New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1917, Page 2

MAN WHO WANTS CONTENTMENT s to us for his cigars. He knows sell the best in the city for the mey for he has tried the rest and through experimenting. From a kel to a dollar are our cigars and bry one is tull value, you don’t buy |els here—just cigars—real cigars! ickinson Drug Co. | 169-171 Main Street City Items dness of Aunt Delia’'s Bread.— will be a Cottage Prayer at the home of Mr. Tracy, ‘©f Maple and Whiting streets rear, of brick house Friday at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody Srkerhouse roll Boan's.—advt. ity Engineer Hall and E. N. jhrey have decided to repalr street. The conditions of gutters is bad and the general @ition of the street is below stan " The work of repairs will com- €8 as soon as possible. W. E. Norton of Maple Hill ,ifllfited in the Dental Corps of . 8. army. t\ eam driven by H. Lipman ot low street was struck yester- ‘at the corner of Jubilee and Mar- | streets by a Hartford trolley EI for New Britain. The driver bruised about the shoulders and "horse was cut on the legs. The A was smashed. ' {our new all hat at the Roseben.— sale Friday at L 1. Events Tonight eum A ‘theater, | t\gh class photo drama, superior photo Fox's ter. { udeville and moving Sney’s theater. pictures, ‘urner society meets in Turner Lexington lodge, I. O. O. F., meets Jr. O. U. A. M. ihall \SURPRISE TO VATICAN. pe Apparently Expected Favorable Reply From U. 8. me, Aug. 30.—The Osservatore no, the organ of the Vatican, Ints a long article embodying a dis- jon of the objections made to the 's peace proposals, from which fwould appear evident that the Pon- ' hopes to obtain a favorable an- or from the United States. "t is intimated by the paper that step taken by the Pope is per- tently misinterpreted and subjected Luntair criticism, and that the pres- 1 [TWIGE LEFT T0 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSbAY, AUGUST 30, 1917. BY GERMAN UBOATS New Britain Gunner Relates Ex- periences With Submarines Twice torpedoed in mid-ocean by German U-boats and on one occasion while drifting from the wreckage in a life boat having a personal con- versation with the German naval commander is but a small item in the interesting account of his life in the war zone as told by John Sylvester Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Long, U. S. Navy; of 321 Elm street, Who is enjoying a short furlough at his home here after having recently arrived back in the United States | from his third voyage to Europe since war was declared. Young Long, who has many friends in this city where he attended the public schools, hav- ing been graduated from the Central Grammar school four years ago, is a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Dreadnought Arizona, one of the greatest fighting machines on the seas. - Although he enlisted as a sea- man, the young sailor by faithful ap- plication has been advanced through the various grades until today he has a coxswain's rating. When war was declared with Germany and the United States decided to arm all merchant- men many gun crews were taken from the battleships to man the mer- chantmen. - Young Long, then re- cently appointed gun captain, was one of the first men picked and was_| assigned to the ill-fated Standard Oil tanker Vacuum. Adrift Thirty-four Hours, The young sailor told a Herald man of his narrow escapes at sea and cheerfully admitted that as he saw the fatal, telltale course of the giant torpedo speeding towards his ship his hair stood on end and little old New Britain never seemed more like heaven, or ever any further away. His first experience with the enemy on the high sea came on May 28. The Vacuum, with an armed gun crew from the U. §. 8. Nevada, had put out from an American port a week pre- viously. On the morning of May 28 there was not a ship to be seen on the horizon when suddenly the lookout sighted the periscope of the U-boat and an instant later all hands saw the torpedo speeding on its journey of destruction and death. The torpedo struck the tanker amidships a few seconds later with a deafening report and a force which ripped the vessel from stem to stern. So great was the force of the explosion that the boat sank in less than a minute, giv- mg the crew but little time to scram- ble into the life boats, which had been continually hanging from the davits near the water line. All of the crew, with the exception of 23 men, escaped. At this time Coxswain Long states that the crew was adrift in the open sea for 34 hours, Wwith neither food mor water, and were in a . terrible’ condition when finally sighted and picked up off the coast of Scotland by the Shipwreck Ma- riners’ association. During this perl- o0d Long was compelled to sit at the tiller of his life boat for 28 consecu- tive hours. Other members of the crew had to take their turn at the oars and during the struggle three of the young gun captain’s orew died from hunger and exposure. They were buried at sea. After arriving in Scotland the crew of the United States battleship were sent back to America on the liner St. Paul. ‘Wounded by Shrapnel. Less than a month later the local boy was again sent to sea in charge of a gun crew from the navy aboard the freighter Moreno. At this time the lookout on the Moreno sighted the submaring on June 12 and at about the same time the lookout at the periscope located the American vessel. The gun crew, while in hos- tile waters, remained continuously at their guns and were instantly on the alert awaiting the order to fire. Press- ently the submarine discharged a three-inch shell which broke across the bows of the Moreno. The gun orew returned the fire and in the bat- [: proposal is no exception. For in- Ince, it is pointed out, the note has bn criticised because the Pope has lered the realm of material things than spiritual, when, in fact, 0 notes issued by him have iy coverea things spiritual. It adds the Vatican declares it canndt be jised of favoring the Germans in face of frequent denunciations by j Holy Father of the Belgian out- and the bombardment of open rding the Pope's silence on the Ioblem, it is further pointed out Jat the Pope cannot offer an im- bhdtate concrete solution of a ques- in which has long troubled the tesmen of Europe. The Pope, ‘wever, in his note, the paper adds, iacifically invites the powers to meet 4 arrive at an equitable agreement. The Osservatore Romano, discuss- % the moral basis of the note, says like President ¥ the | Young officer with®a hard of | countenance, remarked that he dis- 3t the Holy Father, flson in his notes, suggests titution of the moral force for material force, and likewise passages in the statements : President Wilson to the Papal note 2 garding the freedom of the high ‘With respect the expenses of the war, the paper jys that the present Russian policy #s as being identical. one of peace without annexations indemnities,” and that this policy the already been accepted by stro-Germans. BOSTON FIRE LOSS REDUCED. Boston, Aug. 30.—A large decrease fire losses in this city in 1916 is buted by Fire Commissioner John y in his annual report to a new pection system, great effifficiency of fire department through motoriza- on of such apparatus and the inves- tion which resulted in the cun;:‘c- ° on of many persans for arson. tle which ensued over 150 shots were exchanged, In the end the U-boat wasg victorious, sinking the Moreno by shell fire after missing the target with two torpedoes. After the Moreno went down Cox- swain Long says that the U-Boat hove alongside of the various life boats while the captain came out of the conning tower to survey the vic- tims. He pald but little attention to the crew of the Moreno, but was in- sistent to know whether any United States paval gunners were aboard. Long was dressed in civillan garb at the time and the other members of his crew had on dungarees so with- out any distinguishing marks the commander was unable to identify the gunners and accepted the expldn- ation when told that they had gone down with the boat. At this time Long states that the submarine commander who appeared to be a looking liked his job of sinking vessels, but it was orders and his country was at war with the United States. He then submerged and that was the last the crew of the Moreno ever saw of him. During the battle Long was wounded on the wrist by a piece of shrapnel and after being picked up by a Spanish tramp steamer was sent to a hospital in England for a week's care. Sights Ralder Moewe. On an earlier trip to the war zone Long tells of encountering the fam- ous German commerce raider Moewe. He said that attention of his com- mander was first attracted to the strange craft by her unusual maneu- vers and as she attempted to violate the rules of the sea in passing other vessels her identity was discovered. The gun crew was told to prepare sses totalled $2,478,801, a reduction | for action and every gun on the boat $630,799 from the previous year. was trained on the raider. the gun. D | ners impatiently awaiting the order to fire, when a sudden fog descended When the fog lifted the commerce raider had disappeared and was never seen again. In speaking of his experiences young Long states that the appear- ance of a submarine at sea is an awe inspiring one insmuch as every per- son on board the ship knows the terrible danger. He says that the first sign of the hostile craft is a ridge of white caps breaking the sur- face of the water in the distance. Next the periscope becomes visible and then, if the U-boat commander is bent upon sinking the other vessel, the torpedo is discharged. From the moment the torpedo leaves the tube its course can be traced by the anx- jous watchers on deck. As it speeds through the water, at a depth of a few feet, it leaves a train of foam be- hind it not unlike the wash from a highspeed boat. The explosion from the torpedo is terriffic, young Long sthtes, and literally tears the vessel to pieces. An idea of the delicacy of the mechanism of the torpedo may be gained from the fact that it takes only a force of five pounds on the nose to explode it. Long states that the mines laid in the war zone are even more explosive, some of them being discharged by the pressure Of elghtee ounces. % Asked if he really liked the life in the navy, Coxswain Long said that it was the only life for him and he considers it the best branch of the federal service. Asked what his sen- sations were during the battle when he saw the torpedo headed for his boat he admitted that they were not pleasant. “Gee, the hair on every man’s head stands up straight when he sees that blue streak coming through the water”, he said. Another dramatic incident in connection with the sinking of the Moreno, as told by the Elm street boy, was the death of ———— ——— who went down with the ship as he was trying to pull the Stars and Stripes from the masthead. This sailor was a member of Long's gun crew. Meets Friend at Sea. Francis Murphy, another local boy in the United States navy, Iis home with Long on a furlough. Mur- phy is a seaman on the U. S. S. Louisana and has just returned from a cruise to China, Japan and the West Indies. He states that while cruising back to home waters his vessel encountered the U. S. S. Scout Cruiser MacDougal. Albert Wagner, son of Police Officer and Mrs. Fred ‘Wagner of Glen street, was a member of the crew of this ship and was seen standing on deck by his fellow townsman. HOTCHHISSERS ON COMPOUNCE SHORES Annual Reunion Proves to Be Pleasant Social Gathering The annual reunion of the Hotch- kiss association, was held at Lake Compounce, yesterday. The commit- tees were: Charles T. Hotchkiss, chairman, West Cheshire; William S. Strong, Waterbury; Mrs. Robert Hotchkiss, Waterbury; refreshment committee, Charles Fenn, chairman, Prospect;” Rollin Bird, Waterbury; Robert Hotchkiss, Waterbury; Mrs. Hattie Hotchkiss Pardee, Cheshire; Mrs. Frank R. Sloper, Cheshire. First on the program the family had, their pictures taken in & group. The next in order was the dinner which was partaken of by about 1560 people. Not the least of it was a beautiful “Birth- day Cake” with white decorations and the name Hotchkiss across the top, presented by Mrs. Thomas of Bristol. Rev. L. Todd of Pennsyl- vania asked the blessings. He is now living in Oakville. He is a new and welcome addition to the family. Mr. Todd claims relationship from the Sperry side and wanted to be adopted son. Among the entertainers were following: Instrumental music, Miss Irene Higgins; two recitations by Miss Mary Bronson; address by Fred Brown of New Haven; Mrs. Minnie Hotchkiss Andrews, recita- tions; recitations by Mrs. Gilyard. Charles H. Nortion of Worcester, Mass., now of Plainville, made a few remarks. The Hotchkisses will meet again next year at the same place the last Wednesday in August and it is hoped that if there are any of the relatives that have not attended in the past they will come then and give all the information they can in regard to their ancestry. Officers for the next year are: President—William B. Hotchkiss, Waterbury. Vice President—Seymour kiss, Wallingford. Treasurer—Charles Cheshire. Table Committee—J. H. Stubble, Waterbury; Robert Hotchkiss, Wa- terbury; Rollin Bird, Waterbury; Mrs. Theron French, Cheshire; Mrs. Thomas, Bristol. Program Committee—Charles T. Hotchkiss, West Cheshire; W. S. Strong, Watertown; Mrs. Robert Hotchkiss, Waterbury. Press Committee—NMiss Lottie Slop- er, 310 Chestnut street, New Britain; Andrew Hotchkiss, New Haven; Thomas Gilyard, Seymour. Social Committee — Miss Hotchkiss, Prospect; Mrs. Hotchkiss, Wallingford. Hotch- T. Hotchkiss, Ruth Seymour FOILING GROUND SQUIRRELS. ‘Washington, Aug., 30.—More than a million dallars worth of crops were saved from ground squirrels in North Dakota this vear, as a result of cam- paign conducted by the department of agriculture in co-operation with state authorities. Similar savings may readily be effected elsewhere in the vast areas infested by these animals,” declared a department statement to- day. The squirrels on over 7,000,000 acres of ground in North Dakata were killed by means of poison at a cost of about 5 cents an acre. MADE-IN-CONNECTICUT WAR INT Thursday and Friday afternoons. “OUR CAWSE.” An interview with Homer S. Cum- mings of Stamford, a member of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. The call to America to do her part in this war is called “The highest and noblest cause to which we have ever been summoned” by Homer §. Comn?lnzs of Stamford, a member ot the Connacticut State Council of De- fense in a “Made-in-Connecticut" war interview secured by a repre- sentative of the council and made public through the newspapers to- day. Mr. Cumming's interview fol- lows: “Our country has undertaken the greatest and the most critical task in | hisory. "The issue involves not only our honor, our safety and the per: petuity of our institutions; but it also concerns the political freedom of the world, and by the same token the happiness and progress of mankind. ‘‘Preparation is going forward with great energy, intelligent and disinter- ested men and women are every- where at work and the patriotism, fidelity, and skill of our soldiers, our sailors, and our leaders cannot be doubted. Great undertaRings are afoot here and across the seas, the like of which our people have never before contemplated. All this in- volves self-sacrifices in every field of endeavor, in every ship, on every farm, and in every home.: There is work for everyone—and later there will be still more work—heartbreak- ing, soul-searching, unremitting work. ‘There is no room anywhere for the doubter, the debater, the slacker, or the coward. There is no room for anyone except patriots. Either we shall win this war or ‘our country will be humiliated and dishonored and all the things that make life sweet and a nation proud will be polluted and soiled. “Our flag has cost so much in blood and toil and means so much to us and to the stricken and despoiled peoples of the world that we cannot permit it to be trailed in the dust of defeat. ¥ May the good God give us strength and courage for this or- deal! It is a war against war, against hereditary power and against all the cruel things that have menaced man- kind from the beginnig. It is the DRAFT TAKES MILL HANDS. Plainfield, Aug., 30.—The draft call has made inroads into the labor sup- ply «of the textile mills of north- eastern Connecticut, and in many of the mill vilages looms are idle in spite of the fact that wages have been in- creased from 39 to 44 per cent since | the entrance of the United States into the war. Every inducement is made by mill men to attract weavers, spin- Statements by prominent Connecticut citizens on vital war topics have becn secured by the Connecticut State Council This newspaper has made arrangements with the Council of Defense to publish these interviews, and they will appear Monday, Tuesday, " supreme effort and the final test of ERVIEWS of Defense. democracy. Failure is not to be thought of. The world will not -slip back into barbarism—into a heart- less feudalism made terrible by ap- plied science. The cause for which we contend is sacred as right and jus- tice and honor and humanity and charity are sacred. “We have the sanction of our na- tional consclence, the approval of en- lightened contemporary opionion and we are fearless of the verdict of history. Those who in this hour serve America, serve humanity. It is the'| highest and noblest cause to which | we have ever been summoned.” | why Is the Draft Fair to All—Rich and Poor Alike? An interview with Hon. Joseph A. Cooke, Mayor of Meriden. Mayor Joseph A. Cooke, in another | of the Connecticut State Council of Defense series of ‘“Made-in-Connecti- cut” war interviews, also made pub- lic today, has answered the question “Why is the draft fair to all—rich and poor alike?” in the following manner:— ‘ The method used in the present war draft is among the best that could be chosen. There was no op- portunity for favoritism and all were given a fair chance. Sons of wealthy parents as well as those not so well supplied with this world’s goods were drafted and they will have to serve their country, except there be some good reason for exemption. In fact, voung men will be taken from all walks of life. Thus the duty is dis- tributed as equally as possible. “The fairness shown in drawing the | draft numbers in Washington has created confidence in the young men that they will be given a square deal all around by the government. Many of them are not only willing but anx- ious to enter the service that they may assist in the fight to continue the freedom we now enjoy. “As our country is engaged in the great European conflict we must fight to the end. There can be no backing out. To do this the government must have the loyal support of her citizens| TUndoubtedly this will be given liberal- 1y, and American patriotism will, now as before, stand out as the greatest in the world.” It is even said that a free life in- surance policy of $1,000 has been of- fered as a bonus. SAD NEWS FOR BOYS. Boston, Aug., 30.—Labor troubles difficulty in obtaining material will prevent the completion of seven new ‘public schools under- construction in this city in time for resumption of and ners and other classes of textile help. school on September 10. ONLY 3 DAYS Remain Wherein You Can Secure These Fine Wearables at Reduced Prices ! Women’s Suits—many that can be worn in fall and winter, at $9.75 and $16.95. Wash Skirts—the few left are marked $1.25 to $3.50. $51?)160ut 18 Summer Dresses are reduced to A Few Coats at ridiculous reductions. One Rack of Waists at $1.95; formerly were up to $4.50. Voiles, madras and linen. About 20 Wool Sweaters reduced to $5.50 and $6.95. Fiber Silk Sweaters at cost. > & ] . * Horstallx IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND ©3-99 ASYLUM! ST. Cannecting with MO"I’IRUMB_ULL Sfl HARTFORD From New Britain Patriots Enlisted in the Nation’s Service. Name Age Address ...... Parents’ Name When Enlisted In Army or Navy . In What Branch . Nearest of Kin ar ~o parents) .. Editor of The Herald) ... (Fill This Out and Return to Trying to compile a list of the names of those who volunteered their services for the sake of democracy is a difficult task. It is extremely hard to reach each and every home which has sacrificed one or mare young men. It would indeed be doing a kindness| We are asking for your aid in clos- to the soldiers, and not only kindness|ing the campaign which is nearlyw but justice, if the campaign which the | finished. If you know of a young man Herald has started could be brought|who has answered the call to the to a successful finish. | colors fill out the above blank. “Kindness i a perfume which you cannot sprinkle on others without get- ting a few drops on yourself.”—Omar Khayham. The truth of the above passage has time and time and time again been fully demonstrated. changing, unswerving friends. Fifty-eight per clock-tick Every time the clock ticks, fifty-eight Fatimas are lighted somewhere in the United States. No other high-grade cigarette has so many un- This shows that men do appreciate cigarette- comfort. For, comfort is perhaps the chief reason for Fatima’s big popularity—comfort while you smoke, and better yet, after you smoke, even though you may smoke the whole day througk-. The Fatima Turkish blend is so carefully balanced that it has none of the after-effects of heavier, less skilfully blended tobaccos. That’s why Fatimas are comfortable (hence, censible)—as your first package will prove. LrgaT e Myors Iibacco s Sensible Cigarette