Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 17, 1915, Page 1

!lorth of Dvinsk, Placmg That &t,; in a Ihthor Dangerous Position . FURTHER SOUTH THE nussmus.AfiE N mmF'wmlyHeld—lntheCmtflPrhmlaopoth BeenDehyedeuAdnneo—Gg_mAleNuwh e Possession of Pinsk, But From That Point Southward the g.::,?""" Muscovites Are Advancing and Have Reoccupied a Num- ber of Villages—Russians to Call on Reserves, Which May Amount to 8,000,000 Men - Russia Well Supplied With Ammunition—DBritish Losses at -the Dardanelles Total 87,630 Up to August 21. London, Sept. 16, 9.50 p. m.—Stern ‘battles are being fought all along the eastern front from Riga to the Ru- manian border, and while the Germans continue to advance slowly in the north and center, the Russians in the south are repeating their successes against the Austro-German armies, which are now being driven back across the River Stripa in Galicia and have been forced to retire westward, north of the Gali- clan frontier. Russians Able to Take Offensive. | . While these Russlan victories nat- ui are welcomed in Russia and the ajl countries as an evidence that the !Russian armies are still able to take :thé offensive when well supplied with ‘ammunition, there is no.inclination to exaggerate their impartance. . The én- ‘gagements, however, keep the Austro- Germans busy and make it imperative to send reinforcements southward, which could be used to better advan- tage in the north, where operations of much glenter moment are being direct- ed by Field Marshal Von:Hindenburg. Dvinsk in Dangerous Position. This nner-.l. who began his nlkpnve against- Vilna-Dvinsk rdilway vzpek alo. hl.! not yet. elu‘blilhfll bln- seif on the line. His cavalry, did mch it, has been driven back. Nevertheless, he has driven the Rus- sians across the Dvina river, north of Dyvinsk, placing that city in a rather dm‘eroul position, and has also made some progress north of Vilna. Germans Firmly Held. South of Vilna, toward Grodno, the Russians are offering stubborn resist- ance and have the Germans firmly held. Something of the same kind has happened in the center; Prince Leopold has been delayed in his advance. Fleld M al Von Mackensen has passed hg ces through the Pripet marshes is now in possession of Pinsk. From this point southward the Rus- sians are advancing and have reoccu- pied a number of villages, but they are not likely to push their advantage much further, as to do so would make their northern flank vulnerable. A good deal of importance is attach- ed to the decision of Russia to call to the colors the reserves of the territorial ll'ud Should the age limit be fixed at’ this fresh call would mean the p’m ossible attention of eight million men to the Russian armies, including thé men who had passed through the first line and the reserves and those who heretofore have been exempted as students or only sons or men who are mu qmtu up to the physical standard. of these could not be n.rmad and aquipped. but Rissia col bave the pick of Russia Sunp!l-d With Ammunition. -'With Russia now well supplied with munitions, her allies, who have been supplying her, are now able to turn fheir attention to their own armies, have been so marked in v.hc ‘west for several weeks At the Dardanelles. In the Dardanelles the British losses have totalled ‘87,630 up to Aug. 21. Tha British. submarine - E-7, operating those waters, which the Tllfkl chlm have sunk, is admitted by the British admiralty to have been missing since Sept. 4. The' E-7 did a great deal of damage to) Turkish shipping in the Sea of Marmora and, after blocking the railway line near Kara Burnu, by bom- it from the sea, shelled a troop train and blew up three ammunition cars attached to u. Liegtenant Com- mander lbald D. Cochrane, in com- mand of E~1. only a few days ago ‘was aw! ntulshod service ora.urzmr&hhmt“ > GREAT BRITAIN'S -POSITION ON GERMAN EXPORTS No ‘Intention to Discriminate Against | “American - Trade’ Advisors. London, Sept. 16, ‘840 p. m.—The guvernment denied today that it had any intention to discriminate agaimst the American state department foreign trade advisors in favor of represénta- tives of private trade Interests in se- curing the release of goods of Ger- man_or Austrian origin consigndd to the United States from neutral ports. ‘The government here points ont that its policy now is to order the release of any such s on the production of proof that they either were paid for in actual cash before March 1st or that the American owners ordering the goods before that time will ultimate- ly be compelled to pay for them. Act- ing on this policy the ‘ernment will release cargoes as quickly as repre- sentatives of American importers pro- duce the required proofs and no di: tinction will be made between pi vate representatives and the-state de- partment’s foreign trade advisors, it is stated. EFFORTS TO BREAK UP ‘A BASEBALL POOL Publishers of the Weekly World, Phil- adelphia, Ars Indicted. !hlhdelp Sept. 16.—Efforts of flflfl‘lm?ovemmmt to break up buub‘u ool bling resulted to- in the ‘indictment by the United States grand jury of .the, two publishers of The Weekly ‘orid, wl:ich is alleged to have conducted the The men indicted are John J. Knfl!m and James Welsh of Wilkes- Pa.. The jury found true bills them on‘ four counts, 6 being that ull"A “flel.lnral to an express company mhvn. Pa., fot. carriage. In iter terstate commerce -mummt- in reference to lottery m cl w LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE AND FREIGHT PILES UP In the Yards and on the Piers of West shqn m.g,n Weehawken, N. J. _16—Loaded trnllht of tons of freight in the yard and on fi the West B)\m ratlroad Iu,vken. N, J., where a strike o! 600 longshoremen ana freight hand- lers began yesterday, Since the men went out the railroad officlals have distontinued efforts to unload the cars arriving there and the Joading of the the | freight upon u:lt:hurs, but policemen property, of this &Mt is WM of ‘war. >nunlt!nu England and France, strike was a result of and shipped, according to |f aflvaruum-nta, it ia in = The Worla. whx& wu printed in th ctmant, to Chicago, Blue Is- hgi and Cincinnati. d jury faileq to indlct an or the publishers of the pa- aid it take any action r !he paw ‘Wwho were ar- other ll od !hat Kilcoyne and at the present tfi of the vnned States Sl AMERICAN MARINES - ON GONA1VEB ISLAND, O West Coast of Halti—To n«-ll 3 Uarhllflt There. mg?t';:; ‘American S Rear Mn't’r'-: o today to ‘the’ navy Weteen tBe’ Ameri- - commi crlln‘n.qm Gothenburg, and the mhh British steamer VICTORY OF GERMANS IN_ARGONNE FOREST. m l-hnun-. Agency comprising W Prnm in their suffering com- small losses. ) ~ soldiers who were taken appeared terribly exhaust- and depressed. RUSSIAN DUMA PROROGUED UN MID-NOVEMBER, Deputies as They Left the Chamitr Appeared flcm“y Cheerful, Petrograd, via Londan. Sept. 18, 7.40 P. m.—The Russlan duma was pro- rogued t until mld-Novembar President 0 anmouncing an imperial _order authorizing the pro- !guuuo:‘:hlch ‘bad been transmit- Premier Goremykin. The session lasted but three min-| utes. There was a muttering from a section. of the Laborite and radical deputi “It is a ‘erime’” vice - president, sy al Ilemmta mdingained silence. All the deputies immediately left u:t hall, only Deputy Kerensky, a labor- ite, who shouted “Down with " all traltors,” attempting to speak. - The leaders of the duma decided there should: be no debate because M. Ker- ensky insieted upon his right to say what he liker. Only a score of spec- tators had gathered in the streets, The deputies as. they left the chamber gathered in the private party confer- ences - appeared generally cheerful. It is pointed out that the emperor reserved the right to recall the duma before November 14 if he wished. PRIVATE DIES OF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY MEXICANS, Fifth United States Soldier Killed in Last Two Months, Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 16.—Pri- vate Harold . Forney of Watertown. . Y., dled today from wounds received in . Monday'd fight with Mexicans at Los Indios, near here. His death brings up to five the number ,of United States soldiers killed since the South Taxas outlaw, raid began about two. months ago. The American ctvilidn death list in the same time is four and the Mex- ican gdeath list, while not definitely llta::'v. is conservatively estimated’at Up. to tanlsht Mexican independence day without any serious the aauu Vldnfl) of the Rio R!o Grange ‘was not a report of lu.htnl mubl. all day ang the disorder came from in fia q-ne ‘which are out of direct -touch with Mexico, This feature way a aistinct rellef to army officers, as it was regarded as an in- dleutlnn that the heavy border pa- trols haye succeeded In at least tem- pating the international "outbreaks and reducing the trouble to na oroginal status which was no-:y an outbreak of American outlaws blood, T — GERMAN NOTE ON HESPERIAN AT EPATE DIITARTMEVT In Connection With It Is nphhd Now, n.B'v'- No Actior ‘Washingto o 16 —Germany’s note informing the United States that belleve GO TO GARBAGE HEAPS A Total Loss. to Shippers and Pro» dusers—No II-M for Them, there is ng reason to thoAl- lan lUner Hesperian was sunk by, submarine was-received late today at the state ‘-M mn no ether the lln-mm b!t mins, —a EXCITING REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN WATERBURY e Attorney McGrath Won the Nemina. uonnlx had passed outhreak. " On the American side in | for Germany. NIW' PACKERS WILL 'LOSE ' APPROXIMATELY $15,000,000 —_— . BRITBB PRIZE COURT 1 e mwnhnnlmw Any Principle of International Law —Assert That it is Another Step in England’s Policy to Interfers With American Trade. Sept. 16.—If the confisca- loon gave the follow- ing jof statement concerning the decision of the British prize court re- ceived today. Shipments Were to Neutral Countries. “England’s confiscation of 8!600000 worth of American meat ucts, as announced in the countries. All these shipments were destined to neutral countries and the the case no evidence showing they Were destined to such enemy of Great Britain was adduced and none could have been. This makes necessary fur- ther presentation of stronger protests i to the department of state for equitable adjustment of the claims. Complied with Every Regulation. “Prior to the time of the seizure of these shipments, every effort was made to comply with every regulation and restriction made by the various ders in council issued by the go ment .of Great Britain placed on such shipments, even though such orders were clearly in violation of the prin- ciples of international law and con- cerning which orders our state de- partmrent” notified the government of Great Britain that this government would not recognize any court decision based u; orders in counell, or-upon any rules Or regulations other than the recognized principles of In- ternational lnm Notwithstanding fagt of compliance with every issued by them, whether reasonable or otherwise, American goods were seized and taken into English ports and held there for many months before oppor=- tunity was given to present thé claims in the prize courts. No Justification for Seizure. “It would appear from the brief qes- patches that the court bases its right to seize the shipments on the theory that the amount of products -being shipped to Denmark in these neutral ships is In excess of quantities re- ceived prior to the declaration of war. These neutral countries received large Quantities of these- products through German ‘ports prior to the war and through other sources of supply which the war shut off. That these countries want more of our products than be- fore furnished no justification for such seizure. “In_ contradiction of this contention Sir Samuel Evans, who decided this case, stated in another case: “‘In the Antares case March 8, 1915 (as reported in Lioyvds’' list) it was pointed out by the judge that the ex- ports of American copper for neutral countries contiguous to Germany had increased for a period during the Iu’ corresponding with a simllar in 1913, from about 7,000,000 in 1912 to over 25,000,000 in 1014 but, sald the president (Sir Samuel Fvans), T am not: saying for a moment that this is proof that this copper was intended e 62 SHIPWRECKED SAILORS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Taken from Ships Which Were Unable to Withstand Hurricane. New York, Sept, 18 —Sixty-two shipwrecked sallors arrived here to- day on the steamer Bermudian from Bermuda. Twenty-seven of the men were members of the crew of the Brit- ish steameg Pollockshields, which was wrecked off Bermuda on Bept, 7. The others were members of the crew of the Itallan steamer Purificatione, which was abandoned at sea recently after becoming waterlogged in a hur- ricane, The Itallan crew wers picked up by the British steamer Cayo Gitano and Janded at Bermuda. DISCUSSED PLANS FOR NAVAL INCREASE, Secy, Danlels Wants More Bubmas rines and Aeroplanes, the construgtion of more Peniels told the president seroplanes should be ~ED $30,000 IN 16 YEAR PERIOD B RPN - BOGUS - Nm USED o B > Bank Commissioner Sturges Mads Dis- covery When He Appearsd Without | Notice at Savings Bank of Ansonia |at and Found Cash Shortage—Mob of 5,000 Fight Police. Anmh, Conn. SOM. ll.r-‘l'hn Sav- ings Bank of Ansonia, & parent reply to a cross-examination, otlp'nl{nhlmer Burton said thaat his accounts were not in good condition. Abstracted $36,000. Later, the commissioner authoried the statement that Burton had told him that he had abstracted $36,000 or thereabouts from the bank, covering a perior of fifteen years and that amount ‘was represented by bogus notes among the bank's assets. “Run” Upon the Bank, The ordered an to take Burton in charge’ for present and the bank examiner with four assistants set at work on the rectors invoked the sixty days notice ruie Examiner Came Without nm Commissioner Sturgis in his state- tment sald that he nnpeu!d with his examiner at the bank ‘without mfiu The euh sl was & noted and called the of Burton, who said such was The commissioner asked Bumn for an explanation and after he h.ld been questioned he stated, ac to the commissioner, that {Continued on Page Eight) FEDERAL AMENDMENT FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Mrs. Medill McCormick Says 206 Mem- bers of House Will Vote for It. * ‘New York, Sept. 16.—Two hundred and six members of the new honlh.d nmnnvu vlll vote for the eral amendment for woman eu n Chicago to the mfl’!‘m ol fi‘l. Natlonal Ameri+ can Woman Su e association at a special meeting held nore today. Ame !hooe present were Dr, Anna H Shaw, Boston, Dr. Katherine B. Davis of ‘lev York, Mrs. Henry Wade Connecticut and” Mrs. Walter l!c.\lb Llulor of Missourl. Mrs. McCormick’s report puts 206 as the “minimum figure,” with “every likelihood that it will be increased be- fore December, as additional reports are recelved, and as a direct result of the pressure which the woman are now planaing to exert in the various con- gressional districts.” INVESTIGATING ST. LOUIS 5 ARSON SYNDICATE. Most of the Men lnvolved Are the Unsurance Business, /St. Louts, Mo, Sept. 18~Invéstiga- tion of an alleged arson syndicate which is sald to have netted its mem- bers profits of several million dol- lars, was Ddegun here today by a grand jury. The principal witness to be called was Herbert O. Baker, an insurance agent, who detectives say, confessed baving arranged for one big fire. Eight men have been arrested in connection with the Investigation. They are an insurance agent an in- surance adjuster, the vice president of & Jargo insurance affency, the pres- ident of a decorating company whose buflding recently was destroyed by fire end four “torches.” ARTIST DEAD BEFORE AN UNFINISHED LANDSCAPE, Clad in Apnn'-nd Pallette and Brush in His Hands, New York, Sept, 1,—Willlam Davis, an artist, was found dead in his studio today before an unfinished clad in his artist’s apron and brush In his Bomnvlc. tim of the Heat, Mr, Davis was 68 years old and ‘was known as one of the best restorers of | Iyn was born paintings in the country, in Bngland. He did much work M .c‘ clesiastical institutlons, lndufl.ln{ James' church in sald, bis wife is Uving. TO RAISE §2000,000 FUND FOR POLISH WAR SUFFERERS Tax of One Cent a Month on Members of Polish-American Organizations, cago, Bept, 10~—A fund of ooo 0 be palbas war -nfln-era Pol plags announc L3 ellef ?ur L% -t\on- eoopcuflnl with h l'.- et Lummm"n ‘a8 ng the Forty Automebiles Burned, Harrieburg, Pa., Sept, I bure's Jargest gara vmd. : the i diy '.'fl"""’a.m Cape May, N.J.v-ub Tb.h-nd-r-nud -yn.d‘hn. umnm e Britih ervieer provisions. mAth-m&— tbnodm at Kiev, Russia, was removed Newcastle ar- to take om d, was mnwrot y n:fd.g hon wlnhd vllll Mnflle‘ - 0., register of Parker McKeevis, aged 23, was out to plecés when rnnh’cvcr b?'- Susque- bhanna train at Butler, N.'J. A navy -—Il pouch sent from Wash- ington to the commandant at Guanta- namo was npomd 3 the olubhouse of the lorrl- Wuolf club at llorfl-.' town N. J, at a loss of $100,000. c-rryinqnur'cd‘mm.w 186 passengers, the liner Lapland sail- ed from New York lvr Engiland. #One ¢ quake ofmw‘ln&l“‘or TM".M.‘A!(L..Q“‘M. bhndn'ml‘tfln( F ol drowned while Mmlll‘ in t:; ‘Hud- son river, off 186th street, New York. Attorney General Egbert E. Wood- bury has withdrawn his $50,000 libel suit against the New York “Tribune” (Continued on Page Eight) WASHINGTON'S NEXT STEP IN MEXICAN SITUATION, 8003 | |nquiries Have Been Madé by Some Eurcpean Governments. Washington, Sept. 16.—Informal in- quiries have been made un. A‘olyn u-n--nu of Chicagoe |42y :'Od N for the Harrison Anto-Narcotic Susan W. Fitzgerald of |law. Secretary Daniels ¢ -uuu-.d that Admiral Winslow has succeeded Rear Admiral Howard ln command of the Pacific fleet. Miss Alice comlng of Nahant, Mass., died from_ burns received in an auto- mobile collission. The kIsouno tank of one of the cars exploded. An order for 500,000 shells for the Russian government was received by the Scranton (Pa) Axle Co., from the Baldwin Looomouca ‘Works, Rogluld Campbell resigned the ite of the London Cuy Temple !o pay a visit to the battle- front in France for his health. The first order the British govern- ment placed with Canadian manufac- turers’ for fleld artillery guns and howlitzers amounted to, $685,000,000. ~ John Mocnrlhy .Iln John Sullivan, of Augusta, Me., was held for the su. perfor court at Manchester, N. H., on the charge of passing forged checks. England’s promised arrangement permitting the shipment from neutral ports of American owned goods of German and Austrian origin is being held up. The Allan liner Pretorian, _from Glasgow, ran ashore on White Island in the St. Lawrence river, after hav- ing been in collision with an unidenti- fled ship. The story that the steamre Onoko might have been destroyed to prevent her cargo of wheat reaching the allles was discredited In marine circles at Duluth, Minn, John Griscon, of New York, was sen- tenced to serve 60 days In the city pflmhrnum ng to flirt with Miss Rene Keith of New York, in a Brook- of mammmmmmau fia'm on the border may not be accepted, but the suggestion of dis- cussing with his representatives the in- ternational guestions involved in the situation is likely to be met by an in- vitation to Carranza to send delegates here lnll“d. DECLINED A $15,000,000 BRITISH WAR ORDER. W. H. McCurdy, President of a Large Plant at Evanston, Il Evanston, Ill, Sept. 16—W. H. Mc- Curdy, president of a large buggy and §as engine concern of this city, an- noupced today that he had deciined an offer from representatives of the Brit- ish government for the manufacture of $15,000,000 worth of bhigh explosive shells. The order, Mr. McCurdy said, involved a profit of approximately $3,- 000,000 and delivery was to have been n the .middle of December. Un- willingness to risk thriving domestic business for war profits was assigned &8s the cause of the decision. FARMER KILLS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. Then Committed Suicide—Was Men- tally Deranged. Hattiesburg, Miss, Sept. 16.—Mon- roe M. Lee, a farmer, killed his wife ud two daughters near here today, then committeq suicide. A coroners jury concluded that Lee, who was 35 years old, bad ludd-u.y become men- tally deranged. e family will be buried tomorrow ln one grave, OBITUARY. Jeremiah J. Dempsey. xmnm-.cou..l-pt.u.—am- miah J. , one the Dbest known ecriminal w-xnnum-: county, died at his home in Gilder- sleeve this afternoon. He had health for months. at 63 years ago sdmitted to the bar at Had. e Tpeaed o i X oM bas een and 'was has here.