New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1915, Page 1

' PRICE| THREE CENTS. GERMAN AVIATORS # SAY RUSSIANS ARE %-IJUITTINE WARSA Anstro -Hungarian Cavalry Enters Lublin—Tentons Hold All Rail- “ways in Southern Poland BLOGK LINE OF RETREAT FOR CZAR'S FORCES M el oy lmblln-chelm Rallroad’ in German Haids and Kaiser's ' Forces Are Gravely Menacing Vilna—German Ama Bomblrll Three French Mnt—-(nmd Kmed at’ Gravelines -—Bvlrlwd mhunt ln A.rgonno. Germ-.n avmtors nylng over War- saw report that the R'uuhn. tro evacuating that city, accordi) g to'a ;| mews despatch recelved by & newspa. i . per at Geiava. svm.url,una ; from in-Chelm Miro d, the line’| " for the\R ans in ‘War- saw lendm; to ‘the in !}Grmln hqndp. ‘and the * Emperor muln ‘railroad | nurtl to Petro- 18 ace n an ~and ts. vic\l;ity ’*u%“ [ Mhqu« ‘near tinues GOMPERS GUEST OF MERIDEN C. L. U | Head of American Federation cf La- bor Discusses Bridgeport Strike and Danbury Hatters’ Case, Meriden, Conn., July 31—The chief figure at the outing of the Meriden Central Labor union observance of its twenty-fifth anniversary, at Hanover Park today, ,was Samuel Gompers, pu-menz of the American Federation f Labor, Mr. Gompers was to ad- drm the gathering. Betore leaving the park Mr, Gomp- ers sald: “The condition of organized labor in Conpecticut is much improved and it is constantly growing, although I am sorry to say that labor legislation in thig state is more backward than in any other.” In speaking of the strike at the Remington Arms Ammunition plant in Bridgeport Mr. Gompers said: ‘“The employes have gained. a bets ter organization, higher pay and thai greatest boom to labor both to coun- {'try and humanity in general—thec eight hour day.” He also discussed the Danbury Hatters’ casé'saying that the law ‘was never meant to work out as it has. He said: The Américan Federation of La- bor has not the means to save .the homes of the hatters from foreclos- ure.” In further lpenking of the case Mr. Gompers said it was an “awful situ- ation and I do not know' how it will come out.” Talking of business con- ditions gererally he' thought Wweuld improve, Members of the. state faction con- ferred with Mr Gompers upon his arrival. PAYETTE DENIES HE ' SLEW HlS FATHER Know How Parent Met Death. but - }h&mry ‘has Willimantie, Connl, July' 81.—Ar- thur Payette, confined in the Wind- ham county jafl at Brooklyn on al || charge of Jucen:{ a.nd also held under [ were dining today in’ their mess ‘room, a shell cam through building and burst in the celiar, e doctor was slightly wounded, hue a French orderly. was Killed. k\to their lines ;tt.er a flight | ; arsaw, reported that they clearly saw the Russian troops evacu- ““ating the Polish captial and march- g toward ‘the east, 'says a' despatch received today by the Geneva Tflbune , from Innsbruck. Austro-Hungarian cavalry, the des- 2 _patch adds, have entéred Lublin and i all*the ralflways in “south ' Russian -po . have ‘been in the hands of the trians since yesterda: ‘A German offensive on a large scale W’fl; lonsk and Pultusk to the con- “fitence 6 Narew and the Bug ¥ 5 3 n ‘yesterfay morning and, -add, the Gormlnl are y Sli 12:26 p. m—Aus- » cavalry have . entered O‘dul announcement to this ect’ trum Vienna supplementing Germ claims of last night that the Russian grip along the southern front had been broken indicates that the important Lyblin-Chelm railway how is held by the invaders, cutting off one line of retreat for the Russian ‘forces m southern Poland. ,Meuntime General Von Buelow con- ues his drive toward Vilna, seek- L l‘fl;m. b to cut the northern rallway from ¥ W&omm& ‘and tHe predica- . ment of the Russian armi seeking to withdraw intact from Warsaw, be- x ¥ perilous. p m ‘Warsaw. y 800,000 tnhabitants, laden o owith pusehold articles and sup- plies o id as they can carry, are . fleeing l.lu ‘city toward the ecast. - Official announcement of" its aban: | bonment; which even now, may be a fact, i8'not fortheoming, although the g ot the ¢éntente countries ns might be held on 1d is \m-mm-d na mili-, n) elyes’ Grand ‘Duck Nicholas' of extricating m;%mfle-“(rom psnched trlm[lo Without dis- suspicion’ that he' killed his father ith an axe in a wgod lot.some days | ! ement betom . wmo); he swears the blow which | In the gtatement | irelition to something he wrote. on the wall of his cell; “I md my father's’ voice call to me At 3 o’clock in the afternoon nbwfeodupmdnlmdwxnwme door. pushed back and a written verse on the dgor in French which read ‘My son (Enfant) is not guilty. About § o'clock the same day I heard my name called again and I looked up and it was written there again and it said: ‘I am in heaven,’ and as for me I cannot write Frenc! The statement also myn' pid g am feeling very sorry for my mother .and also for my sisters and relatives; I only wish the police gave me time to | g0 to my father's service Monday | morning, to which I could not attend. My poorimother feels sorry I know for the way they are holding me for such | a crime, which'I am not guilty of. o I pray to God . with my mother’s prayers and this will be clear. and I 4o sayto’ people of Willimantic and | wish it published, I am not guilty of my father’s crime, ““About my gray shirt.I do swear that I did have one but not had it for the last three or four weeks. I worc my working clothes taat day (the day Louis Payette was killed) which con- tain my blaek shirt, my checked cap, my blue overalls, my brown necktie, my jumper, my ‘old shoes with holes cut out of them, and to this I swear that afternoon’ I got a smail can and dug bait out of the manure pile for half or three-quarters of ah hour so it was’ then about half past one or two o’clock., So then I went into the house, That ‘Wednesday afternoon I went fishing on the south side of the river almost near the cotton mill.: So I fish there one hour or a half or two hours; then some' little boys go ‘n swimming; so I came home a little after four o'clock:. As I came home John Cosgrove was sitting there on the steps reading a paper. So ‘'he said to me: ‘Did you catch anything?’ and | I said: ‘No——I did not even get a bite,” ‘and I do say so again before you I am not guilty of my father’s death. “I would not be ‘afraid to sleep with my father’s body just as he lies today in his grave with his axe and his cap for a man who is not guilty can stand his own flesh and blood near him. For if 1 'was guilty I could. not stand up. TFor as weak a man as I am I do say I did not kill my father. ' I do solemnly swear I am not guilty of my father's death.” TOURING OARS. COLLIDE. Lisbon, Conn., July, 31.—Three ¢hildten " were severely injured. this morning dbout 9 o'elock ir’ a colli- sion between touring cars owned by I, F. Alofsin of New York, summer cottager at. Ocean Beach, New ILon- Jewett city. don, and Dr. Alfred Richards of Jewitt city. 'The children were oc- cupants of the Alofsin e¢ar. They Were attended hy Dr. McLoughlin of they | ga, in the trans-Niemen region i crossed. | f NEW BRITAIN; CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. RUSSIAN FRONT 1§ PIERCED BY TEUTONS River at Radomka ¥From Two Lines of Trenches in Sokal Region and Take 1,000 Pris- oners—Austrian Aeroplane Captured Petrograd, July 30, via London, July and | 33, 4:08 a. m.—While Austro-German assaults have .been repulsed at several places along the battle line, admission is made in an official statement issueda | tonight at the headquarters of the gen- eral staff, that the Russian front has been pierced at important points. One is at Radomka on the Vistula, where pontoons were used in crossing. A passage of the Vieprz also was forced at Travniki. German outposts, ad- vancing from the southwest, are near- ing the fortress at Kovno, in the province of Kovno. The text of the communication fol- lows: “On.the Neimen and the Dvina, Thursday there were outpost engage- ments. On the/left bank of the Mous- the enemy. renewed his attacks Thursday night-northwest of Suwalki. In the Kovno region ' enémy’ outposts, ad- vancing from the southwest, ap- proached the outpoatu of ‘the | fort- resses. Teutonic Attacks Repulsed. “‘On’ the Narew ' fightirs; consisted chiefly ‘of an artillery duel. ' At Kami- enka ofi the Narew, and in the rail- way the Germans were repelled, while on the right'bank of the Narew, north of Serock, several enemy attacks were repulsed. “‘At Radomka the enemy. crossed on pontoons to the right bank of the Vis- | tula and attempted to bridge - the river. The' Russians are attacking three enemy - detachments which Heavy (artillery destroyed | the enemy’s bridge at Kozienice. On the Vistula and the Bug, Thursday the enemy forces attacked and also on both banks of the Vieprz. At Chmiel and Piaski the enemy was repulsed with heavy losses, but along the left bank of the Vieprz, after a stubbon fight, he succeeded in advancing’in this distriet. uently got beyvond Travniki, crossing to the right bank of Vieprz. Take 1,000 Prisoners. “On the Bug in the Sokal the enemy was repulsed from lines of trenches.. We region two ‘At Kamienka an Austrian attack whs repulsed. “In the Black sea Russian torpedo boats shelled battéries near = Shile, thirty-four miles northeast of Con- stantinople, and also sunk a large col- lier as well as forty-seven sailing ships.” s ; Germans Cross Vistula. Petrograd, July 30, 11 p. m., via London, July 31, '6:51, a. m.—Crossing of the Vistula at several points on pontoons and efforts of the Austro- German allies 'to. construet bridges across the river, curiously enough have elicited less discussion among ing of the Vieprz near Travniki or the advance of the Germans southward i from Bnyuak which lies between Riga and. Poniewsch, in Kovno province. Operations against Kovno naturally are regarded as interesting because of the importance attached to it as one new Russian line. Thée Germans, pro- ceeding from the southwest, have reached the advanced positions’ Kovno and also are pushing north- ward_from Suwalki. Meanwhile the Russian are defend- ing gallantly their positions on the Narew, between the Vistula and the Vieprz and on the Bug. They claim notable successes ~in the ' sector Chmiel-Piaski - where ' they' caused their antagonists heavy losses and took oné thousand Austrian prisoners in the Sokal region. One of the most thrilling minor actions of the war in this theater was the capture of an Austrian aeroplane on the 28th by Lieutenant Pokrovski Cornet Plonski, east of the Zlota Lipa river. Firing constantly at the Austrian aviator from a higher altitude they forced him to descend. The Austrian lieutenant surrendered with a non- commissioned officer. The Austrian seroplane, which was not damaged, ‘was a new machine of the 120" horse- power type. COLT'S EMPLOYES HAPPY. Company to Pay a Bonus of 1215 Per Cent to Workers. Hartford, Conn., July 81.—Notice was’ posted in the factory of the Colt Patent Fire Arms = Manufacturing company this noon announcing that a bonus of 1234 per cent. would vc paid its workmen: baseéd on wages earped and dating from May 1, last. In other words it f{s an increase of 12 % per cent. in’ wages. The action was voluntary on the part of the com- pany. * About 1,100 workers will ben- efit. Incidentally the stock of the Colt company sold at $460 in the local Both cars were badly market today (100) the highest point )st reafih?\ Austro-Germans Cross Vistula | FORCE PASSAGE AT VIEPRZ | Czar's Troops Drive Germanic Allies | One division which captyred Travniki | the | captured a | { thousand 'prisoners and four maxims. Russian military critics than the pross- | of the strongholds of the prospective | of : *| resentative BARGE BAMMED AND SUNK BY STEAMER - Collision Occurs in Narragansett Bay During Thick Fog—Crew of 11l Fated Craft Saved, Providence, R. I, July 81.-—The Colonial line passenger steamer Con- cord, from New York to Providence, collided with the barge Exeter in Nar- ragansett Bay during = thick fog early +oday, sinking the barge No one was injured and after taking aboard the crew of the Exeter the Concord, which was not damaged, completed her jour- ney. The shock of collision threw several passengers 6n the Concord irom the berths and created some ex- citement, but the officers dispeiled it. Pilot- G. F. Cleweyller was in charge of the liner. He was within 1,000 feet of the barge, which was anchored awaiting a tow, when ne discovered her, he says The engines of the liner were reversed but she could not stopped in time and struck the Exeter near the bow, extending below the water line. Cap- tain Lewez and the six men of the " barge crew took to the boats and stood by ‘until their vessel sank and then ! ! they boarded the Concord. | The Exeter carried 3,000 tons of coal consigned to'the New York, New Haven and Hartford railragd. HELD PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR EASTLAND VICTIMS Over 1,000, Persons !Attend Services in Suburb gf ‘Cicero. . Chicako, July 31.—The fede grand. jury which is-investigating the capsizing of the steamship 'Eastland in ‘the Chicago river last -Saturday, | with the loss of more than 1,000 14y | sought evidence relating to'the stabil- ity of the vessel when'it convéned to- | day. v ; +One of the first witnesses c;llad ‘wes | {8..C. Jenks of Port' Huron, “Mich,, | member of the firm which’ owned ¢ | vessel. Before the day is over, Unififi States District Attorney Clyne expeét- ed to present evidence sho ; history of the boat. Mr. Clyne announced that: mothqd! of the steamboat inspection: service will be one independent of any v.'thcr investigation. Mr. Clyne announced that selzure of the Hastland by federal authoritis | will ' not “prEVErit state or municipal | authorities from going on the boat on lawful business of investigation, but no one will be allowed to tamper with the mechanism. to go beforé the state grand jury. Examination of the federal. in- spectors was continued by Secretary Redleld’s board. Public funeral services attended by over 1,000 persons' were held in the ! suburb of Cicero today. A procession led by Mayor Thomp- son and a committee of public offi- clals, four companies of Boy Scouts, delegations from numerous Bohemian societies and g - band followed I‘M cortage to the cemetery. BUT THREE ORIGINAL: MEMBERS ARE LIVING Surviving Charter Members of Ger- at Fiftieth Anniversary Celébration. With but three of the original mem- bers living, elaborate preparations are | being made for the celebration of the fiftieth . anniversary of the ' German Benevolent soclety, which will take place tomorrow. A final meeting of the committee in charge of the dere- mony will be held In Teutonia hall, Arch street, tonight, when the finish- ing touches to the prugrarn- will' be added. , Invitations have been senf to Ger- mans throughout New . Britain and nearby cities and it is expepted that a great nmumber will attend ithe' cele- bration which marks’ the p@uln. of | the half century milestone of the so- | clety’s existence. The German Benevolent gociet; i the second oldest German organ tion in this city. It is' antedated a few years by the . Turner socjety. Henry Gussman, Jacob Yung and Adolph Sperl, the only three sur- viving charter members, will be the guests of honor at the observance. The committee which has charge of the observance i8.as follows: An- dreas Guenther, chairman; George Schenk, treasurer; Fritz Bock, secre- tary; Theodore Wasgner, publicity rep- and Oswald Reuther. The committee is sparing no ef- fort to make the event the best in the history of the society. EMPLOYES TO SHARE PROFITS. Bridgeport, July 31.—Three thous- and employes of the Locomobile com- of America will share profits with the company, it was announced to- day. Wages will be increased pro- portionately with the output of cars. WEATHER. Hartford, July 31.—Gen- y erally fair tomight and ' Sun- day. be | making a large hols | i 1 vlng the | GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS BRITISHLINER Seven Members of Steamer’s Crew | Kille-—One An American DEFIES ORDERS 10 STOP Submarine Gave the Crew of the Hi-Fated Vessel Time to Take to Boats Before Firing Tor- pedo—Four Trawlers Surk. 10:31 a. m.—The Commander | London, July 31, Leyland liner, Iberi has been sunk by a German submarine. Five mem- bers of the crew were killed, two died aboard a rescue boat and 61 were | landed safely. The casualties on board the Iber- ian were caused by shell fire. The Submarine then torpedped the Ley- land liner and the vessel -went to the bottom. ¢ Sailed From Boston July 7. The Iberian, a steamer of 5,223 tons ticss, safled from Boston July 7 for Manchester, where she was reported | { to have arrived July 20. She was 437 feet.long with a beam of 48'feet and { Wag built at Sunderland in-1900. F. Leyland and company, Ltd., of Liver- « | ool Were the owners. {Upon_her:arrival at - Boston _from Mlnchqner and Liverpool on July 2, agm! of the Iberian's crew told of | being chased by a German lubmldne When ‘only a féw milés from’ the mouth’ of ‘the Mérséy.” Captain Jago mAReuvered his ship. out . of dlnnr. ijagvever. . ! Q,%bm-n had' ‘béen used . for | €1 months. for: the ‘transpoftation oI ;war s)ppliep between ' the United States and England, Vo Four. Américans lflued. Qflwmatown July ;8% 2:46 p. m.— Mnol the .saven -men /Kiiled " when i the: Leyland- steamship, -Ibérian : was | i tvrpdlded and sunk by a German sub- ‘/nfiflgtr! said to have been Ameri- cal i 5 " One American Killed. Washington, July 31.—Only. one | | American, a muletéer named Whyley, Secretary of Commerce Redleld was | man Benevolent Society to Be Guests | | on:demand if the applicants fall | Wi illed when the British steamer nllioh n was \ | marine’s wl.mlnc to stop. !f-ht:r the German commander gave the crew | time to take to the boats before firing | a torpedo. Whyley died of shock and wounds from shells. | | Four Trawlers Sunk. i London, July 31, 2:40.p.' m.—Four | more -Lowestoft trawlers have béen supk by a German submarine. The | crews were saved. |"_ The fishermen sent to the bottom were the Achleve Athena, and the Cordiana and the Fitzgerald. The crews of the last named two reach- ed Lowesteof today Two more trawlers, the names of which are lacking, also were sunk by German submarines. The crews land- ed a Yarmouth. MONTVID CALMLY AWAITS DEATH Condemned Prisoner at Wethersficld to Hang on August 6 for Murder. | With but five more days to live, Ber- unard Montvid, sentenced to be hanged “on August 6 for the murder of Rev. Juseph Zebris and Miss Xva Gilmanai- ti§ in: this city on February 5, is calm- { Iy awaiting his fate in tne Wethers- | fleld state prison. Montvid does not a5 yet ghow any signs of breaking i down and his guards think he will . walk to his death with the same iron nerye that he exhibited during his 1)ial. AMERICANS FOOLS, | son, but he was openly flouted. | than 300 guests from ‘all parts DECLARES ZAPATA Allan Mallory, Carrying Diplomatic Correspondence, Assaulted—Hudson Threatened With Court Martial. Mexico City, Saturday, July 24, by wireless telegraphy from 8. 8. Cily of Tampica to Galveston, July 31.— Paul Hudson, president of the Her- ald Publishing company of Mexico City an American citizen together With members of his family and (he Staff of his paper are prisoners in Mexico City and tareatened with court martial, The charges against Mr. Hudson have not been set forth afd it is not kaown what fate awaits him. Allan Mallory, an erican has been assaulted by followers of Za- pata while carrying diplomatic eor- respondence. | At the time of this attack’ Mr. Mal- lory was carrying an American flag, which was torn and insulted by his Mexican assailants. Zapata personally destroyed the | correspondence taken from Mr. Mai- lory. He broke the legation seals, say- ‘ ing at the same time that the Amer- | icans were fools. The Brazilian minister made an ef- | fort to obtain the release of Mr, Hud- Swiss and Spanish citizens have been removed in automobliles and or- dered executed. The resident for- eigners are greatly alarmed. Zapata is quoted @s-having said he intended to kill the local Spanairds. The food situation in Mexieo City is desperate. ' Starvation is @ abroad, and the people are eating” cats and | dogs. Even some of the foreign resi- dents are suxrvlnz. 'YALE MAN T0 WED: ~ WESTERN HEIRESS H. H. Spaulding Jr. to Take Miss Catherine Barker for His Bride. Harbor Point, Mich,, July $1—More the country are hcre for the lt 4 o’clock = this afternoon of “ Catherine Barker of M lndllnl. and HMN e Parstr is r')nune of between £50,000,000 and is an aulding was recestl | from Yale. The ceremony will take ‘place cncloged “sun porch of tie gdummer cottage overlooking % and 1t will be performed by the . John H. Bleckmann of Ind., who will read the sin ring céremony of the Roman Catholic chureh. James B, Forgun of ), »ersonal and financial of Miss Barker, will accompany the bride to the altar, A week of pre-nuptial festivities was closed today with a receprion by Mrs, | Nclson Barnes, Miss Barker's cousin, ! Immediately after the ceremony al dance will; be ‘given, ‘following which the couple will Inve for a trip to thol Orient, Miss Barker is 19 years ofd and Mr. | Spanlding is 21. | Employes of the Haskell and Barker Car company, numbering about 3,000 were given a holiday toduy on account of the weddi PSR B 5 SIX HAITIENS KILLED . | AND TWO WOUNDEDl When Landing of American .Force Was Resisted Thursday—Reports Two.weeks ago Anthony Montvid of Cricago, a brother of the condemned wan, sent a letter to Governor Hol- cumb asking that his brother’s sen- tence be commuted to life imprison- | 11ent and severely scoring the methods i used to convict him. The letter was ! tarped over to the governor but 'no action ‘was taken and none will be, ac- ccnflpl to the officials, u‘mN PLAYS FAST GOL¥. Mandhester, Vt, July 31.—M. R. Marston of Baltusrol established a léad of seven up over W. P, Seeley of Brooklawn in the first round of the finals for the First Presidents cup at the Ekwanok Country Club io- day. Conceding two holes, Marston made the round in sixty-eight strokes while Seeley was sevtnty-nine. Seeley won ‘but two holes out of the eight- een, the others being halves or taken by Marston whose golf was declared to be the fastest seen on the local links in years. MUST REFUND FEES, Hartford, Conn., July 31.—Willlam 8. Hyde, commissioner of labor and | factory inspection, has sent to the fifty-four licensed private employment lar calling their attention the | amendment in the law which now | requires the return of fees pald by ap- plicant for a situation, at any time to | or accept a situation. The fee per cent, of the first months Under the former law de- refund had to be made to obtain is ten wages. mand tor within thirty days. | but officials have come to the con- Rear Admiral Caperton. l Washington, July 31.——Reports to- quiet and that the disarming of mg natives is going on. They recom- mend that a larger m»u force be sent to the island for the moral ef- fect and to assist in patrol duty. When the Haitiens reeisted landing of Rear Admiral Caperton’s bluejackets and marines Thursday, six of the natives were killed and two were wounded In the fighting. Ad- miral Caperton made this report to- day and forecast further revolution- ary disturbances on the island. { The navy department has decided to send the hospital ship Solace to Haiti. No further casualties to the American forces have been reported clusion that the American occupation will be continued for soma time. PARK STREET STORE CLOSED. Andrews, Swift & Co. Institute Action For $2,000 Against J. P, Coleban, grocer and market man, was made the | | Andrews, Swift and company, through the local representative, Joseph R. Andrews. The writ is for $2,000 and the de- | fendant’s store was closed this noon hv Constable Winkle. iy The papers were issued by Alling and are retur perior eourt on the September. AWAHT Was General New Britain place. He was 1« M ber of Harmony I He belonged to U Royal Arcanuin s Joseph ¥, Colehan, a Park street | pritain club, urer of National §p FUNERAL MONDA! Was Born In M Frank A. Porter dled at his' home after a long llln‘ be held Monday, aft from his late Malier, pastor of tonal church, "l | terment will be in Mr. Porter was o | and treasurer of M b Bed company an of his na | sent out By his to Sloper, J. ham bot tures at pul $7,600 capital sta u- -.fif ,,Z day from the Amer:can legation in | 8OD “"’“ t o iy0ld co Por-au-prince, Haiti, say the city is}/ fatn '. ' | quently Nfl Selected as- Mr. nized by the the | tory, he was head f the by the business world Was Tedge In the soclal and Mr. P ot nent membe agncles throughout the state a ‘clrau- | defendant in a sult brought today by | tional o