New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HERALD “ADS” E BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1874 ' Emperor Charles Reported Appealing to Rome to Consider Offer in Her Own I . terests—Germans Completely Defeated in Drive for Ypres—Allies Advance Lines - $10.55 PER TON THE |TOTAL OF BOND SALE PRIGE OF GOAL HERE, MAY BE $2,300,000 Fuel Administration Anzunces' Lahoring Man Gives Up His New Summer Rates for Tnis Gity | Money to Back Up Soldiers CHAIRHAN CHRIST R GNS NUMBER SOLD ERE 19,119 Adminstration Arranges Schedule oy SVIVS L at $: Actual Sub:cs il vaolued STEELE INVITED T0 - QUIT POLIGE BEARD Mayor Sends Letter Requesting Resignation From Gormission IN INTEREST OF HARMONY Principals in Row Reported to Have Three Prices For Coal at the Yards, | | 200,000—Womon 13oport $110,450 | Had Conference Last Night—Dis- For Easy Delivery and oy General Up to Date—y 'l Jnvestments| Dute Teported Over sclection of Public. Throughout Cour! 2,103,442,400, | Police Licutenant, . New prices for coal which New S b, Ann 20.—Intensiv. Commissioner Howard M. Writain consumers wha buy their | canvassing of the 4 of tho| TR R i B e sfm_nl.v this summer will have to Pay | Liber loar i reflected | the board of police commissioners is Jeas. made public today by Ernest W.|ioqay in the t: roport of $2,- | expected to be forthcoming. Official Chr acting fuel Aministrator. | 403,442,400 total iptions, an| the report of th =G nee Ia of $120,140,- ) ——— oo 30 in overs only part! Lritain 1 or ast Allotme: ond New Br t seri probabl cont n ous than n previo ‘ Today the mds sold was d it d that before ki nber will ba o The 12,119 rep- f te'in factories and frepresents ¢ per cent. of the total factory working force in the city. Chairman Sloper of the Liberty Bond isale committee regards it a most remarkable record. The total in the sccond issue of bonds was 7,310, 1 The actual sales reported to Bos- ton last night was $1,743,750. Not all of the factory reports were received today and the figures are not complete but Chairman Sloper said this morn- 1 the to approximately expect 1 for the city will ha 500,000, or W. CHRIST, ing that the reports show sales to the amount 200,000. If the factory | sales amount to §750,000, as is now about | | —~ '$1,000,000 above the guota. These prices have been fixed upon by The business men's committees aro Thomas W. Russell, the stato fuel|still meeting with success in the sale. HOWARD M. STEELE administrator, after numerous con- | Women Sccure $110,450. - S o . ferences with the local committee. [ po ywoman’s committee has done | Sending of the letter or of its receipt -The price, which becomes effective to- | cxcellent work. There have been 900 | may be expected. The Her morrow, will be $10.55 per ton for| s thus far and the amount of |from a source that is m reliablo e 1“:"f'h“\1)""‘”'_ [Yery | bonds taken through them is §110.- | that Mayor Quigley has already sont S0 i te iy witien nivelty ot 0L s RGaoreel Wl Tiauts Rfeum the letter of request from his o R0 R Ean R e el s AT ol s SR TeDrE | Commlasionsieele tand Ruhelfira) o more. Another price of $10.05 and | teT’S team is sccond. The banner for :1H saic ‘?‘ ave had a tete-a $8.80 per ton Tespeotively is. provided | Lh¢ Buiber of bonds sold is held by i i S s e Mrd, R, Young's tear. he office | Steele left in anything but good hu- for places where delivery can be made | oo & S 0nIG e i iy dhite orialdbwat do sy b aite ook il be fopsa it IEMe i Hand e (308 L0 SR Be LR Bl Dl Lo S5 Pronly a few public bulldings about tha | $160:000. The report by teams fol- | Mony with *he administration of city where arangements are such that | | affairs. Mayor Quigley is detormired this would be effective, the price Capt. fub. Amt. | that there will be no discord in city GIDBE AN the onb of seon Sut 7 $27,050 | boards and commissions. Am honest Cataat t6 tha ceistiiar Mannon| . . 82 5,950 | division of opinion tending to be for s e L Porter 10 14,550 | the best interest of the city ultimately St SRR Kimball 59 is allowable but the motive must be price far anthracite coal, effective to- . Leghorn ) Deyordagucstion Ries tega ttudo puts Biire® Rrotherton . 80 mayor takes. ; Egg stove, nut coal at the yards in Campbell 5 4 _ Whether the entrance of Police Ioth of one tonior! more S0y et A, Mills 6 | Scrgeant William C. Hart into the ton, 108478 4,707 ‘duszter ton lobs, 4 : McAuley 15 competition for appointment as po- a0 e Toisie 08 eatconie b Oaiist 17 | lice lieutenant has anything to do i co i ot s s W hittl with the forthcoming resignation is $4.05, $2 and 45 cent i i Young .. not known Chute or sidewalk delivery where | Corbin . 10 | . Commissioner Steel may not tender the delivery is dire€ct and entails no iss Fallon 79 | his resignation. In such an event It xtra work or expense $10.05, $5.20 | 15—2Mrs. C. E. Ericson . 46 lis likely that Mayor Quigley will re and $2.65 for egg stove, nut in lats of | et move him. Mayor Quigley would not one ton or more, half ton or quarte | send o lotter reduesting the resigna- . ton respective The price for pea | New England Needs $11.000,000 | ion unless he ' was ready to go oal in the corresponding lots is $8.80, | Boston, April 30 Cew Iingland to- | throt with the purpose. hd $2,35. day had subscribed $209,136,000 to| Commissioner Steele was appoint- 1 the coal carried into the | the third Liperty Loan, 1 ing nearly | €6 to the board of public safety in as is the ca in almost every | $41,000,000 to be obtained in the next ! June, 1916. When' the separate fire private family in the city, the price|five days to put the district up to its |and police * commissions = took over for egg, stove, nut coal in lots of onec | allotment. | the combined duties of the board of ton or more is $10.55, while pea coal The report by states follows: Mas-| Public safety. Commissioner Steela < $9.30. In half ton lots the price is|sachusetts, $131,891,000; Connecticut,| Was appointed to the police board "' 35.45 for egg, stove, nut and $4.80 for | $31,365.000; Rhode Island, $20 ng;:..| He was for several years tax colle yjea, while the quarter ton sales will| 000; Maine, $13,058,000; New ”"m""| tor, giving up the office to be a can- ost $2.80 and $2.45 Tespectivel shire, §$10,722,000; Vermont, $5,98 Gidate for the republican mayoralty lots of 100 pounds the price for 1 000, nomination in the contest with Mayor coal is 60 cents and pea coal is ——— — Quigley and 13. W. Schultz cents H BOMB WRECKS THEATER. g e - Following is the rate for carrying | - e : PETER IS GOING TOMORROW. soal up stairs: | Labor Dispute Believed at Bottom of i i 1 ton lots 25¢ for each story carried Chicazo Ountrage. I Doesn’t Care Much About Leaving above ground floor & i | for Fort Slocum, Nevertheless, N 1-2 ton lots 15c for each story car- Chicago, April 30.—Explosions of a | ried above ground floor. bomb in the entrance to the Wood- | Peter Hagopian is locked up at the 1-4 ton lots 10c for each story car- |lawn theater here la night de-. ! police station and will be held there ted above ground floor. i stroyed the front of the playhouse, a | until tomorrow morning to make sure B B S part of the lobby, tore a great hole | that he in with the ot Chairman Christ Resigus, in the sidewalk and shattered win- { bound It became publicly known today | dows nearby. The theater, said to ! He was Frida that Trnest W. Christ, who has been | have cost 0,000, was opened 1 hut he di 11 the prospects ~hairman of the New Britain fuel ad- | Friday and had a seating capacity of | he remaince Since the 1 ministration committee since early | 2,000. | cording to information received 1 ~ |ast fall, has resigiled from the com- The place was empty at the iime o 1 10 did not care to ¢ to mittee Decause of stress of his busi- |the explosion. ~The throwing of the 1 up his mind to rema \esz demands at the Stanley Wor bomb is said to have been the cesui t hot rating with the plan —_ of labor troubles durir nstiuc he " it the police 1 1 (Continucd On venth Page). of the building. | hi p this morning . | previpusty : A 'CROWDER WANTS ELIGIBLES - PASSING 21 AVAILABLE NOW Objects to Their Being AF]FTYE[HHT NAMES — Placed at Bottom of List - ON CASUALTY LIST They Would —_— | Marry or Enter Munition Two Killed in Action and| pjants. None Dead From for Fear ) | Wounds hington, April 30. ovost b 1l Gen. Crowder today roquest- o ed congress to eliminate from the hill extending the draft to youths now 21 April 30.—The casual- Washington, years of age the amendment putting ty list today contains 58 names, di-|at the bottom of the eligibic list vided as follows: XKilled in action, 2; | those who would register under the died of wounds, none; dled of acci- | measure and asked the bill basing | den died of disease, 6; wounded |draft quotas on the number of men | severely, 5; wounded slightly, 42;iin Class I bhe amended to make its | missing in action, 1. operation retroactive. i Captain Richard Laurence Jett was Gen. Crowder made his reqiest i ; killed in action. Captain Charles A. |letters to the chairmen of the senats | Chambers died of disease and Lieu-|and house military committee: | tenants Robert D. Cove, Rufus B.| Of the proposal to put t new | Crain and Francis Worthington Hina | registrants at the bottom of the lists | were slightly wounded. | of eligibles he suid: In issuing the list, the War depart-| *The plan proposed by this office | is being | ment announced that the death of would result in these registran Lieutenant Thomas J. Mooney, previ-' given order numbers scattered { ously reported as having died from throughout the entire lists of order accident, wgs due to an error in' ca- numbers. This seems to be fairer than the plan proposed by the amend ment. The yesult_of the house nmend- ment in many jurisdiction® Wautd ba Lieutenant John W. Morris, repirted wounded severe-| | bling. ly, is réported a prisoner and mun-| wounded to delay the calling of thess vounz The list follows: men for a considerable time. In the Killed in Action. [ meantime their stats will have | . : { changed, they will have married ov Captain Richard Laurence Jetf, pecome associated with the industries | Private Herbert G. Raymond, Bt ine or biicy Dicd of Accldent. ! “Moreover it establishes a prece- | Privates Eldridge Cope, Willlam T.| gent which may be appealed to pro- | asnington | vide aliens who are registered under Died of Diseasc. . { the provision of the new le ation | Cdptain Charleg A. Chambe based on treatics to be negoticied i Gxvls Pesrl Mudgett’ Po “The plan to make the quota law | Clarence Everett Brown, James Tetroactive would apply it to-men o BT Stahast | the new draft called while the legis- | 5 | 1ation is pendix Delay in cnact- | Syl oundac. | ment of the legislation he wrote, nec- Sergeants Thomas J. Curtain, Ger-| essitates the retroactive feature tes Michael F.| e e e APSRURGS LOSING GRIP Patton; Pr Leonard ¥, | Slightly Wounded. | Licutenants Robert D. Coyne, Ru- n, neis Worthington | ; Corporals Frank M. Gannon, Burpee West, George Zabrosky, | Raymond ( ¥ her; Wagoners Wil- rd Fadinz Monarchy's Authority F! Is “Attached to ! Significance Special is in Dual Empire Ministerial Crl liam Brown, Thomas E. Parrks; Pri- 1 vates Albert O. Abraham, John R Washington, pril 20.— The Austrian situation as viewed in Rome indicates | Barrett, Charles W. Bradfield, Charles R. Clinkenbeard, Thomas J. Corrigan, | the monarchy is losing authority. A | Seorge W. Currier, Lloyd E. Devel, | dispatch to the Italian embassy today | George H. Dustin, John F. Egan, Wil- [ reviewing conditions say fred T. Foste Gordon . Fuller, “The ministerial crisis in Austria | Denald M. Hair, Rugene Joubert, | is considered here as having un or- | Henry W. Kennedy, John M. Ken- | gavized significance. It is noted thut nedy, Guy L. Lancaster, Bdmond P.|for the first time in the history of the | Leroux, John F. Lindsay, Charle Dual cmpire personal responsibilities McDonald, Max Markham, Shelb and linihation of power ara being Miller, Roger J. Nolfi, John discussed by the German del O’Brien, Bdward Parlcef, Arthur | and the Austrian premier. It Pickup, Walter L. Redden, Louis E.|the monarchy is losing iuitho Je ah F. Sheehan, Vaughn | with the German group. In a, Charles Webb, Louis J.|these ficts it is believed Aust Phillip Wright, 'Morton C. | Gerniany more than ever rea f necessity of holding to cach other.” | Lol HOLD UP MAYOR OF DUBLIN, Private Arsene Bergeron; name of i Lieutenant Thon J. Mooney, pre- | Must Apply For Credentials Through viously reported as having died of ac- Other Channels. cident, now believed to be in error. et T Sl T e Private Joseph King, previously re- | ;¢ pypjin, at the resumed conference poxtedB disdios uny ICERWoD IR0 |5 R CEi G and Sinn Feiners last | reported slightly wounded. night, announced. he had received a Lieutenat John W. Morrls, ~pre- | ;1" from the British foreizn office viously reported wounded severely, | "jii \hquest that he be =iven pass- now reported prisoner, unwounded. S R ks e el M e e taries to go to Washington to lay the case of the Irish organizations oppos- WANTED PRESIDENT HANGED. |} ;. conscription before the American 1 2 TR government He was directed to make Lawyer Arrested Under Spy Act fow | his application through oflice of the Seditions Tatk! secretary for Ireland where it would sive attention | Birmingham. Ala, April $0.—Wil- v rtion regarding conscription { liam A, Denzon, a local attorney, is | was reported unct d. The localj | held under $5,000 bonds today by or- | commitiees were instructed to con- | der of T Commissioner Watts un- | tinue its conferences. A committee of der charges of violating the espionage | conference was appointed lact. He is charged specifically with = | saving The London Daily Mail saia last President Wilson ought ‘o he | saturd it had learned the lora ih-vv ed and I would like to ser him | mayor of Dublin had abasdoned his { hansed { proposed visit to Washington. - e - ‘ FOOD RIOTS IN CRACOW. ( WEATHER. 11 London, Aprit 30— Serious food i viots have broken out in Galicia, the Il Marttord, April 80.—Fore- ||| Berlin Vorwaerts reports, —according “‘1 cast for New DBritain and v 1 | to an ¥xchanz i'clegraph d\spzu_oh Hl cimiey o cooler tonizht ! from Cope en. No mnew ship- I nd Wednesday | ments of food have arived in Cracow [\ — —J) ' in several week |SUICIDE PLUNGES A Village of Locre Entirely in Hands of Frenc After Counter-Attack---British Win Ba Territory on Front Before Amiens---Q Follows German Rout on Northern Fie Stockholm, April 30—The Catholic International Prd Agency, announces a dispatch from Basel, says that Empeq Charles of Austria is making a fresh peace offer appealing to It to consider it in her own interests. Allies Advance Lines. London, April 3.—The French now hold the entire village Locre, west of Kemmel, says the official statement from the w office today. During the night the British advanced ‘their line east of Villl Dretonneux on the front before Amiens. In the vicinity of -Locre the French, by counter attacks yi terday afternoon and evening, drove the Germans from the rema der of the ground they had gained in the morning. The Germad having been repulsed all along the northern front, the night pa in comparative quict. Disastrous Defeat for Germans. London. Reuter’s via Ottawa, April 30.—The corresponds with the Dritish army agree the enemy yesterday suffered noth less than a disastrous defeat in their assaults about the hills n Mont Kemmel. The Germans have probably used 13 divisions f the east of Ypres southward on the line of battle with two, m northward and the violence of the gunfire was never greater more unceasing at any period of the war. b The successful allied defense made the day the bloodiest attack after attack was smashed by artillery and infantry fire. 0 Germans had suffered heavily on Sunday when the coneentrati of troops were caught and shattered by gunfire. Their waves terday were mowed down and the British wing and French cel neither bent nor broke. j British Casualties in April 52,475. London, April 30.—British casualties reported in April reael a total of 52,475, divided as follows : Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 1,621; men Wounded or missing: Officers, 7,447 ; men 35,6 \lthough the complete reports of casualties sustained in recent heavy fighting apparently have not yet been made, mag increase is shown in the April figures. March had 14,090, smallest in several months. Artillery Active on French Front. Paris, April 30.—Heavy artillery firing occurred last ni north and south of the Avre, in the sector of Noyon and along] Oise. the war office reports. : With the British Army in April 30, (By the Associated —This morning the allied line Flanders were to all intents the as when the Germans surged for yesterday. In front of the Alllel sitions gray-uniformed men la; great numbers representing the ful price paid by the German: At one time yesterday the Gen appeared to have had some m the lower slopes of both Mont and Scherpenberg after they had ceeded in driving a smell wed the French lines between tl DAGGER INTO BREAST George Captanellis, TII and Despond- ent, Delivers Death-dealing Blow in Wife's Presence. Despondent over ill health, George Captanellis, 32 years old, committed suicide at his home at 24 Clark street last night by stabbing himself in the sick of hving,” breast. “I'm s elevations. The situation ap declared Captanellis in the presence | critical but the French count of his wife and, drawing a Kkeen-|4y0kedq and re-established vir edged dagger, plunged it into hiS l4he 614 positions. X right breast. Mrs. Captanellis rushed to her husband’s side and struggled with him for the dagger. He fought Ter off for a few minutes, but the dagger had gone to its mark with un- orring aim. Medical aid was sought, but it was too late. Captanellis had been ill for a week and was confined to the bed. Mrs. Captanellis had been sitting with her husband a few minutes before he de- termined on his act. She left him to geot some medicine. A woman room- ng next to the invalids chamber heard Tim get up and go to his trunk. The dagger had been hidden there. The police were called and Doorman Gus The artillery was busy this ind from Vimy northward. Thus f: German capture of Kemmel hil done them little good for the B artillery has the crest so well ered that it has been ‘Impossib! the enemy to occupy it in fores. The Entente line has been ad' between La Clyte and Kemmell Franco-British forces also have some progress south of that rej Fierce fighting cantinued Locre all of yesterday. The sacrificed a great number of mj At the ridge wood west of Verm also heavy fighting continued th out the day and the number ol tav Hellberg responded with the ity 4 patrol, Captanellis was then dead. :;j,’;‘ casualties in that region Besides his wife, Captanellis leaves & - . . r two of whom are liv- PP four children, onoNSs waS abia ece. The funeral arrange- not been made. ing in G ments have was thel London, April 30.—Tt ish steamer Oronsa which wai CAPTAIN CAHILL A PRISONER. pedoed with the pdrty of 8T New York, April 30.—Captain | can Y. M. C. A. workers. Th yrancis Cahill of the medical corps|public announcement of thi C. S. A. missing since the commence- | pédoing of the vessel was & ment of the German offensive at St.[this morning’s newspape B, Quentin, is a prisoner in Germany, a cording to information received here today through Red Cross sources. His as owned bg avigating Co, The Orons: cific Steam N name’ was in the casualty list an-|placed 8,075 tons and W nounced on April 11. The war depart- | Belfast in 1906. ment message to his family gave A y March 21 as the date of his disappear- ance. Dr. Cahill, a graduate of Cor- nell medical college, was, practicing at Hoosick Falls, N. Y. when he joined the service. RESUME SHELLING P4 Paris, April 30.—The lonl bhombardment of the region was resumed this mornings