New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1917, Page 1

, - N.FAVOR OF e ) Conditions in Ru- “mania When Plot Is Dis- “covered Against the Gov- 4. ernment, " POLITICAL CRISIS i IS VERY ACUTE of the King's Brothers Are Gemn- erals in the German Army and He Himself Is & Member of the Ho- d, Dec. 20.—There are per- int rumors here that King Ferdi- B d. ot Rumania has abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Charles. i, 1 Deturbed conditions in Rumania roported in a dispatch from frad’ dated Monday. = It was said Ferdinand had been re- Bolshevikl headquarters Other reports, it added, to coofirm indications of a po- y wxcept for' this, thers little news from Rumania, umanian army was forced ' an ‘armistice on the east- It had been reported that and German propagandists nd, who is a member lern family, succeeded K Charles, in October, jag Charles having died ati 19, Ferdinand took per: ad of the army shortly nand is the.son of Prince - Hohensollern-Sigmairingen D Of his brothers are generals rIman .. He way born ot Rumanla, who was | of Baxe-Coburg Gotha, is a of Queen Victoria of .and was married to nd on Jan. 10, 1893. mania’s ice into the than two . thirds, of her has ‘been over-run by the % royal family fled from , Bucharest, in the fall of B0 since that time has been at 29.—Dispatches from . B ing date of Thursday, ‘a0 impreasion ‘of how the reply was received the statements are inex- (meem to be based partly on 6 reply acocording to the Daily News, n gen- M“ht;fl that if the convene the constftuent as- ow they will have Russia ly behind them, the people as de- ns of life, including the correspondent 'ost says that as far lgm is concerned ce' on'‘any terms the D Bke to impose. How nder of Russia will act, he L is another question. The Times" pondent thinks that the Bolshe- ed over the Ger- to ' allow nationalities hout poljtical 'indepen- e their own future. He s the Russian' delegate will to this demand, it is likely to ous stumbling block to fur- otiations. bussian frontler, according to Post’s correspondent, again has ‘clbsed’ to British and Americans to thé continued disputes con- 1§ soverament messages. The . British messenger arrived several ‘#Rd no messengers are residents in Petro- he ‘ordinary public, have been six weeks in complete ignorance i of what is happening in Allied coun- /' The . ordinary postal service . working long ago. On the d, ‘there is plenty of Ger- fspapers and information. , the correspondent adds, @Getmans who are quite at _the Berlin dialect loudly, not protesting. In gen- the fesling of the Allied nerthern Russia at the finds its nearest par- 8k of the European residents g the Boxer troubles. . ‘guo . representative of the * Allies as waying to him last week: . | "We shal put up with any affront %0 keep Rusia in the war.” ', 7The Post's oo dent adds that ffronts to the ] : iats have st been lacking, It s reported that! Holsheviki at Kiev ‘are trying to establish a rival adpinn 1o be composed of kmgn and peasants, A congress orkmen’s and soldiers’ dolegatcs n Kharkov has declargd 1tself ke KING FERDINAND ABDICATES | CROWN PRINCE T0 PREPARE LISTS FOR CLASS OF 1919 General Petain of French Army Has Asked Deputies For More Men. 3 N Parih, Dec. 20.—Thé debate on the bill authorizing the government to prepare lists of men in the class 1919 preparatory to calling them to the colors, ‘'was ‘seized upon today by critics of Premier Clemenceau as an openinlg for an gttack on the subject of releasing the' alder soldiers. In the plainest languages the premier re- fused to give any undertaking. He received enthusiastic applause of the greater part of the deputies. The vote of the chamber yesterday, M. Clemenceau said, was a mandate to the government to carry on the war and he asked the chamber to give him the means. Gen. Petaln, the commander-in- chief, had asked for a certain num- ber of men to carry on urgently need- ed work on cantonments behind the line. It was his purpose to-detail to this work German prisoners, the Rus- sians who had been fighting in France until the time of the Russian over- tures, 60,000 men drawn from the auxiliary forces and agriculturalists in the classes of 1880 and 1381 who would be called back for two months, inasmuch as there would be no farm work . in January and February. It the chamber did not wish to have this work done, the premier continued, let it say so, and he would go. If the chamber knew of other resources, let it reveal them. “At the time When German divi- sions whose number, I cannot -calcu- late are arriving on our front from ssia, is it proper for you to find fault about & few hundred men T need?” M. Clemenceau demanded. “If men. from the rear are!required at_the front, théy must return to the front.” i The bill was adopted by 436 to 3. R A AMERICAN GUNNERS OINK SUBMARINE Full Details Are Given Out by the Navy Department at Washington CAPTURE ENTIRE SUB CREW After Making Good Hit, Crew of American Ship Rescues German Saflors from the .Sel, Omne Dying After Being Taken Aboard Fanning. Washington, Dec. 29.—Full details of the destruction by American de- stroyers of a German submarine and the capture of its crew made public today by the Navy department show that the destroyers Fanning and Nicholsan were the warships engaged. The incident was reported November 24, but few facts were given at the time. § The submarine was sunk, the Navy department’s story of the affair indi- cates, as it was preparing to attack a merchant. ship flotilla /convoyed by the 'destroyers. One merchant ves- sel aided the destroyers by dropping a depth charge. ‘‘At about 4:10 p. m., while escort- ing a convoy, Coxswain iDavid D, Loomis, lookout of the Fanning, sighted a small periscope some dis- tance off the port bow, extending about a foot out of water, and vis- ible for only a few seconds. The Fanning immediately headed for the spot and about three minutes- after the periscope had A been sighted dropped. a depth charge. The Nich- olson also speeded'to the position of the submarine, which appeared to be heading toward a merchant vessel in the convoy, and dropped another depth charge. At that moment the submarifie’s conning tower appeared on the surface between the Nichol- son and the convoy, and the Nichol- son fired three shots from her stern gun. The bow of thg submarine came up rapidly. She was down by the stern, but righted herself . and seemed to increase her speed. The Nicholson cleared, the Fanning head- ed for the U-boat, firing from her bow gun. ' After the third shot, the crew of the submarine all came on deck and held up their hands, the submarine surrendering at 4:28 p,m. ““The Fanning approached the sub- marine to pick up the prisoners, both [trained on the boat. . “A line was got to the submarine, General Sharpe Testifics Before Spe- cial Senate Committee Investi- gating Army Contracts. Washington, Dec. 29.—The profit- able ‘scrap sorting contracts in con- mection with making of army uni. forms, ‘which testimony, at the senate investigation of war activities has led into ‘the committees of the-Council of Nationa] Defense came up again to- day ‘while Quartermaster General Sharpe was still under examination. It was developed that Samuel Kap- lan, a member of one of the supply committees, had protested against cancellation of a sorting contract in which his brother was interested, and it was further developed that his brother was treasurer of the Mill- brook Mills company owning one of the Comnecticut Woolen mills com- mandeered by the government. Semator McKellar asked whether Emanuel | Kaplan, treasurer of the Millbrook Mill company, was mot a brother of Samuel Kaplan, a member of the supply commitiee. Gen. Sharpe saldi he thought so. Senator Weeks brought out that on April 8, Boston wool dealers offered all their wool to the government at prevailing prices but the offer never reached Gen. Sharpe being referred to the general munitions board by Secretary Baker. ~ ‘When orders were given for cloth- ing for one milllon more men the genera] said, soaring prices, rather than a shortage, was the worst factor in the situation, ‘Senator Wadsworth said that on June the treasury authorized the war department to buy wool but that no considerable amount was bought until September. unnecessary delay and'that the coun- cll had to thoroughly study the new subject and . organize, necessitating great care and consideration. Gen. Sharpe said that if the Boston wool dealers’ offer of April 3 had been accepted promptly it would have been ‘very advantageous as woo] advanced after that.” LIEUT. HART ENGAGED. Michigan Young Woman Bethrothed to Officer in France. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harvey of Cadillac, Mich.,, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Kather- E. Hart, Jr., of Waterbury. Lieut. Hast is /the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hart of this city and is now serving in France as an aide de camp on the staft of General Traub of the Fifty-First Infantry Brigade. ——— R ORNBAL REGISTERS. Joseph Ornbal, who was taken into custody by the police last week for dodging the selective draft registra- tion on June 5, has been turned over to Adjutant General George M. Cole, after being registered ip Hartford. Gen. Sharpe insisted there was no | ine Isabel Reed to Lieutenant Charles ! but in a few minutes she sank. The line was let go and the crew of the U-boat jumped into the water and swam to the Fanning. ‘“‘Althgugh the crew all wore life preservers,”. the statement continues, “a numniber of them were' exhausted ‘when they reached the side of the de- stroyer. As the submarine sank, five or six men were caught by the radio aerial and carried below the surface before they disentangled themselves. Ten of the men were so weak that lines had to be passed under , their arms to haul them 'aboard. One man ‘was in such a condition that he could not .even hold the line thrown him. Chief Pharmacist's Mate BElser Har- well and Coxswain Francis G: Connor (N. N. V.) jumped overboard after this man and secured a line under his arms. When he was hauled aboard every effort was made to re- suscitate him, but he died in a few minutes. The four officers of the submarine and the 35 members of the crew were all taken prisoners. ‘“After being taken on board, the prisoners were given hot coffee and sandwiches, Though kept under strict guard, they seemed contented and/af- ter a short time commenced to sing. To make them comfortable, the crew of the destroyer gave them their warm coats and heavy clothing. “The German officers said the first depth charge had wrecked the ma- chinery of the submarine and caused her to sink to a considerable depth. “The sybmarine bore no number nor distinguishing mark. She was, however, identified by lifeboats and by statements of an officer and men of the crew. One of the life belts, the reports said, had ‘Kajiser’ marked on one side and ‘Gott’ on the other. and transferred her prisoners under guard. As they were leaving in small boats the Germans gave three cheers. The commanding officer of the Fan- ning read the burial service over the body of the dead German sailor and the destroyer proceeded to sea and buried him with full military honors. “In his report, the commander of the Fanning praises the conduct of his officers and crew and gives par- ticular credit to Lieutenant Walter O. Henry, officer of the deck, and to Coxswain Loomis, who sighted periscope. He also commends Phar- macist's Mate Harwell and Coxswain Connor, whd jumped overboard | save the drowning German. “The British commander-in-chief, under whom the destroyers were operating, said this in his report to | the British admiralty: “sThe whole affair reflects credit i on the discipline and training of the United States flotila, and added that man of war in the best sense of the | term, well disciplined and organized and ready for immediate action. He also praises her commander, Lieut. A. 8. Carpender, and commends Lieut. Henry, Coxswain Loomis, Pharma- cist's. mate Harwell and Coxswain Connor. The British admiral also commended the prompt action ot the (Continued On Third Page). “The Fanning proceeded to port | | of John anda Marietta Thompson and | the First Baptist church, of which the | to | | in military the incident showed the Fanning is a | NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917 —TEN PAGES. GOL. THOMPSON IS |HOW STATE WILL CONTROL SALE OF ANTHRACITE TO CONSUMERS RULES FOR THE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION QF ANTHRACITE COAL IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT STRICKEN AT WORK City Clerk Taken to Hospital in Serious Conditlon HAS HEART TROUBLE Taken Il While in Office of Corpora- ton Counsel—Was Found by City Hall Superintendent in Simflar Con- dition Reaa\t]):. City Clerk Ailred L. Thompson, known to all his friends as “Colonel,” was serlously stricken with an attack of 'chronic heart trouble while at work in City hall this morning and was removed to the New Britatn Gen- eral hospital for treatment. At the hospital this afternoon it was stated that while Col: Thompson's condition ¥ CITY CLERK A. D. THOMPSON. was somewhat improved over his con- dition at the time of his arrival at the institution, he, is, nevertheless, a very sick man. : Col. Thompson appeared in his usual health when he arrived at his office in City hall this morning and after doing his routine work for about ap hour hp visited the office of o fou, fooy. . 1t was while ¢ g with the rporm counsel 'that he was strickpn. It was apparent that Col. Thompson’s illness was quite ser- ious apd Dr. D. W. O'Connell, who was ‘king with the second district exemption board'in the city building," was hurriedly summoned. ' Two nurses from the health department, { Mrs. Gertrude Kitson and Miss Sara A. Carroll, also hastened to his So ‘serious was his condition that Dr. O’Connell called Dr. Carl J. Hart and | the two physiclans amd.two nurses worked over the patient for fully an hour, before he was)in a sufficiently comfortable condition to be'taken to the hospital. It is stated that’ Col. Thompson is suffering from a muscu- lar heart trouble, aggravatéd by a possible attack of acude indigestion. Although: he has apparently been in good health of late, it became known today that the city clerk has not been as well as many imagined. Only a few weeks ago, following'the close of office hours in the city build- ing, Superintendent John Hemingway had occasion to visit the city. clerk’'s office.’ He found Col. Thompson ly- ing prostrate on the floor in a semi- conscioug condition. He was taken to His home on Black Rock avenue where he soon rallied. At the time it was thought that he was sufféring from an attack of indigestion. Ts Well Known Man, Than Col. Thompson, there is no better known man in New Britain. A resident here for more.than 50 years, he has been almost continuous- 1y before the public, either asan elect- ed official, s a military man or as & member of numerous fraternal and so- clal organizations and the news of his {llness will -be received with genuine regret by his many friends. Col. Thompson was born on De- cember b, 1851, in Portland, Conn., having observed his 66th birthday only a few weeks ago. He Is the son came to New Britain to itve on No- vember 22, 1865. He was first mar- ried on June 11, 1873, to Mary S. Packard, the service taking place at Col. Thompson has beén a life long member. His first wife died many years ago and on November 27, 1913, he married a second thme, taking as his wife, Liltan May Twing, who died about -a year ago. As a youth Col. Thompson attended the Black Rock Mission school and the High school in this city and when still a young man | he began to take an active interest’| affalrs. In 1877 he en- listed as & private in a local company of the First Regiment and served con- tinuously for 21 years, resigning In 1898 with the rank of leutenant colonel. He also served at ome time (Continued On Yhird Page). A e e, WEATHER. Hartford, Dec. 29.—Fore- | Stanley Post, G. A. R. cast for New Britain ‘and vicinity: Cloudy, with below : zero temporatures tonight and s Sunday. 3 1. State of Connecticut shall make No retail coal dealer doing business in New Britain in the any delivery of more than one quarter of a ton of anthracite coal unless the purchaser thereof execmtes and files with such retail dealer on each delivery a written statement showing the amount of coal on hand and the average monthly consumption during the three months next preceding the de- livery at each 'place where such coal is to be delivered, also the amount of any orders with another dealer not yet delivered. No retail coal dealer doing business in the State of Connec- ticut shall deliver anthracite coal at any place where it appears from the statement required by Rule 1 that there is on hand a qQuantity of coal equal to or greater than the average monthly ¢on- sumption at such place of delivery as shown by said statement and in' no event shall more than two tons of anthracite coal be delivered at one time to any dwelling house, tenement or apartment house which accommodates less than five families. These rules shall be effective January 1st, 1918 and on and after that date 'shall apply to all retail sales-and deliveries of an- thracite coal by retail dealers doing business in.New Britain in the State, of Connecticut, but either or both rules may be waived by any local Fuel Committee us to any one or more specified deliveries for the purpose of facilitating distribution or relieving an emergeacy by filing a wrtiten waiver signed by tee with the dealer affected. the Chairman of any such commit- THOMAS W. RUSSELL, Fuel Administrator for the State of Connecticut. U. S. FUEL ADMINISTRATION. I need monthly Amount Coal on Hand ...... Have you any unfilled orders with other dealers? . No. +« Ton cediesesseeses.. Ton * T hereby certify that the above statement is true:to the best of PbiX my Kknotwledge and belief. SIGNAT (48 e This Ticket Must Be Presented When Placing Your Next Order |3 tONS of A iyt 1 BROTHERHOODS’ WAGE DEMAND REJECTED | WORKMAN, PENSIONED Rallroad Kxecutives Soc Government Ownership Looming Ahead as All Ooncerned Will Insist on It. ‘Washington, Dec. 29.—The rail- roads have definitely refused the de- mand of their organized employes for 40 per cent. increases in pay and have turhed the responsibility entirely to the government. The railway executives here today in letting their’ decision be made no concealment of their feeling that government operation is a step toward government ownership and made clear they felt tHe public and | the stockholders would demand it. At the same time it became known the railroads had refused the brother- hoods’ demands, it was learned that the railway workers had decided not to press their request for a period of at least 30 days or until it is seen just what the railroad situation will be. WILL MARRY AT 76 Charles Norton, of Postoffice Service Goes to Brooklyn to Claim Bride Whose Identity Is Deep Secret. Charles Noriton, veteran employe at the postoffice, sprung B surprise on his fellow associates this morning by announcing his departure for Brook- lyn, N. Y., where he will take unto himself a wife, tomorrow. Mr. Nor- ton has assumed the role of a sly old fox by keeping entirely to himself the identity of his bride. It is his sec- ond voyuge on the matrimonial sea. Besides being a veteran in the post- office service, he is » member of the All hands at the office unite in extending to the bridegroom, the best of wishes. Mr. Norton is 76 years old and has been connectéd with the postoffice for 28 years. “NOTHING TO REPORT.” Paris, Dec. 29.—*There was néthing to report last night, with the excep- tion of patrcl encounters rorth of the Chemin-des-Dames and near Sapi- gneul,” says today’s official statement. French aviators last night bombarded the railway station at Maizieres-les- Metz and Thionville, and German es- tablishments in'the vicinity of Vou- zieres and Rethel. $28,000 FIRE. Detroit, Dec. 20.—Fire which early today threstened to .destroy the ele- vator of the Union' Depot Flevator company, was extinguished before. it reached the main grain bins. About 750,000 bushels of wheat, cotn and oats - were saved. The loss was $25,000. Officials of the ' company said the blage was of suspicious ori- gip. . Seven flrg companies and a fire ,boat kept the flames from spreading. 3w Sk b known | PO i C. A. MOREY, VETERAN | Lincoln Street Man With Stanley Rulc and Level Co. for the Past 47 Years, i Charles A: Morey, of 58 tineoin street, for the past 47 years employed jsevered his connections with that | concern today, having been granted a | pension by the officials of the concern. Mr. Morey was ome of the oldest | employes of this factory, and first en- [tered its:employ in 1871 as a con- i tractor in charge of the level depart- ment. Although ' there have been many changes in the management of iu:e factory, and about ten years ago the cantract system was abolished, the officials' did not interfere at all with Mr. Morey’s established routine, and he continued to do the same work that he started when a voung man, more th two score years ago. ‘When Mr, Morey first entered the employ of the company it was a 1 cancern enmploying only 300 hands. | The office. was in a small wooden building on the corner of Elm and | Church streets, and the entire plant boasted of only one small brick | building. The many changes coinci- dent with the growth of this mam- i ; | moth concern have been watched 'with interest akin to pride by this vet- eran employe. 3 MF, Morey is a member of the First { Baptist .church’ and is a well-known and respected citizen. During his life in this city of r a half-century he has seen the various phiases through which it has passed, and 20 years ago experienced the same heartaches that are today causing anguish to-hundreds of other fathers about the city when { by the ‘Stanley’ Rule and Level Co.,| New / Britain will- coal rationing, basis Tuesday morning, Complete detflils\ system under ‘which of anthracite coal sold in this city we public today by E Christ, chairman of : fuel -committee, fire members-of which ar Abbe and V. J. Farl e coal wil be dates less: this ruling ha by Thomas fuel administrat ; ticulars under which be sold are ‘contal the box display " /) columns on the left; & ! When householders ordeér ¢h after December 31, it sary for them to explaining their | nees amount of coal they much they have on cation will be mad form. One copy will the purchaser. i in the possession, of, th | third is forwarded to. i committee, which will learn, by an ‘exami blanks in its custody, citizena are hoarding fuel. | following order for coal is n householder he must written application muz Dy the time of the previotis ondi | this will-enlighten the | his customer is in need of’ ‘being ordered. o These regulations will beods tive all over the state of. on January 1 and by ment, it is belloved, an tribution of fuel will be n They are not intended to ship on any coal consuin & the atm is to protect the in real need of selfishness of his nel a’ practice of filling ti they are not justified retafl dealers will in effect, and I 1 their office to bution. his son, Burton C. Morey, who has recently resigmned as charity depart- ment investigator, marched away to thhe Spanish Waw, Mr. Marey has five other children—Garfield, Arthur, Ed- ward and Rupert Morey and Mrs. Nelson Babb. s PRINOIPAIS CONFER. Speak On Relationship of Schools and the U. S. Goyernment. ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. .20.—Princi- pals af seventy , private schools in New England, New York, New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania joined in a conference at Worcester Academy to- day to discuss the relation of the schools to the government. The chief problem to be considered was that of muintaining efficient faculties, in view of the large number of teachers who have entered various branches of military service. . e 2 DECLARE REGULAR DIVIDEND. At the meeting of the directors of the Btanley Works this. morning, a five ‘per cent. regular dividend, pay- able January 2, was voted. \ WOMAN DIHS, Shot by Boarder Whoss & Quostioned by Omeclala ) New Haven, Dec. 29.~—Mrs. enda Gianmi, aged 54, shot by¥ tonia Carpeutiere, a' roomer' ind house, - vesterday, died today man was cavght by neighl n a chage. Coroner Mix is to have. ined by alienists, as: his \late have' been thosé of s tally , disturbed. : Tate, and in the opintow. here, may be far below the luexlco of even lost in the