New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1915, Page 1

PRICE' THREE CENTS. ?fiERMANS CAPTURE - FRENGH POSITIONS ~ INARGONNE FOREST Berlin Claims Kaiser’s Forces Also Took Hill No. 285 and Made 2,581 Prisoners Talians Capture Two Miles of Aus- trian Trenches in the Carnic Alps— Ahnost Oomplete Silence Vells Sit-' nuuon in' Bastern Wat Theater— M ~threc )lcrchmt Vessel. Sunk Sabmarines l)urlng June. The German thrust at Verdun nas resulted in an important gain of 5 (round, according to the current offi- cial statement from Berlin. ° In the Argonne the Gerinans report ‘having ciptm‘ed french positions ~along! a front of a' mile and four- fifths, the gain extending ‘to'a depth ‘of three-fifths of a mile. - The hill own as No. 285 a.l;o was taken, the rent says: ‘e fook 2,881 prlsonars two field cannan, and - destroyed usefulness of eight other cannon latest French officlal!statement that the Gcrmnn ‘attacks . in boen « definitely After & heayy bombardment the { Germans attempted the .recapture of ‘the. mnelu near Pilken, taken by the hon' July fifta, but were easily 2 ;apparh of an n,annn victory in the _ with two miles of Aus- Berli ow - three mérchhnt ves- \'h(rdl’ band sti ¥ }Hpun, July 14, Via l!ondon 4316 .—The Gdgmm offl qmtamem. ‘issued tom announged/ t “Jcapture erday of French positions_in the of . Germans. émdnsd HHll' 285. rmans claim they made 2,581 nérs, took two fleld cannon and French Official !hport. July( 14,5 $:26'p. ‘m.—The ‘war department tahy gave out the following statement: . “In Belgium, after the bombard- mom reported ‘in the official te- Jast might, the Germans attacked nu treflch‘es captured by the British L try 'on’theé east bank of the canal mthwen of Pilken, on the night. of July. 5. . ;nw were easily repulsed. “In the’ refién north of Arras and . of the Chateau DeCarleul and at ‘The " Labyrinth’ there occurred during the night trench-to-trench combats with grenades. 4 *‘Arras and Soiasnm were bombard- ed by shells of large ealfbre. In the re:lon of the Somme at Frise.and at . Fay (west of Peronne) as well as in the Champagne district near Pérthes, <-minor battles occurred. s ‘- .“Inithe Argonne Gérman attacks w}n;k were concentrated in the. region Therese and 7 inel en Marie the Chevauchee I-ulg‘bta have boen definitely stopped. . “Betvun the Leuse nnd' Moselle” in Forest of Apréemont there was ar- _cannonading but no infantry “On the rest of the tront Lhoro is m to report.” a, Switneun . July 14, 45 ». m.—The Italians have twn miles of Austrian tren- | .»Sches in the Carnic Alps, according to a despatch received today by the Trl- m ‘from Villach, an Austrian town the river Drave, fifty-two mlie3 mmn. of Laibach. % Alpine iroops, the advices say, g Wo‘ their artillery to the helghts near Roskofel, which is situated at _an dfituas of 6,600 Yeet. _The IHallans also are sald to have uptupd&mio important ports south ~of Gor\zu, ; Gflg- Ponuno- TPaken. K‘dnn July 14,3:25 p. m.— Tour. ed and fifty thousand square ‘miles of Gernu.n colonial posmsions NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, REVOLUTIONARYPLOTS "UNEARTHED IN CHINA Bombs Fourtd on Two Occasions Near Canton—Seven Persons Are Placed Under Arrest. Washington, July 14.—Evidence of revolutionary plots in China are indi- { cated in unofficial advices to the state départment today from Canton, which told of the finding of bombs on two occasions near there during the past six weeks. On June 3 soldiers raided a house in Canton where they discovered two bombs and a lot of suspicious corres- pondence. TWo grrests were made. ! On May 27, according to the same advices; ‘A tin containing ten bombs and some revolutionary letters of ap- pointment, badges, etc., was found by | the police outside a cottage in Honan. | All the five occupants of the cottage ‘were arrested. FRANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO GAPTAIN DE LISLE Poincare in Piocession Es- | corting Body of Composer of Marseillaise, Paris, July 14, 11:30 a. m.—With impressive ceremony, the remains of Captain’ Claude -Joseph Rouget De Lisle, composer of _the Mnrseillalse.“ Wwere placed today in the Hotel Des invalides. Thousands stood with | heads uncovered as the coffin, tpon a | gun - carriage of . the revolutionary | period, passed under the Arc De Tri- omphe down the Avenue Des Champs Elysees and across the Alexander bridge to the Esplanade. President Poincare, all the members of the cabinet, the presidents of. the senate and chamber and the highest officials of the government marched behind the gun carriage whilé a de- tachment of dragoons led the way. While ‘the cortege was passing the hospitals in' the hotels along - the Aveniia Des Champs Elysee every balcony and every window was filled with woundéd men, and in the dense crowds - on the pavement . many maimed soldiers and many | bronzed reservists, home on leave, | saluted: the bier and the president of the republic in solemn silence. ‘Ho cheers or manifestas ion ‘passed the‘ the ‘republican up the ‘‘Marselll- alse,” “Vive La ¥ ei” ‘and “Vive LlArme!"” shouted crowd in apontunanul ) ‘of enthusiasm. ' A fiotilla of ‘aerdplanes, flying low, circled over the Arc De Triomphe at the start and followed the line of the Dprocession to the Hotel Des Invalides. ‘“Wherever it resounds,” said Presi dent Poincare, speaking at 'the Hotel Des Invalides, ‘‘Theé ‘Marseillaise’ evokes the idea of a sovereign nation’ that has a passion for independénce and whase sons, al.of them, prefer deliberate death to servitude.: “‘Its striking notes speak the uni- versal langauge, | understood today throughout the world. A hymn like that was needed to interpret in a war like this the generous thought of France. “Once more' the spirit of domina- tion menaces the liberty| of the people. Our laborious democracy for many, long years contended itself with works of peace, and it would have cansid- ered criminal or.insane any man who would have dared to nourish warlike projects, “‘Notwithstanding repeated provo- cations and' regardless of surprises at Tangier. and at Agadir, France re- mained willingly silent and impas- sive.” President Polrcare r&pldly sketched the evénts in Eurape 'leading up to the war, finding everywhere a delib- erate purpose of @ermany and Aus- iria-Hungary ‘To provoke war for a: their own objects, as history will show."” SCHOOL iBOARD VS, MOODY. ‘Sub-Master at High School Ready to Quit Private School. /It was expected that a settlement of the difficulties between the boargq of education ‘and 'Sub-Master J. ¢, Moody. of the High school would be made at a special meeting of the board called for this afternoon. Some of the members object to Mr. Mooady soliciting pupils for a private busi- ness school during the summer. Mr. Moody is said to have been seen members of the board last eve- ! ning and to have informed ' them that he would discontinue his con- nection with the business school. On that account it was said today ‘that he special meeting of the board woulad not be held or if it was held, 'would be of short duration. AR B A PROTEST FROM SWEDEN, Berlin, July 14, By Wireless to Say- ville, N, Y.~—A despatch from Stock- holm to the Overseas News Agency says that the Swedish minjster tn Lon- | don hds delivered to the ‘British gov- ernment ‘a sharp protest “against the perpetual molestation .of Swedish tommerce.” Norway and Denmark, | the message adds, supports the pro- test. | occupation of Mexico City, GARRANZA FORCES: CAPTURE SALTILLO “First Chiel” to Grant Amnesty to All Mexicans WHO RETURN ‘10 TRUE PATH' Villa Evacuates Aguascalientes—Food Supplies, ' Chiefly ‘Corn, Arriving in Mexico City—Full Guarantees of Protection for Foreigners Given. San Antonio, ‘Tex., July 14.—Cap- ture of Saltillo, Mex., was claimed in ! ! &~ message from Nuevo Laredo, re- ceived at the Carranza consulate here early today. Details were lacking. Saltillo was lost a month ago by the constitutionalist garrison under com- mand of Gen. Luiz Guiterez to Orestes Pereyra, a Villa commander. ‘Wireless at Chapultepec. ‘Washington, July 14.—General Car- ranza has ordered. erection of a wire- | less station at Chapultepec to insure constant communication between Mex- ico City and Vera Cruz. American Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz so re- ported today, after having been in direct communication with'the Bra- zilian minister in the capital. Food supplies, chiefly corn, are ar- riving in the city, Mr. Silliman added, and Gen. Gonzales has announced that he will give preference to supply trains over troop trums ente.rlng the city. Capture wner ‘Works. At a conference yesterday between the Brazilian minister, the British charge and representatives of the Car- ranza 'forces, full' guarantees of pro- tection were given, with the notice that there would be severe punish- ment for any infraction of the order. Consul Silliman also confirmed other despatches from Mexico City that Gen. | Gonzales had captured the water works, which had been cut off by the Zapata forces evacuating the city. Another message to the, state de- | partment said Villa evidently has evacuated Aguascalientes, his forces whi¢h had been in conflict with Gen. Obregon’s troops near that point pro- ceeding northward. Communication between Mexico City and Aguas- i calientes, the despatch added, was ex- pected to be established soon. There were no advices on the reported cap- ture of Queretaro by Villa troops. Amncsty for Mexicans. Geén. Caranza will issue an amnesty decree’ to Mexicans who' will' return “To the true path.” “His agency here ‘today received this despatch from Vera Cruz: “With reference to the Gonzales will afford all kinds of guar- antees to natives and foreigners. He has -instruction from me severely to punish all crimes against property. “With a few days I will, in my ca- { pacity of first chief, issue an amnesty | law in an endeavor to have those in eror return to the true path and to restore peace and order in the re- publie.” AGREE TO ARBITRATE. Painters and i\[eul Workers on Strike in Chicago. Chicago, July 14.—Complete labor | peace in Chicago was in prospect to- ! day ‘for the first time in years, \with the announcement tnat painters and metal workers, who have been on a strike £or more than two months, had agreed to arbitrate. thousand union painters will be af- fected by a settlement. The striking electrical workers also are expected to agree to arbitration of the wage controversy. A. H. CO. HEAD PAYS CHAUFFEUR’S FINE Appears in Court in Pl-lm'illg and Ad- mits Policeman Was Probably Correct in His Charge. (Speciat to the Herald,) Plainville, July 14.—H. C. M. Thompson, head of the American Hardware corporation of New Britain, put in appearance in court last night 1 for his chauffeur, who had been noti- fied to present himself before Justice C. H. Calor to answer to the charge of operating an auto without having the tail light burning.. The chauffeur was to have been in court yesterday but through a misunderstanding he did not show up. Mr. Thompgon ad- mitted that Officer Marino’s conten- tion that the light was extinguished when he sighted the car was prob- ably correct. Justice Calor imposed a fine of $1 and costs, remitting his :wn fees. The total assessment was 4.91. Grand Juror Williams explained to the court that during the day he had received a letter from the owner of a car, bearing a new York regis- try number, who had been notified to appear for a hearing yesterday. The accuséd said he did not receive the notice until it was too late to make a start for Plainville to get here in time for the hearing. He expressed a willingness to make a settlement in any way the court should rule, com- ing here himself if necessary. ecutor Willlams sdid today that he had not declded on what course will be pursued. Gen. Pablo | More than ten | Pros-+ 'WRIGHT AND MAXIM |.doubtedly wili be a good thing if the ; are wonderful éngineers. | of the finance ministers of the several | tion of the presiding officer, Dr. Karl ,cipal celebration of Independence Day STATE TO DEPORT NEW BRITAIN MAN Rudolph Pfifer, Arrested Three Timcs in Month, to Be Sent to Germany. Sailing next week for Germany will be Rudolph Pfifer, an unwilling pas- senger from this city. Pfifer has been in this country less than a year yet in that time he has managed ‘w0 obtain an unenviable record al police neadquorters with. the result | that the state authoriies, at he in- sigation of the city charity departi- | ment, have made all arrangements for his being deported to the Father- land from whence he came. During the past month Pfifer has | been arrested three times for drunk- eness and breach of the peace and this morning Officer Fred Wagner ar- | rested him again. He was at the | home of his brother, Robert, at 173 | Broad street, creaiing a disturbance. When arrested Pfifer had six botties of whiskey in his various pockets and was decidedly under the ° iu- fluence. The man is to be deported on the ,&rounds that he is liable to become a public ~harge as he will not work and is on onc¢ continuous jag which will ultimately result in his having | to be locked up by the state. Pfifer does not relish the idea of being ‘sent back to the land of ‘the Kaiser and has a marked distaste tc ‘marching to the firing line to defend his country. ARE WILLING T0. ACT Believe Advisory Board for| Navy Dgpiart.ment Is a: Good Idea. New York, July 14—Orville Wright, who was among. those suggested to Secretary Daniels as possible mem- bers of the proposed civilian advisery board of inventors and technical ex- perts, was quoted here today as ing that he would accept m mbsr:;lyp in the board if invited. He said that ‘he had not as yet received sych an in- vitation. !*The board,” Mr, wnght said, "un- members will stick to its. advisory | function and not try to overstep i t; ntral Frank i The officers of the army and gwgimw o i s o E are very efficient and some of them I-do not| think an outsider 'should tell them | what to do and how to do it.” Hudson Maxim, whose name also | was suggested to Mr. Daniels, said hrl would be glad to serve on the'mnew board. “It is a mighty good idea,’” said Mr. Maxim, “I do mot know what the powers of the board will be, but I am sure it will be a great benefit to the government and I thlnk it is. the duty of every patriotic Ameriean to serve if he is asked.” FINANCIAL STATUS OF GCRMANY FAVORABLE Ministers Agreed Empire Will Hold Out Until Victorious Peacé Is A!sured Berlin, July 14, by Wireless to sw ville, L. IL—A conference in Barlin German states approved the presenta- Helfferich, the secretary of the Ger- man imperial treasury regarding Ger- many s financial Situation. The war loan and taxation and other measures to be submitted at the meet- ing of the reichstag, including gains from the manufacture of war ma- terials also were discussed. : : All the ministers present agreed that Germany’s financial situation was most favorable and that the nation | was resolved to hold out until a wie- torious peace was assured. NO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. Deéaths 2t 'Now Haven Due to Fire. works Bomb. Accidental. New Haven. July 14.—No one is | held criminally responsible in the finding of Coroner EHN Mix, filed to- day for the deaths due to the delay- ed éxplosion of a fireworks bomb en the night of July 5, during a muni- on the Central Green. Ruth L. Pope six years old and Helen Leyman. an infant were fatal- Iy injured when the bomb failed to cxplode until after it had fallen to €arth in the crowd. Several bombs of like make, the coroner’s finding says had been successfully fired pre- viously and the failure of this one to explode in the air the coroner thinks was due to the fuse becoming dampensd, causing it to burn slowly. , The coroncr made his inquest of the'| Pope girl's death. R WEATHER, Hartford, July 14.—Fair + tonight and Thursday, { | o~ il | | Jury. lasted hardly more ‘than { minutes. | Justice Hendrick said, | ben¢h with Justice Hendrick. i does not go here.” THAW DECLARED SANE BY JURY |, . oo e Vendict Reurued After Abou K Hour’s Deliberation JUSTICE MADE BRIEF CHARGE | Reported State Will Appeal If Justice Holds Matteawan Fugitive Sane— U, S, Senators Ollic James and Hugres in Court. The ]ury feturning ‘about 3:45 declared Thaw sane —LATE A, P. DISPATCH. | | I 1 | | | | New York, July 14.—Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, ! was declared sane by a jury in the supreme court after about an hour’s deliberation, at 3:45 p. m., today. i 'I'he case . went to the jury at 2:53 p. . today after a brief charge by the coul’t Justice Hendrick’s char‘e to _the ten He reviewed with ygreat brevity' the legal aspects of the case and told the jurors that they were to | consider all the evidence. They were | not to concern themselyes, the court charged, with any prevlou! nct: of | Thaw'as such. ! “THe> question to. be determtnb is “whether | Thaw is sane now.”" The justice did | not intimate whether he would be | guided 'wholly by the verdict in deter- nining Thaw’s mental condition. The | jury ls deting in a capacity purely ad- | VviSory to the court. Justice Headrick | can reverse their verdict should he deem it contrary to the evidence. | .’ . May Disregard Verdict. i . As the jury is acting really in an advisory capacity, Justice Hendrick | may disregard any verdict it may ren- | der. £ It was reported today that if Jus- | tice ‘Hendrick decided that Thaw is| sane the state would at once take an sppeal. 1 Loook Sums lJp For State. 1 ‘summing up thé case of lhq chedsthe 1ife 6f Thaw Trom the. ti of hig birth until he was de- ported from Canada aftéer his escape from the state hospital for the crim- inal insane at Matteawan. He re- called to the jury that Thaw had | thrice been declared insane and told of an alleged attempt to stab a fel- low student at Harvard university, of his alleged attempt to shoot a' cab- man, and of a fight in an all-night | New York resturant in which he was hit'on the head with a water bottle. aw was insane during all this time’ Mr. Cook went on;.‘he was in- sane when he shot and killed Stan- ford White; there is no doubt of thaf. And the same conditions prevail to- day."” ‘" Mr. Cook repeatedly turned from the jury box and shook his finger at Thaw, sitting five feet away. He re- ferred time and again to Evelyn Nes- bit-Thaw as “that true virgin of his.” Thaw meanwhile seémed to be una- ware that Mr. Cook was anywhere nearby. ‘He chated with his coun- sel ‘and once turned and smiled at a friend- Sitting among the spectators. U. S. Senators Present. Duyring the later part of Mr. Cook’s summing up, United States Senators Ollie James of Kentucky, Hughes of New Jersey entered the court room and took seats on the Mr. Stancnfield, counsel for Thaw, began by declaring that neither he nor the court was concerned with the pre- vious getions of Thaw. “The ques- tion,” said Mr. Stanchfield, ** 18 whe- ther he is sane today.” Counsel then took up the remark made on the stand yesterday by Dr. Austin Flint, chief alienist for tne state, that “The unwritten law He said that le- gally ,Dr. Flint was right, but that! technically he was wrong. He reé- ‘lated several cases, among them that of the late General Daniel E. Sickles in an attempt to show that aroused passion, resulting in killing had often been excused by juries. Aroused pas- sion and intense hatred of a man who had wronged the woman ‘he loved, sald Mr. Stanchfield, caused Thaw to kill Stanford White. Reads Jenks’' Decision, Mr. Stanchfield read to the jury a portion of a decision by Justice Jenks in a litigation in which Thaw was concerned. In this the justice point- ed out that Thaw, having been ac- quitted of murder, his committment to Matteawan was not in the nature | of punishment but was for the pur- pose of restraining an alleged insane ; person who at large might be a men- ace. to the place of the community: Such a committment, according 'to‘ Justice Jenks, was valid only so long as the person committed might re- main insane. Mr, Stanchfield discussed the case | | of Thaw in every detail, including the finding of the commis¢ion appointed ! by the federal courts to examine Thaw while he was in New Hampshire, sub- (gqunnl to his deportation from Can- ad |ANDETSON, ON STAND Two other checks for $6 each have There is now a total of $1,768.62 in i 1915—TWELVE PAGES. BAY STATE GOVERNOR MARKED FOR DEATH Friday, Placed In Massachusetts Capitol and Custom House. Boston, July 14.—An afternoon pa- per announces the receipt of an an- onymous communication In which the writer, describing him as a Ger- man spy, states that twof bombs have been placed in the state house and another in the custom house tower and that they will be exploded “About Friday.” Also the governor is to be killed, 3ccording to the message, Wwhich was.crudely lettered with a lead pencil, It was turned over to the police Who recently examined a similar threat against the custom house without de- termining whether the writer was a crank or a so-called practical joker. AT MURDER HEARING Witness in Iowa Pioneers Case Tells of Searching for Treasure Chest. Bedford, Iowa, July 14.—Samuel Anderson, whose attempts to obtain a part of -a $90,000 treasure said to have been buried near Siam, Iowa, 47 years ‘ago led to the arrest here last week of four Towa pioneers, char with the murder of Nathaniel Smith, a wealthy cattleman, and his son in 1868, was the first witness today at the resumption of the hearing in the murder and treasure case. Anderson told of coming into pos- session of the farm on which the murders were committed and on which the money, said to have been taken from Smith by a gang of coun- terfeiters, was buried. He told of spending years digging up his farm in search of the treasure chest. The case of Bates Huntsman, the eldest of the four defendants was o ‘Washington, o return of P nish, “N. B, f day there would b opments in the 4 arisen between United v warfare. turn to latest G known, but ‘{’“ spatch to Iy " he would be h re < tion is that taken up first. The other three de- fendants are Samuel Scrivner and John and Henry Damewood. It was expected the hearing, which began last night, would last two more davs. | | ROSENBERG IS IN SERIOUS comm ik i Doctors Have Clmsulm a- Driver of Car Which Was Wrecked in Berlin Monday Evening. Word was received today that Ar-’ avenue, owner and driver of the high powered Mercer = automobile which turned turtle on the Turn- pike in Berlin on Monday night caus- ing the death of D. A, Longano of Providence, R. I, lies in. a serious condition at his home. His cond- ton is viewed with apprehension hy his attending physician and two specalists have been called in for consultation. A nurse is ln con- stant attendance, ° At the time of the accident Rosen- berg besides receiving a severe shak- ing up and few minor bruises, was He is now suffering from internal in- juries and his condition is considered quite grave. Michae! Harrison of 9 Clinton place, Savin Rock, who was the other occupant of the car, es- caped with but a few scratches and shock. Rosenberg was to appear in Berlin Town court this morning 1o znswer to the charge of reckluss | driving. The case was continued un- i Saturday as the accused was un- able to he present at the proceedings. The car, which was badly damaged, was hauled back to New Haven yes- terday afternoon. D. N. CAMP PRESENTS $150 TO BOYS’ CLUB Venerable Citizen of New Britain Gives Substantially to Youngsters’ Cause. il A substantial remembrance for the youth of New Britain from one of its cldest and best known citizens was received at this office today when Peter Crona, chairman of the citizens’ committee, which is working to ralse funds for a building for the Boye' club, turned in a check for $150 from D. N. Comp. Mr. Camp's Interests in the city have been prolonged and numerous and the encouragement given to the committee by his support of the project is very great indeed. been received, making the total to be recorded for today $160. J. H. Robinson and E. F, McEnroe were the contributors of the $6 checks. the fund. Smaller contributions have riot been received in the expected quantity but the philanthropically In- ned have added materially to the fund with generous amounts, bring- iug the total up to & very respectabie thought not tu be seriously injured. | the reached no jof the g | to have | ments 1 i his mind uation #3 vieifs. | oo ) Mol thur M. Rosénberg of 599 Whmny‘ ] intention to ing to Cornl Dll! given up. Sec other cabinet ‘“ day to view the that th t up his mind ‘m that he aia seriously as ‘Washngton. - dent was is. und spread of varving i1 rts 1) .';'L" m;& f&f 8o flr as can b president will fin tically unanimous the crucial m& dence with G warfare has America cede from its position on the the next note m less po'niedly United States in_ violatons of war cone. Just States rbouid Germany's 1 | intention to @ on the Lusita: definitely in the ll in official qintrters. - heard thut the G might be Inf States intended to for a settlement keep it constantly diplomatic 1z figure. (Continued on Kl