New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1915, Page 1

. HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS l ! ' NEW BRITAIN HERAD PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915—EIGHTEEN PAGES. -« FRENCH GUNBOAT IS - SUNK IN DARDANELLES - Bowet Destroyd, Chaim Tarks: Germans Sink Two Engiish Ships. [EPPELIN BOMBS KILL ~ SEVEN | Submarine Raids in English Channel Result in More Losses—No Im- portant of «;%es on the Continent, The new Russian invasion of Ger- many apparently has led to the occu- pation of Memel, an important Baltic port at the northern tip of East Prus- sia, The German official report of today indicates that Russian forces ‘nave entered the city. Petrograd believes that Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg has decided to w “launch a new attack on Warsaw from s the west. Russian military author- ities assert that the Germans have bandoned their attack and are concentrating forces south of the Vistula, where heavy tighing already is under way. The developmens of yvesterday on the western front were a repetition of the local engagements such as have been usual during the winter months. Minor successes are claimed by the French in northwestern France and in the Argonne. The German state- ment mentions several attacks by the allies, but asserts they failed. Capture Turkish Base. 4 The Russian army which is invad- ing Turkish Armenia is said to have won another victory, capturing a Turkish base on the Black sea near the Russian border. Petrograd as- serts that the Turks retreated in dis- . order, * Two more British steamers have been destroyed by Germany’s subma- rine raiders. They were torpedoed in the English Channel. The Turkish war department an- « Jqrounced today that the French bat- tleship Bouvet had been sunk dur- ing the bombardment of the Darda- nelles. No confirmation of this an- nouncement has been received from Paris or London. A "7 The Constantinople statement in- jecates that the Turkish fleet, whose | location has been unknown for some bime, it again engaged actively in the "Black sea. It is said to have attacked & Russian naval base on the Crimean g coast, inflicting considerable damage. P4 Unofficial despatches of recent date - have described the former German ‘ geruisers Goeben and Breslau now j:iamong tHe principal units of the Turkish fleet, as having been put out f commission, and have stated that “thé Russian fleet was on the way to atdeck the Bdsphorus. F Austria’s Attitude, What is represented as a presenta- ition of Austria’s attitude toward Jtaly, as set forth in a Vienna des- patch® to Rome, contains the state- ment that Austria, if she agrees to make. territorial concessions sufficient ngrge satisfy Italy, will defer formal ? trapsfer of the territory until after ‘the war. This, it is said, is for the & ‘purpose of assuring her that Italy will ® adhere to her promise of neutrality in return for the grant. This attitude f is described in Rome as unsatisfactory 2% # Italy. A Paris despatch states hat Austria is resisting German pres- sure and that several representatives of the dual monarchy will go to Ber- lin to present their reasons, for de- siring to resist Italy’s wishes. Information from Bucharest is that thé& Austrian forces in Bukowina have been reinforced and are undertaking a strong offensive movement. It has Dbeen reported recently that the Aus- trians were being hard pressed and smight be forced to evacuate Czerno- witz. Changes in Position in the north B Hyndford Torpedoed. Glascow, Scotland, March 19, via, London, 3:45 p. m.—The British steamer Hyndford was torpedoed to- day in the English Channel by a Ger- man submarine. It is reported that one member of her crew was killed. Z Whent Ship Destroyed. London, March 19, 4:07 p. m.—The British steamer Bluejacket, with fwheat from Liverpool, has been tor- ipedoed by a German submarine off Beachy. Head. 'he crew took to the boats. The steamer, although badly damaged, re- _mained afloat. Constantinople, March 18, via Ber- lin and Wireless Teiegraphy to Lon- don, March 18, 8:55 a. m.—An official statement issued from the Turkish headquarters says: “Our fleet early today bombarded the ship- yards and maneuvering piace of tor- pedo boats west of Theodosia (on the Black Sea) and set the buildings on fire. “An allied enemy fleet heavily shelled the forts of the Dardanelles which replied effective sinking the French battleship Bouvet.” The French battleship Bouvet, swhich is reported in a Turkish official statement to have been sunk in the Dardanelles, was a vessel of 12,000 ions displacement, laid down in 1893, with a complement of 621 men. Her armament consisted of two 12-inch guns, two 10.8-inch, eight 5.5-inch, eight 3.9-inch, ten three-pounders and - ¥ .- (Continued on Ninth Page.) artillery | |Legal Entanglements | of New York county, the warden of | ALGERIAN DANCER SHOT BY BROTHER Entertainer at Exposition Killed in Crowded Theater.—Others | Injured. San Francisco, March 19.—An Al- gerian dancer, known as the “Prin- | cess Turkait,” a member of a ballet | in a Russian amusement concession | at the Panama-Pacific exposition was shot and instantly killed last night by her brother, Isaac Lizrak Lizraki then began firing indiscriminately at the entertainers on ‘the stage and in- to the audience, causing a panic. The “Zone’’ Theater in which the shooting occurred was crowded when Lizraki entered, brandishing a pistol. He began firing at once and his sis- ter fell with a bullet through the heart. One of the male entertainers | on the stage was shot in the arm. The spectators made a rush for the doors. None of them was injured. Lizraki had fired a half dozen shots before a group of soldiers from the Presidio military reservation seized and disarmed him. He was arrested and taken to the police station. No reason for the shooting learned. THAW RETANS LBERTY FOR MONTH AT LEAST was Will Keep Him Out of Mat- teawan for a Time, New York, March 19.—As the result of various writs and orders sworn out in his behalf and the resultant legal tangle, Harry Kendall Thaw is in no danger of being returned to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan for at least a month. Supreme Court Justice Bijur, sign- er of two writs of habeas corpus Thaw’s behalf, said today upon the conclusion of a conference between himself, counsel for Thaw, the sheriff in the Tombs prison and representatives of the state attorney general's office, that Thaw's attorney could, by means of securing adjournments, delay the final hearing upon the first writ, se- | cured early in the week, until April 19; and John B. Stanchfield, Thaw'’s chief counsel, said he intended to | make such moves. It was expected that, after an ar- gument over the question of jurisdic- | tion, the hearing on the new writ would be referred to Justice Page, be- fore whom Thaw was tried and ac- | quitted on a charge of conspiracy and who ruled that Thaw must be sent | back to Matteawan unless prevented by legal process. The purpose of this new move was to enable Thaw’s counsel to take his | case before the appellate division; on an appeal from the decision of Jus- | tice Page if it proved adverse to Thaw. MAKES DISTURBANCE AT MOVIES, ARRESTED Henry Ehle Is Young Man Who Was Fined for Tickling Girl at Keeney's. Henry Ehle, aged about twenty-one vears, was arrested by Officer Atwater in the Scenic theater early this after- noon for creéating a disturbance and | then hitting an attache of the theater in the eye when he requested him to be quiet, Ehle is one of the two young men arrested In Keeney's theater some time ago for creating a disturbance and annoying a, youngswoman who sat in front of them. The woman ap- peared in court the next day and tes- tified that the young men slapped he- | and tickled her and both were fined by the judge. The manager of the Scenic theater told the police that Ehle has made trouble | before at hig place and he had warned the ticket seller not ‘o sell him any more tickets. This after- noon, however, Ehle got a ticket and as soon as hé was seated in the pic- ture show he began to make trouble. Peter Perkas went down to him and ! ordered him to be quiet, whereupon Ehle smashed him a savage blow on the right eye. The arrest followed. J. R. HILLS DEAD. Leading Figure in Hartford Political and Business Life Passes Away. Hartford, March 19.—John R. Hil for many years a leading figure in the city’s business and political life, died at a private hospital today, after a se- | rous illness of three weeks. He was born in Hartford, October 9, 1841. As a young man he became | a journeyman mason, and later = builder of extensive operations and very successful. Among notable buildings erected by him were the Hartford Theological Seminary and the Colt Memorial. He was a merni- ber of the state senate in 1878-79 ana 1881-82-83." He was a common coun- cilman in 1870-71 and alderman 1872 -73; fire commissioner from 1871 to 1886 and street commissioner 1894- [State's Attoragy Asks Jury 1o | trial of Mr; | make extravagant statements. i he said, was that they came too late, | when first questioned. DID BALLOU DIE BY ACCIDENT OR VIOLENCE Decide--Whiskey Battic “Pianted.” ANGLE CASE IN HANDS OF JURY the Closing Argument for Prosecu- tion Made—Attorney Reminds Jury That Manslaughter is the Charge— Talk Lasts Hour and a ilalf. Bridgeport, March 19.—‘The great defense this woman has is that she is a ate Attorney Homer closing the arguments for the state today in the Helen M. Angle for man- said woman,"” S. Cummings in slaughter. For more than an hour and a half he addressed the jury, reviewing the | testimony and placing them the reasons why the state claims that Mrs, aldo R. to his death down a flight of stairs in the Rippowam building in Stamford, last June. Refore him on the table .lay the blood stained garments of Ballou and the defendant, the broken straw hat of the deceased, the elec- iric flat iron and other articles en- tered as exhibits by the siaie. As he talked, from time to time ne neld be- fore the jury this mute evidence. He told the jurors, while crowded court room followed him closely, that the state claimed that Ballou had been knocked Gdown stairs backward, and that he had been left Iying there for half an hour in the hallway while his assailant awaited a | favorable opportunity to remove him to the street. He said Mrs. Angle’s explanations came too iate, that her testimony was contradictory, and then added that the one great defense she had was that she aas a woman. “If it had been a man who had piaced his sweetheart out there you would not be in the jury room five minutes,” he declared. It was expected that, following the | judge’s charge, the case would go to the jury this afternoon. “Do Your Duty.” “I am not going to ask the jury to do anything unfair,” said »ir. Cum- rings, “but I am going to ask it to de its duty.” 1 The greatest consideration has been | shown to the defendant her father during the trial, he defended Chief of Police W Brennan and others of the s nesses against stateme made by counsel for the defense yesterday, and regretted that counsel for the de- fense had permitted themselves to He de clared the detense had practically | charged Chief Brennan and Mrs. Seraphina Klahre, the police inatron, with perjury, and denounced the ac- | cusation as unjust. ‘Was Fail an Ballou, Mr. Cummings declared, was precipitated down the st in the Rippowan building at 10:45 on the night ot June 23, and half an hour later was dragged down to the door- W The conviction or acquittal of | Mrs. Angle, he said, depended on the question whether he fell by accident or violence, He pointed out that the defendant was not on trial for mur- der, but for manslaughter, which did not imply malice. The state claimed | that Ballou w: plunged down the stairs by violence, he declared. It might be that he fell accidentally, but it was ‘“‘exceedingly improbable. Mr. | Ballou plunged down stairs backward, he declared, the state claimed. Tak- ing from the table the dented, blood | stained hat of Ballou, he held it be. fore the jury. “I wish that that dent had a tongue to speak,” -he said. ““How it got there I don’t know. But T do know that this flat iron (the electric flat iron) fits with remarkable precision into th dent.” bherore Angle sent V Ballou | the Accident? " Bottle “Planted.” He called attention to the bottle, found unbroken in pocket. “If there was any this caserthis was a plant,” he de- clared. The story of the. bottle was a fabrication, he said. A little later he said the state aid not claim that Mrs. Angle wiped up all the stairs and landings after the tragedy, but that she attempted to and | was interrupted in her work. The trouble with the defendant's | explanation of the various circum- 'stances connected with Ballou’s death, whisk Ballou's ‘plant’ in after a lapse of several months, and did not spring from her lips instantly | “You may say, because vour hearts | are kind, ‘let her g0/’ but if you do vou will violate your oath,” he declared to the jury. But One Defense. “There is one defense this woman has, and that is, she is a woman. If it had been a man who put his sweet- heart out there and tried to conceal the evidence you would not be in the jury room.five minutes. Her great defense is that she is a woman.” In closing he again reminded them | that they had duty under their | oath to perform to the law and the state. Mr. Cummings finished his ment at 1 having argu- spoken | I 1900, ) (Coutinued on Ninth Page.) A | general | ana loan | gess takes office, | were many can i ago to accept the treasurership of : PR { raised by { taken by the fighting European | contraband 1 a | States is not ! gium with heavy guns to JAzua as i Tecent upr E. J. STURGESS NEW BANK COMMISSIONER Nomination of New Milford Man Sent | to Senate today by Governop Iolcomb. 19. Sturgess Hartford, March ~The nomina- of Ivarts J. of New Milford to be bank commissioner, was made by Governor Holcomn m a com- | The nomination was sent to the committee tion munication to the senate today. on executive nominations. The appointment of Mr. Sturgess | the had signed the act recently passed by the | a mbly consolidating the commission with the building commission, placing the ahole under one commissioner who has the power to name a deputy com missioner. The new arrangement will be effective July 1, when Mr. Stu The appointee cashier of the Firs ational bank of New Milford and was highiy recom- mended to the governor by bankers of the state. It is understood that there dates for the place. The old commissioners were Norris Lippitt, who resigneda so:ne months was made after goverior hank ¢ bank in New Haven, and Fred P. Holt, who resigned a few weeks ago to accept a presidency with a banlk | in this cit ESIDENT AND CABINET DISCUSS 1. S. SHIPPING Will Reach Definite Line of | Action on Latest War Measure. A March 19.—Problems American shipping, successive war measures na- tions, were before President Wilson end his cabinet today. ‘The confer- | e was expected to arrive at a defi- nite line of action in shaping a pro- | tcst against the latest war measure— | ihe British order in counecil announc- ing reprisals against German com- | merce. Th latest action of the allies officials here consider without prece- dont in international lav. 1t has been siated officially at the state depart- ment that the United States does not know whether the allies intend their rection as a legal blockade or whether the rules of contraband are the pasis for de- ‘Washington, confronting and non- to be tentions. It is understood the United government holds that the ac of the allies is a blockade it must he made effective jbefore commerce th d from Germany can ne stopped. | 1: will maintain, further, that Ameri- can commerce with Eurcpean neu- trals cannot be interfered with. If the allies do not claim the order in council is a blockade the United expected 0 acknow jodge the right of the allies to detain non-centraband even when consigned | to German ports. States ion TESTING GUNBOATS, German Ships at Kiel Trials—Crews Being Undergoing | Drilled, Geneva, Via. Paris, March 19, 1:20 a. m.—Information received h from Kiel is to the effect that all Cerman dreadnoughts in the harbor and canal are undergding steam and | screw trials in order to test fully their boilers and machinery while their crews are being carefully drilled. | These trials are similar to those which took place in January, since which time half the cre of the dreadnoughts have been sent to Bel- ! meet the bombardment of British naval heavy | tillery. The largest of the German | warships have not left the Kiel canal | since the war began. ! = | GOVERNOR ZAYAS KILLED, San Domingo and Children Assassinated. New York, March 19.— e steamer Iroquois brought to this port today news of the assassination or Governor Zayas of San Domingo and two of his | children at Azua, a small town about | ufty-five miles southwest of Santo Domingo. Governor Zayas, was aid, went from Santo Domingo to a passenger apoard the | Irbquois to begin his duties as gover nor of the Province. He was in office two days when adherents of a rival political party shot and Killed | him and his two children. Zayas was in command of the forces which bombardeéd Azua during the Ruler of Two | it Roosevelt, N. J,, March 19.—In- vestigation of the shooting of eigh- teen strikers, resulting in two deaths, at Chemical Plants here last Janua by armdd guards sworn in as deputy sheriffs, was resumed today by legislative committe The comm tee at a previous hearing took testi- mony from the strikers side of the case. | P e WEATHER. \ Harvtford, Conn., March 19. —Fair tonight and Saturday. D e e e e T Mige That $102000,000 Was | case was | stockholders have been permitted ier, | the | noon he heard arguments by | | tain documents in support of its { cept a copy L wito | the defense but we | federal the ground that it was an illegal mo STOCKHOLDERS SUING “NEW HAVEN” ROAD f < | | f Wrong uily Spent in Purchases. MANY MILLIONAIRE ~ DEFENDANTS Presented in Boston To- day.—Bill Charges That Effort to Create Monopoly Cost Too . Much Money. Boston, March 19.—Arguments in stockholders of the New York, New Haven and Hart- the suit of minority | ford railroad to recover for the com- | $102,000,000 wrongfully spent | pany approximately al- | leged to have in the purchase of railroad, steamshp | and trolley enterpris and in addition double that amount in penalties, were the full ;upreme judicial court today. Sherman L. Whipple who with Alex- ander Lincoln appeared for the plain- tiffs, opened the arguments. Moor- field Storer defended the nd personal counsel represented in- been made before bench in the | dividua] defendants. The suit originally was brought trustees of the estate of Olea Bull ‘Vaughn, which owns fifty shares of stoek in the railroad, but since the entered other minority join, Defendants. defendants who were directors of the road at some time during the period between 1904 and 1909 the money is alleged to have been wasted, are Willlam Rockefeller, Charles M, Pratt, Lewis Cass Ledyard, George MacMiller, James S. Hem- ingway, A. Heaton Robertson ick I Brewster, Charles ¥ D. Newton Barney, James S. El- ton, Henry K. McHarg, Robert W, Taft, Willilam Skinner, Charles 8. Mellen and Alexander (‘ochrane, The other defendan re the exccutors of the estates of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, Edwin Milner, 1 DeVer- Warner and Amory Lawrence, and the following who have served direc- tors since 1909 and who & alelged Directors The | to be liable for failure to Lring suit | ble, provides for the formation of predecessors: John I°. Baker, Sdward . Theodore awrence Mortin Plant, loward Elliott, James W. Murray Crane, Arth- and James H. Hustis. Paid The bill charges that Rockefeler, Mellen ney, Skinner, Miller concert with J. Pierpont Morgan, win Milner and 1. DeVer Warner con- ceived and entered upon a plan to ef- fect & monopoly of all transportation operating in New Englana s of New York and properties paid of the actual against their Billard DeWitt Francis T Sidney Samuel H. v H. Richar ur T. Hadley L. George Cuyler Milligan N. Vafl Minot DeVer in Excess, about 1904 Brooker, Bar- and Taft, acting in companie and cert in acqni large sum such in excess value. For reet $46,000,000 thus wrongfully rendec 16,000,000 was lost in stear ip enterprises $22,000,000 on stock of the Boston and Maine railroad. $18,000,000 on the New York, chester and Boston railroad. The principal contention of the de. railways s is it claimed 1d | fendants is as to the right of minor- | ity stockholders to bring a bill this nature, their claim being that su a bill could not be maintained if brought in the name ation itself. The plaintifls forth that un Sherman law they are entitled to recover for the road three times the amount named in the suit or $306,- 000,000. of h of the corpor- set er DECISION AT + O'CLOCK. Hern Case Will Be Setded at That | Time Says Commissione Pangor, Me. States Commi will give his March 19.—United sioner Charles H, Roid decision as to whether Werner- Horn shall be surrendered to the federal district of M chusetts | at 4 o'clock this afternoon. This fore counsel, ession. in cer- claim | that as a German belligerent engaged in an act of war, Horn was not sub- | ject to the laws of this country. The ! prosecution offered no evidence ex- of the indictment Deputy Sheriff George W, arrested Horn, was recalled by not perimitted to ! testify as to the utility of tie railroad bridge for the transportation of war material, The defense was refused permission to place in evidence of the extradition warrant issued at the request or representa- tives of the Canadian government. Exceptions to these rullngs were tken, after which the arguments were made. | which occupied much of the The defense yesterday put | | aiso a copy SUIT DISMISSED. Joston, March 18.—The suit of the government to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery corporation on in by restraint the today. was dis- district | of trade sged United States ourt | partment company | by ! to | when | ‘reder- | Brook- | Thomas | Bd- | ex- | West- even | | night. BRYAN CELEBRA HIS 55TH BIR' Secretary of State Ratities Treaty With Ttaly and Hay Party 1 ecrell 55th birthdl exchanging raj wit ot Washington, March re Bryan celebrated anniversary ifications of the Italy, with the Count di Cellere Later at his home entertained all the employes of his de- his birthday party. H also entertaincd the (cabinet lun- cheon On his by pez Italian today e treat ambas Secretary Bryaa at | binet lilies-of Secret to the ¢ meet cluster of lapel, his ing., wearing a valley in his Bryan announced 1 have just celebrated day by ratifying the peace treat Italy.” On Monday with Russi coat my birth | with | fof taken n court | Quigley, would M porters — | be a ejty | but he com TWO STATES CONSDER | &2 expensive the ratifications of the will be hanged and fifty of. these will actuall in ef fect. Thirty have been negotiated and twenty have been ratified by the treaty | day senate. | ~ BOSTON & MAINE BILLS | receip Im Two "diffy ted to the mittee ap: consider t report had tion Coun T. Meskill | Reorganization Acts Present- ! ed in New Hampshire and Maine. Jority wasg present .o with the p of the city! volving sud be tried. a salary $400 and and assist ford's pla | lie hearings next week. | point a § | The measure would give the Bos- | select and ton and Maine the right to buy the | would gi | property and franchises of its leasod | $1,200. | lines, subject to the provision that the | “1 don’t | resulting capitalization shall not be | tion will h greater than the existing capitaliz charter, bul tions cxcluding stock of the Boston | ing of the a | and Maine in-the treasuries of sub- | cll,” Mayor sidiary companies. No Ex A second plan to be put in force, ii “When & reorganization of the Boston R i Maine system is found to be impossi- | cigon o om that the fi would vely | under the p this would are about in thi about $600, | from suffiel court it. am h hearing ba favd n March 19 Railroad reorgan- N. H., Maine | i Concord, | Boston and ization | service commissions of Mane, | Hampshire and Massachugetts todsy | | was presented to the New Hampshire | house by its judiciary committee. Tt | goes back to the committee for pub- by the public New bill prepared of new corporation after approval the commission to purchase the prop- erty and franchises of the Boston and Maine and subsidiary compunins, Augusta, Me., March , the reotganization and Maine railroad sented to the legislature The act carries clause, making it effeotive proved by Governor (‘u is deecmed nece that rder be cffective the reorganization be completed soon. One | haste is that the renewal of the $15,- | 000,000 worth of notes of the Boston ! and Maine holds only until September 19 of the system The B was bill for | ity | have b the toda when ap- | be in ¢ is, 1se it lawyer Fary plan as | expensive | receipts wot | portion to 1t prof { the hearing lieve it wou Gen on the ' MOTHER POISONED sin’ CHILDREN SAYS JURY | " b xpected judge, our nity the disposed of 4 that the and et reason fo n th P to | Coroner’s Inquest on Rogers Kill- mit rotten | change No Tim New ' York, March 19.-—Loretta| “Another | Rogers, eight months old, and her| ing this med ! brother, John, two | not hawvi dren of Lorlys Rogers and Mrs the (W lda Sniffen Walters, came to . their laym: death through poison administered by | such im | their mother, according to the formal | than an 00 { verdict of a coroner's jury today. Mrs, | cialy when | Walters, who is locked up awaiting | can't agree trial on an indictment charging her I with their murder, did not have attend the inquest, as the coroner wanted her to do. A writ tion protected her from the The children died in a day or after they had heen soned on December 29, Mrs the potior the time. ing Brings in Its Verdict., years, did chil expect an had of injunc- ! ! Medical Studs DEPR ordeal hospital a ots | Walters | she t Bridgeporty Charzewski student York, in ed f survi he poison same {cal | New | day | on | of less was at = respo of than held home KANSAS CITY FPEDS, a ece Franchisc Will Be Retain napelis Francl l—TIndin. she Lir | the police Cit¥ | gt the Fed- | yoned to him and | i for | couid pub Chs girl married 2 In less tha | from- his brid | home and pr Since then he | vesterday. T | band of the is held so to Newar 's buw Chicago, March 19 Kot will retain its franchise . eral league for the 1915 season, its backers are already planning the opening, according to a story lished here today. President Gilmore league, the story ing to persuade Kansas in the absence int zewski] not | the sover of said, the was Federal attempt- Indianapolis, - 1914 champions of the le to give up its franchise in favor of Newark, N hich city the Kansas City transferred tion caused the sas City club to league. President by cf ue, fran- and which backers of the file suit against as ac- Kan- the she in FIRST Little Roel Simms, Lad spent t twenty-eight on, was exec| be legally put| by electricity, them white mi tence Iinde ies in capital g excention by l ment for life. Gilmore was expected in Indianapolis today to open negotiations for the transfer, SIR. BINGHAM | London, March 19 John Edward Bingh the eltcor-plating AD, m Sir m, a pioneer in industry, died las. He was identified for man vears with the silver and cutler . in Sheflield. He b hes b pre was born’ in