New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1915, Page 1

lAG[S CAPI[IR[D BY ITALIAN INVADERS Elmufls Forces Take Thre NS CONCEDE RUSSIAN VICTORY ALONG SAN RIVER Berl Rapofls Capture of 9,000 More Prisoners By Teutons Both in East | 8nd. West—No: Material Change W iiEffected By Severs nmqmnls n { honen Alon‘ tlm Fronts in France " and Belgium. ‘”Q“‘l‘he dapturs of fourteen Austrian villages along the Carinthian front by e lnquin‘ Italian torcgn is reported i ofi[nhl qucnt ‘from Rome the' occupation’ the' Aus- ' ot Grado, -u!p. that a ifim of Italian’ aeroplanes suc- ully attacked, the Trieste-Nebre- railroad, probably -cutting ' the e. Additional territory along ‘the rol mnuer has been occupled. { The istatement todey the Ger- n war om& moehu Ty to the NEW BRITAIN, CONNECT.ICUT.VFRIDAY MAY 28, '1915--SIXTEEN PAGES. GERMAN VERSION OF FRENCH AIR RAID Hlcven Persons’ Killed and Twenty- four Were Injured By Bombs Dropped on Ludwigshafen, Amsterdnm. May 28,‘ via London, :25 D, mi—The Cologne' Volkszeitung has published a despatch from a cor- respondent’ at Ludwigshafen, who gives a Geérman version of the French air rald ‘upon this city on the Rhine. The, gorrespondent says that at about 7 o’¢lock Thursday morning five or six afrmen appeared over the town. The noise of their motors awakened the people of Ludwigshafen from their sleep, The weather was calm and clear, Anti-aircraft machine - guns opened fire on the raiders, but the air- men circled over the town and the Rhine and then flew off to the west- ward after dropping many bombs. One bomb fell on the house of Town Councillor Zeuch, killing three per- sons and wounding Herr Zeuch and four others. 'Another bomb killed three other persons and wounded four more, ~ One of the raiders, it is re- ported, was forced to descend. He burned his machine before Gérman soldiers could take him . prisoner. Many bombs were thrown: upon the aniline dye factory, Here five persony were killed and fifteen wounded, but the work of the factory was not in- terruyted REFUSES. HABEAS G GORPUS 'FOR CONDEMNED MEXIGANS Jildgé Sawtp!le Rules Five at Arizona Must Pay Death Penalty. , Tucson, Ariz., May 28.—Judge W, P. Sawtelle of the United States district court denied today the application for ‘writs "of ‘habeas corpus for the five Mexicans condemned to hl.ll‘ at Flor- ence nrhm Attorneys for the condemned pris- | oners were informed that the execu- the left bank lewa, . where m ‘mot " defended éports say taat, ) in Galicia termans are retreat /the Thy ohll':?.tnr bol Flrflnny- answer to the ote’ will' be delivered to- the United States bon board the Lusitania, British Steamer Sunk, German submarine éampalgn, bich has been unusually active dur- the last week has resuilted in the . of another British vessel. steamer Cadeby was sunk yester- the Scilly Islands by the shell w’hbmsrlne. ‘The crew of 18 nd " th- four: passengers wers e British steamer Argvllshire is have been attacked by a 3 " ‘Qistress calls !M out from the steaimer. ac- in:ormfim ‘recetved ' i “cont !fll)l their advance | They have . taken vla Paris, 28, 8:380. A, M.—A' successtul upon the * Triest-Nabresina rail- d by a squadron of Italian hydro- phnes together with tho occupa- of additional Austrian territory Phg the Tyrol frontier and on the uli front are reported. in an of- ] statement fssued tonight by the war . office. It is stated that *!nmory battle is raging between Itallan fortified positions on the ptino front and those of the Aus- ns. . e communication follows: the Tyrol-Trentino front an ar- ,combat ‘continues between our positions and those of tre ‘t Tonale and on . the Asiago - To the ‘north we have ex- territory occumed up to of the Chiese river in Lake ‘have occupled the rugged, nmnou' zone extending between s 1dro. and Garda. ; Present Themselves. ; ‘ezze in Val Sugana d - parts’ presented ht;htties. -f%nn- otism an y.lon "4& tlons would take place at once, TS Phoenix, Ariz, May 38.—by a vote of 16 'to 12 the house of reprecenta.- tives of the Arizona legislature ' ¢clined today Gov. Hunt’s request to board of pardons | since Jl.num 2 last, ln,ordln; of plrdn l and pare ebated fil‘f\ i/ hour this: Mflcmhd\xt e 1t the fate of the five Mexicans con- ‘demned to die bétween the hours of 11 a. m., and 4 p. m. Warden Sim’s secretary at ‘10 o'clock entered the cell of the condemned men to take their last statements and their wills, Guards meanwhile drew:lots to deter- mine who should spring the traps. event of refusal of the writs corpus and ' no reprieve ‘hoard, ‘the opponents of the jons ‘were Telying on the sesig- nation of Warden 8ims a fe wminutes betore the time set for th hangings. ‘As there s no’ deputy warden, and the law requires eithr the warden or his deputy 'to conduct the execuytions, the men could not then be hanged juntil & successor is appointed. All of the condemned men are Mexican - citigens except Francesco Rodriguez, who was ‘born at Tucson. CONCERT NETTED 32!0.50. This - Sum 'Will 'Be Forwarded to ‘Widows and Orphans in England, The Jjoint committee from Clan Douglas and the Sons of St. George held a meeting last evening and ap- proved the reports submitted by the secretary and treasurer, which showed the net proceeds from the recent con- cert in aid of the widows and orphans fund of the British soldiers and sailors to be $220.20, which the = treasurer ‘was instructed to forward at once. The joint committee wishes to thank all those who so generously con- tributed to the financial success of the undertaking, and also the artists who made the concert a musical success. GULPLIGHT'S ENSIGN HERE, Large Amevican Flag Arrives at State 5 Department, ‘Washington, May 28.—A |arg& Amerjcan flag, its colors somewhut faded from exposure to seca weather— the ensign flown by the = Américan steamer Gulflight witen attacked by a German submarine, has arrived at the state department. It came by mail together with othér evidence and tes- timony gathered in the investigation made by Ambassador Page and Amer- ican congulates in England at the time the Gulflight was towed into port. The flag has been spread on the wall in the division of western European affairs of the state department, HIGH COMMISSION URGED, Washington, May 28.—An interna- tional high commission consisting of | nfe members from each American nation was suggested to the Pan- American financial conference today as the means by which uniformity of laws among western nations may best be secured. The suggestion was made. | Uy,a committee of delegates from the RUSSIANS CAPTURE URUMIAH, PERSIA Center of Missien Activity Besieged Since Janvary 2. TERRORIZED BY TURKS AND KURDS 20,000 of Population of 50,000 Massa- cred or Missing—Fresbyterian Board of ¥oreign D(‘llllofl! ‘Welcomes News of Fall of Town. Petrograd, via London, May 24, 7:08 a. m.—Urumigh, Persia, has been occupied By the Russians after an engagement with the Turks in the di- rection of Dilman and near Bach- kala, according to a statement issued by ‘the general staff of the army of the Caucasus. Urumiah; in Azerbaijan with ‘a population of about 50,000, is & center of missionary activity. It is the seat of Fiske Semingry for Girls and of Urumiah college. - For weeks the missionaries stationed ' theré us well as m;fi:ho sands of =Assyrian Chrjstiaps bedn in ‘gravé dan- ger from attaeks by Kurds and Tutks. Between 15,000'and 17,000 natives are reported to have placed themselves upder the pratection’of Dr. Harry P. Packard of the American Presbyterian Mission, at least 12,000 have takea refuge ih the Caucasus and it has been estimated that 20,000 are dead & or missing. Terrorized by Kurds and Turks, The entire Urumiah district has been ‘terrorized by wandering ' bands of Kurds and by !Turkish ‘regulars. Appeals have been made to the Amar- ican state department to take measures for the protection of American mis. sionaries and' the Russian qoyarnmant has been urged ta make every effort possible to occupy the district. Thore have been made reports of atrocities and the wholesale slaughter of na- tives. The Christians have resisted as‘vigorously as possible the attacks of Kurds, but have been handicapped by a lack of guns and ammunition. Presbyterians Welcome News, New York, May 28.—Officials of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- sions welcomed the news today. thst \ v itheir reports, -and during that time no foreigner has been able to reach it. Two native messengers, dispatched from Urumiah by Presbyterian mis- sionaries, reached the outside world with stories of tremendous hardships sustained by the population thore. These messengers were sent back over their perilous road to convey to ‘the beleaguered misslonaries the tidings ald them. ' Whether they succeeded in resching the city was unknown to officials of the board tqday. . Repre- sentdtions have been made in several instances, it was said, to the state de- partment at Washington, calling &at- tention to the plight of the Christians at Urumiah, and.Ambassador Mor- genthau at Gonstantinople, the board was advised, has received Turkish as- surances that the Christians would be protected. Reliet Now Possible. Now that Urumiah has fallen into ) Ithe hands of the Russians, relief wil |be possible by expeditions sent from the north through the Russian lines. ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE. ' British Steamer Argylishire Reaches Port Safely. Liverpool, May 28, 3:50 p. m.—The British steamship argylishire, which left Sydney, N. 8. W., April 18, 1is sending out wireless distress ignals after having been attacked by a Ger- man submarine, according to inform+ !anon received in shipping . circles here. The Argylishire reached port safely later in the day. The harbor # into which she put has not been an- nounced. CABINET MEETING CANCELLED, Wilson' Receives no Word from Ber. lin on Reply to American Note. Washington, May 28.—President Wilson called off the Friday eabinet meeting today because there was nothing of pressing importance ready for consideration, and because he was slightly ‘indisposed. 7 No. word . ‘had come from Berlin regarding the reply to the American note. The president had no callers. TO, DECLARE WAR ON ITALY. Geneva, Switzerland, Mayy 28, via Paris, 1:40 p. m,—A despatch has been received at Basel from that Germany will formally declare war on Italy within the next forty- | elght hours, and that Turkey will | make her declaration : upon Italy later. LEAVE CONSTANTINOPLE, Berlin, May 28, via London, 2:15 p. ‘Ubited States, headea oy John. Bas- " prett Moore, former counsellor of the state department; John iiays Ham-| mond, and Governor Charles S, Ham- lin o( the tederal reserve board. b.—The Tages Zeitung publishes a de- spatch from its correspondent at Con- stantinople saying that the Italian am- bassador to Turkey and the members | of his staff have. lert jthe capital. Province, that all possible was being done to ! | | 1 erlin saying lcapita loss was $1.17, | state, 1 ADR.[ATIC PORTS IN DARKNESS AT NIGHT Italian Authorities Take Against Probable Raid of Ger- man and Austrian Aeroplanes. Meaures Rome, May 28, via the frontier anc Paris.—In compliance with orders fis- sued by the authorities, all. ports on the Adriatic are now in darkness at night. This regulation includes Ven- ice, Ancona and Brindisi, and it is be- ing made to apply to ¢ertain inland cities like Milan, Bologna, Verona, Brescia, and Udine. Cafes, theaters and moving picture houses are ¢losed; street cars run at night with only one light inside, and carriages and . automobiles are for- bidden to use electric or gas lamps. A special watch for aeroplanes is being kept at Bologna because of the location there of a factory of explo- sives. SECOND INVESTMENT 0F PRIEMYSL INMINENT Austro-German Seeking to Encircle Fortress Gar- risoned By Russians. London, May 28, 12:15 p. m.—The fortress of Przemysl, garrisoned this time by Russians instead of Austrians, is once more threatened with invest- ment. Just as the Russians, after sur- rounding Przemys] and starving out its Austrian garrison, forced the sur- rénder of the fortress on March 22, so Austo-German troops, . who have driven' a . wedge through central Galicia, are now attempting a’double flanking movement, and with growing intensity of attack are seeking to en- circle Przemysl from the north and the southeast. According to Vienna-| reports progress is being made in both directions, and if the advanee is not checked Przemysl will either be is lated from the rest of the Russian army or the Russian troops which fell back to the San will be forced into further retreat. This sithatign in Galicia is unques- tionably of great stragetic importance | at the present time, and even the Brit- ish press concedes that the position of Przemys] is_serfous. It is dlmflhqfi M"flu}ny to the wiole Ttu an po nnig the mm aflerv of ‘the Rus- slan supplies in this region, will fall into Austrian hands. Reports that th railroad line already has beéen severed are, without confirmation to- day. FIRE LOSS HERE . | UNUSUALLY SMALL_1 Per Capita Loss Here Was But .38 for Year Just . « Passed. Fire Chief Robert M. Dame has se- cured a report of the fire insurance underwritér’s report for the past year, which shows, that New Britain ranks second .lowest in the state in the fire loss per capita. The per capita loss in this city for the past year was fifty-eight cents while in Meriden, the enly city with a better record, the loss was thirty- threé cents. In Waterbury there ; were but eighity-one fires, but the per There were 188 fires in this city. Records of the per capita loss in other large Connecticut cities are as follows: Bridgeport, eighty-nine cents, Danbury $2.69, Hartford (witi 639 fires) $2.54, New Haven $2.3¢, New London $2.96, Norwich $1.12, Stamford. $2.71. All of which goes to prove to the New Britain tax- paverd that.they are receiying pro- | tection which is not excelled in this | Kyening News pubhshe! a despatch to | ,The Hague giving reports from Berlin | HEARING ON FORCE \\'lLl., l,cnn note will be presented tomorrow. Expected Anothed ( Would Be Sought By Adopted Son. The continued hearing on the will of John W, Force in the court of pro- bate this afternoon was expected to be further postponed. Attorpey B. W. Alling, counsel for Willlam H. Force of Newark, N. J,, who claims a share of the estate as an adopted son, stated | this afternoon that he would probably ask for a further postponement, Willam H. Force .claims that 'he was adopted by John W, Force, but on Monday, May 17, he was unable to show proof of his adoption to Judge B. F. Gaffney. He is being, opposed by Mabel Force Baldwin of 283 Chest- nut street and Clara Force Wilcox of 88 Woodland street, daughter of John ‘W. Force. The estate is valtied at $12,272.20, L -~ WUATHER. Hartford, May 28.. —Fair, slightly warmer tonight, ‘Sat- urday - inerasing cloudiness, probably showers by night. e i e .,‘..v,—.s \ Postponement | ter,” the despatch continues, ‘‘and will {or to deny that the Lusitania carried { more from | Palmer off Annnpolis early today and GERMAN FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER IS ASHORE Chempagse gatly Damaged Oft Coast of St. Nazaire. 900 PASSENGERS ARE: TAKEN OFF Steamship Line Officlals ‘State That the Grounding of the vessel Was a Accident and That the Ship Was Not ’.I‘orpedoe‘d. Nantes, France, May 28, 2:40 p. m, ~—The steamer Champagne, of the French Transatlantic line is gshore near St. Nazaire. . Bhe is badly damaged. The 900 persons on board of her have been taken off, All Passengers Landed. Paris, May 28, 3:20 p. m.—Officiuls of the French Line here say that ail the passengers on LaChampagne have been landed at St. Nazaire, and that there is no need of anxiety as to-the safety of the vessel. They state that she was not torpdoed. Th name of the ' steamer which took off La Champagne’s passengers is unknown at the company’s offices in Paris, Representatives of the company express the opinion that the stranding of the vessel \eis an ‘accident. Reported on May 7. La Champagne was engaged in transatlantic trade between: Central and South American ports and France. She was last. reported as having sailed from Colon on May 7. . “The steamer was built in 8t. Na- zaire in 1886. Her mnet tonnage is 3,080. She is 495 feet long and fifty- two feet beam. Plot to Blow Up Liner. A plot to blow up " La Champagne Wwas reported last February in a de- spatch from Madrid to a Paris news=- paper. According to this despatch, officers of the vessel stated, on her arrival at Corunna from Mexico, that the plot had been frustrated by a wire less message received aboard the ship, Ths message was said to have con- board, believed to be a German, in- ‘HUSBAND'S DEATH IS KEPT FROM WIFE Mps. Abby P. Aldrich Serionsly T at ‘Home n New York—Husband’s ‘gfll Probated Yesterday. New!, Yo{k’ ‘May 28-—With the an- /hdnifcement that the will of Nelson W, Aldrich had been probated at Warwick, R. 1., it became known to- day that his widow, Mrs. Abby P, Alrich is so seriously ill at her home here that she has not been told of her husband’s death. Mrs. Aldrich collapsed when her husband was stricken several months ago, and her condition has not per- ceptibly improved. Undeér the will she and three children, Edward B. Aldrich of New York Cty; Lucy T. Aldrich of Warwick Neck and Rich- ard §. Aldrich of Providence, are exe< cutors and become trustees of the es- tate. From an authoritative source it was learned today that the 'maximum val: | ue of Senator Aldrich’s estate would | hot exceed $5,000,000, instead of the $30,000,000 estimate made previously. The will was probated . yesterda: There were no public bequests and the entire estate is left to members of the family. TOMORROW. REPLY ‘Will Ask U, 8. to f\mrln or Deny Lusi- tania Carried Ammunition. 8:30 p. m.—The Liondon, May 28, ;that Germany's reply to the Ameri- “It will be of a temporizing charac- ask the United States either to affirm ammaunition destined for the allies,”. STEAMER RAMMED. Baltimore, Md.. May 28~=The steamer Dorchester, bound to Balti- Cambridge, Md.,, was !rammed by ‘the fishing steamer J, A. | | was beached near the mouth of the Magothy river to prevent sinking. Her passengers, 43 in number, were taken off by the Palmer and the steamer Virginia and brought to this port. There were no casualties, The Palmer was not seriously dam- aged. FLOODS IN ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 28.—The worst flood in recent veavs is sweep- ing the Arkansas Valley, according to reports received today in Little Rock from vaplous points along the water- way, ¢ Rallway service is maintained veyed the information that a man on tended to destroy the vessel. 'l‘hc man ww| ot | as a guide to Austrian | night cable from Athens to the Greek NO WATER AVAILABLE, HOUSE IS DESTROYED { BELIEVES Fire Razes Farmington Avenue auuu: ‘ Early This Mornig—Loss 1s About $2,000, Flames totally razed the two-fam- ily house owned and occupied by ig- facius Vielczork at 827 Farmingto. avenue shortly after ‘7 @'clock th's morning. The total loss will be abbut $2,000, only $800 of which is covered by insurance. This house is within thé city limits but outside of the water zonme, 80 the fire department could do uv.ning anl when the chemical arrived the blaze had such a start that all the aremen could do was to stand and wuieh the place burn. The house was originally an old relic of the pioneer days, but was re- modeled recently. The big stone fire place was retained, however, and it was from this that the fire started. The owner stated .that « often huge chunks of soot dropped down from the chimney onto the floor, causing small blazes,. but previously he had always been able to extingulsh them with pafls of water, 8o rapidly did the house burn that the occupants were able to save but very little of their furniture and per- sonal Dbelongings. BRITISH STEAMER CADEBY ‘SUNK BY SUBMARINE Four Passengers and Crew of Eighteen Rescued By Fishing Smack. . Penzance, Eng., May 28.—The Brit. ish steamer Cadeby has been sunk o the Scilly Islands by gunfire from a German submarine. All.those on board the vessel, including four pas. sengers, were saved. The Cadeby was sent to the bot- tom yeste Her crew of elgh- teen men, tégether with the faur pas- sengers on board, took to the boats and were later rescued by a fishing smack and brought into Newlyn, a fishing village near here. After firing a shot to hailt the Cade- It req veasel 4 ; — The mer Cadeby was of 877 net tons register and 225 feel long. She was owned in Glasgow, APPBAL TO AMERICANS. Red Cross to Ask for Funds to Aid Straving People in Mexico, Washington, - May - 28.—Presidént ‘Wilsén, as head of the A ican Red Cross, was asked today by Miss Mabel Boardman to issie an appeal to the American public for funds to pur- chase supplies for ‘starving people in Mexico. The appeal probably will be fesued in the near future, Food supplies in different parts of the republic have been represented to the Red Cross as very short, and last night the state department transmit- ted to the organization a telegram from American Consul Hanna, at Monterey, saying that many people ‘there were suffering -and would starve unless soon supplied with food. BRIDGEPORT ASSESSORS HURT, ' Contractor's Auto Strikes and De- molishes Car of Officials. Bridgeport, May 28.—Frank J. Hughes, president of.the board of as- scgsors, and Thomas O'Brien, a mem- ber of the board, were seriously hurt ! this morning when an auromobile in which they were riding was struck and demolished by a car driven by George Burns, a contractor. Hughes was taken to a Lospita! and O'Brln { removed to his home, Burns and Hugh Keegan, driver of the car in which the assessors were viding. were botn arrested and latey released Dendln' an 1nnnnunn, PHEI‘\RES AGAINST A'I'I'ACK‘ Milan, May 27, Via, Paris, May 28, 5:16 a. m—The gilded statue of the | Virgin, surmounting the central | | tower of Milan’s celebrated white mnarble cathedral has been covered with cloth to prevent it from serving | aviators in ieir probable flights ov ! T'he stained glass windows nave been | removed so they will no: be shattered | if the city is bombarded. AFRAID OF INTERNMENT, { Nogales, Sonora, May 25—Five German sailors who claim to have de- serted the German crufser Karlsruhe are ere today, They desire to enter the Unitel States, but far that if they do they will be interned. Colonel Sage, commanding the Twelfth United States Infantry at Nogales, Ariz, is understood to have taken the case up with Washington. KING CONSTANTINE BETTER. Washington, May 28.—An over- legation” here reports continued gei- eral improvement in the condition of King 'Constantine, The physicians' with difficuity’ in some -places, the lives ' of many residents of the low- jands are imperilled, and tite crest is not yet in sight. bulletin forwarded to :‘the legation says the royval patient's tempature is only slightly over normal with pulse at 93, by the submarine ceased firing while and ta. “’x AR flnw American Ship’s © Vessel Way Deters Action V. 8. Naval O Liverpool, nore of t steamer night by an Ireland saw @& sul engineer . believes he of a torpedo on the according to Captain The ceptsin, in reply stated that there is & | twenty feet square in below the water line, to admit an Am Saw Wake of “We were in the hour,” he said. . the shock of the torpedo ship was to stop her was a perceptible the shock and the ex) 'We started to return about 10:30 o'clock the tralling 8 knois an hour, was twelve feet lower head than normal, owing t in ‘the held.” Upper Structure D The Gamage to the structure was ey were torn up II:‘ ‘{ deck, strong steel m a hatch werse | E'a“w‘ - o ¢ ¢ 9 work in the m fragments. The injuries on his luu Both quartermasters bruised. The American m tatives of the o Loarded the ship fn- terday afternoon, ; “ oft the bar and m. W the dock, tn. ] Olahn They Saw Crookhaven May 28, 10:27 & m. Crookhaven schooners and boats who were in the vicinity o American steamer Nebrasian she was damaged by an 2 Tuesday evening, claim to ha vessed tho torpedoing of thi fiching boats while they w ing nets. Soon af they saw & steamer flying ¢ can flag going west. ja loud report foll second, after which b!uwln‘ her whistle ‘he fishermen say l'd mon appeared and w sight of the X Captain MeCoy of a, arrived here last he twice sighted Q,fil —— Awailt Captain's Warhington, - May 28, government Is todldy with keen interest the aMdayit o 1ain Greene. of the Amen) A ship Nebraskan, regarding plosion that damaged hfi comst of Treland on u Ambassador Page ol cabled that the captain’s ment concerning the incid "t given to Lieutenant Powers, w tache of the ombassy nt and that it would be for In official advices rog Captain Greene. who ar #hip at Liverpool last night, ing that alitbough he sobmarine he was certain . g #kip was térpedoed. To Make 1 An examination was Lo taken in Liverpool to oy can Nuval Constrictor termine, [ possibie, i Nebraskan was “‘Y‘L @ torpedo, Pending constructor's report, decision action of the Amerean probably will be deferred. Incomplete Report Secretary Bryan sald complete report had from Londen of t to the explosion whi Nebraskan but that niade public until the vepo experts had bee: offic! sald th investigetion would be ellllfl . as possible by Ambassador P | ' 3