New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1915, Page 1

“| HERALD BEST OF AL LOCAL NEWSPAPER = S NEW BRITAIN HERALL PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT. THURSDAY, JANUARY, 14, 1915 _TWELVE PAGES. -Kaiser Directing Violent Onslaught on Allies’ Line; Germans Make Noted Gains ~ Russians Driven Back in East Prussia and Central Poland-- Germans Cap- ture 1130 Prisoners Near §oissons ride of line. in motor Irench victory battle turns to and Berlin “Within a two hour a violent attack on the ruler, won an important the point at which the the point nearest Pari In both the Pari the Germans on the The Berlin statement mud, took trench after prisone the offi adds that trench, In the east, also, furious fighting has 1 have been driven back, incing toward the towns from forces in East Pr but the Russians ad region have captured several Paris, The Germat the line, stretchir directing s of their Soissons, north to Emperor William is under the e erday near from the fighti dewn eastward. Heights of Vregny, the Germans, clearing the victory of sons, is recorded. through heavy capturing 1,130 tatements tod: northeast of Sois charging the heights and resumed. The Russian Berlin war office states, Mlawa been the Prussian frontier from the the Germans. In central Poland the Germans have made four violent attacks with- in 48 hours. They succeeded in considerable ground. Russia has more of the three nations she is fighting. forces in the north are attempting to East Prussi where several severe defeats of the war, gaged in heavy fighting with the Tux onee grad advices, have sustained large los»es in the late encount where now little activity, severe we In Galicia and a, against Austria, t military operations. Althougn the Russian for no resistance to the Turkish defended their country from 400 Persian horsemen at Miandoab, were Kkilled. Bukowin: es in adv London, Jan. 14, 12:35 P. M.—Like the stubbornly contested battle in the early days of the war, on \vhi('h‘ hinged the German occupation of West Flanders, the struggle for th(t Xnoll of ground northeast of Sois- sons known as ‘‘Spur slll\. re- mained undecided tod according to information received in London. The Germans, however, by their counter attacks, appear to be in the better position to the eastward of the spur. In view of the relatively small amount of ground gained the losses have been heavy on both sid but {he Germans show no signs of giving up their attempts to retake the hill. dn' fact, 1 that Gen. Von Kluck himself is now in command of the German forces, Wwhich would geem to lift the battle out of the or- dinary run of conflicts along the western battle front. Iarther east, near P(‘,l‘thPs.» another sharp fight still in pro- gress, the situation has not changed materially, judging from received her In the es the absence ments in Poland and Turkish operations hold the fore- ground of interest with the much horalded and equally doubted reports of a Turkish advance into Egypt that Is said to be tually read and with the occupation by Turkey of Ta- briz in the Russian sphere of influ- snce in Persia. | This city of 200,000 population ap- parently was taken without fighting. In view of the fact that the small Russian garrison maintained in Ta- briz in times of peace had heen with- Arawn, it is believed that the suf- ferers by the occupation if any, are the Armenians. whom the Kurds con- stituting the Turkish advance guard are always ready to attack Today's despatches from Petrograd say that the Turkish invasion of Per- zsia continues and that the Turks are penetrating farther into the country. The Russians still claim to hold the upper hand in the fighting in the ucasus, in the vicinity of Kara- Urgan but the lack of details sug- gests that the battle which h: now been in prog: for seven days has not vet resulted decisively for either side. The principal feature of < news in London is the resignation of Count von Berchtold, the Austrian foreign minister. Some maintain that his action indicates that a in the affairs of the dual mor is at Land. Others suggest that the an- pointment of Baron Stephen Burian ron Rajecz to Von Berchtold's place a move placate the di tistied Hungarians is theater of war, in radical develop- Galicia, the ern of any s to Kaiser Present During Battle of Vregny Plain Berlin Jan. 14, by wireless phy to London, 3:45 p. m.—Emperor William was present in person during the spirited battle on the Vregny Plain, to the northeast of Soissons, which resulted yesterday in that ele- rated ground being cleared of tne French, and which is described in the Terman official statement given out this afternoon as a “brillian feat for our troops.” In this engagement tha Germans claim to have captured fourteen [rench officers and 1,150 men. The reads: “In the western theater of the war, In the dunes n Nieuport, and southwest of Ypres, artillery combats are going on. The enemy axtremely e which they will soon I stroyed. Their red quickly red our fire. “In continuation of on January 8, northe text of the communication dir rong on entirely boat ve tornedo soon as theip where | despatches | northern Persia nce on Tabriz, small forces of Persians | | { undertaken an offe After a lor penetrate months ago sustained one of the most In the Cau invasion, but with no success the “Gateway to | | birnen ( | the driving back the Russians and winning nst two her into ve movement a period of inactivity, from two directions are again en- ofiicial Petro- 18, who Russian fo accordi to activities are directed her having checked Russia’s apparently offered Of a guard of Pe: ,” all but four our troops asain made an attack on the Heights of Vregny and cleared this elevated plain of the enemy. In pouring rain and deeply sodded trench after trench J | New Yor MANN CORIEOB“ORATES CHARGES OF VICK Former Director of Public Works of PDominican Republic Testifies Against Minister Sullivan. Jan. 14.—John L. Mann, former director of public works of the Dominican Republic testified to- day that he had heen removed from office by the Dominican government i at the behest of James M. | American minister | retain his post. : unsuccessful | president of the Banco in the Banco controlled interests of he believed, of the of Santo Domingo, Samuel M. Jarvis York. Mr. Mann appeared as a witness in the inquiry that is being conducted here by Senator-elect Phelan of San Francisco, into Sullivan's fitness to He said that after effort had been made and F. J. R. Mitchell, Nacioral, to by the New by Sullivan | get him to transfer government funds | to the institution, presumably to save (it from insolvenc | ister of publi | was told, as the price of Sullivan had de- removal from the min- works, DeOca, and that his discharge followed on the pre- tense of irregularities. The Banco Nacional paid $5,000 to DeOca, he breaking a three year contract which Mann said the government has made with him. Mann corroborated in many re-~ spects the charges made by Walker W. Vick, former receiver-general of customs, that Sullivan acted in the interest of the Jarvis group of finan- ciers, who, it is alleged were seeking to exploit Dominican affairs. manded his RUSSIANS SUFFER MANY was taken | storm until after dark, and the | enemy was driven back to the horder | of W the French elevated officers and taken prisoners, and four machine guns and were captured—a brilliant feat for our troops under the ver eyes their uppermost war lords. “Northeast of the Camp of Chalons the Irench afta in .the morning and strong forces, to the They penetrated at ¢ trenches, but were r counter at with he: losses into their own post- tions, leaving 160 prisoners m our hands. “in-the Argonne and tho nothing of importance has “In the castern theater of war Rus- an attacks to the southeast of Gum- ! Prussia) and to the east have been of prisoners plain, 1,130 men were four cannon, a searchlight <ed afternoon, with east of Perth rtain places our pulsed by cner Vosgoe occurred of Loetz many hundr been taken. have in northern Poland “Our atfacks west of the Vistula are being continued. Nothing of im- portance has occurred on the castern bank of the Pilica.” Allies Make Slight Pari Jan, 14, 2:45 p. m.—Theo French war office gave out this after- soon an official communication as fol- lows: “In Belgium the firing of our ar- | tillery was interfered by the fog: nevertheless the vesterday was very spirited of Nieuport and Ypres. Certain detachments gian troops blew up, at a point to the southeast of Stuyvekneskerke, the buildings on a farm which were ser ing the enemy as a depot for his am- munition, “Between the Lys and the region of Lens, our were successful in dispersing a group of German pioneers on the outskirts of the hamlet of Angres and it bom- barded effectively the German trench- es to the southeast of the chapel of Notre Dame De Lorette. “To the north of Soissons there was determinead fighting all day vesterday. The engagement localized to a section of ground situated to the north Crouy. We hold only the first slopes of these hills. On our left this field our counter attack made ight progress, but without succeeding in recording a material advance On center we retained our positions with in the around the Oise, in in | arouna the village of Crouy in spite of the repeated efforts of the ene to dislodge us, but on the east, in front of Vregny. we were obliged to yield “The continued flood stage of the river Aisne has carried away several of the regular bridges as well a of the temporary foot bridges were thrown across the river The lines of communication for our troops were consequently made uncertain. TUnder these conditions we established ourselves on the south of the river, in the region Crouy and Missy, with on the north bank in “Along tae he river ing bank between bridge heads our on the was artillery front vester- of there more than ex- the the the s on th Champagne, continued to sments for inn 1 noth defense, T'o the Fourteen | of | DIFFICULTIES FROM WAR Lack of Necessary Goods Which Were Formerly Im- ported from Germany. Berlin, Jan. 14, By Wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.—The Russian newspapers Rech, Russky Slowo and Russko Wijedomosty describe the difficulties the Rusfians are placed in because of again yesterday | and drlven back | I wood, la repulsed, and | of imported a lack necessary formerly says a official goods from Germany, statement issued from the bureau here. “On the other hand, the ment continues, ‘“The newspapers speak -of the impossibility on the part of the to and press state- caviar, T Russians export grain, furs spirits. he is to be at lack declared the leather industry deadlock because of tanning material. “The London Standard states of that | considerable amounts of English con- | would | Mediterranean | neutrality sols have been sold unofficially below the fixed minimum price. “The Ttalian deputy Delmonte pointed out at a meeting in Milan that victory for France and England cause Italy’s vassalage In the and that the present as the cause of Ttaly's favorable diplomatic situation. cannonading | artillery | of | | that Progress Near Soissons | from St. Petersburg sa ans have withdr many Cossack regiments from front in view of the possibility riots in the larger towns. “C‘hristiania report that the Tnglish shot at the Norwegian steam- er Hanchen while she'w calling at | the English port of Blyth, despite the fact that she showed the Norwegian flag.” “A report the Rus wn the of QUEST ON DEATH OF BERLIN TEAMSTER of Bel- | Mecedican Examiner Finds That Pa- ralysis Caused Death of Peter Garrity. Who Fell Dovwnstairs, At the local hospital this morning, an inquest by Medical Examiner The- odore G. Wright death of Peter Garrity, a Kensington who died shortly after 9 o’clock night the of a fall tairs Tuesday revealed fact that death of both injury into the a exXprY man last dowr from effects a night, the was due to pa- legs the raly incident to a se- to spinal cord. the Kensington and w: Tuesday night befell him. | vere boarded at Nutmeg abont Garrity House in when the e made | to retire fatal accident misstep while ascending the stairs to his room and fell <own the entirve flight, landing on his back in the hall- way below. Dr. R. M. Griswold of | Kensington was summoned, and he found the expressman in a semi- conscious condition, from which he never recovered. Tt was thought that he had sustained a fracture of the hase of the ull. ‘Upon Dr. Gris- wold's orders, he was rushed to the hospital last evening, dying there only minutes afte ival, was fifty-s ye: by three brothers none of the rela but few Garrit) is survived this noon, [ claimed the Curtin a old ana Up to had me X years Ges body, later Je Kensington and compan burial o’clock Paul’s erment cemetery s i prepare il morn- Ken- the this city. : instructe M. to the | he funeral will ay in in body for chiur will in i be ing singto inew ¢ atholic URGES SUBSTITUTION OF STATE FARM FOR ' CONN. COUNTY JAILS| | |Gomve Labur Commission Divided {0 1S Findicg Relalve 10 Labor at Slatc Prison. | e iNGETERFINATE SERTENCES FOR JAIL PRISUNERS RECOMMENDED | Messrs, Fuller and Hodge Find That | Conditions at Wethersfield Do Not | Warrant Abolishment of Contract | System, But if Legislature Should | Make Change They Recommend | Adoption of State Account System. | Hartford, Jan. 14.—The substitu- of a state farm for the county ; tion H jails of the state particularly in New Haven, Hartford and Fairfleld ocoun- ties is recommended, and possible changes in the method of employing convicts in the state prison at Weth- | ersfleld are discussed in the report of | the convict labor commission public today. The commission con- sisted of Dr. John J. Cloonan of | Stamford, Edward S. Fuller of Suffield } and Willard B. Hodge of Roxbury, and was appointed by Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, under direction of the general assembly, to investigate | the methods of employing labor in | this and other states. | The commission is divided in its | finding as to the action recommended | relative to labor at the state prison. Messrs, Fuller and Ilodge find that conditions do not call for a recom- | mendation for a discontinuance of the present contract system, but if the general assembly should decide to make a changé they recommend the adoption of the state account system. | made Discontinue Contract System- i the | as | state Cloonan recommends that ct system be discontinued soon as possible, and that the account tem be established. Regarding county jails the com- mission is in entire agreement and recommends that the present jail sys- tem in Hartford, New Haven and® iairfield counties be discontinued and a state farm be established for jail prisoners, the jails to be used merely | as places of detention for persons awaiting trial. Indeterminate sen- tences for jail prisoners are recom- | mended. Inspected Penal Institutions. The commission inspected the state prison at Wethersfield, the jails of New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield counties and penal institutions in Massachusetts:and New York states. | Detailed information was alsa sought by letter from wardens and other prison officials throughout the county as to the relative merits of the con- tract system, and the state use sys- tem, and also as to the best methad of employing the convicts. The con- sensus of opinion, according to the report, based on replies from same 30 states, was ‘‘undeniably adverse to the contract system and favorable to cither the state use or state account system.” The report in concluding at the expiration of the ex tracts at our state prison, the pres- ent contract tem may be contin- ued, and this would entail no change any kind from the administration. Two stems Recommended, | “If the contract system is to be | discontinued, the lahor may be pro. | vided under either the state state account systems: by the highways or in state farm | “We know what can be realized by | contract with responsible corporations | which understand thoroughly | ments and the now pursued by the convicts | state in the case of the | <on at Wethersfield, providing | eighty per cent. of the cost ! maintenance the prison i Working Capital Necessary. | If the industrie present ried on in the prison, or other dustries that might be added, to conducted on state account, sufficlent working capital would required to make neccessary changes in equipment and machinery, the raw material and to secure the | services of men thoroughly acquaint- | ed with manufacturing to superin- tend the work in the shops Fur- | thermore, arrangements would be re- | quired for the disposition - of the | 200ds produced. This might be done either by contracting the entire out- | put to responsible jobbing house, | or by ‘going an the road’ to sell the | products and thus contending says that ing con- of present schemo | of s; use work or on the re- quir The labor in tr state nearly of markets. pr at car- in- were | a he be with | (Continued on ourth Page.) N~ WEATHER, T Hartford, Jan. {dL.—Uair, varmer tonizht and Friday \Mvw ) | charge | in : slon Training | the whole country into the have arrived HARTFORD WOMAN | TO HEAD MISSION | = | Miss Caroline Bartlett Will Suc- ceed Mrs. B. W, Labarce, Starting in March. ‘] It was announced today by those in | rge of the affairs of the City Mis- Miss Caroline E. Bartlett, of had accepted position at | the head of that organization to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. B. W. Labaree Mi Bartlett has had thirteen years experience in city mission and | cl silon that Hartford, a wor | ccmes to New Britain with the best of recommendations. She has of the Village Strect Mission Hartford since 1902 and before taking up her work theré was gradu- ated from the Northfleld Seminary She also gained much valuable ex- perience in the New York City Mis- school. She will take up her duties in this city in March | and it is with genuine regret that her resignation ,was accepted by the di- | rectors of the Capitol City Mission, | where her regime had been most cessful. Although she resigned a year Mrs. B. W. Labaree has kindly de-~ voted a part of her time to the | management of the New Britain City Mission from Hartford, where she has a seat on the faculty board of the Hartford Theological Seminary. Her | work here was of the highest calibre | and when she handed in her resigna- tion it was accepted with Teluctance been in suc- ago, | | and only because it was seen that her work in Hartford was greater and more needed than in this city PLUNGES ITALY INTO DEEPEST MOURNING All Means of Communication | to Avezzano Has Been Lost. Rome, Jan. 14.—The fate of Avez- | zano, sixty-three miles east of Rome, and the surrounding Abruzzi country, called the Ttalian Switzerland and which has become one of the most of Ttaly, plunged deepest mourning. This section is in part a rocky and inaccessible country, and nearly all means of communication have been Jost. A train which should in Rome yesterday morning from Aquila has disappeared and so far it has been impossible to trace it. J King Victor Emmanuel, notwith- | standing contrary advice, intends to attempt to reach the scene of disas- | ter by automobile. | News received here from Arpino, 30 miles south of Avezzano says that | forty persons were killed there and 110 wounded. The Cicero Tower at Arpino, in memory of the great Rom- an orator born there. collapsed result of the earth shock. The tnfler prefect of Sora, twenty- five miles south of Avezzano, tele- gaphs that half the town has been razed. He implores sistance fertile lands has as a FOUR SURVIVORS | OF GUARD OF 400 | Former Persian Governor Issues Statement Regarding Hopeless Battle With Turks. Petrograd, Via London, Jan. 14, 9:15 a. m.—The correspondent of the Bourge Gazette at Tiflis sends a state- ment made to him by Schodjaed Daauleh, the former governor of the Province of Azerbijian, Persia, who has arrived at Tiflis. He is one of | four survivors of guard of 400 | horsemen who defended the bridge | at the entrance to Miandoab, ‘‘the gateway of Persia.” He fought the | Turks for ten hours, | a enabling ref- | ugees to escape to Maragha, 50 miles | south of Tabriz. Al Christians who remained in Miandoab, he stated, were massacred. “When I heard that the Turks were | advancing,” he said, “I posted 1,500 | troops in one of the Miandoab forts | and 1,200 in another. I, myself, with 400 rclatives and friends, fought a hopeless battle at the bridge until all but four were killed by the Turks’ quick firers. I then fled on horse- | k from Tabriz to Julfa. | All the members of the consu-| lates and banks escaped from Tab- | rig.” | ta buy | will Parade in View of Governor Hol- | C‘hildren comb in State Armory January 29. companies of and E. First New Britain's two militia, Companies I. Regiment, C. N. G., together with companies of militiamen from Wil- | limantic, Winsted, Manchester, Mid- dletown and Bristol, will take part in a bilg regimental parade to be given before Governor Marcus H. Holcomb in the state armory at Hartford on the evening of January 29. The reg- iment will be in command of Richard J. Goodman and the gover- nor's staff and members of the legis- will attend. Dancing will lature fol- low Both hard in local companies anticipation of are drilling this coming event and expect to acquit themselv: | with honor. | | was felt tails | to an | disturbance greatly | tragedy to these have gone nurses and doctors | to care cludes the | gone to Seconc) &I;c;ckvvfiock 50,000 Dead and In 300 Mile Qu Disaster Surpasses Messii phe Says Member of Cha uties---King to Aid Re London, Jan. 14, 1| p despatch from Rome 40 m. news agenc says that a further distinct shock earth in Rome about o'clock this morning. In of the into the open air, 50,000 Dead and Wounded, Rome 14, —With e several quarters the city people fled from their houses Jan ery hour, as additional and more accurate of de- are received, the horror ves- terday’s earthquake increases, threat- ening to place it second in the list of similar catastrophes in Europe only to the Messina disaster of 1908 The list of dead, dying and Iinjured has increased by leaps and from a relatively small figure last night to more than 50,000, according official announcement it is expected that this be added to before the and may over Property number day Loss Undetermined. | bounds | today, | 2 | is | The full extent of the property loss | has not yet been determined. Here in Rome priceless statues, century-old | buildings and structures that for yvears have been the mecca of all have been destroyed or injured Though the loss of life, and possibly | national the amount of damage, may be small- er than it was in 1908, the area of the exceeds the Mes- sina earthquake and covers the whole central portion of Italy, extending from Naples on the south to on the north. Most Disastrous Disturbance. The most from all Ferrara disastrous reports, seems tered in the vicinity of Avezzano, where 15,000 | been killed or injured, the latest official reports. damage in varying degrees of sever- | ity have come from Latium, Abruzzi, Umbria, the Marches, Tuscany, Aez- lia, Campania and Apulia. The earthquake belt is estimated to disturbance, to have cen- the town of persons have according to Reports of be about 300 miles long, and extends | practically from one side of Italy to |the other. In Abruzzi and Cam- pania the quake reached its highest degree, described by scientists - atastrophie,” and in other places it varied between the seventh and the tenth degrees. Take Relief Measures, Relief measures for the thousands of persone who have succeeded in escaping from their collapsing homes in safety, but are in want and with- out shelter are going ahead with all poseible speed Special trains have been despatched carrying physiclans ' and nurses, and government offictals have been ordered to provide all ne- cessities for the stricken people King Victor Emmanuel, despite the protests of government officials who urged the international situation in Europe as a reason for his staying in Rome, left early today for the vicin- ity of Avezzano to do whatever pos- sible, and by his presence give stimu- lus to the work of relfef Queen Expresses Regret. Queen Helena, still in bed ing from recent illness when she gave birth to a daughter, has expressed the keenest regret that she could not go to the scene of devastation as she did at Messina. Relief committees in that has been stricken are being or- anized, to work under the direction and in co-operation with the central committee in Rome that is under the | supervision of Premier Salandra Military Rushed to Scene, The military has been rushed to the scene, and soldiers by night will have established tent colonies in which the homeless thousande may find tem- porary shelter, Lines of communication, especially railroad tracks and telephone telegraph wires, have been interrupt- ed seriously throughout the entire earthquake belt, and the transporta tion of supplies furnished by the gov- private sources is going automobile and horse- each locality and ernment and forward by drawn wagons Many fore face Pitiable at work relieving snes of the greatest milies have been sep arated, fathers have returned to their shattered homes to find their chil dren and wives dead or missing are fatherless and wives have me widows, In every stricken section temporary hospitals have been tablished and Scenes, The tress bec for the injured. The list in- Duchess of Aosta, who has Monteroduni as nurse Towns Entirely Destroyed ns in the earthquake imong the to districts reported Bussi, Capelle “appadocia, Celano and Pescine destroyed Magl entirely are Sourcola Ano Col. | ¢ ora are sald to have een and Arpino partially wrecked Naples the suffered only slight damage shock se recover- | visitors | | | the mky that the ruins dent no No one w there is mu eral of Rom were injured sons were ki according to Hens Premier $4 en charge of] with lances and despatched, have been all trains provide people Pope Bend from Monsig] Aquila, on t i the pro pressed a presen and his co Potenza The province an of as the the e there, greatest villages aro: Vulture Director ¥ Vo Naples, says quake is ge sary while ings he cano | with its epid the Gariglial of the eart lasted for fi violent that Mount Vi observers in no signs of Hosj Part of & lapsed as & Several of and a numb a | southwest of St. Dominie five soldier Advices thirtys Rome, rep is in dan; King King Vi hour last for Avezzan Brusati, one Before | was remind situation, it might keep suggestion t sufferings of] my heart th \vez aco, I, Rome, Jai p ~The of Avezzano, 12,000 peopl the earthqu complete for the states ten per cent vived the d# Surpasses London, news despatd Rome says f chamber of telegraphed disaster of Messina ca more widesp life and 1iml An emplg Avezzano, of the ecity, m | sub-prefect family; the ture; the sta mayor and municipal col the one huni prised the 1o lives dia customs offief nine: local po) This man the shock o as if everythi| An immense ruins and The few by the they we wounded as ome I According of the 1 news fro ported razed The railwi trict are wel Mail's corr bridges and and the trag with debris, passable owl fall Hasten offictal] et in t respondent Wi their ene it relief I'he The forts to dama loss of and Aqui the Province i and other that re much of damage a some loss i life, Rome, it is (Continu