New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 1

MERALD BEST OF ALL OCAL NEWSPAPERS ITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” ME BETTER BUSINESS CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918. —TWELVE PAGES. - ESTABLISHED 1876 British O 'BAKER HOME, PROUD OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN WAR ZONE Teeling of Confidence Would “Justify Many Such Trips, T WAR LANDED PRISONERS IN AMERICA Atlantic Port, April 16.— first priso of war to in tho United 1y membe: U-58, which Americ today on the same h Secretary Baker rom Eu- » An he arrive for: of the by an Tiv h Secretary of War Declares '~f1,eaving for Capital. p on whi return trip RETURNS ON VESSEL ONCE GERMAN OWNED made his gtcrviewers Unable to Secure IMis = SALE OF BONDS HERE CLIMBS TO $644,800 Opinion On Irish Question, four’s Appeal For Troops or Afr- | «raft Production--Mai On All Subjects Until 13 Makes Report o President Wilson. Women Have Secured Sub- b tions to $35,000—Na- Total $806 W An Atlantic Port, ton D. Baker, turned to America today ney to rope confer with tish, F'r Italian military and polit regarding his own country ation in"the war against wnd by his wish to becomo cquainted with the F 1ce. On ssion he was put six weeks. ‘I return with a ser and nfidence at achievements of the nited States and Allied troops ubroad that would justify many il’ily\l lacross the water,” the secretary aid is he epped aboard a which ill take him to Washi the only atement, impelled b to rman And today that to last n This i In loper an- Bond nted to tually amount sold up to been vhich have 3 nced crt intimately Amcrican this unpre out o troops dented country the amount addition the ta yesterday total \ave we bringing $55,000. lar sales in the f not as yet been reported. { The response of factory employes is sour of great encouragement to the committees in charge of sales. The Stanley Works operatives are coming s the | up to the mark generously. The sales d, he cared to until | among the 2,000 workmen is expected to Washington where he | to average nearly $40, which is a re- prdymised a broad review of his voy- [ markable record. results. Those who re-| This evening at 8 o'clock the not | be a meeting of the men’s teams in the Y. M. C. A. All the members announced in last evening’s Herald are expected to be present. The team cap- tains will make their reports. It t the war would be | expected that as a result of the meet, ing tonight the report of tomorrow ral trim, | will be about $800,000. on, April riptions were v from 11 o reserve banks. New I nd reports 146 honor communities with one-half af the district’s tot cribed in | Massachusetts. v were | of engineers; |{ department, 17,000, about pride tories train on. return age'\and its o will un»m&d with him said they did doubt} but that they reflected Mr.! Bake feeling when they said the was cotuplet” optimism and confi- dence amiong the people of the En- tente nations t JAwon. Apparently in perfect phys with color in his che plunge into his dutie stepped ashorel at §:30 morning from ship sailed the se s a sghantman. His had been undisturbed rine which might ! sea zone. Accompanying Major Gen. Black, ol. M, Brett, and Ralph Hayes, Mr gecretary. Questions newspape Aswered. ply to question Washins Loan $806,467 the treast 16.~Liberty amounting to rted today this once mer- Europe sub; 50 o’clock which German from by any subma lurked in the @ trip York, April 16 subscriptions to the third Loan officially received b reserve bank of Ne 1o $11,748 the secret: New Overnight ordnance Libert Baker's private ied of the sceretary by rem unan- a word,” ¥ d in re- as to his opinion re- | arding the Irish situation, aircraft production and the appeal of Arthur y. Balfour, British foreign secretar: or the United States to hurry troop to France. Upon learning of the d itor Stone he said: “T must express my deep regret.” Mr. Baker said he would be pre- |72 to discuss later the historical which took him to England nce where he conferred with nte war leaders and Gen. | in France and assembled nilits facts which he will present to President Wilson. At Paris he conferred with Arth J. Balfoyr, British forelgn secreta; and Gen. Foch. The engineering f‘iu:{_ mericans have accomplished | | O e ot the mocumulating ar-| = New Haven, April 16— Expre fval of American soldiers in France | the belief that :ht must triumph, '~m.» inspected by the secretary. He | Department Commander Benjamin ‘»}-u»m the American lines of com- | F. Cheney of this city opened the 51st munication, at one po narrowly | encampment of the Grand Army escaping injury from a German shelr. | the Republic of Connecticut, toda He visited the Belgian front and met | in an which .found enthus the elgian king, went to London | :\su:y response from the vete 2 and was received by King (ieorge and | excellent weather brought Premier Lloyd George and |large number of delegates, Ambassador Pag Returning | flag-bedecked Music hall tl he conferred with Gen. comed by represent approving the American y and civic bodie action in placing his [ session was given unqualified disposal of | reports and “ocli. Karly this month he went | matters o Ve , mnspecting the ruins caused After Teutonic air raids; visited Italian | erans were headquarters and was wel- ' a sight-seeing by the American | will be a camp | Tomorrow the elected and men overnight through ston at ngland total to ot Boston, April 16.—An gain of $11,706,000 reported the federal reserve bank of B noon today brought the New Liberty Loan subscription 5,000, or nearly one-th $250,000,000 allotment for the district. The report by states was: Massa- chusetts, $48,619,000; Connecticut, Rhade Island, 57,893,000 000; New Hampshi rmont, § h of Sen- ,000; RIGHT MUST TRIUMPH voyag ind I the Ent Pershing Department Commander Cheney Strikes Patriotic Note at Conven- whic ine address visited visited to France Pershing, .ommander’s troops at t yen. | ves o e morning over adi tior dispos routing the moon luncheon taken in trip Are X the e wuto iles il mo Rome (Continued On Eleventh Pag | be { George W. ney and a notary public, read the for- | is | to | £ the 12 federal | e federal | York amounted | d of the | tion of G. A. R, in New Haven Hall. | QUIGLEY BEGINS HIS | Tnaugurated With Simple Cere- monies Shortly Alter Noon 'HONORS SOLDIER DEAD | In Inaugural Speech Says Iic Is Des termined to Justify Trust People Have Imposced in Him—>Mentions Tocal Boys Killed in Battle. Mayor George A. Qui igurated mayor of the | Britain for the third cons | torm shortly after 12 o'cloc noon and in a short speech, delivered in the presence of about 50 r friends and interested citizens, proclaimed his appreciation of | trust imposed in him by the citizens | of New Britain and said tiring effort during the coming vears will be to justify that trust s took place in the may which has just been entire- repainted renovated and Officials Take Oath, City Clerk Alfred L. was the first city ‘official to take the oath of office and as the noondav whistles ceased to sound, Senatoy Klett, prosecuting attor- mal oath to which the swore. The city clerk then tered the oath to Mayor Qu Not all of the newly officials and council member: present, but those who were and took oath of oflice W Tax Collec- tor Bernadotte Loomis, City Comp- troller Hanford L. Curtis, Aldermen Arthur Spencer and Paul Nurczyk, and Councilmen Reginald Towe George Wells, George Baker, Charle H. Gillin, Michael T. Kerwin, -Jame Byett and Charles McMurray. Other including the city treasurer, . Chainberlain, members of the of relief and the common council W take oath lutex. Tribute to Soldicr Dead. As he received the congratulations of the city clerk upon taking the oath of office, Mayor Quigley made a short address to those assembled before him. He said he fully realized and appre- ciated the trust that the people of New Britain have reposed in him by re- { electing him for the third time, and { qeclared that his efforts during the coming years will be lo justify that !trust. His ambition will ever be to t which will make New place which to Jiv He touched upon the serious aspect of the international situation and said that, to the present time is no time an palitics in world, { national, state or city administrations, and he proposes to work to thig end | Tocally oncluding his remark the may touched with | fic upon the existing war, sacrifices that the Allied arms may | victorious, aud paid a heartfelt tribute {to the memory of Private James Rus- B. Linton, who was killed last week on the battlefield in France, and i to whom reforred as Iy a boy, { but one of my neighbors, lving on the | same street—a clean, lad | whom everybody loved.” also paid ibute to the memoric Rouillard and Private an, two other New [ have fallen in battle, with whom he was not personally quainted. Among others present Guigley took the oath of offiec mother, Mrs. Care < hrother, Ch Adfathe m a on a hi also his mind for parti Before w in nee he o holesome He of Privat der- itain but - fck Heinzr hoys who Mayor was his his nd when h Georg d crutch man with “Clod bless e mayor decorat mong ind ca fri his Trall mother natior wif 1 othe that his un- | two | Thompson | Britain | JOHN KUNZ HELD UNDER 5PY LAW AMERICAN POSITION AT ST. MIIIEL CAPTURED Amsterdam, April 16 (By the the Associated Press)—North of St. Mihiel on Sunday night, says a Wolf bureau dispatch from Berlin, dated Monday, the main part of the American position situated to the east and southeast of Maisey on the right bank of the Meuse river & taken by storm. large section of enemy lines of def. highroad from Bourois, the was rolled up despite the brave resistance of the enemy who suffered the seve it e nalties in addition to loss of prisoners. the main snse on the Mihiel to patch add CHARLES AND CZERNIN HAVE SAARP DISPUTE Frank Exchange of Opinion During Interview—Latter Going Into Army. London, April 16.—Count Czernia has decided to enter the army after | retiring from the foreign portfolio the Copenhagen correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph Co. cables would command a brigade on the Ttal- ifan front. The count had an interview of half an Lour yesterday with the emperor and a sharp exchange of opinion took place, the correspondent says. Rome, April 16— “Emperor Charles should have resigned, but as it is not customary for sovereigns to leave tho posts even when they make blunders, Count Czernin was obliged to says the Giornale d’Italia in com- menting upon the resignation of Count Czernin Austrian foreign minister. as DATE NOT SETTLED. Nincey-five Men Wil Leave for Camp Upton Shortly After 26th. It w stated at the local tion boards today that the ment has not yet detinitely settled upon the date on which the next draft increment leaves for mp Up- ton, but it is thought that will be immediately after April 26. There will 45 men from the second dis- triet 50 from the first district it understood in official cir- additional call i for another incre- leave for TFort Slo- exemp- e and is also cles that an received shor went of men cum on May 5 The exemption boagds have already received the official train schedule the men who leave next week, dite to an apparent oversight, the the departure of the New omitted DANCED, MUST GO TO JATL. m, April 1 named Schae Germans have been sen- Munich to imprisonment for weelks for holding a costume hall after the beginning of the fensive, o press dispatch from nkfurt reports. T ball was a cd largely by oflicers and mem- the aristocracy to ror but time for Britain me Amster an - artis and two tenc: —An Ameri- er, his wife six of RETURN TO WAR WORK. April The 350 and platers who sud work at the shipbuildir Bethl lding Daltimor 16 hem shipbu Point returned s morning WEHATHER. tord, April 16 Britain He | vern- | to be | Prominent Contractor Placed Under Arrest and Taken to Hart- ford for Hearing Hz Kunz, today ctlford, arre April 16.—John in New PRritain feder a with s was ed ents utter- this city s ch: e ed litious i to hefore U Richard bro aken missioney Com- Carroll for a he afternoo with subord uting duty the forces of th i charged to causc i in mili naval United ates istant U District ney John F. Croshy the case against brought here Marshal John en At- nt- who by Deputy J. Kelleher, presc ed was Kunz U. 8 Ku Commi arra fore ked held hear- oner oll, a for continuance and was for today under $3,000 bonds ing @ week from Federal { John today, agents Kunz, one \of | building contractors in the best th with city. on a warrant charging him violation of the federal espionage Mr. at et. Follow- ing the arrest Kunz was held a short time police headquart while Te consulted his counsel ATl ling. He w to appear, United States preparcd of 000 bond i torney Benjamin the firm of Klett & taken to Hartfor understood, in the trict Kunz was said, irnish @ bond providing W then is Dis- it it court to i \s¢ was Eo i s arrest of Mr federal looked work and men They ‘onfer in private the ubout noontime ing automobile Hartiord The charsed is Kunz was quietly agents came up Kunz. I they mitted him The discuss permitted with his at ation. Just into a wait- hurried to ur city and him at home government I the Kur torney { the pe change his s declined fily to police st Kunz got and was which to, the counsel refused of the case. Tt defamatory with known exact Kui local to is is 10t his nature and the police state nents concerning utterances f wit- report was violated the which covers a multitude rovisions, by aiding the ecnemy, by, furnishing information concerning the war munition productions in ' the city. This report however, was doubted. United States District At- torney Spellacy of Hart- ford the in to admit that tederal war- of the vid \ Kunz had 188 case ted on a violation espio act. Blunt Talker. Mz and freel the the ( Ther tur of the known for Kunz v fe: his blunt He talked rman during the entrance of he war. to the ex: rless utterances and was preceding tes in pro- period na~ he i that late Kunz working on a contract in truction of retaining Vulean Iron Works Bastern Malleable Iron Works. The contract at the Vul Tron Works part of the factory produc- whi explain the which was arrested violation. Of has the walls at plant of con- the tha 18 not ork, nmay officia G. Hurlbut iny kind con- by Kunz ontinued On Eleventh Page). arrested ! known | for | e | to | nd- | decline 1n Forced to Fali Back to New Positions, Under Driving Attacks of Hindenburg’ Army—German Attack Southwest of Vieux Berquin Repulsed French Holding Firm With Artillery Ba Raging Near Montdidier---Both Sides Cha Recklessly at Neuve Eglise---25 Trains Nig| ly Carry Off German Wounded London, April 16.—The Germans have captu | Bailleul, on the northern front, the war office annound The British have fallen back to new positions north Bailleul and Wuverghem. Fresh German attacks are developing in the neij borhood of Wytshaete. A German attack southwest of Vieux Berquin repulsed. Neuve Fglise a Shambles With —The contending the British Army in France, April 15 (By the Associated P took Neuve Hglise. bitterly here for days had Germans occupied a shambles when they forces who had been battling asking and giving no quarter. times the shell torn s a surnggle to the death with hayonets welee through the crimsoned streets. The British and Germans alike had but one thought conflict ot into their blood—to was in store for them. After the British recaptured the piace Saturday tinued hold it with a holiow square of troops thrown massed Germans kept flinging themselves against this thin line of defense. The battle went on until late last night, when the sure overwhelming enemy forces became too great and the w square of khaki dissolved, to reform in new positions a little northwel the town. KEven then the Germans found themselves in a nasty s tion the British artillery opened o tremendous bombardment gan piling up German dead with those who had gone before. Several viliage changed hands. On each occa it wa mad as the troops swirled it s the fight to a finish and accept red heg the fate wj they around it. hut determ morning to from for and _ P Y | Artillery tle Near ISHMEN ASSEMBLE Paris, April 16.—Heavy ar TO PROTEST DRAFT fig htix occurred last night onj ont, in the neighbol Ba Montdid main of Montdidfer, the war office| The French captun gun and prisoners nea Meetings Held in 100 Parishes—Tem- canal Trains of Wounded Nigl wshington, April 16.—The the Germans are paying advance on the western vas told in dispatches to the department to saying 25 population | loaded with wounded are g from | through Aix la Chapelle every | The hospitals at Aix, the disp) said, have been crowded beyond capacity and the wounded lodged in schools, public bu | and even private houses. Then . great lack of medical suppli no morphine. It was also reported that the of the German troops is not except among the new levies very young. per Called “Deplorable”—Re- cruiting More Brisk. London, April against 16.—Meetings to i protest con 100 of eription were | held | | 1ond, Monday all el in parishes in lre- the dispatch participating vs a Dublin to the Times. all he clergy took leading part in the meetings. | Resolutions of protests are pouring in P irom public and Sinn | ciubs are ve ‘Unquestionably” the dispatch adds “the pr: temper of nationalist Ireland is very deplorable. The coun- try has lost all sense of proportion and has forgotten, not merely home rule, but the war. It is a country of contradictior however, for in Dub- n and some other towns voluntary Paris, April 16.—Shells from ruiting has been remarkably good | long range German guns killed the past few days.” woman and wounded one womi The committee which is in charge | @ man in the Paris district last] of drafting of an Irish home rule | according to an official statem bill, says the Times, includes J. Aus- | sued today {en Chamberlain, former secretary for | Ind This, it adds, 1s a fact which | suggests that he already has or is | about to become & member of the war cabinet. The same paper prints an appeal from unionist members of parliament urging “immediate introduction of a Tome rule bill as generous as can be devised by the light of the recent dis- cussions of the Irish convention and n harmony with the ultimate goal of federal devolution.” COTTON MARKET UPSET Schiffer & Co., bodies ry aative Fein Dong Range Gun Kills Won MEAT PLANT BURNH DAMAGE IS $73 Yood Valued at ¥lalf Milliox stroyed at Harris Abattoir Toronto. Toronto, April 16.—Firemeq extinguished this morning fire did $750,000 damage at the p| the Harris Abattoir Co., at the Stock Yards after burning t out the night. Half a million worth of foodstuffs were destrd badly damaged and a quarte million dollars damage done plant and auxiliary buildings. The police are investigatin, New York, April 16.—Early war | port of a mysterious explosic bulletins coupled with the failure of | ceding the fire which started Schiffer & Co., one of the oldest firmg | V140t Jaundry dcing business on the floor of the ! exchange. to | further on cotton exche break was eq about $30 | of the season. At noon there was further excited covering on reports that southern | sDot holders had refused to follow the futures. Prices * jumped {145 to 175 points from the lowest of | the morning, carrying July to 28.88 : and October to representing o persons were injured today net gain of from ¢7.25 to $8.75 a bale electric car left.the rails o as compared with yesterday's closing. { incline and turned turtle, Veteran Concern On FExchange, Forced Out of Business —Gains Registered At Noon. had a tendenocy BRITISH MISSIONS ARRIH in prices today. The initial ivalent to §5 a bale or bale below the highest cause the Two Reach Canadian Port an Come to United Stateg, A Canadian Atlantic Port, Ap | Two British missions to the States arrived here today and ceed soon to the United Sta# TROLLEY TURNS TU Springfleld, Mass, April