New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 24, 1918, Page 1

wetion will be > and | HERALD BEST OF ALL | | LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HER? HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER = BUSINESS - - PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW I;RITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1918. —.TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876. s MACHINE COMPANY 10 FRECT LARGE SOUTH END PLANT Directors Approve Construction of Building on South Street “"At Cost of $126,000 3000 FOOT FRONTAGE ON ‘NEW HAVEN' ROAD P’.'rvlmw of 133 Acres From Cedar Hill Dairy Co. Makes Possible Ex- pansion of Concern and Frection of Structure for Pressed Steel Work— p Stock ivomx Increase in Capital $1,250,000 Soon Predicted. Directors of the New Dritain ¢hine Co. today voted to purchase 133 agied of land of the Cedar Hill Dairy | Co., on South street which is « by the Theodore M. At early date a mew factory building, 100 by 340 feet, will be erected on the property. The chase and new factory building hit of future development bm pan Stanley estate. in holly government work. saction of recent years in was of greater Importance. in the company capital tion will probably be neccossury there are no immediate The meeting of the director day is a special one called purpose of considering the Thd transaction is the samoc . The Herald referred to in a: sive item several weeks avo time The Herald told of the e sive surveys then b made the possibility of the sudcessful mination of the transac altho na cul- iow not specifically mentioning the prop- | erty for governmental reasons. Plans have been partly completed ~ % the erection of the new Building. 1f present plans carry through, the work on the factory will be in prog- ress in a\short time. The eonstruc- practicaty identical to the present government building ing erected at Chestnut street, oppo- site the New Britain Machine Co. nlgnt. The building will in length and 100 feet in building on Chestnut street is 70 feet wide. The extra width is the new building will be obtained by the construction of a lower roofed por- tion, such as is seen on the north side of the Chestnut street structure. The archite ill have the plans specifications ready shortly and will be submitted to the con- tractors for figures. The cost of the building may be in exc ot ,000. width. The The site selected for the first build- | ing to be erected is on the flats, yond the Berlin branch of the road. It will be nec spur track for a distance of about 1,200 feet. The location will not in- Yerfere with any of the present build- #cs on the property, New Contracts Received. The New Britain Machine Co £ regularly receiving new contracts for government work nd the federal authorities are seeking increased pro- ductions from this firm. The erection of the building now in progress uses all the available land in the nity of the central plant. The new purchase consequently implies that the future development of the com- pany factories will be on the new site. The vast acreaze will admit of great expansion and fin ipping fa- cilities. The land 3,000 feet on the the New York, New ford railroad. It has a frontage on #outh street, the street being rorthern bounds of the property. The Standard Brick Co. is on the south. The plans are to utilize the new building foy work on pressed steel. The pressed steel work is now dis- tributed about the plant on Chestnut street. Greater efficiency will be ob- tained through the assembling of the work under one roof and the space wow occupied will be given over to be- rail- ary to build u Berlin branch bther equally important work on war | raunitions No figures on the price paid for the | obtainabled. Messrs. Grogan and tenants on the property, lease for the use of houses, parns and other buildings on Quroperty. The lease runs for vears. Sin the not interfere, the dairy tinued. There are two houses, varns and a big dairy several smaller structures on the land The transaction of today is one of land are Hatfield great importance in the development The additional factory building will have to aid the development of The new Landers, Frary & Clark factory in connection with the itrade education shop and the Cham- building will give employment to a large working force Real estate | developments will follow naturally as want to live near of the southern part of the city. *4 tendenc the section. ber of Commerce when in full operation. the operatives will their work As this locality develc city (Continued Un Eleventh Page). Ma- | ned | pur- will of the business, which is now al- No the | An | it. | had subscribed for well over be- | be 340 feet | { vi- has a frontage of | of | Haven and Hart- | are having a dairy the three building pilans will will be con- | four building and v | mon council this evening. MR. AVERAGE MAN Than Others, A. J. Sloper Says TOTAL HERE $1,100,750 Nation'’s Total Goes to $1,700,094.850— Hartford Subscribes Morc $13,000,000—Connecticut Second in New England States Campaign. “The average earning man is pur- ng Liberty Bonds of the Third > generously than in previous said Chairman A. J. Sloper, of berty Bond sales ‘committee, today. On Tuesday the subscriptions !for the day actually taken through | banks amounted to $100,750, making the grand total of” the sales today | $1,100,750. “We are surely going over the top. Our committee is determincd and we | are being generously supported,” said | Mr. Sloper. The rally last night, report of which { Will be found in another column, was a great success. Country’s Total $1,700,094,850. Washington, April 24.—Telegrams | to the National Liberty Loan head- | quarters today told of $43,000,000 new subscriptions, bringing the tatal to $1,700,094,850. A score of big cities | were reported ready to go over the | top of their quotas. Hartford Over $13,000,000. Hartford, April ment at local Libert, | ters this afternoon w: 24.—Announce- Loan headquar- s that Hartford $13,- 1 000,000 worth of bonds. This does | not include the district outside the L lcily: | Connccticut Second in N. E. Boston, April 24.—An over-night gain of $12,422,000 reported today through the federal reserve bank | Boston, lifted the New Ingland Lib- ! erty Loan subscribtion total to $144, 156,000, -which is ahout 58 per cent £ minimum «duota. tes was: 13,0005 Connec- RRhode Island, 04,000; New Vermont, $4, | | | Aps 38,000 Maine I its ire, subscribed and with 70 per cent all New ‘IEng- ceticut scéond. STEELE T0 RESIGN? of | lana quota states | Current Rumor in City Iall Int- mates That Police Commi.“mpor May Be Asked to Withdraw, According to persistent rumors afloat in City hall it is intimated that | Police Commissioner Howard | Steele may soon resign from that body. The rumor goes even further and in- timates that Mayor Quigley is said to | be considering penning a brief note to his oflicial requesting his resigna- tion. The term of Police Commissioner Steele does not expire until next | vear, as he was appointed a year ago | for two years. Mr. Steele was a member of the former safety board | which caused so much trouble in the | mayor’s official family and his | appointment last year was a surprise |to many. It is said that Mr. Steele's | actions, not only as an official, but {also during -the recent mayoralty campaign, has brought down on his head the wrath of the mayor. | | TRIBUTE TO M. 5,000 Gift for General Manager of Associated Press. New York, April 25.—The twent ve years of Melville . Stone's ser ice general manager of The As- | sociated Press were commemorated | yesterday in a luncheon of members | in connection with the annual meet- |ing at the Waldorf-Astoria, in which tributes to Mr. Stone's services to journalism and the nation were given by Frank B. Noyves of The Washing- ton Star, | Press; Victor F. cago Daily Lawson of The Chi- News, Adolph S. Ochs of | The New York Times, and General seorge H. Taylor of The Boston Globe, members of the board of di- rectors, and C. M. Houssaye, New York representative of The Agence | Havas. A volume entitled “M. F. S.: His Book” had been prepared for the | occasion, and a copy of the limited | edition privately printed by Harper | & Brothers was given to each mem- "bcr of the association. Mr. Stone's own copy was specially bound and | inscribed, and contained twenty-five | $1,000 Liberty Bonds, one for each year of service, | The contents of the book included a biographical sketch of Mr. Stone by tor ¥. Lawson, Frank B. Noyes, ¥rederic B. Jennings, Judge Peter S. | Grosscup, and Frederick W. mann, and articles and addres; Mr. Stone. i REO CONTRACT READY. The board of police commissioners will submit the confract for the sale of two Reo automobiles to the de- | partment at the meeting of the com- Chairman King regards the edwtract a most ad vantageous one for the city, Third Loan Even More Popular Than | of | | the M. | { tempt to break through re- | | of some of the | this hard fight. president of The Associated | John Palmer Gavit, tributes by Vie-| ped and made a KILLS FOUR BOGHES Then Leads His Men in Daring Charge to Victory IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING Citation of Local Soldicr for Bravery Causes Great Enthusiasm in City— T¥ie Is Veteran of Spanish-Ameri- can War. How Captain Alfred H. Griswold of this city, thrice surrounded by Ger man soldiers in the town of Seiche- prey and in immediate danger of be- | ing killed or taken a prisoner of war, | fought them single-handed | with | Colt’s | stubbornly and succeeded in Kkilling three well directed shots from his and he automatic clubbed the fourth to death with butt of his pistol, and then rallied his men together and led them in the final chary that re- claimed the town for the American forces, is graphically told in a cable- gram to the New York World by their special war éorrespondent, Jo- seph W. Grigg. City Enthused at News. The first intimation that New Brit- ain people had of Captain Griswold act was gleaned from the columns of the Herald last night when they read a brief account of his being men- tioned in dispatches. Scldom has a war dispatch caused more interest in this city than has this one concerning the valor of one of New Britain's | native sons. Everywhere it has caused the greatest enthusiasm and, it is said, has stimulated in no small way the sale of Liberty Bonds. Is Voteran of Spanish War. Ca eran of 24 years ser tional Guard, is a veteran of the Spanish-American war when he served as sergeant in Company I of old First Connecticut. became captain of this company and was in command when the city of Waterbury was put under martial law at the time of the big strike. A num- ber of years ago he was placed on ce in the Na- | the reserve list, but was recalled for nctive duty at the time of the Mexi- can trouble two years ago. At the death of Captain Henry F. Ladbury of Company I, Captain Griswold was given command of that unit and led it out of New Britain a year ago this month. When the First and Second Connecticut regiments were amalga- mated, Captain Griswold was trans- { ferred from Company I and placed in | command of Company C, which has in its personnel a number of Middle- town men as well as some from this city. Since going across iriswold has also been detailed as acting battalion major. In cabling the story of the battle at Seicheprey, the World cor- respondent states that about 1,200 German shock troops were against the American forces in an at- and crush them and destroy their morale. At the time his dispatch was filed the correspondent said that 300 German dead had Deen counted and the Am- ericans were once more in possession of the town from which they had been temporarily driven. Continuing in de- tail the correspondent writes: apt. Griswold Kills Four. “] am now able to give the names many officers who distinguished themselves The units on the right end of the section attacked ap- pear to have borne the brunt of the onslaught, Captain Alfred H. Gris- wold of New Britain, being under the heaviest fire of all. Capt. George C. Freeland and Capt. Joseph Felsted, both of New Haven, Machine Gun Captain Hartford were not so badly hit. “It was to Captain Griswold to whom 1 referred in my dispatch of vesterday as having been surrounded at least three times, and greatly mans, using the butt of his weapon on the head of the fourth. He is r ported as having finally led his men ! in the charge that re-took the village of Seicheprey.” Before leaving for the front Cap- tain Griswold was employed in this city as a mechanic and lived with his | Shuttle | o held last evening to nominate a wife and family at 217 Meadow avenue. Another Buave Soldier. A story of another instance of in- dividual bravery is also related by the World correspondent, but mo name is mentioned. His account of the thrilling incident follows: “One of the most conspicuous acts of bravery vet recorded among American forces in France goes to the credit of an American soldier of German ancestry, 1t was through his fearlessne under fire and his devo- tion to his friend that the latter now convalescing in a hospital while the German-American himself has won an enviable position with 1 whole regiment. “In a recent r \merican soldier fire and the comrade is id by was Americans ong hit by shell rered rman-Ame the heavy fire, tournaguet wounded man his w his v knec His ( despite Then over to swung the 1 retraced the ptain Alfred H. Griswold, a vet- | Later he | Captain | reat | o4t | second company, thrust | | reach was | sniper. in | £ | to learn that the marines | ous Parker and Lieut Pickett of | | Second | Plattsburs. to France. ! | { boat apparently | captured in each case, but who, with an automatic pistol, killed four Ger- | | The four members deadlo | 8. Odenkirchen, who lost | tion by | ma the | | show his | GAPTAIN GRISWOLD |GERMANS RESUME OFFENSIVE WITH | ~ BUYING UP GONDS ASSAULT ON BRITISH SOMME LIN MEMBER OF BATTERY THAT FIRES FIRST SHOT FOR AMERICA KILLED. Titchburg, Mass.,, April 24. ——Second Lieut. Lawrence S. Ayer of this city, a member of the battery that fired the first American shot in the war, was killed in action on April 20, according to information re- ceived here today by his uncle, William E. Aver. Lieut. Ayer, 24 years of age, was graduated from Dartmouth in 1916, w commissioned at Plattsburg and went to France last Aug- ust. LIEUT. EDDY ORDERED TO MARINE CORPS | High Standing in Scholarship in An Officers’ School Recognized— Trench Experiences. In recognition of high standing in scholarship during a two months’ course in the office training school {for the use of automatic guns and LIEUT. H. LESLIE EDDY. hand grenades, Lieutenant H. Leslie Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Eddy of West Main street, was re- cently assigned to a special detail for observation work in the trenches. He has now been assigned to the Eighty- Sixth United States Marine Corps, somewhere in France. Lieutenant Iddy had a standing of 100 in one study and 98 in each of two others . While on observation in the trench- es, Lieut, Eddy had numerous thrill- ing experiences, to which he briefly refer sin a letter received here. He was only a short distance from a. spot where a German shell dropped. For- tunately the time fuse on the shell | did not operate and there was no ex- | plosion from the concussion. Another almost within arm’s | off by an enemy time a soldier picked To many it will be a great surprise are numer- in the front line of trenche Many of the marine corps companies | have been drilled as infantry organ- | izations, specially for trench work. At the time of writing Lieut. Eddy was | Minister For Foreign | tion | his ! vious | munist | the | portfolios and is about to lead his platoon into the trenches for his first actual trench war work. TLieut. Eddy is a graduate of the Officers’ Training camp at | He was imediately sent | MEMBERS DEADLOCKED | Fourth Warders Can’t Agree On | Choice For Councilman to Fill Va- cancy. ward Council the fourth Common A meeting of members of the councilman from the ward to fill a va- cancy caused by the election of Councilman Richards to be alderman. ed on the Councilman Lincoln renomina- pri- va- choice. Former narrow margin in the a candidate to fill the cancy. Howard Draper is also condidate. The campaign against fo mer Councilman Odenkirchen Lased on his attendance at council meetings. Those opposed to him claim that he has been derelict in at- tendance. The records of the counci that in the first year there meetings and he m only hd the second vear his there were meetings he i is were 21 sed of and seven m ATHER. fartford, for New nity: Paip cooler April 2(.—Vore- Britain and vi- tonight and tonight. | at | erowd Survivors of Belgian Coast Attack Confident Bruges Cana! is Blocked; Attack Follows Heav Bombardmen t ax Alied Seamen Defy Storm of Shells! Battle is Believed London, April 24.—Not the mouth of the canal at Zeebrugge blocked, but British sailors and marines who participated in the raid on the German submarine bases be- lieve they destroyed every gun on the Mole, demolished the sheds througli- out its entire length and blew up large stores of munitions, according to stories given by the survivors to the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at a Kentish port. Until they were within a of the harbor of Zecbrugge. in the attacking force had picked up the light on the Mole. The attacking ship which started for the Mole fol- lowed by muttered calls of ‘“good luck” from the shin’s company and escorting fleet outside the harbor, had scarcely got within sight of the light only was half mile no ships MOTONO OUT OF JAPANESE CABINET \fairs Resigns, Probably Because of Interven- tion in Siberia. London, tono, affairs, dispatch 24, Viscount Mo~ Japanese minister for foreign has resigned, says a Reuter’s from Tokio. of Japunese interven- prot led to the Ichiro Mo- ministry of Aprii The question tion in Siberia withdrawal « tono from fthe which he had been the he ince November, 1916, when Count au- chi formed the pre have heen count M wit Te that Vi in connec hut were recently sht re Siberian for such isn situation action the explanations | scant Viscount Motono, who s presept title in July, 1416, Japanese ambassador to Russia pres to his elevation to the foreign Since his graduation University of Lyons, France, has been connected with the ese foreign ofiice and has minister to minister France was he served as Belgium and be succeeded s held er of the na- hointed of yunt will Baron Motono who me; tional commission year for foreign by Coto, sever ast the discussion 29 FOUND GUILY AFTER HINDU TRIAL Frauz Bopp and German Associates Convicted of Conspiring Against Neutrality of U, San nine p consular h were found ury in the fec spiracy to violate the neutrality the United States through plot ment revolution t British in India. A verdic returned in the case of John Craig. The German defendants vere not entitled 1o bail Judge Van Fleet ruled. The following were held pend- ing sentence: Franz Bopp. sul general at haik, vice counsel; dorff, body guard to Brincken, military attache of German consulatc: Walter Verbach, navigating officer of the German gun- Captain Idwin Deinat, of the steam merchantman Honolulu; Captain Heinrich ler of the merchantman Hilo, and Henry Kauffman, lor of the German consulate. The bail of each Hindu was fixed at April 24.—Tw termer G nessmen ity nty- rman and today neisco, Hindus, bu on ot early rule German Jrancisco; H. von Charles Atten- Wilhelm former Geier comms tla”, German der interned FElba, commane German interned $25,000. was in- incident in the day when Ram Killed Ram Chandra, Singh was in turn the revolver of fired ken in the trial matic Public interest creased by a drs courtroom = Singh and a co-defendant Killed . B over shot from Holohan of the e courtreom the factions federal that Singh by a in wAC by a Ma the 1 who panic stri in The shooting wis feud between rival Hindu defendants, said, and to the dislike between Chandra and had heen heightened versy nd property ult of a of the officers existed which contro- over Iz Canada. MAJOR THAW A Enec- Day. \irman Brings Down Batlon Ame an Same William LaFayette among nce, hav- adversary same my Plane and on Paris, April Thaw, commanding flying coirps. is the “a in a tion in ¥ brought down his a captive balloon 24.—Major the counted ing firs day. BT hits past month opponents in jor Thaw accounted acrial encount within the for three | parently was hit sent cabinet. There | given | rom | Japan- ¢ to | | ton Japan’s { { Hormidas i minski. { ville al court of con- ! to fo- | t of not guilty was | con- von | the | steamer “Aplers”, ath chancel- when it was discovered by Star shells instantly the thick haze, showing cruiser as clearly though been daylight In one second it seemed as if every battery in the neighborhood had con- centrated its fire on the cruiser. How she those watching her understood. Gr 17-inch shells and other smaller on flew around her like hail. She ap- by some of the smaller ones but she plunged ahead and was seen to turn the corner of the Mole and most of the damage done was above the water line. Thought Americans Were Coming. Disregarding all that happened, the mans up the it had (Continued On Tenth Page). SIX GIVE LIVES IN BATTLE WITH ENEMY Gen. Pershing’s Latest Cas-/ ualty List Includes 43 Names. Washington, April 24.—The ualty list contalned 43 names, divided cas- w3 follow action 6; died of wounds of disease 11; wounded 10; slightly wounded 13. Lieut. Renville Wheat is the officer named. He was wounded. The list Killg Killed in }: o died se. verely only slightly follows: n action—Sergeants Joshua K. "'Broadhead, Orville G. Fuller; Corporal Frank P, Gordon; Charles W. Foote, Felix M. Roger Wilson. Died of {vounds—Corporal 5 ooks: Wagoner John C. well: Private Cnarles B. Knutson. Died of a se—Sergeant James A. Mulii Privates Guisseppe Baldi, Clarence Bashaw, Leroy Cook, ald H. Munn, Ben Newell, Ora New- dd, John N. Tweten, Winifred R. Vaux. Karl Wagner, Weston werely Frank Bur- wounded—Corporal Vinal B. Ridecout: Privates Steve Adoms, Desrochers, John W. Cos- William E. Loper, Edward H Thomas Morrison, Louis Garrard Stillings, Carl L. Monahan, i1. Palner, Witham Aty Whe wounded-—ILicutenant Battalion Sergeant Major 1. Houseworst, Jr.; Sergeant W. Cocker Corporal Ar- thupy D. Muirhead: Bugzlers Frederick D. Hurrell, r] H. Ramage; Privates Walter Cheever, Raymond g Crowel John Crowley, William J. Graham, Gaze Guernsey, KKowalezyk, John R. Stoddard. Joseph Charles Two on Canadian List, —The following cang are included in sualty list, issued last Ottawa, April names of Ame the night Wounded Vermont. Gassed—C. Mas: D. M. Morrison, Corinth, Chabeaneau, Brockton, SWISS OUT OF HUCK CASE | Government at Berlin Decides Not to “Holsa- ! Press Claim for Citizenship of Bos- ton Orchestra Leader. Washington, April 24.—The Swiss government has decided not to press claim of Swiss citizenship for Dr. Karl Muck, formerly leader of the Boston Symphony orchestra, now in- terned at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as a dangerous German. This elim- inates all danger of complications with Switzerland over the case. Hans Sulzer, Swiss minister, examining records of the department of justice concerning the case was satistied, 1t was said today, that Muclk had repeatedly claimed German citi- zenship and consequently the United States was justified in interning him. after WOMEN OF Dublin ing yesterday colved to oppose industrial well military conscription. Women work- ers pledged themsclves to undertake no work previously done by men. April 24.—At a labor meet- at Athlone, it was re- PARIS GETS AIR SCARE. Paris, April 24.—Airplanes having been heard coming towards Paris an air raid larm was gven shortly before midnight but no airplanes reached the Paris district according to an of- the Ger- | pierced | was able to get ahead none of | | inflicted severe | a German_attack | evening was ‘Yepuised. Privates | Olivia, | : the Don- | John Hodges | Ren- | Anthony | ATHLONE REBEL. | oo | to at their respective boards ficial statement issued today. be in Full Swing | FRENCH DEAL DEATH ON FLANDERS FRON | Allicd Artillery Szid to Have Inflict Heavy Loss on FEnemy—Englis Drive Off Targe Attacking Forg Northwest of Meryille and North west of Albert — Franco-Bri Line Bombarded. With the British Army in Frang April 24 (By the Associated P —The Germans began a heavy dment of the British positions the Somme sector this morning an the latest reports says an attack in progress. Northwest of Albert early tod enemy troops which advanced fro their trenches for an assault Wwel driven back by the British fire. No west of Merville a large concentr tion of Germans was dispersed the British artillery. French Repulse Attack in Fland London, April 24.—Strong Ge attacks developed last evening s Dranoutre, on the Flanders front, b were repulsed by French troops, war office announces. Heavy infantry attacks are repoi ed to be in progress this morning the Albert sector and also betwef he Somme and Avre rivers. The French and British losses on the attack. northwest of Albd early yester: ba artille G4 the Flanders front in the m.ang Oon Enemy Artilles Paris, April 4 tillery has been tremely heavy ranco-British Scmme and the en-Santerre and war office Hammers at Lin “The German | conducting an bombardment on 4 front .between Avre near Hangi Viller s(onng reports toc PRESIDENT OPPOSES ADDING TO ENEM i senator King TLearns Wilson's Vi by Call at White House—Rea- sons Kept Secret. shington, April 24.—Definite position to a declaration of war Bulgaria and Turkey at this time incicated by President Wilson to at a confergnce with Senator Kin Utah wh ently introduced a lution calling for war with countries. Senator King sought the p! i dent’s view as result of the debaf the senate yesterday on a resolu by Senator Brandegee of Connectl asking the senate foreign relati committee for immediate action the King resolution, POWDER PLANTS BLOWN Large Factories at Glasenbach, stroyed With Heavy Casualties ported—Incendiarism Suspe London, April 24.—German ni papers received at Zurich say large powder factores at Glasenb near Salzburg, 156 miles southwel Vienna, have been destroyed, cording to a dispatch to the change Telegraph Co., from Swif] land. The explosions, which are lieved to have been caused by cendiaries, are said to have res in heavy casualties. TIME SET FOR DEPARTUR Men Going to ¥ort Slocum on M Will Entrain At 8:04 A, M, The local men, 45 in number, are scheduled to leave on May 1 Fort Slocum, Y., will entral the local passenger station at 8:0 m., according to orders receive the first and second draft boardd day. Within a day or two each b have a complete list of t who are to be selected go at time, In the meantime all have been made for the ve at 8:04 a. m. F for Camp Upton and they to preparaj men who riday mo will re tomo: evening to get flnal instructions, Included in the draft increm leave on Friday will be about colored men and they were give farewell reception last evening in chinists’ hall by their friends. freshments were served and d enjoyed, while a collection wash which insures these men of & ful supply of tobacco. F