Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1915, Page 1

CAMPAIGN The Mightiest Struggle of the War is Being Waged Along the Great Russian Front BATTLE LINE EXTENDS NEARLY 1,000 MILES Under the Most Successful of the German Commanders, Von Hindenburg- and Von Mackensen, the Austro-German Are Advancing With the Determination to Break {Through the Russian Lines. of Defense—In Poland Alone It is Estimated That Several Million Men Are En- gaged in Battle—Another Italian Cruiser, the Giuseppe .Garibaldi, Has Fallen a Victim to an Austrian Subma- | 7% ¥ine, But Most of Her:Crew Were Saved—French Re- port Repulse of Strong Attacks on the Heights of the Meuse, The mightiest struggle of the wlr. which Austrians and g their supreme effort, is beln‘ along the great Russian fro: United States in its previous notes will be reiterated. The note probably il be in the hands of the German office before the end of the Jriiich extends nearly & thousand mileo. = the Baltic to Br Rus- Eion Botand, ina_center. of the mael- strom is the territory around Warsaw, god from the north and the eouth the rmans, under the most suc- DTl <f the Germian. cmianders Non Hindenberg and Von Mackensen, [ e i ) Snckminatin back or breaking through Fho Ruseian lnes oF dorense. Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in-chief, has, 4f unofficial Teports are to be relied upon, brought up vast numbers of troops to meet the Eweep of the Austro-Germans, who, however, have forced the Russian front st _several points. No Jate advices of the progress of operations have been received. which would seem to be an indication that no decisive gain has been made on ither side. In Poland alons it is estimated"that | million men are engaged in the ttle, and the opinion is expressed by pnilitary critics that ehould the Rus- bians ta wittstand the Dressire Yhich 1s. datly being Warsaw with greater weight, they are In a position to withdraw even to the xtent of completely evacuating oland. vih, second Ttaliani orulser has fallen victim to an Austrian submarine, The Gluseppe Garivaldl, one of 2 squadron ©of four which bombarded Cattaro, ‘torpedoed and sent to the bottom. The cruiser sank within fifteen minutes, but most of the crew were saved. The pther cruiser lost was the Amalfi, wWhich was torpedoed on July 7 in the The which is to be sent to the German gov- has been revised by President Wilson and Secretary Lansing in con- ference for submission to the cabinet. tches from Washington _state Ehat the position already taken by the DEMAND- FOR MACHINISTS IN NEW ENGLAND. Vice President of International Union Believes General Strike Unneces- sary. Boston. July 19~—The @emand for make public what sction been taken, further than to say m;_m Dlans discussed would be re- inflicted on the ‘when the French repulsed strong attacks on the heights of the Meuse, A violent can- nonade near Souchez, the bombard- ment of Arras and fighting with bombs and petards in the Argonne constituted virtually all of the fighting that took place. KRUPP EMPLOYES DEMAND AN INCREASE IN WAGES Cabed_Pararaha «mwm Draft of Gorman | S Taorans [PARK CITY STRIKE T0 START Evaoustion of Warsaw Ordered. Lonflnn. July zo. 336 a. m.—The e Shatithe e gradual el on ;‘:' Warsaw has been ordered by the Russians. Emperor Wiliiam's Letter to Sister. London, July ;0. 3:29 a. m—The Post's. Petrograd correspdon- momln‘ ent Emperor Bis sistor, the Queen of Grescs, the following telegram: _“I have para- lyzed the Russians for at least six months and am on the eve of deliver- a coup on the western front that will make all Burope. tremble. petadn dap il ¢ FIRE ON UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA Of Mysterious Origin—Dense Smoke 4 But No Flames Visible, Philadeiphia, July 19._Fire mysterious origin was Tk AR, night on board the United States bat- tleship Oklahoma at ‘the New York Shipbuilding Company. den. Smoke was seen ‘issuing from the compartment under Turren No. 1 shortly after the workmen had left tha yard for the day. The com was flooded and it was beli tha fire had been put out. At 9 o'clock however, more smoke was observed and the compartment was again flood- ed, the fire being finally extinguished an_hour later. S. M. Knox, president of the ship- buuding company, declared that he ble to account for the fire as, To the best of his knowledge, ther was nothing that could burn in the compartment from which the smoke came. The Oklahoma 1is of the super~ dreadnought type and is about ready for her trial trip. The builders ex- pect_to deliver her to the government ni September. A curious feature of the fire is that while there was dense smoke, at no time were there any flames visible. A similar condition prevailed at a slight fire aboard the atticaniy Al Su. July 11 at the Philadelphia navy was said by officials at the yud.xa have been due to crossed electric wires. LEO FRANK REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION But Prison Physician Hopeful of H ecovery- Milledgeville, GL, July 19.—The condition of Leo suffering from a_serious nite, wound fo NG throat, inflicted by William Green, a fellow life term convict at the Georgia Executive Officers and Represpntatives | Priso! of Workmen Confer—100,000 Men Involved. Geneva, smumm«x July Paris, xa o m—An ing was held at cording to advices recived at Basil, between the administration of the Krupp gun works and the representa- tives of the workmen, In order to set- tle the dispute which has arisen over the demands of the men for an in- crease in wages. Directly and indirectly about 100,- 000 men are involved. Minor cases in which inery has-been destroy- ed have been reported. The military authorities before the meeting, the Basil advices say, warned both sides Lhnt “nlmed“ immediate Krupp officials are understood to@ have granted a portion of the demands of the employes, which -has ote on submarine warfare | brough sfied A strike would greatly affect the sup- Ply of munitions and for this reason ::z'mllm ‘has wBM rigorous pre- ons. PROPOSED BUREAU OF INVENTION FOR NAVY Secretary Daniels Has Askel Scientific Societies to Make Selections. ‘Washington, July 19.—Sixteen iAmer- fcan scientists to the societies ad- iéan Chemical soctety, Presi- dm@afluflm ferred to the members of the union at | &l & meeting Thursday night. In an interview after this meeting Mr. Conlon “I do not look for a general strike mmong the machinists employed by the fims which are now rushed to fill war orders. The de- mand for men capable orf dolng the work req is many times greater m un supply. For this reason, and reason that any demands made w the members of the union will not be unréasonable, I look for a peaceful lerent.” (that the union’s demand SWITZERLAND 'OWLAXNI ABOU;I: mm.;conan-rons Gasoline Boat Blown Up, Rockland, DMe 19.- 1ne ‘L‘M—ll\eg_’- Villa Forces Attack Carranza Troop: Nogales, Ariz, July t»—n.bm _tonight a s heavy-ar- tillery is said-to Mave -arrived-from- ‘Guaymas. Killed by Lightning. Compton, the prison physician, an- nouncedthat he was hopeful cf Frank's recovery, though blood pols~ eared. girnk's teniperature Inte-today ks AR TR v S 100 and his respiration as 20. Earlier his_temperature was 102.4. Green questioned .further by prison officials today, said he believed that he had been caller “from on high” to kill Frank, whose death sentence for Mary Phagan's murder recently com- muted by Governor Slaton, now retir- ed. He indicated no remorse, as he had done immediately after the at- have don emy duty in this matter as well as my strength allowed. I be- lieve that God has helped me. I fllfink that I ever did wrong in my o Green, although he weighs 165 pounds, is partly paralyzed in his left arm. The physicians believe that this probably saved Frank's life, as Green ‘was unable to seizs his victim while 2 used the knife. CLERGYMAN DROWNED IN RESCUE EFFORT. Became Exhausted While Trying to Bring Yeung ‘Woman Ashore. ‘Anisquam, Muzg July 19—Rev. Ar- thur H. pastor of the Congre- gational church of Norwood, and Miss Helen Perkins of the same town were drowned while bathing here today. Mr. Pingree had charge of a party of Camp Fire Girls from Norwood wrhq. With two chaperones, were occu summer cottage at Pigeon Cove. & number of them came here for a swim and two girls went beyond their depth. Mr. Pingree rescued one, but became $xhausted in trying to bring Miss Per- kins ashore. Both bodies wore recov- ered. ngree was 35 years 3 erkins 16. = =2 Samuel E. Vincent. six months iliness. ‘He 15 survived by his ‘widow, one son, and his. Allen B, Vincent, ey Plecatanais Mrs.-Mary Halstead. Bidfeford, Maine, July 19<vThe death at Biddeford Pooluyyectardw Mr= Mary Helstead, widow of iy Halstead; of Cincinnati, of the Cfncinnati ey nounced: today. She was 78 'years of LocomotivesToppled Over. Foll River, Mass, July 19—Passen— gors from New York for Boston, way of the" Full River = Returns 1o Family| “BODY” HAD BEEN !Dpl?ll'ln % BY RELATIVES. Of Supposed Murder n;l Sentenced— Recent Letter from a Friend Gave Milwaukee Man His First Intimation | That He Had Been “Murdered.” Milwaukee, Wis, July 19.—Frank Kilug, for whose murder Nick Georgian is serving a 25 years' semtence, and ‘whose “body” was identified by rela- tiVes, Teturned today to his awe-strick- en_family, Klug s Station, thi county. ‘was sentenced De- cember 5, 1914, ‘According to attorneys and officlals, the fact that it was not Klug who was. murdered will make no difference to Georgian. That a man was murdered ‘was well established, they said, and the circumstantial evldsnce wlifl'ely connected Georgian wi crime. Geor however, has eonu.nlully de- nied his’ guilt. Klug left home because of discour- aging domestic conditions. Fearing arreet for desertion. he tnade na St to_communicate with his family. an a recent letter from a friend gave mm his first intimation that he had been “murdered.” GROTON, MASS, MAN KiLLS HIS SON AND DAUGHTER Shot Them While They Slept and Then Attacked His Wife. Groton, Mass,, July 19.—Harry Nut- ting shot and killed his son Bverett and his daughter Louise with a re- peating rifle while they slept early to- day angd then ed his wife. After wrestling with her husband for some time, Mrs. Nutting ed in get- ting the gun away from syl guitc ed the police, who locked the man on ‘a charge_of murder. Nelghbors stated ‘that Nutting, who is a_cider maker, had been considered slightly deranged for some time. Everett Nutting was 21 years of age and workeq for his father. His sister, Who Was a school teacher. was 19. Mrs. Nutting was awakened about by the report of a Toom, followed by a second shot. She rushed out of her room and met her husband in-the hall-with-a rifié In his hands, according to her state- ment e polica. Before he could Jovel 1f at her'she grabbed the weapon and after a time succeeded in getting it away from him. Going into the other room Mrs. Nut- ting found the son dead with a bul- let wound over his eye, while his sis- ter had been shot through the ear. Nutting was taken to jail at Ayer, re- fusing to make any statement. MERIDEN DOMESTIC MISSING SINCE JULY 3 Search of Private Detectives Has Proved Vain—Foul Play Suspected. Middletown, Conn., July 1).—Miss Catharine Sheehan, 40 ycars old, a domestic, who left eard today that private detectives have beea vainly for Fer for some days. Relatives in New Londoa and New Jersey have mnot heard .anything of her whereabouts and they are cons'd erably alarmed. The detectivcs have no definite clue. One theory advanced is that she may have met with fou! play. A brother, Constable Andrew F. Sheehan of Hartford, has also been searching for her. ANSONTIA YOUNG WOMAN A JITNEY ViCTIM Injuries Received on Saturday Froved Fatal—Driver Hold in $500 Bonda. July 19—Miss Lottla a‘afl 19, of Ansoria, died todsy. xn the Griffin hospital, as the result received on Saturdar when -ho was struck by a_“jitney” car cn Derby avenue, driven by John H. Cair ‘Ansonia. Carr_was arrestea - and held in bonds of $500. Coroner Mix wiu gome here tomorrow to make an lun- Smith got out of one “jitner” Davis, an American, arriving here day from Tampico, -‘l:n-itmnon- Note I}ompleted 1S TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CABINET TODAY. comwrsmrsacm:r The President Has Cautioned Those With Whom He Counselled to Re- frain from Discussion of Note in A'd- vance of Its Despatch. wmdnston, 19.—President ‘Wilsoniand Sec: Lansing pre- pared today the draft of a note on submarine war to be submitted to the cabinet tomorrow and to be sent to Germany probably -before the end of the present week. Contents- wwum!.d Beygnd the fact that position Gaken by the Dsited States m ts previous notes will be relterated, information was forthcoming at either the White House or state d partment concerning the probable contents of the new note. President Cautioned Counsellors. The president cautioned those with whom he counselled to refrain from discussing tho note in advance of its despatch to Germany and White of ficials particularly requested the cor- respondents to avoid speculations in details at this time because the char- acter of the document had not been finally determined. Note Comparatively Brief. The note, it is understood, will be comparatively brief, expressing the conclusions of this government as a Tesult of Germany's failure to give the assurances asked for in previous notes; namely, that the lives of Amer- icans’ traveling on the high seas bound on lawful errands abroad unre- sisting and unarmed merchantmen, be not endangered., As yet, the case of the British liner Orduna, ‘attacked by & German sub- marine, has not been brought officially to the attention of the state depart- ment. Secretary Lansing said today he had expected word from some of the American ‘passengers aboard but if this failed to arrive in another day or two he would request ope of the departments of the governmbnt to in stitute an investigation to obtain ac curate information concerning the in- July retary RHODE - ISLAND HAS POPULATION OF 595836 Providence Leads Ci with 247,660— Westerly Passes 'm Mark. Providence, R. L, July 19.—The pop- ulation of the state of Rhode Island on March 1, 1915, was 595,836, a gain R e S A T past five years, to figures made public today by Cooner George H. Webb, commissioner of industrial statistics. The increase in the last five years was 3. per cent. less than the increase from 1905 to 1910, Providence leads with a population of 247,660, a gain of 23,834, or 10.4 per cent. It is in ng to mote, says the report of the commissioner, that the per cent. gain in Providence from 1910 to 1915 is almost twice as great as is the gain shown for the same pe- riod in the city of Boston, The population of the six cities in Rhode Island amounts to 424,137, or 711 per cent. of the entire population of the state. Pawtucket ranks second with a population of 55,335; Woon- socket third with 40,075; Newport fourth with 30,419; Cranston fifth, with e Central Fulls sixth, with The towns of Bristol and Westerly passed the 10,000 mark for the first time in their histories, while West Greenwich shows a gain for the second time in 95 years. PUBLIC BEQUESTS IN wiLL OF MRS. KATHERINE M, SIZER Five Thousand Dollars Bequeathed to Masonic Home at Wallingford. New Haven, Conn., July 19.—Various public bequests are made in the will of Mrs, Katherine M. Sizer, filed for probate t Mason! 's Friend tate totals Mt $76,000. A BATTLE IMPENDING NEAR MEXICO-CITY Carranza Forces Ha Left to Meet Apl‘u-uhlnu ia Troops. ‘Washington, lul’y 19%—An official despatch to the lw lm-nl’. frop: GI':A W Gflh‘d SR e Barller priva mummmmw Iutxu.elw-l. ¥ Gontates had et Bar r capital. O — A bal mm"w Exportation will be forbidden uncil. 20 frea Cross. ..u in any form MC.L.. at Lake Mrs. the ac- tress, died at irondacks. in the Ad- damaged by a collision with Tived at Montreal. ol at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are being rashed, men are work- ing day and nlzh: shifts. iatic chi ud small are o *.:n G-.llcln I.ll'::lte of all efforts to check them. Pasquale Onofrio dit dl;d at a hospital in New Haven as the result, it is be- llev.d of having_taken poison. Five persens were , by the bursting of a shell in -.n ammunition factory at Vergeroux, Since the 3,000 Iron Crosses have been by Germany. The eleven pattern makers of the Lake Torpedo Boat Con at Bridge. port, Conn., went on strike for higher pay. Haitien Government forces captured the village of Limonade and are pur- suing the rebels who are rpaidly re- tiring. of the war, the First Class, Passaic, N. J, has been invaded by the tussock moth plague. Park department men started work of ex- termination. Richard R. Perry, a prominent ‘Washington lawyer, committed suicide in his office there. He was suffering from overwork. In the presence of large crowds the Liberty ‘Bell was installed in the Pennsylvania Pavillion at the San Francisco Exposition. King Constantine Greece 1s convalescing normally bnt he has been ordered by his physicians to abstain from political affairs. Sen: Pable Gonzales, commander of Carranzaista army occupying Mexico City is distributing proveons to the poor of the cty. It was reported in Berne Switzer- land, that Germany will prohibit the export of beer as much of the liquor is needed for the army. Seventy-one passengers were res. :ned by nearby boats when the steam- Arizona, ran aground in a fog in Titdle Traverse Bay Mich. Marconi left Mllnn for London on a secret mission. It is reported that he has invented & pocket wireless system for use of Italian forces in the field. Prof. Francesco Fanciulli composer and former leader of the United States Marine Band and the 7lst Regiment Band died at his home in New York. Neutral ships lolvlnl England are allowed only enough coal of crack marksmen of many cities are competing at the two days’ shoot 1in celebration of the fiftieth Jjubllee of the Hartford Scheutzen Ve- Italian authorities have invited the widow of Don Carlos pretender to the throne of Spain, to leave Italy. is believed to have been implicated in some plot. William snekh. aged 16, shot and fatally Tnjured MimaIt with a shotgun at his home near Boonton, N. J. He had been {il for a long time and fear- ed insanity. Figures compiled by the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama show there were Atlddayfiflfllwlunnbl\ntohcaflodflnd the Remington Arms Plant GOMPERS SAYS FOREIGN INFLUENCE IS AT WORK Unknown Man Who Endeavored to Arrange Peaceful Set- tlement Informed Union Officials That He Had Failed in His Task—Labor Leaders Declare That Unless There is Some Unexpected Development Nearly 1,000 Men are Liable to be on Strike by Tonight—Hod Carriers on the New Buildings Have Voted to Follow the Machinists Out—Major Penfield of the Remington Arms Company is Obdurate and the Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Associ- ation Has Voted to Sustain Him. July 19.—Negotiations to bring about an amicable settiement of the difficulties between the machinists ufacture of war munitions for the al- lied armies, have failed. Labor lead- ers announced tonight that the first of the machinists would throw down their tools and walk out & nden e morrow, original betlnnln' of ' the time set strike. added that within & week all work in the Remington shops of sub-contractors would be at a standstfil. Just how far the strike might spread in other manufacturing communities of New England, the labor leaders were unable to estimate. Machinists Hold Lengthy Meeting. vice presi- of the machinists union, and John A. Johnston, vice president of the structural iron workers, following a lengthy meeting in the machinists hall which was attended by members allied armies. The other forty cent. of the output is regular They declined to name the plant be- cause they said they did not desire to show their hand to the owners of the plant until the men actually were out. 1000 Men To Be Called Out Today. “Unless the plans of the labor of- Eanizations miscarry there is some unexpected which speedily leads to of the demands of the nearly a thousand men at least likely to be on strike by row Pickets To Be Put Out. “The heads of the labor organiza- tions said that as soon as the men walked out pickets would be put out. Mr. Keppler said in his ann that “this is the biggest job we The general strike situation still further complicated tonight wi- it became known that a leaders, | night. The editor of the paper ‘was in Bridgeport, denied m he received any Inspiration “At 4 o'clock this afternoon, the last moment of the time we agreed to al- low the man I conferred with in New York in which to arrange a settle- ment, if he possibly could, I was call- on the telephone. The man said this to me: “I cannot do anything. I have tried my best. You can suit yourself harm in a business way in the future. Start at Noon Today. wi “The strike will start at noon to- ltwu-muuznwuvhn have In the m 34 men put to death by mob violence | chinyts. in the United States during the first six months of the year. Fifty-thousand English women pa- raded through the streets of London to show their desire to work in Great Britain’s muition plants, and release men for service in the army. The 40th _conviction for u.nnwfnt women in Central Park was secured When Joseph Daly of Elizabeth, N. - ‘was sen! to the workhouse for by Magistrate Ten Eyck. 1A dstrong arm squad” from the po- ice department was needed to prevent flmhmm«mmum bath i et b Cae s mineat Policemen and firemen persons, mostly women and children, from a burning tenement at at_No. 203 East 119th Street, New York D-me estimated at $15000 was rescued 30 leum '-le O"Ix of the navy 1 take the new submarine G-3 on a where _improve- mm-mmmm&.b«t. equipment. When informed that & -report of hs resignation had been circulated in the are meuwnhntotmo pany went on strike. Hs-.ldho did not_care to give the names in order. “To do that would be to show our difficuity we have played the manu- facturers as cleverly as they think they have played us. You may de- pend upon it, however, that we will get out_everything in town once we start. We will be forced to call out machinists even in the plants not en- gaged in sub-contracting for the Rem- ington people. It would mot be right the ‘manufactories in the city tied up.” umuhm-- Back Remington. )lznul’actm As- ment of the strike at Bri added, appearing in. the paper. one of these was to the effect . while Jhe manufacturers were & millions of dollars on war contracts, the workers were badly treated. Meeting of Unions. Meetings were held b; lflh unions tonight. At all 'm: E ~ GOMPERS ASSERTS FOREIGN : INFLUENCES ARE AT WORK. Has Called Conference of Officers of International Association of Machin- ists. ‘Washington, July 12— Sampel Gom- pers, president of the American Labor, om Bridgeport. negotiations had failed to bring sbout a setticment of the controversy tween the Remington Sompany and labor leaders, officials ment of labor deciased. M believed an agreement would be ed in time to avert a general Secretary clined to give details, “1 do not shut off my mation by making it “I hope for s quick and fair “but it must be