New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1915, Page 1

I HERALD BEST OF ALL | LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | NEW BRITAIN HER PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT,TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 191 H—T\VEI VE PAGI:S RUSSIANS CAPTURE AUSTRIAN TRENCHES ATPOINT OF BAYONET Czar's Forces Again Advancing in Nortiwestern Bukowina and in Carpathians ST. ELOI AND VILLAGES RECAPTURED BY BRITISH Several Batteries of Turkish Field tillery Posted Above Kum Kale, at | Entrance to Dardanelles Discovered and Silenced by British Warship— French Attacks in Champagne Re- pulsed by Germans. Despatches from Italy make it ap- pear that that nation is approaching a decision whether it shall adhere to its policy of armed neutrality or intervene in the war. Following the reports of | partial suppression by Italy of the mails to Austria and the conference of Emperor Francis Joseph with his minister of war concerning the de- fense of the Italian frontier comes 8/ despatch from Rome quoting a news- | paper there to the effect that the Ital- ian fleet is being concentrated at Ta- rento. This is the point in Italy near- est the Dardanelles. So far as has been reported official- ly, the bombardment of the Darda- nelles has produced no further im- portant results. Unofficial advices from Athens state that on Sunday the attacking warships silenced several Turkish field batteries which had been posted above Kum Kale, at the en- trance to the Dardanelles. Russians Holding Lines. A Russian official statement says Jthat the German. assault on Ossowe is producing only insignificant re- sults. In their effort to capture this important fortress, where they have cntered their attempt to break tHrough the Russian fortified line in northern Poland, the Germans have $gmoved up their heavy artillery, but the Russian statement says the ad- vantagle thus far rests with the de- fenders. It is also said that the Ger- man advance toward Przasnysz is be- ing held in check and that attempt to relieve Przemysl have been ineffect- ual. It is admitted that in the Car- pathians the Russians are making lit- tle progress and have suffered very heavy losses. Russians Again Advancing . London, March 16, 3:45 P. M.—The | Russians again are advancing in northwestern Bokowina, according to a despatch received here by the Ex- change Telegraph company from | Bucharest, Rumania. The operations are going forward slowly hecause of the bad weather. Near Novosulibe, Russians carried certain Austrian trenches at the point of the bayonet, the Austrians retreating with heavy | losses. | French Official Report. Paris, March 16, Via London, P. M.—The events of yesterday on ! the Franco-Belgian front are de- scribed in a seatement from the war office this afternoon as follows: “The Belgian army has consolidat- ed its gains of the past few days. The | ‘British army, after having retaken | St. Eloi, has also recaptured | trenches to the southwest of the vil- lage and compelled the enemy to | evacuate trenclies to the southeast of | the same point, which have been completely demolished by the artil- lery. 3:45 Advance in Champagne. “In Champagne fresh progress has been made to the northeast of Souain. In the forest of LePretre we have re- captured from the Germans the re- mainder of the trenches won by them Yyesterday morning, or, to be more | precise, the site of these trenches for defensive works has been com- pletely shattered by mine explosions. “On the southern slope of Great Reich Ackerwopf an attack by the enemy v #erday carried a trench. We hai# retaken it and made some | | I | | | | German Official Report. Berlin, March 16, by Wireless to Bayville, N. Y.—The German war ot- | fice gave out today a report on the progress of the fighting, which is dated March 16, and reads as follows: “The English position on the height near St. Eloi, south of Ypres, has been taken by the Germans. Fighting for the possession of this location h:s been going on since the day before yesterday. On the southern slope of Lorette Hills, to the northwest Arras, fighting is going on for possession of the crest of a hill. “In the Champagne district several partial attacks delivered by French | troops broke down in the face of the Gérman fire. The French losses were heavy. To the north of Beausejour, German troops took possession of sev- eral French trenches. An engagement begun yesterday in the Argonne con- tinges today. Also in the Vosges the of the (Continued on Eleventh Pagec.) tiations looking to the surrender of Smyrna, failed, ceived by the state department from the American Greece. that the bombardment of Smyrna by the fiercely from March when the American legation was ad- vised by wireless that Admiral Pierce of the British fleet, cation to deliver to the Ottoman au- thorities at Smyrna and n be transmitted through the American consul general there. jcan embassy at Constantinople | forwarded to Consul General Horton, who went to and boarded the Euryalus. addressed to the saying that inasmuch as the ligerent and foreigners generally, British admiral entertained the high- | that’ the Turkish governor general's KNIGHT TEMPLARS ELECT OFFICERS George Johnson of Bridgeport (‘husen Grand Commander 2t Annual Session at Danbury. Danbury, March 16.—At the an- nual session of the grand command- ery of Connecticut, Knights Templar: held here today the following officers were elected: Grand commander, George H. Johnson, Bridgeport; deputy grand commander, Albert W. Matoon, New Haven; grand generalissimo, Arthur C. Wheeler, Norwalk; grand captain general, William W. Frayer, Hart- ford; grand senior warden, Carey Congdon, New London; grand junior warden, Benjamin I. Coe, Waterbury grand prelate, Frederick L. Hunting- ton, Meriden; grand treasurer, Cos tello Lippitt, Norwich; grand re- corder, Eli C. Birdsey, Meriden; grand standard bearer, Eugene J. Clark, Middletown; grand sword bearer, James C. MacPherson, Norwich; grand warder, George KE. Hinman, Willimantic; grand captain of guard, F. Ward De Klyn, Danbury; grand inspector, Thomas W. Morgan, Hart- ford. The report of Grand Recorder Birdsey showed that 162 had re- ceived the degrees of knighthood in the eleven commanderies of the state during the last year. The total num- ber of knights in the state at the present time is 4,171. The session next year will be held in Bridgeport. TURKS REFUSED T0 SURRENDER SMYRNA Washington Informed of Part Played By American Dip- lomats in Negotiations. March 16.—The part diplomatic and | ‘Washington, played by American consular representatives in the nego- in Asiatic Turkey, which is told in despatches just re- legation at Athens, i v The messages, dated Sunday, stated continued March 9, French fleet had i t “ 5 to had a communi- asked that it The request was sent to the Amer- and Vourlah, near Smyrna, |t British Flagship He received a statement governor general latter had been kind in his treatment of bel- the b est esteem for him. It added that if | the governor general would order the dismantling of all the fortifications, no further effort would be made to Jand and the place would continue under control of the Turkish authori- ties. A sum of money for relief of war sufferers was also promised by the British admiral and a truce was to go into effect until the morning of March 11. Consul General i T Horton reported ¥ answer was a flat refusal, whereupon the bombardment was continued on the 1ith, . LIT. AND SCIENCE GROUP. Meeting Held Today at Home of M Arthur G. Kimball, The last meeting of the Literature and Science department of the Wom- an’s club was held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arthur G. Kimball on Lexington street. Mrs. Arthur G. Kimball read a pa- | per on “How We Built the Andean Railway’’; Mrs. William T. Wells read a paper on “A Young Englishman on His Estancia’ and Mrs. George read a paper on “The River I Discovered.” The annual meeting of the an’s club will be held next afternoon. b i Wom- Tuesday WANT RATE CASE REHEARING. ‘Washington, March 16.—Represen- tatives of the American, Southern and Wells Tta press companies asked leave of the inter- state commerce commission today to file a petition for rehearing of the express rate case. It declared that the low rates in force, prescribed by the commission, have been ‘“disas- trous.” Adams, - 29,978 EARTHQUAKE VICTI) Rome via Paris, March 16, 12:5: m.—An official parliamentary report on the earthquake of January 13 gives the number of deaths thus far ported as 29,978 without including persons who afterwards died of injur jes and illness c: The communes ¢ re- amaged by the carth- | auake numverea 372 stranger cording to reliable ceived at this office. Mr. one is after him. tered the garage and loitered under the pretext of purchasing car. the garage the two strangers depart- ed and joined the two other watchers, after street. Again this morning the queer ac- | tions of two of the noticed. They loitereq about the depot | and when | | arrived a signal was passed and separated, direction. following the police may be that they arc merely curious, ire trying to find | and use them to their own ady or it garage cidence. case consisted chiefly necessary the extradicting papers to be used in ! trial. who with State Hurley will be sent back to the south- ern city to bring back stated this afternoon that they woulqd | positively not leave today. or not they would leave tomorrow he did not know, they will. tend to, Britain with Saturday. fore the court hearing extra precautions will be tak en and a strong police present. not be permitted to enter after tion that might have led to the cap- ture of Peter of Rev., ward of $1,000 offered by the ¢ information arrest of the murderer, ismnucms NOTICED FOLLOWING SLELTHS Interpreter Maliowski and Detec- vt Horley Watched By Four Men KONTVD REQUISITION UNDER WY In Formal Claim For Reward Filed With Mayor, Bernard Lynch Crit- icises Police, Saying He Gave Them | Plenty of Time to Get Men. Court Interpreter Mathew Malinow- ! Robert Hurley | State Policeman been closely con- ski, and others who have nected in the p ible perpetrators the Zebris-Gilmanaitis murder are being closely watched four mysterious evidently Lithuanians, of by ac- information re- This idea, scouted by the police and by how- ever, is Malinowski, Seen Watching Malinowski. Last night when Mr. Malinowski was putting his automobile up in the garage two strange men served -watching him the outside. linguist and carried on a brief versation concerning him. ob- from the con- . A short ime after this two other strangers en- about were intently They pointed to As soon as Mr. Malinowski left which they went down the strangers were State Policeman Hurl they each going in a different Intentions Are Unknown. Just what object these men have in is unknown. It t may be that they what clues the police are working on antage may be that they D€ some way to ultimately rescue heir friends or to wreal their venge- ance on ‘the police. Malinowski I: that he is being fol Rawlings thinks there is nothing Regarding the episode at the he thinks it was just a coin- the sug- wed and Aflidavits. of the authori- with the murder of securing the affidavits for use in Police Getting Today the activities ies in connection bringing Bernard Montvid, the self- j confessed accomplice in the murder of | Father i from Wilmington, New Zebris and Eva Gilmanaitis, Delaware, back to Britain, where he will be given his preliminary hearing and then be bound over to the superior court for Detective Sergeant Bamforth, Policeman the murderer, that will but thought likely In Wilmington there technicalities to but it is expected that the wo policemen will arrive in New Montvid on Friday or pe some lengthy As there is so much interest in this case and it is likely that an enormous crowd the party the autborities will keep time of Montvid's coming a secret and the prisoner will be sneaked into city fore anybody on the outside knows of would be at the depot when arrives it is believed that the exact the and lodged behind the bars be- t.. When the murderer is brought be- 1 for his preliminz puard will Any suspicious persons will the room. Police Accused of Error. Allegations that the police being presented Wwith informa- Krakas for the murder Joseph Zebris and his house- keeper, Eva Gilmanaitis, are con- ained in a formal claim for the re- for cause the filed with by DBernard J. known letter which would Mayor Quigley today Lynch, a well of Sexton street. Mr. Lynch that he supplied information that would have resulted in Krakas’ arrest had the police made the most of their laims opportunities. The text of the claim, which was received by mail today, tull(‘w\ s “New Britain, Conn. March 15, 1915, A. Quigley, Mayor, Geor Dear Qiri—+I wish to file v rith you a claim for the reward offered for in- formation that would lead to the con- viction of the murderers of Rev. Fr (Continued on leventh Page.) following up the clews to ! who denies that any- | a ) : are friends of | Krakas and Montvid, intent upon find- | Hotzendc etting | Robert. TWO WOMEN KILLED IN LOS ANGELES FIRE | | | | Third Fatally Burned and Many | Others® Serviously Injured in Apartment House Fi | | Two | fatally March third others Los Angeles, Cal. 16. wWomen are dead s and as | burned many were in | dured a result of a fire which burned through the frame early today floors of a three story ment house here. Mrs. M. M. Richardson, vears cf age, and another whose body not been were killed Mrs. . T. Avery probably will die. The majority the occupants awakened by the fire, leaped from | windows to the ground. Many of these suffered broken arms or leg Several firemen and police officers | were cut and burned while arching | rooms for nm-upzln( 57 upper apart- seveaty woman | identified, ITALIAN NAVY BEING COMBINED AT TARANTO | Austrian Archduke Urges | Abandonment of Campaign Against Serbia. Geneva, via Paris, 50 m.—A despatch from March 16, 4 to the Tribune | its Rome correspondent that a large part of the Italian na Is being concentrated at Taranto, the southeastern country a. s i at | the the extremity of and the point nearest | Dardanelles. The same paper prints despatches from Vienna which state that Em- | peror Francis Joseph on Saturday ceived Archduke Frederick, ted on behalf of the general staff in the Carpathians that the Archduke Eugene should be ordered to abandon the campaign against Serbia withdraw useless forces on the Ru- manian frontier in order to reinforce | the exhausted troops in the tains. The archduke is reported to | ve cited as an example of the con- ditions in the Carpathis troops from the Dukla and Lupkow districts, | number 20,000, who have bc fight- ing incessantly for six week | with their rifles in their hands. The interview of the emperor with the archdike ‘reportad " have taken pl. the pr Min ister of Krobalin General The mec s said | v | | o= who in- | n g is e in War and rch, i Archdulk decit decided to summon for a consultation hefore questions presented to him. The Tribune’s Dedeagach pondent telegraphs that Tal Be the Turkish minister of war, is h ing great difficulty in persuading the suitan to transfer the capital from | Constantinople to Konieh, in Asia Minor. A special tr aid to eld in readiness cons to trans- port the government funds and irchives to Konieh if Adrianople is | evacuated. Turkish troops are re- | ported to concentrated at Con- stantinople along the Darda nelles. ugene ling the corre £ be ant be and . | [ BLOCKADE RAI%ED AT | Whether | at- | | from be | court | erred | | ses carrier, | i wa REQUEST OF WILSON Official Assurances Reach Washington That Carranza s Recalled Or- der Regarding Progreso. 16—Official . Caranza has Washington, March as- | surances that Gen doned his blockade of Progreso were aban received today from two American Consul Silliman Cruz reported that Car A request of President Wilson called his order closing the Progr Carr s minister of foreign fairs, telegraphed the Carranza age cy here: “I beg to advise you 11 March 14 the port of Progres will be open.” Conditions in Mexico generally regarded by President Wilson as much in a ferment than they were a fey ago. Keeping open the railroad betwee! Mexico City and Vera Cruz, the P ident regards as an awkard task b cause the Carranza forces hold Vera Cruz while their enemies are in pos jon at Mexico City. The president said he had no doubt | that those guilty of killing John B. | McManus, an American citizen, ! cently, would be punished. sources. at Vera | “At the has re port | | | | of | 4 Vears, secured sertion. MRS. ANGLE TELLS ~ STORY OF DEATH OF .+ Stemford Woman Takes Witness | [CLAIMS VICTIN AND HERSELF M all but stumbled over him lying at the foot revive him; stair ana and also | cording to h ful thing to clared recess, arms bur her she escorted from del, coat trial attire lace of the ing before the hour ing of court. fet cused woman looked sorgewhat wor usual questions as to nz dence law about | death of his well away The silence - | us counsel hout ne zed out Lo OF' CREW MISSING. Chile, March 16 of the crew Dresden, Valpa ). teen n'mnh( German cruiser the sunk off | This | here | cruiser | surviv- whom ing. ival iliary A the yme of Rritish warships, are mis made known on the today of the British au Orama, having on oba ors from the Dresden, were wounded. | | | eral times to marry 1 aid not wish to, alse grown dia Mo t April, I he | Relates in Detail Incident 1. | the Stamford fast June, tday | where ter, her words we: again sobbing out 1 lin | night She | noise in the hall | Tou had left; | to me,” e moun- | said and ing Chief cumbed clse Slnetinis iflln» fact that the mar dead, her =Mook tu | eny time during the to an | Klein worked in her in othe Angle and She “Did he “Yos { him “Dia Juan Fernandez Island on Sunday by | of you?” css 'LUTHERANS DON'T} WANT EPISCOPA | | | | | - Members of Local Church Not Pay able fo Plan to Be Presented af WALDO R, BALLOD e | by Adopted This sub. it the Bngland “Should the Episc the Augustana S ject, which will be con annual meeting of the conference Boston be discussed at length Ohman at the next | Men's society of the church The didate for bishop if nod dered New April 14 by Di meeting Swedish 1 will be plan i | at | Stand in Her Gwa Defense. in Manslaugmsr Case. ith pastor the a ed The proposition is not favor among more members of chur of them stated this afternoor creation of an episcopacy would but another step backw Fur thermore, the members would secession from the Augustana It has been stated th the synod assumed an unfavorabl titude in the of the | ment of an episcopacy this distriet the New England conference, of whicl Dr. Ohman the president | withdraw This is not the sentiment Tells How She Carricd Him Down- | of the congregation | pastor be such DACIX'S CREW DESCRIBE meeting with the prominent and, as the one WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS T ot tol erate at Oc- | Synod at curred During Last Visit Ballon cevent in Paid to Her Apartment—Also, De- scribes Finding Him in Halway and | e local and would action not sustained in any stairs and Out Onto the Sidewalk. Bridgeport, March 1 Angle, accused of death of Waldo Mrs, Helen having caused R. Pallou in told her story to- jury in the superior court, | she is on trial for manslauga- | Speaking at times low that re almost inaudible, and | her story, she told | to her apartments | building on the met his death, sne had heard a | me time after Bal- on investigation she to the s0 Ballou’s the visit Rippowam on which he described ho Down on Vessel Flying American Flag. how of the fiying of r was the s; of her efforts to New York, and of taking him down | steamer Dacia and out at the street entrance. | the American did the first thing that occurred | cotton aboard, said. | Bremen way of described today by her thirty-two police came to her rooms ;"”"""“ g g I s Willism 5. Brennag, crders of the French government Ml ksl shted e | steamer Rochambeau, which dread- | 0cked today after spending the I had done some Mr. Ballou,” the witness | g here jan't she was very much bewildered h one of the officers, did not know what she bl Pt e B Frenchman which seized us wa Brennan that Ballou had Sruiene ENPRRS RAg Sha e . b three warships without being injuries, everything it B iy insignificance - beside | ™ NP VI Lo she loved was | ©° o Y g I‘lu- Europe halted usg aat 8 o' said this she buried - hands wmile ried j on the night of February her searchlight on us ana there, Presently =he prize crew, an officer and seven They treated the Dacia’s tailors courtepusly and Brest, which was about March 16.—How seized while with cargo Gaiveston Rotterdam, flag, from a r i she by kes With Sobs. When the v Chief . “as thought night to tel that very much T, | said “except from | i the wa : sse his a into to paled bore on As she hosk in her face o her it a n ke pt aboard me Her Compos ag H. Wiiliams Angle droppe = in front of her, face in them wept Leonard Blondel, her. In a few minutes || her composure and the room by Mr, e, When de- 1 her and, while sought ofilcers took rort into mil on the g ing her father, comfort regained said they were ba their fares, they saia to should report to of the Most of the part) daid not now why they whom or who paid were under orders talk until after th the black skirt, | cay to E. N, Brietung, she h worn since ihe acia the sombreness of her being broken by some white over her coat collar. The court room was crowded, k They sent was Blon- | not She was clothed and Degan, owner APPRECIATES POLICE WORK., Ambot Tha flicient mangy women and girl spectators com- | set for the Father Rawlings for Father ks Chief Protection, Rev, open- | had and Rev J who has of St. Andrew’'s church since the murder of Zebris, called Chief W police headquarters tended to him his thanks ally and from the congre- the efficient protection the while the bodies of I | Ziebris Miss Gilmanaitis soon | Iying in state and during th court opened was asked the | [ather Ambot says that ne and the ne and resi- | congregation will never forget the answers were made in a | eficient service accorded them during those trying day Rev Ambot, | charge | parish Joseph Rawlings day and e both persc for gave and Answers in Low Voice. Before the trial Mrs. confident of being rough with fhe ordez Angle said she able to ] The t outwardly seemed as m as at trial. She smiled acquaintance as she entered the om She went on the stand gation, police ather were funeral and Her voice. In answer of her to questions by Jacob B counsel she said she had | fathe e and lats , including New Haven clerical. In January, up this work, She | from nervous trouble. was married 1898 to Frank lived with him about four There were no children. <h a divorce grounds of ¢ S, MUST INTE March 16, 4 in Mexico there United St able,” is a statement credited | mier Dato of Spain in despatch the Petit Journal from its Madrid cor respondent The premier is to have said that the Spanish ment had decided not to maintain diplomatic relations with Mexico un 1911, she said, | til the situation there again is normal If after the | and will decline the invitation of Gea knew him very | Carranza to send a representative o act as successor to Minister Caro, who was expelled from Mexico | v. Paris, “Anarchy committed by the IVENE, and make s ofr T erime m.r 1t the intervention inevi to Pre - pla rk she suffering ates almost in A report on govern Met Balloa in 1911, Ballou in and a h She She met vear wife were zood friends,” she “He lived only a saort distanc from my apartments.’” in the room began to question Ballou. Fixcept when she questions of counscl of the windo Went Out went out she said. “We id. very DONAHUE ST STORE, was te | i Well Known Cigar Retail Man Drops ¥ Ficld, Notice of his intent to sell his ¢ store at 460 Main street to J, W and Holifelder was filed with city clerk this afternoon by Dennis Donahue. Mr, .Donahue has heen cigar business for at that and 2 large patronage i Mr. Donahue wiolesale 1 popul rom 5 o the wering he | igar alsh the J in Frequently, = frequently with | lou give you any gifts?” asked number of has built up the n <lein Kleir stand | . She enumerated various | NMrs. Angle said she had given present at Christmas time. fe appear to think very much | govera | Says Ballou Proposed. | Very He vill busines; brands continue In the manufacturing or clgars VIBBERTS OUT 1. G. Vibberts, him. 1 told higm | urer of the ..ew as he was very ofd. | pany, tossed his reminded him that he had | jitical ring toda children, and bec of that he intended not think it nination f An told o inkl FOR OFFIC secretary and tr Britain Trust com- chapean into the when he announced the republi or neilman £y he fight in the first | ting as there are n some | number of aspirants the honor of nec- | leading the G. O. 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