New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1918, Page 1

cimE NEW BRITAIN HERALD Ea - PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918, —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 RITISH CRUSH HUN BACK; OF METEREN Battle of Flanders Going Against Germans, Correspondent Reports—English Pos tions Before Ypres Withdrawn--Heavy Loss Inflicted on Enemy Near Bailleul SOLDIERS HAVE MADE GOOD |LLOYDGEORGE FIRM |THIRTY-SEVEN DIE |PREDICTS DIVIDEND | Meies Forees Pange Ito Trenches Sout SEC’Y BAKER TELLS PRESS‘;F flR DRAFT MEAS”RE IN fl[}w ["L HRE] H]R N H. RAILRUAD Counter-Attack Made Near Wytschaetd Only Sad Ones Are Those GIFRNIN SUCGEEDED Mo Anclogy Between Ieland and American and Briish Vessls ol- Vice President Buckland Says One Headquarters Dispatch Tells of Advance Wi Aene L Al BY BARON BURMM Early American Colonies ! lide and Burst Into Flames Per Cent. May Be Paid | London, April 17—The British have recaptu ' { i | | Forced to Return Before | ! Meteren, on the northern front, by a counter-attack i " Germany Is Defeated. s CARSON FOR CONSGRIPTION VICTINS BURNED T0 DEATH YEAR FINANCIAL SUGCESS announced offcially. ‘The Briish positions before Yp Prince von Hohenloe Dis- have been withdrawn to a new line. South of Arras the Germans were driven out British trenches into which they had forced their y Early this morning the German artillery became m| for Dublin to Plan Resistance— Brave Field of Blazing Oil to Res- System by Federal Government— active 30Uth Of the Somme ot e el b Premicr Not Alarmed by Retreat. cue Survivors. —Lashar Blected to Board. The British made a successful counter-attack n Gol. MacArthur Went “Over the Top™ | iar s been’ appointed /‘\(\).\u:;:i:; London, April 16.—in asfending| An Atlantic Port, April 17—Thir New Haven, April 17.—There was | Wytschaete. Repeated German attacks north of Bailll With Erenchyand. s ALl Teadot| oreig ste succeed | the man power bill in the house of | Seven lives were lost when the Amer s anglo of interest for the stock- | W i ith French and Came Back Lead- | ¢ ernin, according to @ VIenna | commons hefore ils passage on third | 1A steamer O. B. Jonnings and the | & e “"EC of 1N ! foisibe stosk g RWere repulsed, the Germans suffering heavy loss. e lbia i DavarinnlOmooe oy e aispaten: reading today Premier Lioyd Georgo | British steamer War Knight, both ‘; Crsgos e DN '\]‘ : " : The British at dusk on Tuesday, says a Reuter declared falr analogy could not bo |laden with naptha and inflammable | Who met here in annual session fo- igi ’ A War Departuent Head Coufer o drawn between the application of the | Oils, collided off the British coast on | day. Financial troubles did not bean p?rCh from British headquarters, were advancing t ) g ) i Baron Burian Stephen Burian von | yin" ¢, Treland and the attempt fo|March 24, according to members of | qown so hard as at mectings in re- | WYytschaete south of Ypres and were reported again td With President Wilson Itgavding | Rajecz was minister of foreign af-| G 410 American colonies agalnst| the crew of the O. B. Jennings Who | cent years, the federsl government holding the d they had 1 he fairs from September 15, 1914, to De- | ,04r will because In the latter case | 8rrived here today. All those Who | paving taken over the property and olding the ground they had lost there. g (:_H ‘t’w"l I-'r(‘1~1v'. \\hf»n he was SUC- | it \vas a matter of taxation without | Perished with one exception were on | pccumod the $43.000,000 of loating Washington, April ) [CeeC e v Count rnin whose place the British vessel. They were burned ] e representation and no other measure fhe TrUISh ¥ e indebted ich had repre- No Infantry Attack on French. fcan soldier has made ‘rance’” of self-government was claimed by sented by short terin notes S any sponsible body representing Those who suryived the flames on T topic of sdiscussion among the Paris, April 17.—Heav arti]lerv fightin occe L the War Knight were r i { i y g B cu London, April 17.—Prince von Ho- |Ireland in the house. The premier | the War Knight were rescued in the | early comers was as to the prosvec- | Jast night on the principal battle front between the So: z L, 2 = i nick of time by destroyers, for soon \ 5 hares henloe, chie of cou to Emperor j asked if it had ever been contended i s o . " tive return upon tI hare oE il e | Charles of Austrin-Hungary, has been | that the question bearing on organi- | #fter, while the blazing hulk was be- | company. The annual report for the and Oise, the war office reports. 8 S LG 5 ing towed toward ¢ water, it dischirzed, according to an Exchange ion of the army and navy and de- < Bl i ‘d ) BST s oint endar and fiscal vears end- Telczraph dispatch fro:n Copenhagen. | fense of the empire should be en- rugliafimine Bndiwes blown up, v mi : ing December was distributed yes- | oo T TN T ” ! e ouat ] : | Count Alexanden Hsterhagy brothers |irusted 6 any parliament except thie| .. T1© destroyers wemt to the rescue | ¢ rg \ehange in by-taws made | “MUST WIN THE WAR,” | report Br Alerly qualities of our men | | through a field of blazing oil and took | {1 e e s e | wim { | | | ALL DETERMINED TO missed as Chief of Court Unionists Discuss Bill and Consider | Ship Being Towed to Shallow Water | Stockholders, at Annual Session, Dis- L ] Situation Grave—Nationalists Leave Blown Up by Mine—Destroyers cuss Finances and Taking Over of ¢ PERFORM BEST TASK 9 LU Journcy to Europe. Secretary Baker today paper men who met him department. ish are both uniform | of the courage, endurance | “The big thing for amecrics o [ in-law of Count Rtevertata, has been | fmperial parliamer ; Ringiol { ‘ < - - appointed his successor N oo (ieforewlc 6 e renno ssAR Ut SR e B T of¢ BRISHOP LAWRENCE is to support the war,” he continued, | Itevertata, wi counseller of the | consent should be obtained, the same | BST OF the crew of the American ship “to support it financially and with | Austrian legation in Switzerland | argument, he said, could be applied firm belief. The right arm of Ameri- | Sounded out a IFrench envoy early in | to Wales or Scotland. He added that ' ca is in France. It is bared and ready | 1917 on the probable chance of open- | hoth conscription and the home rule osition to iss $16,768,000 in de- Out for Us, He Wytschaete although vith the were badly burned and had to be re- { moved to hospitals after being landed. he N w We Are in the Right -Work Is Laid meeti ad before it prop- the muct “The condition of the American troops,” he d, “is excellent. The) high, their behavior admirable their relations with the French and Commission Completes Investigation Wilson early today. The to strike. The rest of the body is |iNg peace negotiation. bill must be taken on their merits. 2 ANOTHER DPAFT GALL Lentures to refund or authority for confirmed at the time here in'the United States and it mt 'he Austrian government claims Ireland, after the report handed in |} raising funds for extensions; better- Says. dispateh support the arm. This support shouid | that France took the initiative, but| by the Trish convention, expected the St ments and equipments and to raify e -t e include subscriptions to Liberty | former Premier Ribot claims Rever- | government would do something and an sgrecment with the government| Boston, appll 17— The work o I 3 I L as well as moral support of | ata sought and arranged the meet- | American opinion supported Irish | FOrty-five Additional Men Will Bo | vegarding comnensation for use and i ch of ( “”x t ‘1” X 1d .]m\(, | e Favo) li-ywh h. + hig lence | ing. conseription provided Ircland was of- | Seng Out of New Britain on May [ OPEFAtion of ihe compwiws broperiy {3 S e sl e st :'l"“‘ . e : - — = t. This was 1li Whitney of New Haven retire vi as the key- | Flunders aging today with American Spirits High. fered glscll- coycrnmen A = e i reotorate. The ballot Mote of the 25th convention address | ible in > i Basel, Switzerland, April 17 considered the best means of carrying | 1, Draft Boards Learn Today. o e e R WitlaiiGoy || e - raphs sasel, Switzerland, Ay 7 R i proposed Walter B. Lashar, of Hridie~ dei ) eht Rev. Wil La pondent teuter's at the | s : \ 1 i 1 : Y tone of the Austrian and German | O the War and Grent BRI T | Members of the first and second |port in Mr. Whitney's place. other- rence. hishop of the Protestant Epis- ) army headqua As far g indicates a profound sensation | /(L T (O neent of ¥ | exemption boards today received an- | wise the hoard members’ nawes were copal diocese of Massachusetts at| jatest reports enables the corre: are all well physically and well in 2 been caused in those countries 00 S, (e Aol j‘mm, A ;h‘o other official call from the war de- | unchanged Attendance Wa J.,hv. Crinity church today. « to judge, the battle is gof ir ol e gk o cause of the downfall of Count| 270 M i partment, ordering them to select { when President K. j. Pearson called here is no half way measure,” he | favor of the British. The German people resent c ’I"w o . situation in Flan- | and send another increment of reg- |to orde: less than 50 persons belng | suid If we doubt or deny the Notwithstanding the desperal retirement of the minister and |, CORCERR B B SLELER (R U istrants for army service on May 1.[in the hall | risbteousness of this country in en- [ an attacks they have gained i 1 , nation was announced | " b S S G0 had lost nothing | Lhese men will go directly to Fort A brief veview of operations of the tering the war, then the quicker we ! ther ground since Tuesday md # British cordial and sympathet he e v campaign as his ’{_1‘,~ (j;" R s hINg | Slocum and the first district must |road, improvements, economits drop our arms the better, we should | yng apparently they have lost z81d e former Premier Tisza, | ¥ifal, ~Con. FURLEr 08 AE €0 |send 25, while the second district will | financing of $43,000,000 by the s be out of It, for it is a horrible bus- | puring his three years! ey “Ono rarely meets an American | COUNL Andrassy or another Hun Sl e e to amplify the annual statement. Iie ss. But if we believe that justice, | in the war zome, the corresp T TG S GO e s D VS GRS S e e ooy oah i M zhisjincrementistinlaadition tofthol [1aidiEtxaes lon Incrense tonn hauled humanity and civilization are at stake, | saye, he never Heard such terrk STt . i e e e 8 | os fanien ey omi ot disteicks ol willy anidinimlier [Of Dasseneels carried, 200 |iS wo Know that it is our duty to de- | unintermittent gunfire as ha =i ial SJLRl s e PRt L I o = lleave roxiCamplTp toalibetweeti prill M oRbEttr i BSOS bridges, {reight | fend our country from marauders, | on gince Tuesday afternoon. ;T only s Atesicans there “ard | BOLQ FACES DEATH | American army i coming across the | 5070 10 (572 e byeiios 1o men | terminale'and. trackase, | which. 3 | then our work i ald out for us 16 | ™ Jocording to.an Eecnanes _thos ! e te seas. He e g ry : 5 5 o i1l soc ow results. ight with all our migh | that will be scnt out from this city id, will soon sh g B graph dispatch from Paris th come home before the job is done | together firmly and steadfastly ; “Abstinence fr lcoholic drink | & ; Tt 5 e a) s b Bl ithin a few 3 Venner Objects to Issuc. A DCCIELIOM. 8:0000:C S S S (imans| have advanced - fEAN The impression one gets in France ARBED / 2 rson & “onsc Wi . ; ) oo : ,, "The Impression on gets in Tranco | G AS A DANDY | ™ carson "Supports Conseription. | ™S5 (3% T comption voard it | cuanien 1. Ve of | ew vors | it a5 necessary for s as for the sol- | 1810 " Gur St ot ana Gl eniin e e A g e s e 55 e e ot the | Was explained that there are still aljprotested against action on the » r. More than this, if the law pro-| ..., oy the southern slopes of o o b il said he would continue to support the | 1,50 pumber of men available for | suance of §16,75%,000 in debentures to hibits the sale of liquor to the sol- i for o O Traitor Wears New Suit and White | @7 power bill, addinsg: | service In Class 1A and even after the | exchange for Providence Security dier, why should it not prohibit the Sheets forces is con 1ed, it gives one the “Fven if you put Ulster in a subor- |, i = sale of liquor to the citizen? If the London Press Serious. fmpression’ of magnitude, thorough S i g e A ¢ I',) 0 men have gone on May 1 there |company's debentures of equal value, |5 I -itizen ? . ) ] Soreseon of , thorough- Gloves as Firing Squad 5 | dinate position to the rest of Ireland | ) pe about 300 left for future calls. las a suit brought by certain holders prohibition of drink is laid on the ere is no inclination to m ness and speedy accomplishment. No i d *with which it is now threatened, and | | "o 1 as the quota In class 1A is | of debenture bo in New York, tol|scldier for efficiency, it must also | the seriousness of the loss of e e s e | 1f you put me under a government of | < TG 1 ine “draft boards will be- | determine the validity of financial)be laid upon us all; else we are|leul and the possibility that it D e o ohman dabor T ! nationalists or Sinn Fein I support it | & " " 1) tho others in Class 1, re- | transactions following the purchase of | siackers. We have a civillzation to flead to the. necessity of aban Uit el Sl Rl B e e viarore 2| because no more detestable domina- | i qjees of their letter designation, | the Rhode Island lines is pending in | sustain as well as to save. Viren lanAlDassiueRARM drive on the west front. ' He said ¢hs |firing sduad in the forest of Vincennes ftion could be put overithe world than | |5y .r numerical order. In the|/the New York court. Ho hadl his e The Daily Graphic thinks it] s{tu,mm.\ : Km ! ;;‘ n ‘.\\-M\‘ covered by | €ar 10( oy, «w] -tu?t x'li u,! con«lnmt of the Germans.” anttme, however, it is thought | written statement spread an the rec- RAILROAD WAGE REPORT | be wise to withdraw the Premier Lloyd Georze when he stat- | demned traitor, lost entirely the at- I [ e oresiaent Wi v oea | troops from Passchendaele “td ed that alternate periods of cheerful- | titude of indifference he had main- | =y DOSSID ¢ 2o : : : 5 i i the bill calling for registration and Vice-President Buckland explained the risk of their being cut d ness and anxiety must he endurcd for | tained subsequent to and during his| Unionists Hold Grave Discussion o I : 2 ¢ e Toleone [ o o W e e e e | LoD . = sification of men who have at- | {he cement under which the gov- compelled to surrender. Th4 g . given the rifles spoke and Bolo| London, April 1 A lengthy meet- | tnined thelr majority since June & |ernment took over operation of the situation is made more serlous Baker Visits President. crumpled up with several bullets in;ing of the Unionist war committee | last. road. He also explained the refin-[ 4 progress Since January 21— |/loss ot Bailleul is obvioumisy Seceretary Baker's observations his head | was held in the house of commons | — S ancing of the floating indebted = would be dishonest to pretend : : £ Mol : 2 : 1= eI (AR GRS R (o - r -epresented by short term notes, by | sliding Scale for All Employes, RN . S Sy Escorted by several guards he 1 last night to consider the question of | ¢ 1 represen \ S 3 ves. Europe were laid ore Trresident |\ /"5 prison 45 minutes beforo | home rule in Ireland and the war. A SIMONS WANTS TO he government. He said that in a5 | W i iicion Apeil 17—The rau. | Zhe paper adds howeven o 4 G S e 3 oti certs ng hat the president snould bt s £ 3 } long as the Allied army rema his exceution. After leaving the auto- | Statement issued after the meeti . . o \ a | certaining w i . S i Do as the Allied to the White House shortly mobile at Vincennes he listened to the | said: “The discussion was a very FORECLOSE MORTGAGE | .y 6 the company for u L OF (o | toudl s Conl‘/n::‘ o i‘“s - l:spu;zd broken Germany's purpose is ) s i o : « s o (eI e properiy it was necessary to find out | ts recommendations of wages ° | tained while she is exhausti ter 10 o’clock and remained there ;»th» atian of a prison ¢ K:An‘n. Thion lazavelons i T i fl bt oner 1ex. This was | railroad employes and a report will} “5 5 70 05 T g0 ey e = ! his eves were bandaged and he went| ccording to the egraph, 1 P P Secretar; ig | S 2 i 1 IoBechy coniorence. { without a struggle to his . beforo | Sir IZdward Carson, the Ulster leade o .., | Dlaced at 1 milion. Out | be made to Secretary MeAdoo on his| ™q, . ospondents on the fron i x ’ > st f the | 2 SituERloRtO RIS IDIRCCRDOLOTC o o e : S Hilding Nclson, Hotel Nelson Inc, .y, he must pay $18,- | return from his Liberty Loan cam- The secretary said the story i B onen spoke in the interests of Ulster while of this ti yom 518, | the Germans have used up ; j ek he firing squad. d e S $ ot 4 . 000.000 for rentals of leased lines and | paign. The commission began its 2 & ; trip would be made public in | So much the better; I am de-|the other members urged that every and J. . Willis Named in e ik e ey bh their 200 divisions. ors fro e to {ime. e al as | lighted” Bo o, oh A sffort shou e made to secure a interestionin cebieCReny g St W ear far > much of ters from time to time. H lighted” Bolo exclaimed when awak- | effort should be ma D SeCur S11000 Adtion I e 000 A alianie tor diAdendatite It is understood the recommenda- We hear far too much wuthority for the statement that ths'ened this morning by Commandant | tlement of the home rule question EHEl Dctions e | s nir s iolaialnel s aToboriin losses, mistakes, difficult present system of giving out casualty Julien of the third court martial who | even at the sacrifice of long cherish 3 : 2 which will be addec C) € O e | of their failure to reach ap A - ; idore Simons has brought suit for * oy cent, saved in interest in the res | creases and that all employes, re- 3 jsts without addresses would be con- ! told him the hour of expiration had | principles | 5 . J | objectives on particular days @ ; i : oA foreclosure of a chattel mortsago ing $12.000,000 by the gov-| gardless of unior or non-union affilia- ' o°J ; 8 tinued ccretary returned to arrived. These were the ounly words| While nationalist Treland is making | ofac Llnontes N IS SRR e S i e half enough about the o America prepared to malke every ef- sboken by Bolo except for instructions | plans for resistance to conscription in O e e L L i e itlons, b treated) altke. & Thefrevision et ey are still Hpindl . % i S 1 Nelson. John F. Willis, Hilding president power to compel the putting | js the most extensive ever under- 3 fort toward cxpediting movement of | to the chaplain to take from his body | their country, the rest of the Unitec s Vi o nENvIsslentiDonS IR SRl e R B | R R R 1y ahGer” | Givisions from Russia,” the Amrican fighting men to France. silk lace handkerchief which ho | Kingdom -is more interested in th Eongandgticlote i e R g e st tments ot akion e liosunEReRRRORIMAt RS 00 Ll iGh e (FarEm v it e Members of Secretary e ced on his chest and give it to his | home rule bill which Georse 1es ¢ been !‘\”\'\('1 Coeon “‘; 'j"‘_;v " “ . "WH e s e g Ronit reserves in ty on the trip to Europe g Y brother, Monsignor Bolo. The con-|announced in the house of commons i el ]( ‘_" ,,\‘ o LAND FORCE until allied statesmen stop dri today new details about the exploit of = demned man went ta his execution in | the government would introduce and i : ¢ sold his inter \ i ‘ ) : : dreams, and do somethi Col. Douglas MacArthur, the former 2 New suit of clothes, brought to the | pass or pail in the attempt. c in char j Foree L por Cent. Dividend. | oo | compel the enemy to stop 363 war department cersor, who recently Drison by his brother, and wgearing| The home rule bill it is understood > pile up aszains Stockholders asked what the ‘divi- | 10 sevman Troops Invade Capital | (B8 (08 B8 jined a French company in storming White gloves will take the form of a measure i writ was issued by - auld amount to and Mr. Buck- e of Finland. SRSy r ST s s S i il reland rney Russell Mink and ) ought it might be one per cent. .ondon, April 17.—The Germans a trench and came back with a pris- ore setting forth from the prison | amending the government of Irelar ind thoug! & I i b : | R U sner. | Bolo asked to be permitted to partake | passed just before the outbreak of scrved e Fred Winkle ‘e matter rested with the president [ have landed 40,000 troops at Helsing- | CATCH DESERTERS, GET of communion. the war hut the adoption of which & iy mad ¢ L to the city cou and will be determined by the amount | fors, according to an Exchange Tulv-’ amp Grant, Rockford, Ilis Goi with the I'rench by special permission, the cclonel was missing len the action was over. He soon | internment at Vincennes was gone|the wi General opinion favors on the face of 158 LGB TIONNE S SR d, leading a big Bavarian | through and then the body 1was | meas which could be ap- WEATHER. 1 available might to Le high as| AIRMAN KILLED INSTANTLY. oficer by the ear with cne hand and |turned over to Bolo's family, || Sisin ey, Aopribraat e FOKIE i 1-2 per ¢ {here was mo cer-| Hamilton, Ont, April 17.—Cadet cwinging a riding whip with the | {land. Several motions s ng the | Hartford 17.—Fore- || tainty that 1l ividend would be| Edward B. Bonynge, of New Jersey | that was Instantly killed and his pilot ser- reply to a question, | fously hurt in an airplane accident today. He was to! leave for overse: ed On Eleventh Page). service shortly. After the execution the form of an | was suspended during the period of : of net surplus made available. While [ graph dispatch from Copenhagen. 17.—A clique of ten men in ¢ is said to have reaped about in rewards of $50 each for turn of men classed as desertent specialize in foreign born me neither read or speak Engh special policeman assigned to! rartment of justice is saild wember of the gang. other. Col. MacArthur, who i WA ig s introduction of a federal system al- cast for New and vi- of stuff of one of the Amierict ; PERUVIAN CABINET RESIGNS. | pendy have appeared in the house cinity: Rain late tonight o i ns was decorated Lima, Peru, April 17.—The Peru- - Thursday: cooler Thursday. )\ | vian cabinet has resigned. 1 (Continued On Bleventh I SR 1