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

Y G - NEXT PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY /14, 1915—EIGHTEEN PAGES. STEP OF U. S. DEPENDS UPON GERMAN RECEPTION 'OF PRES. WILSON'S NOTE ' Attitude of That Country Will Decide Future Policy ] GERMAN OFFICIAL o ~ of This--Communication Asserts \’l-‘l,;at American ' Rights Will Be Protected ' S RECEIVE NOTE i . merce Destroyers and Reply to German Circular of . Regret to Neutrals A_t ‘ashington, May 14.—The goyern- ent and people of the United States . taday turned expectantly ' toward Berlin, where Ambassador Gerard had « been instructed to present to the Ger- e n'\tox‘elm\ office a note calling the ttention of the imperial government ‘%o the '‘unlawful and inhuman” de- ‘struction of the Lusjtania, and: other ations of American' rights on the eas: [ /A y is asked irl the note : to " Glsavow the acts of her submarine ommanders 'in the torpedoing - with- . out warning of the Lusitania, a 1L pritish ship, with a loss of more than .+ 9ne hundred American lives, and the " American steamer Gulfiight as a Te- ¢ sult of which two or more American " eftizens met their death. Reparation 80 far as reparation 1s possible,” is asked and the United States declares " it '‘confidently expects that the im- © perial German government will take immediate steps to prevent the ' re- . currerice of such acts ni practices.” Nl" time is speci T a reply, but ' communication the, govern- e, United States ls. pointed out that on ‘of the mote was intended to . impress upon Germany - that' there ixhould be no misapprehension in Ber- lin ‘of the firm purpose or 'the United UStates to safeguard its rights by any) " means necessary. This i& expressed in < the final sentence, which 'says: *“The mperial German government will not. - expéct the government of tne United| - States to omit any word or any act necessany' to~the performance ‘of its pacred ~duty of | ‘maintaining = the zights, of the United States' and its ‘‘gitizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.” It was just a week. ago today that thg Lusitania was struck by a Ger- maxr torpedo and sunk with the loss ©of many neutral lives besides the gtores of Americans. The United Jfates government is the first to act. other neutral nations, most of ‘#thom have been waiting for the policy of the Unité@ States to be re- Vealed, ‘are now expected to decide #hat representations ‘they will make.’ M. Attracts Wide Comment. As the note was read by diploma- Rists' and officials generally, one fea- f ture that attracted wide comment was &gma taken by the United States i tracts Wide Commient. taken as a prize the ship could not be sunk without leaving the neutral vessel's crew to the mercy of the sea in her small boats.’ It was this feature—the application of the rules, of naval prize law to the cases of neutral vessels carrying con- traband encounters by. submarines— which attracted attention when the first examined. The argument made in the American note today is de- signed to point out the inadmissibility of what had been regarded in some quarters as concessions by Geérmany in the treatment of neutral merchant- men. ¢ 'No Word From Gerard. Although Ambassador Gerard had been directed to notify the state de- partent of his receipt of the Ameri- him. Officials were ' sire, ' however, that the communication. had reached Berlin and undoubtedly had been pre- sented to the German foreign ‘office. The absence of any message from My, Gerard, they attributed to the congestion of telegraph wires in Italy. Count Bernstorff, the German am- bassador, made an engagement to go to the staté department, it was un- derstood, 'to' call, Mr. n's atten- tion to reports again' published to- day purporting tpltvr*%ut & compl \, and point out that in no way a source of them. Full Text of Note. The full text of the note,was made public last night by the state departe ment as follows: 'Department of State, ‘Washington, May 18, 1916. “The Secretary’ of State to | American Ambassador at Berlin, “Please call on the minister of for- eign affairs and after reading to him this communication, Teave with him aieopy. | Olear and Full Unders:anding. “In view of recent acts of the Ger- man authorities in violation of Ameri- ¢an rights on the high seas which culminated in the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusitania on'May 7, 1915, by which “ver one hundred American citizens logt their' lives, it is clearly wise and desirable that the government of the, TUnited States and the imperial Ger- man government should come to a clear and full understanding 'as to the grave situation which has resulted. “The sinking of tHe British. pas- senger steamer Falaha by a German submarine’ on March 28, through which Leon C. Thrasher, an Ameri- can citizen, was drowned; the attack on April 28 on 'the American vessel Cushing by a German aervplane; the torpedoing on May 1 of the American the inst the use of the submarine as a nerce destroyer, the attention of ithe German government being called ¢ “The practical impossibility” o imploying these under sea craft .to [Hlestroy merchantmen, ‘without disre- rding those rules of fajrness, reason, jstice: and humanity which all mod- bern opinion regards as imperative.' t ‘This was taken by haval officers ersed In law and = diplomatists to jmean that not only during the pres- jer swu but in future international lconlerences to amend the =~ rules of Pmarittme warfare, the American gov- ent would be found ‘aligned inst the use. of the submarine tghinst merchantmen. i ' Reply to Note of Regret. nother ‘feature of the note which | tional obligation as always engaged d much comment among diplo- ma was the statement in it reply- ing to the German circular to neu- trals which arrived here on Tuesduy hnd agree to express et and give reparation for any . mi ken attacks on neutrals vesels by submarines. % The communication points out that thile expressions of regret and offers n in cage of destruction of ips sunk by mistake may ‘4nternational obligations if no oL 1t results” they cannot justify “gxcuse & practice the natural and ry effect of which is to sub- neutral nations and neutral per- s to new and immeasurable risks." [ s vessel Gulfight by a ' German sub- marine,’ as a. result of which two or inore American eftizens met: their @eath, and, finally, the torpedoing and sinking of the steamship Lusitania, constitute a series of events which the government of the United States has observed with growing concern, tress and amazement, Belleve Acts Were Not Sanctioned. “Recalling the humane and en- lightened attitude hitherto assumed Py the imperial German government in matters of international right, and | particularly with regard to the free- dom of the seas; having learned to recognize the German views and Ger- man influence in the fleld of interna- upon the side of justice and humanity; and having upderstood the Instruc- tions of] the imperial German govern- ment to its naval commanders to be upon the same | plane of humane action prescribed by the naval codes of other nations, the government of the United States was loath to believe it can not now bring it<elf to believe —that these acts, so absolutely con- trary.to the rules, the practices and the spirit of modern warfare, could have the countenance or sanction of that great government. It feels it to Le its duty, therefore, to address the imperial German government con- cerning them with the utmost frank- ness and in the earnest hope that it is N0t mistaken in expecting action on German circular note to neutrals was | can note, no word came today from ' | dis- | fTALIAN STATESMEN RECEIVED BY KING Marcora or Manfrédi May Be i Chosen to Form New Cabiriet, Rome, May 14, Via, Paris, 2:33 p. m.—King Victor Emmanuel todady re- ceived in the order named, the fol- iowing statesmen: Signar Manfredi, president of the senate; Signor Marcora, president of the chamber of deputies, and Signor Giolitt{, a former premier, and now the leader of the neutralists m Ttaly. These evidences of political activity iere observed with deep Interest be- the cabinet on the ground that it did nct have the unanimous support of the constitutional parties of the country in its international policy. The ' king ‘has not' yet announced ‘whether the resignation will be ac- 1 cepted or not. iThe ' members ' of the handed in their resignations than appear before parliament when it meets May 20 and give to,the world an exhibition of internal division in Ttaly. cabineet ’ | have been mentioned as among those upon whom the king may call to form w new: ministry. FRATERNAL LEAGUE- " T0 OPEN TOMORROW i | o Mayor Quigley, Monier Brothers and Henry Morans Offer Trophies for Winning Toam. Tomorrow .afternoon at 2 ;. o'elock the Fraternal Baseball league will open at the Pioneer diamond with a game between the Tabs and the Junior | Mechanice. “ The second game will be between the Moose and the' Bagles Michael Lynch will act as umpire. .+ Bunday afternoon the Red Men will clash with the Court Friendly team at Electric Feld. ¥ Mayor George A. Quigley is inter- ested in this league and has offered a silver cup for the winning team, Monier Brothers have also offered a trophy for the winners and Henry Morans, a jeweler, has offered 'a prize each month for the player with the highest batting average for the past thirty days. The league officials meeting this eveping. | ORDERS WARSHIP SENT TO AID AMERICANS will hold a Yaqul Indians Attack American Colony at Esperanza, Mexico—Condition Reported Critical. Los Angeles,, Cal, ' May 14.—The navy department, according to a mes- soge received ‘here today, has in- structed Admiral Howard' to send a warship to Tobari " Bay,” Mexico, to succor the American.colony at Rs- peranza, which has been attacked by Yaqui Indians. Nogales, Sonora, May 14.—With five hundred Mexican soldiers and a band of armed Americans reported as urving to rescue them, a colony of gixty-five Americans, including women and children, were striving today to fight off Yaqui Indians from their homes near Esperanza, south of Guaymas, = Their condition was re- ported as critical, Goyernor Maytorena of Sonora has promised Frederick Simpich, Ameri- can counsel here, that he will make every effort to drive back the Indians, | THAW GAINS VICTORY. Appellate Court Dismisses Prohibi- tory Writ in Sanity fssue, New York, May 14.—The appellate ,hlx‘ldon of the supreme court decided 1oday that it would not interfere with ‘the plan to have Harry K. Thaw's nother portion emphasis is 1aid | the part of the imperial German gov- f mental status placed before a jury for arines to ex- -and search at e of pract it impossible for th of ‘merchantmen s to make a prive or if P ernment which will correct the un< fortunate impressions which Thave’ the position of that government with (Continued on Ninth Page.) @etermination. { + The court dismissed the prohibitory _ difficulties | been created and vindicate once more’ writ which, if sustained, would have enjoined the supreme court from sub. mitting the case to a jury next Mon- day. ciiuse, of ‘the resignation yesterday of : rather | Both Signors Marcora and Manfredi | RMAN TRENCHES CAPTURED BY ALLIES Furlous Freach Attack Near Bel- iam Border Gains Further Advancs. GERMANSUBMARINE REPORTED SUNK | German Movement in Galicia Re- | ported to Be Pcrmanently Checked —Grave Kvents Looked for in Italy in Near Future. along the section of the irent just south of the Belgian border is said to | have resulted in a further advance. The official statement from Paris an- nounces the capture or several Ger- men trenches near Souchez. | Rain interfered with the fighting | | yesterday and apparently the move- ments were less important than. in preceding day, when both the Paris “and Berlin communications chronicled | sugcesses for the allies. Today's | ¥rench announcement states that the ground recently Won norin of Arras | | ias been mentioned. ¢ German Movement Checked. At Petrograd it is said the German movement in Galicia has been checked : Dermanently. The Russians have | fallen back on strong positions along the ' River San, which runs through central Galicia. Fresh troops have been brought up to rehéve the pres- | sure on 'the Russian center, and are sitacking the German flanks, i To meet thig situation the Germans are transferting troops further to the east, apparently with the intention of attacking the Russian left flank. War Demonstrations in Rome, Great demonstrations in favor of war are reported in. despatches from Rome. It is sald that grave events: are looked for in the near future. So far as is known, King Victar Emman- uel has not accepted or declined to accept the resignation of the cabinet, tendéred last night. Advices from thei Dardanelles, s conveyed from gources fayorable to the allies, say the French and Brit- ish forces are continuing ‘to Eain. in thee land .fghting, although it 'is con- ceded the decisive Dhase has not been Teached. 'One British correspondent assrts mrw ¢ WNGTE" vonst line “of Gallipoll Pendhsula < i§ in the hands of the allies. German Submarine Sunk, | The captain of & steamer which put in at Blyth, Eng., reported his ship had struck & submerged obstacle Wwhich, apparéntly was a submarine and that he believed the submarine had been sunk. A Duteh trawler re- ported it had been attacked in the North Sea by a German aeraplane; while flying the Dutch flag. « Three bombs were .dropped, but the trawler ‘was ‘uninjured. o ok The great battle now in progress in northern France is characterized in a London despatch as one of unbe- lievable fury. It is said both sides have been exhausted by the struggle, but that the allies are holding firmly to the positions in which they are now established. German Allics Claim Advances, The Russian war office announces that the battle in western Galicia 1Is| becoming less intense, but official r. ports from Berlin and Vienna con tinue to claim that the Austro-Ger- man forces are sweeping( eastward, putting the Russians to rout and cap- turing vast numbers of prispners, French Official Report. Paris, May 14, 2:31 p. m.—The French war office this afternoon is sued the following statement on the Drogress of hostilities: “It has been raining without stop since yesterday morning. Last night, in spite of the handicap of a difficult and slippery terrain, we occupied several German trenches to the southwest of Souchez and we have maintained on the rest of ‘the-front from Loos to Arras all the gains recently made by us, “In the valley of the Aisne we yes- terday destroyed four German block houses and levelled several frenches.” German Submarine Sunk. Blyth, England, May 14, 12:53 p. m.—A German submarine is reported to have been sunk in the North sea. The captain of the steamer Collairnie on reaching’ port today stated that his vessel apparently had destroyed the submarine by running it down off the Northumberland coast. No submarine was seen, but the captdin said his ship struck a sub- merged obstacle. A large quantity of ofl subsequently appeared on the sur- face and the conclusion was drawn that a submarine had been run down. GRAVE EVENTS EXPEOTED SOON. Paris, May 14, 6:20 a. m.—A Havas | despatch frcm Rome flled late last night says that at the close of the meeting of ministers, Premier Salan- dra conferred with King Victor Em- manuel and that grave events are ex- pected in the very near future. P~ W i THER, Hartford, May 14.—~Fair... continued cool tonight. - Sat- ( urday fair, I The furious attock of the French # New York, May 14.-~If the Anchor | Line steamship Transylvania ! May 7. | pedoed off the coast of Ireland 'l whieh sailed under the American flag jiman offered to forward $200 to pay | hard to get rich here as in Greece. TRANSYLVANIA DUE IN WAR ZONE TOMORROW Cacalations of Auchr L. 0ffis- ials Madc Public Today. BASED ON 8¢S MAXIMUM SPEED White Star Liner Arabic, \\"hk.‘llf Salled | Due at From Liverpool May New York Today, Failed to Report. B, Has | | equals her record time on her present trip across the ocean, she should enter the German war zone some time late to- morrow, and if she passes through it safely, should dock In Liverpool early Sunday morning, This' was accord- ing to the calculations of the Anchor | Line officials and was made public be- cause of many inquiries regarding the | whereabouts of the vessel. The Transylvania's best record be- tween New York and Liverpool is eight days and nine hours, her maxi- mum speed being only 15 1-2 knots. The Transylvania cleared the bar at Sandy Hook at 9:10 p. m., Friday, If she maintaing her best speed, she should arrive in the viein- ity where the Lusitania was tor- at around 6§ o'clock tomorrow afternoon and dock in Liverpool at 6 a. m, Sun- day. Probably Arrive Later. The Anchor Line officials anticipat- ed. however, that the ship would prob- ably /arrive at a later hour, inasmuch as only with the most favorable weather could she maintain her maxi- mum speed. Inquirers at the American Line were told that the steamship Philadelphia, on 'May 8 would probably arrive in Liverpool toworrow afternoon, Liner Aretbic Late. The White Star liner Arabie, which sailed from Liverpool May 5, was due here today but had not been reported up to noon, KRAKAS SAYS Murder of Rev. WAS A USER OF DRUGS. Execution in Wilmington Witnessed By People He Had Shot—His History. (Special to the Herald.) Wiimington, Del, May, 14,—Repu- diating a confession he signed yesters day and protegting his innocence of ary connection with the murder of itev. Joseph Zebris and Miss Eva Gilmanaitis in New Britain on the night of February 8, Peter Krakas rorfeited his life on the scaffold in the New Castle County Workhouse yard here this morning. ¥e was con- victed and sentenced to death for the 1aurder of Police Officer Tierney. At 10:28 o'clock this morning Krakas 1 rison physician. Protests His Innocence, Even as he stood on the scaffold and the black hood was peing placed «wver his head and knowing fhill well that, within a few fleet seconds he ‘was to be jerked into eternity, Krakas stoutly maintained his innocence of the' Conneeticut murder. Krakas, in what his dying =latem made' the startling an- rouncemerit that he was a membey of o gang of robbers in which some of the police of New York and Philadel- phia are members. Exonerates Bernard Montvid. Until the very end as the trap was eprufig theé doomied criminal main- | tained his iron nerve, which seemed | to have bgen shattered when he | signed a confession yesterday. SAYS WIFE 1S BEING HELD - HOSTAGEFOR$180RANSOM of Taking Novel Colle(;fing Bill, Complaining that his wife is being held as hostage for a ransom of $180, Aristos Sarantes, a /Greek, visited Chief Rawlin at ‘the station this morning and told his tale of woe. He named Pantes Moumjes' of No, 97 Commercial street, as the man who is holding his spouse a captive in lieu of the $180 payment. According to the story told the po- lice, Sarant until four months ago, lived happily with his wife and two- year-old child in their native land of Greece. Eventuaily he penned a long Jetter to Mcumjes, with whom he was formerly on friendly terms and the generous Commercial street for the passage of his ' America. Arriving in New Britain four months ago Sarantes rented a small tenement at No. 117 North street and finglly secured employment as a baker at the New Britain bakery. He soon found that he could not pick up gold in the ets as he had been led to believe and that it was fully as amily to | ‘Soon Mountjes began to get un- | easy about his $200 and demanded | payment.. Sarantes could not raise a8 'lump sum of $200, but paid $20, and -offered to pay the rest at the rate of §5 a month. Moumjes would not agree to this proposition and the next thing the ‘unfortunate Aristos| missing. Broken hearted he tried | to find her and discovered to his hor- ror that sa2 had been made captive by the wily Pantes and ‘Wwas being held as hostage until the $200 should be forthcoming. While Aristos has no doubt but what his wife is worth more to hin | than $200, still he cannot raise the sum and the police have bheen ad. vised on the matter, RIOTS AT MILAN Disorders Precipitated by Resignation of Italian Cabinet. Rome, May 14, 11:20 a. m., Via, Parls, 5:45 p. m.—Despatches from Milan say that serious rioting has broken out in that city over the pres- ent political situation. The adherents of the opposing po- litical factions have resortea to the use of firearms, and the situation s aescribed as most grave, The disorders were precipitated by the resignation of the Italian cabinet iast night ETTLE Detroit, May 14.—By unanimous i | the prison official stepped forward to | adjust ‘the death hood’ the -doomed ) long and silently at the then said: I w'm never I::k tpon the ‘sun again.”” It was at this ,,-.mz‘: that he denied having any con- siection with the murder of the New: F'ritain priest and housekeeper. In thls ante mortem statement Krakas also exonerated his friend, Rernand Montvid, of any complicity in this murder, de¢laring that he had nothing to do with it, This statement. fs discredited, how- ever, on account of the cunfession made by Montvid himself when he was arrested in Wilmington in which i | : j he named Krakas as one of the as- Vpussins and himself as the wun who stcod outside the parish hotse as a guard while the murder was being wommitted, , Belonged to Robber Gang. Before being hanged Krakas told the litle cordon of officials about him that when he came here he was a dicted to the use of morphine and that his entire life since he was fifteen vears old had been one continual ca- reer of crime. This, he claimed, was due to his association with men of bad character. He continued in their compény and eventually became =a member of the gang of robbers fo which, he charged, police officers of New York and elsewhere are mem- bers. ectators at the hang- special jury of were Coun- eity, and . Britain ing, in a witness demande 3 cilman Zimmerman, of M. R. Malinowski, the interpreter who assisted | uring the confession of yesterday. Officer Sharpless, one of the policemen shot | by Krakas at the time Tierney wus | murdered, also witnessed the execu-| Krakas' Dying Statement. tion, [ It was with a firm tread that Kra- | last time _and out into the prison yara | to the scaffold. As he ascended to the platform he remarked: “T stand bg- fore God's sunshine today for the last time: I came to America when I was only fifteen years old. I got in com- | ! pany’ with some bad men and they | had left New Britaln and taught me bad. Now I stand here and | 1 sayg I revoke the paper I signed | ypste#uy, 1 did not know what was ! in it.¥ 1 aid velong to a gang and police in New York and Boston be- longed to the gang, T took morphine and it was in me when I came to| Wilmington and I did not know what | 1 was doing., Now this is my last| minute and I don’t remember any- thing to say. The police who belonged to the gang in New York and Boston got money through them, *“That man Montvid did not have anything to do with that priest's mur- der in Connecticut. I am not guilty of that New Britain murder. 1 have told the names bf the men who know aboutdt, I was asked to sign a paper. 1 do not know what 1 signed. T am only “responsible for my own Wwriting which is in my Bible, The sun will shine on me no more forever, so I re- voke what T have signed my name to God save my soul and lead me to the vote the striking motormen and con- ductors of the Detroit United Railway agreed to a plan for settlement of the labor trouble which began yésterday morning and it was said street car e e | service woudl be resumed at noon, last, 1 believe He will and 1 did take morphine and 1 did not know what I was doing."” At this juncture the Rev. Father ! Kaulkawis of Philadelphia, mounted | was pronounted officially dead by lhel As ! ! were badly wounded by ghots THAT INNOCENT:AS HANGM ADJUSTS DEATH Admits Life Long Criminal Career Father Zebris Montvid Also Guiltless. the scaffold and ‘held the lips of the doomed image of the Saviou) against his lips Kraks eyes towards heaven crucifix. Then the down, the black cap adjusted, Krakas all ¢ ing perfectly rigid. There was not & bl ecution and Kralas dead at 10:23 o'clock “Got_ Confession™ Chief Rawlings of department received a Interpreter M. R. Waling night tn which the local that Krakgs' iron nerve by the fear of approa that he had made A | fession. The tel L lows ot good confession admitting all. Is breal cried. Hanging at 10 & “M. R. MALING It this donfy ing man repudiated v Peter k The lite of Peter Ia cruel and cunning served in prison for. it not been for the (% in vogue in Massach even now be in the ' Mags., prison instead of ‘Lhe hangman’s udose. the Bay & paroled for good co never have stained hix | blood of Father Zebrls, taitis, Policeman rney t | two other men w) his door, i ' Daring w 1t has been learm {routh in his teens ciated with a n nal cases and majority he fell the Jaw. i sncee { him Bold, but. 00k 01 jpasany. In. broad ngo he walked B Sy | He made, was chased of five to ten prison was im: three and o paroled, wheréupon W upon a whirlwind cate 1#d murder, which state's taking his life Back to Hix Ol ¥ Those who knéw him i that he was a. mild agreeable fellow of any infractions of ti e was on’ 4 and broke | X i 0 | Ftanley Statkowski. bleod~thirsty nature be shot the propri wrm, Krakas ' Common robberies m. In dgew | walked into_a drug ! clerk dead and made his ' dittle loot, He then o | Dritain with his pal,” ivid, Tt is assumed that, the ratd of St Andrew's dhinking that he would fnd "In this he was n, Zebris was shot to death a) by his band and ' Rva G similarly met her th, strangled with a clothes line. Even then 'his hard h soften, nor did his ning leave him. He city, read the glaring e murder, attended the which rewards. were knew his dutiful wife was among the | ¥8% walked from his little cell for the arrest of the mundeners | occasion carpled on & with. an officer and an a street corner, When finally got on his trail he belongings and sflently flitte Within three weeks Zeined by hiy pal Montvia he B mitted another murder. is supposcd, by a fear of the New Britain murder, orened fire on the Wilmi when they attempted (o & fur being suspected of v property and Officer stantly killed. Two other revolver, Thus, within four months | time he roled trom hada mu at least four wounded a halt ' dozen mitted a number of rob 1 supposed to be the man Wik crated a church at Broekt T is also suspectod w in Baltimore and a @ that pluce, He and (ke men who sent § letter to Father Bo, Moutvid's Trial €4 The trial of Montvid will next month In Hartford, the court in Jun; #late now has a co) him.