New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1915, Page 1

OF FRANCE . BE DECIDED e 01 G4rmans and Alies De- ribed as Fearful—Right Miles Aovered With Corpses SSIANS DEFEATED INTRONT OF LEMBERG ¥orces Fighting for Time to Guns and Other Wu Material ‘Galician c-plm—fiemns ‘Hurl n Bombs ‘on Dunkirk, Kfll Clfl}lua—Allles Re- ‘M\_despuch}gs from - Berlin/ sent, the battle « wmch has been ‘the mzress for 'some” time lin ity of Arras, northem _France, ag 81 flm great conmcw ut the war, uln.i.y ‘decids. ‘the tgt‘ of France. | q.nt both the Gernuqs and the are described..as fearful,. and Of the fleld, from Arras jefi toward the Bplghn border, ! fo ‘be covered with corpses. . official ‘French and German | of [today give few details s battle. The Paris announce- concedes that the Germans cap- . one ut mm that' they were re- ‘The flerlin state- !fi‘nflom no important fighting il a section of a trench at rict yeésterday. / Fighting in' Alsace. Alsace there ‘was heayy fighting | “the valley o th:d Fecht river ¥ Rmuinication sage’ tions were h assert tl rther FEf The the Ger- several | located Qé?s:ni were | In yes- | _in the case of gne “gteamer *Caris- n of the crew are h;-.b th -from .Athens 't activity in the allled flect 'om which it is b%flxk on - tne ting on ‘Gyl- carrier on YB movements. and | hu ‘been abl> he, Turks' attempts have the Italian ‘Tosses %2, by Wiroless o us.'i,’( ~—The O m Dutch 501 i oz ered with corpse- a;.g -3t ‘usibearable. * ts from.neutral’ »urcca de- that the batlle ‘raging ‘may dccide the fate of F! fight with tnheard of cour- heroism. Treint ..yrcoments. m.—Tha omce LLis afternocn gave I'rench’ losses u‘e lwllql hospitals at Amieéns and Abve- omcrm\-a-a The constant n& with wounded ;ump i M mw the | as yet when he will receive the Ger- The French 'are d that the ambassador seemed un- ‘The Germans continu- g ¥ ohe The NEW BRITAIN, CC>"NECTICUT. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1915 —TWELVE PAGES. ARE POLICE STILL ON TRAIL OF COOK ? THAW SANITY TRIAL OPENS INNEW YORK Jury Being Selected—Jerome May be State Withess 'HARRY SURE OF ACQUITTAL | Authorities “Are Said to Have His Trunk Containing Loaded Re+ volver and Many Letters. That John Kacequarauskas, alias | John Cook, may have more informa- tion regarding the murder of Rev. Joseph Zebris and Eva Gilmanaitis than the police have allowed to become public is the opinion which is fast be- ing formed through bits of informa- tion: that have leaked out. 2 In the office of Detective Sergeant Samue Bamforth is a trunk said to have been taken from Cook’s room, and in the trunk, according to the information received by this paper, is a loaded revolver. The tray of the trank is said to be filled with letters written in Lithuanian. The trunk is also said to: contain a Lithuanian- i‘English ‘dictionary. | The police are silent concerning the trunk or.its con- tents. One confession of Bernard Montvid states that the double murder in this city on February 8 was engineered by four men, two of whom he had never seen prévious to starting 'out for Father Zebris' house with Peter Kra- kas. - ‘A special polieeman named trial 103 - 3 v: fxgxtwchflnm%fi:;:p ?:di;y ::e gz:e ' It was stated that Thaw's counsei ; learned that Cook told his boarding ; Will object to a lengthy questioning of mistress. of the murder at 2 o’clock their client concerning the murder on the morning of February 9, and of Sanford White, Pontendlnx tha:.; the police investigated this clue as no { Thaw’'s mental condition at present one else knew of the murder until the | is the only guestion to be decided. Vodies were found seven . hours later. State After Mrs, Thaw. The state’s répresentatives were re- Fflufl MflRE vml‘s ported to be anxious to find Evelyn Nesbit Thaw' to''call her as a witness. Dr. Raymond Kieb, superintendent of Matteawan asylum, and ‘Dr. Car- British Liner, Turkish Steam- " er and Two Sailing - Cra.ft Sent to Bottom, i His Counsel, it is Sald Will Object to : Lengthy Questioning of Clicnt Con- cerning Murder of Sm!ord White ; —Stato Seeking Mrs, Thaw. New York, June 22—Fifty witnesses " | summoned in behalf of Harry K. { Thaw in his effort -to prove that he is now sane and entitled to be sc free from the Matteawan asylum were Teady to testify in his sanity trial be- | ginning today before Supreme court | | Justice Hendrick and a jury. Thaw was so confident of success that he was planning to attend the Panama-Pacific Exposition after the I ! 1 los MacDonald ‘an alienist were pros- pective witnesses againt Thaw. Thaw’s mother -brother. and other relatives were expected: to attend the rial. - Thaw’s counsel said they hoped to conclude the case within ten days. Enters Court Smiling, When Thaw entered thecourt room he was smiling. Before taking a seat | near the eoneil table he sat down and | chatted & few minutes with several of the newspaper men whom he knew.® He sald he was confident. ‘that "he} would be a free man within two weeks, ¥ The examination of talesmen began after a little delay. David Robinson, a brotjer, the first to be examined was accepted, as the first juror. Jerome May Be Witness. | Whether the fact that Thaw was | acquitted of murder by a jury would | lm-e doubt, in his mind, and w 4 ad been. prejudiced I what e had read of the hmo’ry | of the caAsh were uue:u»nswm inson answered to the satisfaction of Thaw's attorney The question asked and of 2,352 gross tons. Shed wis by Deputy Attorney CGeneral -Cook, buiit ‘at Sunderland in 1907, an@ was Whether he, hfid'&mf%auh‘ udfinfi | rcpama at, Montrenl e begitming | My, Jerome,’’ was en ‘to ‘indicate that W, T. Jerome, the progecutor at the Thaw murder trial, mmia be & state witness. The fourth tu.ulmin e&.llcd Jeuh Ta Straugs, a sales manager was accept- ed as juror No. 2. | London, June 22, 12:40 p, m.—The British steamer Carisbrook, of Glas- gow from Montreal for Leith Scot- land was sunk by zunfire from a Ger- man submarine on June 21, at a point forty miles north of Kinnaird’s Héad. Bleven members of her crew are known to have ‘been saved. Thir- teen are as yet unaccountea for. % ~—Hhe ;. Carls- o0k Jeft here ‘Jume’ 10. carrying a :zrn of (n!na ;;: wficommtndeq The Carisbrook was 500 feet long Petrograd, via London, June 12, 8:16 a.. m.—It is officially nn.naum:ul that Russian subniarines: lunx a large steamer and two ing ves- sels ‘belonging to the 'l'urks in the Black Sea, betweén Eregli (a | see- port 120 miles east of the ‘Bosphorus)i and ‘Kofken Island (60 miles west of Eregli. YES; THEVRE MARRIED. Groom's | Mother Admits It—Bride's | ONE IS s e | MURDER CAR wuncx e, Frank G. Sherwood, mother of ¥ (‘hulu H. Sherwood of Rocky Hill, | 3 whose elopement to New York yester- | Automobile Used by Silyah of Her. daw with Lila Arabella Stoddard of Newington was reported in ‘this paper, - em.fnl m"’ Fiitie Oug, today wonfirmed the. faet that /the and One Dies of Injuries, marriage actually toos place and that Thomaston, June 22. e man her son was now a benedict.. Not so| was killed, another serfously if not It the young bride, fatally hurt, ani #8 not in a pleasant | less injured n, porter called him on | dent néar Tho; informed' his in-{ The dead;: 8 none of his busi- | of Bristol. < {public’s business | The injured: vhether hig’ dxu‘,htei’"’aa married or | Pristol, - skull Joseph Miling; of’ fll not. B3 Miss Stoddard ‘s l.he daughter of | fuffering from euts Down, of Terry Mr: and Mrs, John' R. Stoddard and wasgraduated from 1’{1’ Britain High | John Hefterm.n, ctfimfim mut the school /in 11912, 'Bince then she has| head and body. The car is said to have been mak- ,stud ed art in Ha,rttcrfl The groom io a-chauffeur employed by Heward | ing pretty good spesd from Terryville to Waterbury, when /ene of the ¥ Buck of 6% Elizabeth street, Hartford. gt 1 € \ According to a statement in & morn- | wheels struck a rock on about a quarter of a m‘l?;.fia ing paper the story of tne marriage was denied by the bride’s fagher, town. The shock of the n'nm t;u-;w all five men out of the car, the Miss Stodddrd and Sherweod were niarried -in the New York Municipdl ver, Frank Berger, ren building yesterday b..' Alaormln Wit- | his seat. The auto was used slayers of Herman . Kosenthal, lam H. Chorosh. i gamblop to! mke their escape. el e GERMAN REPLY NOT READY, TO BUILD MODERN BLOCK. Sam . Berkowits 10 Erect, Four -Story New Note to Kaser on Frys Cose ' Probably Wil Be Sont Tomorrow Building on Main s:.-aq,, Lopr $50,000. Unkelback & Ep Wnbmlboll. June 22. —AI’M N o % Gerard has been unable to learn | have completed plans Tor the erection d“ ) of a four story business block at the corner Main and North Main street for Sam Berkowitz, the well known butcher. The contract has been awarded to Conrad Cianci, and preliminary plins are being made for the start of the work of erection. The building will have a burnt brick front and . will contain’ six stores on the main floor and twelve tenements. The estimated cost is $50,000. Adolph. W. Frisch’ barvr Ho. 3, and,. 'n_manufactirer clothing ‘merchan Jjurors numbers however., mood when the telephos 35, of | die; | his brother, ruim John man- reply to the 1ast American Hote on submarine ' warfare. President’| ‘Wilson said today he received a de- spatch from Mr, . Gerard yesterday By able to conjécturc the time which ® | would be required in Berlin for its preparation. ‘The mew note which | the United States will send to Germany on the case Of the American ship Wiliam P. of | Frye, sunk by the Prinz Eitel Fried- rich, fs about ready. Tne president will discuss it with Secretary Lans- ing ow, and it probably will be before the president leaves SR SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS, Madrid, Spain, June 22, via Paris, 4:44 p. m.—The Spanish cabinet re- signed today, the government cons idering the failure of the recent loan #6 be equivalent to a vote of lack nf c;onndonee. architects, |’ I. D. RUSSELL IS A, H. CO. TREASURER ‘Will Fill Post Vacated by Death ©C. E. Wetmore—Directors Adopt ‘Resolutions, of ’isaac D, Russell, for years a prom- inent imanufacturer 'ia this city and lately assistant treasurer for -the " American Hardware Co. was today promoted to the treasurership of that company to succeed the late Charles i E. Wetmore. G. Eraest Root cashier ¢ ISAAC D. RUSSELL. % of the P. & F: Cormin division ut,(he company. will occupy Mr.' Russell’s former position according to the d¢- cision of the directors. The reqular dividend of 1'and 1-2 per cent wa; declared. The following resolution .was “or- dered spread upon the corporate rec- ords, *“The directors of the Amerlcan Hardware corporation desire to record their sorrow over the death of our Treasurer, Charles E. Wetmore, theif recognition of the faithful services of a lifetime and their sympathy with 1 his family in their loss.” WILLIAMS AND ROE TO 'BE HANGED DEC. 8 Roé,. of foushkfl)m AN ed by & jiry here last v'mbct 1914, Were. - sént Judge Toel H. Reed court wday. t0 B¢ hanged flell on Decémber § next. lt ‘was .;. ‘pected that they would. be takén ' to the state prison today, = °° ‘When theé prisoners fl& mu.x;o into_ court botwéén four deputies they rrooua their counsel with amiles. The latter | n made a motion to set aside the ict @s against the weight of evi The court avon-;z a8 motion‘ and asked the prisoners if they Wished to say anything. Boin made. statéments. Willlams denied that'He had anything to do with the crime neéver saw -Case and was never in his storeé at Barkhamsted. He was not afrald to die he said and “Can meet my God with no stain on mi soul. - The men who did this are.frea out in the air/ Juries ofign Vies | innocefit' men. Look At Leo nk. Bub he has besh shown merey. = I am an ex-comvict.”’ Roe declared he was in Poughkeep- &io on the night of thé crime. He also claimed that he did not know Case ‘or ‘his store. Judge Reed then pronounced sen- temde. ! GEBMAN&' EXPRE!SES REGRET Swedish Steumer Off jtiania Sound. Stockholm. l‘m‘ 22, via' London, m.—Off |.,nnouncomum.m ‘mae here today umt t_ vernment had ex; Ffor the attack off Ch: June 15 on the Swedish ' dandi. Germany detlares For Attack on the'steamer, which was torpedos | by ubmatiné and then shelled by ay /was a mistake, and’ axnuned jess t0 pay an indémnity. Verdand! was baund for Eng- i with a cargo of woofl.’ GERMANY SUSPENDS PAPER. Berlin, June 22, via London 1.30 p. m.—The German authorities today informed the administration of the Berlin Tages Zeitung that it would have to Buspend publication for an indefinite period of time on account of the recent article published by this paper on the subject of German- Amerfcan relations, from the pen of Count Von Reventlow. e W‘EA’I‘HER Hartford, June 22--Gener- \ally fair tonight and w,,dn-_ day. inor Slaton’s country home, quiet pre- { vailed both thgre and in this eity to- i { | cloged by ‘the {authorities yesterday, | | ing. | ‘magde | soldiers and called to them to “‘shoot. i Two officers and a private were sligh SAVIOR OF FRANK REMAINS. IN SAFETY Georgia Mobs Leave Governor's | Home Undisturbed MAY MOVE TROOPS TONIGHT Near-Beer Saloons Allowed to ‘Re- | Open—No Streets—Three Militiamen Hurt in l)cmonsu_tuoq Last Night. Atlanta, June 22.—~While the militia still 8 on guard at Gover- Crowds Assemble day and therg was no indication of a repetition ofi the cxciting scenes of vesterday and 'last night, which fol- lowed announcement of the commu- tation ‘of Leo M. Frank’'s death sen- tence. In the city ‘the near.beer saloons, were .allowed tp reopen this morn- No Crowds in Streets. There were no crowgs in the streets. At the governor’s home it was stated that the militia probably will be with- drawn tonight. TWo battalions of Georgia = militia and the governor's Horse Guard troops under the personal command of Adju- tant General Nash early today were pa- trolling the country estate of Governor Slaten,: neer here. The troops hail been: called out after a crowd of sev- eral hundred men and boys had marehed. 'theré late last- night aind a .demonstration -in protest against the commutation of Leo M. Frank’'s death sentence to life impris- onment. Hurl Missiles at Troops. The crowd was. quickly dispersed by the soldiers after the governor had declared the zone within balf a miie ot his home under martial law. When firgt. orderéd to-.leave some of the demonstrators hurled missiles at ‘he ly hurt. No shots were fired, the soldiers advancaing' with fixed bay- onets. No civilians were injured. In | play Lhe | kindly offered yesterday to 'pley any BOYS’ ORGANIZATION . GIVES $2 TO FUND Grenfell Club of South Church Helps Its Teacher—Ball Game Saturday ? The people of New Britain are re- sponding very readily to the efforis of the citizens committee “and" sure a better building for a Boys club here.. Thus far a substantial fund has been realized and more will undoubtédwy be forthcoming within the next fcw days. ball players has yet come forward to Pioneers. The Pioneers team the Herald might pick on next Saturday, thé proceeds to be given to the fund. Thig paper would be giad i to hear from any other team which is 'willing to oppose them under tag same conditions, Among the contribitions received today was one of $2 from tae Grenfell {club of the South church. / Thae little fellows who compose the club me: and authorized the expenditure of that amount from their treasury. The club requested that tne Herald give { as the reason for the action that Mr. Crawford once was our Sunday school teacher and to help him out we give the money readily. the boys to help the meovement is | greatly appreciated by the commitiee ] and should prove a spur for the same !actlon to other groups and individ- uals. The youngsters certainly will by their generosity. as follows: F! 8. Chamberlain Grenfell Club Friend D. A. Parsons. . | W.H, Alen" . ... 2.00 100.00 $117.00 490.00 Total | Previous Balance Total 128 INDICTED FO Fflll ELEIITIflN GflNSflRAEY Siaton estate, bus’ the number invf i lwwn and. 4 second bats i any movemeént of/crowds in the sur- ! request /made for sfate troops. | prébably’in the cotton or corn fields. The appearance of the crowd meq, ufim Mm ‘ereased as the mareh. of ‘four miles cofitinued. ,'nl‘hm Frank, Governot Slaton was surrounded by a fesv petrsonal friends who prévious- y had been abputizod by Shertft Man- 3u‘m #t thé governor's r "hree battalions of militid had been asgembléd at the night in ev-tmal‘uv orders came to Major CArtén to mave his bagtalion to the governor's home, #nd the soldiers were hurriéd away in automobiles. - Wihile ‘the ‘crowd out- side shoutéd, tHe governor conversea with friends and took steps to pro- tect Frank at the Mkh minli hrm at: MiHedgeville. The sheriff at’ that (place, Was dx~ rected over thé lohg distance fele- phone to kedp in touch with thq“ov ernor_ in thé vent of &ny sigus: of crowds gatféring there. Moré Troops Called Out. After midnight, réport were ve- celyed .of ¢rowds coming from nearby of’ in- | fantry -and the’ . Governer’s’ ‘Horse Guards weré called out. ‘A cordon’ of troops was thrown around the estate and outposts were stationed to report | rounding w-mo None was geen. A f «lm,m sunln for Frank, Mfllnmvxnl, ,Cin.. June 22.—Al- though officers at the state prison | farm: would not disouss the madtter, it was learned from religble = sources here last night that the guards on duty have beenificreased since Leo M. Frank’s arrival. There has been no There 'was no ‘bance at the prison ‘last night. Warden Smith said that Fraénk would be assigned to work Slaton Hanged in Efigy. Marietta, Ga., June 22.—Governor $laton, wio vesterday commuted the ‘Qunw of Leo M. Frank, was hanged gy here yesterflay. A sizéd Etrung up to a tel pole | registration laws, / by bribery ? *nd.. June 22—Tho- mds. Taggart, democrétic national commiittéeman for Indianhia; Mavor | Joseph E. Bell chief of Police Samuel V. Perrott and one hundred and twen-, tyifive others were indieted by ths l*flén County grand Jury, um to- | | dmy, charged with conspiracy to com- mit a felony through violation ! election laws, bribery and blackmall. Taggart and Bell were the first to Wwere released on $5,000 bond eaéh, While it had been rumored on the streets for some time that indictment.; would be found as result of an jnves- tgation of the iast election it was no: thought men so high in poiitical.éoun- | clls would be included. Not more than a dozen spectators were if court when the grand jurors submitted the report to Judge James A, Coliing of | the criminal. court, More than a dozen members of Mayor Bell's official tamiy were in- dicted, and as many more members of the police force were named. The others indicted included election of- ficials, ward and prectnct leaders, workers at the polls and voters. The indictment is in 48 counts, The | humber named in it is two more than contained in the indictment returned by the ‘local federal grand jury afte- | election conspiracy. Although 126 men were indicted in the Terre Haute case only 116 arrests were made. All the ‘men—democrats, republi- a single indictment, which contains forty-eight counts and covers 176 pewritten . charges. The main charge s conspiracy . to commit félonies by corrupting the election, by violation of the primary . law, the’ : and blackmail, Inclided among those indictéd are this | {'paper to raise cufficient funds to' in- No team of base- | The decision of | make a warm place in many hearts | The other receipts for today were | acknowledge service in the case, and ' | 1is investigation of the Terre Hauuul cuns and progressives—are named in | ensuing time. ESTABL MONTVID JURY OF MURDER | mmmm ;Pu-umnolv-v Because of Giving Police id Rannl Put on His Last Wi Bernard Montvid Yo stand in superior court : end told how he was' murder in thig city on of Rev. Joseph Zebris manaitis. f i Throughout his story, L {nied that he did the This, he said, was done He said he first met K tén, Mass. Referring to this city Montvid said; kag wenl to the priest’s day, February 7, on arranging for Krakes' did this, he sald, to get house. On the foll met Krakas and they the railroad track -in rection. Krakes sald he ‘rob Father Zebris. Mo ! Jury he demurrel ! whipped out a gun Fearing m.;ho sald, he uoln‘ to the tmN i P! | vid’ was -uu on One of the f Gay wag the 4 niurder In Tor his activity ln week opened l-”m«mefim the lawyers judge Sury having had a vest The, prisoner tcday as last wuk. the M 1orney I!up “ Am v morning of February 9 and d ihe condition of the when he arrived, | vriest lylng on the pd. | murdered woman on the | the house turned topsy e tic .door showing e ! ing been pried open, move in the cise \Ibo_ elimination to run di | pects. When he -u.h | Lody he fo?nd no, On February 12 he %lnfi. | Pritain &tiAHe Fellowil going to Wilmington on where he interviewed Mo The accused told of his ¢ country and,traced his Montvid Eamforth that he had New Britain and said Krakas until he meet him phia. On Maroh 12 Montyid officer again and in the Mr. Malinowski, State Hurley and Wilmin he was in New K!‘l.kl-l and two ticn' that ard Ja a number of prithary, registration and clection officials. (The indictment chargés certain of théss oMolals with conspiring to permit m ‘to regis- ! B% 41 inscription, “John' M. Slaton, #gia’s traltor goveérnor.” = Mary [ n, the vietim of the penecil fac- tory: surder, formerly resided hi Officials of the state and city m,. sisted 'that last night's demonstratio; probably had ended the possibility any renace to the governor by the people most bitterly opposed to the commutation of Frank's sentence. Stato of Preparedness. A state of preparedness was mais- tained today, however, both by police and the military authorities : The soldiers stationed at Governpr Slaton’s suburban home attracted at- tention ‘from passersby today, but time hung heavily on their hands for there appeared no further evidendg nf the gathering of a crowd in thatiwi- cinity. ' One of the reasons stal r maintaining the guard were, the" ports which pe-sisted /throughout the night that crowds of men had starte for Atlanta from neighboring | % ter falsely and to vote ely in the Pflm’ry and in the ed .,, xcun & Jubp mq'uma. Local Concern Stocks m From 115 to 119 Points Todpy. . Today's market was featured rise in the North & Judd stock w! lll\ ‘went soaring from one hundred and fifteen polnts at which it closed’ Mon- c¢ay to one hundred and nineteen poinis today. i ~ Landers, Frary & OClark company stock closed very strong ioday. and is hard to obtain, according to those in touch ‘with market affairs, No change was noted in Colts stock whichremains abon the same as yes- terda; 0. Buyers are Wllohlyg very closely the American Hardware Corporation stock “Which js forecasted to take a rise shortly. W r‘u Wm rheps g.lny cun. u; ‘he was (of keys and ' the gang t Bamforth salu e eonhn!on- signed no threats or inducemenis ‘ontvld Tn New York, en route “mington, on March 22, M th.t on February § n and Joseph wam to 0 - g Tia-aatd Hh HrobA WA Dbe Krakes sald “Throw up The woman did so but the. gan to shout and Krakas Krakas and Schutts rn woman upstairs and whe back they told him they her. The ner said one bunch of keys and at Ar in New Britain on March 23 Montvid. on was taken to ugp m (Continued on Mnm o ) l* being . notified of the murdes i p W |