New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1917, Page 1

‘PRICE THREE CLNTS. IN LONDON DURING GERMAN_AIR RAIDS - Leland Hoar of Arch Street Back ' From War Zone SKW CAPTURED U-BOAT Germian Underseas . Sailors Mutiny, \w-_m of Food—American Soldiers ‘Too Daring, Allies Say. : | Leland Hoard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoar, of Arch street, enlisted in'the U. 8. Naval /Reserve, 18 home on & 24-hour nn;)mxh after having Just returned to/the United States . from a trip to France and Hnglana .+ during which time he saw many in- . teresting things, among' which were a captured German submarine and a German aerial raid on the. city of 'London. ¢ .. Bees Captured U-Boat, / Sailor Hoar salled from New York on October 31 on the Mount Vernon, formerly the Crown Prinsessin Cecile. * »Arriving at a French port, he was - ‘transfeired to his own ship, the U..S. 8. Agememnon, formerly the Kaiser Wilthelm | H. While in France he noted many interesting things, both as { regards the customs of the people and “ the effect of the war. He states that > indications everywhere pointed to the fact ‘that until the advent of the United States I the war the French and all but *\young spilor found, but, he sald, the coal supply is very low. As an illus- 7> tratiop of the food condition, he ex- . - platped that he entered a restaurant #' certain French city and pur- .chased & meal consisting of ham and o cpffee and ple for 36 cents yila still in paw an rican . ds R “painted & Ught gray. That oK AT G : n 3 o o nwn,} ot opening story related of the capture of ‘German sea raider was interest- 1§! % Apparently the German captain hwd elther been economizing too geh on food, or else his larders ¢mpty, for the crew: had mu- ‘tinled, murdered ' the - commander, mf ‘his body overboard, and then . to the surface and hoisted the w) flag of asurrender. The big underssea craft was immediately taken in charge . by erican and French boats and towed into port. Since that time the French have been ' inspecting the boat with interest, but #*aue to their ignorance us to how it | 5. operated they had ot essayed to i submerge by the time Batlor Hoar left. Bri route to the United, §iates the tocal boy atopped in . i and with some of his mates. don, England. They arrived in Lon- don on December § and went to Chatham Square and thence to the Y. M. C. A. situated neardy. At 3. a. m. on December 6 they were awakened from their sleep by & guard pounding on & big tin pan and giving warning that an aerial rald was about to take place. Wofi of the impending raid had been ' | ghead from Dover and Kent. Al in the vicinity: were hustled across the street to the Ll city of London had been ex and the entire city was in'total dark- The method of the air raiders was simple. There were 30 planes in the raid and 16 went in advance to draw ihe fire of the anti-aircraft guns, while well to the rear was a squadron of 15 more planes carrying bombs. 4’ As the whirr of the airplane motors became distinguishable above the in- lense quietude of the city the English anti-aircraft guns opened fire and dur- ing the entire raid the crash of the artillery, the dull boom of the aerial bombs and the steady hum of the motors away up in the air made a ter- aip. The raid wes not & particu- serious one as only one building demolished. Eight people were an ln‘::t‘!. accounting for the fact that many failed to, explode. This was laken by the British to indicate that the Germans are hgrd preased for metals. On the way to the depot the {ollowing morning Sailor Hoar saw an ‘sniexploded bomb in the streef, care- tully guarded by a London ‘“bobby. it appeared like a huge ron ball, about the size “of an old fashioned rubber’ football, with ' length of chain attached. The bomb was painted black with.red lettering, the *arch street youth stat ‘Subsequent- 4%, he leirned that dlring the wald German planes were shot down @ fell in the Suburbs’' Each ma- e carried threr men and all were o 3 = e ('3&1!?“9‘1 Gu wuventh Page). ' Red Cross Honor Bulletin, Central Park. See whether the name of your street appears on the. Honor Roll, If 1t doesn’t, ask the Oaptain of Your street Why Not. CITY’S POPULATION IS LESS THAN 60,000 New Directory Puts Estimate at ,88,115' as Against Government Figures of 74,000 for Draft. In the New Britain directory, pub- lished by Price, Lee & Co., of New Haven and distributed today, the esti- mated population of this city is given as §8,115. When it is remem= bered that the government's esti- mated population of the city, upon which the draft quota was based, was 74,000 it is plain to be meen that the ‘agitation against such padded figures was justified. In the 1917 directory there appear 23,862 names, included 606 removals. 'By subtracting the 1008 removals and multiplying the answer by two and one-half, the ac- aepted figure in compiling estimates, the sbove mentioned populdtion 1is arrived at. . The 1917 directory is more com- Pplets than ever and contains a general directory of the citizens, a =street gulde, a classified business directory, & street directory, .a new city and officers of ths city governmen ‘churches, sociéties, etc., as well as a section containing postal information and ‘the population of the United States, collectively and by states. The 1916 directory had 22,996 names. In preparing the new direc- tory 8,088 names were erased and 8,944 were added, ' an increase of 866. During the past year, according to this edition, there were 2,920 changes of address and & total of 10,6568 changes in the entire book, BABST PREDICTED THE SUGAR SHORTAGE ) Told Food Administrator Hopver Months Ago That It Was Ooming Soom. ‘Washington, .Dec. 18.—Sugar men saw the danger of a shortage early last spring because of stories of a fio—| titious famine and later, when they began to realize the large amounta being sent abroad, Earl A. Babst, president of the American Sugar Re- fining company, today testified before the senate investigating committee. He said he warned Faod Adminis- trator Hoover in May that famine storles ctrculated in February and March would have a serious effect, and again in June predicted to Mr. Hoover a shortage this fall because so much sugar was being sent abroad. Babst pointed out that his company advertised' extensively during the summer that there was no prospect of a shortage if people Would not hoard, and added that his company took only two forelgn orders -after June :28. These, he sald, were filled at the ear- nest plea of the British. Royal com- mission that some sugar was needed there. The total shipped abroad this year, he testified, was 428,000 tons. STAY IN COLLEGE. Yale Men Told to Stay in College and Complete Courses. New Haven, Dec. 18.—The highest patriotic service which Yale under- graduates, particularly those under draft or officers of training camp age, can render to their country at this time is to continue their college work and complete their courses, says a statement from the university emer- war council made public today. “The United States,” the statement says, c“annot afford to lose a large proportion of the best equipped young men through early and thoughtless enlistment as privates. England made this mistake and pald dearly for it. Fanatical haste will not win the war. Determined, consci- entious effort must prepare America for the ultimate victory.” The statement points out that its advice Is in harmony with that recent- 1y given out by the gavernment and js signed by President Arthur T. Hadley and Secretary Anson Phelps i Stokes. CLOTHING CONCERN TO HAVE NEW NAME J.M.thlonn,lnp.,mneou;nemn. nors-Halloran Co. Inc., Admit- ting Bridgeport Dealer. Announcement was made today of the coming change in name of J. M. Halloran, Inc., clothing dealers at 24§ Main street, to the Connord-Halloran Co., Inc., J. 'W. Copnors of Bridgeport. being admitted to the' ‘concern. It is proposed to increasd the cap- ital stock of J. M. Halloran, Inc., and busineas will be carried on in greater magnitude than at present. It is sald that the officers of J. M. Hal- loran, Inc., will remain the same al- though there is possibility of a change in the stockholders, exclusive of Mr. Connors. . Frank Clark, a veteran em- ploye of J. M. Halloran, Inc., will be retalned by’ the mew concern. The clothing stor opened by 'lex-Mayor Joseph M. oran and was later reorganised and & corporation formed. It has béen one of New Brit- ain’s principal clothing stores for a number of years. Mr. Halloran secretary and ‘treasurer of the pres- ent Orm. P X Mr. Connors owns three stores In. ‘Bridgeport and is known as one of the livest wires in his line in Connecticut’s greatest industrial center. He is thoroughly progressive, a firm believer in new ideas and a man whom no rut made can hold. It is reported that he intends to give New Britain one of the best clothing stores in the state, having unlimited capital, the nece: sary experience and the determination to outstrip rivals. NOTORIOUS ‘BABY DOLL CHARGED WITH NURDER Negro With Political Pull in Bridgeport Faces Serious Charge. i | Bridgeport, Dec. 18.—Following the death of Morris Banelll at St. Vin- tents hospital today, Prosecuting At- torney Alexander Delaney announced that the charge of attempted murder against “Baby Doll” Thomas would be changed to one of murder. Banelll sustained a bullet wound in the abdo- men during the police raid on the Keystone Social club early Sunday, in which one other person is believed to be fatally wounded and five more ,with shots in their bodies. Thomas, in custody of a country sheriff, was taken to Hartford today, before Banelll died. Before the local authorities released him he was obliged to post a bond of $5,000. (Story of vigorous investigation into the “Baby Doll’s” political pull will be found on Page 5.) Given Six- Months. Hartford, Dec. 18.—William Thom- as, colored, of Bridgeport, who Was arrested there, Sunday night, after a spirited pistol fight between ‘the po- lice and frequenters of a resort eon- ducted by him, was brought here to- day for arraignment on a federal in- dictment charging him with selling llquor without a: government lcense. In moving,K for sentence of the negro, District Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy recommended that the mini- mum sentence of six months be pro- nounced on the man so state author- ities, who wanted Thomas an a much more serious charge, could have him without ‘undue delay. Mr. Spellacy said if it should appear that the stato wished to try Thomas earlier than six months hence he would try and President Wilson to pardon the md 80 he could receive the punishment merited by his flagrant offenscs against the peace of the state, NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917. —.TWELVE PAGES. RED CROSS DAY IN |ATTEMPT IS MADE | SCHODLS OF CITY|. 7O KILL GOVERNOR Sticks of Dynamite Placed Under Windows of California Mansion Pupils Instructed - Concerning Need of Relief Organization SOME MERGHANTS TARDY Campaigners ' Believe Service Flags Should Be Displayed On Larger Scale—Drive For Members Being Made Today in Second Ward. Red Cross has a new meaning to the school children of New Britain af- ter today as a result of the observance of Red Cross Day in the schools. Ap- propriate recognition of the day was made in the public, Normal and paro- chial schools, and the children were urged to spread the Red Cross gospel in the homes. As a result many new service flags will make their appear- ance in the home windows tomorrow, as one child is not going to let his playmate get ahead of him.in having his’ folks joih the Red Cross, Right here it is pertinent to suggest, the campaigners say, that quite a few mer- chants have failed to display the ser- their negiect is certainly being unfa- vorably commented ‘upon—in some, cases much stronger language is being used. Chairman W. F. Brooks of the executiive committee, who is heart and soul in the Red Cross work, made a stirring address to the High school students today and General Manager C. H. Barnes spoke at the Grammar school. Christmas exercises are being held. this week in the lower grades, and they will be appropriate to the Red Cross Christmas. A special fea- ture, ‘which has not been mentioned before, is the Red Cross Chri card, which has been gotten up for people who' wish" to iremember their friends with a Red Cross membership. There surely ¢ould be no more ap- propriats Mttle ' remembrance this Christmas than that. R ‘Tomorrow the booths will open up at 10 o'clock in'the stores and public places announced. ~Arrangements will be made so that these Christmas cards can be obtained ‘through the booths. Today 1s designated as Second Ward . . " The S8econd ward knows how 'to conduet: political - ‘paigna. . the mayor. ' Now, the | mayor's 'old political manager, Build- ing Inspéctor A. N. Rutherford, 18 thg manager of this ward, and you can bet vour last dollar there will be some- | thing doing in the Second for the Red | Cross Honor Rall. The Second ward proposes to have more streets listed on the Honor Roll than any other ward in town. ‘The captains deslg- nated by Captain Rutherford are as follows: Pearl Court—Fred C. Barrows. South Street—Mrs. Edna Turner. Ash Street—Mrs. Emma Brink. Cherry Strest—A. F. Eichstaedt and ‘Miss Unwin. ‘Vega BStreet—Mrs. Hannah Ander- son and Mr. Schneider. Maple Street—William Cashmore, Miss Stark and Miss Plerce. ‘Whiting, Pine and Meadow Streets —Mrs. H. E. Christensen. Lilac Street and Berlin Avenue— Miss Unwin. . Stanley . Street—Miss Balley, Mrs. Balley, Miss Westman, Miss Hum- phrey and Miss Wigglesworth. Ehilis Street—Mrs. Goodwin. John Street—Henry Fenton, East Street—Gustave Litke. Henry Street—Mr. Lorentus. Rocky Hill Ave.—George F. Kibbe. William Street—aAxel Johnson. ‘Whitman Street—Thomas Baxter. Jefferson Street—F. 'W. Yarrall. Chapman: Street—Walter Owens. Austin Street—Joseph Stack. . Kelsey Street—Miss Unwin and Miss TiHott, Sheffield Street—Mrs. E. Schick. Fairview Street—Mr. Lorenius. Pleasant Street—Mrs. Guenther and Mrs, Dewey. Warning is sent out by the National Board of Fire Underwriters that the Christmas ceremony involves fire risk, and the Red Cross campaign manage- meni has been requested to give wide publicity to the importance of not using @ lighted candle. The board warns that no one should place & lighted candle behind a flag in any window unless the curtains 'are taken down. An electric flashlight might ‘be | used, but the lighted candle should be discouraged. i Homor Roll List. Chairman H, W. Hatch of the honor roll’ committee announced today the addition of the following names to the Honor Roll bulleting' at Central Park: Hillcrest avenue, Blake Court and Ash street. Manager W. F. Mangan of the First Ward reported good progress . all along the line from the first day’s { campaign: yesterday. The ward cap- talns _ will continue their work | through the campaign and will then { make complete reports. Manager Abraham Gorbach in the Sixth Ward reported 40 members were secured in his bailiwick ves- terday and their special campaign day is several days off yet. [ R | WEATHEZ "‘ | Hartford. Dec. 18.—Fore- cast for New Britaln and vi- cinity: Unscttled. not so cold tonight and Wednesday, P S e vice flags in their store windows, and PRO - GERMANS = SUSPECTED From Twenty to Twenty-Five Sticks of Explosives Belleved to H:wc' Been Used, and Governor and Mrs. Stephens Escape Injuries. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 18.—What is believed tb have been an attempt to kill Governor William D. Stephens hy means of a powerful explosive® powder last night resulted in ' the wrecking of the executive mansion, the entire rear end of the building being blown out. The governor and Mrs. Stephens, as well as the house- hold servants, were asleep at the time and all escaped injury. \ Two men were seen fleeing from the house immedlately after the ex- plosion. The detonation of the explosion was heard all over the city and windows were broken by the force of it two or three blocks away. it was believed that from twenty to twenty-five sticks of dynamite were used. Governor and Mrs. Stephens were asléep in the wing of the house ad- Joining the spot where the explosion occurred but beyond a nervous shock they were unharmed, v The attempt occurred just as the guard was being changed. H. Claus- sen, one of the watchmen, was the first on the scene, having passed the spot but a few minutes before the explosion occurred. He sald he was certain there was nothing unusual occurring on the grounds. A hole several feet in depth and at least five feet wide was torn in the ground beneath a bay window at the rear of the structure and the entire wall up to the second story was blown away. A clew ag to the perpetrators was given to the police by the Rev. Frazer Langford, pastor of a church, who re- ported that four months ago a man ‘was noticed lurking about the execu- tive mansion and that he continued to haunt the locality’ until ‘a week ago when he disappeared. The police are of the opinion that the attempt was made by pro-Ge:- mans. , AR Last week the governor made . 4| serles of- patrietic. addresses In- south- ern California dealing largely with the duties of Californians in suppor ing the government during the ws 171 BRITONS HERE Subjects of England in This OCity Eligible for Draft Under Agreement of Washington and London, One hundred and seventy-one Brit- ish subjects, residents‘in New Britain, are eligible for the army draft through an agreement entered into - between the governments of the United States and Enpgland. This includes men be- | tween the ages of 18 and 45 years. Permanent recruiting offices of the | British and Canadian recruiting mis- sion have been opened at 191 Church street, New Haven, where Lieutenant H. B. Pepler, winner of a military cross, will advise all British subjects as to their duties and lability to draft, Hemry Francis Marendaz, who is with the recruiting mission, was, in New Britain today and he advjses aill British subjects to consult with Lieu- tenant Pepler. Transportation to New Haven and home again will be fur- nished by the mission® Those in charge have a card index system by which they are able to lay their hands on any eligible man at a moment's notice. 7 $100,000 DAMAGE. Fire in John D. Rockefeller’'s Home Believed Set. Cleveland, Dec. 18.—Fire late last night destroyed the Forest Hill estate MINISTERS AT PETROGRA TO DISCUSS GENERAL MEASLES BY MAIL, DAY’S BEST STORY Uncle Sam’s mail has con- veyed peculiar things through- out the length and breadth of the land, but the first instance in this city where it carried measles was Treported to .the Herald today. A woman, who said she was Mrs. Fred Socott, of 126 Mill street, telephoned this morning that a soldier at Camp Deveas, Ayer, Mass., who was suffering from measles, wrote a létter to her husband. And now, she says, her child has contracted the ailment. Supt. Henry F. Moore, of the health department, says no case of measles on Mill street has_been reported to his office. He said it was possible for the germs to be carried through the malils, but it would be difficult to prove that such was the case. e PATRIOTIC MINERS TO GONTINUE WORK To Help Get Coal Supply |von Xuehrmenn They Will Work During’ ‘ Holidays. of the - southwestern coal fields, Johnson, general commissioner not be stepped. work except on Christmas day. SPERRY TESTIFIES in South Windsor, Hartford, Dec. 18.—Former people of his town, South Windsor, .did not want a' mileage troley “sy: tem. testified as to the routes of the com- pany that were unprofitable, He salc that ten of these lines were partici- larly unprofitable, including the An- sonia west line, the raflroad loop. at Waterbury, the Stafford Springs line, the Westport Saugatuck route, the Water street ‘‘jigger route” in New Haven, the Farmington route on the New Britain division, the Center street route in Meriden, the Middlefield route on the Middletown division. These lines, he said, were' picked out at random although the company knew that they were losses. GIVEN HONOR. Amcrican Lientenant Wins Distinction by His Bravery in Action. London, Dec. 18.—The distinguished service order ‘has been awarded to Lieut. Walter G. Oakman, Jr., of Islein, Long Island, a grandson of Boche Conkling, for gallantry in the Cambrai battle where he was wound- ed for the third e. Lieutenant Oakman is now in a private hospital here and is being nursed by his sis- ter. With Dilwyn P. Stary, a Philadel- Phia athlete who also won a commis- sion, Oakman Jjoined the Duke of ‘Westminister’s machine gun corps early in the war. of John D. Rockefeller in East Cleve- land, the magnificient summer home of the oil master. So quickly did the flames spread that it is believed in- cendiaries were responsible. One of the employes of the estate discovered the fire just before mid- night. The fire started in a bedroom Mr. Rockefeller always occupied while here, Early today it was estimated the loss would reach near $100,000, no adequate figures being obtained on the rich furnishings of the house. LOUIS HOY SUCCUMBS. Touis Hoy of 31 Greenwood street, died after a long illness at his home this morning. He was 49 years of age, and for nearly 26 vears was a bookkeeper for Armour & Co.' He was stricken with heart trouble about two years ago and the company granted him an extended leave of absence. Surviving are two half- sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Lauer of this city and Mrs. E. E, Leonard of Rock- ville. The deceased was a member of New Britain lodge of Flks and the A. 0. U. W. of Rockville, The funeral will be held at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning from his late home. Rev. “Henry W. Maler will officlate and the remains will be taken to Rockvillé at 11:04 o'clock for internment. treasury. socialist, the office by means of stickers. holding its bi-enni: ing for mayor, two city sheriffs and They were fighting side by side in the battle of the Somme when Starr was killed. BOSTON CANDIDATES. There’s No Lack of Material to Take Charge of City. Boston, Dec. 18.—FEach of the four candidates for mayor..whose names appeared on the ballot ‘at the -city election today expressed confidence of victory early in the day. Mayor James M. Curley was opposed for re- election by Congressman - James A. Gallivan and Peter F. Tague and An- drew Peters, former congressmen and | former assistant of the James O’Neal, a prominent sought to obtain votes for MERID) Forimer State Senator Anxious to Be the Mayor. Meriden, Dec. 18.—Meridef¥ - city el day is D, Vot- fifteen members of the city :couneil. The republican candidate ‘is ‘former State Senator Wilbur F. Parker, and the democratie, Judge King. THe vote was expected to be light, owing to the fact that so many of the électors' are absent in war service. Kansag City, Mo., Dec. 18.—Miners through the union presidents of three districts embracing Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma have notified W. "I,; negotiations Wil Degin, the southwest interstate coal oper- [them to participate, or ators association of their willingness whether they wish to forego the usual Christmas holi- days and continue work so that the|had not recelved coal production to supply the coun- try"s and government’s demands might | ‘Allied diplomats They will continue | reached no definite’ Con- | sressman Lewis Sperry testified hefore the Public Utilities Commission today in the six cent fare hearing that the W. E. Jones, recalled to the stand, | All~ Embassies Nations OR TO STATE V¥ THEY DESIRE German and Austrian ‘Word to Leon Trotzy That ! Gene pose of Discussing Copenhagen, Deeaxiir—A. Tépo! former 'Premfer Kerensky of supported by some troops has appesred near-I parands in Sweden at frontier, to' the the Bolsheviki are '#aid - troops against him. 4 — Petrograd, Dee. 28. and Austrian foreign The evening ne p peace or and ‘an informal c:fl Up: to 'last eve the wecond torpedo, completely' in two. ! twenty, sixteen were are missing.. Britiah de upon the scene and resct ‘Vivors. . | | Amstordam, iy : Helnicke was the &g | Germian forces which’ the English coast i i the Tyne last Wednt | cording 'to an officiat ceived herc from B} i says the Germang A |.ed enemy merch: "two large steamers,! close to the Ensm\ man forces, it is added, fet out losses or damage. S ity Orows Bwved. Christiania; Deb. 18.—All thi of ‘the merchantmen in the o tacked in the North sea by the. mans last week were saved. ‘The chant 1s had time to the outnumbered British and tra; engaged in a . des fight with the Germans, and the of the m sn took to ¢} One British destroyer, aceo: reports received sank minutes of brave fig! of the other destro; serve its gun. After convoying vessels, the their attention to the and sank them one by one. —_— London, Dec. 18 —The attack by 9 rahipg voy in the h Sea sinking of 11 veasels, as ‘& the House of e !Added ta' this was the raid . n Wednesday by German warships.: & a result of these two expeditions, British destroyer has been other seriously damaged, five & and eight merchantmen heave sent to the bottom, another has been damaged asd a numB men have been killed, wou taken prisoner. One of the is a nephew aof Count Goey,. foreign secretary.’ W« 3 ish accounts, the attacking sisted of -four. , in ad destroyers. A painful aspect attacks from th€ British® point view is that the attacking vessels caped and returned to their bases. other unpleasant feature is that i British cruiger squadron, detailed: §f protect ithe convoy, for som: plainéd reason was not on th Vice-Admiral opened an inquiry and the fi was held yesterday, being o by Vice-Admirals Sturde de ' and Goodenough. The (Continued on Tenth Faa