Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 29, 1915, Page 1

Norwis’ Balletin VOL. LVIL—NO. 152 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ~ The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population - DEFENSIVE POSITION ‘Grand Duke's Lines Are Still Intact and Retreat Was Orderly SERIOUS BATTLE ON L " There is General Expectation EFT BANK OF VISTULA That the Russian Forces Will Yet Oppose Strong Resistance to the Austro-Germans— Teutonic Allies Devoting Men and Strength in a Further Attempt to Strike at Warsaw—No Great Gains by Either Side in Western Zone—No Important Develop- ments are Reported From the Austro-Italian Front— French Ministry Reports That Italy is to Send Troops to the Dardanelles. ‘With the Russian emperor on the Galici a new minister of war, anoff, in charge of Rus- y affalrs, and the grand uke's lines still intact, there is a gen- al expectation that the Russian ces will yet oppose strong resistance to the Austro-Germans, whose sweep along the eoutheastern part of Galicia still continues. The latest advices virtually agree that the Russian retreat has been an orderiy one, although obliged to evac- uate such important towns as Lemberg, QMikoilv nd Halcz, but this, it is in- timated by Petro d been for the purpose of seeking defensive positions which the nature of the coun- try further to the east affords. In this withdrawal movement hard battles have been fought and the Russian rear s have stubbornly contested ev- mile of territory which the Austro- ave gained. s can be learned, the Teu- are not transferring any of ¥ rn forces to the western zone, are devoting all their men and strength to the Galician campaign and to a further attempt to strike at the Polish capital. cribing the Russian retreat on the fa. Lipa river on June 26, the Rus- sian war office says: “We repulsed ) desperate attacks by along the Bukas- tion indicates that a serious battle is being fought on the left bank of the v ula, in Poland, where in attacks in 4 Ozarowa district, particularly a nst town of Gliniary, the Aus- trians were repulsed and suffered great losses ; In western theatre comparative calm prev no important gains or actions being reported by either side. The Itallan war office has little to tell of the progress of events along the Austrian frontier, stating merely that there has been no important develop- ment along the entire front. The seem- ingwslowness of the Italian campaign is due largely to the mountainous nature of the country over which advances have to be made and the inclement weather which has prevailed for some time past. The French ministry of war reports that Italy has. broken off diplomatic relations with Turkey and that Italy will send troops to the Dardanelles. But official confirmation of this from Rome is lacking. AMERICAN STEAMER'S CARGO IN PRIZE COURT. The Seaconnett, Bound from New York for Gothenburg, Seized by British. London, June 22 (Delayed by Cen- sor)—The American steamer Seacon- nett, erroneou reported released yesterday, when it was stated that in- vestigation had shown her cargo was not intended for the use of enemies of Great Britain, actually was taken to Shields, where a portion of her cargo b discharged and sent to a prize court. The Seaconnett was b ound from New York for Gothenburg and was detained at Kirkwall. The American steamer Portland, from San Francisco for Stockholm, which was detained at Kirkwall, was taken to Blyth, where 34 tons of dried fruit forming part of her general cargo was sent to a prize court. ‘A FAVORABLE REPLY PREDICTED FROM GERMANY. Concerning Submarine Warfare and Sinking of the Lusitania. Washington, June 28.—Favorable re- ply from Germany to the last note of the United States concerning subma- Tine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania, was predicted in official despatch from Ambassador Gerard re- ed today at the state department. It was transmitted to President Wil- son at Cornish, N, H, ‘While the ambassador did not at- tempt to outline the forthcoming Ger- man note, he described the atmos- phere in Berlin official quarters as fa- vorable to a satisfactory reply. The fact that Ambassador Gerard took occasion to predict informally the nature of the reply was regarded as significant in official quarters here, where it was pointed out that the ambassador’s forecasts in the past had been conservative and consistent. Ambassador Gerard understands the German official puTpose to be to malke no concessions which will affect the use of the submarines as means of warring on the commerce -of Great Britain, but to propose some way by which American lives and lesitimate interests will be safeguarded. ARTILLERY RANGE FOR MILITIA AND REGULARS War Department Purchase of 19,000 Acres on Pocono Mountains. ‘Washington, June 28.—The War De- partment has bought for $50,000 nine- teen thousand acres of land at Toby- hanna, Pa., for a field artillery range for both militia and regular troops. It is probable that at least one sim- ilar range will be erected in the South, probably in Alabama gr Georgia, and another in California. That will be dependent upon the development of the militia in those sections. GERMAN CATHOLIC PRELATES PROTEST PARIS PUBLICATIONS, Relating to Alleged German Atrocities Against the Church. Rome, Via Paris, June 28, 5.15 p. m. —Cardinal Von Hartmann, archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal Von Betting- er, archbishop of Munich, have ad dressed the pope, strongly protesting against a publication which has ap- peared in Paris under the title of “War and Catholicism.” This publica- tion was compiled by Monsignor Baudrillart, rector of the Catholic In- stitute at Paris, with an Introduction by Cardinal Amette, against the church. Cardinals Von Hartmann and Bet- tinger deny that such atrocities ever sccurred and declare that Cardinal Mercier was never imprisoned, as as- serted in the article in question. Three Men Killed in Wreck. St. Joseph, Mo., June 28—Three men were killed yesterday in a head- n collision near here between two last freight trains on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rallroad. L. H. Askew, engine driver; J. B. For- rester, fireman, and I B. Berry, brake- an, were crushed to death, and Wil- lam H. Stewart, the other engine iver, was injured so..seyerely. that former home in Oswego. PREMIER ASQUITH ASSAILED IN COMMONS. Charged With Perverting About Munitions. Truth London, June 28, 4 3 5 p. m.—Premier Asquith’s authorit; for statement in speech at Newcastle April 30 that Great Britain nor her allies was hampered by a lack of munitions was again demanded of the cabinet leader in the house of commons this afternoon, and his refusal to give in- formation on the subject was met with the assertion that his statement was “absolutely without foundation.” Sir Arthur B. Markham, liberal member for the Mansfield division of Nottinghamshire, who raised the point and angrily charged the premier with perverting the truth, attempted to heckle Mr. Asquith. Sir Arthur said the original statement cast a slur upon Field Marshal Sir John French, Fho was in mo way responsible -for t. . Mr. Asquith’s only reply was that Sir Arthur Markham was raising just the sort of point whith would be most undesirable for both the interests of the army and the campaign to raise, and when the premier refused to be drawn further Sir Arthur blurted out: “Is it in the interests of the nation that the prime minister should make a statement which is absolutely with- out foundation?” Cries of “Shame” and protestations “It's the truth.’ led to brief excitement. GOSSIP CONCERNING LANSING’S SUCCESSOR John W. Davis Spoken of as Next State Department Counsellor. ‘Washington, June 28—Gossip con- cerning ' the successor to Secretary Lansing as Counsellor of the State Department continued today with prominent mention in official quarters of John W, Davis, Solicitor-General of the Department of Justice. Ex- Representative A, Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, was suggested as Mr. Davis's probable successor. lection is likely, however, until Pre gent ‘Wilson returns from Cornish, N. Inasmuch as the position of Coun- sellor requires a thorough familiarity with international law, it is thought likely in some quarters that some man who has represented the United States on arbitration tribunals or is now engaged In the practice of inter- national law will be selected. R T Ancient Tablet for Yale. New Haven, Conn., June 28.—An- nouncement was made tonight that Colonel L M. Ullman of this city has presented to Yale University a vaj- uable tablet written about the fifth century before Christ. The stone is said to be the only one of its kind in this country. The Inscription refers to worship of @ god. The stone was unearthed near the city of Tarsus in Asia Minor. Escaped “Trusty” Recaptured. Auburn, N. Y. June 28.—Andrew Brady, a “trusty” employed as a fire- man in Agburn Prison, who escaped by going over the wall yesterday, was recaptured early this morning at his He _was Te- Cabled Paragraphs . Americans Lack Passports. Liverpool, June 28, 5.56 p. m.—Six passengers of the American line steam- ship St. Paul, which arrived here last night from New York, have been de- tained on board the ship on account of the insufficiency or lack of passports. Montenegrins Take Seaport. Berlin, June 28 (By wireless teleg- graphy to Sayville, N. Y.)—A telegram recelved here from Scutari says that the Montenegrins have occupied the Albanian harbor of Giovanni Medua, and are now marching on Alessio. TO PREVENT MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. Strict Survelliance is Being Maintain- ed on Mexicans in the United States. ‘Washington, June 28.—The United States government has determined that so far as it can prevent, there shall be no further revolitionary movements in Mexico and that Amer- lcan territory, at any rate, shall not be used as a base for such expedition: This, it became known officially tod led to the arrest of General Victorian Huerta and General Pascual Orozco at El Paso and forms the ground for strict surveillance now being main- tained by agents of the department of justice on General Felix Diaz, Mon- dragon, Blanquet and Felipe Angeles and other Mexicans of prominence now living in the United States. Assistant Attorney-General Warren conferred today with Secreta Lans: ing, after which the intention of government to prosecute vigorously violations of neutrality laws, _ irre- spective of the prominence of the in- dividuals or their affiliations was re- vealed. According to information thus far gathered, there are at lea four sep- arate and district groups apart from the Villa and Carranza supporters in the United States who are active po- can litically in the Me, ituation, KILLED HIS WIFE DURING A QUARREL. S. Alleged Confession of Marshall Thompson of Hayden's Station. ‘Windsor, Conn., June 28.—Marshall S. Thompson, aged , colored, who has been held by State’s Attorney Alcorn pending an investigation into the death of his 17 year old wife at Hayden's Station last night, confessed, accord- ing to the authorities, that he shot her during a quarrel. He had at first told the police that she had shot herself. Thompson was arrested, charged w! murder, and he will be given a pre- liminary hearing tomorrow morning. The alleged confession was made in the presence of Coroner J. G. Calhour Deputy Sheriff S. M. Wel nd State Policeman Robert T. H Accord- ing to the confession, which was in writing, Thompson and his wife lived together unhappily. When he com- plained about the supper not being y cooked last ni he confes- e ran into her room, pro- duced a revolver, and he wrestled with her, the revolver being discharged | while he held it. The autopsy disciosed, the coroner, that it wa the woman to shoot he: WIRE TAPPING SCHEME WORKED ON HOTEL MAN Fleeced Out of $8,000—Swindler Pleaded Guilty and is Sentenced. according to impossible for se New York, June 28.—Frederick Gon dorf, who entered a plea of guilty last week to a charge of fleecing William F. Davis, a hotel keeper of Glassboro, N. J, out of $8000 by means of a dummy pool room and a wire tapping scheme, was today sentenced to f a year and four months to ten 3 in_Sing Sing prison. In accepting Gondorf's plea of guil- tv, the court dismissed five other in- dictments against him. Gondorf is a brother of Charles Gondorf, now serv- | 2 ing a term in Sing Sing for operating | a wire-tapping swindle. According to the police the Gondorfs and their as- sistants defrauded various victoms out of about $2,000,000 in seven yea: CONDITIONS IN MEXICO CIT YARE CRITICAL. Zapatistas Holding the City With a Force of 25,000 Men. Washington, June 28—Official patches sent by the British d'affaires at Mexico City by courier to Vera Cruz and from theré cabled to the state department today, pic- tured conditions in the Mexican cap- ital as exeremely critical. The Zapatistas holding the city with a force estimated at nearly 25,000 men were reported by the courier to have repulsed last Wednesday an attacking Carranza army under General Pablo Gouzalez, while General Carranza was disatching all rollin gstock and avail- able men in an attempt to reinforce Gonzalez and continue the assault. FORMER GOV. SLATON OFF FOR PACIFIC COAST. Military Guard Withdrawn From His Sururban Home. des- rze Atlanta, Ga., June 28 —Former Gov- ernor John M. Slaton, accompanied by Mr. Slaton left Atlanta late to- day for the Pacific coast by way of New York and tonight the military guard stationed at his suburban home since the demonstration agai the commutation of Leo M. Frank's death sentence began on June 21 was with- drawn. The departure of Mr. and Mrs, Sla- ton was without incident. Boy Killed While Stealing a Ride. New Haven, Conn. June Nine years old Harry Koskey s killed tonight when he fell from a wagon on which he was stealing a ride in Grand Avenue and the wheels ran over his head. His flve years old sis- ter Irene also fell from the wagon, but escaped unhurt. Fall From Roof Fatal, Hartford, Conn.,, June 28.—Sidney Relsman, 18 years old, fell from the roof of a five story building in Main sareet today and was instantly kill- ed. Child Burned to Death. Hartford, June 28—Five years old Janet La Bel of East Hartford died tonight in a hospital as the result of burns received while playing with matches at her home. Four Killed by Lightning. Grand Forks, N. D, June 28.—Four 1 | sa persons were killed by lightning dur- ing a severe electrical and rain storm Alienist Vouches Thaw’s Sanity MEMBER OF FEDERAL COMMIS- SION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PERFECTLY RATIONAL Dr. C. P. Bancroft Stated That He Had Tested Thaw's Mental Condi- tion “for Reaction from Every Pos- sible Angle.” New York, June 28.—Harry K. Thaw was described as sane and rational to- day by two members of the federal commission which was appointed by the United States court in New Hampshire to determine whether he should be allowed his liberty under bail during the extradition proceed- ings to bring him back from that state to New York. They were General Frank S. Streeter of Concord, N. H., chairman of the commission and Dr. Charles P. Bancroft, superintendent of the New Hampshire State Hospital for the Insane at Manchester. Expert Alienist Testifies. Dr. Bancroft, testifying as an expert alienist, said that he had examined Thaw both mentally and _ physically over a period Of three weeks and had tested his mental condition “for reac- tion from every possible angle.” He that the members of the com- on_had gone over in detail with - all the circumstances of his life 1 omitted no topic which might bring to the surface the delusion from which the state alleges Thaw was suffering at the time he shot Stanford White and still is—that he was “di- vin appointed the protector of American girlhood.” Thaw Perfectly Sane. “We found him perfectly sane and rational,” said Dr. Bancroft. He said on cross examination that a true par- iac, such as the state charges Thaw to be, might for a time sub- merge his delusion so as to defy the tests of the most expert alienists, but did not think that this could be done for more than two or three months. It was bound to appear after awhile. Counsel For State Cites a Case. Counsel for the state cited to him a case in a New York asylum where P 1d_successfully conceal- ed delusion for a vear and a halt an ined his discharge as a ma; the ni of his release, {d the attorney, he went home killed his sister-in-law with an axe. Dr. Bancroft said he had not heard of the c The v said he had not given “a grea: of weight” to testimony in previous proceedings before him to the effect that various of his relatives had the taint of insanity. He had not observed that Thaw in his childhood was given to violent out- bursts, though he appeared to have been excitable said A Spoiled Child. “He seemed to have been a spoiled in his temperament, he child,” said the witness. “Like some children of the rich h brought 1p without discipline, his own ay too much and lacked occupation —circumstances that lead to failure.” He did not find, he said, that Thaw was morally perverted. ieneral Streeter, giving his opinion a lay member of the commission, Thaw acted in a perfectly both while he was being and at a social occsion ar- totest his “social reaction.” said, had expressed regrot e killing of Stanford White and had made a mistake in elyn it. PRESIDENT DEVOTES TIME TO FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS In Communication With Secretary Lansing and Other Officials. Cornish, N. H. June 28.—President Wilson devoted several hours today to the consideration of the Mexican, the European and the Haitien situations. in communication with Secr- .ansing and other Washington als e was no indication tonight t any of the business brought before him wsa of such press- ing natur to take him hurriedly back to Washington, but he is keep- ing himself ready to leave here at any time. The president let it be known that he had outlined to Secretary Lansing the policy to be pursued toward Haiti as a result of the political and finan- cial troubles which have shaken that country for a long time. What this policy is, not disclosed by the president but it was understood that further efforts would be made to straighten out the finances of Haiti through some arrangement similar to the American collectorship now in ef- fect in_the Dominican republic. T Mr. Wilson was notified of the ar- rest on the Mexican border of Gen- eral Victoriano Huerta, but the in- vestigation of the charges against the former Mexican dictator and his pro- secution will be left to department of justice officials. Reports on the Mexican situation have been trans- mitted to the president here, but it vas said tonight that he had nothing to give out for publication. $2,000,000 COMMON STOCK HARTFORD GAS LIGHT CO. Purchased by Bodell & Co. of Provi- dence—Hartford Company Associated. Providence, R. .I, June 28.—Bodell & company of this city announced today they had purchased from the United Gas and Electric corporation of New Jersey their holdings of the shares of the common stock of the Hartford City Gas Light company, involving approxi- mately over $2,000,000. A Hartford company was associated with them in the purchase of the stock. The Hartford City Gas Light com- pany supplies Hartford, West Hartford, Fast Hartford and Wethersfleld and sells gas to companies supplying Wind- sor, Windsor Locks, Thompsonville and Enfield. Killed by Fall from Porch. Meriden, Conn., June 28 —Mrs. Mar- garet G. Parker, 77 years old, was killed .here today by a fall from the porch of her home. The railing gave way and she struck on her head, causing concussion of the brain. She was the widow of William D. Parker, ‘which awepienfiaggfi 22(1 north-{a pioneer player phno.m 2: -this Activity Rlong Mexican Border IN THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. MEN CROSSING RIVER Well Informed Persons Say the De- tention of Huerta Will Not Retard New Movement—Predict Important Developments Soon. El Paso. Tex., June 28—In spite of the detention here of General Vietori- ano Huerta, under federal bond, events pointed to' continued activity in the new revolutionary movement across the Rlo Grande. Doubt was expressed by some close observers whether Huer- ta would make any effort to cross into Mexico even should he be released at his hearing July 1. Huerta declared that as soon as he is released he will continue his interrupted journey to San Francisco. Well informed persons tonight sald revolutionary agents were active and intimated that an average of 100 men were crossing the Rio Grande nightly. These persons do not believe the Huerta incident will retard revolution- ary efforts and predict that important developments would occur in Juarez soon. The arrival tonight of J. L. Camp, for the to United States district attorne; west Texas distric bring development the legal ph: of the situation. While special agents of the department of justice were si- lent, it was said that » arrest of sus- pected revolutionaries was under con- sideration. e e AUTO PLUNGED INTO CANAL AT TURNER’S FALLS. Robert D. Miller Was Drowned and His was expected Wife Died of Shock. Turner's Falls, Ma , June 28.—An automobile in which Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Miller were returning to their home in Athol after a trip through the Berkshires plunged into a canal here toda; Mr. Miller was drowned and Mrs. Miller, who was res- sued from the water by her son, ler, pri val of the high school a Mil s., died of shock a few ent. The younger Edna Locke of ho were also in the car, e not injured. The hine, operated by Miss Locke, had crossed the high suspension bridge over the Connecticut river and had entered a bridge over a canal sup- plylng water power to the factories on the riv k. At this point consid- erable co: ction work was in and the guard rail of the missing. In the darkness earlv morning the automobile shot over the side of the bridge into the water. The elder Miller was pinned beneath the car and could not extricate himself. EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN MERIDEN AUTO STATION. $10,000 Damage and an Employe Se- verely Burned. Meriden, Conn. June 28.—Damages estimated at between $10,000 and $15,- 000 resulted today from a fire in the Meriden Auto station on West Main street owned by Mrs, Adam Engle- hard Fire followed two explosions, and Freder: Collington, an emplove, was severely burned about the face and hands before he was dragged to safety by other workmen. One building, the machine shop was burn- ed out and eleven cars in it practical- Iy ruined. It was about a year ago that Mrs. Englehart’s husband was blown to death in an explosion at the same place. WORKED THE SICK ENGINEER SWINDLE On Springfield Man — Swindler Gets Term in Sing Sing. New York, June 28.—Nicholas Arn- stein was sentenced today to a term of from two yvears and ten months to three years in Sing Sing prison fol- lowing his conviction on an indictment charging the theft of $15000 from Willlam E. Shinks Springfield, Mase. Arnstein was _extradited from Lon- don last fall. He was found guilty of working the so-called sick engineer swindle to secure Mr. Shinks' money. Indictments on the same charge are pending against Samuel P. Giraux, Frank McGee, Henry Gannon and Don- ald Persch. Persch has turned state's evidence. B S IS MORE MIDSHIPMEN ARE MADE DEFENDANTS. Seven Additional Names Were Add- ed to the List Yesterday, of Annapolis, Mr, June 28.—Seven ad- ditional midshipmen were today made defendants or interested partie: be- fore the court of inquiry which is in- vestigating the “Cribbing” scandall at the Naval Academy, increasing the number to 23. _They are David Glick, E. H. Jones, W. H. Hopkins, Jr, E. J. Waddell, C. M. Reagle and Kari Keller of the present second class and R. H. Whittaker of the third class. All were made defendants on thé basis of testimony given during the latter part of last week. Their entry into the case as interested parties, is ex- pected to prolong the hearing, Rt iubini) {talian Mountain Artillery Effective. Rome, Via Paris, June 28, 1158 p. m—The following Italian official war statement was given out here tonight: “In Carnia mountain artillery was transported with difficulty to a sum- mit and used effectively on the en- emy’s camp on the other side of Val- lo Plccolo. The enemy’s smeroplanes are becoming active, positions recent- Iy conquered being bombarded, but generally with slight result.” ekl g g Movements of Steamshi Montreal, June 28.—Arrived, steamer Grempian, Liverpool. Patrick H. Doherty, a captain of police at Fall River, Mass., and for many years a member of the executive eommittwl o Condensed Telegrams ‘The convention of American Zionists opened in Boston. About 16,000 Jews are serving with the British army. Austria Hungary will husband offic- falyy the-entire grain crop. Senor Don Juan San Fuentes was elected president of Chile. Contributions for the support of the Americans Ambulance Hospital in Paris total more than $400,000. A severe electrical storm struck Gloversville, New York. Boys snow- balled each other with the hail. Frank W. Benson, 19 years old, re- ceived a divorce in St. Louls from his wife, Mrs. Ethel Benson, aged fifteen. Twenty-eight thousand New Yorkers attended the first performance of the police carnival at the Gravesend race track. Carrying a capacity cargo, including 152,000 bushels of wheat, the British steamer Den of Ogli, sailed from Bos- ton for Liverpool. Four hundred employes of the New York Shipbuilding Co.,, at Camden, Pa., declared a strike for a minimum daily wage scale. Lova Romallo, aged 65, was drowned when he fell in_a cistern in the rear of his home at Lodi, N. J, as he was dipping some water. Two doe deer joined a herd of cows at Sparta, J., and grazed with the herd all da; They remained until driven away at night. Reginald V. Philips, 84, was killed by lightning at North Scituate. R. I., while seeking shelter in a small shed used for storage purposes. British trade union leaders issued an appeal to their fellow trade-union- ists to volunteer and help in the man- ufacture of war munitions. One thousand men, believed to be reservists for the Italian army, sailed from New York for Genoa on the Italian steamer Duca d'Aosta. Alexander Kenealey, editor of the London “Daily Mirror,” well known as a newspaperman, died at F le- mere, Surrey of heart trouble. The State Department is obtaining the release from the British army of many young Americans who cro: the border and enlisted in Canda. Because of the new Seamen’s act, effective January 1, flve steamers of the Robert Dollar Steamship Co., are to be changed to British registry. William J. Bryan paid a farewell visit to the State Department before his departure for the Coast, calling on Secretary Lansing and other officials. During a_ thunder squall Harold Score, 16, of No. 23 Leroy Street, New York, was drowned w e swimming with other bovs at liasllngs-on-Hlxd-I son. The city government of Berlin will issue a loan of $72,000,000 of which $34,250,000 will be for the acquisition and extension of the Berlin Electrical works. Raymond Swoboda, who was arrest. ed in connection with the fire on the steamer La Touraine and who claimed American citizenship, is {ll in a Paris prison. Twenty five students of Columbia university, each accompanied by an interpreter, sailed for Greece on the steamer Themistocles to act as Red Cross adjuncts. An excursion train enroute to New Orleans struck an auto at a Moblle, Ala., crossing, killing Miss Sadie Lynch, 26 and stenographer, and wrecking the car. The Rev. Frank Westcott, aged 56, an author, committed suicide by hang ing in a hospital at Milwaukee, Wis. where he had been under treatment for nervous trouble. Trade between Russia and England is expected to be improved consider- ably in the near future by the estah. lishment of a Russian Chamber of Commerce in London. Christopher Duryea of Highland Park, N. J., died of injuries received when his auto, which he was drivign, plunged through locked gates into the Delaware & Raritan Canal. Damage of $10,000 was done when a bolt of lightning struck a building and exploded half a ton of black pow- der at the E. L DuPont De Nemours Powder Mill at Wayne, N. J., Two hundred and fifty men and wo- men, who four months ago entered the Philadelphia Hospital, to all appear- ances hopeless victims of the drug habit, have been discharged as cured. While the Windsr, Vt., fire depart- ment, was struggling to extricate itself from a rut in the road, three porters from President Wilson's private car extinguished a blaze in a nearby house. ..Mrs. Harvey Meade, wife of a travel- ing salesman, was attacked in her home at Norton, Vt., by a nesro, who then fled to the mountains. State | troops were asked for to prevent aj Iynching i ncase the negro is caught. Burglars, who are believed to have rowed across the Penobscot river from vicinity of Old Town, blew the post office safe at Bradley, Me., and escap- ed with about $60 in coin. They overlooked a much larger amount in bills. Major Nakajima and Captain Hash- imot,” Japanese officers fighting with the Russian army at Lemberg, com- mitted suicide when the fortress fell rather than stand what they consider- ed the dishonor of being made pris- oners of war. Thomas G. Forney an attorney of ‘Washington, D. C., was arrested in a Pittsburgh hotel on a charge of murd- erous assault on his father-in-law, Franklyn Schneider, a millionaire candy manufacturer. Schneider was not seriously injured. An address of welcome to 100 dele- gates to the New England Typograph- ical Union, representing practically U. S. Contention in the Frye Case SETTLEMENT BY DIRECT DIPLO- MATIC NEQOTIATIONS. OUTSIDE PRIZE COURT Denies Right of Germany to Stop Carrying of Contraband “by De- the Contraband and the Ship Carrying It” struction of Washington, June 28—By agreement with the German foreign office the state department made public tonight the text of the note sent on June 24 by the United States asking Germany to reconsider her refusal to settle by direct diplomatic negotiations, in- stead of by prize court proceedings, the claim presented on behalf of the captain and owners of the American ship William P. Frye, sunk with her cargo qf wheat by the commerce raid- er Prinz Eitel Freidrich. Ambassa- (Continued on Page Eight) PERPLEXED BY FIRE IN CLAY CLIFFS. Gay Head, Mass,, Residents Unable to Account for Mystery. Gay Head, Mass., June 28—The in- s little settlement on Vinevard Island have been perplexed for two days by a mysterious ire burning in the heart of one of the lay cliffs from which the village re- ceived its name. It was noticed yesterday that smoke uing from Black CIliff, 100 feet sea level, and 25 feet below the top of the promontory. Investigation showed that smoke columns were ris- ing from the clay at different places in a tract about feet square, and he soil on the surface bore a yellow in. So far as local traditions indi- cate, there never has been a subterra- nean fire in the locality. lthough the cause of the phenome- non has not been explained, a few the- ories have been advanced. One is that an undiscovered deposit of bituminous coal has been ignited in an imexplica- ble manner. Supporters of this theory say that the odor from the smoke bears out their contention. _Others believe that a torrential rainfall on Saturday penetrated an unknown lime formation and set up a combustion. HORN REFUSED TO PLEAD TO INDICTMENT Charging lllegal Transportation of Dy- namite from New York to Maine. 2 Boston, June ‘Werner Horn, who, claiming to be an officer of the German tried to blow up the interna- ridge at Vanceboro, Me., last today refused to plead to 1 indictments charging ille- transportation of dynamite from York to Maine. Pleas of mot y were entered by direction of the court. District Attorney Anderson asked for an immediate trial, but former Con- gressman Joseph F. O’Connell, counsel for the prisoner, objected on the ground . that he wished to enter an appeal from a decision of the court, rendered sev- al weeks ago, dismissing Homrm's beas corpus petition. After Horn had -been brought from jail and had told the court personally that he preferred to remain in con- finement all summer rather than go to trial without an opportunity to have the circuit court of appeals pass on the habeas corpus ruling, the case was continued until September. army, TWO MORE MOTORCYCLISTS INJURED AT DARIEN. Were Struck by an Automobile— Chauffeur Held in $2,000 Bonds. Darien, Conn., June 28.—Two motor- sts, Veveto Caputo and Antonio Leonetti of Stamford, were seriously njured near the railroad bridge here tonight when they were struck by an mobile owned by C. E. Schofield of ton. They were taken to a ord hospital suffering from inter- nal injuries. R. F. Dibble, driver of the automobile, was arrested and released in $2,000 bonds for a hearing. The accident occurred within a few hun- dred feet of where Sheriff Pease's auto- mobile struck two motorcyclists last night. WOONSOCKET MAN KILLS HIMSELF BEFORE TRiAL. Indicted for Attempting Murder, He Shot Woman and Himself. Woonsocket, R. I, June 28.—William Morrissey, under indictment for at- tempting to murder Mrs. Mary Park- hurst, a cook employed at his former boarding place, shot the woman and himself a few hours before his case was to be calied in court today. Mrs. Parkhurst was not fatally injured, but Morrissey died within an hour. The shooting took place in the yard of the house where Mrs. Parkhurst was em- ployed. The police say that she had objected to Morrissey’s attentions. OBITUARY. John Clinton Gray. Newport, R. 1., June 28.—John Clin- ton Gray, judge of the court of appeals of New York for many years, died at his summer home here today. He was stricken with a paralytic shock last Wednesday and pneumonia set in a day later. Judge Gray was 72 years old. $10,000 Fire at Wilson’s Station. . Windsor, Conn., June 28.—Fire of un- certain origin tonight destroyed the building occupied by Anders Christen- sen’s market garden store, at Wilson's Station, causing a loss of $10,000. Mr. Christensen was overcome with smoke while fishting the blaze and nearly lost. his life. He was rescued by firemen. As the village has no fire department, & company from the Hartford depart- ment was sent to the scene. Refused Holy See Mails. Washington, June 28.—In a verbal note presented at the state department today, the Itailan embassy asserted every city in New England and about 12,000 workers, was given by Mayor ‘William M. Ingraham at the opening athe Massachusetts Police of their_sixth annual -convention at SRR T R that the Austro-Hungarian postal au- thorities had refused to receive and forward mails from the Holy See, even of the