New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1915, Page 1

'« [ HERALD BESTOF ALL LLOCA.L NEWSPAPERS, *PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT. WEDNESDAY; MARCH 31, IQIS»ATWEL RUSSIANS ANNIHILATE ENTIRE DIVISIONS OF CERMANS IN POLAND Austrians Lose 18,000 in North- castern Hungary--4,000 of Them Slaia in an Hour. KAISER'S FORCES REPULSE FRENCH ATTACKS IN WEST Czar's Troops in Turkish Armenia Capture Town of Artvin—Threa Persons Killed During Two Attacks Upon Russianm Port of Tibau German Warships—Allied Bombarding Dardanelles Villages, German forces in attenaea with un- usually heavy losses, is reported un- officially frcm Petrograd. This in- » formation is to the effect that the Ger- mans fell back in the Nlemen River district, expecting that the Russians would pursue them and be crushed by a flanking movement. Petrograd siates that the maneuvers failed, and that “entire divisions” of Germans, themselves caught in a trap, were an- nikilated. The German official state- ment of today, while making no speci- fic reference to such an engagement, announced that the Russians have suffered reversals at various points near the Prussian frontier. Concerning the western front, Berlin communication states French assaults were béaten back, with heavy losses to the attacking forces. The French war office says the situation is unchanged. Austrians Lose 18,060 Men., After a brief lull in the fight for possession of Dukla Pass, in the Car- pathians, the Russians have brought up reinforcements and resumed the attack. At Vienna it is said that the Russians have not been able to gain their objective at any pecinv along the Carpathian front for the invasion of Hungary, and that they were defeated in. Bukowina yesterday. Despatches 10 Swiss newspapers, however, say that the Austrians enormous losses in northeastern Huns' gary, It is estimated “that {hey 'lost 18,000 men on Sunday, and the Rus- =ians are credited with annihilating g column of 4,000 Austrians in an hour. Daring German Maneuver. ‘Petrograd, Russia, March 31, 11: ®. m., via London, 2:30 p. m. he long silence in Petrograd concerning the operations on the German front was broken today by an authentic report of a daring German maneuver In the Niemen river district, which, aecording to this information, began abortively and ended in failure. A defeat of northern Poland, The gradual withdrawal of the cen- | tral part of their Tenth army, a move which was expected to draw all the Russian forces into the advance be- tween Suwalki and Kalvaria, was to be fallowed, according to the Russian interpretations of the German plan, by a quick encircling movement of their left flank from the vicinity of Lake Dusa and lLake Nimno to the | rear. This, it was planned, would cut off the retreat of the advancing | Russians, and at the same time they would be outflanked. German Divisions Annibilated. Overzeal to achieve this aim led the German generals to throw a large part of their twenty-first army corps, with three reserve regiments, amount- ing in all to an entire corps, across ; the melting ice of Lake Dusa before “ the middle group of the Russian forces had advanced sufficiently to as_ sure the success of the proposed en- circling maneuver. Having mounted the hazards of the transpor- “lation of these troops over weak ice, the Germans discovered, according t< the reports coming to Petrograd, that their movement was premature, and in a desperate effort to retrace their steps they were met by a fierce Ru %ian onslaught. According to th account of this fighting, the Russians annihilated entire divisions of the Germans. At other points along the German front isolated engagements continue, but they are without stmle ic signi- ficance. Austrians Lose Geneva, via Pa March 31, 6:15 a. m.—Austrian losses in Lyutta Val- « ley and the Province of Bereg (north- east Hungary) on the day of March 28, are estimated at 18,000, according to despatches received by Swiss newspapers. These advices state that a column of 4,000 Austrians was an- #* nihilated in less than an hour during " a desperate action in Bereg Province, six miles north of Vereczke. Aus- trian troops in this territory are re- ported to be demoralized as the result of their enormous losses, German Official Report. Berlm, March 31. by Wireless to &yville, N. Y.—At the war office to- day the following announcement was made ! “West of Pont-A_Mousson French i 18,000, mttacks near and east of Regnieville the Forest of LePretre were and in repulsed. " Continued on Eleventh Page) The enemy sustained by Fleet | the that | have ssufferedyf: sur- | | GIBARA ASHORE OFF EAST COAST OF CUBA Cuban Steamer Has Crew of Forty- five and Eight Passengeis on Board —Declines Aid From Mandeville. New York, March | steamer GiBara, with crew of 45 and eight passengers, was reported today to have been ashore four miles north of Cape Ma the extreme } eastern tip of Cuba, on March 18 last. | Report of the Gibara’s plight was | brought to this port by officers of the steamer Mandeville, in from Kingston. | The Manderville offered to take oft | the crew and passengers, but the o[- fer v declined. From her pos j tion it was believed that the vessel { would be a total los The Gibara was a | formerly under the At present zhe is owned She is of 1,156 tons reg: 230 feet long. 'FOUR PERSONS DROWNED IN DUWAMISH RIVER | Automobile Runs Off Bridge Ten Miles South of Seattle, Wash. 31.—The Cuban j coasting vessel, Norwegian flag. in Havana. ister and is Seattle, Wash., March 31.—Bodies }of the four persons drowned in the Duwanish River last night when an automobile ran off a bridge ten miles south of this city, were brought here today for burial. Those drowned were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Prosch, Miss Margaret L. and Mrs. Harriet F. Beecher. Urosch who was 65 years of | age, was editor of the Post Intelli- | gencer for several years. Mr. Prosch, who was 65 years of | General Morton M. McCarver, found- er of the city of Tacoma. She was 64 years old. o Miss Denny was the daughter of Arthur A. Denny, who founded Seat- tle in 1851, She was one of the last survivors of the schooner load |of people who landed at Seattle in November of that year. She was 70 years old. Mrs. Beecher was the wife of Cap-| !taln Herbert F. Beecher, son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. She | late was 50 years old. MAY SPEND $20,000 TO _ RAISE SUBMARINE F-4 Secretary Daniels Authorizes Expendi- turc When He Learns Hawser At- tached to Boat Had Parted. ‘Washington, * March 31.—Expendi- | ture of $20,000 to bring the sunken submarine ¥F-4 to the surface in Honolulu harbor was authorized by Secretary Daniels today after a mess- age had been received from Rear Ad- miral Moore saying that the hawser attached to the boat had parted and ! that present equipment was too light to raise her. Honolulu, March 31.—Grapnel cables attached to a heavy object, be- | lieved to be the lost submarine I"-4 parted late yesterday and work was | suspended for the night. It was said, | however, that another attempt would Kl)e made today to grapple the object. A huge diving tube which engineers have been hastily constructing was | completed last night. It was sub- merged six e feet and was left in the harbor until morning in order to test its stability. The city has been scoured to ob- tain’ 700 feet of reinforced hose to be | used for air tubes. Twenty-one coffins have been de- i livered' at the mavy dock for the ill- fated crew of the F-4. PRO-GERMAN: PRESS. Louds Speech of Bulgarian Radostavoff’s. London, March 81, 9: 05 | “The momef our = interests threatened or affected te.our we, together with the | will take the requisite measure: one of the statements contained in ! Premier Radostavoff’s declaration re- | garding the Bulgarian government's | policy of neutrality, made at the closing session of the Sobranje ac- cording to the ministerial organ, Nar- | odni Prava, sa a Sofia despatch to the Times. The speech of the premier is applauded Dby -the pro-German press. At the last sitting of the Sobranje a scuffle took place among the Turk- ish deputies, some of whom ac the others of espionage. Premier | a. m.— are detri- ment, nation, was EXTRA SESSION OF DIET. New York, March 31.—The East and West News Bureau received to- day the following despatch from Tokio: ‘“The emperor has called an extra session of the diet, to open on May 17 and continue for three weeks." LORD ROTHSCHILD DEAD. London, March 31, 5:40 p. m.— Lord Rothschild, head of the knglish branch of the Rothschild family, died | in London today. i of long argument over i 5 made it the order | b { are in progres | senate having inserted ‘‘dents | tural | propri | these OPPOSE ABOLISHING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LGeneral Assembly Receives Unfav- orabic Report on-Bil. 'LONG ARGUMENT 1S ANTICIPATED Senate Makes Measuie Order of Day for Next Tuesday—Clairvoy- ant’s Bill Reconsidered- -Amend- cd Barbers' Measure Passed. Hartford, March assembly today 31.— received The an general unfavor- able report on the bill to abolish cap- | - al punishment, and in anticipation it, the senate of the day for next Tuesday at 12:30. The state’s prison committee re- ported to the house a change in the law ‘which limits the warden of the state prison to a two mile range giving convicts outside labor which will enable him to use convicts anywhere in the state. Reconsider Clairvoyants Bill, Mr. and reconsidered the clairvoyvants’ bill, explaining that stat attorneys who the | wished to have the bill passed thought the Martin amendment striking out palmists emasculated the measure. They had had a conference with Mr. Martin and an amendment had been agreed upon clarifying the language | Fof the Bill, especially where it lates to frauds. This amendment we accepted and the bill passed, as it came from the senate which had striken out references to spiritualism, which was in the first draft. The bill in its present form prohi- bits the advert and other so-called clairvoyancy with intent to defraud. arts Unfavorably Reported. The judiciary committee reported unfavorably the, Gorman bill to pro- hibit the bringing into the state men to serve as armed guards in troubles. tee found that the law prohibits the employment of any man not a citizen 1o serve as a peace officér either with or without arms. Mr. tested against the report, it was an evil, for the right is given to one side to bring in armed to do the work that rightly should be done by the local or state authoritie: Afr. King repifed that the bill a° upon the Shelton strike | the committee recognized there was n evil in that situation and promised Mr. kind to meet it, but scrutiny of the statutes showed that the law of 1837 covered the situation and that labor men should see, when labor troubles , that the appointment of constable; nd deputies is strict- Iy in conformity to the law. The bill went to the calendar for further con- sideration upon objection of Mr, Gor- man to acceptance of the committee’ report. Among favorable Teports were the following: On a new gravel for highways bill providing that towns may not take gravel banks without consent of the owner; providing that mortgages of electric light or power companies shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state after being record- ed in the town in which the company plant is located instead of in every town in which the company does business; making non-residents liable for the same penalfies as are imposed upon residents for failure or refusal to file tax lists; providing that an town, borough, fire district or may appropriate and expend mone; ry for a site and a public lib- was rar; a term not exceeding ten years. Barber’s Bill Passed. The amended barber’s bill passed 1 the house and further amended by the senate was passed in concurrence when the house accepted the senatc amendments. The house also accepted th fire balloon bill as amended by the snate, and the bill concerning the ransfer of small busine on whic! insurance policies are outstanding, {he 1 parlor” the list of business enterp ered by the bill The . agricultus committec reported a number of bilis carrying appropriations for agricul- ocieties, these going to the ap- wions committec Among unfavorable reports On the Bronson bill to the criminal ju court at Waterbury; to disenfranchi clectors who fail to vote for ten ye: to impose a tax per square foot on biil boards. Rev. Albert Hartford offered p and he feelingly rc reavement which had come to R. O. Eaton, member from Nor Haven in the loss of a daughter. 10,000 TI{IBI&S\IL\ ]{]‘ VOl India, March 31, via Lon- p. m.—A revolt of 10,000 tribesmen at Tochi has resulted in a battle with government troops. The tribesmen were repulsed. COAL FOR EITEL. Newport News, Vi., March Barge loads of c¢oal for the auxiliary cruiser Prinz Bitel rick were brought down Roads this afternoon, Thierichens plans to beg raider late today. Dieffenbach er in the hoius d to the Dbe Simla, don, 5:15 Ge Fried- Captain the | in | and | :.lhoir children not to play unless they | Playmates have Hyde had taken from the table | | ¢hild | department re- | s 'LIVELY FIGHTS ON IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ng of fortune telling’ labor | Mr. King said the commit- | Gorman pro-.| saying that | men | flling and | | Voters Gorman to bring in a bill of some | and maintenance of the same for | e | Representative ! has | after a T Arvid abolish | liction of the district | at . | out of bed while his motaer v | some matche: n | in Hampton | zin coaling his | FIFTEEN.NEW CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH Epidemic in" West End Cont cs to Grow—Eleven Cases of Mumps Are Now Reported. Despite the precautions and urgings of the health department the epidemic of whooping cough in the western sec- tion of the city continues to grow although it is believed that the high water mark, has heen reached through its discovery by Superintendent T. I Ree Since last Saturday, when a ory of the epidemic was printed in the Herald, fifteen nv\\ cases hav been reported. Dr. RReeks praised the Herald for the space it devoted to an account of thé epidemic and believes that, to a large extent, it sponsible for arousing a spir tion among mothers and als ing them to report new ca. office. Dr. Reeks repeated h caution®to mothers today, saying: The board of health advises parents of children afflicted by whooping cough to see to it that they are cautioned not to & ciate with other children who are well and not to go out of the imme- diate vicinity in whjch they live. Parents of well children, in the int est of their families, should warn of cau- s0- certain that the not got the whoop- ing cough. If a child hears another whoop he should immediately leave the spot and not play with the are | other, Besides whooping cough, t ‘has ‘a mild epidemic of mumps to deal with. There have been eleven cases of mumps reported the past few days. These are about evenly divided between the east and west sections of the city. First, Second and Wards Expected to Fur- nish Fireworks. I Lively times at the republican pri- | the who are maries on April 6 are assured by large number of candidates desirious of securing the councilman. wind nomination for alderman and end at s Registrar with whom filed, afternoon of “petitions o'clock tonight but of Ziegler, the peti- the who tions expressed that all chapeaux into the circumferance nad done so, Probably the liveliest disput be in the first ward. where former Building Inspector August Bergstrom and Councilman Albert Anderson ate opponents for the aldemanic nomina- tion. There isy said to be much bit- terness already in this-contest. Coun- cilman John A. Dolan h filed a pe- tition to succeed himself and Walter Pohlman is the other candidate for councilman to succeed W. I. Haus- mann. The second ward are being opinion this intended to .toss their race for council- manic nomination is also expected to | be a warm affair. filed from lam W. T. Councilman two last named joined hands Petitions have been rthur F. Spencer, Wil- Squire, James Iverson and I°. Bichstaedt. The are said to have against the field, Councilman Valentine B. Chamber- lain is the only one who has filed a petition for the nomination for al- derman in the third ward. There are four aspirants for the for councilman. They K Frederick nomination are Paul Wooster, Charles Muller Carlson. L S ) his petition, but pected to do so before 8 o’clock. Alderman . A. Parker field for the nomination f in the fourth ward and the who seek the nomination for cilman are John Stadler, Jr., re-election, and Albin Rudolph A. not filed Curtis is ex has a clear only two coun- who js H. Od- son William J tition for the al in ‘the fifth ward There ar candidates for councilmen publican nominations the sixth ward Selectmen Willi; H. Nero re-election as entative E. . Fromen The from i McCabe has lermani filed a nomina ve- tion e no No expected re- are in 1m have filed selectmen Latham and pet ms for and Repre- Dr. Ernst committeemen Avril 6 will be Goodwin hool and for s primar CHILD BURNED March 31.—John old, burned heres, today. T, Potter, to death He climbed as down is believed, got hold of setting his clothing on fire while “laying with them. ® hen the mother “ushed up stairs as youngster screamed she found Iying on the “oor burned from chin to feet. He 1 also inhaled the flames and death occurred within half an hour. Two other children were in tlic bed. Theq were not Ridgeficld, {hree years his home wa stairs and, it the him WEATHER, Hartford. March 31.—Fair z tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature, R 1 G S - ; | with others | tae health | in | Third | The will | and | ldermajlert ten days before, CHARGEDWITHSETTING (FIRE T0 1A TOURAIN[‘{ Raymond Swaboda Arested in hiotei by Paris Auhorities. | LETTERSPONT STRONCLY TO GULT | Prisoner, Suspected of Having Closo | Relations With Germas, Profesces | to Be An American of independent | Means from New York, | | | | is | Paris, March 31, | mona Swoboaa, 5:10 of A e M.—Ray- | one passen- | gers aboard the French line steamship | | La 2 fire at sea | i=h Touraine, which was impeliled Maich 6, | arrested charged with setting fire to | | the vessel, according to the Matin. | Swoboda, the having and corre by on has been paper ““clos erts, is sus- pected of > relations with sondence to the enemy,” found | indicate task He he | of hu-. is said with in his rooms charged ihe the Touraine. to Havre. had Dbeen biowing been taken up | Caused by Explosion. i Investigations made by experts ap- | pointed by Admiral Charlier, i cenducting the inguiry into the steam- chip fire, has estdblished, it is said, | fact that the blaze aboard the | ine must have been caused by the expiosion of some detonating de- | vice. Statements made by passen- | members of the crew suj port this theory. The explosion was | | sufficiently violent to wrench loose | the doors of cabins nearby. The au- ‘[ thorities believe the explosive had Leen placed with criminal intent in a | itrunk which was stored with the bags | | of first class passengers in number | | two holds. With this first report or experts at . Land, the state attorney at Havre | cxamined as many passengers as could be reached. The witnesses ated, according to the Matin, that | | they had been amazed at the state- | inent made one night during the voy- eze by a fellow passenge., wilen they were discussing German tareats to torpedo ssing through the war Th nger is quoted as having remarked: “Oh, that isn't the only war zone that would be danger- ous, Germany is strong do what she wants. cven before she reaches the war zone, uight be obliged to have to the doctors and nurses aboard to care tor the » Of Con:siderable Importance, | Only passing heed, however, was given to this assertion when 1t was made, but in view of subsequent cvents it appeared to the investigating attorney to have considerable import- ance, The passenger in question, who was «uoted as having boasted of Germany's | pow was listed on the ship's rec ords as “Raymond Swoboda,” 38 yvears old, an American subject, profession, financier, destination Paris.” | Commissary Dubert attached to the secret service department of the min_ er of the interior, undertook the i of tracing Swoboda He found | that the man was fairly well known in Paris financial circles and had been | connected with several more or less important transactions. He was sup- ta be a Russian for he often of his family connections at Petrograd and Moscow He had | served as‘a foreign representative for | a broker named Morrison, who con- | ts one of the large brokerage hou in Pur | | Manner Arcused Suspicion. None of Swoboda's ciates had seen him | | who ! the Tour: sers and zone. recourse spoke business asso- after the arrival, the Touraine at Havre, where she | | docked safely on March §, but Du- | | bert traced him to a hotel in the Ave- | | nugKleber only tv find that'he had after a brief | there under the | flame of Raymond Swobida and pro- | fessed to be an American of inde- | pendent means who had come from | New York on the Touraine. He told the of the fire in the | drawing but the ‘ret operative he was told that | ida’s manner aroused picion and the guests kept aloof {from him He was traced to another the Place DeRivoli, where he was ar- rested. When his room was searched the declare, letters written in ierman found, which seemed to his g He Ha by \‘(l\ He remaine | hot servi Swob- story room, sa had sus- | other some hotel in police were strongiy to turned over to th Paris anthorities, point was | vre police the | Honorable in Dealings, i Morrvison, when told of arrest, expressed amazc. | had business relations with | he said, “"but he always was perfectly honorable in his dealings | with me. I knew that he formerly was employed in a and T was not astonished at his wide 'On\\ ledge of finance. ©%at his business brought him a large income."” Broker Swobida's ment. I Swobida,” Applicd for Passport. Washington, March 31.—8each of state department records today re- vealed that Raymond Swoboda made pplication for an American yasaport | York on Feb. 26. Swoboda residence as San IPrancigco department toda | warded what inforation it has fo the | department of justice for investigagion. &) FRIENDS AND ALLIES | has returned | that 1 enough to | This saip herself, | fleet | near | cawe chase, Illerman B large Paris bank y Cape Town, w: Islands Monday I know also | German submarine U-28, bers of the crew | ported sunk last night. | was not then | pagsengoers on board. men i Ked Findlundin and | this NOR V TA American 8 Kirkwi cha London, Xurw‘t‘glnn at Kirkwall on ! taken to Dundée American lard prize be court, hag b The American - steaf loaded with lard, which Iy detained at Kirkwal in spite of the fact d been inspected ficials in New York later transferred to permitted to resu Copenhagen after cargo. Two other vessels carrying lurd o other supplies are involved in p#l court investigations. One is the Swi steamer Crekland, detained Middlesboro since March 10, and other is the Frogner, a Norwegia boat, detained at Kitkwall March 1 and then transferred to Newcastle. by and Dundeg, her dischargh n last United town in was ildren, ardwick. Trave Leon T 01, when h faun the pmpleting pme a tra work takii he world, e United 8 d later to Mrs. Thra m.—Fof-yom her son mer Premier Venizelos of Greece, whoyrote that he to Athens after a shortyool on the rvest, has made declarations to polith=\frica, where cal friends concerning concessions he jon as mas obtained during his ministry in regard The next to territorial claims of Bulgaria, acsvhen she re cording to the Athens correspondentynorning’s phg of the I‘in\' Agency. M. Venizelos No is quoted as aying “‘Al the beginning of the war London, M demands on Bulgaria included ~not*con Chester only Kavala, but Vodena, These. de-/Mong the &4 mands, which were supported cerdVes when the tain powers, assumed a serious chars'48 torpedoss acter, but my line of policy was an submari succecded in obtaining the®l Probably withdrawal of this support from Bul-%¢™ althou garia. Later 1 ¢ eeded algo in apsroomassie M ranging that no cession of Serbjan employed Macedonia should be made to Bulé aia. ey S viny no posi Speaking of the participation —af®n#hip. Greece in the. war on the side of tha ‘When the allies, urged by him, the former prag'¥ Mr. Thra mier said he belevea that with :.3"’ had’ no and a division of - her army>merica to Greece could have doubled her terpdMOney paid: oo 9 hnce was “After the Applig sphere of world politic he said Mr. Thrashe “and we need friends and allies. JGold Mining formerly was accused of dreaming ofcoast headqu a dictatorsaip, but my acts: have mechanic last been a protest against this charg vere satisfact He is said to have urged his friends remitted mone to have patie until after the el Thrasher W tions when the situation bel pa na Railrd come regularized A to 19344, “and "1 tscuador on t the ACEBSIL orts, chief o Island in he¢ quil.Quito raf Turkey byl The Thrash Vodn Wagshingto Kal: the' death © Thrasher of municated by with «Congres lett, who she Ambagsador asking plete report on: in-law NEEDED BY GREECE |Former Premier Tells Friend to Have Patience Until After Elections Paris, March 31, 2:05 a. the by rad oast ave mad two wars w ntered e would Kavala is a port on sea northwest of Thasos territory obtained from Grecce after the Balkan wars about 130 miles west of the Serbian bound | to is of ' SUBMARINE AT‘TALKH) w BY FRENCH CRUISR London | er- Helieved German Submersible bas Motk York, Thrasher. pass Hard sunk Off Dieppe As Oil Ros New to Surface of Waters. March 31, 12:50 A a's indicating that a Gepan have been sunkjy a was given out jday of ‘marine It} as Paris, P tement submarine French cruiser Ly the ministry tollows “Yesterday afternoon a Frencigght cruiser sighted German subnjrine maneuvering the surfacd off Dieppe The cruiser immedtely forcing the submarie to nwhile at theperi- turning in order t{ram bow cruiser | | may {ing to Englan fM. L. Thrashe | The Kast | bankers of th | iness with Mr, {trom him a m time to time, at Plymouth, The firm belie can citizen Expec of M mother i warded to he jone of these | | the ye Mr | i on firing and it with the The submarine ope disappeared, where the intities of dive, mea SBome abovd v theg the | passed moment from was at the - spot lasi/seen the sur- | nd submarine oil foated ar e had finished w thought he wor within a short You can e two or three | he sent hisg |4 representativ Believed of M were Mg corresy OTHER BRITISH STEAMER IS S NK to | Litt)e affairs ers had tervals, they M of the country had transmitt ! from abroad the gold coast, [ he was unmaj | in his Jast ! Thrasher wrot |at 27 Cartwrl | Pancras, Lond This was Sne Jad no | Thrasher when Her crdy of 3% | port form in their boats an| were e the Danwsi jagmer o landed at Haghead | Brrrisi Cardiff, Wal —~The Cardl the British hag bheen Lo Scilly Island nnds Ui Plaminian Destroyed O scilly by German Submarine Crew of 39 sSaved, March Line ith a general cargo, sunk March The infan, w to scilly the Th| mem- were saved This is the same vessel thatjas re- He¢ name London, 31, 12:10 p, 13- steamer Fla from Glak off e 29 known 1o by took up morning. m The British steamer Fiamifag was f 2,218 net_tons. Shipping legeords veated her at London on Migh 3. I