Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 1

j}i\ustriargé:arfl Halians Fall in Great Numbers in Struggle for Strategic Point £ ’ £ : '_BHILI.IAN'F ASSAULTS AND COUNTER ATTACKS 5 ¥ ¥ i .5 R E . Austrians Hold Fast Against Terrific Hail of Italian Shells and Infantry Attacks—5,000 Rounds of Artillery Ammuni- - tion Used in One Bombardment On Gallipoli Penin- 2 sula—Russian Forces, Strongly Reinforced, Are Now =% A, With their eyes fixed upon Triest, the Jtalians have during the past few days been engaged in a series of desperate actions along the Isonzo front. Of these little has been recorded in the official communications, but, ac- cording to the despatches of corre- ndents, the plateau of Doberdo, which is of great strategic value with Tespect to an advance on Triest, has ‘been the scene of one of the heaviest {Rombaraments ot the entire campain, of brilliant assaults by the Italians and flerce counter-attacks by the Austri- fans, in which Austrians and Itelians alike fell in great numbers. Quarter of Italian Army Engaged. One account has it that one-fourth of the Italian army was engaged in the loperations against Gorizia, but not- withstanding hte terrific hail of shells end the heavy attacks of the Italian infantry, the Austrians succeeded in repelling the invaders. The king of Italy and Premier Salandra_are salg to have witnessed part of the battle. Turks Lavish With Ammunition. On the Gallipoli peninsula the gen- eral activity of the Turks in their ef- forts to “drive the French and British allies into the sea” was. still in evi- énce on July ‘4, the period covered by the latest Taport. recaived ‘from Genc eral Sir lan Hamilton. The infantry ‘attacks of the Turks were preceded by several bombar , in one of fhich 5,000 Founds of ‘actiliery smum- mition were expende: The Turks salaed a footing in one ©of the British trenches, but: were' al- most Immediately driven out and their orts are described by General Ham- iton a complete failure,” and he 8dds that while the iBritish losses were negligible and the British lines remein- ed intact, the Turkish casualties were ~very heavy. Stubborn Russian Resistance. “ Attention is still rivetted on that front in the eastern war zone lying Detween the Rivers Vistula and Bug, in Southern Poland, where the Teu- tonic forces have been hurlnig them- elves against a stubborn Russian re- sistance in an attempt to clear the way to Warsaw. The Russian forces which have been retreating steadily before the Austro- Germans are now. holding their ground with the aid of strong reinforcements end in the battle which is raging near Krasnik and to the east and northeast of that place they have inflicted heavy on_their adversaries. campaign in Beigium and France has been confiaed largely to artillery actions. One strong offensive movement by the Germans in the for- est of Apremont was eventually stop- ped by the French, who report that the Germans succeeded in making no new gains, Holding Ground Against Austro-German Advance. SPLENDID RAILWAY SYSTEM WILL HELP RUSSIAKS In_ Position Now to Rush Reinforce- .ments to Danger Points. London, July 7, 10:20 p. m.—By the emmployment of. strong reinforcements the Russians have temporarily, . at least, checked the Austro-German ad- vance toward the Lublin _railway, which if ‘suceessful, would have seri- ously imperil Warsaw. The Russians yesterday claimed to have inflicted a serious defeat on the Austro-German in the region of Krasnik, south it railway, while the Austrians fonight state that “the battle was In- vigorated by the participation of strong Russian reserves. Battle Only Just Commenced. So far as communications are con- cerned the Russians now have the ad- vantage of positions, as they have a splendid system of railways behind them on which they can quickly move troops and - guns to the threatened areas. This battle, one of many since the Austro-Germans commenced their dirve through Galicia, has only just commenced, but according to dis: patches received in ‘Geneva from Aus: trian sources the Russians have th far had the best of it and since M-n. day bave inflicted very heavy: losses on the 1nvuleru These dispatches sands of wounded ore continually -mvm; in Lembers, Prz- emysland Jaroslau. Arras Cathedral Destroyed. In the western theatre artillery combats continue from Arras to the sea and it is stated tonight that as a result of the German bombardment Arras is in flames and its cathedral destroyed. The Germans also claim to have retaken the trenches which they lost to“ihe British north of Ypres yesterday. However, the fight- ing here appears to be of a desultory nature, dspite reports from Holland of the arrival of large German rein- forcements for another effort to reach alais. Turks Again Repulsed. The Gallipoli Peninsula again has been the scene of very severe fighting, the Turks on Sunday having made their third attempt within a week to regain the ground which the allies took from them in their last attack. Sunday's offensive, like those ~which preceded, resulted, accosding to Brit- ish and French reports issued tonight in .complete discomfiture of the Turks who are said to have suffered again severely. The Allies are only six miles from their goal, the narrows of the Darda- nelles, but the. country . between ‘s strongly fortified and a gain of a few hundred yards is all that can be ex- pected at one time. There is talk of 2 new combined general attack by d and the sea forces. * apled. Pangnphs Zino - nmfig— British Mission to Balkans, Rome, July 6, via Paris, July .7.— John Duncan Gregory, Secretary of British Legation at ‘the Vatican, hu left for the states on a diplomatic mission for his -country. He will visit Bucharest, Sofla, Bel- grade and Athens. PROHIBIT SLAUBHTER OF YOUNG STOCW English Plan to Presegve Meat Sup- ply for British lsles. London, July 7, 9:06 p. m.—The Barl of Selborne, president of the Board of Agriculture, in moving in the House of Lords this evening the second reading of ‘the bill which em powers the government to prohibit the slaughter of young stock so preserve the meat supply, expressed the opinion that the Germans were putting _their whole - shipbuilding strength into_ the construction of sub- marines. German submarines, h said, were taking a steady toll of Bri tish ships, and as the war continued it was probable that mqre submarines would be engaged In this task. It would not be the fault of the German Ad- miralty, he continued, if they failed |on to deal a fatal blow at the carrving trade which supplies. Great Britain with food. ~As it was, even if there was no diminuition of the overseas supply of meat, there would probably be less for the use of the civilian Ppopulation. The bill passed the second reading. 3,850 RUSSIAN PRISONERS Taken in the Battles in Eastern Galicia from July 3d to Sth. Vienna, July 7, via London, July 7, 1135 p .m—The following official re- port from general headquarters was issued tonight: “In the front held by Archduke J seph Ferdinand's army fighting co; tinues. Russian reinforcements a rived and took the offensive at se eral places, but were repulsed, losing severely. The number of our war pris- oners has increased. “On ' the Bug river and in Eastern Galicla the situation is unchanged. -In the Dbattles on -the, lower Ziota Lipa river from Jul uly 5, 3,850 Rus- s were caj _“In-the seuLhewte-m theatre of war, on the heights to the east of Trebinje, our troops have been successful in the battle of the last few days. They re- ported after a short violent battle they took the Montenegrin advance position, forcing the Montenegrins back to the adjacent heigh! am Body Found in Hockanum River. Rockville, Conn,,-July 7.—The body of an unidentified man was found in the Hockanum river near -Market street Iate today. A lumber yard ex- teinds out over the river at this point and it is thought the man fell from the lumber into the water. The medical examiner believes he was drowned on Monday night. The man was 40 years years old, of medium height and evi- dently had once had his nose broken.' Steamship Movements. Gibraltar, July 5.—Passed: Caserta, New York for Naples, Kirkwall, July 3.—Arrived: steamer Hollig Olav, New York for Copen- steamer agen. Liverpool, July 5.—Arrived: steamer Missanbie, ‘Montre: Bordeaux, July 7.—Arrived: steamer Niagara, New York (not previously) gu;;‘d 4th: steamer Rochambeau, New 01 Hesnlute Wnu From Vanmn BY MARGIN OF 2 MINS, 17 SECS, ELAPSED TIME OVER 30 MILE COURSE Vanitie Starting Late, Was Actually Beaten Only 49 Seconds—At One Time Was Almost On Even Terms With the Winner. Greenwich, Conn. July 7By a margin of one minute, six seconds, elapsed time, and two minutes, 17 seconds, corrected time, the sloop yacht Resolute won today from the Vanitie in a thirty mile race on Long Isiand Sound. The vachts safled twice over a course of fifteen miles for & Deize offered by the In- dlan Harbor Yacht Club and under the management of its regatta com- mittee. The Resolute led at the ‘start by 20 seconds. She was the leader at the first mark by eleven second by 31 _seconds, one minute, 17 second: by onme minute, 20 seconds;; at th fifth by one minute, 43 seconds and at the finish by one minute and nine seconds. The Vanitie started 17 seconds after the time limit of two minutes so the time, ‘figured from the actual start, shows she was beaten only forty-nine secands. She gained on the Resolute e second leg of the first round of the course, 8o that they were al- most on even terms when the wind headed them and the Resolute re- gained what she had lost. Between all the marks except the last two, the Resolute showed gains. The Vanitie in that reach, from Cen- ter Island to the finish gained 34 sec- onds on_ her rival. Charles Francis Adams steered the Resolute and Cor- nelius_Vanderbflt the Vanitie. Cap- tain Herreshoff was on board the Resolute. PRESIDENT EXPECTS GERMAN NOTE NEXT WEEK Gives No Intimation How He Looks Upon German Suggestions. Cornish, N. H, July 7.—President Wilson' spent several hours today studying messages from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin outlining the posi- tion of the German government to- ward submarine warfare and _later forwarded a reply to Secretary Lans- ing which was understood to contain instructions as to what should be communicated to the foreign office at Berlin. The president personally fefused to discass his message to Secretary Lansing in any way. Efforts to have him talk about the situation were met with the statement that the negotia- tions were in such an incomplete state that he could say nothing at this time. He would not authorize any indication of whether he considered the sugges- tions of the German government as favorable or unfavorable and~would not say just how soon he expected the present formal negotiations to termi- nate. It is known, however, that he now expects the German reply to ar- rive in Washington some time next week, and is planning to return theére to work out the American reply with Secretary Lansing and others of his advisers. Consideration of the Mexican ques- tion, including the political situation and the problem of getting food to the sufferers, will occupy much of the president’s_attention tomorrow. An unusually long code despatch'on the subject reached here tonight, but it was not deciphered in time for Mr, Wilson to read. Pending his consid- eration of the despatch, nothing was given out. When not at work today the presi- dent was playing golf on a course near here, and automobiling through Vermont and New Hampshire with relatives. Tonight he gathered his family ebout him at Harlakenden house and read to them. MUST EXPLAIN WHY SHE DISREGARDED SUBPOENA Evelyn Nsbit Thaw Will be Brought from Summer Camp. s Kl New York, July 7.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will be brought back here, prob- ably on Friday, on a body attachment issued today and required to appear Dbefore a Supreme Court justice and explain why she failed to obey a sub- poena directing her to testify in the proceedings yesterday relating to the sanity of her husband, Harry Thaw. Mrs. Thaw came here from her sum- mer camp at Chateaugay Lake in the Adirondacks yesterday, but returned afte; saying that she was too ill to take the stand and that anyhow she dia not intend to testify against her husband. Susan Merrill, who came here from Boston, occupied the witaess —stand during the greater part of today’'s proceedings and testified relative to Thaw's conduct while he occupled a portion of a rooming house which she conducted near Central Park_here. Justice Hepdrick exnounced that in order to expedite Dight scasiong will be held \beginning tomorrow night. i HOLT HAD FEAR OF ~ SOMEONE KILLING HIM. When He Was Employed as-Stenogra- pher in Texas. Brownsville, Tex,, July ~7.—Frank Holt resided near here in the fall of 1907 ang earty In 1908. Ono peculari- ty—an apparent ear would kill him—impressed himself up- on those racell his life in this sectfon. hne was employed as & stenographer. Onoe while working for a company constructing an irrigation canal near San Renito, Texas, he pbeod ‘fi stones and _several pickaxes room and office. When asked what he intended to do with them, heireplied: “Seme one is going to try to kil me ““"”h‘.‘}"‘fi' nen a4 employe At anotl ‘when anc ime, 3 o : fliaudburst and Tornad SWEPT TWO COUNTIES IN STATE OF - MISSQURI HALF -MILLION DAMAGE > Small Towns Isclated—Four Inches of Rain In 30 Minutes—Half a Train Blown Off Track—Some Loss of Life four inches of rain in half an hour. In spite of all the storm’s severity, no definite reports of loss of life had Mo., Tumors that the villa of St. Pe- ters had been blown away and that forty of its soveral hundred {nhabit- ants had been kil General Mmum Cotter of the Wa- bash immediately ordered an engine to St. Charles to find out what damage was done. St. Charles suffered most from th tornado. Wind gauges thers register- ed eighty miles an hour, and an area of more than 100 squars blocks In the ¢ity was more or less ruined. _The Wabash bridge over Dandenne Creek between O'Fallon and St. Peters was demolished by the double attack of the wind and water, and west bound railroad passenger train No. 9 bound. from St. Louis to Kansas City and hurled four cars off the track. The five passenger coach- es left on the track were coupled to the engine and the train proceeded. The crew wired General Manager oCt- ter that no one was hurt seriously. = IN FOUR STATES. Big’ Property Damage and Some Loss rnadoes cloudbursts * sweeping eant werd from the Missour! River valley caused heavy damage and possible loss of life to- day in Missouri, Nlinofs, Indiana and hio. Five persons are Delieved to have been killed during the storm and a woman and child who entered the Bor- romeo church at St. Charles just be- fore it was demolished had not been accounted for at midnight. Mrs. Thom- as Slattery and her two children were killed when their home at Dadrenne was wrecked, reports from that place eaid. Wentzville and Gilmore both re- ported one man killed. At St. Peter, Mo., there was heavy property dam- age. Similar storms were reported to have struck St. Peter, Mo, and Law- renceville, Tlis, the iatter place be- ing a few miles west of Vincinones, Ind. First reports sald two persons were killeq at Lawrenceville. Exceptionally heavy rains were re- ported from all sections of the affect- ed territory, especially at Rock Island, Tiis, and Cincinnati, Ohio. At the former town merchandise stocks were damaged when water poured into basements and rose in some Instances to floors on the street level. Cincin- nati was cut off from wire communica- tions for hours. Terrific Windstorm in Illinois, Terre Haute, July 7.—Lawrenceville, 1L, 50 miles south of Terre Haute, was Yisited by a terrific windstorm late to- ay. Two persons are reported to have been killed and more than 50 houses were destroyed. It is estimated the damage will exceed haif a million dol- ars. Worst Known Around Cincinnati. Cincinnati, July 7.—Meagre reports from throughout Cincinnati and _the cities ‘across the Ohio River in Ken- tucky indicate that several lives have been lost as a result of ope of the worst rain and wind storms ever ex- perienced’ in this section, Several bufldings are reported to have been blown down and the occupants buried in the wreckage. DISAPPEARING GUN FOR SUBMARINES. U. 8. Has Perfected New Weapon For Surface Fighting. ‘Washington, July 7.—A three inch disappearing gun for submarines has with such_weapons for surface Behting. . M. Daniels said every test had resulted satisfacorily, within ten days the gun riage would be sen factory here*to New York for mount- ing on the new submarine M-1 under construction at the Electric Boat Com- pany's plant. LOSES-SUIT-AGAMNST T NEW HAVEN ROAD. Wife of Engineer Killed in Westport Wreck Was Plaintiff. New York, July 7—A verdiot insfar vor of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad was Du!:'&- mtlnmlmuvw -.umvadnm-n allotmants - n.vo-bnn A epesial committes -was nted by the German w-":: ov- e7see thesGerman cotton Industey. B ~entered branch of o r g:?r U‘dl-'.ca. on the Bc‘r ew' M ‘escaped .with $250, Stanley J. Quinm of Brookl appointsd assistant Comne corporation coun. :a in New York. The job pays u,. A\m dflm ey mulfllhd ln :mbcr of . chemicals used in Ix'plo- ves. Awu-tul ©O. Johnson, who embezzied 000 from a national bank in Cin- :’mnn.l in 1902,-was arrested in New Twins born-to no-. Perisco, of P adelphia, will be named George Wash. lmon Pm.oo and Woodrow Wilson Four masked bandits held up two watchmen at Midway park, Chicago, blew open the office safe and escaped with $12,000, Jennie Muzzo, 17 years old, was struck and killed by a team of runa- way horses in New York. Two others were injured. Marquis Cusani-Gonfalonierri, former ambassador at Washington, has been commissioned a-lieutenant in the Italian cal 3 Editors and authors from various parts of the world opened at San Francisco sessions of the International On the last day, Mondly, of the cel- ;_hnugn &t the' 1’ and Sane ‘ourth.” there were 176 persons injur- ed in New Yurk. s After b bee hazing -n'av'"'wn; gt summer crutse of hipmen was s by the inquirfes, the of the Annapolis mid- The American ta Platuria, New Wcfl: for Swedish Wwith a ‘cargo f petroleum was taken into Swine- mundn by a German 'u'lhlp It is reported that Ambmdor Mor- genthau will look after Italian inter- ests in Turkey except in Palestine, where Spain will take charge, Announcement was made that the American Car and Foundry Co. had closed an order with the Russian government for 4,100 box cars. Emil G. Schmit, president of the Des Moines City Raflway Co., was appoint- ed receiver for his company by Fed- eral Judge Wade of Des Moines. Three leading German oil import- ing companies have agreed with the government to sell no kerosene to pri- vate purchasers before September 1. During the month of June 524 ves- sels ved in the port of New York, creating a record for arrivals during any month in the history of the city. The loss to English shipping caused by the operation of Germany's sub- marines during the last two months is estimated to have been 31,000,000 a week. According to a message received at Athens, General Liman von Sanders, German commander of the Turkish army at the Dardanelles, has been wounded. Finding an unexploded bomb left from the Fourth of July celebration, Roger Steelman, aged 9, was fatally injured at Camden, N. J. when he ex- ploded it. The health department announced that the increase in measles during the last six _months forecasts a “measles Lucius P, Brown, head of the ssee Pure Food and Drug De- partment, has been offered. the i rectorship of the Bureau of Food In- spection in New York. Oscar L. Smith ,an attorney accused of defrauding women cHents in Chil- Gen Marshall C. Wentworth, -nd 70, a Civil War veteran and one FOURTEEN KILLED WHEN TROLLEY WENT DOWN BANK Jumped the Rails at Queenstown along the road to the boat here. All the dedd and injured are from Toronto, Dorothy Keates, 7 years old, ‘was the only one of the dead identified hu tonight. fost. of the injured are women and ehlldm‘ Owing to the 'inaccessibility of the ong delay in getting m:uraa into Queenstown Falls. cars were Fushed from both ends of the line. The more seriously were taken to the general hospital at Niagara Falls. The wrecked car was about 20 feet below the level of the tracks and It was so completely crushed that the work of getting the injured free and apithe embankment to the relief cars istressingly slow. ere were bout 36 passengers on the car and fi'i one or two escaped injury of some n RETALIATORY TREATMENT ON FRENCH PRISONERS. Adopted By Germans to Secure Bet- ter Treatment For Their Own Men. Berlin, July 7, Via London, July 8, 207 a m-—Reports of continued an- DEMANDS TRIALATONCE National . Committeeman Says He 1 Subjectrof t. Two whites and two negroes released on their own recognizance by Judge Colling after they had their pleas. Besides the 120 who-were w today, eight have not been arrested. FEAR OF IDENTIFICATION. Drove - Holt to Suicide, Thinks Dis< trict Athrn'y Smith, Glen. Cove, N. .. My ?: 7—~That Frank Holt, who shof that was. being ‘woven about him and thought it best himself before he was con- the mflmwgflflmuhm