New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD 1 " ESTABLISHED 187}5. PRICE THREE CENTS. Y ANKEES DIVE FORWARD AGAIN IN CHAMPAGNE; Sir Fa: Fa Fa Fr Sh He S'ERDINAND QUITS THRONE, PR:NCE BORIS NEW RULER : 1- Igelf-Stylcd Czar of Bulgaria! Steps Out to Save Dynastyg 3 From Being Forced to Give ! 3 FOR RATLROAD TO CONTROL TURKEY RAC London. Oct. The Germans \ustrians, the Daily Mail say are making great etfor to place o new army in Bulgaria in order to hold the railroad to {Clon- stantinople. Men are beinz drawn from the 34 German and 12 Aus- isions in Rus Turkish attitude, the new is one of helpless ex- nd Turkey will be the army which wins the railroad. "Up Crown. —The official | ce bureau has ven out a dispatch from Sofia, dated ~-iday, stating that King Ferdinand R Bulgaria abdicated on Thursday in vor of Crown Prince Ror The sw king, it is declared, already has sumed the reins of office. I.’Tlm abdication of King Ferdinand 1s reported in Vienna advices yes- rday, received by way of Switzer- (¢nd and Paris. There seems little sason to doubt the correctness of the hur tatement King KFerdinand’ spopu- | \ sarity with his people has been wan- tto1g rapidly nce it became apparent ler > Bulgari that he had erred s Tievously in plunging the country | plfito war on the side of the Teutonic Irh owers. Advices from the capital had iccadicated that the armistice ith the entente signed King ‘erdinand v trembling for his | rone and feared that a revolution ight upset the whole dynasty. €The attitude of Prince Boris toward Ce two groups of belligerents has not | 4 definitely indicated, but the ad- from Sofia have shown the Bul- arian government thoroughly . mmitted to the plan of making ace with the Entente that it seems ghly unlikely any change in the plar head of the state would aifect | o policy of the Bulgarian leaders so are engaged in carrying out the s program. PIROL CRUISER 1~ SUNK BY EXPLOSION - * Oct. 5.— zen, Oct. corresponde Copenk: astrian paper pectation rize of tI race for the : oct. ~Allied forces have come into contact with the Anstro-Hungarians near Vranje, southern Serbia. Serb forces, op- erating against the Austrians, took Prenys on Thursday. London, Oct. 5.—Austro-Ger- man troops have been defeated in fighting with the Serbians, who pursued them towards the old Serbo-Turkish frontier, say a officizl statement of Fri- Sernbian day. The statement reads: repulsed Austrian and German reinforcements after some fight- ing and have pursued them to- wards the old Serbo-Turkish fronti W ptured one hun- dred prisone e “We have before iy was he er PRINGE MAXIMILIAN en ices Would Retain ce-Lorraine. '_Des Down By Blow—One Boatload of Crew Rescued. P the new German imperial will declare against anne ions the the west full restor: cording to from Zurich. carried out by Ge tion of Belgium, a ch to sto; a dispa The 1 mean ion will by An Atlantic Port, Oc News h een reccived that U. 79 has been lost near this port. issel sank bow first. Res: been sent to the - it was learned that the patvol | o¢ h of an ernal | g d of men from | been rescued $ 248 | program which Scout Patrol{ chancellor will ne | stag tod In general, it is dec! -ue vessels | 15 (0 ne. it is indicated 1emt 1917 ron :n There the recent the and Burian ministe dication tement vieti lo he sxplosion. One boat e sunken vessel is i 50 that T0 EXPRESS VIEWS Against Annexations in West Prince Maximilian, chancellor, in many and in favor of Journal be | of an interna- tional fund, however, ccording to the the propose to the Reich- ared, of policy will be based on both the Reichstag peace resolution | of | Austro-Hungarian the put whether the rest have been saved g(.) ancellor will make known a dispo- s not yet known, Oct. San n to confide the rev Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest to a congress of all the He will declare against the damage done to Fr and will demand the seas in the German ph colanie It is furth cellor will f: sive not ment Lorr the Washington 5.--The Ameri argo steamer of the Mal- ‘ory line was sunk vesterday 15 miles outheast of Barnegat, N. J., the navy lepartment wis informed today. It supposed the ship struck a mine. Jow many of the crew were rescued 5 not yet known A steamer procecding to New York veported that she up four men nd one dead body the wreek- ge. Na els immediately ent to the ne for po ible survivors and to sweep the vic ity for mines. The Saba was 58 gross tons NURSES NEEDED AT HOME Authorities Consider B payment freedom sense of r forecas vor partial and disarmament, but that he entertain any idea of an arrang: with France concerning Alsac picked from wer S¢ to search e return of the twa provine of Desire for Peace. May Indicate Basel, Reichstag 11917, will be Maximilian of man imperial aration of policy tag today, according here. The new to develop the scope of this r: and indicate des of by new his Switzerl pead nd, Oct. resolution reaflirmed Baden, the chancellor, in before the to Ge alth lllfln('xlz:ll Fpidemic Serious and Urge Mem- bers of Profession Not to Leave. Hartford, Conn., In co-operation ith the st department of health 1e Conn. State Council of Defense be- an today through its local agencie: wns and cities throughout the state campaign to keep Connecticut es in Connecticut to care for the victims of Spanish Influenza. telegre nt ont cotne! it ke Dr. Copenhagi | Solf, German been appointed perial foreign ofticially announced in RBerlin Mathias Frzber the leader, h been appointed of the without portfo Bauer, socialist member of the st has been named as cretary for the hmperial labor ofilee Solf will continue during ws colonlal secretary, Solf Oct. colonial to the secretaryship, Promoted. dr w. secretary, German it toda ate's he following day by the cies nowas to local stale nur: needed tion causcd Conneeticnt hourl 1m- nmeans Ur com- health to of lo- Conaecticut e nurse eritical \ very this state leave hic request co-operating departiment possible ver: figthin this s 1 yortage owir te Dr. Sitn of in e to act Dr. Gleim as ative o beep all { nurse tities horitic tmost nurse in under secrefars not at exeept Council 1€ erything “Holland gerents declared Ther state: Oct. b The Hague, not invited the gotiate far p the foreiza off today not a word of truth in the of the Berlin Tageblatt to t the official announcement states. to Do ¢ i “Hel Wi 2 hrough the state. copies of a t the f poster Grippe, o iser alm’s A re heing di on of the treaties belligerents. of ance, it is said, of the that and the return of the German that the chan- progres- will aine and is absolutely opposed to The July, Prince dec- Reich- | infarmation chancellor is expected solution ire for a speedy peace. has | i was of the with HOLLAND DENIES PEACE OFFER. has ne- by is ent t effect, | HUNDRED | IN MUNITI %Explosions and Fire ' Wipe Out Buildings at Morgae, N. J., and | | | | | 1,900 are Missing ZONE OF TEN MILES ORDERED EVACUATED Magazines of Trinitrotoluol Tmmersed in Crecks—Perth Amboy and South Amboy Under Control of Guards- men—Wives Frantically Seck Hus- bands, Probably Buricd in Ruins— New York € Rocked. New Oct. 5.—After than scenes York, iwhteen mor el hours of terror, with graphically resembling those in war-devastated France, a towns in northern New shattered Jersey are in condition this afternoon as munition destruc- district last A consequence | tion which visited the night with a trail of tremendous cxplosions and raging fires which continued throughout the day. N I, raging among of Perth flames where explosions Oct. the Amboy, —With | | occurred all night long at the great shell-loading plant {of AT & Co., | N. 3., indications were | today, than 12 first detonation, that dreds of persons had perished. 000 night shift Gillespie at Morgan, at 10 hours more after perhaps Tun- Of the company’s employes, only 101 had heen definite- ly accounted for. The first detona- tions shook Morgan and surrounding territory far New York city, where the shock rocked houses shattered windows in the business districts. Whether the 1,900 were d imp ible to determine. were fighting the flames, and tered shells were exploding, and energies were devoted to averting a worse disaster. Thousands of people had hurried a: from Morgan and surrounding towns during the night, leaving many communities today vir- tually withont resident populations, and it was considered probable that with these went many of the Gillespie employes .as yet unaccounted for. | as as unaccounted for scat- Explosion at 10:09 Tod Another terrific explosion of a T N T magazine occurred at 10:09 & m, Buildings rocked in Perth Am- boy. Military guards around the plant. The injured are being cared for in public buildings and at private homes, and scores who were more seriously hurt were taken to hospitals at Fliz- abeh, Rahway and other towns. Whil explosions were oceur ring, Vice President Yates of the Gil- lespie Co. out the following statement “We cannot conceive how can last much longer The large mag- nes of T N T are buried in a bank of the Cheese-quake creek and, we fecl are safe.” were thrown big gave it wns Under Military Control. Perth Amboy and South Amboy saloons are closed and the towns vir- tualiy’ are under military control State guardsmen, United States coast guards and a battery of field artillery are doing euard dufy, Occasional shell ‘explosions red this forenoon two miles away from the Gillespie plant. The people | of Perth Amboy, mome ¥ expec ing further explosion m T magazines, were leaving that city by the thousands, buth Amboy is astated and deserted The magazines which are bu the creek contain a seven day of TN T. Parties of exhaustied men have becn straggling into the Jersey villages all night with appeals for cots for burned and mutilated employes and firemen at Morgan. Out of stories of oceur- de- ied in upply all her the m confuslon can disregard load of expl the Gillespi his identity and danger on a sid: railroad ear fireman plan not yet ELIEVED KILLED ON PLANT HORROR | the number of known f known, jumped to the enginecr on a locomotive, backed the enginc ind coupled it to the train, and took the cars out of the danzer zone his task was completed, a shell struck him and he was killed. Wives Seek Tusbands. In contrast with the thousands of townspeople who fled, the wives other relatives of employes hwrried into the vicinity of the Gillespie plant and became frantic learning that hundr might have heen Throughout the night the refused to leave the district kept away from fireswept by the military guards While unofficial « upon ds and ruins on imates placed lities at 1 an officer of the Gil- ssed opinion that the prove to be muc it 0 a m, lespie Co. exy death list would | smaller. { plosion { men, { Gillespie dozen The unofficial figures were base upon statéments of persons who de clared 94 men perished in the first ex last night, and that 25 including their chic Donohue, and eighteen guards at plant were blown to pieces when one of the buildings exploded at 3a m Another placed the declaration working force building wher red, fled ahead blasts. The relief named estimate with semi-official death list at that virtually except in the explosion occu of the succeeding ten, Ame work beg among refu and in- | Jured. 5 !ordered buildings | m. | the | | hurtling and ¢ { account 1d or merely had fled, it was | Firemen | all | South Amboy, five mile the greatest th plosion and military everyone to as a precaution whom had been the night, did not and the roads to > p awd felt force of origina the ex- there town . most of throughout guard leave The resider the in terror need formal u Perth Amboy ¢ cked with peoplc ape the the evening, i dang power- . destine had been in ful shells irious calibre for use of the Allied through the town. Various tnits of the New Jer State Guard were called upon to protect the homes of people who had fled Until dawn today guards- men and rescue parties were unable o approach the ruins of the plant and search for bodies of the victims, on of the ever-present danger of ammunition armi 5 emen exploding shells and Officials Deny Spy Story. The known, cause of the explosion is Rumors were circulated that or alien enemies were re- sponsible, but these were promptly discounted by officials. The extent of the property not yet heen estimated by the com- pany officers. The plant is said to have been valued at $18,000,000. Buildings are being bla to stop the spread of flames which were said to be ng in some of the buildir at 9:30 . At thai hour only 10} of the company’s 2,000 night shift em- ployes had been accounted for. Scores of injured have been sent to hospitals at Blizabeth and Rahway. not loss has ed Other Plants Threatened. At 11 sparks and were munition flames »spie plant o'clock toda from the Gil threatening two other big places known as the Oliv and Cali- fornia plants. [undreds of soldiers, sailors, Gillespie employes and civilian volunte endeavoring e v were to ter destiruction. a measure of the au- thorities ordered the evacuation of all tow within a ten mile radius of Mo Persons in a party of 15 refug arriving at one of the towns said that before the first explosior night they saw an airplanc over the Gillespie plant precaution hovering Telt at Indian Neck. Branford, Oct Heavy were felt at Indian Ne forenoon which could be attril those ¢ Morgs K during this ited to the explosions at the work used by N munition Norwalk Pedestrians Feel Shock The plant of T Norwalk, Oct. the shell-loadin AL Gil- (Continued on Ninth Page) = WEATHER. stford, Oct. 5 Britain and vicinity probably Sunday. -For New Unsettled, showers fonight and and | fire- | the | occurred last | vibrations | explosions | NO DECISION YET 10 GLOSE THEATERS ; Enforced as Epidemic Measure 973 INFLUENZA State Board, Which Does Not Fa- vor General Closing of Theaters and Schools. Up to noon cas today a total of of Spanish 973 influenza had been reported to the board of health. This number includes all that have been | auarantined since the epidemic first | began to sweep the city. he As yet how- ever, the health department has made > | no recommendation as to the closing of schools, theaters, churches or oth- er public buildings, but the tendent, Dr. H. . Moore, continues | to vise the people of the ecity | asainst undue hysteria and to take fa due i autions against the | spread of the disease, hy refraining | from sneezing or coughing in the { open. Owing to the illness of some members of the health department, and the absence of others it is im- possible for the superintendent to call a special meeting to take any ac- iion, but Chairman B. F. Gaffney of the school board has called a special ! meeting of committee for | o’clock this afternoon when the situa- | tion will be thoroughly discussed. | Children Are Least Affected. of health, in the situation, whereby it is fewer school cted than others. of 51 cases investigated it is there re 44 cases where is between one and five o. Those between the 5 and 20 years, which in- all those attending schools, number 184 while the larger major- ity, 286 cases, are among people be- tween the ages of 20 and 7 y There are 459 other cases that have not been investigated, making a to- tal of 973 cz influenza, under quarantine Previous to today's re- port there were $26 cases on record and of these only six had resulted fatally In some quarters tod hat the fact that there are only 184 hildren of school age affected with he influenza, while there are 330 who not of the school z who are ted, may be taken as an argument the closing of the schools. It may be, however, that owing to non- ttendance of teachers and pupils it | may be necessary to close the schools. { It was also stated tods that the Sae Council of Health, affiliated with the state board, is opposed to H](\ clos- ing of hools, theaters, churches and other public places at this time, feel- | that conditions do not warrant | action. The local health depart- | is following the policies laid the state bhoard. superin- The prepari superintencent report on the casc ther g a has classified evident 1t children individual | found that the patient P s of it was said t c t o 1 fie against | | 1 1 { | ! ing such ment | down e KING FERDINAND ABDICATES BULGAR THRONE; NEW JERSEY EXPLOSIONS FELT IN CONNECTICU S Germans Forced to Retire Before Frane Americans on Southern Battle Front; § Huns Attempt to Raid Pershing’s Line ai None Returns; British Press Enemy Bac Paris, Oct. 1:10 p. m.—American troops attacked agal this morning between the Met and the Argonne along an g Anti-Spicting Law Wil Be Rigidy | GASES | Health Department Follows Policy of | tended front. The advance at some points has reached mo than a mile and several villages have been taken. The forward sweep of the Americans is progressing brilliant! according to advices received by La Liberte this afternoon. Tl American forces now are in contact with the last defenses of tH Brunhilde line represenied by the woods between' Brizulles ai the Meuse. Germans Retire on Our Left. Paris, Oct. Under the pressure of French and Americd attacks in Champagne the Germans have retired on their left Jay and given up territory east of the Monts, according to the wj office announcement today. West of the Suippe the French, keeping in touch with t German rear guards, have reached the heights southeast Moronvilliers. The French have maintained their gains in heavy fighting e of the Argonne forest. Northwest of Rheims in the last five days the French ha taken more than 2,500 prisoners and 31 guns. | Along the Aisne canal in the region of Rheims the Frend are pressing the Germans vigorously and have crossed the can] at several point The French have reached the outskirts Jermericourt, east of the canal. Violent fighting continues north of St. Quent ate fighting the French have driven the enem southeast of Chardon-Vert. 5 in. TIn despd from the heighl Not a German Returned. With the American Army in Lorraine, Oct. 5, 11:30 a. m. (I the Associated Press.)—After a 40 minute barrage. the Germa last night attempted to raid the American lines east of Gerar mer in_Lorraine, with a strong party. The attack was a tof failure. The German party comprised 60 men and every member it who reached the American lines was either killed or capture Five wounded prisoners remained in the hands of the Americar Gerardmer is southeast of Epinal and eight miles from ti] German border opposite Colmar, Alsace. British Advance North of St. Quentin. London, Oct. 5.—In the region north of St. Quentin Britis troops made substantial progress yesterday southeast of Beal revoir and north of Le Catelet Field Marshal Haig’s report t day says 800 prisoners were captured. The British line northwest of slightly Friday night. Le Catelet was advancd French Continue to Advance Ahead. London, Oct. 5—A statement dealing with the around St. Quentin issued by the French war « received here, says “We have taken Chardon-Vert, south of Sequehart and mar fortified wood We have captured Morcourt, where we took 4 prisoners and four cannon. operatio ce and ju Douai and Cambrai in Flames. With the British Army in France, Oct. 5. (By the Associatg 11:00 a. m.)—Great tongues of flame were shooting 1 today from the city of Douai and more fi have been .\tnrlx in Cambrai. The Germans also have applied the torch to man| villages in the Cambrai area. Pre es Huns’ Greatest Line of Communicatx; on Washir can ton, Oct ——The of single breaches in rd by the G ing | were clo reat difficulty In Flanders the drive of the All] has reconquered 75 square miles Belgian territory has formed semi-circul li ten miles de Ameri- | m the line whi ivance mans only w the communication northw Verdun threaten 1 line of hetween Germany | March General Pershin reached a point with- and the west front, General ant id today, and nt forces now have 1 Afrceted seriously affe local s¢hools, but in the opinion medical men throughout the coun- try, and also in the opinion of the lo- cal school hoard, it is an open que tion as to whether not is is desir- | ble to close them. In the opinion | of the many, the children may be! | better off attending school, where | they will be in warm, but well venti- | Jated rooms and under proper super- vision, than they would be at home or bout the subject to Schools Seriously The ting | the | of t epidemiiz is or running streets, volds and germs. he school board, however, I i erious question in the matter of car- the pupils in school as the list who being stricken reasing daily to The report sub- board vesterday alveady 42 from their illness As vari- difli- There 300 teachers engag- Of tt ing for of teac down e inc Hers by illnes an alarming exte mitted to the school showed t t there teache ho are | e ooms becaus i th 12 teache: e * ous schools and cult to double mwp in many ¢ away of from the is ve grades it approximately this city (Continued on Ninth Page) ! not e teachers ill, | burg 1 across the epemy’s Ostend Zeebr German marine are so threatened t it reported their evacuation I hegun. The British are within i miles Lille. A Re to General March vance in a i 1y follow Austy 1y, retiring along €] coast. He added that the recent na al attack upon Durazzo, behind % | Austrian front, was extreme [ bortant in connection with the All y. in 18 miles of this great artery The progress of Pershing’ caused the German general throw into this sector reinforcements the but despite this only have mai sitions won but base: orces is ff to ny divisior of ot Americar the pos pushed forward until they now the German Kriemhild line of defense. Summarizing the news for the pa week as excellent, General March s: offensives conducted by the allie: major sectors had resulted forward movement of the front for virtually the entire from the North sea to Verdun. General Gouraud’s arw of the Argonne forest ¥ ward to a point where it also threat- German communication lines. ielped to Rip Up The British dri Quentin which th (New York troops) and 30th, Tennessee, North Carolina, South arolina and District of Columbia roops), American divisions developed battle for the entire Hinden- line The British, General said, have broken entirely zone of defense. many chief the tained have the said lkan the ituatid Italian said, face trate, 250,000 Sent Over in September.] Despite the epidemic of Spanish fluenza, embar ion of Americ] troops is being continued at the ¥ of more than 250,000 per month G eral March announced today. @ ' total embarked tc date now passed the 1,850,000 mark. The tember shipments although e at home The policy of sending ov not had the not been exposed material r hipping schedule interfered with the barked on | in battle- | stretch threc ens Hindenburg Line. and by the exce wses of influ exceeded 100,000, the eas ve on Cambrai was’ aided war only departmd men W, disease and wj to it has ng 1dinstments but has total number in hav have into a N ch