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

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRIIAI‘\J CONNECTICUT MONDA\ ;)ULY 15, 19 18.—TEN PAGE ‘GERMANS START NEW D ON U. S. AND F] Violent Offensive Is Centered Against Americans West of Chats Vaux, and Agamst French Positions Between Rheims and t NCH FI — ALLIED TROOPS CONTINUE ADVANCE INTO ALBANIA/ ‘Austro-Hungarian Headquar- ters Admit Czecho-Slovak Troops De- | feat Bolsheviki afid Cap- % e ~ says the Matin, heard violent ture City of Kazan—Eng- T e e today. The sKky tov rd l constantly was lit up great electrical ARTILLERY FIRING ARD IN PARIS: FLARE LIGHTS SKY Reverses — IS H July 15.—The aris and the inhabi- suburbs, Paris, hours the h Surprise Germans. ecast if Th who boulevards after listened 1o the (& while small groups gathered on the high points of the city to watch the distant heaven: The noise of the firing was par- ticul. loud in the southern part of the city. Tne sector rest Paris by a on the midnight nnonade, were DERS ATTACK 000 YARD FROND ~JFLAY} ON Tazan Is Situated About 130 Miles ¥From Moscow and Ts An Important | battle line west of 5 miles French rench German of the is that Thierry about of the nerican and ring the Manufacturing and Commercial | ne av- s, Center—Squadron of French g capital troops are pathway alry Reported Driven Back in Dev- oli Valley—Teuton Artillery Active. there July 15, via Al- ad- | from Vi London lied t va Aust >nna Alhania continue to tement in mn A! L IE% NOW OC CUPY THE MURMAN COAST odical st headquarter vdd ion arian nt statemc his mo Ing Italian b tacked southwest of Monte Valbella western sloy Iso ended the Devoli dron has fruitiessiy Asiago An er >0 the i ind north zerent | Brenta | in our favor valiey o heen 1 of di == valley American and British Forces Take enchtl Over Entire North Coast of Russia. Bolsheviki Defes Tondon, British whole of ern Moscow by way \fter station dispatch force Ru July 15.-—American and have pied the the Murman coast, in north- dispatch from News agency slovalk city of Moscow, an h from | reported from taken after up violent re- the July miles t Telegr on troons o troops wred Kazan lxchang Copenha Moscow the Bol sistance of Russia, a to the Central of Amsterdam capturing Kem, a the White dds, the American and B advanced toward Toroki sian Bolsheviki authoritie having withdrawn to Nirok. The commanders of the allied forces have issued an appeal the population on Murman requesting help against Germany Finland. It is declared the [coast is Russian territory under the protection of the Entente powers. M. Tchitcherin, the Russian for- cign minister, has addressed a note Br 1 demanding that the British detachments now on the Mur- man be re-embarked without im- | delay, v Central News messaze to- | today from Amsterdam, relaying a Moscow dispateh dispate AyS it city heviki had 1c wa put on sea coast the ish the zan it join ufacturir is on th L river It near is a| center K the commercial of the commerce Zuropean Rus- )0 miles north ' Bolsheviki reported rar entrepot Entente Siberia and and between to Kazan Al he Simbirsk wherc troop feated yvernmen have de week were to Czec ks last Near In English Advance Amiens. London, July out last ith of 15 an operatio to Great nig British po- Ville etonneux i Amiens, were announced aken wyed Flanders in the carried sitions so coast var oflice prisone wetille Arras and on Bethune and sector Flande £hows 000 the took sue: cre disy B = PRAISE Paris, “Let S BRI H NAVY. (R th chusch in Under ney fo et | sailors,”” the Paris Midi yards | acclaim the American Dike- | never forget the British the | out whom Germany stul, [ utier rem Not fruitles vet already July ption: British “Let us but with- would continue to on th effort knows all k emc front Wood attac and beir terial ca nt says: of soldiers, sailors ector surprise v arcasti objectives n menace and America. She better tomorrow means.” m know that this menace TABS TO GIVE SHOW RS TRIAL Hartford, July 13 v. Theo Buesscll, pastor of the rman Lutheran church n Bristol, ccused of seditious utterances, began in the U. . district court today be- fore Judge H. B. Howe of New York and jury. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. MINIS OPENS. —The musical society. iven the = the housa performance. 1es Mar : heads the committee the ceting erly reports of office: r and accepted ip vd was elected marshal at | T); White who »w the Jar At the Ph a 150. Enroliment student nurse The stu- to fill the hospitals of July States n July be used American Washington, for the United reserve will be; dent nurses will m the nurse 15 s ns to recently JAPAN GETS CONTR ACTS. Contrac ancies by n eated number overseas eric wow in S quotu is 451 AES MAKE 2y PROTENT Associated md Al British, Krenct mese i rs to Ch neral H Bolshevik militar has EPIDEMIC OF protested to G CHOLLER\ rong anti who Jinet ormed nporary war Ixchang for i eking him railroad | it- | ! L F. & C. CONTROLS (WILL MAKE WAR GOODS { tiations for | the | chaser, | Machine nd Murman | | cial MERIDEN CUTLERY ‘Buys Maj orl'y Stock of $400,000 in Mauuiac(uring Firm May Operate Local 1s Branch ¥From Offices—Authorized Statement Obtained From Factory Officials Of Landers, Frary & Clark. Official confirmation of the ed contemplated purchase of the Meriden Cutlery company, by Land- ers, Frary & Clark, was received to- day from Vice President Arthur G. Kimball, who gave a statement to the Herald. The purchase is one of the most important industrial chan that has taken place in Connecticut in a long time The official confirmation follows will report- is as Emlarge Busine: Landers, Frary & chased a majority of the the Meriden Cutlery Co., Meriden, Connecticut. The business will be continued in Meriden but will be en- lurged and the number of employ materially _increased. During the period of the war considerable part of the production of the plant will be devoted to government work, relieving the Landers, Frary & Clark plant at New Britain of some of the work on government contracts which they have in hand, and upon which overnment is asking for an in- creased production. The exact na- ture of the work t will be done in Meriden has not been determined The directors of the Meriden Cutlery Co.. have announced that those stockholders who have not yet ar- ranged for the disposal of their stock may do so through the Home National or First National Bank, Meriden, Conn. In the Herald Clark has pur- stock’ of 1t last week the nego- the purchas by a New Britain concern was reported and at time Landers ary & Clark mentioned the possible pur- her than the New Britain company. Meriden will be utilized with the local plant be in charge branch has not been general operation, however, through the local office. was Cutlery company in connection As vet the offi- of the Meriden designated. The will be The plant Has To Speed Up Production. The branch plant will be utilized for the manufacture of government requirements, At this time it im- possible to state just what the nature of the husine will bo. Landers, Frary & Clark, like outher manufac- turing firms of New Britain, has been recognized plant of production. management has demonstrated to promptly and most meet the demands of the zovernment. Re notice was as a The its ability infactorily sat- and will | trial of the | i that served by the officials at Washington = ‘ Clark would production for iment. As vet it is not what the line of manufac l‘(‘,‘ will be but it is presumed that it will | in the nature of materials for which it will be possible to use the present factory equipment. President | Charles I, Smith is now in Washing- ton, conferring with the war depart- ment officials. ned be ired to increase the known re be Buying Meriden Co. Stock. The Meriden Cutlery Co., stock is being purchased by TLanders, Frary & Clark, and will undoubtedly be paid for from the company surplus. The plan to be followed may be the | same as that which prevailed when | Landers, Frary & Clark purchased | the Humason & Beckley plant. The capitalization of the Meriden Cutler; o, is $400,000, but it understood that the the cor iy s purchased a figur par. T Kk par the big as is stock of heing at ch is below e sto 25 share. One of ! really | merce | Toin [ CANNING [ centers | been of lies in its rights. The manufac located near Hanover the wate buildin company uable - ommand- wk in South construction vear Meriden, are tly ind we t ago. The establishment ary & hoom to that n frame bu mangy Clark with a 1 he portion tinued on Ninth Page) | ton, KAISER’S SOLDIERS CROSS MARNE AT SEVERAL POINTS | HAYTIAN GOVERNMENT | VOTES TO DECLARE 1 . | | | | WAR GERMANY Hayti, July council of state acting with the legsla- it under constitution Por 5 The in accordance tive powers given new Haytian unanimously voted the dec tion of war upon ( manded by the pres republic. the has ars | many ¢ lent of the GERMANY WANTS PEACE BY MIGHT OF ITS ARMY Maximilian Harden A Ruiers, Declaring They De- sire no League of Nations. London, July 15.- ment of the rulers Maximilian Hard current holders of high office, the Rotterdam correspond Telegraph, useful to thems new world national peace, but are only g on the of the the high personage in man empire,” he “wishes see set up a le nation hesion to which has been declared by the states of North and South Ameri- a and representatives England ince, ltaly, Canuada, Australia India. The continuance of to conceal this fact h: necessary since Bre Bucharest. “We know and we know we have a which, calling itself pan-Germa whatever else it likee only peace through the might of and feel certain of obtaining short time. “We may be certs of theirs will ever where.” sharp German A indict- of contained Zukunft he n in a T is quoted us number of Die saying by the Daily to ent of seem profess ot favor a de nd hey carryi tra of sword the Gel to dition power “No ays, e of endeavors s become -Litovs un- and what the wants overnment enemy expects the it army ain that belief no words gain any- CAMP SP The second luncheon of will tomorrow Walter Camp of New in charge of the ph of the men in various tr throughout the country, it is expected pfessional and business men AKS TOMORROW. et-to-gether Chamber held «t noon at 1 noond: the of Com- liotel 130 o Haven, who is 1 conc locls s tions g camps wiil about vill he be the speaker p i present, CLASS! Canning cls morrow in two of as follows: o'clock, Vocational afternoon at 2 o'clock, school. person allowed material for one be priveleged to to directions given by isses will be held three canning Morning at 9 High St. the school; Mary" is nough ich she will rding jar can Miss | Mectcalfe. PLAGUE IN PORTO RICO. San Juan, Poro Rico, July 15.—Ten thousand persons in San Juan have ill of a three-day fever during the st two weeks, according to doc- tors of the sanitary service. ARMY AVIATOR Buffalo, July =A% Quiney, 111, aviator, v the fall of lirplane at Cur V. Sharp of Was seriously injured, KILLED A Hale field hing 15 n an Homer D C oday , was WEATHER. J TLartford.” st for New nity: Fair 15.—TFore- 3ritain and vi- ght and Tues. tonig sails | when it | Be- TOMORROW, London Hears That Enemy Troops Succeed in Forcing Their Way Across Historic River Early This Morning —French Are Meeting the Onslaught With Energy. MAIN ATTACK SEEMS TO BE IN CHAMPAGNE rmans Attack French Positions On Front of 30 Miles Southwest of Rhcims and On 25 Mile Iront Be- tween Prunay and Maison de Cham- East of Rheims—Struggle is Continuing On 50 Mile ¥Front. London, have crossed places in their morning, according ceived her The main attack to be in the Champ | to this effect came | News. | Tondon Ts Optimistic | Advices received the German offensive attack began on a front of ! between Chateau-Thierry and Bligny, southwest Rheims. The Germans also attacked of Rheims, be- tween Prunay and Maison de Cham- pagne, on a front of 5 miles, July 15.—The Germans the Marne at several offensive begun this to advic re- added The the seems advices Central Sne to here state rding the miles re th 30 t of cast ation following the German attack in ! lAmerlcan So, Vicinity of Withering Fj U. S. Boys Fig With the American’ (By the Associated Press.): launched a violent attack agaif Chateau-Thierry, especially ned The attack came after a mo plosives and gas shells throughout' sought shelter wherever it was availagy try appeared, the Americans swarmed @ with a rain of machine gun bullets. Fighting With Gas Masks On. " The Americans wore their gas masks as they fo tacking tiermans. o An enemy bombardment of towns in the rear of the began shortly after six o’clock a. m. The latest reports say the Americans are holding . their own, maintaining their positions. At this hour it had not been determined how the battle in the vicinity of Vaux was progressing. The whole line in both direc- tions from that town was dense with smoke and gas fumes. The roar of the cannonade was punctuated in the few intermissions with a terrific din of machine gun and rifle fire which seemed of the hottest character in Vaux itself. In this locality it was not known whether the Germans in this attick had begun another offensive, but the intensity of the fighting indicated to those near the scene that the operation was a renewal of the general attack that had been expected. Americans Deliver Counter Attack. The American forces on this front delivered upon the Germans in the Vaux region this morning the enemiy. Word received here shows that the enemy attack east of Rheims, but on the sectors on French and Americans are fighting by reported intact. The American machine gunners here let close to their positions and then opened a deadly vancing close formations of Germans. ounter attack and drove off also launched an that front on which side side the positions are the fire come the ad- enemy into France is that the developments quite satisfactory The German attack in the | fensive began in the region Vaux | s o e s and | | high explosive shells, according to the | Exchange Telegraph company’ i- | | vices from Paris. The American tillery replied with a barrage fire. There Wi a heavy bombardment | in the re of Jaulgonne, on the Marne. Reports morni the state, show the in hand. The imm Germans, it ably is to detach on hoth sides of it hills which would flank on a further ; The feeling here on the situ ! are ‘ new of- of 1150 ion 10:30 o'clock t Exchange’s advices situation to be held up to diate objective of the is considered here, prob- Rheims by attackir and captu ng the protect their right 1dvance southward. French Righting Bravely. Paris, J 15.—A new offensive the Germans was begun last night the region between Rheims Argonne. On the front Thierry and the Germans war office a meeting the tack with ener | tinues. The struggle is proceeding on a | frout of about 80 kilometers (approx- imately 50 miles by in and the between Chates Main de Mas this morning, nnounces. The French of the enemy at- and the battle con- es the the arc attacked shock THINK HUNS HAVE CHOSEN PARIS ROAD | Washington of the Opinion That Ene- my Deliberately Sclected This Section for New Drive, 15.—The the road to officer Washing mans have renewal of their drive, s here judging from early re ivlent movement that the | to widen still by ton, J selected fou believed today the 1 as possible ttack is visne salient the for 1 extremity reducing hack of the the 191x | the wd ing employment of ange bombardmen positions sy tensive for long Allled re was the time required to bring up and | |emplace these weapons that held up | | the German drive Enemy Makes Feint at Vaux. SIn their attack on the Marne front held by the Americans the Germans threw many bridges the river. Over these the Germans are passing under a withering fire from the artillery German progress is being stayed by the machine gunners. The Americans and \hcn French comrades have resisted the enemy to the utmost and are continuing this chara It is clear that the German attack in the Vaux region complete- ly broke down under the American counter attack. [Further sharp fighting is likely to develop in this area at any time, however. The operation at Vaux appeared to be a feint, for it began the Germans attacked all along the Marne, were gallantly opposed by more of the American French. The first crossing was made at American machine where they stood here Others of the American troops withdrew enemy attacked from east of Chateau-Thierry ast of Dormans, making additional crossing across er of resistance soon afte they the where troops and he bi u ber and died river 2ht the peak of The gunners and infantrymen as the Marne, strategically to along the Counter Attack Is Launched. American infantry Conde m up 11 o'clock one of the attack in the region of shortly after 11 that the enemy, previously, had made progress whatever. In the Conde before the Amer attack, the German advance appeared to have eliminated the salient. A was becoming Shortly after aunched a counter cast regiments here said no reccived of on the fighting about hour a to tl Rheims e an region, however, can cc 20 o'clock this morning the mbai intense. long range be diment more Shells Fall in Meaux, 25 Miles A:vayA American Ar in Trance, 1t. (By the As- sociated 1 Major Gen. William Langfitt has been ag ppointed chief engineer of the American v\]mmmn-u\ forces Heavy shells from German naval guns are fal behind the actual battle arca. Many of these in the city of Meau miles from Chateau hese towns the shell fire is constant from ten and twelve inch naval guns Rer from Americ: were “handling the continuing With the gions far wve fallen many I'hierry. In of Ge the projectiles being rts advance positions oops enemy well which is Germans Back this this region in the Driven indicatc face of the X afternoon nie determined ene The advance extended a distance of approximately 700 the Americans subsequently withdrew to their itegic reasons ['wenty-eight Germans in this sector. American barrase drove them back in cor original 1ken here br enemy wav g