Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 25, 1915, Page 1

Norwich == s <& 1198 Wy Sim iz 25 Bulletin VOL. LVII.—NO. 149 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY. JUNE 25 1915 > TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population RUSSIANS RETREAT, BUT NOT DISMAYED Rear Guards Are Opposing a Further Austro-German Advance With Determination GERMANY AND AUSTRIA CELEBRATES VICTORY Artillery Active in Operations in France—A Recent Bom- bardment of Dunkirk by the Germans Wrought Much Havoc, But Killed Only a Few Civilians—Great Britain Has Begun Work of Producing Munitions—Berlin Ad- vices Say the Prospects Are Good for the Forthcoming German Note Meeting the American Government’s Jishes Regarding Submarine Warfare. Petrograd se to be in discouraged over the enfor tirement of the Russian troc Lemberg, the capture of which by t Teutonic allies is being celebr: with great rejoici all the towns of Austria and ¢ Neverthe- less, the Russian army is-still in full Tetreat, so far as advices from the district indicate, although E are opp! ing a further Au man advance with the utmost determination. Russians Fighting Desperately. Further however, along Dniester ssian army is fig Austrians ond Germans from king throu; The German ge reports, ingen, Ber! succeeded in crossing the i taken as an indication that his advance cannot it is pointed out from that at only one place in length of the Dniester have ro-Germans managed to es- mselves with perman- ha ency on the The latest / nmunications eay that the re retreating on the Dniester between the Vistula San and that north of the ian rear guards wére nka River, Ostrowiec near the Artillery Holds Sway in France. Artillery held s in the op- eratio the Germans ex- pending vast number of shell Berry-Au-Bac, Sapigneul, in the gonne and on_ Metzeral. A recent bombardment of Dunkirk by the Ger- mans involved the expenditure of tons of great shells from their long range guns. At I half hour intervals throughout an entire day into the cit sixteen inch shells fell The explosives wrousht ch dam age, but killed only a few civilians. Great Britain has begun in earnest the work of producing munitions first of all assembling the skilled workmen necessary to carry out the plan which David Lloyd George, minister of mu- itions, has formulated. The first of seven davs allowed by the minis- to the labor leaders to furnish the n is reported to have given good sults in the way of recruiting. Berlin advices say the prospects are good for the forthcoming German note to the United States meeting the American government’s wishes re- garding the submarine warfare. It is intimated that Germany may consent to an examination of mer- chant vessels by submarine command- ers before taking action. England is preparing to take stock of her national resources, a bill pro- ding for this having been prepared for introduction in the British parlia- ment next week. VOYAGE GERMAN SUBMARINE TO THE DARDANELLES. Munich Paper Says It Should Make War Party in U. 8. Think Twice. London, June 24, p. m.—The correspondent at The Hague of the Exchange Telegraph company tran telegram received there h concerning an article pu - Neueste Nachrichten of Mun: commenting on the voyage of man submarine from Wilhelm to the Dardanelles. Thi out that the distance n paper points i : om_Bremen to New York is only 3,600 miles and ex- presses the hope that this submarine exploit “will make the war party in the United States think twice.” WITNESSES TESTIFY THEY BELIEVE THAW RATIONAL. Thaw Showed Evidence of Satis- faction at Testimony Given. K. Thaw, t the jury today heard witnesses—nearly all of he had made during his sojourn in Cenada and New Hamp- shire—testify that they believed he was a rational man. One was a phy- o had attended to his sprain- le, another had sold him an au- another had gone fishing im, enother camping, one was heriff who was his custodian in New Hampshire for sixteen months, one an alderman of Sherbrooke, Que, who said he thought so much of him that he had Invited him to settle down there as one of the city’s business men. All declared that Thaw conducted him- e a gentleman. had no delusions rational both in speech and ng frequently to new papermen dence of his satisfaction at the mass of evidence his counsel was presenting ury in his favor. The attorneys state, however, never failed in examination to r Thaw had at any time dis- omen with them or any of nstances that led to the mur- der of Sta hite. None would say that t! were brought up, whereupon e's examiners would make the point that a paranoiac such es Thaw is alleged to be might con- verse ratios delution ept when lis on oned. BRYAN OFFERED CHAIR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY In a Mid-western University, Accord- ing to the Chicago Evening Post. Chicago, June 24—William J. Bryan has been offered the chair of political sconomy in a mid-western university, according to a story printed in the Evening Post tod: H. H. Harrison, president of a teach- ers’ lyceum with offices in Chicago, is iven as authority for the story. Mr. Sryan would be required to live in the university ity and devote a reasonable pert of his time to his college duties. Mr. Harrison declined to name the pniversity. The Post says that the University of Indiana is strongly sug- pested as the school in question. American Held Prisoner in Mexico. Nogales, Ariz, June 24—Despatches from Naco today state that General hcosta, commander of the Maytorena troops stationed there, created a dis- turbance last night and arrested Mil- lard Haymore, an American and mana- ger of the Sonora Mercantile company. ilaymore was helda prisoner today. Appeal was made to Frederick Sim- pich, American consul at Nogales, Bonora. Competition of Panama Canal. San Francisco, Cal, June 24—Com- petition by way of the Panama canal, it was announced, caused railroad offi- cials to request the reductions in dried fruit rates which were announced by the interstate commerce commission today. The saving to shippers is est mated conservatively at $300,000 annu- aly. ! employe, CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THROUGH THE MAILS. Three Men Enter -Ple_as of Guilty— “Fly-by-Night” Store Scheme. . June 24.—Adolf Jacobson, s son William and Julius Cohen, on trial here for engaging in a conspiracy defraud through the mails, entered as of guilty today when & former employve on the witness stand told how he had been sent all over the United States and to Canade and London to establish what the government prose- cutors termed ‘“fly-by-night” stores. Jacobson was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary at Atlanta, his son was given five years, and Cohen a year and a day in the same institution. During the trial evidence was pro- duced to show that eight confederates, operating as the Manufacturers' Trad- i company, perpetrated commercial frauds totalling $200,000 on the ratings of reputable business concerns. The goods were ordered through the mails. Before the government put a stop to their operations, the Jacobsons and their associates operated fifteen retail stores in this and other cities. The places were maintained as long as creditors forwarded goods. When the bills began to arrive, the stores van- ished and their operators opened up in other locations. In Albany they op- erated the Albany Drug company; in Buffalo, the Buffalo Jewelry company, and in Hartford, the United Supply company. On cross examination the former Frederick Gleason, said: “I have been a crook ever since I met dolf Jacobson in 1905. ARRIVAL OF A BRITISH NON-MILITANT SUFFRAGIST. Delegate to International Woman's Peace Conference at San Francisco. New York, June 24—Mrs. Philip Snowden, a non-militant suffragist, who is the wife of the senior member of parliament for Blackburn, Lanca- shire, arrived here today on the steam- ship ' Adriatic from Liverpool. Mrs. Snowden said she is going to San Francisco as a delegate to the inter- national woman's peace _conference, which convenes July 4. She said that she will represent four organizations of England, the independent labor party, the woman's co-operative guild, the union of democratic control and the British committee of the international woman's congress. These organiza- tions, she added, have an eggregate membership of about 80,000. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT. Former Internal Revenue Collector and Five Other Men indicted. Fort Smith, Aak, June 24—EKnox Booth, former chief of the government internal revenue district of Tennessee and Alabama, with headquerters at Nashville, John L. Casper, a Kansas City distiller, and five other men were indicted by a federal grand jury this afternoon in connection with an al- leged conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment by iiiesal operation of dis- tilleries, Cabled Paragraphs Names of Five Seized Swedish Steam- ers. London, June 24, 3.59 ;. m.—The five Swedish steamers seized in the Baltic sea on Tuesday by German warships are said to have been the Bergsiagen, Mimosa, ¥ram, Otis and Kipple. Prisoners May Work in Fields. London, June 24, 12.36 p. m.—The government has decided to allow pris- oners of war to help in the harvesting of crops near places where they are under detention. This outside labor will be performed only under specified conditions. PRESIDENT PLAYS GOLF ON LONG ISLAND. Colonel House Points Him Out as the Man Most Likely to Bring About Peace in the World. New York, June sident Wil- son is considered by Col. E. M. House as the man most likely to restore peace to the world. As the president was playing golf at the Piping Rock club on Long Island this afternoon, Colonel House, who was sitting on the porch of the clubhouse, turned to e friend and, pointing to the president, sald that there was the man likely to bring about peace. Colonel House told friends that the president knew far more about the European situation than he did and was handling' the problems growing on< of the war in a highly intelligent man- ner and as .well as any man could handle them. He is understood to have aid that the president displayed re- markable knowledge of the Buropean situation during their long talk. Colonel House informed the p: dent that no peace moves were being carried on in rope at present. He gained this information from officials of the countries at war. the president AUTO PLUNGED INTO STREAM. Near Manchester—Two Others Were Rescued. Manchester, Conn., June 24 —Mrs. John F. Gaffney of Hartford was drowned and her daughter, Mrs. Ray- mond Thompson and the latter’s infant daughter, Doris, also of Hartford, had a narrow escape from a like fate late today, when an electric runabout which Mrs. Gaffney was driving broke through the side of a rustic bridge at the entrance to Laurei park, a mile and a balf from this town, ecarrying the three into the stream below. veral hundred persons were ir k at the time and the rescuers were quickly at hand. Mrs. Thompson and the baby were taken out safely but the rescuicrs found M Gaffney dead from drowning. was about 45| ; was pinned down by it her head was held THEFTS OF MOTOR CARS WORTH $300,000 Charged to an Organized Band—Lead- ers Arrested at Kansas City. Kansas City, June 24—Thefts of mo- tor cars wor 000 in the last -] years are ¢ to members of org: ! the leaders of which, the police declared today, are held at headquarte: wor tectives Gl 1 from Ch taken scores o ier and Oklahom: oven ompose the organization, accordir Chief Ghent The thr lleged leaders were ar- rested last night while overhauling a aluable car belonging to Charles A. McNeese of F sco and as well Ontario Battalion All But Annihilated. Toronto, June 24.—The first west Ontario battalion was all but annik ated in the action near La F northern F a semi-ifficial account received ut Oof of between 600 and 700 the battalion lost in killed and nded nearly 500, including 20 offi- PROFESSORS WILL PROBE DISMISSAL OF DR. NEARING Philadelphia, June 22.—The dismis- sal of Dr. Scott Nearing by the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania has brought to light the existence of an organization, which is, in ¢.-* ~nd theory, a pro- essors’ union, formed for the express purpose ot ., wuversity and college professors freedom of speech and protect them from injustice at the hands of unsympathetic boards of trustees. This association or union bears the name “The American Asso- ciation of University Professors.” It ‘was organized at the beginning of this Year in order to counteract what seem- ed to be a dangerous growing tendency toward ultraconservatism on the part of bodies controlling the financial destinies of universities and colleges and powerfully influential in direciing their policies. Evasive British Memorandum ON WORKINGS OF ORDER-IN- COUNCIL. ON NEUTRAL COMMERCE No Attempt is Made to Answer Prin- Assertad the Note--Declares That American Citi- ciples in American zens “ave No Just Ground for Com- plaint. Washington, June 24.—Great Britain, in a memorandum transmitted to the United States and made public here and in London tonight recites at length its efforts to minimize incon- venience to neutral commerce result- ing from the order-in-council against trade with Germany, Austria and| Turkey an dasserts that American | citizens have no just grounds for complaint on account of the treat- ment accorded their cargoes. No Answer to Pri les. attempt is made to answer the princiy erted in the American note of March 1 protest against the order-in-council and insisting upon the right of neutrals to carry on le- mate commerce with each other and to trade in non-contraband with | ans in belligerent countries, In mitting the memorandum, Am- dor Page said it was “mer n fon of concrete cases and the ns under w ich they were ther A note to Great Britain Is now course of preparation at the state department and is expected to be tched as soon as the negotiations h Germany over submarine warfare have been cleared up. While this communication probably 1l make reference to the latest mem- orandum, it understood thaat the mann# of enforcing the order-in- council will not be treated as relevant to the question at issue—whether there ant in international law for that Great Britain and her ave assumed to exercise over the commerce o fthe world. HEAD-ON COLLISSION ON WESTERN MARYLAND. Eight Persons Known to Have Been Injured. Killed and Fourteen Gettysbur: Eight persons are known to h ed and froma twelve to four injured in a head-on- col tween tk lue Mount: a local train on the Western railroad near the Mason and on line tonight. The trains which e going at high speed, met on a bridge spanning a deep ravine between Highfield and Thurmont and it is ired that some of the pasengers were n from the bridge. The loc of the wreck is isolated a prevented rapid search, Tel- ph wires wee s difficult to obtain rmation A mistake or misunderstanding of orders is believed to have be the The trains had orders to stop ied down and it but an error had occurred and the fast express was g almost miles an hour when uck the lo- cal train on the bridge. The en- gines were lescoped, three members cf the engine crews and a bagga master being Kkilld. Three sibly four passengers were k 1o identified Gead ar Charles Cook, engineer of the accommod tion train: Charles R. Fritz, fireman Luth aggage master Mrs. Chipc! re, and her son was the but one apparently one that left the bridge of the pa the side. One of the c; of the n were of steel construction. The injured were taken to Hagers- town and Thurmont, but the relief work was difficult. The private car President Gra; taining a_number of officials of the Western Maryland, was on the train, but none of the officials was killed. The bridge on which the accident occurred is 200 feet high and it was considered miraculous that both trains were not precipitated to the bottom of the ravine. U. &. REITERATES CONTENTION ABOUT SINKING OF FRYE. ‘ Note Sent to Berlin Asks Reparation Without Recourse to Prize Court. Washington, June 24.—The reply of the United ates to the last Germ: note regarding the case of the Ame can ship William P. Frye, sunk by the commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, was despatched to Berlin today. In substance the note reiterates the contention that the sinking of the Frye was in violation of international law and of the Prussian-American treaty of 1823, and asks for reparation without reference to prize court proceedings. Germany has agreed to make repa tion under the treaty of 1828, but justi- fles the destruction of the Frye and has referred the case to a prize court. con- CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE INCREASE IN INTENSITY. Five Terrific Shocks at Calexico—Pop- ulace Rushed Out of Doors. Calexico, Calif., June 24—Five se- vere earth shocks occurred here t night. The first was felt about 8. and the succeeding four at intervals until 10.10 p. m. People, terrified by their experiences since Tuesday night, when the city was badly shapen up, rushed Into the streets and open spaces but no appreciable damage was done. No infury to the irrigation system was reported. Wire communication was not interrupted. Some walls weak- ened by previous shocks collapsed. Movements of Stbamships. Liverpool, June 23.—Arrived, steam- er Megantic, Montreal. Sailed, steamer Pomeranian, Halifax. Naples, June 18.—Sailed, Verona, Boston. London, June 23.—Sailed, steamer Sicilian, Montreal. New York, June 24.—Sailed, steamer Hellig Olav, Copenhagen. steamer _Lizard. June 24.—Passed. steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, New York for Rotterdam. lor cars was suspended ov er | Condensed Telegrams Bugaria is in the American market for rails. The recapture of Przemysl cost Ger- many 150,000 men. Weather conditions are ideal all over the entire grain belts. The Canadian wheat crop is estimat- ed at 260,000,000 bushels. The Prince of Wales celebrated his 21st birthday at the front. Italy suspended the import duty on all grains until January, 1916, Storms znd showers have broken the hot spelt in the Southwest. Commodore William H. Beehler, U. S. N., retired, died at Annapolis. Alexandria Day was observed in London in honor of the Queen Mother. At the 146th commencement of Dart- mouth College, 243 students received degrees. Four men arrested at the Jamaica race track, charged with bookmaking, were held in $500 bail. The annual conference of the Inter- national Missionary Union began - at Clifton Springs, N. Y.. Anna Wagner, four years old of Mas- 1., received fatal burns while bonfire. about 2 admission In the ystem was made by of n. Application for Federal Reserve the Old Trust Bos ., Fire destroyed three stores at North Tonawanda, N. Y., causing damage of $100,000. One fireman was injured. tian tion After living in the United States T 3 an A turaliz: Ventonhine, for M applied n 1t was reported in Paris that Ru- mania, through ance had placed large orders for tridges in the United States. Secretary Daniels ordered an in- ry into the reported collision be- tween submarines G-1 znd G-4 off ndy Hook. Private Miller, of Bangor, Me., who joined the C 1 contingent sent to Europe, is a prisoner of war at Gles- sen, Germany. built for the fense of America’s cup, collided wl in Long Island Sound. ge was caused de- with Little at the Is- Day was observed Provi ce by commanderi of Knights Templar from Rhode land and Massachusetts. Orville H. Wright t ven received of Doctor of Scienc mencement of Trinity aeroplane in- honorary degree the $9th com- Colie: A profit of $61,000 from the opera- tion of the Panama-Paciiic FExposition’ from the c ng to Jun= 13. was re- rorted to the board of directors. Auctions of town sites of fire route of the government railry teen " tween Seward and Fairbanks, : tenant To will begin at Ship Creek on July van 1y fand cc James J. Goodwin, a former partner of J P. Morgan, and one UI‘» the wealthiest men Connecticut, died at his home in Hartfe ed 80 years. An order for 600 standard, 40-ton Tn- h as onr tercolonial R received by th 0. from ment. vated according to ag? posed_in rumber Austriay to caused ky Five men, four of them negro sol- diers at Fort Riley, Kas., were drown- n river at Junction ult of the caps One murder indictment nd one se- cret presentment were included in the 98 true bills reported by the June term of the grand jury in the Su- perior court at Providence. The sailing of the White Star liner Arabic from Ne wYork for England was delayed three hours by the late val of 60 automobile trucks and 30 oplanes for shipment to the Allie { Founding of the James J. Hill pro- fessorship of transportation in the arvard Graduate School of Busines Administration with an endowment of $125,00 was announced by President Lowell. Raving and strapped in & straight jacket, a man giving the name of Bloomfein, is under arrest in a Phila- delphia hospital, suspected of being the pper” who killed two children in New York. For distinguished ssrvice in the fleld in Fraace Victoria Crosses were awarded to Capt. Francis Scrimeer, Color-Sergt. F W. Hall and to Tance Corporal Frederick Frederick Fisher, all Canadians. The Widener Memorial Library, pre- sented to Harvard University by Mrs. FEleanor Elkins Widener of Philadel- 5 it ever T und gove com: a and best e of the state those arrangemer tion in All_mor up, the Srour r the miles n rent Biggest Crowd Ever. Policing Excellent. work the er H d traffic was h: Richm of A ted point day APEXOF WILLIMANTIC’S FESTAL WEEK Thursday the Sireets Were Filled From Early in the Morning Until Late at Night Procession Three Miles in Length. wit Honor PARADE EXTENDED THREE MILES IN LENGTH Ex-President Taft, Who Was Speaker of the Day, Was in the Reviewing Stand—Features of the Evening Were the Graduating Exercises of the Windham High School, a Reception of Former Pupils of St. Joseph’s School, and a Bangquet of the Federated French Societies and Alumni of St. Mary’s School. ock and were s of the town buildir 1ea on Formation of Parade, med were | £ o | Watson the seventh hth division on e Wind- | Fifty Minutes in Passing Reviewing Stand. f the par and le reach- two forty- xactly fifty mn 2 group of L the stand to form the Parade Order. wing is the errangement: Mar- rank P. Fenton. vision — Hatch’s Military First Infantry, C. N. G., Col- z. nited Grand Army culmina- | —Crief W. F. Ger- ticut board of engineers and department. - South Wind rtment. Music for this Colt's Military nd, han Hale Fife di- band, Foot- and nd. Spinn hack Union Plumbe oat. Plumbers’ union, local 345, Painters’ union. local No. Carpenters’ union, Io yurth Martineat and’ graduates. Court S Society F. A . St. Jean Delegation turalizatior acks. Cler oose A. O. H. fi float, N. E. O t society, Golden Cri division Guest. came 5 dcraft Fife and Haven. Children ools. Natchaug, St. t Windhar teite: and g Officials Photographed. s e flicials of the town on— Decorated business n 3 ot the trucks, ages and mittee, & er special ved at the reviewing (Continued on Page Two) phia in memory of her son, Harry El- kins Widener, a victin of the Titanic disaster, was dedicated. Proposed increases in freight rates on coal over roads operating from Tiliois mines to Chicago and points In ‘Wisconsin and North Dakota were suspended until December 29 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Failure to answer the signals and to fly a flag, caused the American steam- er Panaman, New York for San Fran- cisco, via the canal, to be halted in the lower bay by a biank shot from the destrover Parker. She was allow- to proceed. People of the varlous towns af- fected by a series of earthquakes in California during the last 36 hours be- gan the work of reconstructing wreck- ed and damaged buildings which represented a property loss of approx- imately $1,500,000. Harry M. Jones, pilot of the aero- plane which fell at Squantum, Mass., lass week and caused the death of two passengers, pleaded guilty to a charge of operating an aircraft with- out a license. He was fined $100, but sentence was suspended for three months. NULIANM HOWARD TAFT