New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN ESTABLISHED 1874. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICU’I:, SATURDAY, JUNE RALD “ADS” MEAN BUSINESS| i HE { BETTER PRICE THREE CENT BROTHERS HELD ON |U-BOATS STILL ACTIVE OFF COAST, CAPITAL’S OPINION British Armed Steamer Author Had All-Day Battle With Submarine—Keemun Makes Port Undamaged After Encounter—British Commissioner CHARGE OF MURDER Perrettas Bound Over to Superior Court Without Bonds STATES GASE IN BRIEF Jocph Identificd As Stabber and Frasmo as Gunman By Palmese on His Death Bed—No Party and No Drinking. A prima facie case was established inst Joseph and Erasmo F brothers, charged with the murder of Frank Palmese, in police court be- fore Judge dJames T. Meskill this anorning. The accused were over to the September term of superior court without bonds Jater in the day were returned to the Hartford county jail to await trial. Pleas of not guilty had previous been entered. Judge Noble i%. Plerce was counse] for the alleged murderers and Attorney P. F. McDonoush w associated with him in the defens The state's c that on Sunday evening of June Terretta brothers wer their yard, which adjoins of Mrs, Cora Nappi, sister tim, where Palmese Wi Palmese started for home night and later returned bleeding from wounds. He said the Perrettas attacked him. A prev- fously uttered threat was testified to. While the vietim was dying at the New Britain General hospital the Perrettas were identified by FPalmese as the ones who attacked him. line of questioning on cross examina- tian indicated that the defense will en- deavor to that Palmese 1 previously trouble with other persons. Among the spectators in was Mrs. Perretta, to court with her infant in arms and little boy ahout three ve old James Perretta of Kensington was an interested auditor at the The crime which retta I'rothers char; mitted early in the mornin “rank Palmese, who that with for mid gono short he was cked. Six inflicted in his face and shot through the wbdomen. velver was held flesh was burned through body. the victim died at hospital. . A for twe niec examiner, that June 5 he was called té the New tain General hospital to attend mese. I believe that said the witnes erved the cuts on the fr Cooley called his attention let wound in the patient’s The wound was scared and burned and it seemed f the weapon held closely to the victim, I the man he was going to die and seemed to it,” said coclk ag: seen the of the vie- visiting. er mid- nd show had the Joseph who s Wi proceeding the Pe was com- of had his withh are ed hoen visi started had when were evenirn he or 1t ht distance me abut a wounds he The tha ind the bullet Two hours the New F was his assed so closely his, in General Dr. ian pract nty-seven ising years 11 testified on Bri- 5 was name’, ot to abdomen. was told he realize D ‘I asked him if he had fizht and he replied ‘No’' " he was walking along one man cut him and him “1 asked men a who ay been He the street the other in a id and shot him aid waitir the Identifies ““This man patient, taking »seph Perret 10t me’, pointi to Dr. Elcock. Joseph P mustache at the time, was without it he would know thae accused distance mmoned. ants. we in g a ward were Assai cut hold me’ of said the the rasmo’ retta but thi To n Dr, Rlcock nd asked . Cooley.) wore a morn- ing he that Palmese couid @aid he called Dr. Cooley Palmese if he knew him (T Palmese said he did not Tn response 1o a question cutor Klett, Dr. Elcock said the man died at 2:30 and his death was due primarily the wound and hemorrhage, He described detatl the wounds inflicted the victim's face. them, he said, made a grolongation of the mouth, back to the soe by Prose- to in on (me of Pierce To him was not when Do von cross cxamined doctor the witne: that the room Mrought in cused had the he positive who was in cused wer know if the previously been brought the bedside of the patient in the ‘nospital? asked Judge Pierce. “T so understond,” said the witnes: and when again asked to give a de- tailed description of the condition of the man he saw, went over the ground The man's pulse was irregular he was sweating, due to the emorrhage, which had produced shock. “His head was clear,” *said Dr. Eleock. Although thy on English” he tlons without ness “Did 1t the o ac again. nd sor W man w nswered hesitation, “not the ques- ald the wit- strong you hear Palmese lians and that dze Pierce No.” “Did you detect any sign of liquor?™ “Not on his breath and there was Wothing in his talk to indicate he had been drinking.” say are is enongh e ' (Continued on Seventh Page) e retta, | bound | the ! and | as presented, showed | the | about | home | was | that | The | ourt came | June | it | | Attempt wter | phy- and | Lated | United El- | ¢ | of | nave sleeve of | Vs coat; and ‘that man | said | ke sure | aid | Journey to Risk at Sea. W June 15.—Belief in oflicial here that the German submarines operating off the Atlantic returned to their bases was th the of | activity. had advices hington, circle coast had aside today receipt reports of The navy ring that [ mun w the eluding | cast W renewed department the Br ttacked Thursday night off in ish steamer Kee- Virginia coast but succeeded submersible and yester- | through the Virginia JFurther details were the sed safety. ted. The captain of the steamer Author, arriving lantic port. brought the news of an | all-d fight Thursday bctween his Vi cl and a submarine which did not end until the Author had reached a point 70 miles ofi the Virginia coast when the undersea craft turned back, fearing to brave the coast patrol. Officials were also interested in the ! report of a story from an Atlanti port that the captain of the Norwe- gian steamer Vineland declared at least one of the submarines is camou- flaged to represent a freighter. The Vineland captain w a prisoner on board the submarine for several hours following the sinking of his ship. day British armed at an At- | v Steamship Keemu Doc] Port, June 15. mship Keemun, attack: night off the Virginia h last Thursday | control of Prefers Rail coast by a German rvived at this undamaged by he U-hoat. The Keemun considerable distance bor. She carried no fiefals of the British submarine, ar- apparently encounter with port { 'y her o pler a the har- Of- said docked at down passengers. consulate ‘they had as yet no report from the | | vessel. A naval guard stationed on the | whart allowed no one to go aboard the Keemun except those in authority, and the captain, on coming ashore, | refused to give any information. The steamer bore no outward evidence of | having been shelled. British Commissioner in Danger. An Atlantlc Port, June 15.—Be- cause the steamer on which they re- turned from Cuba put into a Florida port because of wireless warnings that German submarines were near Sir Joseph White Todd, a member- of the British food commission, and Lady Todd, left the vessel and con- tinued their journey by rail. This was reported on arrival of the steamer here today after an ex- citing 15 vovage during which she put into shelter from U-boats | three times. Sir Joseph, a member of the inter- | national sugar committee, instituted | to insure to the Allied governments | the world’s sugar produc- | tion, is understood to Thave been | making a tour of Cuban sugar pro- ducing ' regions. AMERICA CANNOT BE SCARED BY U-BOATS, ADM. WEMYSS STATES First Sea Lerd Confident Germany Will Not Attempt to Blockade Our Atlantic Coast, Made by Enemy Airmen to Shoot Down Trailing Machines But n FPire Is Too Hot—Thivd Hostile Aviator Brought Down Over Toul Front—Brookline Man Credit- ed With 13 Victories, London, .June Press.)—( off the 15, (By the Associ- rman submarine acti- Atlantic coast of the hould not be taken sly s the Germans pro- will not attempt a blockade of American shores. This is the of Admiral Sir Rosslyn first sea lord of the British He believes that there is submarine operating off the American coast and that the purpose its trip acrc the Atlantic was to frighten the American “This submarine busine any cffect on a transport move- ment, which, judged from the stand- point of & man, has no parallel in story. A year ago the enemy was sting that this submarine would prevent American troops being moved to Europe. do not was vity bably the opinion only will not know ever whether that state- believed in Germany merely put out in would make the but which ever it neither the threats nor the per- of the U-Boats have af- movement a very remarkable fact which, judgig by the German new papers, is producing a great impres- sion in Germny. Not so long ago the falling off in sinkings of {onnage ws explained by the enemy as being due the fact there are few steamships 4 k And now in ment American | across the Atlr | tens of tou | firing line ment or whether it was the belief that it Americans nervous, | fected the “That is | to 1 the face of that state troops co: ntic week by week and moving up to ti the same time variety are tintic with s the British is ar supplies in being ir 1t acr paratively | situztion | stisfactory today than | ago. In spite of the hve got rid of queus. The people re | contented and th general stuation so | far it is influenced by the naval | efiort has improved although the | | enemy is making his maximum at- | tack on evedy ship afloat, British, al- | lied ana nentral “Those results have been achieved wdherence to the only sound strate- neiple-concentration of effort.’” concluding he said: T see it is that American coast-hound will be convoyed. T that be the the principle will e adopted as has proved successful dur- St yenr oy but this would condary effort, I imagine, since, according to the statement made by the naval seeretary in Wash- ington, the Amertean naval autho 5 are convined that if the submarine is to he mastered it must be mastered in the narrow seas “American resources are developing rapidly and the two policies. T hop | may not prove incompatible, namely, { grat com- foad | more was @ year bmarines we in the it as in reported tratlic same ing the p be quite a I Camp co-operation in the with a measure of protection traftic. “The convoys will be passed in the manner in which the American naval forces have co-operated in the Europ- ean waters. “You know of course, that for more | then a yvear past Amercan men of war | have been operating from Queehs: | town. Tt also has been known for some time that there are ‘American ships in the Mediterranean. T do not | think it can be regarded as a secret| from the Germas that American men of war are a acting against the enemy off REV. J. T. A. McMAHON BURIED IN HARTFORD main” offensive | to local Passes Away in 72nd Year at St. Francis's Hospital—Funeral at Hartford This Morning. McMahon, for sev- cral years a curate at St. Mary's church in this city during the pas torate of Rev. Michacl Tierney, who afterward became bishop, died at St. Francis's hospital at Hartford, Thurs- day night. The funeral was held to- day. Rev. William J. McGurk, pas- tor of St. James's church at South Manchester, was celebrant of the solemn requiem high m Rev. Luke Fitzsimons, pastor of St. Mary’s church of Waterbury was deacon and Rev. N. F. X. Schneider of Meriden, | was sub-deacon. The officers of the mass served with Father McMahon during his stay in New Britaln, The solemn office of the dead was chanted | ind committal services were held at St. Benedict" metery. Re McMahon was born at Orange and was vears of age. He studied for the priesthood at St. Bernard's seminary at Rochester, N. Y. and was ordained in 1874. After serving a curacy here he was appointed to the orate of St. Aloysius church naan and was transferred e to St. Mary’s church, East While pastor at East Hart- ford he had charge of the Luilding of the Sacred Heart church at 'We For the past few rs F McMahon served as chapiain John'’s Industrial school at River, at & Mary's Home in West Hartford and at one time at the Sis- ters of Mercy Novitiate in West Hart- ford Rev. John T. A hers- trer St at Decp HEALY NAMED AGAIN Hartford, June 15.—At today of delegates to the state convention from the the seventh district, Spealker Frank Healy of Windsor, Locks was renominated for the stato central committee and elected a dele- gate at large to the state convention. Senator C. L. Spencer of Suffield was the other delegale chosen meetin republican towns in SOLDIERS DIVORCED. the superior court at Hartford, Judge Lucien . Burpeo @ decr of dlvurce to ralter Oscar Cook ol Compiny 1038t Machine CGun Batls of Devens, from his wite O'Mara, Cook, now of Simsbury geant Cook has Dbeen in town for lion | STATEMENT BY GEN. MARCH| | troops | High school in few days and appeared in the divorce court yesterday in uniform. OVER 800,000U.S. TROOPS IN FRANCE S s Number Being Sent Limited Coly by Transportation Facilities Tligures ased on Combatant and ! ANon-Combatant Branches—Impor- portance of Rushing Forces Iim- phasized—Two Objects in Drive. Wast 1h.—American nt to Irance now number more than 800,000 Gen. March, chief of staff, announced today. The number of troops now transported, he said, is lmited by the capacity of the ships able to carry them. “And we will continue to ship them along this line,” he added. The 00,000 figure branches of the service necessary to make np a complete army, both com- batant and non-combatant units, Gen. March said. All war department figures regarding troops sent across will be given out on this ba Must Hurry Greater Force. Gen. March said that the four German drives so far made were “all part of a common scheme of offen- sive.” Up to this time, he added, the extension of the Allied front from Rheims to the sea had reached to 68 miles. To hold that line, he sald, additional troops were necessary and the importance of getting American troops over quickly becamec para- mount. Gen. obective gton, June being only includes all { March said that the obvious of the German advance . is| first, the channel ports, the capture of which would make it necessary for Tngland, in shipping troops, to go farther up th »a, slowing up and making transportation more danger- ous, and second, Paris, which of | great ategic importance as well of importance to the people France.” The chief of staff viewed the pre: ent offensive move as an endeavor to straighten out the German line, rather than an advance with a d nite object “like Pa The salient between the Oise and the Alsne offen- sives, he describes as a re-entrant | Williams, angle.” MUNITIONS MINISTRY OFFIGIAL IS ARRESTED Charles Alfred Vernon Al- leged A Sir Joseph Jonas. complice of London, June Vernon, who is ployed in an the ministry 15.-—Charles Alfred d to have been em- important capacity in of munitions, W rged in Bow ct police court to- with conspiring with Sir Josepl Jonas, former lord mayor of Sheffield, who was recently arrested on the charge of having communicated in- formation useful to the cnemiy. The was adfourned until Wed- nesday next when the two will be arraigned together. prisoners s. @ prominent steel | and educated beca a British in 1876. It of his ar might Sir Joseph Jon manufacturer, was m Germany and subject by naturalization was indicated at the time rest that a war office officis figure in the case and yesterday the arrest of a prominent oflicial of the government offices in this connection was reported from London. It has been asserted in of the case that the d o as committed before the war begun. born reports offer OLSON—PERRY NUPTIAL Early il of Pretty Summer Wedding. Maple Scene Delbert K. reet, Maple FHill, of their danghte Sergeant Daniel Perry of announce Fm- Ol- Mr. and Mrs 79 Golf the m ' to remony was performed this afternoon at the home of the bride by the Rev. R, (. §teinhoff, with only the jmmediate families present. The bride graduated from the local the Class of 1916, and | for the year has been clerk in the Prevocational Grammar school. Sergeant Olson mouth college in was employed in this city Stanley Works, and later the Canadian office at After this country became in the war he came b States and enlisted Wt present lard pincering Hrideeport a t The cc past 1916, the to [Mamilton. involved | °k to the United rgeant Olson with the Bul- Works, Inc., of Storeskeeper. by was sent is stationed f WEATHER. —Fore- enst e New vieinity Sunday. it Fair ¢ ! artford, Jy i | | i e of Dart- | ! Orland | Calawen | Conn.; [bres o | Whi | Lieut. { when he enlisted ¢ SQUADRON HITS FOE HARI NO INFANTRY ACTIVITY BY HUNS; ARTILLERY ROARS ALONG FRONT on the Flanders prisoners were the war office of Bethune, front, and over 60 taken, according to statement today. Paris, June 16.—The artillery on )Dorth both sides was active last night on the front between Montdidier and the river Oise, the war office announced | today. ! The gunfire was also rather marked in the region south of the Aisne and | in the Champlat- No infantry actions oc- American Gunners Hurl G. With the ance, June 15 Press)—Americ: hurled thous: the Gerr.an merican Arm; in (By The Associated 1 batteries last night of gas shells into lines along the Marne front, northwest of Chateau Thierry. The bombardment was in retaliation for a heavy gas attack by the Ger- ‘mans | SKILLED WORKMEN IN west of Rheims, Bligny scctor. curred. London, June 16.—A successful lo- cal operation was carried out last night by British and Scottish troops LIEUT. C. C. ROBINSON HARTFORD, IS KILLED Son of Late President of Colt Patent Fire Arms Company. Several Thousand to Be Returned to War Industries. Washington, June 15.—Selective service has falled to fulfil its origi- nal purpose of keeping at their work skilled men engaged on government contracts, Darragh Delancey, of the war department told the national war labor board conference. ‘‘Patriotic but misplaced zeal,” has led many essen- tlal men to volunteer for army ser- vice he sald, and “error in patriot- n'* have been committed by many draft boards which should grant de- ferred classification to all skilled workmen necessary to production of war materials. Indefinite furloughs have been giv- en several hundred trained men in tho army in the last month, accord- ing to Mr. Delancey, and several thousand others will be sent home within the next few weeks to prevent delay in war contracts due to lack of skilled labor. DR. NASH FINED $1,000 Found 16.—The army contained 81 | Washington, June casualty list today names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 8; died of wounds, 10; died of | died of disease, 6; wound- 52; wounded, degree un- accident, ed severely, determined, 4. Officers named were: Killed in Action—Captain Athens, Ga. Died of Wounds—Captain Amele Frey, Langendorf, Switzerland. Severely Wounded—Lieut. Russell A. Warner, Washington, D. C. Wounded, Degree Undetermined— Elmer E. Silver, Jr., Woburn, Jewett Mass. Ax list issued | ded as ('(xl«]; 8; wounded rine corps casualty today ve 63 names, div lows: Killed in action, -verely, 55. Officers named were: Killed in Action—Captain Donald 7. Duncan, St. Joseph, Mo.; Lieuts. C. Crowther, Canton, IIL.; C. Robinson, Hartford, Clarence A. Dennis, Hacken- sack, N. J. Severely E Medical Director in Navy Wounded in Action— Lieuts. Charles B. Maynard, Spokane; Richard W. Murphy, Greensboro, Ala.; Charles I. Murray, Sewickley, Pa.; Julius C. Cogswell, Charleston, C.; William A. Worten, Boston; Harold D. Shannon, North Bergen, N. J.; Charles D. Roberts, Cleveland; Trederick I. Hicks, Brownsville, Tex. Clinton I Smallman, Wheeling, W Va.; James McBride Sellers, Lexing ton, Mo.; Davis A. Hollady, Marion, s. and John D. Bowling, Jr., Up- per Marlboro, Md. Guilty of Hoarding Food—Charge Against Wife Dismissed, Washington, June 15.—Dr. Francis §. Nash, medical director in the | navy, s fined $1,000 today in the | District of Columbia supreme court after entering a plea of nolle con- | tendere to a charge of unlawfully | hoarding foodstufs. An indirect charge against his wife, Caroline S. Cash was dismissed, The court was told that most of the food hoarded, valued at approxi- mately 000 found in tho Nash home had been purchased before the declaration of war and that much of it had been intended for charitable institutions. The government instituted proceed- ings to libel a portion of Dr, Nash's food stocks. Officials sald that part lly stored, would be con- a 15.—Second U. S . whose name is in today’s over- seas casualty list, was a of Hartford’s most prominent s, a son of the late Col. Charles Ilobinson, of this city, president up to his death in 1916 of the Colt atent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. The young mother, brother and sister 1161 Prospect years of age, a 1eflield Scientitie nool, year i New Hartford, June Caldwell Colt Robinson, Corpa Lieut. Marine member of one fami GRISIS IN AUSTRIA Unrest livo Ho of avenue. member 1919 cla 0. He was k Military a graduate of academy. Mysterious Allusions to in Empceror Charles’ Kingdom—Riot- ANUFACTURERS INTER Henry C. M. of the Ameri tion, Charles B. the P. & F. Corbin lisle Baldwin, Cabinet Locl ville and Burlington to over the proposed site of the tunnel and to inspect alternate plan The local manufacturers are takir a vital interest in the water depart- ment development ISTE ing Reported in Vienna. Thompson, president ifardware Corpora- Parsons, manager of division and Car- ager of the Cor- division, went {o vesterday London, June of serious crisis today. They de ure tory 5.—Reports a in Austria re current come from various out- but there is no direct W today n na o confi hin = from the of Madrid from re- events A news semi-ofiicial bra a rivate cney tion that g ve to occur in Austria, demanding peace ks says inforr liable are about the any sources state population is D rumor LOANS oF Washington, June 15.—The trea today extended new credits 5,000,000 to Great Britain and 000,000 to Belgium. 'This bro total credits to the Allies to 550,000, including $3,170,000,000 Great Britain and §121,550,000 Belgium. $181,000,000 vester- begun in Vienna R. R. FARE REDUGED Commuters to Hartford May to Ride for 11 Cents in the Future—Ruiing ARRIVE OVERSEAS, Herman Wenzel of 111 | have received word Mr. and Mrs. Effective This Morning. Cleveland street from their son, TFred, telling of safe arrival overseas. He was the ordnance department. Word has been re ved from Basil Riley and James Gilbert, of the ordnance department, telling of their | wrrival Hart- sur- the Commuters between this city, and tol were agreeably this morning to learn that in the fur between those which became last was reduced normal stile the protest ustine Lonergan, his | with | ford prised increase city effec und tive tin g ACADEMY. | «rnment notitied the Wilson, | commeneing this morning Italy and | fare would be 11 ce an increase | one cent over the old rate. Announc ment was also made that tickets pur- chased before June 10 were of no value to the helder. also e 1o 1o oversen : on of Cong the local officis the nun OV Is that zone of WILSON 1IN PRENCH Paris, June 1 Premuer President landra of Mercier, primate of Belgium unanimously elected today to Academy of Moral and Seiences. ts, former Cardinal were the F Politica heh CAMPS COMING HOME | | the same time he where | | community this | Daring Flyers Pa Safely Through Shra; nel Barrage and Dr¢ Explosives on Enen RAILWAY JUNCTION OBJECT OF ATTA( With the American Army in June 14 (By the Associated Press,| The first raid by an American bo: ing squadron behind the German was accomplished with successful satisfactory results, the Amerid performing like veterans. Some of observers already had been on simj flying missions with French or Brif pilots and they knew exactly how gauge accurately the fall of bombs. As they made their start for many the bombing planes received ovation. A number of French British aviators and officers and large number of American A cheered them from the flying fleld they same racing down the g tilted upward and then turned ng toward the enemy’s lines. The German anti-aircraft batte gave them a hot reception as 4 crossed the front but this shelling extremely tame compared with they underwent as they approi Dommary-Baroncourt, Two of American planes leading the squad became the particular targets of anti-aircraft guns. They twisted dived under a heavy shrapnel until they arrived over their ob tive, a railway junction and the rounding buildings three miles bel The commanding officer of the was in the leading plane as obsel and it sped over the objective first, commander releasing his bombs. signalled to followed # d other machines which nearly straight - line. Bursting bomb laid a perfect eff of smoke about the railway jundi | The smoke obscured the building] southward lines. planes from pick trailing, other mac give up the was read] the bombers turned ward the American German attacking Americans two mijes and attempted to planes which were lively fire of the forced the enemy to tempt just as the line Arriving t the starting point, aviators were showered with cong ulations on the results of the raid by their envious comrades. met Domn off ] but Third Plane. Army ock Yankees Get With the American France, June 14, (By the Press).—American aviators on Toul front probably drove down, other enemy machine behind German lines yesterday, in add to the two machines hrought which have not been confirmed ficially as victories. Except for usual artillery fire the American tor ve been quiet today. Putnam May Lead American Paris, June 15 cant Davi Putnam of Brookline, ‘Mass., is| ported to have downed five Gery on June 10. Three of Putn aerial victories now official the other two under inves tion. This record, if the five vid ies officially accredited —m Putnam's total 13, supplanting L Frank Baylies of New Bedford, M} the American ace of aces. COMMUNITY SINGING are are Beautiful Rainbow in the East as Is Unfurled and the Crowd § Patriotic Airs, of at The ion singing in park last suc and thosc couraged t« future A assembled in the scatte comm Walnutf sratif charge feell imilar events ir cveral thoul partic fered| ide; originated ind through hey nt became a of Comnf movement in co-oj introd New B Ming was a eve plan crowd « to witr nd Rain owd exercises te ed th ing efforts the eve < The Chamber promoted the tion with her Principal French mma school, § brief spcech indicated but the first of other Mayor Quigley spoke of the flag and the of Betsy Ross. He which unfurled the that had been previously between two 1 munity orchestra Spangled the Cej sided and if that this like e on the hi inspiring exaj pulled the beautiful ba suspel The “The o tree renderec Banner e attention the it respectiul chorus was mia stand and led i nd other ay A beautifu ed greatly to the the crowd assembled the eal slope of the park and was rega by many as a plensing omen. Al Fires Bun nging priate selections. rainbow in the gast beautiful pictw on Y