Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 21, 1917, Page 6

s MYSTiC PLAINFIELD 8t. John's Cadets Drill—Call Posted For Enlistment in Home Guard— Meeting of Camp Fire Girls. St. John's Cadets held their weekly meeting at the Holy Name club rooms on Monday evening. Drillmaster Ma- loney states that the company has ad- vanced rapldly in learning the funda- mental movements of the drills. - Home Guard Notice, ‘The following notice has been put Increase in Pension For Widew George K. Newbury — M Johnson Entertains Club—Local "Guests at Noank Social. Through the efforts of Senator F. B. Brandegee, President Wilson’s signa- ture has been secured to a bill provid- ing an increase in pension from $12 to $20 2 month for Mrs. Mary E. New- bury, widow of Georms K. Newbury, _ late of Company E, Twenty-First Con- * * necticut Volunteer infantr: Entertained Club. Miss Ethel Johnson entertained the Acroma ciub at her home in Wiitow cl‘ street, Monday evening. A social ev- sning was enjoyed during which re- ver Links of the M. E. church at that Ethel Home Guard in this town. Representative Williams will be at the town hall on Friday night for the freshments were served. Attended Noank Socia Several of the Ladies’ Aid society * pf the Methodist Episcopal churck went to Noank Tuesday evening an at- tended the-birthday social of the Sil- place. needed badly, and if you are not need- ed you will have dope your duty. Returns From Hospital. who underweng an_operation at Joseph’s hospital, Willimantic, Bt Do of Titsrect: weeks ago, has returned home. Mrs. John Wheeler has returned frow a visit with her parénts in Bos- Edward Judd is home after a is Boston. Lawrence Steubenroll has re- o Jewett City after a visit to a visitor at Plainfield Tuesday. at Plainfleld Tuesday. ness caller yesterday. are addressed to Roger Hattl, and E. H. Health. . and Mrs. George C. Lane have | visited Flainfield friends Tuesday. from a brief visit with Mr. triends ir. Hartford. Mrs. George Bailey, their ‘W.- Bailey. Jr.. and their Mre. J. Richmond Fales, and Potter, 2nd, of Providence, after & visit to Mr. Mrs. Mary D. Plainfield after a week's Voluntown: friends. at Norwich. up at the post office in order to form a purpose of enlisting men for the Home Guard. Balist now. Don't wait to be drafted, if you are needed you will be Miss Leona Bauchemen of Plainfield e Ralph Thompson of Providence was J. Disco of Norwich visited friends A. Benoit of Providence was a busi- Unclaimed letters at the post office James Mrs. Edward Bryant of Jewett City John Bradford spent Monday with Mrs. Jeseph Daniels has-returned to stay with Fred Lyons spent Tuesday evening Ernest Viean - visited Baltic friends evening. called for this ‘hall Island Security league is to send a | speaker for the meeting of the citi- zens and he will explain to them in detail the workings of Such an organi- zation. The work is being taken up enthu- siastically all over the state and on Tuesday afternoon the house of the Rhode Island general assembly passed an emergency measure authorizing the governor to form such an organization and appropriated $150,000 to carry on the work. Col. Charles H. Ledward is to have charge of the local company or com- panies and he will be assisted by Col Everett E. Whipple and others posted in military affairs. As planned, there ‘will be weekly driils in the state arm- ory on Dixon street, with an idea of enough discipline and order so that a body of men may be mobil- ized quickly and used effectively. The movement is a community one and men fro mthe Pawcatuck side of the river are being invited to join the or- Zanization. The organization of a Red Cross chapter in Westerly will be perfected Thursday evening of next week, when the men and women of the town will meet in the Memorial building on Broad street for that purpose. The meeting has been called by the mem- bers of Phebe Green Ward chapter, D. A. R, and after the organization members of that chapter expect take part in the. movement only as aividuals. » The exhibit being given by the ‘company in the vacant Dixon block ‘'on Broad drawn hundreds of visitors in vaveJotne At an ‘meeti of County Rfl:nd Gu:n"flub this evening in Murphy’s Fg§ i i3 g gekis mission, will be present to discuss sState game and trespass laws. Mrs. Lisa K. Fuller of the Connecticut state publi cation of the organizatign, is to speak at an open meeting of the Pawcatuck W. C. T. U, to be held this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the Pawcatuck Con- gregationa) church. Local Laconics. Harold McClellan of Westerly is a member of the junior class of the An- napolis academy which President Wil- son on Tuesday ordered graduated within the next few months. The Firemen's duckpin tournament at the Star alleys has come to a close and the five representing the Rhode Island Ones captured the -champion- ship. The Alerts finished in second place, but two games behind the lead- ers. OFFICIAL REPORT OF TORPEDOING OF VIGILANCIA Was Struck Without Warning When 145 Miles From Nearest Land. Washington, March 20. — Consul- General Skinner at London forwarded to the state department today a des- patch from the consul at Plymouth giving the most complete official re- port yet received on the unwarned torpedoing of the American steamer Vigilancia with a loss of fifteen lives, including several native American cit- izens. The report follows: “Vigilancia of Wilmington, Del., from New York for Havre, with general cargo of smelter structural iron, as- bestos, dried fruit, and straw, sunk without warning on March 16th’ in laf- itude 48.57, longitude 9.34, or _about 145 miles from nearest land by tbr- pedo from submraine of unknown na- tionality. “Two torpedoes fired at ship, first missed, second struck ship on star- board side by third hatch. Ship sunk in ten minutes. Weather at time clea with moderate sea_ swell. No othe: vessel in sight. Crew of 43 men at- tempted to abandon ship in two life- boats. Ocean swell, 25 men were wash- ed out of boat. Of these ten were saved and fifteen drowned. ‘Among the drowned are Third En- gineer Carl Adeholde, a naitve Amer- ican citizen, and Third Officer Neils North, a naturalized American citizen oSme of ti:e crew drowned were Amer- ican citizens. “Crew adrift in lifeboat from Fri- day morning 10 o'clock until Sunday afternoon 4 o'clock. Submarine of u known nationality followed lifeboats at distance of 50 yards from 10 Friday night to 20 to 4 Saturday morning. Submarine and lifeboats did not speak. “Survivors landed St. Mary's in own wet and fatigue. One seaman, a Span- iard, paralyzed from exposure. “This information obtained by tele- graphone from Panzance. Crew com- ing to Plymouth today.” Consul Frost at Queenstown an- nounced the arrival of the missing men from the American steamer City of Memphis at Glasgow in the follow> ing brief despatch: “Captain Borum, City of Memphis, and his eight boats crew landed safely Glasgow care Consul McCunn. STATEMENT BY COMMISSION FOR BELGIAN RELIEF About the Shelling of the Relief Ships Haelen and Tuni; New York, March 20.—In connection with cable reports of the shelling of the rellef ships Hae'sr and Tunisie and the alleged killing of several men in one of the lifeboats, the commis- sion for relief in Belzium issued the following statement ton.ght: “It is inconceivable tnat if a Ger- man submarine comma-.der made such an attack and orderrd the shooting down of seven relief sh.p sailors in an open lifeboat, he did su under author- ity from his government. “The ships left Holiand in ballast with four others, under specific in- structions from ‘the Cerman govern- ment as to their route and time of safling. “Furthermore, the commission had positive assurances lasc week from the German government that U-boats had been instructed to pass all relief ships. “It is unthinkable that any govern- ment would at once break its word in such a manner, much sess be a party to _wantonly Kkiiling retief ship sailors. “In such circumstances the commis- sion is disposed to suspend judgment until authentic reports are received.” GOVERNMENT TO SUPERVISE OPERATIONS OF COAL MINES Delbert H. Pape of Wyeming Coal Co. 8o Informed. Ogden, Utah, March 29.—Delbert H. | Pape, general manager of the Lion and { the Wyoming Coal company, said to- day the government has placed a guard at each.of the company’s mines in the Rock Springs district and at all bridges and tunnels of importance on the rallroads of the Intermountain Country. “We have been officially warned, said Mr. Pape, “of the government's intention to supervise the operatio: coal mines if necessary as part of the programme of mibilization of = re- sources for national defense. PROCLAMATION TO SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS “OF FREE RUSSIA" Issued by Commander of the Troops at Petrograd. London, March 20, 6.48 p. m.—A des- patch from Reuter's Petrograd corres- pondent states that Lieutenant Gen. eral Korniloff, who has been appointed commander of the troops in Petrograd, has issued a proclamation to “the sol- diers of the people’s army and the cit. izens of free Russia,” in which he say that the Russian people have given the country freedom and that the army boats after suffering greatly from cold, | WAR RISK INSURANCE TO COVER ALL OF CONTRABAND U. S. Government to Broaden the Scope of Its Operations. Washington, March 20.—The govern- ment war risk insurance bureau which heretofore has insured only non-con- traband, announced today that it would “broaden the scope of its opera- tions,” and hereafter insure practical- ly all forms of contraband for Euro- pean countries except arms and am- munition. The * decision to insure contraband was reached at a meeting between Secretary McAdoo and the advisory board of the bureau and was an- nounced in the following statement: “Secretary McAdoo, following a meeting with the advisory board of the war risk insurance and the direc- tor of that bureau, announced that, owinz to present conditions and with a view to more thoroughly facilitate the commerce of the United States, the bureau of war risk insurance would broaden the scope of its operations and re more generally carsoes and els bound to European countries. ture policies will cover practically evervthing except guns, arms and am- mugition.” Under the law no insurance can be issued on vessels or cargo of vessels other than American heretofore _the bureau has declined to issue policies | on_articies declared contraband by the belligerents, _including _almost _all American products, with the result that only a small percentage of the American trans-Atlantic merchant fleet was insured by the government. Even with this restriction, the bureau has issued approximately $200.000,000 in insurarice since its inausuvaiion September, 1914. Total losses have been small, the amount of the orizinal appropriation of $5,000,000 by congress for the pavment of losses havinz been reduced about $509,000. Premiums for policies are not available for the pay ment of losses but have to be turned into the treasury. Congress recently appropriated § 000,000 additional for the payment of losses, bringinz the total up to ap- proximately $20,000,000 and indications e that at the forthcoming extra ses sion request will be made for a still further appropriation. Shortly after the break with Ger- many. rates were advanced from 100 to 909 per cent. by the bureau, or up to two per cent. of the value of the vessel or cargo to certain ports in the war zone. Althoush these rates are appreciably lower than those charged by private insurance companies, there is little in- dication that they will be advanced. The arming of American ships is only a part of the programme deemed essential for the protection and pro- motion of American commerce of the seas. The insurance of all cargoes except the actual implements of bat- tle is regarded as another step in_ the policy of safeguarding American ship- pers against losses due to unrestricted submarine warfare. OVERHEAD CHARGES FOR WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION Are to be Determined by a Special ted by Secretary Dan- Washington, March 20, — Secretary Daniels today named a speclal naval board to determine the overhead charges to be paid by the government for the construction of five battle crui- sers recently contracted for on the basis of actual cost plus ten per cent. net profit to the private builders. The members_are Chief Constructors Da- vid W. Tavior and Washington L. Capps, Civil Engineer Harry H. Rou seau, engineer in chief Robert Grif- fin and Pay Inspector David Potter. NO LOSS OF AMERICAN LIVES WITH THE CITY OF MEMPHIS. Seven Who Were Missing Have Ar- rived at Glasgow, Scotland. New York, March 20.—A cablegram telling of the arrival at Glasgow, Scotland, of the missing eight officers and men of the crew of the American freight. steamship .City of Memphis, sunk last week in the German sub- marine zone off the British Isles, while proceeding In ballast from Car- aiff toward New York, was received here today by W. H. Pleasants, presi- dent of the Ocean Steamship company of Savannah, owners of the vessel. With the safety of these men as- sured, it becomes certain that the de- struction of the City of Memphis in- volved no‘loss of American lives. The forty-nine others of the crew had previously been reported as landed. Foolish to Say Anything. anything cheap. He that publicity along these lines im- mediately results in increased prices. —St. Paul Piogeer Press. Hartford—The four Knights of Co. Jumbus councils in this city are organ. izing a com for the Home guard. Ropresentatives of tha counctls met Sunday afternoon in the K. of C. hall on Chapel street and selected Frank E. Shea as captain. EARLY RECOGNITION OF NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. All Reports Indicate That the Army and Navy is Supporting Provisional Government. Washington, March 20 —Early recog- nition by the United States of the new government set up oy revolution in Russia was forecast hare today in the belief that, with good order now pre- vailing, the -plans beirg. made for a permanent constitutional government call for the moral support of this country. All reports to the state de- partment indicate that the army and navy are supporting the provisional government. Ambassador Francis at Petrograd, summarized the situation today in the following cablegram “The iast week has seen the most astonishing revolution Two hundred million peopie who have lived under absolute monarchy for 1,000 years, and who are now engaged in the greatest war in history, have f rced their em. peror to abdicate for himself and his son and induce the brother to whom he transferred imperial duthority to accept on condition that constitutional assembly of people so wish .and who will exercise power under authority of government framed by that assembl. “No_opposition to provisional gov ernment, which is council of ministers appointed by committee of twelve named by duma. Absoiute quiet here and throughout afl Ruscia. Rodzianiky and Milukoff assure me whole army and navy in supps Everything learned from unofficizl sources con- firms. 5 “Plan_of provisional government is to call constitutional assembly or con- venlion whose members be elected by whole people and who be empowered to organize good government. Whether republic or constitutional monarchy undecided, but conclusins of assem- bly wili be accepted by the people and enforced by the army and navy. The United States a'ways look with favor on a movement for the exten- sion of republicanism and has been eager to be among the first to welcom into the family of na‘:ens new gov- | ernments known to be founded upon the will of the people. The Russian movement consequently has been re. ceived with decp sympa‘hy here, where the quality of the present leaders is well known and highly esteemed. As yet no official a tion has been taken becauee it is no: felt certain that the revolutionary elemcnts set in mo- tion have entirely quicred down into a stable government. AN ENERGETIC DEFENSE OF LATE LORD KITCHENER Made in the House of Commons by Former Premier Asquith. London, March 20, 4.35 p. m.—An energetic’ defense of the late Lord Kitchener was made in the house of commons today by former Premier Asquith, who replied to the criticisms levelled at his government in the re- cently published report of the Darda- nelles commission. “Lord Kitchener wae a masterful man, endowed with formidable per- sonality and disposel by nature to keep his own counse..” said Mr. As- quith, “but it is a mistake to suggest that he lived in isolation and did not consult military opinicn as to the con- duct of the war. That is untrue, but it is utrethat during the early months of war he acted as his own chief of staff. “When war broke nnt the general staff were sent to the front. Their placed were manned by officers who had been in retirement. The best and highest authority at that time was Lord Kitchener himse'f. Upon no man in history had a heavier burden been cast, and nothing fills me with greater indignation than the attacks made on Lord Kitchener, whoss memory is in no_danger, and will live.” Mr. Asquith said the Dardanell lon wae primarily a naval one because Lord Kitchener proved to the satisfaction of the war council that troops to make it a joint military and naval undertaking were not availabie. Mr. Asquith asserted that the Dax danelles operations hud saved the sit- uation in the Caucasus, prevented for months the defection of Bulgaria to the central powers, kept 300,000 Turks mobilized, destroved some of the finest troops in’ the Turkish army and con- trl‘bu::fl s m~o;5h events wit- nesse t, Mesopotamia and Persia. LOYAL FORCES DEFEAT REBEL TROOPS IN CUBA Rebel Force of 1,500 Fled, Dead and Ammunition. Leaving Havana, March i ~tory in @& forty minute battle with a oconcen trated rebel force ur 1,.u. under Angel Castillo is reported from Arroychondo by_Colonel Pujol. The rebels fied after several charges had been mad~ h-- “h- i~val cavalry, eaving 27 dead with thelr ammuni , @rmS, aic .. . .a complete field telegraph on the sceme. Two ‘Superior Cleveland’s FRENCH BATTLESHIP SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE Be: Says French Ship Was Run- ning a Zigzag Course, and Was Pro- tected by Destroyers. Berlin, March 20.—(By wireless to Sayville)—A French battleship of the Danton class was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean _yi terday, the admiralty announced to- day. The admiralty statement reads: “A German submarine, commanded by Lieutenant Captain Moraht, on March 19 ,in the western Mediterran- ean, sank a large French battleship of the Danton class, protected by des- troyers. “The battleship was running a zig- zag course. Immediately after being hit she listed heavily and capsized 45 minutes later. There are five battleships of the Danton class, in addition to the name ship, the others being the Mirabeau, the Didreot, the Condorcet ,the Verg- niaud and the Voltaire. All except the Vergniaud were completed in 1909, she having been finished in 1910. Ships of the class have a length of 451 feet, beam of 84 feet and draft 27.5 feet. Their armament consists of four 12- inch guns, twelve 9.4 inche guns, six- teen 2.9 inch guns, ten 3-pounders and two torpedo tubes, submerged. They average 19.5 knots in speed. COLOGNE GAZETTE SAYS WILSON CHALLENGED GERMANY In Abrupt Break of Arming of American Ships. Berlin, March 20, via London, 11.12 p. m.—Commenting on a delayed wire fess despateh sent by the wWoltf Bu reau's correspondent in New York, which said President Wilson was try- ng to ma in peace, the Cologne Gazette say “The peoplc must not forget that this is the personal opinion of the cor- respondent. But the facts paint a dif- ferent picture of President Wilson' policy. What was President Wilson's abrupt brea kin relations with Ger- many but a_ challenge to Germany? And is not the arming of American merchant ships, which even includes ships carryinz ammunition and uncon- ditional contraband, even a stronger challenge to Germany? “The correspondent also overlooks the recent exciting consress debate, otherwise he could not send the un- contradicted claim that the American zovernment will do nothing to arotise the feelings of America against Ger- many. What was the betrayal of our proposal of an alliance with Mexico but a means to arouse sentiment hos- tile to Germany? Why did Senator Stone, who uprightly ~seeks peace, throw himself with all his influence against the most recent act of Presi- dent Wilson unless because, in his con- vietion and that of almost the entire congress, it meant war? “And does the writer think that peace is promoted by the utterance of President Wilson awarding Alsace- Lorraine to France. “Certainly President Wilson does not want war, if he can secure our defeat without it. But he will do all to se- cure this defeat, and if it is impossi- ble otherwise, he will not hesitate to make war.” RUSSIAN REVOLUTION WiLL STRENGTHEN ENTENTE ALLIES Perils Threatening Germany Are Greatly Increased. Amsterdam, via London, March 20, 8.19 p .m —The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger a copy of which has been received here, says that if the Russian revolution has recelved in a decisive victory over Russla absolutism it means the disap- pearance of an important element of wealmess in the Russo-French alliance and for the stability of the entente, as the war aims of the democratic west- ern powers could not, in the long run be the same as the aims of Russian absolutism. “The great Russian revolution,” says the Lokal Anzelger, “will make an end of this_ antagonism. If the revolution succéeds in establishing anything permanent, the most com- plete agreement regarding constitu- tional principles will exist between the allies and therefore during the peace negotiations they will be able to come forvard with a much more Warmoni- ous programme than would states gov- erped according to various antagon- istic_political principles. iThe perls threatoning Germans's future would be formidably incrsased if a state with a con tution were to arise also on her eas ern frontier. The strongest guaran- tees must be found against the coali- tion, which, through the removal of the deep antagonism which hitherto has divided 1it, will become stronger and ‘more cohesive.” Thomaston.—Miss Mary Aldrich, the vieiting nurse, has. been kept very busy since the organiz-tion of the as- sociation and & number of people have aiready benchted by the organ- as school nurse members of the loyal forces were wounded. Mulm-wn. dates ization. Beside Miss Aldrich has s since the first of March more than #0 calls % the homes of. policyholdere of an insur- ance © and \ N CRED Fashion’s Last Word In New Spring Apparel For Ladies and Gentlemen We are plentifully stoeked with Spring’s newest and most fashionable arrivals in ladies’ apparel. Suits and coats of the terials and Settly wad sacetally tattored and priced at remarkable meney savings. g We Invite You T Open An Account Don’t wait before buying your Easter clothing—come in now, make your selection and just ‘‘charge it.”’ We send no eollectors unless requested to do 80 as special convenienes. New Spring Suits $15.00 to $27.50 New Spring Coats $7.50 to $16.50 New Trimmed Hats $3.00 to $6.50 Men’s Smart Spring Some very attractive fabries for stamped on every garr terations free and fit guaranteed. | ‘All the new soft and stiff hats, with a of shades. | | Suits men’s suits this Spring and we are showing the best. They a tailored, too, in the most thoroug and reliable manne: Value . s $15 to $25.00 Men’s New Spring | Hats blocking; in Come in and see $2.00 Upward Open An Account To Pay the Easy Way. JOSEPH M'GARRY’S CASE WILL GO TO THE JURY TODAY. s for State and Defense Tes- Tuesday. Putnam, March 20.— On a cnarge of assault'with attempt to rape, Joseph McGarry of the town of Plainfield was put on trial in the superior_court here Tuesday afternoon, before Judge Gardiner Greene and a jury. it state charges that McGarry, on Aug. 8 last, attempted to rape Delina A. Downey, then employed at the home of Paul Credit in Moosup. Miss Downey _testified that on the date given she heard a knock on the door of the home. She 4s neaf- sighted, she says, but upon looking out the window saw the figure of a man. She unlocked the door to interview him, and he, she said, forced his way in, locking the door, and putting the key in his pocket. Witness testified that he made im- proper proposa’s to her and that she resented them. A struggle ensued through the rooms of the house and at one stage of the struggle she struck McGary with a plece of wWood. Finally Mr. Credit was heard re- turning home and MocGarry, witness testified, made his escape by gettin out a back window. Testifying In his own behalf, Me- Garry admitted he went to the Credit home. He said that was admitted without difficulty: that he offered the complainant a drink of liquor and that she accepted. McGarry sald that his advances were accepted without undue protest and that everything went well until Credit was heard approaching; then he went out the back window at Miss Downey’s usggestion. The case will be ready to go to the jury this morning. THE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN. The Eternal Feminine Was The Topio of the S8ermon Last Night. The evangelistic campaign at the First Baptist church ship of Evangelist J Madison, Wisconsin a close, Since Evangelist 1 neither salary nor p: the opportunity -will who have been bencfited | ing to make him a f ‘ the services next Sund Tuesday night the deeply interested aud that the men were : mon preached especially f the subject, “The He used as a text Master is come and and he showed that Master gave woman rt freedom. He show " lands where Christ | woman is still th degraded life. ¢ her emancipator and should be willing t oown Iim a of her life. Little Girl Had Every mother know Mrs. R. M. Raney, R. J Ky., writes: “My Mttl having croup every few gan to give her a few ¢ Honey and Tar Compound or three hours, and v slept well, never the next day her cold wa all of my friends 1 bottle of Foley's Honey and T grippe coughs, colds genuine cure.” 1 Liquor and Drug Us can be stopped, if you come her: physicians sdminister original mest. No confinement Well eauipped | Eaey to seach. 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