New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1915, Page 1

REE- CENTS: | PRICE THI e W NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, AUGUST- 9, 1915 —_TWELVE PAGES *AUSTRO-GERMANS ™ FORCE VISTULA AND UAPTURE PRAGA _Russians Faling Back in Viepriz Region Divided by Telling Blows of Austrians CAPTURE OF NUMEROUS PRISONERS REPORTED Parls Maintains That the Allies Re- pulsed Several Attacks of Kaiser's Troops in Western Front—French Attempt to Advance In Argonne " Stopped — Battle Raging Near Ypres. ‘Austrian and German troops are striking hard at the retreating lines of the Russians in Poland. Berlin today recorded the forcing of the ‘Vistula at Warsaw and the taking of > Praga, on the east bank, while Aus- ‘trfan reports declare the Russian ‘armies falling back in the Vieprz region have been divided by telling blows.” The Germans continued to advance eastward from Praga. The German statement claims the pushing of Field Marshal Von Hin- denburg’s troops closer to th: For- tress of Kovno and the cutt'ng off of Novogeorgievsk in the east he- tween thy Narew and the Vistula. 'he Russians also are being hard ushed by Field Marshal Von Mack- nsen’s armies to the south, '~ statement adds. ous prisoners is, reported from various fronts. German Attacks Failure. the German. attacks along the western | front on the allied positions are con- tinuing with apparently increased intensity but without success, ieording to the current Paris ment. One of the assaults recorded | occurred north of Souchez, another .§ in the Neuville-St. Vaast sector, a ! il third in the Argonne near, the road | ' from Vienne-Le-Chateau to’ Binar- “iiyile and a fourth in the Vosges where position on the Linge was assailed. | ‘‘Berlin mentions the development q {fié battle near Hooge, east of Ypres, ol wdoes not' record: the ' outcome. J ch ‘attempts to advance in ithe mn:e were stopped, it is declarea. . The French ministry of the colonies Teports turther successes by French troops in the German colony of the Kamerun, West Africa. ’ London Predicts Fallure. Military observersin London express | wthe opinion that the enirapping at- | i tempts will fail, gathering from the ! % official ‘reports indications - that the | +&ussidns may now be . expected ' to wreach their new line safely. . Latest official reports from' Rome | Tecount activity by Italian mounted ! troops, resultlng in' gding. In ‘Cadore | the Austrians have been forced back 25 far as the slopes of Burgstall, in the Valley of Sexten the'statement de- ' ¢lares, while counter attacks by the ‘Austrians on the Carso Plateau' are chardcterized as “weak™ andeasily re- pulsed, - : Ttalian Attacks Repulsed. The Austrian -official -reort- declares all Italian attempts to advance were % | repulsed. Because of the possible effect upon the political situation in the Balkans, increasing attention is being attracted by the fighting in the Dardanelles, vhere there have been Trecent pro- nounced = activities. Constantinople reports determined trench fighting, and claims the latest clash resulted fayorable to the Turks, Capture Praga.’ Berlin, Aug. 9, via London, 3:40 p. m.—Praga, the suburb of Warsaw on the eastern bank of the Vistula has been occupied by German troops ac- cording to an official statement is- | Bued today by the German army head- quarter staff. Austrians Rout Russians. Headquarters of the Austrian army” | in Poland, via London, Aug 9, 11 a. m.—The defeat Sunday in the fighting on the line between Lubartow and Miechow re- bulted in driving two groups apart leaving a large gap between. Rus- sian troops fighting north of Lubar- tow fled northeast across the Vieprz at Lessekowice about twelve miles north of Lubartow, while those around Miechow fled northwest to reach the Vieprz by way of Baronow, It is impossible at this moment to determine how serious a danger for the Russians this breach may prove, but probably they are amply pro- tected against dangerous inroad upon their line of retreat by troops wiih drawing from Ivangorod along -he highway running parallel with the north bank of the Vieprz to Radzyn. In resisting the Austrian advance the Russians made a desperate af- tack at Miechow. The retreat of the left wing over the Vieprz at TLes. sekowice was a rout of pronounced character. -It is known that the number of prisoners considerably ex- ceeds the 6,000 mentioned in the of- ficial report. © Russia Rejects Peace Offer, London, Aug. 9, 12:2% p. m—Russia having rejected what in England is re- = ———— tinued on Third page) i 4Can the | Capture of numer- | ac- | state- | of the Russians on | BOBO RESIGNS AS ! CHIEF EXECUTIVE | Haitian Revolutionist Leader Orders | His Generals in North to Surren- der Arms to America. Washington, Aug. 9.—Administra- tion officials were encouraged today | over the latest developments in the Haitian situation. This optimism was | based upon reports from Rear Admiral | | Ccaperton, in charge of the American | forces in Haiti, saying that business conditions throughout the island were | improving due to renewed confidence | on the part of the native officials as to | the intentions of the United States to- wards the country and that compara- tive quiet prevailed. | Admiral Caperton also reported the | | taking over of the customs offices at | Cape Haitien and the postponement of | | the presidential election because the ! time was deemed inopportune for po- | litical excitement. The election was | to have been held yesterday. Official despatches to the navy and | state department today said Gerenal Bobo, the revolutionist leader, had | formally resigned as chief executive, | dismissed his cabinet and ordered all his generals in the north to deposit their arms with the American author- ities at Cape Haitien. ‘Bobo a3 well as Bourand, another | presidential candidate, have given as- | surances of every effort to. preserve ! good order. 300 MEXICANS CROSS AMERICAN BORDER |Several Outlaws Killed in Battle at Norias Ranch : Near Brownsville. | | i | ] | i | | Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 9.—With the expectation that Unjted States soldiers | sent to Norias ranch last night would | { relieve the situation there caused by ! the attack of Mexican bandits, border 41 officials here today. turned their at- tention to reports that 300 Mexicans had crossed the border into Hidalgo county, Texas, in small parties, and ! apparently were making their way to a concéntration point. What this por- tended none of the officials would ven- | ture to guess, but it was admitted un- ! usual precautions were being taken | by peace officers and ranch owners to prevent outbreaks. i Details of the fight at Norias ranch, ; sixty miles north of Brownsville, last | night, were awaited here with interest. Owing to the isolated nature of the | country there and the fact that the | bandits cut all. telephone wires from the ranch, only meagre reports had | been received early today. These esti- mated the attacking force of Mexi- | cans as numbering from fifty to two ‘! | i hundred. Fourteen ranchmen later reinforced ! by a ‘detachment of the United States soldiers and Texas rangers repelled all attacks of the outlaws, who left sev- eral of their number dead when final- 1y they were routed southward. Hive | of the Americans were wounded, three ; of the number being soldiers. All pas- | senger trains were stopped last night for fear they would be wrecked by the outlaws in passing through the affect- ed district. g Col. A. P. Blockeom, commanding the lower Texas border patrol, today dispatched additional troops to Lyford, ! Raymona and Sebastian to strengthen ‘the - detachment- already at those places. i H | TO DEMAND EIGHT HOUR DAY. Locomobile Company Employes to! Sybmit Request Today. | Bridgeport, Aug. 9.—Formal de- i mand for an eight hour avork day | ; with pay of time and a half for over- | time work was to be made today on ; the Locomobile Company of America | by its employes. This action was in { accordance with a decision reacheéd at ; | & meeting Saturday night of “about 800 workmen of the company when by an almost unanimous vote they re- | jected the bonus offer made & | concern and named a committee to lay their demands before the company | officials. Another meeting will be held to- | night to head the committee's report. If it is unfavorable, it was said, a | strike call might be issued. McADOO VISITS WALL STREET. Secretary of Treasury Dec’ines To Dis- cuss Visit to Stock Market, | New York, Aug. 9.—William G. Mec- | Adoo, secretary of the- treasury went to Wall Stree today, follewing a con- | ;fPI‘Pl‘l'P here yesterday with Secretary of State Lansing concerning the Mex- ican situaticn and other matters. Mr. McAdoo visited the sub-treas- | { ury, where he met W. P. G. Harding, | | of the federal reserve board. Ie de- | climed to discuss his plans for the | day or to say whom he expected to see. He might have something , to say later in the day, he asserted. { | | | PAVLOF VOLCANO IN »EIH'P'['I()N.! Seward, Alaska, Aug. 9.—Pavlof Yolcano, situatéd on the Aiaska Penin- sula, was in full eruption the night of July 23 last, with flames accom- panied by heavy black smoke shooting | frem the crater. This was reported today by Captain Hansen of the steamer Ana, from Bering Sea ports. He algo reported Katmai Volcano still smoking. I | ! Carranza and that it had i Pan-American conference, they | Mexico Clty | himself provisional ! matic affairs would be in a ‘sort of a | the general contemplated giving the i Brazilian minister his passports. BRAZILIAN MINISTER WITHDRAWN FROM MEXICAN CAPITAL ‘Action Taken Because Carranza Was Prepared to Expel Him ag He Did Guatemalan Envoy ONLY U. S. DIPLOMATIC AGENT IN REPUBLIC. Pan-American Confcrence to Be Re.- | sumed Wednesday in New York City —“Fifst Chief” Prepaiing 3anifesto | to American People—Will Review Mexican Situation and Make Public Correspondence. | | ‘Washington, Au.g. 9.—Carranza, ‘ officials here said today the Brazilian | 1minister at Mexico - City, ' thé only | diplomatic representative the United | States has in Mexico, has been with- drawn by his governmeni becausc | | General Carranza was prepared to ex- | pel him from the country as he aia Senor Ortega, the Guatemalan mihis- ter. The Brazilian minister reported.to | the state department today that no reason had been given ror the expui- sion of Senor Ortega and that he him-' self intended to sail Weanesday for Vera Cruz on a French liner for the United States. ‘Work of Carranza, . It is believed here that Carranza expelled the Guatemalan and was pre- paring to expel the Brazilian because of the participation of their countries | iz the Pan-American conference in | ‘Washington for composing Mexican ! affairs. The development. is a very disturb- ing one for the-success of the. Pan- American conference. Officials who were hoping Carranza would join a peace conference with his adversaries and meet the efforts or the Pan- American nations to settle the fac- tional strife were much disappointed. Resentment to Ciimax, It was said by Carranza agents that | neither the ° Guatemalan nor the Brazilian had been on gocd rerms with beeen ( nza's intntion to hand the Brazi lis passports as soon as he again o Gecupied Mexico City. The participa- tion of Brazil and Guatemala in the said, brought Carranza’s resentment to a climax. It was recalled that Castro, the dictator of Venezuela took much the same actlon when offended by roreign national pressing for a settle- ment of affairs in his country. State department advices today said Carranza was making hurried pre- parations to move his capital from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. Archives ' and clerks had been moving to the capital since Friday. The impression in Mexican circles here is that Car- ranza proposes fo establish himself in and probably proclaim president in the face of the Pan-American effort to Lring the factions together. Warships for Dipiomats. American naval commanders at Vera Cruz have been ordered to place a warship at the disposal of the two | diplomats, if they wish it. There are three gunboats in that vicinity, the Wheeling and Machias at Tampico, the Marietta at Progresso and the Sacra- mento, on which the sen:or officer, | Commander McNamee, has his flag, is at Vera Cruz. Secretary Lansing said he was con- sidering American representation in Mexico City in view or the departure of the Brazilian minister, but he did not know what would be done. He as- sumed, however that American diplo- | state of quiesence,’”” in Mexico City, | The reasons for the Brazilian minis- ter’s visit to the United States at this time, the secretary said, were unknown j to thim. Does Not Believe Report. Charles A. Douglas, coungel : here for Carfranza, said he did not believe “Regardless of personal differences that may exist between General Car- ranza and the Brazilian minister at Mexico City,” said Mr. Douglas, “the necessity of maintaining friendly re- lations with the government of Brazil and the government of the United | States, particularly the latter, would preclude any overt action toward Mr. Cordosa.” i Other representatives of here, however, had no hesitancy saying the Brazilian minister was particularly distasteful to Carranza, and they expected his stay in Mexico City would be terminated. After a conference with Secretary Tansing, Rear Admiral Benson cabled Commander McNamee to have an American naval vessel at the disposal of the Brizilian minister when he ar- rives at Vera Cruz. Conference Resumed Wednesday. Secretary Lansing announced today that the Pan-Americar conference on Mexican affairs would De resumed in New York city Wednesday afternoon (Continued on Eleventa Page.) Carranza. in ine of thc entente powers, accordin; | key | feet long, 64 feet | operations by | The statement says: 117 columns from the south took Bitam, i conquest of that part of the Congo | Hill park stand for conditions in that { dinner and many ! po clothes | cided that the pool is n the jurisdic- TURKISH BATTLESHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE MRS. HAROLD LEE JUDD NOT JUDDBLA ¥Former German Warship Sent to Bot- tcm by Underwater Craft of Ajlies—Majority of Crew Saved. | | Constantinople, Aug. 9, 4:35 p. m | —The Turkish battleship Kheyr-ed- | Din Barbarossa, of 9,900 tons dis- | placement, and the Ger- | man warship Kurfurst Friedrich Wil- | helm, has been sunk by a submar- formerly announcement issued to an official | A | lurkish government. | | today by A majority men compos tleship were he of the officers ana the crcw of the bat- ved. The Kheyr-Ed-Din-Barbarossa was | built at Stettin in 1891 and was pur- | chased, tdgeiher with the battleship Torgut Reis, fiom Germany by Tur- in 1910. The vessel was 354 beam and had a Her complement 600 officers and depth of 24 fect. consisted of about man, The battleship carried four 1l1-inch guns in turrets fore and afi; two 11- inch guns in a turret amidships, eight 4.1 inch, eight 3.4 inch guns and twelve 1-pounders. The vessel was cquipped with two submerged 18- inch torpedo tubes. FRENCH TAKE GERMAN POSITIONS IN AFRIGA Complete Conquest-of Part, of Cargo Ceded to ‘WORRIED BY BLACKMAILERS | ARE DRIV SHOWER OF ' Grooks Visit Home'0 Mistake and Police A When Mission Is § SIRPRL 'WANTED AN INTE WITH HRS. HARO) | Duo in Disguise ¥vid | | Nacgele Residence Heiress From Whom Been Demanded - “Something ties Now on the Bullets figured in polis police believe | effort on ihe part of | force Mrs. Harold Leel | 1y Mre. Charles G. G { 000. That Mrs, Judd i | a gang of blackmuilel | in the Herald of Julys | the reccipt of her two: | threatened that “som happen” unless she | mands - | -~ The newest develo) | a sensational character. | pald no 'attention o Kaiser in 1911, | | Threatens to Write Open Let- ‘ ter to American People Criticising Wilson, BUGHANAN AROUSES sepnomese WHITE HOUSE ANGER German forces in the Kamerun, a | German colony in West Africa, have resulted in further successes, accord- ing to an official statement issued by the ministry of the colonies today. | | i | Paris, Aug. 9, 1!50 p. m.—Encircling “Encircling operations by French orces in the south and east Kamerun are ‘proceeding successfully. On July which the enemy had evacuated dur- ing 'the night, thus completing the Washington, Aug. 9.—The White House today made public correspon- dence with Representative Buchanan of Illinois, who asked for a confer- ence with President Wilson for labor’s national peace council and, when it was refused, on the ground that the president had no time for other than international affairs, wrote Secretary Tumulty that the refusal was “tanta mount to a decl on that the pre d is more concerned about the de- es of big business than he is to dis- { cover the heartfelt sympathy of the common people.” Buchanan added that if he could not see the president he would issue an open letter to the American people. Secretary Tumulty wrote Buchaian he resented the tone of his letter and the ‘“unwarranted inferences” drawn by the president’s inability to see him. ‘‘As far as I am concerned,” wrote Secretary Tumulty, “there is no ob- jection to any statement you may de- | sire to make public in this matter.” MACHINISTS STRIKE NOT EXPECTED HERE ceded to Germany in 1911. On July 23 columns operating in the east stormed the post of Moopa, forc- ing the enemy to retire on Mombi, which in turn was captured four days later. Reconnaissances were immedi- ately despatched nst Nganela Nyassi. “Our troops are displaying great activity on the Gadji-Beri Bimba front. Gadji, after a violent combat, was evacuated by the Germans.” A MODERN EDEN AT WALNUT HILL PARK | Boys and Girls None Too Careful About Appearing in Public With- out Even the Proverbial Figleaf How long must the residents in the vieinity of the wading pool at Walnut neighborhood ? That is a question which is coming a subject daily debate. the topic for breakfast, lunch and | of the property | owners are “on the point several times between each sunrise and sunset of sending a riot call for the police or for assistance from the barrel makers’ union: 've |\ 4 It is | Workmen Not Well Enough Organ- ized Despite Efforts of Representa- tives of National Union. | While the strike spirit is in the | ; air; it is not believed that there will | be any walk-out of machinsts in this Objection was raised some time ago | city, although efforts have been made to boys who insist who insist on romp- |{ to orgzanize them by Machinists’ ing around the pool au naturel but : unipn organizer. nothing has been done)\ Emboldencd President Michael T. Kerwin of the by the success of the male | Central Labor union stated this after- of the species, girls have | noon that a strike was not probable. been fit to act-likewise and vari- | He did not care to discuss the matter ous and sundry September Morns | &t lensth. X may bs seeh most any day ftting dver 1t is said that the organizer did not i vith much sucess in this city y ward with gay abandon ana ymeet Wi y U D) it 4V ana that he was unable to whip the i machinists into line. A small union make a practice of dis- |} "peen tormed but it is doubtful a The Adams | threats other than to | eapolis ‘authorities, A} | evidently decided fo { son. Mistakihg the | Naegele, a wealthy of Mrs. Judd they, selves at the door.’ | suspected and (hey | while the automatic { who had been called | bullets in their wake. A Minneapolis he: the following regarding | Two men who went DASH AT FULL TUT THROUGH BIG SIGN Steering Wheel Breaks, Couple Almost Land in Pond. e | ot i | | the house of Otto E. Ni | 1721 West Frankiin | who disappeared a shots after an atten Losing control of the Ford touring | house had been ohed car which he was driving, Gustav! Florence Kreuzkem Marx of 22 North streei, Meriden, | maid, behind a almost forfeited his life as well a8 ' forced shut, are that of hig wife yesteraay afternoon, | mistaken the N when the machine iashed through a| the residence of urge advertising sign of the Gulf Re- Judd and to have pi tining company at Towers’ corner, and | bery or/ blackmail at £} i almost precipitated its wvecupants into | dence, . ~ Towers' pond. The glass from the | Last night's unusual¥ windshield inflicted a opad cut over| ed the receipt by Mus, d Mrs, Marx’s left eye, which bled quite blackmailing letters profusely. Mr. Marx was cut about | by T. B, Walker of one the wrists from the glass. Both were | ing money, Today the saverely shaken up «nd thoroughly | ment redoubled its el foightened. [‘ writers of the letters, After the accident Mr. Marx told a At 9 p. m. the froni spectator that something happened to | the Nacgele residenc the steering wheel and he lost control | Jooks Lake of the I of the machine. At the time of the | blocks from the Gates accident the car was headed towards | Mrs, Naegele was on 8 New Britain. The machine must have | My. Naegele was mot been going at a high rate of speed as | Miss Kreuzkerper, wn iron pole, with a sign on it, which | maid, responded mo't»‘ is used to direct travelers was snapped | And here is where ot at its base. The car continued on | jdea of resurrceting # its way and crashed through theé | wickefed door for advertising sign. It was stopped be- | itg worth. fore it reached the ponda by a small Opens tree. When the auto struck the 'ree} in th M‘;‘:, ¢ the it_bounded back and forth and for a | o s 10 tmehen enie time it was thought by many that it | o e ohoe Shieh would lose its equilibrium and turn| . -n‘: m.m,e]nnu‘. 2 turtle into the water. | o The accident occurred about 2| “°pY ¥ up‘“l’:‘;“m c’clock in the afternoon and several | , “ hundred curiotis spectators gathered | toe gonr trere qoros stout the wreck, as it was rumored | .1 thin man who avout that several persons had been | poata’ He evidently iilled. The car was badiy damaged. | 1o nad a long Back o Itc headlights were smashed and the | ot e & W08 MISCEE windshield was demolisned, The en-| = gy oo dz o5 e gine was also put out of working | ,.on ym order. The large sign was erected at| ““aggay Lo the spot about a Week ago. the man said. TP “You'll have te'tell ITALY HAS 650,000 inees 01 the ! 'he man um FRESH TROOPS READY produced pocket and produced | a “Here, take this in* The maid left the oul wag barred, and went took the note to Mps. Was an Adve Forces Will Be Sent to France or Dardanelles Within Next Three i robing in one clump of bushes and | pener it will show sertngth enough donning their “bathing suits.” The | ¢ grouse the fears of the manu- Eves are not far away, doffing and | yatyrers. donning their duds at the other end | of the shrubbery. Some of the | neighbors complains that the young- sters appear to be in no hurry to clamber into their Annette Keller- | man’s after shedding their street at- tire and frolic and frisk around in a | manner that is perfecting scandalous, hot to mention shocking. The wo- | men -of the neighborhood are up in | arms but so far have been unuble to get any satisfaction from the au- thoritie Mayor Quigley is sald to have heen appealed to to put a siop to the go- ings-on. e has direcied Chairman Alling of the Loard of public safety {o investigate but the latter has de- EXCURSIONIST HAS WASHAP. l John Scott Falls Down Steep Embank- ment in Berlin, Breaking Ribs. Mistaking Berlin for New Britain, John Scott, one of the Stanley Works- the t was slowing Ige in Berlin Sunday Tabs excursionists, leaped from piatform of the tr up at the iailre shortly hefor ! morning. Ile rolled down the steep embank- ; ment and two ribs on his ri | Wer broken. His shoulder ! badly bruised and his head | cut. Dr. George 1l. Dalton attended him. o'clock tion of the park commissioners rather than the police department. SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK. Copenhagen, Aug. 9. Via. London, | 4:57 p. m.—The Swedish steamer Mai | has been sunk by German sub- | marine. One heat containing seven | men and a woman has peen picked up | and landed here. A second boat | carving the captain and nine men, is | 1aissing. | ! e PRI o WEATHER. ally fair tonight and Tuesday. Hartford, Aug, 9.—Gener- SErebs | e The note, which wag tising card of a downto 9% i1l senq | Written with a biue New York, Aug. 9.—Ttaly will send | * gl g ¥ GuSCies 650,000 fresh troops to either France ! give us an interview reg or the Dardanelles within the of the matter, Respe three weeks, according to Captain It was not signed, Victor Del Franctis of the Italian ar- | rr::,‘:fl ,::::d \d&’fih‘“’; & o ’ > ’ o sted -d o my, who arrived today on the steam-| wont down the Back er Duca D'Aosta. W | itchen, Mrs. Naagele # “There were 500,000 troops in Tur- ? g : the police. The wo) in when T left, ia Captain l)vl‘ into thoe basement Franctis, * 160,000 more in Tar-| upueel” foom of the anto, the al base. Between ) | chndy bl and 200 large transports were re: In a few moments to convey the troops to where (ho¥ | somehody runmng out must needed. | ana ‘apparently toward § Thé captain will purchage which front the bonlev goods for the Ttalian army later they bheard Some pects to visit numerous New England | uyp, (he walk toward the factories, | The maid went upsia panel and that tor was Pat ”’”ldn“ Staris Sesrel, The patrolman women and reading house and started Weeks, next | a 1d n e ly leather and HAVE JOIN Albert Wagner son of Police cer and Mrs. Fred Wagner of Glen street, and Thomas Nihill left this morning for the government recrufi- ing station at Hartfod where they en- | premises. | As he i 1 listed in the United States navy for | near thesboulevhrd, twol four years. They will be stationed | up, jumped out onto thel at the Newport Training station fo: | started to run. He call 5 months before being asesigned +o e ship. (Continued on Third| NAVY. | Offi- P