New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1914, Page 1

,18,000.” _ Germans Slowly Gaining HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITATNY NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBFR 23 1914—TWELV o 150,000 PRISONERS TAKEN _BY AUSTRIAN TROOPS IN RUSSIAN-POLAND CAMPAIGN JYpres Subjected to Violent Artillery Fire; Germans Gaining Ground Slowly in Argonne Region, Says Berlin Report. A At two points in the battle line extending across France and Belgium the Germans were making determined efforts today to break their way through, while at the some time a critical struggle was under way in Russian Poland. Today’s French statement said that at Ypres, Belgium, the point selected for the new German attempt to find a way through to the English channel the a rtillery fire yesterday was violent and that many buildings were set on fire. 5 In the region of the Argonne Forest, wéll on toward the eastern end Sf the line, where the Germans arc centering another severe attack, the fighting yesterday was described as ‘“‘very hot,” and it is said that the German onslaughts were repulse d. Rheims and Soissons also were under bombardment, with what effec t is not disclosed. The German official statement s peaks of the severe fighting at Ypres and also says that a British squa dron’s attempt to bombard Nieu- port was twice repulsed. In the Argonne region, it is said, ‘D\VL\'. The renewed efforts of the Germans in the west, notwithstanding the effects of the cold wet weather, which was said to make fight- ing in the lowlands almost an imp ossibility, attracted renewed at- tention to the western field of battle. The struggle between the Russians and Austro-German forces in the east, however, was still gxted as of greater importance, because of the influence the outcome expected to exert upon the whole future course of the war. From this quarter came no definite news today. Berlin was confident of an early decisive victory, but the war office there acknowledged today that the arrival of Russian reinforcements had postponed the decision. Germany accounts the battle in Russian Poland as virtually won, and is already estimating the effect upon future military operations. An an- nouncement today from the German general staff is to the effect that a decision is at hand and that conditions everywhere are favorable from its point of view. ~v In Berlin, it is said the outcome of the main battle with the Russians may decide not only that phase of the many sided war, but the whole Buropean struggle. A decisive triumph in the east, it is pointed out, ‘Wwould free part of the German army engaged there to assist the forces which ane facing the British, Frenchand Belgians in the west. Upon what information the confident Berlin predictions were based Wwas not fully apparent. An official German statement today said merely tit the fighting in Poland continued. Russia admits that the Germans have won partial successes, but there is nothing to show that the con- tinued German advance toward Warsaw is influencing the Russian cam- paign to the north, in eastern Prussia, or to the south, near Cracow, Gali- cia. Unofficial reports from Petrograd state thatthe Russians are continuing tireir advance in East Prussia and have captured Gumbinnen, a fortified ) city sixty-six miles from Koenigsberg. According to all acounts the main battle, between the Vistula and Warta rivers is still in progress and al- though the Germans are pressing forward steadily, the German army :s still offering determined resistance. In the west the fighting in Belgium which has been slow for several days on account of the weather has broken out with renewed ferocity at res, with the artillery playing the main part. London suggests that this may be the prelude to another German attempt to pierce the line, , as in the past onslaughts by German infantry have been precded by ‘ heavy artillery attacks. From the other flelds of battle reports were meagre. The Turks were sald to have reached the Suer canal, after defeating .the British forces. The Britlsh steamer LaCorrentina, missing for several weeks after she eailed from Buenos Aires for Liverpool, is now said to have been sunk by the German converted cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, her crew having been taken by a German steamer to Montevideo. The French bark Union, it is said, also was sunk by the Kronprinz Wilhelm. the Germans are gaining ground ron twice approached the coast, but was driven off by our artillery. The British naval guns had no effect. “In the forest of the Argonne we are galning ground step by step, one trench after another and one point of support after another being wrest- . ed from the French and a number of prisoners being taken daily. “A violent reconnoitering expedition against our position on the east of the Moselle river was made ineffective by our counter attack. “In East Prussia the situation re- mains unchanged. “In Poland the appearance of Rus- sian reinforcements is postponing a decision of the battle, “In the region to the east of Czen- stochowa, and to the northeast of Cracow the Austro-German offensive was maintained. 150,000 Prisoners Are vl Captured By Austrian; ‘Washington, Nov. 23.—Vienna for- eign despatches to the Austro-Hun- garian embassy here today repeated the substance of the war office com- ication and added: “The Austrian troops in Russian Poland have captured 150,000 prison- ers. In Servia our offensive continues in spite of the strong resistance of the fortified ‘positions of the enemy and enormotis difficulties of ground, ca¥sed by bad weather, 2,440 captives . taken total Servian prisoners during fighting since November 5, reaches Kolubara River 1s Crossed By Austrians N Berlin, Nov. 23, By Wireless Teleg- raphy to Sayville, L. L.—According lo officia] information reaching Ber- lin today the Austrians again . are megting resistance in Servia, but strong detachments of Austrian forces bave crossed the River Kolubara. Floods and soft ground on the levels, together with snow In the mountains has greatly hindered operations. anos‘ Subjected.to Violent Artillery Fire Parie, Nov. 23.—The official French tuMetin given out in Paris this after- noon says that yesterday Ypres was subjected to a violent artillery fire and that many of its important buildings were consumed by the flames. The text of the communijcation follows: “yesterday was marked by a violent artillery fire. The enemy directed his stggntion particularly to the town of Y pres, where the belfry of the cathe- dral, the markets and a number of houses were set on fire, to Soissons, and to Rheims. “In the Argonne, the day was char- acterized by hot fighting. The enemy delivered spirited attacks which were repulsed. “In the Woevre and in the Vosges the situation is without change.” General Russian Retreat Only Question of Time Berlin, Nov. 23, Via. The Hague and London, 11:10 a. m.—All the Berlin newspapers comment favorably this morning and very hopefully on the pessible outcome of the fighting in Poland. They express the opinion that these engagements ® ay decide the en- tire Russian campaign, if not the out- come of the war. The Lokal Anzeiger has published an interview with an officer who speaks’ for the military authorities. He says that in conseqlence of the rolling up of the Russian right wing by General Von Hindenburg and the simultaneous attack of the Austrians on the Russian left a general Russian retreat with the evacuation of Lem- berg is only a question of time. In their previous attack this officer says, the enemy operated in accordance with their program, but today they have been forced to give up their war plans and face an entirely different situation. Existing conditions were fcreseen by the German and Austrian cemmanders, According to the same authority the Russlans lack artillery and rifles. Situation in Poland Favorable to Germans Berlin, Nov. 28, by Wireless Teleg- raphy to the Associated Press.—The general staff of the German army, referring to important operations in Poland now nearing a decisive out- come, announced today that it con- Ground in Argonne Forest Berlin, Germany, Nov. 23, by Wire- less Telegraphy to London, 20 p. m.—The official communication is- by the German general army Piaquarters today says: “Fighting continues at Nieuport f and at Ypres. A small British squad- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) FIVE KILLED IN RIOT AT DETENTION CAMP Qutbreak of British Prisoncrs Was Part of Plan to Escape. TWELYE WOUNDED DURING MUTINY 2,600 Men Attack Six Soldiers Guard- ing Kitchen Doors, But Desist the | Moment a Volley Was Fired Into Their Midst, London, Nov. 23, 9:560 a. m.—The Manchester Guardian, referring to the rioting last Thursday in the alien de- tention camp on the Isle of Man, in which five prisoners were killed and twelve wounded, says this outbreak ‘was due not merely to discontent with food and treatment given them, but Was part of a desperate plan of the prisoners to escape from the camp with the ultimate hope of seizing a vessel in the harbor and making their way to some neutral country. The dining room of the camp, where the trouble occurred, gives ac- cess through the adjoining kitchens to the only part of the camp enclos- ure not protected by a double cir- cuit of barbed wire. The prisoners employed in the kitchens were aware of this condition, The prisoners on Wednesday went on a hunger strike, which rapidly developed into an angry demonstration against England. The prison commandant succeeded in quieting the disturbance, but not be- fore the Union Jack had been torn down. Mutiny Began Thursday. The mutiny began Thursday, the signal for the outbreak being the throwing of a chair through a win- dow. The prisoners, instead of mak- ing for the main doors leading from the dining hall, all rushed toward tne kitchen doors. Only six soldlers guarded these doors, and this half dozen men were attacked by 2,600 men. The prisoners desisted, how- ever, the moment a volley was fired Into their midst. The Guardian’s correspondent ex- presses the belief that the prisoners hoped to secure enough arms to hold the guards at bay until the sailors in the camps had time to get possession of a boat'in the harbor. < Food, Was Sufficient. The medical officer at the camp as- sured the correspondent that the food was sufficient, but it was admitted that a certain consignment of pota- toes was bad and that some of the tents leaked. Many prisoners in this camp are men of title and wealth. They were allowed to purchase their own food | and they enjoved course dinners. This was another source of discon- tent. THe captains in charge of the divisions of prisoners were chosen from among the educated aliens, and it is not believed that they had any knowledge of the uprising. Extra Guards on Duty. Extra guards have been placed on duty at the Isle of Man camp, and the number of prisoners permitted In the dining room at one time has been reduced. WIRELESS STATION IS UNDER SUPERVISION Secret Service Agents Endeavoring to Learn if Fabbri Brothers Have Broken U. S. Neutrality. New York, Nov. 23.—United States secret service agents endeavored to- | day to learn if the neutrality of the United States in the Furopcan war has been violated by sending wire- less messages from a station under surveillance in PFar Harbor, Me., to Germany or German war vessels in the Atlantic. The station under surveiilance is sald to be the private plant of Ernesto G. and Alessandro Fabbri, brothers, prominent in New York soclety Their father, the late Ernesto Fabbri, was a partner of J. P. Morgan, and Mrs, Ernesto G. Fabbri is a grand- daughter of the late Wm. H. Vander- bilt. At his home here Ernesto G. Fabbri | denled that he or his brother had | ever conveyed any information to | German officlals and treated the whole story as a joke. He said his | brother maintained a wireless plant | simply for amusement. Alleged close friendship of the Fab- bri brothers and Captain Polack of | the Kronprinzessin Cecilie was one of the chief reasons why the government | agents placed a close watch on the | Fabbri wireless, After the steamer had put in at Bar Harbor, for fear of capture by British warships, it is said, Capt. Polack was frequently enter- tained at dinner at the Fabbri cot- tage, and on one occasion the Fabbris entertained 250 of the ships crew at a theater at/Bar Harbor. COMMONWEALTH CLUB MEETING A meeting of the executive com- mittee on the Commonwealth club will i be held at 5 o'clock tomorrow after- | noon in the directors’ room of the| Y. C, A. Reports will be made | by the chairmen of committees and plans will be submitted by the lecture i tributed committce. FOOTBALL ABM] CONTRIBUTE $7,463.91 Rod Cross Recelves This sum at Yalo- Harvard Game Sat- urday. Between the halves of the great football classic in the Yale “Bowl” at New Haven Saturday, scores of Red Cross assistants passed around among the vast multitude with tin pans, collecting contributions to be used for the Belgian Red Cross Re- llef fund. The donations were then emptied into large canvas sacks and counted. The statement was issued | by the Red Cross authorities in New Haven last night that the fund amounted to exactly \$7,463.91. Of this large amount $1,912 was given in $1 bills and bills of other denominations totalled $2,737. The largest amount, however, was Ob- tained from the small, but willing givers, as $4,700 was collected in sil- ver coins and coppers. The largest single donations two $50 bills, dropped quickly the passing pan by two men of anthropic mind who modestly clined to give their names. As there were over 100 New Brit- ainites in attendance at this football game it may be safely said that the Hardware City did its full share towards making up this relief fund. VIRGIL GILL ARRESTED BY DETECTNVE BAMFORTH Maple Street Youth Charged | with Obtaining Money Un- der False Pretences, were into phil- de- Acting upon information given him by John H. Larson, a South Main street butcher who had beén made the vietim of a forged check game, De- tective Sergeant Samuel Bamforth this morning arrested Virgil Gill, the seventeen years old son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gill of 217 Maple street | for the offense. The boy confessed | his guilt and is locked up at the po- lice station in Heu of $300 bonds. One week ago today young Gill visited Larson’s butcher shop and purchased a porter house steak. In payment thereof he tendered the pro- | prietor a check purporting to be made out by Mrs. 8. D. Robb for. $5.88. Young Gill then pocketed the change, took his steak, then departed. The check was drawn on the New Britain Trust company and Saturday the officials of the bank notified Mr. | Larson tHat his check was no good. Putting two and two together the latter decided that Gill was the guil- ty party and he imparted his sus- picions to Detective Bamforth who worked up the case and arrested the boy at his home on Maple street this | morning. ‘When confronted with the facts in the hands of the police the boy ad- mitted his guilt. Although he forged Mrs. Robb's name to the check the charge to which he will have to an- | swer in court tomorrow is obtaining money under false pretenses. While he police have never been called up- on to act in a similar case | against the boy before this time they have been informed on good authority that this is not his first offense but that on the other occasions his par- ents discovered his crime and paid back the money he so dishonestly ob- | tained. Young Gill attended the New Brit- ain High school for a time and later went to a private school, but of late | he has been helping his father who | is a painter. He was thus engaged when Detective Bamfort paid the of- ficial visit this morning. The boy s quite well known about the city and has figured in a number of e ades which, however, were not such a serfous nature. CORBIN ESTATE DIVISION, Philip Corbin, Principal Heir, Will Be Thirty Tomorrow. Corbin’s estate will tomorrow by the trustees, Sylvester . Dunham of Hartford, Col. Charles M. Jarvis of Berlin and the Connecticut Trust and Safe De- posit company of Hartford. When Mr. Corbin died his estate was valued at $1,750,000, but it is ex- pected that it will show a value of well over $2,000,000 when a final ac- counting is made by the trustees. Philip Corbin of this city is the prin- cipal heir, and will receive forty | shares of the estate, which will be divided into elghty-two parts after | several trust funds taken care of. Mrs. Minnie Corbin Kohn of Hartford will also receive a large share of the Philip be dls- estate. WILL SEE SUFFR Washington, Nov. Wilsen today consented to see a dele- gation of democratic women who want to urge him to support a consti- tutional amendment for woman suf- frage. He will receive them early in December, The president has told other suffragists that he believes the WEATHER Hartford, Nov. —Fair, colder tonight. Tuesday fair. e ( | to secure | mileage BLANGTFOLS PLIKS 19 “OF:CEN. CARRANEA Suberdinate Officer Refuses to Aban- don Mexico City toZapata Forces. QUARRELS WITH GEN. OBREGON Villa Issues General Orders That Any of His Soldiers Who Molest Women or Pillage City on Entering Mexica Capital Will Be Shot, ‘Washington, Nov. 23.—Plans for an eleventh hour abandonment of Mex- ico City to the Zapata forces were frustrated by General Lucio Blanco, according to confidential reports re- ceived today at the state department from its agents. General Carranza ordered the cap- ital evacuated last Friday so that the Zapata forces could enter, at the same time tearing up the railroads north of Mexico City to check and delay the Villa troops. One of the official re- ports speak of “Three pre-meditated atrocities” and an intention to leave the capital to be sacked. Just what was the purpose of the move on the part of the Carranza chiefs was not disclosed. Blanco Commands City. General Obregon, according to the officlal ' reports, ordered General Blanco to accompany him from: the city, but the latter declined to obey his superior officer, saylng he would not be a party to the plan. Obregon left after a serious argument with Blanco, who then took full command and began to police the city and ap- point municipal officers, who arranged for protection against disorders, Fears for the safety of residents in Mexico City have now passed, accord- ing to telegrams dated late last night, and confidence is manifested In Blanco’s abllity to deal with the sit- uation and arrange for an orderly entry of Villa's troops. Villa Issues Strict Orders. General Villa informed the United States consular agent through George | C, Carothers that he has issued gen- eral orders that any of his soldlers | molesting women or pilaging on en- tering Mexico City will be summarily shot, Acting Secretary Lansing today an- nounced receipt of this information | from Mr. Carothers, adding that order was reported prevailing in all the | cities and towns thus far occupied by Villa’'s army. Mr. Carothers wired arrangements were being made for the peaceful entry of the Villa col- umns into Mexico City. MORGAN BOUND OVER UNDER $25,000 BONDS Former Cashier of Aectna National Bank of Hartford Makes Confes- sion of Embezzlement Charge, Hartford, Nov. —William D. Morgan, former cashier of the Aetna National Bank, of this city, and president of the Morgan Bankers' Service Corporation of ew York, was today in police court bound over to the superior court under $25,- 000 bonds on a charge of embezzle- ment. He waived examination, the prosecuting attorney informing the court that the defendant had made full confession. His counsel, John W. Coogan, informed Judge Eberle that bail would be provided by Mor- gan's friends in this city. Mr. Morgan was arrested at the Union station Sunday, as he alighted from a New York train. He is ac- cused of having embezzled $52,470 belonging to Miss Elizabeth Hub- bard of West Hartford and her ter, Mrs. Helen II. O’Connor of New Rochelle, N. Y., represented by stock of the Aetna Life Insurance company put into his hands to sell This was in 1911. He is forty-one years of age and was connected with the Aetna National bank twenty-four vears up to last *March when he formed the Bankers' Service Corpor- ation and went to New York. When the case was first taken in police court bail was fixed at $10,000 and John W. Coogan, attor- ney for the defendant, hustled around the sum. At noon he w recalled to the court room and w told that the prosecuting attorney had moved for an increase to $25,000, it having been rumored that Morgan had practically the first named sum in his possession in cash. It was be- lieved that the interest &f the demanded the increase. Mr. protested strongly, but his was not entertained. ! RECEPTIONS ABANDONED. Washington, Nov. 2 rmal an- nouncement was made at the White House today that the state receptions and. dinners by the president the winter will be abandoned year because of the death of Wilson. The New Year reception the public h so been cancelled. up case Coogan protest Mrs. to NOT Washington, Nov. by the New York Central books sold WITHDRAW 2 Notice given lines that before October 1 when the rate was raised from two cents to two and one-quarter cents, would not be honored for passage, has been withdrawn. during | this | British Ste Sea Near Lobx ber 27, Say London, Nov. 23, despatch to the Times? video, Uruguay, says the German steamer Si; there with passengers and the British steamer La Cot and the crew of the French { Union, 'has cleared up the m surrounding the fate of the La O rentina. The liner La Correntina left Bueno Aires for Liverpool carly in October and her non-arrival at the British port had aroused fears as to her safety. - It appears from the story told by her passengers that the La Correntina was overtaken on Octo- | ber 27, two hundred and seventy miles northeast of Lobos Island, by the German converted cruiser Kron- prinz Wilhelm, which after taking off the passengers and crew, sent the Britigh liner to the bottom. The French bark Unlon was picked up by the Kronprinz Wilhelm on Oc- | tober 28 and scuttled after her crew had been taken off. FORTY COWS MUST DIE AT LUCE FARM IN NEWINGTON Foot and Mouth Disease Is Found to Be Spreading Rapidly There. Charles L. Luce, of Newington, will probably be the heaviest loser in Connecticut from the foot and mouth disease as it was decided today that his herd of forty cows must be slaughtered to prevent the further spread of the plague. New cases of the disease in the herd are springing up almost every hour. Up to press time this afternoon there were nearly a score of infected cows. | Death awaits all and their respite will continue only until a United Statos government inspector can appralse their value. Dr. George T. Crowley of this city inspected the herd this morning and found many new cases. The disease is so virulent in form that there ic ah- | solutely no hope for the entire herd and they will be killed in order to | head off the scourge. Mr, Luce will be recompensed on the beef value of each cow, fifty per cent. being paid | by the United States and fifty per cent, by the state of Connecticut. This will mean a heavy loss to the owner as the beef value of the cow and the real value he places on it are decided- ly different. Eight cows owned by Mr. Luce which have not been in touch with the main herd may be spared. These eight have been out in pasture since before the foot and mouth disease de- scended on the farm and have been kept from th barn where the disease was first found. The b‘g herd was infected by a cow purchased of Max (‘ase, of Hartford, who imported a herd of infected animals from Ver- mont. Dr. Crowley has three other farms in this vicinity under observation and made an inspection of the cattle in each today. WHITMAN PROBING PATRICK PARDON | Alleged Freelng Was Result of Con- spirac ~Governor Dix Denies Report. : New York, Nov. 23.—District At- torney Whitman began this afternoon an investigation of all the circum- stances attendant upon the granting of a pardon on Nov. 27, 1912, by John A. Dix, governor of New York, to Al- bert T. Patrick, serving a life sen- tence at Sing Sing for the murder of William Marsh Rice. The investigation was begun afier two affidavits had been filed with the district attorney concerning pub- lished statements to the eeffct that | Joseph Walker, Jr., a Wall street banker, had offered to obtain Pat- rick’s pardon if John T. Milllken, of St. Louis, Patrick’s brother in law, ! would join him in a mining deal. The affidavits filed were made by George C. Goodrich and his wife, Mrs, | Anna 8. Goodrich, and related their version of what transpired at a meecting here among themselves and Mr. Milliken on March 1912, Inasmuch as the statute of limita- tions would become operative within Assistant Attorney Dele- was placed in charge of was instructed to use 1 possible expedition. Mr. Whitman'’s appearance at his office | today was his first since he was elect- | ed governor and was unexpected by his staff. He conferred with Mr. Delehanty for more than an hour and announced at the conclusion of the conference that if the facts warrant- ed, after further investigation. the matter would be placed before the grand jury. Former Governor Dix, who is in this city sald today that he had par- doned Patrick solely for the sake of Patrickj: children. He repeated his previouk denial of the report that he had pagdoned Patrick at the request of Mr. Walker. 2 three days, hanty who | the investigation, can relations between and | ton. {will go to Philadelphin tro sinc eity set again San J well o the gul Desp Fui had b 10 the dra; was reporti veston tution Agull city. Occup prisal fo at Tampl States mo some in ease and, as much Mexico wil demnity. Ad that fact to evidence of ship of the U southern nel, General Fui to turn the cit; main factions might be con of one of them. are to bring h | leave the city tol takes possession. Carranza’s Co Carranza’s com nearest but Cara have swerved in i Villa are not far d been some evide ! intended to move Cruz upon the A All those Mexia main when the (salling away wi The refugee pi been given pl and the Ame: pend for the tees given to all the American wars| the harbor. Mexics Critical With the depa troops a critié Mexico comes the view of officials B people are left to wi destiny The Fourth, Seven and Twenty-eclghth inf} First Pattalion orf the | Artillery and two squa Sixth Cavalry will retu The three regimont Embarking on St Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nov, American forces of occupatio General Frederick Funston, stay in Vera Cruz of seven mon day began embarking on the ships which will return them t United States. The outposts began falling ba 9 o'cock in the morning and hours later the first American soldl were going over the sides of the ing transports. Everything Progresscs Smoothly, General Funston established beadquarters on board the transpo Cristobal early today and all the ons ganizations of his command began daylight the work of moving out th equipment preparatory to final evacuge tion. Everything progressed smooths) ly and in accordance with previous a rangement. Beyond the American outposts thers had been mobilized during the night w force of constitutionalist As the Americans withdrew, first from oute Iving districts and then the city itself, the constitutionalists followed them along and nominally occupied the ters ritory vacated. Inhabitants Arc Nervous, The city Is quiet but the Inhabitants apprehensive cons cerning the final outcome of thi transfer of authority, All saloons in Vera Cruz remained closed today on orders of General Funston, and many commercial estabishments decided not to open their doors. 'he government of Vera Cruz is not being turned over to any faction of Mexicans: the territory is belng evacuated, and as fast as the Ameri- cans go out constitutionalists are coming in. Taking Customs Money, The Amerfcan army officials are, taking with them the moneys ools lected for customs and from other, sources of revenue, This ultimately will Mexican person which are nervous and g0 to the some United (Continued on Eleventh Page.)