New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD | | ¥ X x ¥ ¥ x ¥ ¥ X ¥ ¥ x NEW —a P70 BRITAIN HERALD! HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS = —~ TO THE SERVICE. ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BR ITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1y 1918. —TEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. PROMPT AND DECISIVE REPLY GOING TO GERMANY ‘NO NEGOTIATION, IS ATTITUDE OF U. S. OFFICIALS WILHELM BELIEVED TO HAVE WRITTEN TO WILS ST. ETIENNE TAKEN BY THE AMERICANS Famous Division of Pershing’s Army Forces Enemy Back BIG RETREAT IN PROGRESS * Crown Prince Unable to Stand Punish- ment Administered by Yankees and French—PBritish Go Forward in Lens-Cambrai Area. With the Ame Champagne, Oct. 6, S p. m. (By the Associated Pri merican trocps operating in the Champagne with the ¥rench again advanced their lines to- day, capturing St. Etienne, The American progress served also as a leverage on the right of the Champs.gne offensive, resulting in ad- vances ther west, the result being \the withdrawal of the German line: along a 25 mile stretch. n Army 1n the The bulk of the work was done by & division which is among the most famous the United States has in France. Frencl: Advance in Champagne. Paris, Oct. 7.—French troops las night captured the town of St. Mas- mes, northeast of Rheims, and pene- trated the town of Hauvine, farthest east and north of the Arnes river, the ‘French war office announced today Northeast of St. Quentin the Ger mans attacked several times in an effort to retake the positions con- quered by the French. All the at-; tacks in the region of Tilloy farm were repulsed. Fighting continues. | General Debeny’s troops, northeast | of St. Quentin have taken several im- ! vortant points on the Hindenburg line after violent engagements, and have | completely broken through the | enemy’s defenses here. The Germans | counter-attacked several times unsuc- cessfully. Further successes were obtained on the Hindenburg line eas of St. Quentin. 9 British Move Toward Lille. London, Oct. 7.—Further progress | was made by the British last night on the front between Lens and Cambrai. Field Marshal Haig announced today that posts have bee nestablished on crossings of the Scheldt canal nortn of Aubencheul-au-Bac and northeast and east of Oppy. The British also have pushed in slightly farther towards Lille on ti _west and southwest, capturing a Ge wan post east of Berclau and pro- | day, and to try and complete it be- gressing somewhat north of Wez | fore 5 p. m. Maotpact, [ When the board met at first there In the locl fighting Sunday around | Was some question among the mem- Aubencheul-aux-Bois the British cap- | bers as to just what plan should be Rired 400 prisons followed. When the policy of the Germans Destroy Lens. state board of health in not advising With the Brit Oct. 6, (By the h Army in France, Associated Press).— Many towns have been occupied by the British today in their advance af- | the retreating Germans along the tor from Cambral to Lens. At Abancourt, where the railroad station was occupied by the enemy, the entire garrison was killed. More ground has been taken north- east of Cambrai. Hallum, east of Lens, “has been reached and passed. Many explosions have been observed in the great coal mining district northeast of Lens, and prisoners say the coal mine pit mouths have been destroyed. Serbs Take 1,500 Austro-Hungarians. London, Oct, Serbian troops are , energetically pursuing the Austro-Ger- +« mans north of Vranje in the direction | of Nish, according to a Serbian official | statement. Th bians already have taken 1,500 prisoners and 12 guns. BRIG. GEN. DOYEN DEAD Commandant of U. S. Marine Corps Training Camp At Quantico, Succumbs to Spanish Influenza. Washington, Oct. 7.—Brig. Gen.- Charles A. Doyen, commandant of the marine corps training camp at Quantico, Va., died there 1 night of influenza. He returned from Fr some months ago. nce BERLIN VOTES FOR LICENSF Berlin voted “license” by a major- ity of 40 in the annual town election today. Tn the Berlin district Select- | men Alling and Carter received 69 | votes each as against 19 and 17 re- spectively for candi- James . Up to pres 'rmv not been xpected to ait terially. Brow t orted, vote is not time but it i the abave figures mu- l re; { today, { ported since Saturady night, that de- | crews to take only such pas { can be accommodated diate closing. The hoard also went on record as endorsing Dr. Moore's wdvice on closing the schools Dr. Grace Critically Til. The doctors about the city arc | gradually breaking down under the Theaters Closed; No Dances Allowed; Hot Water Wash for Drinking Glasses; Mayor’s Hom With a total of 1,516 cases of Spanish inflenza officially reported to the health departmeat up to mnoon including 187 new cases re- department, at a special meeting this noon, vated to adopt heroic meas ures in an attempt to stem the on- 6f the epidemic. All schools been ordered closed for one : 21l theatres and motion picture s have been ordered clased until further notice and the same order ap- plies to all dance halls. All saloons and soda fountains are ordered to thoroughly wash every glass in boiling water aiter each usage, uader pain of being ordered closed; short church ser are advised and largs pub- lic funerals are discouraged. The health department has also voted 1o give its superintendent, Dr. Henry F. Moore full power to deal with any emergency as he sees fit. In addi- tion to these facts, Mayor Quigley has turned over his private residence as a hospital auxilia; and the state board of health has engaged a special doctor who will revote his entre time to attending to hospital patieats, thus, relieving the city’ physicians of this work and give them more time to attend to their own practice. Board Favors Closing Theaters, Although the health board, after a lengthy and at times somewhat spirited session, agreed that it was| better to order the theaters closed, this action cannot be taken as an act | of the board as NoO qUOrumM Wwas pre: ent. Those who did attend howeve! went on record as favoring this ac- tion and while Superintendent Moore will have to order these measures on his own initiative as superintendent, he will have the entire backing of the health board. In addition to the action outlined | dbove, the health board voted to have h ziven up all their work to attend to | the enforcement of these regulations. The board has also approved the mayor's action in ordéring trolley car by seats t board further suggests that people living near to their place of busines walk and thus permit those who live | further away to ride on the car People having shopping to do at the stores are urged to do it early in the the closing of schools and theaters was explained the members seemed to be of the opinion that the city should follow this policy. Later, how- ever, when Mayor Quigley arrived and expressed his positive views in refer- ence to the me, the board recon- dered its previous action and went on record as being in favor of imme- terrific strain of the past few weeks and today several were reported on the ist, while others were visibly wea Dr. George Bodley, Dr. J. H. Potts, Dr. M. L. Marsh, Dr. Frank Zwick and Dr. Edward L. Grace are | all confined to their homes. This | afternoon it was reported at each of their homes that their conditions were favorable, except at the home of Dr. Grace where it was stated that his condition is very eritical. * Quigley Gives Up His Home. Mayor Quigley yesterday called up the state department of health with a view to ascertaining the condition of the epidemic in this city, with especial reference to hospital ac- commodations. Upon being informed that conditions are serious, that the wards are overcrowded and there was grave danger that the state armory, the basement of some of the churches or other public buildings might have | to be taken over for emergency hos- pitals, he instantly anounced that ha | would at once vacate his own homa ! it the carner of Maple and Whii- ting strects and turn it over to the local hospital authorities Dr. T. Lben Rec a member of > stute board of health and chair- man of the exccutive committee of ! the New Britain General hospital, at! once gratef accepted the mavor's generous offer d as soon as Mayor Quigley 2nd his family have moved out to some other guarters his home will be fitted up an emergency hos | | devote some of her e Hospital; 1,516 Cases pial where new cases of influenza and pneumonia will be accommodated. Hospital Is Overcrowded. Dr. Recks, speaking as chairman of the hospital executive committee, declared today that the local institu- tion is already overcrowded and similiar conditions exist, it has been taxed to its utmost capacity. He said that in Willimaatic where similar conditions exist it has been necessary to turn the state armory into an emer- gency hospital and in the town of Wallingford a church basement | has been used to accommodate the| overflow,and in Putnam a parish | house has been used as a hospital | annex. In view of the increase of | the epidemic ii this city the doctor! feared that the loc: public building might have to be us but the the mavor's generous this unnecessary. He said that w oposed to using the armor or church basement as a hospital, be- cause of the cold and dampness therein, and feels that the safety of the patients will be better proteted by taking them into an improvised hos- pital such as will be made of the mayor's home. “There is no doubt”, a Reeks, “that the local hospital be more overcrowded than at ent as the epidemic reaches its height 1 armory or other Dr, to pres- is and as the mayor's home will ac- commodate at least 50 patients the benefit of this offer can be realized”. Dr. Reeks sald that at present the lower floors and corridors of the hospital have been converted entireiy for the use of pneumonia and griv patients and it has also been neces sary to place cots im the screencd porches to the hiospital to accommo- date patients. This Week to Be the Worst. Speaking fr 5 5tz nt of the police department and the sani-|. | ‘Pe“}‘l“f‘fi) “‘l’f“v ““‘~‘ “”‘l‘)’f_"”l‘,w | tary inspectors assist in enforcing ' ° le'm “{ffil:‘.\: vm;]\; > teck not only the anti-spitting law, Bt R =t vl U8 Weos f” e W et e of the epidemic in this city. By the also the present emergency measur . > . g middle or end of this week, he said, compelling saloons and soda foun- | MIdd's or end of this Wweek, 5 tains to wash all glasses in boiling | | ¢ ¢lsease PRConDlon Y. st - A '8 | its height here, and then it will tak water. The sanitary inspectors have | another week to declne. It is then that the public must be particularly careful for it is at this time that pneumonia thrives, and with fatal re- | sults. Because of the situation at the hospital, the execu- tive board has requested of all doc in the city that no surgical case nt to the institution that absolutely essential. All cases than can wait, and all tions that can be posdtponed wait, the board says, on account of the epidemic. The board has also asked the co-operation of all the fac- tories by requesting that all accident and emergency cases of a surgieal nature be treated at the factory in- stead of being sent fo the hospital. This request, which is being adhered to by the factories, that all dents which entail amputations and surgical dressings he already overtaxed are not surgical operit must is e attended to by the physician at the factory and the patient then sent home. New Doctor at Hospital. Because the physicians of the city are kept so busy attending to their patients at their various homes it is almost impossible for them to visit { BULGARIA ORDERS FORMER ALLIES | | | | minor operations, | their patients at the hospital. There- fore the state hoard of health, through Dr. Reeks, has secured the services of Dr. Byron W. Dawley of Tolued, Ohio, who arrived here today to take charge of all cases at the hospital. Dr. Daw- ley awill remain in constant attendance at the hospital to care for all patients and to continue their treatment. Tt state board of health is rushing nurs and doctors to all hospitals in state where there is a shortage. At Ppresent there are 11 special doctors around in the various cities and there are enough, hut the shortage of nurses is critical. The state board of he g had been assured of a plentiful supply of nurses to draw on from the Red Cross in case of an emergency, but Just when the present emergency oc- curred the government commandeered every available nurse with the result that the department is handicapped. There are nine nurses of the local hospital staff who are sick. M An- lerson, head nurse at the Colt’s Patent irearms company in Hartford, to have started her iwo weeks' vacation today, but she has consented to sacri- fice part of this vacation that she may time to assisting es the at the local hospital Wave Is Going Wostwa Recks, in speaking of the 1 that it is sppeading ast, of the Connecticut at its height Dr. epi- is west- riv it is alread and in N (Continued on Ninth Page) TO LEAVE HER BORDERS WITHIN MONTH Amsterdam, Oct. 7.—Bulgaria on Saturday notified the powers with which she had been allied that they must quit Bulgarian territory within a month, says a Sefia dis- | patch to the Berlin Tageblatt. SENATE LEADERS CONDEMN APPEAL FOR AN ARMISTICE completed ™ and Rheims. an armistice would mean the end of threatened all along the Aisne-Marne all military action and, it S CcomD canal, the fort of Brimont, where| panjed only by enemy evacuation of were posted the great part of the| Belgium and J'rance, would be a vie- guns which bhombarded Rheims, Ii‘[ tory for Germany, Senator Hitchecock also threatened by Barthelot, who is| earnestly pointed out that the Ger- seen in this official photo l‘ul'\h(‘r‘ man offer also provides for accep- 1dvances by Barthelot and Gouraud | tance of the 14 terms laid down by will mak of the Rheims salient an-| the president in his address of Jan- other pocket from which the enemy | uary §. will find rather difficult exit. Acceptance of Germany’s offer only General Bartixeiot - Loss of War’, clares, Urging Victory. w Germany’s pe: shington, Oct. ce offer in the declared chairman of foreign committee, horrent” of even a thought sion hostilities now and previously laid down by as a bi for peace, that the Allies would g representatives of people. Republican | minority lations committ s one providing deal only with the German | | | | f | leader of Lodge, ranking member the foreign re- , declared an armi of i tice “would and all Germany, mean the loss ve fought for ely of we he long debate on said, the only future emphat complete and mer bas peace. Senator c ~ally dec military her secure a vickory | over Germany force to for peace. Senator Poindexter republican, declared n armistice danger.” When their nave | conquest of St. | 1l the propos “‘most hierry by taking the fort of that ci a ins occupying Poullion northwest The of " Sens ' Pc 3 or declared German positions are enator Poindexter el Official & Thoto Underwood French Underwood 1cuation Senator and aid, of Belgium Hitcheock s but he declared upon France, would be preposterot (c) is 1o sue of Washington, for ous ‘Absolutely Abhorrent’, Saysé Hichcock—Would Mean | Lodge De- Military 7.—Discussing the senate today, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, relations “‘absolutely ab- of suspen- recom- mended the addition to the principles the president the war proposes a Swedish Minister Presents Austrian Note {( Lansing and Berlin’s Message is Taken Di rect to President; Both Seek Armistice ang Conference Based on American Condition Washington, Oct. 7.—A prompt and decis te Germany’s latest peace proposal is indicated by developments inj Washington early today. | President Wilson cancelled his usual hour and remained sccluded in his study at work milian’s note was received during the night at the Swiss le where arrangements were made to deliver to | department for transmission to the president. Quite irrespective of the nature of the reply, ve reply morni reatios Maxi yation the stat at once it it seemed to be agreed that the German note called for a prompt reply so tha the American people might not be misled into relaxing thei | efforts for the Fourth Liberty loan, so that the Ameri troops | in the field may know at once the position of their governmenf and so th 1ce as it t an offer of p deserve Minister may receive such diplomatic attention resented the note from Baror ‘kengren of Sweden Burian, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, to Secretary Lansing at 10:30 o'clock. Ife was at the state department only | a few minutes | The Austrian communication is substantially similar to tha i from Germany and both ask President Wilson to arrange an| | armistice and for peace negotiations on conditions previously i laid down by the president. It is said neither of the official text | differ materially from the version published in press dispatches. i Official announcements of the attitude of the United Stated i government still were being withheld bhut there was no abate: | ment of the indication that if Germany seceks a “negotiation” i leading to round table conicrences and diplomatic quibblings, the] ¢ offer will fall flat. i If she actually accepts without qualification the principles off } peace as repeatedly laid down by President Wilson and accepted | by all the co-belligerents, the way is open to peace. with th i withdrawal of all German troops from invaded territory as thd i first requirement. Secretary Lansing said fliere could be no comment on thd \ustrian proposal until that of Germany z Germany’s peace so had been received. d to President Wilsc an attache of { Swiss le that it came from Empero was delive Ocder to suggestior note pe by today irederick gation. 'his gave ri William himself This is (¢ 1t was n sonally n. many’s first formal offer of le to the presid =t peace. Tt was noted o with request that he invite \merica’s associates in the war to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. Attention also was directed tc the |'n_m that throughout the note the term “the German govern ment” was used with “imperial” omitted. This copy of the note, however, was not the official one. j i In _Ihv general discussion of the proposal two thoughts werel voiced in many quarters. One was that Germany im':ht b sparring for time and winter to aid her battered army, and thel other that German effort coming at this time might have been in tended to affect the ourth Liberty loan campaign by leading many| people in America to believe the end was near ] § MILITARY FUNERALS that a ANOTHER SOLDIER DEAD restoration of Alsace-Lor to E LA N { France and as well as repar for | Private Joseph Kotowski of 59 Notth | Sailors From Pelham Bay Accompan) Belgium and France, are among the president’s forms which Germany | Street Succumbs to Pncumonia at Body of John A. Martin to Cemd | proposes to accept Ca amp Devens. oy~ State o et i BEE“RE RET‘REMENT Senator Poindexter said the senate L Y tery—State Guard Honors P# foreign relations committee should Privatc Joseph Kotowski, one of | Famion. il ot seek consultation on any negotiations| the jast contingent sent to mp entered into by the government and | At 10 o'clock this morning in § 3 Devens, is dead cumoni v- 2 g Enemy On Retreat Between the country should be warned agatnst | V¢ 1 of pneumontie follow- | ;88 0+ church, services “wers hil the insidiousness of published sug- | INS influenz He was ill only a [eW | for John Adrian Martin, the loo i Suippe and Arnes gestions {hat an armistice should be | days. Private Kotowski was 21 years | sailor victim of influenza who die | agreed to upon withdrawal of Ger-|old and lived in this city eral | last week. Followir the chure many from occupied territory vears. He was in the depot brigade | services the body was taken to Nau Senator McCumber of North Da- [at the camp. We leaves a brother, | gatuck for burial. lhe family ang kota announced that he had prep Michael, who lives at 59 North sireet. | close friends accompanied the bod 2 a resolution designed to insure pres-|The body will be brought here for|to fhe place of interment, the fun] i Paris, Oct, 7.—Laon, the stronghold | ervation of the functions of the sen- | burial. ‘ eral processon velling by automol ate. e - bile ! to which the enemy has been clinging | X il e —————— US fhe pall and flower bearers wen as the key point of his line on “" WOOD FOR FUFEL INDIGTED AS TR T { sailors. A squad of naval musicians a¢ southwest, apparently has been set on | i | companied the body to this y ani by the Germans. The town was| 5 | sounded taps in the Naugatuck ceme o . | Chamber of Commerce May Deal In | Sumatra Corpor ns, American | ter reported ablaze yesterday and fires | T o | | Rev. John J. I § stitute for Coal. ev ohn ‘itzgerald 1as! | were still burning there today. | Cigar Co. and Oflicrs Alleged. ol 01 01 ¥ HEA0Che O RESEE, Rheims has been finally and definite \ special committee of the Cham- i . o B s the Fuggee leared from the menace of German | her of Commerce to be known as the | HAve Violated Sherman and Wilson | 7+ BUHEC @5 (1S TEROR 1 o ]D""‘" Hmom Sheln S oy aul Fanion. of the Camp Dever on 'he Germans .\er in retreat | \WWood for TFuel committee has been Laws. victims of influenza ho was burid on the whole front from the Suibpe 10 | ,5;5inted and will hold its first meet- this morning. Church services wer the Arnes, as well as in the region | ' ¥ X New York, Oct. federal in- | g . ; south of Cambrai ing at 4:30 tomorrow. The committee | 4i tments charging violation of the | 0 &t St. John's at 9 o'clocky an In the first named sector the lAllies | is headed by E. O. Kilbourne and has | Sherman anti-trust and Wilson tarif | " oy Vv 1 St Mary's cemeten have reached the Arnes river on which | heen named to look into the possibili- | laws were returned here today against AnaEsee e "_"'”‘K (“ the enemy hoped to make a stand. In | ties of the substitution of wood for | the sing Corporation, Bl i the second region the British Fourth | coal during the coming winter. The | the asing Corporation, IR, army has crushed counter-attacks' committee will make an investigation | tion, Americs gar Co. General | 0, thejcematary Wheti 2 which the enemy delivered in an effort | of this locality and determine how | ar Co., Inc., M. Duys & Co. Inc., NOLLE VR LU was sp S to prevent its progress toward Bohain | much wood can he secured nearby | and 14 individual indictments = and cover their retreat to the south.|and also report on the facilities for ik ' : These two movements of retreat form | orting wood to this city if it hiNDENBbRG OUT i a part of a plan which was to have |is found that the substitution can be DR. W. NORTON 1LL. brotiengthel Genman fanmiss o S vl B e R R R Bl | DD W i Nortons nowtn) Ticuteis lines of resistance much nearer the| B ’ A = it ““lant in the dental corps at Fort | Field Marshal ¥ wted o 1 + Re fonties it appears, but the cons [ to be acted upon by the committee |0 IR : T e t the e which seems o | Ugleth s ceritic with | i1 e of the Allied troops is making : hut ‘_hv on whi n‘ s with { pneumonia, following Spanish in red After Heated Interview Wit the execution of the plan most difi- | thelr favor is'a move to have the com- | Pneuraonis, | e Snand A G s | mittee purchase several hundred | JHERE 1O Ve i Kuicer Concerning Rereat, ' o o cords of wood to be sold later to any | 141 &) i . Z ' B - A l ho wish to experiment with wood for | OF B il ol Marsh ‘( WUATHER, "‘wn\ It is probuble the committe 1 a3 chi il 5 e | will conduct a campaign in the near d o € = i N e . N i JdCK i L b T, B future for the purpose of furthering | GPPHMAN POUICE CHIEF SHOT emperor rtlovd, —Foarecast [m. use of wood in place of coal O 15) Ty declared for New 1 vieinity: | Thursday evening at 8 o'clock a G police force in was impos | Toir continued cold for ”1 of all the grocers of the city has been shot by 81 ng to a Centil i and Tuesday. 1y wili held in the Chamber of Com- y The 1 senssin dispatch from Amsterdam &4 it