New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL § § LOCAL NEWSPAPERS - HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS BRICE THREE ([NTS NE\V BRX FAIN CONNECTICUT THUR DAY APRIL 25, 1918 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876, French Driven Out of Town in Path of German Advance on Channel After Stub Battle--Haig’s Forces Successfully Resist Three Attacks KAISER EXPOSED AS | ANTIRISH DRAFT LIAR BEFORE WORLD MEETING DISPERSED Gezmany Proved to Have Pre-\Mrs Sheehy- Ske md[on Not Per- | pared for War Belore Declaration mitted {o Speak in San Francisco | PUBLISH VON PAPEK LEITER POLIGE PREVENT RESCUE, Note From War Ministry Asked Con- | Famous Irishwoman and Chairman of | cerning Methods Employed to Blow Meeting Taken to Headquarters, Up Zrains—Another Told of cat | But Former Is Not Detained—T. P. Activities on July O’'Connor in Washington. skington, April declarations of the #ndiof Hindenbur, do'ff that the war Germany, and assertions samwe sources that tik Iy surprise mobilization, attaches terest to certain ptain von Papen, luate iche at 'Washinzton Among the papers publ ish government in & R try peated German ecmperor | 1d vor Ludea- fo 1 upon the } { San Francisco, April 25.—Agents o | the Department of Justice last night | broke up a meeting addressed by Mrs. | Hannah Sheehy-Skeiiington, widow of | a leader of the Sinn Kein rebellion in | M Ireland, forcibly removed her from the n | Platform, and detained the chairman | | i was by Ra ular ken | of the meeting, William Short. A pa- trol wagonload of tered sev- cral gathering: attempt to resctic and - Short be tha | cOUld 4 Mrs. in- police sc reir pape t from | military at-} put into ex Sketlin in a downto vho wen at tha dey rtment. of Jt use of the pre obtaining cution was scheduled to 1 auditorium, but » the building were doors, the expla- the build- instructions of had denied | mises ither the hed by White [ von Wiid speak persons turned @w nation be bt ing, actin cvent of 4 r the De The point is that this I ter was written March 12, 19i4,{ Later aboat five months before the aut-! gy wreak of war. This letter says: “According news several railway trains we by revoiutionaries during &, Mexico. In order to form opinion whether in the event e} a Burcpean war explosions of this k wo hiave to be reckoned wi'h ig requesied that if possible inf: tion should be obtained as to Tho these attacks have been carried out. Were mines and explosives placed on lines were little guarded, were attackg carried out on train igniting charge of dyr mite, by the employment of ‘ernal chines?” Von Papen Disapproved of Tdes aptain von Papen replying from where it is now known ha industriously planting the se the German propaganda and tablishing connections for Germany to use in the event that she should war upon the United States, did nc regard the operations of the Mexica revolutionaric of particular value. TFop months later wrote from Mexico City: #I am convinced from personal evi- dence that all the rccent cases of de- struction of railway sion were brought lynamite under then igniting rent as soon as the appointed out of the prepared in this way be reckoned with in They are only possible n in to von Par 1 garding the best means of blo rallroad trains in the pes AT, s info nis o hall city, poken half an in Ireland Department to the sidewalk. ding to the authorities, crowd endeavored not to { permit the meeling to be disrupted. Accompanied by Mrs. Skeffington, he s taken to the police station, wher was booked en route to the U. S hal's office. eflington was detained at tho station until the crowd had disperse | She then was released. The meeting which Mrs. Skeflingfon | | was ta have addressed at a downtown auditorium was called by the People's Council of America. in Mrs. hour when Justice daif Skeffington gainst | agents | escorted Then, | Short and a section haa conscription of the her acc to yaper e 2 b up the tro W which the by or m or d. tha he I in- Me “was dr <ico, s Washington, April nor, the Irish nationalist leader, who has been en a tour of the West, was here. today ta lay before government officials the Irish attitude toward the British conscription plan. He said at Chicago Irishmen had urged him to { come. “With | added, seriptio scarcely . O'Connor at Washington, 1 . O'Con- es- as four any 3¢ them ostility proposal to with myself,” he the present con is induced, I need say, not by any desire to weaken in any way the arm of BEng- land or her allies in the vigorous pros- ccution of the war, but in the convic- tion t the way to attain the result we all want to see is to sive Ireland at once her long-overdue parliament, which then would be in a posltian it- self to throw Ireland full strength into the struggle for freedom.” lines about y explo- by burying | the line itself and it by an electric cur- the train had reached place, I consider it question that explosions would have to Kuropean war. on lines that [U\L‘ | partment, | of the are ill guarded which, “ountry, often pass for revolutionary districts, pretection other than pilot train. Infernal machines so far as I know have never been employed.” as s Draft of Bill Held Up. London, April 25.~—A difference ot opinion has prevented the committes appointed to draft a Home Rule bili Prepared for War July 25, 1914, | for Ireland from elaborating a det- Anothor letter to von Papen from | inite scheme as speedily as was hoped, he manager of the Potsdam branch | the Yorkshire Post says in a dlspatch \f Disconto-Gesellschaft, has this | from London. Certain ot Fostseript | the committee are standing rec- s e | ognition of Ulster's position. | T Meanwhile the plan is being S R e ed ~The Unionists r stocks fell today | it as desirable in an SR 1nd tegards | eralism that Ulster “R. MIMEL.” |cluded as unit. | { in this miles ‘through | nd have no members for never before seen such | war as being German government one per cent. dis gard | scheme of fed- should be ine ar: ely. This letter was regarded as of par- Wicnlar interest the British com- pilers of the cor spondence in view TO REGISTER WOMEN f its date July 25, 1914, while ne- | cotiations were still in progress to : avoid Evidently Dr. Dumba, ustri minister to the United States. recalled at the request of the United States, did not appreciate until the last moment the danger in which he was placed by his own ma- ~¢hinations for optimism character- Ized his last letter to von Papen tated at Lenox, Mass., September 1, by war. | i o | 7 { Mayor Quigley Notified to Enroll all | Female Encmy Aliens in This Cit —Police Wili Have Charg Mayor ation Gregory rollment splendidly in | e Quigley today rec from Attorney General calling for an immediate | and registration of all Who are alien enemies. This Dumba If only the | ter will be at once turned ov ardanelles holds out. Bverything | the police department and the ended happily in Washington and | partment of justice will forward \ready think they hear the | necessary papers. The registration peace ringing. We have not !mum will be announced later, but .ngth yet, but it just shows | is expected that the number of wom- effect it produced by | en will be about equal to the num! and a light hand.” of male alien ived noti- en- wom- mat- to are wrote doing de- all people bells of waot that le what a good good words enemies registe ain | and three ¥ LINER ST. PAUL OVERTURNS AT PIXR IN ATLANTIC PORT Crack Steamship of Awmerican Line, Registering 11,629 Tons, Had Come From Neérby Drydock—Seacocks Believed to Have Been Left Open—Ropes Keeping Her From Going Under Water. An Atlantic Port, April The American 'liner turned at her pier here today. The St. Paul, one of the crack steamships of the American line, regi tered 11,629 tons gross. For many years she has been in transatlantic service and during the war has taken to Europe and brought back as pas- sngers many noted persons. The vessel is lying on her port side. Tt were left open. So far as known no one was cials have taken charge of the situation, The St. Paul did not sink She lies ove sh but her m d oss the roof aiding in holding placed there by jumped the Apin, There borers aboard at she overturned. The St. Paul, d come from drydock at Many men been steamer St. Paul supposed her seacocks The military offi- is injured turned with of the pier workmen, were between her shed. some deck artl Rope of whom and 600 la- st he water in e the time earlier h appeared to the hold of from the the holes in into 500 a nearby ship basin. wor have ing warped in said she had a decided | list at the time ,indicating the inrush o } of water or shifting of ballast, what- !ever the cause, began sometime be- SaW | fore she reached the pier. Workmen who escaped by jumping | into the water said they feared some of their number had been caught be- |low. The refusal of the military au- also | thorities to allow representatives of see men at work |the press within the barred zone of the hull cut- |surrounding the pier made it difficult with gas flamo |{o obtain information as to whether there had been loss of life. At least six men were drowned and number of others are missing, ac- cording to some of the workmen, who re allowed to leave the pler. Five of the known dead were laborers | ind one was a member of the ship’s be- | er CAPT. GRISWOLD SAYS: imprisoned in the ship. Observers tops buildings overlooking piers the pa water letting ladders and bringing up the had been imprisoned Passengers on a passing vessel reported they could on the exposed part ting holes in the sid torches. Police rescuers cutting the hull t of down men who above and firehoats prevented the approach of all other craft. It was a reported that soon after the St. turned over, fire broke out in an un submerged part of the vessel which the fire boats fought and extingnished. Persons who saw the Paul EX-GAPT. (’DONNELL DIES IN BRODKLYN| Police ! J Former New Britain Official Succumbs Neuritis. Cables to Wife While Mayos to Quigley Sends City’s Congratulations. (Special to Brooklyn, N. Y., April O’Donnell, formerly captain in the New Britain, Conn., died at St. Mary the Herald) Mrs. Shuttle ceived Alfred H. Meadow Griswold, of 217 avenue, today re- a cablegram from her husband, police de- | Captain A. H. Griswold, of Company C, hospital | 102d U. Infantry, now in France. this city this morning of neuritis. | This cablegram, brief and to the point, O'Dannell 1 been ill for four years and, a week ago, when stricken with an acute attack, was taken the hospital. After coming to this city eight years ago he entered the employ Hotel Saville and was the house detective until ill-health compelled him to give up wo Mr. O'Donnell was born field, M ind settled in when @ young man. many years in the emplay Frary & Clark. He the police force of ~—John E. of police in Mr. Well, safe and happy.” Captain Griswold is the officer for especial bravery tle of Seicheprey, ing surrounded by to cited after he in which, be- Germans, men in the final tured the town for Following is the congratulatory cablegram sent to Capt. Griswald by | Mayor G. A. Quigley this morning pur- suant to the vote of council last evening: imo charge that recap- in Green- the Ameri New Brit- He was for of Landers, was appointed to the city in 1888, later was chosen cap- s e ptain Alfred H. Griswold, remained on the force “Company C, 102d Infantry 30, 1900, when ““Amexforces. “Congratulations on your gallant conduct at the Battle of Seicheprey. New Britain is proud of you and your e men. “Such conduct tions of our upon our city, “signed, “THE CITY OF NEW BRITAI} “GEO, A, QUIGLEY, Mayor.' 1 tain, succeeding Flannery. He until January signed My he re- O'Donnell e Mary and three sons: ¥ New Haven, and Peter and New Britain: also a brother of Northampton, and three s ‘ Nellie, Lizzie and Margaret. The bady will be taken to the home of his son, Peter F. O'Donnell, of 1347 Stanley strect, New Britain, and the funer. will be held from there and St. Mary’s | Catholic church, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in the Cath- olic cemetery. AWARDED $3.290 FOR ARMS Week ughter, iward, upholds the and reflec and nation. traai- rmy glory tate BRITISH ATR CHI T RESIGNS. Rothemere, Northelifre, Brother of in T Health. -Lord Rothes Northcliffe, ha office of secretar air forces, it is an- Jord Lord London, April brother of Lord red from the e for the nounced today Lord Rothe was ¢ mer John Kiencll Granted $6.52 a o North mere to For & Judd his res g ill-h ind in his work said increasir omnia msibility For 10 Years gna- salth bur ident. the nell at $6 T Aoy 1 WITATH 1 arms 13, Chandler trord Kic ho employed by the Martord, Britair ha \prit Hartford fonight Co. New cast resulting oceurred of for 2l viein- | nd dent in Faiy Pviday. ‘WELL, SAFE, HAPPY' i Local Soldier Was in the recent bat- | | | | { have in | the | hela | | the | has | suc- | tes { ceeded in killing four and then led his | | | | the common ! 1 | ! aay | four letter NO HARM DENE BY RAID, BERLIN SAYS, Naval Operations O Coast of Flanders Not Impeded DARING RESGUE OF CREWS American Built Motor Sweep in Under Rain of Shells and Take 200 Men Off Ships Sunk Canal Entrance. Berlin, April via man naval operations off the coast, i official tement out today by the German no way been attack London—(er- admiralty, impeded by the British Zeehrugge amd Os- tend. on m ling Wescne of Dover, England, April 2 Associated DPress.) One thrilling incider the aid on Zeebru on Tuc rescue two American launches of nearly 20( crew of two ships sunk to the Bruges canal. complished under a heavy fire actual transfer made in less than five minutes. Two of the passed iuside objective and mouth of cording d enerny h Crews. (By the the most British naval day was the built motor members of the at the ent as ac s of ince was three block ships which the Mole theiy swung 088 the channel plans motor from reached broadside ael Then, jaunches throush the train 1c- two the sea at express up alongside shells shed in s¢ harrage and drew All the time some striking the sing casualties, their traditions for speed falling, ships and the cr up- coolne were block ut ew LIFUT. CONXNERS WRITES, With the \ities in the Ofensive. uten Reeent nt John I Conners a firs licutenant 165th U. 8. Infantry written to friends in forming of ommenting briefly German in sumed, he part. express this struggl writes. The letter Conners was written on Aprii 3 and in it he states that on that day he received a New Britain Herald and the he had reccived from States in four months, Lieutenant ¢ who missioned at first camp, was sent ber with being German ol attached in Ifranee, this ir welfare and on the which, it E Words cannot the local man from Lieutenant to il them his uffensive s took first the mners, was the Platts overse: ast com Septem roving commission, his du to with various Ax. lied to ther methods and obtain information of value training the American troops In conclusion Licutenant writes that the Amcrican Expedition- For are general favorites in ance are apt pupils m the art modern warfare. daints them, adds, and if anything are too Wl are able setter every time start something. DUTCH SITUATION SERIOUS Dee remain units observe n ary es and provin states that daring but Boches one he they to go the the kaiser's forces “oreign Minister He Cannot Conceal From Chamber Gravity of Dispute With Gevmany. The Hague the inds April Speaking to- first chamber of The parliament on the sand question with Germany the minister lared he and must not from the fact that the question serious He he about it. in Nether and gray Dutch couvld chamber foreign the very one was a said could not say more SOLDIERS RE mer ADY TO GO. from the fir hoards who morning at Upton clive various mutior and are to 8:04 will meet tonight time The sccond 1 . 1 o'clock for ith {1 01 final exc omorrow mp hoards instructions, at which will he has furnished complete « catain appointed. The the War 1 consisting Kit, etc with a ter, socks of | his ) | i Taunches | i | Flanders | given | and the | | French stored | Conners Nothing | Intense Bomdardment Procedes Renewal o Attack on French and British Near Baille Today---English Troops Improve Position at Several Places With Counter-Attacks GERMAN CLAIM OF CAPTURE OF 183 AMERICANS AT SEICHEPREY BELIEVED FOUNDED ON FACT Washington, April 25.—The number of Americans killed in the German attack of April 20 near Seicheprey was less than a dozen and the number of injured was about These -figures made known today, appeared to give support to the German claim that 183 Americans were captured since it previously had been admit- tod that the American casualtles were around 200. Paris, April 25.—The Germans have captured the village g Hangard, on the front southeast of Amiens, the war office a nounced today. The battle continued with violence sector. The French lost Hangard, recaptured it, and finally we: again forced out of the town, but are holding the ground i mediately around. through the night in thi British Repulse Three Attacks. I.ondon. April 25.—Three attacks made by the British positions east of Amiens have been repulsed, wunced offic (IH\' On the Flanders frout late yesterday the Germans 'rench positions northeast of Bailleul and were repulsed. Early this morning after an intense bombardment they newed their attack again in this sector and also against positions further east. British Improve Positions. Ieavy fighting continues on the sector east of Amiens, correspondent at British army headquarters reports. appear to have obtained a footing in the Villers-Bretonneux. but the British counter-attacked and dro: them back to the fringe of the wood. At several places the Briti have retaken ground and their general position has improved cof siderably. The British regained ground around Villers-Bretonne by counter-attacks and took, prisoners. Severe fighting was in progress all ni Biretonneux, and still continues. Heavy flicted on the enemy in this sector. On the Bailleul sector the battle is continuing over a wide frof Germans 0 it is a attacke r Briti Reute The Germaf D'Aquenne wood, west rht in and around Ville casualties have been i Bombardment of Paris Resumed. Paris, April —The long range bombardment of Paris w resumed this morning. fantry delivered an assault., Figh Tanks Active in Battle. still is in progress. April —Roth British tanks participated at Villers-Bretonneux. | Tor .ondon, Too Early to Predict Result. ‘With the British Army in Hpsi pril 25 (By the Associated P The German attack against French and British lines fn Draneoutre-Kemmel sector is con | ving. The Teuton assault was tended to pave the way for the d ture of Kemmel hill. Vigorous British counter atf towards Villers-Bretonneux appa ly resulted in reclaiming of a | siderable part of the territory § iycstordu_\’» The battle still is ra and it is too early to make cla FORTY-NINE NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST SENT BY GEN. PERSHI and German in the fighting Two says, 2ot and did The riish but Briti tanks, the correspondent ong a mass of Germans execution. made an attempt to Kemmel hill vesterday without appreciable effect. The counter-attacked and re- the position. 2 o'clock this morning the Ger- put down an intense gas bar- on the front in Flanders and hours later deep waves of in- At ans o two —The casual- di- Buckingham, Bdward P. Angelo, - Walter died of Wounds, died of di ‘Washington, April 25 list today contained 49 names, Fred D. Christia Joyce, 'Bugler Nich Privates Earl W. Bar . Berry, Walter B. Birkl Everett E. Briftow, John M. Col Charles F. Goodnow, Roy Gullich] Nasib Haddad, Harry A. Kane, ard V, LeGall, Theodore Rand Cabe, Steve Melmuk, Arthur Moulds, William J. Mulaney, Hi A. Murray, Andrew J. Nett, G M. Powers, John I tried, Paf] M. Stanton. Died of other { Ee M. King. Private Hector E. | ously reported mis: prisoner in Germany ty vided as follow: Killed in action, 6; died of accident, 4; ease, 7; died other causes, 1; wound- ed severely, 5; wounded slightly, 24. Lieut. Laurence S. Ayer is includ- ed among the killed in action. Lieut. James Calder Marquardt died of ac- cident. The list follows: Killed in action—Lieut. Laurence Ayer, Private Frank McCall Died of wounds—Sergeant Zenger; rivates Clarence S. Guiseppe Molinari, Frank Alekno, Horace McDermont, Samuel Roach. Died causes—Private 8, Rollman, D now rep G dis Charles Albert Geor Elme: e—Privates H. Clough, Elmer B. Johnson, Kelly, Harvey A Mereak, Moore, Earl Burton Rathburn, George Zuschlag Died of accident—Lieut. James Calder Marquardt, Corporal Daniel J Scanlon, Privates Donald R. Frzier, Robert Sammons. Wounded severely- A. Johnson, Jr., Privates Omer A. Godin, John P. Simmons, Napoleon St. Charles, Roger W. Williams Wounded slightly— geant Dolan, Corporals Till of W HUNGARIAN PREMIEN April 25.—Joseph Szyrd of commerce in the red headed Dr. Wekerle, be the new Hun 1 premiery cording to advices received here t§ from Vienna. minister cabinet by mooreoel GETT MORE QUAKES RECORDEI an Jacinto, Cal, April 26¢ more earthquake shocks oceu night. One at 8 o'clock and af at midnight. No damage was dJ eorge Samuel