New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1918, Page 1

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NI*W BRITAXN CONNFCTICUT MONDAY MARCH 4 1918. —TEN PAGES - ALAND ISLANDS OCCUPIED BY PRUSSIAN REGIMENTS 'ITALIANS DECIDE T0 ANT-JAP MOVE BY RUSSIAN FORCES IN EAST SIBERIA NEW ENGLAND TROOPS ENEMY ON CHEMI First Step to Subjugate Fin- FRAUD TRIAL DROPPED Supreme Court Decides Pederal Court land, Is Belief in Washing- Which BOYCOTT TEUTONS GERMAN: CONTINUE TO: FOR SUPREME EFFOR THROUGH ALL!Es | Bridges Blown Up, Possmly With Intention of Preventing Ad- vance of Army Sent by Tokio | [;elecflofl ‘of federal officerm,_tho su- lealizing that the purchase of tho T0 REACH VLADWOSTOK[WW court decided today In— up- products of Austria and Germany, | L { holding decrces sustaining demurrers will tend to aid them financially, and | indictments in the Cincinnati therefore hurt the commerce of the election fraud caus Allies, the members of the Star of Ninety-nine persons, charged wiih Ttaly lodge and the Victor Tmanucl raud at the 1916 general election in society at their meeting drew up he first Ohio congressional district olutions, promising to help in ever) s a result of the decision will not be way by boycotting the products o compelled to stand trial. ocur enemie to ost ize them from Federal court decre this country. The resolution reads: injunction procedings to The members of the lodge Vic- \kron, O., from constructing a tor Kmanuel 111, and Star of in and taking water from the C Italy, No. of New Britain, [ hoga river were today susiained Conn., of Order of Sons of Rtus- s court. ltaly, in Sunday, March ridges the Srd, 1918, W be-dgay, in effect, won proceeding HAV termine the boundary iine Considering that state and Tennessee. Austria have brought about the The city of Denver in the supreme murderous war, which at pres- | court today lost its fight of 20 afflicts and shatters the duration, inst the Denver 1d; Water Co., over consumer's rate Considering I The * o cumulated throug fore v cstablished in 1906 by the Chicago merce has given the possibility board of trade was held by the su- | to Teutonic militarism to attempt . L G e to) ?{“"”f“’ " BREpmGHy ubch (e straint of trade under the anti-trust civil nation = uw. Considering that, even when : nel o s Tnjunctions issued Lhe War eloNer s AN mDet s trict Judge Landis restraining the alism will be a continuous threat rule’s operations were set aside. SEsinstatlahneace jor e o, Board officials contended the rule in- Whlle sthe ol menbor afun creased instead of decreased compe- (et PENIHIHET S e U (i | tition and prevented monopoly but it MmBhiof the JusticiL el Lot which | was abrogated after the government's italy and her Allies are fighting; “Convinced that to keep Ger- gultiwas “f"‘l et nd Austria in condition i they should be weakened REACHES NEW neially = Resolved: Complete ostracism the products of Germany and tria. hey bind oath that the ton Circles, Hear News, Commercial Drive Against | Has No Jurisdiction Over Ohio \ | | | | ! | | ( ERMANS IGNORE SWEDISH PROTEST Germany and Austria by Cases—Other Decisions Announced. Local S Washington, March {.—TFederal jurisdiction over clections for the Societi Washington pre ory moveimen of Germans along front are noted to: partment in its lary situation for March 2, “The momentum creasing,” # declares, citin ltempts by the enemy to ro: |lines held by American troo; | example of ‘what is takins g ! the entire western front The deflnite announcen I that American forece ha over a sector northwest of number of detached tion in the Champ: Operations in the expected to eclfect | France, through ! German plans, the Teuton columns Russia and to only the column moving s any opposition Tur h Caucasus ( to a clos8 belligere! their foree | “There i | continues tined the part western the war of the mili- week ending | Owing to {th has be | process. » ! “The Kllied | continuous » |unity and fexi®l f | ‘The British Iront. “Our own forces" sector northwest of | of our detached units ares | Champagne and the mo battle is increasing. Fi “We have to but note/the oceu ences of the past week /in cur own seotor in Lorraine in ‘order to gain |an idea of what is taking place. Fa- | trols have been very active. Karly i |tho week the enemy made two tempts to reach our lines but were | | Ariven oft by machine gun fire. March the | 1 the enemy developed a sharp at- re- |tack. After a short struggle the hos- France, Sunday, Ma tile detachment was repulsed. 13, (By the Associated Pres! | “The Germans now are using sus | x i lalong our front. Our men arc be- \kVolunrcem from Americ e I coming accustomed }f this weapon ‘umts along the Chemin front ol (Continued On Ninth Page), Dames searched No Maj — Land in a rain of machi YANKEE PUNGH TAKES TAUSTRALIANS RAISE sunbilers for b2 misil@ ENEMY BY SURPRISE HAVOC WITH GERMANS not find any traces of thg LX(.CDY one man who h Force With Which Attack Kill 50, Destroy Is Made ! been killed. It is certain t Germans. R W by review the Lerlin Move Temporary Order and Insists Is Neveseary T to R estore Jobm I Stevens, Chairman of Ameri- Kty Territory Will Not Be Retained— can Railway Mission, Now in Yok- ¥ive Hundred Swedish Troops Not ohama, Keports Destruction of Tres- Withdrawn and Feeling Is Said to tles on Prans-siberian Line—Other Dl is made taken and a e se. Bric Mined Ready to Be Blown i Be Intense. . dam e O} fench A Back by H "Lead From Machi Guns and Rifles. With the American Ar 11 (British Ad- Up—~Giermans o Blame, voul Press.)—The 1pied at noon says a March May Wirele; were oc the Germans, received here. hristinnia, 4, aity the session units 1 easty Per ar ind; by mi AL Sa tel Washin sians 1 on the | tween ki fronticr. John I%. Stev the American railway ported this today to the | ment. This may prevent | Francis reaching Vladiv ‘While without details, | belicve the Russians are the bridges to prevent an expected ad vance of Japanese troops. A large | | number of structures have been mined, Mr. Stevens also reported, they ould be readily destroyed. Mr. Stevens, who sent his patches from Yokohama and there- | fore undoubtedly from Japanese in- telligence sources, said it was reported | the bridges destroyed were near Chita cast of Lake Baikal. Officials do not believe that the des- truction of the railroad bridges, as re- ported, was intended to prevent Am- bassador Francis and the other dip- lomats from leaving Russia if they choose to do s At the state | was said that | reached to m, ! ovin March i begun des Siherian ikl N court to- s 1o de- between L supreme n rans riiiros he L chairman mission, re- | depart- ador " cve i Chinesa RESOLVID: that Germany and modification 0! review ¥ ar one tov note advancing of intimates. operating of the ards Vit Washing March ton, —Germany’s the Aland inds relimin to the total of Winland. Official dispatches | cdish legation today say Ger- | announced to the Stock- | foreign office her intention to Finland and that Sweden has 1 staie Amb: ok. Union oc- of | | onl || o \ 3 ; W ceny to m officials here destroying | that zh the wealth ac- I rule” for grain to arrive force in i irmen- retaken hia are meeting with mny of s massacri the distr Russians. cupy proteste | from the The review “The third ence on t . 50 . ] follows month of s dis- to | Sweden, the that it was necessary occupy Kinland to but gave assurances intention to take perma Sw Aland Ajand | to | Gormany advised patel say, temporarily by Federal Dis- relative dis- | m order, had no )ssession of the territory. rotested also against the nds being placed In the war occupation of the the dispatches say, them a base for supplying the occupation of Finland. | are 500 Swedish troops on | ds for police purposes. Their | ander was notified by the Ger- | commander of his intentions, | and while, so far there has been no clash reported, the Swedes have not been withdrawn and the feeling is de- | \ scribed here as being very intense. stor nent is is many t LONDON. iy b 1'ears Had Been Expressed For Safe of Chilean Ship. New London, March 4—The Chiled transport Angamos for which an was felt last week arrived here Sun- day morning and 1s now lying in the | lower harbor. The ship left New | York last Monday for this port by the outside route and tho Chilean cruiser Chacabuco went out to hunt her up ¥riday. There seems to have becn soma misunderstanding among the Chilean withorities for the Angamos adjusted her compasses and remained in shel- on the south side of Long Island during the blow and never was in any da of wreck. "Germans obtained prisond Dugouts and from this patrol. All t Bring Back 11 Prisoners m‘ ing men came from N { | England. in One Raid. | Details of the German [ tack which failed completdl to reach the trenches now available. American arf§ lerymen put down a barrai fire as soon as the Germa started a drive. [t is mated that three compan of specially trained sho| Jear troops which had been p taken tiSINg h)r this operation was captured. ma- . two weeks, took part in t| e fltr'ack Each u»m’nny Gh Al e ia o MO 20 Plf”l ‘-1«\- lEnt. our | also 4:(".(.:;7-’;‘,]“.:,1:: The fighting was brisk e the objectives, about an hour, but the acd J)I1y|'(ll\y\}\(ll\)1l' s prahe Ll frate machine gun and ri “An enemy wtempted south or 1r€ from the Americ s, Quentin repulsed, front lines, coupled wi IS P the perfect American b l'the enemy's artinery rage which prevented inforcements from comi jup, forced the Germans ‘ywithdraw after sustaini spirited at | heavy casualties and witho {activity in the of the Meuso & 3 7 (i woe e B o [Ihayine set foof inithe Ants can trenche | Badonviller: In upper Alsace the artillery, to which our re o > i lines north of the Rhone- voung h”,“,.‘” bl in the afternoon. = it commanding Lt | toon, members of which compo; the patrol party which had gons into No Man’s Land, went out, to | them but without succe He turned to his trench and sked foi tillery activity has been rather | voluntary detail. Tvery man in On the night of March 1 platoon volunteered, but the leutd the Germans made an attack against ant picked out a small party and the Bois du Trapez which was re- out again. They pulsed by the fire of our artillery and ' turn, however, when the Jerman machine guns. The Germans bom- became increasingly heay He barded our lines violently at some a detail made a third searsh just i fore dawn but without smecess The American general commangi the unit on this front sald the fr Paris, March 4.—Two German ra 2 acil =) o German raidy were eager for action and were but if the T kill ;::f"f']; :;*:h‘a“fl‘cr:“’l‘n “‘!‘; 1;:‘"‘”‘ lines e permission to remain in the fr o oni ol %! near Malincourt wood v\cr:xm::\;ed‘\':x: lines longer than the regular perk lend ug back to our lin by the fire of the Frenoh troome 1 |, It has been found nceessary to led the Amer- war office announced taday. { tion them frequently against expd trenches and ing themselve they ar anxig the intelli- March 4—British troopy | BCt @ crack at the enc Hol who gained PS | ver, they are tempted pear oy dne north of Jerusalem havo ' ue ion in the dav fim pan * | made an advance along a front of 13 "¢ P . plapoRhl miles to a maximum depth of 3,000 ¢ NIENtIn the hope of starting som yards astride the west of the Jerusa-| ' "% lem-Nabulus road, the war affice an- nounced today. department today it no decision had been | the part the United | States will play in the Japanese plan of intervention in Siberia ta prevent war supplies from falling into the Ger- mans’ hands. The only other explanation for des- troying the roads the officials here can think of is the fact that there is a German prison camp near Chita and that Germans may have blown up the bridges with the double purpose of tapping movement of Japanese troops intercepting Am sador i of A man under Deceives suy by themselves will mever in products manufactured id two nations, and that th will buy only products manufac- tured by the nations allicd with, Italy “To buy products mes tions to pay not one penny now on, to pay which With anee, Dress) in the | ravin { hind heing | natural | The the March Some in ocinted troo “tor are life billets Ameri (By of the des Arn \ n the A Da 1 experience the fv 1o London, successful March 4.—“A number of 1ids were carried out by us Jast night on different parts of the front.” says today's war office report ‘Australian troops entered German trenches near Warneton and afte killing at least 50 of the enemy and destroving dugouts brought back 11 prisoners “Other successful vied out by Austrian Gapaard, east of Mes: Hollebeke. Prisone each case and Held As Hostages in Petrograd. London, March 4—Dispatches from | Petrograd describe the departure of | the British and French embassics and the Belgian, Serbiun, Greek and | Portuguese legatio Thursday after a series of hindrances which, in the case of the Italian embassy, ws sufficient to detain its staff in Petro- grad after the others had left. The | italians still were in Petrograd Sat- | urday and also the staffs of the | sulates, says the correspondent Morning Post. The Bolshevik eign office, while permitting American, Japanese, Chin and Siamese legations to le: out traint were insisting dors all passports of the before departure and refused dorsement. unless the passport speci- fieally deseribed the owner as a dip- Jomat. Consequently a number of |join the body will asked military and other members of the | their sacred word and honor to neither ve missions were left hehind, | buy nor to sell to Germany any and the correspondent of the | agricultural products, raw materials | Daily Mail, apparently are held as | or manufactured goods until such hostages. time the guarantee and actions of Forei not connected with Germany have assured the establish- | diplomat ervice secm, howev to | ment and saf rding of the prinei- | have accompanied the diplomats on | ples of democracy in a manner their train, while reports suggest | deemed satistactory to the Intente others will be able to get « powers.” er or later. Reasons given ing the Italians differ, but that Count Prasso, one of them, w obnoxious to the Russian foreign of. , which also was said to have sus- pected the Italians of helpin rationals to escape fromi contrary to regulations. According to the correspondent of the Morning Post, provision shops in | Petrograd were empty on urday. | Many of the shops were up and food was not obtal Austrian German 1s to help said na- their war debt: of the Ul ever b for the ammuni has killed their or Chemin of he- trenches und reath we their quarric the from E ont i ployed tion brothers. or as : last nderg and a CS MCENROE RESIGNS Pirst Sanitary surface. to this quartered, the Gor Most of in the zouts. heen well mgle- ¢ nt on 1 thus visit | | { sector fou | oeciipying positions 'PHONE GIRLS' ULTIMATUM | th Americans Operator “m raids were car- by troops nes and were another T near in Samford. :h 4.—A national or-| known the Sons Democracy, having commercial boycott | being formed A com.- | \ | Boycott | Stamford, Mar | ganization ta be and Daughters of for its ohj v against here, it was annour mittee has been ford historical ta form a local it is expected the | will issue. The membe in IHealth 0 living Inspector t con- the for= the | , British | ve with- on en- others en- [by us chine “North | enemy's of Position With renches and accompany he front line trenches cleaned. strengthened and protecto buarbed wirc ments At another LW some pleted Ax Department Takes in we have n State Department. Demand Scale Equal to are ny, with ent: Bodley, chairman of | ed today that first sanitary h Dr. George H. the board of health, stat Frederick J. Mclinroe, inspector in his department, signed his position to take a position with the state health ment. Mr. McEnroe, emont strect ploy of the city the past threc during which time he has advanced himself to tho position of first sanitary inspector. He is regarded L capable official and is well versed in the sanitary work in conmection with the health department. He will sever his rela- with the local department two from today. e 1 formerly and now on the will be occupie on That Paid in City of Boston, $16 daele and re “Our the Vo point correspondent | had just trench Per Week. society to take body and from S hicH broader movement who are to “to pledgo men come- duty. learncd frenches troops 1t reachin uring had raid was s T similar depart- their round of the wer they Boston, March 4 to the New ngland Telegraph company teg representing telephone operators in 19 cities of Massachusetts, Maino and New Hampshire was expected at 2 meeting today between the commit- tee and ny officials. The sult of a strike vote unofficially ported 21 to 65. The operators demand an incre. of wages equal to the scale paid Boston the maximum is $16 week. The confercnces with officers of the company and the state board of conciliation and arbitrs 1y brought no result. ceived that G. M Bu president of the international brother- hood electrical workers, would ar- ive to take charge of the situ- ation ~An ultimatum Telephone and from a commit- sever Germans in the put up Yankees" it with a sieve whom the pleasure rather the Amc opposite 'S rica them Wele: n riddled looked like soldiers with cxpressed sign but the bullets resides at 1 garrisons n in the em- department for who reading h he miry il it A1l the itor talke heing leaving « al years W soners in our hands this developed vis- at than com re- be re- o morning some ne o cir trenches ining camps captain d had assumed .and soon afte in a certain an prisoners captured in patrol stated that the hand- \tacked with or that the Ger their hands anc in the beliet HY‘\ more in the in in Lens sector tr “renc ng A T Americ Man's I trenches Ger fightir ful much mans shouted ) in h the of sclared control entering ector, S here Paris, March official statement: “Artillery fighting was | times at the t bank Following is the way soon- for hold- | it scems | No BOILER BLOWS UP; KILLS 3 their i parg Owner of Taundry Petrograd tions the s | weelks The Mclinroe | Bben Rec New | of health demioloz health, and which he that it will be BOY BADLY BURNED which Mr. =2 under Dr superintendent state epi- of new, there Amer | | i force has here of cang S0 vice- and | enemy’s L plied barded Ithine and threw up rd of board today similar to that t present, except ! wder scale, ist “kamic S Employes Vietims—Other Worke L there tacking Aithou courageonus were N m rty iy e 4- Burned or Cut. wd | per- daring deed n formed by the Americans in that tor of the most interesting in- cidents is that German-American who, small detai | took a German RUDSTENE SR fight but lost way with resul that the wound the 1 where rmans The sergeant the prisoner’'s in German: erous Paris, March I statement issued tonight reads the course of the last two da The Belgian offi- | = | | he. | Providence, Mz ove were killed | jured today by { boiler in the Mt. building here. William Lanon, rch 4.-—Three per- ind four others in- an explosion of a Pleasant laundry OUT BOMB GERMANS | e I em | the inten so1 o one s of & with pr hi party harbed Peace at Any Price. January Iuns Dropped 1,182 e nt . Supplemen Central Powe government Litovsk in treaty, says Litovsk by sterdam Formal )t vet been rec an but a 1t iy y treaties between the send e hgmbeviE( LR e were signed at Brest. | 1aundry, and Frank Cormier addition to the main |Mand La Plant, who had a telegram from Brest- | aged to begin work this way of Vienna and Am. |Were killed. The injured, all em-| ployes, were burned or cut by falling timber. The building was wrecked. George Robinson Aged Three, Was 1 the up at they part owner of the in British Area and Or- been en- Projectiles to Playing With Matches at Home on e were forced to Vor Euglish Torces. morning Woodland Street—May Not Live. ro 4 March 4-—In the month an official the war office, 1,482 bombs in the British troops in mme period British bombs in of atement | the | London, h K- huary today by 1s dropped oceuped by Irance the to the aviators dropped Robinson George Fobi was painfully shortly after with m He was in the police ambulance Britain General hospital where | my ar was said this rnoon that little The held for his recover hombs hody terribly burned. | Geor the three vear old on af Woodland burned at his today, whilo say | son of j=sued | street | home | playing | moved Ne | it I pointe head M official announcement has ved from the Rus- radiogram from will be whispered they' Il get noon hes. vh us side re n = will utter b tro mmday. As the German official statemer Sunday night mentions only the ces-| oo por Assistance Received at At- sation of operations in great R | it is inferred in some quarters here | puntic Port—Freight Steamer Hears ) that the German advance in Ukraine | and Finland will continue. The Ge for themselves a freo the limits of great Rua- sound firs nd German prisoner to their own as turned over to officer of the unit viduable information from t Germans onty 221 in th ids, while 200 between a aut dropped daytime the statement the British droppe sunrise and sunset. The pe was he icans b then w zenco much My to was FXPRESS HITS TROLLEY Witted, London, operating VICTIM March {.—The fune of this city, a when sunk pl mass Appeal and Races to Scene. ‘ CHEROR “port, Frank Wi who was tig Cherokee $10,000 FIR South Norwalk, sstimates on the | about half of the stock, Victralas and other of James Donnelly on here late last night at $10,000. The first was based on the property. The bas i as a sto vault for n af the still a mans reserve hand outsidc sla An Atlantic Port, March tance from an Ame ner, which reported she abled by ma trouble, re- ceived here Later a tish freighter repor she had proceeded to the tanker's and that it would not be mnec despateh a ernment v 1g N SO, NORWALRK. March 4.—TLater which destroved of stationery, at the store | South Main place the estimate of et the | ko, sccond son of Nicholas SmEeptmas | Montene died in n sanitarium at goods. The | ! Vienna. Sunday of hemorrhage of the mystery ! Jungs. He entered the sanitarium two years ago. ican tan} W we No French troops One Seven Injured When West reo sea- Longer “Tin Soldiers” the | L of s dis drowned el pneral proud of th making while period of instruction said us tin m a year a the mn who train showi onpletd An A Rinewy Shore Train Crashes Tato Floctric o in bt this of hn's Nepomuch Slovalk at- re- ind — the s raval Ve PRINCE MIRKO DEAD. Montenegran Had Attempted fect Peace With Austria. dam, March Prince German Ad toc Berlin, M: per Wirelc tions in Tuesc took ce ning with a in St. Jo Ther A detachment of naval Gk @ uard of honor military they their erican capta “They less th delivering Car at Kingston, N. Y. L £00 i L admiralty d solemn Mlht:u'y opera~- topped vesterday, says atement by the Ger- aid, = o Kf- t | | V I} , , 1 kitled and and six when a shed wits hurt today tr anotlier les West into the sengers on quiem church ndance. ; seri- | ary to gov- wits o very large called severely Shore trol Kin Mir- of 5 in but I g oods ju Ams 1 essel. 5 on erica 5 passen ley WILBOR IN FRANCE. e and Mrs. Thomas W. Wilbor | the Square have received frem their son, Thomas, | of his fe arrival in | Wilbor, who was for- | with the sales de- | Stanley Work 1in serves acte we a the soun o crossir All stor ro e a 10 s same.” tween 500 and 1,500 gag shel are thrwn on the American positi on the Chemin des Dames front ea day but therc have been only slig casualties. The Americans do not find it convenient to work and Aght The men have a near n and e fire tior were \ oriz is 00 | ot #ranklin cablegram wvising them “rance M London —Aus- a in BIAINARD GOES TO LISBON, Marel rd CILARL S M WHATHER, ol Washington .. Braina wlier neril 18t n o ' 39 years re- Princo Mirko, old, mained in Montenegro after the royal family fled from the Austrian invad e attempted to enter into sep- | diver negotiations with Austriu were of no avail ( - Colc recer Nai has i cn to vv‘uj Portugid. mel . March riv ! New Britain Unsettled, Tuesday: ~ntisfactary statement b, yre than vt ni tor bty : wdiministra * today il David hrig A b! H S0 vl rain late warme counnected in the ithe of e | cticed 70 Ri or 3 wterm Gt military s attache tion in Lisbon e bee rate but his ciforts Nir to ke m toni or detailed as peiec -7 American e On (Cuoatinued Ox ontinued Seventh Pag (DN