ganda, printed or spoken, in favor of the enemy or tending to weaken our country in its struggle for demooracy and for the right of free nations to exist.” ‘Woods’ Letter to Roosevelt. Commissioner Woods in his letter to Col. Roosevelt said in patt: - The right to hold meetings in the street is, of course, clear. People may gather and speak their minds, and the police are bound- to protect them in thir right so long as the gathering is conducted lawfully, not interfer- ing with the rights of others, not blocking the streets or sidewalks 80 as -to prevent others from using them, and not inciting to violence. The police will con- tinue to permit lawful street meetings. In war times however, some of these matters have to be looked over again to see what, under the changed conditions, constitutes incitment to violence and inter- ference with the rights of others. If treason is preached in our streets an immediate arrest will, ' of course, be made, ajd we have the United States statute dealing with treason, which provides the punishment of death. But the United States authorities have advised us that under this statute the courts will hold only most serious cases, which would justi- fy the extreme penalty. So far no utterance of any street speak- er that has been reported to me fails in this class, and there is no other Federal law that applies unless we can prove interference or attempt to interfere with the military or naval forces of the United States. If there is talk on the street, therefore, which though clearly of a seditious nature cannot be classed as treason/ under ‘the statute, we have to fall back on aur local statutes that prohibit conduct seriously disturbing or endangering the public peace, or disorderly conduct leading to a breach of the peace. Right here is a gap in the law, for these state laws provide no way to pro- ceed against seditious propagan- da in the streets unless the se- +difious person is also disorderly. If disloyal preaching is to be ef- fectively prevented in this coun- try a Federal statute should be enacted making criminal any sort of propaganda, printed or spoken, in favor of the enemy, or tend ing to weaken our country in its struggle for democracy and for the right of free nations to exist. Although in ordinary times it might be wise for a policeman not to interfere with a speaker in close cases, in war times the safety of the nation is paramount, and in such cases the force have instructions to take summary ac- tion. Letter From Roosevelt. In announcing yesterday a campaign to bring home to the American people the atrocities of the Germans in the conduct of the war, the American De- fense society made public the fol- lowing letter from Colonel Roosevelt, who is a member of the Advisory Council of the society, addressed to Major William Tutherly, secretary of ¢ Mr. Tutherly to congratulate American Defense soclety on their work which brought the prohibition of marine insurance by Germans firms, and especlally do I wish to express my earnest sympathy with you in your pro- posal to bring home to the Amer- ican people the frightful German atrocities in conquered territory. The terrible menace which has been shown to exlst in the Frus- slanized Germany of the Hohen- zollerns makes very reul and con- crete the danger that confronts us of disaster and of possible rain unless the Allles win decistvely in this war, We are fighting for the cause of mankind; but we are also and most decisively, fighting for the vital interest of our nation. This war has emphasized the fact that there ts a wide and deep abyes hetween American ideals and methods and thnse of the Germany of today, It is not too the 3 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAILD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. much to say that in this war the German Government, seemingly with the hearty backing of the German people, has praotised and prided itself upon practising the most revolting and scientific sys- tem of savagery that it is possible to imagine. The leaders of Germany today, the men who are followed by the greal bulk of the German people, pride themselves upon having turned Germany into a nation which practises this scientific sav- agery. They take from civiliza- tion only the things which enable them to devise efficient {instru ments of torture and destruction; and they revive, out of what we hoped was the dead and gone bar¥ barism of the dark ages, those qualities of heart and soul whiclkr makes these scientific instruments in their hands a deadly menace to humanity. They used the re- sources of science precisely as an oldtime Apache used a rifie—as a ‘weapon more efficient than his former savage weapon, and to.be used with more than the old-time ruthless savagerst ‘Wishing you all success, I am, Faithfully yours, (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Cleveland Moffett, Chairman of the Committee on Alien Enemies and Traitors of the American Defense So- ciety, issued an ultimatum yesterday to the I'riends of Irish Freedom, de- claring that if tonight at their sched- uled meeting at Thirty-seventh Street and Broadway any of the speakers in- sulted the President or disparaged England,yhe would break up the meeting or be arrested in the attempt. VOICE RUINED, SHE SUES FOR §250,000 Lillian A. Underhill Learned Her Marriage Was Yoid | ’ New” York, Aug. 22.—A curious state of matrimonial entanglement is revealed in a breach of promise ac- tion for $250,000 damages begun in the supreme court by Lillian A. Un- derhill against Washington Burton, manufacturer of flavoring extracts. At one time Miss Underhill, who is a singer, says she believed herself to be Mrs. Burton because of a cere- mony performed in New Jersey by a clergyman. Later, she says, she learned that a divorce obtained by the manufacturer in a previous mar- riage was invalid, and then she had her own marriage annulled. In May, 1912, Miss Underhill de- clares the defendant promised to marry her. He had been married three times previously, she declares, but was supposed to have obtained a decree of divorce in South Dakota in his last venture on the grounds of cruelty and abandonment. A marriage license was taken out on September 4, 1912, the plaintiff alleges, and the singer went with the defendant to a pastor, who performed a ceremony. The plaintiff declares she spent $2,000 on her and lived with the manufacturer, in New York, New Jersey, Minneasota, Mexico, Por- to Rico and elsewhere, believing her- self to be the rightful Mrs. Burton. After living together as man and wife until June .25, 1913, Miss Un- derhill alleges Mr. Burton informed her their marriage was null and void because the South Dakota divorce was invalid in New Jersey. Proceedings were begun later by Miss Underhill in New York to have the New Jersey ceremony annulled, and on April 21, 1914, Justice Blan- chard, in the supreme court, granted her application. After the annulment action the singer sued the manufac- turer for the value of 2165 shares of the Burton company stock she alleges had been given to her by the defen- dant and entrusted by her to his care. In that action she received a verdict of $2,600. The plaintiff in her complaint states that she was impelled to purchase a costly trousseau by a realization of the social position she would assume through becoming Mrs. Burton, and that she now has lost all prospect of 'sharing in the estate of the defen- dant and occupying the social posi- tion to which his wealth and station would entitle her. Prior to her marriage, Miss Under- hill says, she earned a large income from singing, but as a result of the keen humiliation and mental anguish she suffered her ability to sing has | been destroyed. | City Items The Bodwell L.and company has transferred to John J. and Jessie M. Ryan land on Brighton street and the same company has transferred land on Brighton street to Susie Skene. A building permit was granted to G. H. Wooding to make a new store front for M. Raphael on Main street today. The Daughters of St. have a basket picnic at Lake pounce Thursday afternoon. wishing to attend are requested take the 2:07 car tfrom the center. Harmony Ladge No., 20, F, and A. will hold a special meeting this evening to confer the first degree on & number of candidates. . As the result of a fall Mrs. Walter Bohonan is confined to her home on West Muain street. Mrs. Otto B. Olsson of Harrington Park, N. J., has returned to her hame after a two weeks’ visit with her son, Dr. Walter Olsson. George Will Com- All to AMATEUR TRAP CHAMP, Chicago, Aug. 22.—Mark Arle, of Themasboro, 111, champion of Tili- nois, today won the national amateur trap shooting championship In the Granq4 American Handicap Tourna- ment. GOING NORTH FOR FURS. Animal Skins to Protect Allled Airmen This Winter. St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 22—The need of furs for the equipment of airmen in service in Europe and of the men in the trenches during the winter has re- sulted in the dispatch of a New Found- land sailing steamer to Hfidson Bay. The steamer chosen for this purpose has been employed by the admiralty during the last two years conveyifg munitions to Europe. It is now on ‘its way with supplies for the fur trading companies on Hudson Bay and it is expected that it will bring back a large stock of furs before ice closes navigation in northern waters. A missionary ship which plies along the Labrador coast will collect furs gathered in the various missions posts there and bring them to this port. ‘TEDDY’ MAY TAKE 100,000 70 RUSSIA (TRl B Government Urged to Give Him Army for Service Abroad Washington, Aug. 22.—Coincident Wwith reports that confidential military advioes of the most pressing character had come from Petrograd .t was learned that recomméndation had been made to the government from an of- ficlal source here that Colonel Roose- velt and an ‘American expeditionary force be sent to Russia . The recommendation, which as- sumed added importance in some circles because of the wavering mo- rale of the Russian military establish- ment ,comes from the Administration’s inner circles of advisers on military and naval problems. No definite statement is made as to whether Colonel Roosevelt would ac- cept duty in Russia, but the Colanel’s expressed williagness to serve in “any constructive military capacity” is taken as evidence that he would un- dertake any work of this character as- signed to him. The number of Amer- ican troops spoken of approximates 100,000. They would be of the regu- lar military . establishment and not volunteers, and Colonel Roosevelt's connection with this force probably would come from special appointment by the President in naming Roosevelt for a commission. It is believed here that the hard- ships which the Root commission ;pic- tured for an American expeditionary force might prove only an ddded in- centive to the Colonel. As for the moral effect—which is recognized as of vital importance—it is contended that American troops with Colonel Roosevelt might prove a trump card from the military and -diplomatic viewpoint at this critical time. It is impossible to ascertain authori- tatively how the suggestion is being received by the °government. It is known only that it.has been made and is being considered. There were inti- mations today that the Russian gov- ernment had asked for troops from the United States, but these could not be confirmed, as Secretary Lansing de- clined all comment excepting to say that the advices he received were ‘‘con- fidential” and “nothing would be said at this time.” \ Russia’s Future Menaced. That Russia is now seriously threat- ened from a military standpoint and that the German plan of attempting, to prevent the new Russian govern- ment from establishing control of the country threatens to succeed is gen- erally admitted. Elihu Root, who headed the Amer- jcan mission to Russia, said on his return that the one great danger for Russia was that Germany might “overwhelm’” the new government by a new aggressive military campaign. Apparently Germany is following or attempting to follow precisely this policy. Having failed to make a separate peace, Germany now seems bent oa striking down Russia’s military strength sufficient to give the Teutons a grip on the country in the same practical way that was followed in Belgium and Poland. It is because of the vital impor- tance of preventing disintegration of Russia’s vast militarv machine that men like Secretary Lansing have not abandoned the idea of sending Amer- ican troops to the Russian front, de- spite the outline of difficulties which the Root mission brought back. One of the important ' questions which Mr. Root considered on his trip to Russia was whether it would be practical and advantageous to send American troops. President Wilson has had the idea that this might be a beneficial move, to make, and the prime reason which governed his con- viction was that the moral effect might work wonders throughout the Russian military regime. After Mr. Root made his report to the president the practical difficulties somewhat outweighed the moral ef- fect of a small Ameriean force, but it was made very clear at the state department that the idea had not been abandoned. INVESTIGATION OF COAL PRICES. A resolution has been adopted by the Stamford city government a copy of which has been sent to Mayor George A. Quigley, advocating an in- vestigation into the price and distri- bution of anthracite coal. Coplés of the resolution have been sent to the representatives of this state in con- sress asking for a congressional In- vestigation and coples have been for- warded to the mayors of all the cities in Connecticut with populations over 20,000, seeking their co-operation In the matter, TIN PLATE SHORTAGE FEARED. Washington, Aug, 22.—Although ‘America’'s tin plate output this year shows a 25 per cent. increass over last vear, there still is danger of a shortage, the department of com- merce announced today. GERMANY DOWNCAST BY HANY FAILURES Disease and Military Disasters Spread Wave of Depression. London, Aug. 22.—A wave of pes- simism is sweeping over Germany in regard to the war and its outcome, shown clearly by comments in Berlin newspapers which have reached here. Not only is the Pope's peace 'move generally regarded as a failure, but the depression is intensified by a fear- ful epidemic of typhoid fever, dysen- tery and other complaints attribu- table to insufficient and bad food, which is breaking out in all parts of the empire. It is no longer possible to conceal this, despite the utmost efforts of the government. Basle and Zurich, in Switzerland, report that full confirmation has been recelved of a serious outbreak of typhoid and dysentery in numerous German cities, particularly in Cologne, Carlsruhe, Mannheim and Mulhouse, where these diseases have become epidemic, children and underfed adults being the first and most numer- ous victims. In Mulhouse the epidemic threat- ened to develop into a panic. Deaths ‘were 80 numerous that wagons were used to make the rounds nightly and gather the dead under cover of the darkness to prevent the people from learning how grave the situation was. These internal developments are in- fluencing German opinion much more than the militiary factors even in the Westphalian industrial district, where war work is centered and the greatest efforts have been made to provide food and other necessaries. Conditions there are so bad that labor is in constant turmoil and the people are greatly disappointed be- cause for a long time they have been held up by promises that England surely would be starved and com- pelled to make peace by August. When the Pope’s proclamation was issued the British front was the only region in which the Allies were mak- ing a strong offensive effort. Before any diplomatic reply was sent to the Pope the French started a new Ver- dun offensive and the Italians launched their greatest effort, both of which produced important and im- mediate gains. These military moves are regarded as the real answer to the Pope. Opening Public’'s Eyes. There is considerable evidence that success has been attained ‘by recent effarts of the allied authorities to get before the German people accurate knowledge regarding the real condi- tions in England, France and the United States. Some. weeks ago a large number of German prisoners were brought from Flanders to Lon- don. Until their capture they had be- lieved that Paris was held by the Ger- mans; that London had ben practical- ly destroyed by air raids and deserted by its inhabitants. After they arrived in London and naticed the city’s normal life and its usual activity they wrote letters de- scribing what they had seen to friends at home. Whether these letters reached their destinations is unknown, but the recent development of German pessimism is believed to indicate that the German public at last realizes a part at least of the truth. Many pris- oners recently* have asserted that the Germans were sustained by the belief that although their condition was bad that of England was far worse. A Vienna view of the situation is given in the Nieue Freie Press, which says: “The greatest obstacle to peace is America. - President Wilsan has or- dered that an army of a million men be sent to Europe to fight Germany. ‘The practicability of the plan is doubt- ed, but a billion dollars in cannon, shells and provisions besides soldiers from America are assured and the faith created by this will help prolong the life of the governments hostile to peace. In sober judgment it must be conceded that winning America to a hostile policy, even to war against Germany, was a brilliant success for British diplomacy, in fact a master- piece of diplomatic work.” IRISHMEN CHARGE INRAIN OF LEAD (Continued from First Page.) had been many instances of individual heroism, a striking case being that of the chaplain who gave his life while working among the men he loved. They tried to keep him back, but he had been with them in Ginchy and at other struggles and he would not de- sert his boys now, so he continued to work on the shell-torn, bullet-swept fleld, his kindly face beaming beside some wounded man, now beside an- other who was dying. It was while he was kneeling to give absolution to some badly wounded man that a German shell broke near him and he was killed. It was a great loss to the Irish troops and his name was spoken with tears by those left behind. Another who will not be forgotten is the doctor who for five days and nights continued his work of resculng the wounded under heavy fire. SECTARAN FIGHT ON, Constitutional Convention Votes Appropriations. Boston, Aug. 22.—The constitution- al convention which has been in ses- slon for several weeks was prepared to take Its first impartant action today. Under an agreement reached vester- day, today was set for a vote on a proposed amendment which would bar appropriations by the legislature for private educational institutions. This amendment, generally known as the “anti-sectarian ,amendment” hag, aroused much vigorous debate. on Leonard and Herrmana Co. 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Cookies 2 boxes Best Pu : | ue::ti...rlebs 51 ® 18¢ 29 Large Sunkist Sound Juicy o Lemons oz 39(: Sweet, Solid Cantaloupe . ... Peaches ....lIb 150 Fancy Pi B ol 4 qts 150 Oranges ..doz 5¢ Evaporated Apples . ... CUBA GIVES FOUR SHIPS TO AMERICA Seized German Merchantmen Turned Over to United States Without Charge, Havana, Aug. 22.—At the presiden- tial palace yesterday, in the presence of General Marti, secretary of war and navy, and Willlam E. Gonzales, United States minister to Cuba, Presi- dent Menocal signed a decree trans- ferring to the United States govern- ment four large German steamships— the Bavaria, Olivant, Adelheld and Constantia—of an aggregate tonnage of approximately 20,000 tons, which were selzed as prizes of war Dby the Cuban government on the day this country declared war against Ger- many. The first three named ships are in Havana harbor, Where they have been ndergoing repairs for several manths. 3 The The Constantia is at Clenfuegos. Kadonia, the fifth and smallest ships seized by the Cuban govern: is retained as a transport for ¥j supplies, It is announced that Minister @ zales, acting as representative of United States shipping board, will possession of the ships today. Mi ter Gonzales, when asked the amo the United State was paying for tl ships, replied bsolutely nothin, ‘“‘Prestdent Menocul,”” he contin “‘declined to consider offers to p chase or lease, whether mude by ernments, navigation companies, individuals. He regards these pri of war, not as agencies for commerq profits, but to be used, as he state his decree, far the common benefit alding to bring the war against government of Germany to a prom and victorious end. President Meng would not sell them, but he has. gi¥ them to the United States. It is anather illustration of Cuba’s gen ous spirit and of her earnest purpy to co-operate with her allies to the, extent of her power.” Buy an Indiana truck.—advt' 4