New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1915, Page 1

N LEELANAW SUNK BY MANSUBHARINE U. S. Crait, Bound for Belfast & - “= With Cargo of Flax, Tor- - pedoed O Scotland VESSEL'S GREW SAVED: BROUGHT 10 KIRKWALL ‘Washington Officials Shocked at In- I “¢ident; ih ‘Which They See Further ' Aggravation of the Situation Be- .. tween Germany and the United | { States—British Steamship Grange- ./ wood: Sunk in North Sea. London, July 26, 2:16 p. m.—The ““American steamship Leelanaw, from ,“:‘i"eha.nxel, July 8 for Belfast with a i’mqgo of flax, was torpedoed and e sunk on July 25 by a German: sub- marine off the northwest ‘coast of ~Scotland. o All the members of the crew of the Archan"_el were saved. . They were rought into Kirkwall in their -own Abentas L7 i e . “Left New York May 17. " rNe steamer left New York May 17 __with a cargo of cotton consigned to Russia by way of Gothenburg. . The vessel .was detained at Kirkwall and Yeleased on 'June 26 with permission to proceed to Archangel where, the ' cotton was discharged and a cargo of .flax was loaded for Belfast. The lanew was commanded by " Captain D' B. Delk. Her crew ‘con- .misted’ of seven officers and thirty-two Lauen. and her owners, the ' Harby " Steamship company of New York \planned to’ return the Leelanaw . in ‘ballast to this country. o did . 'y The official statement of the Ger- i fis igovernment 3 f«zet forth' that flax is contraband b i o At $ R A BB, S AT ... She. was formerly called Bamwell. She wha 280 feet long and “of 11,024 gross to) ‘left ‘Galves- |$n~m-y§':a New York May 17, tfih a cargo. of cotton for Archangel. /7 BEarly in June she was ined by the British authorities at Kirkwall, on " the ground that her cargo, destined o Russia, was consigned by way of Gothenburg; $weden, which country forbids the export of cotton, ' ! 4, Having discharged her cargo at *.#rchangel, it is said that the' Lee- i lanaw was returning from' ‘Archangel ?W‘m she ‘was torpedoed. . I'Shock to Officials; | Washington, July '26.—The ' tor- ipedoing of the American steamer €lanaw is a shock to American oi- {ficials, Who see in the ; aggravation of the situation between {Germany and {he United States. | They hesitated today, in the = ab- isence. of details, to constriie the act as comaing ‘within the warning of ihe \last American note, which pointed out ithat further violation of Internation- ‘al ‘law’ affecting American' citizens" was to'be regarded as “deliberately ‘unfriendly.” { - Ignored Earlier Note. The' view taken was that Germany. in_effect, had ignored and disregard- _Y:gm h“:luelfl note sent in connection e sinking of the American sail- “iheg ship’ William P. Frye, by ity . & German vrulser Pring Bitel Friedrich. . _/Inths communication, the Unifed ;. States vigorously asserted its possi- tion even though an American ‘ship carried contraband of war, it was rly protected from destruction . by the stipulations of the Prussian ; American treaty of 1828. Flax, which was being carried by the Leelanaw was declared absolute contraband by Germany ‘on April 18, as retaliation +against the British contraband declar- 3 o ile precedent of International Law in recent years, particularly. by ¢ the declaration of London, have real- ized the report of a belligerent to . #nk a neutral vessel carrying, contra- band if the ship was certain of con- demnation by a prize court, the action . has been limited to cases when the taking of testimony in court would involve danger to the vessel making the capture. Same Lines As Frye. 4, The casé of the Leelanaw, it was indicated by officials, would: be argued along the same lines as the Frye, as soon an official report was ‘re- eeived. f’flmfihq thought, could not allay | < the falling of the Amerfcan govern- “ment it Germany had not vialated JIntérnational Law in the case. of ‘Americans traveling on = unresisting ;g::erchgpcmen, but had in the present \war, Violated a treaty of nearly a cen- tury’s standing, Under that treaty 3 he. American’ government considers that the American ships Guiflight and lebraskan, - which ' were torpedoed hout warning, the Willlam P. Frye (,C.qnflnued - on Eleventh Page.) issugd | April 18, t Saving of the lives of the incident further | l | no warrant to conceive war NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JULY 2 TEUTONIC FORCES LUSITANIA VICTIMS’ BODIES RECOVERED A Three More Washed Ashore on Coast of Ireland Are Those of Kelser, Shield and Mrs. Leverich. Queenstown, July 26.—Westley R. Frost, the American consul at Cork, reports that among the bodies of the Lusitania victims that were recently washed ashore on the Irish coast the following names have been added to the list of those definitely identified: Harry J. Kesser of Philadelphia and | Victor F. Shields of Cincinnati, first | cabin passengers, and Mrs. Rosnia T. Leverich, a second cabin passenger, | who was coming to visit ‘her son in London. - The Irish authorities expect, on ac- count of the tides at this season of the Vear, that other bodies will be washed ashore. “LIKE CHALLENGING AN INSANE ASYLUM” “To Go To War With Germany Now,” Declares' Bryan In Address . At San Francisco, San Francisco, July 26.4-To 8o to . war/ with Germany now,” said Wil- liam J. Bryan, former Secretary of State, in the course of an address at the First Congregational churgh, here last night, ‘‘would be like challeng< ing an insane asylum.” . The keynote of Mr. Bryan's ad-! dress was that the United States has against | Germany ' or’ any European power. BEGIN LAST FIGHT T0 SAVE BECKER'S LIFE, other Condemned Man’s Counsel | Argue for New Trial Be- fore Justice Ford. New York, July 26.—Counsel .for Charles Becker, condemned to die Wednesday in the electric chair at jng Sing prison, for instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, ap- pedred before Justich Ford in the su- preme e‘omt‘v:rr‘w avito begin 'the : %«2_ r cient's 1fe. | } 1 cket entered the cortraom 4s 'W. Bourke Cookrsn, chief course’. | opened the procesinigs. . He began by w{ng the ground upon which a new trial is desired and calling the attention of the court to 7idence already in tho rzcords which he said had been attaclied. Mr. Cockran ' read a statement in which the district attorney was quot- ed as saying he had held the four in jail and had “pounded them day after day, as'he had considered it his duty before Gad to do.” “This explains the character of the trial” said Mr. Cockran’ 5 Mr. Cockran then discussed thu sc- called Harlem conference where Becker was saild to have given the final order that resulted. in the killing of Rosenthal. In summarizing his, appeal Becker, Mr. Cockran, attacked various statements made by Jack Rose. He declared that in many instances Rose's 'stories corroborate | the statement issued by Becker in his appeal to Governor: Whitman, Mr. Cockran also attacked the tes- timony: of Charles B, Plitt, known as Becker’s press agent that Becker told him to kéep away from Times Square on the night of the murder, and to have an alibi ready. e referred also to the statement of Henry Terry, a newspaper reporter, who safd Becker offered to drive him to his New Jersey home on the night of the murder. Mr. Cockran then outlined the story of cker’'s meeting with, Tim.” Sull®an, the east side politician who has since died, and his statement to ‘Sullivan that it was necessary for Rosenthal to appear before the Dis- trict Attarney and press his charges; that if anything happened to Rosen- thal and he disappeared before mak- ing his charges there would be a cloud over Becker in the police department. ‘““Whatever comes out of this,” Mr. Cockran quoted Sullivan as saying, “I want you (Becker) to keep my name out of it.” This counsel said, Becker had done, refusing to testify at his trial. for the INQUIRE INTO DEATH. Son Said to Have Wanted to Borrow Money on Father’s Insurance. Willimantie, Conn., July 26,—The inquest into the death of Louis Pay- ette, a woodchopper found with his | skull crushed, in a Wood lot "last Thursday, was started today by Cor- oner Arthur G. Bill of Killingly. The evidence waas taken in chambers at the police station, a stenographer and Chief of Police Richmond ' benig present, Relatives of Payette were ex- amined, It was said that partieular inquiry 1s to be made into a rapert that the ‘son, who ja heid under suspicion in the pase, had tried to borrow money on an {nsurance polley of the elder Payette. | thought to be as good today as | which was among | ment was . termed: “An DARK GLOUD RISES ON PEAGE HORIZON IN LABOR DISPUTE Superintendents of Remington Arms Co. at Bridgeport Refuse ; to Reinstate Strikers HOLDS UP WORK IN ° SUB-CONTRACTING FIRMS Unexpected Complications Cause Kep- pler to Ask for Special Conference of Labor Leaders—Declares Inci- dent Has “Mixed Up the Situa- tlo‘n"-—’l‘huugh Strike Was Practi- cally Settled. Bridgeport/ July 26 —The prospects for an immediate settlement of labor iroubles in Bridgeport factories pro- ducing war munitions ai which there were ‘strikes' ‘last "week “were ' not on Saturday. 3 S ¥ The claim is made that af refusal by thé Remington Arms and Ammunition company te take back 'its ‘nfachinists riay reopem the digagreement. ¢ Iron workers who struck. last week 1elurned to their work:om the new.fac- tory for.the Remington company.this mornlig, under a vote of their union taken . Saturday. ieveding. . 'When' they lcamed that the Remington. coripany had refused -to: re-empioy: those -ma- chinists: who' struck ‘the iron: workers stopped work. This made idle a large | number of bricklayers on the building. It was not possible to, tell just how many men’ are out. The' Manufacturers’ association ‘was to hold a conference laver in the day to discuss the situation. J. J.-Keppler, Vice-President of the International association of Machin- ists, temporarily called off confer- ences he had arranged with heads ot sub-contracting concerns for discus- sions of the eight-hour day demand the concessions granted by the Remington Arms and Ammunition company, and gent word to J. A. Johnston, head of the 8truc- tural Iron Workers of America,. who had . returned to- their labors on the ‘mew buildings of the Remington corm- pany, and to Jchn Flynn, an organiz- er of the International Carpenter Union, requesting a conference oh thc new turn of affair Apparently - Settled. The labor differences at the Reim- ington plant and in several other con- cerns involving machinists and miil- wrights which occupied attention of various officers of labor unions during last week were apparently settled Ly an agreement made public by Mr. Keppler late Saturday. This agree- adjustment and termination of the present con- troversy of 'the. Remington Arms, Union Metallic Cartridge company and Stewart Construction company,” and provided for a new working schedule cquivalent to a forty-eighc | hour week for machinists and other trades which made a demdnd, and re instatement of all employes who we. participating in the strike. The change in hours was to benefit many thousands of other operatives. Mr. Keppler and other labor leaders who were here stated that the agree- ment would end the troubles, and all strikers would return to' work today. Turns Down Strikers. So far as was learned during the | forenoon all those who were on strike last week were ready to resume work when the gates of thisemlngfion and other concerns 'were/ opened. short time word was sent to the head- quarters of the unions, that thé em- ington Arms and Ammunition com- pany refused to take back strikers. The information later given was that superintendents refused to take back strikers. ‘ “Mixed Up Situation.” Mr. Keppler, who expressed sur- prise at the developments, said that his opinion was that these few su- perintendents in refusing to take back employes has ‘“‘mixed up the situa- tion,” in not recognizing the agree- ment reached with the heads of the concerns cn Thursday last. Mr. Kep- pler ‘was asked if the agreement he had referred to was reached with Marcellus H. Dodge of New York, head of the Remington company, and he raid it was not Mr. Dodge who agreed for the company. Mr. Keo- pler said it had been arranged that conferences should be held with the ‘heads of several sub-contractors rela- tive to an cight hour day, but word Wwas sent to those who had been dele- gated to serve us conferees on the part of the union, to delay those confer- ences unfil the present complications had been settled, It being repecrted to Mr. Keppler that the iron workers who had struck on new bulldings of the Rem:ington company had resumed work, Mr, Kep- pler sent vord to Mr, Johnston of tha iron workers, calling attention to the situation and requesting that he ar range a conference. A word likew s, ‘was sent to Mr. Flynn of tne Cur- . penters’ union, and Mr, Keppler ex- | pected that both officers would be (Continued on Eleventh Page.) n a | REGISTRAR SMITH TO BE MARRIED SOON City Official to Lead Miss Annie Kee- | vers to Altar Sometime in ! The Fall. X | Registrar Thomas J. Smith, one of | the most popular city officials ana.| Miss Annie Keevers daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Keevers of East Main street will be married ‘at St. - Mary's church early in the fall. The exact | dzfe has not been set as yet. The couple are both well known lo- | cally. The groom to be has taken a prominent part in the activities of the democratic party for a number of years and as a registrar of voters has proven to be an efficient. and obli- ing official. He is also prominent in fraternal circles. He is a widower | his wife, having died about a vear | 280. . [’ Miss Keevers is an estimable young | women, who enjoys a wide circle of friends throughout the city. For a number of years she has'been ‘' em- ployed as a chaperon at Miss Porter's school in Farmington. BRITAIN'S REPLY T0 " U.S. NOTE ARRIVES IH}o‘lds Orders to 'Bostfictl Neutral Commerce Within Intérnational Law. | | Washington, July. 26.—Great Brit- l'ain’s reply to, the American note of Maréh 80, protesting agdinst enforce- ment “of thd orders in. council which restrict’ neutral " commerce; was re- celvéd here today. - It holds that the orders ‘are within internatipnal law, | although they may involve a new ap- plication of peace, and adds that it is proper to await a judicial interpret’s,- tion. b - The new note, in the most ‘courteous i language, holds that Great Britain's action is justified by decisions of .the United State supreme court in es arising during the Civil war. . Any 8if- ferences with the United States over what is termed the new spplication of principles are held to be proper for submission to judicial settlement. Secretary Lansing today announced receipt of the note but made no an- nouncement of its contents. It will ‘be forwarded to President Wilsen at the' summer White se at Cornish; N. H, and will be given out in Wash+ ington for. publication i morning papers Wednesddy. % | | PUBLICLY HAN < Three Ringleaders Arrcsied in Bomb Outrage at Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofla, Bulgaria, July 25, Via. Lon- c¢on, July 26, 10:56 a. m,—The three ringleaders in the conspiracy which re- sulted in the bomb cutrage at the Casino here on February 14, last, were publicly hanged yesterday. A bomb was thrown into the Sofla | Casino at 1 o’clock on the morning of YFebruary 14, while a gala performance was in progress. Ten persons were wounded, including a daughter ofithe | minister of war. A son of General Voyjieff was killed and several of the wounded died later. : YACQUIS AMBUSH MEXICANS, Ten Soldiers, Including = Guaymas Chief of Police , Killed. Guaymas, Mexico, July 26, (By Ra- dio t6 Sandiego, Cal.)—It is reported here that Mexican soldiers sent from Guaymas against the Yaqul Indians | were ambushed by the latter yester- day and ten saldiers. including the | ‘' chief of police of Guaymas were | killed and four wounded. The In- | dian casualties are not reported. Guaymas and the Yagui valley are quiet. $250,000 POUGHKEEPSIE FIRE, Thirty Firemen Injured By Explosion In Meat Packing Plants, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July Damage estimated at $250,000 was caused early today by fire which swept an entire city square gnd wiped out the Wilbur Lumber Company, the | plants of Armour and Company, Nel- son Marris and Co., and the Davis Pa- per Warehouse, Jansen . Roherts Chemical Company and several dwell- ings. s Thirty firemen were injured by five explosions in the meat packihg plants. | 28,— FUND IS “SWELLED.” “Baseball Fans” Turn Out For Bene- fit Game to the Extent of $14. The benofit fund for the New Brit- ain Boys' club, was "swelled” to the : exterit of $15, es the result of the “outpouring” of fans Saturday aft- ernoon to the Fraternal figld where the Red Men and the Moose piayed. It may be sald that in connection with the remarkable generpsity dis- played by the fans, that the umplre and band contributed thelr services gratls, WEATHER, Hartford, July 26.—Cloudy tonight. Tuesday fair. 2 S 6, 1915 | the | scribes a successful effort on the part | Austro-German forces have captur- | July 14 -besides 41 cannon, 141 ma | enine guns and an enormous quan- ! to arrest our | three fiedcé attacks on positions con- | but | lossee, —TWELVE PAGES. CROSS NAREW RIVER NORTH OF WARSAW Germans Take Two Positons By Storm Twelve Miles South of Polish Capital Clipiocdad RUSSIANS OFFERING STRONG RESISTANGE Kaiser's Troops Préparing for Winter Campaign—Jrench Torpedo . Bout Destroyer Wrecks Austrian Sah- marine and Aeroplane Depot—Ttal! ian Aviators Attack Riva—British Aeroplane Drives Submavine Away. German armies in the east contin- ue to make progress in the task allott- ed them of investing Warsaw. .North of the Polish capital the Teutonic | troops, rocordlng to official Berlin ve- ports, have ‘crcssed the Narew rive:r and are advancipg toward the river Bug-and the railfoad running out of the city to'the estward. In this sec- tor the Germans are 5 milés from the capital.- | South o2 Warsaw, ‘thé Germans are directing their éfforts [against - “the Russian lines of defense near Piascc- zno, 12 miles trom- the éapital and they have already taken two positions by -storm. e Mectiung Determined Resistanoce. In Soutn Poland, the Germans ars meeting with determined résistance from the Russian troops holding th: Lablin-Chelm railroad.. That prepar- ations have been made by Germany for 'a winter campaign is indicated by an ‘official despatch from Berlin which says thar the war department already has on hand supplies of warm clothing for the troops. A -French torpedo hoat déstroyér, evidently co- operating with the Italian fleet, is reported” from' Toulton to have. des- MARRIED TODAY IN " HARTFORD CHURCH Lawyer Josepb G. Woods and Miss Anne B, Curry United This Morning. Lawyed Joseph G. Woode, assistant Lrosecutor of the logal policé eourt, «nd Miss Ariie B. Curry, daughter of Mrs. Thomas .Curty o) 67 Congress uvenue, Hartford, were united in mar- riage at St, Peter’s chureh in the Capitol city by the ¥ev. Michael Fegan of the Immaculate Conception | chureh.at 8 o'clock this morning with | the celebration of a nupuial high mass. Uather Regan fs a cousin of the groom. St. Peter's church was decorated cspeclally for this event and: hundveds | of invited guests thronged the augi- i torium as the brigel party entered to ihe strains of the viayed on the large church organ. The church choir also rendered special mnusic. Miss Curry was given away by her Hrother, Willlam Curry, unc was at- tendered by her sister, Miss Theresa Curry. Judge Joseph F. Dutton of Bristol was the best man while Joseph Glover and Lawyer H. P. Roche of this city, with two brothers of the bride, Edward and James Curry, acted as ushers. The bridegroom presented his best man with a diamond stick pin und the ushers with gold cuff links, After a trip in Maine the bride and groom will make their nome at 30 Trinity street, where they will be at Liome to their friends. The young: couple have received a large and expensive assortment of choice wedding gifts from their many friends. MBS LODT SHOPS wedding march | IN MEXICO GITY| STIL STEN cago River, ‘ Chicago, July 26, In rescue work repom Hoffman today that - therc were about the hull of the The work of merged interior ging the river slowly. At noon ths les haa been Conditions .in Capital Re- ported to Border on the Desperate, y Mexico City, July 17, by Cou ‘Vera Cruz, July 20, .Mail to leans, July 26.—Conditi ‘in troyed the Austrian submarine and aeroplane depot; o Go slan in ufe Adtiatic sea. "{'m ¥ "d’. ““Riva, an Aultr}:hn town 1;1; IA‘k‘ Carda, been. the 'objéct an at- {uck tfp:;fl"bv Itallan aviators. Two acdroplanés dropped eighteen bombs on local railroad statfon “with ex- ceilent results,” according to the italian official announcement. Submarine Driven Off. An observer at the Dardanelles de- cf a British aeroplanc to prevent a submarine from discharging a torpedo at a-British troop ship. | An American steanier, ioaded with flax, a product officially declared by Germany to be contraband of ‘war, was -#unk yesterday off Scotland by a Ger- rman submarine. Germany received the last American ncte on submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania on Friday, July 23, two days before the Lee- iwnaw was destroyed. 131,250 Russians Captured. Frankfurt, Germany, July 26, Via London, 11 a. m.—The Frankfurter Zeitungs Vienna correspondent the ed 131,250 Russians prisoners since tity. of military supplies. Destroy Austrian Depot.: Toulon, France, July 26, 12:15 a. m. —The new French destroyer L. Bis- son_has demolished the Austrian sub- marine and aeroplane depot on La Gosta Island (the southern most part of the Damatian group in the Adriatic gea) with the lass to the French of only one man killed. e commander of the first tor- | pedg'boat and submarine division of the ‘Meditérranean fleet, to which the Bigson belongs has issued an order highly commending Licutenant Cam- magder Le Sorl for his brilliant ex- ploit. & The ‘despatch indicates that the French navy is co-operating with the Italians against Austria in the Adri- atic sea. Italans Raid Riva. Rome, July 25, Via- Paris, July 26, 6:20 a. m.—An ajr raid upon Riva, an important town at the head -of Lake Garda in the Austrian Tyrol, s described in an official statement is- sued last night at the headquarters of the Italian general staff, The com- munication says: “On the afternoon of July 23 two of our seaplancs flew over the Riva and dropped eighteen bombs on the rallroad station with excellent results. The enemy’s artillery fired on the machines without causing any damage. Austrian Attacks Repulsed. “In Carhla, during the night of the 24th and 25th enemy forces attacked our positions at Somdogzna pass but were promptly repulsed. “In {he Monte Nero.the enemy tried oftensive, dellvering quered by us on the crest of Luzinica was repulsed by us with gneat “On the Carze plateau, the acifon capital today bo: uou tha sires the fifty million doliar’ jssue on the circulation when he eni the city | has not yet been follos by an issue of new money. Yes mobs of women paraded the strvets. | ng | makeries, markets and pastey shops, until they were dispersed by streams of water from fire hose. g General Viliela and seven Zapata officers were executed vester day on charges.of reballion. CGovers nor Herrera, his staff and a namber of other officers are awaiting court martial on the same charges. The American relfef committes is Junable to relieve the distress of stary- ing Mexicans and need’ Americans, although it has thousands af collars, because it cannot buy fvod. oil or othe rnecessities, because of the scarcity and the uncertainiy of the money situation. Virtucily all places of business are closed. CLAIM NO CHANGE OF | London Papers Unable to Understamd Wilson’s Reference Regarding the Conduct of Submarine Warfare. London, July 26, 3:59 a. m.—Sev- eral of the morning papers doclare dent Wilson’s reference in the latest two months which have proved that it is possible to conduct submarine opér- ations in accordance with accepted | principles of warfare. The papers | 'argue there has been no change of ! German methods In, this respect. | The naval correspondent of the | Times asserts the blockade of the past two months does not bear out the view of President Wilson and points out that the few intervals of decreased activity always has been followed with renewed activity resulting in the sink- ing without warning and with the loss | of life both of British and neutral ves- | sels. - He says there is fiot the slight- ! est indication that German - com- | manders have changed their mehtods and that President Wilson's -words, rder on the de: i GERMAN METHODS | they are unable to understand Presi- | note to Germany to events of the last ! bodies tn hi £ II his men I | working his estimate boat. ; ' First | | The frst " Eastland | when more riages pussed { In several | service was vietims, | ny, | Take Coroner that he will Wood, naval r} is familiar 1 v the Eastland, to o rough AR ‘. i be pumpa; ut made Popr‘ c It will the steamer, = Dy used in the river bodies which muy mud. The C continued .wit} divers tocay. . | - 58 o ed $130,000 ¥ Relief work uhder the ai therefore, taken in their ordinary ac- ceptance, “cannot be justified.” The Times says it ls possible that | communications from the British gov- ’ ernment contain some information which is withheld from the public but | argue that, so far as the facts have | been revealed, there is no ground for | supposing any changes have b“n‘ made in the instructions given Ger- man submarine commanders. VILLA. RELEASES AMERICANS, Nogales, Arizona, July 26.—Joseph Depuy, who clalms to he an -Amer- lean citizen and who was sentenced by a:court marilal at the Villa gar- | rison in Nogales, Sonora, fjust across the border from here, to be exn-umfli as a 8py was released today He Is | safely on the American Ortega, another Amerfean citizen, (Continued on Eleventh Page,) rested as a spy has been givem freedom \ Industry ar It was annou; that $150,000 that the ' o 1s planned raise Wi able within 36 hours. Federal and state day, took up the task | responsi| hy n hich appvos excursionists ination 9 was e tions ber cla dence