New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS I HERALD “ADS” MEA | BETTER BUSINE JUN NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, S/—\TIJIRI)AY, E 1, 1918.—TE! ESTABLISHED 18 French Counter-Blows Force Germans back Near Soissomns, Being Taken--Next Phase May Be Direct Drive for Paris, 'BELIEVE FEW LIVES LOST * homeward bound, was torpedoed and were eagerly ) ‘ IN SINKING OF TRANSPORT Destroyers Reach Time to Pick Up Survivers, London Afloat 30 Minutes NEW BRITAIN MEN LISTED WITH CREW XKenneth Leroy Hunn and bett On Their Fate Vessel Was Westward Bound With Few Convalescent Soldiers—No De- tails of Washing possible loss can tran sunk by naval Ster Admiral merely tha pedoed and that it sank an hour later. | Officials the loss of life was very small owin, fact that to the homeward carrying a since the to get awa No Tondo pedoing of port Presic ibmarine zone yesterday The ship was struck nd sank Destroyers reached in time to pick up the survivors. The day. turning utes. ho el car conval United ve: few Ythe No particulars as to casualties have been r i navy been notifi any surviv in the Uni %, Such f been recei American the vet of the torr New Britain Amon the . of 1 infor of ill- coln, merly This the V first clas; and until he entered the s employed tory. He i called to the colors his wife broke up their where shc As yvet T ceived her: Hunn was Another steamship ver street e and unmarried and enlisted about vear ago H. Corbett formation received. GHOST WALKS FOR FIGHTERS 5 Soldiers' and Sailors’ Pay pendents’ May Go Washington, checks covering allotments with the mails completed cerning officis ment of the was received in Sims destroy nearly all who survived the explotion Bu home government tional sums for dependents, Repo Board and Has Attack in W June life Pres ton, 1% wh sport rday 1s los dispa last vessel t the were incline the and t hound few nec = Word of Su June 1.- the Americ dent Lincoln while in reached me 2d es s only her soldi es. received. Th headquarte ed but it ors will ted zmentary ved have authorities rs were at a i le pedo Men the mem ated liner Kenneth 1 Dwight sf mation 1 seaman was today on cle i jed an s went lives w 10 informatio e stating wi survivor. New Britai was James ( He abo and now He is a co of 86 North conceraing Allotments Into Mail ¥ June soldier of their allow today. Distri in. about pa reached the war risk reau, Been today of the big transport night passeng ship rems hour all on board probably were able ws of the tor- the ers returning to be landed at ports Kingdom. Leroy May three Thousands of letters of inqu delayed CALIFORNIA AIRMAN FIRST AMERIGAN ACE | CONNECTICUT rts — Ship Washington, list today cont as follows: Killed ih action, 3; died of disea ine ,accident, 1; 17: wounded slizhtly, action, 9 Th list mes Cor- No Word of Received— 10; 11 ashington. led in Actiol Privates Timothy York; Gustave Hillert John Meclntyre, ~Details as to Don en the Ameri- dent Lincoln, Died of Wound: Joseph Long, awaited Announce- Sergeants waukee; Tim al Walter G. Caul, Privates William | C, beth, N. J; Joseph F icans; Harold McNeary K teh from Vice stating had been tor- Ca n d to believe Scigeant John hamion; Privates Hartford, . ter, Oklahoma City; St. Aunsgar, Ia.: Patrick Brandenberg, Mont.; Jo Vezolacca, Italy; Robert tord, Plerre, 8. D.; Erne Devils Lale, D Thomsett, Sault Ste Wallace R. Williams, Died Acroplanc Sergeant Thurston Guerneville, Cal. McDon. ransport was James was probably zers and -also afloat for an il rvivors. n troop trans- by a German naval war London to- while re- 30 min- the .scene Acy R, £ Wounded Lieutenants York; Andrew P. Peterss ton, Minn; James D. Wa Tex; Sergeant Edwin Jtas 111; Privates Carson, Nev Juliu, Wadsworth, Nev; Mike ( Mont; Athanasio M. H;: n tation, Miles City, Mont cago; Herm co; Edg Lewis, Ash Joseph M. Partridge, 3 v Smith, Mingo, Milwaukee. Lee V. Ia crew and a Red Cross here have not likely that e al, N Mont; Jo iverett M. n Lambert; as have the that up etails reassured n London to pick Ia On Board. of the Pr dent Lin- Huun, for treet, this city. given out by Hunn was a the transport orvice was | n a local fac-! d since he was | Wagoner Claud Plain, Minn; Pri Amonette, Lynchburg, Anastiou, Karanda, Tony Babick, Berlin Berz, Warwick, N. Sioux Ialls, S. Augus orth Grant strect, Wil arl Coodwin, Cohagen, Leavey, Roxbury, M Phillipe, Portland Me Jer City. R. N crew to Hartford, ith relatives. n has been re- rether Seaman Missing in Sergeant Daniel Br Privates Harry reet, Dol Dorman, erald : Louis Lewis Thomas 5 P n boy on the ‘orbett of Bea- ut of years er usin of Patrick street. No in- him has becn street, Waterhu Philadelphia; Somerfield, Pa: Saratoga Springs, { son, Waverly Mass. Lieutenant Hugh L. Benoit, Miss., previous severely wounded, slightly wounded. i+ Private William Colliga previously reported mi ported returned to duty. and De- ¥or Month of lags. GERMAN PUBLIC 1.~The = and sailors’ pay, lumped ances of addi- | went into ibution will be weeks. Demoralization Hurled Spread by Allied A shington., June raids on German town: izing the German people. con- have bu- yments insurance Athan heretofore reported. Norfolk, Hartford, dale and Waterbury Sol- diers Included in Roll. Bemi Philadelphia. William Rus Marie, Joplin, Dan A, Werner, Va; Thevon, Wis; D; John F. Frank R. now MEN ON CASUALTY LIST Spring- June 1.—The casualty ained 57 names, divided died of wounds, died of nellan, aczor, Chicago; Norfolk, rroll, ald, G hn st ell M cident, Severely. arnum, on, rd, ‘ogura, 8. e hn E. Howe, land, ; Ed Wounded Slightly 3ary, New ji, Minn, New Brooklyn. "Died of Diseasc. Bring- vin, Hostet- Herbert Koethle, McGuire, Peroni, Rutter- Sanders, John Mich; o. Chamberlain, New Lamber- Houston, B. Degenkolbe, Arratebel, Ceresola, Bear Curt Destinn, Robert Ged- Hocy, Chi- San Francis- C.; D; N. N rd Maple Henry Stay Albe t kes Mont; John Action. ) Manchester, Fast J. A 0s Greece; rt Devlin, Fettig, Barre; John 3lias Rogers, ndon, Towners, Moundsville, W. Va; Dover | Goldman, Lenhart, Lysett, Harry Sv 1y an, ng, no by Airmen. Sutherland, | reported | reported | to be pall beare Brooklyn, re? w PANICKY. Bombs Allied Advices to the state department to- day said the effect upon the popula- tions of ecities bombed was far greater air- wounded severely, ; missing in an- air ! are demoral- | iLieut. Campbell Brings Down Fiith Enemy Machine in Combat URGED FOE T0 SURRENDER Yankce Hesitates to Attack German Whose Ammunition Was Exhaust- ed—Soldier Unknowingly Pallbearer at Brother’s Funcral. With the American Army in France, May 31 (By The Associated Press).— To Lieut. Douglas Campbell, of Cali- fornia, goes the honor of being the first in the American Flying Corps. was Lieut. ace It shot down the German airplane near Pont Tous: toda 1t his fifth victory to be confirmed officially It is probable that another ace will be announced shortly, and the aviator to win the honor probably will be Lieut. Edward Rickenbacher, of Co- lumbus, O., the former automabile | racer. Official confirmation of the victory reported gained by Ricken- bacher, Thursday, will bring his string of victories to the coveted five. With a number of other pilot: Lieut. Campbell was out early toda They were acting as patrols and protection for an American observa- tion machine returning with British bombing planes. Some distance away, Lieut. Camp- bell saw a German plane at a height of 4,500 meter He sped toward it and when he got near the German, the enemy biplane began to dart in and out, firing bursts from his ma- chine gun. The German did his best to get a shot home, but Campbell kept circling and darting at high speed. The battle continued for 20 minutes before the enemy observer abandoned his gun. Campbell saw that the Ger- man's ammunition was exhausted and he closed in on him. Campbell who on was German Attempted to Escape. Lieut. Campbell tried to signal the German to surrender and descend on French soil, but the latter apparently decided to take a chance on getting home. The American got on the tail of the German, forcing him down, but the enemy was getting nearer home. Lieut. Campbell again signalled with- Lout success and then, when the chance came of permitting the Ger- man to escape or shooting him down, he cut loose with his gun and poured a deadly stream of incendiary bullets into the German machine, which crashed to earth inside our line Our first all-American ace said: “I did not like the idea of shooting him down when he was not fighting, but T could not let him get away.” The American airman made prison- Thursday by the Germans was Wilfred V. Oasgrain, of De- B. L. Aler Lieut. H. | troit. %1 With the American Army in France, June 1 (By The Associated Press) One of the most pathetic instanc: the war so far as America is concerned occurred in a little cemetery to the rear of the Picardy front recently when an American soldier, acting as a pallbearer at the funeral of several American dead, discovered his own brother, Joseph Ash, among the corpses. The brothers, members of | qifferent companies, had met only the day before at the front. Joseph re- mained there and was mortally wounded that night, dying soon after- ward. His brother was ordered to the rear lines with a party of woodchop- pers. The woodchoppers near the cemetery at funeral and the chz a were working the time of the lain asked them In the midst of | the service the chaplain read the name of Joseph Ash. The brother, who stood with bared head in the small group of soldier-mourners, reeled for- ward, his eyes filled with t ind he exclaimed: “My brother: my brother The chaplain, not understanding, stepped up and placed his arm around the voung man’s shoulder, saying We are all brothers, my boy.” he soldier looked at the coffin and his head Germans will pay for blood, Joe,” he said, and then it was t{hat the chaplain and the othe around him understood, and they led ‘ him away. shook {7 “he your RED CROSS TO PROTEST AGAINST HUN ON ALLIED \ ATTACKS HOSPITALS Geneva, Switzerland, June 1. The membe the Red Cross committee arc to make strong protest against the bombing by German airmen of hospitals be- hind the British and American fronts. The committee expressed deep indignation when offic facts and figures on the bombin raids were presented to it. protest will be on the lines that sent to Germany concerning the sinking of hospital ships. HOLCOMB GETS CALL | FOR 1,200 JUNE 24 Towns Haviylg Class 1 Men| of Must Supply Deficiency in Others. ' all deaft Holcom) I'he il 1 Hartford 1,200 s Conn., 1.—A rew June for ectiver on the >d war department. Cl those rocel the to i Was by Governor froem men are 2 taken from ss from for se ar€e «0 be been accepted ene 1 They to be about to Camp Meade, Maryland. «Local boards are instructed 1 toke men from Class 1 who are saged in farming unless they needed to complete the quota. The board will be exsceted to use tn best judgment whether or not to take men from the farms. When the 1,200 men have been drafted the state will have furnished approximately 20,000 men for war service. This forenoon Major John Bu ley communicated with the dr ¥ rds in a number of towns to certain if they were able to furnish men as required New Haven, Water- Ansonia and Naugatuck report- ed that they had no men in Cla and other towns reported tt had each about 30 in the cl 3 e oftect of the deficiency in the towns where the number of men in the class has been exhausted wil be that the quota of other towns will be creased to supply it. shey who have & sery are 1t June t to en- are ex bury, in- MRS. STOKES GETS 30 YEARS IN PRISON Ten Years on Each of Three Counts, Sentence Imposed for Spy Act Violation. Kansas Mo., June Rose Pastor Stokes of New ay was sentenced to 10 years' prisonment in the Missouri state pen- itentiary on eac of three counts of an indictment charging her with violation of the rionage ct. Fed- eral Jud Arba Van Falkenbers announced that the sentences on the three counts would run concurrently and the defendant will be subjected to no fine. im- & RECEIVES COMMISSION Frank McDonough of This City, Now | At Southern Camp, Appointed Scc- ond Lieutenant. afternoon of th southern t Word was received this that 17 McDonough now stationed at a CAPTIVE AMERICANS INHORRIBLE PLIGHT | Receive Brutal Treatment [rom Germans, Freed Russian Says HUNGRY AND PENNILESS Forced to Stand in Public Square and 3ear Insults From Enemy Soldiers —Poorly Fed and Kept in Damp, Cold Quarters. With the American France, May 31 (By the Associated .)—A Russian prisoner who re- cently returned from haz made a statement at available here, Army in Pres was Germany Moscow vhich now is cffect that he to the aw American prisoners in a cdmp at Tuchel, st that they asked him to of war Prussia W and let it be known that they were being treated brutally. The prisoners said they were hungry and penniles: When the Americans arrived at the camp, according to this account, the Germans all their They particularly anxious have the Americans’ shoes. They told the prisoners they expensive clothing and working, that their be taken care of until they return to America. The Russians sald, however, that everyone knows what that means. A consul—the sure whether he v Spaniard—visited the plaint was made to him by Americans and their clothes were returned, but as the consul seldom visited the camp the Germans had opportunity to practice many injus- tices. The Russian icans who months ago mid-day and, asked for removed clothes. were to should not wear shoes while and property would not a Com- the was camp. aid that eight Amer- were captured several reached the camp at being very hungry bread. They were told bread was distributed only in the morning. - They were placed in a hut with Russlans, after belng forced to stand in a square where Germans were given an opportunity to insult them. The huts in which are living, the Russian said, are damp, cold and unfit for habitation. Some of the Americans became ill. Two of them who were in a hos- pital had an opportunity there to talk with the Ru n and it was through them he obtained the infor- mation on which his statement based. the Americans is KUNZ CAN’'T GO TO PRISON JUST YET Offers to Pay His Own Fare and Go Alone So He Can Square Himself With Government. John term Kunz, who was esntenced to in the is still he is Mr. a day Ga., that ) of a year, and t despite the federal prison Atlanta, on parole, act to the told Marshal he was willing to pay anxious to get mrison Kunz yesterday Middle- brooks that his own carfare g0 on alone, guar- inteeing to go to the prison in order camp, had been commiss ond lieutenant Lieut. McDonough was one of the drafted with the carly contin- cents. He went to Camp Devens and | was selected to study in an training school. e passed inations ully. Before going to Camp Devens he was proprietor of i tobacco store on Church street, which is now conducted by his brother, Fred McDonough oned a sec | | men { officers’ 11 exam- WEATHER. artford, June for New Britain Partly cloudy warm 1.—Fore= and vi- nd con- and | familiar, get his sentence over. I want to square myself with the United States just as soon as I p bly can”, said Mr. Kunz, this mornin He said that he offered storender himself at Atlanta, lut offe not cepted Mar Middlebrooks is busy with department of jusiica When Mr. Ku:z will be Some dope ped- wib that he can 10 his business. there lon round cther guilty tmposed in the in unt:l prizon 1th and not be enters a federal not required o wor volunteered to work on if the government will work wth whech he is ourt do dre Kurz has at pri m Mr while zive | takably. “hal | United | Ground and Prisone Washington Believes Gen. March Tells War Dept. Officials Hindd burg May Have Reached Objective---Pa Confident Reserves Can Check Advance Austrian Offensive Due, Rome States June 1.—The German Paris, attack continued night with redoubled violence on the western salient between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. counter-attacks, during the n The A'rench mg German trog side of and drove back the masses of near Soissons and on the line of Chaudun-Vierzy, gaining gro everywhere and taking several hundred prisoners, the war offf announces. Along the northern bank of the Marne the Germans pus forward advance parties from the north and cast borders of C teau Thier as far as Verneuil. On the French right, there sl_mrp.figh_tin ‘on the road between Dormans and Rheims. situation is unchanged northwest and north of Theims. Believe German Objective Reached. Washington, June 1.—\lembers of the senate military co mittee at their weekly conference today with war department o cials were told by Gen. March, actir here is that the Germans have reached the Marne chief of staff, that opin their present objectivi and that they probably will dig in,and prepare fol later drive, perhaps on Pari With the Germans within forty-five miles of Paris, the sit] tion the senators were told, is were adv Allies. The senators were told that the rapidity of the German vance since their offensive began last Monday, was unexpec: by virtually all allied military experts. Twenty German divisio| it was said, were thrown against seven of the Allies. The te tory taken during the last few days had been regarded as ea defended and a comparatively small force had been left to hold Success of the enemy was ascribed by the war council larg to improved use of gas shel Although few new types of d offensive have been developed, the senators were told, the Germd are employing former types to much better advantage, using ni inch gas shells to shell territory from seven to eight miles back the Allied lines. This, it was explained, forced an extensive tirement. The French, it was said, found their second line eig miles to the rear untenable. Present enemy successes and prospective renewal of the fensive, the senators were informed, emphasizes the necess| for urgent transportation of American forces abroad. serious. Military experts here, sed, are a unit in reali zing the dangers confronting Artillery Active Against British. London, June 1.—The artillery fi terday in the Villers-Bretonneaux the war office announces. hting was very and north ctive yi sector of Hebute German Airmen Reach Paris. Paris, June 1.—German airmen attempted Paris last night. The first was a failure but on bombs were dropped on the capital. two - raids* on the second og Unable With the to Cross Mar timistic today over the points out that the en the allies towards the on westward only met with sugee far as the first part’ of it was cerned. The remainder of the pld being completely defeated, it decld and evervthing gives reason to bel the enemy will be totally blocked| Th was mu satisfacion evi day in the lobby of the chang of deputies over the information gi§ the members | the army (0@ delegates. The particulars cannes published, as they e to do the of troops but the gates emphasized excellent pression that had made, them by the confident spirit amony Poilus of the divisions ire destined to fall upon the invad In gr delegation of sod ist deputies the premier voiced his| in the issue of situation. v plan to d outh' and French Armny June 1, (By the Assoc Attempts of the Gerr the river Marne have rét with vigor- ous resistance and ailed. The troops which made the ecffort retired from the river bank France, ated Press.) ns to cross in American Ingineers in Action. re ich American chments dugouts June 1 technical de up 2 encmy kil and wounding ! of the enemy, says n Pershing’s [s v, received toda Washington, volunteers and vesterday blew and a bridge, more than 20 addition to Gen munique of yesterc ¥ ha m- movement the = : been ench Consider situation Hopeful. , June 1.—Thc Agency emitic reserve today, tuation rious but consider the rns increasingly assuring. The most important velopment is regarded as the enemy’s attempt to advance westward and push toward Paris, thus v ing his strat P ilitary says a Havas still view the revie s eting a s re solute confidence present operations. In his capacity of war minister, premier has issued an order pending until further notice all loughs and leaves of absence in army de it is considered, r c intentions unmi; In the first shock of this new rush, it is pointed out, the Allies were obliged to give ground in some places, but they held their own on the Aisne and the Curcq and their vigorous counter-attacks are considered a pre lude to the stoppage of the enemy ad- vince At present, the most important part the battletield that with Noyvon or the region to the south of it, on the one end and the district north of Chateau Thierry, on the Marne, on the other. It is here that the German rush towards Paris demands undivided attention. 3 The newspaper L/Homme lere,l Premier Clemenceau’'s organ, i op- \ustrian Offensive Due, Ttalian Army Headquarters, M (By the Press.)—It 18 sidered a question of only a short when the Austrian offensive, heralded by the meeting of! thes man and Austrian emperors wil a reality. There are furthey ifons by local at bot! tremities of the front. Howew Italian official in a statement tg ociated Press correspondent red “Italy’s armies are thoroughi Associated of is come Lctions (Continued on Seventh