Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 7, 1915, Page 1

Had Coop&atbn of the French With Artillery in Fighting North of Ypres CARRIED 200 YARDS OF GERMAN TRENCHES Gas Shells Used by Germans in Artillry Duels—Russians Claim Flank Blow Has Checked the Austrians With l:leavy Losses—Vienna Claims Russians are Still Retir- ing Northward—Austrians Report Complete Repulse of N Third Italian Army. Renewal of activity by the British forces along their front in Flanders, in the gain of German trenches north of Ypres; stubborn re- sistence by the Russian troops against the Austro-Germans onslaught in the eastern zone, and the strong pres- sure of the Austrians in southern Poh-ag, which Vienna claims is push- ing the Russians northward, are the outstanding features in the war re- ports. X The assault of the British in Fland- ers came after a long period of com- parative quiet. They have carried about 200 yards of German trenches, taking 80 prisoners, the French co: tributing to this success with their ar- tillery. Field Marshal Sir John French, who reports this advance, says that the intermittent artillery duels of late have been marked by the employment of gas shells by the Germans. Critical Point In Teutonic Drive. The Teutonic drive northward from the Galician bdrder on the front be- tween the Vistula and the River Bug, & front which is critical as relating to the fate Warsaw, has brought the Austrians to a point northeast of Krasnik and near Tarnogora, east of Krasnik and some forty miles north- east of Tarnogrod. # Claim Check for Austrians. Under the pressure of the Austrian advance, the Russians are retiring be- yond Tarnogora along the Vieprz, ac- to the Austrian official state- ment, but the Russian war office as- MEXICAN FOOD SITUATION T EXCEEDINGLY PITIFUL American Red Cross Agent Reports 8carcity Is Growing Worse. ‘Washington, July 6—The first re- port to the Red Cross on the relief pituation in Mexico City came through today from Charles J. O'Connor, the American agent, who succeeded etting through the and Elpt.t& lines and entered the capital with American Consul General Shank- tin last Wednesday. O*Connor described the food situ- ation as “exceedingly pitiful” In gonference with various relief com- mittees, he said, he had been told that the plight of the non-combat- pnts in small cities in the vicinity of the capital was even forse in Mexican ity itself. Q'onnor and Shanklin took into the city with them a portion of the Oross medical relief supplies sent to Cruz. . v":lr';a advices from O'Connor added that the situation is “growing worse rapidly. Corn is very scarce,” he re- ported. “This year'’s planting in the grain districts is estimated at from 10 to 50 per cent. The relief problem is vast. NO HOPE FOR ARCHBISHOP’S RECOVERY Paralysis Continues to Spread Grad- ually—He Rallies Slightly. Rochester N. Y. July 6.—Dr. Jo- seph R. Culkin one of the physicians at the bedside of Archbishop Quigley »f Chicago said at 10 o’clock tonight the archbishop had rallied slight- again from the state of coma in he has been since Sunday night ut that there had been no change in general condition. The raralysis continuing to spread slowly. No for his recovery is held out. PIED IN HOSPITAL AT NEW HAVEN Fireworks Burns Were Fatal to Six Year Old Ruth Pope. FRENCH TRANSPORT SUNK - IN THE DARDANELLES S e e officers and in | of the AUPitdeld Mine Workers serts that the Austrian offensive to the east of Krasnik has been stop- ped by a blow delivered by the Rus- sians on the Austrian flank, resulting in heavy losses. There has been des- perate fighting in the territory to the north of Krasnik, and apparently .the Russians are strengthening their pow- er’ of resistance by reinforcements of men and munitions. Complete Repulse of {talians. In the Italio-Austrian campaign the fighting in the Gorizia district de- veloped into a general battle when an attack was made by the Third Ital- ian army. The Italians advanced un- der the protection of & fierce artil- lery fire, but, according to an Aus- trian officlal statement the attacking forces were completely repulsed. Bombs From Air on Triest Factory. The latest achievement of the Ital- fan air service is the dropping of bombs on a factory at Triest. The ex- tent of the damage done has not been ascertained, Triest has the most im- portant arms factory in the Austro- Hungarian empire. Control of Liquors In England. The British government decided to take over the control of the sale and supply of intoxicating liquors in many districts where war material is be- ing made and where it is being load- ed, unloaded, or otherwise dealt with. This is made possible under the pow- ers conferred by the Defence of the Realm Act. NO JURISDICTION IN COAL MINE SUIT U. 'S, District Court Dismisses Suit Against Arkansas Labor Leaders. Fort Smith, Ark., July 6.—A $1,250,- 000 damage - suit brought . by the Bache-Denman Coal company against more than 200 ‘members of Amer- ica, was smissed in the United States district court here today the court holding it had no jurisdiction. The suit, which grew out of rioting in" the Prarie Creek mining distfict last year, was brought under the Sherman anti-trust act. Several of the company’s plants were destroyed during the disorders and the com- pany sued the union officers and members, alleging they were respon- sible for the damage. In dismissing the suit, the court Red | held the operation of a coal mine was mnot~of an interstate charcater. 4,500 IRON WORKERS ' GO BACK TO WORK. Chicago Skyscraper Skeletons Resound Again to Blow of Hammers, Chicago, July 6.—Resumption of work by some of Chicago's strikers be- it bridges and steel skeletons 'of sky- Scrapers resounded again to the blows f_sledges. SWISS FRONTIER OPEN. ‘Military Necessity Caused Closing is . German Explanation. Paris, July 6, 4.35 p. m—"After ten days’ intlrnxm:. the German-Swiss frontier has reopened, London July 6—In reply man wireless story of an aerial raid Landguard Fort at Harwich, the Britiah Admiralty states that & Gere their bombs Flood of French Gold Paris, July 6—~The Bank of rance has been compelled to designate six receiving tellers to take the gold of- to turn in its private hoards of gold S0 as to strengthen the national re- serve. WANTS TO SEE SOME i RESTRAINT ON HARRY But Mrs. Thaw Says She is Not in Fit Condition to Testify. New York, July 6—Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit. Thaw, who came to New York today in answer to a subpoena to tes- tify against her husband Harry K. Thaw, in the jury proceedings tq de- termine his sanity returned to her camp at Chateaugay Lake, near Ma- lone, New York, tonight, without hav- ing appeared in court. Just before she Jeft for Malone Mrs. Thaw issued the following statement: “I came to New York in answer to a subpoena issued by the Supreme Court, but no woman wishes to testi- fy against her husband. I brought with me a doctor’s certificate showing that I am not in a fit eondition to undergo the ordeal of testifying again. I had no intention of offending Justice Hendrick when I issued my statement at the camp. ~ “I do not want Harry to go back to that hell-on-earth, Matteawan—but I do think some kind of restraint should be placed upon him. I am going back to_the camp to forget it all.” Mrs. Thaw was examined today at her home here by Dr. Bernard Living- ston, who said she was physically fit to testify, but was in a highly nervous state and the ordeal of testifying would be bad for her. BRYAN TELLS HOW TO RUN NEWSPAPERS. Would Compel Editors to Show Their Financial Interest in Policies Advo- cated. San Francisco, July 6.—Passage of a law to compel editors to show their financial interest in policies they ad- Vocate was recommended by liam Jennings Bryan today in an address before the ional press &t the Panama-Pacific exposition. Mr. Bryan put peace and politics aside and appeared as a journalist. Mr. Bryen further advised signed stories and- editorials in newspapers. He commended the influence of the “one-man. edited weekly” as being greater than that of a corporation- owned daily newspaper, and expressed disapproval of “independent publica- tions.” BExperience in the state department, Mr. Bryan said, had convinced him that public welfare would be benefited by a law compelling editors to tell what pecuniary interest they had in governmental policiés they advocated, so the public might know what weight the editorials deserved. Second Death from This Accident, Stamford, Conn, July 6.—Miss Eliz- abeth Baunete of Waterbury, one of an automobile party injured in a col- lision on June 13, at Glenbrook, be- tween a train on the New Canaan branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, and the auto- mobile, died at the Stamford hospi- tal today of her injuries. Her uncle, Joseph Burenski, also 3! ‘Waterbury, was killed in the acci- ent. What England Pays For Shooting. This is a war of artillery. Shells and shrapmel are being used on a scale far in excess of the calculations of the most farseeing military ex- perts of Europe. That is why Kitch- ener and French ere asking for more shells, and -still more shells; for a Breat proportion of the £24 a minute which “this war is costing is being blown away by our big guna. To fire a single shot from our big- gest guns costs £1000, and some idea of the expenditure of naval firing can be gathered from the fact that one famous battleship could use up rough- ly £20,000 worth of ammunition per minute if she worked ell her guns at full blast, as she would do if neces- sary. And to this huge outlay must be added the cost of the gun, remem- bering that the largest weapon has a very short life, and is soon worn out. The most tgyen-{ve gun we use is the 15-inch, ugh other guns run up heavy ammunition bills. For instance &2%5 kanishes in flame mnd smoke every time a 13.5 weapon is fired. weight of explosive ‘shell over a dis- tance of thirty miles with the cer- tainty of hitting any spot they aim at. The powe; to the Ger- | MAN WHO SHOT J. P. MORGAN COMMITS SUICIDE FROM TOP OF CELL Skull Crushed on Concrete Floor 50 Feet Below—Second Atternpt at Self Destruction—Contradictory Re- ports as to Where Body Was Found. - Minealo, N. Y., July §.—Frank Holt, the Cornell universily professor who shot J. P. Morgan in his home near Glen Cove last Saturday, eommitted suicide in the jail here tonight. ing opening top of his cell door and then plunging to the narrow court 50 feet below, Holt's keeper said he was positive that the prisoner was killed in his own cell, where he sail he found the body. Skull Fractured. There were con! reports as to the manner in which Hoilt met his death, but it was definitely estab- lished through Dr. Cleghorn, the jail physician, that Holt died of a fractured ski . Conflicting Reports. At midnight there was still consider- able confusion in the jail and conflict- ing stories as to the manner in which Holt was killed were told by thosé at- tached to the institution. The attend- ants disagreed as to the place where the body was found. . Some Say Explosion. Several of those about the jail said they heard an explosion, the report coming from Holt's cell. Thie noise, it was believed, was due through the falling of boards from the top of the cell. Jeremiah O'Brien, the keeper who was detailed to watch Holt, said he was 15 feet away from the celle. when he heard a loud report. H elooked in the direction of the cell, but it was dark. Entering, he found Holt's body in a pool of blood in the corner. Undoubtedly Jumped, Coroner Walter R. Jones, after view- ing the body, said: “Undoubtedly a suicide, and. un- doubtedly the man jumped. I cannot give an official version until an au- topsy is performed by the jail physi- cian, Dr. Cleghorn.” Left a Note. Kuep:s O'Ryl.:m dsgsrsdumtlflolt appeart unusualy eerf ly in the evening. He douldn’t uni tand why Holt sheuld write a letter which was found after his death, in which Holt addressed presumably his wife and children as follows: “My Dears: “I must write to you once more. The more I think about it, the more I see the utter uselessness of living under these circumstances. Bring up the dear babies in fear of God and man. Goodbye, my sweet. “Affectionately, “FRANK.” Keeper Not Sure. As an evidence of the great confusion which followed the report and the find- ing of Holt's body, was the statement made by Keeper O'Ryan to the effect that he was not sure if Hoit's body was found in his cell or in. the corridor. This tended to strengthen the theory of Distriet Attorney Smith and War- den Hulse that Holt had killed himself by jumping from the top of his cell into the court below and that while doing so he had dislodged a couple of boards which fell to the floor with a loud report. after the autopsy Dr. Cleghorn said that he found a large contused wound, which extended from the top of the head to below the eyes and that there was no evidences of an explosion or bullet wound. Earlier in the day Holt had been detected trying to open a vein in his wrist with a lead pencil. THREE MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS -UNDER ARREST ENLISTING RECRUITS 28 Taken From Special Train in Chicago—Claim They Were to Visit Relatives in Homeland, Then Enlist in the Army. Chicago, July §-—Vigorous steps to|ed enforce neutrality laws were taker by United States officials today. As a result of information gathered from a score of reservists who were taken from a train here a week ago, secret service men today arrested three Montenegrin officlals charging them with conspiracy to'violate the neu- trality laws of the United The men arrested were Captain Anton V. Seferovich, a member of the Amer- ican Red Cross and the Montenegrin Red Cross, who was taken in New. York; B. Martinovich an officer in the Montenegrin army, and Savo G. Jourashkovich, secretary of the Mon- tenegrin foreign office, who were ar- rested in Bisbee, Arizona. Govern- ment officers also sought Jovo Matan- gvi;:fih. another high Montenegrin of- cial. All are charged with enlisting re- cruits for the Montenegrin army in violation of the neutrality of the United States. Ostensibly to Visit Relatives. The arrests developed from the de- tention here of 23 Montenegrins and Serbians who wére taken from a special train while on their way east. They were reported to have told Fed eral investigators that thelir expenses to their native homes were being paid with the understanding that after a visit with relatives they would enlist in their respective armies. The men arrested will be brought here for trial. Expected to be Made Consul. New York, July 6.—In consequence of the complaint made by the gov- ernment before U. S. Commissioner Mason in Chicago, concerning an al- leged conspiracy to enlist and ship Montenegrins in this country home for service in the army, Captain An- ton V. Seferovich, a member of the American Red Cross and the Mon- tenegrin Red Cross, was arrested here late today by agents of the depart- ment of justice. He declared that he expected to be appointed consul general of Montenegro in New York, when arraigned before United States Commissioner Clarence S. Houghton on a charge of conspiring to violate the Federal neutrality laws. He was released in $5,000 bail for further examination. Pmibly Using Red Cross Money. As ‘the investigation into the al- leged conspiracy is being conducted in Chicago, agents of the department here had little to say concerning .the arrest of Captain Seferovich. It was admitted, however, that funds used in furtherance of the enlistment plans bad been found on deposit with a Wall street firm of bankers. It w:s further admitted that money collect- ed presumably for Red Cross work, the government has information, was used in paying for the transportation of soldiers to Montenegro. SKULL FRACTURED IN ‘' FALL FROM ROOF Otto Kriesling Was at Work at New Haven Brewery. New Haven, Conn, July 6—Otto Kresling, aged 48, a tinner, fell frum the roof of a brewery late today and died of a fractured skull. Kresling was about to descend a ladder to make arrangements for the removal of his little daughter to a' hospital when he lost his balance and t i Zyaen ik umbled The French steamer sailed from Norfolk, Va., for France with a cargo of 800 horses for the Allies, to land |l French port. at an unnamed h Sunk for 36 hours by an man of the crew was dead. Jennie Shickler, aged 18, bled to death when a picture she was dusting in her home in New York fell on her and cut an artery in her neck. Archie Lejeal, aged 18, champion motorcycle racer of Erie, Pa., was in- stantly killed at Corry, Pa., when he drove his machine into a fence. The Sing Sing Prison nine —added another victory to their record when they defeated the baseball team of the New York Stock Exchange. German dye manuacturers will re- fuse to ship dye to Switzerland un< less the latter country stops the re- mrmhn of the materials to Eng- Alarmed by the shooting af J. P Morgan, owners of large estates in the district about Glen Cove, L. L, ha placed armed guards about places. Robert Mayer, of Trentom, with his wife, son and daughter was _killed when the automobile he was driving was struck by a train near Farming- dale, N. J. Emperor Willlam telegraphed Isa von Bethmann-Hollweg, 21-year old daughter of the German Im perial Chanceillor, on her marriage to Count Burkerdroda. Warden Osborne declared he aid not intend tc resign his posi warden of Sing Sing prison because of his difference with Superintendent of Prisons Riley. William Lancaster, 18, of Belleville, N. J. was suffocated in the mud in Greenwood Lake. His body was re- covered sixteen minutes after he dived from the stern of a rowboat. R. F. Downing, member of the Le- land Stanford, Jr, University base- ball team, was fatally injured when making a dive at Wakiki Beach, Ha- waii, where the team is now playing. The British Minist positions equal to the ones they gave up. Seven persons wers more or less severely hurt when an _automobile owrsd and driven by Joseph De %oré‘;_oflkmkbn, N. Y., over- rned as it was crossing the trolle; track in Greenwich. & Admiral Lord Fisher, who recently resigned as First Sea Lord of the Ad- miralty, was appointed head of the “Invention Board,” appointed to aid the Adml‘l:lty in relation to naval re- al A drunken man arrested while talk- ing to sailors at Newport, R. I, was found to have in his Opinlon Introduced In Testimony In Chicago Carmen’s Arbitration. AT RIFLES' POINT ZAPATA SOL- ' DIERS WENT JOY RIDING IN CITY OF MEXICO Medieval Conditions—Anyone in Uni- form is Supreme—Duel in Streets— Three Officers Executed in Public for Blackmail. —— City, June 22. (co - S e Cormrent. four days this city has been prey to anxiety and a general senso a of insecurity prevails. ata and Villa to change their minds after baving shipped the government archives and the treasury funds to Cuernavaca, preparatory to evacuat- ing the capital, is not known. That there has been some fighting between the advance guards of the Carranza forces and those of Zapata and Villa at Barrientos and Cerro Gordo is cer- tain, but it is believed here that the Defending Army In Street Cars, The bulkx of the defending army is living in street cars which are strung out in a long line between the suburgs of ixcoac and San Angel. These numbering 59, occupy about a mile of track along a road leading to the city of Cuernavaca, the ulti- mate destination of the defending army in the event they are drivem from this city. The position of the carg is on the opposite side of the city to that which is being attacked.- Police Swept Aside. The police fofce of the city has been swept aside so far as practical protection is concerned, and, although gendarmes are seen on post as usual, was brought home to the British con- sul here, E, W. P. Thurston the day before vesterday when he was com- pelled at the point of rifles to carry two of Zapata's soldlers about the city in his automobile and was al- most forced to be an accomplice in a jail delivery. Soldiers Halted Consul’s Car. Mr. Thurston was taking his morn- ing drive when the soldiers halted and boarded his car. After joy riding about the city they finally caused the chauffeur to drive to the penitentiary where a general jall break was at- tempted by - them. With British Flag Flying, During the confusion the British legation was notified, the men arrest- ed and the car returned to the con- sul. The car flew the British flag at the time of the assault. The authori- ties have promised to execute the sol- diers in this case. Auto Owners Take No Risks Now o hasit of AYing the Hag of thelr na- the habit of e flag of na- tions on the hood of the machine Despite this the seizing and stealing of cars has become so genmeral that few care now to risk riding. All of the banks and nearly all of the larger commercial establishments have re- mained closed since the forces of Carranza approached the city. Soldiers to Protect Foodstuffs. Today the shortage of foodstuffs became so lfl!‘lob\;l that rioting 'I-; o troops who fired over the heads of the mobs. In one instance the sol- diers fired low killing a number of women. It iS estimated that more than 30,000 people, nearly all women gathered in front of the offices of the International Relief Commission’s ‘warehouses. Duel in the Streets. Yesterday two army officers with a dozen or more of u'z;hu; tg:lgwm in- dulged in a duel t occur- @ of the principal streets crowded with ped tenders were 2all mounted and the fus- ilade caused a panic. One of the of- ficers and two, of the horses were killed while a frooper was wounded. Diplomatic Corps In Fear. The diplomatic corps has been meeting daily since the city has been surrounded by the forces of Carranza. possibility of the danger in which for- eign lives and property may be put. Public Execution for Blackmail i g §s8 i § 3