New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1918, Page 1

’rHERALD BEST OF ALL | LOCAL NEWSPAPERS B PRICE THREE CENTS. RITAIN HER; EW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY s, 1918, —TWELVE ATES V ill Insist on Guarantees for Reduction of National Art ,, Consistent With Domestic Safety, He Informs Joint § DANBERG DEFIES EXEMPTION BOARD TO DECLARE HIM OUT : FIRE. COMMISSIONERS WANT T0 BUY AERIAL Re Bud as Mem- | Refuses to e | | Dismissed Legal Advisory | |, Following Dispute. | Estimates for 1918-19 ported in Excess of INS AT POST DESPITE NOTICE Present Year. before the board of flnance and taxa- Partuer, Charles . Mitchell, De- ! | tion later this month with their bud- lines to Serve Farther After Learn- get for the coming v that the total sought will be that year, which was $ Chief among the items for which the fire commissioners will will be an appropriation of $12,2 the purchase of a new 75-foot motor aerial truck for the central fire station on Commercial street. If this amount i ing News and ¥xpresses His Views appropriation in Opinions to Exemption Officials— | catly in ex graned L 835. Spat Over Non-Attendance. Trouble has out between | Second Dis chairman of the | nd certain mem- | the legal advisory & broken the oard, the s board * members of rict Ex- in that well known pa: “passing the buck.” As a result of the | controversy, Attorney Emil J. Dan- | one of the legal advisory board will be on present city service truck transferred to No. 2 hou street. With this truck at No. 2 houso and the addittion of the new motor pump which is to arrive in March also at-this statton the scction of the ~eity south of the railroad tracks will be ired of practically a complete fire department. At the present time this is not the ¢ 2 and the pumping engines north of the track out their questionaires, has been ad- vised by the second exemption board that his services are no longer required Immediately upon being sed of | this action, Attorncy Charles H. | Mitchell, Lawyer Danberg's friend and | law partner and also a member of this | same legal advisory board, visited the | hecomes effective it will office of the second exemption district | {o remoadel No. 3 engine to air his views. ith fire in his eye, | make more room for the Attorney Mitchell inqu of Secre- } ping quarte and also Stephen Robb if it was true that | apparatus. partner had been advised that his | This expected change in the were not needed. ured | rangeent of the apparatus will ich action had been taken, Law- { the chemical truck at the hell took asion to air his | fire station in reserve and il views on the matter, ending | taken to the Commer > positive ultimatum that: “If | for reserve apparattus until don’t want Danberg’s services you | time as a new south end station want mine and I'm through, | be built when it will be the neclet So saying, he stalked from the | for the apparatus there. At pre; while tary Robb, Chair- ( whenever the central fire company W. Allen, and Dr. D. W. | called out either No. 4 members of the board, | company goes there to fill in 0 at each other. reserve force. This will not be.nec Just what caused the controversy | sary under the contemplated chan which resulted in Lawyer Danbe: being informed that his services no longer required is somewhat of mystery. Lawyer Danberg states that vesterday afternoon Secretary Robb notified him that the exemp- tion board had voted that his services were no longer required. Pressed for | . Mr. Robb explained that it | :j"“‘;;f“jfl, wyer P. F. MeDonov AL & = e 1 The who is chairman of the lega e hoard, L r Danberg states. Wh e Ao Lawyer McDonough was approached | , ;% (o (08 the matter, Lawyer Danberg says | \v. 2 that he ured him t it was not | co 00" the result of any personal feeling be- bert N. Peck, Darius Miller, H. tween themselves and was the action Thomson the second exemption board. 2 s The annual Danberg, however, appeared | 1o *For the purpose his desk in City Hall this ficers will be held ne ist any who needed help | ojar Thet amae their ionairres. feels keenly the action him, he states feels they! disc e him we located be nece of hous to ed for oc it will you do t00." office, Seere man, John ro JUTORS TR f Stockholders National Bank. | al DIRE TLECTED. 1 Annual Meeti second New Brit ain of the New B v all director polls were open ritain natio L Teason, was up to I from 10 e M William H, I Stanley, . Landers, Minor, E. H. Davidson art on {c M. L of the a of electin t Mond: is anticipated meetin Lawyer usual at orning to in filling out Although he taken that in ques by those ove BOARD. nevertheless he have no right to that it is h duty to remain at wo According his he was pointed by Governor Marcus H. comb and President Wilson inent member of the legal advisory as such, cannot be di the subsidiary exemption » Danberg further states took oath as a member advisory board he sworo in this work and | of his knowlec intend ng on Building Process. to views, 3 of Tnquiry zation the 1d the am wa : pre bo: cha hoard that resumed today commerce committee witnesses including Rear Capps, ITudson Maxim, the | N. A. Neeland of Camden, N. J., Homer Ferguson, of Newport were ready to be heard. Wm. Denman, former | the shippir ! anxious to and, by Lawye when he legal would a best and he of that do it to the and ability, by this on Mitchell appear he dications arc {he talk between Lawyer G Bk Lo o wnd Secretary Robb, it would that there is some friction be- tween Lawyer Danberg and Chairman McDonough over the time that ti has been on duty. Under tho tem adopted by both, the first and cond cxemption boards, certain ire ned to work on the | ionaires at stated times and are >d to be on duty at such times. it's all about. It date to ek wi Danber abl work. But he ity and police court lerk of the natur appear. SI—11 A. Quigley igating the SUTRLEY) Mayor George shoe squad inve: waste of publ money in struction of a palatial barn af Town Home held another meeting s /ht, the third since it was anpointed g0 n IMBARGO ON FREIGHT hippe that the 1 competicd advised Haven were New ‘When the fire commissiohers came car it is expected | to be | ot | County = 0 for | hall and on the Teutonia Macnnerchor ranted and the | 713 Stanle commissioners buy the otar aerial the | tive A. Elm | all the big ladders | . When this change | ATy firemen'’s the ar- leave Elm street bo 1 street house | such | may 1t or No. 5| of At the annual meetin gof the Mm:lx-‘ were re-clect- to Charles ek ec- of- No | Senate Commerce Committee Holding | into shipping >s5 of its building the Soveral Admiral inventor, and News chairman of in Washington, that he will probably be summoned to the t ENEHY IN ¥ il Possible for Them {6 Lose Free- dom for Duration of War ‘ UP 70 ATTORNEY GENERAL AT A A Lighter Punishment, Confinement As | | Lesson, May Be Imposed—bpermits | Considered “Scraps of Paper’— Other Arrests May Follow. | ermans who were arrested by ents in this city Sunday the terms of their alien pe out of bounds, are now their heels in the Hartford ail and will remain there un- til Atforney General Thimas W. Greg ory orders their release . The men seized in raids on Turner Five federal | are Otto Breitner, Alban Conrad, tave Berndt and John Racentl | fifth enemy alien, Gustave Raschat v street, ed by Dete J .Malone of the local police department, is confined with the four taken into custody by the federal au- | thorities. u The freedom restrained for the f the war is problematical. find tl durht ci for | Whether the men under arrest will | | concentrate large troops ma: | In the ‘case of enemy aliens v the terms their permits no -hes ings are necessarvy. 1f they are found out of bounds they are simply up, the fact that they have violated the terms of their permits being prima acie evidence that they have broken the law. If the New Britain prisone | the maximum punishment, intermment for the duration of the war, they | may be kept in jail for some time in order to give them an opportunity to realize that the authorities at Wash- ington mean what they say. It was stated today by one in posi- {tion to know, that alien enemies have been playing and loose with their | permits and have fr the restrictions plac i that othe Mt ex- upon them. said arr we | pect | | WINS RACE WITH DFATH ] e Orange Street Pavent Reaches Hos- pital As Life Is Departing From His Thirtecen Year Old Daug John Osokowecz of 40 O came out victorious in death this morning, when hurried drive from his home auxilinry car to the New 1l hospital, he was rev with his little dau ez, a few minutes be- in the mor: ce after in polic ain Gene ed by Soph fore ing sior physic: to the heing Osokow died. rlier girl was scized with convul- nd advice of the attending n she was ordered hospital. She was 1 | Arrangements for the | incomplete. | | CONVICTION ILLEGAL J. the on years of funeral | wiltiam Burns, Head of Detective Agency, Wins His Fight in New York Supreme Court. Albany, 8.—The conviction of head of a private de- tective a on a charge of publish- ing private papers in connection with tr recent efforts of J. P. Moy n and to prevent leaks of informa- concernin all munitions con- was held illegal by the court of P day I was fined %100 he New zeneral Jan, irns, cney company tracts rn by York court of siona, COMMERCIAL CREDIT. Agreent o Reached Briti-h Commission and Ar, New Jan. § ~Betwee the ned in tiv skt rehase wheat mpletes locked | esCaDe | heir quently violated | | eral removed | ! the British salient, were able to pene- SEGRETARY BAKER GIVES HIS REVIEW Says Advices Confirm Report That | Germans Plan Big Offensive BATTLES IN FLANDERS! During the Conflicts, Statement Say: British Have Each Time Comc Out | Victorious, and Kept Pushing Ger- Back s cadily. Washington, Jan. S.—Secretary of | War Baker today authorized the pub- | lication of the following review of | the military operation for the past | wee “six weeks have elapsed since tho | first rumor reached us of the great | thrust in the west which the enemy announced as imminent. In order to s, ade- «uate artillery and, ample reserves of | munitions much time is required. “Though the German higher com- hd long delayed before be- nning operations, advices received semingly confirm the information | that actions are contemplated along the western front. They may be counted upon to strain every fibre of remainir rength in an effort to make their plans succeed. “In considering the general militar situation on the eve of a possible Ger man offensive, it must be recalled that throu xteen succ bat- tles of gr gnitude in ITlander: the British have every time come out | victors and pushed steadily ahead Their gains have been methodical and cumulativ The Germans have, dur- seri of major oper yly been fonced to gl The French stood like a rock iun and soon after drove for- vigorously in the battle of tha nd in turn played sreat the repeated drives in has so0 E ssive m at Vv ward Somme part in ders. “The will The a impending Germ possibly be their Irench and British armie; relied upon to withstand the “In the west no important opera- tions took e during the past The entire front from the North to the Swiss border was active. The Germans continued scattered thrusts while the and British parried with numerous reconnoitering raids and careful patrolling. They remained on | the qui vive, taking note ofs every | minor change in the German order of battle keeping closely informed —of hostile troop movements and concen- n plac sev- Vs Sea very their French rations “In the undertook he Gerr movem Cambrai area the encmy an attack in force. Here 1s, in attempting a flanking which had as its immed- ive the narrowing down of | nt, iate obje ind hold temporarily certain h trench clements south of M This action was conducted with | The British immediate- and were able to re- a.part of their lost “Another hostile thrust undertaken » to the canal DuNord where the ored @ advantage as press back the positions. tocal itly to made Brit- the enemy to reach the wlt colia d their attempt . but this British latc this area. a reney ish outpost the lvanc ried out durin: writish and Ger aids were cd by both the N enconnters me rol cported Irench tront remains relative rhird P 1ER. { moned to form a ncv, 1 to the | to views S ARE | AUSTRALIAN CARINET HAS RESIGNED, DISPATCH 4N SAY Premier William M. Hughes Leaves With the Rest Be- cause of Failure to Pass Conscriptien Biil. SECOND ATTEMPT TO . PASS THE MEASURE | i Labor Leader iias Been Called (o Formi a New Ministry—ELondon Awaits Eagerly the Reply From ihe | Central Powers to Speech of Pre- mier Georze on W Aims— Destroyer Sinks. London, Jan The A Morris stealian cabinet headed by W accordin Melb, leader Hughes | has v ned, to a iteuter's despatch from urne. IFrank udore, lahor has min Since the defeat of the zovernment's ption bill Aust it been' reported that Iremisr Hugh Probaily avould ro On the defe. of the conscription Novembe 1916, Hug res of his cabinet ev cons in has bill in hes tendered the A new r, was formed with mier. Last fall he bill Chr riion cabinei, how- Hughes gain brought nd in the election s conscription Dy viority ter The majority inst nearly 200,000, Aus ving jority as pr shortly conscription was defeated than in 1916 conseripticr tralian against the bill wmk G. Tudore trades and cu inet which re 1909, w soldiers s in the v ned in the spring Peaca D London, Jan. 8 delegation, incl Monday for the t L afte Berlin dispateh 1 en and forwarded hy Telegraph company ceived in Cope the v rives. Amsterdam Three men- bers of the Persian parliament panicd 7 ey, the Turkish when arrived in Berl the war situation Lecom- nd for vizier, he conferences on Names Deleg Amsterd: Tarnowski Count Adam von wecording to ateh to Ber \ustrian at Brest a dis the been the appointed peace conterenca imbass spriv recognized b rent Vwaits RReply. 8—A to the aims made reply from stafement London, J Central powers British war Premier Lloyd George Saturday is awaited here with the greatest inter It ved Germany and her ailies line to reply in somc make the reply m strai and definite th iy previou ment of their aims. But if the man p mirror the tion there, the fecling which has created by otiations with the shevik toward the principle of has thrown Germany moil. Advices from countries that the n the | ot | by is be- cannot | form e hiforws m state. Gie situa~ heen Bol- correctly no nexation, 1t into the | horder- n the se politics capitals ing on Gt prevalen show foe the that national erisc of rmany developing réferenco views between the militarist and hetwe non- one tory mili leadaors militarist ernment’; re, et reported Gen. von | s former far as Liinself 1hurg s leader « has group Lo threate nd Field further Iy gone coun- vof the type of il O \ t Czerna n himann German an trian foreig nued On Yhird X | tiverea | “Gentlemen of the Congr | | which Washington, Jan. 8.—The president today presented to Congress the following as* necessary elements of world peage: 1—Open covenants of peace without private interna- tional understandings. 2-—Absolute freedom of the seas in peace or war ex- cept as they may be closed by international action. 3—Removal of all economic barriers and establish ment of equality of trade conditions among nations con- senting to peace and associating themselves for its main tenance, 4—Guarantees for the reduction of national arma ments to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety S5—Impartial adjustment of all colonial claims based on the principle that the people concerned have equal weight with the interest of the government. 6—Evacuation of all Russian territory and opportun ity for Russia’s political development, 7—Evacation of Belgium without any attempt tc limit her sovereignty. : 8—AIll French territory to be frced and restored, reparation for the taking of Alsace-Lorraine. 9—Readjustment of Italy’s frontiers recognized lines of nationality. 10—Freest opportunity for autonomous developmen of the peoples of Austria-Hungary. 11—Evacuation of Rumania, Serbia and Montene with access to the sea for Serbia, and internationa guarantees of economic and political independence - and territory integrity of the Balkan state 12—Secure sovereignty for Turkey’s portion of thd Ottoman Empire, but with other nationalities under Turk ish rule assured security of life and opportunity for au tonomous devciopment, with the Dardanelles permanent ly opened to ali nations. 8= tablishment of an independent Polish state, in cluding territori inhabited by indisputably Polis] populations, with free access to the sea and political ang economic independence and territorial integrity guaran teed by international covenant. i ) 14—General association of nations under specifig covenants for mutual guarantees of political independency and territorial integrity to large and small states alike, “For such arrangements and covenants,” said th president in conclusion, “we are willing to fight and t4 continue to fight until they are achieved, only because wi wish right to prevail, and desire a just and stable peace. Was President Wil- fortunes it dealt, b congre |meant in a word, that the Central eq | pires were to keep every foot.of ters tory their armed forces had occupl —every province, ecvery city, eve| point of vantage—as a permanent a dition to their territories and thd {power. It is a reasonable conjectt | that the general principles of sett {ment at which they first sugges! originated with the mo libe statesmen of Germany and Austrl the men who have begun to feel t {force of their own pcoples’ thoug and purpose, while the concrete ters of actual settlement came from 1 military leaders who have thoug| but to keep w t they h “The negotiations off. The Ru sincere and entertain AT1C along clearly 3 hington, Jan. 8 y which whose on. today addressing de a re-statement of war aims in agreement with the recer by the British premier, George. The president presented a definite program for world peace containing fourteen specific considerations. The president said t declaration David Lloyd “Once more, as repeatedly befor the spokesmen of the Central empires have indicated their desire to discuss ithe objects of the war nd the poss ble ba of a general peace. Parley have been in progre: at Brest-Litovsk between representatives of the Central | powers, to which the attention of all | the belligerents have been invited for | the purpose of ining if whether it is sible to extend these parleys into *neral conferenc with regard to terms of peace and settlement “The 1luss sentatives sented not statement o ( they e ok Ve have bee presentatives ; d dominat The w ificance v W ian rey pre perfectly definit principles upon which witling {0 n equall rete application The representatives ntral powers, on their pagt, | or for t that m} an outline of settlement, | tary and minority whi much less definite and | has so far dominated the whole pol! seemed susceptible of liberal interpre- | £nd controlled the affairs of Turk) RS o1 D itic 1 of the Balkan states, which ha actical terms was addoed. ‘1 ohliged to become their um no concession | in this war? The Russian r either to the reignty of Russ | the preferences of the populs ) only would e conclude | 1 ite pro e e pire Are 1 : of voresp 1nority perial gram of the those principl of the ¢ presented is cond eaking for the majc parliamen of itic ctive parties, tic pec program o s pro i oall in or to hy ociaf proposed en pre; ¢ ion wi (Continucd on Eleventh I )