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New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
MACHINE COMPANY
 ADDS TO CAPITAL
Increase From $8o0,o0o to ST. 100000 Approved by Directors
TO BE SOLD AT $25 PAR
Stockholders on Record March 1 to Share in Distribution of Additional Cut Melon.

Stockholders of the New Britain Machine company were agreeably sur prised this morning to receive in their mail notice of an important action taken at a meeting of the directors of the company yesterday afternoon whereby it was authorized to increase the capitol stock of the concern from $SOO,000 to $1,000,00O. An increase of the shares of the concern was au- thorized increased from 32,OOO to 40,- 900 becoming effective March 1, 1917. The increase stock will be given to the stockholders on record February 1, 1917 at par, $25 a share.
 The stockholders have received mo- tification from the directors to expect a declaration of a twenty five per cent. dividend at the annual meeting to be held February 1. The action of the directors further evinces the pros- porous business that the company is enjoying at present. Engaged in small way in the manufacture of mu- hilton accessories, the rapid growth of the concern has been meteoric with the past year and half. In market circles today, the stock of the concern was unobtainable, the action of the directors giving the market an inn petus which resulted in an increase of ten points from yesterday, the stock selling at 115 early this morning in comparison with 1O5 the closing figure yesterday.
 Rumors in financial circles and the industrial circles, state that the Union Manufacturing company and the Stanley Works will at their annual meeting vote an authorization of 8 capitol increase of from three to five million dollars.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
THE DEWEY ISLANDS,"
New Name Proposed for Danish West
 Indies.

Washington, Jan. Exchange of name of the Danish West Indies to '"The Dewey Islands, in honor of Admiral Dewey was proposed in joint resolution introduced today by Representative Allen of Ohio, who announced that he was submitting letters to President Wilson and to the foreign affairs committee offering endorsement of the change.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
THAW IMPROVING.
Mind Cloudy But Clearing, Says His
 Physician,

Phila., Jan. 1S.-The condition of Harry K. Thaw, who is in a hospital here recovering from razor wounds self-inflicted a week ago is reported as satisfactory by his attending physi- elan, Dr. Elwood R. Kirby. His mind is still little cloudy, Dr. Kirby said, but it is gradually clearing.
 So far as can be learned the family has not definitely decided what action it will take regarding Thaw's ex- tradition to New York.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
CHICAGO SHORT OF COAL.
Schools Have Only One Days Supply
 Left.

Chicago, Jan. 18.-Public schools in Chicago have an average of one days supply of coal in their bins and the slightest interference with deliveries will close them, John Howatt, chief engineer, reported today.
 Mayor Thompson uregd officials of the various railroads to undertake an embargo on all freight movements in to Chicago except fuel and perishable goods, in an attempt to alleviate the coal shortage.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
Urges Wide Use of Submarine.

London, Jan. IS, 9:45 a. m.-
 Roesicke, president of the Gern' Farmers union, is quoted in ah A sterdam despatch to Reuters as sI ing in an address to the Schlod Holstein union:
 God has given us a hint. caused the harvests of the world be bad that Great Britain finds 1t al cult to feed herself. Therefore if do not prevent the wheat laden sh| from Australia and India reachl Britain it is doubtful whether will again give us such an opportuy( because He demands that the hnJ shall be seized which He stretches to uS."
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
VENIZELISTS RELEASED

Supporters of Former Greek Premier
 No Longer in Confinement and
 Greek Capital Is Quiet.
 London, Jan. IS, 10:30 a. m.-In compliance with the demand of the Entente the arrested Venizelists have been released according to an Athens despatch to Reuters The despatch says that quiet prevails in the Greek capital
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
VICEROY OF POLAND.
Recently Elected Grown Marshal
 Chosen by Kaiser.

London, Jan. 1S 4:O6 a. m.-Prince Vaclaw von Niemoyovski has been ap- pointed viceroy of Poland by the Ger man emperor, according to a Warsaw despatch to the Exchange Telegram company by way of Amsterdam.
 He was recently elected crown marshal of Poland. He is a grandson of the president of the last Polish na- tional government of 1880.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

General Beliaeff who is 54 years old received his military instruction in the artillery school and academy of the general staff from which he was graduated with high honors. During the Russo Japanese war General Be- liaeff was chief of staff of the First Manchurian army and acting chief of staff to the commander in chief.
 He is the fourth minister of war Russia has had since the outbreak of the war.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
RAP AT DANIELS.

Washington, Jan. 18.-Represenl tive Rodenburg of Illinois, repl lican today introduced a resolution make illegal the purchase of goval ment supplies from any foreign fir The resolution was prompted by S' retary Daniels award to a Brit firm of a contract for armor piel ing projectiles.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

Berlin, Jan. 1S (By wireless to Sayville) e).-Bulgarian artillery has been violently bombarding from the Dobrudja side of the Danube, hostile shipping in that stream and entente military positions on the outside in the vicinity of Galatz, according to the Bulgarian headquarters report of Jan. 16.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
C. o. P. TO DISCUSS SPEAKER.
Republican Representatives to Dis
 c,lss Post Wednesday,.

Washington, Jan. 18.-Rep. Greene of Massachusetts today sent out a formal call to republican members and mem bers-elect of the house for conference next Wednesday night 10 consider Representative Gardner's proposal for creation of construc- tive legislative program and for prob- able discussion of a republican can- didate for speaker of the next house.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
SPAWNED CASE OPENS.

San Angelo, Tex, Jan. 1S-Testi- mony was begun today in the case of Harry J. Spannel of Alpine, charged with killing his wife and Lieutenant Col Butler. U. s. A. while they were riding in an automobile last July,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
AMERICANS ON SHIP REPORTED TO
 HAVE BEEN SUNK WITHOUT WARNING

? Rio Janeiro, Jan. TIA Pernambuco the formal Pequeno, prints
 & statement attributed to the purser
 of the British steamer Netherby Hall,
 that the German raider sank an Eng
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
CREW BELIEVED LOST,

Luenenberg, Jan. 1S.-Captain Hat field of St. John, N. B. and his crew of eight are believed to have per- ished when the Dominion dredge, No. ran ashore off Sag Ledges, Tor Bay, Gusboro coast, today.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
BELIAEFrF WAR MINISTER.
Russia Makes Fourth Change in This
 Office.

London, Jan. 8,11:O5 a. m.-Gen- minister of war in place of General Chouvaieff, who has been made a member of the council of the empire, according to Petrograd despatch to Reuters. General Beliaeff was form erly assistant minister of war and chief of the general staff.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

Berlin, Jan. IS, (By wireless to e).-Raiding operations and artillery activity along the front in Russia and Galicia are reported in today's army headquarters statement on the situation in this war aerea
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

400 persons are believed to have lost their lives. 'e.--. .~4,.t..s4, .. . ,.
 Thirteen Americans are among the victims of the raider who have been landed at Pernambuco., The remain der comprise ITO Enghshmen and 54 Frenchmen. .~.t
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
Three More Ships Sunk.

London, Jan. IS, 1O:23 a. II Lloyd's announces that the Br1t steamer Auchen Graz, 3,9l6 tons,
 sailing ship Kinpurney and the Dan steamer Omsk, 1,574 tons have b' sunk
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
DROWN IN NAUGATUCK RIVER.

Derby, Conn.,, Jan. 1s.-William Ford, AZ, was drowned in the Nauga- tuck river early today. He was cross ing a bridge now undergoing repairs and fell through
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

Berlin, Jan. IS, (By wireless to Sayville).-An attack made by the Russians yesterday on the northern Rumanian front, south of the Oituz road, broke down under the German fire. ......
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

Paris. Jan. IS. noon-The night passed quietly along the entire front, todays official announcement says.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
GERMANS EVACUATE
 POSITION ON SOMME
Official Statement From Berlin Ad- mits Troops Fell Back-British
 Attack RcpuIsed.g

Berlin, Jan. Is, by wireless to Say of a position near Sere on the Somme front was. an- nounced by the war office today. A British attack near Loos was re- pulsed after violent fighting.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18

Petrograd, Jan. IS, via London Successful raiding and mining opera tions have been carried out by Rus sian troops in the region of Smorgon on the Russian front.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
 RUMANIAN ATTACK
An Offensive Along Entire Line From
 Riga to the Sercth ~ .' .-e' ,.,s- Q .,
 tt River.

/ Petrograd, Jan. IS, via London,
 2:10 p. m.-The repulse of Teutonic attacks along the northern, Rumanian front is reported in todays official
New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
American Ambassador Reported to Have Sent Resignation
 With Text Of Address
V0PICKA DENIES SADLER
 SET OILWELLS ON FIRE
Industry, Reported to Have Applied
 Torch to Wells When TeutOn In- < Vadin@ Army Drew Ncar-Ministcr TOr nan,0rc

Iondon, Jan. IS, 4:20 a. m.-United
 States ambassador Gerard offered to resign if President Wilson disap- Sproved his speech at the banquet ten dered him by the American associa- tion of commerce and trade, accord
 ing to a Rotterdam despatch to the
 Exchange Telegraph company quot
 ing a Cologne telegram. The de-
 spatch says the ambassador sent
 special message to Washington with ian explanation of his speech and his offer of resignation was unsatisfac- tory.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
tivities.
Establishment Of the congressional
committee to keep check on war ex-
penditures.
U. S. GENERAL SHELLED
Missile ExpIodes Near Brig. Gen.
Scriven on Italian Front.
Austro- Germans MARCHING on Road
Are Dispersed by ArtilIery-Lat-
ins Hold Ground.

Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Dec. 3.-Brigadier
General Scriven continues his tours
OF inspection on behalf of the Ameri-
can government, visiting the duke of
AoSta, commander Of the third army,
at his headquarters, and making 8
careful survey of Sega mill and Gene
terry road, where a desperate fight oc-
Cured and where Austrians who had
crossed the Piave were thrown back
into the river. The duke of Aosta gave
General Scriven as memento of that
fight the hat chevron of an officer of
the Ninety-fOurth Austrian regiment,
such as is worn on the front of Off
GERS caps.
AT Sega mill heavy bombardment
was in progress, the enemy using guns
OF large and small calibers, as we'll as
machine guns and rifles. One shell
struck trench in which General
Scriven was making observations,
opening hugh fissure and killing two
Italian soldiers outright.
The Italian artillery was more than
holding its own with guns of all cali
DerS and large numbers of airplanes.
Rome, Dec. 3.-Violent ratillery
lighting is reported by the war office
but there has been no important in
fantry action.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
POISON PLOT IS REVEALED
Attempt Made to Kill Patriots at
EIgin, I'LL.

Elgin, H., Dec. 3.-A plot to poison
a widow and her four children the
first family to raise the American flag
In Hanover township after war was
declared, was discovered after all the
live stock on the farm had been killed
or stricken by eating paris green. Han
over township is populated almost en-
tirely by Germans. The victims of the
poison plot are Mrs. Bertha HempIe
and her children. The oldest is a son.
Benjamin Hemple, a rural free-deliv-
cry mail carrier accused by farmers
in Hanover township of giving infor-
nation to the army draft board which
prevented several young men from OBJ
tanning exemption. That a woman
spread the poison over the Hemple
farm is charged by the authorities who
are investigating. An investigation
showed paris green spread on the
ground about the Hemple home, in the
feed chopper in the straw, in the barn
and cornstalks nearby. A large uuan-
tity was found about the covering of
the well. Evidently the poisoner had
heen unable to raise the cover and had
attempted to sift the poison through
the cracks.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
Powerful Aero Enoines.

In testing an airplane engine of 200
horse power a Detroit company mount
ed 1t upon heavy motor truck, and
the aerial propeller sent the truck fly
ing along a boulevard at the rate of
more than 40 miles an hour. This was
a speed that the truck could not be-
gin to develop under it's own motive
power, and the method furnished bet
ter practical test Of the 12-cylinder
airplane engine than was possible in
the testing laboratory or in any sta
tlonary trial on blocks. AS an addi-
tional test the rear wheels of the
rwo-ton truck were locked, so that thev
could not revolve, and in this condition
it was driven across a ball park by the
alrplane engine and propeller through
heavy drifts of snow and over ice. The
motor weighs 800 pounds and develops
power sufficient to drive a 12-passen-
ger airplane at 90 miles an hour
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
YANKEE ENGINEERS ESCAPE
GERMAN TURNING MOVE

of territory the enemy has gained at
the sacrifice of thousands of lives Is so
trif1ing that tactically the situation re-
mains unaffected.
'It is understood that many of the
troops engaged on the railway near
Gouzeaucourt were American engi-
neers."
All Attacks Fail.
With the British Army in France.
Dec. 3.-Nine separate counter-attacks
launched against Masnieres by strong
German forces were all repulsed after
most sanguinary fighting, although the
British pulled their line back some
what to lessen the sharp salient there.
An intense battle ragged all day, and 1t
Is stated that the British killed more
Germans between daylight and dark
than in any similar period since the
war began. 1t was virtually contin-
uous fight from the start of the first
counter-attack.
1.-THE British official report said ten
German attacks had been repulsed In
"a hOurs.1
The enemy infantry kept surging
forward in waves, and as each came
up it was caught by the fire from the
British artillery, rifles and machine
guns. The attacking forces were
moved down like grain before the
reaper.
The hopping up of Gonnelieu, which
was recaptured by Haig's troops Sat-
urday. was completed during the night.
About 300 prisoners were taken in this
place. Fifty persons also were brought
out of Les Rues Vertes after British
counter-attack, and, all told, the Ger
mans lost many hundreds Of prisoners
In Saturdays operations.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
BIG BATTLE STILL ON
Berlin Reports RepuIse of British
in Cambrai Region.
Several Hundred of Byng's Men Taken
Prisoner--Germans Claim Recap
ture of Masnieres.

Berlin, Dec. 3.-BritiSh attacks in
the Cambria area were repulsed by the
Germans, who cleared the village of
Masnieres and took prisoners there,
according to the report from army
headquarters.
The statement follows:
Army group Of Prince Rupprecht !:
In Flanders there was moderate fir
Ing, which continued all day and in
creased to the greatest violence in the
evening on both sides of Passchen-
daele, and was carried on intensely
throughout the night.
F1ghtlng continues near Cambrai.
In the sector from Inchy as far as
Bourbon, after the successful enter
pr1ses by our troops, lively artillery
action developed in the afternoon.
Enemy infantry attacks west of
Moeuvres were frustrated by our fire.
East of Moeuvres they collapsed be-
fore our lines. The village of Mas
nieres was cleared of the enemy, pris-
oners being brought in.
"The enemy launched strong coun-
ter attacks with forces newly brought
up against the positions we wrested
from him on the western bank of the
Scheldt. After a desperate struggle,
lasting until darkness, we repulsed the
enemy. Indian cavalry advancing from
Epehy was shot down. A similar fail
ure was encountered by the enemy in
infantry attacks, which after a heavy
bombardment he launched against our
lines west of Vendhuile
"The fighting on Saturday cost the
British especially heavy losses. Sew
hands. In the fighting region up to
the present 60 British guns and more
than 100 machine guns have been cap
tured
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
Knew Teddy by His Teeth.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt has object
ed at all times to being referred to as
q one-time president; but that only by
facial adornments is he known in some
sections may be even worse. 1t was
Mt church, where he was on the pro-
gram, that an elderly woman ap-
preached the doorman and asked If
that there man" was going to speak.
"What man?" asked the attendant. II
can't remember his name" was the re-
ply .'but it's the chap always thought
would make a good advertisement for
a dentist. He's got wonderful teeth,
and always shows them" eyes," an
swered the doorman, "he's going to
sneak"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
U. S. TROOPS HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
Between Ten and Thirty Injured
When Cars Leave Rails at
Granger, Ill.
U. S. men SUSPECT PLOT
Soldiers Were on Their Way Back to
Camp Grant After WITNESSING
Football Game in Chicago-In-
jured Rushed to Rockford,

Granger, Ill, Dec. 3.-Nine cars of a
troop train bound for Rockford plunged
from the rails here last night, injur-
Ing number of soldiers who were on
their way back to Camp Grant after
visiting Chicago for the Grant Custer
army football game.
The number of injured was set at
between ten and thirty in varying re-
ports that came from the scene Of the
wreck on prairie about 80 miles west
of Chicago. Some of the men were re-
ported to be seriously injured.
Government officials suspected the
train had been wrecked by German
plotters and an investigation was start
ed Immediately.
Probably Due to Defect.
The preliminary inquiry inclined
them to believe that the wreck was the
result of an accident, due 70 a defect in
the running gear of the forward car Of
the train.
While the investigation was under
way hurry calls were sent out for doc
tors to surrounding towns. The in
jured were given first aid, and wreck
train, carrying hospital equipment and
two doctors from the Illinois Control
hospital at Chicago was rushed here
Rush Injured to Rockford.
Traffic was diverted to other lines
and the wrecking crew set to work to
clear the line. A special was routed
through and carried the injured to
Rockford
Maj. Howard Bailey, in charge of the
Camp Grant hospital, was notified by
long-distance telephone that the in
jured were on the way to him and to
make arrangements to meet the hos
pital special with ambulances to carry
30 men to the camp.
The train left Chicago over the Illi-
nois Central railroad at 7:15 p. m. and
was derailed at Oil p. m. The cars
were loaded to full capacity with the
soldiers, who were in high spirits over
their visit to Chicago.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
MRS. De SAUlLESfREED
Jury Finds Her Not Guilty of
Charge of Staying Husband.
Twelve Men Shout in Unison as Thew
Acquit Her-WiIf Return to Moth
er's Home In Chile.

M1neola, N. Y, Dec. 3,-Chorusing
their virdict-every man of the twelve
speaking out Justify and gladly-the
jury In the supreme court said "Not
Guilty" when they were asked how
they found On the murder charge
against Blanca Erasuriz De Saulles,
who shot to death her husband, John
Longer De Saulles, on August 81 last,
at Westbury.
A few moments later the II middle
aged fathers were clustered about the
little Chilean widow, shaking her
hands, patting her shoulders, and ex-
claiming, "God bless you, child, you
were never In any danger. Go home to
your little boy and be happy"
Mrs. De Saulles, with a radiant
smile, choked with emotion, could only
say, THANK you, gentlemen, thank
you.' The jury had deliberated in
actual time less than one hour and
thirty minutes
The jurors would not say, after they
had been discharged, how many ballots
were taken, but they all remarked
happily, when interrogated:
"It did not take us long, did it?"
Half an hour later Mrs. De Saulles
was on her way home In her brothers
motor car.
Automatically, her lawyer said, Mrs
De SaulIes becomes again the legal
custodian (and the sole legal custo-
dian) of her child, the five-year-old
John Longer De Saulles, Jr.
Little Jack is now in the possession
of the Hecksher family, cousins of his
father, at their New York city home.
Although Mrs. De Saulles would say
nothing, relatives declared she would
make her home for the present at Vina
del Mar, "The Vineyard by the Sea-"
as her mothers estate near Santiago,
Chile, is called. 1t was this home which
Mrs. De Saulles left in 1911 to become
the wife of John L. De Saulles. She
was then a girl of sixteen years.
Buenos Aires, Dec. 3.-News of the
mot guilty" verdict in the trial of Mrs.
Blanca De Saulles sent a thrill of joy
through the large section of the pOpu-
latien of Argentine. Not in years had
there been a case tried in the United
Skates that was watched with such
eagerness in this republic and in fact,
throughout South America, as was the
murder trial of the beautiful young
Chilean heiress. Public sentiment here
was all on her side.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
WAR INDUSTRIES TO GET COAL
List Issued of Consumers Who Should
Receive Prior Rights.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The govern
ment's first move toward curtailing
nonessential industries during the war
made when the fuel administration
sent to coal producers preferred list
of consumers to serve as a guide in
filing orders. The list establishes
preferential shipment for government
orders, railway fuel, household re-
ouirements, public utilities, steel
nlants. coke ovens and munitions
plants. "The requests are designed"
said Fuel Administrator Garfield, "to
insure fulfilling Of the requirements
of those coal users whose activities are
essential to the military and economic
efficiency of the nation in the conduct
of the war"
Facing a coal shortage Of 5O,OOO,OOO
tons for the country, the fuel admin
istration determined that a radical
sten was necessary If essential indus
tries and public utilities were to be
kept running.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
START WAR STAMP CAMPAIGN
McAdoo Says Economy Is Vital to Sue
cess of War.

Washington, Dec. 3.-"The wide
spread practice of economy is abso-
lntely vital to the success of the war;"
said Secretary McAdoo in opening the
campaign for the sale of war savings
certificates here. "This war cannot be
financed unless the American people
Immediately stop waste, practice self
denial, economic in every possible di-
rectiOn and lend the money they save
thereby to the government Let every
man, woman and child reflect, as they
are about to spend even 25 cents
wastefully or needlessly; how much
even % cents multiplied by 1OO,O0O,OOO
loyal and patriotic American citizens
will help their government to bring to
quick end this horrible carnage in
Europe; how many lives of America s
noble sons will be saved the sooner the
war is ended. E:ery dollar saved will
hasten this result
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-03
ROBERT M'ROY IS DEAD
Former Secretary of American League
Succumbs at Milwaukee,

Milwaukee, Dec. 3.-Robert McRoy.
former secretary of the American
league, later connected with the Ros-
ton Red Sox and for the last two years
secretary of the Cleveland club, died
Sunday morning at Sacred Heart sani.
tarium here McRoy's death followed
a complication of diseases, which
forced him to relinquish his duties at
Cleveland last summer. Burial will
take place in Chicago, arrangements
for which will be announced later
McRoy is survived by wife and one
child.