New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1915, Page 1

v r NEW BRITAIN, CC*"NECTICUT, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1915 —TWELVE PAGES. THAW ALWAYS SANE, JEWS MALTREATED SAYS DR. BANGROFT BY BELLIGERENTS Head of New Hampshire Insane World Neither Sees or Hears oi! Asylum Testifies at Trial Tragedy in Galicia and Poland 122 Seontery shat st Tore| Has Notmflgu kS vAN EXPERT ALIENIST { DECLARES RABBI M. J. GRIES E ; O, TR B | view obtained from him last week by Regmi" CONDITIONS AT M Consends That Killing of Stanford ! ‘ate of Half of the Hebrew Race of : Louis Lataple, &nd published ih La POPE MISQUOTED IN LA LIBERTE ARTICLE MISSING WOMAN IS LOCATED BY HERALD | ARE NEITHER BEATEN NOR DOWNHEARTED GERNANIC ALLIES L PUSH WAY INTO SSIAN POLAND P0sar’s Potces Driven Back Actoss Gnila River by Ten- tonic Troops H ADVANCE NEAR ldels Attributed . to as False by Papal Secrctary of State. Mrs. Willoughby Files, Claim to Estate Pontiff Branded of Husband as Result of Article In This Paper. Russians Trying to Weaken Austro- Germ#n Forces'and Prevent Trench Deadlock. London, - June 29, 6:45 a. m.—The Russian armies are “neither beaten: nor downhearted, according to the corréspondent of the Timeés, review- ing the six wéeks" Teutonic advanece, after a visit to Russian headquarters, Gene: Ivanoff, commuander of the southérn armies, shows:mo ‘trace of despondency. The jpondent says: o i [ “The view /s h ‘here ithat their. capture of Lembe: *h_d other Gali- ¢lan ‘successes havey u 'fi’{‘d at 380,- Rome, June 28, 'via Paris, June 29, [/ 6:15 a. m.—The Osservatore Romano, | | the official organ of the Vatican, pub- { v“l“s cmd | lishing the statement by Cardifal Pei- No better test of the wide circula- tion of the Herald could have been made than the recent successful ef- forts of this paper to locate Mrs. * | Libert - ‘White Was a“Passionate, Impulsive the World Is Trembling in the Bal. | erte, of Paris, makes this com | | ment: Act Dug, to Jealousy, Not to Dis- of Great Conflict ance as Result “From this interview it follows that eased Condition of Mind. the ideas of the Pupe must be sought 2gain in official political documents | and not in words hever uttered but which were attributed to the Pontiff and which were reproduced with fan- in Europe. Charlevoix, Mich., June 29.—The New York, June 29,—Dr. Charles i fate of half the Jews of the world is P. Bancroft, head of the New Hamp- | % ANGERES AND ABLAIN jifes Admit German Ga!n in Vosges ‘But Declare Part of Lost Ground tro-Germahs 1o’ n the war. In apite! losses, which ‘are s 000 Germans, and™, my an equal number of Austri | they -fill en- rn ‘army as to keep fight- ssary. ‘The before which is ing for years if shire State Hospital for the Insane | and-a member of the federal com- mission ‘which examined Harry K. Thaw during his sojourn in New trembling in the balance as a result of the great war in ifurope, according tc Rabbi Moses J. Gries of Cleveland, presideént, i, addressing the central cenference of American Rabbis here tastic interpretatian in the newspapers without respect for the august dignity of the Pope, “Additional evidence of thig lack of | respect is found in the discussion of Tive Mexican Americans to counter ihe same i pouring Hampshire, swore on the witness stand today that in his opinion Thaw not | Save Their L Germans mi fresh troops' today at its fwenty-sixth convention. “All mankind,” Rabbi Griss said, |ihe letter from the Pope to Prince irdanelles Fighting—TLull on Aus- i smo-italtan Front, S rther pressure by . the Teutonic in Galicia has resulted in’'im- . defensive will | flht of view is that advance agaln indefinitely, caring e for the moral sane. Dr. Bancroft testified as an ex- pert alienisu in the jury proceedings Thaw’s act in killing Stanford product of a systematized such as characterized = the true only was sane but always had been to determine Thaw's mental condition. ! - White was not, Dr. Bancroft said, the | delusion | effect of the loss of towns as long as they are uommm weakening their or 80t advances for them at' two according to the German offi- zaubement. In the one case 'the paranoiac. said, Passionate, Impulsive Act. ‘“‘The killing' of Stanford White,” he “appeared to us a = passionate, MRS. GERTRUDE L. WILLOUGHBY > “hag been made an eye-witness to Belgium’s misery and sorrow. Galicia apa Poland suffer equal tragedy, but | ! the world neither sees nor hears. Millions of Jews, always in want and in wretchedness, now experience cruel- !ty 'intensified. Hundreds of thou- tands are sacrificing their lives for their country—yes, even for the flag of the oppressor—and no promise of freedom is clearly spoken, The loyal cftering of life, in a nation’s cause, | significance, whereas it was a private Von Buelow. An effort has been | made to give it political character and letter replying to Prince Von Buelow who, unable to visit the Vatican, be- lieved it well to write the Pope to take leave of him and ask his bene- diction for the princes. Attempts are being made to distort this letter into a political”document, and the newspapers even ask its publication ‘without regard to the Pope.” torena, Villa G Washington, Ji ‘ts policy to pre! ther revolutionary Mexico or at least the | of any such expedits ¥oll, the American 4, A0 adversaries an eventing a trench deadlock such s on the west- ern and Wumw b "of . thie' Grand, Dulte: Nicholas impulsive act, growing out of a con- ‘: ‘have been pursuing to the north .emberg have been driven at some s over the Galician border. In “(her the army of Gen. Von Lin- ‘n has forced the' Rusglans back fom’ the, Gnila Lipa ' River, upon they retired: from the Dniester fon ‘northward' of 'Halicz. ,*“ Tesult of ‘the Austro- German ns. nunhward from Lemberg, extent in re- dition of mind due chiefly to anger and 7 Jealousy, 'which was the final cul- mination of a series of circumstances that had been bearing down on him a long time. It did not seem a type of paranofa, but was due to jealousy of White, nét to a diseased condition of mind. “‘Thaw knew that White had been antagonistic .to him in an un- pleasant .way. . He wanted to ‘get even’ with White. His act was the product of a sane mind, which after he had indulged in champagne, sud- m ‘both sides, Russfan statements indicating led retreat in that, Mon, and ) % { insane?’ asked Deputy Attorney Gen- — s eral Becker, trien a continued advance im- only by stubborn opposmon Russian rear guard. Defeats For Russians, German report states that the ments in this territory have there resulted in defeats ussians who'in one section were ‘over the border fighting being d as far morth as Tomaszow, fan Poland, which is about 50 thwi Lemberg.. - Bridgeport, June, 29.-—The largest meeting of the Mayors’ Association of Connecticut in the history of the or- ganjzation is gathered. here today. The meeting was preceded by a luncheon.c at “the ' Stratford ‘. Hotel' at which thirty-five mayors or former | mayors were seated. Non-members were permitted . to . listen to ' the speeches after the luncheon. A num-: .of those who attended from other. wwm’pon in automo-v | The speakérs and their subjects were: The Clvic Awnksning—-John Nolen, ward to thq 3nila Lipa riv- € gdl of the alligs whether ita ‘forces would hold very Mon G;:h“ the riv- a probability was ‘suggested next would be along of the River Bug. Positions. of a further retrograde pre-nre being exerted resilted in the Russians to evacuate pe-mon. they ts in A,mrlm-fl. E. Cole, New Yok city. Munijeipal organization - Joseph Mayper, New York city, The duties of a mayor—H. S. Cum- mings, Stamford, Conn. The meeting at 2:16 was an open ‘ene. MARRIAGES TOMORROW. Well. Known Couple to Be United in Matrimony. 'rhe wedding of George T. Denby , and Miss Anna A. Anderson will take tempts by the French 0 | place - tomorrow afternoon at St. ind. were frustrated: The |Mark's ' rectory. Rector Harry I nicede the correctness of & |Bodley . will officiate. Mrs. Harl clalm to a gdin in the | Gardner of Cleveland, Ohio, sister of v%n there mave been spor- by the French, who re- grésses through an . infantry tion along the road between An- ‘Ablain.. Germany aceounts denly lost control of itself.”- reason for my belief s that Thaw ex- pressed regret | for his. deed: A Daranoiac never expressed regret. continually tries to justify tho deed and no amount of persuasiop ’can c¢on- vince him that he has done wrong.” ton, \D. C., presidént of the American Soclety of Medical Jurisprudence, an- other member of the New Hampshire Reilly, llgdden, Conn. 3 b3 had examined Thaw at the Matteawan Asylum some months prior to Thaw's -escape from 'that institution, as well as in New Hampshire. still- on the stand. DEMURRER OF C. AND ‘Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Com- ““Then yow beliéve Thaw never was Thaw Regretted Deed. = “I 'do,” :was the reply. ‘“Another - He Three Hour Examination, Dr. Bancroft said he had given a final thrée hour examination day last. | s sanity,” STABBED TWENTY TIMES o testified. Found Thaw Sane. Dr. D. Percy Hiékling of Washing- ssion, ‘testified that he, too, had . Thaw sane and rational. He Rem was taken with Dr. mckunz‘ A. ROAD SUSTAINED pany in $2,000,000 Suit Brought ' Against It By State, Jefferson City, Mo., June 29.—The Gertrude Louise Willoughby rep nl- ly. Needless to say, the womfl been discovered and is now in'a wny to claim her share of the estate of her husband, ' Edwin G. Willoughby, in Wales. Kirkham & Cooper. had been - re- locate Mrs. Wiloughby, who eral years ago. The woman’'s photo- graph appear in the Herald with that | of her husband. Figuratively speak- ing, the Herald was hardly off - the press before the local law firm began recelving word from varioys sources revealing the whereabouis of the mis- sing woman. It was not long before she herself appeared in the lawyers office, stating that she had read in tne Herald of the dedth of her husband and the subsequent search for his héir or neirs. Formal claim to her husband's es- tate has been made by Mrs. Willough- by but it may be sevéral weeks before she hears from Wales Police Baffled As to Wheth- er Incident Is Murder or Suicide, New York, June 29.—Detectives who endeavored today to !solve- the mystery surrounding the death of Mrs. Grace D. Fox, who was stabbed twenty times and found dying in’her apartment Were unable to decide whether it was a murder or suicide. Mrs. Fox was the wife af William H. Fox, a brother of the late Dglla Fox, the light opera | star. Em- ployes of the apartment house ‘re- sponding to her telephone call for help ' yesterday, tained by foreign interests to try to, g was | known to have lived in this city sev-'| found the windowsj shou!d quench the fire of anti-Semi- in Germany and Austria, and k'ndle the light of freedom—with equal human rights—in Russia. Greatest Tragedy in History. ot yet is there any abatement of Russgian persecution nor any change in the legal status, nor removal of dis- gDbilities. Again thousands of Jews | have béen compelled to take up the slaft of the wanderer, expelled from their homes and native villages, the aged and the infirm, and mothers with vnborn babies, facing starvation and the danger of death. The outrageous inkumanities have stirred even a Geo. brendes to the indictment of Poland in the forum of nations, and Israel Zangwill proclaims: ‘Polish Jews are | living through one of the greatest | tfagedies in history.’ “Again in the face of world-wide miséry, we discover our selves unpre- pared ad uncrganized. We are never and have not yet escaped the yoke ot the world’s cruelty, | persecutiom, + e r e OvetE more relief, and it will not be enough, America is the only Jewish community in the world able to semd réiief. American Jews, heretofore, always have answel Israel's appeal for hélp. “The crisis. demands ‘unity. of action’; let the multitude of ‘commit- tees and of leaders surrender théir claims to priority and precedence. They must unite to create one commit- tee which shall be permanent—and thoroughly representative—and duly authorized to speak and.act on behalf ot all the Jews of America.” GROCOCK-HILLS, Proninent Couple Will Be Married | Tomorrow Evening. Miss- Myrtis Sarah Hills, daugnter of Mrs. Katherine Hills of 578 Arch street, will become the bride tomor- row of Leslie Charles Grocock, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Samuel Grocock of 442 Stanley. street. The wedding will be performed at the home of the briaa! | 8t 6 o'clock in the evening and Rev. | Warren F. Cook, pastor of Trinity 1eady, tholigh Jews are ever in distress y praasle: 4.&!& t. “Qur duty is to. send relfet, un& yu 1 REFUSES MORE TROOPS FOR: TEXAS BORDER State Degartment Will Not Increase Cavalry Patrol on Mexican Boundary. San Antonio, Tex., June 28.—While recognizing that conditions along *he Texas border present many threaten- ing situations, the war department has refused, through Major General Funston, commanding the southiern department, to comply with the ie- quest of Governor Ferguson forfan ~~In a statement from Q‘lo he- ton pu ‘today, | nJm were glven for r‘funl of m i quest: 1 1. Lack of the nécessary troojpis. 2: The limited power of the pa- irol guards, whose activities are con- | fined to enforcement of the neutrali ty laws, other cases being left to tlie Jjurisdiction of state and police of- ficers;.and 3 The activities of ‘“‘certain cat- tlemen” along the border who, the department says, give protection to thieves. ' MISS ROBERTS BEGINS WORK.. Teacher of Folk Dancing Commences Preparations for Celebration. Preparations for ne exhibition of Folk dancing to be given by the play- ground children at Walnut Hill park Monday afternoon at the Fourth of July celebration have startéd in earnest under the instruction of Miss Marion | Roberts, who will be.in charge of the exhibition. { poses to prosecute Alons of neutrality prominence of the affiliations. Possibility that o tified " with the spiracy intensified day in the invi the department rituation. The arrest of Huerta and Paeo and the General Felix D gon, General Felipe, Angeles, Urited States, and this general ment. It was ment of justice ‘wome evidence neet General Al hand man, with H oo’ 4 igatios connected in &ny way 16 re-establish a Hue: Mexico, - General itto conference whh 1 Llorente, head of the Angeles Pw General Angeles ani was ‘preparing a made public later. . “General Angeles will, | men,” said Mr. Lilorente, he will deny lb-olutob tl implicated in any o Victoriano Huerta to lai volt in Mexico. That Is story. General Angeies plain his relations w- and may say a word abo to Washington, 'llq mission.” Liorcnte Knows | Mr. Llorente said he did - ashington officials, what General ing. Angeles and Lorente I Angeles contem; o i In securing Miss Roberts to teach | the war department the children, the playgrounds commis- | conference with slon has. boen extremely fortunate a8 | Scott, ehiaf of staff of the she is considered one of the most skil- | yijew ‘of Liorente's s wmn part of the ground | the groom, will be bridesmaid and Fred B. Mordecai will be best man. M cl.nn /Victory, The couple will leave on a wedding other hint of stirring ac- |trip south, after which they will re- and door of her apartment locked and | Methodist E; y o piscopal churca will offi- the W‘";“‘“ suffering from knife | cigte. The nuptial event is expected thrusts In her breast, neck and back. | ¢o e ot unusual brilliance because of There wore no -knife marks in the|ine prominence of Mr. Grocock and Missouri supreme court today sus- tained the demurrer of the Chicago and. Alton Railroad against the suit of the state to recover $2,000,000 in al- ‘e from the Dardanelles, |side on Pleasant street. J. Wilbur Edwards and Miss Freda Hahn will be united in matrimony to- ccording to Turkish reports, been - heavy artillery firing, afa \attacks, which later the | MOrrow afternoon at St. Peter’s rec- - %FM have -repulsed. [tory at 3 o’clock by Rev. Charles Cop- ‘the, operations. is be- vfimm of the allies ; the Afiérn italian front ot the invading forces con- be slow. uan- except for artil- e 29, fifiw ,-‘!‘he official t given out by the German &rmy uar- m!l' announces that to the nerth emberg the Aum.ro-w ;gp now on Russian : territory. jermore General Von u.nsin'oa 3:19 ‘William B. O’Brien will be it ‘being hinted |best man and Miss Laura Volz will ' may prove to | be bridesmaid. than ordinary importance. law at the home of the bride’s mother | the et come- m on Chestnut’street. S i [ple will leave A reception will fol- The young cou- on a wedding fl,, through northern New England and 1 thefr return will: reside The Austilans, in- cn,amu: street. The groom is em- ort entire inactivity ‘on the ployed as ‘a compositor at the Herald and is one of the most popular young men employed here. formerly employed at the Stanley Rule and Level company. The wedding of William A. Robbias tour at 349 The bride was | 1éged excess fares collected while the two cent rate and maximum freight laws wére in litigation. The decision of the supreme court was in affirmation of the decision of the circuit court of Saline county and is construed by lawyers as setting out the policy of the court in dealing with the suits brought by Attorney General Barker against all the trunk lines of the state. The decision throws the suit against the Chicago and Alton out of court. The amount sought for recovery in all the 'suits aggregates $24,000,000, the attorney geneéral claiming that the state has a right, acting for the peo- ple, to bring suit for all the excess fares. collected in the years the Mis- souri rate laws were pending in the federal. courts, of this: city and Miss Nellie Berg of Meriden will take place in.the Silver City tomorrow evening. The groom is a ‘clerk at the Sovereigns Trading company’s: store and resides at 57 Black Rock . avenue. the two ¢ent passenger rate law, and the maximum freight rate law. soon as the decision: was announced the railroad cut passenger rates from The, federal supreme court upheld As night gown she wore, no knife was |found in the apartment, and physi- cians in the hospital where she died, said/she could not have inflicted the stab wounds in her back. ! At first Mrs. Fox said she fell on a knife and cut herself, but later said a strange man who had been itrying to induce her to subscribe for magazines had stabbed her. Attendants in the building said that Mrs. Fox had been alone in her apartment all day. The "detectives could find no garment she wore when she was stabbed, and neighbors said they heard no struggle. - Mr. Fox isaid his wife never mentioned ‘sui- cide and had ‘no cause to end ‘her life, PROTECTING AMERICAN - SHIPFS, | German Admiralty Netified' When Ve sels Pass Through War: Zone. Washington, June 29.—The United his bride-to-be. Miss' Hills will be attended by her sister, Miss Oliver HiMs, as brides- ! maid and Helen Raymond of Hari- ford and Gertrude Gibney of this city will be ribbon girls. Mr. Grocock’s groomsman will be his brother, Cle- | ment Grocock, fashion designer for Mrs, C. E. Rice & company of Fifth avenue, New York. The bridesmald will wear a - satin gown with pearl embroidery. She will wear a wreath of orange blos- sofns and a vell. The bridesmaid will be gowned in green crepe de chine With rosebud trimmings. The ribbon ! girls will wear pure white. 1 After the ceremony a dinner will be served and a reception will be ‘held; ''Mr. Grocock and his bride will leave on a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, Canada and Néw York. On their return they will reside on Fair- viéw. street, ‘Mr, Grocock holds a re- sponsible 'position. with - the = Eagle ful dancing instructors in the east. She is a graduate of Columbia uni- | versity, where she took a four years | course, receiving degrees of D. P. B. and B. 8. She graduated from the ; university in June and during her last year she assisted in teaching at the school. ‘She makes her home dur- | ing the summer months in Lon;' Island, and winters in New York. | | TAKE LUNATIC AWAY. Stepania Koska is Lodged at State In sane Retreat at Norwich. Held in check with a straightjack- et, Stépania Koska, the religious man- iac who has been lodged at the police the mission of miliarity with fairs, which quaintance wi lh e attracted no Jlits For six days there word, recelved here us lappened in Mexico City, | 'Latest news came to courier days cold cribed as extremely o | happened since then knows, because the Mx been cut off from tel munication with the . These advices sald i station since Saturday, the state insane asylum this afternoon by Chief Superintendent Kibbe home. was taken to tan had defeated G end taken a good deal and other military supp) feared here that the fi t been carried into the e seopardizing the lves of fe at Norwich ; x Rawlings and ©of the town | two and a half to two ¢ents, but no arangement was made to refund the excess fares collected while the law was in litigation. Attorney General Barker filled a blanket suft for $2,000,000 against each of twelve trunk lines, on the thedry that the excess passenger and freight rates collected by.each would approximate that sum. A. F, CORBIN DONATES $25, The fund held by the Herald for the Boys’ olub bullding fund, was increased ‘today by the donation of $26 by A. F, Corbin. The latest do- nation swells the fund to a total o1 3,1,!33.62. driven the Russians across Logck company of Torringtoa, wo, ‘River, e aent. o!th' # to ‘the h of Halicz. text vt ‘the cmmumeu!on fol- Much concern is felt situation in the Mexican o the advices sald, business I suspended and there wag g f¢ age. Stdtes has adopted the practice of mo- tifying the German admiralty through Ambassador Gerard of the time of de- parture of every passenger ship sail- ing unded the American flag, and ap/ praximately the hours during which it will pass through the war zZone. This precaution is being taken in or- der that German submarine ¢command- ers may .be on the watch fer Ameri- can vessels and prevent a repetition of attacks such as that upon the Amer. ican tank ship Gulflight, which was torpedoed by a German submarine commander wha supposed the vessel was a British ship because it was in company of two English patrol boats. ofi-y Koska has divided his time between taking off his clothes and tearing them into small bits and preaching eloguent sermons In his native tongue. BECKER’S L/AST CHANCE. Counsel to Meet Gov. Whitman to Ask Hearing on Plea for Clemency. New York, June 29.—Counsel for Charles Becker has arranged to meet Governor Whitman 4n Albany on fire, but they were: Thursday to make application for a vy ov artillery. | hearing T:: Becker’s ‘::l“n! :or‘ cllem- 2 ency. governor W urn from : Breaw ‘Down. Amherst tomorrow and may set an tha hills of the Meuce the enemy | .arly date for the hearing, as he has ay delivered five attacks upon said that he is willing to hear any 'gcdtlo- - = --7'vred June 26 at | plea in hehalf of Becker, ot the southwest of Les Epar- Becker's execution for the murder , but w‘tm"” broke down of Herman Rosenthal has been set for vy logscs. During the nleht | (he week beginning July 12. -Mch P .8 at & point fur- gu also ssvae down without HELD FOR WIFE'S DEATH. Windsor, June , 29.—Marshall 8, Thompson, was héld without bail, for trial on a charge of murder in the first desree, at thn SBeéptember term of the superior courct, after a hearing before a justice of the peace here to- day. Thompson is charged with hav- ing shot his wife to death at thelr home here Sunday night. Thompson | 18 21 years old and his wife was 17, > 2 The ¢d for a night and the BRYANS RETURN HOME, Further Attack Dela General Carranza tel agency here today that f on Meino City- was ~ being while General Gonzales was make arrangements to avold within the city itself. The corpa in Mexico Oity, stated, was taking steps to g non-coml.lants of all o the event of fighting w. Former Secretary and Wife Guests of His Brother, Lincoln, Neb., June 29.—William J., Bryan, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, was met by .a small party of friends this morning on their return to their home, Mr, and Mrs, Bryan are the guesis of Mayor Charles W. Bryan, a Lvother, during & day's stay In the|@2nd the Zapata forces cny, to have sent their a Mr, Bryan will speak (onight at an | VECa. cpen alr meeting on the subject of The telegram was ¥ “The Farm, & Friend of Peace.” He [firmation fromy C:nuq wili leave tomorrow for Ban Francisco, where he will give two addresses, ‘ ny O frus- PERRY BENT TO PRISON, Winsted, June 29.—Wilbur Perry pleaded gullty in the superlor court today. to & charge of manslaughier in causing the death by shooting of Charles Dunham in Barkhamsted, on the night of June 1, He was gen- tenced to state prison for from one to five years. The homlicide was the result of u drunken brawl over a bas- et of ‘potatoes. A e et WEATHER, Hariford, June 29 Falr tonight. - Wednesday ungettied. probably showers, * KAHNS-RITZ, Herman Kahns and Miss Catherine Ritz, both of this city, will be mar+ rled at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at 8t. John's German Lutheran church Rev, M, W, Gaudian will tle the nup- tial ‘knot. | | GRASS FIRE TODAY, Engine company No, 4, was called out .at 12:40 o'clock today, to ex- tinguish a grass fire on property m:dw Starr Andrews on Wsst