New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1918, Page 1

- L NEW ERITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL DY 1918.—TWENTY PAGES. ESTABLISH il kCANP Nesio Soldiers Executed for Blurder at Houston, Texas MURDERED THETR GUARD | Convicted of Stabbing Ralph —Both Mecet | Mairy and 3 pows Court-Martial of 1ol Behind the Death Calmiy, Tex., April Privates | I>. Mann, and Walter Matthews, E were executed at Camp Lo- morning for the murder of Private Ralph Fol Company G, 105t infantry. Houston, IE The men went to their death calmly | and the entire proce few minutes | The execution was witnessed by | physicians and newspaper men; Lieut.- | Col. Clinin, commanding the military | polic his aid a representative of Bell, J commanding the sion; Father J. J. O’Hearn, the 108th Infantry, and guards. & e for which the death pen- inflicted by court-martial and by President Wilson was the ler of Private Foley, who was wrding the negroes while they were in cleaning up rubbish around | mp. TFoley was stabbed in the died two hours later. The fled, but were quickly cap- and their trial began the fol- morning, lasting three days. dings lasted buti a ne alty Approv mt g tu low “FIRE BUGS” SUSPECTED Loss By Flames at Rochester Near | note $100,000—Incendiarism Suspected in $2,500,000 Fire at Kansas Cit; sup- | rly tod s of the plant here, Rochester, posed incendiary destroyed the five buildir H. Osborne Co., cann Ho e Fall 20 involving a loss of w. miles fr $100,000. Kansas City, by a loss of whole district stock of the fire which las city bloc many others Thomas P. Flahive, said reports to him indicated fire had started in the same time. He positive information that intentionally set. Othe: that the fire started in kets. No war materia being made in the ai Buildings occupied by concerns were destroyed. fire men were injured, none and a boy was run over and killed by fireman’s motor The old Astor | house, famous years ago when the | union station was located in the West | Bottoms, was one of the buildings destroyed LENROOT WILSON SUPPORTER De- | April about todav stroyed three ; and damag chief of police, that the at no was were bas- places he had th reports car re s 3t 18 bus Six of ored or hess | Wilson Senator Elect From Wisconsin clares He Will Back President As | He Did in Lower Iouse. Milwaukee, April Tnited States Senator-elect Irvine Lenroot declared teday that he would Presi- dent Wilson in the he did in the house in all helpful in, the prosecution Th combined loyalty, beyond all question Wiscohsin, he dec He will make speeches and rext w CUNARD LINER SUNK ® support te measures the de of vote the ared. Liberty to W war. mon s loyaity Bond | <hinglon | two return Steamship Valeria of Tons 5,858 Gross, Seitt to Bottom ot 1rish Sea, Insurance Companies Learn, New York, April 5.— lihe steamer Valeria, 5,856 tons gross reg funk in the Irish s rd recetved here She I a Brit The Cunard a vessel at ter, has been , according to tnsurance in- March 4 with a b re h por WAITING TO GO ACROSS. New Britain Boys Are ilome From Camp Upton on Short Leave, -Several boys, who been transferred from Camp Devens to Camp Upton, are home on leave of absence preparatory 3 to across have short get ready 20 for France those at home are Private an of Pleasant strect, with the rs company of the Private Fran- is com- | in ng irles Corrig the same pany te t, w rison t h Priv Battery A of that regim | pe | ed a profound impre. | President | end. {in William Glover of Har- | Harry Powell of 3. Artillery New 304 U. neer, nother this Brit- { proper | Mob Storms Jaii;’n(i Lynchés Miner i For Words Derogatory to President; Prays in German at End of the Rope | Collinsville, with his Robert 'P. Prager, who lynched by a mob last night at midnight, for alleged disloyal utterances, prayer in (}‘rm;\n for three minutes before he' was strung up, according to today by of the party. ~ Prager was @ coal miner torday at Maryville, in an @ the miners on socylism, have made remarks dero President Wilson. Miners came angry and when they ened to do him bodily harm es: to Collinsville, his home. Some the miners followed him, ¢rowd, took Pre r tfrom his home and led him barefoot through the streets waving an American flag. The police, fearing violence, the crowd city . Later a large nch gathered in front of the City hall and demanded the man. Stegel counselled calmness but the police force of four was overpowered and Prz was found hiding in the rasement of the hall. He was dragged at the end of pe heyond the city limits. mob prepared to hang him to the limb of a tree he v asked if he had anything to s answer drop his knees and, Wwith arms cre to pray in German for three 1ni another word he the air. The mob arms crossed, was menibers Iynching nd ess to aid to tory to be= threat- ped yes- a to ed utes. pulled then dispers The police s, their custody. registered e in Germany out his and hoped can citizen. Collinsville into id had remy Prager, while in stated he was a alien, that he was but that he had t naturalization pa- to become an Ameri- hor is 12 miles east of St. | Lonis Beforo the placed about Prager wrote the following German: Henry rope was his neck, in Carl Prager, Dresden, P fourth Please e and T must on this, of April, 1918, for me, my is my last the dic dear letter te: Your dear ay ament. n and brother, ROBERT PAUL PRAGER. Prager's pocket was found a “proclamation” in which he stated his loyalty to the United States to union labor, told of his difficulty in ente the miners’ Tn long and n ¥ Further Lynchings. ington, April overnment is given power Until the fed- | to | statements | of | collected a | took | and placed | Mayor J. TL | As the | | from U. was to | 111, April 5.—Kneeling punish persons making disloyal ut- department ! cials fear more lynchings suc of Robert . Prager at Collinsville, 111, last .night. This was the first report reaching here of such extren violence to a-German although offi- cials have feared such occurrence! The government has no authorit {0 take action against the lynchers. Officials of the department of justice expressed the hope that state or local authorities would speedily punish iynchers. At the same it was pointed out that | until congress passes a pending bill making it an offense to speak or write obviously disloyal criticisms of the United States in the war, the overnment cannot punish these at- tacks nnd reduce the danger of mob violence. Attorney General the cabinet meeti of the lynching of ert P. Prager “‘\st nigh i dent W | pected to act, and expre not be repetiti A brief note of t lynching reached the attorney general today 8. Attorn Charles Parch. Further details were askc Officials made plain they deplored the incident, both becausc of the ef- in this country terance of justice off took to report Nob- Tlis., Presi- is ex- will Gregory g today a German, at Collinsville, for with son. The nnient denounce the ons. € s hope there ewhe e 1 and because it i3 red reprisals miay bo made in Ger- y on Americans. Norwalk Man Chased Two Miles. Norwalk, April 5.—Because of the fact that he is declared to have said “damn the Liberty Bonds, they won't Le worth thirty cents after the war; to hell with them,” Ernest Boess- mann, an employe of the Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., of this city, was chased for over two miles by a mob of about 200 of his fellow 2nd after being caught was made to kiss the American flag and severely beaten. 1In spite of his injuries he is about town today, but the authorities ave taken no action in the matter. Tarred and Feathered by Mob. Chicago, April 5.—Frederick helm Gustave Ehlen, a German, of Minneapolis, was turned over to fed- cral authorities today for questioning Mich., last Tuesday and left there Wednesda When Ehlen was met v detectives on arriving here a suit he was carrying contained clip- pings of German raids and graphs of German notables. BELIEVE PEACE TALK IS WELL UNDER WAY Parliamentary Circles in Austria Convinced Debate Is in Progress Zurich, April 5.—Austrian mentary circles believe parlia- negotiations have been opened botween ana gram from President Count Czernin. A the hrichten of Munich say ‘Count Czernin's speech has creat- ion in Austrian where, it is be- ations have been Count Czornin and which already hav than the count’'s tele- Vienna to Neueste parliamentary circle lieved, communi opened between Wilson further shows." reached stateruent April 3 The Neue Irie taking a hand in London, Presse of Vienna, the peace offensive of the Central Powers, reverses the Clemenceau story told by Count Czernin. Before the western front offensive, it say. President Wilson and Premier Liloyd George favored discussing peace terms, but Premier Clemenceau ve- toed the suggestion and caused them to adopt his standpoint of war to the The papers adds: “It is im- possible to confirm this report abso- lutely but there is considerable truth (e PROBE OF PETROLEUM RATES I. €. C, Orders General Imvestigation of Freight Charges—Also Dirccts Inventory of Telegraph and Cable Companics, Washington, April 5.—A general freight rates on pe- products was ordered today investigation of troleum | by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. The view investigation was decided of the wide difference in the rmounts and percentages of reccent rate increases sought by the railroads It appeared, sald the order, that cquitable adjustment of rates be effected only by a zeneral . ation covering the whole si The commission today investigation of the phy 45 telegraph and cable and of their f to the valuation pro Iroad under in an ti- tion or ed al e of companies’ an si S Mtion ceedin several N mil e ‘YON BERNSTORFF'S SON the [ | | A. Quigley, VERBAL ROCKS CAST BY OFFICE SEEKERS ' Dr. Martin and Mayor Quigley 6o as that | “Over the Top” at Rallies ' DOUBT EAH OTHER'S FITNESS Democrat Says Quigley’s Administra- tion is “Miserable Failure—Re- publican Says Rival Thinks Office “Pink Tea” Job. Dr. J. BE. didate for mayor, and Mayor George Martin, democratic can- who seeks re-election on | the republican ticket, addressed large { at the Russell i assemblage listened audiences during this noon, the former spea Russell & Erwin Mfg. at the & campaign rallies ing at the and the nley Works, a stone’s throw distant. Both berated , each other, Dr. Martin claiming that the mayor's administration been a ‘miserable failure” and Mayor Quig- ley stating that Dr. Martin has not even an idea of the real duties of the office. Co. latter has Democratic Rally. Dr. Martin campaign continued his talks this noon, factory speaking & Erwin Manufactur- a large crowd. The with interest to ing Co., before | the statements of the candidate as he | spend than the proceeded to attack the administra- tion of the republicans for the past four years. He said the present ad- ministration had $1,500,000 more to democratic adminis- tration in 1912-14, and asked the vot- ers what the results were, poor streets | and other broken platform promises workers Wil- | | or { He was tarred and feathered in Flint, | photo- | | to his IS SUED FOR LIBEL | mayor of four years ago he was glven Accused Baron Von Radek of Being Spy for England Amsterdam, cial circl April German are stirred up by the suit Bernstortf, son of the former German ambassador at Washington, by Baron von Walter Radeck, a member of an old Prussian family, who lived for many years in England. Count Gun- ould | | wncial con- | ther’s wife, who was Mrs. Marguerite Vivian Burton Thomason, of lington, N. J., and several other: cluding the wife of one of the gen- erals commanding an army on the western front, also are defendants in the suit. Radeck the were Bur- in- and his wife, according to Rehische Westfalische Zeitung, divorced in October, 1917, and subsequently she married Count von Bernstor. i The result was a physical encounter Radeck tore the epaulettes from Von Bernstorff's uniform. Thereupon Von Bernstorff declared that Von Radeck wias not capable of giving satisfac- tion as a gentleman, and he charged Von Radeck with spying for England. This resulted in Von Radeck leav- ing the army and Von Bernstorft being punished by a military court. The baron charges that Von Bern- storff, with 14 others, caused his d vorce and dismissal from the army by circulating untruthful repo Count Christian Gunther Von Bern- storff and Mrs. Thomason were mar- ried December 8. He is 26 years old and in 1913 was clerk in the offices of Speyer & Co., New York bankers. ITe entered the German diplomatic service shortly after the outbreak of the war The countess is about Her hushand we j from whom she s which she married Baron Von F eck. She was born in Stroudsburg, of Bnglish parents, and Thomason of After her first ma ron Von Radeck they were ma Two 3 lLivoree wnd ih s 30 year: an Ameri divorced, old first W ngton, ringe New in T <he Yo met B wnd 1911 in ried late Zrounc dragg last fell hefr to om Octoher ier foster man emb Londor Jin the Germai so- | | were erected under Mayor Quigley's for libel against Count Gunther von | 'rM | democratic between the two men in which Von ! |l | Mayor Quigley | pavement were made by the present incumbent of the mayor’s chair, Lawrence P. Mangan introduced the speaker of the day, and before he arose to speak, Registrar T. J. Smith made a few remarks, in which he appealed to the voters for the sup- port of the democratic ticket. He paid a tribute to Adna F. Johnson, Thomas C. Smith, Jr.,, and A. S. An- drulewl The latter he referred to ag the “boy coal breaker at the age nine years, now the principal of of the larg parochial schools New England Dr. Martin w: one in tendered an ova- tion as he rose to speak. He said Mr. Quigley comes before the voters again this year asking that he be elected for third term as mayor. The speaker 4 that when a man seeks office, he should have some- thing to show for his work of four vears. Instead of being able to point record with pride, Dr. Martin said that the showing of Mr. Quigley was a miserable one. ‘When he succeeded the democratic a $1,600,000 to more than his has he done?, the speaker Comparing the records of both ad- ministrations, Dr. Martin said that under the democratic regime, six miles of sanitary sewers were bullt in comparison with five miles during Mavor Quigley’s term. From two to three miles of stormm water sewers conduct city predecessor. affairs What asked six miles of the administration. against past Increase in Taxation. During the past four years 5 and one-half miles of macadam roads were built against nine and one-half in the democratic regime and in term 20,000 yards of laid in comparison th 60,000 in the democratic admin- istration. With the enormous in- crease in money given the present ad- ministration at the outset to conduct the affairs of the city, the result has been that the city is in debt by thousands of dollars, the speaker sald, besides an increase in taxes from 15 1-2 mills to 20 1-2 mills. Dr. Martin said that Mayor Quigley in his past campaigns made promises concerning the reduction of telephone rates and better trolley facilities, but facts would prove, the speaker that they were broken. “The present mayor asks you to re- turn him to power on his record. He a nice man, and a good looking man, but his record has been a mis- crable one,” said Dr. Martin. During the early part of last win- ter, Dr. Martin said, the mayor came cut to his people and told them not to pay the prices asked for coal, tell- ing them he would look out for them The result was, the speaker said, that many poor children could be seen toddling along the streets drawing wagons after them, in their efforts to keep the house warm and many chil- \ succumbed to death brought on the privation and cold caused by the shortage. # In conclusion Dr. Martin present administration iinproved streets. e cited Stanley sireet as an instance where, he said, for nearly a year it was closed to tra ing much inconvenience to the and when it was finally service, it was time to be filled is the the said tells about public, opened 1 put in hort four a Jleventh Page). PHER. artford, \pril 5. for Ncew Britai Fafr tonight: viarmer. e Saturday, fair, said | PRIVATE COTE IN TOUL WOUNDID SECTOR RAID On March 17 whe the Kaiser’s horde attempted Its raid on the American trenches in Toul sector, Private Phillp Cote, son of M ! eline Cote of Maple Hiil, was onc of the members Company M, 102nd United States Infantry, to meet the brunt of {he tack. Mrs. Cote Is in receipt of a telegram from Adjutant General McCain of Washington announcing that Private Cote was ‘“‘seriously ounded.” Company M, having at least 42 casualtles among its mem- bers, was badly cut up in the St. Patrick’s day attaclk One of the members, Private Ernest G. Anderson of South Manchester, A ou man ahout 22 years has relatives in th killed. of old O LLOYD GEORGE ASKED FOR USE OF TROOPS British Premier Conferred With Baker, Who Later Saw Pershing and Sceured As Londor of Newtor secretary of was a histc lasting impr American that Ameri brigaded forees. Premicr Lloy April 5—The D. Baker, the war, the Daily recent v A sit can Mail says, and will leave a on Angio-French- as it was intended regiments should be British French ric one n with George it says, quainted Secr v Baker with the sit- uation and expressed the desire of the British government for employment of the American forces. Secretary Buker was much impre and went to France the next and General Pershing. The A an adds the paper. in that dterly gencrosity and s which characterized him in his s quent pronouncement to Geners assented unhesitating) To General Pershing belongs credit for the prompt adoption scheme in effec Concluding, the paper “It only remains to Amer at General are s of the regular United States Army They are troops of the same hardy fibre as the immortal Four Hundred a sed saw ric command the of the now savs be troops the di Fo<h soned veterans MISLEADING FIRE ALARM Trouble With Fire Alarm System Leads Firemen o Wrong Locality Today—Minor Fire, Trouble with today led the box distantly remot of the fire. At 11 alarm came in and showed up Box 214, which is the New Hritain Lumber and Coal Co yard on P strect. The firemen left the static at once, although thére was only one round of the box. When the apparatus reached the scene, peo- ple of the mneighborhood were su prised. The box had not been opened and the people knew nothing about a fire. As Hose Co. No..5 did not appear Chief Dame drove in ti direcfion 2nd found No. 5 working on Woodland street. The fire, which was on the roof of a house owned by Mary Kenyon, was under control and little damagc was done. Box 218, at the corner c Woodland and Fairview streets had been ! vo strokes of the fl { rouna ar two full rou of th bE!Lfl'nl were lost in s unknown wa Superintendent Cooley working determine the ¢ the trouble the firey fire alarm n to re from i system ond to the local 29 DENMAN PLACES BLAME Declares gineer of American In- ternational Co. Attempted to Secure $15,000,000 Fee for Concern. hington, April 5-—William hairman of the testifying today commerce me for Den- ship- hefore committee delay in be- ruction at the Hog on H. Connick, American Interna- : Co., who, he said, board to enter the corporation of from $12,- W man, ping the placed ginniy 1 hipyard for the al Shiphuiidir endeavored to . contract by which would receive a fee 000,000 to §15,000,000 fory sens the bl cor n S WILYL BLOW. Opening Tomor WHIST Announcement of of Bond sale OW. o'clock tomorrow of the third issue of Lih- 11 he opened in this city. At the sting of the general commit- last it was voted to have the manufacturing plants of the city ve their factory whistles blown at »:05 to mark the opening of the cam- The manufacturers have signi- ficd their willingness to do re- guested Shortly after 12 noon the sale erty Bonds wi me toc cvening us i to i IGermans Strike Again With Heavy Between Luce and Somme Rivers, Bu Line Back at Few Points---Enemy Un Dislodge French During Night. RECKLESS SPENDING O London, tance on neux, April the war office announces. The Germans hurled large bodies lines between the Luce and Somme | For the most part the enemy was thrown “The Germans concentrated troop war office announces. “Our artillery the night.” ORDER FOR SECOND DRAFT Governors of States to Receive In- structions For Mobilization Soon— Holcomb Receives Another Call. Washington, April 5.—Orders for the mobilization for the large number of men of the second draft will go out to the governors of the states very soon. Fifteen thousand men of the second draft are now mobilizing. Hartford, April 6.—Governor Hol- comb today recelved a call from the war department for 480 men, 230 to report at the Parker school, Boston, and 250 to report at the Wentwortk Institute, in that city. The selectiom is on the basis of two and 52 hun- dredths per cent. of the first quota Only white men physically for general military service who have studicd to the eighth grade grammar school sent. The men are recei t months course in ining army positions requiring knowleds: automoblle driving, b carpentering, smith metal work and other mechanical dulles incident to various kinds of military service at the frout and behind the lines. The call is for volunteers, who have been r s s until April 1 hat Lunteers will guota will 5 to be is open day no v cepted and the 1 es be filled NORWAY'S SHIP LOSS HEAVY " submarines Have Destroyed 745 Wer Vessels With Tonnage of 1,101,- 0,000,000. 815 and Value of Norway' rman ston, April lneses through Ge nthlessness and other (tions contlnue to grow total of Norway's the war began tota 4 sul ine value vessels { hours i the tonnage of 1,101,815, valued ¢ 330,000,000 Nt 486 number in the the lives ian to hay ings. L en of lost their sink RED CROSs ON THE JOPB. Demand Wounded. Answer: e Hospital to April 5 Cross has just performed another re ord feat for preparing and shipping to a town behind the French front a tent hospital of 500 beds within 1fter receiving a request from French government. It needed to take care of patients who suffered from fractured limbs and were being removed from a hospital in eastern France menaced by Ger- man air raids. The American Red Cross is making arranzements with co-operation of a committee of Parisians to send five thousand children to a provincial cen- ter where they will be cared for dur- ing the summer school vacation. DISTRIBUTED BANNED BOOK Deep River Minister Arrested for Cir- geney \ccommodate Paris, was culating “The Finised Myster, in Violatlon of Espionage Act. Hartford, April 6.—Ion Syme of Deep River was before U. S. Commis- sioner Richard I. Carroll in the U. S. court today charged with violation of the espionage act and was held in $2,000 bonds for is appearance in the federal district court May 28. At his hearing this morning in the federal building Syme, who styled himself an ordained minister, adxnit-! or seven’ ted he had distributed b Mystery,” thc coples of “The book published by the International Bible Students’ society. This book is held by the government to be a violation of the espionage act and its circulation a criminal offenso. Fin ed SOLD DIAMONDS TO ENEMY. Paris, April 5.—Eighteen dealers in diamonds are under arrest on charge of trading with the enemy through Swiss agents. the front east of Amiers to qualified | gun- | of i for The American Red | 12 of rivers, troops making hack early against repeated with losses. today near A BRITISH GIVE GROUND NE/ AMIENS, UNDER HUN SM/ F EFFECTIVES, IS WAY PARIS DESCRIBES A ~“The British have been pressed back positions east of Villerg 1] took them under its fire. quoy and in the Scarpe valley there was actlve artillery fight French Idne In Paris, April 5.—Germa.i tinued their attacks duri says today’s war office i spite the superiority of effective: ly, th sistance and office announced. The French villers-Sorel. All The Fr i farm, held itheast of it sitions to the threw back riere Cour wood eval. | Germans Strike | London, April | morning attacked | near Dernancourt, of a Somme, according published by the The chief points newspaper saj Menin, B and Moyenneville ] Germans losses except they made a has ymme w0 f Pavy hee for April 5 ators Praise London, American av vho are w of rmy yondent Ameri n ndered splendid Describing the western front, he any army had \ such tor a \ the the aviation in s many 1ir at one which were sp : Teutons were ung their objective which wa from Amiens to Clermon: The French regiments, counter tained the line in its enty al conquered part of Epinette wood, Germi dislodge the French werd nch captured G against all assa) north the French withdi west of the Germa west of| Near 5-—The the fey Albert-Moyonneville, to no Even| of , were aumont-F g were at slid a tod Ymerica vit numerol m 1, t concentrg as 100 tim¢ machine guns by low fi he adds, F far beyond perience. Holyoke, liott, aged April 35, a field, lege she when arrested. with the dead mi Elliott. She charge of here. 000 Poles in Appeals for recruits meetings in honor morrow and Sunday. ernor McCall and during parade. the KAISER London, April 5. confederation apolog ing of the counselor sation during the Geod Friday. been car anything 1 GIRL KILLS DF erybody Knows W Minnic Butterworth, Police, After Shooti: pha tally shot today whd to his place of busineq Miss Minnie Butterw] aged 29, a nurse, charged with murder. was about tqg When arraigned Mi told the court of Im knows why ‘I did it/ She said she did nof formg Morthampton and Spi RECRUIT BAY ST4 Boston, April 5.—PH ing Polish immigran setts after the visit he the official Polish mi: nounced today by Lid recruitin He estimated t} the stat: were adult males, and sire to enlist as many der the white eagle of of sion tomorrow will on APOLOGIZH Telegraph correspond dam reports the Ger! as announcing Empe: sent a personal lette|