Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 30, 1915, Page 1

Russians Continue to Retire In All Sections Except That In Northern Courland STu. 30RN RESISTANCE SHOWN BY MUSCOVITES Speculation is Being Indulged in As to Whether the Teuton Intend to Follow the Russians Further or Prepare Posi- lease Army from Other Campaigns—-Artillery Has Been | Litovex. Chief Mode of Warfare on the Western Line—Turkish Official Report Tells of a Series of Reverses for the |5 new Enen}yontbeGdl’pdiPmilnlfln. ! Lond Aug. 29, 10 p. m.—There . “‘cntmy-.m:kcnlnznl From the southeast of Kovno, where resistance fore be approaching Vilna along the Niemen to Grono and thence south- ° posed “big push” ut the point at which an place is not being entioned. The general public does mot expect a strong offensive move- Mment a8 yot but In some circles there ‘woul no surprise should General Joffre the French commander-in-chief find it possible to' attempt some kind of & forward movement before mid- Fighting On Gallipoli Peninsula ° ‘There has been more heavy fighti: the Gallipoll peninsula according the Turkish official report. This clalms that the allies suffered heavily a series of attac last Fri LAND AND SEA ATTACK ON TURKISH POSITIONS At the Dardanelles Has Resulted in Heavy Fighting. Constantinople, Aug. 29, via London, 740-p. m.—A new attack by land and g, § 2 = 5 g i i n 5‘ P | g8 NEW AWRO-G“HAN_ OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT. ‘after | the same day we int retreating Russians. The wooded re- glon east of Augustowo has been crossed. - Farther south, in our pur sult of the ememy, we reached Dom: irodek and the sector east Forest in pursuit of the and has nearly come up with his risht wing| Szereszo near wo. “Army group of Field Marshal Von Mackensen: P far as the Koddubno line on the Pru- zona road. Troops cooperating with us from the south through the marshy region have pursued the enemy ana almost reached Kobrin. “Southeastern theater of war: The Austro-German troops which defeat- ed the enemy have driven him back across the Polorzany-Koniuchy-Kozo- o line 4nd Rehind (i Korcutiaie- FRENCH AEROPLANES RAID GERMAN MILITARY DEPOTS Heavy Fighting With Bombs in the Region of Metzeral, Paris, Aug. 29, 230 p. m—Another raid by French acroplanes on military ann LB office today. v ‘war lce . B ris Sty stavions Ardennes and the Argonne were at- Violent German attacks near Marie- Therese and west of the Forest of Ma- lincourt were repulsed. The statement ur_artillery continued during the night its activity against the posi- tions of the enemy. The cannonadin ‘was especially active in the sector Ablain, in the region of Roye, north < the ‘Aisne in the vicinity of Craonne and Berry-Au-Bac, as well as between the Aisne and the Argonne. “There was violent hand-to-hand fighting at Marie-Therese and west of the forest of Malincourt for posses- sion of excawations made by mines. We remained in possession of these positions. “We subjected to a heavy bombard- ment the trenches and groups of Ger- man prisoners over the whole line along the Lorraine frontier at Grem- Bezange, Gondrexon and Em- bernenil. There was heavy fighting with bombs and hand grenade in the region of Metzeral *“Our aeroplanes last night bombard- ed the railway station and the bar- racks of the ememy at Grandpre (in the Ardennes) as well as the barracks at Monchemin and Lancon, in the Ar- gonnes.” AUSTRIANS CONSTRUCTING A NEW DEFENSE Along the Serbian Border on the Banks of the Danube and Save Rivers. London, Aug. 29, 12.15 p. m—In con- nectlon with their movement against the the Austrians are at- tempting to construct new _defenses along the border, on the banks of the Danube and Save rivers. An official statement dealing with these opera- tions was forwarded today from Nish to Reuter'’s Telegram company. It fol- ws: “On Aug. 25 we stopped the enemy’s defense operations on the Danube front at the large island near Mala-Stratche- va, and also on the Save front near Gositchinabara, opposite Skela. On errupted similar operations near the island of Moldva, on the left bank of the Save NO SOLDIER OR SAILOR WOUNDED BY ZEPPELIN Balfour Says They Have Accomplish- od Nothing of Military Importance. London, Aug. 29, 6.11 p. m—"No sol. dler or sailor has been killed or even on one ooca- deen infiicted which be ™ the same events “are quite rich in lurid details™ “The reason” says Mr. Balfour in his letter, “is quite Zep] attack under cover of night by Ce on foorless nights. In such Ne Aus. steam- -n!arl. ug. 29.—Arrived, steamer Czar, Archangel, British Releass Swedish Steamer. London. Aue. 27 ) (Delayed by censor) Malmar, Bulgaria: -Tfilfl‘ Treaty Not Signed. .ouble ~'wf Anyfllhr Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in $20,000,000 Gold [American Powder | Condessed Taograns [RRITISH TRANSPORT Sent f@_m_Lnndon TO STRENGTHEN s .'Inrncu act.™ plete — s =l RUSSIANS ARE STILL FIGHTING BRAVELY Berlin Roports: That the Backbone of the Miscovita Army ls Broken. Berlin, Aus. 33 (by wireless telex. raphy to Sayville, N. Y.)—The Over- seas News Agency says: “Reports from the eastern front all say that the Russians are still fight- ing bravely and tenacl: in certain localities, but that t4 backbone of = cuperate for a lomg time. . “The number of prisoners and the amount of supplies captured at Brest- Litovsk has not yet been held out until their ammunition and food were gome. RUSSIAN STATEMENT OF WAR OPERATIONS Stopped Enemy from Tufning Right F|'|k in Galicia. Petrograd, Aug. 29, via Landon, Aug. 30, 12.30 a. m—The following Rus- sunnmlement was given out here = towards the west, but there is no im- portant change. “On the right of the Vilnaya and be- tween the Vilnaya and the Niemen river stubborn fighting contirjued Fri- day and Saturday on the fromt from Pedzrodze towards the north of Vilna “On the fyont between the sources of the Bobr and the Pripet there is no ssential change, In the course of Saturday night and Sunday in this region there was only rear-guard fighting. “As' a consequence of thd4 enemy massing strong forces south of Vlad- imil-Volynskyl, with a view of de- veloping 3n_offensive toward Lautzk, Staroe and Rojistche, in an endeavor to turn our right flank in Galicia, we took the recessary measures té change the posftion of our fosces. These changes were executed Fridey and Saturday under cover of actions northwest of Lutzk™ WHOLESALE THEFTS OF SUGAR FROM STEAMERS. Four Captains of Sugar Lighters Charged With Grand Larceny. New York, Aug. 28—Four eaptains of sugar lighters, a mate and two oth- er men arrested yesterday on charges of grand larceny conneetian with magistrate here today, hearing on Tuesday. ed after an investigation growing out of suspicious fire aboard the iaden steamer Devon City last pril. Since tht time several other steamers carrying cergoes of sugar were mysteriously set on fire and in two, upon their arrival on the other side unexploded bombs every instance a bomb was placed in the hold of the ship, timed to go off at sea and damage the cargo, thus | conceaiing the theft. | i RIGOROUS MEASURES TO H PRESERVE ORDER IN PORTUGAL. A Resolition Has Been Passed by Par- | liament to That Effect. i Lisbon, Via Paris, Aug: 29— Parlia- | Lest Fridey the minister of the terior, Dr. S to the five, ann: ternstional counmell that movement been Northern 18 Sweden, has | =0 CREDIT HERE BY RAIL FROM HALIFAX Thirty-eight Armed Guards on Special Train of Steel Cars—Uniocaded in New York Sunday Morning— $25,000,000 in Securities with It. New York, Aug. 29.—Nearly $20,000,- in gold and securities about placed in elght larger cases. Each gold-fill- ed case weighed 120 pounds. ~ Mill Blown Up SHOCK WAS FELT WITHIN A ' RADIUS OF FORTY MILES Property Owners in Towns Surround- Acton, Mass, were Heavy Losers Because of Shattered Windows— Cause of Explosion Not Known. Acton, Mass., Aug. 29.—With a shock that was felt within a radius of forty the glazing can outbreak of the European war has been working to its capacity, blew up early today. So far as known, nobody ‘was killed. The actual money loss to the company wgs not heavy, but it was stated that work on large orders would be held up probably for several weeks. Property owners in the surrounding towns, pasticularly in Maynard, were ::-'w losers because of shattered win- s. ‘The mill had been closed down since Saturday afterpoon and the poliee of this town and Maynard expressed the belief that the explosion had been caused with intent to cripple the plant. Will Cripple the Plant. An official of the company said that it would take several weeks to install new machinery, and that until this was done work would be at a standstill. He pointed out that the glazing mill, wheze the powder enters upon its last | stages of manufacture, is the only noticed, the nov- The first big shipment of gold and securities, received here on Aug. 12 last, included about $19,500,000 in gold and $30,000.000 in securities and ar- rived in much the same manner. RUSSIAN LINES BROKEN BY AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS Muscovite Extreme Left Is Now In- volved in Retirement. Berlin, Aug. 29, 9.40 p: m-—The Aus- tro-German troops have broken Rus- sian lines along the Slota-Lipa river in East Galicia, the Teutons resuming activity on a section of the front where for a long time they have been mere- Iy §, &ieir postlons. The Rus- et ch- hiebtrto has been unaffected by the general de- now apparently -is shaken and in the “general reti pelled from that little corner in East Galicia where alone they have been able to maintain a foothold on Aus- velopment, together with the sharp advance by the Austrians north- east of Kovel, is believed here to in- dicate the opening of a campaign against the fortress triangle formed by the strongholds of Lutsk, Dubno and Rovno, erected as a bar to access to southern Russia. The Russian armies retreating north and south of Brest-Litovsk gre sep- arated by the Rotikno swamps and military men here say that the Aus- tro-German strategists are in a posi- tion to mass) forces at will against either Russian wing and expose it to a crushing defeat. Despatches received here today say that the Russian re- sistance behind Brest-Litovsk has been broken and that the pursuit by the Teutons is being pressed with all the energy laid down in the German man- s. LENGTHY LABOR CONFERENCE HELD AT BRIDGEPORT. Polishers at the Remington Plant Are to Strike Today. statement was issued, it was intimated that another strike will be called to- morrow at the plant of the Remington Arms nd Ammunition company unless concessions are granted to the pol- ishers. The polishers, who are work- that their wages were reduced instead of increased at the time of the set- tiement of the original strike. Four men refused to accept the reductions and were discharged, which started the! trouble. While only 42 polishers are affecied, labor leaders say that if they stiike, there will be a gemeral waikout of those employed In the metal trades. President W. H. Johnston of the In- ternational Eroth of Machinists is expected here tomorrow. The Remington company declines to dis- cuss the matter. The situation &t thirteen- other piaces continues to be favorable, union leadess say =nd it is expected that by the end of the week, the eight hour day, will be granted at most of the factories. TO ASK $49,000,000 FOR Gen that he would ask the next cu: ot provide rumai delivery service the fiscal year ing Julv 1. 1316, The last ppropristion for ftaix Domc wos 351000000 snd-the & part of the plant whose loss at this time would stop the output. Provision Is made for the occasional explosions that occur by having duplicate parts in ess, gut the only other glazing mill in the plant here was destroyed by lightning a little more than a month Armed Guards Were on Duty. Armed have been stationed about the works for several weeks, but the mills are widely separated in an isolated, part of the town and the dense woods and shubbery in the vicin- ity offer easy concealment for anyone wishing to avoid discovery. TWO KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT DU PONT. MILLS. Two Reports Could Be Heard More Than a Dozen Miles Away. Wilmington, Del, Aug. 29.—Two men e insanity kilied end considerable lone to by an ex; e Son Sf two biack. powder mills ot the Du Pont Powder in the up- , t 3 are Lawrence Cunning- aged 46, of this eity, and Hugh Gillespie, 35, of Hazelton, Pa. The two reports were terrific, being heard more than a dozen miles away. Hundreds of windows in nearby Hhouses were broken. Several pundred pcunds of powder exploded, “completely destroy- ing the mills. The first to go was a fuse mill. This set off a second plant near by. The cause of the explosion has not probably was due to a spark or to grit in the powder. Several weeks ago Cunningham dragged his brother to safety from a burning mill following a powder ex- plosion, SHAM BATTLES AT PLATTSBURGH CAMP Two Companies of the Blue Army Fell Into Trap of Reds. Plattsburgh, N. Y. - 29 —Two companies of Blue army now taking the war game of the citizen soldiers from the military camp of instruction here were theoretically annihilated by the artillery of the Red army today and the day’s engagement ended with a victory for the Reds. The Blues broke camp at Chasy early in the day and after a sho: march came upon the enemy’s cavalry. ‘The latter, however, proved only to be a screen for the artillery and upon emerging fronr the woods, where the cavalry had been located, two com- panies of the Blue army were wiped ?( before reinforcements could ar- ve. The Blue army was camped at Coop- esville tonight nd tomorrow will re- sume its march toward Rouses Point, where it is expected the main of the two armies will meet. Large numbers of the amateur sol- diers tonight were suffering with sore strained terdons nd blisters. Major General Leonard Wood attributes theé trouble to shoes which many of the men had made especially to use in the manoeuvers. Poison ivy aso proved the undoing of some of the men, a number of them having swollen hands and faces from coming in contact with the vine. ! ARKANSAS FLOODS MAKE 5,000 FERSONS HOMELESS epert. 10 save the $4,000,000 with- effgency. H i [y ; | sk A - for Smothte winter The Steel Co. has sold 5,000 tons of steel ralis to Russia. steamer Baltic arrived at Liver- pool with a large cargo of war mumi- Conat Norwich. % X destroyed by ‘fire at a loss of 366,000, Twenty-five thousand coal miners have joined the mew strike in the London. Reports from the South Wales coal fields state that 25000 miners have Joined the new coal strike. Sheppard, a negro, was at Denton, Md, for an at- tack on Mildred Clarke, 15 years old. President Wilson inted Van- noy H. Manning. of director of Wish Mines. The City Council at Minneapolis has the city engineer to begin valuation of the Minneapolis Street Railway. Isabella M. Christie, organizer first womans suffrage move- ment in Jersey, is dead. She was 74 years old. Mrs. the William T. Price has been appointed commercial agent of the Union Pa- cific Railroad, with headquarters a Pueblo, Col. Ralph and Harry Lutz of Scranton, Pa., were killed' by being struck by a Delaware. Lackawanna & Western passenger train. Two hundred men employed at the g, Raiiads ool pie at » N. J, ve e - oot King Gustav of Sweden was pain- fully injured when, in stepping into his train, he missed his footing and sprained his ankle. Samuel J. Freeman, editor of “Congers Record” the ;orl the ew Observer” died at Congers, N. He was 57 years old. The United States Assay Office in New York, shipped $250,000 in gold bars to the Philadeiphia mint for coinage for the Bank of Cuba. ~ - London a¥l ordnancs factories have been transferred to Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Muni-: tions during the war period. Four passengers were killed and 12 injured when part of a Santa Fe train from Phoenix. Ariz. to Prescott, fell through a bridge at Date Creek. Sir William Van Horne, formerly chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian Pacific Raflway, ill at Montreal, is said to be steadily im- been determined, but officials say it | Provin The Navy Department is making inquiry into the finding of the three sticks of dynamite under the cruiser Prarie in dry dock at the Philadiephia Navy Yard. Ceremonies were held at the Con- valescence Hospital at Paris, when 83 soldiers blinded in the fighting at the front, received decorations for gallant conduct. J. F. Laura, of Coldwater, Mich., has devised a trailer connection for automobiles, the use of which enables one to haul a trailer capable of car- rying 1,000 pounds. Secretary Josephus Daniels of the Navy arrived at Bath, Me. Saturday on board the Dolphin for the purpose of thoroughly inspecting the plant of the Bath Iron Work: A three funnelled British cruiser appeared at the Sandy Hook light- ship Saturday. At the same time a British cruiser of four funnels was sighted fifteen miles southeast of the lightship. One man was killed and five in- jured when a Pennsylvania train, on the New York & Long Branch Railrcad, hit a touring car at the Roselle Avenue crossing, Long Figures for automobile exports from the C ported 37, valued at $60,254,535. The movement begun in a tentative way last spring to form a reserve corps of engineers to be available in case of war, has assumed definite 5 s ?. ] 3 B has completed all plans|" campaign. Report Brought by Passengers on Steamer F HAD 2,000 CANADIAN TROOPS ON It Hint Has Come from British Sources of the Disaster, ww-—udb&i‘-‘.‘ 3 the Transport Royal Edward on August 14. Berlin, s-rm.y.xm;; zAL—(l’D’y ‘Wire- less to Sayville, N. Y., Aug.-29.—Pas- - land-American on beard was torpedoed Islands on August 15. It is said ed. probable in view of the fictal promptly of the torpedoing of the Britisn ransport Royal Edward, which was sunk on August 14, one day be- fore the date mentioned in the wire- August 22 and has since sailed a3 her return voyage for New York. The trip from Rotterdam to re- quires only a few hours, so that ‘s ‘who it is | wit Numm Edward in tl e A PRESIDENT WILSON TO REMAIN IN WASHINGTON H. for a rest. but he that he will stay here pending the re- ceipe of further word from Berlin. The president, it was said authori- tatively, has been led by the state- ments of Count Bernstorfl, the German ambaseador, to Secretary Lansing and reports received from American Am- baesador Gerard at Berlin to hope that a solution of the submarine contro- versy with German will be found. He | Pan is waiting, however, for the imperial r.m/ern_:‘n 's formal disavowal of the attack on the Arabic and ass urances that the lives of Americans traveling | eral on unarmed merchantmen wili not be endangered aga! The president had planned to spend the entire month of September at Cor- nish, but today it was said to be um- likely that he would return there at all this year. Count Von Bernstorff left today for the summer embasey on Long Island. He still was confident that within a short time a formal communication would reach Washington from the Ber- lin foreign office disposing of the sit- uation growing out of the sinking of the Arabic and paving the way for an amicable adjustment of all issues be- tween the American and German gov ernments. The ambassador probably will not return to the capital until the note from Berlin arrives. 2 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF LANDING OF PILGRIMS Planning for a Permanent Model City at Plymouth for 1920. Boston, Aug. 29.—Plans for a per- manént model city for a populati of 100,000 people, to be erected at Plymouth in connection with the cele bration in 1920 of the 300th anniver- sary of the landing of the Piigrims, are being considered by municipal ex- perts, according to an announcement made public today. The idea of those interested in the waste for @ conyention in neutral has been received. as tual S0 BODIES OF NEGROES BURNED AT THE STAKE. One Was Dead and Another Was Se- riously Wounded. 8, , Tex, Aug. 29— Sulphur prings. P o