New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD ‘ X x x ¥ x x| | TO THE SERVICE. ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, TO FLANK SOUTH END OF HINDENB BRITISH INVADE BULGARIA; SERBIA G. 0. P. BARRAGE ON WILSON'S TRENCHES Will H. Hags Demands Dissocia- tion of Politics and War. Head of Iicpublican Machine De- clares Democrats Use World's Con- flict for Partisan Purposes—Scnator Townsend Shoots at Ford. Mich Democratic Grand 26. Char had attempted to use the war for par- s H. Hays, national the Re- R that - Sel zing the party an political purposes, Will chairman of committee, publican dirged that the Republican speaking before convention here today the war be kept out of politics aad that partisanship he kept out of the management of the war. The two great parties, he de- clared, should work together to a commond end—peace with victory. The 11 chairman referred “fhe Republican state to victory in as Maine’ attempt purp natio recent Maine and characterized it reply to “the Democratic the war for partisan Coatinuing, he said: ‘The Democratic national commit- says the clection of a Republican would be of com- elation to the kaiser and his Against this unpatriotic of a responsible political 1 not 10 use 8. congress sourer fort and colorts conduct or- ganization can, but as protest, as a an American vain to understand the ymnasties of those who can ‘comfort and elation to. the-saiser the election fo. the' Senate mander Truman H. Newberry as against Heary Ford; a man who is id to have spent thousands of dol- s in a propaganda for peace at any after the slaughter of innocent women and children by Hun- hounds of hell. his is no time for little things. abolical forces of ined brutality are of this country. In the name of every American soldier In France I app: for the support of the country’s cause by all men and women without thought of party.” Attacks ' Ford. \Mere criticism of the Democ ministration and Henry Ford as a enatorial candidate was coupled with of the Republican by United States Towns d, in chairman of We i ments n price men, a sclentific at the throat /i Townsend tic v vigorous defense rty's war efforts ator ‘Charles speech temporary 1 the Townsend cha minjstration with q ficacy and vacillation, and dé that although Presideat Wilson con politics had adjourned. o politics never was more than when the president JTenry Ford—a man, he said, “who spposed war and who feit soldlers wawe murderers”—and invited him to Vecome a candidate for the United States Criticizing the government's publici- policies, the senator said ‘The acts of the government in peace and in war should be known to thagpeople; it is their business and all the truth and only the truth should be jven them. Today our press 5 1d 8ome the reliable comes to us dem- active s for ress senate. ty of most pa in been k: and it shoods have eon knowingly published by him.” The republican party should be re- turned to power, the senator said, anly for the successful prosecution the war, but to safely thyough industrial and difficulties that must be after the war. paper a 1own socialist, is roven fact that gross t ¥ for 1 1 ot ational It with inte de Postpones Newberry Tnvestigation. Washington, Sept. —The election committee today by a 10_to 1, decided to postpone until ter the November elections eration the resolution for an investigation into expenditures made in the primary campaign in Michigan which r in Truman H. Newberry recei the I[tepubli- enn senatorial nomination & also was decided to posipone fur ther the in- Senator La Fol- P, speech, owing to the many mem- 26 vote of of providir iny sulted consideration o charges loyalty of hi election city foly the lettc gintil ahs i hecause of St after the from the the committee nee of bers of Alost it into of the members of the com- pelieved that to conduct inquirs ign expenditures now to the candidates campr would he unfair £Continued on Ninth Page) Republi- | of Com- | his | not guide the nation | senate | consid- | de JERBS REACH ISHTIB INBALKAN CAMPAIGN, King Ferdinfind Calls on General Mackensen to Halt Allies (MARTIAL LAW IN SOFIA German Troops Defending Gradsko Station Routed—Change Bul- ol garia’s Forcign Policy Reported in | Advanced Stage, ALLIES INVADE —o BULGARIA Saloniki, Sept. 26.—Bulgar s been invaded by Allied according to a British statement issued here h troops, official today. Bul- Kos- south base British troops entered garian territory opposite turino, about six miles of Strumitsa, the enemy in this region. | Sept. 26.—Serbian troops Ishtib, London, reached the outskirts of an Bulgarian base, Tuesday, 3 Serbian official statement dat- ed Wednesday. FElsewhere east of the Vardar the Serbians have made { important gair The Serbs important also have captured Gradsko station, southeast of Uskub. It was defended by German troops. An enormous quantity of supplies, in- cluding 19 guns, were captured by the Serbians, North pursuing complete ing Izvor, and Veles. the Serbians > rians who are in nd are approach- between Prilep of Prilep the Bulg retreat midway a Appeal to Mackensen, Paris, Sept. -“Fresh dispo: tions made by Gen. Franchet d'Esp who has passed through Prilep, justified the belief that there will be an energetic exploitation of the great inter-Allied victory in Macedonia,” says Marcel Hutin, editor of the Echo de Paris. King Ferdinand of asked Field Marshal von who now is in Buchar command of his armies so as to block the advance of the Allies in Old Se bia and preserve Bulgaria from inva- sion, according to information re- ceived here from Switzerland. rey Bulgaria has Mackensen, to take the In well informed cirel there re reports that a new ministerial and a complete chanize in Bulgaria's | foreign policy is impending. Martial Sofia. Martial N proc in Sofia, according to reliable news printed in the German press, says the Jouranl of Zurich. 1t is said that the Bulgarian cabinet is In .con- tinuous and Kind Ferdland had a long consultation with Premier Malinoff yvesterda Pacifist manifestations were held at Sofia on Sunday, Monday and Tues- day, it is veported. The German government according advices to the Hav Agency from over the | fist demonstrations in Bulgaria and | minister has iconferred IFerdinand. some Bulgs helieved (‘rown become regent in a a Law in law has be nmed session to with | In an political circles Prince Boris will the present crisis. L (Havas)-—Monastir or Prilep will become the seat of the | { Serbian goverament as soon the | Allied lines north of those cities have | definitely established, according | M. R. Vesnitch, Serbian minis- | France. ! First Bulgar Arm London, Sept. | New Serbian Cap aris, Sept. | been es {to Dr. ter to Cut Of. 26.—Reports in of- ficial quarters here indicate that the | Prilep-Veles road has been cut at] Isvor, Isolating the First Bulgarian wrmy from its main line of communi- | cation and placing it in a precarious position. The Fi Army Is on the Allied left JALL BARS AND GIVES STRATFORD SAWS LAY 1A Baker, time the and 6 vears old, some thro town Stratford Joln Smith, 17 last night his cell made his escapc His not. discovered until this morning. According {o the police Baker is wanted for a number of burglar throughout the state. He was ar- rested in Bridgeport Monday night when caught in the act of robbing a grocery store | Sept alias during bars of i ' 1 | 1 sawed in the | that | to !epidemic is not severe. | emergency | was CITY OFFERS TO SEND NURSES AND DOCTORS TO CAMP DEVENS| s Having been informed that 39 telegrams were recefved in the city to all parts of Connecticut today by parents of soldiers who are | ill at Camp Devens, and also realizing | home by illne nurses at | of to the limit of | reported r endurance because of the great| tion at Camp Devens, owing to the sor | prevalence of Spanish addressed | pneumonia. the mp army doctors and the are taxed the! amount of illn in George A. Qu ey the following teleg explanatory. “Major Gener “Camp Deven “Understand doctors and nurses at Camp Devens. Can T help by issuing call for vol- unteers? several hundred New Britain t Camp Devens. Wire reply. Signed: “G camp, Mz today am, which is self MeCain, M there is shortage of boys JORGE A. QUIGLEY, Mayor.” In order to be of service in send- ing help to the hospitals at the camp, if it is required, the mayor took the subject up with Governor Holcomb, circulated with the view of having a call issued some of the local factories and in the city that there is a serious short- age of nurses and doctors at Camp Devens. One report is that there are only two nurses at Camp Devens to take care of the sick soldiers in that camp. To this rumor the war bureau ues the following “The local War Bureau state this above report is |and that any one having such a 1 port should immediately trace ! source and notify the bureau at once. “Owing to the numerous cases of influenza prevailing at the present time, it is admitted that the medical department is taxed to its utmost in caring for all the cases Six New Britain soldiers have died in army camps since the general spread of influenza. Five of the vi tims have died at Camp Devens, Par- ents of some of the young men who have complained that (Continued on | in confined to his | he forgetful in view of the situa- is but own condition much Mayor Quigley is his more serious influenza mayor's and in- wishes to erroneous It the tention, if favorable reply is ceived from the telegram sent today, to call for doctors nurses imme- diately and they start for the camp tomorrow morning. The mayor intends to have the volunteers pr pared in case of call “No Shortage of Nurses, Clerk Karl Kisselbrac Bureau took: it upon himself this afternoon to contradict his chief, Mayor Quigley, and issued a formal atement denying that there is & hortage of nur; Camp Devens. Clerk Kisselbrack's statement follows “There have been numerous reports within the past d is a re- and will is Kissclbrack. of the War have died Ninth Page) few INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. AROUSES WASHINGTON Elimination of Disease Of- ficially Recognized As War Measure. Washingto Sept. 26.—Stamping out of Spanish influen which has extended to more than a, score of army camps and many sections of the coun- t has been recognized by the gov- ernment as a war measure. Medical and nursing units today were mobilized in communities where the epidemic has gained considerable headway under the general direction of a central committee representing the public health service,the army, the navy and the American Red Cross. It was explained that the principal relief will be administered by units at home. The Red Cross will provide compensation, traveling expenses and maintenance, as a war measure. Some concern has been felt at pub- lic health service headquarters over the spread of the epidemic in Mas: chusetts and other states. Steps provide relief by of nursing and medical forces uader the personal supervision representative of the committee. ation there, of a the organi ntined. Denying Naval Annapolis, that the midshipmen at the naval cademy have been placed under quarantine because of an outhreak of influenza at the institution as had been reported, officials there said today there were 160 suspected cases in the academy hospital. These have heen isolated and are said to be of a mild character. Sailors Ordered to Write Great Lakes, TIl., Sept ~—Tach of the 45,000 sailors at the naval train- ing station here has heen ordered to write home aad explain to anxi relutives that he still is alive to offs wild rumors concerning the influenza epidemic. Latest Home. emphas that the Of 8,475 cases reported since the epidemic started, there have been 77 deaths and 18 cures. New cases in the last 24 hours showed a decrease of more than 100 as compared with the preceding like period. figures May Close Boston Boston, Sept. 26.—A public meet- ing to discuss plans for effectively combatting the epidemic of influenza in New England was held at city hall here today. The closing of theaters, motion picture houses and other pub- i hering plac in this city, in accordance with the suggestion of the public lealth committes wmong the questions tuken up An appeal for volt physicia and nu nt out the state house resulted in many fers of assistance and the officials co: tinued their efforts with renewed vigor regardless of the unfavorable weather conditions More than 100 nurses have enrolled with the Cross emergency service In experiments wWith a new ceine produce dat Tuft nurses at the Theaters. cer rom urgent Red for influen- collego atories. ston eity (Continued on Ninth Page) already have been taken | that | ! the REAR OF HINDENBURG LINE NOW THREATENED BY FOCH YALE REOPENS AS | A MILITARY SCHOOL Student Body Will Be Registered in S. A. T. C.— Guard Duty Begins Success by Americans and French Would Outflank Laon and Possibly Cause Loss of St. Quentin. Paris, Sept. 26.—French and Ameri- can a joint attack this on the Champagne front and it east, statement an- troops began [ mornin the | today's i nounces. New Haven Sept. Yale univer- |11 region beyond on the 219th der an administr: its sity began its year today un- war office tion entirely unlike Tt he S! The Franco-American attack on the | Champagne front is the first Allied i thrust made on that sector since Mar- {shal Foch assumed the initiative in July and is the logical result of the | Allied success in Picardy in driving { the Germar ack to the Hindenburg | line from Arras to Laon. A drive northward in threatens the communication 'the rear of the Hindenburg system, where the Germans are struggling to keep the British and French from breaking through. While the length of the front of attack is | not disclosed it is probable it extends to the dormi- [a great part of the distance from oval, and men | Rheims to Verdun and probably be- any in previous history. become a military institution and practically all be enrolled in its the student body will Students’ Army Training Corps. Complete enroll- ment, assignment to units and nouncement of figures will not be sible for sev Since Monday students reporting to take up courses upper class men, and those appli- cants who have passed examinations, have been undergoing physical e aminations and to rooms in dormitories hereafter will be barracks. The naval unit goes tories around Berkeley went on watch and rol fully | yond. armed last night, the patrol lines| An advance being also along the str in that'of Rheims would outflank Laon and immediate block. The artillery men | possibly St. Quentin. The communi- g0 to dormitories around the college | cation lines castward from Laon, the campus and on the campus much of | pivot of the German defensive between drilling for the present will be | Rheims and Ypres, would done, later amplified by work with | An Allied break through might sef guns at the armory close by Yale!ate the German forc in the Bowl. The signal unit, the engine, ]mm two groups. ing, chemical warfare and medical sections will be in Sheffield Scientific Attack Progresses Favorably. School dormitories which are handy | With the French Army in F to the large lahoratories in which [gept. 26, 9:10 a. m. (By the Associated several hundred officers and men | press).—Freach troops today attacked from the government radio school lin the Champagne in a thick fog after and the Fort Leavenworth labor !u period of artillery preparation which the | an- pos- days. lines in defense assignment which | ! | | | ! of some distance east ets be severe: west school have been working terminated in an hour of most intense summer, gunfire. officers expect were that the necess most favora- The universi The early indications attack was progressing bly and if will be t vernment hall through | 1t 5 there men to be enrolled private dormitorie for the men. The run the university contract tith students will groups. The university will be formally taken over by the:government on Oc- tober 1. No announcement has yet been made as to the immediate fu- ture of fraternities and societies in the university. ken over | Haig Wins Strong Points. Sept. 26.—Northwest of St. Quentin British troops continued their pressure agai the German defenses and have captured enemy strong points in the neighborhood of Selency | and Gricourt, Field Marshal Haig re- | ports today In Flanders the British line likewise has been advanced, having been made in the of Bassee North of | tin sector, win counter dinix private c London, messed be progress sector north GOING TO I'ORT SLOCUM. wing limite Gricourt, on the British attacks. the St repulsed Quen On October 2 the folic Ger service men will be sent from the fir exemption district to Wort Slocum Turks 56 1y on the surrounded $0,000 London, in Toils, The Fourth Turkish Palestine front virtually in the region east of the Jordan and faces annihila- by General Allenby's to- ow. soners ¢ stre Frani ind Abraham street. Joseph Lech, Grove Szostek, 71 Smith street Abramhomson, 119 GIn forces, total of v taken The annihilation [army, now cleaning to of hoped for, would complete up of the Turkish forces Martford, Sept. 26.—For cnst for New Britain and viei- Nity. Cleaping tonight, eooler, Friday fajr, cooler. the (Continued on Ninth Page) its Champagne | Lt i Fourth garia as 1 pressed Germ The new fhas not been Champagne in t Rheims French™§ runs from Rheims east Americans are moving ously with General P 3 ain Great possibilitigh might vance on the front efist of Rhei Pic would be severed ghd the formf#blel enemy to Laon endangerefl with the' hportaint southe The length of the ffttacking front is not disclosed by possibly be Rhei castward past Verdun to southwest of M In Macedoniafthe Allies age advarncing all along the 13 A% haped front bgtween Monastir and Lake Doiran. The H garian First army on the Allfad left has beenipleced in a d gerous position the cutting gfsthe Prilep-Veles road at Iz while the Serbiags are in the ofgtskirts of Ishtib, 18 miles eas Veles, and one of the hases of the Bulgarian Second army. parently the Velés-Ishtil liné, the most formidable for the ene| south of Uskub, will prove untenable. Northeast of Lake Doiran British troops have crossed frontier into Bulgarian Macedonia threatening the extreme ene left flank. Enemy territory was invaded at Kosturino, a miles south of Strumitsa, the Bulgarian base in_the region ndg of Lake Doiran. In local operations between Cambrai and St. Quentin on western front the British are pushing farther into the Hindenb line and capturing points vital to the defense of St. QOuen West and northwest of St. Quentin the British have advanced, the regions of Selency and Gricourt. LAMAR WOULD NOT 60 “Wolf of Wall Street”, Deaf to ff NO SUFFRAGE VOTE IN SENATE TOD Guest at Mel- len Home, All Hints He of Movement Learn Was Not Wanted. Cannot Muster Necessar: 26.—David uster Necessary Lamar of this “The ‘Wolf of Wall at | Charles S. Mellen's home in Stock- the occasions Mr. sugges- Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. known Two-Thirds Vote, visited city, Street,” ashington, Sept. 26.—Plans fd vote by the senate today on the eral woman suffrage amendment tually were abandoned in the mid debate. Chairman Jones of the wod suffrage committee, Majority Le: Martin and other leaders of both tions joined in private statements the resolution would go over until urday Chairman Jones made the follow itement to a representative of ociated Press “It now app likely that no will be taken to and that the rd lution will go over until next Satur, when Senator La Follette of Wisco: is due to arrive New polls taken the lead today reported shown one or possibly of the two-thirds They decided vote until eve mustered bridge "three times durnig sum- 1915 remained for and two dinner, | mer of on although every possible Lamar depart, Mr. Mellen court here Mellen made that Mr. him to go, the probate he tion except | to tell testi- fied in this was being cross- Milton B. in his case to seek justifi- Jiving apart from his wife. Sensational and amusing letters al- leged to have been written by Mrs. Mellen, the respondent in the c by Abdul Humid and wife, F ces Cutet, astrologers, were read | day by counsel for Mr. Mellen letters showed Mrs. Mellen had ten to the so-called ‘‘sooths more often than they could answer. Mr: Mellen was give detailed in- formation on the horoscope of a per- son born in November, the month in vich was born, and it predicted second marriage for th ibject, life and that her greater would come in her 40 morning while examined ‘Warner, cation in by Attorney 1 by suffr] to h votes s sary to to delay vote could] in- to- The writ- yers” his are two il therefore ¢ possi CHAPIN INSANE IS PLEA OF ATTOQRNH s | wi la long | piness | beyona Mrs. Mellen court this morning, daughter, Kathryn, Mrs. Mellen says she will tell story and obtain vindication at proper time. Whether she will pear at the present hearing is certain. she | 910 not aipens Defense Will Seck Appointment but she and are in the in her city. her the ap- not Commission to Pass on Oity Editor’'s Mental Status, New guilty accepted York on the ground of ins: by the court today of Charles E. Chapin, city editor of New York World, who confessed to wife in ipartments in hotel, The pri the plea a Sept. 26.—A plea of ity in for! Eveni killing ¥ a log t] SCHOOL STRIKE ENDS ! Hartford High School Pupils Ready to attorney, who offer titute for one of 1 d his next mol " » for appoin to determi former edit wife, and sini Thed | guilty, announce it Return to Their Studies—No 4 of a will ment com { the mental st at the time then The pose th Session Today. Hartford, Sept. 26 he shot hi The pupils strike of { Hartford High school was de- dist ttort ple y did not o this after 48 Th clared of noon hours | adix duration > enthusiasm of the, 700 or 800 youngsters involved had been Wil Boston, ¢ ¢ INVEST $1,000,000, Arlingtd otifled the Libes that it Wou worth of € Fou to be credited 4 Lo cities and tows where the corporation has propertys | dampened by weather and hostile | comment and they were ready to quit ke Mayor Kinsella told them that if they Wi 1 back to school heV would | have a talk with the school board There was no s on of city today because of the rain and s of tue) to heat the buildings, Mills Corporation nc g0 Loan committee today subscribe for $1,000,000 rth Liberty wrence and hool Yok other