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

o HERALD BEST OF ALL tLOCAL NEWSPAPERS T EW BRITAIN HERAL "RICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. OQLIGEHAN'S WIDOW| *AVENGES HUSEAND __ e . Negro Miter Wil His Trial Is Being Held JBRTROOM N UPROAR Nechank God, Now I Am Avenged,” p2d Rine Cries As Negro Falls Under jive t. Freaticzaple ‘Wounded—*“Get Med. ‘¢wlim Again,” Sister Tells Her. 18.00. 1 nsas City, Mo., 'Oct. 5.—In re- ge for the killing of her husband hur N. Dorsett, a city detective, 5. Anna Dorsett last night in.the twded Jackson county criminal artroom shot and seriously wounded illlam Davis Jones, a negro minister, ho was on trial for the murder of ;e officer. . “Thank God, now I am avenged,” xs. Dorsett cried. “Get him again,” urged Mrs. Helen shaeffer, Mrs. Dorsett’s sister, when e negro, still-alive, rolled over under table, and she took aim to fire. Of- sers disarmed the woman and placed rs. Dorsett under arrest. She was P==G:leased on a $2,000 bond. Order ) ¥ restored in the court room and thin 30 minutes the jury returned a grdict of guilty against Jones pro- ;,ding for a sentence of fifty years ‘3 the state penitentiary. hre “officer' Dorsett, with a fellow detec- ‘eloi-e, John Clifford, was shot by Jones pener the night of August 6 while in- jo thstigating the alleged theft by the he firo preacher of 'a dog. he re _— iscove FALLS THREE STORIES. lativ:' A1 PR yes of qington Street Resident in Hos- red, a -, oy '.\lml ‘With Injury to Brain. ined horge Vansk of 230 Washington epilc t lies in the New Britain General . Elcdtal, in a serious condition, with lave tiid scalp wound and probable in- ppsy. - to the brain, az a result of a fall Theained at his home early today. e anVhat time the accident occurred, ty. its cause has not been determined. jvery .1sk was not discovered unil early T morning, when the police ambu- o Jance was summoned, and the injured man was removed to the institution. - af .50VERNOR TOLD % OF DRAFT APPEALS po pl. i “inp-t w‘gymwder Defines Law As It Relates to Those { Beeking Appeal. ! Hartford, Oct. 5.—In a telegram re- a *ved by Governor Holcomb today lhonom Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder bh ~:@ rule relating to the appeal of s istrants from the local exemption fard to the governor for the pur- #e of having cases re-opened is FWscifically defined. The telegram ere htes that on questions of fact there Ph an be no'appeal to the governor and Phinat the right of the latter to inter- le’Ers is limited to the construction of n he Seriously ] at 3 eV fl bhe rules and regulations governing fd %o actions of the local board. In € pnclusion it says: ‘. “Only where through error in law 44 through the non-culpable ignor- U hee of the registrant a man has been teld to service who should have been lischarged or exempted is authority © request re-hearings by the board 7 sranted to the governor. To interject p into the established system the gov- y ernor or his adjutant general as a l&\ew board of review is an error which ds no justification in any ruling or ection issued from this office. How- er, nothing herein contained shall e 0@ construed as justifying upon the poart of the boards a denial of respect due requests of the governor or of [i als adjutant general speaking for him hen in the exercise of the authority <@ranted to these officlals they make "fiquests upon the boards.” CHARGES ARE DENIED. Malvy, Former Minister of Inter- ior, Issues a Statement. = othe’aris, Oct. 5.—The charges made anne inst Louis J. Malvy, former min- _St. . of the interior, by Leon Daudet, p kindjwspaper editor, were denied by ering flalvy in his statement in the of deputies today. Malvy noed that he had been slander- laccused of abusing his position nister to betray the country. .~ former minister of the interior, ckat M. Daudet had called on ‘» Maginol, then minister for the es, and accused Malvy of going week to Vaucresson, a suburb Bris, to meet a German agent. declared he never had gone to lesgon. He denied he had ever 4donintimate terms with the Al of Bonnet Rouge and conclud- consclence tells me I have all my duty. I shall continue «ask in the ranks of my friends.” . - remier Painlve asked the chamber " let justice accomplish its duty. He promised the chamber that M. Dau- det would have to prove the charges contained in his letter to President Poincare. The chamber then voted confidence in the government. . LOAN DRIVE IN PHILADELPHIA. __ Philadelphia, Oct. 5.—Nine sub- scriptions marked the fourth day of the second Liberty Loan campaign here. MADE BY COMMITTEE Senate Appoints Men to Make In- vestigation of Serious Charges LAFOLLETTE THE MAN Senators Take Up Petition Urging His Expulsion from Congress Be- cause of Statements Made During Speech in St. Paul, Minn. ‘Washington, Oct. 65.—A formal pre. liminapy inquiry into the alleged dis- loyal speech of Senator LaFollette of ‘Wisconsin made before the Non-par- tisan League at St. Paul, a fortnight ago, was ordered today by the senate privileges and elections committee. Appointment of a sub-committee of five members was directed with au- thority limited, first, to inquire into | the correctness of Senator LaFol- | lette’s speech, and second, into the correctness of his statements made therein, The limited scope of the inquiry was regarded as temporary action | upon the numerous petitions present- cd to the senate for the Wisconsin senator’s expulsion. The sub-com- FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WELL AS BODY Restaurant Men May Be Asked to Help in Liberty Loan Campaign— Subscriptions Now $316,000. Owners of restaurants in this city may be asked to co-operate in the Liberty Bond campaign by printing on their menus suitable appeals to their patrons, such as “Buy a Liberty Bond” or some other phrase of a similar nature. The meeting of bankers and man- ufacturers originally scheduled for last might at the National bank will be held tonight as some of the man- ufacturers could not arrange to at- tepd last night _at, such..short notice. Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan from all sources received and tabu=- lated up to the close of business yes- terday afternoon totalled $316,000. Officers of the New Britain National bank, New Britain Trust company, Commercial Trust company and Sav- ings bank of New Britain are put- ting in their best work securing sub- scriptions. FIVE GOING MONDAY First Exemption Board to Send More Men to Camp Devens—Slackers Are Suspected. Although the second exemption dis- trict does not plan to send any more men to Camp Devens until the final 15 per cent. are called, the first ex- emption board has adopted a différ= ent plan and on Monday will send five men. They are: Samuel Burns, captain; William B. Gorman, Josef Gerzysek, Stanislaus Grazewski and Stanley Rania. These men, either be- cause they failed to get their notices in time or because they had some other good excuse, were not called upon to go yesterday. They will take the 11:04 a. m. train Monday. Burns has recently seen service at Camp Upton, L. I. In the second district the board has names of seven men who are classi- fied as deserters and concerning whom the authorities have found no trace. Four more men will probably be located in a short time. The first district has four alleged deserters, their names being Absalom Jacob, ©of 72 Broad street; Paul Joseph, of 72 Broad street; Nira E. Rosanna, of 103 Grove street, and Abraham Yo- nan, of 160 Washington street. Unofficially the local exemption boards have received word that 1,700 out of the first 45 per cent. of men sent to Ayer have been rejected and officlals are of the opinion that when the final records are compiled an average of 10 per cent. rejections will be found throughout the country. As vet no information of local rejections has been received, but when word does come. these rejects will have to be replaced by alternates, MAKES DISCOVERY. Tialian Authorities Say German Plots Have Been Discovered. Rome, Oct. 5.—The authorities have discovered that various campaigns in- tended to demoralize the country, re- sembling those recently exposed in France, had been undertaken here. The ministry of justice has promul- gated a decree providing that all per- sons guilty of acts calculated to de- press public opinion or prejudice the national interest as regards the inter- nal, foreign or military situation shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 vears and fined not more than 10,000 lire. A CHAIRMAN SPARGO EXPLAINS DRAFT All Men of Low ¢ Be “w Numbers Will Included Next in Contingent. Bridgeport, Oct. 5.—With 85 per cent. of the drafted men already at work in Ayer and only 15 per cent. still to be sent forward and these “when desired” with no dates set, doubt about how the last few contin- gents would be selected has been cleared away by Edward C. Spargo, chairman. of the fourth local exemp- tion board of this city. Positive orders have been received by all boards, he said to be sure that in completing the quotas all men of low serial numbers shall be included and that no men of high numbe shall be sent if that would leave low- er numbers out of the ranks when the quotas were filled. There were muany appeals to the appellate boards, and in some parts of the country these have not all been decided. All the finally certified appellants will be in- cluded in the last 15 per-cent., he sald. The last contilngents also will in- clude the negroes none of whom have vet gone to Ayer, though some of them have low numbers in the serial list. It is expected that the colored men soon will be sent forward in one group to include all of their race to be in the new army. No date has been ‘announced by ‘Washington, Mr. Spargo said, for any part of the last 15 per cent. He thought the last few men would be sent in small squads but had no idea how soon or how much time there weuld be between the squads. OUTLINES POLICY. Athletics Will Be Given Military Basis and Purpose During War. New Haven, Oct. 5.—Yale’s athletic problem, says Prof. A. N. Corwin, chairman of the athletic bcard, in outlining today.the athletic policy of the unmiversity, is to give its athletics a military basis and purpose during the war, sc as to make them. of bene- fit to all men who are looking for service. “Those highest in authority in Washington,” he said, ‘“have stated that universities can best help by a continuance of the athletic training { and athletic’ sports, ‘since these are an essential part of military training { and diseipline. “Yale's:'problem, therefore, is to give our athletics a military basis and purpose during the war. This can- not be done by reviving our old-time intercollegiate schedules or devoting all of our resources to the develop- ment of nine or eleven men of sur- passing skill and endurance. What is needed is exercise ad Tecreation for every man who is physically fit, so that he may be better equipped for serving his country and the cause of humanity in this time of peril. There is no plan to discourage or curtail athletics, but rather to give it a spe- cific aim and make it available and -useful to every man who is looking for service.” AT CAMP DE Massachusetts Contingent Mcets Rain Upon Their Arrival at Camp, Aver, Oct. 5.—National cruits from Massachusetts who ar- rived at Camp Devens today, were greeted by a cold rain and the most disagreeable weather any of the con- tingents have experienced on first day at camp. Army re- The first of eleven special trains brought men from Worcester and surrounding towns, and others reached here before noon. Quotas from a few cities and towns nearby arrived on regular trains. their | mittee probably will be appointed during the day, and will be headed by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, and was | ordered to report at the December : session of congress. . The senate committee took up peti- s charging Senator Stone of Mis- ; chairman of the senate foreign relations committee with disloyal statements and acts and declded that the charges made did not warrant any investigation of the Missourt senator. The senate committee’s decision was reached after a two-hour session and | with & speech in the senate by Sen- ator LaFollette impending. The sub- committee was authorized to request authority to employ stenographers and make other necessary expendi- tures, indicating that formal hearings may be held with possible examina- tion of witnesses at St. Paul. The resolution for authority to make the sub-committee inquiry and for its general authority was sched- uled to be brought before the senate later today and many thought it would be the basis of sharp debate in connection with the proposed speech of Senator LaFollette replying to the charges of his critics. MORE TROUBLE SHOWS - UP IN REVOLUTION Russia Declares State of War Exists in Tur- kestan. Petrograd, Oct. 5.—The govern- ment has declared a state of war in Turkestan, where revolutionary move- ments broke out early this week. The situation appeared to become nor- mal when it suddenly flared up again. As a protest against the sending of a punitive expedition, the council of workmen’s and soldiers’ delegates in Tashkent, the capital, has proclaimed a general strike. BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Greater Volume of Legislation at This Session Than Ever Before. Washington, Oct. ~ 5.—Chairthan Martin of the senate appropriations committee, in a review of the achievements of this session of con- gress and of appropriations .and con- tract authorizations for the fiscal year, 1918, issued today, says the session breaks all records, “The session,” he said, “has been marked by a greater volume of legis- lation and the enactment of measures of more momentous import than have ever been considered in any similar of the country.” Total appropriations ' aggregated 1 $16,901,966,815, which, with the total appropriations for the second session of the Sixty-fourth congress and the present fiscal year, makes a grand to- tal of $21,390,730,940 in appropria- tions and contract authorizations for the present fiscal ar. NO. SUBMARINES. Dutch Colonial Navy Will Get None from This Country. The Hague, Oct. 5.—The semi-of- cial news agency states that ag the American government in he present circumstances is not permitting con- struction of the submarines ordered for the Dutch colonial navy, the i Dutch government has withdrawn “he appropriation, therefore, ' while of. forts are being made to have *them constructed elsewhere cbroad. WEATHER Hartford, Oct. 5.—Forecast for Hartford and viclnity: Showers tonicht. Saturday clearing and cooler. S T U period in the parliamentary history | total contract authorizations for the | POSTMASTER INVITES | Mr. Prior Hints Plainville Hotel Sold Liquor to Soldiers. “I amn over-anxious to have the postoffice authoritics investigate the alleged claim that 1 have taken an undue interest in politics.” This is a statement made this morning by Post- master Peter Prior of Plainville. ‘*Also they may investigate the charges of a more sensational nature if they wish, but iet me add that there will be moro than one inspector here, there will be a secret service man present to inves- tigate selling of liquor by local hotel men to soldiers and sailors in service, which is in direct violation of the law, and then it will be they, and not I, who will show signs of nervousness.” Mr. Prior admits that last fall he made this statement to James Murphy, owner of one of the Plainville em- poriums: “If you oppose the pur- chasing of voting machines this year I will oppose you and veur lieutenants in your fight for license at the next election.” Furthermore, he stated to- day that he was ready to back up any statement that he made, and would’ fight it to the last ditch. During his conversation with a Herald reporter he asserted that his career, socially, politically and otherwise was open to investigation at any time and that he had always been above board in his dealings. The controversy between Postmaster Prior is ah echo of the recent political battle between the "wets” and the “drys” in which the ‘drys” won a victory by 44 majority. Several of the other prominent cit- izens of the town are of the opinion that the effort to dethrone Prior is the result of the license party being forced to the wall at the last election. They consider the “wets”” are poor sports and hard losers. | FOUND DEAD ON CAR. Man Was Electrocuted, and Body is Distovered in New Hayen, New Haven, Oct. b5.—Examination of the body of a man found electro- cuted on the top of a car when a New York, New Haven and Hartford | freight train reached this city from New York ecarly woday disclosed in the clothing the name *‘A. Campbell” { and the fact that his suit of clothing »had been bought of a Main street clothier in Bridgeport. The body was that of a man of about 35 vears, weighing 160 pounds. The left arm had been severed at the shoulder, ap- parently some time ago. AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP, Beckwith, Local High School Gradu- ate, Honored by Columbia. Harry A. Beckwith, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Berkowitz of 728 Stanley street, has been awarded a scholar- ship to the Law School of Columbia university. This scholarship is glven annually to a graduate of a college or university who has done meritori- ous work during his college course. Beckwith was graduated from the local High school with the class of 1913 and obtained a degree from the Wharton School of Finance, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, last June. COLUMBUS DAY PLANS. Local Italians are planning to hold a big celebration here next Friday to observe Columbug Day. A street pa- rade, in which several Italian so- cieties will participate has been ar- ranged and at 5 o'clock in the after- er hall which will be addressed by Mayor Quigley and others. A grand ! bal] will be held i the evening, the proceeds of which will go to the: Italian Red Cross. PROFESSIONAL GOLF MATCH. The first professional golf ' match to be played over the new Shuttle Meadow course will take place Sat- urday afternoon, starting at 1 o’clock. Those who will participate are Jack Jolly of New Jersey; William Gourley of the Suburban club of Elizabeth, N. J. Carl Anderson of the Bronx- Ville club of New York and Jimmie Norton, of the Shuttle Meadow club. Inasmuch as these four men are well known golfers the match will prob- { ably attract considerable attention and ‘a large attendance is expected. KINIRY APPOINTED SERGEANT. Word has been received that James P. Kiniry has been appointed a ser- geant in Company D, 301st Machine Gun Battalion at Ayer, Mass. He was recommended by the captain of the company. Kiniry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kiniry of 300 East Main street and was one of the first drafted men to leave this city for the ~antonment at Aver. TROOFERS ON FURLOUGH. Local members of Troop B, sta- tioned at Niantic, are expected home this evening, having been granted a furlough until tomorrow evening. PROBE OF OFFIGE noon there will be a meeting in Turn- i LIFE SENTENCE FOR PLAINVILLE SLAYER " Austin Harris Given Maximum Scc- i | | ¥Frank Tanner on July 4. Hartford, Oct. 5.—Austin Harris, colored, who had pleaded guilty to ! killing Frank Tanner, colored, stabbing, in Plainville July 4, was sent to prison for life by Judge Case in criminal court today. Harris came to this section last spring from Virginia and ' secured work in Plainville. Tanner also came from Virginia about the same time and was employed at the transfer sta- | tion in Plainville. ¢ | The argument which ended in the | killing started one night in one of the saloons in that place and shortly after Tanner left the place, Harris re- maining to drink. Later, according ‘to information in the possesion of the state, Harris stated that he was go- ing to kill Tanner. shack where Tanner was sleeping and slashed him twice in the throat with a pocket knife, the wounds inflicted resulting in Tanner’s death. SEARCHING PARTY FOR NEW YORK MAN Lawyer Mysteriously Disappears and Son Seeks Assistance of Police and Public. New Preston, Conn.,, Oct. 5.—The local authorities have been asked, it was learned today, to assist in locating George L. Glaser, a New York lawyer, 54 years old, who has been missing from a hotel at Lake Waramug since last Tuesday. On that day he was seen to’ get into an automobile with some unidentified man here. His son, George C. Glaser of Corona, N. Y., organized a search. He went to Danbury today to enlist the aid of the police there, thinking that his father might have gone to the fair. The missing man, it is said, was well supplied with funds at the time of his disappearance and had also a check baok on s Miami, Florida, bank. The lawyer Bild/ Been lving for semé time at Miami, but came north for a’stay. SUFFICIENT COAL. No General Coal Shortage in the East, Says Administrator. Washington, Oct. 5.—Reports general coal shortage in the east either present or prospective, were denounced today by Dr. H. A. Gar- field, the fuel administrator. “The east,” said Dr. Garfield, “is being supplied with sufficient coal for necessary requirements, but increased shipments are not being made for storage purposes because all surplus coal is being shipped to the north- west. As soon as navigation closes on the lakes these shipments will be i diverted to the east and distributed according to need and we anticipate there will be ufficient coal available for necessary requirements.” Increased coal production will be obtained, Dr. Garfleld =aid, in the near future through an arrangement giv- ing coal cars, both loaded and empty, preference over other slow movements. SHARP PAYS A VISIT TO TRAINING CAMP of Sees the Spirit of “Resolute America’ in the Faces of Our Splendid Soldiers. Oct. 5.—The American ambassador to France, William G. Sharp, visited the American training camp yesterday. He said on leaving: “As I watched our splendid young soldiers.at their drill, cheerful and determined, I could have no doubt of their victory with the united nation behind them. In the faces of these splendid soldiers I saw the spirit of resolute America.” WILL REPLY. Chancellor Michaelis Will Do Some More Talking Saturday. London, Oct. 5.—The German vice- | chancellor, Dr. Karl Helferrich, 1is| ond Degrec Penalty for Killing | by | He went to the | freight | American Training Camp in France, ' ESTABLISHED 184 INQUIRY WIL B | THOUSANDS UPON THOUSAND; SLAIN IN FLANDERS BATT l World’s Greatest Go flict Raging Wi Ground Heaped / ) 5, \ Mutilated Dead British Plow Forwan | {OUT OF MOUTH OF HELL AT YPRH Solid Wall of Shrieking, Screechi Breaking (Shells Plows Throl Regiment After Regiment in a ll ricane of Death—Headless, Leglt Armless Men Piled High for Spi of Miles. i British Front in France and glum, Thursday, Oct. 5.—British vesterday achieved one of the grea8 victories of the war in a great ai ‘l!(‘glln at dawn against the Ges | positions east and northeast of ¥ Indeed, when the whole story ofif battle has been told it may tak place as an unequalled triumph | three years of conflict, for each gcasslve report from the seething 8 dron along this front adds to the portance of the success record. From a point near the Ypres-Stas railway on the north to the Yp# Pres-Menin highway on the south, men of the British empire have su forward with an irresistible 0 which at some places carried them] a depth of 2,500 yards\over still } of the ‘German keystone positio: the Passchendaele-Gheuvelt system of defen: On the northy ! wing of the advance the British hi reached Poelcapelle and Graven and have overrun most of the' G stafel ridge, which juts out to west from the Pagschendaele-Gh§ | velt. South of the Ypres-Roud railway the troops are reported oyerlooking the eastern slopes 4 twsdn ridge and 'in" somo place pushed on into the valley below. Not only have the British wr many vital stronghalds away, but @l have inflicted almost unprecenden casualties on the enemy. -4 Germans Caught in Mass Formatl As the attacking troops went ouf] quest of a great adventure over mist-shrouded slopes, their vast tective artillery barrage caught in merciless swirl large numbers of § enemy, who, by coincidence, also ¥ been massin; for an early mornf attack along a wide front: éxtend from the neighborhood of Zonneb to the Polygon wood. Some flve | visions of Germans troops were | volved, three of these having b pushed up in reserve to support th comrades in the front lines whe! | German atacks should begin. e | A solid wall .of « breaking sh plowed through them in a hurrig of death and they lie in countf thousands amidst the devastation fi the barrage left in its wake. Par these ill-fated troops were the fanaf guardsmen in whim the Germean ¢ peror had taken such pride in days gone by. But these massed tro were not the only ones to suffer, § reports from prisoners all along § line indicate that the Germans I heavily throughout the territory volved. | War’s Toll. ; ! At many places Germans ran % | terror or were captured in large n | bers as the British attack began. day streams of broken prisoners ! been pouring into the British cages) the rear. Perhaps half of them wounded. Some were blinded & some were with shattered limbs, a p iful sight even to those hardened | such scenes. Taking the battle as a whole Germans offered weak resistance’ the British advance this morning. despite the heavy blow dealt to enemy it was not considered impre able that they would make strenuo eounter-attacks as soon as they cou reform their shattered forces. : The story of the fighting is that perfect organization which work With clock-like precision. It was dusk when the British began steam roller advance, for low-hang! clouds blanketed the country and light drjzzle was falling. For days inténse bombardment had been mal quoted in an Exchange Telegraph des- patch from Copenhagen to the effect that Chancellor Michaelis will reply on Saturday to the socialist interpel- lation regarding assistance said to . have been given by German authori- ties in the dissemination of pan-Ger- man propaganda. i WON MARATHON, Brockton, Mass., Oct. 5.—Clarence De Mar, of Boston, won the annual Brockton marathon today. Villar | Kyronen of the Millrose Athletic club, | New York, was second and Carl W. | A. Linder of Quincy, third. De Mar’s | time for the 25 miles was 2 hours, 24 minutes, 4 1-5 seconds, a record for the event. 2 talned over the German front, but artillery fire which opened = as' great barrage dropped was appailir Guns of all calibres, from' enorni howitzers to light field guns, joined" the infernal thunder which shook countryside like an earthquake. “Clouds Aglow With Flame. olid lines of vivid fire belel from the earth and from the mur sky above as the great shells aj Shrapnel burst along the Germs ‘ines. - The ruins of the little hi lets perched on the rides stood ol in ghostly silhouette against flashes, and over the whole scene clouds threw back a crimson glo On the left of the nadvance tH (Continued on Tenth Page)