Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 30, 1915, Page 1

COUNTER ATTACKS OF MUSCOVITES -EFFECTIVE for the Evacuation of the Polish Capital—French Have Amhim-ddlhlfim-mSfllBufihgfc‘sm, R With Both Claiming Slight Victories—A Defeat of |2 F——— ngn are-signs that momentous ‘events are happening around War- saw. . If the evacuation of the Folish capital has not already begun, it is believed in many quarters, the with- drawal of the Russians is not:far off. At various points in Poland the Rus- sians continue to check the Austro- Germans in their efforts to eneircle abla to keep back the pressure of the Teutonic allies. ' Russians Hold Teutons Back. _ Neither the Germans nor the Aus- of they admit that the Rus- dt‘%; on hmm" southeast of Warsaw, . Gora. Kalwarya. re- and in Northern near unter-attacks and situation - north of the Niemen river and in the southeast, in the Lublin district, generally is unchanged. _ Views of Petrograd Papers. iowever, Pe a change Telegraphy company. The crew saved. The brig was 303 tons ss-burden and was built in EXPECTS -GERMANY TO PAY FOR LEELANAW Ambassador Gerard Instructed to Pre- sent Claim. ‘Washington, July 20.—The Washing- ton government Germany to not data’ from the ship's own- ers. The claim, however, will be fled Officials here say the case is exact- on of ships under such As German government has de- clined to settle diplomatically for the Frye, it is presumed the Leelana: also will go fo a ‘the United States already has notice that it would pay no attention to the decision of any such tribunal ONCe | in the Frye case. Eh ‘border on the east. Such a ove, carried out, would give the Germans. and Austrians full posses- fon of the 50,000 square miles of land and its population of over ten ty tavalry and a big of the Austro- w army “1::'. operating against ussia and urges the evacuation of the lortresses on te Narew-Vistula line. Relative Quiet in - France. .Except. for the capture of a new mmm position in the Vosges there ‘been relative calm on the western lropt from the sea to Alsace. A Austrians and' Italians. In the Itallan war theatre the Aus- trians and Italians are still battling lor supremacy, with both sides claim- ng slight victories. Defeat of Turks. A belated report tells of a recent lefeat of the Turks by the British near y Asiastic Turkey, in which the Ottoman forces tilled. wounded or prisoners and large jupplies of war material. The Bri- E.uh casualties were 564 men, 101 hav- g been killed and the others report- d as wounded or missing. Fraudulent Passports. Simultaneously with representations Germany by the United States that INOTHER MILLION DOLLAR FINE ON CITY OF BRUSSELS. lost 2500 men in | g FRANCE CLOSES DOORS FOR TRADE WITH GERMANY Senate Passes Bill Strengthening Pre- vious Action, Paris, July 29, 7.20 p. m—The sen- ate today passed a bill strengthening of April 4 last, interdi with A -Germans in any. country and the commerce and all products of Austro-German origin applying there- to the customs regulations and penal- ties now applicable In the case of mer- chandise, the lon of which is prohibited. Arlls:ld' Briand, the mlnkt?;tozo.’\l‘; tice, in opposing an amendm: bill calculated to lessen the rigors of the proposed law in favor of American houses in which Austrians or-Germans are only commission men or are only der to prevent our enemies from anti- cipating that some of their commerce will find its way into France. We are at war with Germany and must pur- sue the war as energetically in the economic fleld as in the military AUTOMOBILES IN COLLISION NEAR DANIELSON. Six of the Ten Persons in the Cars Were Thrown Out by the Impact. Danielson, Conn., July 29.—Several persons were more or less bruised or otherwise hurt as the result of a col- lision tounight near here between an automobile driven by Henry Howarth ‘William Burdick of ‘was cut about the face and head. Alleged Plot to Kill Candy Manufac- turer. Pitts July 29, c. Cirtiat s Rt etn: . C., ted in connection with an alleged plot. to kill T. F. Schneider, a uwmlznhmhul? x‘x’.!to":s 3 ere June waived a hearing in ‘wés -later released on bond of $10,000. TELEPHONE DAY FOR NEW YORK SUFFRAGISTS Each Called Up Five Voters ‘and Re- quested Them to Vote for the Cause. July 29.—This was tele- day for the woman suff e { the lhere and all the active suffragists had recelved instructions to call up at to vote for suffrage this |'cLAIMS OF $125,000 AGAINST ESTATE OF S. 8. GREEN. Late President of the First National | mass Bank of New Milford. aggregating about § ‘were today aegainst the insolvent estate of the probate court to act in Mr. Green was president of ‘ National bank -of New Mil- Hat company. Most of the claims were filed to protect notes of the hat com- pany ‘which Mr. Green had endorsed. ‘The largest claims were those filed by Benjamin Seeley of Wuhlnm& Conn., for $16,000, and by the First National bank of Boston to cover. notes aggre- nunsg.s.ooo. Another hearing will be held 2. UNFAITHFUL GOVERNMENT CLERK GETS THREE YEARS Embezzled $3,020 from Sub-Treasury theft was also paid. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE ON PAYETTE DEATH. Pl B Willimantio Police Believe They Will Soon Possess Something Important. ed_Thers and a British Cruiser is Momentarily Expected—None of the French Crew Landed. Port Au Prince, Haiti, July 29.—The mmh:v&::nm- THAT REACH STARVING PEOPLE. ~ ns, ‘Although the text of the representa- tions was not made public, it is known that the document is-a forerunner of & more final demand that the Mex: place in th rthe part X guard was placed at To Protect French Consulate. “Two companies of marines and two to protect French consulate, for fear of attack on refugees there. They were landed at request of French consul” BRIDGEPORT MACHINISTS FIGHT FOR EIGHT HOUR DAY To Be Carried on Against 150 or More Plants. Bridgeport, Conn., July 29.—That the ler, vice president of na Association of Machinists. *“I will remain in Bridgeport most of the time from now on,” Mr. Keppler sald, “until the mu:h%‘at their rights. I will put the squarely up to the men of the assbciation at a meeting to be held tomorrow the headquarters of the ma- chinists. The manufacturers of the city have seen fit to spread a lot of: buncombe amosg the workers and in the newspapers. If they had kept their hands out of it, or if they were as fair and square as the Remington, people, and knew their business as well, the trouble would be over. As it is, it has only just started.’ LOSS OF SUBMARINE MARIOTTE FEARED. Frenth Report They Are Without News from the Mariotte. Paris, July 29, 11.55 a. m—The fol- lowing statement was today issued by the French ministry of marine: “The French squadron in the Darda- nelles is without direct news of the French submarine Mariotte, which en- tered the straits July 26 to operate in the Sea of Marmora. “‘According to telegrams from Turk- ish sources, the submarine has been sunk ‘and the officers and crew of 31 have veen made prisoners.” According to a despatch from Con- stantinople to the Mittog Zeitung of Berlin, the Mariotte was destroyed a German submarine boat on July 26 in the narrows of the Dardanelles. THREE CHILDREN BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER Parents Beaten Into Unconsciousness B! Near Temple, Tex. Temple, Tex., July 29.—Three chil- 4n |living children, and sent them to a neéighbor's house, half a mile away, for help. Two of the dead childrén were twin babies and the third a seven-year-old FOUR MEXICANS TO e BE HANGED TODAY. Anti-Capital Punishment Scciety Try- ican factions end their strife and ese tablish a constitutional government by means of a joint conference, Must Keep Railroads Open. Officlals believe General Carranza at Vera Cruz is in a position to keep the railroad to Mexico City from Vera Cruz open for transportation of Secretary night and went forward to American representatives at Vera Cruz, Torreon and Mexico City. Starvation in Mexico City. Official reports from Mexico City today said actual starvation existed there and conditions generally were ‘worse than ever. People of all class- es are suffering for food, although :here is money in plenty to purchase t. An American Citizen Assaulted. A message from Vera Cruz detailed an assault upon an American citizen near Puebla and violation of the Amer. ican flag by Zapata soldiers. It served to further arouse officials here to the extreme gravity of the situation. A new division of Mexican affairs was created today in the state depart- ment. Heretofore Mexican relations have been handled by the division of Latin-American affairs. Leon J. Can- ava was appointed chief of the new lon. - divisi Advices to the American Red Cross from Charles J. O’Connor, their spe- cial representative, directing . relief work in Mexico City, were communi- cated to Secretary Lansing today. He announced later that a determined effort to get supplies to the capital would be made. Mr. O'Connor’s mes- sage, cabled from Vera Cruz and dated yesterday follows: Almost Impossible t& Buy Corn. “Scarcity of food is far greater than it was two weeks ago. It is almost impossible to buy corn, vegetables are less plentiful than they were _two weeks ago. People are actually dying of starvation, as I can prove by doc- tors and nurses. We have had no word of supplies coming from the states. Each time we have started to buy any- some change of government of plan necessary. We are ready to distribute food to families, but have not yet been able to secure any at.a reasonable price. Conditions are more chaotic than ever and there is not a single government official with whom to deal.” ANNUAL GREEN CORN g DANCE OF INDIANS In Progress Near Fort Cobb, Okla— Dance Until Exhausted. Chickasha, Okla., July 28.—The an- nual green corn dance of the. Kiowa and Apache Indians was in progress today on the hill overlooking Washita by | river, near Fort Cobb, Okla. Four hun- | of dred Indians are camped in the vicin- ity. Indians dance in the sun until they fall from exhaustion. Others then WESTERLY MAN INSTANTLY 4. KILLED IN NEW HAVEN. Johmn R. Freestone’s Head Crushed in a Press at Arms Factory. New Haven, Conn., July 28.—John R. Freestone, a young man of West- I, was instantly killed at the ress_yged in making pbec‘n in _this city about four months. N ——— Six Months for Using Fake Passport. inguuvoTanPhnnthrh.‘_ tenced at Phoenix, Ariz., Jul 29.—Judge Mc- Allester of the 0 court at Flor- be- | cated in the the | tenement f electric wir ‘The factory is o es. 3 heart of a thickly settled trict and it was feared for a time nearby- that a ng the Reports from Berlin state Torce is_guardi to prevent any hos- special police tile demonstration. Ninety-nine men who had been . (’5':": ln;.t xnitd-“ at the 'rmm.':l! b"sh!flfl nne, were arrested Two persons wers killed, and fifteen o R e p expl ts shed at W - wood Scrubs, England. Arthur J. Jones, of educa- professor tion at University of Maine, has re- signed to accept a similar position at University of Pennsylvania. X —_— A acquitted of x&l‘u John Dynak in ajygument N Y minutes. A report that American cotton seiz- ed by the British authorities is being reshipped and resold in neutral ports was denied by the foreign office. The entire first cabin of the steam- er Finland has been chartered by H.n,:- vard men for the 16-day trip to San Francisco through the Panama canal. Mayor William H. Thompson of Chicago, who was visiting the fair at San Francisco, at the time of the ?&nlfl&nd disaster, returned to Chica- President Wilson declined to address tho American Neutrality League of St. Louis. The organization is against ;hlpman!- of war munitions to the al- les. President Wilson announced that he will take no serious action against the take no serious action against Mexico until he returns to Washington from Cornish, N. H. Gov. Whitman ordered Sheriff Stitt at Little Falls, N. Y, to disarm mem- bers of Austrian and Slavonic organ- izations there of rifles which have been carried In parades. The nt Church Board in Germany decided that next Sunday shall be observed throughout the em- pire by divine services for the success the Gerrran arms. . Twe hundred leading citizens of Bdltimore and the State of Maryland organized the Maryland League for National Defense, to start a movement for a larger army and navy. The grand American trap shooting tournament which is to be held in Chi- cago from Aug. 16 to 20 will attract over 700 contestants, to esti- mates made by Secretary Edwin B. Shogren. To aid England in making up for the time lost during the recent coal strike, miners in South Wales will take but day off next month instead of the usuzl three August bank holidays. Buried for eight hours, and given up as dead. Thomas Maroupski and Michael Lavarage, walked out of the Knickerbocker ©oal mines at Potts- ville, Pa, while rescuers were trying to reach them. Private John F. O'Donnell of Brook- companions rowly escaped death while fording a stream during war maneuvers near Beacon, Painted color, and - ks dential.’ “There is nothing to tell,” Mrs. Becker replied. “I only k £ e y know he is Conference Lasted 15 Minutes. The conference between Mrs. Beck- er and the governor lasted about fif- teen minutes. Mr. Johnson and M: Jor John Stanley Moore, the gov- ernor's military secretary, also were present.” Prior to seeing Mrs. Becker, the governor conferred for more than an hour with Mr. Johnson. The attor- ney appealed for a reprieve in order that the case might be taken to the governo: lormer Justices drews to pass on the appeal for a commutation or reprieve as specially appointed commissioners. _The exe- cutive declined both requests. When asked to grant a reprieve that new evidence might be submitted, the governor said there was none. The conference here was arranged only after the telephone wires be- tween Albany and Camp Whitman, where the governor had gone to re- view the New York State militia, had been kept busy for several hours in an attempt to locate him. He left Albany shortly about 10 o'clock this morning and Mrs. Becker and Mr. Johnson arrived there shortly after 11.30 In the hope of seeing the execu- tive. They remained at an Albany hotel until about. 4 o’'clock this aft ernoon, when the governor was locat- ed by his secretary, Willlam A. Orr, and agreed to meet them here. Mrs. Becker Was Silent, Throughout the day, both in the hotel and on the trains, Mrs. Becker was silent, seldom speaking, even to Mr. Johnson. Garbed in a black taffeta suit and black hat trimmed with white wings, she sat quietly in the cormer of the hotel or of the trains gazing out the windows into space. Few recognized her and she recognized no on A crowd as large as that often s in front of the hotel on regatta days had gathered about the Nelson house when the governor’s car rolled up about 5.30 (Continued on Page Three) MRS. BECKER BADE FAREWELL AT 1230 A. M. Showed No Effects of Mental Strain to, Which She Had Been Subjected. Ossining, N. Y., July 29.—Mrs. Becker was accompanied by her coun- sel, John B. Joknston. Both declined to make any statement and hurried at: once into the prison. Mrs. Becked said farewell to her husband at 12.30 a. m. She did not leave” the prison, however, until 115 a m. John Becker, the condemned man’s brother, and John Lynch, Mrs. Becker’s bro! 3 ed her when she left the prison. As the taxicab was about to leave Mrs. Beck- er spoke briefly to Deputy Warden ' Johnson. Mrs. Becker showed no ef- fects of the mental strain to which, she kad been subjected. She walked: from the prison with firm steps and refused to take the arm of her broth- er. The late arrival of Mrs, Beck- er caused disarrangement of the plans of the prison officials for Becker's last night. It had been hoped tbat Beck- er might get some rest before mid-: night. & ! Deputy Warden Johnson announced after Mrs. Becker's departure that Becker had prepared a statement to, be issued after the execution. Mr.' Johnson said the statement was brief. not intimate what it con-.