New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1915, Page 1

hustro-German Forces Pushing Back Russians in- Baltic _Provinces and Galicia TALIANS ADVANGING ON TRENT AND, TRIESTE Purks Claim to Have Inflicted Heavy _isfi'aflm on French and British in | Pighting on Gallipoli' Peninsula— " Alllles ‘Maintain Sultan’s ' Forces ; Were Repulsed in an Attempt to }é’ Recapture Lost Trenches, The campaign against the Russians, B which the Germans are now con- lentrating their offensive efforts, is .developing another phase,.in a vio- nt attack in Rulflc.n Poland. At the ne time the Germans aré¢ pushing ick the Russians in the Baltic pro. Inces and with the help of the Aus- flaris, in Galicia. It was' announced mi-officially in Berlin today ' that e Austro-German forces along 652 | les front in Poland, Galicia and' kowina had begun a general at- ick, In a battle expected to be de- pive. ¥ Germans Occupy Villages. n official communication from trograd contains the admission tha® Gérmdns have occupied addition- vmnseu near Shavli, in the Bal- on, but states that the Rus- *h.dned lost ground near Prz- . It isin the vicinity of Prz- lysz, which lies to the north of rsaw, that the Germans apparently making their most = determined on the Polish front, although 'ortress of Oszowetz is again being cked. 'Decisive Battle in ngress rlin, June 17, by wireless to Say- 'N. Y.—Aceording to 'the Over- . agency, a decisive bltfie ~from ich!important ts ate expsctod, vgw ln procreés :n along the Rus- awii |- ). tiken the ot- the anm‘)nncemem. from @ M- ‘agéncy. .“The German bat- . in Poland, Galicia and Buck- 181,100, kklmnn ("8 miles) nan and Austrian forces are ng the enemy in a decisive bat and big results aré expected.” Galician campaign has reached stage, in yiew of the cor d successes of the Auatrla.na an Y ‘The Petrograd communica- p says little of the battle along the . but stated that the ussians have n some advmpl in’ the fighting south, in the Dnemer region. ¥ ‘«! Tallans Gain Ad cial advices from the y headquarters represent ns as gaining advantages all ong the front, particularly in the Ly ge Valley, which leads ‘to Trent. ) the TIsonzo front, where centers he battle for possession of Trieste, #ilian successes also ar claimed. he Turkish forces on Gallipoli nsula have taken the offensive. official ‘statement from Constanti- says heavy losses were inflicted che French and Britisk, but an an- dement from London is ao the ef- that the Turks were repulsed in u;mn to reumure 10st trenches. ‘British Wufl:lp Aground. ccording to a Constantinople re- it @ Turkish aviator has.seen a ership of the type of the m aground mear the en- “of the Dardanelles, her deck submnerged. Official denial was at London yesterday of reports ; the agamemnon had been sunk. n the Franco-Beligia front where British and French have under- nev’ mmmenil said to Have re- d in (ne capture’ of German posi- s at several points mno ‘further ges nre reported with the excep- ‘of French gains in the Vosges. official announcement from Paris heigh?*s dominating portions of -valley of the Fecht are now under nch control. )0 German Submarme Lost. s & Geerman admiralty announced 1 of the submarine U-14, whose s wag captured by the British. An- ficement of the sinking of a Ger- ‘ submarine with the capture of nen, was made last week in tho sh house of commons. Russtins Abandon Positions. ¥lin, June 17, via London 4 p. m. he Russians have abandoned their gitions to the north of Sieniawa on _river in Galicia and have re- towards Tarnogrod, in Rus- Poma, according to the official nt'given out today by the Ger- 3 ndqulrtem’ staff. s Claim. Successcs. 16, via Paris, June 17, ccesses at var- attle line ‘are ) Italian the " _ nage. NEW BRITAIN, C INECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915 —TWELVE PAGES. GIRL COMES FROM SCOTLAND TO WED Child Hood Romance of J. Miller and Ina Watson to Culminate in Mar- riage on Thursday. ‘With the sweetheart of his child- hood days now on mid-ocean enroute to this country, J. Miller, of 732 East street, has made all preparations for their wedding which is to take place next Thursday at his sister’s home at Wood Haven, L. I Mr. Miller is a native of Scotland: and while living there wooed andl won Miss Ina Watson. When he came to the United States his fianacee re- mained true to her promise and on last Friday she sailed from the Brit- ish Isles on the Steamship Tuscania. The boat will dock at New York on Sunday and Mr. Miller will be at the wharf to meet his blushing bride. Mr, Miller is employed at the Cor- bin Cabinet Lotk company and is pop- ular with his friends. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Miller will make their home at 730 East street, where the young husband-to-be has prepared a home for his bride. GERMAN SUBMARINES British Steamer and Oil Tank 'Vessel Sent to Bot- tom. San Francisco, June 17.—The oil lank 'steamer Desabla, under charter to the British government, was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of North Scotland Monday, according to a cablegram recelved by Robert Mitchell, treasurer of tne General Pe- troleum company, from Andrew Weir, a British oil financier. ‘Wair's cablegram, which was made public today, conveyed no news as to the fate of the steamer’s crew. The Desabla was built in 1913 for the General Petroleum company and was operated for a time on the Pacific coast. The vessel was of 6,000 gross ton- It held a charter from the Bank Line but was re-chartered by Weir to the British government. London, June 17, 1:09 p. m.—The British steamer Trafford, of 234 gross tons, and owned in Liverpool, has been torpedoed ‘and sunk' by .a German submarime.. The crew was saved. The attacK took place in St. George’s Chanhel. 700 KILLED DURING REVOLT AT MALINES Traveler from Ghent, Arriving at Lon; don, Declares German Soldiers Fired Into the Crowd. London, June 47, 4:05 p. m.—The Central News publishes a despatch from Amsterdam saying that a trav- .eler from Ghent, Belgium, brings a re- port of a revolt last Tuesday on the part of the inhabitants of Malines. German soldiers fired into the crowd, and the traveler says 700 civilians ‘were killed. no confirmation of this narrative has been geceived. Since this occurrence, according to the traveler, Malines has been isolat- ed by means of electrified wire fences. MERCIER DEFENDS POPES. Cardinal Denies Pius X. and Benedict XV. Favored Belgsium Enemies. Rome, June 17,—via Paris, 10:46 a. —A pastora! letter by Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines, Bel- gium, is published today by the Cor- ricve D’Italia. In it the cardinal says in part: “Since the commencement of the war designing persons . have persistently spread the report that Pius X. and Benedict XV. favored ow enemies financially, and morally and iad, by their weakness, failed to recognize the right of the Belgian people. “This is a calumny. The simple and magnanimous heart of Pius X. was incapable of any complacence toward injuctice, Benedict XV. has done fot the Belgians all that he could. His first Pontiflical benediction was for us. He himself charged me to say to you in his name that twive, nothwithstand- ing hic slender resources, he has made gonerous gifts to Belgium. He has had the paternal kindness to send us two comforting letters, and especially a letter to support our courage in the difficult moments in January.” THREE TURKISH SHIPS SUNK. v RN oy Laden With Troofs Greater Part of ‘Whom Were Drowned. London, June 17, 6:06 p. m.—The Btar received today a telegram from Athens saying news had beén receivea there from Mudros that a British submarine torpedoed and sank threo Turkish transports, loaded with troops, in the Dardanelles above Na- gara. The greater part of the troops and crews are said to have jeen drowned, "GLAIM MORE VICTORIES The Amsterdam correspondent says® IWAR IS PROVOKED Bryan Declares in Second of Three Statements on “Canseless War” PRAISES COURSE OF WILSON Upheaval in Europe Due to Fals: Philosophy, the Fundamental Pre- cept of Which is “Might Makes Right." Says Former Secretary. ‘Washington, June 17.—Asserting that preparedness provokes than prevents war and that the up- heaval in Europe was a result of the false philosophy, that “might makes right,” former Secretary Bryan to- day, in the second of his series of three stdtefents on the ‘“‘Causeless ‘War” submits an argument against military preparation by the States and praises the course of Pres- ident Wilson in the sinternational emergency. entering into a mad rivalry with the belligerent nations in preparation for war it is the United States,” says Mr. Bryan. “We are protected on either side by thousands of miles of ocean, and this protection is worth more o us than any number of battleships. Have Additional Protection. “We have an additional protection in the fact, known to everyone, that we have the men with whom to form. an army of defense if ever we are at- tacked, and it is known, also, that we would have the money, tog—more money than we could have had if all the surplus earnings of the people in- vested in armament. We not only do we are fortunate in not having it, since it seems impossible for a na- tion to have what is called prepared- ness without having along with it a disposition to use its preparedness on the slightest provocation. “The leading participants in the present war are the nations that were best prepared, and I fear it would have been difficult for us to keep out of this war if we haa been as well prepared as they. / Lauds Wilson's Stand. “Happy for our nation that we have in the White House at this time a president who believes in setting the 0id world a good exampie, instead of following he bad example which it eets in this matter. What speakable misfortune it would have been if, in such an hour as this, the nation had been under the leadership of a president inflamed by the false philosophy which has plunged Europe into the abyss of war.” In preliminary discussion of the cause of the European conflict Mr. Bryan, in a lengthy anatysis of the situation, argues that it is no war of race, refl.gion or familles, and de- ‘clares: Result of Philosophy. “If 1 have corpectly analyzed the situation, the war is the natural re- sult of 'a false philosophy. * * * The fundamental precept of this false philosophy is that ‘might makes nght.’ " Leading up to his argument against preparation for war by the United States, Mr. Bryan says: “Half the energy employed in pre- paring for war would effectually pre- vent war if used in propagating the principles which make for peace. In- stead of preventing war, preparedness provokes war, because 1t 1s impossible to coerce the people into bearing the burdens incident to continuous 'and increasing preparation without culti- vating hatred as if it were a natural wvirtue. Some Ome to Fear. There must be some one to fear; gome other ' preparing nation that must be represented as plotting for war. "“Bach step taken by one nation toward more complete preparedness excites'the other nations to additional purchases, and new levies, until all have ‘exhausted. their productive in- cdustries and menaced their moral pro- gress. “The doctrine that preparedness will prevent' war will not stand the 1cst of logic, and the conflagration in Europe shows that it fails when tested by experience.” ¥OUNG GIRL MISSING. Attention of the police has been called to the strange disappearance of fifteen year old Angeline Bucci of 106 Hartford avenue, who has not been seen since Tuesday. Coincident with the girl's disappearance is that of Joseph Rowe, a boarder at the Bucci home. . Both were employea at the Stanley Works. URGE REGENCY FOR GREECE, London, June 17, 10:20 a. m.—A regency for Greece, on account of the serious illness of King Constantine, is urged by the newspapers of that country that support tne policies of former Premier Venizelos, according to a despatch from Athens published Ly the Star today. MAY JOIN TAUNTON. Thomas Sheehan of Bassett street expects to sigan within a few days with the Taunton club of the Colonial league. Sheehan “is a pitcher and outfielder and has played (with Swarthmore and Villa Nova eolleges. ll-!e is a heavy sticker. BY PREPAREDNESS rather | United | “If any nation is without excuse for |. not need additional preparation, but A an un- | DANISH SHIPS DENIED AMERICAN REGISTRY Commissioner Refuses to Transfer Vessels Because No American Money Was Invested in Them. New York, June 17.—Refusal to transfer a ‘number of so-called Dan- ish steamships to American registry because no American money was in- vested in them, has been made by | Eugene T. Chamberlain, United States commissioner of navigation in the de- partment of cemmerce, it became known here today through a letter to that effect received by the New York Maritime Register from the commis- sioner at Washington. The steamships involved in the transaction are said to have sailed in the past variously under the German, Danish, Dutch and Norwegian flags. In his letter Commissioner Cham- perlain says that the Danish steam- ship Gotland, until recently the Greek steamship Lenidas Cambania,’ re- ported to have been sold to Americans is not entitled to American registry, “because no American money was in- vested in this or seven other ships re- cently purchased under similar con- ditions, and the bureau of war risk insurance and Americgn consuls have been notified that these ships are not entitled to the American flag. Mr. Chamberlain state that a Ger- man ship owner had placed at the disposal of a Copenhagen merchant & large sum of money to make several purchases of ships in February and March, but that since the imprison- ment of the Copenhagen men by the Danish government for the violation of Danish neutrality the deal has been handled by a Rotterdam man. “Over $1,000,000 is involved” the commis- sioner concludes. F. G. PLATT GIVES $100 TO BOYS' GLUB Total Contributions Now in Possession of Herald Amount to $205. F. G. Platt, president of the New Britain Machine company, led the procession today in the size of qon- tributions to the fund being collected by the Herald for the ere€tion of a home for the New Britain Boys’ club. Mr. Platt contributed $100. E. H. Davison, president of the American Hosiery company, was a new con- tributor today, his offering being §$25. Attorney M. H. Camp, clerk of the court of probate, contributed $5. The contributions received up date, by the Herald follow: F. G. Platt E. H. Davison . ‘W. J. Marsland M. H. Camp . Peter Crona E. T. Glass-. C. S. Ramsay L. Platt .... G. W. Kimball . J. B. Cooper Dr. T. E. Reeks .. “A. Friend” Dr. A. Anderson Monroe Parsons C. J. Parker . Dr. T. C. Hodgson . George W. Klett B. W. Alling ........ to .. -$100 Total The aim e committee in charge and a systematized plan for carry: ing on the campaign will be an- nounced in the near future: The Herald in presenting these names gives only those whose money by this paper for the committee in charge of the soliciting. Hon. A, J. | Sloper, it is understood, has donated $100, but his contribution has not yet will be accountable for the amounts mentioned in the Herald total barring typographical errors. Checks or cash will' be received by any of the com- mittee or at the Herald office. Please make checks out to “New Britain | Herald” Boys' club fund. BRITISH WARSHIP AGROUND. Turkish Aviator Reports Observing | Ship of Agamemnon Type. Amsterdam, June 17, Via. London, 10:35 a. m.—A despaich hag been re- ceived here from Constantinople say- ing that according to the official an- having observed a British warship of the Agamemnon type aground in Ke- fala Bay, Island of Imbros. The deck of the vessel is almost completely sub- merged. The Island of Imbros is off the en- trance to the Dardanelles straits, A warship damaged in the siraits might well take refuge there. A story was published recently that tne British PBattleship Agamemnon had been sunk cally denied by the ment. British govern- WEATHER, Hartford, June 17,—Ppo. bable showers tonight, Fri. day unsettled. . R i e S of the campaign is to collect $10,000 ! has been received and is being handled | been received by the treasurer, who | nouncement a Turkish aviator reports | by the Turks, but this was categori-| SIMONS GIVES UP FIGHT FOR LIGENSE Alter Lengthy Hearmg Notice of Withdrawal Is Given Prominent Citizens Subpoenaed to Tell What They Know of. the Cabarct Show Once - in Full Swing There, Despite the fact that he had served subpoenas on a number of prominent local residents to appear at the hear- ing before the county commissioners on the remonstrance against grant- | ing of a renewal of a liquor license | at the Hotel Grand, Isadore Simons formally withdrew his application by Attorney Noble E. Plerce of Bris- tol, his counsel. The action of Simons’ brings to a close a case that has been watched with interest by local people for sonie time. At the time of his applying for the renewal Liquor Prosecutor B. W. Alling filed a rempnstrance in his of- ficial capacity. The place had attained considerable notriety through the conviction of Simons in the police court the selling liquor to High school boys. Numer- oms stories were heard about the street concerning the conditions which were tolerated at the hotel. The surprising part of the hearing was tthe serving of subpoenas on persons who had at some time been in the place or at the cabaret. Among those summoned and who appeared at the hearing but were not called upon to give testimony were e public works and Michael T. White. The hearing was featured by the in this city, secuting him. Prosecutor Alling conducted Myer Feigenbaum, the High school selling liquor to minors. ever, were not called upon nesses. as The Remonstrance. Attorney follows: “It is the opinion of the un- dersigned that the hotel license liquors standing in the name of Isa- dore Simons: should not be renewed for the coming year.” He remonstratés against granting the license to sald Isadore Simons on two grounds, first: because Simons was an unsuitable perscon to hold a license and second because the busi- ness as conducted by Simons in the past rendered the place unsuitable. Rev. Bojnowski's Letter. The following letter was received from Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski: “Commissioners of Hartford County: “Gentlemen: “We are citizens of New Britain Grand. We did not give you any advice because you know yourself about the opinion of the public con- cerning it. The court of New Brit- ain fined him $350 for selling liquor to minors and then other things oe- cur frequently, to dissatisfy the citi- zens of New Britain. I am “‘Yours truly, “REV. L. BOJNOWSKIL." Simons on the Stand. Mr. Simons was first called. He said he lived in New Britain for Ff- | teen years and conducted the Hotel Grand. Mr. Pierce, his lawyer, read the remonstrance to Mr. Simons. When the word unsuitable was reached by Mr. Pierce, Simons yelled “] am unsuitable, I am unable to get around the police, you mean.” He' then started in to tell about his place. He said he built the place al. ter the New Britain Business Men's association had urged a first class hotel. Commissioner Potter stopped the witness short, informing him that the board had passed on the building ,und warned him to confine his re- marks to the manner in which he conducted his place. He then said that @ man came from Waterbury (Al Hyatt) and told him that he could show him the way to make money, He placed a cabaret show in his lo. tel,- and for a time it was succes ful. -~ “Soon there was more police én the street than I ever saw before,” said) Simons. “‘Others were jealous of me,” he added. “A lot of check forgers came to my place and later 1 was arrested and fined $375. the heaviest fine ever imposed on a man in New Britain.” Attorney Pierce,— “Did you ever sell liguor to minors.?"” “No sir,”” said Simons. “Did your employees sell to min- ors?" asked Attorney Pierce. wouldn't swear to that.,” swared Simons. He related the instance of H. Wil mot Phillips coming to the hotel and forging a check for 37 on Dr. Dary, the local detist, after his clerk, Mr. Brophy had told him he was’the son an- (Continued on Ele\enlh Page.) MANY WITNESSES HEARD after a lengthy hearing this morning. ' Notice of his intention was served George A. Quigley, Presideni N. Humphrey of the board of outbreaks on part of Simons and als vehement attitude toward the police who he believes are per- hia case alone but in the corridor were | Miles Jartman, Henry Kolodney and hos'l s&ured in mg‘ nsational check @ ‘ot Simons ‘Tor They how- wit- | Alling’s petition was as for the sale of spirituous and intoxicaling and want you to take care of Hotel | PLANS TO SETTLE TRADESMEN’S STRIKE Negotiations o Bring 16,000 Car- pentors Back to Work. of Chicago’s 14,000 street car men ended by the acceptance of arbitra- | tion, Mayor Thompson laid plans to- day to settle four building trades strikes which have forced 150,000 workers into idleness since April. i The mayor opened negotiations to bring the 186,000 striking carpenters back to work by asking James Kirby of Indianapolis, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to come to Chicago for a con- | ference. In addition to the carpenters, there are 10,000 painters, iron workers and 900 lathers on a strike. U. §. FORCES OFF T0 Aboard Colorado Sail for Lower California. San Diego, Cal.,, June the Fourth Regiment, Marine Corps aboard, ing, a. m., coast. 17.—Admira the Washington, June Howard, commanding menaced by the Yagui Indians. all foreigners. Orders to Admiral Howard to pros ceed to Guaymas were sent by 1t 1 ence between navy and state ‘vlrt ment officlals. the Indians had declared war on Ger- | mny, Mexico and the Unitéd States. NEW YORKERS WED Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Takes Miss Eleanor Taylor for His Bride. Middle Haddam, Eleanor Taylor, June to Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, jr., here today. The service was read by Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, of Cal- vary church, New York and Rev. An- thon T. Gesner, re¢tor of the church. The bridesmaids were Miss Eleanor Hartshorne and Miss Caroline Wyeth, |the best man Geoffrey Tavlor, a brother, and the ushers F. G. Carno- chan, Murray Taylor, George Parker and Herman Schwab,. all of New York. The wedding breakfast was served at | St. Clements, Mr. Taylor's summer home overlooking the Connecticut river, a farm on which the Taylor family has lived for 194 years. Mr. and Mrs, later in the day on their trip, the destination being South America. A special train brought upwards of a hundred guests from New York city for the ceremony and the breakfast. wedding LANDERS DISAPPROVES, Belleves There Should Be Advisory 1 Board to Commissioners, | Councilman Landers i$ not.in favor of abolishing entirely an advisory voard to the board of public works and the water commission as was done last evening by the common council. “It is unfortunate,” he said today, “that the council in expressing its cmphatic disapproval of Councilman Curtis’ method went so rar as it did. Such a board is a support to both | commissions and som® way should be devised to have it appointed.” Mr. Landers described last night's council meeting as “one or the worst performances I have ever seen.” PERRY CASE TO GRAND JURY. for Death of Charles Dunham, Winsted, Juné 17.—The grand jury for Litchfield county was called into session here today to consider the in- formation against Wilbur Perry, un- der arrest for killing Charles Dunham, at the Perry home in a remote section of Barkhamsted on the night of June 1. Nine ‘witnesses were subpoenaed. Perry is charged by the state with second degree murder. Three wit. nesses Were examined during morning. * ' Mayor Thompson of Chicago Opens | Chicago, Juné 17.—With the strike | 1,200 structural | FIGHT YAQUI INDIANS 300 Men of Fourth Regiment 17.—With three companies, totalling 300 men of United States the flagship Colorado Admiral Howard command- | sailed from San Diego at 9:35 today for the lower California Pacific fleet was under orders today to pro- ceed immediately to Guaymas, on the west coast of Mexico, with 300 blue- jackets and 300 marines and to dis- patch this force twenty miles inland, if necessary, to protect the Americans The Indians had threatened to annihilate navy department following a confer- State department advices said lhlt AT MIDDLE HADDAM Jr., | 17.—Miss | daughter of Howard Taylor of New York eity, was married also of New York in Christ church | Carnochan departed | [ EST NONTVIDGE WITH ‘BLA THREATS BY Father Bojnowski | ters, Expert Says * Written on Prisone 'ALCORN FORGES §! LINK IN STA Shows That Man of Father Zebris and B tis Was Olosely Peter Krak the Double Killing. Rev. Lucyan Bojno the church of the the trial of Bernard murder of Rev. Jo Eva Gilmanaitis in night of February 8 in tcday, identified thi which had been sent to ing money under the fciting his life, Wil an authority on reputation has been m Iy famous cases, swore opinion these letters to nowski were written of found in the possession &nd Peter Krakas in W This was the most 1 forged in the chain or State’'s Attorney Aleofu Other witnesses, who vid and Krakas while 1 in this city, told of ¢ had with' Montvid ia 3 tinually played on: ceipt of threal Zebris and the fact bave m the de _An unusudi #iture lM eyes of room late occurred when Mont led from the pen, dr tront of the' chalr in brother from Chicagy The brother --oeoug‘_s possession of the vhat it contained is Court opened o’clock this morn was fetid and as his lawyers he bedas of perspiration from Before court Montvid's by versed Vi e ,, $ 1, i resemble those of the marked degree, but he t The bullet found im Fa was offered as a state's State's Attorney Alcorn # as his first witness today, daughter of Officer A. J. who rented a room f | Mrs. Otto Breither of She testifipd that in J; Montvid when he came to house with Krakas to |1t was Mrs, Raynes door to admit the asked her if she had' mny- rent. She called Mra. Bre later the two men were int Mrs. Raynes as “Mr. Morris. The witness rtayed at Breither's house days. On the second day. murder Mrs. Raynes uvA mixing some medicine to her, "Do you want a ) Murder Talk Scares My *No, what do you want | me like the pi appeared very that I was hot ‘A& said ‘They'll never catch lows, they did their work ! She sald Montvid acted Q_ ly that she went home 1 father and he told her to we all she could. At anatl | Montvid told the witnegs he ber, but could also mix never talked much, e talked freely. Both men fie told the witness they were i men. Mrs. Raynes told Att she has already made reward offered for the | | Charged With Second Degree Murder |rest through her father. | Sees Krakas at Adam Scibokos, a teamster for John 8 lowed Mrs. Raynes on stand and he recogni Krakas as, “John in the afternoon of kas asked Adam to ing place and he house but Ki the |,