New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD! HERALD “ADS” ME BE'ITER BUSINES —e PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITA]N CONNFCTICUT FRIDA\ MAY 10, QIb mTW/ENTY PAGES ESTABLISHED BRITISH BOTTLE UP OSTEND; - SOLDIERS KILLED IN WREC German Submarine Base on Belgian Coast Rendered Useless by Daring Exploit English Navy- LLOYD GEORGE T00 KEEN FOR ASQUITH « ON ARMY INQUIRY Political Stl‘fitengl Outwits Ex- Premier in Frank Plea to House of Commons EXPOSES GEN. MAURICE AND ENDS HIS CAREER - Government Leader Declares Detrac- tor Furnished Figures on Whi Later Based Charge of Incompe- tency and Faiied to Deny State- ments He Used in Denouncing Min- v—Voic W 293 to 106. 10.—The iner London, May quick and successful n which Iioyd dealt mn Geor: ministry yeste with had ceused ferness than any an unpleasant which more political bit- precedinig chapter of this troubled administration was Brought about hy a sudden change of tactics on the part of the cabinet. The premier again showed himself a keen political strategist and sirong pleader for his ow e. ~vithdrew the cabinet's for court of honor to deal Maurice's charges which Bonar Law on Tuesday %erned the honor of the ministry. He made it clear that adoption of As- Guith’s motion for a select committee 1o investigate the matter would be regarded as a vote of censure which would be followed by the govern- nient’s resignation. He detailed in version of the He a cau pian with Andrew said con- a burning controve which Maurice began. The debate was and the premier's explanations Oyas dominating feature. Former U'remier Asquith's speech was short. The principal point of the -pr micr's defense was that the ques- ticned statements had been furnished by information furnished by Gen. Maurice's department of the war of- fice. Pcrsonal mer premier speech s Gien. bitef its feeling between the for- and his successor was evident and it appears to increase progressively with each of the clo incident to their positions vf the government and leader of the vpposition. The status of the now stands is that the defense has Leen heard but tlie accuser has not. MW hether he ever will be is doubtful. The case of Major Gen. Maurice is In the hands of the army council and there seems little doubt that his dis- tinguished military career has beén pnded by his own action. Premier Liloyd George was cheered loudly when he made to lhe commoners to attacks wiiich divert energies govern- ment to the wor of He was cered again when left the vse Judging country is controvarsy as it of the war. he newspapers, the parliamentary pivife and while the present govern- ment much criticized no alterna. live suggested finds strong support. Rejected by Vote of 293 to 106. Former Premicr Asquith’s motion For the appointment of a sclect com- ttee to investizate General Mau- harges was rejected by a vote of to 106. Lloyd George left the house amid the cheers of his sup- porters. From the beginning of the debate |t was apparent that the government had a safc majority. Nevertheless, the se dramatic, and as it continued the ministry rapidly gath- Aered support. The premier, who has many political storm In better form. All his skill and clo- quence went into his reply to A quith and he met the Maurice charge seriatim. Ag to the figures hting strength to aurice had taken **sutinued On EleventhsPage), from the tired of weathered was never on the h which exception, Bri General h He | the & incident | al Gen. | | many 1 | directed | Swiss-Franco is described as a friend of the presi- | UNOFFICIAL PEAGE OFFER TO AMERICA Stinging Rebuke Administered to Envoy hyU 8. Citizen in Geneva SENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS Fou ‘Planks” All Favorable Continuation in Power of Prussian Autocracy—DPzlegate Claimed to Be From Von IHertling. London, May 10. attempted German toward President turned down ignominiously Herron, an American living is told by the Swiss corr of the Daily Mall in his dis at Annema on the border. Prof. Herron —A story of peace offensive Wilson by in an was Prof. Geneva spondent pateh dated dent. The German government, ing to the correspondent, tried to get peace offers sent to the president through Prof. Herron, who was vis- ited on April 19 by Prof. Quidde of Munich, a friend of Count von IHert- ling, the imperial German chancellor. Prof. Quidde was accompanied by the | Dutch pacifist, Dr. Jong Van Beek. Prof. prepare the way for a merciful peace | and gave Prof. Flerron to understand | that he spoke for Von Hertling and the German foreign office. He as- sured the America professor that the ace party In the Reichstag was bout to gain predominance in Ger- and that he wished to prepare President Wilson to take advantage of that auspicions moment. Quidde’s “Peace ‘Terms,” Germany, Quidde said, was willing make the following terms: To grant autonomy to Al- aine within the limits the German empire, provided Allies would not broach the i of Alsace-T.orraine e conference. The Brest-Litovsk not to be discussed at peace conference, although the Allies might submit claims for the revision of them and Ger- many might make certain conces- sions. No ecconomic Germany after the 1. German colonies stored. Prof. Quidde asserted that the pres- ent offensive in France had the ulti- mate objective of achieving a durable peace. Prof. respondent the German educator, “I wonder that vou frontery to ask me to lay marole of cant deceit American people. Far from creating a spirit of conciliation, it would sim- ply strengthen the American will to 1 the perfidious and nefarious - of such proposals. “The United States intends tinue the-fighting until the military power—and, if necessary, the Prussian state along with it—Is e tinguished forever as a power for e > whether it takes one year or ten. “If you call the remorseless sacri- fice of 2,000,000 men a peace offen- sive and if you want the United States to recognize vour sheling of Parisian congregations and churches as part of it, vou are making a monstrous and foolish blunder. When T listen to your false and treacherous overtures, T feel ashamed of humanity.” Sweeping Out Augean Potsdam. Prof. Quidde, adds dent, left the house weeping. The next week Prof. Herron was besieged by new offers by telephone, one of tho speakers saying he was Dr. W. S. Solf, German colonial minister. Prof. Her- ron talked straight to all of them, telling them, among other things, that: “The United States no longer wants peace, It wants to sweep out the augean stables at Potsdam.” Prof. Herron, the dispatch adds told the story to the correspondent to at peace the war gainst war. to be re- Herron, writes, the Daily Mail's cor- after listening to exclaimed: have the ef- such a rig- before the to con- Prussian Stables at the correspon- he | convinced that and laughed triumphantly. He said he believed the Germans were at last the United States in- (Continued On Eleventh Page). accord- Quidde said he had come to | ! | | | | | to | how | ROBERT SCOVILLI. As a mark of appreciation for their | labors in connection with food con-| servation in the state of Connecticut, Robert Scoville, state food adminis-| trator, and George M. Landers, chair- | ! man of the committee on food supply ! | of the State Council of Defense, wiil| be awarded the degree of Master of | Science at the Commencement exer- | cises of Connecticut Agricultural col- | lege, Storrs, tomarrow. Decision to | confer the degree on Mr. Scoville and | Mr. Landers was reached today at a meeting of the hoard of trustees of the college. For more than tor Scoville and have striven inc a year, Administra- | Chairman Landers ntly to co-operate | cut OF with the fe creasing the and by ready in stos voluntavily dollar for the state or gether a their efforts attested by garde: crea nec commonwea been duc (Continu: labor greatly MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE FOR SCOVILLE AND LANDERS RGIZ M. L deral food gov conserving ck. and They have remuneration, nation. I of patri have hee the thous s dotting the s d production from lands previ- devoted to ralsing crops. ticut has kept step with all other Iths, and ed On Ele suppls to the ANDERS. ernment by in- in Connecti- the food have done not received either t has been alto- this Y iotism, and that | cessful is of home en sands suc e and the in-/ Con- this fact has| self-sacrifice venth Page) TWENTY-ONE NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST Four Killed in Action and One Dies of Battle Wounds. Washington, walty list today divided as follow died of wounds May 10.—The contained 21 names Killed in action, 1; died of acci- 1; died of disease, 3 \\onn(l('d 3;. wounded slightly, 1; lost at sea, cas- ng in action, list follow: Killed in Action. Sergeant Dugles D: Corporal 1, , Line Alexander Private , Karol hington, Pa.; Private Ludinghouse, Oakland. Dicd of Wounds. Cook Frank W. Dzinski, non street, Torrington. Died of Disease. Luther McMakin, Greer, ites John Ieete, Holly Forl, Drelich, Dur Lester 70 Ban- Corpors L 53 Pri rove, La.; ]1s. George P. Shepherdson, artments, Fhiladelphia. 1ded Severely. es Frank Fred Deverausx, Cal.; Kenneth A. Field, Mass.; Adolph Hiller, arkside Wou Pri Oakiand, Rutland, rooklyn Wounded Slightly. Tieuts. Samue Love, Chester, S. James I Greensburg, Pa.: Corporal Wil int Martin, Sovth Manchester, Conn.; John MecKinnon, Winch Herbert A. Shipley, Lanc: Allen P. Stearns, Wollaston; Zocco, 405 Baldwin street, Lury. Thomas Water- Missing in Action. Lieut. Gustave H. Kissel, New York, city. Lost at Sea. Private Carroll J. Scull RUMANIAN PARLIAMENT OUT. , Toledo, O. Dissolved by Royal Decree and New Elector Ordered. Amsterdam, May 10.—The Ru- ment has heen dis- by royal decree, according to a despatch froms Bucharest. New elections have heen ordered and the );;\\ parliament will convene on June covered CENTER EFFORTS ON FIRE CLUE SEARCH, . . New Haven Police Devote Entire Efforts to Solving Myster; New Hav source that ing used to of the New to find the en, May the police assist day to Haven cause ra of 10.— have w the officials in trying re- as be- flroad the fire destroyed the old Union station Wed- ind Iroad yolice office was loaned and it was cral and stz assistance. is advanced any clev they are While cor sengers are temporary much prope revair and rach incon tenance The e: railroad no ation the heac rd ) r who co to the d understoo ate No by to t nditions heing ad station th orty and 1 other shc venience official mention fo department. end walls here authorities theory possibie shops Bvery spared bureau the fed- are giving for either fire It there ar incendiarism dquart terday uld be ctective d that ed. r handiing pas- ljusted at the e los G ) mater in the »ps causing main- Al is the to of fell the burned this noon and a police Tecord is that several fire- men and them. James fractured ward Herm e and Hruised. ‘Weldon, skull Com and ance, Joseph laborers were caught under 10, die; has a Bd- 1pany may received a broken Comiskey was TORNADO KILLS 11 Injured and Hundreds More Than Middle W Chicago, sons were more or les: tornado Wl lawa and May Killed s seriously Blowr est. and hich swep 10.—4 At least 11 more than 159 injured by tha ‘over Central per- t Central Illinois late vester« Tartfe cast fa vicinit) Saturda WEATH —o May New ‘ord, or clearing Showers 10.—] Britain tonight; cooler. ai- | which | Down in the | | 19 SOLDIERS KILLED IN R. R. TRAP Columbia, S. C., May 10.—Between and 15 soldiers were killed and many probably were fatally injured hen three passenger coaches loaded with members of the 321st infantry and the 317th machine gun company fell from a trestle near Camp Jack- n toda A soldier arriving here said many were killed and injured. The coaches, he id, were crushed. The troops were from North and South Carolina. A telephone message reaching the city at 10:15 stated that between 30 end 40 bodies had been taken from the wreck. The soldier who brought the re- port of the wreck to the city said he wag standing at the quartermaster's depot when he heard the crash of the falling ca Calling some offi- cers, he hurried over to the place :nd was appalled at the spectacle e light coaches, he said, were crushed. The men frained for that in the coaches had on- Camp Sevier, at Green- | OLD HERMIT WILL CASE IS DECIDED iTeir of Patrick Kerwin Allowed $3 500 Against Estate of Late Hugh Kerwin. in the superior court yes- | terday with Judge William . Case on nm bench, found for the estate of Patrick Kerwin in an appeal from the decision of Judge . B. Hunger- jord and Attorney Morris D. Saxe, in the claim against the estate of the laie Hugh Kerwin. The case at- ‘racted considerable interest. At- torney A. W. Creedon appeared for the appellant and Judge William F. Mangan represented James M. Cur- tin, executor of the estate, in oppo- sition. Hugh to as a Kerwin was often referred hermit. He died in January, t the age of 85 years, leaving ate of about $21,000, practical- h. In his will he be- $1,000 to Patrick. The Patrick followed at Port- in March, 1917, and $4,007 against the estate his daughter, Mr: Willis' testimony deposition and in the iy queathed death of land, Ore., claim for was prosecuted by Jiose Willi Mr in the case was by in fact most of the testimony cose was in deposition form. The claim of Patrick was on the grounds that he w ag- inaw, Mich.,, in 1903 and w sked 1o come to Hugh's farm to make his Lome to live and work. It was claimed that wrick’s services based would be paid from ibe estate. Patrick remained on the \rm until November, 1914. Judge Hungerford and Attorney Saxe d aliowed the claim in the hearing in ihe local probate court and James M. Curtin, the executor of the cstate, would mnot allow the claim on ground that he came to Hugh's place for a home and that there was no agreement regarding compensation for services. The jury made an award 500. of §3,- EXPLOSION WAKES ACTON ‘Wheel Mill of Powder Plant Disap- pears and Detonation Is Heard for Miles Around—No Lives Lost. Acton, Mass., May 10—An explosion at the plant of the American Powde here destroyed a wheel mill early today and shook the countryside with a force that sleeping resi dents of towns miles away None of the employes was in the building the time and no one was injured. cas impossible, the police say, to de- termine the cause of the explosion, 1 Co aroused his | Hugh promised that Pa- | the | at | 1t | Cruiser Vindictive, Filled With Cement, Chokes Mouth of Harboi French Capture Grlevenes Park, Five M from Montdidier, Taking 258 Prisone British Consolidate Positions Near Albe Flags of American Troops Decorated London, May 10.—The German submarine base of Ostend the Belgian coast has been blocked as the result 6f a new by the British naval forces, the admiralty announces. - The o lete cruiser Vindictive, filled with concrete, has been sunk ag the entrance to the harbor. The British lost one motorboat. Their casualties were Ii Prepared Soon After Zeebrugge Raid. Dover, England, May 10.—The decision to send the Vindig to Ostend was made a few days after her return from the brugge raid and the task of filling her \\'ith concrete was begd As in the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend this recent Brj naval enterprise was safeguarded. As evidence of this it is reca after the battle-scarred cruiser returned from the first raid, an gent request was made that she be sent up the Thames to don for public view. The authorities did not encourage this I ever and the agitation subsided. At the time she was being o hauled for her last voyage. L] French Capture Grievesnes Park. Paris, May 10.—French troops yesterday captured Grieve Jark, five miles northwest of Montdidier, the war office announ| The French took 258 prisoners, including four officers! also a considerable amount of material. Notwithstanding a lery fire and attempt of enemy patrols to harass our a(l\' our infantry maintained possession of the positions, and consoli ed them. British Raid at Albert London, May 10.—The DBritish troops yesterday made a cessful raid near Albert, northeast of Amiens, capturing priso and consolidating their positions which they had regained fi the enemy, the war office announces. ] £ Berlin Claims 675 Prisoners. Berlin, May 9, via London—Completely successful lacal tacks southwest of Ypres on Wednesday resulted in the ¢ capturd 675 prisoners, according to the official statement from . (e headquarters today. German troops took by storm strongly g fied positions on a front of more than a mile. BORGLUM UNDER FIRE Critic American Flags Docorated. With the American Army Trance, May 9, (By the Assoel | Press).—The flags of Compani Planned | and L of the Ninth U. S. infd were decorated with the French Cross today in recognition of a puise of a German attack along heights of the Meuse south of dun, April 14, when enemy raif some disguised as French sold { entered the American trenches gave the alarm that a gas attack: in progress. Members taclied the Germans, them and took After visiting communication of Airship Program Concern in Which 1lIle Was to Be Silent Partner. Washington, May light of publicity w upon the activities of the sculptor, who the aircraft production the personal agent of Pre son. Letters, telegrams, and sworn state- ments placed in the hands of senators from the official files of the War de- partment show that Borglum's own inventions failed of test and that while acting as the president's agent he carried on negotiations for the formation of the corporation of which he was to be a silent partner and which, the was to have speci o Borglum’s frien with the | BROKER KILLED WHEN MACHINE RUNS WILD 10.—The flood s turned toda utzon Borglum, investigating tuation, s dent Wil- of the companies illing 61 prisoner: towns and lineg behind the front, members of the American labor d tion urned to Paris Thu ht. This completed a stay of with the Amerigan army. Gets Six Enem M 10 e brou Licuten office Lirman . “hips Ly war Pland Six German down yestel Rene Fonck, arts, ¥ of e Sub t nt announc sociations and president. STANLEY WILL HEARE Scheduled for This Moraing, Is 1. hearing of the late Ché not take place of the sudden il But Eates - The scheduled court on the will B. Stanley did morning because of Mrs. Ruth Stanley Bates, of ford, who, through her lawyer, M. Alcorn, is said to be about ot test the will. The estate is repr ed by the Connecticut Trust and Deposit Co., of Hartford, and hearing will be before Judge of in pro Clarence McEwen of New York Meets Death, Companion Scriously Injured in Greenwich. 10 Clarence stock broker of 2275 Broadway, New York city, was killed and George A. Fiun, of Greenwich was probably fatally hurt last night when | bate D. T. O'Brien, of Meriden, the car in which they were driving ! 5 i % 5 { The will which is to be cont collided with one driven by William | ;. oviGes in briet, that if N Graham. { daughter m‘ the testator, dies wil RUSS AGITATOR SENTENGED. ew Bt ol the matniena Greenwich, May McEwen, a of New Rnnm tor the maintenal | Walnut Hill ]ul]l\ MESS HALL at Framinghs Mass. Flames, l)] ’sl‘ll()YE D, Consul in Glasgow of Bolsheviki Sent Building 1, to Prison foy Five Years for Tirade covered in to Labor. Mass., May on the ground camp here us ince’ the dej Framingham, large mess hall the state militar stage purposes of Massachuset troops last was burned today. : The enti g was in flames'iwhen th was sounded, | Edinburgh, May 10.—For making speeches prejudicial to recruiting, { John McLea consul in Glasgow of | the Russian Bolshevik government, in | the high court yesterday was sen- | tenced to tive vears’ penal servitude iunder the defense of the realm act.