New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1918, Page 9

S T———————————— OKES PUTS BLAME | ON YALE RIOTERS efary of University Frankly dmits They Were in Wrong ew Haven, May 25.—Secretary | kon ‘Phelps Stokes, of Yale, vester- a letter David B. the latter's . in h:Gerald, de public kening, did sity right before the public in re- d t8 the student rioting of Monday [ht, than any other individual con- to Mayor in answer to in the press Friday more to place the uni- ed with the institution, since the ortunate outbreak. The mayor in letter informed the secretar nniversity and the Yale st not try to shift the responsib onto others and Mr. Stokes he t this in the real Yale spirit of Fnegs and right, by saying that the s of the students re highly dis- ditable as the students concerned ve. themselves realized and ac- wledged.” Ir.. Stokes in his letter also says ‘You may be sure that the univ j's officers and the leaders of stu- t _public opinion, fully realize the iousness of the offense committed certain students in interfering h traffic and doing other things trary to law and order hispattitude of Yale taken through secretary was explained to a num- of citizens last evening and they re highly pleased that at last some bund had been created by which y- and college could meet again for exchange of well wishes. It is ever, claimed that the university horities should not overlook the kolence of the Yale News in insult- the city and some of its enter- ses. 1t is generally agreed among men judgment .in the community that e bitter feeling which has swept city since the riot, has been ny times intensified by the atti- de of the Yale News, which has Jien, to represent the conservative timent of the student body. The pws has been busy of late attempt- to get evidence from certain men would in some measure serve | mitigate the offenses of the stu- nts and thereby partly excuse its n conduct. Secretary Stokes’ Letter to Mayor. Secretary Stokes' letter to the mayor 1lows. on, David E. FitzGerald, “Mayor of New Haven, “City Hall, New Haven. Iy dear Mr. FitzGerald: “I am greatly obliged to vou for pur letter of May 23rd, sgiving a Jaternent of the facts with reference | ‘the very unfortunate disturbance last Monday evening as you under- and them from personal observation hd from talks with other cit have had copies made and sent for eir information to the acting dean | the colleg and the acting director of e Sheffleld Scientific school—both ean Jones and Director Chittenden | bing absent from the city—and to the | gers. in charge of the Reserve fficers’ Training Corps and the Yale faval Training Unit, You may be re that the university’s officers and he leaders of student public opinion lly realize the serfousness. of the ense committed by certain students interfering with traffic and doing fther things contrary to law and order. _“These acts were highly discredit- ble as the students concerned have Jiemselves realized and acknowledged. he university has not formally dis- jipifned them pending the court trial, elleving, in accordance with its gen- ral practice, that it is not right to rejudice an individual's case before e court by so dolng. On the other and it will do nothing to shield those hose guilt is confessed or proven. s soon as the evidence on all sides as®een presented and the cases have pen heard, you may be sure that ose students who by their thought- ss and reprehensible conduct have rought the good name of the univer- ty into question, will he severely erlt with. I hope and believe that will be found that the number flty of illegal acts will be relatively mall. ““The relations between the city of New Haven and the university een so extremely friendly latel e are so anxious that they ontinue g0, both for the sake of the tversity and of the city, that the bxact facts shoud he brought out so hat all concerned in the disturbance ound guilty may be punished, the in- ogent exonerated and the wounds be- ween ‘“town” and “gown” quickly ealed. “I am, with much respect, “Very truly yours, “Anson Phelps Stokes.” ave and (Signed) $1,019.472 DUE IN TAXES ate Book Mas Increased Over Ialf Million Dollars Since City and Town Were Consolidated in 1906. Since the town and city ritain were consolidated in amount of money due the tax$s has increased more fald for where the rate hook led [for a collection of only $383, 36 412 vears ago, this year the book calls ypon Collector Bernadotte Loomis to ollect a total of $1,019,4 5 This is the first year that the col- Jectable taxes have reached the mi jon dollar mark and is the largest UM’ ever appearing on the books. A ago the collectable taxes amyunted to $956,575.42 and that v fhen considered a large figure. Thus he gain during past year has been of New 1906 the city in than two- should | DRAFT CARDS ARE ALREADY REGEIVED Everything Rcady for Registra- | tion on June § With both of the local exemption | beards prepared for the taking of the | registration of those who have at-| tained their majority June 5, the | government has y sent them a The registration cards have been re- ceived and are somewhat similar to those that the registrants had to fill | out a year ago. Following are the questions that all young men, who have become 21 since June 5, 1917, will have to answer: Name in full ze in years Home addr , city, town and state. Date of birth, day, month and year. Where were you born, city, town, | state and nation? 1 am a native of the United States; | naturalized citizen; an alien; I ave declared my intention; a mnon- citizen or resident Indian (strike out | line or words not applicable.) | If not a citizen, of what nation are | yeu a tizen or subject? | Father’s birthplac city or town, siate or provinece, nation. Name of employer. . Place of cmployment, number, street, city or town, state. Name of nearest relative. Address of nearest relative, street, city or town. state or na- | num- hy Race, white, negro, Indian or orivl‘ ental. | The registrant, upon properly fill- ing out these cards, must affirm to the truth of their assertions and the | registering clerk, if the registrant be } of African descent, must tear off the | cerner of the card. | The registrar also has a report to | fill in on the card showing a descrip- | tion of the registrant. In turn, the ! registrant has to affirm to the truth of his report. BAKER PROMISES TROOPS FOR ITALY Will Help Block Afi;t_rians, Secre- ] tary of War Says | New that American York, May the infantry, 25.—The promise | future” | gun | | “in distant machine not s, and artillery would be fighting h the Italians on the Italian front | was made last night by Secretary of | War ewton D. Baker, who spoke at ! the gala concert at the Metropolitan | Opera House, which closed a day de- | voted to the celebration of the third | anniversary of Italy’s entrance into | the war. Charles E. Hughes, presi- dent of the Italy-American society, | nad just before that expressed the | hope that if military considerations permitted it this might he done, and the audience was well acquainted | with the general desire in Italy for this tangible evidence of American co-operation; so the cheers which | greeted Secretary Baker's announce- ment were perhap the most vigor- ous of a very enthusiastic evening. The President’s Greeting. s chairman, age from read the President Mr. Hughes, following m Wilson: “The White House, “Washington, May 24, 1918. “My Dear Mr. Hughe ‘Will you not convey to those as- sembled on the twenty-fourth of May this expression of my regret that I cannot be present In order to express | in person my feeling of admiration | for the great Italiag people who are engaged with us in the great strug- | gie now going forward for securing the rights of free men? “The friendship of America for Jtaly has always been deep and cor- | dial. We have welcomed to this| country with a very genuine welcome | mullions' of Ttalians who have added | their labor and genius to the rich- | ness of American life, and this new association with the Ttallan people in | 4 struggle which has siven to men cverywhere the sense of community of interest and comradeship of right more intensely than they ever had it before, will serve to strengthen that | | friendship still more and crown the | many happy recollections of the as- | sociation of the two countries in thought and feeling. “T am sure that T express the sen- timent of the whole country when I thus express my admiration for Ttaly and my hope that increasingly, in the duys to come, we may be enabled to prove our friendship in every sub- | stantial way. Sincerely yours, | WOODROW WILSON., “Hon. Charles 12. Hughes, President, Ttaly-America society, New York | ! { | SINKING OFF TRISH COAS Member Missing. Thirty-seven arra’s Crew Cork from | The Queenstown, ) | steamer Inniscarra, bound ! Fishguard to Cork, has been pedoed and sunk. Thirty-seven mem- bers of the crew are missing and are tor- | | supposed to have been lost. ive survivors of the disaster have been landed. They are the captain, the chef officer, steward and two sailors. The Inniscarra was struck amid- ships. She listed immediately and foundered in four minutes. one The Inniscarra was a vessel 66,806.92. The gain since 1906 is pver a half milllon dollars, or $636,- 3,412 tons. She was built in 1803 and belonged to the City of Cork Steam | | of | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1918. American Veterans Like School Boys on Their Leave From the Trenches They Lie Awake ‘at Night in the Y. M. C.A. Headquarters “to Enjoy the Soft Beds” — Great Organization Works Hard to Make the Fighters Happy. OYS just let loose from school have nothing on American soldiers on vacations from the trenches, according to the last word from France. From the town where most of them go when they get a few days away from “the big noise” comes the asser- tion that if you take the fun young- sters get out of an unexpected half- holiday, add a million and multiply by ten, you only begin to approximate the high spirits of the boys from the United States on leave. To see them in their playtime you would be convinced that a course in trench warfare is the first essential to a good time. They lie awake nights to enjoy the beds; they would like to have the entire milk supply of a cheese manufacturer for theéir morn- ing coffee. Apparently they have never heard of war. With the trenches just before and just behind them, théy have “the time of their lives.” That they may do it the better, the Y. M. C. A. has helped build the American soldiers a city of fun, on a spot the location of which may not be stated. There many of them go on leave. Everything possible has been done to make them enjoy them- selves. And do they so? DO they? Back from the Trenches. The following account, written by the Rev. Shepherd Knapp, D. D, former assistant pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, recently pastor of the Central Church of Worcester, Massachusetts, who is in France as a Y. M. C. A. worker, and who helped plan the city of fun for the boys, tells the story: “They came straight from ' the trenches. The mud was thick on their boots and clothing. They wore their steel helmets, and they looked like 1war. They weren't the neat and gay crowd that thronged the decks on their arrival in France, but men who had been up to the front, and who had tasted the real hardships and perils of the trenches. I was glad and proud to have the French people here see them dirty and tired, with their muddy clothes and the signs of real service plain upon them, not un- worthy to stand beside the poilu in his dingy blue. “And then to see the transforma- tion! It seemed barely an hour be- fore they were streaming into the Y. M. C. A. casino, washed and spruced up, with their natty barracks caps on their heads, instead of the uncomfortable and ungainly helmets, and already with a much more rested look on their faces, which showed that the strain was beginning to let up. “We have a wealth of entertain- ment for them, and this beautiful “Pinch me, old> an. region, aided by superb sunshiny weather, offers every possible out-of- door attraction, but the one joy that I have heard most often mentioned is the BEDS. TO SLEEP IN A REAL BED BETWEEN SHEETS AND TO REMAIN A8 LATE IN THE MORNING AS THEY CHOOSF—THAT 18 the height of bliss. One boy said to me today (he arrived yesterday) that the bed was so soft he could not get used to it. It kept him awake! Another boy, comment- ing on the same luxury, said that it made him dream of being at home, “‘T think T dreamt it fifty times during the night, he said. “Some boys, in spite of all the hard work they have done, are off at once on bicycles or climbing the mountain on an all-day hike. Others just luxur- iate in sitting around. Most of them love to talk, and we Y. M. C. A. sec- retaries consider it a privilege to pro- vide them with interested listeners. Their stories must be very accurate, [ toink, for I've heard the same inci- dent half a dozen times from different men. Of course, 1 try to act just as surprised at the sixth hearing as at the first. The least you can do for these boys, who have been ‘up where the big noise is’ as they say, is to listen to their tales of ‘the war as we have mixed in it. Eager for More Exercise. “The Casino has taken on more and more the air of the huge pleasure palace that we intended it to be. To see its great rooms and halls literally thronged with men in khaki has been a tremendous satisfaction, as it has heen, still more, to note the growing chorus of approval and appreciation. This is too good to be true. I “The roads in every direction roundabout are full of men on bicycles or afoot. In spite of all the hiking they have had in tkeir training, or going to and from the trenches, many of them have gone off on long hikes and are climbing mountains with as much zest as if they had just been released from the tedium of some sedentary occupation. “Evenings they flock in for the theatre and movies, and on special nights there is a perfect mob, as for instance on ‘Stunt Night, when the men ' themselves provide the numbers on the program. Still more was this true on the night of the costume ball. This last was really one of the fun- niest performances ever witnessed. It wag amazing to see the costumes which the men procuced. American ingenuity was thoroughly illustrated. The French people, who came in to look on, seemed fairly bewildered by the whole performance. It was astonishing to witness the fun and high spirits of men who have just come from the hard and terrible ex- periences of the front and who are going back to them when the short leave is over. Before They Go Back. “The women have been doing won- ders, in making ready for the boys, cleaning, furnishing two large club houses, opening a restaurant, bargain- ing for the whole milk supply of a cheese manufacturer, hiring a small army of servants, and so on. The men have been preparing three ath- letic fields, bathing and boating fa- cilities, equipping three moving pic- ture houses, hiring two orchestras, must be dreaming.” engaging dramatic talent in Paris, and as a foundation for all this, arranging the hotel accommodation for the thou- sands of men who are expected here. Today at the Mairie we had a meet- ing with all the Lotel-keepers, the mayor at the center of the long horse- shoe shaped table, and five of us sec- retaries next him. “The only thing that is not joyous about the whole enterprise is the fact that the vacations come to an end, and every day some of our friends appear in their steel helmets, with their packs on their hacks, to say gocdbye. Not one of them goes with- out a fiue si'rit of courage ard readi- ness to see the thing through. “I can tell you it's a much harder thing to go BACK to the trenches than it was to go up to them the first time. You would all be proud to see the way your fellow-countrymen in khaki accept their share of the peril, and also of the hardship, which I really think is even harder to face. Mud and wet and cold for weeks together are a severer test of courage than shell fire, I'm inclined to believe. The spirit with whieh our men take it all is well illustrated by a remark one of them made to me the other day. He had told me how his shoes were often frozen stiff in the morning. i id he, ‘that you can’t possibly get them on. “‘But what do you do, then? I asked. “‘Put them on just the same! he said. “It's in this spirit that our Amer- jcan boys go back to the trenches after their play day here.” CITY ITEMS seed potatoes and fertiliz- | Svea Grain and Coa! Co. Buy vour er at Stanley —advt A1l M. vited to hall Tues —advt. Graham’'s classes are ' in- | attend a dance. TLoWitt’s eve. Dancing from 8 to 12. Buy vour seed potatoes and fertilizer at Rackliffe Bros, Tel. 10 —Advt. Everett Bailey Johnson, son of the late Charles A. Johnson who was at one time assistant postmaster here, | has been commissioned a first lieu- | tenant in the aviation corp nd s now stationed at San Antonio, Texas. Lieutenant Johnson is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bailey of 49 Winthrop - street. Co. No. 2 hose at the fire at dump last night. worked for an hour. Mrs. Morse is ill Church street. The regular meeting of the Jehuda | Halevi lodge scheduled for tomorrow night has been indefinitely postponed | because of the Jewish mass meeting to be held in the new Burritt school. | Councilman W. €. Wall has left on an auto trip to Camp Devens and laid 500 feet of | the Glen street The company Engine at her home, 2 i for Frank other points of interest in Mass scts. Privates Edward Blinn, George Riley and patrick week-end Burke, Danicel Fit furloughs. The district met this afternoon in the h partment laboratory and exat registrants for the National Army. Charles Miller, formerly as a waiter in local \urants, among the draftees to leave for Camp Upton Thu alth res day Tentative plans have lJated for an outing of = the club durng the month of July. affair will probably he held at side park in Springfiecid and will be made in automobiles been the Robert Johnson, n ficer and Mrs. Chs Tred Johnson, son Johnson, ‘e enlisted in marines and have heen ned the U. S. Gunboat Meade. of Folice Johnson, of Mr. and Mrs York uel and nd Tra A. Dann re visiting Mr, Welinsky. son Mrs. St. Mary’s Holy Family C hold a whist next Tuesday the Knights of le Columbus hall The great stor. lies in the Coal T As an wcement to to A have been cut to greater degree./ ge caj ns of there the county's Coal reserve must be built p during the Spring of Anthracite Coal have been on all sizes from Apiil first ] t frst.In many of the Bituminous fields the prices U S. FUEL ADMIN’?ST ATION acity of the countyy the conswmer and it is a;\dl Summer. early buying the prices reduced 30¢aton an evei **N i e are home from Camp Devens medical advisory hoard de- ined 18 emploved | was Meriden formu- | Stanley The | River- trip o1- and | Mre the to of New | Sam- will evening in chu- Howard Sow THE SEEDS of VICTORY! “Your money or your life,”” is what the hold-up man s gun in your face. That is what the Hun will do to the civilized world unless America feeds the world. Plant a garden and help to feed yourself, says the National War Garden Commission of Washington. » free garden book and become a Soldier of the Soil, as James Montgomery Flagg so well pictures. “YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE” SAYS HUN, THE HOLDUP MAN EVERY GARDEN A MUNITION % - v v B i on | was | that | fine | Hartford, when he sticks a Send a two-cént stamp for JEALOUSY CAUSE OF FIGHT BY YOUTHS It Costs Bististi $26 for His Celebration morning that court this told the an In police Thomas Donlon court for resenting insult to his girl friend he received a beating up from Benny Rawlinaitis, who was charged with assault. The defense claimed that jealousy the trouble. pressed by cause of was im- was the real Judge Meskill the story told by the ac- cused and discharged him. Accord- ing to Donlon he was at the carnival last evening and he served noticé on Rawlinaitis to “cut out” ying things about his girl. Rawlinaitis struck Donlon cutting his scalp and Donlon thought Rawlinaitis held a reck in his hand at the time. 111 feel- ing between the two prevailed for some {ime. They went to the so- called town lot and had a fight and Donlon’s lip was cut and he made complaint to the police. Rawlinaitis told a frank story. His version was that Donlon approached him last night, remarking that he (Donlon) was going to kick him for taking his (Donlon’s) girl out automobiling. He gave Donlon a punch and in falling Donlon cut his head. They then went to the town lot and fought it out. Joseph Lesponski was charged non-support and his wife stated she went away five weeks ago their blind baby to a hospital in York and after her return her band neglected her. In the two weeks he has not worked. Le- gponski said his wife threw his clothes out of the house and refused to give him anything to eat. He e plained his absence from work the post two wee v saying that he went to Cleveland to visit his brother. The case was continued on probation for a month with the un derstanding that he would go to and probation officer will his pay entrance ted with that with New hus- last work the craw The was celebr ini. Bistis with a frie and liguor of Ttaly into the war vesterday by Gaspe He went to Hartford and they imbibed wines freely. Returning home the last train they made a dis- turbance and Bististo was charged with breach of the peace. He used foul language and smoked on the train. A fine of $25 was imposed. John Martin, 0 wi ilted by Thomas Hill, w not present to s the charge and Hill was let go @ nolle. Charles Kennedy of Waterbury was charged with operating a motor ve- hicle without a certificate of regis- tration. Attorney P. McDonough his counsel and entered a plea guilty. Ile explained that Mr Kennedy only recently purchascd ths car and was on his way to Iar ford to have it registered. Traffie Supervisor Clarence Lamphere noted « pecuiiar angle to the suspension of the registration numbers on the car and his inquiry resulted in learning the car not registered. A of $3 without costs was im- rosed A charge plates of license to an- other was to have becn ferred against George Wilder of Waterbury. He let Kennedy use his number plates to go to Hartford. Prosecutor Woods nclled his case. transferring automobhile of from one | NEW INSURANCE PLAN OF UNDERWRITERS | Rates Will in Iuct Be Made By An Tn- spector—Hancock Resigns As Seeretary. insurance an 1 In the future the local es will in fact be spector assigned to the Hartford offi of Underwriters and the rating com- mittee of the New Britain Board 'ef I*ire Underwriters will be elin ated. A. change in ths by-la of the local ociation bringing about the change dosted at a meeting of the as- soclation yesterday. The rules of the ociation provided for the appoint- ment of a local rating committee of three members, but the work was in reality done by tho i who submitt committee, which generally ap- Under the new plan a bulletin will be maintained at Lockwood's of- fice in ity hall and the rates will be posted as they are promulzated. A similar plan is operating in New Ha- ven with great success. The arrangement is temporary as a new rating zlan will probably be effec- tive throughout Connecticut in a few vears. The adoption of the Bean sys- tem of mgting is contemplated. This plan calls for the rating of houses and blocks on a factor: A\ schedule of credits uniformly fixed is part of the plan and from that basis the rates are made, The New B Underwriter made the proved ain Board of Tire extended an invita- tion to the Connectdzut asso ion of Fire Underwriters to hold its annual summer outing at the Shuttle Meadow club in this city in August, Action will be taken by the executive board of the state body and will probably be accepted. Harry Hancock, secretary of the so- clety, resigned at the meeting yester= day and Harold Hatch was elected his successor. Mr. Hancock has entered the employ of Landers, Frary & Clark. TO MAKE REPAIRS AT ONCE. The steeple at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish Catholic church will b repaired immediately. In the mean=S time, the area below the steeple has been roped off so that in the o: unexpected accident no one