New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1915, Page 1

g 3 ; HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. GERMAN SUBMARINE PLANT IN BELGIUM Works and Two Submersibles in Courss - of Gonstruction Consid- crably Damaged. fiERCE BATTLE RAGING IN CARPAIHIAN MOUNTAINS Belgian Army Makes Gains Along Yser—TIrench Occupy Considerable KN Section of German Front in Vos- ges—Kaiscr's Forces Capture Morve Than 25,000 Russiang Northwest of Ostrolenka. ‘What is described in Berlin as one of the greatest battles of tac eastern campaign has developed in the Car- pathians. For months the oppn,sin-*i Armies have been contending for the CX mountain passes, definite possession of which by the Russians would éxpose .Hungary to the danger of invasion. The Berlin reports state that the present battle has not yvet reacned a age where Success is indicated for ither side, 4 The French war office announced at the Belgian-army had made gains ng the Yser. Aside froni this moye- t, the only change of note was in ‘.,the ‘Vosges, where the French claim zmb have' occupied a considerable sec- "‘Jilbn of the German front, Rai@ Submarine Plant. _ . The British admiralty announced that five aeroplanes had made a suc- cessful raid on the German subma- ‘rine plant at Hoboken, near Antwerp. ATwo submarines in course of construc- tion, as well as the works, are be- “ lieved to have been damaged con- The expected land attack on_ the . ‘Dardanelles fortifications, in conjunc- V) /tlon with the operations of the allied eet probably - will ‘be inaugurated oon It is reported from Athens ~ that tgoops conveyed to the Darda- f helles, n transports were landed: yes- " i ferday on-the Gallipolj peninsula and hat the' generll attack by land and be made on the arrival'of the mh ‘and British warships now on e way to reinforce the fleet. Bom- mrdment of the Turkish-forts is sald to have been resumed yesterday. Germans Withdraw Batteries. t 48 announced officially at Petro- Egi‘ that the Germans in northern pland ~have virtually abandoned their attempt to capture Ossowetz, fortress on °which the invaders t'ared their efforts , to break ough the Russian chain of de- ‘enses. It s sald that all but four eavy German bhatteries have been P withdrawn from before Ossowetz, atter having failed in efforts to re- guce the Russian forts, Pespatches from Austrian sources % that war with Italy is now re- arded by Austria-Hungary as prob- able, According to these advices ‘large numbers of Austrian troops are Delng sent to the Italian border, | iwhere elaborate preparations for de- fensive operations are under way. A/ Rome newspaper says that every ‘member of the chamber of deputies is convinced Italy must act ener- getically, even to the point of facing A supreme struggle,” to realize the -natfon’s aspirations. British Raid Submarines. T.ondon, March 24, 4:28 p. m.—The ‘British admiralty this afternoon Is- sued a statement saying that a Brit- ish raid had been successfully carried out today on German submarines at Hoboken, three miles outside of Ant- werp. The text of the admiralty ment was as follows: The following has been received from Wing Commander Longmore: “I have to report that a success- ful air attack was carried out this morning five machines of the Dun- | kirk Squadron on the German sub- marines heing constructed at Hobok- en, near Antwerp. Two of the pilots had to return, owing to thick weather, bt Squadron Commander Ivor T. Courtney and Flight Lieutenant IT. Roscher reached their objective nnd * iter planing down to 1,000 feot, “dropped four’ Bombs ‘each on the sub- marines. Considerable Damage Donce. “It is believed that considerable damage has been dono to both the works and two submarines. ‘The works were observed to be on In all, five submarines were ob- ed on the slip. “Flight Lieutenant Meates was obliged by engine trouble to descend in Holland. Owing to the mist the two pilots experienced con- siderable difficulty in finding their way, and they were subjected to a heavy. gun fire whilest delivering their attacks.” state- B. Crossley- London, March 24, 4:40 p. m.— #light - Commander Crossley-Meates, of the British aviation service, in con- pequence of engine trouble while en- route to make un attack on Antwerp, 57 (Continued on Eleventh Page.) | Miss Nellie SENIOR COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT H. S. Presideny Gaffney Names Those Who Will Haye Charge of Annual Affairs. The senior class of the High schooi met today and voted to impose a class tax of twenty-five cents. The sub- ject af dress simplicity and unifor- mity of the girls for graduation was discussed, but no action was taken. A committee will be appointed to logk into the means of raising maoney tos defray class book publication ex- penses. President Gaffney an- nounced the appointment of the fol- lowing committees: Senior Prom committee, Albert Johnson, chairman; Alan Hall, Harry Ginsburg, Miss Elea.. nor White, Miss Gertrude Castle and Miss Ethel Brady; class banquet com- mittee, Bement Hibbard, chairman; Abraham Lipman, Edwin Curran, Miss Francesca Traut and M Ame- lia Tutles; motto committee, Vincent Glynn, chairman, James McCarthy and Minor; class night com- mittee, Miss Catherine Mills, chair- ady; Miss Rose Sablotsky, John Beg- ley and Merton Lamb. The College club presented an en- iertaining - farce last evening at the school which was a decided success. A social hour followed the play. 'Pickets far the Hartford-» ain basketball game are selling fast and the local management has only a few left. Dress rehearsals for ‘“Comus” are being held. This masque will be given next I'riday morning at chapel. ALLIED TROOPS LANDED ON PENINSULA OF GALLIPOLI . General Attack Upon Darda- nelles Fortifications to Be Undertaken Soon. London, March 24, 3:20 a. m.—A{ force of allied troops were landed on the Peninsula of Gallipoli yester- day from transports in the Gulf of Seros, according to a despatch from Athens to the Daily Express. A general attack upon the fortifica tions of the Dardahelles is to be un- dertaken immediately on the arrival of further French and British war- ships now on their way to join the at- tacking squadron. The last concerted effort against the Dardanelles positions occurred on March 18, and resulted in the loss of three battleships. Reviewing the sit- uation, military experts in London and’ elsewhere have expressed freely their belief that to penetrate the straits the marine forces must be well supported on land. The Gallipoli Peninsula is the north- ern or European side of the Darda- nelles. At its head it is not more than three or four miles wide. L this neck of land were effectively held by the allies, Tyrkish communication with the strong positions on the pen- insula would be impossible. A despatch from Athens reveived by way of Paris says an allied fleet re- sumed the bombardment of the Dar- danelles yesterday morning. SEE SAVING OF $16,000. Farrell Contracting Co. to Appear at Council Meeting Tonight, James F. Farrell and Harry Sperry, representing the Farrell Contracting company, will appear at the meet- ing of the common council tonight, they say, and show where the city of New Britain can save between $16,- 000 and $18,000 on a five-year con- tract for sprinkling streets. It is said that the company has received offers of automobile sprink- lers from two concerns manufacturing them and although the council has al- ready approved of the contract with the H. R. Walker company Farrell and Sperry hope to have it reconsider its action. The estimates for 1915-16 are ex- pected to be slashed by the coun- ol An. adjourned caucus of the re- | publican members will be held this evening to prepare further cuts in the appropriations and it is expected that the G. O. P. members will line up to a man in support of Mayor Quigley’'s economy program. McMILLAN’S SPRING OPENI xcellent Display of Latest Fashions Arranged for This Week. | The spring opening of fashions at McMillan's store on . Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday of this week will be made particularly attractive by a continuous Columbia Graphonola concert. The store contains the latest spring styles in coats, suits, evening gown dresses, muslin underwear, shir waists, kid gloves, and infant wear. The biggest display has been a ranged on the second floor. The win- dows, too, are displays of the late: fashions. Particular attention ‘'has been devoted to securing garments for the June bride.—advt, DR ¢ MOOSE CHOOS! ARTFORD. Hartford, March 24.-—Announce- ment was made today that the grand lodge convention of the Loval Order 1 5 OTT TELLS HOW HE PACIFIED INDIANS Brigadier General Entcrains Four Red Men at Dinner. INSISTS INDIANS ARENOT PRISONERS | Refers to Them as “Just His Boys”— Ty | Relates How He Brought Them to i Thompsons, Utah, from Bluff With- out Irons or Shackles. Thompsons, Utah, March 24—Seated | at the head of the table Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott, chief of stait of the United States army, at the little | at Thompsons, served four docile and apparently happy Indians 4t dinner last night. The Indians, who had been pursued by a posse headed ! by United States Marshal Nebeker for two weeks, surrendered to ' General Scott near Bluff last week. The Indi were Old Polk, chief of ore of the divisions of the renegade Piutes; Tse- Ne-Gat, son of Old Polk, who Iis (‘narged with murde 0Old Posey, £ the other division of rene and a son of “old The general insisted that the Indians were not prisoners, but ‘“just his boys.” The Indians showed lcen delight when the general insisted that he and the Indians be given a separate table away from the “white folks.” After they had eaten, the Indians were supplied with cigarettes by Ge eral Scott and then permitted to wan- der about with perfect freedom. The general's only concern was that the Indians might be run over by a train. They had never seen a railway train before, and can hardly = resist the temptation to get close to the cars. They will start for Salt Lake City to- day on board a railway train. Story of Pacification, General Scott’s story of the pacifica- tion of the Indians, told last night, follows: “We left Washington to come out heré to attempt to settle this little misunderstanding on March 3. With me were Lieut. Col. Robert . T. Michie, my aide-de-camp_ and Troop- er P. R. Randolph of the Fifth caval- | ry, my orderly. We reached Thomp- | sons on March 8, and went to Bluff, going by automobile, wagon, sleigh. horssback: and on foot. At Binff we learned that Polk and Posey and their Indians had gone to the Navajoe mountains ome 125 miles west of | Bluff. We stayed a day in Bluff and then went to Mexican Hat on the San | Juan river, twenty-eight miles west of Bluff. “We sent a friendly piute, ealled Jim’s Boy, out to tell the Piutes that 1 wanted to see them. Some of them came in near where we were camped, but it was not until the third day that any dared to come to the camp. Posey Comes Into Camp. “Posey and four other Indians then came into camp. We talked a little through a Navajo interpreter. It was in the evening and I told them I did not feel very well and did not want to talk to them until the next day They helped us Kkill a beef, and we | gave them a good meal, the first they had had for weeks. They were poorly clad, and we gave them some blankets. Posey and his men did not have any weapons, but I have reason to suspect that they had hidden them in the rocks nearby “The next day Polk and Flatch and about twpnty-five others cam in to see me. asked them to tell me their troubles. They said the cowboys had come in the daylight on horseback and sourrounded them, shot their children and wounded a squaw. They said they did not like the cowboys. It seemed they had previously had troubles with the cowboys. cott Offers Aid. “Then I told them some of my troubles. I told them I did't think they would like to have their children chased by soldiers and cowboys all over the mountains and killed. T tola them that I wouldn’t like to have my | children treated that way and I would be glad to do anything I could to stop it. .T didn’t try to push matters with them. T told the agents to see that they had provisions ana blankets for the rest of their people and for their squaws and children. T told them that after they had thought matters over T wanted them to' tell me what they wanted to do about it. They talked together amd ‘then said they wanted to do st what 1 wanted | them to do. Then we sat down I said: ‘The marshal vou, and you,’ indicating Posey, Polk, Hatch and Posey’s boy, ‘to go with him to Salt Lake. The rest of you can g0 back to your people and go to the reservation with the agent: Is that all right?’ They said it was, and fur- ther they said that if T said so they would all come to Salt Lake. Never Been Ironed. “Then we broke camp and all rode ponies back into Bluff. We rode ahead and let the Indians follow us. They have never been ironed or shackled, never have been led to be- lieve they are prisoners. They never tried to get away. Why I don’t bes lieve get rid of them we ciuld tried. At night they have hotel in'a circle and wants you, and z if slept we to- | of Moose would be held in this ciry June 18, followed by a field day on the 19th. (Continued on Tenth DPuge.) | Porto Rico, | day | sar: | the city, which was considered im- | | No. ! The LIBEL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ODENWALD United States District Attorney at San [ Juan Receives 1 ructions to Take Action Against German Stcamer. 4 at Washington, March States The United | San Juan, | instructions district attorney received to- | to begin libel proceedings agajnst | the Hamburg-American liner Oden- | wald, which tried to put to sea Sunday after clearance had been refused her. MeanwHile the cutter Algonquin is eaming from the West Indies to | San Juan to aid American officials | Lo guard against violations of neutral- | Y. Secretary Daniels also had in- ucted Admiral Fletcher at Guan- tanamo to despatch two destroyers to | Porto Rico to co-operate in that work. Orders for the movement of Ameri- | can ships were given after officials here received reports from San Juan | | that some fear was felt that the Oden- wald and the President, another man liner, might try to slip to bast the guns of Morro Castle. Action orders against tne Odenwald | the first taken under authority of | the neutrality resolution adopted by congress in the closing days of thc‘ last session. Until supplemen Teports are received here from San | Juan, officials here will not take any | action under criminal sections of the | cengressional resolution for violation | Of which the Odenwald owners or | master might be compelled to submit Lo fine and imprizonment. Admiral Fletcher, eommander-in- chief of the Atlantic fleer, notified the: navy department that the destroyer Warrington left Guantanamo, Cuba, last night for San Juan, Porto Rico, and should arrive there tonight. Secretary Daniels said it was not | planned to send another nayal craft | to Fan Juan at present, as it w thought the Warrington and ihe coast guard ship Algonquin would be suffi- cient to maintain the neutrality of the pert. x TERMS OF SURRENDER OF PRZEMYSL GARRISON Flower of Hungarian Infan- Ger- is try Among Defenders of Galician Fortress. $2,000 FOR CAPTURE |ONE BREAKS LEG AND IS CAUGHT | thousand dollars reward | Cramer 1 OF POLICE SLAYER Eimira Chicf and Detective Kiled Aresting Twa -Burglars. National Guard Called Out to Pre vent Lynching of Prisoner—Wester- velt Maintains That Cramer Did | the Shooting. Elmira, N. Y, March 24.—Two is offered for the capture of “Jack ‘ of the burglars concerned in the mur- of Chief of Police John J. and Detective Charles | Gradwell ar- | st the criminals yesterday afternoon | Cramer, one der | nen Fin- Sergeant they . when went to 1 jfor petty burglaries committed days. the other because here | during the few Bdward Westervelt, lar, past burg- of the in his attempt | maintains that | murder. who was captured breaking of to get away, still did the double Threats of Lynching. zathered about police head- quarters last night and made threats ‘nf lynching against Westervelt. So | alarming did the situation become that Sheriff Biggs called cdut the locai company of the National Guard and all night and today the soldiers have | done patrol duty around the city hall, where the prisoner is confined. has been no disorder. After the shooting, both men es-| caped through a window, but in do- ing so Westervelt's leg was broken and he was captured a short time later in the cellar of a nearby church. Cramer made good his escape. A cording to the police, Westervelt ad- mitted that he and Cramer had com- {mitted the burglaries and accuséd the |latter of shooting the two officers. ! Search for Cramer. | very available policeman and | ma citizens on foot and in auto- | ! mobiles immediately began searching | the vicinity for a clue to Cramer's { whereabouts. Elmira was in a high | | state of excitement Jast night over| the shooting and fears were expressed his leg Crowd via Paris, Marcn 24.—A of what purports to be tie upon which the Austrian Przemysl ¢ red to sur- render to the Russians printed by the Tribune, The following lations are said to have been made: | First—Full honor war for the | on, | Second—Special treatment for the prisoners, providing that officers shall | be paroled and that none of the troops | shall be sent to Siberia. 3 Third—The right to transport those killed and wounded | ring recent attacks. Fourth—Complete liberty for the ivil ‘population with the right to leave or stay in the city. | “The defenders of ‘the fortr marched out of Przemysl to Russian | headquarters with colors flying.” say the Tribune in its account of the sur- render. “The Austrian governor sur- rendered his sword to the Russian | commander while thousands of Aus- trian troops piled their arms and am- munition in front of the Russian regiments drawn up in lines The Muscovite troops cheered the un- | armed Austrians after theid last | parade. i The fall of Przemysl has made a profound impression in Hungar) the flower of the Hungarian infantry | was included among the defenders of | Geneva, summary conditions arrison at is stipu- of | to AL pregnable. DIES SUDDENLY OF BAD HEMORRHAGES Lars Josephson, Aged Forty-two, Passes Away At His Home This Morning. After going out of doors for a short time this morning, Lars Josephson, of 1 Elm street returned to home at 9 o'clock and was take! a fatal pulmona® hemorrhage. though Dr. P, \’\' Fox was ha 3 summoned the man was dead before | he couid arrive. Medical Examiner | Dr. T. G. Wright was called and he | gave permission for Erickson & Carl- son to prepare the body for burial. funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mr. Josephson was forty-two years | of age and was cmploved as a yarl foreman at T.anders, Frary & (lark’s. He belonged to the factory Mutual Aid society and was also a member of Linne lodge, N. E. O. F. He was a | member of the Swedish Lutheran church. Y | Beside his wife Mr. leaves one son and one daughter employed at Landers, and Miss Mollie em- ployed at the Stanley Rule & Ievel company. Josephson | March 21.., Thursday Hartford, Conr —lair tonight. Cloudy, B N E (tioned them befor | search 1 down ia : before. | UNDER | New L cattle | affected | Persia, by the authorities that if Cramer was raptured his life would be in dan o1 Justice McCa court 1 night call local eme issued order militia oarly st the an 1 out for an gency. Stirred or several been stirred by a of daring | burglaries. The police suspected Cramer and Westervelt and had ques- > yesterday concern- ing their actions of recent date. Wes- tervelt, the police told the follow. ing stary of what happened at the boarding house today “One of the officers to headquarters, vou. “Jack Done ‘You by Burglaries. days past ISlmira has| series | say, ‘Come | want said we on qver to | Shooting.” search me,” the window. the bulls caught me by the twisted it. I had to lay the floor, it hurt so. While the floor Jack opens up ‘em. Honest to God, 1 didn’t the shooting, Jack done it. “He made for the window and left me on the floor. I'll turn staol on him for leaving me alone. I climbed out of the window and crawled about block, but my leg was broken and could nat get away. Jailed for Burglary. have served time for burglary I got out of Rahway prison about five years. ago. “Yes, we have been jobs here. There is no any ‘bone about it. I don’t know where Cramer liv: I met him in Binghamton about ten days ago and we came to Elmira.” won't for said, made a dive Jack and 1 One of leg and on 1 on on do was 1 i doing those | use making | ! CATTLE several Towns in New London County | Affected by Order, Harvtford, March 24.— outbreak of foot and Cattle Commissioner toda issued orders guarantini following towns in New London | county: Bozrah, Franklin, Griswold Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, | London, Norwich, North Stoning- | ton, Preston, Spragu Stonington, Voluntown and Waterford. Herds of | owned by J. E. Fargo in Boz- John H. Wilson in Preston, by the disease, have been ap- praised by inspectors and were or. dered slaughtered today. The cattle commissioner ease may have been communicated deer. QUARANTIN | [ Because mouth dis- | J. O. Phely an ease i the rah and | thinks the | a by AMERICANS IN DANGER. Washington, March 24. F. W. Smith, stationed , Russia, informed American Consul at | and who is at the state department now today that American missionaries and in ds the the recently uprising against Urmiah, consul, | As- nave | fcan refugces were where Bey; at was Raghih Karis, led mis head of 700 reported the to Ame an ion, AUSTRIA 1S PREPARING Murderet FOR WAR WITH [TALY: All Buildings on Italian Fron- There | Austrian government now ! war with Italy according to despatches received here Triest, where defensive works are be- | Essen, nn of the supreme | Ports that an Ttalian agent at Luine | #057 a. tier in Line of Artillery ' Fire Blown Up. via Paris, March 24.—The | considers | probable, Geneva, more than from Vienna, A troops have arrived large number of in the Tyrol and ing constructed. The Geneva Tribune professes to | ave received advices from Austria to the effect that the dua] monarchy might consider the signing of a sep- | arate peace with Russia without con- | sulting Germany, offering as a con- cession to cede to Russia large por- tions of Galicia, The Italian government ordered the | selzure yesterday at Luino, near the Swiss frontier, of twenty-nine freight | cars containing graphite, sulphur and | cther supplies said to have been d | tined for the Krupp Gun Works at Germany The Tribune re- | It i | rrested on the charge of pur- | materials. | via Paris, March 24, uncensored despatch we chasing the Geneva, m.—An 540 to the Tribune from the Austrian border | states that Austrian military engineers have blown up with dynamite [ ¥ | Trent, | Halian t part of the an the sons | pathies are s t all the n th in buildings between [ and Lake Guarda, frontier, which would he line of artillery fire, The castern town Rovereto re- to have been abandoned and buildings torn down: All per- suspected of pro-Italian id to have been sent inta | to interned ! Sugana T on be of Is ported sym- he interior be MATAMOROS HELD ‘ 1 & | Carranza force still | and Villa with | 000 1 wes der a | would reinforcements [ | Lopez meeting | defense of | population reach the tomatic Matamoros yesterday the | Swarthy par a | attempting to force his attentions on | | the | tor cases are known women. | street nights ago when she noticed the for- cigner following her | became but continued the woman stopped cigner | 1esi { 1 laing of BY CARRANZA FORCE | Announces City 'Will | sen, Nafarette Be Defended Agai Advancing of Villa Troops Tex., March holds Mat city against the | troops, who is occupying Rey-. | miles west of Matamoros, | a force reported to number 4,-| men. There are also to 000 Villa soldiers at Camargo, | of Reynosa i General E. P. Nafarette, comman- in Matamoros, vesterday issued | circular announcing that the city | be defended and stating that | coming under | ario Btro and Cesar | A Citizens munici offic organizing to ald the percentage of the had tled to Brownsville, ! Matamoros the advance guar Villa forces are expected city late today. Three rapid fire guns were sent A moras | Brownsville, will defend the 1088, 65 said e were ienerals (e De La with against had L rs anld ecided In the i f au to and mounted on | of the ! ~ | ST \\( l R CITASES. WOMEN breastworks south city Forel Smalley ner Is Creating Scare [ Park District, Women in the re alarmed foreigner. vicinity over of Smalley the actlions of swarthy who s been females of that the past few part nights, where of the town | At least two | ne followed | One woman residing returning on home Smalley few was a ' her. She hastened | did likewise. She | that she screamed was not deterred and wiake, Fortunately met a neighbor ana both under an arc light. The for- beat a retreat. 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