New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1917, Page 17

GERMAN JEWELER TO BE INTERNED, . | Government Agents Track Him to' Barn of Henry ‘Hener Bay Shore, L. I., Dec. 21.—So quiet- ! Iy dia agents from the Naval Intel- ! ligence Bureau go about their work when they raided a wireless plant at this place that it did not become gen- erally known that Henry Schneider, a | German jeweller, of Bay Shore, had heen ordered interned by District At gorney France. The wireless, which, according to report, had been used in stealing messages sent over the gov- ernment wireless, was seized in the barn of Henry Heuer, a grocer of Main street, Bay Shore, who is crit- ically ill with pneumonia. b "¢+ Information reached the Intelli- || sence Bureau of the navy some time ‘4go that Germans were holding secret Ipeetings some place in Bay Shore and ‘that valuable infarmation concerning the movements of 'troops and trans- ports had been .culled from: the gov- ernment wireless 'by German agents. For weeks the officials of the Naval Intelligence worked, trying to locate the ! mysterious wireles plant. were baffled because the tapping wire- less sent no messages. It confined its activities to receiving them. Fgr days the Naval Intelligence Bu- reau shadowed Schneider until they i found that he often called on Heuer. Investigatian showed that Heuer was one of the men whose wireless plant was sealed by the sheriff after a proc- lamation by the War Department that all private radio stations must dis- continue until ‘after the war. The men from the Intelligence Bu- reau yesterday raided the barn. They found the wireless in the loft with its seals broken. On the floor, it is re- ported, were slips of paper bearing memoranda concerning the move- ments of troops and troop ships. As soon as the wireless was dis- covered with the seal broken the Na- val Intelligence men invaded the sick room and questioned the grocer, who will be kept under surveillance for the time being. Schneider was taken to Brooklyn yesterday and turned over to United States Marshal Power until the war- rant of internment ordered by Mr. France is telegraphed from Washing- ton. The agents dismantled the wire- less outfit and also took that to Brooklyn. BUY A MAN'S GIFT AT A MAN'S STORE. A Most Extraordinary CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL of Men’s Furnishings At Most Extriordinary Prices. ‘They . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER' 21, 1917. We suggest below a few of the articles suitable for His gift: KNITTED CRAVATS SILK CRAVATS .... WOOL GLOVES .... SILK SHIRTS .... COTTON SHIRTS PAJAMAS ..... SILK HOSIERY WOOL HOSIERY . -V NECK SWEATERS . Army & Navy SWEATERS SHEEPSKIN COATS..... 12.00 to BATH ROBES .......... HOUSE COATS ........ And a most remarkable collection of Lin- en Handkerchiefs, Garters, Belts and Sus- ‘penders at corresponding low prices, : 50 to Lined & Unlined GLOVES $1.00 to $ 2.00 50 to 2.50 50 to 5.00 1.00 4.50 6.00 2.00 3.00 1.50 15 8.50 6.50 28.00 10.00 10.50 50 to 3.00 to 1.00 to 1.00 to 25 to 25 to 5.00 to 2.50 to 5.00 to 6.50 to THE ASHLEY- BABCOCK CO. TANK BRITTANIA SHOWS HER POWER Gives a Demonstration of Ability to Get the Huns Upton, Yaphank, L. I, With _her machine guns rattling just as spitefully as they did when she was driven against the Ger- man defenses on thc Somme, the British tank Britannia crawled “over the top” here and let the way in a simulated attack across the 154th Infantry brigade’s trench .system. About ten thousand . National Army troops and officers witnessed the demonstration and cheered wildly at the almost impossible fcats the men in charge of the machine made her do. Just as if they did not exist, the tank rumbled across reserve trenches and the wider firing trenches. The caterpillar treads upon which she is driven crunched down tree stumps and even trees which blocked the path. With no retarding of her speed she climbed up hills ana' slid down hills, bounced over inequalities of the ground surface and pushed on over ice and snow. As she passed the tar- gets of the machine gun range several rounds of ammunition were fired by the British gunners. The targets were riddled. All this time the men of the 305th and 306th regiments of the 153d In- fantry brigade, with hundreds of offi- cers, and one-half of the men of the 367th (negra) Infantry—ten thousand in all—stood spellbound on all sides of the natural ampitheatre in which | the demonstration was being con- | ducted. It was the first time any of | them had seen a tank in action, and, they were learning that the wonderful | stories of tanks in battle could not have been exaggerated. When the tank had completed her work, the offi- cers crowded about her to examine her at close range. None was per- mitted to enter. ! The tank was demonstrated twice during the day—in the morning and in the afternoon. In the first demon- stration tl}e 305th Infantry provxded‘ thirty men for the simulated attack. The tank rumbled over the first re- serve trench and, then over the sup- port trench, the thirty men creeping along behind. Then the third or fir- ing trench was crossed, and as the tank advanced up the hill in front of the trench system, a small door opened imrthe deck and a red flag was waved. That was the signal for the rush. Cheering and velling like Indians, thé thirty men sprang to their feet and advanced on the Tun in wave formation. The tank led the advance to the top of the hill and then lazily turned abaut and came back to the starting point again. The most difficult feat accomplished by Britannia was a climb over a high B.C. PORTER SONS $30.00 embankment, the side of which sloped at an angle of sixty degrees. The tank will be put through her paces again, with the men of the 307th and 308th Infantry, the 302d Engineers and Field Signal Battalion as spectators. BURRITT FOUNDATION DAMAGED The recent heavy frost has done considerable damage to the foundation of the Elihu Burritt memorial statue in the park on Franklin square. Work will be commenced on repairs as soon | as the weather permits. Owing to the unsettled conditions brought on by the war, the unveiling of the statue may be deferfed until its close. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES Goodyear Welts, el $3.00 .2, Modern Boot Shop 168 Main St., New Britain, Ct. HL T $10.00 $14.50 THE STORE § THOYSAND ¢ MHH ) 3 \‘.')'A'uu (S VYT (NI ASSAILANT GOES TO JAIL. Man Who Hit Ancient and Well Known Lorenzo Nye is Sentenced. Hjalmar Hyberg was charged with assaulting Lorenzo Nve, an ancient and Well known character about the streets in police court. Nye testified that Hyberg had thrown a broken glass at him, cutting his hand as he was lightly quaffing a heavy brew at a Main street saloon where he works as “first broom.” Officer Geovffe Mof- fitt testified that Hyberg was also armed with a carving knife. Judge Kirkham sent the accused to jail for 30 days Six women were arralgned in cour charged with the theft of Iumb#r ' owned by John Allen and being used in construction work at Traut & Hine’s. The women live at 341 E) street and timber valued as follow was found in their respective cellafs by Sergeant A. C. Malone: Mrs. Rosle; Abraham, $5; Mrs, Annie Pavelick, ; Mrs. A. Bondi, $10; Mrs. Salina Mrs. Katie Ranlierces, $5; and Mrs, Annie Kasmerarecz, $10. All of the accused protested that it was their children who “innocently” stole: the lumber, although, when pinned down to give a positive angwer, they admitted knowledge of their chil- dren’s activities. 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