New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. Bmganan Troops Under Prince Leopold Storm " Fortress of Polish Capital--Russian Rear “Guard Makes Tenacious Resistance ' GERMANS GAIN SUCCESSES ON ‘Kaiser’s Troops Capture 4,862 Pris- ners There and 2,225 in Courland ~—Situation | Near. Ivangorod Un- .. changed—Teutons Take Wladimir— W&lynak on Bng mfler nnd, mnendms in Vosgcs. RN | Warsa.w. with its population of near- | \dy_one million, the third largest city | ot the Russian empire, capitulated to the armies of Emperor Willlam today. Thb fortress was stormed by ’anam under, the leadership of Prlnce ypold of 'l'ho vacuation of, the oluh cap- been under. way for ‘several most he governmental had been removed before § ceded in forting the ! /“Fouirth Grent Drive. us German attempts to resisted by the ,xrea.t drive today. for Mm@ given | [ vt);lv) ” 3 emtl uing, W ‘report trom . h»d. s W'fl says: German armies : Y Vb‘n‘ 01z and' - Gen- n@t‘ witz, advanced in the di- ents. The e of the diers were taken- m-mnsrs. a.lm captured uveit n ments.of Russian cayatry at points ar Benaize, Birshi and Onizkzhty. otal I.ztfi Buwn prisoners was ’hu;-ui eaufl,u Unchanged. ‘:y-fla situation’ near and to the of lv-.ngorod mnnu un- ”%‘ ‘campaign is_bein; mummd ‘between the upper Vistula 3 f’hs srive: German ‘cavalrymen hs.vq enun}d‘ v;adlpm-wmmk on . mew engagement. near pu nnw»g." The' fall of Warsaw marks thecul- smination of the ' greatest.. sustained offensive movement of the Furopean war. Thrice Wm"rouiqnlo mrln enied by the strength of its the resistance of the meut!‘wld- W Ampregnable in ‘the face of direct attack, it was com- pelled to capitulate beétore the sweep _ ot 'a vast;movment which threatened " ¢ the capital ana with it the Ruselan armies engaged in the cam- . paig éf whlfih it was the storm cen . ihe northeast of Warsaw, The last | montionéd city is forty-nve kilometres (27 miles) from the Polish - capita kow and 78 . 8 j-five kifiamre- €27 mi) W Q ;. lel m v Jarsaw m recoived only to ‘#fllfl ‘!‘..« t3 ‘enc: Lomn. Ostrov and Wyszkow ere to t Kkilometnrs (30 %"’J?Zm 5"'\flry.n"" e m n & mes- wireless | eréw and officials of the road ROAD BETWEEN OSTROV AND ROZON THREATENED LIVES OF WILSON AND ROOSEVELT Juergens, . Arrested at San Antomo, Tex., Held in " 1$2,000 Bail. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 5—Charged with threatening the life of) l,’reuldent Wilson and also with threatening to kill ' former | President = Theodore Roosevelt , F. H. Juergens, 26 years old, is in+jail here today in default of ’2 000 bail. The charged were pre- ferred by J. L. Camp, United States district attorney. Juergens was arrested, after the ‘al- leged letter to President Wilson had béen mailed at Austin and intercepted by postoffice inspectors, according to the district attorney’s = office. It was written, they said, on stationary of a well known business man of Aus- tin and signed with his name, but he was not believed to be connected with the affair. The letter to-President Wilson as- ‘of an alliance of 150 men who would not rest. until' the United States ob- served “‘strict and impartial neutral- ity,” the test of which would be the refusal of this country to sell muni- tions to the allies. Until this pur- pose. was accomplished, the writer threatened the destruction of the na- tional capitol, the White House and fiual{y the Hte of: the chiez executive. m for mgl\ l!amol Football Team llltm'med by Spedalm ms Shoulder Was Fractured: David Waukowltz,\‘mn of Mr. and Mis. Samuel Waskowitz of ;‘6 North street, «will lea.ve tor New York next ‘week where he will undergo an oper- ation on His left shoulder. The:oper: ation will be performed by a special~ /ist and it is hoped that it will be suc- cessful in order that he may resume his studies at Yale this fall where he is enrolled ' as sophomore 'in the academic department. When a call for candidates for the 1913 High school football team was issued. Waskowitz,' who was then a junfor in the institution, was among those who! responded to defend the red and gold. on.the gridiron. On the first afternoon’s scrimmage, = while .tackling an opponent, Waskowitz hurt his shoulder. Although he suffered severe.pain he did mot consult a doe- tor. The shoulder bothered him to such an extent that he had to give up his ideas of “making” the team. Waskowitz, being among the fresh- men students to enroll at Yale ; this fall, was examined by the university physician. The doctor found that ihe local young man had his left shoulder broken and that the bones had not knit together correctly. An operation ‘was advised. Following his suggestion a visit was paid to a New York spe- clalist and Waskowitz = will undergo the operation next week, * Waskowitz graduated from the New Britain High school with the class of 1914 with honors. He entered Yale last fall and at the termination of the dchool year 'his name appeared ‘on the honor roll at the institution. DICKSON HELD FOR : TROLLEY CAR WRECK Head of International Railway Com- pany Arrested in Comnection With Accident on Queenstown Heights. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug, 5.—Bdwara J. Dickson, vice-president of the Inter- national Rallway company, ‘was ar- rested yesterday at Saint Catharines, Ont, in connection with the wreck on July “7 of an International trolley ‘car on Quoenstown Helghts, which re- sulted in the death of fifteen persony, The warrant for Mr, Dickson's ac~ rest was sworn out by a special rep- Tesentative of the ettornoy gohekul of Ontario, and charges criminal neg- :smco He .was raleaud on $10,00 ail The eorbner's verdict censured’the for failing to observe rules and fallure | to) provide for the safety of passen. 'en. READY TO CONFER REGARDING MEXICO Six. Pan-American Diplomats Ar- rive at Washington 10 DISCUSS PEACE - PLAN _ Secretary Lansing to Unfold to Diplo- mats President Wilson’s Policy to Struggle End' Revolutionary in Republic. Washington, Aug:. 5.—The six Pan- American’ diplomats invited by Presi- dent Wilson to jein United States offi- cials in formulating a plan 'for re- storing 'peace to Mexico arrived here 1today for their conference with Sec- retary Lansing. The, first result is expected to Le for an all-American project to re-es- tablish comstitutional government be- low the Rio Grande, preserve the sov- ereignty of Mexico and convince the world that the United States is act- ing as Mexico’'s nearest and most powerful friend and neighbor in sav- ing the distracted country from itself, ) President Wilson’s Plan, So far as is known the president’s plan proposes, first, a cessation of warfare and establishment of - pro- visional government by the factional leaders : themselves; should:that fail, ‘the American nations;would - assume the task. The Villa and Carranza leu,ders De- gan taking steps to get their claims before: the conference, :through. court- esy of some of the Latin-American participants. s _- y The Carranza representatives . will point out 'that they now.control the greater portion of Mexico, ' Villa ' representativés ‘Dropose submit their willingness to participate in peace conferences between the fac- leaders but will oppose the recogui-~ tion of Carranza. A peace conference to be partici- pated in by all the Mexican factional leaders is the president’s ' first aim: This he recently asked for in a com- munication to the leaders. The next and if any faction refuses; an arms embargo will follow against that fac- | tion. To Open Railroad. include immediate steps to open up the railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico City for the transportation of | food supplies. to the starving people of ‘the capital. ican leaders to keep open the road, it “{vas said, might'result in joint mili- tany steps by the {Inlted States and the Latin-American nations to that end. bassadors from Brazil, Argentina and’ Chile; and the three ranking ministers of the Amiérican republics, namely: those of Bolivia, Uruguay and Guate- mala, ‘and’ Paul Fuller, a confidential | adviser to ‘President Wilsorl on Mex- ican affairs. The despatch of a battery of fleld artillery from Fort 8ill, Okla., to El Paso, has aroused considerable com- ment here. Officials, however, at- dent, saying it was-desired to have the border well guarded in'view of the recent uprisings. Official advites concerning the re- ported hombardment of the Mexican border town of Nognles were lacking early today. . Paul ‘Hudson Released. Retirement of Carranza troops at- tacking Nogalés was officially report- ed today to the war department. Their withdrawal relieves a critical situation 'in ‘'which American troops were under orders to return the Mex- ican fire in it fell in American ter- ritory. State depnnmeflt d!spawheu report. the release of Paul Hudson, publisher of the Mexican Herald, and his stafl held prisoner in the Herald building during the last Zapata occupancy of the Mexican cappital. Carranza Chief Apologizes. Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 6.—Frederick Bimpich, American consul for Sonora, has recefved from ‘General P. Elias Calles, Carranza chief, now attacking Nogales, an apology for the flight on Saturday of an aeroplane across the international border, when a bomb and proclamations warning non-com- batants were dropped in the Mexican city. The apology, made known here today, was in response to a message from Consul Simpich, demanding an explanation. The Carranza comman- der stated that he was not aware that the machine had crossed the line, and gave his assurance there would be no repetition of the incident. Zapata Forces Defeated, Galveston, Tex, Aug, b6.—Zapata forees pouth of Mexico city have suf- fered wnothor defeat at the hands of Carrangza. troops under Ceneral Coss, acoprding o a cablegram from Vera Crus received at the Carranza consu- late hers today General Coss. further reporis that the water supply for tha capitol has been restored to normal and that works are strongly guard- . ed by his troops, the ground work of an understanding | to | tions and- the elimination of military | appeal, it is understood, will be final, | The president’s plan is also said to | Failure of the Mex- Participants in today’s conference with | Secretary Lansing included the am- | tached little importance to the inci-. U. S: TURNS DOWN CLAIM OF AUSTRIA American Reply States Refusal of Washington \Governmem to Place Embargo on Trade in Arms. ‘Washington, Aug. 5.—The American reply to Austro-Hungary's recent dip- plomatic note suggesting an embargo | on war exports to the allies, on the ground t!at the traffic has grown to proportions which violate . American neutrality, has practcally been finished | by the stdte department and will be despatched to Vienna within the next few days. The ncte reiterates the position of. the United States as It was expressed | on a previous occasion to Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, that “The placing of an embargo on the trade in arms at this time would | * * * % pe a direct violation of the neu- trality of” the United States.” { Austria’s contention that ‘““ A neu- tral government is not permitted to allow unhindered trade in contraband of war if this trade assumes such a character or proportions that the neu- ! trality of the country is thereby im- paired,” is declared in the American reply to be impracticai, 'The United States contends thai a limit beyond which the amount of war exports to a belligerent endangers the neutrality of a non-belligerent cannot be ar- bitrarily set. The further contention in the Austrian note that congress would, under:the constitution, be jus- | tified In empowerng the president to restriet war shipmets, ‘is' met with the statemeat that the United States feels any change in its own laws during the | war would, ac¢cording to international law, be an ' unjustifiable Odeparture froin 'its’ policy of strict neutrality.” | GOVERNORS ARE LIKELY : West_to Mpkg Tpur of New England. It now seems highly probable that New Britain will ‘be inciuded in the itinerary of the governors and, ex- governors from the west gnd squth 'who are to tour New En[{and after | the close of the conference of gover- nors which is to be held- at Boston from August 23 to 26. At the meeting of the directors of | the Connecticut Chamber of Com- | merce at Momauguin a week ago to- | day this state was invited to partici- pidte in the entertainment of ‘these distinguished guests of New England | and at once representatives of several cities, including New Britain, Invited the delegation to visit their cities and | President Frank H. Johnston of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce was appointed to a committee to ar- range the Conneecticut ' visit of the governors. QOther cities' which have invited the' executives are: New Rbven, Hartford, Deanbury, Waterbury, Bridgeport and Seymour and other men who are serving on the committee with . Johnston are: President Charles | Walker of the New Haven Business Men's association; Vice President { Frank G. Macomber of the Hartfora Chamber of Commerce; President «Charles A. Colley of tne ‘Waterbury Chamber of Commerce and *F. W. Bolande of the Bridgeport Post. Governor Walsh of Massachusetts, ie enthusiastic regarding a tour of the visiting governors through New Eng- ‘land and believes it is a splondid’ chance to show the governors from the western and svuthern s:ates what a2 wonderful part of the country New England really is. - Within a week Governor Walsh will ask' a ¢ommittee to represent New Engiland to meet in Boston and make complete plans for the entertainment and reception of 1he executives from , the other states. Connecticut will have at least two men on this committee and the pres- ent plan is to have them make an earnest effort to get the governorg to ! come to New Britain for one day and vight in order that they may fully in- spect the city and its wonderful manu. facturing industries, recug:ized as the greatest of their kind in the United States. One of New Britain's most promi- nent captains of industry -has ex- pressed himself as heartity in favor of this plan and declared that he knows other manufacturers will be/ of the same opinion and there will be no difficulty in raising the small amount of money necessary te bring the dis- tinguished guests here. [ on city $500,000. The first funeral of flood vietims will be held tomorrow. SAID TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED IN OCTOBER — FIRES AT OFFICER. New Haven, Aug. 5—While ar- resting Valent! Roshak, for drunken- , mess this afternoon Officer Sallies waus surprised| to have two shots fired at him, One bullet went through hisg coat, grazing the skin of his ahdo- men, The other hullet went wild, e e e G P USSP WEATHER. .Hartford, Aug. 5.—Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. l B e T P S PN 0 VISIT NEW HR[MIN, | phoia. SEVENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST IN ERIE FLOOD Goroxner’s Revised Figures Show Increase in Death Toll | GONTINUE HUNT FOR BODIES | In | Work of Clearing Up City Began Barnest—Pecuniary Loss Probably $5,000,000—Damage to. Oity Prop- erty About $500,000. Erie, Pa, Aug. 5—Twenty-four bod- fes have heen recovered, eighteen of which have been identified, and a list of names of fifteen known mis- sing persons is the correct toll of vic- tims today of Tuesday night's flood. Coroner Hanley said today that he thought the deatn list would reach seventy-five, Working in relays, police,' firemen and volunteers today continued their search’ for corpses in the masses of wreckage piled along Mill Creek LY Tuesday night's freshet, Naval Militia Called Out. Work of clearing up the city was begun in earnest this morning. The naval militia was called out to ren- force the national guardsmen on duty guarding the stricken section and sightseers were kept away, Mayor Stern announced that he had received offers of relief from many ci- ties in Pennsylvania but he thought the city would be able to take care of its own expenses. Working Against Pestilence, Physicians from the Pennsylvania health ‘department arrived here dur- ing the night and at once took up the task of safeguarding the city from ‘pestilende. ¥ All persoris known to have come in contact with the flooa water were ‘ordered te appear at the Youthful Joy Riders From This City CONROY AND_.LEIST MUST GO TO JAIL 15 A His Bride Named in New York I SHE'S A * Groom Was Em of This City But Her ¥ v b Engagement Was t . rprise to Local That Kenneth M. a time, was a member | Players ir & e brought out yesterday when divorce papers A moving pleture name is “Hal Augi | the every aay walk o T, Halleck, by his Mrs. Kenneth 8. man” in the case. Al records in New York, § woman known as | born were m: July 27. The and none of the cp an inkling that til the papers were served. Was Engaged Shortly after his Harlan made the | number of the ing a pleasing § a favorite and Feel Heavy Hand of Law in Meri- den Police Court Today. Meriden, Aug. 5.—Those who drive automobiles and burn ‘up gasoline recklessly cannot be excused, in the | opinion of Judge F. 8. Fay, when their | acts violate the law. The court had tefore it today Hugh Conroy, aged a5, and Frank Leist, aged 0, of New Britain, chargea with reckless driving ©f a machine and attempting to evade | Tesponsibility for hitting Doria Hall, on the night of July 10 as the machine Was going ‘through the Berlin turn- bike. A sentence of tnirty days in Jall and a $50 fine were imposed on each. The young men brough: many let- lers of recommendation from promi- nent men in New Britamn, and the court was asked to emcrcise leniency. Leist is a High schoo) graduate and is preparing for college, Hall has been in the hospital suf- fering from injuries and has to re- main there until his condition is better. The court felt that it could | not show leniency in this case upon the evidence given. MONTVID CALM IN ~ SHADOW OF NOOSE Murderer . Unperturbed As| He Waits on Brink of ¥ Egoenity. Wethersfield, = Aug. 5.—~Bernard 'ilontvld, who was an accomplice in the murder of Rev, Father Joseph Ze- bris, a Lithuanian priest, and his ‘yhou-ak'eep'r. Eva Gilmanaitis, at office- of the Erie health bureau th's afternoon for vacclnatlon against ty- " 'The pecuniary lola‘ by.the flood, it was today asserted, probably would reach $5,000,000." Free Public Food Station. A free public food ‘station today fed 300 homeless, and baskets of food were dispatched to those destitule who refused to leave their shattered homes. “There are no more than five hun- dred, persons made homeless and des- titute,” ‘declared Mayor Stern, who has taken active charge of all nilct work. City Property Loss' $500,000. ' Mayor Stern today, after a Wi | through the flood zone, said the property K oss would not exceed Bernard Skinner and Miss Marguerite ' 'Harris Reported to Have Quiet- 1y Wed in Springfield. The wedding of Bernard Skinner of Main stree. and Miss Marguerite Har- ris of Tremont s'reet is currently re-. ‘ported as having taken place last Oc~ tober in Springfleld, Mass. If such is the casc the couple have been able to keep it a secret so far. The parties are both well known throughout th-~. city. Miss Harris prior to a few years ago, was a resi- -dent of Pristol, but now makes her home wilh her sistef, Mrs. John Kerin. 8he is employed in the piecework de- partment of the Staniey Works. The couple have been attentive toward each other and the report of New Britain, on February 8, last, will -be hanged in the state prison shortly ‘after midnight tonight. Peter Krak- as whom Montvid claims was the ac- | tual murderer of the priest and wom- an, was executed at Wilmington, Del., some time ago for murder of a police officer in that eity. Montvid , was brought back to the state and was convicted. The condemned man remains calm in face of his end. He Wwas asleep ot | 6 o'clock this morning when a visit was made to his cell in the death hwtm Yesterday he was. y b.nw- none of his. o e dles.Sofar no elaim has been made for his W&’ state ex| J | keenest disappointment is - that brother has not been to see him. It is not expected that Montvid will say much about the crime.. He has laid the blame mostly on Krakas and has refused to say anything when pressed to explain whether or not he and Krakas were members of a band of desperate men. who preyed on fei- low countrymen. Montvid wrote a letter while in the Hartford jail giv- ing an insight into his career but it fails to clear up many things ‘which the police have looked into, It is believed that Montvid will go calmly ' to te scaffold. 'All prepara- tions have been completed at the prison for the execution. THREE CHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Eight Cottages at Lake Delaxan, Wis. Destroyed by Fire—Three Others . Dynamited to Save Deldvan, Wis, August b5.—Three home this quiries 'r*t L had . Mt her Lives, ‘their wedding is not surprising to their friends A reporter talked with Miss Harris this morning but she sharply informed him that she had ‘‘notning to sayy” in wrd to the matter., BAND CONCERT TONIGHT. Postponed From Last Night Becauso of Rainy Weather and Wet Grounds. The Polish-American band, untier the direction of Vito Di Frenco, will render a band concert at Wainut Hill park at & o’clock this evening, the one ‘scheduled for last night having been - postponed on account of tne weather. The program follows: Battleship New York, march, .. . J. M. Fulton . Verdi .+.. J. B. Lombe Truvlata, Adele . Un Ballo in Weddlng of the Winds, walts, .... . J. T. Hall A. Amato Banner The Prlsoner . Rigoletti March .. DECLARED. Workers at Tlion Quit Their Jobs. | Ttiea, N. Y. Aug. b.-—At a meet- ing held thig afternoon in Ilion, (- | tended by about 1,600 plece workers in the Remington Arms plant, a gen- eral strike of all piece workers was | declared, and it was decided to ask | those who have remained at work to refuse to return to the works in the morning. | The striking men eay they will not tolerate the interference of any out- siders. GENERAL STRIKE 1,500 Piece | Highland children were ‘burned to death, eight | . T ey SORS cottages were destroyed and three| (o the stsge. were dynamited 1o save others in a |that he was n fire at Lake Delavan, a resort mear | reporter that 4& here, early today. The fire was | that she brought under control in time to save | maater was 4 number of summer hotels. The WRIGE'I'B CAUSES § dead are Helen, Lucy and Mary Bry- George ant, children of George G. Bryant, president of the Racine Rubber com- & £ pany, in whose cottagé the fire is be- lieveql to have started from an over- heated chimney. Because of the cold | P weather grate fires have been lighted in the cottages for several nights. The bedrooms in which the chil- n dren slept were cut off by flames and R smoke. The children apparently 8peculation s v were dazed and refused to jump from | physicians of this the window when told to do so. While | be Dr. Theodore G. their parents watched, helpless, their | sor as medical clothing caught fire and they fell | Britain and Ph- back into the burning rcom. A search | stood that for a ladder consumed = some time, | doctors have and when it was procured the chil- | of applying for dren were dead, Dr. Wright's Within a few minutes after the fire | take effect until Ootol was discovered resorters had formed | cessor will not be a bucket brigade and water was car- [Sometime next month, 8 ried up the beazh from the lake and | examiner is appointed by thrown on the flames. The cottages [oner J, Gilbert Calhoul destroyed were only 200 feet from the | #lon is a luc r"',h" one, hotel, the largest on the |ing a foe of $5 for €8 The property loss was not [ Which the examiner is $10 fee on all | cnses twas st 1 g Led todé in the m that Do b lake. large. TIONS FAIL, | 3 months NEGOTL Washington, Aug. —Six | of negotiations to mitigate cable cen- | be the sorsip and relieve delays to comme:- cial | today, | What more can be done is undecids ed. Lansing #o d messages Secretary few resultss have produced profession, Ang Yale Medical school with