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

A THREE CENTS. BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, APRIL s, 1018 TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 14 New Unearth & cheme to ‘Filt‘vvefli 'C()mp’ietiotl-- Dr, James L. Barton Believes Such a Step Would Greatly Pleasc Cement Tubes Empty | H Enemies operating with| and objects of the Allies have | in Flanders, but the watch- fulness of New Britain s manufacturers and the wo-| men of New Brtain will de- posed to contain cement for use in the assembly of gas| Anasks and which are shipped ! abroad with the masks, con-i tain only air. At the Russell & Erwin division of the] American Hardware cor-| poration, where assemb]y and| Harttord, April 8 —Rev. Dr. William DelLoss Love, president of the Connec- bection work on gas masks illne a result of the discovery extra ity precautions are bemg taken | has written much on that s a member W with the inspections |15 Tt was several dayvs ago that tha|and discovery of the unfilled made. According to T lacks confirmation becau: ernment restrictions on disclosures e« lating to war work, the defect wa found in this city and the fact was once transmitted to the c partment at Washington and department to the departms tubes was port, which of the gov- rdnance de- tice. 7 Shot Dy The contract for the cement filled tubes is a separate item in s ma 1 work and is held by a fi o of Connecticut fforts made to as- @ railroad policeman he certain the name of the concern hav- | bassenger ing this contract have failed Pittsburgh express on the T.ocal manufactures understand that | railroad. the process in the making ¢ the | C: cement tubes is ta fill them with tha|tra Hquia cement, or glue, as it is some- | dished a long knife a the train and drove h sons from their berths. the cement and fill the tubes with the , entered the Pittshurgh yards a police- compressed air, making the finish tube | man entered an end door and in emblance of a filled | struggle which followed the Mexican s shot dead the morgue plentifully times called, by alr pressure. An en- emy could easily shut off the flow of bear all the r¢ tube Were it not for the fact tha wi s0 many unfilled tubes were found thg ! At occurence might be attributed to an | hav. accident. Another explanation af- [ mone fered is that the cement Teservoir | might be exhausted and if the opera- tor was not watchful the mechanical | filling would go on. A theory is ad- vanced by some that the air-filled | tubes were mixed into the consignment by enemy operators. Oficially The cement tubes are a vitally im- portant part of the gas mask assembly. | The cement is used to | plece to the rubber tubing that leads from the air chamber. Without thei Amster cement to seal t £ would be useless. One tube is provided with every gas mask. piece the 1 Mysterious Woman, Authorities at one of the factories in the v much ¢oncerned over the trespass of a woman found in the plant on Saturd afternoon. Soon | PY after the 1 o’clock whistle sounded a range woman was found in the gas Toom in the factory. She was vlishly dressed and had such a ng appearance that the fore- man in the department demanded to know what business she had there and how she gained admission. The woman smiled pleasantly and said that she was selling patriotic buttons and she said she came through the main office. She was asked to show the buttons 1 whe she opened a small handbag revealed only a dozen or so orted by the foreman she went to the factory office and after a ew questlons was permitted to de- the Since the discove with the gas m cion that the in con ec scope of the work tures of the won she was able to pas the factory office and that she passed | through various departments and went directly to the gas mask room without starting her sales in the Washington, rooms through which she went \ The department of justice is bend-|{ ing every effort to defeat the aims of | o enemies in the American War pro-| duction arm number of women agents in its em- Dlov. Several women secret service | operators are employed here. ’ll\\“l'l:\' FACTORY DES \dditional Pre 1tions, | 1 consequence of the discovery of |about filled cement tubes the govern- men s lssued special orders Te-'!Fur RS J,‘(nvi badly (Continued on Eleventh Pase) Voi BAISER'S AGENTS SUSPEC )F PLOT TO SPOIL GAS MASKS PERSHING WELCOMES K. OF C. DELEGATES | — | | | { i Britain Werkers|OPPOSES WAR O BULGAR AND TURK Assures Ropresentatives IHe Will Give Complcte Co-operation to Their With the American Army in France, the Associated Press)— Walter Kernan, sloner of the Knights of Columbus. Bennet Nolan, , and Major James Con- >w York, representing the | yyjjson,” said Ernest Engdahl, when rchy of America, called | (he big drive in F yinz at general head- | cording fo the testimony given by the ywork | Antonto Gyglia, a 14 year old boy, iT® | in police court this mornng. That Commerce public tod: in which he American £ Foreign the intent to defeat the aims|a letter to Scnator Lodge expressed the 4 would adopted a new tack to hinder | deciaring | tween and render ineffective the use | 71i <o of gas masks for the soldiers| ass | war with war on of | te resolution exists be- and Turkey and tl termany had not declared of its allies, the United | Germany d service than resolution rmany tdquarters | such ~vfeat them. Discovery has/Zio% 5 resin the been made that tubes, sup-;ence now ar REY. DR. DELOSS LOVE | President of ate Bulgaria of depend- 1 after the war. week will b rious debarkation field forces. said were on the | United States. DIAZ GREETS AMERICA Commander, igned to pla Additional | and Prominent Hartford Succumbs to Attack of Grip. Spolkeaman for His Troops, Felicitates Our Men tumane soclety and for a quar.| ©n FEntrance Into Picardy Battle. has been in progress for SOME | ter century prior to 1910 pastor of tho time, at least 300 unfilled | Pear and tubes were found in one con-! avenue signment for the masks. As'his home s with grip. ticut Headquarter, 7 (By the / Ttaly, April Gen. Diaz, Farmington ational church, died at a month's an author- sued an order | Itallan army greet- of the day to the ing the entry on the western front and the recent another evidence of the solidarity among the allied referring to board for his widow The order | greets with particular sym- [ pathy the noble act of so powerful a | RUNS AMUCK ON TRAIN cs Passcpzers in Sleep- spontane- ously to participate with all its forces Mexican | t the unanimous our army in addressing fervent salu- representative or the | tion with the Hun drive then Ameriean urimy France and hereafter will be fighting everywhere there and justice. and killed by ide named C fausnnl 7.—The anniversary day coach of tho i S was celebrated manifestation in the coliseum today. Honor was paid not only to the United States and nd ran through dressed per- As the train its efforts, Red Cross. The climax was reached when Am- bassador Page announced he had just received a telegram from Washington ng the war department had given transfer to service in Italy of 30 ambulance sections with ficers and 1,500 men. Carizo was found to T INTO LYNCHING. Collinsville, quest into the death AUSTRIA TNSISTS Statement of Robert ¥riday, was hanged by a mob, is the step In an investigation of the crime by state officials resentatives of the Emissary From Vienna Sought Aot e 1 the mouth | Bring About Political Reconciliation attorney gene > announced that if the cor- | names parties r prosecution will oner’s jury for the hanging, immediately. the French government and < ments ex-Prer Aust culting in the zerland opening peac which took the initiative re- conversations in Swit- he possibility of are denied GERMAN CASUALTES PLACED AT 300’000 | dashed the man’s last hope. All the concerning negotiation: government, ts that France took the first step. A Vienna official accounts given meance meetings Count Robertata, ntative, France, many particulars tive was taken by acting in the name of the French gov- ernment. Vienna, Premier this year took Austria respecting possibility of peace negotiat part. ment ion | the s there 1s a suspi- . Iranc woman might be a for- | changes, eign agent looking araund to see the : cussions e peculiar foo. | Alexander Ribot was fl— Visit are that | they were broken off and again taken right through | Up by Tlemenceau. statement American Officer, Returning G e Scene of Battle, Istimates Heavy ; Loss For Enemy. from the facts 3 It says the initia- intermediar: With the Americ Army in Fran ociated Pri On the front northwest of Toul Friday attempted | raids but both were repulsed went out of their trenches second occasion Germans from the German London.— can infants discussions action were following official initiative in the ex- The statement says the d issued to-nig our trench the second Then our fire later the American in attack, driv 1glements. ntrymen rushed TO LOSE COMMISSIONS Elimination trenches were mans had { flom the army medical Secret Service Agents Here. {of all men not qualified for active reserve corps their undertaken on bout and to that end has aj.qyye Danbury, beginning bf the ¢ o'clock this discovered stroyed damaged the formérly in the TED | EXPECTED GERMANS | e e J s e sy W ATTACKS BY PRUSSIA Ernest Engdahl Also Expressed Satistaction at German Drive 'PLEADS HE WAS DRUNK Alien Employed in Factory Working \ [ on Colt Guns Fined for Loquacious- ness in Police Court—May Be Dis- charged From Shop. “Italy is no good, so is the United | States. Germany will have them under their heel and they will hang ance, began, ac- Engdahl said that “Italy is no good, and the United States is no good,” was testified to by other witnesses in the prosecution of charges of drunk- cnness, breach of the peace and u sault. Engdahl was fined $7 for | arunkenness, $10 for breach of the | peace and $15 for assault. Engdahl | was drunk and had no recollection of with the | hig utterances, he said, and witnesses secretaries, | testified that he was drunk. | Wiping away tears that came to i his eyes, Tony Basse, an aged store- | keeper on Arch street, testified to the | insults offered to the land of his i birth and the country of his adoption. | | | i Dasse said that Engdahl came to his store at § o'clock Sunday morning and asked: “Are you an Italian?”’ Basse proudly admitted the fact and aid “Italy is no good, so Engdahl is America. “Thank you,” said Basse, and then dahl slapped his face. At 10 oclock Engdahl returned :nd purchased & bottle of soda. Agal he declared his disregard of Italy and the United States. Tony Basse, son of the proprietor, objected and | Engaahl wanted to fight. The wit- nesg said that ngdahl had previous- been in the store and had been ulting. Corroborative testimony in regard to the occurences of the first visit | was given by Frank Maietta and Tony Basse testified to the trouble at 10 | o’clock Pleased by Hun Drive. | Little Antonio Gyglia testified that ly of | about two weeks ago Engdahl was in the store and expressed his sat |ing. The witacss said that the Ger- | mans would have Italy and the Untted ates under their heel and would ng President Wilson. Engdahl took the stand in his own defense and said that he had no rec- ollection of what took place. He had een drinking whiskey. He said he s been In this country five years | and has not taken out naturalization | papers. He is 82 years old. A few { months ago he came from Boston and has been employed at the New Brit- ain Tool Co. shop on Woodland street. | This concern had contracts for work | on Colt. guns. it was stated that if it is ascertained | that Engdahl gave utterance to the statements he will be discharged. BOLO'S EXECUTION SOON Traitor to Face Firing Squad, All Le- gal Resourees Having Been Ex- hausted—Poincare Denies Pardon. Paris, April 8.—Although no date | has been announced, the execution of > | Bolo Pasha, recently convicted of treason in acting as the agent of German propaganda in France, is ex- pected to occur shortly. President Poincar refusal last night of Pasha’s appeal for clemency | { | legal sources of appeal had prev. oner in ously been invoked by the pr vain. ¥rom | S RANGERS ROUT BANDITS Texans Go “Over the Top’ Outlaw Force of 20, Killing Two and two ! Wounding Others. Marathon, Te; gagement between Te 20 Mexican bandits was r message received here todayv from as, April 8.— ranger: n en- San Helena that his forces there had killed two of th several, and drove the command intc Is. i FORCED TO ABANDON TOW. ril 8.—Lack of ¢ made it necessary for a steamer riving here today to abandon an fort (0 tow to thix port a d ighter which w A reliel vessel gone | 1 of the freighter, which | 1 ft. The steamer mads good prowess tewing Aisabled | ply ran short and it was necessar to give up the attempt f WEATHER, 3 Harttord, April 8.—i cast for Now Britain and cinity: Rain and cooler tonight “uesday. At the New Britain Tool Co. today at Mexican nd { of industry today 3 ported in a | Captain Bates of Company ¥ of the anger force who telegraphed from bandits, wounded hled picked up on EXPECTED BY ALLIED CHIEI BRITISH PILE UP ENEMY DEADlGerma s ()pén INATTEMPTS TO TAKE ARRAS1 bardment on En Ziay | Front, Believed ]:‘REN[]“ BLAST LANES | Big Shells Plow Through/ Warning of Dri Rank While Machine | RS IN FOE NEAR AMIENS ~ Gunners Rain Lead on ARTILLERY BATTL _— Waves of Infantrymen. ON LEFT O Terrible Carnage Wrought ‘War Correspondent of Lokal April 7 (By the Assoclated Pr Attacks and counter attacks continue to Reports Hindenburg Disap ring up at various points along Mass Formation, Kaise the battle front. While none of them Desire for Op | as Germans Attack in ‘ Wdaiibe) Brtish®arwyfin nr has seemed large compared With the | (peat’ Smash on West ! | With the French Army in France, | intense conflict waged in the first | April 7, (By the Associated Press.)— | days of the German offensive, yet all " American Reserves Being | Twenty-five division have been used | of them are important in that thoy by the Germans in the last four days | represent the foundation work of big- | in efforts to break through the French | ger events to come. line and reach the railroad running Twice last night and again this south from Amifens. All attacks have | morning the Germans undertook to been checked by the wonderful re-| advance their lines at points in the sistance of the French sector north and south of Albert, and ' “PC™Y has been made aff The Germans are ob only in- | each time they failed. At 8 o'clock | P° along i the B Bl slgnificant results in their attempts | this morning a considerable enemy | ' ’0ughout the night and f to advance compared with the number | force advanced for an attack neay | INE: North of the Scarpe G i, o e e S| S e G | of the Somme German gur times more than the number of the The Germans were seen coming | GUCHNg& an unusually heavy Feenohll dotendars while they were still o mile away | Ment such as heretofore h The confidence with which the|and the British artillery and ma- | ©0 @0 Impending attack, French go into action is remarkable. | chine guns put down such an intense — They make light of the German super- | barrage among them that the pro- British Xmprove 3 fority in numbers. The i“rench com- | jocted assault was stopped. Some London, April 8.—On ti mand continues to work on the prin- | fime afterward the enemy reformed | bank of the Somme the ciple of using the smalle possible | 4ng ie another effort but this was | night m: a small advan number of troops to stay the German | checked without use of infantry ported officially. rush, thus retaining the veserves for| . i | One of the attacks last eveni vas | T possible attacks kome place else ! ! S i | to Defensc of Amiens. With the British Army i 8 (By the Associated) ense artillery bombardmng ain south of Albert where the enemy had | nch Line Bomba Th rman resuming massed | poen batiling go determinedly to ot | R & attacks in which their men come un- | o g 1 : s ! draney -l a strong hold on the Albert-Amiens sement occurred las h railway. Under cover of a hes bank guns, vifle grenades and 7i's, which | L nAR | BEEE GO ““_frf,m][: 4 the lecs NgH inflict terrible losses. The S o o i S 5 today’s officlgy ant ied against the British line tions terrific execution, cutting widc Janes ! e el ions a through the enemy rank o e RAOLLE follows and machine-gun fire that i n The enemy commanders appeared B i vt | was mar to pay little attention to 1uzh- o f_"'”‘t““,r,m‘lv:' e illery eg ter, their aim being to reach the ob- |, TN® other attack was near Serre. | hank of the Ol Jaciive whateyer the' cost, ‘ate laat| O SNOLL butinienas periods of bars, h patrols were ] a erc put down on the Brit- | bring = céd in night the enemy the region of Grivsnes but pulsed sanguinarily and forced back to their own lines with zreatly dimin- ished numbers. Further south necar Noyon, they at first succeeded in dn o att ng in pri ish defenscs. At 7:30 o'clock the “On the 1 German y rushed forward in | heavy As they advanced they were caught in a tornado of British irtillery which ploughed through LLxog sthashed ‘them re re- left bank o nd in the Argonne Gef i were repulsed.” | | Tindenh Favors tering rench positio MR B after the most sevel il ing occurred at Han- | .. pondent of were compelled to retreat gard wood h has been the ne | reiger of rlin, says F Mont Renaud near Noyon saw of much cruel fighting in the 1 von Hindenburg, in the peated attacks from the Gerrnans days. h In the early hours. | oport to Emperor Wilk urday but all were equally futile delivered counter attacks by which !y the day the prescat e ff i Shot Gl e forced el erlemyilibackcisomes (o naricad French, barred the German advance What and took o few prisoners. Ac- We must wait. A b through [} alley to 1s Com- Cording to the latest reports the o n We must & peigne and Parls. When the Germans are hoiding on to the western | rything to mature first swept down from Noyon. the hill of the woods. liuaviscd on o great it changed hands repeatedl: The thic connection, it was noticed | will he coffective. It ¥ ground thereabouts shoy striking the prisoners stated that the enemy | {ime evidence of the fearful nature of the Dlanned a strong attack at Hangard battle in the uumber of rman Wood today. | Reserves Rush to bodies that can he seen Cangiit in “Nasty Positio Washington, April Sinee March 30 the French have not | finds the Allies in a bef] budged. In fact they have gained The G manyeTortaftocay B oot nerlRtiwithia <R L some ground on the northern slopes AU0o¥ ‘m»‘. vesterday e Sek e s man offensive, accordl Gikiie 11T WiTEGE o S Boc TDTERRNAEE LGRS SO DRt S S L e | review today by the!H two hills overlooking Mont Renaud themselves "’4' j'f a nas 3 e itlon 1| . ttache here. French, Further east al the Oise. the lch they find themselves In this| serves are| French forces back form the reg and in which they have been | .o allied anks to def arive stopped. the Germans are langerous salient north of An Fighting the way, they better positions which had bee pared along the course of the Ailette bulges out into Brit river. line roughly repre guy. Sin Improvement in the rched t ©ltion of the Allies on pre. holding a very sharp salient which i yattiefield is noted in 4 tervitory along | ment weekly military ented by Buc-| nouncement is made = moy, Hebuterne, Colincamps, Au- | gorcag under Gen, Foe chonvillers and Hamel. This salient | excellently in holding LIBERTY LQAN OPT]N’ISM {15 somewhat saucer shaped, the outer | yack. The Germen & i edge being on high ground. Upon ! upset by the stubbor e these elevations the British sat down | jieq defense, and noy wt the end of their retirement and | are being forced to ince then have defied the enemy to | troops into the battle them. objectives. For this Within the salient is an inhospit- | uation is expected to iter Than | ,pje zone which formed a part of No | some time to come. | Man's Land in the first battle of the Salte | Somme. Tt is shell torn and 1t is an this poir Unofficial Reports 1 Subscrip- 1.000,000 Which Au- tions At § Gr thorities Consid et Washington, April S-—1"noflic »leasant place over which to con- BALTIMORE GIV report to the 1 isury departme duect operations. Not only is the today put the first day's subscriptions | ground bad, but the whole sector is Hot Slag Dumped the third Liberty loan npaign | dominated by British machine-guns Heavy Exp 0,000,000 Officials \id this | which send never-ending streams of i e =mowhat tao migh, as | bullets swirling into the enemy campa|| . Doltizors, ABEICE dumped into the riv rows Point works o Steel Co. early today explosion, which shoq of this city and brd sons living in the so ern sections from thg was thought there hg accident. The dumping of sl is a nightly occur accompanied by an big attack so that they can get guns | i o ’hm"e\’m'. it i forward, for otherwise the artillery TRA]N TQSQ}ED INTO R[VER et oy i o ) would depend on infantry. It was because of this situation the attacks were made Friday by the Germans, More or less fresh divi- sions were brought up for this oper- tuo optim- | which present excellent targets. If the Germans were to start the second phase of their grand offemsive now and were forced to “kick off" Rostor, April §.--Neventy-five cOM- | ¢rom thelr present position here they mittees representing different hranchs weuld encounter tremendous difficul- : cmatic] fios in maintaining communications ubserin= | 4 oross the desert which lies across CIVIl GeMeTr- | 454 hack of their front line. They e of the s o4 the high ground on the edge of GRRE S ihelr saucer before they can begin a s for Lit tion under dirc )1 eommitte Empire State lxpress Speeding West Collides With I'reight Near Amster- H dam—None Kilied, First Rey ation and a huge number of guns Major H. A, Joh | were brought into play especally over | .1 0" qepartment Al pri { the back reas. Considerable quan ferred from Washi State Bxpress which' left | tities of was also were thrown into York this morning for the west | the viei of Fonqueviller indi- rain No. 16 eastbound from Buf | cating t Germans did not intend to | collided with a freizht wreck near |try to advance to a great depth since | Amsterdam shortly after noon. The | this gas hangs about for a long time. BLOW UP OW} epsthound train is reported to have| The enemy was simply trying to | Washington, Apri overturned into Mohawk river. Doc-! get a hold on the dominating ridges. | warships sunk by Chicago, Ill., where charge of an office. tors velief trains have been |They failed to advance at most points | off the southern ¢d :( rdered from nearby points. | about the salient and lost a consider- | keep them out g | First reports veccived here were to | able stretch of ground in a British | hands, reported red j the effect that no one was killed. It | counter attack near Cossignol wood, | up after Germa | was reported that a freight train had | where the British pushed forward | opened fire on the| viled and both the Empire | some 500 yard At Bucquoy the en- | dispatch to the No. 16 crashed into the Trom Stockholm. (Continucd on Eleventh Page) clan vessels were