Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 8, 1914, Page 1

- Norwich VOL. LVI—NO. 213 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914 " Gorman Imperial Giard Said to Have Been Anniilated :" COMMANDED BY CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY 7 Steadily Carried Out and that the Allies Have Succeeded in Forcing Back in a Northeast Direction the German : 242 Men of Cruiser Pathfinder, Sunk by Mine, are . Missing—Belgian Town of Dinant Destroyed. the German forces have fallen back before the ofensive tactics of the allles S bor Olse, ih whith ine crown ce | | e Germans Bave A‘xmn :iud. 13, wounded and STRANDING OF BRITISH CRUISER 'WARRIOR As Result of Fight 'With German . ‘Chuiser While Escaping from Bos- | Th . pherous. ‘Washington, Sept. 7.—The stranding of th.:%nm ‘crulner Warrior, reported o German today Apart from the announcement that|det . *“The ermined resistance the Belgians -er tired in good order. o Germans occupled are marching on Ghent.” BELGIAN TOWN OF DINANT DESTROYED BY GERMANS. Hundreds of Male Inhabitants Executed for Alleged Firing on Assailants. _ London, Sept. 8, 12,26 a. m.—An Os- tend ‘despaich to Reuter's Telegram . destroyed the ‘Belglan town of Dinant (15 miles south of Namur), after shooting hundreds u&h‘ofl Shots badpos 01 een overlooking the city. le Germans in g few hours, by fire mfl,llfilnflhflm des alleged that the civil- ts into Dinant from ““Among those shot Were M. Hum- mers, the wealthy manager of a weaving factory, and M. Poncelot, son of a former senator. The latter was killed in the presence of his wife and children. Germans appeared at a branch of the national bank where they demanded the cash in the safe. © manager, M. Wasseize, refused to hand it over, whereupon he, together with his two sons, was shot. “There is no evidence, so far as is known, that the alleged shooting from the heights resulted in'the Kkilling of Germans” any Ges embassy in a 3 from Berlin, remain- ed a mystery tonight. The message read: ““Britlah cruiser ‘Warrior stranded, probably as a result of fight with cruiser toeben while escaping from The Godben is & German Mu-h‘::t;'-m at s xater ¢ vessel from the time the war EXODUS OF RESIDENTS, FROM "PARIS SUBURBS. London, 7, 7:15 p. m—A Di- eppe despatche to the Evening Star says that the transport of 25,000 per- sons from the suburbs of Paris to the south and southeast commenced on troyed, leaving a clear range for the Funs of the forts. ‘The residents of Neullly and Bou- 5 —— ALLIED FORCES VICTORIOUS 25 MILES NORTH OF PARIS The German Imperial Guard Said to Have Been Annihilated by British. London, Sept. 7, 10:17 p_ m—A Bouldogne despatoh to the Evening News says: “A telesram has been received from General Pau announcing a victory for led forces under Field M: 1 Sir John' French, et British, and General D'Amade at sur Oise about 25 miles north of Paris. m" o n{:ln omere drawn across the ern line e center at Precy. The English troops were on the left and the French on the right. The tol'me:rd ha fmtc of them tthe &us under Crown Frederick William., Fr “On both wings, it is reported, the 1.::!:“ e du\;:mumlh_e The German was Y the French and re- tired o the morth. . “The imperial guard, who were or- dered to_surrender, were annihflated by the British. It is reported that the crown prince was in their midst.” The British official bureau has re- ceived no confirmation of this mes- sage. ALLIED FORCES ON FLANK OF GERMAN RIGHT WING Retirement of Germans Began Sunday After an Engagement, London, Sept. 7, 8.45 m. P. m. news contained in the French ofcial communication that the Ge vance by the ailied troops on the Jine from Nanteuil-Le-Haudouin to_Ver- E OFFENSIVE; FORCES FALL BACK IMPORTANT BATTLE BEING FOUGHT EAST OF PARIS Allies Are Opposing the German Ad- vance Over a Front Extending 120 campaign. The armies of the allies are opposing the German advance over a front ex- tending for about 120 miles, from Nan- teuil-le-Haudouin, 25 miles northeast of Paris, to the great fortress of Ver- Cabled Paragraphs Mrs. Richard Croker Dead. London, Sept. 7.—Word was recelved from Dublin today of the death in Austria, Saturday of Mrs. Richard Croker, wife of the former leader of Tammy Hall Asked to Resume Ordinary Life in Louvain. Rotterdam, via London, Sept. 8, 12.20 a. m—In vie wof the fact that the Germans have established civil gov~ ernment in the parts of Belgium occu- pled by their troops, the burgomaster of Louvain and a committee of citizens have called on the burghers of that city to return there and resume their or- dinary walks of life. Germany.Not to Loan Money to Aus- tria, Paris, Sept. 7. 6:20 p. Agency despatch from Zurich, Swit- zerland, says that the newspapers there announce that Ge: has re- rmany Jected Austria’s reqq it for a loan and that the bl.flmuhr“ taken sim- fiar action. PRESIDENT TRYING TO END COLORADO STRIKE. Appeals to Employers and Employes to dun, in the department of Meuse, and 20 miles west of the German frontier. ity Jows: " The French toops e Frenc o at supported by the Brit- ieh soldiers who passed through Paris 280, The position chosen by the allied forces to give battle to the advancing invaders is declared to be most favor- able_ having near its center the strong- Iy entrenched camp at jons-sur- Marne. The allies conducted their operations cesstully that a of the Melle and | The them back. The wounded began Paris_this afternoon. O i B CERMAN STEAM ROLLER STRUCK 'IMPASSABLE BARRIER? British Public Cheered by News That Tide Has Turned at Last. London, Sept. 7, 11:30 p. m.—Once more the Germans and the allied coming into . and_according lletin from Paris, the Germans on junday evening were compelled to n;'kh. a retreat. o Fr edge of the crescent and the Germans occupy- ing the interior line. It was a gen- eral action and the British troops were in _the battle with the French. . Brief and indefifinite though the an- nouncement was. it bas kindled. high hopes in Great Britain that the Ger- man steam roller has struck an im- passable y.rrler. BRITISH FREIGHTER STRIPPED OF WIRELESS - Off Magdalena By German Cruiser Bay, Lower California, San Francisco, Sept. 7.—The British trelghter. Cetriana, under charter. to the German government, was stripped Of her wireless by the German cruiser Leipzig on August 3 off na bay, Lower California, and her cook, a German. and one other German' re- servist were taken aboard the Leip- g, This was the word brought by Cap- tain Minister, of the British naval re- serve, commanding the Cetriana, which arrived here today. He left July 24 laden with 500 tons of.coal consigned to the Leipzig. The two vessels met in Magdalena bay and the Peipzig was coaled on August 4, the day war was declared.. Not until some time later through Rear Admiral Howard at Ma- zatlan, commanding the American Pa- cific fleet, did the Cetriana learn that war had been declared. Coming north, the vessel hugged the three mile limit. GERMANS ARE RETREATING ON LINE TO VERDUN After a Vigorous Action with French and British Troops. Paris, Sept. 7, via London, 8.35 p. m. —It was officially announced that the Germans are retreating from the line of Nanteuil-Le-Hardouin to Verdun after_a vigorous action with French and British troops. An earlier official statement given out in Paris today said that a general action had started on the line from Nanteuil-Le-Hardouin to Verdun, a distance of 120 miles. It was then sald that thanks to the vigorous ac- tion of the French troops supported by the British the Germans “started retiring.” Unofficial advices from Ber- lin also have indicated that a battle of tremendous importance was belng dun {ndicates that the Anglo-French een | forces have got on the flank of the h, | Paris on the north and w: ALLIES ADVANCE LEFT WING WITHOUT OPPOSITION. Beveral Combats on the Ouroq River Rosults in Defeat of Invaders, Paris, Bept, 7, 11:29 p, m~The fol- hmmdd comm; was is- “First—The allies heve advanced their left wing without energetic op- Position from tho enemy. risuation and in un our retiring, me successes on our right in the had bV combats o nthe Ourcq River with the resuits in favor of the allies,” E HOUR BATTLE § IN VICINITY OF QHENT. Aftor Dotermined Reslstanse Bolgians Were Forced to Rotreat, Hept, 8, 12:36 o, m—A des- to Reuters Telegram Company Ostend “Vielent fighting, says! fil five hours, hes taken piace be-~ oen Mello and Quatrecht, mear German right ring, which passed by - marching crown prince's army ‘coming south. It has been suggested by military e that General Von Kluck's movement to the southeast was taken as a matter of precaution before the movement by the allles from the coast. 1t is possible this new army which has reached Nanteull-lo-EHaudouin, thus getting on General Von Kluck's flank. The engagement took place Sunday and that evening the Germans began their retirement, JOFFRE'S PLANS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT. Foroing Back the German Forces in Northeast Direction, London, Sept, 7, 11:45 p, m—The of. flcial bureau says: “General Joffre's plans are heing steadily carried out. The allied forces, acting on the of- fenaive, have been successful in check- ing end foreing back in a northeast direction the German forces opposed them.” 242 Went Down With Pathfinder. London, Sept, 7, 11:10 p, m—The casualty list for the cruiser Pathfind- er, which was sunk in striking a mine in the Nerth Bes, as emclally miven out tonight shows that four men were killed and thirteen wounded and that Ghent, een Belglan volunteers and k superior force of Germans. After 242 are missing. fought in the territory described. EVIDENCE OF A FAMINE IN AUSTRIA Army Corps Between the Rivers tula and Bug are Retreating. Petrogard, Sept. 7.—The following officlal anncuncement was given out today: “The Austrian army corps between the river Vistula and the river Bug are retreating with enormous losses. “The resistance of the enemy has been broken. “There are evidences of the possibil- ity of a famine in Austria.” GERMAN ARMIES ARE IN HAZARDOUS POSITION Fate of Those Northeast of Paris Hopeless in Case These Suffered a Cheak, Parls, Sept. 7, 7:30 p, m.—Lieuten- ant Colonel Russet military critic of La Liberte, said today that the Ger- man armies had placed themselves in a position to the east and northeast of Paris, which might become hopeless in case they suffered & check, Another Trawler Sunk by Mine, Shields, England, Sept. 7, by way of London, 4:00 p, m.—The sinking of a fishing trawler which struck g mine in the North Bea Bunday is reported. The skipper and a fireman were drowned Ten others were rescued. Adopt Some Basis for Settlement.’ s | about $1,500,000. y @D, pioyers and employes to adopt tative basis for tl a “ten- he adjustment of the and to the officers of the United Mine ‘Workers of America. It was forwarded after the president had held several conferences with Sec- retary Wilson. - of agreement offered by the president includes the establish- ment of a year truce, subject to the enforcement of the mining and labor laws of Colorado; the return to work of miners who have not been convicted of law violation: t [able to ascribe tonight's outbreak to, cause. of a grievance committee by employes. agreement provides that in cases of the ep in and act as the final referee of all dis- putes. Under the agreement, the clalm for contractural relations would be waived, no mine guards would be employed, the federal troops now on_ duty the strike district would be withdrawn, plcketing, parading, colonizi c g byt & Swoma e by the commission. The expense of the commiss] the employers and employes.,. SUBORDINATE NEWS Secretary of the Navy Daniels Says Jt is the Duty of American Editors. Vergennes, Vt., Sept. 7—Subordinate the printing of news to the service of the country, especially when inter- mal -issues are involved and the imes are fraught with peril, was the counsel of Josephus Danlels, secretary of the navy, to American editors and publicists, ‘s expressed here tonight before the Vermont Press Association. Mr. Danlels declared that no editor could be patriotic who permitted his love for sensation of his zeal in print- ing news to lead to the publication of something that might embarrass his government in diplomatic relations with aonther. “THe duty of the press is to be critical, but always to be just and ac- curate,” the secretary said. He em- phasized the responsibilities of the ed- itor, but asserted his duty was first that of a cltizen. MOTORCYCLISTS KNOCKED THROUGH FENCE Three in Hospital—Struck by an Au- tomobile in Milford. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 7—Mr. and Mrs. Louis Michelik, and son William, of Westfleld, Mass, were injured se- verely today when an automobile struck their motorcycle near the “Half Way House” in Milford. The motor- cycle was equipped with a side seat arrangement. The aullo, driven by O. H. Stickler of Wheeler Pond, near Milford, knocked the motorcycle and its occupants through a fence. All three were brought to the New Haven hospital. The youth is the most severely injured. He has a com- pound fracture of the arm and multi- ple contusions and bruises about the head and body. The body's parents have scalp wounds and are suffering from the shock. Turkey Takes in Valona, Control Albania. London, Sept. 7, 7:52 p. m.—An Ex- change Telegraph’ Company’s despatch from Valona ~Albania, says that a complete Turkish government was in- stalied there today. Genady Adin Bey, a former Turkish official, will replace the provisional government which took charge of affairs when Prince William of Wicd withdrew from his kingdom. Russian Troops Enter rnowitz, Petrogard, Sept. 7, by way of Lon- don, 6:55 p. m.—A' despatch from Bucharest coming by way of Odeesa, announces the entry of Russian troops into Czernowitz An earlier despatch from London re- ported that the Russians had entered Czernowlitz unopposed. The city is the capital of Bukowina, Austria-Hungary. gnd 15 146 miles south cast of Lem- = Conelstary to Be Priva Paris, Sept. 7.—A despatch to the Vavas agency from Rome says that the pope received the members of the diplomatic corps today. ¥ollowing the reception Cardinal Ferrati, his secr: tary, announced that tomorrow's con- sisiory would be private; owing to the war no Invitations would Do is- sued, No Heope for Entombed Miners. Adamson, Okla, Sept. 7.—Rescuers this aftermoon sbanoned the hope of reaching the thirteen men entombed in the Union Coal Company’s mine . m—A Havas TO SERVICE OF COUNTRY. 4 r Water BECAUSE OF OVERFLOWING OF TURKEY CREEK MANY ARE HOMELESS Two Men Killed and Numerous Thrill- Loss is Estimated at About $1,500,000 Kansas City, Sept. 7—Night fell on Kansas City with many sections under Water because of the overflowing of came In contact with a broken trolley wire, a number were injured slightly and numerous thrilling rescues are re- ported. The total loss is estimated at RIOTING IN FOREIGN SECTION OF iPROVIDENCE Stopped in & Few Minutes by 200 Policemen and a _Large Mounted Squad. Providence, R. L, Sept. 7.—Rioting ocecurred in the foreign section to- night for the third time within nine days. Nearly half a mile of store windows were broken and a number of rioters were injured. Two hundred policemen including & large mounted squad stopped the dis turbance within a few minutes by ar- resting twenty men who were alleged to_be the lead The first of as a protest against the raising of food vrices on account of the Bu- war, but .the police were un- any particular PROTEST REPORTS OF ILL TREATMENT IN GERMANY. Passengers on Holland-American Liner Rotterdam Declare Them Faise. New York, Sept. 7.—] -American 1i fon would bé divided between | iy . A. Rossenbach, Darien, Conn., and several hundred others. GERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT TO EARTH to' the West of Malines. Fired on by LS London. Sept. 7.—A despatch Reuter's Telegram company from Ant- Werp says a German aeroplane, fiying in the neighborhood of Lotteghem, to the west of Malines, was fired on by the . The wings of the ma- chine were injured and it was brought down to earth and the two occupants made prisoners. The same correspondent says 85 German troops on bicycles have been killed at Londerseel, also west of Ma- lines, by a Belgian patrol and that at Zammel seventeen Germans were sur- prised and killed by Belgian troop: GOVERNOR OF BAY STATE ' THROWN FROM HORSE. Sustained a Compound Fracture of the Right Arm. Boston, Sept. T—Governor Walsh ‘was thrown from a horse at the Park Riding school today, sustaining an in- jury which will keep him confined for several days. The injury was a com- pound comminuted fracture of the right arm, just above the elbow joint. Physiclans who attended him at a pri- vate hospital, reducing the fracture while he was under the influence of ether, announced tonight that he was resting comfortably. WASHINGTON INTERESTED IN WAR DEVELOPMENTS Feeling Generally Is That a Decisive attle Is Progress. to ‘Washington, Sept. 7.—Officials here displayed much interest tonight in the reports of the general engagement in France aléng an extended battle front. The feeling was generally that a de- cisive battle was in progress, but of- ficial Wespatches to the American gov- ernment contatned no news of the hos- tilities. 2 NO INCREASE OF UNEMPLOYER IN ENGLAND. Same as Last Week. Same sa Last Week. London, Sept. 7, 10 p. m—A return ssued by the board of trade tonight shows that the growth of unemploy- ment has virtually stopped. In the trades where insurance against unem- ployment is enforced the percentage of employment {s 6.24—almost exactly the same as last week, and compares with 3.34 last year. British Dreadnought Chasing German Cruiser, Honolulu, _Sept, Navigation Company’s steamer Wil- heimina reported on arrival here to- day that she picked up & wireless mes- sage from the British Dreadnought Australia, then in Hawallan saying that she was in full chase of the German cruiser Nurnberg, which left here September 1L Ambassador Graves House Hunting. Pa Sept, 7, 6.26 p. m~Willlam Graves Sharp, the recently appointed American ambassador to France, is busy house hunting and becoming fa- ing Rescues Are Reported—Total | ers. the riots was intended Condensed Telegrams Communicatio: T - (aommunication with Turkey is un Speaker Champ Clark delivered ldd:“ HIPJUM. e b President Wilson spent Labor Day golfing and automol 3 were 15,000 workers in the Labor Day parade in Boston. The American Red Cross has named twelve nurses for Servian relief work. Steffanson, the Canadian explorer, is marooned on the ice off Herskell is- The greatest turnout of laber unigns ever seen in Bridgeport flowed through the streets. more done before. Governmental business. in_Washington in Day. The sale of liquors has St. Petersburg. New Orleans for a two tour in Loulsiana. ted as an insane person is dangerous to others. I'Imnt Park’s fall race meeti opened yesterday and continues un! one week from Saturday. According to have bee: ‘whose 1l connection ‘flt: the Labor Day mories at Plattsburg, N. Y. Organized labor in New Haven made of Labor Day than it had ever . was sus- recognition been pro- hibited for the duration of the war in Colonel Roosevelt has arrived in days’ speaking late advices, Japanese ; :A sent up again to Teiog-Tau. made an address in cere- The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Doubie tnat o Any utner raper, and Its lotl uirculauon IS e Largest in' Gonnecucut in- Froporuon to the Gity’s Population RECORDS SMASHED AT GOUNTY FAIR 18,000 People Were at the Night Fair and 'Saw Racing. New London county people, and for that matter, -folks from all over east- crn Connecticut, found a common gathering place, and a ‘fine ome, at the fair is on Monday. - The first day of the Agricultural society’s 60th an- nual fair shattersd records. In point of attendance, for one thing, it eclipsed the best of them In the old days; 18,000 ning day! That Roland Molineaux has been commit. berty T .. Overflowed on All Sides. Bulel;n-tnfl‘mm i being made to keep | aro: Preparations are baing made to federal flelds throughout the winter. issued an Meriden, for lin and & teers, are on the water bound couver and thence . across: C: city, next month. P . A cablegram received here from Henry Weyand that he was safe in had booked - passage for September 16. The United Hebrew Charities of New York reports that for the first time since the financial. panic in 1907 there has. been an increase in the number of families seeking ald. The prefect of the Seine is adver- tising for men and women/of the al- lied nations to heard livestock and milk cows collected in the entrenched camp. The population of Paris and suburbs before the war was 3,400,000. Accord- ing to semi-official figures it is 2,010,- 000 today owing to the: mobilization of the army and the departure of the fugitives. With the pinch of poverty tighten- ing among families left in the United States when thousands of Teservists hurried to war, government officlals have found themselves with- out means of offering aid. The decres of September 1, signed tiot, teelng pro confiscation ahd cit! rest on mere accusati by order of .Genewal Carranza. The governor has resigmed. against Burton J. Wade, of New Haven, who attempted to dive for the fourth time into water five feet deep, at Savin Rock, died from a broken neck. Wade ‘was 40 years estate of age, a real dealer and lived in Sea Bluff on the ‘west shore. . The tug Gladys returned at Penas- cola, Fla., with a story of having en- of Pcm‘ la Friday night. 1f nascol ?:n- aboard the tug declared ships were in' darkness. A Rustem Bey, Turkish ambassador, issued a statement charging that the intimation by Great Britain to the United States that she would welcome Christian: vulgar trap” to get the United States “mixed in the Europe fray on ‘the allies side.” waters, | take the action. said to have openly dynamite the jail. French to Rescue Them. Bordeaux, Sept. 7, by way of Paris, 6.33 p. m.—The soldiers’ newspaper {a- sued by the government for the bene- miliar with tho diplomatic situation as it is related to the United States. hes no intention of submitting his here since last Friday, It will take mmore than a week to remove the debris, according to experts at the scene, credentials for several weeks nor, in- deed, until in agreement with Ambas-* sador Myron T. Herrick they ask for He | Rev. Bmil reichstag from Lorraine, decl. ing that one and a half million people in Alsace-Lorraine are waiting for the French eoldiers to rescue them “from Henrik Sienkiwicz, tho‘:fllhAlu- thor, has ap] e Aus- trian Poles to fight "lg;‘lnudl. of “the. Highland olub, | there Membe: : u 1den, formed a. brigade saved & farmhouse on the Westeld road of Waterbury stated | i ., and home for th | 1y People of Alsace-Lerraine Waiting for | t: Shqwing the County’s Produce. And -the" réal\old <county *fair vidence are the things that tell. On the Lively Midway. Natyrally, however, the midway gets first cholce amo: attentions of the Dby the governor of the federal dis-|say, Tryphena was at her old stand tell- ing fortunes in a realistic and general- encouraging way, and there were wheels and ring games in Untold varie- ty. They all aid a land office busi- ness, for the bizgest crowd the fair ever had was also extremely liberal. They were the same old games with now trimmings—you get a dollar and a half to the good, and then a turn or two of the wheel and you're In the hole. The thing to do is to lauzh and rass on. But all the games Monday were apparently straitht. However at 5 o'clock the state police shut down all those that were wiving money prizes, but allowed the wheels with dolls, etc., to keep running. In one of the bootbs, rear a lively seller of Whivs. some pa- Jiers got afire during the afternoon and for a few moments there was excite- raent in that vieinity. The booth was overturned before the blaze was finally stamped out. In the srandatand careless smokers dropped lighted butts in several in- gave opportunitios for firex start which might have been meri- cus if not for the Iness of the caretai: ers. Water Wagon Steeds Made a Dash. . nother little incident not on the prosramme was the runaway of a couple of horses on the watering cart about 1 o'clock. The young driver left thom unhitched at the trough near the Round Hill farm headquarters and the ® run toward the instructions from Washington. under the heel of a pitiless despot.” - animals etarted on east gats. Automobiles left the path Opening Day ; NEW STANDARD FOR AGRICULTURAL Grounds—Fine Flights by the Aviator—3,000 Dles | 1is cornet to the. u-m‘i ening. Arthur East Great-Plain on : Fine Firewo and people as the water n came along. The horses swus the gate with precision street a way the car and the latter ost a wheel Dive Not on the T . A more in great 4 e, SU as the out over cour and| ar. Jona ow, that sliced its - he whirling wheel of his head and at the same out hoops over a partner. %t 4 and in th and Frank much work, but none of very many moments of loafing all day. Rutherford C, Plaut was another of the fairs busiest on Monday. poureg ofl on troubled waters straightened out many a tangle by dipiomacy. Calvin L. Swan was in his o'd place at the grandstand ticket floe and Austin_ Furlong took thers. Howard Benjamin, Hi Powers and George Chase took tl at the old gate, and Frank Logan, seph Adams and William Moran Baltic, were receiving them at the n entrance. Lord assi Secre Bk i 7 i g a : i The Track Events. J¥red J. West as starter this year wag the right official in the Tight Without partiality and with a satis- fying degres of celerity he got the horses off and there were no disputes among the rscing men. 1f the flelds| were small. the horses that did race. ovided preity racink, with close es enouzh to keap up the inter— est and the enthusiasm of tae horse- man and cpectators in genersl Other| Slier tucos were 2leo to be seen in| :22’ stand, Georxs 4. Pendleton of North Steadrgien. Mlchael B. of Norwich ané C. M. Adarx of Dan-| ielson_as the judges and timers, Wil- liam W. Beckwith as the oficlal an- | mouncer and Ronald M. Kimbal as (Continued . on page %Vl& R i