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

| & Indication ‘of a definite outcome. CleaPadication of Definite ¢ Outcome of Struggle Along ", the Isonzo Front , v ROSSIANS. CHECK KAISER’S FORCES BEFORE WARSAW Czar’s Troops‘Aalllme Offensive and ¥ Mafntaln * Temporary —Advantages ' South of K Under Fleld Marshal Mackensen Make Progress Toward the Lublin—Chelm Railroad. The severe fighting on the Italian -wAustrian front which has been going on for approximately a week shows no ‘aign of a letup, mor is there any clear | The Italian official reports continue of lhe s Ttalinn vance with stubborn aetermination, ‘¢ 108t 3,200 prisoners to the' Ital- ) . BCEo la‘ to an official ‘ state- A ment given th in‘Rome. n- | Justice Ford Receit;es Mes- }'he & 'f?.&mfi‘ NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, [BULL THROWS “P. S.” “p.'S.” FOOLS BULL Theater Magnaté Tossed by Bovine _Feigns Death . and Escapes Alive, Due to his presence of mind in handing a joker to an angry bull] which had just thrown him, P, 8. Mc- Mahon, the local theater magnats, attributes his miraculous escape;from being gored to death at his country farm in, Kensington yesterday. . head which Tresembles an egg, his' nose has every appearance of having been used to plow up a quantity o: rocky pasture land-and his back is lamer than that of many a rheumatic veteran. He admits that as a regular Mexican athlete he is a failure. It is as a strateglan that he scintilates. McMahon has a number of blood- ! | ed stock on his farm, among which is a prize bull. Yesterday the owner | dropped, into the bull’'s pasture for friendly chat which was resented by the bovine. With a loud \snort he | lowered 'nis head and made a rush for the visitor. So quick was the at- tack that P. S. had no time to- flee and the next instant Mr. Bull haad tossed him about twelve feet across the inclosure and then proceéded to roll him about the ground. It is to his presence of mind at this eritical moment that P. S. attributed the fact that he was no gored to death As he fell on the ground it occurred to him to fake death, so he lay there prone and scarcely breathing. . 'The bull was fooled by the bluff and when ! i+ hig . attention was distracted to an- other part of the field McMahon gathered 'his tattered garments about him and did a record hurdle over the nearest fence. " DEISION N BECKER !| GASE EXPECTED TODAY sages Urging Mercy for Condgnmed Man. New York, July .28.—Decision was expected to be announced by Justice Ford' today wiiether to grant a third trial to Charles Becker or whether to call before him' the condemned man and new. witnesses, to giye evidence: in support of fieekwa application for wags whether fii a' mew frial than .those set" . He had to d!:- | can- sim, ' to AR m -mm; alm lth:gv::. § 0] e ln the southern area of: Ruuun Po- n the Vistula and the ,--the operations would ' appear to 'g ‘feached a temporary stand- till. As)an offset ‘to this inactivity Wfl. are widenhing the sphere @r their honflm.aa ww-.rdn‘the east. Captain ‘Eugene Delk, of the Am- erican ‘steamer ' I.‘.oeum. ‘sunk by a % oft Scotland, Juwy % be}dnen that he and his crew were treated with the utter- by ihe Bemun cap~ 27., via Paris, July 28, 15 a. m.—The following official ' statement was issued tonight at the headquarters ot the Italfan general staff: In the.Alon: WQ are now .in . full " possessionl of the heights on the right llope, havlng occupied Monh Lavan- s dominating the oppoite slope ‘ the enemy’s artillery - attemp! “to . hinder our operations, .but’ out success. Aftér a long preparation by artillery’ of medium calibre ‘the enc- my attacked with \ several’ detach-| ‘ ments, of infantry during the night of the 28th. Although supportéed by nu- merous machine guns these troops © ‘weré repulsed. p Fierce Btrnule in Mon'.e Nero. ““In the Monte Nero region the ~struggle continues unabated notwith-! -standing the, inclement weather which Pprevents the artillery uslstlng in the operation. #At Plava the second operation un- &k n to enlarge the Bridgehead is ig favorably. ' 'Take 3,200 Prisoners. togfie Carso plateau the battle con- tinyed yesterday. Our troops ad- " “vaced along the whole front with ,%’fil‘!\;,«% and boldness, eonquering 5 zz ‘win, ron posi- shele tommanding. tho of the plateau. After *~fllbjected huwevgr, to a vio- From | cide whether he B #he fnhor- | ent right to de-open'any case decid- ed in‘the Suprem court. ‘Bécker's exscution has now been set for Friday morning, but it was un- derstood ' today that if Justice Ford, led tc allow Becker to testify in support of his application for a new trial’ /ould be necessary to obtain another repricve for the condemned man, y Becker, in cie death house at Sing Sing was said to be preparing a new statement to be made public only af- ter his death. It was said that this was not a confession of guilt or graft but a re-assertion of his innocence. Justice Ford received a number of letters today regarding 'the Becker case. All but one urged that / the former Police Lieutenant be granted & third tridl. The Justice also re- ceived several telegrams urging mercy for Becker from persons in various parts of the country . Albany, July 28.—Governor Whit- man was not at the capital today and Secretary Orr explained that he was “resting at the ' Executive mansion. The bejief is, however, that he has retired to .the Executive mansion largely 10 consider the Becker case and to receive communications re- garding it. It is not imptobable that Justice Ford will ask for a further reprieve for Becker in order to give the court *more time to consider arguments for a new trial. Such a request it is generally belicved would be readily granted by the governor. BIG CHECK FOR TAX RECEIVED TODAY S(Iflls’ Rule & Level Co. Pays $45,- 296.22 for Annual Assessment— $65,000 Collected, ° The Stanley Rule & Level company today \tendered, a check to Tax Col- lector Loomis for $45,296.22, which is the largest amount ever paid by a concern or individusal in the city. Other large sums received today were checks from the Skinner Chuck company for $2,993.33 and another from the Unfon Manufacturing com- pany for $6,247.66. All records for.the yvear were broken today when the sum of $65,000 was collected up to press time, and this brings the total collections #o far to date to about $300,000. PAYS DEATH PENALTY, Little ' Rock, - Arkansas, July 28.— Sam Derrick, of Crittenden county, Wwho killed John Verdun at Brinkley, niore than a year ago, was electro- cuted today in the ‘Arkansds peniten- day P, 8. is nursing a lump on his ;. PAGE SENDS BRITISH ADMIRALTY REPORT ON LEELANAW CASE American Steamer Flying U. §. Flag When Overtaken By German Submarine CREW GIVEN PLENTY OF TIME T0 ESCAPE Captain and Members of Ship’s Com- plement Laud Treatment Afforded Them b;' Men of Kaiser’s Underwa- ter Craft—Mess Boy of nl-fated Vessel Joins Crew. of Submer- sible. London, July 28—Ambassador Page today forwarded a report by the Brit- ish admiralty on the sinking of the American steamer Leelanaw by a German submarine off the Orkney Is- lands last, Sunday. The admiralty reported that the Leelanaw was flying the American flag when overtaken and taat the crew had plenty of time to take to the boats, which were towed sixty miles until ¢a strange vessel was sighted. Crew Lauds Treatment. Aberdeen, Via. London, July 28, €:55 a. m—They could not have ireated us more courtecusly than they did,”” was the verdict of Captain Eugene Delk and the members of the crew of the American steamer Lee- Janaw when questioned last night r zarding their encounter with a Ger- man submarine. They travelled about sixty miles on the deck of the sub- mersible and became well acquainted with its créw, several of whom had been in America. Onhe member of the Leelanaw’s crew, remained aboard the submarine at his own risk. He was one of the mess boys of the American ship, and he was of German nationality, pre- ferred joining the crew of the under- Wwater craft to the rrobability of in- terriment in Ehgland, At Kirkwall &“ of the Leelanaw's mess boys, 8 found to be a German, detained. Captain Gives No Details. Captain Delk, a resident of Phila- delphia, made a matter-of-ract state- ment Tegarding the sinking of his ship and was not inclined to add de- tails to the main facts as he outlined them. “There is no story In 1t,” he said, ‘we stopped when & shot was fired behind us and then we had to leave. Gur ship was shelléd, bombea and tor- vedoed, but it took an hour. and 6 a half to sink her. . The. Gtermans took us aboard the submarine, carried ug sbout sixty miles and then gave us dit rections for getting to Kirkwall, which we reached safely in about twelve hours.” German Commander Apologizes. The members of the crew, of whom tnere are thirty-two ‘besides the cap- tain, explained that the German com- iander apologized for of sinking the ship, but said it was forced upon him by the fact that the Leelanaw was carrying contraband and he was not in the habiv of throw- ing overboard contraband cargoes. The crew of the German - boat - con- versed affably in good English with the Leelanaw's men. The Germans liad no idea of the contents of the jatest Americah mngte on the sinking ot the Lusitania for their newspapers were two days old. Sixth Vessel Sunk. The Leelanaw was tne sixth vessel the submarine had sunk that day and it started in pursuit of two others when the Americans had been returned to their boats after their long ride on the submersible’s deck, The sailors from the Leelanaw were cold and wet when they landed aiter their twelve hours’ row in life boats, as they had bveen almost swamped several times in cross-tides of the Orkney Islands. They will lcave today for Dundee, where their statements will be taken oy the United States consul. Sail for Home Saturday. London, July 28, 3:34 p. .m.—The crew: of the American steamer Lee- lanaw will sail for New York next Saturday on board the steamer St. Paul. i MORE SUBMARINE VICTIMS, Swedish Steamer, Two British Traw- lers and Three Danish Schooners Sunk, London, July 28, 2:35 p. m.—Ger- man submarines show no cessation in their activity in the North Sea. The latest reports set forth that the Swedish steamer Emma and three Danish schooners, The Maria, The Neptunis: and The Lena, have been sunk by them. The crews of these four vessels were landea at Blyth to- day. London, July 28, British" trawlers Iceni and Salacia were sunk today by a German sub- marine'in the North Sea. The crews were landed at Lowestoft, Eng. 33 p. m.—The the necessity | i ! ! drink and under 0L WORKERS' STRIKE | sniping from this plant last' week. | and turnea around, crasning into the MOFFITT FINED $7; APPEALS DECISION Suspended Policeman Charged With | Assault on James Chute and Is Found Guilty—Appeals. Changing his plea from not guilty to one of nolle contendere Officer Moffit, charged with assaulting James Chute in Skritulsky’s sascon on the night of July 15 while under suspen- sion by the chief of police was ar- ‘raigned before Judgs James T. Meskill 4 ‘in ‘police court this morning and fined $7 and costs. Bonds for an appeal were fixed at $100 and the convicted man appealed to the superior court. Prosecutor Klett stated ‘his case briefly, explaining that both Chute ana Moffitt were in the saloon and in com- ing from the toilet it is claimed that the two passed words whereupon Mof- fit knocked Chute down and beat him, Lawyer P. F. McDonough pleaded | with the court to suspend judgement in the case as he thinks that the ac- cused has suffered enough for his of- fcnse. He saild he feels assured that Moffitt's previous suspension was prey- ing on his mind so that he took to: the influence of | liquor committed theé offense, which he does not remember. The law- ver explained that Chute and:Moffitt were brought up together 'and ‘have always. been frinds and even mow Chute has no desire to push the charges against the policeman as he has no personal feeling in the mat- ter and it is probable that had ‘not Moffitt been. a policeman . the gage | might never have ‘heen brought ‘be- | fore the court, In conclusion. he told the court-that Moffitt has yet to suffer from the safety board’'s punish- ment and he thought a Suspended sen- lence would meet the ends of justice. : In passing judgment Judge Meskill remarked that the affair was really a Ldrroom brawl which was not serious and ‘had not the assailun: been a po- iiceman the affair would never have gained the notoriety it did. IN'NEW JERSEY ENDED Virtually Every Employe. in Bayonne and Jersey City Back at Work., MANY INDICTMENTS ARE EXPECTED FOR EASTLAND TRAGEDY Believed Charges of Manslaughter, Griminal CarElessness or Con- spiracy Will Be Returned CORONER'S INQUEST MAY BE COMPLETED TONIGHT Chicago Holds ‘“Memorial Day” for Victims of Disaster—Hundreds Place—Work of of Funerals Take Raising Ill-fated Boat Begun—Total Number Dead. and Missing Reaches 1,362. Chicago, July 28.—With thirty per- sons either under arrest or detained as witnesses, official inquiry into the steamer Kastland disaster proceeded today in an effort to fix responsibility for the disaster, which cost the lives of more than 1,000 persons. Indi¢tments charging manslaughter, criminal carelessness . or. conspiracy will ‘Be, returnea by the state grand jury if the evidence presented to that body warrants action, according to State's Attorney Caclay Hoyne. It'is expected ' that the coroner’s inquest of { which"may be concluded tonight, will result] in the holding of several per- sons for the Grand -Jury. Secretary Redfield Busy. Secretary of Commerce Redfield was busy today directing the federal in- vestigation. Mayor William Hale Thompson re- turned from San Francisco and held conferences with the city council's committee which is conducting an in- vestigation. ‘While the . various investigations were in progress victims of the tra- gedy were being burled. Auto trucks, vans and other.vehicles were pressed into service, tovearry the dead. The funerals weré held in a drizzling rain, NC’H’ York. July 28.-The strike t the_§tandard -Oi . he plants_of ; VARG S Water Oil companies at Bayonne, New tually days ago returned to work. The plants of the Vacuum Oil and General Chem- | ical companies, which were closed during the rioting, in which three | strikers were killed, also resumed op- erations today. Jeremiah H. Baily, who/ led _the strike until arrested, sat in an auto- mobile with the sheriff and watched the men return to work. He will be released today. The sheriff. also said he would release Frank Tannenbaum, the Industrial Workers of the World | leader, arrested last week. The strike at the Eagle Oil eom- pany plant at Saven Point, Jersey City, by which 2,000 men . were affected, ended today when all but sixty of the' employes returned to work. The Eagle company is a subsidiary of the Stand- ard Oil company and the employes were told they would receive the same terms that will be offered the men at | the Bayonre plant of the Standard Oil | company. Sheriff Kinkead, whose stern mm-» ures during the last four days’ of the strike are believed to have been chiefly responsible for the ending of the trouble, was in Bayonne again to- day. He was informed that there were still a lot of guards housed “at ithe Tide Water plant, and he went | there an demanded. of the timekeep- | er the names and identity of the guards ‘This' information at first was refused but later it was supplied. The | sheriff found there were ninety-nine guards in the place and he took them to police headquarters. He said he would send them to Jersey City . for arraignment with . the thirty-one guards arrésted Sunday in persuance of ‘his plan to ‘find out wheo did the Jersey, ended today when vir- Washington, July ' 28.—John A Moffit, and John A. Smythe, federal conciliators, sent to Bayonne, July 232, wired the department of lahor today: “‘Mediation a success, and 8,500 re- turn to work. Strike ended. o R, AUTO SMASHUP ON MAIN ST, George LeWitt's Car Tips Over Lati- mer Laundry Wagon und Is Wrecked. Driving down Main street this morn- ing, George C. LeWitt's Chevrolet runabout skidded or the recently | sprinkled pavement near Myrtle street | Latimer Laundry team, over. No one was injured and the laun- dry vehicle was damaged but slight- lv. Le Witt's car was pbaaly smashed up however, the frort of the car be- ing' a wreck. tipping it e o o o o e T P WEATHER, Hartford, July 28.—Unset- tled tonight and Thursday. every man who walked out ten | ity of the B e e e U - Black Wednesda |1t was '-Mmm:.“‘ o estera Electric sliunted and where a majority of the victims resided. Thirty funerals weis held from onc small church. The day was designated by Mayor Thompson as memorial day for the Eostland dead, and the eity honored the victims by closing all publie bufld- ings and the practical suspension bu-- iness A many sections. ‘Work of Raising Ship Begun, Work of raising the Eastland was begun, but it will be at least ten days. before the steamer is placed nn its keel again and the search for the missing resumed. Total Dead 1,362, ‘At noon the latest figures on dead and missing were: Identified dead 826. %mdenunad dead, five, ‘estern Elactric’ compan, list of missing, 531, e b Total 1,362, At least six indictments will be re- turned by the state grand jury today, according to an announcement by State’s Attorney Hoyne. Tt will not be decided until late in the day whether to ask indictments on charges of criminal carelessness or of manslaugater. Piénty of Rvidence. “There i¥plenty of evidence for either .charge,” Mr. Hoyne said. Explaining the taking inte custoty of W. K. Greenbaume, general man- ager of the Indiana, Transportation company, which leased the Eastland last’ Saturday, Mr. Hoyne sald: | “Mr. Greenbaume in response 1o questions at the Inquest, admited thut he kpew nothing about the Eastlana | but added that he knew or had hearu that she was not sea: R *_ 'Other Agencies at Work. Other agenciés investigating the disaster are continuing their worik. Secretary Willlam C. Redfield, of the department of commerce, who is here on {nstructions from President Wilson said he Dad not decided whether his inquiry will extend to all of the lake passenger traffic or whether jt will be corifined to the Bastland. “For the time being we will con- fine ourselves to the case in hand,” he said. The city hall is closed and the burial of almost 700 of the excursionists recovered from the river took pilace. | Facilities are lacking properly to ‘handle the funerals and services over as many as thirty bodies were held simultaneously in a church. Because there are not enough steam and elec- tric funeral trains and hearses the dead “were removed to cemeteries in various sorts of conveyances. In many | ths | cases motor trucks which caried sev- eral coffing were used. In the vicin- Western Electric plast, where most of the victims were em- ployed, the funeral blocked traffic. Heads Bared in Rain. As the solemn processions passed through the streets in a drizzling rain, heads were bared and as the little (Continued on Eleventh Pagc.) | processions ¢ 1915—TWELVE! PAGES. Orders Safety Board To Take Steps To Prevent Loltering on mmlhl-m. Mayor George A. Quigley has sent a written order to Chairman E. B. Alling of the safety board telling him to have his board see that the crowds that loiter in front of the Main street. motion pigture houses be dispersed at once. The letter has been turned over to the chief of police for action, In his letter the mayor says he has | received many complaints about the loiterers standing on Main street and says they are very anmoying to pass- ers-by. He algo says he has received a number of complaints from North End women who “have been jostled and leered at by the class” of men who hang on the curb stones. Concluding his letter the chief ex- ecutive says he wants Main street between the railroad crossing and Lafayette street between Main and Beaver street kept clear and the of- ficers on the beat must keep = the crowds moving and not permit them to congregate. (ROOSEVELT AND SONS READY TO GO TO WAR Former Prelidunt Scores Ad- ESTAB i HAITIEN TAKEN LEGATION Angry Mob Drags brun Gulllh Sireets Aler Ki PROTEST OF F Port Au Prince, I : mob of Haltiens brun Guillaure, from the French took retul. to a.m- j w17/ mdhulv /'/‘ oners were vocates of Peace at " Any Price, San Diego, Cal., July 28.—Advo- cates of peace at any ° price were scored by Colonel Theodore Roose- velt here last night, when he ad- dressed a large crowd at the Panama- California Exposition. Mr. Rooseveilt's address came as a climax to Roosevelt Day at the Ex- position—a program of entertainment which kept the former president busy all day. After holding a reunion with seve ty-seven members of his former rough riders regiment, Colonel Roose- velt visited one of the attractions al the Exposition, where lived several | bands of Indians. 'He ‘much pleastire at taé ceremony of. & ing of a newly born Indian lfl‘ -1 odore R 3 .. ] hl wxr 'u tho mld ‘not. be heére Roosevelt. “I'm an | tic man, but shéuld and my four sons, would, “We should be’ prepared, we | have a stanging army of 200, AR TS R, JOHN F. ODELL DYING. R —y i Well Knoévn Citisen Tn Oritical Conis. dition At His Seymour Street Home. John F. Odell, a well known resi- dent of this city, Is ih & dying gon- dition at his home at 74 Seymour street following a long illness with throat trouble. Mr. Odell is about sixty years of age and has four chil- | dren, William, John F. Eileen and Mary, ¢ Mr. Odell came to this country from Australia many years ago and is | a prominent member of the Y. M. T, A. & B. society, the Catholic B.nwu- lent Legion and Court Charter Oak, F.of A. He has always taken an ac- tive part in the soclal life of these organizations and is regarded as a clever actor in all of the Tabs’ pro- ductions. He is employed in lhc room at P. & F. Corbin’s. .| finishing i 1 U. 8. CONSULATE CLERK HELD, State Department Starts Inguiry Re- garding Arrest of American. ‘Washington, July 28.—The state de- partment has begun an inquiry into the case of Harry L, Wilson, a clerk in the American consulate in Berlin, arrested on the Danish frontier by German authorities while attempting to leave Germany without a passport. ‘While awaiting reports, officials will not comment. Wilson been in Berlin about five years. ‘home is in Portland. Early last summer took his daughter to Berlin to com~ pléte her musical education. When the war broke out Wilson, who had | become associatéd with American of- ficlals in the German capital, was ap- pointed a clerk in the consulate. AUTO RUNS DOWN BOY. i Willlam Egan Takes Milton Brown to Hospital After Accident, Willlam Egan of Southington, while driving his automobile down ‘West Main street’ near Wakeficld court, this afternoon, ran down Mil- ton Brown, of that street, as the boy ran from behind a wagon wileh was standing by the roadside. The boy . was, knocked down and somewhat bruised, go Mr, Egan took him to the hospital where it was sald his injurics are not serious, RUSSIA CALLS MORE MEN. General Mobilization Throughout Si- beria (0 Be Ordered. Petrograd, July 28, via London 1:52 p. m.—An imperfal ukase issued to- day calling to the coiors men b in 1896, 1t ie reported that a gove order is about to be lpll-l.‘ cral mobilization throuy terday, M‘h‘ tlhwhal The seize cause of the of the French body remained late of the it had fallen firing squad. Wldlm perton, 1 pofllou.r) n ed from Cape M l-p in the D B. Chandler will hfiu; L, Wetherall of against the CO Jany tomorrow claims that at the facte