New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1915, Page 1

fONTVID JURY RETURNS; PRISONER IS FOUND GUILTY " OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER ,< ppossible for Krakas to Have Murdered| Father Zebris and Eva Gilmanaitis Unaided, Was State’s Claim. JUDGE CASE PRONOUNCES SENTENCE— ACCUSED WILL BE HANGED AUGUST 6 = Hartford, ‘m.—Bernard Montvid was found uilty of murder in the first de- by a:jury in superior court He¢ was charged i with the murder of Rev. Joseph ‘#Zcbris and Eva Gilmanaitis in e % “(Specinl to the Herald.) ' is afternoon, June 23, s city on February 8. er Judge William H. Case il delivered his charge to the | it retired. minutes later the twelve men back and announced that hey had to-nrl Montvid ‘guilty he sister state of Delaware has | privileges of the' Vatican have been care of one .of these murder- nd I trust that this court after’ erdict will take care of this ons ) committed the murders which bnt- the exchange of blood for above was one of the opening nents of State’s Attorney Hugh Icorn in' superior court this af- 4:20 Forty-three oni when he pleaded with . for the conviction of Montvid. ‘ell may.they make their threat oo - ‘much,” "Gamleman ‘of I ask 'you this a!tbmpan‘ to discharge this' prisqner or | in_ a verdict of murder’in the Discharge . llfe is ‘nat orUl a pinéh linowski kn €d Mr. Alcor ury, not even Wwink duung the ntinuing, Mr. Alcom glid “Mont- ‘What ows n; him ought that typewriter. - Because he had joined the Red . Society of America with mem=- evefy city whose sworn duty fo collect money from hich men Both Kraas. and Mont- re members of the Red Hand y and I tell you, gentlemen, that ajla and the Black Hand 'so- ,¥ were' never. such ‘a mendgce to priests S te's Attorngy Alcorn flm;hed his igument at 2:55 o’clock and Judge | am H. Case immediately began harge to the jury. tinuing with Montvid's cmss ex- tion at 10 o'clock this morning, e's Attorney Alcorn . questioned to 330 ‘Arch 'street here "he sald He said he P i i i i i the and f to a German drug store and got salve for his wound. dentified the pearl handled Sav- . automatic with which Montvid Krakas | previous intimation that ered Officer Tlerney in Wilming- the same one with which he ! oficial announcement He. denied that on ‘he priest. orning after the murder he told Breither that he was a detective ‘was going to clean up the mur- | Montvid said that on the night in newspaper he killing. “on, this night The he the murder he bought a New the story admitted .revolver and told him he was ear up the mystery and that ear- in the day he had gone. to 33 [¥ing street to get his typewriter Krakas and later that night, af- 8 o'cloek, he went there again for same purpose ‘While there he he saw an envelope addressed to Bojnowski. He told the court it was written by Krakas as he aself could not writé English Mr. brn picked him up on this State- ¢ and asked him if he had not said yesterday afternoon-that he a telegram to himself from tord, written in English. He said kas ‘had written the telesmm tor the cross examination Montvid Hicqd that he had told Mrs. Vinik- ifs that he was sure the murderérs juld never be caught as they were -handers and did their work too He also denied that while | .g with the Spring street. woman told her he had heard that Fath- 03! newski had been ~thréatened. tm. same evening, Fehruary 9, he asked Krakas for his type or back and the ‘latter said he ‘wg it to M m when m said t%:v i Vingtieme ‘Seicle, a Catholic unionist | never had been arrested. i coercion was proved | by the arch- accused . closely concerning. his June 15-16): dropped many bombs ‘on ns in the murder house after the hg of the priest and his house- | He said he and Krakas part- i utside of the house and.he went where he | “all night becalise he was. sorry k part in the’ murder and his ot ‘hurt him so muc ¢as had shot him. e T e NEW BRITAIN, CC"NECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, | CONDEMNS INTERVIEW ATTRIBUTED TO POPE. Article By Louis Latairi’e in Paris}Newspaper Arouses Italian Piqss. Rome, June 22, Via. Paris, June 23, €:00 a. m.—The Italian press vigor- ©usly condemns the interview attri- luted to Pope Bénedict by - Louis Latapie and published in La leerte( of Paris, in which His Holin is said | 10 have yoiced a (mmplninteTha.t ‘the | seriously curtailed by 'the Italian government as the result of the war. | The Corriere D'Italia declares ‘that if the Pontiff does not éategorically deny the words attributed to him they will have deplorable consequences. The Secolo says: '‘The Pope has Spoken strange words.” Hayr; June 22, Via Paris, June 23, 5:20 a. m.—Doubt is expressed by the newspaper, of the authenticity of the interview reported to have been given { by the Pope to Louis Latapie. The Vingtieme Siecle takes exception es- peoially to the statement attributed in ke interview:to the Pontiff that Car- dinal Mercier, Archbishop of Maliens, The news- paper argues that Cardinal Mercier's pastoral address -1, in; which | trmlcf.od the 3 elslum that the i cardinal never had been prevented | from exercising fuily his ecclesiastical functions. SEVENTEEN KILLED IN ATTACK BY ZEPPELINS Many Bombs Dropped on Armstrong ‘Works in England—Navy Yards ', and Arsemal Destroyed. Berlin, June 23, by Wireless to Say- | villte, 'N. Y.- e Overseas :News Agency today,gave out the following: “A message from Christiania says that | the steamer Iotum, which has ar-| rived at Stavanger, reports that sev- eral Zeppelins, on .the night between Tuesday and Wednesday (probably 1 I the Armstronz Works at South Spields, England, which destroyed tkhe navy yards and arsenal. Several buildings burned. all night. The damage was i enormous. Seventeen persons were killed and forty injured.” The foregoing evidently refers to ake raid of Zeppelins over the north- east coast of England Tuesday night of last week. The British censorship prevented the publication of detaus. ¢i this raid, and there has been no | the ‘naval werks at Shields were damaged. ~An from London on June 16 said merely that sixteen persons Had been killea and forty in- jured; ‘and that fires . started by hombs | were Oovercome the morning rollowing the attack 'The announce- ment did not say what town had been atlacked. Shields, on the bank or the Tyne, has vast docks and is a great seat of the shipbuilding and subsidiary in- Gustries. The Armstrong Works are | at Blswick Yard, near Shields. The Armstrong company, in, ad- dition to its shipbuilding yards has | extensive ordnance ‘works and steel ! works. The company . employed 25,000 men before the war. ¥, H. ALFORD GIVES ‘!00 Prominent Insurance Man Makes Gift 4 to Boys’ Club.Fund. F. H. Alford, long one of the promi- nent business men of this city, showed i his interest in the boys of New ' Hritain today by contributing $100 toward- the fund that is being raised to dcquire better quarters for the RBoys’ club. With two other contribu- tions'a total of $110 was collected to- day, The Herald fund stands as follows: +F. H. Alford ... ceswe...$100 Kenneth T. Sloper 5 liobert T. Frisbie . 5 $110 607 | Tou[,.,‘, co. 8717 W with the fund in the’ honds of 7 EARTHOUAKE ROGKS | | of California last night, | completely razed, others | 1n the gutter are the bricks and debris industrial district the firemen are still transformed the ‘desert into an im- —— | The cup is of sterling silver and was | school winning the basketball title IMPERIAL VALLEY Five. Persons Killed—Damage Estimated at $1,000,000 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM SPARED | i Kl Centro Suffers ‘More Than Any | Other Town—Telegraph and Tele- Stopped—Shocks | Extend Up to Yuma, Arizona. phone Services El Centro, Cal.,, June 23.—An earth- quake shock up the Imperial Valley killed five persons, caused damage estimated at $1,000,000 in the valley's little clus- ter of towns, and left almost un- | camaged . the great irrigation; system | which tral the wlll:ey '&rom a desert !9 e mrmmg country El Ci ffered” more than any other to;wn. The five. Killed = were caught in falling' walls at Mexicali, .just across the border. Martlal law was proclaimed there. i Severest 'Around ‘Border. | As far as can be learned, the shocks were geverest at and below the oer- | Ger. The towns of 'Calipatria and’ Niland appear to have been injured | Tegs than thé towns in the south end of the valley. The earthquake ex- tended all the way to Yuma, Ariz, | The duration ‘of the fitst shock was about thirty seconds. = This was fol- | !cwed half an hour later by a second Shock almost as severe as the first. i Plate glass windows, brick walls and hollow tile sttuctures were more ; or less damaged. 'No one in Im-/ perial Valley was killed. Deputies Patrol Town. Fifty deputies took stations about the business district here ;and pa- trolled the ‘town. The fire trucks patroiled the streets ready ‘to extinguish ‘any fires that ; might spring up. « Services Immediately Stopped. Telegraph and telephone services | were immediately stopped. The tele- phone Co. seet up a service 'board in the vacant lot back of a building and messages were sent to Yuma and there relayed to other points. In the Barbara Worth hotel here, | decoratfve work of tne imterior fell | to the lobby, but not a person was | !n%fidfl The. elefitor k'P( wnnln‘ until everybody pas out. o Business -Strects Rulmed:>r On either side of EI Centro bus- | iness streets.are ruined buildings, some opened gy gaping holes. Broken glass of the display windows caovers the sidewalks. | fallen from above. The streets are closed ta automoblles and pedestrians are warned to keep in'the centér: of the street. On the lawns in t.he ‘residence dis- trict are the ‘cots of residents with only the sky as the roof. /' In the fighting a ' fire: ' Trrigation' System Spnd. The great irrigation system which mense farming region, was lpare!i. No reports have been received of dam- age anywhere along’ the levee syatem | which protects the lands lying below { sea level from the encroachment of the Calorado river. s Thee' first shock came at 8:05. It was slow and prolonged. A moment later came a short and sharp tremn- ! bler. An ensuing' explosion in the warehouse of the, Delta Mercantile company lighted re country. side. A twosst rusture ' caved into a drug: | with people. All raced to the ‘street.. | BEvery build- ing was disgorged similarly. Every Window in Town Broken. Siight tremblers continued most of | the night. In Calexico the Daum building collapsed and every window in the town was broken. At Heber, the First National bank and the Heher Hatel building were badly cracked. A moving picture house was wrecked. : In Mexicali a panic preyailed. Gamblers and the women who make up a considerable portlon of the pop- ulation of the place, rushed into the streets. Piles of gold were left on gambling tables to be rocked off and mixed with the debris of the build- ings. Martial law was declared there. Further Shocks Felt. Calexico, Cal., June 28.—Further earthquake shocks were felt here to- day. Several tremors after midnight were followed by a severe shock at 10 o'clock this morning. SMALLY SCHOOL WINS, \ Has Highest Percentage of Atten- dance in Boys’ Club Parade. A silver ¢éup emblematic of the highest percentage of ottendance in the big Boys' glub parade held re- cently was presented to the Smalloy school today by Superintendent R. H. Crawford of the Boys' .club to- day. The school had an attendance percentage of .87. The Smith school was second with a percentage of .72, “made in New Britain” by William E. Harper & Cb. Superintendent Crawford has decid- ed to present a silver cup to the Reqerd,“ makes a grand total of 3! given for the purpose of a new buliding in the last ten days. next winter. A cup for excellence in games will be presented to the girly by Mre. Elsie Tpaut. j $4.00. | and Austria- -Hungary. | bouse and lot at 97 Beaver stréet and $600; to Mary Ann Patterson, $500; 'BENEFIT BALL GAME mld, & 'baseball game has been | the challenge of the Pioneers today , Gespatch to the Journal, WANTS CHURCH BELL RUNG EVERY JULY 26 Peculiar Request Made in Will of Anna Weber—Bequests to Rela- tives—James Hinchey's Will. ‘With the understanding that a mass | is to be said for her soul every July | 26 in the church at Jennesdorf Aus- | tria-Hungary, and that the church bell is to be tolled for fifteen minute: on that date each year, Anna Weber, who died a few days ago at the home of her brother, Joseph Weber, be- queaths $100 to the church. The will | was filed today in the court of probate. | The testatrix is a native of Jennesdorf and formerly worshipped in the church there. ! Bequests made in the will are as follows: i Rosa Weber,, sister, of Jennesdorf, silver and silverware. Mrs. Theresa Wesche, Jennesdorf, , ¢ Frank Weber, nephew, Jennesdorf,Y 100. Joseph Weber, nephew, New Brlt-l ain, $100, i Rosa. Weber-Leiner, niece, Jennu-; dorf, clothing' and personal effects. Joseph Weber, brother, New Brlt-l ain, residue of estate in this country ! The will was drawn on May 322, 1915, and was witnessed by Charles Supper, John Sladek and ‘A. Zotter. | Joseph. Weber, the brother, was ap-’ pointed executor. | The will of James Hinchey was ad- mitted to probate this morning. - The will was drawn February 1, 1915, and Patrick Hinchey is named . executor. The testator directs that after all just : deébts and funeral expenses are paid | the residue of .the estate be divide at follows: To Patrick 'Hinchey, | Ellen: - Hinchey, $500; Matthew Hinchey,: ' $600; ' Bernard _ Hinchey, $400; Thomas Hlnchey. $100; James | Hinchey, 6100. i AT WALNUT HILL PARK| Pioneers and Professional | Men Will Meet Saturday z for Boys’ Club Fund. 1 Thtough. the - generoaity . of ths | onsers.and.the efforts -of -thenkiens ranged for Saturday afternoon ‘Walnut hill park, the proceeds ‘o be donated toward the fund for the | Boys' club new bullding.' The op- bonents of -the Piopecrs will '/ he the Barrister-Medicos team' of this ¢ity, under ‘the ecaptainey of Dr, ¢ W. Dunn, which recently came into famé by ‘defeating the fast'St. Thoin- as’s Seminary ‘team of Hartford, a feat that was not accomplished by any other club, this year. 'Manager Judge W, F. Mangan, in acceptng announced the roster of players whici includes several fast collegians who have come home for the summer va- cation.. The lineup of Judge Mar- gan’s team will be: Ringrose, ' of Catholic - university, catcher; Dr. | Frank Zwick, pitcher; ‘Crowe or| Kiniry, ss; L. Mangan, 1b; Judge Man- gan, 2b; Dr. Dunn 3b; John Walsh, of U, of P.,, W. Walsh of Fordham, ! Greenberg, of Yale, Schade and Dud- jack, High school stars; Dr. Charles ! F. Eagan and Jimmie Nayghton. Manager Norton will use nis reg- ular lineup as follows: M:,Keon, Ahern, p; Hinchliffe, ss; Johnson, 1 Conlin, 2b; Clancey, 3b; Dudjaek. 1f; Blinn, cf; Campbell, rf. % The selection of an umpire will Le made later in the week. “Play bal will be called at 3 o'clock. The teams met last season . and the Pioneers were victorious after an exciting battle. Manager Mangan, assured the Sporting editor of the Herald this morning that the tables | will be! turned Saturday. All lovers of baseball sheuld turn out to witness this game on account of the purpose for which it is ar- ! ranged. - It will be without a 'doub a fast battle, owing to the fact thas | both teams are evenly matched, and it is an opportunity to contribute a mite toward the grand cause of the building fund. The professional men will tomorrow evening at Walnut park for practice. i i | i i i | mept Bilt LANSING SUCCEEDS BRYAN, ‘Washingtonfl June 23.—Robert Lansing, secretary of state ad interim’ since the resignation of Wm. J. Bry- an, has been definitely selected - by President Wilson for the permanent post, and has accepted. Fermal an- nouncement will be' made at the ‘White House at five p. m., today. WARN BULGARIAN RESERVISTS. Paris, June 23, 6:00 a. m.—A num- ber of Bulgarian reservists living in Switzerland have been notified by | their government to hold themselves in readiness to rejoin their regiment at a moment’s notice, says a Geneva Hartford, June :s—em 3 ally fair and cool tonight and « { Thursday. 2 S e i et e e WEATIHER, E | Thaw was insane and a menace ! tradite him to New York: THAW TESTIFIES AT HIS SANITY TRIAL Traces Hiétory of Escape-to Gan- ada and ‘Subsequent Movements IS NOT CROSS-EXAMINED Mattcawan Fugitive Says That When | He Left Institution He Believed He Had Recovered . His Senses and Physicians Had Told Him So. New York, June 23.—Jury trial of the sanity of Harry Kendall Thaw, who nearly two years ago escaped from the asylum for criminal insane at Mateawdn, began today in the preme court here. John B. Stanch- field presented the case for Thaw, re- viewing the circumstances of the kill- ing of Stanford White, and arguing that Thaw is not now . insane and would not, if legally released, be a ' menace ;to a community wherein . he . might be residing. The attorney went at some length into the matter of Thaw's marriage with Evelyn Nesbit and his relations with her. Touching upon-the second trial of Thaw for the killing of white, Mr. Stanchfield quot- ed W. T. Jerome, the prosecutor, as saying that “no one pretends that Thaw is insane as he now sits in ! court.” Thaw in escaping from Matteawan i Insane Asylum, violated no law, de- i clared Mr. Stanchleld. Belicved He Was Sane. ‘“He walked out because he believed he was sane and.was being illegally detained,” he. said. Since then, the attorney declared; Thaw ‘had been through every count in the state to fight for his rights, Thaw Intelligent Man. *‘Never during that time has thexe been an, exhibition of temper on* the pl.rt of ' Hafry ‘Thaw,” he asserted: “Thaw is an éducated and intelligent man.” Députy Atlorney General Cook de- clared that the state had no interes( in the case other than as 'to wheher ° he said, was in youla. society. evidence Paranoia, throughout Thaw's He had hidden behind the skirts of Eveélyn Nesbitt, the only witness who | { had testified as to the depravity of Stanford White. Thaw' Calfed- to lum Stanchfield questioned him in a low tone of voice and Thaw answer- ed. in equaily inaudible tones. He testified that when he left Matteawan he belleved he had recovered his san- ity, and that physicians had told him Thaw was taken over the history of his escape to Canada and his sub- sequent movements, “¥You formed agquaintances at var- ious of the places where you stopp- ed?” “I was very fortunate in forminx acquaintances,” was the reply. Answers Without Hesitation. Mr. Stanchfield - asked the witness o give names, dates and places in luyms in iester, N. H.," you en- tertained friends and acquaintances, and in turn were entertained by them ?”" *‘That is right,” replied the witness. .Tells of Examination. : Thaw was asked to tell of the ex- amination of his sanity made in Man- chester by the federal commission in connection with the proceedings to ex- He named the members of the commission and told how it came to be appointed. Physicians representing a Pittsburgh bank had also come to see him Manchester, said Thaw, ‘“but I did ! not give them much of an examina- tion.” Banks Hon Checks. ““Phis Pittshsirgh bank honored your ! 7 check, did they “Yes, and ‘the'bahks in New Hamp- i shire. Canada and® elsewhere,” said the witness. Mr. Stanchfield then turned the | witness' over to the state’s’attorney; | jbut Deputy Attorney General Cook anounced that he would not cross ex- amine at this time. Thaw was then excused. INSURANCE RATES TO BE CHANGED JULY 1! New Schedule Will Go Into Effect, Based on Number of Families Oc- cupying Buildings. Prospective changes in fire insur- ance are announced to take effect in this city on July 1. The exact rates have not been disclosed although it is said that there will bé a net gain for property owners, Under the new schedule, hulldings will be rated according to the number of familles occupying them. For in- stance, a cottage will be rated lower .than a two-famlly house, the lafiey lower than a three-famliy hourse, eto, Under the old schedule cotiages were rated similar o other houses used tor tenement purposes, Bome of the new raies are said to b‘\‘im her and some lower byt Mavoy y expressed today (he opinfon that there would be o net goin fop those who own property, f 1915 —TWELVE PAGES. 'TEUTONIC FORCES CAPTI LEMBERG, GALICIAN CAF AFTER MOST SEVERE B/ Russians Reported to Ha;'e. Withd in - of Forces and Suppli VICTORY A CONFERENCE MAY HALT STRIKE OF CLERKS 1'rospects Bright for Adjust- ment of Differences With New Haven Road. New Haven, June 23.—Prospects were bright today for adjustment of | the differences existing between the clerks in freight houses of the sys-! tem and the officers of the New York, | New Haven and Hartford = ralilroad company through & conference later ' in the day in which' were to take part General . Manager C. 1. Bardo of the | company, Clifton Reeves, federal con- | ciliator, J. J. ' Forestir. grand vice presidént of the Brotherhood of Rail- way clerks, the clerks’ committee and, Which Fe'l Before Second CZAR’S TROOPS WIN IMPORTANT es From Strongh LONG DNIESTEF Italians Capture Al fending Malborgeth barding Fortress Win Minor Vlm-r; | Lemberg, capital of ' fallen before the armies, of whi¢ch have acrdes the province fo months. An offcial from the Austrian the city was -captured by # vrmy after a severe bats Austria has now rec the Province of Galicia, the Russians early in the Russians are nnm'uq drawn most of their fore | plies from Lemberg, the ¥ had been regarded in s scveral days as tmminent. Russians \ By invitation, the general chairmen | of the brotherhoods on thé system | known as the “Big Five.” ? Mr. Reeves seeured the conlere-ce} through the medium of a letter from ' Mr. Bardo to the'clerks (-ommulaa' in which' certain. proposals are un-' i derstood to be made. The ¢laim had | been made that ‘misunderstandings had arisén during the course of- cor-, respondence between the (Iu‘ka and | the company’s officers and the first | dbject of ‘the conference would 'be’ to clear up this situation. 'With this ae- | | arrange for re-opefing . -of * discus- | sion of those. hw of grievan oA tour poPn?p' g! xiu‘nem‘em thepes: | pany having offered to arbitrate | | twelve, and the clerks clalm that ar- bitration of thee four will provide a basis for settlement of all others. it is underst of _the four | points the co vill offer to sub- | mit three to W. W gar, nuuunt| ¢ommissioner - of smediatibn to be ‘called by Mr. Reeveg from Washing- ton. The points are those.of inter-, pretation of rule 21 in the clnrka’ working agreement, and of' cases numbers 1 and 2, Known as.the W. A. Harington and House No. 6 ¢ at Boston. The fourth point is’un- derstood to be a Hartford case. - Botn President Elliott and General Mana- ' do in declining heretofore to | these four points clu|med| questions alone | Before the conference began Mr, Reeves was confident that matters would assume ‘a shape which woula { permit him to wire Mr.' Hangar to come to New Haven to hold a hear- ing. " Y. M. C. A. TO HAVE NEW INSTRUCTOR r ¥ Warren 5. Slater to Succeed Kenneth E. Andrew As Physical Direct- or on September 1 Warren 8. Slater, formerly assistant physical divector of the local ¥. M. C. A., wil' become physical director of | tne association on September 1, suc- ceeding henneth E. Andrew, who has served here fur tne past two years. Mr. Andrew has tendered his resigna- { tion to become Lthe director of paysical education in tne puolic genovs of Newark, N. J. It was with much regret that the directors or the Y. M. C. A. received , the reu‘nnuon of Mr Andrew, who | has provea to an able director of the pnysical department, making a host of 1iends. ks work has been of . the best, last year Lreaking ali records ror attendance in the gymnasium. Mr, | Andrew came to New gritain on Scp- | tember'1, 1913, after serving one year in the Stratford Untario, Canada as- sociation. He is a graduate trom tne Y. M. C. A. college, of Springfield, | with the class of 1¥12. Mr. Slater is well known in this city and while here as assistant director in 1909 and 1910 he was well liked by the members, After leaving this city in 191p, Mr. Slater became affilfated with.the Fairmont, West Va. associa- tion, where he served for one year, He later became director of the asso elation at Hapnlwil, Mo., @dnd Spring- fleld, Mo, He was at this piace for a year and was recalled to Fairmon. CASE OF DIPHTHERIA, “A vase of diphtheria on West Pearl gircet was reported (o the health de- l mru(em today, complisied the field will- be clear to Triest.” f week. {of the earliest important manian frontier. stead¥ sutce victpriesof the | change began with {he fay South of Lemhr. in the region, a strip . of A ie still {n the hands of t Arn official statement 1 reports an important vattle along the - #vcf several da; miles northwest o{ L the Bukowina successes are claimed, The ian general the arriyal of ments for the Aust igonzo front, north of ¥ In the Monte - these forces, belleved Y ",l,-y I.n-\: 138 Phn i RS M%&&. e, woocll the first time in a b a ncement says, pulsed by Alnn | cflcial despatch from Itallang have captu tions defending M ree bombarding the !m-q Swedlsh Steamers G Five Swedish steamers, ¥ , England with lumbey, yeérterday by Gefman: laltic Sea. A message received in. ; Christiania_eays the navy ! urcenmal at Eouth Shields, northeast ccast of stroyed by the ’? The ties are seventeen persons killea uj anjured. The official s of the raid gave the nu at sixteen. It did not neme of the town attacked oy tent of the damage. Minor French Victory, A minor French victory Heights of the Meuse ant & the Vosges are reported in i rtatément today from Py man attacks in the Lfr“ ‘n Lerraine . weré re French advance in A inued, leading to the village of Lliver Fecht. Teutons Capture Berlin, June 23, by ville, N. \'—Lemlm quered after a very severs cording to an official repo here from Hheadquarters of tro-Hungarian army. The ‘Galician capital the advance of second al A25 . 2 fell . Lemberg, capital of Gall occupled by the Russians g 1914 in the course of the e slan drive into Austria, Objective of Fierce For the past twenty a Austro-Germans re-took Lemberg has been the ob, serigs of fierce and conecel tacks on the part of m- lies, Their success, the Germans believe, will Have reaching political effect, & ing out of the Russians is counied upon to help status quo in the Balkans, The capture of Lemberg el A the . Russlans. Following pushed onward rapidly th licia. The high water m Invasion found almost aill vince in their hands. proached within striking Cracow, at the western end province close to the Ge tier; stormed the heights am of the Carpathian mount: separt © Galicia from Hu o the cust, swept down CHpe ‘rownland of Bukownia 1o {he g Began by W r All this n v it (Continued on Vl;bnn