New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1918, Page 1

8 ERALD BEST OF ALL OCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN | HERALD “ADS” MEAN | BETTER BUSINESS = - = ESTABLISHED 1576, ‘ NE\W B‘RI:FAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1918, PRICE THREE CENTS == LIEUT. H. LESLIE EDDY DIES FIGHTING WITH ¥ ARINESi First New Britain Officer to Make Supreme Sacrifice Fell in France on June 4, I:‘amily Learns. SCHOOLED IN FIRST CAMP AT PLATTSBURG an? S s Tenllered Provisional Licutenancy at Conclusion of Second Camp and Went Abroad, Taking Course in More Intricate Warfave—Believed | to Have Been in Battle at Chateau- Thierry—Was dged 21 Years. bc‘\lf. Ienry Leslic ddy, son Mr. and Mrs. W. Tddy West Main tion of [orace of 240 street, was Lilled in with the United States Marine | Corps on June 4, according mal to u for- war department telegram ht. gh re e~ the | of | bereaved | ceived by ni tails Red i his pavents Jast are lackin but thro Cross and various branches war department the makin details his ily s every attempt to rn further of how the ung hero ield Lieut. Eddy is the first met death on the of honor. New B his life in ¥ and is likewise the first Connec boy tain officer to lay down e | cut | commissioned at Platts- Killed the who was burg who He burg officers has been in action. Platt for was also one of fir; to be and sent over: ctual service hy Dhis ability, cled up by o perfect h o goon conscientious desire nself in r tactics, | won a.place of amo his W officers time after arriving in I'rance assigned to the Marine Corps, that body of picked men who have done | such wonderful werk during the re- offensive. Ye Licut. rned for Active Service, Eddy was born in this on July 24 so tragically He memtb the First Baptist church and Sunda school 30, 1894, having bee Iy years of age when h w cut short by a Ger- | man bullet. W d and a gold | bgaplaced on this chu will star, the first to | ¢l service flag, | a upreme sacrifice. shortly be dedics to him in memory of his ! | attended while the local a student at the school hools and New prominent He foothall siderable abilit back on ona cl r being gre g in71913 he Maine. He bury college left’ colleg sition in bin Screw Britain was in was athletics. a player of and | ed quarter- mpionship team. Aft- duated from High school ittended Colby college in also studied at Middle- at Middlebur, L' He however, to accept a po- the locai office the Division of Amer; Hardware Corporation pged there when the burgh Training camp opened about year ago. He ment from this rst camp. Altho ired to join the attend the con- of the and secured an appoint- and attended the he originally aviation corps, and ground school bridge for a time, he soon tr: ferred to the infantry as his lack of previous mechanical training would | have hampered his progress so that | it Aould have taken him much longer to qualify for a commission and get into active service. At the usion cers’ Training Camp, turned to the second gust as an inst righ in military and when {1 sccond camp duated he v | given commission as provisional | nd licutenant of infant here | were comparatively few provisional second lieutenancies given out and for | this reason the the | New Britain boy wa ble. A provisional second ancy pro- vided that the upon making good in active service, should have =4 opportunity to become an officer the regu army, whereas the lar Plattsburg officers are held in and at the conclusion of the r would go back into civilian life 1s reserve officers. Assigned to Gallant Marines. After spending a leave his home in this city, s ordered to report ly in the year lonth of January rriving in nce ficer, unattached, 1 special the French here he tems of grenade work, pis rifle fightin and was in several engageme 1 the front lir % @ ches with the French soldiers. He was graduated from thi; chool with honors was immediately picked 44 (Continucd on Eleventh Page.) d did s of the First Licut. Eddy re- camp last Au- He stood very | Offi- ctor. affai a honor accorded : nota leute officer, | of absence Lieut. Eddy | for active duty and during the sent rseas. | infant 1ssigr at was ove he of under authorities 001 wiilitary> studied the more warfare, inc bombins incricate wing hand witomadtic )1 ete., and WICHAEL T. WHITE | his bedside and { the | When he was He | ¢ jwes i for | Williams of the | TONS OF BAD MEAT FURNISHED TO AMERICAN NAVY BY WILSON & CO. Captain Williams Testifies to Rejecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds—300,000 Pounds of Smoked Ham Thrown Out Because It Was “Sour and Smeary " —Big Beef Shipment D eclined. York, June thousands of pounds of meat intended New use on Amecrican ‘battleships, has been rejected good condition, Captain navy testified furnished by Wilson Chicago { G4 o today i at the inquiry by the Federal Trade | Commission into charges SLIE EDDY. DIES AT HOSPITAL Prominent Liquor Dealer Succumbs to Complica- tion of Diseases. Michael T. prominent White, business St. of the men one on Main street, died Francis’ hospital Hartford, at at Jast night, several weeks' illness with a cation of troubles M, About three weeks White went to the h ial for ago special treatment. stay at the hospital he rallied and showed signs of improvement. ning he had a sudden turn for the called to the brought to Tremont street and be held from there, morning. A and the family was was with him at The | home fune )y end. his has been hody at 14 1l will Friday pro solemn | ! requiem high mass will be sung at St. | Alary's Catholic church. The hour has | not yvet heen decided upon, 1 Mr. White born on Gilbert | street in New Britain years ag f e was the oldest son John and | White, who among the Catholic s s of the city. L child the family moved ngton but later returned to in, making their home on < a hoy he attended St. , which was then known he Old »wn school. After leaving school he learned the grocery husiness with rick W. Smith on Lafayette street and subsequently was employed by Thomas McCabe. He associated with Bdward W. Byrne in the whole- | sale fruit and produce bhusiness for short time. Mr. White's next step was | in the employ of P. W. Rynn on North | street and after a time he became a lesman for the Connecticut Brew- ing Co. Twenty-five ago lished a wholesale liquor the Railroad Arcade, which bt has been continued. Ten year ating with his brothers, James and the late John White, the ness of Charles Olcott d and improvements were in the Main street store. Five go o bhranch store was estab- in Kensington. member of the New Liquor Dealer ciation the state orgar 1tion, Mr. White a prime mover for carrying on the husiness in strict accordance with the statut Vhite 83 of Ty to New vears tah- in he e husine was and and M married about Mrs. White, Mr. White ighter, Miss Mar a stu- Mount St. Joseph's academy, brother, James F. White. Mr. White was a member of N Britain lodge of Elks, which society will hold a special meeting at 8 o’clock this evening ta take action on bis death, and Daly Councll, Knights of Colun Colehan were Lesides leave dent and \FFORD SOLDIER INJURED. Troop Train Wrecked Crossing Bridge Near Selby, Texas. Waco, Tex., June 19.—The Camp Arthur military authorities today made public the names of 32 soldiers injured when a St. Louis and South- rn railroad train carrying troops was wrecked while passing over a waoden bridge near Selby, Texas. August Haus Schumacher, private, of Philadelphia, died at the base hos- pital. The injured include: Licut. James burg, Pa.: Corporal Chas ington, Pu.; Private Philadelphia; Private ¥, Staiford, Conn.; Private Leighton, Litileton, N. H George Arthur L FLYING INSTRUCTOR KILLED, Fort Worth, Tex., June 19.—Lieut. H. C. Kelly, an instructor in aviation, was killed this afternoon at Benbrook fleld. The cadet fiying with him was uninjured. | item | | | | compli- | | | At times during his | | Last | { wounded 1 1 I2dson, Britain | that bad meat is being fusnished the navy. Captain Williams when asked if he had ever rejected any meat from Wil- son & Co., offered for the navy de- partment, replied: “Yes, T have rejected a great many hundred thousands pounds. O lot conssted of 300,000 pounds of smoked tham.” The reason it was re- ccted. Captain Williams . was cause it was ‘‘sous and smeary. dded in reply to a question th: of 428,000 pounds of men® o declined, and that on another of De- He n CASUALTY LISTS - GARRY 274 NAMES | Army Roll Includes 144 Men and U. §. Marine Gorps Roll 130 CONNECTICUT REPRESENTED | Two Waterbury and One New Haven following | Men Killed in Action With Infan- try—Mansficld Sergeant Wounded Severely With *‘Sea Soldiers.” | was | casualty con | names, divided as rollows: Killed in action, 28; died of wounds, 12; died of accident and other causes, ! 3; dled in airplane accident, 2; died | of disense, 8: wounded severely, izhtly, 1; missing in prisoners, 2 19.—The ned June today ington, list army 144 ac- tion, 1; The lis Hed in Lieuts. Edward Youngstown, Ohio: Isaac V. Coltra, Blue Mound, TlL; Gordon Kaemmer- ling, New York city; Sergeant Ernest F. Duncan, Bloomington, Ind.; Cor- porals Arthur . Baker, Temple, Texas; Charles A. Parker, New York city; Joseph Vallone, 31 Lawrence St., Waterbury, Conn,; Privates Sam- uel Amato, Brooklyn; Branslaw And- . Chelsea, Mass.; Jesse D. Action. Wilson Flower, | Burke, Kemptown, Md.; Adrien J. De- Haverhill, Eaton, Portland, Me.; Elmer G. Fruitland, Idaho; Ira E Bissell, V 1.; Peter J. Fensterm er, Catawissa, Pa.; Victor Kolinsky, henandoah, Pa.; Theodore Kraak- mo, Alcester, S. D.; Jeston I. McAvin- New ren; Michael Marello, 65 | Clairmont Ave., Waterbury, Conn; Knud E. Molle: New York ci Louis Palmer, Newark, N. J.; William C. Ritzman, 312 Bern St., Reading, Penna.; Aliva Rodriguez, Fall River, Mas: Torgei H. Roysland, Kristians- and, Norway Ferdinand J. Santar- piz, Brooklyn; Richard H. Sutherlin, Salina, Ka Robert. V. Winnett, Speers, Pa.; Odis Young, Arlee, W. = sourdie, Mass.; Frederick Died of Wounds. Corporals Richard Healey, TRox- bury, Mass.; Charles L. Joy, Ben- zZon Mich.; James P. Love, Lena- coning, Md.; Privates Loren D. Ban- ta, Kansas City, Mo.; Orville Bazill, Bradford, O.; Frank Bodonix, Jersey City; James M. Brown, Malone, N. Y.; Floyd de Roo, Chicago; Reuben M. Gilbert, Lincolnville, Kas.; Lloyvd Stanley Howe, Colfax, W David A. Paul, Gilman, Ia.; Loren W. Sewell, Lynn, Ma: Died in Airplane Accident. Lieutents. Donald A. Bigelow, San Francisco; Albert H. Cowart, Ensley, Ala. Died of Disease. Sergeant Rutherford D. Alcock, Ef- fingham, Ill.; Corporal William Wal- lace Carlton, Talmadge, O.; Privates Merton L. Allen, Malden, Mass.; Wil- bur Mosby, Chicago; Willlam B. | Ragan, Clarks, La.; Leo Servida, Chi- cago; George F. St. Clair, Johnson City, Tenn.; Paul Joseph Trembley, New Bedford, Mass. Died of Accident and Other Causes. Sergeant Lester G. Rivers, Mil- waukee; Corporal Joseph J. Fitzger- ald, New York City; Cook Arthur W. Davenport, Barnard, Mont. ‘Wounded Severely. Lieuts. John D. Filley, Jr.,, Brook- lyn; William Alvin Forward, Rock- ton, IlL.; Harold Cotthurt Mills, Tro: N. Y.; Robert R. O'Laughlin, New York; Dean D. Sturgis, 111 East IFa) ctte street, Uniontown, Pa.; Sergeants Gilbert W. Bran, Harlan, K Wil llam J. Curlett, San Francisco; Eii . Fletcher, Packard, Ky.; Samuei A Goldenberg, New York cily; Georg H. Gore, Manhattan Beach, N. Y Corporals Arthur E. Bond. Scipio, Okla.; Frank L. Fox, Mansfield, Ma, Albert Gipson, Mitchell, Ind.; l (Continued on Eleventh Page) because | 19.—Hundreds of | occ: 110 pounds of har to the battleship delivery } found g Answering for Wil- when the ronsibility m had cez aptain Wi the the firm for the Misrouri had been guaranteed to Leep in any cHmate four months and that 3,300 pounds had failed to stand the test, Special Examiner Patterson ruled out of record testimony G. Lee yesterday that Wilson had bought meat not in good condl- tion from Armour & Co., and sold to the government. H. Snowden Marshall, attorney for Wilson & Co., asked this testimony be stricken out ‘on the ground that it was a boastful ssertion of a rival firm.” The point was carrvied. sion shipped had a sound rous an objection of the son & Co,, to the effe was aceept cen “un- forney that eat ied hams by today of T & Co SEVEN HOUR BATTLE OVER DUTGH COAST Ensign Keyes, U. S. N., Describes | Defeat of Large Enemy Air Force Eusign Joseph Eaton of Connecticut, | in Crippled Seaplane, Draws Attack by Encmy While Companions Hover Near Him As Guard. the off British l.ondon, June 18, (By ciated Press).—In the fight Dutch coast on June 4, five seaplanes of the largest type fought 19 German seavlanes. One of the enemy machines wa ent down in flames and another driven down out of control, according to a description of the fight written for The Associated Press by Ensign K. B. Keves, a United States naval avia- tors. Prior to the encounter one of the British machines had descended to make repairs and the Germans set upon the four other machines pro- tecting the injured one. Ensign Jo- seph Eaton, another American avia- tor, was on the injured machine and he was subsequently interned in Hol- land. Eaton w: born in Connecticut and his parents live in Springfield, M . Ensign Eaton Americans among flying boats on a says Ensign K . “West of Ter- schelling, Eaton’s machin had to alight on the surface owing to en- gine trouble. We stood by, circling in the air and waiting for him to re- pair the damage. “Soon five German airplanes hove in sight. We took battle formation and went for them. I was in the front cockpit with one gun and 400 rounds of ammunition. In the stern were three more guns and their operators. The Germans fled at our approach, hut I had the satisfaction of getting sev eral rounds into them, although it impassible to say whether there were any effective hits. “After a time the enemy came cir- cling back, but instead of five ma- chines there were only four, one small scout having been sent landward, pre- sumably to bring help. Fifteen Others Join “Soon afterward we hostile machines coming opposite directian. The high in the air, but close and were joined almost by five more, making 19 in all. The enemy scouts were painted black. while the two-seaters were sea-green and very hard to distinguish from ihe water. “We four swung into bxttle forma- tion again and charged into the mid- dle of the enemy fleet. When e were nearly within range, four plaNes on the portside and five on the starboard rose to our level while two of the en- emy machines passed directly beneath us, shooting upward. he firing was incessant from the beginning and the air was blue with tracer bullet smoke and the Germans used explosive bullets. “I devoted my time to the side, where four planes offered fine targets. Once I looked around I no- ticed my commander was in a stoop- ing position. I thought nothing of it until a few minutes later when I looked again and saw he was still in the same position. Then the truth dawned on me that he had been hit and, looking closer, 1 discovered his head was In & pool of blood, but for the moment I could nol leave my po and I were two the crews of five North sca patrol, Attack. discovered ten up from an were not to the water immediately in port- (Continuned on Eleventh Page.) WEANTITER. Hartford. June Havtford and vicinity: Il tonight and Thursday Nz P Missouri | | British | Turkish out- | ENEMY STRIKES ON RHEIMS FRON ATTACKING TREASURY THIRD OUTLINES LIBERTY LOAN Washington, June 19.—Ten- tative plans for the Fourth liberty Loan, as indicated by the treasu are: Amount, at least 000. $6,000,000,- Interest rate 4% per cent. Campaign to open early October. Denominatiton of bonds same Third Loan. in TURKS INVITE WAR BY SACK OF HOSPITAL American Institution at Tabriz, Persia, Attacked in Spite of Protests hy Spanish Gonsul, in Charge, and in Defiance of Spanish Flag Washington, June 19.—Sacking of the American hospital at Tabriz, Per- sia. and seizure of the American and consulates there by invading troops was reported to the State De rtment today by the Amer- ican minister at Teheran. If the repor s it reached the min- ister, is officially confirmed, the out- rages may be considered an act of ! war and settle the long-pending ques- tion of whether the Ottoman allies of Germany should be formally listed among America's enemies. According ta today’s dispatch, the Turks sacked the hospital over the protest of the Spanish consul, in charge as representative of American inter and in defiance of the Span- ish flag flying over the building. Colton Memorial Hospital Sacked. New York, June 19.—Officials of the Presbyterian Baard of Foreign Mis- sions here today identified the Amer- | ican troop: Memorial hospital sacked by Turkish at Tabriz, Persia, as the Colton hospital, which was en- dowed by Philadelphia family by that name and established years ago through the Presbyterian board. The hospital's staff normally con- sists of three medical members and | 11 girls’ hoarding school teachers and cvangelical workers. Dr. Charles W. Lamme, formerly of Baston, Pa., the medical director of the institution, is now on his way ta this country on a leave. He left Edmund M. Dodd, whose home is in Montelair, N. J., in charge, it was stated. The Whipple Memorial hospital, the woman’s branch of the station, has as its medical supervisor Dr. (Mi: Mary R. Fleming. AUSTRIANS FACING BAD GRAIN FAMINE a PDomesic Supp! Gone and People Depend on Allotments From Conquered Ukrainia. Tondon, June 19.—Austria’s grain supplies have completely run out and | such food of this she getting is coming from what Germany has allotted to her from the Ukrainian supplies, according to indications in a Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company This message quotes an interview with Herr Paul the Austrian food is nature as | | | | | several | minister, obtained by the Vienna cor- respondent of the Berlin Tageblatt, in which the minister confirmed the news of the recent reduction in the Aus trian bread ration. This, he said, was due to insufficient supplies from Bes- sarabia and Hungary. The entire 1917 harvest from these sources had heen distributed and con- sumed, the minister stated, and the Rumanian harvest had a. been used up, bringing the entire process of re- plenishment to a full the ernment, theretore reduce the ratic The supplies Ukraine wer 1 the made months Germany taking tribution of th Of these Austriz in quantities, v to stop, being wbliged irom the in quan- exported unsatisfactory tiry, whilc 18 with had been the entire dis- Ukrainian supplies. was guaranteed cer- over | | | | | reement that had Crermany several altered, with | Aust ON WIDTH OF 14 MILES Infantry Fiows Forward Igween Vrigny an LaPompelie But is Repulsed With Heav Loss, Paris Reports---Unable to Gain Eve First Line Defenses on Western Wing AMERICANS CROSS MARNE RIVER AND COME BACK WITH ENEMY PRISONERS{ Par paratory between day. The cess. On the western front of the even to reach the French line. Germans were completely repu East of Rheims the French were EX-CONG. KENNEDY OF NAUGATUCK DEAD Represented Fifth District From 1913 to 1915—Prominent in State and National Politics. Naugatuck, June 19—Williamn Ken- nedy, former member of congress from the Fifth Connecticut district, died early today at his home here. Mr. Kennedy, who represented the Fifth Connecticut District from 1913 to 1915 and who for many years was a well known member of the state bar and a leader in democratic poli- tics for some years, was born in Nau- gatuck, December 19, 1854. He began practice of law in 1879 upon being admitted to the bar in September of that year. He was in the state Sen- ate in 1899 and 1901, having Dbeen chairman of the democratic state cen- tral committee, 1896 and 189 He was a delegate to the party national conventions at Chicago in 1896, at Kansas City in 1900, at Denver in 1908 and at Baltimore in 1912. He was chairman of the delegation to the Kansas City convention. In his home town he had held of- fices for many years and had been its attorney for a long period beginning with 189 In the election in 1912 he was chosen to congress from the Fifth District. As an attorney Mr. Kennedy ha: figured in a number of notable case that of Sophie Kritchman for mur- | der being oné in which his defense of the young woman was closely fol- lowed throughout the state. Mr. Kennedy married Mary H. I Clerkin of New Haven on November 29, 1882 and three children were born to them. One daughter is Mrs. Chas. I. Mitchell of New Haven, the son, Louis, and the other daughter, Miss Julia, who lives at home. The funeral will be held from St. { Francis church here on Friday morn- ing. The arrangements are now be- ing completed. In his fraternal connections Kennedy was very well kown. Mr. He | had held high office in the Independ- {et Order of Foresters, and was a member of the Elks and Knights of Columbu T0 TRAIN MEN IN U. . Havas Agency Says South American Soldiers Will Prepare for Active Fighting 2t American Cantonments. Paris, s Agency).— Premier June 18, (Hav Clemenceau’: newspape: I/Homme Libre, vs advices have been rcceived from Washington to the effect that a is under way for training troops of South Ameri- can republics in the United States. THREATEN 10,000 FRENCH iate For Alleged Will Reta Germany Expulsion of Citizens From China to Aastr: Amsterdam, June 19.—When that 10,000 Germans have been expelled from China and interned in alla are proved, & says the ches Tages Zeitung Berlin, government collect ten thousand inhabitants of French occupied districts and send them to prison until the Germans are returned to China and cmopensated for their losses. ports of will Deuts the German LIAM S. liaven, June 19 Pardee, member of serubly 1993, froru iuy after a1th tics and cities and vocate of a WIL New PARDEE DEAD. William general &« died e il been in democrut in the committee He was an ad plan to divide the cities of the state into towns in order to seeure larger representation in the lower branch and as a means to off- set the so-called borough system, city to- having lons He served was a poli- on on boroughs, June 19.—The Germans last ni bombardment, began an attack on Vrigny and La Pompelle, the War officc announced ht, after a violent prg the Rheims fro French are resisting the German blow with entire su attack the enemy was not ab In the center. before the city, tl sed and suffered heavy lossd equally successful. The statement follows: “Last at 6 the G mans delivered a violent preparatd artillery Y night o’clock fire along the whole frq of Rheims from the region of Vrig west of the city, Pompelle. At 9 o'clock the enel infantry began an attack on French positions between these ] points. “The French as far east as troops resisted German attack with complete s ce: the counter-barrage of French artiilery proving very stro; “Between Vrigny and Ormes, G man assault troops were stopped the French fire and forced to ret several times to their lines of parture and were not finally able reach the French positions. “Around Rheims violent comb developed during the course of whi the enemy suffered heavy losses was everywhere repulsed. ‘“‘East of Rheims the fighting 1i wise ended to the advantage of French. The Germans having b successful in penetrating the wo northeast of Sillery, were driven by a French counter-attack. “Prisoners taken in the region Rheims declared that the town attacked by three divisions, whi were ordered to take the place at costs during the night.” The front of the new German tack is the semi-circle drawn by enemy about the city of Rheims the recent offensive on the Al front. The Rheims region compril the left flank of the German atta Ground was given by the French both sides of the Cathedral city, re- | the town itself and the nearby B tecting forts were held against German onslaught and have since mained in French possession. Rheims, however, was hemmed] on three sides by the enemy. and has been considered only a quest of time when the Germans wo make a concerted movement to g its defenders. The front of the py ent attack, from Vrigny, west of ity, to La Pompelle, around semi-circle to the ez is apprd mately 14 miles. e Yanks Cross Marne, Washington, June 19.—Contin| artillery fighting in the region Chateau-Thierry and along the Mg is noted in General Pershing's o munique for yesterday which rea) the War Department today. Ame; patrols have crossed the Marne taken prisoner: The communique follows: “Section A.—There was conti artillery fighting in the Chatd Thierry region and on the Ma front. Last night our patrols cre the Marne and captured several P oners. “Section B.—There report in this on.” ke Priso is nothing oc British London, Rai German Tine. June 19.—British trd last night successfully raided the man lines in the region to the sd of Hebuterne. rorth of Albert, the office announced today. A British recently ta the Germans Virux Berquin, on the northern of the Lys salient, was recaptul some prisoners and two machine g being taken in the operation. ken by BEGGING FOR MERCY Contingent Fce Agents on Tl Knees Before Department of Ju: Ofticials, Seeking Leniency. Washington, June 19.—Many ag the departmen opinions iny the to t up defrauding ( ernment out acknowledged contingent fee appeared today at ustice explain their to ask le partmen exp to ction ealt uie d system aund the of dollars, of thes tractors willions Many had been unknown to the and this fact »moted sion that the system of making @ missions out of war orders isg more extensive than officlf's hag lieved. zents hereto depart the im