New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN ESTABLISHED 1876 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS { s e WEDNESDAY, ] UINERID: —TEN PRICE THREE CENTS. HUN ITCH RIVE SOUTH TO SOISSONS-MARNE FRONT Violent Combats in Progress Near Domiers, Cutry and Ambleny---Situatio Unchanged Between Montdidier and River Oise—French Line Holding ANOTHER COMPANY | MAN DIES FOR U. S, Private George C. Mondzeski Vic- - tim to Disease in France PRIVATE kBIGZUK MISSING Grove Strect Soldier Tails to Respond | When Name Is Called After Battle | | —War Department Casualty List | | Has 126 Names. | | George (. Mondz v private in | Company 1, 102d, Infantry, is ! ‘dead of disease at hospital | somewhere in France, according to a telegram received by his father "x'tm\i Adjutant General McCain at Wash- | ington. Mikita Biczuk of 38 Grove | street, rear house, has also received a telegram from the war department | stating that his son, Private Am)m»ll Biczuk of the 102d U Infantry, is | missing in action. | » Private Mondzeski, who v 24 | vears of age, lived with his parents | at 401 Church street. He was born | in this city on April 8, 1894, and | volunteered for enlistment Com- | pany 1 on May 1917. His thh“ri is Ludwig Mondzeski who is in the | liquor business at 323 Main street. | * Besides his father, he leaves his| mather, four sisters and a brother. Be- | fore enlisting he was emploved as a | shipping clerk at the Russell & Frwin | Mfg. Co., and when he announced that he was going to join Company 1, his father asked him why he did not wait ' for the draft. I want to go now. I want to en- list and go over there hefore the (ier- mans come over he replied Peritonitis Whether and js lying whether he the Germans ent unidentified in unknown by the W ities. Deductions recetved by entered the and at the ,bresent. here,” his father - was the Private Bi dead in No was taken battle cause of dcath. ik was kiiled Man's Land, prisoner by or is at pres- some hospital i hington author- from the telegram his parents are that he battle with his company final roll call was not in The Casualty on, List. June 12.—The casualty today contained names, died as follows: Killed in action, 15 died of airplane a ©f accident and other causes, 1 of disease, 18: wounded severely wounded, degree undetermined, missing in action, Washir army died of ident, wound 1 died died 59; 6; Officers named were | Lieuts Killed in action Wilmer 1 | Bodenstab, Yonkers, N Max ¢ Buchanan, Brockton, Mass., and Mal- comb M. Johnstone, Arlington, Wash. Died of dise Captain Leonard Hart, Shawne Died of airplane accident: hard B. Reed, Van Wert, O. Severely wounded: Captain Don Caldwell, Greenfield, O.; Lieut bert 1. Billing, Brooklyn; George E. Butler, Arkansas City, Kas., and Wayne Willlam Schmidt, Martins- nd Tho list i IN Lieut. p: L. Killed in Wilmer Bodenstab, Yon- kers, N. Y.; Max C. Buchanan, Broc ton, Mass.; Malcolm Johnstone, lington, Wash.; Corporals Bernard A. Gill, McLoud, Okla.; John O. Jenkins, Rockport, Ind.; Privates Cyrus P. Action, Lieuts Adcox etteville, N. C.; Albert L. Cox, Weiser, Idaho; David H. Dobbs, Mathiston, Mis: Thomas Dryden Flemingsburg, Y. Daniel Harde Almyra, Ark.; Paul Hume, London, O.; William R. Loftis, Alameda, Cal.; Anthony Snider, 137th Company. Leslie Venters, Wilford Shel- Wethington, Marine Corps merdine, N. ( Liberty, Ky. Died of Wounds. Cook Stefan Stankiewich, Chsr- kowa, Russia; Privates George Wil- Jiam Dell, Malvern, P Harry G. Kingston, Hermon, N. Y John F. Lindsay, Boston; Justin . Lyell, Nashville, Tenn.; Sandus! Lynch, Lebanon, Kv.; Peter W. McCraw, Ros- lindale, John B. McDermitt, Collins, Clarence R. Philipl, La Rue, Died of Diseasc. Captain Leonard K. Hart, Shawn: O.: Privates Tony Baughton, Rayville La.; Gamel W. Clayton, Canyon, Tex, (Continued on Ninth Page) Al- | inot long withstand TIMITS SUG S TO 2 POUNDS RSON IN CITIES. OVILI PURCHA\ PER I e Hartford, June 12.-—As a foliow-up to his announcement regarding sugar last night, Robert Scoville, federal food administrator, today sent let- t to the 160 local food administrators embodying t telegram received urging fur ther conservation in use of su- e Local sales will be limited to two pounds per person in the cities and five pounds in the districts. The food ad- 1tion expects to be able to retain cdntrol of the situa- tion and at the same time per- mit every householder to do all the canning nceded. VON STEIN BOASTS OF ELIMINATING FRENGH Foch Reserves No Longer Exist, Prussian War Minister Says. Amsterdam, June 12.--"'A great part of the French army hag been beaten, Genera] von Stein, tle Prussian war minister, declared in a speech to the lin advices. Reichstag, accordinz to Be “The so-called Foch reserve army no longer ¢ " the minister as- serted. The success of the Crown Prince's 'ITALIANS TORPEDO AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS Sconb:ThreeCHips_qn Dreadnoughts Despite Destroyer Gnard DAVID AND GOLIATH i Daring Raid kes Place Near Dal- matian Islands—Both Return to Base Safely After Pursuit—Biggest Ships in Navy Assaulted. Rome, June 11.—Two Italian tor- pedo boats attacked boldly two Aus- trian warships and ten = destroyers near the Dalmatian coast on Mon- day Two torpedoes were sent into | one battleship and one into the other | and one of the destroyers which pur- {stued the Italian warships after the encounter was damaged seriously. The Italian vessels returned safely to their ba An official statement issued by the Italian admiralty today say At dawn on Monday near the Dal- mation Islands two small Italian tor- pedo boats under command of Com- | mander Rizzo Taigi de Milazzo at- tacked an Austrian naval division consisting of two large battleships of the Viribus Unitis class ,escorted by ten destroyers. Our units having boldly broken through the line of destroyer hit the leading battleship with two torpedoes and the other with one and returned to their base unscathed. One of the destroyers which pursued them seriously was wrefully prepared attacks against the Battleships of the Viribus Unitis Fronch and British on the Chemin des | type are four in number and are the Dames front on May 27 inflicted | largest in the Austrian navy. They one of the gravest defeats the n- |displace 20,000 tons and carry 1.000 tente has suffered during the entire | men each. war."” —— General von Stein made these state- ments In a review of the military sit- uation at the second reading of the army budget in the Reichstag vester- day. “Besides his losse tinued the general, “the enemy suf- fered an enormous loss in war ma- terials and equipment, Immense stores in men,” con- of ammunition which were heaped 1long the lineg of communication be- hind the front of the defeated army likewise fell into our hands, just as previously we captur enormous stores from the General Stein said the number and strength of the American troops up to the present was far below what British von reports spread by the Entente had led Germany to expect General von Stein said that Ameri- i troops had made their first ap- pearance on the battle front, but only at the moment when the German ad- vance had come to halt on the Marne “They, too, like the French reserveg he declared, ‘‘were thrown into the battle in vain counter-attacks and suffered the same fate.” Other American forces are on quiet sectors of the front, he said In alludin to the recent success Gen. von Stein said: “The ground for these successes was a, German prepared by the mighty blows dealt the British army in the battle of Armentieres and before Mont Kem- mel. Only by throwifig in French re- ves on the Somme and in Flanders was the enemy able to patch up the torn British front The French divi- ons tied up in support of the British were naturally lacking on the Chemin des Dames and the exhausted British divisions put in at this point could the weight of the attack. With unexampled exceeding even that of the German rapidity advanc ous autumn, the attack w as carried on the Ttalian front the previ- | REPORT IS DENIED Connecticut Co. Officials Say It Has y Not Been Discussed—Slight Increase in Traflic. Officials of the Connecticut Co., in this city and at the New Haven office, denied tod the report in circulation to the effect that an increase of 9 cents in trolley fares between New Britain and Hartford is contemplated “There is absoluely nothing to it. said ¥ P. Chapman, the company’s treasurer. ‘“‘An increase in fare has not been discussed. Of course I can- not tell what the future will be. If an increase is made in the rate it will be done in the same way as the increaso to 6 cents. The ra will be advanced and if th any appeal it will be to the utilities commission.” Manager Beardsley of the local di- vision said that report of a contem- plated increase was news to him. Since the increase in the train tariffs there has been no noticeable increase in the local travel to Hartford. Those regu- larly employed in Hartford have taken advantage of the commutation rate which is even cheaper than the old dinky zone rate of 10 cents to Hart- ford, so that there has not been any particular increase in the patronage, The travel by shoppers on trolleys is some heavier. The increase in this travel will be most noticeable on Sat- urday. | | SHIPYARDS LEAD IN RACE WITH U-BOAT: victoriously across the Aisne to the | Production in U. 100,000 Tons Marne.” S — More Than Destruction Off At- NO NEW PEACE OFFER o 2 | Washington, June 12-—Since Ger- mun submarines begun their raids off Germany to Express War Aims, But|pe atlantic coast on May the Will Dangle No Bait in Front of [ output of shipyard building vesscls ’ tfor the shipping board lhas excecded the Allies. the sinkings of Amerfcan ships Dby London, June 12.—In her forthcom- | more than 100,000 deadweight tons ing statement of war aims, Germany | The production during this interval does not intend to make any fresh|has been 21 ships totalling 130,642 peace offer, according to Rerlin news- | tons. Excluding the vessels salvaged paper says an Exchange Telegraph|the submarines destroyed 10 Ameri- dxs:paté h from Amsterdam, lcan ships totalling 26,000 tons. damaged | I'LAG DAY PROCLAMATION. On June 14, 1777 the Amerl- | can flag took its place among the emblems of the Natlons of the earth. In suffering and hope it was raised as our emblem of free- dom and for one hundred and forty-one years it has repre- sented a nation of freemen who have ever held that men were born free and equal. The men of this nation have carried the flag onto the battle- in ficlds of Europe—dyed it their blood in a sacred glorio pledge that we of this will not permit liberty tice to perish but with God's help, ourselves and the Nations of the earth the rizht of man to liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness. That and jus- will ever, preserve to we of New Britain may suitably obs Day Junc 14, I would request that the people of the city display the flag upon their homes and | buildings, hold exercises in the | svhools, and, in the evening as- | semble upon Walnnt Hill park and there by the singing of the national anthem and other pa- triotlc songs fittingly observe | the closing hours of the 141st | anniversary of the adoption of | the Star Spangled Banner. GEO. A. QUIGLEY, i Mayor. ELUGE IMPRISONS "5 IN ELEVATOR PIT Workmen Trapped in Water Waist Deep in City Building. Five men, including ames O'Con- | nor, a plumber, had narrow escapes !f!‘om serious injury this morning while working in the elevator pit in City hall when irge eight inch water pipe bu In an instant the small pit was waist deep with water, the lights were extinguished by the force of the stream and until James Towers, in the water hoard office, rushed into the street and shut off the water it appear as though a se- rious accident, with possibly one drowning, might result The eight inch pipe the hydraulic elevator weakened and Mr. called in to make thought that the water had been shut off, and Mr. O’Connor at once went to work to chisel a hole through which feeds had become O’Connor was repairs. It was the iron pipe, With him were Su- perintendent William ¥. Smith, Wil- liam G. Dunn of the Ci hall com- mission, August Heisler and another man. O'Connor struck the pipe with a hammer and instantly there was a roar and a 90 pound str shot out directly at Mr. Somebody had neglected the water. In instant was plunged into dar water was waist deep in pit. Al of the men were but O'Connor was knocked porarily Superintendent Towers heard the and realizing what had happened he rushed into the street and turned off the water before further damage was done. m of water O’Connor. to turn off the place and the the small drenched, out tem- an ness commotion TRAINS FOR SF Hartford, 12 M. Cole today made schedule for tr selectives to C: June 4 Two Hartford at 9:15 New Haven at 10 ECTTV General public the train nsporting Connecticut mp Mecade, Md. on spec one from and the other from m. will carry the 1065 men. Of these Hartford will nd 545 and New Haven New itain’s 40 will Join at Berlin. Nor ch will go June Seo. | walk’s and Stammford’s 70 c New by the Haven special i WEATHER. June ! cast for New Britain and | cinity: faiv, cooler tonight and Thursday. CLEMENCEAU CALLS PROSPEGTS BRIGHT French Premier Lays Stress on Enormous Losses of Germans FORCED T0 USE RESERVES Henri Bedou Believes Today May Decide Present Battle—Military Critics Undecided Respecting Future Plans of Encmy Leaders. Paris, June 12.—A reassuring im- pression has been produced by a state- ment given in the senate by Premier | Clemenceau on the situation at the front. He said decisive results had been obtained at certain points with minimum forces and losses, while the enemy losses had been enormous. He laid stress on the resources of the French army, which, at certain times, had crushed the German offensive Details of the admirable American effort to dispatch new forces to France were given. The Echo de Paris states that there were crack divisions from General von Hutir's army in the enemy forces | which were forced to retreat in the | French counter-attack between Rubes | court and St. Maur. In the center, | divisions of the Guard, commanded by Gen. von Schoeler, were repulsed. The Petit Journal calls attention to the fact that the appearance of cer- tain elements of Prince Ruprecht's army mingled \with Gen. von Hutir's men indicates the German losses wero | heavy, as the German staff is opposed to mixing forces from two different army groups. Critics at Sea. London, June 12.—Tuesday's Ger- | man official statement would seem to bear the interpretation that the Ger- man high command considers the ob- jects of its last offensive already have been attained and that now the | French are making successful counter- attacks, the thrust will not be pur- sued further. The gr question to military cri- i tics heer is whether General Luden- dorff’s plans yvet are fully revealed and if the foregoing interpretation is cor- rect it would bear out the view held by many military experts that the great stroke of the Centril Powers on the western front is still to come. The theory advanced by these cri- ties is that the big offensives of March 21 and May both developed successes far surpassing the antlei- pation of the German command and were developed much further than originally intended, and that the smaller offensives of April 9 on the Ypres front and the present thrust on the Noyon-Montidier front were en- gaged in as diversions to keep the Tranco-British forces engaged and to prevent them from making counter offensives, while the Germans were restoring and consolidating their lines, repairing the confusion and disorder produced hy the unexpected depth of thefr advances and completing pre- parations for their main blow, The opinion is advanced that it will be long hefore the heaviest at- Ik vet seen will be launched by the Germans and probably against the British front with the object of again attempting to divide the Allied forces and reaich the channel ports. Today May Decide Battle. not Today's fighting probably will de- cide on which side victory will rest on the battle, says Henri Bedou, the military critic. in reviewing the sit- vation. He says the fighting is taking the classical form in which has won on one wing, The s now even. By their counter-attack the French stopped the enemy from carrying out his plan and at the same time as- sured themselves of a better line of defense, The Germans now are obliged, M. Bedou believes, to keep their ef- | fectives on the firing line and to dip into their stock of reserves for fresh divisions The German plan for the present tile, says Marcel Hutin of Echo do Parls, in reporting the tements of ludes the attackin yrisoners and stoming by the g the r General von | Germans not only are not at Compet hoeler on Sunday evening. Now the Germans not only are not at Com- Tiow a great deal less forts, except on their piegne but the | vigor in their IREE 5 | | Petain’s Warriors Make Progress on Le Wing---Repulse Attacks Along Arond Front---American Artillery Assisted Counter-Attack Against Germans Paris, June 1 between Montdidier of Chevincourt and This morning south of the Soissons and the Marne, the Germans attacked. ing on between the river and the Villers-Cotterets forest. Viole: combats are being fought on the south of Ambleny. British Repulse Raiders. London, June 12.—An enemy raiding party last night tacked the British post in Avelu war office announced today. There was night west of Lens. American Front Less With the American Army in France, June 11, (B ciated Press.)—The artillery fire on the front northwest of T today was below the average of last week. up, although the visibility was good. Surprise in Store for Kaiser. .—There will be some surprises on the we London, June 12 ern front when the American air program a special correspondent of the Times in concludi s order, say today his authorized description forces in France. There are already large production departments, several h hools, repair shops and supply centers in France and al plenty of pilots, who, the correspondent is convinced, are amo flying s the best fliers at the front. American Artillery Aids French. With the Ameri Army in Pic- ardy, June 11, (By the Associated Press)—American artillery aided the French in their counter-attack against the Germang southwest and south of Montdidier today by directing a harassing fire against the enemy. Otherwise, the American troops have not been engaged in the present battle. The Americans in the sector west of Montdidier, however, are ready to assist in the fighting at the first op- portunit The Germans made two minor raids against the American lines at Can- tigny Monday night and were re- pulsed each time. One raiding party, which numbered 40, was routed by the revolver fire of the Americans. On the right of the American sec- tor, German aviators have been busy. One enemy machine, bearing a French insignia ag a disguise, flew over the n —The battle continued last night on the fros and the river Oise, without great change i the situation, the war office announced today. On the French left additional progress was made by Frencl troops near Mery and Genlis Wood. Aronde front, in the region of St. Antheuil the French repulsed violent attacks by the enemy. Despite repeated efforts the Germans on the French rigl were not able to debouch on the south bank of the Matz rive The French are holding in that part of the battle area sou Marest-sur-Matz. The British carried out a succes ful raid in the Boyelles region, capturing a few prisoners. sporadic activity by the enemy artillery during t Near the center, along t Maur, the Loge farm an the front betwe Fighting is g Aisne on front of Dommiers, Cutry a Wood but was repulsed, tl Active. Few airplanes wi is in full worki: of the work of the Americ] forces operating there, accordin today’s war office statement re ing on the British operations in area, Pershing’s Men Storm Belleau V , June 12 (By The Assocl ).—‘‘American troops brilli carried Belleau Wood yesterday m ing, taking 300 prisoners.” This announcement war office in its night s made b; official report (Belleau Wood lies in the Chaf Thierry sector, just to the west o village of Bouresches and south o village of Belleau. It is in this re that the American marines have fighting valiantly recently, much praise was bestowed upon for their drive of the:-Germans thr the Belleau Wood, which had considered an almost impregnabl se, sition by the Germans. Dispa Amerjcan line at a height of 5,000 | from the front on Monday sal meters and attacked with bombs and | ynarines had continued their pro machine gun fire American soldiers|in the wood until the Germans on the arch, The Americans took | holding only the northern fringe of cover and there were no casualties. s using French signs on their airplanes Germans Attack Americans. have heen numerous during the past London, June 12.—“The Ger: fortnight. are takir criousl, the Ame The Allied troopst oday showed that | (1 et at ADex or—their HnaM Germans they could not have it all | (qigno v o tvesthar their own way by executing a num- | pic BG Ta e Usall Der of [counter tattacks iwhicGl fwe divisions in attempting to count invariably successtul. Some impor- [ W= R 0 T e D cess,” tant territory was won ‘:‘,m; and in- | o S Ondentat rench roads were made to the German posi- | ((Fs POTFPO S0 S0 F ISR tions. It was a thoroughly good day | g o ", 0 B0 BEa o for the Allies who in addition to | 42¢. e s o gaining ground captured more than | tNrown at the American cente L : Boureschnes this morning in a. 1,000 prisoners. The principal counter attack be- | 16Ss attempt to recapture the vill tween Domfron near Rubescourt and T L Wacquemoulin south of Belloy, a| FORMER ATTACHE ARRES front of about 12 kilometers. Allled Dallas, Te June 12.—8il infantry, supported by tanks, achieved | Evans, former attache at the A i advance averaging 1,600 mete { can legation at Copenhagen is i They retook Belloy, reached the | arrest here today in charge of aj edge of St. Maur, arrived north of | of the United States customs Porte and Loges farm and obtained | [,oca] authorities said he was h foothold at Antheull connection with a smuggling e The Irench troops displayed re-| ggainst & man named Conn in markable courage and willingness 1o | York., Evans and Cor contist get at the foe who uappeared com- | gollow passengers from Europe, pletely disorganized and disconcerted by their dash. The battle ground is JAPAN TO DEFINE ATTITU literally covered with German dead tr 21 Enemy Planes De yed, —Twenty-one been destroved London, June enemy airships have on the Italian front by the British mrchl«w' As London, June an ou of recent conferences, Japan is| paring a declaration defining h titude toward Russia rccording Tien Tein dispatch to the Hxel aph Co. —r