Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 26, 1915, Page 1

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LVIL—NO. 22 NORWICH, & °“o'3 CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulleti TROOPS MOVING FOR BIG BATTLES Austrians Have Massed Large Forces at Bukowina in Endeavor to Push Back the Russians LITTLE FIGHTING IS REPORTED IN PROGRESS Unable to Fathom Whether It Means a New Campaign in That District, Where Previously All Russian Attempts | to Advance Have Been Repulsed—Germany Has Seiz- ed All Stocks of Wheat in Order to Insure a Supply of Bread Until the Next Harvest—Amsterdam Reports That All the 50 Year Old Men of the Landsturm in the Province of Brandenburg Have Been Notified to Ap- pear for Medical Exaination. it stated that the British officials would not regard the consignment of the food hip to some individual or firm any proof that its ultimate destination is not the arm In actual fighting there little do- ing anywhere, but the new tr positions in various quarte indicate that shortly big be gain | will be waging, 1 This is particularly true der the conditions that are alleg- southeastern theatrs in ed to exist in Germany, it is believed where the Austrians have her that it is virtually mpossibl to guaranty that any foodstuffs destined for civilian use will reach the con- signees. large forces to endeavor to push back the Russians and in the Carpathian passes where the troops of the dual monarchy are reported by Petrograd | to_be showing animation. Berlin notes a movement sians in _considerable force north of Warsaw and the G itary critics are in a quand whether this means a new BERLIN NEWSPAPER BERATES AMERICANS' SYMPATHY of Rus- to the Says American Munitions Are Used to Destroy Seashore Resorts. in that district, where prew | S e n s Berlin, Jan. via London, Jan. 25, ussian attempts at an ve | O ¥ . 28, Russian attempts at an advance have | R icle under the head Destruction American Munitions sserts is the i been > scertain- claim ser in the by -ought by the Germans d the delivery of whol. h to England which useq to destroy Zeebrugze, B! Ostend and Lombaert: orts. Germany reat, in onde = seashore re Germ the ities 0 the nec jons. 8 ver, then the | | full chorus of America’s moral Indig- nation is heard: but when England declares aim to siarve & nd destroy the comm point or g tens, by selling weapons, to Bt | the “attainment of. tnis Ruman | object. be the ise BT on the de of th GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS e dieny SEIZED ALL STOCKS OF WHEAT ed Austro-Hun i In Order to Safeguard Bread Supply | Until Next Harvest. i i estige in 1t 12 have ser Ruman! in London t Gi foodstuffs for mi is stated Amsterdam to Isond: 05 a. m—All s to the reports al erican steamer Wilhelm! " seized by the German gov- from New Y for according to the official foed, is likely to in order to safeguard the allies nnless a positi bly until the next harvest. given that her cargo ire. it is sald, was made the German army - the fact that the people to economize. The stocks buted according to the of the various communi- Amsterdam reports eer old untrained nu sturm in the pro which Berlin fied to appear the Afty | NARROWLY ESCAPED COLLISION V'\'NTH CRUISER KARLSRUHE Swedish Bark Met Her 200 Miles East of the Barbadoes, Mobile, Ala. Jan A story of a arrow escape from collision with the German _cruiser Karlsruhe, 200 mile: irbadoes, Dec, 22, as ais ve: ving before a tropical storm, here today by Ivor Tuvasson, of the Swedish bark Maoril- Captain Tuvasson said the war- vas riding le just before h two merchanimen lash- ed_to her side and no lights showing. The three vessels loomed up, he said, just ip time for him to steer clear by two ship lengths. WIRELESS FORBIDDEN i IN GERMAN WATERS.| Merchant Ships May Use It Only in Case of Distress. Washington, Jan. -The fmperial marine authorite: bidden the use of wirele German have 1 except in cas s dor Gerard at Berlin today te department that the directions had been eice to the use of wireless when en- tering Wesr: “The use of wireless is only permitted case of distress. After a ve E within Grman wate: and the German pilot has boarded her, the ship i ways under the control of coast ns ond war vessels. apparatus is locked and ke: tain s, i MILITARY TRAINING IN MERIDEN HIGH SCHOOL. o n’; Circ{lI;tior; in Norwich is Doub . "y:r Any Gther Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Austrian Cruiser Struck by Mine. London, Jan. 26, 3.11 a. m.—A des- patch to the Dally Mail from Venice says it is reported there from Trieste than an Ausirian cruiser has struck a mine near the Brioni Islands and sunl. The Brion! Islands are at the mouth of the harbor of Pola, Austria’s big naval base and arsenal on the Adriatic. Severe Fighting in Alsa Berne, via Parls, Jan. 25, 10. . m. —In Alsace severe fighting continues around the heights of Hartmann- Weiler, rear Thann. The mountains are covered with snow, and the fight- ing is being carricd on “under zhe most difficult conditions. These mountains dominate not only Thann but also the roads to the Sanot Amarin vailey and are, therefore, of great importance from a strategical standpoint. CONTEMPT SENTENCE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE. U. S. Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Tribune Men Who Refused to Tell Source of News. p. m. Washington, Jan. 25—Contempt of court sentences imposed on Wiiliam L. Curtin and George Burdick of the New Yorlk Tribune because they refused to divulge sources of information of a printed story of grand jury investiga- tions of customs frauds in New York Were set aside today by the supreme court. The court did not pass upon whether the men could be compelled to state the sources of their information. It sSustained their refusal to testify be- fore a grand jury on the ground that they might have incriminated them- es, despite the fact that presiden- tial pardons had been prepared for them. The newspaper men refused to accept the pardons. The court today held that a pardon extended to a witness before a federal grand jury did not male ineffective his objection to testifying lest he Inerim- nate himself, provided he did not ac- 3¢ the pardon. WHEAT CLIMBS TO TOP-NOTCH PRICE May Delivery at $1.46 1-2 Shows Rise of 1 1.8 Over Sunday, Chicago, Jan. 25.—War prices for wheat soared higher today than ever. delivery soon touched $1.45 5-8, of 1 i-§ as compared with Sat- night. The highest prev quotation since Buropean hostilities Degan was $1.45 3-8, on January 21. Befere the day ended, the market went as high as $1.46 1-2 a bushel, delivery. Despite the fact that required of speculators were ee times as much as under cumstances, the volume of s fairly large, of traders centered to a e extent on the dwindling United States visible supply. Offerings today were ligh RESERVE AGENTS ARE TO CONFER WIiTH BOARD Meeting Will Be Held in Washington Next Monday. trar shington, Jan. —The Federal board has invited the Federal e agents, who are the direct s of the government as the board of directors of ank con- ngton next ide many moot fons raised igents as a result of the g of the Federal R 1k em. The vigo: 1 and zovernors of the rd, both @f which have with regard to the Reserve board, al h that body. THAW WAS REMANDED TO THE TOMBS He Will Plead in Supreme Court on Wednesday, nfer- eady have met the Tombs tice Davis, in the crim inal branceh of the supreme court this | morning until Wednesday, when his | piea will ba heard. | Before Thaw was taken to court for in the arraignment he was visited Tombs by his councel, John B. Stanche fleld. Morgan J. O'Brien and Abel I.| Smith. | Commodore W. Braunersreuther, U.S.N. New Jan. 25.—Commodore William Braunersreuther, U. S. N., re- tired, died today at the naval hospital in the New York navy yard of a com- plication of diseases. He was born in IMinols and was 70 vears old. He served as a volunteer in the ( war and was appointed to the navy on Sept York, 20, 1871, When Admiral Dewey cap- tured Maniia, Braunersreuther was made captain of the port. He held a number of imporiant posts and when to the pilot when the vessel i - 05t 1 Rotersand Lighthouse. When the ves- | Town School Committee Votes tolhs Ietired in 1909 It was with the rank :31\ hi”] 1:n [FU:;"‘:; rxndio ?7"\5“1“’3"-': Mako It an Elective Course. been abolished. After his retirement over to the authori of these direction: outwardd voyage HUNGARY NOT SEEKING A SEPARATE PEACE. The reve is the rule for the Meriden, Conn, Jan. 25.—By a vote of 6 to 3 the Meriden town school com- mittee decided this evening to add mi itary training to the list of elective <courses at the high school. The three dissenting members evinced sturdy op- position, but were voted down. The sentiment of the students at the high school, and of their parents, was found to be overwhelmingly in favor of the addition of the course. The Meriden Former Premier Characterizes State- ment as Mendacious. Venice, via Tondon, Js 5.25 p.| Central Labor union has gone on rec- ount Juli former | 0rd as opposed to the instituting of premier and min military training at the school, claim- Tsgaty 3 ing “militarism” will be the result. The executive board of the union will meet tomorrow evening to take steps to fight the action of the school board. The superintendent of the school has been instructed to proceed with the organization of a company of cadets, as the state has granted the use of the armory and the government has prom- Hurg: desirous and declare peace will be concluded with Germany and on terms ory to both countr One of the chief tacks ired of the seeking a separate peac that of the ne Austro-Furearion forris ster. the ised the school authorities that guns despatch credits Co v with Wwould be furnished. il be to g the neutral better understandin_ of | ? Austro-Hongarfan foreign policy | 'CF MAKES BUSINESS FOR AMBULANCES IN NEW YORK. vin their approval of it. GUARANTEE FOODSTUFF Three Deaths Reported from Slipping on Sidewalks. MUST IS NOT FOR GERMAN ARMY. witt | New York, Jan. 25—The present normal weather conditions are likely Otherwise Steamer Wilheimina be Stopped by Allies. throughont the day at Sy | fously snowed, p. m.—Unless ' s it is rain- given that the ing, but it may change at any mo- on the American a, which sa’led from "1 ment to snow or sleet. ture is right for either. ons are sti'l complicated by reason The tempera- Traffic condi- ¢ he sclid ne t of ice which covrred 1 by the sl- *h v_yesterday and last. night. be . B > i-~ed gen ral Scores of persuns were injured by fu.ls practic of th German authorities in on the slippery pavement, and at least selzing, for militery use any foodstuffs, l three deaths resulted from this cause. Commodore Braunersreuther went to live in Darien, Conn No Quorum in Senate. ‘Washington, Jan, 25.—Failure of the senats to get a quorum in executive session late todav prevented confirma~ tion of Henry Clay Hall of Colorado as interstate commerce commissioner. to succeed himself. The nomination had been fia.vg.!.bly reported several weeks ago by the interstate commerce committee after long delay caused by opposition of Senators Cummins, fa Follette and Clapp, who criticized re- versal of the attitude of the commis- sfon on the five per cent. rate case. Escaped Prisoner Captured. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 25.—John Grif- fiths, who escaped from Auburn prison on November 10 last, in order, he said, that he might visit his mother, who was seriously 1ll and who was cap- tured In Buffalo, must serve an addi- tional year for the offense. He was arraigned here today#and sentenced to serve twelve months in addition to- his unexpired term. Griffiths made his escape by climbing over the prison wall. Naval Cadet Dismissed. Washington, Jan, 25.—President Wil. son today approve tre recommendation of Secretary Daniels and Superinten- dent Fullam of the naval academy that iMidshipmen Leonard Kirby, Jr. of New Jersey, be dismissed. Kirby was charged with placing a flack of liquor in a classmate’s locker. Waterbury Postmaster Nominated. Washington, Jan. 25.—President Wil- &on today nominated Edward M. O'Brien to be postmaster at Water- bury, Conn. Talked Over Gircuit FROM JEKYLL ISLAND, GA, TO SAN FRANCISCO. i VOICE OCEAN TO OCEAN President Wilson Inaugurated First “Trans-Continental by Speaking Directly to San Francisco. Telophone ‘Washington, Jan. 25~—President Wilson today inaugurated ti first trans-continental telephone system by speaking directly to President Moor of the Panama-Pacific exposition, in San Francisco. With Mr. Moore, Alex ander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, and President Vail of the American Telegraph and Tele- phone company on the wire, at dif- ferent points, the president extended congratulations on the achievement. President Talks Across Continent. nation “It appeals to the ima, speak across the continent president to Mr. Moore. “It is thing for the exposition thut the fi thing it has done is send it over from sea to sea. I you on the fine Prosp cessful exposition. 1 hoping to take part in adjournment of congre: i 1 suc confiden the m it promises to be, and sonal congratulatior With Mr. Bell listening in on the} line at New York, the president then | epoke to Thomas A. Watson in Francisco. Mr. Watsen was Dr. Bell's electrician at the time inven- tion of the tele the first person to jiken over a telephon Congratulates Dr. Bell, “L consider it president, “to admir: angd scien this possi vital cord shou meric: a ew ity anmd our enter you convey my cordial cor to Dr. Bell ¢ want to you my persc R With Mr. line at Jek the then spoke to Dr. “May I congratulate ver. on this notable consummat 1 and rem yre: long a memorable d: by warm congrs The presiden « Mr, Moo: o tinctly, TELEPHONE CARRIES HUMAN VOICE FROM OC Alexander Graham Bell Conversed With Thomas A. Watson. N TO OCEAN.| New Y ham_Bel. sat ork, Jan. inver or first time 1stor the hum from o the S W ard tele Mr. B 2 the wire as ihe hone now TALKED OVER CIRCUIT 4,600 MILES LONG From Jeyk! Island, Ga., to San Fran- messages Watson ov 0 telephone nstrument origin- con- vears comnpa n and N cuit 4,600 mi Mayor Rolph of M Mitchell of New York and m exchanged messa ASKS INVESTIGATION OF NEW YORK POLICE. | ! State Superintendent of Saioon League. the Anti- { New York, t the admin: partment tutes a case <hy,” and that Mayor Mitchel present inten compel the I force the exc contained Governor Whi derson, state superir Anti-Saloon league of New Ye¢ letter asks the governor to gate the conduct of the police ment, with special r violation of the state eale of liquor on Sunday, tain whether conditions removal of FPolice Comr thur Woods from office. “It is an_open and noforious thet th excise law is_reularly generally violated In New York oity,” | asserts Mr. Anderson’s letter. in an| effort to prove th ention he en- closed affidavits covering more than | 700 places on main _thoroughfar i d, | | throughont the clty which, 1 had been found opén vesterday Consecrated P. E. Bishop Jersey. Burlington, N. J., Jan, Paul Matthews, formerly of % Minn., was today consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dioce: of New Jersey in St. Mary’s church here. Bishop Doyd Vincent of the southern diocese of Ohio presided at the cere- mony and two co-consecrators were Bishop Leonard of Ohio and Bishop Willleme of Nebraska. of DecisionaBlow o 4,600 Miles Long, Organized Labor EMPLOYES MAY MEN TO WITHDR. REQUIRE WORK- AW FROM UNION SUPREME COURT FINDS Invalidates Labor Law of Connecticut and 12 Other States—Three Justices Dissent in Kansa: s Decision. W ington, Jan. 25.—The constitu- tional right of employers to require employes to renounce their union af- filiations as a condition of employment was sustained todey court In a decision, ganized labo called coercion ational. a d unconst an d sl fell by the declsion. Kansas Case Under the Kan law for a tion to coerce ind; or influence any person reement not to jo or remain a member of a labor orga; to enter into an ag: tion as a condi c from the fon and for chm. thdra » did not w | men’s union of Nor? Substance The substance of majority of the cou: grapk “Just as labor org ions have the inherent and constitutional right to| deny membership to any man who will not agree that, durinz such member- ployment in com men; and just itutional r employment. by the supreme far-reaching to or- in which the Kansas so- statute was declared Associate enting opinion with 1d Holmes, declared milar laws in thi and in Porto Rico in Question. s statute it was un- ividual or corpora- tion of securing or The case te conviction of T. B, n superintendent of San Francisco rail- threatening A n, w from the Swit th America. of Opinion. the opinion of the rt was in this para- ept or retain em- ny with non-union union man has to decline proffer- employment unless the emplover will ag not to employ any non- union m so the employer ha onstitational right to insist that the emplore with the ployment. Contention of Di a1l refrain from sion during the term c a ssenting Justices. The contention of the dissenting jus- expressed, 1 of their an emplo 2, New Ivania jority’s opinion, dec! demandin e should not join the > pow in the main, in this opinion: yer not be forb) agreements that na- ate 1 not the not to Why member: not New ork, Oklahoms and Wiscon: ann, made er of red b: t sed on an inter: an em ice Holmes SEIZED 75 CARLOADS OF ADU | Were intended for fe A SIN LTERATED OATS. Export Shipment— seeeding: ound to be f low FTEN MEN RESCUED FROM KING SCHOONER Hurricane New Yorlk, alveston. nd nine alle hove One by om_ off. was injured resctie was a member of the < effected about north of Cape Hatteras. | Whose Masts Were Carried Away by a Saturday. men, res- crew xter, which for Balti- Dodse btain v the men el until nd took in falling m: SALVATION ARMY WORKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE At Hartford—He is ran: Thought to Be De- ged. H Flull Ivation tempted suicide tonight by Conn., Jan. 26.—Charles A, Army worker, at- shooting himself through the chest on the porch of a Windsor avenue residence where he had been empioyed. After firing the shot he kicked in two windows and then sat down in a rocking chair to wait for someone to discover his con- dition. At the hospital it was said his con- dition was serious. be deranged. He s thought to Justice | to | Adair | s | Philippi Condensed Telegrams The Metapan, the first oil burning steamer to leave the port of New York sailed for Havana. All ferries and tugboats of the Long h Island Railroad will be equipped wit oil burning furnaces; |, Senator Moise Penrose confined to his home in Philadelpl sutfering from a bronchial affection. Twenty-five hundred persons attend- ed the funeral of two of the strikers shot by depaties at Roosevelt, J. During the last 30 days of h ministration former Governor West, Oregon, freed conditjonally 59 ad- of The military government of Havre of New York will spend February and Panama Canal a part of March in the Zone. Three bandits were shack near Granite S after they had robbed there. Baron Stephen Burian, zarian mini of rived at Berlin to co; William. The Cunarder ter forei; Transylvania from New York for Liverpool two twelve-inch to h forward deck. | General Joffre, was decorated of George or Nichol suite. Ernest Roume, formerg eral of the French prov Africa, w: pointe leral of Indo-Chix Chamber died was cha be away a | tempted to scar he | The final resu {for the Ito $67 e lilincis St Wis., will his week n will b Th resolution of Cc A concurring special ssion rural c its the Ho by Rej The Morsemore Methodist a vy Baptist churches, s of Yonk cause of scarl Three men were killed waxes, Pa. w n § | on which thes rj ed and rolled river. A personal repres Wilhelm laid of Gonzalo Q 3 Gerr to regulate the sa in China eric consular di the | favorably to the House | Six timber wolves 1o district a 5 rickens and pi »ack Hovey, University $100.. Legal Aspects of convicts. | darkened the city Saturd night in anticipation of an attack by Zeppelins. | Former Governor Martin H. Glynn, | | | | Ship Purchase DEALT WITH BY SENATOR ROOT OF NEW YORK SAYS IT'S UN-NEUTRAL Asserts We Would Buy an Interna- tional Quarrel With Every Ship We Bought and Cause Controversies, hington, Jan. 25—Grave fears that the pen g government ship pur- arried into effect, would ited States In serious international controve; S, Wwas ex- D ed in _the senate by Senator Root of New York. Addressing himsel? largely to the legal aspects of the easure, and what the administration to do under it, the senator also rged the democrats with attempt- ing to rush the bill through by “brute force and weight of votes” and warned his _colleagues the -danger of reducing the senz a mere ‘registering, instead f a legislative bodsy speech aroused the Yy members, who for several had remained ilent while repub- ttacked the bill, and enators administration, York senator asserted, was to German interned ships for the posed government corporation. He ittacked the opinion of Solicitor Johnson of the state department in this connection and pas particularly ic in commenting on the attitude ry McAdoo of the treasury, he was “filled with appre- by the idea of putting vast powers into the hands of a man who thinks there is no ground for difficul- i Dealt With Mr. Root International Questions. went deeply into interna- nal questions and pointed out that for the period of the Great Brit- ain, France and Russia had adopted 1s their rule a modified form of a rule greed to in the * aration of Lon- don” that transfers of ships during the war only could be valid when the vendor t of such ships had proved that the transfer of h ships was not made to escape the danger of capture or other cons: ences of war. Calls It Un-Neutral. “None of these great powers will permit citizen: n_enemy to rob them of their by transfer of which re entitled to cap- on the hig to a meutral f he insisted. We cannot measure t mber of our s - neutral step will lead to further un- uiral steps by others until we are in the thing. “I am not arguing against buying a ship;. but buying an international quarrel with every ship. If we are to maintain neutrality we must hold close to it. If you precipitate this country into an ernational controvers when may feel we have , we will in > oursely IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. Submitted to the sioner House by Commis- of Bureau of Fisheries. fishing in bmitt d to the house ner Smith of the bu- reed t the Unite nd grounds rawl drawn shellfish, that the h, ¥ The Inspector of arreted Isiddro Cor ring the first brother of th ro, who was orme experiments m v Railroad betw and fixed ions we will lead to the exten wireless system. to fly harbor over the ti f Havana nformed b: that he would be n by d under inspectors with the Briti: nd h stamp. {__If Charles Gordon Emery 2d. of Youngstown, N. Y. on’ the water d 30, and ab- r the same peri- under the will of “mery, $50,000. | his grana | Governor-General Harrison of the sued an order that Gen- ie of the most prominent e Province be put to for the murdef of a applied to him for a | The Toledo News-Bee was fined 1$7,500, and the editor, N. D. Cochran, §200, by Judge Killtis, of the United Sta District Court there. The cha comme a case. was contempt growing out of ts on Judge Killit's conduct in The Delaware structural printing company of New York, was fined $100 in police court at Springfield, Mass., for employing workmen from outside the state when citizens of Massachu- setts were avafable. The company ap- pealed. i the cruiser. | . The American steamer Matanzas | iled from Norfolk, Va. Bremen ith 6,300 bales of cot | | prohibi motion, be on all sttoms in th, ocean outside © territorial j tion north of the degree of north I de, ex- F : nnel me- *ad on Nantucket the > of protec report adds, a ion to the im- y cannot qua n large OBITUARY. Dr. es M. Bodine. sviile Bodine nown in the south i for many vea department, Uni- died at his home ne was 84 years to infirmities of isville, Movements of Steamships. 24.—Passed: Steamer am, New York for Rot- terds Ca, Steamer Manuel Liverpool, Jan, 2 s Missanabie, St. John, N. B.; 25th, Orduna, New York. Safle 23rd, steamer Francomia, New York. Gibraltar, Jan. 24—Arrived: Steam- ew York 25.—Sailed: Steam- er New York, . er Ausonia, 2 Siasconscet, Jan. 25.—Steam- er Ryndamn, Rotterdam for New York, signalled 340 miles east of San- dy Hook at noon. Dock noon Tues- day, Gibraitar, Jan. er Finland, New proceeded) ~—Arrived: Steam- rk for Naples (and One Million Horseshoes for Russia. Catasaquay Pa. Jan, 25.—Announce= ment was made here yesterday by a local firm of the receipt.of an order from the Russian government for one million horseshoes. The plant is run- ning day and night. Gun With Range of 25 Miles. Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 25, 10.15 a. m.—A German military news- paper announces that a mew navai gun of 18 inches calibre and with a range of 85 miles has been creatsd.