Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 3, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 156 CERMANS WORSTED - IN NAVAL BATTLE Dispatches From Stockholm and Copenhagen Say Several Warships Were Engaged in Baltic Sea GERMAN MINE LAYER WAS RUN ' ASHORE To Escape Capture—Was Chased by Four Russian Cruisers NORWICH, CONN., —1It is Stated That a German Torpedo Boat Has Arrived at Katthamersvik With Many Wounded—In the Dar- danelles the Franch Have Captured a Turkish Redoubt of Six Lines of Trenches—The Austro-German Advance in Galicia and Poland is Success of the German Unchecked—French Admit Movement in the Vosges— Turkish Transport Full of Troops Was Sunk by British Submarines in the Sea of Marmora. Sospatches from Stockholm and Co- penhagen give meagre revorts of the naval engagement in the Baltic sea off the east coast of the island of Goth- land. Several warships are said to have been engaged. A message from E:R?!men states that the German leship Wittelsbach, which ‘was jed in the action and a Ddattle- Bhip of the Kaiser class, with many shots under her waterie, have re- turned to: Kiel. Another report of to escape enty-one of the mine layers d twenty-sevent were wounded. It is gtated that a t as arrived at Katthammersvik, on the east coast of Gothland, with many ‘wounded. Heavy fighting in the Dardanelles Russizs® along the Guila Lips and a aval action Off the east coast of the fotana “of " Gothlana. are among the of the torrespondents. The latest French and British of- ed the munitioxs bill, a|David Lioyd George, Turks lost heavily in this engage- ment and in a series of attacks against the British which were re- pulsed, The Austro-German advance in Galicia apd in Poland is unchecked. The Germans announce the capture of the Polish fortress of Zamoso _an: clalm progress in other sections of the eastern front. The Austro-German cla, after storming the heights, south- east of Bukaszowice, north of Halicz, the Russians along the entire front from the district of Maryampol to just north of Firjilow have been obliged to retreat an dare being pursued by the Teutonic troops. In the western theatre the French admit the success of a German move- ment in the Vosges to gain a foot- hold in their works on Hilgenfirst, but h_a counter-: recap The Germans are continuing to shell these positions violently. A Berlin state- ment says that northwest of Le Four De Paris the advanced by storm over a front three miles long and between 200 and 300 yards wide. A news despatch says that a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora on June 36 sank the Turkish transport No. 42 which was full of troops. The British house of lords has pass- which _gives oy ‘minister of mu- nitions, wide power in handling the ammunition supply sitvation. The measure will become a law when the king signs it. KEEPING HUERTA UNDER SURVEILLANCE. Determined He Shall Not Reenter Mexico From American Territory. ‘Washington, July 2—The United Btates government is determined that Seneral Victoriano Huerta, the form- er Mexican dictator, shall not reenter Mexico from American territory while he may constitute a factor for the disturbance of the political or mili- {ar situstion n the southern repub- By just what means General Huer- ta iy to be held has not been defin- itely determined. At present he is at liberty o nbonds of $15,000 and will be press the of violation of neu- trality laws. In the meantime agents of the department are keeping Huerta under surveillance and the military authorities on the border similarly have been ordered to prevent him from crossing the . border, £ Emphasis was laid in offictal quart. ers today on the Tearrest of Huerta as a result of the formal re- quest for extradition recelved yester- day from the Villa governor of the state of Chihuahua. *THE KAISER WILL GET YOU YET Was What Captain of the Lapland Found Inscribed on His Cabin Floor. . N.w'!fll’k.l\fly:fi-:"fhahh&wlfl EXPLOSION IN CAPITOL FANATICAL MOHAMMEDANS KILL THREE INDIAN SOLDIERS. Ran Amuck in the Lines in British India—Were Subsequently Shot. London, July 2, 8.05 p. m—The kill- ing of a major, a captain, a lieutenant and a bombardier and the wounding of a captain and a sergeant, all officers of the Eighth Indian cavalry, by two fanatical Mohammedans, Who subse- quently were shot to death, Was an- nounced by the British official press bureau. The statement follows: “A lamentable tragedy occurred in the Eighth cavalry of the Indian army stationed at Jhansi (in the united provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India). Two Mohammedan soldiers ran amuck In the lines, shooting and kill- ing Major M. H. L. Gale and cutting down Lieutenant Fancourtney, who since has died of his wounds. “The murderers ran the of- ‘mess and on the way met and wounded Captain Hudson. Turnin; towards the artillery berracks, fired at a sergeant and a bombardier, wounding slightly the former and killing the latter. A “The murderers were pursued and shot down by & party of men of the regiment, led by two British officers, but not before they had fired at and killed another officer, Captain Cooper. “The two men ere reported to have been of a morose and fanatical dispo- sition. They kept aloof from their comrades. The act was an isolated one in which no one but the two mur- derers was involved.” , REDUCTION IN FORCE OF REVENUE AGENTS by Washington Direction Throughout the Country. New Haven, Conn., July 2.—Orders ‘were recelved at the office of Internal Revenue Collector James J. Walsh to- day from Washington directing a re- duction lnmfl:o force of revenue agents Made AT WASHINGTON.| 331 Reports in Circulation That it Was Caused by a Bomb, duties of some of the men who have . retired. OBITUARY. Niels Hougaard Nielson. Cuied ‘Paragraphs Explosion in Hluminating Roocket Fao- tory. oug| FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO |70 QUCCEED SEC'Y LANSING AS are have perished. Rockets made in factory weer for the use of the army. Mail Opened by German Censor. London, July 2, 6.40 p. m—Letters STEAMER CHASE BY GERMAN SUBMARINE Warren Liner Sachem Was Saved by British Destroyer. Boston, July 2.—Members of the crew of the Leyland line steamship Iberian, in today from Manchester and Liverpool, told of being chasad by a German submarine and how the War- ren liner Sachem was saved by British destroyers. Captain Jago would not deny or confirm the story. According to the sailors, the liner was only a few miles from the bar lightship at the mouth of the River Mersey, when the conning tower of the German was seen a few miles away. Captaln Jago immediately swung the steamer off so that she was running in the sama direction as the submarine and sent out a wireless warning which was picked up by a half a dozen big liners that heading for Liverpool. Meanwhile the submarine had sub- merged and Captain Jago haaded again for the westward. Just at that time the Schem, which sailed from here June 9, for Liverpool, was sight- ed and Captain Jago gave her com- mander minute particulars regarding the German, Within ten minutes a wireless dis- tress call was picked up from the Sa- chem. The S. O. 8. signal was re- peated several time and it was fol- lowed by a message that the subma- rine was chsing her. A later message said that three British torpedo boat destroyers had arrived in response to the calls and the submarine had disappeared. SUIT TO GET PORTION OF $6,000,000° ECCLES ESTATE. Gibbs Testifies That Deceased Told Him Margaret Geddes Was His Plural Wife. Odgen, Utah, July 2—David Eccles, 15 years ago told George F. Gibbs, sec- retary to the president of the Mor- mon’_church, that Margaret Geddes was his plural wife and that ‘be was the father of her son, according to the testimony by Gibbs today in Mrs. Geddes’ suit to secure her her son a part of the $5,000,000 Eccles' estate. According to Gibbs, Eccles came to his office in 1900 for a private inter- view. After admitting the relation- ship to Margaret Geddes, Mr. Eccles had told the witness that Mrs. Ged- des had been tried in a bishop’s court and was about to be excommunicated for not divuiging the name of the child’s father. He wanted the wit- ness to_ intercede with the president of the church to set aside the order of excommunication.- The witness said the question was taken up with the church president and the proceedings against the woman were dropped. BARNABY MILLS TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS About One Thousand Employes Will be Affected. Fall River, Mass. ,July 2.—The di- rectors of the Barnaby Mills, manu- facturing gingham fabrics, have de- cided to suspend operation indefinitely, it was announced today, and the mills will be shut down tomorrow. About 1,000 employes will be affected. According to the directors the plant has been curtailing production recent- ly and there has been no marke for the accumulated finished goods on hand; the overhead expenses have in- creased and it was considered advis- $|able to close rather than to operate under existing conditions. St ek Eight Mome Midshipmen Implicated. Annapolis, Mr, July 2—Eight ad- ditional midshipmen have been impli- cated in recent hazing at the naval lemy, making fifteen now . under Pending a decision as to the nature of the charges that will be filed the names of the alleged hazers were not made public. The eight report- ed today are suspected of hazing of a mild character. The incidents are supposed to have occurred within the last two weeks on one or two occa~ sions_when the midshipmen aboard the ships of the practice squadron wero given shore liberty. Gold Vase for Aquatic Contests. ‘Washington, July 2.—A gold vase standing more than two feet high, the gift of King George to the yachtsmen of America, was received at the British o cont scribed: “Presented by King George V, Panama.- International Expo- sition Regatta, 1916." Body Found in Pond. Thompsonville, Conn., July 2.—The of Fred T. Firmin, Death of Gen. Porfirio Diaz DIED IN PARIS, FAMILY AT HIS BEDSIDE|IS BEING CONSIDERED A Complication of Diseases Due to|German Reply to American Note on Advanced Age Was Cause of Death —One of the Greatest Men Mexican Republic Ever Produced. Paris, July 2, 7.40 p. Porfiric Diaz, former. Mexico, died at 7 buyer; there comes a time when found in the newspaper. in another. Persistent advertiser like the early buyer's directory, letin's columns: ing. General Diaz's wife, Senora Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz, and their son, Pororio Diaz, Jr., and the latter's wife were at the bedside when the end came. Death Not Unexpected. General Dlaz began to fail rapidly about three weeks ago and while his death was not unexpected, owing to his_advanced age and recent failing health, the crisis came suddenly this afternoon, Porfirio Diaz, Jr., and his wife were hastily summoned and ar- rived at the bedside only a féw mo- ments before the end, which came at 7 o'clock to_night. General Diaz, in announcing the death of his father, said he was un- able to state the nature of the mala- dy, but expressed the opinion thaat a complication of diseases due to ad- vanced age was the cause. No Tragic Circumstances. No tragic circumstances marked the death of the exiled ruler. Owing to the troubled state in Mexico, it has been judged impossible to send the body home with all _the ceremony which would have befitted one of the greatest figures in Mexican _ history end further Colonel Porfirio Diaz, Jr. has tried in vain to inform his s! ters, Senora Ignacio Le La Torre and Senora Rincon Gallardo, who are now in Mexico, of the death of their fath- er. Not less tragic, perhaps, is the fact that not one of those whom Genehal Diaz raised up to his assistants. in governning Mexico and who prosper- ed and grew rich in the shadow of his greatness, were with him when he died. Jose Yves De La form- er provisional president of Mexico, and holder of other important posi- tions, including the ambassadorship to the United States and Guillermo De Landa, a former governor of the fed- eral district in Mexico, are in Biar- ritz, France. any one out- /president o'clock this morn- | mation from Washis The Directory of the Buyer No fairer statement could be made than that in which it is said Trelative to advertising that “the seller is not always and it requires no long discussion for the man who is in business to understand that that is the time when his advertisement should be That very. condition prevails with a large majority of the news- paper readers every day. Each day brings new wants and when it comes to seeking the opportunities for supplying them recourse is taken to the daily paper, and the man who advertises' profits thereby. That in a nutshell explains why business develops in one case and not no epportunity for reaching the buyers which can equal the far- reaching and thoroughly read columns of The Bulletin. It is the In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, June 26.. 145 146 1045 1335 Monday, June 28.. 185 127 201 513 Tuesday, June 29.. 180 169 281 630 Wednesday, June 30.. 170 142 241 553 Thursday, July 1.. 165 123 284 572 Friday, July 2.. 150 150 234 534 Tolals ..i.xi. . 857 2286 4138 TURDAY, JULY “That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Ex-Bov. Baldwin ‘May b Chosen COUNSELLOR. Submarine Warfare May Be Expect- ed About July 8—President Study- ing European Situation. H, July 2.—President Cornish, N. of| Wilson today ‘receivea official infor- ington that Ger- seeking the the buyer is seeking the seller,” If the seller is seeking the buyver at all times he thereby places business in the very position it should be to increase trade. The bird does the business and he has many’s reply to the last American not on submarine warfare may be ex- pected about July 8 and in conse- Quence he expects to return to Wash- ington, July § or 10, in order to con- sider the note with Secretary Lansing and other members of his cabinet. Hopeful About German Reply. The president is hopeful that the German reply will be favorable, but he is maintaining strict silence on the subject and reserving judgment until he has had an opportunity of reading the note himself. Ambassador Gerard has kept him fully informed of the state of official and public opinion on the question in Germany. Not Disturbed About Armenian. ‘Word came te the president from Washington today that officlals there are not deeply disturbed over the Armenian incident and unless new facts develop in the official investiga- tion now being conducted, the sinking of the vessel is not expected to com- plicate seriously the negotiations with Germany over submarine warfare. The president is holding himself free, however, to take the question up with Germany if any American rights are found to have been infringed upon. President Studies in Seclusion. President Wilson spent more of to- day stuudying in quiet seclusion the general European situation, including the possibilities of bringing about peace. He had before him confiden- tial reports by Colonel E. M. House, Ambassador tary Lans- ing and other officials. He has been gathering these reports for several months and is now taking the oppor- tunity offered by freedom from minor To Give Audience to Jane Addams, He will be given additional infor- mation about the ponlbl;l&- of peace side the family knew of the serious- |yy, ness of General Diaz's fllness or that he was in Paris. Was Almost Blind. ° ‘The end seems to have been brought about by failure of the heart which was d by a severe attack of gTippe last year. This illness also left the aged exile almost blnd. Novertheless, he was acoustomed to ¥k out daily during the past spring in ‘the Bois De Boulogne, which he loved it resembled the Cha- puMepec in Mexico City. He had hoping to g0 to Blarrits shortly, | A but his illness prevented this. g the final body or the date of the funeral. Huerta’s Tribute. fect in Alabama. Okiahoma state the condition ‘of wheat at B T Do The United States trainis shi Nc-mmumo.m:r'.u. i Forty-two persons wers killed in the streets New York during June. H raine in Germany have brok- the drouth, and aided the e SeTi o oteses. e Fosed ec ot @ Sorth $282.952. Ex-Govenor Slaton of tended the trial of Harry K. prove his sanity. a at- oW to Articles of incerporation were filed at Dover, Del, by the Sugar Corporation, capital $50,000,000. tugs were sent to the assistance of the United States fuel ship Vulcan off Gould Island, R. L The threatened strike of Welsh min- ers was averted. The miners ac- cepted the government's proposals. American eagles amounting to $6, 250,000 were received in London Brazil and sold to the United States. About two per cent of the world's merchant shipping 1s estimated to have been wiped out during the war. The Board of Estimate authorized the issue of $879,588 for constructing 2 new fire alarm system in New York. Business men of Tulsa, Okla., have started a moyement for the construc- gfizunmmmzdwm n. British losses in the attempt to force the Dardanelles to May 31 to- talled 38,635 in dead, wounded and missing. The government of Para announced in London its inability to meet the interest due on two loans, totalling $9,250,000. Prices on all meats which have been steadily rising in the Jast will continue to soar, at Chica- go packers. The gunboat Eagle, serving at West Indian ports, was ordered to Port- au-Prince, Hayti, on the request of Admiral Caperton. Four fishermen were d three others narrowly escaped d when their boat az My at City, Lord Mersey held another lublic hearing in the London inquiry to clear up some guestions submitted to the Board of Trade. William Von Ehr, 23, son of a wealthy storekeeper in Stratford, was placed under charged ' with reckless driving of an automobile, Burglars leaving Mrs. Lottis Kuhn's home in Newark, Ohio, shook hands with her son as he ascended the steps. The latter supposed them t obe guests. No more harvest hands are needed in the grain fields of the West. For the first time in many vears, farmers see no difficulty in gathering the crop. George J. Smith, “brides’ bath™ murderer was found guilty in London of the murder of Beatrice Mundy Smith, his first wife, and sentenced to death. A bill authorizing a war loan of $50,000,000 to cover New Zealand's ‘| part in the war operations up to Jun was passed by the lament. New Zealand Par- ed a deep cut In which the are laid. Orders have been placed by the Ca- nadian Government for 1,000 box cars, and fifteen large locomotives for use on the National Transcontinental Railway. President Williams of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was presented with a silver loving cup in honor of the twentieth anniversary of his con- nection with the company. Police Commissioner Woods of New York received to date $6.710 for the benefit of the honor roll fund for the heal bullet wounds in a few weeks. ™ protest inst the action of the company in ten young went on The body of an unidentified man was found in Kinneytown tween Naugatuck and Three hundred Carranza soldiers and their wives and the from | world, a task vastly increased by the Furopean war, was disclosed today in statisties of the enormous increase in the value of foodstuffs exported compared with the figures of the same eleven months a year ago, when the total was $443,000,- #hipped, an increase ‘There were 86,428,000 crease of almost 8i Gondonsad Torrms | SHARE OF U. 5. INFEEDING THE WORL —15,177,000 Barrels of Flour, Valued at $89,650,000 i 5 Were 12,487,000, an increase of About 116,000,000 Pounds—Canned Beef, and Pickeled Beef Also Show big Increase—Interesting of Commerce. ‘Washington, July United States 2.—The share of in feeding the epartment of com- Foodstuffs valued at $724,000,: eleven merce. 000 were exported during the months ending Junme 1. principal factor in the nation's billion dollar foreign trade balanc This was the e. The effect of the war is seen in the Wheat Biggest Item. ‘Wheat formed the biggest item in foodstuffs sent abroad. In all, 249,575,- 000 bushels were exported, an increase of 164,000,000 bushels. at crease over the previous year. of $239,138,000. It was valued ine $319,961,000, showing an Oats valued at $51,669,000 were $51,028,000. buskels, an’ in- 000,000 bushels. Flour Shows Big Increase. Flour showed the next largest in- crease with a value of g’l.m.om. or $37,638,000 more than Almost 5,000,000 more barrels were sent this year, the total being 15,077,000. Corn exports were valued at $34,- 542,000, an increase of $28,551,000. period. There were 43,715,000 bushels exported, an increase of about 35,000,000. Al 305,000,000 pounds of bacon were shipped, an increase of 122,000, SAYS BECKER WAS NOT CONNECTED WITH MURDER Counsel Alleges That Bridgie Webber Has so Stated. New York, July 2—That Charles Becker, the former New York police lieutenant now in Sing Sing prison under sentence of death for conspiring to kill Herman Rosenthal, had abso- lutely nothing to do with the murder was_the statement made here today by H. T. Marshall, an attorney, coming from his client, Bridgle Web- ber, one of.the three self-confessed accomplices in the plot. This followed closely upon the heels of a story that Sam Schepps, the gam- bler, upon whom the state _relied during the first trial of Becker to corroborate the testimony of w{fl Rose, Harry Vallon and Bridgle ber, ‘the three informers, held “the secret in the Becker case” and would tell Governor Whitman, should the governor ask him to. Other -developments in the case fol- lowed in rapid succession. These were that Mr. Marshall intends to g0 be- fore Chiet Judge Bartlett of court of ‘who wrote the pre- vailing opinion denying Becker a new trial and explain to him the facts as his law partner, is going to make an appeal to the United States supreme court in Becker's behalf, basing it on the theory that Becker was not con- victed by due process of law. Mr, Marshall, who was counsel for Bridgie Webber when the latter was arrested in connection with the Ros- enthal murder, e statement regarding Webber while in the of- tos ridgie de- | last night on a charge of send! Marshall, formation regarding “I told my whole story REASSURING REPORTS FROM MEXICO CITY. Poorer Classes Are Not Actually Starv- ing—Loo Stores. Statistics of the Development 000 pounds. It was valued at 34 000, or an increase of $17,028,000. Shipments of Beef. There was a big increase im shipments. Fresh beef exports wi 121,487,000 pounds, an increase of most 116,000,000 pounds; canned beef, 65,359.000° pounds, an 310,708,000, an increase of . and pickled beef, $3,004,000, an increase of_$383,000. Hems and _shoulders Jelshed 162,133,000 pounds, valued at a4 exports amounted to 441,703,000 pounds, valued at $48,917,000. The in- - H Cotton exports were §,103,082 or 766,334 bales less than the previous year, . but their value, $360,370,000, showed a decrease of $231,355,000. Dairy Products. A statement on the meat and months preceding May 1st last three times the value of like period two years ago times those of the entire 1805 TESTIMONY ADVERSE TO HARRY THAW. Witnesses Tell of Irrational Condwet put on the stand by attorneys for the state. They were two Canadian tm- migration officers, as |and Henri Giroux, who took part in the forcfble deportation of Thaw Sherbrooke, Quebec, - into Vi They said that when Thaw was toid in the Sherbrooke jail that he was to be deported he bacame violent, threw a bottle through a window and shout- ed that he was being _ kidnapped. Giroux described his conduct as that of a m “dangerously mad” Two police officers who were on duty at the Tenderloin police station while Thaw was detained thers after his ar- rest for killing Stanford White, gave testimony to support the state's con- tention that Thaw had delusions om the subject of young girls. Both the witnesses said that Thaw while in said he heard young girls his cell, screaming. While the reading into evidence of testimony given at previous trials, in- tended tq prove Thaw’s insanity was in progress, the court was until Tuesday. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is expected to take the stand as & state’s witness either on Tuesday of Wednesday. POLISH EDITOR SENT TO PSYCHOPATHIC WARD. Was Arrested For Sending Abusive Letters to P New York, July 2. astowsky, contributing editor of a lish newspaper, who was Po- here and abusive letters to Bellevue hospital for observation. It developed during the hearing that ‘harastowsky had sent long letters not only to the president but to mem- bers of his cabinet complaining that DONOVAN’S CONTEST FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS. Evidence in Action Against E. J. Hill to Beg Stamford, Conn., July 2—Evidence in the ection brought by former Con- Jeremiah demo- but it was thought here it given in afMdavits. Donovan bases his legation that Hill's ex