New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1918, Page 1

HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUS MEAN: INESS- NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THU RSDAY, MAY 23, ESTABLISHED 1876. Eligibles in Every Registration Class Must Secure Useful O Be Inducted Into Army-Ciaim of Dependents to Be Ignored HUN PLANES POUR SHELLS ON HOSPITALS NEAR LINE Attack regard- Apgstles of Kultur Sick and Dying, Di ing Sign of the Red Cross on Rattle Front. FOUR SQUADRONS OF AIRMEN IN ASSAULT Heavy Explosives and Shrapnel Blast Buildings and Tents to Picces, Killing Nurses and Patients—Lust for Blood Brings Repetition of Initial Attack—Captured Captain FARMINGTON OFFIGER SUCCUMBS T0 DISEASE Lieut. James Palache Among Dead on Pershing’s Casualty List. Washington, list toda as follows: Killed in action, 14; died of wounds, L2 died of disease, 11; wounded severely, 39; wounded slightly, 9; missing in acfion, 1. Officers included we: Lieutenant May 23.—The cz contained $6 nam sualty divided Callous to Horror. With the 3 (By rman airmen heavily British behind the lines British Army in ¥ the Asso $ bombed the area | and this have | killed and w e me hundreds | among the personnel and patients of | many di nt hospials in the group. Recorded in t 1, the names of jseveral who, with | other womeén: nurses, by ts throughot hospit casualty sister stood hravely o te fie delu, in large Americ in which fhe hut suf An neighborhood »spi A\merican the 0 and A neither of the red summer rican doctors and led anoth @ work and wounde » raide At test horror ht, appar enemy pl Hore T ) Sunday was nerpeirated ntly four | ap- squadrons pear to h compris: of machines. 7 of bombs were dropped, cent. of them huge aff vast craters in the h and the rest high explosiwes shrapnel, which sent their death dealing bullets te every direction through the hospital tents and buildin -seated airplanc was I while flyi the pa were The enemy captain ustained comparatively nds while the en questioned men against explained in hat he didn’t > said he mil ctives » to mole: ns of a shrug o that if their h m bed h than a | number whi ve more score great thre own by altitude rought unf a low e ocet Red Cross and had hospitals Hospital Sites, f his shoulde: he British choose to near railways them mdded huild they the spitals expect to gt e captain Asked where replied he had ice before the inday night's phases, the spoke cexcellent he had been war raid Eng- learned it, in diplomatic 1i he BeY W divided in- h be ind las til 11 ied with the enemy - el £ 1140 and bombed hospitals ith ren. the ch was dam- 1l the patien ompound f th wo of hortly buildir most suffer tures which made v limbs being strapped in the air. N yman deserted her ward, terrible bombing ¢ g her rounds and quietin ortunate men, . who might easily have done themselves lasting harm by springing from their beds One the goi sister was killed outright while - was administering to the soldiers’ nts d another 50 seriously hurt that she died shortly afterward. | Etill another was dving today. Positiol Bombed. Railway s and the railway Belgium, and a chloride factory at Mannheim, on the Rhine, were bombed Tuesday night and Wed- nesday by British aviators. Three fires were caused at Mannheim and 1 conflagrations near Liege. was Enemy Mili London, M German Lorraine ations in near Liege, | |8 i | ton | Harold } Mechani James Palache, Farmington, Conn., di woun Lieutenants John T. Ma ¢, St. Louis, Mo., and Hugh I. Benoit, N severely d, wounded The list: Kilicd in Action, Clem Hobbs, Red Towa: Corporals John (. Foste rcenfield, Ill: Charles 1. Guartl Springtfield, M ; James G. B. Lig hall, Cohoes, Y.; Harvey T. Rimel, ific Junction, Ia.: William Brogan, Lot Brookly Brizhton, Mass ns, Salem; Mass; Max 11, Atlantie; Jadh Bdward ;amont, Yonkers; John Macie; 3rooklyn; Albe Eopim. Vorasoka, Volin Dicd of Wounds, Licut. James Palache, F ton, Conn.; Sergeants Walter L. Brown, El Paso; Raymond J. Ca IFort Tee, N, J.: Corporals Miles Doug- Roclkford, Mich: William € Pa.; Priv John Adam , Green- Chirag Sergeant Rrowne. Coyne, Har rt rming las, in, . Burns 19 Grang: of Prescott Discase. W. Gould., New- goner, ¥ Sergeant Upper Bryant Clark, East Ma: 4 IFoncannon, Faulkton, n Coleman, Jones, Soa ) . ter Hunter. r Q] <r St. Paul; C. Mastenbro rand Haven, Mich; H. Neumann, Glennie, Mich; rvey T--Palmer, Hillsdale, Ore. Severely W Lieutenants John Lonis; Hugh L. Miss.; Se Chic wood, Spring 0. Williz Coo 8 D Bradl W. Ha uire, Ben W. Bro Linville Albert Raddat , Meriden, Conn Rlanchard porals Micha Iurphy, Was D. C.; David Sil Sanislaw Baranski, 27 Mapie © Middletowr Conn.: Pr; Ma Abbr ernardsville, N. J. Mack Ander Inman, $. C.; Thoms Bertolino, Los Angeles; Chester O. Bitner, Indianapolis: Dominick Be- tont, Houston, Pa.; Geo B. Bolt, Woodbine, Ia.; H. Brown, Look- eba, Okla.; Pa.; Peter Connors, Manchester, N. H.; Jacksonville, S. C.; Joseph, Mo.; Hartford, Conn.; Hartfard, C Boston; Dw street, Anso: neapolis; F Casey Koois W. Laff son, Gimle Brooklyn: Geo Sotero C. Nav Iph et, rio 51 I Dolph 3 Jessie Deakins, ndrew Deardi, nest Deceoccio, Raymond Gambei t Ge Gust Gullie! el Elija Patrick G. Mellor, Lowell, ro, West Berke- ward L. O’Hagan, Lowell Raborn, Care Schwenn & Co Ired Allen Renick Rose, Cherryvale, Tomm, Delavan, IlL; Elbwood Woundead Slightly Sergeant William Point, W. Va.; Corporals Cornelius J. Brown, oston: Arthur Richards Chicago; Priv Bruce Cochr afton, N. I Martin enbas Joseph Flynn, Philadel- Hartford, Mittineagt Charles G. Thompson, Atkin- iy @ George racoma; laud P George E. Youngha Joe wis, Miil British aviators destroved 16 German girplanes and two observation balloons ‘and drove down two airplanes out of control. Three British machines are missing. f chester. H.; Michael J. Glynn, Dor- Missing in Action. Private Rocco Summa, Mill strect, Waterbury, Conn, Oak, | % I Long Grief- Ray (. Cochran, Rankin, | ICITY SEES SECOND About 200 Men Leave for Camp . Upton Early Today With A. F. Corbin, They Chase Troop Train to Waterbury and Therc Get Aboard—Five Fail to Appear, Dist- cd As Deserters. { w Britain’s largest contribution to the National Army, since the first contingent went early in Sepember, left this morning at 7:21 o’clock when about 200 young men entrained for Camp Upton at Yaphanlk, L. I. There was a very large crowd at the depot to see them off and there was mor huslasm and also more sad leave taking than at any other time since the first draft left. Probably the most touching scene was when ~an aged mother clung desperately to her wwart son, refusing to let him go. The young man gently pulled her en- { circling arms from around his neck, aying: ‘“Mother, you must let me go for I must get on this train.” As the old lady choked back her sobs she muttered: ““I only ask that you be as good a boy there a vou have been for me.” A few minutes later the train pulled out, headed for Water- bury and thence to New York and Tsland. Taken to Waterbury by Three first district men | cidently left beh . One clambering nto the rear the train, was not recognized by his fellow men and s imm ely shoved off again onto the station plat- form. man, and the two others who w were hus- tled into Albert F. Corbin's waiting automobile and hurried to Waterbury where they arived aliead of the train and were taken aboard. In the first distrct there was only one man who failed to answer to his name. He is | Andrew Mazurek of Bridgeport. Four failed to appear in the second district. They are James T. Garlick of Dwight street, Edward Childs of Upton, Mass., Dominic Potragile of Hart street and Joseph Blazek of 212 Allen street. Changes in List. Because a number of registrants had enlisted in the Naval Reserves, the Merchant Marine or other branches of the service, or because, for some good reason the board saw fit to give them a deferred class or an extension of time, the list as original- Iy prepared in the first distriet was changed today and 2 number of new men’ were sent. Those originally scheduled to go but who did not for one of the above reasons were: Aug- ustus Bennet, Reuben N. Hadley, Al- bert N. Volz Alexander Tantarski, Frank E. Leist, Thomas J. McDonald, | Raward J. Haffey, Fausto Del Cogno, | Anton Vasileoski, John Jenusaitis, Joseph Gambino, John B. Anderson, Sanley Yerouka, who has joined the Polish Legion; Waclaw Koslowski, | who has joined Polish Legion; Al- | bin Dressel, Hjalmar Swanson, Alex N. Pastick, Walery Sobol, rles A. | ms, James C. Cochrane, Apian | James Feras and Victor Ku- Auto. were ac- of them, tferm of Sergeant James Sullivan of Camp Devens was in charge of the first dis- trict contingent and was aided by the following lieutenants; Ired J. Ward, | Albert C. Nyack, James F. Flood, 3 sle, John J. Shea, An- drew J. Basso, Joseph Callahan, Da- vid Robinson, Bernard Egenton, Ed- ward Lancaster, Edward Hanson, An- drew Cherpack and G. Root. Those who went were: Oswald J. Noe, Nicola Mongiardo, Constantine Denechenko, Paul Mort- dwa, Michael Was, Isadore Pilkierus | John Jaksinia, Wincenty Zawislowski, ‘Arturo Marino, Joseph Sakaluski, Bernard Egenton, Frank Milliano, Peter Stunia, Anthony Nevul Al- bert Allert, Lewis Grosko, Secondo \W. Ravizza, Angelo Trini Adam Pilkiewicz William Lozowinies, Wward §. Lancaster, Zyder Koziot Syd- ney R. Cooper, Durham Abdal, Frank H. Green, Edward Hanson, Dante Ca- toni, Joseph Pendoff, Cyrus Abraham. Wincenty Alechnici, Yeturn Girag- an, John Ferry, Bdward Janeches- ky, Salvatore Ma Denis J. wak, Andrew J. Basso, Joseph Calla- (Continued on Seventh Page.), LARGEST DRAFT GO a- | Rarrett, John J. Shea, Bronislaw No- | AERIAL BATTLE AT THREE MILE HEIGHT, American and German Aviators Unscathed in Fpic of Air HALF DOZEN FIGHTS SEEN| Col. J. N. Hodges of American Engi- neer Corps Awarded British D. S, O.—Lieut. Kurtz Accidentally Killed Behind Lines. Ameri (By we Army in A ciated erial ac- . Amer- With the France, May 23 Press.)—There tivity iorthwest of ican aviators than half an early been able machines One oul toda participated in more dozen combats but up to hour tonight ‘they had not to bring down any enemy merican three different after the other Two other aviator engaged Boche i machines one within 20 minutes. American pilots fought for half an hour h two German machines at an aititude of 500 meters but failed to get telling shots home. A falling off in the American tors the official statement i ican headquarters at 9 o'clock I right. The statement read “The artillery ctivity creased. There no de to report.” Enemy airc: 1y active artillery firing on reported in sucd at Amer- has de- are opments ft have been extreme- the American front in wdvent of the new vads in t have been villages aviators e destruction. The has been neg- of civilians of them wom- American sol- with the 1at have ce the moon. Villag rear of the Ar bombed and som d by the cenes e hos ge done but a number have n killed, most cn and children The ers and nurses in rench populat received visitations ing aid and comfort to the ¢ ligible Pilot Accidentally Killed. Washington, May 23.—Gen. Persh- ing’s communique transmitted today to the War Department reported that Lieut. Kurtz, an American pilot, had been killed accidental within the American lines. D. S. O. for Col. American He ish Front, May Hodges. °rs an the Brit- "he Associated Press) .—Col Hodges, of the American Engincer Corps, has bee awarded the British Distinguished ervice Order in ‘recognition of his servic during the period from March de Cal first Americ: Hodges n officer: the D. S. O. The latest publishea United States Army list gives John N. Hodges as a captain in the Fi ngineers. London Reportd Artillery Battles. 1 May —Heavy artill fighting in the Ancre valley, south- east of Lens, and in the Flanders sali-§ ent is reported in today’s official state- § ment. London, ty on Amiens Front. 23.—There inte auth of the river Little A Paris, May mittent shellin Avre on the Amiens front, French war office announced today German raid on French positions in the Bois Mongival failed. French de- tachments patrolling in Champagne | brought in some prisoners and war material. NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED. was Taken to Scene of Crime and Hanged by Mob. Cordele, Ga., May 23.—James Cobb, | tho negro taken from the jail here by | | 2, mob shortly after midnight, was c: ried to the scene where he attacked | and killed Mrs. Roy Simans, seven miles east of Cordele, and hanged. WEATIER. i i May Britain cooler Hartford, st for New Fair, and vi- tonight; Frida { Farley, RED GROSS TARGET EXGEEDED a0 P. C. Subscriptions Reported at Noon- day Rally Total $166,842 MANY DOUBLE PLEDGES Wild Enthusiasm at Elks’ Club Rally Subscriptions Tike Nation Subscribes $52,- As Come in Avalanche- 150,396, Passing Half Way Post. New Britain has already oversub- scribed its allotment for $100,000, for the Red Cross, today’s contributions oi $76,378 bringing the grand total up to $156,842. The campaigners Tave now set $200.000 as the goal and the opinion was expressed by Trederick S. Chamberlain that not only should this city oversubscribe its allotment by 100 per cent but that the entire United States should do likewise. Following the meeting this noon there was wild enthusiasm, started when Mr. Chamberlain announced that he would increase his private ion by 50 per cent. There then ed a free-for-all in which a dozen or more men scrambled to increase their own donations 50 and 100\ per cent, whereupon Herbert H. Pease started a ball rolling in another di- rection by starting an “additional 100 club of tweive members.” In less than as many scconds the charter membership was all taken. Day's Total Is $76,378. Following is the report, team, for the aay: Teams Plainville ... Berlin Newington No No. No. No No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. team by Corporations . Day’s Total Total $200,000 Now the Goal. The noonday address was given by Rev. William Keefe of Plainfield and a more stirring, patriotic talk not have been asked. Immediately the clergyman resumed his chair, City Treasurer Frederick S. amber- lain announced that he would increase his own subscription 0 per cent. “I'm with Mr. Chamberlain in that shouted Chairman C. F. Bennett, and in less than five minutes Willlam J. Peter Crona, Dr. Henry Bray, H. C. Kingsley, W. L. Hat and E. M. Beecher Attorney P, F. McDonough rose declared that he would double own contribution and Rev. John Winters said he would do likewise, 'W. Christ id that he has alr given 50 per cent. more than he his wife had greed they could ford, but he wished to add that. It was then that Mr. stavled his $100 club and within few seconds the men had asreed z0 after the second hundred thou dollars. The register on Bank building h been $100,000 and a new poi nstalled over the first, econd amoun It the Red Cross bud was de up befor n n and th more recent vastation caused a need of Grand his ady and stopped at ter has heen indicatir explained t $100,000 Ge de- more of I the recent drive has monc Charles F. Smith of (Continued on.Eleventh Page), the I.anders, could | had followed suit. | and — ccupation by July 1 or Number in Class I, With Immediate Dispatch| to Ranks, Promised Those in Other Class ifications, Who Refuse to Abide by Ruling --Regulations May Solve Labor Problems ruling affects the following: Gamblers, race Fortune tellers. Waiters and bartenders. clubs, hotels, stores, etc. Domestics. Clerks in stores. sportsmen. track and bucket OCCUPATIONS AFFECTED BY “WORK OR FIGHT” A UKASE ISSUED BY PROVOST MARSHAL CROWDER Provost Marshal General Crowder’s “work or fight” ' L shop attendants. 28 & Theater ushers and attendants. 4 Passenger elevator operators and other attendants of 2 Professional baseball players, jockeys, golfers and other Washington, Crowder. attendants, pass the regulations and refuses to military service forthwith. It had been known for ¢ Text of Crowder's Order. The statement of the shal general follows: ‘Provost Marshal General Crowder today announced an amendment to the sclective service regulations which deals with the great question of requiring men not cngaged in a useful occupation, to immediately ap- ply themselves to some form of labor, contributing to the general good. The idier,. too, will find himself confront- ed with the alternative of finding suitable employment, entering the army. “This regu July 1st provost mar- or wion provides that after B ant who is found by a local hoard to be a habitual idler, or not er in some useful ccecupation, st summoned y fore the hoard. given a chance to ex- | plain and, in the absence of a satis- factory cxplanation, to be inducted to the military scrvice of the Tnited State: “Any loc rized to take original jurisdiction or not; in other wo ing around a pool room be held to answer to a 1 even though he may have reg- in New York and lived there his life ions which apply to ants will be deemed to ap- all descriptions tend ot buc- fortune ed all be board be action will whet the of registrant ot i idle registr ply to gamblers of and employes and shops and 1 clairvoyan and the for the purpose of the regu. all be considered idlers. Affected. ket tellers, like who, lations, B as Classes “The new regulation ect the following ¢ ‘(a) Persons er ing of food and public places, | notel clubs. ‘(b) Passenger elevator operators and attendants, doormen, footmen and other attendanis of clubs, hotels, stores, apartment hou office build- ings and bath houses. ““(c) Persons including ushers and other attendants engaged and occu- pied in connection with games, sports and amusements except actual will asses: ged in the serv- drink or either in including hotels and also af- ) It me time that some form of “works fight” plan had been submitted to President Wilson, but there B been no intimation that it was so far-reaching in scope. Both military officers and department of labor off go a long way towards solving the labor problem for farme shipbuilders and munition makers and will end, for the present Icast,}alk of conscription of labor. The announcement today givi a notice signifying that the list of non-useful occupations willil extended from time to time as necessity requires. Chicago | lay 28 —Every man of draft age must woi or fight after July 1, under a drastic amendment to the selecti service regulations announced today by Provost Marshal General Not only idlers, but all draft registrants engaged in what ar held to be non-useful occupations are to be haled before loea board§ and given the choice of a new job or the army. Gamblers, race track and bucket-shop attendants and fortun tellers head the list, but those who will be reached by the ne: regulation also include waiters and bartenders, theater ushers an| enger clevator operators and other attendant: clubs, h_orels", stores, etc., domestics and clerks in stores. Deferred classification granted on account of dependents wi be disregarded entirely in applying the rule. the bottom of class 1, or even in class 4, but if he falls with 5 take be given a new number in class 1 that will send him into # t Local boards are autho cretion only where they find that enforced change of employnies would result in disproportionate hardship upon dependents. A man may be useful employment, he wil ed to use g ) cials believe it i rformers in legitimate conge| s or theatrical performances. “(d) Persons empjoyed in dogg service. “(e) Sales clerks and other cle employed in and other antile establishments Men who engaged or who are idlers will not ted to scek relief be that they have drawn number, or because they have b placed in class II, ITI, or IV on punds of dependenc The that he is not usefully employedt] outweigh both of the above col tion:: 1t seful stores are as ab be pers 1se of the a late Ol is expected that the list of # occupation will be exten om time to time as necesgifys require so as to include pergoms other employmer g “Temporary absences from reg| employment not to exceed one such temporary absences »bitual frequent shall not considered idlene Regular cations will not be considered’as sences in this connection. 1 ng Boards May Use Discretion, “The regulation safeguard around employed, by pr there are compe cumstances that change of em a fu not use! that throv men riding ir domestie would not . pef oyment by the rant without disproportinate | ship to his dependents or when change from non-useful to useful ployinent cccupation would mnd tate a removal of the regi his family local boards may deration to the circumstance: regulation further provides where such change of employy would compel the night emplo of women under circumstances a board ight dem not suitable for| ployent of women the board may ich circumstances into consi tion in making its decision.’” statement By Explaining the Gen. Crowder swid “The war so far disorg the normal adjustment of ind Crowder, new reglil has (Continued on Eleventh P