New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS 'NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918, —TEN - JOHN'E. REDMONE, WORKER FOR IRISH HONE RULE, DEAD er o Nationalist Party Suc-! cumbs to Operation, Which Weakened His Heart Washington, March 6.—It was thoritatively stated today that United States has sent no communica- to Japan on the subject of Ja- au- the tion pan’s attiude in Siberia and if any views of this government ex- pressed they probably will con- veyed to Great Britain through which United States has received all ita aformation on the subject. It was further stated | United States has not as: sented, or protested, and that w out any exchange of written commun- ications, Japan alreacy understands | | arc be | the nted, dis- | WASHINGTON HA~S- NOT APPROVED DISAPPROVED OF JAP ACTION | 'STEAMER ARMENIA IS FORCED ASHORE Crew Tells of iémoat Attacks Within Few Hours COMPLETE LOSS triendly attitude of the United and its disposition to take ne In addition Japan understanc United States credits her witk disinterested purposes if action i Siberia should be taken. At the same time it is understood | Japan understands the United States giving thought Lo the moral cffect | in Russia of e \NHM‘MAY the absolute BE feel that nece should be apparent before it is taken. | These views have been expressed to | 1in which, as an interme- the United ates | | | such action ity Former German Merchantman At- advised ot ban's views. tempted to Proceed Wiith Tempor~ PARLIAMENT KNEW HIH AS “STORMY PETREL OF HOUSE” . Quarter Centu Spent in Fight Tor Self Government For KErin—Ac- JESTER 0 QUIT? Alderman From Third Ward Be- lieves Such Was the Case 1CONFLIGTI@ SEATEMENTS cused By Sinn Feiners of Being Traitor to Causc—Assisted in For- mation of Irish Convention—>Made Two Visits to United States. March 6.—John nationalist . 1 Red- Irish ader, norning. dmond, who underwent an operation in London Friday passed |Alderman Insists His Honor Did At- a fair was ma Monday. The Irish convention, which had been supported by Mr. Redmond, yesterday adopted a message of sym- pathy in which an earnest wish was expressed for his early and complete recov Mr, fully Deas low day veterday ntaining the and apparently progress shown wmpt to Secure His Withdrawal and Tried to Frighten Him by De- scribing Heavy Expenses. did from the race mayor, and as far as my asking to manage my not so. I wouidn't advice on how to Mayor Quigley certainly me to withdraw for er him Redmond passed away peace- at 7:45 ‘clock this morning. was due to heart failure, fol- the recent operation which was for an intestinal obstruction. 4 This was borne courageously and it relieved the patient, but heart failure |, 4 o intervened Tuesday night. e o The physicians attending Mr. eipiylolans etion o “"',’; linterview with the mayor yesterda mond issued the following statemen e otir nead s e o | On “We regret to amnounce that John | .o ging to the published account of Redmond died at 7:45 o'clock this|pi " of the story, denies that ho morning. Owing to several serioUs | oi.q" Mp, Jester to withdraw from Gl MG e the race for mayor and cfims that atacks operation was | faced with great courage. It had be- | pe cocong warder with mayoralty | ambitions asked him for some point- imperatively necessary owing D imbestinal obstruction. This| l" o0 g ita o campaten. s relieved by the operation and for S R some days satisfactory progress was maintained. After a fairly comfort- ‘What the Mayor Says. able day Tuesday, heart failure su-| Commenting upon pervened during the night and after|last night that he had held a con- a few hours, Mr. Redmond passed | ference with Mr. Jester and urged | kim to withdraw, the mayor is quoted saying: peacefully away."” The news of “I learned that Alderman wanted to see me so I called how hat is man any advice on 4 campaign, ask that buy a chicken,” th = an Irving thi cerning a ‘ect that he Jester morning when published story t a | lere sides story: a rumor afloat i the death of the na- of | Jest him on tionalist leader brought ¥ sorrow and regret from of the community. King George was shocked deply and eoxpressed pro- | meet him at 2 o'clock at my real es- found regret. Premier Lloyd George |tate office. He preferred the mayor's similarly was moved. The premier |office in City hall, so I met him there will move an appropriate resolution |about 2:30. We shook hands and had in the house of commons. |2 chat about the campaign and I Champion of Home Rule. {usked him who prompted him to get For more than 25 years John E.|into the contest. The only mention *yRedmond fought for home rule in |of withdrawing was when I said a Treland and for a majority of that|contest would cost a lot of money. He sime he was the recognized leader of | asked me for some pointers on how Ircland’s “struggle for liberty.” As|to proceed in the campaign and I rman of the Irish Parliamentary | gave him a little advice based on my Party—the nationalists—he exerted a | own experience. I did not him powerful influence in bringing about | tc withdra He told me he was in the creation of the Irish convention |so far now that he could not pull out organized in July, 1917, to devise a |and I told him I did not ask him to stem of government for the island. | pull out. That’s all there was to it.” When David Lloyd George, the| Mayor Quigley likewise denied the 3ritish Premier in that year offered | rumor that he wanted Jester to with- two methods of settling the vexed |draw so as to lessen his own cam- Irish question, it was Redmond who, | paign expenses “Let them all stay pokesman for the nationalists, re- | in. I don’t care” the mayor said. jected the proposition for a partition | What Jester Says. of Ireland and, instead, accepted | mye story told concerning this con- Lloyd George's alternative plan for | rorence by Alderman Jester is quite the convocation of the Irish Conven- | aifrerent in its essential points, This tion in which Irishmen of nearly it caine PR T Sl e G “When I came back to my office effort to compose their differences | ogterday morning etween 11:3 and draft a constitution that would | 3471145 o'clock I found a couple Gldmad iy g el | of telephone calls waiting for me. el Gk e B8 TS G | One was from 283-2 and the other ta the convention which sat at various | oo Va5h “oin “of which are the times at Dublin, Belfast and Cork iy oo /0 o™ ijleq him up and 1917 and 1918, [ime > he said he wanted to have a confer- “‘Stormy Petrel of the House.” ence so we could get together. I Born in 1851 son of W. A. Red- told him I was willing to see him and mond, deceased, member of the Brit-| went over. We shook 'hands and ish Parliament from Wexford, Ire-{talked about the weather and othe Jand, John E. Redmond had sat al- | general things for awhile and then most continuously in the House of Commons since 1881. There ' {5 get into the race for mayor. Ho his parliament fights for home rule|q;j3 he thought I had been urged earned for him the sobriquet of the |, epter through the spite of some of “stormy petrel of the house.” his political enemies who had failed Beucated in CGlongowes Wood, col=f i, got appoilntments from him, and lege, Kildare, and Trinity college, o ;‘“"M a few of my workers. He Dublin, Redmond was called to the 14‘ n said to me, ‘You can draw out iondon bar 1886 and the Trish bar| 2°" e T ecing talcontiyou a the Toowing sear but Do never prac. | 70w Joster. 103 €0l bo, cust YO8 0 ticea law. He devoted himself almost | ¢ srrible licking. I figure it's wholly to his parliamentary and poli- j:’w'i‘('}tl: :*(’i"" B F T o A B 5 ; to Porlia Soet w7 cwapalsn, Put L zoing to Byior itol LR Irat L o el ~i—in Far vou Mnow, thatiwheniT ment fram w Ro: Ireland, Red- : i ; y Z I generally get it. C vas some time a clerk in| out to get a thing I & b B s “Now what was that if it wasn’t the vote office of the house of com- 3 From 1885 to 1891 he repres- | asking me to withdraw?" remarked North Wexford, but in 1891 he | Alderman Jester. ‘“That's how I was' elected from Waterford and had | took it, but I told him I was in the been returned from that district since | Tace to stay and I was going to win. generally without opposition. “As far asking the mayor for Redmond's eloquence and his grasp | any advice as to how to run my cam- of parliamentary procedure won his | paign—Why, T wouldn’t ask that man carly recognition in Parliament and [any advice as to how to buy a chick- when in 1891 the Irish party was dis- | en,” the second warder declared. rupted, consequent on the Parnell Commenting further upon scand. he became the accredited | chances for election, Alderman leader of the Parnelities. In 1900 hef gajd his organization i succeeded in bringing about an amal-|more and more complete gamation of the two leading nation=| and each day he has more alist parties and made his position | ¢ yltimate victory. He declar at nationalist leader secure. | 2 man prominent in ity affairs, who Visited 1908 and | has held office 20 years or more and | mes: all sections 9 ask 3 » [ | mons. | ented l’ h Jester oming day ranc ls, he each assu d tha C. S, in 1910, Redmond kn o whom the people look with re- he visited him that he will Australia “Wh 'm performed a 21 Quigle was well wn in t which and only 1905 sured 10 to 1 to mention < United Ltes, in 3 he in not (Continued, On Ninth DID QUIGLEY ASK | tated Alderman I\!.‘ | the telephone and told him 1 would i mk] With the American Army in France i { had sought an | | i i i | |worl, but they were kept high in the | guns. | | { | ywar an | | Briitish | he asked me what had prompted me i, | | | | | | | | | | That | British ary Patch on full But is I 1 to Beach Again By Submavine. YANKEES WATCH FOE FROM BIG GAS BA An Atlantic American steamship merly a German merchaniman, lies beached and badly damaged on the British coast after being torpedoed by a German submarine, it was learned with the arrival of the Armenic crew here today. The attack took X alter Secretary Daniels ma pub loon Ascends Near Toul Sector ALL ON BOARD FROM U.S. Port, March Armenia, The | 1 ° on menia Tho imber, of 64 tons sailors arriving today that the Arme aross was torpedoed first time, in the English channel December b, she was beached temporarily repaired by mear wooden patch placed over the Most of the cargo was saved. The vessel renewed her voyage February §, bound for a British dr dock to have an iron patch replace the wooden one. At 12:30 o'clock the next morning a U-boat sent = March 5 (By the Associated Press)— “?,:f"?(:’r(.’;:f“u:":C,]l'(fl’fl t':‘od 2ean she This has been o quiet dayin thelll g i wis o question whether American sector northwest of Toul Sy it = : could be saved. The artillery on both sides seemed ! ™y ") ronia Joft Baltimore content to fire a few destructive | ..;; 105 Novemper for a European shells. Tne'shells were nfrequent (-t 185 SOVSIIASE S07 @ BUEORSAT niilSEeRn R eheNationnoon Swiken Rinah| o il R SRE S SSaERi i e ; . when owned by German intere merican artillery livened things | Z0°0 OWORC o PRI G up @ bit. firing on a town in the ene- | 070 extrcts from the report of lthoush the. wenther was bushi | the Armenia’s commander regarding and ciear for tho Aret fime in saveral | e st ttack, These showed that (l;’l, s, a r‘nwh arose from the snow and f\"“’i observation was obscured by the | e Eround Baze) Abria) forces took ad: | Haratusiand that theicrew vantage of the improved weather and | 00Iness throughout. operated freely. Groups of planes came éver for photog in December said after the on of a hole. German Airplancs Approach But Turn Tail in Flight When IFrench on Aviators Dive Up For Battlo—Quict Day Along American Linc. said, she the wireless operator to his ap- displayed PROHIBITIONISTS IN FREQUENT WRANGLES enemy phic air the American Planes from the Ameri also were out in force In trenches the men divided their time between watching the aerial opera tions and drying themselves in dug by anti-aireraft can lines the [ i Kling B Interruptions and Heckling Observation balloons were up the first time in days, statloned at inters along the as far as the eye could in directions. For the first time American observation loon, fully monned and protected by Americans, went up. This is t . S Mark Cenvention—Samuei Als fr sce both Gompers Assailed. in the ba —With the | interrur by frequent heckling and first complete unit of the American |ith feeling running high, delegates afr service to appear in the field. For | at the 13th. national convention of the two days it had been ready to ascend. | prohibition party today began the The observers have been up in a |second day of the session called to French balloon previously. Today an |decide upon a merger with the new American balloon company - was |national party. The opposition with working where the French hitherto | thus far has won several test clashes have been. obened its attack led Dr. Edwin The balloon was hauled out from | Worrell of Illinois who announced he its hidden nest and a slight delay was } changed his vie experienced in getting it off the| George Harger of New York, favor- ground becausc the telephone wires | ing the merger, caused mild excite- from the basiet in which were an |ment when he called Samuel Gompers, American captain and lieutenant | president of thé American Federation were fouled. This was rem- | of Labor “the most important member edied and it sent up, remaining | of President Wilson's cabinet, in the air for several hour It rose | though mnot really a member.” higher than either the Irench or| Burton Rockwood, Michigan German, in an attempt to reach an | ¢hairman “Gompers has altitude specially favorable for obser- | bitterly the vation | party for German Aviators Hesitate Attack. | vears EEe S e e To permit the prohibition .party pyhile fit wasaciihc s point | jegates to attend the opening session the watchers saw two alrplanes, With | ;¢ o "Lational party convention it the black cross of the enemy on tE\f‘:r e e wings, headed in their direction. The |\ b a0 S o balloon hauled down so it might be grounded quickly if necessary. American gunners were on duty at many places nearby, for the balloon was protected heavily. They stood by their guns, but the enemy planes, | sailing across the ky with shrapnel | puffs streaming behind them like a | in tail of a comet, suddenly changed | i their course and headed for home. | in appearance of a squadron of from behind the American bearing the insignia of on their wings probably causc. debate by quickly ” al- w state fought prohibition the last 40 said the has to meeting held was TROOP B. MEN Harold Malone Go to Hospital in and Clarence i | | | | | | Brady an( After t spending the at Niantic and winter in intensive Harold Malonc both local now the have nce entire summer Lining entirc France, Brady, B, company Bl ora for the tre in- z in and members 101st Ma- eonl ent their nches. his father, the he 'larence | of old Troor the 4 chine Gun as [ o a hospit 1 In a tective —The Germans per- 1{"“ . st in declaring they are mot awarc | ) » of the presence of American troops ‘" . on the western front, writes the cor- [ 1n0" [} respondent of the Temps with the | oo 1 s { New Britain British army in France. This, he |~ PO says, may be pretense or the result 3 of what they have been taught, but | 'n¢d all prisoners, officers and privates | 114 taken in the latest minor operations when asked about the Americans, variably reply: Yes we know there i France and there never not enough to planes lines, French the was > ) as com- A. C. Malone, writes that to a sol Brady young and on Americans TUnconvinced Paris, March Arve rere. | both hospital order camec into t he and ire suffering from feel much should Teft i taken the that the the company states that friend and = they be rs go. t ahle pe to a rtly in- NEW YORK MOST GENEROUS s a division in will be morc scare us.' naton, March ptions by th is Reach Sccond Warneton Line. London Field Marshal Haig’ statement issued to- | night “In the Warneton countere by show wit March 3. official reads raid night (Monday nee 10 of v {roops ste Wik the never my w ) thel ceond B Hhariiord, 1uic cnst for Now ¥ imity Ck Phursday fair, rther loss ' r AG: ritain ore- 1salties the were nig ad vt ring ne colder. (Contin\ed On | for- i and | with | armed guards stuck to their guns spending | BRITIS SUNK WIT | 'S BROTHER: SUSE T IN B (Special Fleralddy Antolinid alias Linda Jol dynamite Bl by ANTOLINI GIi AS 41 SR e t a the ren Louis ion with taken into ¢ ing Chicago, brother of Gabriel held here in ter today and Louis secure 1stady b examined iformation from h whose postmarks arc being translated. this vicinity. valuable i Letters on his per ceipt from [taly, and is working in Anto i 'RUSSIANS FLEE PETROR \ FOLLETTE acuation of Seaf of G- BY VOT# Ct OF RED TO NSU Vi ernment in Progress With" Population Reported Mak-f Madison, March lution condemning Follette was passcd by 32 in the afternoon. 6.—The reso- Senator I L Vot to this sta ing Hasty Exit. DEPRESSION STRIKES EDITORS IN GERMAN S Vorwacrts Unable to See Wisdom of Crushing Russia and Calls on Social | Democrats to Fight Against En- | i stavement of Conquered People— | the Do- | ! |t R REDUCED . mini Court Rumania Forced to Cede brudja o Bu zar t y mdon 0 March wd 6.—The evacuatior s begun. Three state Reuter dispatch from Tuesday, have capital, from also fleei m I Al UL irog i AT DAN Fact te s Petrograd @rted 10 1 which hastily h hevik government proposes de Moscow the Russian tal and Petrograd a free port the ation Martial - Has the poy is ng I Re- rmin Ho y For Dover Raid Ou |io X capi- | & Febh. f4—Goeben Siill Active. 4 London n \ eror Congra nstere William, i pold « L ilates Prince Leopold March 6.—mperot egram to Prince aria, the Austro-Germ in-chief t1 tion ¢ Leo- commande; front gratulates half o eastern ay Berlin that stru a him of uled with dispatch, ter threc sle the con- German | hich uperiority an overwhelm of numbers threatencd try Hears From Mar bein Russia, h 6.—Cable dis- the |1 its receive directly Althot inter arly apparently iled ated I'ress from ograd officc wire | in Fin- have im- Petro- “; srad i the the on | Associated Press staff in Russia | L reached New York at 4 o'clogk | " Wednesday morning. He said one of i 1t Vologda with the | Ambas ancis and another had | 4 Da di to Moscow to report | ! All-Russian Congress of Work- | ! ind ' Deputies next | | 1 question of peace | ! He |1 in have smeen the Breslau and oy tting th freq Lte Vi 1en late, | interlude n ar raid i TPhere ocension th 1 land, conditions \ s as exit of ¢ Goeb, roved dispaten oent Dov « the or esday chief of destroye on : € 2 . Occasional wnd the R tural me of 1\' are | adea blockading fl¢ convo, coas 1 na outc t the encmy assistants was | harass exit of (from the Ldc been . | the men’s veel yeben and ¢ patched to The while that the eflicient the nelles) haracter, tioated the belic must still Sold justify Y 5 I ich the of upon and repor she was or war e decided nt of W 1S damaged her The one tnd mu militar e vid intended to rema unless the government re- other point in which proceed to the new | for pres Al 5 it | moved to some would Breslau is that th a serious o ; 1 1 the outweighs point ti M (Brit t 1gement outside i in area n | eve from view- with ko London, Kryle Mystified by Advance. March 6.—An official jan statement received here LyS K nko, the Bolshevik | ' | commander-in-chief, has sent a mes- Res to the German and Austrian chief commanders stating the Ger- mans and Austrians still are fighting notwithstanding the conclusion of peace. He asks whether the German high command has taken all steps necessary for cessation of hostilities the Dard Rus- | t t t Dover Raid of Educational sl d i cident Value. Ensign Dover 1 n at t h way, monl FASE t X s 1 e pas Straits by nets carly sag wrines throungh the S br nted t true, ic num- through More recently main- a Back in German Fold. Amsterdam, March 6.—Emperor William telegraphed a messago of congratulation to Field. Marshal Von the “glorious conclusion of the war on the eastern enemy | front,” the telegram as quoted in February | Berlin dispatch says. “Now the costly prize of victory in | the long struggle is in our hands. | | | | | <y wrrier i night aerc c an- num- that pas- patrolli n pting cl has e atter sonable st Hindenburg on ¥ vis barrier a | out on the cannot comment tt inc Dover eluei- to the men, the atrol | morn- h { Our Baltic brethren and 'countrymen liberated from Russia’s voke and again themselves Genmans. God and will continue to a are e t : ) may fee] mered by tl ter 1 warships, was with us us ¥ maintained rgain te and went out the 1l ever sined thing - 2 Elated. 6.—Despito for their i rejoice over peace with foa doubt are not lack- German press regarding the the cast. The Vorwaerts sian territory is not the place Gern Amsterdam ross NOL March o J ir tc rotect kind always determined the eflicacy < donc high command rders from the people beflag Germ: I dealt of va itnation in T y 1wt due to lack the ne ci (Continued On Ninth I (Conunucd on Sixth Pa b vessel donyoyin Atlantic shock barking the crew good for notwithstanding TAKEN INTO CUSTODY asked ¢ Service—Remained on Keel Long After Being Struc Belfast, British edoed werc Irelan liner d, March irian [ Cal has beer off 610 the Irish coast aboard, n inded persons arly of w ve been at The Calgarian was stri Irish por four t It was | all the holds jured Most brou srpedoes. sible take off nea| the stol been en in and ot had by the explosions of the rescued here. Hot pro to men and there same survivors had w{ q w{ b t lothes we turned which 1pied The meals ided and them inia the Tu. a few Allan of 1 3 the days before. liner Cal arian was 168 f She o ong and 70 uilt in Glasgow Ther recent arian 1 the nent rning vhen ngland An feet of heam in 1914 published movement of for tim are no recovds the (J has™t has b which ome € gove out e of 14 ifax report gi vas ir n April i1 troor nee in from with Canadian 1l ¢ the sinking 10k unust with Wil she by four ar n no tt Two Men Lost. Lo ounc Ity toda Cruiser, The * 1oed 6 Al oft 1 some mon(d cruiser, converd merchantm{ between B Scotia, accordi the Canadian Paj Ttd., owners of head officers of t Montreal. ri h heen Britis for n the rom E of a cargo ships and Nova here ¢ service The in h port \ officer , Alan omj ean line. \ny are of Port Press) who, gratitude of their Tuscania itality in 500 he Near Site An Irish sociated his town he 2 uscania Sinking. March 4 (By -The people few a days ago, W AT peo the survivors extended their-hd few days to neap Calgarian, one cruisers in The ship was the late afternoon, not rom the place where the Tusecan ret her doom. The ship’s bell clock when erican kindne o 1 men finest auxiliary 1] t rvice edoed in had just sounded) torpedo struck. ' was light that it w hought the " vessel had merd ouched a mine astern. It was hop o get her to port safely. A considerable time later a orpedo struck her, followed quick] y two more. By this time there wel everal trawlers and patrol vessels vicinity and the work of disel was hastened. rtune the Calgarian remain float on an even keel for some. tind the four torpedoe a S0 seco he FOR $6,000,000 THEF ‘ormer Private in French Alleged to Have Made Fortune on Auto Contract. Washington, M int ron, Re embass 3,500,0 Frend truc Fran priva ested he Luthorites wey to France, sworn out by Counsel French of the arging larce $6,000,000 from the overnment by Ime of automoble Goldsall the French army, rday and the federal to him nd contracts was ar return RITISH DRIVEN FROM London, March 6.—A W statement received vs the enemy on the n driven out KAJAF Turkish he offf toda fron Palestine ive be of Kajar,