New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERAL HERALD “ADS BETTER BUST [——— PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917. —TEN PAGES. ESTABLISHE HARTFORD FORBIDS PACIFIST MEETING Acting Mayor and Police Chiel Take Stand Against Sedition MAY CALL HOME GUARD No Indication Given of Methods to Be Pursued to Prevent Mecting But Defense Troops May Be Employed Week From Tomorrow. Hartford, Sept., 22.—There will be no more meetings under the auspices of the People’'s Council of America i, for Democracy and Peace in this city, unless the power of the executive and police authorities of the city are over= riddyn. After a conference with Chief of 1\lice J. Farrell this morning, acting Mayor Walter S. Schutz made announcement that he had informed the chief that the city authorities were opposed to the holding of any more meetings, such as was held last Sunday. The acting mayor said fur- ther that the chief had instructions ta notify Alfred E. Whitehead, and ' William C. O’'Brien, the promoters of the meeting, that such a meeting must not be held. Neither the acting mayor or the chief cared to give any details as to the methods which would be followed in preventing another meeting, but both made it clear that they felt they ¢4 held the cards in their hands to stop any gathering which they choose ta regard as planned to embarrass the government in carrying out its plans to win the war. That the police force is strong enough to prevent, by a display of force if necessary, any un- - partiotic assemblage, was indicated as the belief of the acting mayor. May Call Home Guard. That if necessary the Home Guard might be summoned to support the police, was one of the hints given out, but this did not come from the po- lice department. The powers of the mayor under the ordinance are re- garded as ample and explicit. Since the failure of the city police court to inflict any penalty upon the prominent figures in last Sunday’s meeting, and the announcement by the U. S. District Attorney Spellacy that there was no federal statute under which the agitators could be prosecuted, Alfred E. Whitehead, chairman of the mass meeting, and ‘Willlam C. O’Brien, chairman of the Hartford branch of the organization, " have talked about holding another meeting when plans were completed, the tentative date being one week from Sunday in the same hall where the meeting was held last Sunday. ‘Whitehead announced that an effort would be made to secure Prof. Henry ‘Wadsworth Longfellow Dana of Co- lumbia university to address the meeting. NORWALK HOTEL BANKRUPT President Fil Petition Showing Concern Owes $66,630—Heavy Mortgages Held by Banks and Pri- vate Individuals. Hartford, Sept. 22.—The Clifford hotel company of Norwalk, by its president, Henry J. Miller, filed a pe- tition in bankruptcy in the TUnited States district court in this city to- day. The liabilities are $66,630 and “<$57,000 of the amount are preferred claims, including a $40,000 first mortgage to the South Norwalk Sav- ings bank. Emma V. Pepper of Hartford, wife of Harry Pepper, holds a second mortgage for $12,200 and the Peo- ples Trust company of South Norwalk has a secured clalm of $4,500. . The Clifford hotel company is de- fendant in a $15,000 damage suit in the Fairfleld county court, the action being brought by Elmer N. Van Nos- trand of Chicago. Available assets appear to be real estate valued at $70,000, property valued at $2,000 and $242 on book accounts. Insurance policies on the property foot up $79,000. FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL Noted Lawyers Appear Before Senate Committee in Behalf of Soldiers and Ballors. ‘Washington, 22.—Protection of the homes and property of Amer- lca’s fighting men by passage of the soldiers’ and sailors’ civil rights bill, Sept was urged today before a senate ju- | ~ficlary sub-committee, which began formal hearings. rly enactment of the measure is desired by many of- iclals ,who contend that, next to the Insurance bill, it is the biggest and most needful thing to be done for the rountry’s defenders. Appearing today in oill, which they aided in framing, wvere a number of prominent lawyers, ncluding Walter George Smith ol hiladelph ident of the Ameri- an bar Mansficld Ferry Af New ajor John R. Wignore, dean of the Northwestern aw school. and Major Jg ‘lon and Samuel Rosenbaum idelphia. behalf of of personal | the | SLAGKER CONSCRIPT FIGHTS DETECTIVE Joseph Jelleski Gives Battle When Placed Under Arrest HN THURDAY'S QUOTA Should Have Gone to Camp Decvens 40 Per Cent. of Draft—Will Probably Be Sent There With Monday Under Guard. Subdued only after a strenuous struggle with Detective Andrew J. Richardson, Joseph Jelleski, who was to have left Thursday with the 200 other members of the new National Army but who deserted at the last moment, was arrested at the Corbin Screw corporation this noon and is now lodged behind the bars at police headquarters. It is not thought he will be arraigned in court on a charge of violating the selective act but will probably be sent to Camp Devens on Monday morning under a police or military guard. Members of the first exemption board and the detective bureau at police headquarters learned yesterday that Jelleski had been employed at the Corbin Screw corporation and that there was a week’s pay due him there, Accordingly Dr. T. E. Reeks, secre- tary of the board, and Detective Richardson went to the factory this noon. Dr. Reeks pointed Jelleski as he stood in line to get his money and he was immediately placed under ar- rest. Although Jelleski made a wild break for liberty and fought vigorous- ly against arrest, he was finally subdued and handcuffed and taken to headquarters. MERIDEN TO PROTEST. Meriden, Sept. 22.—Alderman Har- old C. Hall announced today that he ‘would introduce a petition at the next meeting of the aldermanic board pro- viding for a protest by the city against the announced increase in trolley fare on the lines of the Con- necticut company. HOUSE WILL PROBE BERLIN ‘SLUSH’ FUND Chairman Flood Declares In- vestigation Will Prob- ably Be Held ‘Washington, Sept., 22.—Chairman, Flood of the house foreign affairs committee ,declared today after con- ferring with Secretary Lansing that he thought thre probably would be a house investigation of Count Von Bernstorft's plans to influence congress by spending $50,000 as revealed in his despatch to Berlin. After his conference with the chair- man Flood, Secretary Lansing author- ized the following: “If there is any misunderstanding I wish to say very emphatically I do not see how the Bernstorff message in any way reflects upon congress or any member. Apparently it was the purpose to employ agencies to in- fluence them, of which they would have no knowledge and in case they were influenced would be entirely innocent. I do not know what the organization was. This expose is apro- pos of German methods of propagan- da and there is no intention of cast- ing suspicion on members of cop- gress.” London, Sept., 22.—Secretary Lans- ing’s disclosures regarding the request made by Count Von Bernstorff, the former German ambassador to the United States that the German gov- ernment sanction the payment of $50,000 to influence the American cangr called for the comment in several London papers this morning. Long news despatches from Washing- ton also are printed under such cap- tions as “Amazing Spy System” “More German Perfdy” and *“ ‘Working Up’ Ireland.” The Times says: *“After and by this publication the champions of German chivalry, German honor and | truthfulness will find their task con- siderably aggravated on bath sides of the Atlantic.” The Daily News sa “We don't know whether Count Von Bernstorf will maintain that his plan for bribing American congressmen just reve: was quite proper and ordinary lomatic activity, probably he will. do not know that the Kaiser publicly commended the notorious | Count Von Luxburg and has an- { nounced his intention of employing { him in further diplomatic wor Stockholm, Sept., 21.—The Swedish electoral campaign closed taday with elections in Stockholm. Tt will be several days, under the complicate tem of proportional votir before the results are known ,but already it is evident from the few elections that have held that the inflience of are Argentine disclosurs will deprive ! the conservatives af the control of the { tower hou heer “Murder Schemes Revealed” | more | a | GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN REPLIES TO POPE'S NOTE ;' “Herr Cardinal: Your Eminence has been good enough, together with your letter of Aug, 2, to transmit to the Kaiser and King my most graclous master, the note of his Holiness the Pope, in which his Holiness, filled with grief at the devastations of the world war, makes an emphatic peace appeal to the heads of the belligerent people. The Kaiser-King has deigned to ac- quaint me with your Elminence’s let- ter and to intrust the reply to me, “His Majesty has been follawing for a considerable time with high respect and sincere gratitude His Holiness's in a spirit of true impartiality, to alleviate as far as possible the sufferings of the war and to hasten the end of hostilities. The Kaiser sees in the latest step of His Holiness fresh proof of his noble and humane feel- ings, and cherishes a lively desire that, for the benefit of the entire world, the I'apal appeal may meet with suc- cess. The effart of Pope Benedict is to pave the way to an understanding amongst all peoples and might more surely reckon on a sympathetic re- ception and the whole-hearted support. from His Majec seeing that the Kaiser, since taliing over the govern- ment, has regarded it as his principal and most sacred task to preserve the blessings of peace for the German peo- ple and the world. Tn his speech from the thrane at the opening of the Ger- man Reichstag on June 25, 1888, the Kalser promised that his love of the German army and his position to- ward it should never lead him into CAPT. BARNES CHOSEN FOR FIREMEN’S SCHOOL Will Learn Latest Methods of New York De- partment, Announcement was made today by the board of fire commissioners that Captain Eugene F. Barnes of the Cen- tral fire station on Commercial street had been selected to attend a college for firemen conducted by the New York fire department. The course at the college is one of about eight or mine weeks and prac- ttcal as well as theoretical drilling is glven the students. Captain Barnes will be assigned to one of the fire sta- tions and will respond to alarms when not ‘engaged in’ lecture work in the classroom. For the past two months the com- missioners have heen discussing matter quictly and recently received word from New York that one man from New Britain could be accommo- dated. Captain Barnes will take the coursc at no expense to the city and it is expected the local department will be benefited as he can teach oth- ers what he learns in New York. The college is attended by firemen from all over the country and the latest meth- ods of fighting fires as well as other relative subjects are studied. One of the features of the course is fire pre- vention, which is even more import- ant than fire fighting. Captain Barnes is one of the veter- ang of the New Britain department and his selection meets with general approval. He wlill leave early next weck fcr his new studies IS ANOTHER PARADE WANTED BY PEOPLE? Many Cri Thursday's Celebration One Mother Protests it is Ad- ding More Sorrow. There seems to be some doubt in the mind of Mayor G. A. Quigley and other prominent officials as to whether it is advisable for the city to give the departing soldiers another celebration when the next contingent leaves. Al- ready there has come to the atten- tion of the mayor considerable criti- cism of such a plan and at least one broken hearted mother, who saw her boy march away on Thursday. has penned him a pitiful plea that other | mothers be spared this final heartache. {1t is said by many that the idea of { heing marched through the city streets, ! attired in their old clothes, while a crowd of curious people stare at them does not appeal to the men them- selves. Others whe have already seen their loved ones go arguc that the parting is doubly hard on account of { this ppublic leavetaking. The blowinz of the factory whistles and the sound- ing the church bells also adds to the ! hurdens of those whose hearts are al- vy overflowing, it is said. he mayor is undecided what is tie { hest course to pursue. Tf the public feels that it w 1ts another such dem- | onstration stirring, vet pathetic though it is. arrangemen will be { made. If the concensus is that it is better to let the boys depart without such a public effusion that plan will be adopted MORE DU Mass., Sept population thro AT CAMP DEVENS. Camp Devens swollen by many the arrival ot men pland states this today to reccive the National Army Ayer, with a ! thousands { from the New E week muade ready 2,338 members of from northern New York The forty | per cent. quota at the cantonment will [ be completed tomorrow with the arri- Ival of contingents from Boston | western Massachusetts cities. the | temptation to cut short the benefits of peace unless war were a necessity, forced upon us by an attack on the empire or its allies. The German army should safeguard peace for us and should peace, nevertheless be broken, it would be in a position to win it with honor. The Kalser has, by his acts, fulfilled the promise he then made in 26 years of happy rule, despite provocations and temptations. “In the crisis which led to the present world conflagration His Ma- jesty’s efforts were, up to the last moment, directed towards settling the conflict by peaceful means. After the war had broken out against his wish and desire, the Kaiser, in conjunction with his high allies, was the first solemnly to declare his readiness to enter into peace negotiations. The German people supported His Ma- Jesty in his keen desire for peace. “Germany sought within her na- tional frontier the free development of her spiritual and material pas- sessions, and outside the imperial territory unhindered competition with natfons enjoying equal rights and equal esteem. The free play of forces in the world in peaceable wrestling Wwith one another would lead to the highest perfecting of the noblest human possessions. Disastrous con- ‘catenation ofievents in the year 1914 absolutely broke off all hopeful course of development and transformed Europe into a bloody bhattle arena. ““Appreciating the importance of His Holiness’ declaration the imperial government has not failed to submit the suggestions contained therein to earnest and scrupulous examination. Special measures, which the govern- ment has taken in closest contact with | representatives of the German pcopl(' for discussing and arguing th tlons raised prove how mrnem\ desires, in accordance with His Hr)lk ness’ desires, and the peace resolution of the Reichstag on July 19, to find a practical basis for a just and lasting peace. “The imper government greets with special sympathy the leading idea of the peace appeal wherein His Holi- ness clearly expresses the conviction that in the future the material pow- er of arms must be superseded by the moral power of right. We convinced that the sick body of human society can only be healed by forti- fying its moral strength of right. From this would follow, acording to His Holiness' view, the simultaneous di- minuition of the armed forces of all states and the institution of obligatory arbitration for international disputes. “We share His Holiness' view that definite rules and a certain safeguard | for a simultaneous and reciprocal lim- itation or armaments on land on sea and in the air, as well as for the true ! freedom of the community and high seas, are the things, in treating whicn | ——the new spirit that in the future should prevail in international refa- should find fi hopeful ex- The task would then of it- to decide international dif- ; ferences of opinion not by the use of : armed forces, but by peaceful meth- ods, especially by arbitration, whose | (Continued On Second Page). FIVE STEAMSHIPS, TWO DESTROYERS, SUNK BY MASSED U-BOAT ATTACK AUTO THIEVES’ NEST FOUND IN DANBURY Two Cars and Many Separate Plants Uncovered by Police. Danbury, Sept. 22.—While ing near Hawleyville last night for a farm on the outskirts this city, Police Captain Bradley what apparently was the camp of a band of automobile thieves who had also been stealing cattle, poultry and probably farm pro- duce in large quantities, using stolen arry away the booty. The methods they used in cattle steal- ing were strictly up to date, for in a raid on the stock barns of Albert Mc- Kay, near here, Thursday night they loaded two calves into a touring car and carrird them away. The calves were found at the camp in Hawley- ville, where the thieves occupied an abandoned farmhouse. Two men who were in the house as the Police approached, fled into the woods and escaped. One Was recog- nized as Max Kranz, a chauffeur, re- leased recently from Elmira reforma- tory ,whare he was serving a term for automobile stealing’ in New York state. An automobile found near the camp has been identified by Frank Kane, of Long Hill, near Bridgeport, as a car stolen from his garage last month. Another car, bearing the Connecticut marker 53,063, was taken possession of by the police. Parts of automobiles found about the place in- dicated that the thieves had disman- tled other ca search- some cactle stolen from of discovered PAPER PLANT BURNED Establishment of St. George Company at South Norwalk Destroyed With Loss of Between $30,000 and $50,000 South Norwalk, plant of the St. Sept. 22.—The big George Pulp and Paper company was burned out this morning at 1 o'clock, manager E. G. Murphy cstimating the loss at from $20,000 to $50,000. Eight men were night row e: spread. BRITISH BOMBARD OSTEND Naval working on ths apes, so rapidly did the flames Germany Works Subjected to Attack by isfactory, London Announces. London, Sept. 22.—British warships this morning bombarded the naval works at Ostend with tory results, it was announc by the admiralty. Three scaplancs were shot down airplane satisfac d riman by Sritish Hartfa & for —ore- ain Sept. New | miles off Plymouth, acording to sur- { vivors of the crew who ! gross, | doed twice | exploding torpedoes. | first torpedo hit the ve hift, and five of them had nar- ' “Varchips—Results Sat- | German | today | Wholesale Destruction! Wrought in Convoyed Fleet Scon After Flotilla Left Lough Swilly—British Vessel Torpedoed Twice. An Atlantic Port, Sept gers who arrived from kng American steamship brought stantial reports that five steamships and two destroyers, a convoy Swilly, sunk a few and on an cireum- British ont of fleet of six. which left Lough Ireland by September 3, were submarines, within | s of the port of departure. was told, among other by shipwrecked seamen, who were survivors of other submarined vessels and hy a merchant ship officers who | had heen in Lough Swilly. The five vessels, it w voyed by the destrcyers, put to sea | shortly after midnight, and they were attacked by massed submarines at daylight the following morning. The news of the disaster was learned when the destrovers which escaped put into port to land survivors of the lost ships. “The sreatest secrecy was —thrown about the incident,” the merchant ship officer said. “The survivors were given positive instructions to noth- ing about it, and no details as to the names of the ships or the extent of loss of life could be learned. Tt was reported that one, and possibly two, of the U-boats were sunk by the de- | stroyers. | said. con- | | Torpedoed Twice in Three Hours. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 22.—The | British steamer La Negra on her way from Buenos Aires to Havre with a cargo of Argentine beef, was sunk by a German submarine September 3, 45 rrived here today on an American The La Neara, a ves: was owned by the British and Argentine Steam Navigation company of West Hartlepool. She was torpe- within three hours, ‘he survivors said, and eight members of her crew of 98 lost their lives from the The La Negra had just parted from four other ves- sels under convoy to go into Plymouth for orders when first attacked. The 11 well astern. and rudder the defense gun, of commission. A and the vessel 5 calls ater a carrying away her rudder post and putting mounted aft, >ut jury rudder waus v proceeded after for assisiance. second torpedo struck her, ng its vay into the boiler room before zx- ploding, and caused the ship to go down 1 less than 200 minutes. The survivors were ed up by one of the destroyers summoned when ‘he ship was first attacked Minnehaha Sunk in Four An Atlantic Atlantic ~vhich Minutes, —The Minniha- Dort, BSept, big iiner ha, ransport wius sunk by a German sub- marine, Scptember 7. vent down in four minutes after being torpedoed ac- cording Harry Clark, a veterinary surgcon. who arrived here ‘od T an American steamer from a Rritish port. He said the sinking occurred in Bantry Bay, a few minutes after noon according o information ziven to Yim by a aumber >f ‘he survivors fter landing. ‘o ! Barnes and Cerfaratti | companies AMERICAN ATTITUDE ON NEW BRITAIN MEN N ENGLISH 301 Local Soldiers Near Firing Line. Two New believed to are Bidwell Barnes of 1 Britain soldiers are be on foreign soil C. Barnes, son of L. Main street, and Ana no of Michael street. Company F and v pr He 21 yea Haven he w. New Haven M which has lan son Ce Spring enlisted in last spring moted to corporal. old. While in New ansferred to the chine un company, cd in England. Cd ber of Company D of Bristol, was rbed by the Machine company, the same organization which Barnes is enrolled. MORE MEN LEAVE tarnes this city as Gu FOR AYER TODAY Five \Went This Morning \re Searching For the Sixth Ma Accused of Deserting. Four more members of ihe New Na- all from the arst exemp- tional Arm tion district, left at $:04 for Camp Devens at Ay other man, who lest this train, 10:30 o'clock and the police are o the lookout for the sixth member wh is apparently a slacker. prehended he will be sent to th training camp in the custody of policeman, according to J. J. Watsor clerk of the board. er is Benny street. Those who left at 8:04 n. Frederick Steinman, captain; Twan, Nicolo. because m. toda a. N Yacwicz of 82 Boot Fran The fifth man lost his trai he reported at the through a misunderstanding. He Tony Ochankosky of 315 High str On Monday morning at 8:04 o’ seven men will leave for Ayer the sccond exemption district. loc! The, are Pet>r Skowronck, 47 Spring street; trect: Felix Kaminski of Waterbury; Joseph | Oscar Kellberg, 546 East Main Dobasynskas, who arrived here toda from Binghampton, N. Y., in respons to his orders; Charles A. Deming, who came here from Hampton, Va., in re sponse to a simi'ar call; and John Jer vasie of 316 Elm street. that Mathew Mouradian of They M. aratti was a mem- whic and Polic an- left at If e is ap- The alleged slack- were Joseph Zapert and Camillo Di armory et. | from It is likely 14% | Gasparr! ' NOT ALTER D BY NEW NO! “ hington Still B Determined to Treat I..l as Qutlaw and Refi Debate With Him. First | = CRUSH CONSCRIPT VATICAN’S Cardinal Gaspar w Press Pontiff rmly Bel \bolishing Draft Armies an cott Nations Which Raise Favor tration. Washingto | made hy Germary and ;Imm- nedict’s peace proposg tain nothing that will in any w: the position of the United St ! putlined in President Wiison's the Pope The it od Press studied today lomats he that the rected. st examination of the repl thought, failed to disclog {hing in the nature of terms would afford a basis for dise Secretiry Lansing authoriz quotation of any opinion for tl ) ernment, but it was clearly ing | at the state department that conside s had been given replies iled to develop a son for any alteration of the intentions of this government in the conduct of the war or peace adjustment that may he taken later. Jiies as reccived in Ad despatches were by ali officials a who gave indi little less th re us were Press Sareastic, Sept. Th2 inco: German and Austri} ply to Pope Benedict's peace which arrived before press tim given prominence by the morni Owing o the lateness of however, only two or s commented on them in t torinl coiumns. The tenor of the Jlines, however, reflects the Briti) titude, one paper captioning thi s as “Hypocritical Claptra and Vienna.” . Daily Mail characterize Austrian reply as “A vague ment” and comments on “the moves in the peace plot,” saving “We are told that the Germa crnments are arranging terms the pope and the government of The Allies peace conditions stal record. Germany has not as ye slightest intention of accepting From the Allies will nevd cede."” “The Austrian Daily Mail, “declares very justl the whole world longs for peac: < lless the world swept clean uch diplomac that which ¥ er has just approved and ored, whaut the good of t peace at all The Post asserts that Austria] ply is one which “professes that fighting only for interna arbitration, disarmament and fre, of the seas” and adds: “From th thor of the historic ultimatum to bia that profession is indeed si| cant.” London London, parts of the pape of 0= s as a- a- h m in emperor,” sayl ¥ n o Vatican Opposes Conscriptio Rome, Sept. 21 (delayed).— nal Gasparri, the Papal secretaf h | state, tonight emphasized to the | sociated Press the views of the can regarding a solution of the Ly the suppression of conscrk and also a joint commercial bo} of any nation which refused to: arm, the occasion being the pub tion in the Italla, of Miian, of article on the peace plan of the Se Tt is evident, says the ai that the Vatican aspires to supg ¥ German militarism by securin peace treaty requiring the perma disarmament of that nation. The Italia declared that the } See in its call for peace out of a ing of delicacy towards the bellig powers would not indicate prae - ‘neans by which to obtain and m - talp disarr ment, leaving the naf ‘c decldc means, but Ca 1id the Holy See is e a n, k n e k| ol e Spring street will also be sent away l‘-_“,a thut among all the plans Monday. Secretary Robb this morning re ceived notification from the command ant at Camp Devens that Adolph Wit kin, who left Thursday, has been sur rendered to State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn for trial in the superior cour and an alternate must be furnished to The board has also received unofficial information that a s city nt to of the take his place. dozen of the men sent from th earlier in the month have b New Haven to fill up the r: there and are pme unknown \ready er destination routz for “oday following men as members of the eral committee to take charge of city war bureau: Irnest N. Frank H. Alford, cilman Gorbach, Willlam George P. Spear, W. W. Leland an 2ighth 1ember to be named ter at the ion of Rev. Lucy Bojnowski. Mayor idea to engage 2 2lerk to have of this bureau at all times. appointed the gen- the Humphrey E. W. Christ, Coun- Kiernan, and | vars, la- Quigley’s ~harge j garied so far the only practica} 4 possible ons is the following: 2 = By an accord among the civil nations, including neutrals, to pre obligatory mili service, institute an arbitration tribunal as a guarantee, to direct o gen boycott unst nations which ag tterapt introduce conseription) which refuse to submit internatid questions to arbitration or to acd decision, antec which tish parliamend h | secretary for foreign affal has shown w~yould have great bene| ¢ It was pointed out the card that the Holy Sce always had ¢ demned the nefarious cffects of ¢f seription, “hat in own dominl it had ~efused o use compulsory itary serv! md that Napoleon adopted this idea Conscription, Papal secreiary said, led to my ‘he government always hav at hand a fighting was ‘urther >xplained by “hit *he recent ~xamples t o by its ready n It cardinal .Continued >n Ninth Page) nstrumg