New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1918, Page 1

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FRANCIS PLEDGES | AMERICAN AID 10 ILITANT RUSSIA Ambassador Guarantees Assist- ance of United States in Driving Out Invading Teuton Armies BERLIN AIHS T0 MAKE 1T GERMAN PROVINGE Washington Still an Ally of Russian People, He Says, If They Offer Sincere and Organized Resistance to Huns—Believes Enemy Can Be Ousted and Enduring Peace Pro- cured by End of 1918, Mos March 19 (By the Asso- | Press)—Russla eventually will German province and Rus lose their liberty if they the pes e t Powers, David R. ambassador. to the Russian pe the American emb iio pledged Ame government in Russia resist the German pene- urged them to forget and said that he Russia until com The ambassado ow, ciate be sians will to ubmit American ment declared ple, om ¥ sda fo any would Ho h that tra their differences would not le lled by force. ment said on ve OF AMERICAN TROOPS Thrilling Scene as Secretary of War Reviews First Brigade, Marching Past and With Elastic Tread—Calls It “Point of Wedge Driving Into Adversary” friendship between Russi United States which has ed for a century or more, should augmented, rather than u\l]ml:'(-rll Russia becoming a republic and | ricans are sincerely desirous that | ans be permitted to continue | free and independent and not becomo | subjects of Germany. “I have not seen an authentic copy the peace treaty, but 1 am suffi- ciently acquainted with its provisions to that if the Russian people should submit to it, Russia not only would robbed of vast areas teritory, but her people eventuall would become subjects of Russia eventu would hecoma v tually a German province and her people would the liberties for which tors led for generation “My government still conside American an ally of the Rt n pe ple who will not reject the proffcred assistance e would t prompt to render to government in Russia | that will offer a sincere and organized | resistance to the German invasion. “If the Russian people ba brave and patriotic, will lay aside temporarily their political difference and be resolute, firm and united, they | would be able to drive the ecnemy from the borders and procure, ther fore, at the end of 1918, an endu eace for themselves and the| a | know b of its | Germany. 1y lose their an stru an will MARRIAGE LICENSES EASILY OBTAINED s | Prosecuting Attorney Klett Questions | City Clerk Thompson About Giv- ing Them to Kindergartners. s at in in City Clerk A Thompson w police headquarters this morning connection with a case pending police court and on his arrival Pros- scuting Attorney George Klett greeted him with the question: “What are you doing now, marriage licenses to kinderga “We are if they ask for onc plied the accommodating city cl " “Well vou ought not to,” prosecutor. “I know no against the city clerk, and the 1 the incident | Commander of Moscow Defenses Re= | the panic SCOTT NEARING INDICTED rrue Bill Aggainst Former University Professor for Violation of ¥spionage Here. Act—Once Spoke Prof. Scott University of New York, March 21 Nearing, formerly of tb Pennsylvania, and of Toledo univer- - was today indicted by the federal \d jury charged with violating the AC lcan Saclalist society, with which he was connected, was indicted the same chai both being ac- of distributing a pamphlet en- ‘The Great Madness.” About four years ago Prof. Nearing to this city as the guest of the wealth club and delivered a ecture at the Grammar school hall, iaking up the subject of economics &3 his topic. ased itled rame “ommon ARRIVEE IN MANCHURIA Peking, March 19 (By the Associat- i Pr ‘The Japanese ambassador ¢ minister to Ru hied a number of Taps and Chine n Manchuria from e conducted to ac- me have Petrc nd nese by ese romipt Guar With the American Army in Fr March 20 (By the Associated —Secretary of War Baker today cluded his visit of inspection American military -ance with a trip which took him from the Verdun scctor to Great Headquar- ters and included a review of onec bri- gade of the First division, which he addressed as representative of the whole army. He also visited tho birthplace of Jeanne D' Arc anad made an incidental inspection of the troops here and there over the route which he traversed. Tonight he parted to fulfill other aspects of his visit to France. The brigade of the First division was reviewed from a stage on a high plateau commanding a wide pano- rama of one of the most scenically | beautiful parts of France. It is{ reached by @ steep winding from the valley below. A rain had made it inaccessible by mo tor, so the secretary and his party made the ascent on foot, slipping and sliding on the gr mud. Just as they arrived at the stand, zones i de- [ were the IN FRANCE | { | in Full Field Equipment and his persona] stalf > field and dismounted, arty then joined the walt- und brigade generals snd came acro The entirc ing division their staffs Pass At “Company Eront”, A cold March wind and occasional squalls of rain made the scene more s the brigade, 1 full equipment, swept by at front, each saluting liko while bands played mu- sic which swelled and softened in the gusty wind. Secretary Baker lifted his hat to each regimental flag as 1t was lowered in salute and occasional- ly spoke to Gien. Pershing, who stood beside hin. This sion to posed unde impressive marching company clock-work put of the enured foot men summer and to mud and conditions of cam] first in the trenches suffer cas the weight in Fra seasoncd skies under ning. They and the vinter cold 1 first to Under tic full field (Continued On Tenth Page). RUSSIA STIFFENS AGAINST GERMANY | Increase of Belligerent Spirit Is; Shown in Various Sections FOUR REGIMENTS VOLUNTEER views Force Which Declares fc War—Armenians Southeast Call General Mobilization, Moscow ted Press)—The the se! re of Odessa ning by the Central Powe trol of the Black sea in Nort strengthened the now that in a short time the German advance on Moscow ar The Trans-Caucasian constitu sembly, meeting at Tiflis, has refused | to ratify the pea treaty with Ger- ! many and has urged an immediate war on Germany. The Germans’ explanation that they | are not fighting Russia when they a: sist independent Ukrainia to defeat Bolshevik fonces is hooted by the Russian press generally, wh con- tends Germany’s peace treaty with Ukrainia, is only a flimsy pretext to dismember Russia. Leon Trotzky has arrlved hera} from Petrograd and announces he! will remain here to assume the duties | of minister of war, if there is a war, | but otherwise he will decline the post. The commander of the Mo cow defenses today reviewed four regiments of volunteers who declared unequivocably for war. Many experi- enced army officers now have joined the Bolshevik general staff which wel- comes them regardless of their poll- tics. Indications point to the adoption of ri discipline among the new forces and the restoration of trained officers to their commands. The Bol- shevik lead insist that the mew organizations must ba volunteers. Reports from northern Russia say the Courlefa district in which is Kol the only ice free port on the ‘Arctic ghore, is located has asked Finland to annex it. This is regarded as part of the German plan to help the Fin- nish government forces isolate Russia from the Baltic and Arctic. The evacuation of Petrograd con- tinues and the government bureaus are being transferred to Moscow, Nizhni Novogorod and Perm as rap- 1dly as the disabled railways permit. The trains are under heavy guard and have to force their way along railw: lines crowded with soldlers returning from the front and refu- gees fleeing before the German ad- vance. M ) 19 the uncasiness caused and the s of cor has intensifie tussia and has eral belief rch By Asso- will Fvacuation of Southern Towns. Petrograd, March 20 (By the Asso- clated Press)—Krementchug, Mina- menka and Romodank, in southern Russia, are being evacuated by gov- ernment forces. A Russian commis- sion has left here for Pskov to inves- tigate reports of attacks on German troops. Armenian colonies in Turkestan and the trans-Caucasian districts have declared a general mobilization. The Soviet council of the republic of the Don has levied a contribution of 5,000,000 rubles on local capitalists, $25,299,63 18 (By the Asso- total w T ex- 9,275,000 jan War Debt Petrograd, March clated Pre: Rus: penditures now are 50 bl Rus 500. Pskov sec man ul- tor ssian troops in the etired ten versts On Eleventh nued Page). are to go to Camp Devens men whose numbers were so high that ! they would not have been called until 1 that the quot: the March 80 draft was obtained from ithe Class 1A men whose numbers did | not go above 800, and the three who voluntarily asked to be inducted into the service had numbers ranging from not be called for quite a long time gene Francis Leach, of Stanley street, a employed \cluded, a: ASK DRAFT BOARD 0 BE SENT AWAY Three Secondmi)firi“ct Men Tired‘ of Waiting for Turn THOSE GOING MARCH 30 | Tour Alternates Included Among | 25 Names Selected—First District | Board Has Not Yet Picked the Men to Leave With Next Quota. Included among the 25 men who on March district are three | 20 from the second ater, but who requested that they he | 1t at this time. T Alex r Zaroska, Carl John Bensgton Oliver Stawell. It wa ated the second district exemption board of men necessary for er ey are: 1500 to 2110 and felt that they would Among others in this quota is FEu- well-known automobile man, and | by A. G. Hawker. Fred Logan, of Park street, whose brother, Sergeant Henry Logan, of Company E, is now in France with the American Expeditionary Forees, is likewlse in- i ank J. Gavin, agalnst whom a rious charge of theft was nolled in police court vesterda No Names in First District Yet, At the office of the first district eg- emption board it was stated that the list of men going on March 20 has not yet been compiled nor has the exemp- tion board met to select the names of the men it intends to d. If the board meets later tod Yy the name: may be ready for publication tomop. row; otherwise it may be several days before they will be made publle, Following are those who are going | from the sccond district, the train on | which they are to go leaving the loeal passenger station at 9:45 a. m. In this connection it is explained that four of the men listed are alternates and may not have to go. Those Who Will Go. Alexander Kosakomki, 22 strect. Bennie Berkowitz, 250 Walter A. Machultz, place. Willlam . Revolr, 380 Fast Main street Otto H. Schweijert, 17 Dewey street. | Kazimeinas Leonas, 166 Jubilee sireet John Battistta Franklin Lreet. John Walter Ostrowski, 100 Austin | strect . Horace North street. 88 Cottage Vanienetta, g1 Francis ILeach, 1484 Stan. . Gavin, Julius Hotel Nelson. | dward Johnson, 434 Ea.ut! sireet. Fred Logan, 298 Park street. Malcolm O. Estrand, 45 Main street. Fred Edward Stabbert, 121 Austin street Alexander Zaroska, 642 North Main street. Carl street. Oliver S. Stowell, 64 Church street. George Dennis Rawlings, Carlton street Flans street John Bengston, Albin Seigel, 151 Fairview ctor Stem 11 Oak 70 Woodland strect 24 Klm street. t Union strect. i3 John street Primrose, 219 Main | | Depth Charge Explodes on Man- | Hall, | swain's mate, Lewis Cohen, New York | | man, | Lieut. FOUR KILLED ON U. 5. DESTROYER ley, in Collision on March 19 HITS BRITISH ~ WARSHIP | Lieut. Commander Elliott and Three | Enlisted Men Victims — Report Comes From Sims—Place of Accls dent Sccret. ‘Washington, March 21—One Amer- ican officer and three men were killed aboard an American destroyer, March 19, when the vessel collided | with a British warship, the navy de- partment announced tod: A num- | ber of American sailors were injured. | The destroyer was the Manley. A depth charge on the Manley exploded when the vessels met. were damaged. Lieut. Commander Elliott, Jr., was killed. in New York. | The enlisted men killed were: Cecil | Charlestown, W. Va.; boat- | Both vessels | tichard MecCall His wife lives | city; water tender, Charles West Springfleld, Mas: The following enlisted men were seriously injured: Electrician Edward Chester Landwehr, Elizabeth, N. J.; Charles Pierce, engine man, Lalke Crystal, Minn.; Fred Richard Low- son, engine man, Orange, N. J.; Clar- ence I. Dechenne, fireman, Joplin, Mo.; Carl Cecil Russell, seaman, Stockton, Cal; Richard S. Gallemann, seaman, Trot, S. C.; Albert Wallace Cecil, fireman, St. Louis. The following were slightly injured: Ralph H. Christie, yeoman, Calais, Me.; John D. Mercer, fireman, Var- | nado, La.; Edward Henry Peters, sea- New Haven, Conn.; Joseph fireman, South Minneapoll; Magoni, | Minn. | The navy department did | the location of the accident. Its re- | port came from Vice-Admiral Sims, Slliott was in command of the He was born at Philadel- not give Manley. WOOD AND BELL BACK FROM FRENCH FRONTi‘ | | phia in 1888. ! | | 1 Major-Generals Return from Inspec- tion Tour of Battle Lincs and Training Camps. An Atlantic Port, March 21.—Major- | General Leonard Wood and Major- | General J. Franklin Bell, commanders, respectively, of the 89th and 77th di- | visions of the National Army, arrived | here taday from France on a French : steamer. On the same steamer was Count Charles de Chambrun, who has comse | | to America to serve as counsellor of | the French embassy, a position he | held about 13 vears ago. He is a | direct descendant of Lafayefte and a brother of the Marquis de Chambrun, | who Was a member of the French | mission which Marshal Joffre headed | in this country. | General Wood went abroad last De- | cember to study war problems at first | hand. Late in January, while he, with | 20 or 30 other French and American officers, was watching the firing from | a trench mortar in a training camp, a shell exploded killing some of the men with him and wounding others A fragment struck General Wood in | the arm. It was only a few weeks ago that he left a hospital. General Bell also arrived in France | in December and has been visiting the battlefront and training camps. | CASE OF SMALLPOX Miss Minnie Gurley, Servant at Home of W. H. Judd of Murray Street, | N1 With This Disease. Miss Minnie Gurley, a maid { employed at the home of William H. Judd, assistant cashier Britin National Bank, of street, is ill at the home ployers with smallpox, nounced by Dr. George H. Bodle chairman of the health board, today 1t is thought that the young woman : contracted the disease while visiting with relatives or friends in Hartforc It is stated that the patient is now | in the first stages of the discase and | it 1s not likely that there has been | any opportunity for others to have contracted it. The Judd home under quarantine at the New 9 2 25 Murr: of her was, it has been by the placed | health de- | partment and during the day members the family were vaccinated : disease ot the tinst Announce- by the New Haven today that beginning would be two it is s cent daily Lder its price This action, cents leaves in the a copy. d, but a state WATHER. i Iartford, March st for New Britain and viei | iy Unsettled, probably tonight and iday. Warn aht. FOUR HUN WARSHIPS | | stroye | ation TERRIFIC BO BRITISH E GERMANY DEMANDS ALL MUNITIONS WaAR IN PO ON OFF RUMANIA Moscow, March Associated Press) has increased her Rumania and now Rumania sur wer to th tral Powe 1 of her munitions as well as in umania by troops. All the Entente ministers re- main ip Jassy, but will leave there If Rumunia surrenders the war munitions to Germuan or (By The Germany demand on at Cen- left Allied own those the SUNK DURING FIGHT Two Destroyers and Torpedo Boats Sent to Bottom. Twao London, Mar and have been British and admiralty announces. destroyer was damaged ment occurree Dunkirk this morn- ing. The British casualtie were slight. Therc no French cas- ualties The announcement follows “Vice-Admiral Douel reports that an action urred off Dunkirk be- tween | o’clock this morning Two British and three rench de- royer vere d with a force of German destroyvers which previous- Iy bombarded Dunkirk for ten min- ute Two emy have picked u boats. No Allied vessels British destroyer reached harbor. ties slight bl cusnalt ch 21-—Two cnemy de- two enemy torpedo boat sunk by a force of fivy French destroyers, the | One British The engage- wer enemy destroyers and two en torpedo bhoats are believed to been sunk. Some survivors were p from two enemy torpedo were One hut casual were no unk was damg The Britis were o ARMENIA SOAKED IN BLOOD OF NATIVES American Investigittor Hears Condis tions in Districts Re-occupied by Turks Ave Tervible. | Bernd® Reports in Asiatic Tur Chambers Ameri an Maro from Will Switzerland. eceived here 5 po 1t Koy um represe of t for Armenian recent cres on ble sourc situation in upied Chambers that Armenian Turks are bloody apprehension being b ¢ the distri the Turks today bands said text the carryvi reprisals. | that in and serious i ties are Zun aucasus reports ther Armenia and been intense months on winter, sear:ity medfecal sease. for which he »m ria show has rin account abnormal rel. 1 in few of < of clothing supplies 1 prevalenc “The nu the Amer 2 stead pl of m comuiittee said caring is Mr. Cham-| of rowing T ‘Al daporte the resource the peo- d by ks are ex- and the of ihe rea Lusted dollars or death, and rica, )i, afford to | we { thunder AMERICANSS TO London, March 21/~ shortly before dawn tod heavy bombardment/ over & - tion of the British front, it f cially announced. " London, March 21.—The artillery actlion on the western front could be| distinctly heard at Dover and other towns on the east coast of England. “DECISIVE MOMENT ) OF WAR"—KAISER “One of Greatest in German History”, Wilhelm Declares War Cost 3,750,000,000 Marks Monthly. London, March 21.—“We are at the decisive moment of the war, and one of the greatest moments in Ger- man history,” said Emperor Willlam in a telegram to the Rhenish provin- cial council, s a Central News dis« pateh from Amsterdam. Amsterdam, March 20.—A credit of 15,000,000,000 marks was brought before the Reichstag today for first reading. Count von Roederg seeretary of the imperial ury, Germany's monthly cos from 2,000,000,000 winter of 1915-16 in the last five months, supply of neces- war. He gave the total of the war as 350,000,000,000 marks, of which he said the Entente had expended 370,000,000,000. Germany’s military succes the count, had silenced the guns the and the full power of nation now was directed against t Germany’s enemies there not desire to hear anything peace, he asserted, adding ths could not vanquished cateh-words of Clemencean and He continued: y for President Wilson against so-called militarism From the east and west his countr protected by oceans. His countr is the strongest on the American con- tinent and 1 no dangerous neigh- hors, have the Central Towers, re in the heart of Europe, hy formidable military war, said war, had increased marks in the 0,000,000 : to ries of owin increased cost said in the did sl the Bon ar L t W is e h surrounded whi power The cond RED CROSS MISSION SAFE Fled From both first and debate. credit passed reading without Members Who Jassy to Odessa to Escape Advancing Ger- mans Arrive at Moscow. Washington, March 21.—The Am- erican Red Cross mission to Rumania which fled from Jassy to Odes to cape the advancing German armie; s arrived at Moscow, ac- cording to received her day at Red Cross headquarte ‘he party headed by Henry Anderson, of Richmond, Vi., consists of 28 mem- bers mostly physicians and nurses. The Queen of Rumania decorated members of the missian before their departure from Jassy, according to a cablegram received today by the State department from Minister Vopica. to the } about | to | the 6 heavy c § Iy which was the, hdg heard 'in this district from distance, began at 3 o’clock this ing and lasted at brief intervald 7 a. m. At Ramsgate, besides the so the cannonading, bright flashes seen at sea, while the vibrat the explosions shook the windoy dislodged tiles from the roofs. French Tine Under Rire, Paris, March 21.—There has an intense and sustained bonf ment of the sectors north and east of Rheims as well as Champagne front, the war offl nounced today. Hungarian Artillery Assisth Vienna, March 21, via Lon Austro-Hungarian artillery has part in the fight against the and French on the western fro: day’'s war office statement says| Germans Hit Hard by Frend Paris. March 20.—A strong was made today by the Ge against French positions in | Woerve. The war office annd that after spirited fighting the was driven back. The stat] adds: “Bad weather | aerial operations. TInformation| and shows that the six G s and one captive halloc ported as having been damag { the preceding day in reality stroyed by our pilots. Between Caurier aux the V ns were d nd-to-hand In Lorrainc complete defeat falning heavy 1 any succes vesterday ir we s wood un front en ting: Germans No thout and the in on back suff near ieny W 4 Berlin Claims Berlin, Bavarian lines on nd ady vine, cs Advance, via. TLondon, troops the Verd nced as far as the Br pturing 240 men, army quarters announced today. March the nt ves overran n fr Raid German Lixf With the American army in F March (By the Asooclated American troops in the sector e Luneville participated tonight raid on German trenches, penet the enemy lines for some ais Hand to hand fighting ensued. The Americans returned to lines after about 40 minutes. The rald was carried out & junction with French troops, af{ intense barrage. The Germ: tallated with a heavy fire of high explosive shells on the Am batteries. Americans 20. H British Advance in Pales London, March 21.—The have made another advance in estine, capturing three towms, announced officlally. A coun tack by the Turks was repulsed TW FINGERS BLOWN ( The Americans turned over all food supplies on hand to the Rumanian Red Cross. it human effort T the persccut- sreat CONVENTION March will ha the DAT As aven 21 poli- held June state con- The determined central com- month. The probably weecks as ntions to lates of tical early and vention matter at a meetis mittec to demovratic will be h the republican cony thi year republican su ted ure il e nest stito 1d convention in the convention PED FOR SEDITION. March 1 in late Mexico, 1916, of printing arrested He ARRES Ricardo proposed I'resident and found misuse a revo- today held ‘tive reve Porfirio guilty here of the m lutionary charged under $ ution Diaz in s through paper, of June, W was 5.000 ha GRIP GRIPS HARTFORD. 21.—This city is epidemic of grip hundreds of but the doctor e hav Hartford March in the midst Physicians s here them 1 of an there are some serious One ht many i D. A, R. PLEDGES AID at 27th Countinental Congress at ‘Windsor. Hartford, March 21.-—Loyalty to the government in {ts prosecution of the war and pledges of aid in fight- ing the German menace within the nation were given by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolu- tion at the 25th annual gathering of regents, delegates and alternates to the 27th Continental Congress of the organization, in Windsor today. Nearly 100 delegates from the vari- ous chapters throughout the state were in attendance. Mrs. John Laidlaw Buell Litch- field, state presided. Officers were to he ¢ te this afternoon of regent, cted 1 COLOMBIAN DISCHARGED, Hartford, March 21.—Mario Za- pata a Colombian, who was here in jail from Saturday until today for failure to register, was discharged by the federal authorities. He claims he registered in Youngstown, O. He was arrested at Middletown where he was an attendant at the hospital for the insane. Five-Year-0ld Edward Regola P Cartridge, Which Explodes, Painful Injuries. By hammering a cartridge he found while at play last nigh! ward Regola, flve years old, o Beaver street, caused an exp that blew off two fingers of his hand. Scattering pieces of the ridge entered various parts o body. He was rushed to the hog where the necessary operations perfarmed. He is resting comfo at the hospital today. It is not known positively got the cartridge. An explos lowed by screams, led the of the injured child on the 1 randa at his home. The injured bled profusely 1 there on his face, wh was with gunpowder RAILROAD BILL SIGNER President Wilson Affixes Signatul to were sa cof Measure Taking Over Lines 21 Months After Close of Wa Washington, March 21.—pr, Wilson today signed the bill br railroads under government ope 1d control until 21 months aftel end of the war, ere cofl