New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1918, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1876. NE\V BRITAIN CONNECTICUT T[ ESDAY %LPT MB}'R 24, 19 —TEN PAGES BULGARIANS IN RETREAT ON 100 MILE ] BRITISH IN PALESTINE TAKE HAIFA ? AIG MAKES FRONTAL ATTACK ONjf‘ TWO CONVENTIONS | STEADY STREAM OF AIRPLANES INFLUENZA CLATIS DEVENS SOLDIER; _Fore |N SESSI"NHERE REACHING FRANCEEVERYDAY 16 NEW CASES OF SCOURGE IN CITY ay Private Whitney Pierce, son of 17 d ( e e aralnIral Hirposl G T Plore ot Fleas ]‘\m 1ssociated with his father in the | printing business. Besides his parents M Jacob Scheidler Elected President | Senater Thompson Refutese HARTFORD H. S. B[]YS Bevens of pneumonte, foliowing 5 | I¢ leaves a brother, Merwin, who is | i brief illness. Spanish influenza de- | marines. Private Merwin Pierce sailed Criticism, Basing State-| U[ Stme Jl]mm' 0. U. A. M ARE I] T N TR"{E veloped last Tuesdny and Private m:‘j‘fiffifi :r\rm”:w Hixw“k:?zm i ments on Own Observa- Eiorsol was ono, o |ine) ipumerousi{, SRS TINSH BUBSEmn WLt 17 —— patients sent to the camp hospital | o4y in this city this evening. progresg PRELLE AND SMITH HONORED tions == Reports\ German On Friday pneumonia was doveloped | Corp. Fred Dalton T Gy . . . . and he was transferred to another e L . = | rout g Morale Low. Object to Being Held Within | \iva. " the ramily was notified and | The family of Corp. Fred Dalton of | 10Ut £ 4 . o or Sunday & private murse was en- | O8k street was notified last night that Macé o _Btate Meeting of Sunshine Society CrIATNS e Bounds During Long it ot e U bd | he is seriously ill at Camp Devens | and thig o s Pierce remained with him until the | With pneumonia following an attack | Field MW Brings Out Patriotic Enthusiasm— Washington, Sept. 24.—Describing Recess. end. Nurses and doctors are working | Of Spanish influenza. The family left Quentin and'fi 2 caring for the vic- | this morning for the camp. Dalton | before being inducted into the service | Stronghold from ez 55 : o ate Pierce was a member of the | was salesman for the Kibbe Co. ()n the Meditef) r crat, told the senate today that while | partrorq High school boys went on |1ast contingent that went to Camp | Private Hartney Back in Hospital occupied the ports \of Jncab Schieldler of 51 Locust strestd (n some auarters there is n Lellef that | i iie thild noon. Thelr erisvsnioss | Devens & few wecks ago. He was Private Joseph Hartney stationed | juct north of Jaffa of B ghis city, was elected this afternoon asd the war cam be ended this year, the 2 o o 5 still in the depot brizade when — Sh e ' S pet sneciissaston Rcontine; He was 22 vears old. After (Continued on Ninth Page) tions began. Acre h B ¢z onunsnniopiOideniof Akeneral fopiniona broadisiehatfans T JEE SIS TR SR s e et olcent has undergone and Nagole fe oS Hlesn N ache IR et ol tneyeart wil be requiredlitol buing || SEORC S e et sl el | 1799 e 24th annual state convention held in [lgermany to her knees, America, he | . £ 2 2 Giresan sl Fff;.“,.:‘,'\ yo hor knees. Ameriea he|ant. The boys marched down town | AL[ BY’ L Y The rout of the Furks in the 2 : OCIALEC I aC NELIDOD shouting and singing and extra po- | ° b pelled the Turks ea$t of the river to refi Court. T. C. Prelle of 31 West Ellis ‘ graduating from the Grammar school Canonicus Branch Has Service Flag | his recent visit to the western front, e night and day in Senator Thompson of Kansas, demo- v - . g With Star, for Nurse. Hartford, Sept. 24.—About 500 nd “started the ball rolling towards | jjcemen were hastened on their trail pursued closely by AJlied forces and the kmgo street, another New Britain man, was » g erlin. S : T 4 %2 £ Honored by re-clection to the office of | mmeor Thompson opposed @ to prevent disorder and violent di | has been reached andl the Allies are pushing north rapid fate treasurer, while H. E. Smith of | .. : : S Aol turbances. i ! Hiedjas railway. General Allenby reports that the numb Black Rock avenue was elected stago mate " 1)— e iy Their particular grievance is. ac- enemy troops taken captive will largely exceed 25,000. otitside; auard llmlco an;l dec uxm]! ]m:h e “final | cording to the volunteer spokesmen German and Bulgarian troops in Macedonia, their communi= The convention opened last evening | and conclusive and destrc who represented them today, that 'R i cation lines almogt entirely gone through by the Franco-S ¥ = erbian with ‘a recoption io” the 50 dele: | Kajserism and militariem throughout | the seneduic ot senool ‘hours wiom | Had Been Ordered by Secretary Briitsh Horsemen Rush Up Medi- | cation lines almog: e, Lo e e e Pt ’U"f‘*l ‘”“[‘I il el tnekvorla g which the present s;‘ho.ol vear began e G i P i have reached the Vardar northeast of \TnnaTL:rem: ; front :{ mc;:: ional officers, National Secretary s > . - ower | TPAUITes a recess of about 45 min- l = e ! 2 G 2 . - Martin Woods and National Finance SeEman moraie Mes R uoYer IOWeE | heevidnrine bwhioh ftime e boys are Laflsmg [0 Leave MOSCOW le]‘l‘flHeafl OflS[ 0 aeStme than 10 miles and) Serbian forces have crossed to the east of the Committeeman Thomas . Walte than at the present time, he said, | oonfined to sschool bounds and can e = river in pursuit of the Bulgarians. On the left of the Alled line, both of Philadelphia . The business| while the Allied armies are con-|find no means pleasing to them nrJ i Ttalian and Serbian forces are closing in on Prilep. Along the ssion opened at 10 o'clock this mori- : o ; | spending the time. 'LAST G 0 ICI | E R 0 a @ £ ng in charge of State Councilor 1. §, | Vinced they are fighting a “l';‘";“" By liis e 1 e AMERICAN FFICIAL SERBS POU VER VARDAR | entire front the enemy is burning wlldgc and war material. Benton ; o : caus nv’ml that victory is all but | oet S e e s and | e | By crossing the Vardar on" a wide front south of Gradsko, At neon dinner was served by the | within their 4 stops at 11 for a recess which ex- 0 mi ¥ f i rta 2 Ts Serbi . 3 - : ] ; . G 4 s southeast c r: f S members of the Daughters of America [ The United States’ entrance into the | tonds to 12:42, then assembles again | British 1 French Representative | Bulgarians Burning Villages and gl isesonheumportantionmiof slenb e Sec il nd the other officers were elected at| war is primarily responsible for this | for an afternoon session continuing = threaten the rear of the Bulgarians facing the British and Greeks the afternoan sossion, as folows: hange, he added to 2 o'clock. The boys said today Believed Still in Custody of Bolshe- Stores and Many Desert to Allies’ | around Lake Doiran. The Bulgarians there are reported to be retiring northeast toward Strumnitza in Bulgarian Macedonia, evi- Sate Vice-Councllor—I. Kellner of| Nat alone in man power and inJ ihat they wanted the recess short-| ki Americans Drive Off Astack Colors—Haig Makes Dircct Move P RTY, artillery do the Allies predominato ened”to not more than 15 minutes | . dently with the hope of escaping before the Serbians can cut off | 4 5 State Secretary-—W. O. Dauchy of | but they have a complete superiority | duration, and the closing time of the | on Outpost South of Archangel | From West on St. Quentin. Stamford inthe air. Despite the criticism# in | afterioon session ot back to 1:30. their retreat northward. Around Prilep the forces of the Central i ional officers were present. Mrs iller is president general of the in- ernational organization while Murs Tarman is international secretary. sociated Press).—American artiller Mrs. D. C. Saunders. state president | - y fire prevented a German raid from s presiding officer of the convention. | Visits Briey and Gives Austrians Per- One of the feature of the conven- Benton of New Haven, he said, planes now arc arriving in such grievance as they now claim, as |States Coasul General Poole has ar-| puehing up the Mediterranean coast completely if the Allies can press northwestward along the Vardar State Warden—C. Barrett of Bridge- sic News that the consul general had i joqac Fighting on the western front is not on as large a scale as reached the state department today | Bethel 3 ” . " " 3 N 3 v . . ~ . e with a Liberty motor was in Irance.; Principal C. C. Hyde. He told them s Hedjas rallway. Australian, New Zea-! Hindenburg line, Field Marshal Haig is improving his line at points e RTonl MECooi nastor on the z e ordered >o0le, Ha e > 3 3 r Y RGOk Ma s o o e e (e e ey Htni Tty I vl g lbecati s b e ey ol e ik olinellord red ool ed Es-Salt, 15 miles northwest or| Catelet. Northwest of Arras the British have broken up a German sutlined the duties and responsibili- | motor plane arrived, was set up com- . for boys, and that in cold weather | =6 "B5o0 o0 =0 ot M ineorma- SclalRuTInDes Turks taken | part of their old positions at Voormezeele, south of Ypres. Activity ¥ith especial reference to the coming | and they have been arriving over | clothed for a stay on the streets ol G Liilis lomc e e are | The town of Ma’'an, southeast of S, Sl it | e e ve pianes sautppes wien| BIG GUNS BALK RAID | 5hcm Eools tnssted upen semainies |, %5, (970, °6, 20 2o railvay, | S Lsannuals tate convention fo T iberty imotoraNtn g iithie Urilatarbune) It developed today that an unsub-|has been occupied by Allied forces. FORCE ONLY WEAPON TO WIN PEACE s representing the 36 branches o . G MG OG0 e G| SRS R RS S ing besieged by the Bolsheviki becausa lay. In addition to the state dele- S German Troops Preparc to Rush / e ¥ K i he did not believe this report Was| troops continue to cross the river| Washington, Sept. 24.—Ambassador ; sentiment, the force behind the guns: known seriausness of the situation atiin contact with the Bulgarians, says |the senate today on behalf of his gov- | liberty. They also, the ambassador| = The Bulgarians are burning vil-[body of former Premier Viviani and | numbed with fright, France in de| materializing today. Warning of the | ioq Press).—In an attack against| great quantities of material. defenders of liberty, said the nations The answer,” said Mr. Jusserand,( om is the service flag of Canonicus i+ showing that one of the mem 4 American lines at an early hour. As |considerable losses. Fight dead were | northeast, while to the southeast they [tag” when Germaay's power for evil| In the dust and smoke of the ime State Conductor—W. Harris of Mid-y pyance ‘from this country ubout as ' school then started at 8:30, stoppea |rived in Helsingfors from Moscow and | o¢ Palestine, have occupied Haln e b He branded as false statements made utes and closed for the day at 12:50. port | Withdrawing towards Amman, on the | east of Vermand, where the British have not yet reached the National Representative—E. B. Cro- September 21. Upon its receipt Sec- “The tr s,” he ar “de- | th e reas hy it was thought ;% |Jand, Jewish and other troo . ~ LR ol (LR WO GRSl i DE9 et A B e | retary Lansing disclosed that a week farther northward and has repulsed a German attack west of Le Methadist church, delivered an ad- A . ] £ eri flicial emaining at the eth 1 B T A 2 matter of fact the first Liberty | cigar of which he didn’t approve |-American official - re Amman, attack at Gavrelle, while in Flanders the British have rggained 1 plete and christened on May 18 last| they would go out insufficiently prisoner will exceed largely the 2 n N SO < already reported, the official| ©n the French front south of St. Ouen(m to the Aisne is confined renfration there at the rate of five or six per e tained by the Bolsheviki, and to aid whom Poole insisted upon remaining | *he International Sunshine Society is , e Other Arabs are attacking parties he said, to land behind the German T ad r - recently reache ¢ IerS = rabf arcjasacicngipartiesior n session today at Trinity Methodist ON AMERICAN LINES |stantiated rumor recently reached the | Turks retiring towards Amman along U e LAl SO e S e e perfecting it. American Artillerymen Open Fire as 1 gyitish and French officials were given Serb Rush West Continues. gates Mrs. Cynthia M. Fuller and - . < 7 e American Ar ° e ad dirccted Mr. Poole to Serbi ial stateme e el : (IIVES IRON CROS F‘S With th American rmy on the [ Moscow, he had dirccted v 00 the Serbian official statement of Mon- | ernment two handsame vases in P- [ said, had concluded that when they American Outpost Attacked. lages and stores of material. The|Marshal Joffre when they came to|cay, FEngland in indifference and ight For Hohen- enemy’s intention was given by the | American outposts south of Archan- Around Prilep the Serbians are on [fighting Germany now feel that they was Liege, Marne, Ypres and St. from the front liaes to the |found in one heap in front of an ad- | have reached the steep massif of the | will have been crushad. mense fight,” he continued, “the skies| Junior Past State Councilor—W. this country of the aircraft program, Last vear, they said, they had noj Washington, Sept. 24— United| pondon Sept. 24.—British cavalry, | POwers also are in a serious position and they may be cut off letown rapidly as they can be taken care of. at 11 o’clock for a recess of 15 min- ;18 due in Stockholm tomorrow. | and Acre, it is officially announced e alie S i E v het ontop [l tnefEenate to e ime ‘akol that i Before the boys left the school for | crassed the Fianish border in safcty| “magt of the Jordan, the Turks are | last week. In addition to the thrust against the German defenses leiiPRan Sunen e LA e battleplane ipped | downtow: vere addressed by July only one battleplane equipped | downtown they were a S Iple B B Sl M| Eat bEDption livery of these planes was not ex- & best to keep them within bounds was | e the last | Pursuing the enemy and hav iress at the convention, in which he Balshevik capital, to leave Russia. S i lies of this American organization tion concerning the ~British and | pfy statement announces. to artillery duels. Sunshine Society Convention. CRyLever Since € aLarr AL lines. He pronounced the Liberty | state department that the American : B shurc anc )e (2 0 and 7 ele- SR % C: Ve ittendance at the church during tl 5 & refuge there. Secretary Lansing said | Tondon, Sept. 24.—The Serbian Mrs. Nell ¢. rTurman, interna- | KAISER, NEAR 7\1ETZ Lorraine Defenses. true, but because of rumors and the | vargar northeast of Monastir and are | Jusserand of France, in presenting to | that will win the day for justice. and Lorraine Front, Sept. 23 (By the As- |leave. day. preciation of the reception by that|struck, Belgium would be found boe Archangel, Sept. 18 (By the Associ-| Serbiang, however, have captured |Welcome America to the ranks of the | America in business sranch, the local br: having a e start of a eGrman barrage over tho |gel vesterday the Bolsheviki sustained | the Gradsko-Prilep road, to the|are moving toward the evening of “der | Mihicl. sers, Miss Grace Sfowell s enlist London, Sept ~—~Emperor Wil- | it shifted o v Red C'rross nurse \ service | g dattay Hic r M 1, baclk areas, the American fire opened | vanced position and three other bodies | Prenska mountain range. Athough now “babbling for peace” |are sometimes beclouded and we dp | iamivisited Brleyfnenr etz lventer- B0 2t LSl ol Sa s e e e Al e o aalh nroatioeiine : the enemy, the ambassador said, now [ not know the hour. But we fee] that| { 1 he presented to the state or i i nization in remembrance of Miss | 2. according to an Amsterdam dis- | GGerman infantry to attack was out or | Bolsheviki dead were Letts Many Bulgarians Deserting. understands no argument except that|we are moving toward the nvmmgl Stowell. The local hranch also shows | Pateh to the Exchange Telegraph Co. | the question. A weunded Bolshevilk soldier de Paris, Sept. 24 (Havas)—Many |©f force and since they want to be|of ‘der tag’ and that ovening will ses n other wavs the war activity of its | He distributed 400 iron crosses, in-| Isolated sectors were subjected to a | clared a ,t]?rll‘(v'on: 2 \I';u:;m‘\!wd A7 | Bulgarian troops are deserting, ac. |UNderstood the Allies and their as<o- | the doom of those criminals who even | members. Service pins showing three | (o tod field hospitals and spoke to | N2F@ssing bombardment during the jmored train Hadiisil led 820 nxenton e i Cai e e e on from tha Ma cedont rvfl;s‘v‘nm’,n to U 0 other. ! at this late hour still_exerolse their members of their families in the © {morning. This fire, however, did no | Bolshevik train. aBrer il by e e e mbassador Jusserand told the sen- | faculty of devising and methodicalls German, Austrian, French and Brit-| damage. The enemy still is busy con- | The Bolshevik artillery bombarded | 78 EORL - Tb 15 ToPOried At 582 ate that in planning the war the Ger- | ravage, defile anfl destroy the parts of »ers, two have two stars and about | ST wounded in their respective lan- | solidating and organizing his lines in |the American positions with shrapnel executed at the command of the|™ans forgot one imponderable item France which they have to abandon.” 2 have one star cach. During the | BUAEeS. Later he addressed Austrian | front of the American right flank be- | today, but did no harm. Rl past winter Canonicus branch sent | officers, saying | fore St. Mihiel. Ao entneglifen oisreallelcon - 300 pairs of woolen socks to the Ex “You may fight our battles as good After a gas bambardment the enemy | bination of trench and Indian war- : MANUFAGTURERS TO GONFER GHARLES S MELLEN BOMBED seditionary Forces. They wer dis- | comrades and in return for our help, | attempted a raid of the American {fare. Frontal Advance On St. Quentin. i . fbuted hy Lieut. John W. Pinches, | Which we have often given you, and | lines in the Vosges sector today. He = London, Sept. 24.—British forces ) - - jon of Mrs. H. L. Pinches of this | fOr OUr strong, free and common fu-|was repulsed, with probable losses, be- NEGRO SOLDIER HANGED. are pressing in on St. Quentin direct- { Millions of Working Men Will Be Af- | Struck Twice by Marblc g in Hands sty e lfmo reaching the American trenches. - ly from the west, today’s report from fected by Decision of Employers of Wife—Objected to Daughters | The meeting opened this morning S Former Member of 24th Infantry | Rield Marshal Haig shows. He | and War and Navy Departments. Selling Papers in Streets, 2 que processional in which Dies zallows. port fighting taking place to the Bri-t Seg ey S 8 vith a unique T in wh ies on Gallov Bl aiaitioe sndln iaes - Washimeton,Sept b zs = h e Moy Pittstield, Mass., Sept. 24.—Charles il the delegates entered the meeting ‘i . e e D T id i ; ! . Mellen of Stockbridge, former pres hamber attired in white robes, yel- RED CROSS CONSERVATION APPEAL San_Antonio. Tex., Sept. 2 Pri- 1 gress by the attacking troops in the | toward stabilizing wage conditions et . y s I 1 vate Willilam D. Bonne, a negro sol- : . SR iing Hhal e n e Ne rk, Haven j staies and iyellow naddressiyith dier, formerly of Company I, 24t |TeSlon cast of Vermand manufacturers’ representatives will be | 20d Hartford Railroadcompany, testi- il L L {fied ia probate court today that his Jp [oalsnia ('rq'-l,f‘l'\.'\"l‘\:y>‘,‘:" : i:o”f,x"]):' . B infantry was hanged at dawn today held here tomorrow with war and : W tharcon JThie s the Moty _The Amwerican Red Cross through the local chapters is under- at Fort San Houston, it was an- navy department officials to discuss | Wile, Mre. Katherine Mellen, struck Yhere suc “l o nnriil cit Sih taking to help the government secure certain materials for war pur- nounced by Brig. Gen. J. A. Ryan methods of enforcing labor agree- | him’ twice with a marble egg when \e‘ld 1.mid m\\’n : S e poses of which there is a great shortage - In the Arras-Lens sector, the Ger- |Mments to be made between the goy- i 1e .\;!H‘l\]u to her . ‘j,u: »1 (1 5 Plendic e C! ey & e s Ivery e h )s 1llio. 9 nall ec yutions res: SVEST €1 = 2 < ‘ % S 1 er: e rkme: g e o OF the 1ome, and that when she ate !D SRR e S, e e Sl s e end anlionsl sl conuributionsieiirenis WILLEINVEST $1,500,000 mansiiricdiiciarive fine BritSHErrom lernmentiadyehsiworiomen RandStnelfls o 5o S S B e Rl i ook, pas! pEEye Te in very material aid. First, save all your fruit stones, such as peach, IN NEW LIBERTY LOAN. | {ho new positions the latter had won | £overnment and employers, bt R e gl | mvocation and following his prayer prune, olives, le., and the following nut shells- -Brazil, hickory, i St - I ea bas S 0 s o enomy | Labor representatives will be callea | 84 Off the blow with his open hand Birs. George W. Corbin welcomed the i o Miese e ieen tolra i natic Boston, Sept. 24.—The directors of | southeast of Gavrelle. The enemy : g a Sl canbedl Rer roie taitiecn Nk s, : : | crou _be used to malk £ British | o0 _to co-operate in the plan which egates on behalf of the local | grade of charcoal for gas masks. Stones and shells need not be kept HInvolve ax attempt Winine e Mellen testified that his two youngest ch., M Myra Davis of the | sepurate but should be thoroughly drled in the oven or in the sun = : daughters lounged about dr stores | c glly drled he oven ad votec 1 M itls r00ps wages of some low paid groups tic branch responded for the dele- Second, save the followlng: All tin foil h as cotes ubout duy that the corporation had voted In Flanders Eritlsh troops s S Srectnel o 5 ‘, ELS 1’ in Stockbridge and peddled newspapers ete. (son 1 this is lead foil, hut no mat to take $1,500,000 in Fourth Liberty | ceeded in pushing forward and oc fus ¥ “‘\ wm:hum v or lnn}uxlr on the streets, which he did not thin , ome o s is lead foil, hut no ma v y ¢ - wage scale. Millions workmen, = R e S B Foliowing the address by the state ter; this also is useful), old pewter, tubes, tontainers of all sorts, Loan bond g0 wortlonsloathe i old B rIHaI | aa b e Nhers, | Was proper for children whose parents residant, Mrs. D. C. Saunders, the such as are used for tooth paste and paint, - Lront linegsoutheast fof BVoormozedle ilie o v st K : M had as much wealth as theirs iness of report reading was carried There is an especial shortuze of platinum which our govern- below Ypres Y St jut. Reports of the recording secre- | ment sorely needs for the electrical equipment of airplanes, motor EATHE! e | e e CAR STOLEN FROM GARAGE Mrs. Henrletta Pinches, the cars, ete. As this is mostly in expensive jewelry, the committee will No Infantry Action By French. MURDER TRIAD OCTOBER 1. | p, v L h eported to m..‘ | telvice are worn by two of the mem- brai, in the region north of Moeuvres, the British positions have been im- proved the Pacific Mills notified thc W was completely repulsed, the Zngland Liberty lLoau coramittee retaining their line intact tobacco, chocolate, flowers secretary, Miss Arminna Fuller, help those willing to part with it sell to the government Hartford, Sept. 24.—Fore- Paris, Sept. 24.—The artillery was One week from today Erasmo | police this ! during the the state organizer, Mrs. Cynthia The local chapter will receive and transport all collections | cast for New RBritain and vi- active last night on the French front | Perretta and Joseph Perret 2 night his 4 E been broker Yuiler, ware read and accepted Method of collecting will be announced later by the committee in cinity Unsettled, probably below St. Quentin and between the |'Britain men charged with the murder | into and -,”s ws car had bee ‘,‘ tch reporty were also heard and charge, Mr. A. C. McKinnfe. chairman showers tonight and Wednes. stte and the Alsne, but no infan- | of Frank Palmese on July . will be |'stolén. Later the police fc W. F. BROOKS (hapter chairman day. - action i eported in toda war | brought for trial before the judge and |/ missing car at the corner \\».. fContinued »n Ninth Page) N i) - - o - e office statement jury in the superior court, Main and South Burritt