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New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
FILM FLAM ARTIST
is ASSESSED $25
Clerk in Main Street Shoe Store Recog-
MICS Pair After Lapse of
Six Months.

An excellent memory for faces re-
suited in the appearance Of Harry l..
Livinstone and Robert L. Murphy in
police court before Judge James T.
M eskill this morning on the charges
Of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses and theft I4iVinStone and
Murphy visited George l.. Dam mon's
shoe store November 10, last and
film damned Miss O'Brien, the cashier
out of $40. Yesterday she saw the
two men on the street and called the
attention of Traffic Supervisor Lam
phere to them. He made the arrests
and in court today Livinstone was
fined $25 for theft Murphy was dis
charged. The prosecution of the
charge Of obtaining money under
false pretenses fell. Judge w. +.
Mangan was counsel for the accused
Miss O'Brien testified that on the
Saturday night in question the ac-
cused, who had been noticed in front
OF the store, entered and purchased
two pairs of ladies' shoe laces. Liv-
! instone gave a $50 bill in payment
He remarked that he thought he had
more money, but couldn't find it at
the time. While Miss O'Brien was
counting the money he found so
cents. Miss O'Bricn was ready to use
the smaller sum but Livinstone would
have the bill broken. Then he
changed his mind and decided he
would have the $40 bill changed also.
He had pocketed the smaller change.
Livinstone confused Miss O'Brien and
he walked out,3, ith $40 belonging to
the store. All this time Murphy was
at the other end of the store. Mrs
Kelley testified that she had waited
on Livinstone and, having a feeling
that there was something unusual
about the pair she warned Miss
O'Brien to "be careful, I think he's a
crook
Mrs. Fogarty recognized the pris-
oners, as the ones who were in the
store and James. T. O'Connor gave
corroborative testimony. The only
evidence against Murphy was that
when Livinstone completed his tram
sac ction he remarked to Murphy "all
right and both hurried out of the
store. The evidence was not ad-
mitted, but Detective Sergeant A. G.
Malone said that the two men had
10 permanent place of abode and had
records. One Of them was arrested
in Meriden for picking pockets.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Charles W. Chapman, Jry Of
Waterloo, Ia,, Falls in Battle
BUT HE GOT HIS MAN
Five American Ayiators Engage With
Germans in Thrilling Air Duel
Dropping Unexpectedly Onto An
tagonists From Higher Level

With the American Army in France,
May 3 (By the Associated Press)-
Charles w. Chapman, Jr., of Water
loo, Ia, and a German pilot plunged
to earth inside the German lines,
both their machine wrapped in flames,
following a desperate battle over the
American lines northwest of Toul to-
day.
Four other American machines re-
turned safely after driving an equal
number Of enemy plaes back over
their territory
It was shortly after 8 o'clock this
morning when the American patrol
ling machines left the ground. They
circled above the hangers until they
got into V shape formation and
hit for the line.
They were starting on q second
tour when sparkling specks were seen
in the sky far away within the Ger
man lines. The American airmen
turned quickly but kept their forma-
ton. The men in the front lines
watched the two form ations and saw
the German group continue on it's
course and the American planes start
ing out to head them off. The Amer
leans soon recognized the other for
nation was German and went up
higher but the enemy did not see
them until the Americans were almost
overhead Suddenly the American
formation took q dive toward the
Germans who swung about sharply.
Then the machine guns came into
action and the battle was on.
The one machine, a German, left
the formation and another in which
was Chapman, followed, his gun
splitting bullets. The. German banked
and Chapman did likewise While both
were pouring lead at each other
Two bursts of flames were seen and
the machines went spinning down,
long tails of fire and smoke stream
ing out behind them.
Chapman's companions continued
the battle with the Germans, each
engaging one Of the enemy. The
Germans, however, turned and fed
homeward. diving, spinning and zig
Tagging to escape the American bull
let's.
The Americans returned home sad
dened over the loss of their comrade,
the first to fail to return after fight
ing his Boche. Chapman was very
popular and regarded as an excellent
pilot
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
INTENSE COMMANDMENT OF
FLANDERS LINE UNDER WA1
New Britain Goes so Per Cent. Over Top
On Sale of Third Issue of Liberty Bonds

$1,5S9oo0
by Mond
will be Yesterdays
last Chairman A j. Sloper $234570O
of bond be
bond subscribers will $4,000 The figures
o o
a
be per
subscription will result
is not a
list.
Washin 4.-T Loan
by
areexp to raise he
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
RECKLESsMOTORMAN
Excessive Speed Going Down Sol
Main Street Hill Results in Inj|
to Passengers.

W tSSSngSAS.
Several epasseng gers eon a trolley Il
left the triangle rat Central Park
evening at 7:101 bound for Ber|
were injured by being thrown ri
one side of the car to the 9th
owing to the excessive rate. of spi
Of the car. The motorman sent
car down South Main street hill
d. rate of speed estimated by sol
of the passengers as greater than
miles an hour Mrs. William
Rawlings, wife of Chief ofSsYRol
Rawlings, signalled to-. the conduc
that she wanted to- aStyit at ,FTows
corner AS she was going to visit
sister. The car went on past
station, swinging around the cor
so fast that the passengers w
thrown from one side to the 9th
Several of them were hurt and b;
claims against the Connecticut
for injuries. Mrs. Rawlings was
Of those hurt. Motorman e. R5
nell, who was running the car,
ported that the breaks did not wo
II. Maio was the conductor.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
SUGAR DEALERS MUST
PAY RED CROSS $1,000
Hartford Concern Fined
That Amount for Viola
ting Food Law.

Hartford, May 4.-As penalty
for overcharging on sugar deliveries
and in lieu of attempting to make re-
funds to the trade affected. Blake &
Backes, sugar brokers in this city
rave been ordered to pay $1,000 to
the American Red Cross. This infor-
nation, coming from Washington,
was confirmed by inquiry at the
headquarters in this city of the fed
eral food administration for Connec
ticut. It appears that the violations
Of the administrations sugar regula-
tions extended over several months
and the $1,000 penalty well covers
the total profiteering by Blake &
Backes, who are the largest sugar
distributors in the state. 1t was
pointed out at the food administra-
ton offices that Joseph Reiter,
brooklyn sugar wholesaler, was re-
Gently compelled to donate $1,S4 to
the Red Cross as the equivalent OF
his excessive profits from char ging
SIT per 1000 pounds of sugar. Both
these concerns will be permitted to
continue in business provided they
hereafter conform strictly to the ad-
1ninistration's rules and regulatl ons
further violation of which, however,
licity with the possible indefinite re-
vocation Of their licenses.
In explaining the details of the
violations, it was said Blake &
Packes were notified, April Is, by
Robert Scoville, federal food admin
istrator for Connecticut, that the en-
forcement division of the food ad-
rninistration at Washington felt that
some penalty should be imposed for
violations and that in view of the ap-
parent impossibility of a separate re-
fund being made to every 1ndlv1dual
sugar consumer who had been over
charged, it was ruled that $1,000 be
contributed to the Red Cross, this
amount being based on the excessive
charges since January l, during
period when the administrations reg
u1ations governing sugar distribution
were widely known.
The specific charges against the
firm appear to be that it charged
more than twenty-five cents proht
per hundred pounds plus the freight.
Three Washington divisions OF the
food administration, the sugar, dis
tribution and enforcement felt Dhat
for some time Blake & Backes mad
been injuring the sugar business IN
this section and insisted upon the
rule that twenty-five cents be the
gross profits over the refiner's list
price, plus freight to the buyers
market. This twenty-five cents IN
cludes carriage both to the buyers
warehouse and to the retail dealer,
except in cases, where, before the
war, it was customary to charge re-
tailers carriage. This drayage charge
is seldom allowed and is always very
carefully scrutinized by the food ad-
ministratiOn.
It was explained today that Blake
e. Backes promptly stopped such
charges when notified weeks ago by
the food administration that they
we're violations of the regulations
Another factor in favor of Blake u
Packes was that during the sugar
shortage they did everything possible
to effect an equitable distribution
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
BELGIUM CROWDED
WITH HUN WOUNDED
SENT FROM FRANCE
265 Trains Carrying Victims Of
Hindenburg'S Offensive Pass
Over Namur-LieSe Railway
ALL LARGE BUILDINGS
TURNED into HOSPITALS

French Veterans of Ncrdun Say Fury
\ of Battle at KENNEL Hill Was
Greater Strain-Allicd Airmcn Per-
forming HercuIean Task of Hating
Enemy Supplies - Youthful Re-
serves Rushed from Alsacc-Lor-
raine.
!, Amsterdam, May 1.-Two hundred
and sixty-fiv trains of wounded SOL
diers returning to Germany from the
battlefronts of Picardy and Flanders,
says the Les Nouvelles of the Hague,
were counted in the day time on
April 8, IL and - on the Namur-
Liege railway. The transports were
So crowded that the Germans were
even using open cattle cars to carry
the wounded.
Hospitals, converts, schools and
factories in Belgium, the paper adds,
are all packed with wounded.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Germans Open FL
With Heavy Arti|
cry From Locre
Point South of Ypr|
BRITISH IMPROVE
HINGES POSITId

London, May Am intel
bombardment was opened BY
Germans early this morning
the flanders front from Locre|
the south of Ypres. There
great activity also in the sec|
between the forest of De MED
and Meteren, the war office
nounces.
The British slightly inlproi
their position in minor Cpd
ton near Hinges on the so
side of the Lys, while on
northern front the French carr
out a local enterprise in whl
prisoners were taken in the LoI
sector.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
BLOCK GERMANS ESCAPE
Fifty Foot Tunnel From Barracks
Wire Fence Discovered BY Gual
AT InteInment Camp.

Atlanta, May Am apparent
tempt at a wholesale delivery of
German prisoners at Fort McPher
was foiled late yesterday when
guards discovered a so foot tsAA
leading from under one of the N
oner's barracks toward the co
wire fence which incloses the p3
camp, it became known today.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
RED CROSS MISSION sAFd

New Castle on Tyne, May A.
American Red Cross mission
Rumania which left Jasey on p
9 has arrived here. In order to
contact with the Germans the
leans took a circuitous route til
Russia and left Russia by a nd
port All the members of tl
sion are WELL
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
AMERICAN VILLAGE AT PISA.

ROme. May An American VIZ
lage shortly will rise at the gates oA
Pisa 10 accommodate 1000 refugees
from Venetia. 1t will cover 80 acres
and there will be a church, school
and hospitaI buildings. Plans for the
village have been adopted and the
work will be carried out by the Amer
can Red Cross.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Peace Emissary in England.

London, May Am emiss;
of Germany's new peace offens
already is i'll England. Acco
ing to the Central News he i.
Dutch fnancier. Another age
the agency says, is believed to
on the way.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Long Range Cannon Hit.

Paris, May 4. 4.-Newss just
ceived from the front says
French gun made ,direst'lsivsy
terday on one Of the long, raj
German cannon with. which Pa
is being bornbarded and put it,
of action. a
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
LABOR DELEGATION IN PARIS.

Paris, May 4.-The American labor
delegation which has been visiting
England arrived at the metropolitan
station here late yesterday and was
welcomed by Minister Coillard on be-
half of the French government
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
WAR DEPARTMENT REPORTS
NEW BRITAIN MEN WOUNDED
Capt. Griswold and Privates
Andronek, Farr, Roy and
Kalosauckas on Casualty
List Issued Today.

Washington, May 4.-The casualty
list today contained sc names, divid-
ed as follows: Killed in action, 8;
died of wounds, s; died of accidents,
4; died of disease, s; died of other
causes, 1; wounded severely IA;
wounded slightly so; missing in ac-
ton, 1.
Killed i'm Action.
Private Charles Butler, Los An
geles; Albert J. Lent, Gettysburg,
Pa; John p. MaciejewslSi, Priceburg,
Pa.
Died of Wounds.
Corporal Fred c.. Carter, ST. Louis;
Cook Fred Clough, Waterbury; Pri-
Yates George III. Cooper, Everett,
Mass; John Hokanson, Des Moines;
John J. Peters. Keshena. Wis.
Died of Disease.
Privates Raymond A Allen, Inez,
Tex. Cedric Alley, Vauxhall, N. j.;
Dewey Volley Bromley, Dickleton.
Wash; David C. CottrelI, State Hos
pital Stockton, Cal; Ernest Crowder,
Kansas City; William M. Thomas,
Muncie.
Died of Accident.
Lieut. Wilson Marshall. Jr.. Ma
rina Park, Bridgeport Conn; Pri-
Yates Kenneth M. CopIey, Webster
Groves, Md; George Parkin, Parsons,
Pa; E. d. Stanberry, Highland Park
Mich.
Wounded Severely.
Lieut.. Albert E. Johnson, Collins
Vile, Conn; Sergeant William A
Brinkley. West Haven; Corporal
Charles L. Boucher, New Haven:
Louis H. Harris, Middletown, Conn. !;
Privates Benjamin L. Carter, Rut-
land, VT; Ray Demunski, Ansonia,
Conn; Edward J. McGovern, New
Haven; George j. Pondish, Nesque-
honing, Pa; Jos. Verderame, New
Haven.
Wounded Slightly.
Captains Fred l.. Blair, Providence: !:
Joseph e. Felsted, West Haven; AL
fred H. Griswold, PIT Shuttle Mead
ow Avenue, New Britain; Lieuts. Ar
thur w. Desmond, Dorchester, Mass. :;
Patrick f. Healey, Charlestown,
Mass; Durant Ferson Ladd, Worces-
ter; j. Langdon Leslie, Flushing, n.
Y; Sergeants Alfred J. Anderson,
Providence; William B. Duffy Hart
ford; Jas. r. Ferguson, Providence;
Albert L. G. Smith, Riverside; Daniel
J. Torpey, Pascoage, r. l.. Corpor-
ais Vishno G. Brennan, New Haven:
John J. Brown, Providence; Louis V.
Capewell, North Providence; Privates
Stanley Andronek, 156 Beaver street,
New Britain; Oliver p. Barber, Ware
house Point; Ernest c. Bell, Middle
field, Conn; Richard w. Brown, Con-
cord; Charles Cropper, New Haven,
William J. Farr, l52 Lasalle street,
New Britain; Maurice Fearnly. Gran
itevi1le;. julius J. HOulne, Lowell:
Howard w. Hunt, Providence; John
w Jones, Meriden; Joseph Kalosauc-
kas, 10 Star street. New Britain; Carl
LARSON, New Haven; Joseph P Nc
Laughlin. Woburn; George w. Mar
shall, Cliftondale; Albert J. Piper,
Augusta; Arthur J. Roy, 6 Allen ST.,
New Britain; Joe Ruben, Boston; An
thony Simone, Thornton; Harry w.
Sizer, Monson; Samuel A. Strupp.
Pequabuck; Earl A. Thompson, Bos-
ton; William H. Walls, Lynn.
Missing in Action.
Lieut.. Maurice Snowdcn, Redmond,
Pittsburgh.
The Herald yesterday published
the fact that Captain Griswold and
Privates Andronek, Farr and Roy
had been wounded. The wounding of
Private Kalosauckas is an addition to
the list.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Battle Opens on Italian Fro

Vienna, May 3, via London
Heavy fighting along the viii
Italian front between the Adrid
and Giudicaria valley in the mol
is reported in today's ofid
statement.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Artillery Active Along Avre|

Paris, May Spirited ar
lery fighting along the Avre
the front southeast of AmiensJ
reported in today's official sta
ment.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
KENNEL Worse Than Ncrdun.

With the British Army in France,
May 3. 1By the Associated Press,0-
Veterans of the defense of Nerdun
predominated among the French SOL
diers who SO gallantly defended Kem-
mel hill. Many of them had fought
at Fleury but declare Verdun was
nothing compared to what the French
troops accomplished during the Ger
man drive at KENNEL. The French
took up positions about KENNEL on
April %, relieving the battle weary
British. Throughout April % and %
before the attack the Germans MAIN
tanned a tremendous bombardment
and threw hundreds of thousands of
gas shells mixed with ordinary eX-
plosive shells.
On the morning of the attack the
German gunners placed ten shells per
second on the crest of the hill and
daring that day the French put on
their gas masks SO different times,
for as fast as the wind cleared the
gas away another deluge of the poi
sonous Napor poured over the HILL
Part of the time the Poilus had to
sleep in their gas masks. Despite
the great quantities of gas thrown, the
French had only II casualties from
it, according to the latest reports. A
large part OF the fighting was with
machine guns of which the Germans
always had great numbers and at the
times the German emilia ding fire was
terrific. The French artillery and ma
chine guns however reaped a great
harvest from the enemy. The Ger
man losses in many instances were
placed as high as 40 per cent
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
RcyentIoyy NcttIed.

Amsterdam, May 4.-Count Re-
ventlow, in an article headed Brit
lsh chivalry and self advertisement
iContinued on Seventh -Paget
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Allied Airmen Block Supply Renewals
j Amsterdam, May 4.-The effective
work of Allied airmen in harassing the
German supply service is described
bv the newspaper LesNouvelles of The
Gently sank in one day 23 Belgian
boats laden with gravel and ROAD
metal for the German front in Picardy
The vessels at the time were II Kill
ometers from the enemy rear line.
The paper adds.
- Three weeks ago the Luxembourg
bridge at Namur was again badly
damaged by aircraft. Two arches
were destroyed one boat was sunk.
Three German sentries on the bridge
were killed. The movement of Ves-
sells to the front has never been so
Intense as since the opening of the
German offensive and the devastation
wrought by the Allied airmen never
has been so great.
Roads have been so cut up that
The Germans experienced great diff
hculty in bringing up sufficient gravel
and stones to fill up the craters
Les Nouvelles ascertains that it
was bombs dropped by Allied air.
craft that destroyed q railway sta
ton in the province of I1ainaut. Bel
efum, on March %. a munitions
train of 60 freight cars was in the
killing and wounding many Germans.
A German officer estimated the loss
In shells at 100000 marks.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

The Herald yesterday published
the fact that Ca ptain Griswold and
Privates Andronek, Farr and Roy
had been wounded. The wounding OF
Private kalosauckas is an addition to
the list ,
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Rush Reserves of Youths to Front.

Rush Reserves OF Youths to Front.
Geneva, May 4.-(By the Associated
Press)-The German military authori-
ties are sending direct to the front
lines all youths from the reserve de-
pots in Alsace-Lorraine, according to
an Alsatian chemist who has just ar
rived here from Muelhausen. He has
lost four sons, the latest aged Is hav-
ing been killed at Locre in the Flan-
dars battle.
The Germans are employing their
last reserves, said the Alsatan, es-
pecially the soldiers from Alsace-Lor-
raine 1t is the German manner OF
settling the question of the two PROV
inces If a referendum is taken after
the war only a few Alsatian electors
will be left.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Continued on Sixth, Pagey
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-11
TEST VALIDITY Or
new GAS ORDINANCE

Jesse c. Duke viii this morn
ing ask Judge Crump, IN law and
equity court for restraining order
preventing the city Of Richmond from
collecting 81 per thousand feet for
gas consumed by him during the
month Of October.
City council recently adopted an or
dinance fixing the price OF gas at that
figure. increasing 1t from 80 cents. IT
was announced that the price would
begin with the November bills. Mr..
Duke contends that the increase
should not become effective until at
ter the gas for the month of Novem-
Der had been used.
All the gas bills Just sent out were
fixed on the basis Of 81 per thousand
feet Many have paid their bills with
out protest. but In order to test the
right OF the city to increase the rat IS
at this time, Mr.. Duke. at the in
stance OF the legislative committee
OF the central trades and labor coun-
Gil, brings the suit for an injunction.
Mr.. Duke headed a delegation
which appeared before the council
committee protesting against the
proposed increase in prica-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-11
ylAISI10 0lC||H
CONCERT HERE I0lIe|I|||
All Artists In Orchestra Arc Sosdiers
Part Of Proceeds Go to Rel
Cross.

The Partisan Symphony orctestrA
will arrive in Richmond this morn
ing and tonight will give a patriot con-
cert in the city auditorium. The noted
band OF musicians will come hsre
from Washington where they saye y
concert Saturday night before brfis
liant audience. Mrs. Wilson heading
the list Of patronesses for the 90.
CASTOR. Society will turn out In full
tonight to greet the oIdier-ArtigtA
The program will possibly b the mort
elaborate ever given m this city "
an orchestra.
Mayor Ainslie will extend 4 formal
welcome to the musicians on behalf Of
the city shortly after their arrival
here
Describing one of the numbers on
a program given in New York city.
Musical America said:
1.-THE crepuscular mysticism Of the
Franck D Minor symphony ~
brought out in a thousand untS: not
even the immensely OF the thAAtaF
could obscure the subtlety ana nsagni-
f1cence Of this performance. N. Mos
sager is economical in motion, his
conceptions are clearly preplannsA ~
the execution Is a natter OF simple
gesture; he seems TO take pains to
conceal his art. This avoidance Of
personal spectacularism u reflected IN
his readings. He seems more ann
Gus to exploit the composer than hiu>
self; for example. in the wynn phouys
unlike some colleagues. ne t4kea 10
liberty with the original Instruments
ton: there Is no elision Of trumpet
or other voice. nor does this elimina-
ton seem essential to the effect"
While there are still some 9ood
seats left, those who have not 80
cured their tickets should do % 1t
once AS It Is practically certain the
house will be sold out. After payinx
expenses the remainder OF the pros
ceeds will be given to Red CrpS9
war work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-11
CAPTAIN ALLAN N
STATE CAMPAIGN

Among the active overseas workers
and fighters who will assist in placin 3
the united war work campaign before
the people of Virginia this week ID
Captain r. Muir Allan. of the Brit
ish army. His first engagement to
speak will be at Hampton Sunday.
A successful business man and pub
lie official before the war. Captain
Allan was commissioned Lieutenant
October Z, 1914. He was promoted
to captain In 1918. and served in
France until February is. 1913. He
has had charge OF various camps in
the war zone. and was awarded the
Mons star for service in the battle of
the Marine. Captain Allan Is in Amer
lea on a leave Of absence to co Operate
with the British mission in the assis-
lance II is rendering the government
Of the United States. His son. who
followed him into the war in 1914,
was severely wounded in q recent en-
gagement and has not yet recovered.
Captain Allan's talk 10 called "A
Message from the battlefield" His
indictment against Prnssianism is
based upon its plans and efforts to
dominate the world.
In his work In France Captain Allan
has had many opportunities to OBJ
serve the activities ct the Y. NJ. C. A..
Y, W. c. A.. knight of Columbus, and
other war-welfa-e agencies, and his
statements relative 10 them promise
to prove an interesting and important
contribution to the great war work
drive OF next week.