Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 26, 1915, Page 1

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British, Frenoh Italian and Russian Fumes Are Simultaneously _Active in Ilespoetm*fialds T0 DISCOUNT TEUTONIC _CAMPAIEN IN SERBIA |o: 0 The Desire of the Germans to Open a Route Through North- | to | eastern Serbia and Bulgaria is on the Eve of Being Ac- complished — Bulgarians Who Reached Uskop Are |sion ‘Jeopardized by the Advance of fhe Allied Army—The Italians, by Their Offensive, Are Compelling the Aus- trians to Strengthen Their Lines—Russians Are Fight- ing Pitched Battles in the Riga and Dvinsk Regions in an Effort to Retake Ground Lost Last Week—British and Russian Submarines Have Stopped German Mer- cantile Traffic in the Baltic Sea. London, t. 25, 10 p. m.—While the Austro-Gern\ l\ and Bulgarian cam- palgns in nor‘bern and eastern Serbia are being carried .out according to the plan, despite flerce Serbian resistance, and the Bulgars who crossed the Timok and hold the town of Prahovo are séparated from the Germans who crossed the Danube near Orsova by only a few miles in the south, things are not going so well for the invaders in the latter region. French Troops Fight With Serbs. mg. Erench troops have joined hands according to unu. have inflicted a se- fleffit on the Bulllfllnl at Krivo- les the point where the Saloniki-Nish nnwly crosses the Serbo-Greek fronti er. Bulgarians in Awkward Position. and Bulgaria_to nl-hanunaveolbe- ""*".."."I: of Serbia Not Desperate. On the other hand, military writers pain Tfimd«m to hclnxflerbh by rush- reinforcements to Saloniki and other points, the B“mu o i -xw-ne ‘warm reception a; t the Germans and Turks, being fully occu- elsewhere, will Aot be able to send much help. ult to Get German Reinforcements correspondents in _France 6 Just disclosed the fact. made to them by the Brld-h eh-ux th test difficulty in_securing new rcements to meet that adventure, 8 1iad to call upon men just return: Ryssia for = :fia ‘western llnas% m that the Germans cannot spare ‘s great many men for the Balkans, es- pecizlly as the Russians are keeping thes tarlly busy from the Baltic to the Ihh-n Ofiumlvc. by their offensive, are ng the Austrians to strengthen e, and the French by the cap. ture today of a strongly fortified sali- ent north of Le Mesnil, in Champagne, havo shown that they have not yet finishéd thelr effort to break through. The French success is considered im- portant because the capture of this fortified area clears the ground for an- other general offensive in Champagne. British Trying to Force Germans. For the same reason, the British are trying to force the Germans out of thels redoubts and from the slag heaps to ‘the south of La Bassee. ‘hese, however, are only preparatory open- tians, while the Italians are in the of a great offensive which has gained for them many valua- vantage points and, according to despatches, may any day place in Dmlh‘m of the fortress of f.u.li.lll Filbfin' Pitched Il‘nlu ‘were repulsed have broken gxfiu?h“ otr Mimmatorn. (o and " one miles) west of Komanow. ‘German Campaign in Courland. BRITISH OFFICER SUICIDES WHILE A PRISONER s Captors— hed for Crit- Buried with Honors by Crefeld Zeitung Pu icism. Berlin, Oct. 25 (By wireless to Tuck- erton, N. Major _Nicholson, a British officer, is said By the Overseas News agency to have committed sui- cide while suffering from cholia. “When Major Nicholson was buried, e news agency. continued, “the Ger- Cross sent a wreath. Creteid Zeitung oriticised this action and was punished for doing so by the commanding general, who stated that dead enemies must be honored and especially Major Nicholson, who was 2 most respectable gentleman. “The major left a létter stating that his_treatment by the Germans had BALi 0. do with the reason for his MANIFE‘TO le"lNG BRITISH CONSCRIPTION Has Been Issued by & Few Members of Parliament. London, Oct. 5, 7.25 p. m—A man- ifesto opposing conscription has been issued by a comparatively small num- ber of members of parliament. Among the reasons given for such opposition is that the compulsory system would 50 deplete the ranks of the industrial workers that Great Britain would be unable to meet her obligations as- sumed in behalf of the allies to sup- ply them with stores of munitions and give them substantial financial help. It is further declared that compul- sion would arouse bitter opposition among the workmen an e destroy national unity, which is es- sential to the successful prosecution of the war. BULGARIAN NEWSPAPERS THREATENING GREECE. Irritated Over - Landing of Allied Troops at Saloniki. London, Oct. .14 a. mw—Tge Bul- garian newspapers are lopting & threatening attitude towards Greece, according to a despattch to the Eex- change Telegraph comphny from Zu- rich. The despatch says the newspa- pers are very much irritated over Greece's acquiescence in ‘the landing of allied troops at Saloniki and that the government organ Kambana de- clares that if Greece cannot expel the | Englan allies Bulgaria must perform the task herself. PROBABLE RESIGNATION OF RUSSIAN RAILWAYS MINISTER Because Employes Were Bribed to Give Preference to Water Instead of Food. " Berlin, Oct. 25 ertoon, N. J.)— agency says: “The prohable resignation of the Russian minister of railways is being rn-e-und says a report from Coi The reason lies in the fact uut there arrived lately in Moscow a_consignment of bitter water, instead of much-needed food supplies. Rail- way. employes were 1o give s e consignment of' wa- ter. 5 By wireless 2o Tuck: News ALLIES ASK SERBIANS TO & HOLD OUT FIVE DAYS Say That Effective Aid Will Be Ren- dered hy That Time. Lnndan., Oct.. 26 2105 moThe 41 lies have asked the Serbfan lquar- ters 10 “resist. the Teatons sud Bl garjans for only five days more. by which time effective aid from the al- les will says the it under date of Sunday. - The corre- spondent adds th'::, by fl:e Fy spirit the Shbiin’ raalh as they can hold out double M BRITISH STEAMER AFIRE BEACHED AT DEAL, ENG. bl s o Costa Rica R.uflt-hr::‘_ © San_J¢ Costa Ric Oct. 25.—Ane n::twu Wu CASHIER cbuwwv SENTENCED Were Found Glnity of Using the Mails —Six officers salesmen of the aa(nsct United me the Smails I today i !y.'.l‘he dafand.u\t.l ‘were &x:hnd near- two years ago on charge of violating the postal fraud statute in selling stock of the company. It was alleged that the stock did not have the vuue represented and that hun- dreds persons throughout the United Stnl- were defrauded of near- 1y $1,000,000. BUFREME COURT'S DECISION ON iMMIGRATION POLICY. Commercial Depression at Destination No Bs !n Aliens. Washington, Oct. 25—Immigration officials were today by the si preme court of the power of exclud~ ing_aliens hecause in their opinion, commercial depression at the place % destination might cause the aliens become public charges, — Nome Rus. sian immigrants destined to Portland, -, were ordered released from cus- tody, in which thy were held for de- portation. The decision reverses a policy of the immigration service. “The immigration law deals with ad- mission to the United States and not to Portland” said Justice Holmes, “It wouid be an amazing argument for immigration officials to refuse ad- mission to the Uniteq States because the labor market in the United States was overburdened, and -yet . that would be more reasonable than re- fusal because of reported conditions in one city. ONLY: MACHINISTS OUT AT 5 ~+GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANT. No Further Suspension of Work is Anticipated. Scheriectady, N. Y., Oct. 25.—At 2 meeting tonight of the Eastern New York district council of the Interna- tional Brotherhood = of Electrical Workers, all of the unions of that organization were ordered to reurn to work at the General Electric Plln'; under the settiement made Satur- day night. About 3,000 machinists and steam fitters have voted to re- main ot for eight hours. “No troubls s expected and no further suspension of work is anticipated by unign lead: ers. The machinists’ officers claim to have the support of the Interna: tional executive committee, which is to send a representative here to join Vive President J. J. Keppler. STEPS FOR A NEW ENGLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Taken at a Meeting of Manufacturers and Business Men at Worcester, ‘Worcester, Mass, Oct. 25.—Prelim- steps. were taken at a meeting e e Tepresentatives of commercial organ- izations this afternoon to organize a New Englana Chamber C merce. A temporary 2 new special committee appo the purpose by the Western d Chamber of Commerce wi affected with President Frederick Hillman, Springfield, and Secretary James P. Taylor, ngton, Ve, o that body. ss chalrman and secrefary, respectively. 5 REPORT THAT MALLORY . LINER IS AFIRE AT SEA Picked Up by Wireless from Clyde Liner Lenape. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 25 here tonight that the Lenape, nearing this port. had aboard the crew of the Mallory iine freight steamer Colorade, abandoned off the South Carolina ‘coast, when afire, could not be con- firmed. The local wireless stations and officers of the coast guard cut- It was sald in nhlpvln‘ circles here that the Colorado carried a crew of 37 men. She was commanded by Captain Congdon. PE‘I‘ITIONS Fofl RECA[L OF GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA, He Declares That a “Big Interests” Are Behind the Movement. Phoentx, Atlz, Oct, 25 —Governor George 0 ) for whose recall o omes petitions were. piaces. i declared today jsal dthe ministerial crisis, nw:nd to re) ,|ALL EXCEPT ONE OF THE DEAD Owing to Amnesty the Convieted Man Will Serve Only Twenty-Nins Days in Prison. Oomo.'lhll mmoa.a.'l.n hohnh.m(mhh.l with murdering thorough ', | thorough in Stirring Pleas. Both the prosecutor nfl t.ho coun- sel for the defense (C.Mmud on Pa Yhm) FEARS ENTERTAINED FOR MISSING PRIEST Who Was Supposed to Celebrate His First Mass at Waterbury Sunday. New.. Britain, Conn.. Ost. 25—Fears aro entertained George. *| Bartiekewi, 24, who ek “supposed to celebrate his first mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in this city yes. La Touraine Saturday, but so far noth- ing has been heard from him. Father Bartlewskl was graduated ~from St. Thomas' seminary in Hartford in the gltne: of 1810 since that time he has Swi TFrei ‘where he ltlldled for $74,000,000 WORTH OF .AUTOS AND PARTS SENT ABROAD Increase of- $36,000,000 Over the Previous Year. An Washington, Oct. 25.—Forelgn coun- tries_took - over §14606,406 “worth of au and- parts thereot in _ihe ouat ¢ " hcal year, the oreign and domestic com- [ to ©oi mu Th made up as f Comme: passenger automobiles, tomobile tires, $4,91 engines. $1,405,334, and automoblle varts 3153183 Exports t $24,000,000; Russia more than $9, ports to_Alaska were 30514,585, ond to Porto R MRS. BELVA LOCKWOOD TURNS 85TH MILESTONE Is Lively and Takes an Active Interest in Public Affairs. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—Mrs. - Belva Lockwood, once a candidate for the presidency, had turned her-85th mile- stone today. Despite her years she is lively and takes an active interest in public affairs. “Suffrage is no longer an issue,™ sald Mrs. Lockwood today: “it is an accomplished Those states which have so far denied it to women will ey ‘notwithstanding Smid that what con- She [today by Chano Flores, is peace. 10 turn her attention to Aiscour: zing talk of military preparedness. ‘I am for peace and without Prep- aration, too.”- continued Mrs. wood. paration is unnecessary, because no nation is ‘fltn‘ to fll! the United States. There 5| 1o nation that doesn’t like us lnd t.han ‘is not a nat we don't like. Then, why prepare?” Mrs. Iock'ond added that to pre- pare would detract from the greatness of this country. MINISTERIAL CRISIS | i SPAIN HAS BEEN SETTLED By the Appointment of Rafael An- drade and Luh Espada. Madrid, via Parls, Oct. . 1150 . .—The ‘min crisi: been Andrade ax minister of pubiic inatruc. tion and Luis Espada as minister of public works. The other munisters in the cabinet will retain- their A despatch from Madrid October 19 Do sabtnda to o e ister of finanys, et i the nubllc in- struction and public_works over expenditures which he considered, ex- tran fl"!fi $1,000 AND cotrl IN THE SUPERIOR COURT m portfolios. | peen WERE YOUNG WOMEN :|BOX SHOP EMPLOYES e Flames Spread so Rapidly That Es- cape by Stairways and Fire ‘Was Soon Cut Off. Joseph G. Arm. the po- t Tice, ity ounell a (e COroRer make vestigation. aged Henel Waner, Sophu Zobok, 22, Carolina Farrara, Dorothy Link, 16, Florence Baker ) , Cecilia Joss 17 Bertha Dunapple Ottilife Chicago, urtwonnlnnrpflnalnm Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. anoounced the birth of a son George's appeal for L"“"v. ~ creased the number of dally enlist- ments. national General c."’llll.’l government has formally assumed responsibility for the lives and Bty of toreigners exico. er | in all parts of M Flames Gained Headway Rapidly. The flames started in a pile ot straw in the-rear of the feed store of James Brown and Co. on the first floor of the building. William C, Kimbel, general r of the box factory, at once went to the third and fourth floors and warned the girls em- ployed there to leave quietly. Thi flames gained headway so rapidly, however, that escape by means of stairways_and fire was soon cut oft. Some of the girls attempted to g0 to the dressing room for their hats there, huddied on the floor, fire- men found a majority of the bodies. Saved Lives of Girls. Joseph L. Bash and A. J. employed or the second floor of the building, were about to jump when they were attracted by the screams of girls in the windows above. The men told the girls to jump. One by one as the girls lecped, Bash and Seagle caught them, lowered them as far as they could and then let them drop to the sidewalk. C. R. Carlisle, driver of a transter in the rear of the building and threw wagon, drove his wagon into an alley. up a rope to girls in a window amwove. After making one end fast, they slid %% |down the rope to safety. Girl lnL-ni by, Jm-nl. erwald, agéd 11 b...‘.?"‘ ‘when bmabudy closed a door at ih. Head of the stairway on the second Unable to Open Door. "W. got our wraps and #tarted down the staifway,” said Miss Steigerwald. ‘As we reached the second floor some person closed the door at the head of the stairway. We tried to open the door without success and then we startedstarted back to the third floor. By that time the third floor was fiill- ed with smoke. We made for the win- dows. One girl pushed me away from a window and I was the last to jump.” Three Other Girls Missing. Fire Chief Stanahan said tonight that three other girls are missing. He | Bal said that a search of the hospitals and morgues had failed to furnish any trace of them. TEXAS OFFICIALS ON TRAIL OF BANDITS Through a Confession Said to Have Been Made to Sheriff. Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 25.—Texas officlals tonight believe they are on the trail of the chief offenders in the border raids of the last three months. Through a confession alleged to- have been made to the sheriff’s department a Mexican prisoner, who is said to have admit- ted participation in last Monday night’s train wreck and murders near here, the officials clafin to have se- cured much valuable information. Luclano, ~Chapa, arrested with Flores, denles the latter's confession. The sheriff's dml now has un- der arrest eight men accused of com- ty [ recent depredations. The exicans in Texas. Rob- it is declared, are of iacss Jo said (5 Bave admitted par m ptmaita s o i s o, P bastian, this county. ‘eoks Mexico, for sev ‘weeks maintaining headquarters there. EMINENT GERMAN ORATOR AND PHILOSOPHER DEAD heir | prof. Wilhelm Windel Band of Heidel- burg University, mmn(mmu-wnn. erton, N. J)—The death of William Bach, 50, of New. Béaford, Mass., was killed there when fun over by a runaway coal wagon from whic he was attempting to alight. Pacific Exposition grounds when the | 50 fai ends. New York from quarters of dressed ohsigument ot A sent here. Posses | Kan., in . pérson who attacked and choked to death Miss Nellie Byers, a The mmhlp Vauban arrived at Argentin school teacher, found dead near Dodge | - City, Kan. Every one of the 21 American re- publics’ will be represented =zt the second Pan-American Scientific Cen- gress, to be held in Washington from Bec 21 % Jan. s Dr. W. J. Hlb'-y of New Y who was se Dol.-n College, at T homht that by Flerre 8. du Pont, president of the du Pont P”l.r Co. Conferances between representatives of the striking copper miners in the Clifton, Morenci and Metcalf dist: of Arizona, clczed at El Paso without un agreement having been reuchad. The Immigration Department Las resumed the deportation of undesir- able allens who have been held here beause the war prevented their being shipped back to their native countrics. thy lights ot Malmoe harbor, as they are a guide tv Pritish submarines entering the Prince L.opdd of Coburg, a nephew of King eFrdinand of Bulgaria, was ourned with acid and shot with a ro- volver by a woman friend ln Vien, 'n..; Prince is expected to s i The latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease among cattle In lu..» achusetts, has been suppressed, Jotn A, Kiernan, of the feders) o reau of animal indusiry, announced yesterday. Eulalic Gutierrez, former Conven- ist Provisional President of Mexico, restored 2,560,000 pesos to the Carranza government at Saltillo, and pledged his loyalty to Carranza government. x?lngl""u States revenus cutter i on duty in the Guif of Mexi- to search for the Amarican ‘stemmer ‘Zoststal ol ed to have been fitted out as a Ger- man commerce raider. A moveriient was started in London day to be known as “Ca- set aside for the whole na- memory of the 3 | distrie Mlb&—bnhcouyw— “Wflh&-&“&-flabmflw o Delay Steamers Laden With War Supplies for the Allie —Had Talked With Captain Von Pappen and Captain -+ i 3 K. Boy-Ed About the Plan, But They Refused to Have Anylh-;bbomb—-wnynndthm Service Promises Further New York, Oct. 35—iwuum of & plot to hamper the shipment of muni- tions of war to the allies by plac- charged in with @ United States comemf er with conspiracy to vldnu a feder- al statute. Charged With Conspiracy. Following upon the confession of bert Fay, a lieutenant of the Six- teenth_Saxony Infantry, who admitted that e came to this country last April through an agreement with the German secret service to blow up or delay steamers laden with war sup- plies for the allies, William J. Flynn, chief of the secret service, tomight filed before United States Commis- sloner Houghton & gomplaint in which not only Fay, but other mén are charged with promoting the conspira- The on ~ the . federal arge was set for November 4. Device to Blow Up Ships. Fay confessed that while.on the-bat- tlefield he talked with his superior officers about a device to blow up ships: that later bix ides of coming to America and carrying scheme Oirough:” was ol refutved by the German secret service, that he came enough supplied with money to act his Tesponsibility and that ne Captain .V the Making Clock Werked m The wonfession of Fay, who said he had beem decorated with the Iron Cross for fighting in she Champagne in covy o the Usited Sthige on Amhl 38 jwet his making of clock-work bombs since then and his mlrm- in experi- menting with long the Fudson river. Quantitiés of acid. in the room occupied by Fay and Wal- ter L Scholz in Weehawken, N. J, and boxes cach containing 120 pounds REMOVAL OF BIRTHMARKS BY APPLICATION OF LIQUID AIR Demonstration Made at Clinical Con Boston, Oct. 25. to examine phynchuu o replace present system of examination. by state boards, was favored by the sixth an- nual clinical congress of surgeons of North America at its opening session today. A resolution to this effect, introduced by Dr. M. N. Ochsner of Chicago, was adopted after a brief discussion. More than two thousand prominent surgeons attended the various clinics and meetings which were held during the day and evening. A demonstration of the removal of birthmarks by the application of liquid air at a tempera- ture of 200 degrees below zero was one of the interesting features of.the clinics. It was stated that the operas tion was painiess and that birthmarks disappeared in 20 B under the treatment. AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY HAS OCCUPIED TEKIA Serbian Population Flee Across the Border Into Rumanja. will | Orso lnfll‘u!.'n- studies and | Sat the bar. consented ot the movement to the birthplace of the poet = e Poctian. ident of the International Longfellow association. Ambassador Jusserand and saved u:'ne- Burses, Countess de tions in Belglum. ERBIAN TROOPS HAVE WITHDRAWN FROF DANUBE. having’ of the Belleville, 0 regula- two Rewalations. .‘""“L Tvnomnmwnmw and another, making the ffth, was hamed In the complaint, but he:had not been apprehended. The new arrests were: Paul Dare- he, JMCfly.l\ J., who said he was a graduate and came mth.c-lt-flm in Scholtz, s hmacr fo-taw Other "information which. he. Ppol veal at this time, ‘.‘u'ed b Vo complaies to Commistots: 8 Chief Flynn stated that smm formerly of the German bocome a gow: wn set forth money from men are charged ing to violate a section of the Us code. United States by surprise or w force mzliciously attacks any vessel belonging to an intent unlawfully to plunder same or to despoil any owner of any money, goods or merchandise laden on board t.henlm shall be fined,” CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIHL DISCUSSES MILITARISM Matter Undecided When Adjournment Was Taken Till Wednesday. New Haven, Conn.. Oct. 25—Differ~ ence of opinion as to the right word- ing of a resolution to place the Na- Council of * Copngregational Churches on record as being against a militaristic policy in the United States left the matter undecided when adjournment was taken this evening until Wednesday and a resolution which seemed to voice the prevailing sentiment was placed in the care of & special committee, The matter came up twice lofi! I first in the morning when Rev. Dr. E. Jefferson of New an! city put in a sweeping resolution and H Beardsley of R PR MAYOR CURLEY FAILS TO SETTLE STRIKE Officials of Railroads Refused to Enter Conference i ; to enter a conference employes which the mayor sought to : arrange. A jolhit committee of the stril which entered the conference With the statement that the men were '\ willing to submit_their demands ‘wage increases. Mmd 'Brk~ ‘hours lnfl holiday : pay, board that might beehv—x.m . aisappointed. BURGLARS WRECK SAFE y WITH NITRO-GLYGERINI Secured About $650 in Money 3

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