New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1917, Page 1

2 3 > b4 railway departments, a large staff of { HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW KORNILOFF'S ARMY MOVES TO BATTLE FOR PETROGRAD Rebe Lester ordrsrows | |ACK FROST QPN Clash Is Believed to Be| A FALQF-FENSWE to Capture - Capital and Imminent. Hundreds of Thousands of Dol- lars Damage Gaused to Crops TOBACCO GROWERS SUFFER Opening of Schools at Windsor, Post~ poned for Week to Allow Children to Rush Harvest—Foodstuff Supply Reduced. Danbury, Sept. 11.—Damages esti- mated at hundreds of thousands of dollars wags caused in this section of Connecticut last night by the earliest killing frost in decades. Tefpera- ture dropped to the freezing point early this morning and in some locali- tles ice formied upon pools of still water. ‘While the unusually cold weather of the previous 48 hours had made far- mers apprehensive that a frost might develop, they were totally unprepared for a killing frost such as was ex- perienced, for it is rare that a Kill- ing frost occurs in this section of the state earlier than October. ¥t is belleved that all KERENSKY SOLDIERS TEAR UP RAILROADS ’ Transportation Officials Warned Not to Give Aid to Revolutionists— General Guchkoff Goes Over to Chief of Rebels—Cossack Leader Threatens to Isolate Petrograd Un- less Kerensky Quits. R e L e e KORNILOFF PROCLAIMS SIEGE OF PETROGRAD Petrograd, Sejt, 11.—General Korniloff has ordered his troops to detrain at the railroad sta- tion at Dno and march on and besiege the city of Petrograd. Government infantry still is moving out of the capital to oppose Korniloff’s forces. Petrograd, Sept. 11.—No report has yet been received of a collision be- tween government troops and the Standing frost forces of General Korniloff which are coming toward Petrograd. It is of- ficlally stated that a part of the rival forces met near Luga and communi- crops that are susceptible to have been practically ruined. The damage to the corn crop is especially heavy and in Fairfield and Litchfield counties alone will probably amount to many thousands of dollars. To- | matoes and other vegetables sufferéed severely and grapes and other small fruit in exposed positions also sus- tained great damage. cated with each other without hostili- tles breaking out. One of General Korniloff's detachments is said to be advancing from the Narva. Both sides are still organizing and appealing for support. SR ; The Bourse Gazette éays the cavalry | vwinsted, Sept. 11.—Killing frosts which General Korniloff sent against | quring the night were reported from the capital has reached Dno, 120 miles | northwestern Colnnecticut and across from Petrograd. The military section | the line in Massachusetts. At New of the council of soldiers’ and work- | Boston, Mass. the temperature sank to men'’s delegates at Petrograd had sent | 25 degrees above zero while in this emissaries to explain the character of vicinity it was as low as 28. Corn, the movement to the officers of the | beans and late garden truck suffered Korniloff cavalry. The delegates de- | geverely. Ice formed in the high livered Premier Kerensky's order of | places on still water. the day, and the advance of the cav- g —_— alry stopped at Dno to await further Tobacco Crop Partly Ruined. instructions. Hagrtford, Sept 11.—The lowest Premier Kerensky has gentdasteuc- | noint reached by the thermometer in tions by wireless to all raflroad organ- | this city last night was 86 degrees. izations, requiring the officials to re-|There was some damage to standing fuse to obey any order from General | ;rops. Outside the city particularly Korniloff. The premier has received | i the local tobacco belt the damage & telegram from the commander of |4g jikely to run into the tens of thous- the Baltic.fleet promising support. ands of dollars. It was in Dplaces It is stated that General Kaledines, | characterized as a “killing” frost. ataman of the cossacks, has tele-| Beans, vines and tobacco are the graphed to Premier Kerensky threat- | hardest hit. ening that if he ddes not accede to In East Hartford it is declared that General Korniloff’s demands the cos- | g¢ jeast 26 per cent. of ' the tobacco sacks will cut the Moscow railway, | crop is spoiled. thus isolating Petrograd. At Windsor ice formed. Opening of Government officials dre tearing uD | gchools .will be postponed for a week the rallway tracks at Semrino, 40|t allow older pupils to assist in a versts from Petrograd, in order to | gyjck harvesting of the tobacco crop. stay the approach of General Korni- loff’s troops. A special train which left Petrograd during the night for Semrino carried the chiefs of the Faston Records 28 Degrees. Bridgeport, Sept 11.—The low tem- peratures of last night extended as far southward as the shore of Long Island sound and . did considerable damage to gardens in this vicinity. In Stratford, just east of here, a temper- ature of 29 degrees was Tecorded, while in Easton the mercury went to 28 degrees. workmen and representatives of the council of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates. General Korniloff’s ‘‘Sikaya” divi- slon, which was formerly stationed at Pukoff and consists of Georgians and other caucasus tribesmen, is reported to have occupied Writza, or Little Prodicted. Vyrayn, on the Petrograd-Rybinsk SRS ‘Washington, Sept. 11.—The present DENMARK INCREASES GUARD. Copenhagen, Sept. 11.~—The Danish government has decided to materially strengthen the guards along the land frontier. The present force of gen- darmes was stationed on the border to prevent contraband trade with Ger- many.” SEC’Y WILSON RECUPERATING. Washington, Sept. 11.—Secretary Wilson is recovering from a severe at- tack of ptomaine poison which has kept him from his desk for a week. rredlway, 64 versts from Petrograd. | 13 gnap, extending from the Mis- Korniloff's Force Believed Small. . |sissippi river eastward to the Atlan- According to reports from the win- |tic coast and south as far as Vdrginia ter palace, where the government |[is expected to moderate by Wednes- council was in session throughout yes- | day, when the weather bureau pre- terday a considerable force of sup- |dicts a general rise in temperature porters of Gen. Korniloff already have | will be felt. passed Luga on the way to Petrograd. Considerably warmer weather was The government refuses to make a |being felt today than on Monday statement but Foreign Minister Ter- | everywhere. Continuance of the estchenko informs the Associated |low temperatures with fair weather Press that he believes the Korniloff | will prevail today and tonight. forces consist of only a few hundred e | men. The town and railroad station GE ow ot Luga are I Korntlos hands. BANDITS MENACE TOWN By ,order of Premier Kerensky the railroad track between Luga and ” Petrograd has been torn up in places | Trucks and Motorcycles Carrying Sol- ngs being engaged on the work all Aiaht, On the Petrograd side of Luga | 26T Dash Off to Relief af Dolores are forces which so far have stood Creck, Near Laredo. for ‘the government. Gen. Korn- fi:;t"; main su‘p'port appears to be the | ILaredo, Tex .,Sept. 11.—In response so-called “Sikaya” or ‘“Savage Divi- | to a call for help against a bandit in- sion” which was formerly stationed at |vasion at Dolores Creek, 28 miles Pskoff and consisting of Georgians | 50uth of here, just before last mid- mnd other Caucuses tribesmen, who [night, several truck loads of soldiers are personally devoted to Korniloff ag | @nd many motorcycles left for that & result of his Iife long interest in |Place. Asiatic affairs. With this force are No report of a clash had been re- Tekke Cavalrymen from the Trans- | celved here early today. Caspian territory, whose wild appear- ance created a sensation when they accompanied Gen. Korniloff to the Moscow conference. \ According to the evening newspa- Spers the Savage division has occu- pied Vuiritsa on the Windau-Rui- binsk railroad. The government last night made re- peated efforts to induce Gen. Alexieff, former commender-in-chief of - the Russian army, to command against Korniloff, but/ met with refusal. Mem- bers of the government state there is no prospect whatever of Korniljfe submitting. He has lssued orders to *his army to take possession of Petro- 2 S grad and in a manifesto to the army [ KAISER RETURNS TO POTSDAM. he declares that the provisional gov- Amsterdam, Sepnt. 11.—Emperor ernment with Premier Kerensky at | William has returned to Potsdam, it is announced in an official statement from Berlin today. (Continued on Ninth Page) EW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSI JACK WILLIAMS, HUMAN FLY, CLIMBS HERE T ONIGHT | TO HELP SWELL PUBLIC FUND FOR SOLDIERS’ SMOKES ‘ The picture gives a general idea of what ‘“Jack” Williams, Fly,” does nearly every day of, his life. He is shown here swarming up a marble column in Detroit, one of his most difficult accomplishments. The column is 50 feet high and meas- ures 68 inches in diameter. The smaller pictures show the in- trepid climber, wearing his ‘“‘Forty- Second Story Smile,” and Mrs. Wil- liams, who accompanies him on his tour of American cities. FORTY-ONE. MORE IN THE SECOND DISTRICT Additional Names Complete Required Quota of 3 239 The second district exemption board has certified 41 additional names to the district board. These names are published in addition to the 200 names that have been pre- viously announced. The names com- plete the quota of the second district which is 239. It is' possible that some of the last 41 names to be pub- lished will be contained in the list of those men who are to go to Ayer, Mass., on.or shortly after September 19. The list follows: Frank E. Abel, 151 Hartford Ave. Albert Wohing, 197 North St. James C. Sheehan, 225 Fairview St. John Slinnon, 86 Maple St. ‘William Otto Williametz, 20 Jubi- lee St. £ John Francis Kelleher, mercial St. Arvid E. Anderson, 699 Stanley St. Dominick William Descola, 64 City Ave. Frank P. McNamara, 320 S. Main St. Nick P. Tausania, 381 Park St. Charles August Deming, 821 East Bt., care of J. G. White Eng Co., Ham- ilton, Va. Charles D. Mackay, 580 E. Main St. Fred L. Nelson, 815 East St.. Leon Katz, 356 Park St. Adalph Sext, 38 Woodland St. Walter L. Barbour, 81 Sefton drive. Matthew Mooradian, 14% Spring St. John Fred Kraus, 71 Rhodes St. John F. Greene, 779 East St. Abraham Marcus, 485 Main St. Francis. J. Coffey, 30 Star St. Joseph Dobasynkas, 24 Hazel Binghampton, N. Y.—21 Olive St. Ed. James Cronin, 134 Hartford Ave. Fred D. Anderson, 115 Dwight St. Salvatore Squillace, 189 Oak St. Baba Joseph Mirza, 39 Union St. James M. Quinlan, 96 Seymour St. Albert P. Natzke, 433 Stanley St. ‘William James Regan, 115 Narth St. Harry Brown, 131 Dwight St. Adolph R. Rapp, 74 Francis St. ‘Wyllis Nazray, 20 Talcott St., Hart- ford, Ct. Joseph Torin, 263 Lawlor St. Peter Skowronek, 47 Spring St Francis P. McDonough, 8 Connerton 108 Com- St. St. Ephram Mirza, 89 Union St. John James Weir, 45 Erwin Place. Bock Hong Fong , 38 Church St. George Eugene Johnson, 154 Henry St Frank Ziember, 173 Winter St. Louis Robroy, 35 Chestnut St. OLD GLORY AT YERDUN s and Stripes, Gift of Red Cross Worker, Flying Over Ruins of ity Hall 11.—The American col- ors now over The flag which the gift of a prominent American Red Cross worker vas hoisted over hall following which was attended hy fect, Jean Grillon. Paris, Sept. fly Verdun. a ceremony the sub-pre- “The Human ' | Patriotic Society Insist on to the ! the Fuins of | “Jack” Willlams known from coast to coast as ‘The Human Fly,” will scale the John A. Andrews buillding at the junction of Main and Arch streets this evening at 6:15 “o’clock ! and will contribute 35 per cent. of the collection taken up among the spec- tators to the f i to purchase. to- bacco for New Britain soldiers. Williams is a human fly if there | ever was’one. He nscends the face of |any building alded only by the | strength of his hands and feet whiah | Nature gave him. He uses no ropes, no spikes, nothing, in faet, except his limbs. For several years he has made the country gasp by his daring stunts and has scaled the sides of some of the highest buildings in the country, including the Woolworth building in New York city. To ‘average people climbing the face of bulldings is a prospect from which they would shrink. But Wil- liams is possessed of unusual talents and does not flinch from @he toughest proposal. The secret of his success lies in the strength of his hands. He can take any potato, exert pressure on the tuber and reduce it to a pulp. This is a test of his strength’ which he applies frequently to learn whether his strength is waning.. “When I find I can’t squeeze a potato to a pulp I'm VIOLATED ALIEN PERMIT Josef Rath of Manchester Visited Hartford and Other Places in Vio- lation of Federal Restrictions. Hartford, Sept. 11.—Special Agent Charles H. Lane of the department of justice arrested Josef' Rath of Man- chester yesterday afternoon for vio- lating his German alien permit. Rath is a bookkeeper for Cheney Bros. ata velvet mill and his permit allowed him to go to and from his work, but it is alleged he had been going to Hartford and going to other places. He is 33 years old and has been in this country about four vears, He was held overnight at the police station' !and was brought to the marshal's office Iin the federal building this moraing, i where Superintendent Richard J. ! Mommers of Cheney Bros. had' an in- jterview with him and with U. S. At- ! torney Spellacy, with a view to later asking for a parole for Rath and se- curing a bondsman. Rath was lodged in‘ the jail, where he will be confinéd until the termination of the war with Ger- many, unless paroled by the authori- ties at Washington. MAINE MAN MISSING IN FRANCE. Ottawa, Sept. 11.—G. M. Moore of ! Pleasant Point, Me., is reported miss- | ing in the list of casualties among Ca- ! nudian troops at the Europeun published today Hartford, Sept. 11.—Fore- cast for ew Britain and vicinity: Fair continued cool with frost tomight. Wednes- fair with » apera- Hartford | front | going to quit the game,” Williams gaid today. Bad weather never prevents Wil- liams from carrying out his per- formance. He has gone up buildings in the midst of thunder storms and is apparently as much at home as if the sun were shining. He received the title of “Human FIly' in a southern city several ‘years ago when he first took up climbing for a living. He had rescued a woman from the fourth floor of a building, which was afire, and this was his first’ knowledge of hig ability’ to walk on a perpendicu- lar surface as easily as his fellow be- ings ‘walk along the street. He de- cided to take up climbing as a voca- tion and his motto ever since has been “Upward and Onward.” It is expected that the soldiers’ to- bacco fund will be greatly augmented by Willlams’ contribution thig even- ing. Those who are present may offer what they choose but it is hoped that everyone will be liberal as 35 cents on each dollar collected will be given to the tobacco fund. If more than $1,000 is’ collected, Williams will cen- tribute 40 -per ‘cent. Willlams’ second climb will take place - tomdrrow -evening ' at: 6:13 o’clock up the front of the B. C. Por- ter Sons’ building on Main street, wes., of Central Park. FIST FIGHT OUTSIDE OPEN HAT FACTORY President of Union and Former Mem- ber Engage in Pugilistics and Both Are Arrested. Danbury, Sept. 11.—The first ar- rests are the result of trouble between union and non-unioh men, growing out of the operation of several hat | tactories % this city on the open | shop plan¥were made today, when i Jeremiah dcully, president of the lo- cal Hat Makers' union, and William 0. Merson, unfon member, at the open shop of l.ee Hat company, were arraigned in the city court on charges of assault. Merson's eyes were blackened and he received a broken rib while passing through a crowd of watchers near the factory, as he was on his way home from work Saturday afternoon. He al- leges that Scully struck him. Scully, who was first to enter complaint to the prosecuting attorney. claims that Merson hegan the attack. Three local manufacturing concerns which - recently incorporated the United Siates Huat company, and are operating open shops here, ure mem- bers of the Conneeticut Manufactur- ers 0C ion and Ralph O. Wells, of Hartford, attorney for that organ- izaton, appeared until “his after. noon | In order to aid in ther trouble among gather near the shops a the em- vloves are leaving, County Sheriff , Pease, at the request of the local au- thorities has detailed six deputy sher- iffs from other parts of the county for special duty here. a former ‘now employed the. . H. preventing fur- crowds that 1 BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917. —TEN PAGES. U. S. DEST MINISTER'S EXPOSE ‘Stockholm Declares It Has Re- ceived No Ofiicial Information BUENOS AIRES AROUSED| Criminal Trial For Count Luxburg for Plot- ting Assassination of Argentine C".' izens—No Dismissal Yet. Lodon, Sept. 11.—The Swedish for- eign office, according to a despatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telégraph company, has issued the following statement regarding the | Swedish-Argentine revelations: “The Swedish foreign office has not received .any account regarding the transmission of, the telegrams men- tioned in the statements of the gov-, ernment of the United States, and unable at present to determine what |its position should be on the question opened up by these statements. “It is, however, accurate to say that just after the worid war broke out the Swedish forelgn minister ex- pressed the opinion that He ought to transmit 2 German telegram con- cerning the civil population of Kiao- Chow (the former German fortress in the Chinese peninsula of Shan- tung).” “Statements to the same effect were made to the representatives of both belligerent groups without their being any question of Sweden taking over representation of any powers’ inter- est. As regards the United States in { particular, the United States minister cases, demanded and obtained permis- sion ‘to trnsmit letters to and from Turkey and at a time when Turkey | whs not in a state of war with Amer- lica and when Sweden had not yet | taken over the protection of Ameri- can interests. “In the summer of 1915 the was expressed from the British side that transmission of telegrams be- tween Germany and North America should cease. 'No formal demand was made but notwithstanding this the forelgn minister scceded to the wish. The Swedish ambassador, who was cognizant of all the negotiations, was of the opinion that this was no bar to the continued transmission of tele- grams to neutral states other than the ‘United States and therefore not to Argentina. Since then Sweden has continued to be the intermediary for communications between Germany and the Argentine republic. “The telegram mentioned in the American statement was written in code and in transmittig it the Swedish minister was by that reason unable to decipher it. Whether its contents were as reported is a point which the first duty of the Swedish government must be to comnfirm, and its next ac- tion must be to get an explanation from Germany if it be found that any misuse has taken place. Sweden will also, without regard to any reference made to her, take measures to pre- vent any repetition of the incident. “No application as to the cessation of the transmission of telegrams from Germany to the Argentine republiv has yet been magde either by the Brit- ish or the Ameritan government even now or at any earlier period. ““The whole affailr has only become known to the public through the press but in spite of this, the wishes offi- cially and semi-officially expressed Ly the intérested parties would imme- diately have been acceded to."” wish Buenos Aires Awaits Official News. Buenos Alrs, Sept. 11.—News de- spatches to the effect that passports may be handed to the German and Swedish diplomatic representatives to Argentina are declared by the for- eign minister to be premature, as the government, 1s unable even to consid- er such a procedure until it receives official detal]s respecting the Wash- ington revelations. The foreign minister announces that the steamers Oran and Guazo, referred to in one of the messages, sent by Count Luxburg through the Swedish legation to the German for- eign office, arrived at French ports in June after Luxburg had sent his de- spatch. An Argentinc patriotic soclety has jssued a statement urging that Count Luxburg must not be given his pass- ports but tried for u .criminal offense in inciting the assassination of Ar- gentine citizens. This action is im- possible, however, as diplomatic rep- resentatives are immune from court summonses. All documents relating to questions between Argentine and Germany have been published, the foreign 'minister declared, adding that nothing had been held in reserve and that there is not now and never had been a pact, {Continued on Ninth Page) the Swedish government, therefore, is | here has this year, in certain special | ESTABLISHER OYERS SINK 6 U-BOATS| ATTACKING SHI 'SWEDEN IN DARK ON Greatest Loss of " to Kaiser’s Subi ine Fleet Reporti Navy Departmei Oil Tanker Escaped AMERICAN V.. I ACTING AS CO f [} Two Mercharit -Vessels Same Fleet, Destroi Engagement Off ' Coast on Septembet 5. Washington, Sept. American destroyers lieved to have sunk s tile submarines off t of France, September, § convoying a fleet. .of chantmen from., the States. Two of the merd ships were lost, but it i orted without loss.. of eagre reports to the’ department today give account of the fight. Following is the navy depai g X statement: The navy department ceived a report from Paris. states that the steamer W reports that on September, cruising with several othe it was attacked by a massed, of six submarines off the coa France on September 5, the of this " attack being that = steamers attacked were sunk probably all of the subma were lost. g The vessels were under cOnvo; no details of the fight were includ the reports received. The' ni the two ships sunk were not fn in the déspatch. It is not even whether they were American The navy department has.cabled additional information. 3 The Westwego, an oil tank ste was built in Germany in 1914 fo: manian account under the name of Steaua Romana. Later the was changed to American. The Westwego ‘was enroute to rope from the United States whe tacked. Fleet Probably Convoyed. While the mnaVvy department sf ment does not specifically state American destroyers were convo the ships, it Was announced rece that a policy of convoying fleety merchant ships across the Atlanti¢] .been adopted,’and since the We and the other merchant craft ¥ were the objects of the submam attack were bound for Europe it garded as more than probable ! American warships guarded the n chant ships on the way across, American warships have all equipped with depth bombs for fi ing ; subs This weapon beely hi ordnance deadly. If detailed reports bear out first despatch they will sig most notable action against, rines since the war began, ag ‘A“_ a striking victary for the Apyel naval forces. pr s Westwego Held Up January S8 ‘The Westwego had an exp with a German supmarine b »,*: United States entered the ‘war, ha been attacked by one, January 81 I while off the coast' of England. § was proceeding from an Amerl; port with a cargo of oil for Eure when a submarine fired five shots her from astern. The Westweg: captain, J. 5. Mulcoy, brought his v sel to a stop and sent a hoat wil his papers, whereupon the Germ: submarine commander demanded supply of oil, threatening to sink t ship if his demands were not compli with. The submarine command also demanded that the vessel's § 000,000- cargo of gasoline be thro: overboard, saylng he would give (a tain Mulcoy until the next morning comp Four bairels of cylinder g were sent to the submarine and t Westwego 'procded. She saw more of the submarine. erts and proved TRYING TO COERCE HOLLAND,| -imsterdam, Sept. 11.—The Teld graaf says that Germany has stoppe; sending coal to Holland. The pap expresses the bellef ‘hat Germany attitude is intended as pressure of Holland o zrant a loan which . Ju thus far Yeen refused. 1-{