Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 17, 1915, Page 1

B ~ NOT A CRY FROM A :KUSfio-Hungarian Statesman Declar s This is 2 terpretation to be Placed on Note LAND IN DISTRESS Nor the Slightest Hostile Intent Towards the Union—Not Sent at the Instigation of Germany—Sympathetic Re- ception in This Country is Anticipated Because of Hitherto Undisturbed Friendly Relations Between the Countries. Vienns ¥ta London, July 16—From & highly euthoritative source at the foreign office a representative of The Press has received an ex- planation of the motives that are said to have inspired the despatch of the Acstro-Hungarlan note to_ the U. S. regarding the American traffic in war munitions. Inauspicious “Earlier. ‘The (Austro-Hungarian statesman ‘who spoke said that although the |facts upon which the note is based |had been in existence for a long time, the communication was sent only now ‘when, after great victories in Galicia, {4t could not be interpreted, as a cry, for help from a land in distress. He }disavowed in advance any idea that jthe note was sent at the request or inspiration of Germany, asserting that {the step was taken spontaneously in the hope, that, owing to the undis- turbed friendly relagions between Aus- tria-Hungary and the United States, ‘the note would be assured a sympa- thetic reception in the latter country. “The note,” said this statesman, “is inspired by friendly feelings of the monarchy towards the union where so many of our subjects have found a second home. It is the speech of a friend to a friend—an attitude which we are the more justified in taking Dbecause the relations of the twb states have, as a fact, never been clouded. Austria-Hungary Not Starving. “It might perhaps be a source of wonder that -mcemlc grounds of the note have been in existence for months the note was not sent long ago, but there is a reason for its ap- pearance at this particular time. In view of the incredible rumors and re- ports about the condition of the mon- archy which have been circulated throughout the United States, this note would surely have been interpre- ted at an earlier stage of events as ronfession of weakness, as an app for help in distress. Today when a rich harvest is being garnered through- out the monarchy, when talk of starv- ing- out Austria-H therefore is rendered .idle, when _complaints of shortages of ammunition are heard evervwhere else txcept in the allied central monarchies, there cannot ke the slightest question of ‘this. “On the other hand, it might be ask- ed why the note under these condi- tions was issued at all. With nothing to check the victorious progress of the central powers in sight, with their ability to meet pressure in the econo- mic fleld demonstrated, it might well be thought that it is a matter of in- difference - to them . whether America continues her policy or not. That, however, is not the case. The prob- Jems of international law which this war has brought up are of far-reach- ing Importance. The solutions reach- ed will be standards of action for de- cades to come, “For eminently practical as well as theoretical reasons, therefore, the monarchy is forced fiow not only to concern itself with the questions of the day but also to feel its respansi- bility towards the future interests of mankind, and for this reasen the gov- ernment thought it necessary to ap- proach the subject under discussion— the more so because it felt that the previous debate pro and con had not as it wished, led to the desired result, and because it believed that numbers of arguments specially laid down in ‘The Hague convention hitherto had escaped consis n. “It may be, of co that the note is the consideration and was drafted after consultation with. international law experts of the first rank. The absence of the slightest hostile intent in it t the union is shown not only by the opening phrases, but by the fact that it was published only . after it leaked out in the United States that :}he“ ‘was no objection to its publica- on. be assumed Cut Off by America. “The question of whether . Austria- Hungary feels that she is being cut off by America may be answered un- reservedly in the affirmative. = The military monarchy can and will con- tinue the war as long as necessary. The population will, as hitherto, suffer neither starvation nor material want. But there are other interests than those connected primarily with war, which every government is bound to consider and unhampered trade rela- tions with the United States are of the greatest importance to us. Some Sentimental Interests. “Finally not only material, also I might say, sentimental interests play a certain role not to be underestimated aming the people. Many warm friends of America among us are painfully af- fected by the fact that actual condi- tions give the . impression that Amer- ica, even though unintentionally, dif- ferentiates between the belligerents_ _ “Austro-Hungarian statesmen, con- scious of the great role that' Amierica will be called upon to play in the fuu ture, would forget theeir duty if they neglected. to do everything in' their power to clear away the circumstances that shake the confidence of the brave- Iy fighting armies and the whole pop- ulation in the justice of America. It is clear that the war would have long ago ended if America had not supplied our enemies with the means of con- tinuing it. v “The assumption that the' Austro- Hungarian note was sent at the wish of the German government is incor- rect. On the other hand it is a com- pletely spontaneous demonstration, in- spired wholly by the Austro-Hungarian considerations. We hope it will be received and judged in America in the same spirit in which it was sent.” e CONTRIBUTIONS WERE FOR WHOLE TICKET. ANl Witnesses Testify In Contest Suit, Stamford, Conn., July 16.—When the hearing in the suit brought by Former Congressman Jeremiah Donovan against E. J. Hill contesting the lat- ter's election to Congress from the fourth Connecticut district was re- sumed here today, various members of the campaign committee gave testi- mony relative to the collection of fun All maintained that the money ‘was collected for the benefit of the entire ticket, and not specifically for Mr. Hill Charles A. Mallory, of Danbury a member of the committee testified that he, with J. J. Asche of Norwalk had collected $300 in Danbury and Nor- , chiefly from persons interested in the hatting industry. Those who contributed were personal friends of Mr. Hill he said, and in addition were interested in a high tariff on hats. The hcaring adjourned until next druesday. TWO MASSACHUSETTS INDICTMENTS FOR MURDER Shot Gun and Knife Were the Weap- ons Used. Cambridge, Mass, July 16.—Moses Blood, a farmer of West Townsend, ‘was indicted today for the murder of ‘William - Barnaby _a neighbor in that town, on July 9. . Barnaby was a friend of ses Blood. He is alleged to have been killed with a shot gun during a quarrel that arose when he went to ‘their house to make a call. arrested the day after the shooting. An indictment alleging the murder of Anthony Weinitsky at Franmingham was found - against Peter Torchia. ‘Weinitsky died last night of knife wounds alleged to have been inflicted H Torchla at a wedding party on July Elections - — SUBMARINE WILL CROSS OCEAN AND RETURN Lake Has a Submersible with 5500 Miles Cruising Radius. Bridgeport, July 16.—In a successfu] test of a neéw submarine of the “G” type held today, it was practically demonstrated, according to Simon the submarine inventor, that » Lake, vessels of this class have the ability he ocean and return without. the ler Orduna, Live to. cross ti stopping for fuel. The new G-3, has proved a gmim 5,500 lnfl.“',lt the rate of according to"Mr. Lake. MAKES PLEA TO GOVERNOR HOLCOMB On Behalf of Bernard Montvid, Who Murdered Priest and Housekeeper. Hartford, July 16.—Anthony Mont- vid of Chicago has written a letter to Governor Holcomb requesting him to commute to life imprisonment the sentence of hanging recently imposed upon his brother Bernard, convicted of murdering Rev, Joseph Zebris and his housekeeper, Miss Eva Gilmanaitis, at New Britain, Feb. 8. The letter reach- ed the executive chamber today, but the governor is at present out of the city. Montvid is to be hanged August 6th. In the letter Montvid reviews the trial at length and states that some of the testimony was “not straight.” He also said his brother was handi- capped because he could not speak English. FORD COMPANY REACHED - MARK IT SET. Total Refund to Machine Owners Will Be About $15,000,000. Detroit, July 16.—The Ford Automo- bile company this afternoon announced a refund of approximately $15,000,000 to owners of Ford automobiles who purchased their machines since July 1, 1914. On Aug. 1, 1914, the company announced that if 300,000 machines ‘were sold during the ensuing year, each purchaser would receive a refund of from $40 to $60. The 300,000 mark ‘was reached this afternoon. The company says the refund - is strictly in the nature of the prefit dis- tribution policy of the company. PAYING SOME JUDGMENTS AGAINST DANBURY HATTERS Savings Bank Turns Over Deposits That Wers Attached. Danbury, July 16—The savings bank of Danbury today paid to D. E. Loewe & Company, $19,423 as part of the t of smo Tecently ordered judgment by the United the Danbury hatters’ litigation. The sum represents deposits of individual hatters attached when the suit was first instituted in 1902. Other where the hatters’ money is tied will soon make payments to the com- pany, it is said, where many prisoners of ‘war are af- fected, — GERMANS REPORT SUCCESS ON BOTH FRONZS. Hammering Away At Russians North and South of Warsaw. ' The Germans on the north and the Austro-Germans on the south of the great battle front in Russia and Geli- cla are keeping vigorously on the of- fensive against the Russians. Artillery Duels. On the west comparative calm pre- urse, product of nature | Ge: Germans Report Victories. In Courland, on the Baltic, and at various points southward toward War- saw, the Germans are on the aggres- sive and agcording to Berlin are e where figh! victoriously. Further progress southeast of Kolno and south of Przasnysz In the drive toward War- saw by ¥Field Marshal berg’s forces s declared by Berlin to hn!ve been m;ida by Germans, 'n Galicia Vienna reports that al the Dniester river, where the -trwnm has-been crossed at several points by the Austro-German troops, counter at- tacks by the Russians have been un- successful snd&_t'.hl.t near Sokal the Teutons haye &tormed and captuured :'le;«':"rll vantage points of the Musko- Men and Guns Taken. Twelve officers, thirteen hundred men and three machine guns are de- clared to have been taken by the Teu- tons in this region. In the Italian war theatre the Aus- trians assert that they have repulsed with heavy losses attacks by ssveral Italian battalions near Ruffedo. An artillery engagement is in’ progress near the coastal.distsict and in Car- ©_ Welsh Miners Do Not Yield. . The walkout of the Welsh coal min- ers continues the absorbing feature of the war news in Great Britain. As Vet there has been no break in the ranks of the 150,000 miners who have laid down their picks, and there is said to be no indication of any weak- ening on the part of the men. Report has it, however, that Walter Runci- man, president of the board of trad has made new proposals to the execu. tlx’e committee of the South Wales miners’ federation looking to a settle- ment and that these proposals will be considered. Rumania Has Bars Up. A news agency despatch from Co- penhagen quotes the Berlin Vorwaerts as saying that Rumania has emphat- ically refused to permit munitions of war to pass through Rumania bound for Turkey. Ambassador Page at London has presented to the British foreign office a federal motification that the United States. contends that the rights of Americans in the British prize courts rest upon international law and not upon British orders-in-council or mu- nicipal law. POLISH NATIONAL DAY, Delegates From Sections of Three Warring Countries Met In Conven- tion. Berlin, July 18, (via wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.)—Natives of Russian, Aus- trian and Prussian Poland have held a “national day” in Petrikau, Poland, ac- cording to a despatch from that place given out today by the Overseas News Agency for transmission abroad. “Delegates were present,” the des= patch says, “represeating the Polish executive national committee, the Po- lish legion, Polish organizations in provinces occupied by the Teutonic al- lies; members of the Polish independ- ent party in the Duma; members of other political parties and representa- tives of American Polish organizations. “A Warsaw delegate,” the despatch continues, ~“stated that his fellow countrymen would eagerly await a Tanifesto from the Central Powers as- suring national independence, but also welcome autonomy in connection with Austro-Hungary. “The ‘National Day’ held under the auspices of the allied government proved a great success in preparing for a close connection between Russian Poland and the Teutonic allies.’ TROLLEY STRIKE SETTLED. Mayor Gainor of Providence to Be One of Three Arbitrators. Providence, July 17.—The strike of 2,400 employes of the Rhode Island company was definitely settled early today. - Practically all the trolley lines in the state had been tied up for two s. By an arrangement suggested in a communication from the union officials to Mayor Gainor and immediately ac- cepted at a meeting of the directors of the company, the union will select one arbitrator, the company another and the mayor will act as the third. *The ike was pracipitated Wed- ne up, Union and company offi- had been in conference for a month over the men's demands for shorter hours, the & ‘wages, abolition of ‘the automatic fare col- Tus- | lector and a guaranteed daily wage for spare - | 1 VOTE TO STRIKE UNLESS THESE ARE:MET. ALTERNATIVES OFFERED Bridgeport Company Officials Say They Will Not Back Down—Want Labor Men to Settle Their Own Quu-rd— Possibly 30,000-Out of Workif Strike Comes. i the Remington Arms Company decline THAW LEFT NEW YORK IN A CLOUD OF DUST. UNDER $35,000 BONDS — His First Free Day in Nine Years— Judge Accepts Jury Verdict That Stanford White’s Slayer is Sane— Thaw Evasive as to Attitude Tow-| ard-Evelyn. New York, July 16.—] shook off the grip of the today, motored down Broadway to to meet their demands. Two alterna-|ang tives will be offered the company by with his car throwing dust on e pro- Persistent Publicity Brings Results It is often contended that one cannot advertise successfully when business is bad or during the vacation period but the extent to which confidence may be restored and enthusiasm reawakened by enterprising advertisers under adverse or inaupicious conditions is demonstrated time and again and in remarkable ways by the manner in which re- sults are secured during those very times, The public demand for commodities exists in greater or less de- gree at all times.” It is simply a question of brains and ingenuity through judicious advertising in securing response under conditions which are a little harder than usual. & Advertising is a diligent worker and it is an effective helper when a medium is selected which covers the fleld as thoroughly and effi- ciently as does The Bulletin.. It goes to the very spot desired whether it is the sustenance or development of trade that it sought. Its large circulation and therefore the large number to which it takes the ap- peal daily tell the story. It is the best method and therefore the cheapest. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bulle- tin’s columns: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, . Friday, 10. 12 13. 14. 15. 16. July July July July July July the representatives of the machinists tomorrow. The meeting of the machinists last- ed more than two hours. When the final vote was put the motion was greeted with great enthusiasm. According to the decision the execu- tive committee was empowered to sub- mit to the Remington company first, the proposition that the striking mill- wrights be taken back to work with cards of metal trades union instead of carpenter’s cards, and_should that de- mand be refused the board was given the power to make other demands. These, it was said, after the meeting tonight, included double time for over- time, an eight-hour day, union recog. nition and a minimum wage. Th\ board further was empowered to call a strike at about a score of sub- contracting concerns doing work for the Remington company, should the company refuse to meet one or the other of the alternative demands. Should the millwrights be taken back with metal trades union cards it would mean they would receive gas wages $5 per day instead of $3.75. In the event of the Remington company declining to meet the demands of the machinists, it was said, the members of the uinion would be called out on strike early next week. Companies Firm. Officials of the Remington company and of the Stewart Construction com- pany which is erecting for the former the largest small arms plant in the world, where contracts made with the warring nations of Europe will be ex- ecuted, said tonight that they would not go back down from the stand they had taken. They added that they con- sidered the present difficulty more in the nature of a family labor quarrel over the question of jurisdiction and that the question was one for the un- ions to settle among themselves. Fight to Finish, J. J. Keppler, international vice president of the machinists, had this to say after the strike vote had been en: “If the Remington people take back the millwrights without our terms to- morrow, peace is assured. Their re- fusal to do so means a fight to the finish.’ Will Affect All. It was sald by other union officials that should the. strike go into effect it would be a question of a few days before practically every factory in Bredgeport would be affected. Ques- tioned about the possibility of the strike spreading other New communities, Mr. Keppler and oth- er officials said that in the event of the strike in Bridgeport becoming gen- eral such a move was more than prob- able. Might Affect 30,000 Workers. Telegraph Local General 173 148 158 190 176 168 Totdls . ..o vueeais . 1043 Total 1305 670 592 634 520 472 4193 162 134 160 184 126 136 902 970 388 274 260 218 168 2278 filled with to stay cessian . of automobiles newspapermen under orders ‘with him. He reached Newark, ten miles away, about 2. o'clock, - and - stopped for luncheon. His presence e known immediately and a crowd whica taxed the capabilities of the police as- sembled in the street outside the res- taurant. They cheered him aegain when he had finished and Thaw, smiling his appreciation, resumed his trip. His an- nounced intention was to motor to Philadelphia, about one hundred miles by roadway, and there take a train for Pittsburgh. Dodged His Pursuers. Outside Newark,” Thaw lost some of the cars which followed him. Appar- ently he had headed back for New York, as a ruse to elude the mews- papermen. This created some specu- lation, as he had previously said he wanted to attend a theatrical perform- ance on Broadway tonight and had abandoned the idea rather reluctantly when he saw the size of the crowd awaiting his departure from the court- house. For the first time since he fired the shot that killed Stanford White at the Madison Square roof garden, more than nine years ago, Thaw was free today to go and come as he pleased. Supreme Court Justice Hendrick, who presided at the jury p: Which ended Wednesday with a verdict that Thaw was sane, announced from the bench shortly before noon that he had accepted the jury’s verdict. The Wwrit committing Thaw to Matteawan seven year: l“o thereupon automatically be- ‘came inoperative. The states’ lawyers appealed from Justice Hendrick's decision and Thaw ‘was released in $35,000 bail pending the peal is finally decided. Meantime he mey g0 wherever he pleases. Thaw seemed to be delighted. He peared to be excited somewhat by e demonstration of the crowd, which hailed him good neturedly and bois- terously, said that he was very happy His private secretary acct What About Evelyn? ‘Whet Thaw's attitude would be tow- ard Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was a matter of considerable speculation. To no question, however, bearing on this point would Thaw return a direct an- One interviewer asked him if A temporary injunction was grant- ed to the Jitney Auto Service Co. of Philadelphia, to restrain the jitney or- dinance. Premier Asqul announced in par- liament that tha British government would not consiuer peace at the pres- ent time, Florence Michelson, 2 1-2 years old, fell to her death from the veranda on the third floor of her home at New Haven. Many persons were killed and wounded when a bomb wrecked a train between Vera Cruz and Mexico City, at Apizao. John D. Rockefeller arrived at Cleve- land from Tarrytown, N. Y., to spend the summer at his Cleveland residence, Forest Hill Seven hundred head, the first as- signment of cattle ever received at St. Louls from Honduras, sold at $680 a hundred, Large quantities of ies have reached City, the food trains being given the right of way over mil- itary trains, A fast submarine cruiser is being developed by co: of nstruction experts the navy. Plans of the ship are be- ing kept secret. Fifteen ‘were injured, sev- pSS S o e lided with ;"ork car just outside of Rochester, N. Y. A telegram received at Copenhagen mB..dll that will spend $7,500,000 rebuilding the city of Louvain. Donald A. Adams has been appointed instructor in business law at the mew graduate school of business to be started this fall at Yale. Machinery for the Manufacture of shrapnel cases is being installed at the Huntington, W. Va., plant of the Amer- ican Car & Foundry Co. Crawford Price, British eyewitness with the Servian army, confirmed the report that British soldlers are fight- ing with the Servian forces. & Acco g to a report received at Basel, Switzerland, a strike of all the workmen at the Krupp gun works at Essen, Germany, is threatened, A contract for the construction of a 13,000 ton freight steamer at a cost of $750,000 was received by the Fore River Shipbuilding corporation, More than 3,300 tons of sugar were destroyed in a fire which wrecked sev- eral buildings at Iloilo, Paray, Philip- pine Islands. The loss is $150,000. The British steamer Brisbane ram- med and sank the Norwegian steam- er Bibat of Singapore. Several of the crew of the Bibat were drowned. The American gunboats Wilmington and Callao, of the Asiatic squadron, are rushing from Hong Kong to the scene of the recent floods in China. Following Rumania’s refusal to per- mit shipments of munitions to Tur- key, the Austrian government prohib- ited the export of sugar to Rumania. Russia has consented to allow the exportation to Holland of wood from its ports, when the shipments are con- signed to the Holland Overseas Trust. The golden a on the towers of St. Mark’s cathederal in Venice are being painted a khaki color so that they will not be a target for enemy airmen. — John B. Adair, a farmer of Lititz, Pa., was killed and his body cut to pleces when he fell beneath the knife guards of a wheat harvester he was running. Navy published reports that the intends to take over factories Bridgeport, Conn., and arsenal there. — Cardinal Gibbons =and Monsignor of Washington, Were among the Catholio dignitaries who_sttended the funeral of Archbishop James E. Quigley in Chicago. and army officials denied the governme: nt in were injured in - erecked five floors of railroad elevator For Discussion-Between. President -and Secretary of State—United Stater Not to Be Swerved from Principles Jnvolved in Lusitania Case—Sub- marines Are More Careful-Now, ‘Washington, July 16.—The sftuatioh that has arisen between Germany and the United States over Germany's to grant the demands growing out of the sinking of the Lusi- tania will be laid by President Wilson before his cabinet next Tuesday. Several drafts of a note setting forth the course which the United States in- tends to follow as a result of the Gers man_ reply have been prepared and will be discussed by the president with Secretary Lansing Monday and sub- mitted to the cabinet the next day. Although generally are reti- cent, the purpose of the United States to continue to assert its rights on the high seas probably will be anmounced in definite form in the mext note. In authoritative quarters it was stated that the new note very likely would in. dulge in no extended.discussion of the :r;:nclplu already stated and reiterat- Not to Be Switched Off. It became known in official quflm too,’ that there was little likelih that the United States would subordi- nate the Lusi case or assertion of its rights to the intimations from Ger- many of a willingness to have the United States mediate between B;l::ln l.ndm ¥ é: an effort to restore recognition of e principle of the freedom of the seas. = Much stress was placed on this point by Count Von warfare and contraband already had failed, indicated that the step would not be repeated unless specific request was made by one or the other of the belligerents. Long Despatch to Berlin. Inasmuch as Count Von Bernstorft had no instructions from his govern- ment, and brought no communication from his foreign office, his visit today, some officials said, was exc! views of the question and tmlfln“n ,xm question sent & Tt to Berlin. The interview, it was be- lieved, might have tangible resuits during the course of later negotiations, since the American viewpoint was ex- plained to some extent by Secretary Lansing. Mr. Lansing, however, did not commit himself in the absence of the president to the course that the United States would follow. Submarines Giving Warning Now. ‘The ambassador expressed confidence late today that the situation between the two countries was not critical and that a rupture of relations seemed im- possible because of the desire of both governments to avoid it. He believes that there will be no repetition of at- tacks without warning on passenger vessels of belligerent nationality and bases his optimism on the fact that German submarines recently have ex- ercised great precautions. ‘When asked if oral assurances that Americans would be safe on unresist- ing and unarmed belligerent ships would be acceptable, - told inquirers that if such essurances ‘were given by direction of the German government they would be as satisfac- tory as those of a formal character. Ag yet he has had nothing from Berlin on this phase of the situation since the last note arrived. PRESIDENT READY TO CONFER WITH CABINET Has His Ideas Shaped Regarding German Situation. Cornish, N. H., July 16.—President ‘Wilson today practically put in shape the views on the German situation which he will communicate to Secre- tary Lansing and other members of his cabinet on his return to Washing- ton next week. He has now com- pleted his preliminary study of the subject and is ready to bring his stay here to a close. It was said tonight that the Presi- dent had not yet received a report from Secretary Lansing on the inter- view the latter had today with Count establish an |2l