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

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICU:I‘, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918.—EIGHTEEN PAGES. AMEURG RETAREX THATE ENGENDEREL BY REVOLUTIONARY ~ BY RUSSIAN PACT FORCES FROM HUNS | Brs-sionst Dt seprte ; in Atmosphere of Bitterness City 68 Miles From Petrograd 2 v Changes Hands, Invading Tew- TEUTONS TAKE DOBRUDIA fon Army Bemg Driven Out KRYLENKO OUT AS HEAD OF RUSSIAN MILITARY no 00 Declare Entire Territory Was Ac- cepted “to Make Conditions Easier for Rumania,” Amsterdam, March 8.—Commenting |on the outcome of the Brest-Litovsk . | conference, at which peace with the Bolshevik | Ryssian government was concluded, the Varwaerts, of Germany, says: “Peace was concluded, but the del- egates parted with feelings of deadly enmity, That such was the case is a deeply regrettable event. The Ger- _. _|man workmen do not stand behind Capture of KicV | yon Rosenberg (assistant to Foreign ecretary von Kuchlmann and chair- man of the second Brest-Litov: con- ference) or the policy for which he stands. “Let us, Commander-in-Chief of Army Said to Have Had Differences ol With Council of People’s Commis- | vies, Resulting in His Resignation v —Austro-German Contradicted, March 8.—A Russian revo- \rmy recaptured Jamburg, | from Petrograd on the | ot March cording to ;m‘i rg, lutiona 68 mo therefore, face the facts and frankly declare that in this peace the successes which were sought have been denied to soialism of all shades | of opinion.” Teutons G ning 5, a nnouncement made in Petro- Thursday and forwarded by the of the Exchange Tele- officia correspondent b Dobrudja in Toto. xplanation of the preliminary Erget! peace treaty with Rumania is mado the Bolshevik army, has 5, 5 gtatement issued to the Austrian igned an Bxchange Tele- ro55 ot Vienna. It says the Dobrud- graph dispatch from Petrograd. The |3, "G " transeeired to the Central gnation was brought about owing | powers as a whale in order to make differences of principle between ying decision easier for Rumania. The and the Council of People’s [ frontier adjustments in Transylvania, as well as a disagree- |in general, mean the protection of the latest actions the [ Iron Gates and the Petrozeni mines, as well as precaution against fresh surprise attacks. The new frontier, however, will not go deeply into Ru- mania. The economic demands relate to imports of petrolenm and agricul- tural products and the evacuation of Austria-Hungary by Rumanian troops and part of Bukowina still occupied by Rumanians. The stipulation that Ru- mania afford transportation facilities for troops and supplies of the Cen- €aD- | 1] Powers ta Odessa appeared ne- hands | , ry in order to safeguard the Krylenko, command- hief of says to lenko Kry : Commissaries with the ment of counci A Berlin dispatch received in Lon- don on February 25 reported that | (ien. Bonchas had been appointed to succeed Krylenko as commander-in- chief but there was no confirmation of this report from Russian sources. Deny Loss of Kiev to Teutons. March 8.—Kiev, the is still in the revolutionary troops | yransportation of supplies from Odes- not been occupled by the of the Volga, Dneiper and according to a statement N e by the Russian offi- [ | London, | i of Ukraine, the Russian o and has Germans, issued Wednesd al news agency previous message by Danub way rivers in Petrograd. The | saying Kiev had been lost to the enemy, the state- ment adds, was due to the receipt wireless which n > originated enemy sourc Austria Requires Further Credits, March 7.——Announcement of the conclusion of a preliminary peace { with Rumania was received with cheers in the Austrian lower house. After the outhreak of enthusiasm, Dr. | Wimmer, ster of finan arose 1d spoke the necc ity 1 h imber granting additior redits to the government. Montencaro Will Not Make Peac March S8.—Nicholai Haid- Montene in minister of & war and interior, now in London, in Enver | dttor to the Duily Chronicle, in the to the Turkish | .16 of his king and government, Constanti. | sasel, o messages from o mi The German war offi cial statement of March Ukrainian and German cptured Kiev. Since then, there has been no claims of vance beyond by the that | © troops had : however, any ad- invaders. of 1 war Kiev Turkey’s : koukovitch, | | London, | Amsterdam, March Pasha, in an chamber, according dispatch, says the proclaimed that address LoR i~ genies that Montenegro will make a Bolshevikl | (o0 ate peace with the Central Pow- self-determina~ | 0 was the right of all peoples, and | “7 the Turkish government would | .o fail to recognize autonomous gov- | oo ernments already established in the | '8, ] and other governments | JUNE Turkey, and would support | necessary. i nopl had tion that not Montenegro peace letter adds that if contemplated a separate conld have obtained it. The ter asserts that an offer of reached King Nicholas since he took up his residence in France. He adds: “The offer was put for- ward formally by the Central Powers Polish Brizade Rebels. | and was refused in terms of contempt Washington, March 8.—Dificulties | and indignation.” being met by the Central Pow in | EX-SECY MEYER DYING assimilating the recalcitrant factions Chief of Navy Lucasus north them of 8 in Russia was indicated today by in- | formation to the state m»'mnmr\n(.} that a Polish brigade in the service | | Former of Austria had revolted and deserted Cannot Re- the main command. The reason en for defection was dissatisfaction over the peace agreement signed with | the Ukraine. The brigzade now is somewhere in arabia apparently | Boston, March 8.—The condition of ieting independently. | George L. von Meyer, who has been American Consul Summers, under | ill at his home here for several weeks late of March 6, reported from Mos- | With a tumor af the liver, was more v that an anarchist movement ous this morning, and physicians becoming stronger and a few people | said there was little hope of his re- have been wounded in the streets by | COVET. He had an uncomfortable bombs. There is goneral dissatisfac- |Might and in his weakened condition Moscow over the peace terms | it Was said it was difficult for him to has forced to agree to. COMMONS YOTES CREDIT Bonar Law's cover, Physicians State—FExpress Little Hope for His Recovery. 5 s€ 0 been MOOSE IN RING. Senate | 5 | BULL ] I Record, Seckng Serth, Socialist Platform. AgTy to Request for Trenton, March 8.—George 1. Rec- ord of Jersey City, former progressive party leader in New Jersey, today an- nounced his candidacy for the repub- lican nomination for United States senator from this state, Mr. Record said the of his platform would be ownership of railroads ment of the war bill by 0,000,000 Pounds, Bringing Total 000,000. 1 | for War to 6,81 | ILondon, March The houss o s Jate last night agreed to the of 600,000,000 pounds by the chancellor of Bonar Law of the votes of to 6,842,000, common chief planks government nd the pay- the wealthy. vote of credit vesterday hequer Andrew brings the total the war the ¢ his credit during 000 pounds. DUTCH PAID FOR LOSS. = - | Compensation Made of Wyndjik by for U-Boat, sinking BRITISH TOSSES DECRE/ Inw(:~ t Months, The Hague, "he foreign office ceived compensation for damage o the Telgian relief commission resulting from a submarine attack « the Duteh steamer Ryndiik 1, 1916. March Dutch announces it has re- from Germany property of the Casnalties Reach Point in Several London, March 7.—For the first weelk of March British casualties wore 43, the lowest of any week for sev- | eral mont The oflicial statement for'the ending today follow Kiil died wounds: Off men, ¢ n April week WIN LEGION OF HONOK. —Major James Bar merican Red Cross and of the American relie ir missing ral months . ualtic war AMERICAN CONSUL - LEAVING FINLAND Haynes and 20 Fellow Country- men Depart From Helsmg 01§ (FISH 1§ ONLY RATION No ibution of Grain Potato | . BATTALION OF DEATH MEMBERS IN HALIFAX Halifax, Mar. 8.—Two mem- bers of the . Russian Women’'s “Battalion of Death” have set- tled here and found employ- ment in a candy store after dif- ficulties with the immigration laws which caused their confine- ment in jail for four weeks. They are Miss Anna Bathchie. a private in the battalion, and Miss Ella Danske, a nurse, who came here as waitresses on a ship from Archangel after the battalion had disbanded. The women said that when they decided to leave the ship at Halifax the captain told them they did not need pass- ports and because of their ig- norance of the immigration re- quirements they were arrested and held until citizens learned of their plight and arranged for their releas WAR SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE HERE | | | i | Dist or Flour During Week in February— Finnish Government Reported Fa- voring Kalser’s Son for King. Stockholm, can consul at Haynes: March S.—The Ameri- Helsingfors—Thornwell has advised the American ie- gation Tere that he is leaving the Finnish capital Friday with about 20 American residents. | Some 300 ref of different na,-} tionali inciuding many Americans, are at Abc and Min- | ster Y Swedish | government to bring them hnia to Getl A a letter dated February that instead of grain flour and ! tato flour that was to have been i sued that week, only fish distri- | buted. The letter, which was sent by | | | i and to iorneb M isked send ker the i ice Gulf W Bo Stockholm received Helsingfors said ration of ion af residen friend in whic regul: from a in is Men and Women of National ! Reputation Coming Next Month CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS a a half-ra po- is- courier, expressed the hope t the United States, for humanitarian mo- tives, would send grain to he kept at Narvak or Haparanda and rationed | out only on conditions that the Finng ighting among themseives. I i W. Frank Persons and Harris W, Stin- son, Officially Connected With Gov- ernment Activitics, Two of Most Prince Oscar Boomed. London, March 8.—The Finnish | government has asked the German emperor to appoint Prince Oscar, the fifth son of the emperor, king of Fin- land, the Afton Tidningen, of Stock- holm, says it learns from diplomatic circles there, according to an change Telegraph dispatch. Prominent on Program. Men and women of national repu- tation have been secured to speak at | the Connecticut State Conference on Ex- Charities and Corrections which will “** | be held in this city on Sunday, Mon- day and Tuesday, April 21, 22 and) 23. Conditions brought about by the war will be the main themes of all speakers, many of whom are in close touch with the government and who are active aids of the nation in prose cuting the war in the “Regiments Be- hind the Lines.” W. Frank Persons, director-gen- eral of civilian relief of the Amer- ican Red Cross, with headquarters at Washington, D. <« will open the convention with an address at a pub- lic mass meecting in the Russwin Lwy- ceum on Sunday, April 21. Tt has heen decided to hold the meeting in the afternoon. Mr. Persons has an ntimate knowledge of the war, =1 with the gigantic problem civilian re f and conference considered itself nate to secure his services, ‘~11izm requires almost his | attention Efforts will be secure, as an additional speaker, Rev. Dr. O. §. Davis, former pastor | i of the South Congregational church, who is expected to be in this wvicin- ity about that time. Those in charge hesitated to invita a clersviman tn speak for fear the proceedings might assume a religious, or worse, a de- nomination flavor, but they decided that Dr. Davis was so well known in‘ this city that hundreds would pleased to hear him 1 will On } | Prince Osc: 30 years 31, 1914, r of Hohenzollern old next July 31, Prince Oscar, apparent- ly against the wishes of his father, contracted a morganatic marriage with Countess Ina Bassewitz, who has been lady-in-waiting to the empre: Prince Oscar suffered from heart trouble during the early months of tho and was reported to have col- | lapsed after leading a victorious charge at Verdun on October 3, 1914. He returned to duty and narrowly caped capture in Poland in December of that year. There were few reports concerning his activities during 191 but early in 1916 he was slightl wounded in the head and thigh on the eastern front FRENCH AND ITALIA‘\ SHIPPING UNHARMED | July imed by contact of the fortu as his po- undivided | made to Only Two Small Vessels Flying | \ Color Sunk by U-Boats | | a During Last Week. ‘! tast | of than | the more enemy March week no I‘rench 1,030 tons werce sunk by sub- marines mines in the week ending | that tonnage were lost. itour mer- | chantmen were attacked unsuccess- | g fully. During the week endng March 5 865 vessels entered French ports | and 745 departed. Paris, During be | ships o Training Camp Activities, The recreation division of the con- ence will have charge of the eve- ning meeting, the place for which has not been selected. Harris 'W. Stin- | son, a member of the war depart- ! ment ‘committee on training camp | activities, will be the speaker. This meeting should he of special interest to mothers and fathers who have sons in the military service as Mr. Stinson will tell what is being done to pro- vide healthy and moral recreation for | 1‘}':";‘[;’“.:m;“f__‘;f_:“:l‘éxiegfm"" Ltallan athletes, is deeply Interested in thi | worlk Dr. —No | » | | | Rome, March 8 Italian mer- chantmen were sunk by German sub- marines or mines n the week ending , March 5 and there were none sunk | during the previous week. One vessel | was attacked unsuccessfully. i Pr % ! ® S|to i WANTS HIS LOVE BACK Mrs. Irankwood . {man of the national committee on mental hygiene, will speak Mondav | morning at the meeting in charge of the mental hygiene division. Dr. Willinms has been appointed by the! government as the director of mental examinations in army camps. Amer- tica is making every effart to weed i out mental defectives from military service and to maintain the mental strength of those wearing uniform This task has become one of gigantic proportions, as the rate of insanity. due directly to the war and its wor- ries, has greatly increased. Previous to the war the rate of mental Williams, 1 chair- or Hupp Makes Frantic Search for Millionaire of Cleveland Freed Murder Charge for Killing Rival. Cleveland, March 8.—A repentant wife, Mrs. Ethel Hupp, was on thc verge of hysteria at her home today while relatives were conducting search for her husband, Elmer Hupp, acquitted last night of the murder irles L. Joyce, alleged defiler | tiveness was three in 1,000, but I of the Hupp home. now increased to ten in 1,000, a | rs. 1Tupp seeks reconciliation svith | minds have strained by | husband. Immediately after his | stanl brooding thinking of acquittal Hupp said he intended to | war and start divorce proceedings. a 1 defec- of C 3 it has been and con- the ne State’s Responsibiiity to Children, that irer home will | Williams, di- | welfare depart- board of charities Porto of 5 Ohio. His topic will be the “State's \ction by U. S. fzesponsibility in the Care of Chil- dren.” The meeting 1 be nnder the i“;:|\:.(r?p\ o u‘w,\‘;yw s of the children’s depurtment conference sland are on Murnre the closing down of th The men declare B waiting for setin oflicials t Washing wiicthor " A subjeet hits nes dealt with 2V of the children's the 10,000 SUGAR WORKERS STRIKF. be rector ment of tate { Laborers in Rico Tire Awaiting to San Juan, Porto n thousand cane istern end causing Rico, field of the of tat T eral the Prenti of Boslon, gen- cecretury of Boston Children's v center tired lihor 1a of determine he « trike would WEATHER Saturday f Fair, warmer New Britain March Vicinity: in Pore Rico to- and S——Fore- mediaton for inves rted in a tment wits dispaten | § February —Ji SURPRISE IN TOUL March The enemy thing he troops Toul. certain places have doulled going conversation within | ana throw I over fix to w Americ near the had started out b way i and dering the, ciaed German | without out men's tor German for succeed in jective dropped < planes on far | the A They fire three ni varians American line without tha mpm»v Tore to Out for Chicago, opening | tion today teleg | ing | was | the representative Al sates vention, into socialists social | The ments most which the new Belgium I inent ! the | condemned that Washington, mous which including those Canada ing th wnd HUD SECTOR SUSPEGTED | Prussians Engaged in Mysterious} Labors Be‘nnu Own Lines l_[] ERECT TRENCH OBSCURATIONS German Airplancs Make Unsuee Attempt to Locate American Ammu- nition Dumps With Bombs—Hun- 2er Worse Than Hun Ballets. With the American Army in France, . 6 (By the Associated Press)— apparently has 1 is planning against our in the sector northwest of His camoutlage obstructions at | suddenly been work is Attack---Se in height and much on within the lines. night an American understands Germ Last ho on patrol, heard this n trench: pick then t to them i L Germa ‘Come here Fritz tuke pry that stone loose that dirt there. We work things here and tt hel] in the daytime The men in the American ho made a sudden dash n trenches from German trenches hiding in ickward sprint. n the ot in for hungry vould bullets this and out. Those London, March 8.-/Seven or eight German airplanes made a r&id over Engiand last night. One of reached London and dropped bombs in the northwest and southwest dis- tricts of the city. | Another raider dropped bombs in the northern district of London, de- molishing several houses. The raid demonstrated that Ger- | man aviators no longer depend upon | moonlight. It was the first time the | enemy had attempted a night raid over London when there was no moon. The stars were out, however, and there was little wind. Londoners were taken surprise when the warning signals were sound- theate were just closing. streets soon cleared. The ‘ning to avoid danger from shrap- heeded generally, everyone 1g cover. For a time the gunfire at nigl blow patrol foore vy 1 where explained why they ad daylight on their They had lost their in No Man's Land shell hole after wan- several hour Tinally and all them de- take hance a shell hole ey [ i { { ! dark the got of they a than go any longer food and by with | water | The the cane today, drying | and and the | pthinz. ! | d Yanks, | dropped the sec- ca > The Wit nel ta ground trenches he s damp were Tomhs half Dropped Behi A dezen bomb, o ind the American northwest of Tey airplanes which ammunition werc front in last the 15 heavy [§] Eleven others night by | Willed, persons 16 Injured. ! were killed and 46 | according to the latest | says official an- | is feared that six in the ruins of oking did not W Th dumps. ¥ hitting ob- ind aused any injured casualties German hombarding the way ta cities and the ire passing merican front almost continug ire greeted by a hot the American s hom police nouncement more none th recore an It are honses. Groups of bodies wrecked Seve towns | enind lines over -al persons were killed the destruction of private houses in north- eastern London. The house of a vic rtially was wrecked, escaped. He is a special consta- | ¢ and had i the house for dut the warning came a few minutes the explosion which damangsd assisting the neighbors, by rl but the clergy- | from ha Pive Outfight Ten Germans., Amieri five it n met An n patrol of fe They th fermans there enemy and nen, ‘ D hen outfought nemy net in No | 5 Reb Cal A througholt i | wounded fore Th ninnie The vlied and homeless was o Ofticial Statement. Ba- The retreat two wounde official ht' heen h statement air 'd ays W made returned who prisoner 1o 15t nig raid out lanes, mdon. T s appe by of rol having received report that Germans fired v soldicr i Ahe hine pa its even rvich two two raid Thanet or L serate e the shells not position nemy ved I Ofticers 1he man raid ind tuar, enemy zot American ind their into Both were »utamati London. i it out reaching ma guns stop third came m ! 3 the raider e Grermans in riacks= ross t issex 11:20 p. . nd steered west 13 p. m l.ondon it dropped n and 11:50 h had dropped London and across the BOLT PROH IBITION PARTY r on reported ove A hombs northwest- m. the minutes later the southwe a At fourth whi in he ern tricts. p. raider, also come | bombs to | then pro- apital, drop- remaining hombs on the northern district between 12:20 and | 2:30 p. m. The remaining machine all of which came across the coast, were turned back before they reached London. ! A certain amount 'd o residential London. Severa] houses Than 100 Delegates Go Over across north ceeded south i its Issex, National Party, Which Comes of Woman Suffrage. March IFollowing the the national party conven- rams were esident. Wilson immediate Anthony suffr planned to British labor s of to Essex | urg- Susan It to sent senators of the amendment mess suggesting this country the national party. more than 100 dele- the prohibition con- national party came by adoption and passage of dam prope have Lge s in | been send G party sent to b e e demolished.” for IFROZEN TO DE.‘\.’I‘" d who bolted the new rcal being yesterc platform. The delegates were single campaisg ment of Unknown Man in New F: field Barn. New Fairtield, March 8.—Effort heing made learn the identity . man whose stiffly frozen body was found yesterday in a barn on the farm of A. B. Brush in the western section of this town. The farm is un- tenanted during the winter and tho body evidently had been in the barn | several weeks. | The indications are that the man sought refuge there during the nx—l treme cold early in the winter and | was apparently | Nothing that froze to death. He about 50 years old. could lead to identification was found | on the body. Body hundred of ragists, a original d, is composed L of mor taxers o and progressives. which these ele- long and includes principles for composing units. su { democrats platform on | united the varied stood as separate is of cardinal the party clements EXECUTIONS IN BELGIUM. A fugee the De Ne pror 1lis v shot ntly. There i from Zov- Havre, March re reports to Beigian Dr. oce nment 2 \ntwerp Germans by no Senator Colleaux. recently death. It feared of Antwerp, has ws of ¢ to is TROOPS IMMUNE FROM SUIT. Hartford, March 8 not try any [ unless he | Loucien I rior court Dy executed ancois | i . “The court will case of a soldier in service | wants it tried,” said Judge ! Burpee taday in the ' in refusing to { jury trial the suit of Antonina I against Dr. Abraham B. Gross, who is { at Camp Devens. A. C. Bill, for the plaintiff, had the signment of the c 1d ’dcfmm..m had EECLn the case would be sl had been ample time disposition \ | 3 | | DRAFIN APPROVED, March & vote a favorable give effect to alien may hereafter negotiated, | with Great Britain and | signed. by authoriz- to order registration today by committee WCIPROCAL supe for 17 By unani- on bill treaties assign | report ! draft be B. Judge for ! the | already he the week such senate president aliens, W military notic claimed for ordered LINT i HEAD Jules the DIES. Charles- Compagnie | ¢ (the ¥rench home here. ilo !} INCTH Mar presiden PANISH CABINET RESIGNS. March S.—The Spanish ntly reconstructed by De Alhucemas, who, in being premier, held the foreign affairs, resigned Madrid whinet, the Marquis addition to portfolio of today e o rec: nerale T dead ansatlantique s one the 1ding owne ship phuilders nce them | { hope ¢ Money in War Bonds. ‘Washington, the United kaiser Von junkers'” and March 8. States himself, Bethmann-Holiweg, renerally Chancd the Ge 1 the by Ge —Propert] owned tormer government will be the first to go der the A, Mitet custodian property Mr, hamn ta Palmer”, ner under Palmer, o sell the alien German-o here to the highest bidd s testimony to plan prop the ate appropriations committee in wi he asked for made pubfic properties the direct break up America. ‘“The time told the ship of some properties separated that the the fro enen | that the connection to and iring maintain v a the wa Germ. | financial opers trial way our insula become would tim and acros e wi m principally the country rnm b nt a that of minor e The Han IToboken, N tors, are D, pire’'s commenrc tin nator understaod owned Herr Owe by the Ballin, today of purpose senators, commeree part nece: merely outposts has come,” “whe! of be m 1y might he with is ar, but bre an has ial country sions ions, lation it was | the in nd whick junlsc rested i1 ang vidual ks to - Americ Mr. of ves art the ial of tt kaiser, German broken, empire an e malk, legisla plain minor viduals probably will not be sold, of '’ Mr. the these great Ge should n of the move i kulta; Pal ow permane American Yken ne capital as well has k| been indu ot six neve| througl put chain and an in all thre W ny v hip ia need, of pted intentio 1 the 1 not prope Ger apitall dis Sold. and and N dock Palmer told s German heir “There is no carthly quesiion a the intimate relationship of some between the ( the Palmer told tk is there any between the C a large numbe terpri in come in contr todian." Plans of their dock the pro disclosed “That and by is a pur; this ferman Hamburg-American he commit doubt about sern n r of 0l of the German pe fair pose country ties for German commerce Mr. Palmer, tec government. line, desirablil grasp upon this 4 Okahoma, said stoeld represented “Nei the rela government reat industrial which property lines to extension after the war who add indication of enemy of cz that not a day shall elapse when of America You | war is over before they again put | grip upon the commerce and indu cannot strik heavier blow at the enemy today understand that he to make lost his and commerce tinent. him “These large enterprises ated closely w ernmrent. Wh of the the a with ere connection with the German ind American sub] has an investment over here of a vate, individu: not to industries, financed by th ported the kind we by Connecticut Chocolate In one city name, he said mills were ent ‘It is a n this country ing chocolate nnsylvania in New Jerse York, Tumber in Porto many in Ric bes Chi Jersey and cor cerns,. If I m distunb these ought part in Floric 1tes Al it. Deut junker Mr. seven or irely t of the C n Connect woolens a chemica n t o ) nduc wust simpl character Tut these eat "hes bank, s class, Americanize. Palmer 1an nd raising vaii >uth 1cils all we rman on| cone are Plant, owned tf s m rails are aff German waorst} in s toha mak in these o t h with the possibility of returning principals owners at the man end of the and profits to the Ges war I doing a tremendous favor to the @ empire, our enemy. “The desire is that the title as ion «Continued shall be On Ninth permanen P. gek