New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ’ T, * NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” BETTER BU SIN] PRICE THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHE NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917.—TEN PAGES. * LONDON RAIDED AT NIGHT; DEAD TOTAL 11; INJURED 62 , German Aviators Have First Experience of Dropping Bombs on British Capital With Moon Lighting Tar- get. TWENTY IN ATTACK; ONE BROUGHT DOWN English Editors Alarmed by Fre- quency of Visits From Prussian Airships and Wonder If Has Prepared First for Germany Conquest From the Skies—Witnesses Tell of €hatham Assault. London, Sept. 5.—The first moon- lght air raid over the ILondon dis- trict occurred about midnight last “hight and resulted in the dropping of bombs, but the full extent of the damage is unknown. One bomb fell just outside a hos- pital, another smashed through a theater, still another struck a store where a number of girls were sleep- ing. The raiders were constantly shelled by anti-aircraft guns and several British machines took the air to at- tack them. The streets were almost deserted at the time, it being long after the the- ‘w ater hours. The few late street cars " that were running either put their lights out or stopped. A message from the southeastern district says that apparently the invaders crossed the North Sea, and that all were severely shelled both arriving and re- turning. . The streets were filled with curious ¥4 crowds until the early hours today inspecting the damage from last night’'s air raids over the London district. More bombs appear to have fallen in the street than hit build- ings. The Chronicle estimates that eight or ten ralders visited London. There were two separate attacks over the London district, the second occurring about 1 o’clock this morn- '»m& Some people claim to have seen a half dozen airplanes. After drop- ping bombs the raiders flew seaward. One machine was located by search- lights at an estimated height of 9,000 feet. It was severely shelled and on- lookers declare that it was hit. At the same time British airplanes were seen maneuvering for attack on the raid- ~4ers. 11 Killed, 62 Injured. Eleven persons were killed and 62 injured in last night’s air raid, it is announced officially. In several London streets sights were witnessed reminiscent of the e’arlier period of the war when Zep- pelins paid nocturnal visits. FEarly this morninig crowds flocked to the districts which had suffered, and the police had a busy time. So far as could be seen, the damage was nat very great, and certainly no places of military importance were affected. Among the crowds, the dominant demand was for reprisals, which many believe would put an end to raids on England. Others insist the government take immediate steps to * obtain supremacy of the air to a de- gree which would render raids im- possible. The official announcement says. Enemy airplanes in consider- able numbers crossed the south- east coast over a wide area be- tween 10:30 p. m. and 2 a. m. last night. The raiders seemed to have travelled singly or in groups of from two to three machines, for which reason it is difficult to estimate their numbers, but it is possible that as many as 20 ma- chines took part in the raid. By 11:20 it became evident that enemy airplanes were ap- proaching London, and at 11:45 the first bombs were dropped in the London district. From this time untll approximately 1 a. m. 40 bombs were dropped. The total casualty reports up to this time are: Killed, 11; 62. The material damage extensive, . One enemy machine is reported %0 have been brought down in the #ea off Sheerness. \ is AIR COUP OVER CHATHAM. English Believe German Service Ready For Offensive. London, Sept. 5.—The Chatham district for the first time experienced an air attack on Monday night when one or more bombs fell on a section of the Naval barracks, 107 bluejackets Is Royal outright and wound- ing §6 others. Four bombs in all fell about the barracks, but two were harmless and in fact apart from those which took such a heavy toll of . {he damage in the whole area nificant. The barracks wa sleeping hammocks and fitted a ma- (Continued On ond Page). killing life was MONTE SAN GABRIEL TAKEN BY ITALIANS {Last Austrian Height Command- ing Country Around Gorizia LARGE CAPTURE OF BOOTY Cadorna’s Forces Gather in Guns, Ammunition, Shells and| Other Necessities of War Abandoned Dur- ing Flight of Enemy. London, Sept., \5.—A despatch re- ceived here confirms the capture by the Italians of Mante San Gabriel to- gether with 950. prisoners, including 32 officers. The Italians now possess the entire chain of mountains which dominate Gorizia. Austrians Leave Booty Bchilldl. Udine, Italy, Sept., 4.—It is im- possible thus far to give even an ap- proximate idea of the immense quantity of booty which has fallen into the hands of the Ilalifl.gs since the beginning of their advance. The materials captured show the preci- pitation with wHich the Austrians fled along the line of attack. On the Bainsizza plateau, near Santo Spirito and Lasko, whole convoys or arms and munitions were abandoned in such haste that there was not time to' des- troy them. At one point thousands of boxes of projectiles, hand grenades, rockets, shoes, rifles and helmets were strewn everywhere. Some -of the cavern are still packed with Austrian dead, lying one on another. The bodies are being buried gradually. Mule paths and the adjacent side- hills are littered with unexploded pro- jectiles which away, together with daggers, swords, and iron studded maces for dispatch- ing the wounded. On Hill 652 the Italians captured three 105-millime- ter cannon. Two of them perfectly serviceable and the Itallans turned them on the fleeing enemy, firing 1,000 shots. . In an armored dugout near Ravena the Italians discovered the entire equipment of an Austrian staff of bri- gade. The extraordinary varfety of objects found testified to the haste of the retréat. It included electric lights, official documents, toilet articles, kitchen utensils, ventilators and even love letters. Ravena was the Austrian center of supplies for engineer troops, and among the booty were found stores of picks and shovels, shoes and wire cutters, entire outfits of electric equipment, mile of steel rails and in- numerable rolls of barbed wire. German Military Bases Attacked. London, Sept. 5.—Many tons of bombs have been dropped in further raids on German military establish- ments in Belgium, causing large fires. The admiralty today gave out the following account of these opera- tions: At midnight on the 3rd, a bombing raid was carried out by naval afrcraft on the Bruges docks, the Varssenaere airdome and the Chistelles . airdrome. Many tons of bombs Wwere dropped with good results. A second raid on the Bruges docks was made at noon on Sep- tember 4. Direct hits were ob- served on special targets. Many sheds along the quay side.were hit and large fires which were caused were still seen to be burn- ing when the machines re- crossed the line. All our ma- chines returned fron# both sides. On Monday afternoon, the 3rd., an enemy aircraft was engaged by one of our fighter patrols and shot down, completely out of con- trol. An enemy kite balloon also was attacked and the ‘observer was forced io jump out. Owing to the anti-aircraft guns the fate of the kite halloon was not ob- served. SUBMARINE ATTACKS ENGLISH COAST TOWN Scarborough, on East Coast, Visited by U-Boat, Which Kills injured, not Three, Tnjures Five. London, Sept. Scarborough, on the English east coast, was bombard- ed last night by a hostile submarine, it was officially announced toda; About half the shells of the 30 rounds fired from the under-sea boat landed, three persons being killed and five injured, but little material lamage being caused SUNK. Kenmore Was on America. Joston, Sept The sinkir the British steamer Kenmo ably by a derman submarine, w ported in cable services received by Furned-Withy zave no details ed that the vess © wav to this country » Kenmore, a v v buiit a number here vner: Lt ol 0.. © here in 1912 voyages ot the fugitives threw. to Port In | Left to Right—Francis P. New Britain’s first quota for the new National Army entrained at local passenger station at 8:04 o'clock ' this morning for Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., and was scheduled to arrive at the destination at 3:38 o’clock -this afternoon. The five men who left this morning, whose piftures are herewith reproduced as they ap- peared just before saying farewell to the old home town, were Lec Sulli- van,' proprietor of a Main street res- taurant; John .P. Sullivan of Myrtle SUDDEN STORM OF SHELLS HITS RIGA Rcl‘ngtl"s Reaching Petrograd De- scribe Panic Caused by German Av- tillery Assault on Gult Port. Petrograd, Sept. —The first refu- gees from Riga arrived here yestenday and gave a dramatic description of their last hours in the city, before the German occupation. The first shells were fired from the direction of Us Kull anad fell early Sunday morning, causing numerous fires and spreading | clouds of suffocating gases. The peo- ple rushed into the streets, many only partly dressed, and there was a zen- eral panic in an effort to reach the station which seemed to be the ene- my’'s chief target. The panic resulted in heavy losses, according to Vecherne Vremya, which declares that several thousand were lost. The mext night after midnight a Zeppelin appeared over the city and in the rays of its searchlight citizens might be seen fleeing. The Zeppelin dropped many bombs, some emitting gases. These bombs were aimed chiefly at Moscow, a suburb of Riga. Shelling with big projectiles from the direction of Uskull was resumed early in the evening, one shell falling in a | moving picture hall causing losses and another expladiing in the Hotel Suv- oroff. The last train which left for Petrograd was heavily shelled. A | great many buildings in Riga, nccnr(l-t ing to the refugees, were destroved. CRIMEA B_ASE OF CZARISTS Countess, Grand Duke and Wife Ar- rested as Result of Conspiracy to Put Royalty Back on Russian Throne. Petrograd, Sept.' 5.—In addition to the arrest of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the for- mer emperor, and his wife, the | Countess Pahlen and the Grand Duke Paul and his morgantic wife also have | i been taken into custody by order of | Premier Kerensky. The reported ar- | of Grand Duke Dmitri-Paulovicth |is as yet unconfirmed. The arvests jare the result of suspected complicity {in the counter revolutionary con- i spiracy concerning which the provi- | ! sional government obtained evidence | during the Moscow conference. Many arrests in connection with the plot ! previously had been made. | According to some of the newspa- the headquarters of the mon- | conspiracy in Crimea where | srand dulkes and duchesses and the dowager reside under | surveillance In Crimea, pers there has been recently found- ca seiety under ihe name of “For- | ward For the Czar and Holy Kussial as detected orzanizing and which ! training "¢ wandists with them the the ! frout nmonarchism the army o i to desian to revive in RICO PLEDGES sUPPORT. ' Felix Cordt 1L commission- md the SHrst - son L up by i rest OUR FIRST OFFERING TO NATIONAL ARMY Howard, John J. Griffin, James P. Sulliva n, George Applegren, street, George Apelgren of Myrtle the | Street, J. J. Griffin of Hurlburt street | such men as they thought were best and Francis P. Howard of Elm street. There wasg a large crowd of people present at the depot to see the boys off, included in which were their rel- atives and friends. All of the men appeared in excellent spirits and just before they boarded the train A. F. Corbin, chairman of the first exemp- tion district, passed around a box of cigars. In selecting these first men to go to the camp the exemption boards have used their discretion and bave also Leo Sullivan. consulted with the eligibles, selecting fitted to go first and who, because of the nature of their occupations in the past, might be needed earlier. This includes men suchk as cooks, clerks and mechanics. The 40 per cent of the entire quota, which leaves about 19, will go in the order of their being drafted as near as possible and when the final 15 per cent goes away it will take all men who have been drafted for the first quota and who have neither been exempted nor giv- en leave of absence. THOMPSON'S DOUBLE y ATTACKED BY MOB i Chicago “Mayor” Subjected to Bitter Attack, Physi- cal and Verbal. Chicago, Sept. 5.—A demonstration of soldiers against 50 anutomobile par- ties constituting a delegation of the Willilam Hale Thompson Republican bound for a county fair and political rally at Kankakee, avoided by the mayor. The mayor, who was, by implica- tion, censured by a vote of the city council for his anti-war attitude yes- terday, had warning that his welcome along the route of 60 miles might be embarrassing and he was not in line when the procession started. Soldiers, .however, mistook one of his supporters for him and stripped a banner giving the name of the Club, was club from the machine in which they | thought he was riding. Civilians joined in the demonstrations and other banners were torn from ma- chines. The man who looked like the rhayor was asked ‘““What are you doing with an American flag?’ hisses, catcalls, crics “kaiser,” and the like. A boy at 33rd street, similarly mis- led, tried to present the “mayor’ with a German flag but the emblem fell to the pavement where it was obliter- ated by passing vehicles. Some of the demonstrants members of the Second Illinois hospital corps, encamped in Grant on the lake front. Civ oined in, cries of “slacker” the “‘mayor” and his retinue, passing automobilists halted, ostentatiously ~holding their is if in the presence of a stench. banner stripped from’ the car bore the legend “Wil- le Thompson, Republican There were of “slacker,” were field Camp while some The outbreak was quelled by the ap- pearance of oflicers of the hospital the provost guard. was blocked last night Michigan boulevard by a large crowd and .scores of automobiles which gathered rvound an effigy of Mayor William Hale Thomp- hanged to a lamp post on an isle of safety at the Randolph street cro ing of the thoroughfare. A placard pinned to the manakin bore the in- seription: “Sic Semper “Veterans of Foreign "Var: The effigy apparently w strung members of the military organi- who passed in an automobile. man on duty nearby did not discover the efiigy until a big crowd blocked traffic. A patrol wagon fu'll of policemen was then called. The v Wwas carted to an s heap and reet cleared for wratic. No 18 made on Big Bill Bus zation A pol the ai- WEATIHER. teord, 5. —Fore- n 1 Thurs- Sept. New Britd it ain: varn | —————— HUNGARIAN PRESS SUPPORTS WILSON Az Est and Magyar Orizag Comment Favorably on Note—Vossische Zeitung Disgusted. | \msterdant, ® 5.—Two Hun- garian newspapers, the Az Est and the | Magyar Orvizag, fully agree with" the | views expressed in President Wilson’s | reply to the Pope's peace proposals, to the great disgust of the Vo he Zeitung of Berlin, which asscrts they take a view which is almost incom- prehensible. | The Az Bst save: | “President Wilson’s reply is so | clear that every true friend of peace, | every patriot, can endorse it. Amer- ica adheres 'in this note, without re- serve, to the policy of peace without annexations, which is most important | for Hungary.” The Magyar Orizag. organ of the oays: Real pacifist; must be grateful to { Mr. Wilson. He who, from the | standpoint of peace. condemns Mr. { Wilson’s note has sold his soul to the war devil and does not wish peace. ! From the Hungarian viewpoint, there- | | fore, he is the enemy of peace.” wHich independence is the party, i PERSHING AT NEW QUARTERS | Khaki Is Predominating Color in | I French Town Where American Uni- form Had Seldom Been Seen Before | ! American Training Camp in Fran ‘.\'L\Dl. 5—(By the A ociated Pr )—] ' General Pershing has arrived at his | | fleld headquarters where his staff had | | preceded him several days and where | government had turned | the French . over quarters for the American’s oc- cupancy. The transformation in the picturesque French town has been | most remarkable. Up to three weeks} ago American uniforms had been seen | but once or twice. Today khaki was the predominant color on the streets | with here and there a touch of white | and blue costumes of American nurses, who have taken over a French hospital and are caring for French patients pending the activity of the American forces. French and Amecrican sentries guard all approaches to the town and no one allow enter without proper N can flags min- gle with the Fronch Tri-Color from scores of flags: on both public and privato buildings. i Various divisional and corps schools | for the instruction of officers are be- i inz organized and class work soon will begin. These schools will give the final touch to the training of the offic, and men of the first expedi- tionary force s to pas $209,000,000 LOANED TODAY | A and France Reccive $100,- 100,060 Additional lch—Total Loans to Alies Now 5,400,000, Washington $100.000 200 of Britain Sept. 5.——Loans ©h to Great » made by the =ov nent (loday hring the total ad- need the Allics up to $2.266,400,000, and Frauce we 'SECOND INCREMENT |Six Men Selected by Local Ex-| MORE NAMES ~ ANNOUNGED | | Theodore C, | member of the regular police force, is FIRST QUOTA ON ' MOVE TO CAMI LEAVES TOHORROW emption Boards James Kiniry, Post Office Clerk, In- cluded in 'Quota That Goes Next to National emption Boards Move. Army Contonment.—Ex- Tomorrow morning at 8:04 o’clock the city’s second quota of six men will entrain at the depot for the mobiliza- tion camp at Ayer, /Mass. This will be the second increment of the first 5 per cent who must leave between September 5 and 10. On Friday five more will leave and on Saturday ten will ‘go,-five from each district. Those going tomorrow are William C. Kelly of 370 Washington street, Frank Kaiser of 470 Arch street, John A. Loomis of 101 Myrtle street, James Patrick Kiniry of 200 East Main street, a clerk in the local post office; Thomas Carn Lucenti of 386 Stanley street and Daniel Richard Miller of 40 Seaside avenue, Milford. " Today both the first and second dis- trict exemption boards moved their headquarters from the Prevocational Grammar school buildiin to the city hall. The first district office is now on the fourth floor, in roonr 408, while the sccond district isjlocated on the first floor, in room 201. Telephones are to be installed and it is there that all must go hereafter in search of any information regarding the draft. 100 New Names Announced. Stephen Robb, secretary of the sec- ond district board, has announced the second hundred men who are eligible for the first draft, their names appear- in their numerical order. Included in this list are a number of prominent men. Among them is John H. Flan- sery of Whiting street, a former High hool athlete and now a manufactur- er. Two employes of the board of public works are also included, Daniel J. Fitzpatrick of 49 Pearl street and George Riley of 57 Laurel street. Both of these men had previously applied for enlistment in the regular army. “rank C. of 481 KEast Main t, the fact that he Maine Contingent | rivesat Camp Dey and Is Ailowed to ish Sieep on Trai GREAT ROUND-U ALL OVER NAT Initial Dragt (0 Provide New Ni Army Toward © ments—Soldier Home of Ne: land Troops to Be Kept S Iy Go There.” Washington, Sept., Thirty thousand men, first increment of the n al army, are on their cantonments today to training for service oveq After receiving trani tation expenses and final structions from local ex tion boards yesterday, generally were allo spend their last night at before joining the c& Under commands of le: delegated from their numbers the various seg are proceeding towarg mobilizing camps Speeding Clean—Want to Ayer,” Mass., Sept. 5.—The guard of men selected by dral New England and northern Ne for service in the new National | arrived at Camp Devens tod weather was Inspiriting, the central Massachusectts standil sharply against the bluc ski typical New England autumn coolest of thc season. The: & Maine was the first to have if} | on’the ground. Coming from east” on a night train they early in the morning and werd mitted to sleep in their cars oM has been married since the draft hav- | ing made no difference. Another well-known name is that of Alfred J. Bonenfant of 505 Main street, a for-: mer first class private with Company E, First Connecticut Inantry, Ed- ward Burke, mechanical expert with the fire department, is likewise en- | rolled as is Kenneth E. Wallin of | Maple street, son of former Council- | man August Wallin and a brother of Wallin, now navy at the Newpart trainiing station. Thomas M. Birmingham, a former included and so is Edward Honeyman, a well-known garage man. The name of Samuel Gress, employed at the lo- cal office of Richter & Co., also ap- pears and so does the name of William J. Smith, now at the Reserve Officers’ training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y. The second hundred naies follow: Patrick Joseph Malley, 237 Elm St. Harold W. Daigle, 259 Fairview St Daniel J. McNamara, 51 Kensington Ave, William Tremont St. Charles A. Olson, 473% Park St. Howard Hartman, 38 Fairview Peter Joseph, 119 North St. William Skirka, 338 Church St. | John Henry Flannery, 33 Whiting t. Daniel- J. Fitzpatrick, 49 Pearl St Willis G. Marsh, 22 Cottage Place Charles F. T 80 Juhilee St. George J. Riley, S Frank C. brayne, 481 E. M Joseph A. Niedzwiecki, 16 St i George Manovel, 49 Lawlor St. Charles E. Foley, 59 Bast Main St. B. J. Cunningham, 30 Wilson St. Alfred J. Bonefont, 505 Main St. George Sperry, 79 Smalley St. Edward George Burke, Engine Co. No. 2, Elm St. Frank BE. Brown, 240 Smalley St Walter Bradley, 75 Cherry St. Frank Roche, 31 Lee St. Carl H. Anderson, 298 McKinstry, Detroit, Mich. Charles Dresck, 132 So. Main St. David B. Fendell, 64 Church St Francis T. Lynch, 300 E. Main St. Edson Freeman, 30 City Ave. Paul Peter Taisher, 401 Church St Kazmir Nowkowski, 11 Oak St. Stanley Traceski, 80 Jubilee St. John F. Coogan, 568 E. Main St Paul Damagerian, 117 North St. | Ernest H. Richter, 27 Market St. Joseph A. son, N. Broad- way, Nyack, Y, Chas. Louis Tieber, St., Cleveland, Ohio Alex J. Leventhal, 193 Main St Herbert F. Jahn, 219 Maple St Jacob Winkle, 91 Church St. Aleck Glyerk, 32 Putnam St. Geo. Ed. Hyland, 70 Smaley St. | Samuel Hobson, 121 Maple St. ‘Andrew Grimaila, 152 Kelsey St. Willard C. Oquist, 326 Maple St. Bertram Quinlivan, 101 St. s Spring 238 140 17 160th (Continued on Ninth Page) with the | | local exemption board. | ber on a siding for several hours ! coming over to the camp. ! Shortly after 6 a. m. little of two or three men, reside) : Aver and nearby towns, .pi ¢ themselves at headquarters, { expected that before night o cent. of the 43,438 men certified this sction to form the 76th 4 of the National Army would be'd cantonment. 5 Camp Devens will be kept pulously clean from the start. was assured today when it wi nounced that a contract for thj moval of all garbage and waste daily had been awarded to a manufacturing concern. The pany will pay the government 600 for the privilege for one Before noon about half the n expected at Camp Devens had ai and the men soon were gettin quainted with army life. They. met at the station by newly-cod misioned officers from Plattsbup signed for duty here and rode to in motor trucks under escort f tachments of the coast artillerd: On arrival, the men_were a#f to barracks in groups of two, or to a company. There they undj a physical examination, were vae ed and provided with clothing] equipment. Men from Maine, Massachud Rhode Island. Connecticut and Hampshire were among the firs] rivals, the only i being Vermont. 60 men from Albany and nearby ¢ and towns in the first conting Among the cities represented imy early arrivals ‘were Springi ‘Worcester and Holyoke. k. Meriden Soldler Fails to Meriden, Sept.. 5.—Antonio touri, one of Meriden’s first two ™ bers of the national army orél to Camp Devens at Ayer, failed 18 pear today at the time scheduled PP ;. his departure and he will be repd to the United States authorities by§ third of Meriden’s ~ontingent named ‘in his place and the two ] left for the training camp. and mmoned for training in the cantonment, arr: on an afternoon train was planned to attend their depart! but several of the exemption boa entertained the men in their distr at farewell benefits, men from the Springfield Men Leave in Autol Springfield, Mass., Sept. 5—Oh by a large gathering of thim,. . first contribution to the new natid (Continued on Ninth Page)