New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1915, Page 1

PRICE ,THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, === 1915 -—TWELVE PAGES. ar, - GERMANS PIERCE RUSSIAN POSITIONS T0 WEST OF DVINSK Kaiser’s Forces Capture More Than 2,000 Prisoners and THREE MORE SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM British, Dutch and Swedish Steamers, Sunk—One Life Lost and Sev- eral Wounded. London, Sept. 23, 12:35 p. m.—The British steamship Groningen, 988 tons gross, has been blown up. One member of the crew lost his life and several others were wounded. The survivors were landed today. GIRLS JOIN STRIKE; LEAVE WORK AT THE CORBIN SCREW CORP. Female Employes of Assorting Room Walk Out, Surprising 0f- COL. HOUSE GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE Declares He Did Not Represent Pres- ident in Stalement on Exporta- tion of Munitions, Washington, Sept 23.—Col, House, President Wilson's personal friend and adviser, was a guest to- day at the White house- Col, House was quoted by Dr, Con- stantin Dumba, ambassador of Aus- tria-Hungary, in one of E. M. BURGLAR RANSACKS WEST END HOUSES Later Is Frightened From Chest- nut Street Residence WORKS IN EARLY EVENING GERMANS NOT TO.p DE U.S.MERCHANTME CONDITIONAL CO Will Permit Vessels to Continue Unhindered if It is Not Take Them Into Po the letters Several Machine Guns taken from James F. J. Archibaid in London, as huving told Dr. Dumpa the United States never would con- Homes of Mrs. C. H. Mitchell, Fred- London, Sept. 23, 12:35 p. m.—The ficials_shipping Deptl Qlflts Dutch steameh Koningen Emma of erick G. Platt and Mrs. C. E. Wet- ACCEPT AMERICAN PROPOSAL FRENCH ARTILLERY CONTINUES SUCCESS Several Teutonic Ammunition Depots ,in Champagne District Blown Up— French Aecroplane Brought Down by German Aviator—Snows Hinder Ttalians and Austrians in Fighting in Alps, The Germans have penetrated Rus- sian advanced positions west of # PDvinsk, on the Dvina, in their recent- ly renewed offensive movement __against ‘this important city which lies on the route to Petrograd. Latest reports seem to indicate | that the bulk of the Russian armies ! retreating from Vilna have escaped § -~ Field Marshal Von Hindenburg’s en- ':”«9.': circling movement, although today’s German official statement records a ?‘Ncontinuation of the pursuit, with the capture of some prisoners French Artillery Successful. Paris continues to record the suc- cess of the French artillery in flicting damage on German positions along the western front in the batt'e ©of big guns thai has'been raging for more than three weeks. The response _of the German artillery to French “fire upon troops constructing earth works in Argonne is reported to have been feeble. Several Germ. ammunition depots were blown up ¥.. the French cannonade in the Champagne district, it is claimed. Y Berlin asserts that an attack ap- ;| parently directed by the French against the cemetery positions at Souchez was broken up by the Ger- man artillery. The success German airman French aeroplane in a battle with two French aviators is reported- ,. Preparc for Offensive. N It is reported through Rotterdam that the Germans have heavily rein- forced their lines in Belgium and have restored and strengthened tihe fortifications at Lille in France, in anticipation of a possible general of- fensive by the I‘ranco-British-Belgian forces before the beginning of the autumn rains. 9 Bulgaria’s mobilization order is reported from Athens to have includ- ed, \up to midnight on Wednesday, twenty-eight classes of troops. Third German War Loan, Berlin despatches indicate that the ‘third German war loan subscriptions to which closed yesterday, will prove “n& a, marked success, estimates being ¥ 'that the total subscriptions will far exceed those of the second loan, which aggregated $2,140,000,000. Turks Lack Supplies- Recent reports that Turkish sup- plies were running short are reiter- ated in private reports brought to Switzerland from Constantinople, It Is declared that because of the lack of 1n- , raw material 2,000 workmen from the | "% Krupp plant in Germany are idle in the Ottoman capital. Reports from the Italian front are that snows already are rendering the operations of the Italians and Aus- trians in the wmountain districts in- rreasingly difficuit- Rome, however, declares that Austrian forces which ‘bad penetrated into the valleys of the Tofana and Cristallo Ranges have been successfully dealt with and driven back. More Steamers Sunk. The British steamer Groningen, of 989 tons and the Swedish steamer Forsvik, of 1,107 tons, have becn blown up. One member of the Gron- Ingen’s crew was killed and several were ‘injured. The Forsvik’s men es- sebaped harm- Germans Near Dvinsk. Berlin, Sept. 28, via London, 3:45 p. m.—The new German offensive movement, with its object the capture of the important Russian fartified eity of Dvinsk, has made definite pro- gress. The war office announced to- day that Russian advanced positions west of the city had been penetrated, and that more than 2,000 prisoners and several machine guns had been captured. The text of statement follows: ““Western theater of war: Clear weather favoring them, great activity has ruled along the entire front on the part of the artillery and aviators on both sides. French Attack Repulsed. “An attack apparently directed against our cemetery positions at Bouchez could not be carried through, because of our artillery. “An enemy aeroplane, set ablaze by our fire, crashed down in a burn- Ing condition north of St. Menehould. -~ new | of al in shooting ‘down a | | Goodrich and | same day married the woman. 9,000 tons, which was reported yes- terday, struck.a mine as she was on her way to Amsterdam from Batavia, Java, capsized and sank the Thames today. The 250 passengers had been previously taken off the Koningen Emma, whih was being towed up the river when she sank. in Christiana, Norway, 23, via London, 10:58 a. Swedish steamer Forsvik, 1,107 tens gross, was sunk on Sunday by a mine or a torpe- do. Her crew was landed here to- day. BECKLEY FARMHAND HELD FOR BIGAMY Alleged to Have Led Weak Minded Girl to Altar. Sept. (Special to the Herald.) Beckley, Conn.,, Sept. 23.—Mrs. Frank Bacon, principal of the Sel- den school here, had her attention called this morning to a young woman who called at the school and asked to register as a pupil. She ap- peared to be simple minded and it was impossible to learn anything about her, so the bprincipal notified Selectman W. H. Gibney, who, with Deputy Sheriff James Clark, went to Beckley to conduct an investigation. They learned that the prospective | pupil is Julia Weeks of Hartford and is 24 years old and that she has been sleeping in barns and out of the way places in that locality since last week. Quentioning forther, the officials learned that the woman, who is un- doubtedly weak minded, has been much in the company of Frank Good- Tich of Wethersfield, a farm hand, cemployed by Daniel Webster. The officers made a search for after locating him learned that he is married and has a wife and two children living in | Wethersfield, but despite this fact ac- companied by the Weeks woman, he went to East Hartford last Saturday, procured a marriage license and the The marriage certificate was found on Goodrich, who was put under arrest and taken to the Berlin town lockup. He will probably face a serious charge' in the town court tomorrow. The Weeks woman was taken to the slmshouse where she will be kept until some djsposition of her case can be made. She told the officers that she was an inmate of the Industrial School for Girls at Middletown until she became of age. Then she re- turned to her home in Hartford. SEVEN UNION MEN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Accused of Having Procured Death of New York Cloak and Suit Maker. . New York, Sept. 23.—Seven men, officers and committeemen of Cloak and Suit Makers’ Union, were placed on trial today, charged with murder in the first degree. They are accused of having procured the death of Abraham Liebovitz, a member of the union, during the garment makers’ strike in 1910. They were indicted last June as the result of the alleged confession of a notorious East Side gang leader, Benjamin Fein, who told the authorities that he and his men were employed by the defendants to “beat up scabs.” Liebovitz, it is alleged, incurred tne enmity of the union by procuring work during the strike in a non- union shop at Hunter, N. Y. He was lured back to New York, it is charged and beaten to death in the headquar- ters of the union. The seven men who will stand trial —the largest number at one trial in the history of the state's Jurispru- dence, it is said—are Max Sigman, Morris Stupnicker, Sol Metz, Julius Woolf, Max Singer, Isadore Auspitz and Abraham Weidinger. Taey have been out on bail ranging from $15,000 to $25,000. A fund of $250,000 is said to have been raised by the TUnited ITebrew Trades Union for the defense of the men. ESSTON Washington Sept. Wilson is still undecided UNDECIDED 23.—President whether to senate UNION WORKS MOLDERS MAKE NEW DEMANDS TODAY Threaten General Strike if They Are Not Met—Tiners at L. F. & C. Throw Down Their Tools—Girl Em- ploye, Followed by Mob, Reports Being Assaulted by Factory Boss— | Alleged Grafter Discharged. The strike situation in the ciwy to- day was featurzd by the walkout of 20 girl employces of the Corbin Screw Corporation on the rejection of their demands for an increase in the piece work scale in the assort- ing room: The strike occurred short- ly after 8 o’clock, and about one- half of the department is affected. Officials of the concern when in- terviewed by a reporter were at a loss to know why the girls had taken this action, for the reason that a number of them were the highest paid employees in the room. One official said that many of the girls ‘were capable of earning on an aver- age of $7.50 a week. Places Will Be Filled. The male employees, as far as the officials know, Lave discussed strike fever as far as that plant is concerned. There appears to be sat- isfaction amony the help. The de- partment affected today is not very busy at present and it is the intention of the officials to fill the places of the strikers if they do not return. No discrimination will be shown against the strikers, and they will be rein- stated on application for work- One of the spokesmen for the concern said today that many of the employees have received increases during the year and when the factory was sla~k it was the aim of the officials to keen as many hands at work as possible. Demands Considered Unreasonable. The first intimation that there was | trouble occurred yesterday when the demands were presented to the offi- cials. The paper was examined by one of the heads of the plant who | found the increase asked for was un- reasonable, and the factory could nnot afford to grant it. The girls took their | se places this morning as usual, but did not commence work, and when ap- praised of the action of the officials they walked out. A gathering of those interested took place at the corner of Main and Myrtle street, but there was no indication of a disturb- ance of any sort. Situation Remains the Same. Conditions in the other factories affected remain nbout the same, there being no apparent evidences orn the part of the men or their employers to change their attitude. President Corbin of the Union Manufacturing coempany this morning talked with a number of the men who reported for work and advised them that on account of the inade- quate force it would be inadvisable to attempt to start operations in the foundry- - In discussing the situation with one of the striking machinists, a reporter learned that thc night force at ths New Britain Machine company has been discontinued, and what remained of it after the first walkout, has been added to the day force. The speaker observed conditions at the plant to- day and said that to the best of his knowledge not more than fifty men are at work.: Rumors of trouble at the Corbin Annex this morning between the strik- ers and persons employed in the fac- tory were learned to be false. The streets were barren of strikers this morning and to the visitor to the city no evidences of any trouble were noticeable. The men who are out have discontinued congregating at Street corners and aré conducting themselves along the lines suggested by the leaders of the movement. Molders Hold Meeting, A largely attended meeting of the moulders from the affected found- ries was held again this morning ana at the close the men left the meeting hall in Beloin’s block and marched down to the south end of the city, but their intentions were not disclosed. Over 1,500 persons assembled at the East End diamond yesterday af- ternoon to witness the baseball game between the Machine company’s strikers. Two teams were chosen and the game resulted in Captain Elliott's team favor, score 7 to 6. “Charlie” Carlson featured with three hits, two of which were for extra bases. State Organizer Larkin and a mem- ber of the International association of Machinists will be the principal speakers at a rally to be held this evening in the meeting hall on Church street. The meeting. will be for ma- chinists from the Machine company the | was higher on May 1, | tural | battalions of sent to prohibit exports of war mu- nitions to Europe. Col. House ycsterday gave out o statement in New York saying that he spoke on Lis own account ang did not claim 'o represent the pres- ident. WAGES HIGHER IN [S14THAN IN 1913 Hours of Work Also Reduced in Ffteen Trades Dur- ing Year. Washington, Sept. 23.—The depart- ment of labor today made public the inquiry into the union scale of wages and hours of labor for ninety-three of the principal trades in forty-one of the - leading cities of the country prevailing in May, 1914. The trades include those of the brewing and beer bottling, building, freight handling, granite and stone, metal, mill work, and printing. The average rate of wages per week for all cities taken collectively 1914, than on for seventy-five of the in seventeen trades in results of an May 1, 1913, trades reported; there was no change and one trade was it lower. In the more important trades the increases were: beer bottlers, three per cent.; brick layers, two per cent.; carpenters, one per cent.; plumbers and gas fitters, one per cent.; sheet metal workers, three per cent.; s iron workers, two per freight handlers, three per painters. four per cent.: compositors (book and job), two per eent. Considering rates of wages per hour as distinguished from rates per week, 78 trades showed an increase: fifteen no change and for none was the rate lower. The highest scales per hour paid in May, 1914, in a few of the princi- i pal trades were: brick layers 87 cents in Dallas and San Franci carpenters 65 cents in Chicago; paint- 70 cents in- Chicago; plumbers and gas fitters 76 cents in Chicago, Dallas, Portland, St. Louis, Salt Lake | City, San Francisco and Seattle; sheet | metal jand San Francisco; structural | workers | freight handlers, 60.6 cents in workers 68.8 cents in Chicago iron 70 cents in New Orleans; linotype operators (Hebrew, baok and job) 83.3 cents in New York; (‘ompositors (English news- paper), day work, 75 cents in Seattle. In fifteen trades there was a reduc: tion in hours of labor between May, 1913 and May, 1914, seventy-seven reported no change and one reported an increase. SNOWS FALLING IN ALPS, Renders More Perilous Work of Ital- ian and Austrian Troops. Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 20, via Paris 23, 11:30 a. m. (de- layed in transmission)—Winter snows already are falling in the Alps, ren- dering still more perilous the work : of the Italian and Austrian troops who are engaged in warfare in the mountainous region near the border. A correspondent of the Gazette De Lausanne describes the recent battle for possession of the Austrian strong- hold on top of Freikofel mountain at an altitude of 9,000 feet. The attack was made under most difficult condi- tions. The Austrians had prepared for an assault from the east. Two Italian Alpine troops made their way around the mountain and attacked the Austrians from the rear. To reach the summit they were compelled to scale the precipi- tous side of the mountain, clinging to ropes placed in position by moun- taineers, The correspondent states that the TItalians captured 250 Aus- trians and a large quantity of muni- tions. MAIL SACK DISAPPEARS. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 2 sack shipped from Weenatchec, Wash,, to Seatfle and said to con- tain checks amounting to $14,000 and a large amount of cash, disappeared at Weenatchee last Friday night, it became known today. The were in u remittance letter a Weenatchee respondent. the sack is s than §1,000. checks mailed by bank to its Seattle cor- amount of cash in id to have been more WEATHER. Harford, Sept, 23.—For Hartford and vicinity: Fair, | Grove | Stadler of Chestnut street. | the burglar was discovered and foiled | at the home of Mrs. Mitchell. anly | | ed more Entered—Miscreant Fright- ened from John Stadler’s Home. Four burglaries of unusual cunning and daring were committed in this city early last evening and in each instance the robber_effected his en- trance by climbing through a win- dow. All of the robberies took place before 9 o'clock and indications are that the same man was the burg- lar in each instance. That he is a crook of the most daring type is shown by the fact that in at least two of his nefarious visits he coolly ransacked the upstairs rooms while the families sat peacefully downstairs enjoying their evening dinner, Homes of Elite Ransacked. The epidemic of burglaries was re- ported to the police last night and this morning. The homes entered weve those of Mrs. C. E. Mitchell of Russell street, Mrs. Charles E. Wet- more and Frederick G. Platt of Hill and Councilman John Although in his attempt to rob the Chestnut street residence, he was unmolested during his operations in the fashion- able west end houses and made his | getaway without being discovered. Working boldly during the eprly‘ evening and while servants and owners | were about the houses, brands this | series of robberies as the work of an experienced man. Mitchell Home Looted. The first burglary reported was that | Mrs. Mitchell is the widow of former Unit- States Patent Commissioner RUMORS OF HITCH IN LOAN TO ALLIES American Bankers and Com- mission Cannot Agree on Rate of Interest. New York, Sept. 23.—The six mem- bers of the joint Anglo-French finan- cial commission continued today their { deliberations over the proposed big credit loan to Great Britain and France in hope of concluding this week their conversations with Ameri- can financiers and of being able to announce not later than Saturday that the loan would be floated. The celerity with which neggtia- tions had proceeded toward thig goal apparently had been checked yester- day. With the commission meeting in continuous sessions from 10 a. m., till early today, and with their Ameri- can associates, declining to comment cn the situation, Wall st. fell to the- | orizing as to whether there had been a hitch In negotiations, upon what points. At that conclusion of the fourteen | hour meeting early this morning, the commissioners sought rest without and, ir wso, Charles . Mitchell and resides at 64 Russell street. She left her home at | tered, | but finding nothing of great value he | Lundell. { lncket and a gold ring. Cleveland; | | owned by { is that the man wore a soft felt hat 7:30 o'clock last evening and when she returned two hours later d‘scov-.‘ En- | ered her home had heen looted. trance was effected by climbing through a second story window and s0 quietly did the thief work that two housemaids, who must have been within twenty feet of where en- were not It w evidently in hopes of steal- | ing Mrs. Mitchell’s ‘jewels that the robber struck upon her home, for he thoroughly ransacked her bedroom, he turned his attention to the servants’ auarters and looted the rooms oc- cupied by Hilda Larson and Jenan| He took $22.50 belonging | to Miss Larson and from the prop- | erty of Miss Lundell he took $20 in cash, a gold watch and chain, a Platc » Victim Too. The handsome residence of Mrs. Wetmore and Mr, Platt are located on Grove Hill, almost opposite the one Mrs. Mitchell so it is evi- dent that the burglar calmly traced his course from one of these houses to the other, following out a pre-ar- ranged schedule. The burglary at the Platt home was not reported to the police until this morning when it was discovered that a quantity of jewelry was missing. It is thought that this burglary was the first committed in- asmuch as it appears that the only time a robber could have wandered unnoticed through the house would have been about 7:30 o'clock last eve- ning while the family was at dinner. In this case entrance. was affected | through a window, Late this forenoon Mrs. Wetmore's son-in-law; A. Ware Marriam of Bos- ton, reported to Captain Grace that a sneak thief had entered their home late yesterday afternoon or early eve- ning and looted every pocketbook | which could be found. Between $35 | and $40 was taken from the Wetmore home and a quantity of jewelry. Whether any more was stolen is not known as part of the family left ear- ly today before the burglary was dis- covered. Seen at Stadler’s House. The burglaries at these three homes so near together is thought to be the work of one man and it is also thought possible that the man frightened away from the Stadler residence on Chest- nut street may have been the same one, as he had ample time to cross the city, between the time the other robberies are supposed to have taken place and the time he was discovered. The man was seen climbing through a window at Councilman Stadler's house and was frightened aw: be- | fore he had a chance to steal any- | thing. The only available description | Another Theft Reported, Anocther theft reported to the police today was at 140 Grove Where $33 which Mrs. Veronica Loskowski had in her trunk was stolen. In this | case the miscreant is known. Mrs, Loskowski’s husband is in Detroit and his wife had saved up $33 to take her to join him. She was to have left Saturday but the robbery has necessi- tated a change in her plans, During the past few weeks there has been an alarming number of bur- street announcing whether their delibera- | tions would be continued today. Word was sent down that there was nothing whatever to be said in their behalf on any of the somewhat disturbing reports current in Wall street earlier | in the day. | For the first time since the nego- tiations began, certain American | bankers were inclined to doubt alarmed. | whether the loan would exceed $500,- 000,000, These bankers failed also to share the commission’s reported | cpinion that the big fssue would be | eagerly taken by American investors at 5 per cent. interest rate. In some quarters there was a growing demand that the rate be made 5 1-2 per cent. o1 that the bonds be offered to in- vestors at less than par in order that they might be placed on the same at- tractive plane as certain high class railroad and industrials domestic bonds. The proposal that the interest rate be fixed at five per cent. it was said today, was the commission’'s sug- gestion and had been firmly adhered ' to in the face of many attempts by scme American bankers to have the rate increased. Another matter which much was helieved: to depend on, was whether Russia would participate in the loan. No authentic word as, to this had been forthcoming to the present. EL PASO IS PLACED UNDER HEAVY GUARD Precautions Due to Continuous Arrival of Extraordinary Military Villa Forces at Juarez, El Paso, Tex., Sept. 23.—This city last night was under the strongest military guard in years. Doubled | provost guards were stationed at the two border bridges and patrolled the down town Mexican districts. Military authorities today received orders from the war department to turn back any Mexican military men seeking to cross the international line, The extraordinary precautions were said to be due to the continuous ar- rival of troops at Juarez, across the Rio Grande. About 8,000 troops are said to have reached Juarez within the last two days. Some of thnese, however, have moved westward to the Casas Grandes district. General Vil- la’'s special car and a number of military trains are detained south of Juarez, it was reported, because of lack of fuel. Captain Holguin of the Villa forces was deported today, pursuant to war department instructions, Holguin is said to have borne a comission from Gen, Ornelas, of the Juarez garrison to proceed to Sierra Blanca and there cross the border to urge a party of the late Gen, Orozco's followers to join Villa. It is sald he accomplished his purpose and returned to Slerra Blanca, enroute,to resume his coms mand at Ojinaga, but was arrested by the 13th Cavalry and sent to El Paso and deported. ON STRIKE, s employed at Long- ley's Church street restaurant walked out on a strike this noon and de- clared they would not return. It is INDEMNITY FOR SINK American O out Warning. ‘Washington, latest note on th American saflin department, d diplomatie VI cumstances. What effect th operation fs Germany and GF retaliations have. traband practie was conditional of London. One thing tain—German are ordered to visits and search American ships cargo the vessels attacked without time for pi transferred, | p Considered with entire controversy and the United Y iz regarded as indi foreign office break with the terest in aerm-nr' the negotiations ov‘fl‘ States that orders has “The German na! which have loaded col traband, even when international law are permit them to contin: unhindered take them into port.” Germany gave this order to furnish to the ernment evidence of its] while the q terpreting the treaty of mitted to arbitration. U, 8. Suggestion The American SuUgg: naming of experts to nity for sinking the As for absolute con as arms and ammu its note that vessels carrying absol: wherever such destr sible according to the the Declaration of Very Favorable The German note is officials as evidencing a spirit on the part of foreign office. strained relations bet it was receiv favorable development, It practically insures sels against attack witl and even in the event carrying absolute o crew are bowul to the Declaration of remaved before there I8} tion, which also can the event of extreme Text Of Ni The note follows: “With regard, first, h, tainment of the dam the German governme: should dispense with tion of an | the ascertainment of d to arranged between government and a neul named by the two purt reached an amount of damages wi should it not be possibl reach an agreement on could probably matic negotiation, American government the German government expert Dr. Kepny of North German agreement American expert. Accept M “The German govers that it agrees to American go' call a special session of the next month to consider pending treaties and revision of the senate rules. glaries and attempted burglaries in the western section of the ity only. The foundries at North and Judd's ¢inimed that the thre¢ men are dis- satisfled because they are asked to pay for all meals they eat at the res- Luunm outside of working hours. | Another aircraft was forced to land poutheast of Vouziers after an aerial auestion of in; 3 tion of lnw‘-\ (Continued on slightly warmer tonight. Fri- day increasing cloudiness and warmer. | ————————— | (Continued cn Eleventh Page.) (Continued on Ninth Page.) (Continued on Eleventh Page.)