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

CE THREE CENTS. ONS GROSS b DNIESTER RIVER - ON ENTIRE FRONT nssmn Resistance Gives Way Before Assaults of Germanic Al- Latter Ocoupy Halicz ATTACKS OF FRENCH llans Repulse Austrian’s Attempt to Retake Heights of Zeillenkofel— ritish. Aviators Drop Bombs in nyrna, Killing Over Seventy in _Tarkish Garrison There—Serbia A g Vill:Decline to Make Separate Peace f Tgutonic forces have pushed their ecross the Dniester along the en- g front, the German official state- shows, the strong, resistance h the Russians have been offer- 1ere for some time having finally way before the German assaults. urrently comes an admission; by | Russians that they .have = with- Wn from the thirty mile Bobrka-- swna front, making it appear that ire battle front in this territory fill be shifted to the eastward. Such hift would be in lines with the ex- on of military observers abroad, ‘have been Ppredicting a Russian wal from the Dniester and a ment of their armies for a w /the river Bug: declares that. .the re- nlns of the Bnfllan forces neces- ed by the outcome of the Tothmc ‘i:’l;n in Galicia has been com- and that the armies are now in iness'to resist further Austro- -Ger- “advances ineither Galicia. or %4 ¥ along thé !r;uurn it the B‘reneh have | little ' to “say. cfimpurwwe. j;qm'!vlty, of' cactivities, | ln- Labyrinth” . the the Meuse hills fiid in the Vosges, all .{he . attacks aving been repulsed. ' The Germans Iport a notable success in'an. aerial front in which two ines were -hnt down French ew- from ¢ qmer' front includes an Ital- | nmfl: an nsuccesstul ! t. by thcvlw&. to retake aights of M"Ekbfil ,gmny has sinki; ng of tae Drop Bombs on Smyrna, itish 'aviators have flown ' aver rha, dropping bombs and cdusing e than seventy casualties in the kish garrison there according to port from Mytilens. interesting statement in view. of nt reports is attributea to tae u.n minister to Italy to'the ef- “that Serbia will dmllnc ‘to make riin, June 28, via London, 3:15 p. town of Halicz in Galicia on ' Dniester has been crossed by § Germans along the entire front, 'Ready 1o Cheok Teutons,. .38 Wha London: g 3 “have satistac illy achieved the ouping of fir forces necemt«! Dy the Ger- an Galician campaign and that they d ready effectively to oppose a jer advance of the Austro-German in Galicla or in southern 2 ia. ; Germans After Verdum. s, June 28, :6:20 a. m.—The ns, in atelle and = in ‘the . trenches of orine; are seeking to approach the ngly fortified town of Verdun, ac- ng to Lieutenant Colonel Rousset, critic of the Petit Parisfan. ‘Delieves they are seeking to gain of the raliroad from’ ons b Saint Menehould. While they are at Verdun from two directions, itic belleves the eflorts of their will_prove futile. French Official Report. ris, June 28, 1 p. m.—The French ' office this afternoon gave out a ‘on the m‘rus of hostilities the'| countries a week along the southern part of the | fighting - rurfously - at’ | RELIGICUS MANIAC BEATS UP OFFICER Officer Frank English Given Black Eye By Stepania Koska—Lunatic Will Be Sent Away. Officer Frank English, dean of the local police department, is today nurs- ing & black eye which he received yes- terday when he was ’‘viciously at- tacked in the. cell room by.Stepania Koska, a crazy man suffering from a relgious mania. Later in the <day Chief W. J. Rawlings was also at- tacked by Koska and although he so flercely that the chief had to call in several firemen to get him lodged 'se- curely in the padded cell. Koska was arrested Saturday af- ternoon in the southeastern section of the city. When taken into custody he was very docile, but upon being locked up he exhibited signs of violent in- sanity and a religious mania. Yester- day he raved on religious themes, of which hell-fire was his principal topic and to demonstrate for the edifica- tion of the other prisoners just what he meant he built a fire in his cell. ‘When Officer English rushed down to extinguish. the blaze he received a savage blow in the eye. Later in the day Chief Rawlings went dwn to minister to Koska and he struck out at him with his manacled hands. It was finally necessary to overpower the prisoner and lock hlm in the padded cell, Koska was examined by two doctors today and will be sent to the insane retreat. GHINA“AND JAPAN WARNED BY U. §. Not to Impair American Rights or Endanger “Open Door” Policy. Peking, June 28, 12:15 p. m.— Warning that the United States would not recognizé any agreement between China and Japan which impaired Am- erican rights in China or endangered | tae'dd-called “Opén door” policy, was'| conveyed to the governments of both China and Japan in an identical note from - Washington whigh /' was deliv- ered about May 15. The notes were . handed to' the foreign: offices of bota -;tm- China had ac-. ceded ito .the, 10 | {he Jupanese u u inssting up-~ o’ concessions: from' the tormeremne- uon The United States note was, in snb. stance as follows: In view of the \u‘bfiluona which now are pending between the ‘overn- ment of China and the goverment of Japan and of the agreements which have been reached as & result there- of, the government -of the United States 'has the honor to notify the Igovernment of the Chinese Republic that it cannot recognize any agree- ment or undertaking whlch has hc,i entered into, or which may be en- | tered into, between the governments of China and Japan impairing the treaty rights of the Ulited States and its citizens in China, the political or territorial integrity of the TRepublic of China or the international policy relatiye to China commonly known as the open door. policy An identi- cal note has been transmitted to the Japanese government” JOHN’S NERVE GOOD . DETERMINED TO WED Gibney Refuses to Say the Word That | Will Give Him Twice-Married Women and Eight Children. Although First Selectman Willlam H. Gibney refused to marry them last Friday, Mrs. Anna Paul and John Rg- mancry, both of Beckley, are deter- mined to get married and today ap- pled for a license at the city clerk’s office. forty-two .summers and she is proud of her eight children. . The grooni- to-be is thirty-one years old and this will be his first offense, althcugh Mrs. Paul has said ‘I do” twice before. The couple secured a marriage Ii- cense_from Town Clerk Shaw in Ber- lin last week, but when they asked Se- lectman Gibney to tie the knot he de- clihed to officiate. Mr. Gibney re- fused today to state specifically why he would not marry them, saying that he had never performed a marriage Lefore and didn’tintend to start now. HARTNEY-GRAHAM. Local Man Is to Wed Fair Haven Young Lady on July 12. Announcement -has been made of the approaching marriage of J. P. Hartney of 20 Franklin street, this city, to Miss Mabel Graham of 385 Blatchley avenue, New Haven, The wedding will be solemnized at B8t. Rose’s church in New Haven on July 12, at 10 a. m. Rev, John J, Fitzgerald, pastor of this church, will ofciate, After a wedding trip to Far Rockaway the bride and groom will coma t4 this city, where ‘they will make ¢ home, ' They will be at homoe sfter August 1. "My, Hartney 1s employed at the Ber- was shackled with handcuffs he fought | Mrs. Paul confesses to having seen | NEW BRITAIN, CC:'NECTICUT, MONDAY, JUNE 28, |GERMANY TO SEND FAVORABLE REPLY To Last American Note Regard- ing Submarine Warfare Observations Based on Beneficent K- ‘fect Which Visit of Dr. Meyer-Ger- lin Government. ‘Washington, June 28.—A favorable reply by Germany to the last Ameri- can note on submarine warfare, is indicated in today’'s state department advices from Berlin, Gerard and were notably the first the American note reached the Ger- man foreign office. The exact nature of the ambassador's message was not divulged for obvious reasons, and it did not become|“*known whether he revealed any indication of the trend of the forthcoming German ' replv. The ambassador’s despatch was of sufficient detail, however, to put of- ficials in an' optimistic attitude. it was communicated at once to Pres- dent. Wilson ‘at the summer White House at Cornish, N. H. Based on Gerhard’s Visit. Ambassador Gerard 'based his ob- | servations on the favorable ' effect which the visit of Dr. Anton Meyer- Gerhard; emissary 'of Count Von Bernstorff the German' ambassador here, had produced on officials of the German government. Dr. Gerhard ‘was undarstood by Ambassador Gerhard to have report- ed that public opinion :in the United States had been growing more and more favorable to Germany when the sinking ‘of the Lusitania undid what had’been accomplished. Gerhard made it clear, also, that the United States did not desire war, but wanted a sat- igfactory reply to its représentations. Method to Protect Americans. German officlals are eager, accord- ing to Ambassador Gerard's report to give such an answer, but at tho same time they made it clear thal Germany cannot make any conges- mmflh‘ swould ide - ther | 8k ness of the marine as a weapon. . What-the Gorman ment is endeavoring to do, it is un- derstood, is to find Somé method by ‘which Americans traveling on ships primarily used for passenger traffic, shall be safe while the subrmarine ¢on- tinues to béused in attacking frelght ships ‘of belligerent nationality car- rying chiefly contraband. Just what proposals Germany wll make to accomplish that object of- ficlals here cannot conjecture, ~but from the fact:that Germany seems to be willing to 'safeguard the rights of ‘Americans who travel on ships of any nationality, primarily engaged in pas- senger traffic, an adherence to tho principles expressed in the American’ note—that non-combatants should be immune_from attack—would seem, {in the opinion ot officlals here, to be recognized. Liability for Lustana Votms. No information had been received on what the attitude of Germany would’ be toward assuming Mabllity of the loss of American lives on.the Lusitania, but the feeling prevails thut if a satisfactory arrangement can 1 made as to the future conduct of ‘| submarines toward vessels carrying Americans, Germany would suggest a | basis for a favorable adjustment of the Lusitania case as well. 2,000 CHILDREN AT PLAYGROUND OPENING Boys and Girls Glad to Return to Va- cation Joys Under Instructors Hired by City. About 2,000 children were on hand bright and early this morning, .at the various playgrounds, to attend the opening of the grounds’ for the season, = Under the direction of Su- pervisor Eadie and his corps of ~ as- sistants everything started off in an enthusiastic manner and the pros- pects are for a flourishing season, The East street grounds had ‘the jargest attendance, over 300 children being present. A pleasing incldent occured with Mfss Doherty, who was one of the supervisors at the ground l1ast season, while on her way to the grounds, As she neared the crossing on Chestnut street she was greeted by fifteen girls who were attendants at the ground last year and who ex- tended to her a héarty greeting, Miss Marion Robert, of New Yorlk, teacher of folk dancing, arrived In this city yesterday and practice for ‘the dan t0 be held In connection with the Fouth of July celebration at Walnut il park were commenced, Cheirman Prior of the publia amusement . semmission paid e visit to the va 8. grounds, and was well pleased: : {nkerest manifested by the childram,' Chairman Priov la dn lin etlon company and his 'conm bride |s m well known young lady in enthu g follower of playgreunds for ang has ssveral pri m, , put inte effest, will flu children snd older fi it ‘the entire year, SAYS AMBASSADOR GERARD | hard Produced on Officials of Ber- | o The advices came from Ambassador | of “a/ definite nature received since BURCKHARDT OFF ON TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR ‘Will Serve Last Lap of Quarter of a Century With Term Beginning Next Thursday Mm-mnx.' August Burckhardt will start Thursday on his twenty-fifth consec- utive year as a member of thé board of assessors and will thereby cut an- other nick in his gunstock. In point AUGUST BURCKHARDT, of service in an office for Which there | is a contest on election ;day, Mr. Burckhardt is the oldest membej‘ of | New Britain officialdom. A quarter of a century ago When . assessors were chosen by pubuc vote | | Mr. Burckhardt first became @ can- didate. He was elected. He was re- elected ‘and re-glected. Putting a cross before his name became a habit | with the ‘voters and each year he was | a candidate to succeed himself he was returned by handsome .pluralities. On consolidation of the city and .town governments, Mayor George M. Landers appointed Mr. Burckhardt | to the board. Mayor Joseph M. Hal-, loran followed his lead and it was| pleasing news to property éwners and tax payers when they learned Mr. Burckhardt had been selected as chairman and permanent member of | ‘the new board by Mayor George A.| \Qulxle'y His twenty-four years In | | the service of the city have been well- | spent. He has been consciencious and ! faithful and is considered New Brit- | ain’s leading authority oga monmv} values. . b "DRAATIC AIR UL OVER BELGIAN TOWN British Aeroplane: and Ger: man - Biplane Damaged During Encounter. London, June 28, 10:54 a, rn.-;A dramatic air duel in which a British aeroplane, reconnoitering | over the Belglan town of Poelcappelle at_a height' of ‘4,000 feet met and engaged a large German biplane which had double engines and propellers, is de- scribed by the eye witness at' the British army headquarters in a nar. rative made public today by thp of- ! ficial press bureau. He writes: “'The German machine first circled around ourg, at the same time ghooting u machine gun but, so far known, not inflicting any damage. Then our observer fired fifty rounds in re- turn at a range of less than 200 yards. It had some effegt, for the hostile biplane was seen to waver, and. after more shots !ts engines stopped. The enemy seroplane theh dived to a level of 2,000 feet, where it again flattened its course, flylng slowly and erratically. ‘“Under heavy anti-air craft fire from below our pilot turned toward our line to complete his reconnais- sance. ‘When his machine was hit he decided to make’ for home, but the petrol tank had been pierced, and as the aeroplane glided downwards on a slant the petrol was'set alight by tHe exhaust and ran blazing down the front of the body of the aeroplane, which traveled on- to:the accompani- ment of ‘a rattle of musketry as the unused rounds‘ of machine gun am- munition cxploded in the' heat and the pilot's loaded revolver was dis- charged, “The pilot, hawever, di@ not loss control, and the aeroplane proceed- ed steadily on a.downward course. Before it had reached the ground a lareg part of the framework had been destroyed. Even the hard wood blades of the propeller were so burned that the propeller ceased to revolve, “When the machine finally landed back of our lines both officers ~ had been severely burned and the pliot, climbing out of the blazing wreck, tripped over a wire stay and spratned his ankle. The few serviceable por- tlons of the aeroplane were then col- lected’ and removed under the shrap- nel of the German guns.” N WEATHER, A Hartford, ' June 28.—Fair tonight and Tuesday, T 17« Frederal commission, 'had‘ s BT, TR e 1915 THAW LOSES POINT IN SANITY TRIAL Federal Commission’s Report Ex- | cluded by Justice Hendrick STATE AFTER EVELYN THAW | Court Warns Reporters That, Trial of This Case in the Newspa- pers Has Got to Stop”—General Streeter on Witness Stand. “The | New York,“June 28—Subpoena ser- | vers gent by Deputy Attorney Gener- al Frank A. Cook were at Chategu- gay, Jake, near Malone, N, Y., today, ) t Thaw to testify here in the ig] Of the sanity of her hus- | band, Harry K. Thaw. Mr. Cook wants Mrs, Thaw to re- i péat to the jury the evidence she gave !in the ‘habeas corpus proceedings at White Plains in 1909 when she told ! of vigiting Thaw at Matteawan and “When 1 get I shall quoted him as saying: out ‘of this place I suppose have to kill you.” Witnesses for Thaw. Among the witnesses ready to tes- tify for Thaw in the hearing here to- day were General Frank S. Streeter of Concord, N. H., and Dr. @harles P. Bancroft, superintendent of the New Hampshire Hospital for the Insane, bota members of the lunacy commis- sion, appointed by the federal court in New Hampshire to examine Thaw when he was in that state. . They re- ported that Thaw was not then suf- fering from any of tae forms of men- tal diseases alleged by the prosecu- tion at the time of his trlals on & charge of murder. Prior to the taking of testimony to- day, Justice Hendrick addressed the newspaper men and warned them that ‘‘the trial of this case in the newspapers has got to stop.” He | threatened with punishment for con- tempt of court any editor who pub- lished stories outlining future evi- | dence that ‘mignt be presented. Thaw’'s Counsel Loses Point. Thaw’s counsel lost a point at the outset today when Justice Heéndrick declded in favor of the, lt‘te an 13‘ ‘ment as-to whether th o0 Teport Thaw was admitted to bafl in New Hampshire. The state contended that Federal Judge Aldrich, in appointing the com- mission, had instructed the members to determine only wh«har Thaw would’ be a Aangérous persoh to the community if admitted to6 bail. The state ‘argued that the broad gquestion of Thaw’s sanity was not involved in the finding of the commission. The report” was excluded, and General Streeter was then called to the stand. LOCAL “SPORTSMEN” GIVE BOYS $11.62 \ New Britain Fans Dig Into Their Pockets at Benefit Ball Game— Fund is $1,308.62 Collectors at the Pioneers-Profes- sional men's ball game played at Walnut Hill park Saturday afternoon for the benefit of the Boys’ club build- ing fund succeeded in persuading the sportsmen present into donating the munificent sum of $11.62. With a heartfelt sigh of thankfulness ‘the Heérald adds this amount to that 'al- ready on hand. 1t has all been added, even the odd two cents. You see the two cents may have been the holiday allowance of some little boy who wished to give what he could. If it had not been for this contingency the paper: would not bother with the small sum when it had $11.60 to be content with. " The fund was swelled by § The statement is as follows: Reéceipts of ball game Judge James T. Meskill Herbert L. Mills ... 2 1.62. $11.62 5.09 ! 5.9 $21.62 Previously acknowledged Total CORBETT ia PRESIDENT. Popular Wine Clefk Heads Barten- ders’ Unlon—Kerwin Is Secretary. A speclal meeting or the Barten- ders’ Union, was held yesterday af- termoon to flll several vacancles In the list of officers due to changes on aceount of officers purchasing places of ‘thelr own. PresiGent Michael T. Kerwin was chosen secretary and trumro'r. to succeed James E. O'Brien, resigned, and P, Henry Law- | 1cnep Corbett was elected president to succeed Mr, Kerwin, /The new president fa well known focally and is held in high esteem by his brother members and residents of the elty, at White's cafe, Mal. street, Becretary Kerwin has held offices in the organization and is a ‘thorough and capable business man in whose charge the business and finances will be wall taken care of, He iz employed at Voltz's Hartford avenue cafe, \erno!- Slaton’s country home | authorities. {in close proximity to Mr. | placed against any of them, according | ‘u summons upon Mrs. Eve- | He 1s employed as a clerk {the boats plyin —TWELVE PAGES. F6. .. mORE ARRESTED Nz..w SLATON’S HOME No Arms Found Upon Them—Former Georgia Governor to Take Vaca- tion Trip to Pacific Coast. Atlanta, Ga., June 28.—Four men, arrested between midnight and dawn by the militia guarding former Gov- were placed in the county jail today and are held pending aection by the military It was stated that the men failed to expiain their presence Slaton’s residence. No arms were found upon them. The twenty-six men arrested near | the Slaton estate Saturday still are in jail. No formal charge has been to jail officlals. Officers of the guard reported there was no evidence of disorder within the zone under martial law during the night. It was stated at Mr. Slaton’s home today that the former governor plans to leave Atlanta within a few days on a vacation trip to the Pacific coast. LIGHTNING KILLS FOUR. Grand Forks, N. D., June 28.—Four persons were killed by lightning dur- ing a severe electrical and rain storm which swept North Dakota*and north- | western Minnesota yesterday. WANTS MACHINISTS T0 ORGANIZE UNION HERE Labor Agitator Says Local Mechanics Work - Long Hours for Poor Pay. In an attempt to organize a ma- chinists’ union in this city a mass | meeting -will be held in' Carpenters’ hall tomorrow evening which will be, | addressed by Charles Sehl, general or. ganizer of the International Associa- tion' of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. 1. RESTOR REGIME | Former Dictator ‘ rested harged American RELEASED ON UNTIL Hi ——d | Score of Other Mesicans o Some Americuns ing Gonncfl der Surveilla Justice—Active Conducted by b Washington, tails of the plot to re regime to ll.xu“-» by the United out today th: secrecy while chief lieutenani, under federal a Other Mexicany, whom had a part { failed, and probably are under suryell ment of justice, ture, but 18 ner those in dfiq’ ouch | fairs that the ; back Mr. Seh! says he has ohserved con- | ditions in this city for some time ‘M | inds that .the mach: nn' inist | =2 z?fi’% In & [ natHine worker urging fl\m not I.o be afraid the organizer writes as fol- | lows: “For the past two wun 1 have spoken to quite a few of the machine- shop workers in this town and learned low wages or the long hours they are compelled to work. “‘When 1 spoke to them about my intention of organizing a uhion so that they could change those condi- tions I was told that the workers of this city always seemed to be afraid to attend a union meeting for fear of being discharged. ““Whether this is true or not, there certainly should not be any reason for such a fear at this time. ““Machinists are in a greater de- mand now than they ve been for years. Outside firms are still ad- vertising ior mechanics and are of- fering better pay for shorter hours. “Some shops of this town have al- ready lost quite'a few of their best mechanics and are very apt to lase more, because a man wili not work ten hours when he can get job at nine for the same pay and sometimes better. “This being the case you certainly should take advantage of this excep. tional oppartunily and orgenize so that thase of you who are not in a posi- tion to leave town so easily, will re- ceive just as good wages and huun\ as is being paid in towns where the workers are organized. “A meeting will be held at Car- penters’ hall, 34 Church street, Tues- day, June 29, 1915, at eight o'closk P. m. “Don’t fail to come and bring a shopmate with you. Now. is the time. If you don’t act now, it may be a long time before you ever have such a fine opportunity again. “Initiation fee, $Z. Dues $1 per month. Sick benefits $5. Deatk benefits $200. “For further information ' address “CHAS. SEHL, | ‘“General Orgenizer. | 50, 269 Main street.” | “Room Nao. A number of years ago there was a machinists’ union in this ecity but it never accomplished anything. A strike was declared but that, too, re- sulted in nothing more serious than some of the union men losing their Jobs. ITALIANS RETURN HOME, New Britain Will Provide About 100 Who Will Enlist in Army. Ten loyal Itallans from this eity nd Berlin left Saturday for their na- tive land where they will enlist in the army and on July 10 another group' of local Italian reservists will return to Itdly Italy has chartered almort a&ll of between this coun- try and there and each trip takes home another shipload of fighters. As all Itallan reservists from this country must get home by August 4 it means that those left must hurry, {that they are not satisfied with their | government Mexican affoirs, Peorsonn N Tturbide declined and simuli usly Wasl | word to the former dibig | would be persona non & | s0. Immediately thes advices here vay, Ii) offer to Iturbide '“ Pposal that Iturbide ald, withou! Huertals with the co- clates. This last and diplomatists ests who have been selves informed say, In view of this are puzzled Lo knnw just h an active part Huerte | in a movement on Me: though they have no d least he intended to affairs on the border, Maintaining In that col for weeks a pa: icans, styled by “Clentificos,” o X and cther m ‘l ony in New York, and y among themselves tho visional goverament, .J‘,- and members of & s to Mexicans here Have e dicated that the junte Wi some definite mcve. " k Inftiative By U Secretary Lansing. that the initiative haw the departn .u‘ clined to say whether tion vt Ameiican poliey but i Is kKnow: auth the United States revolutionary elerionts duced Into the Mexican sl that, as far as possible, vigorous prosecusion of Mexicans who muy be p afoot military expe United States. Assistant Attoruey made it cle r that the department of justive Al rected not alone against Orozco by sgaiist all o afliated with all M who now are under M clals of the Gepartment were much suzprised to Huerta and Orozco had on bail, and ofdered i watch be km“-n them. ‘Washington O Offclals at the d to say Wwhether the de Huerta, arri ! " G templated ‘movement, W Tn all there will be about 100 New Britain Italfans returning home. l .