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VOL. 51 NO. 185 mm j i fl! , fc ;9 .'.El ' I I fill ft 'f'W 1 I' . 9 tl . 1 L'i) . 1 Sill I.tSliUi Capital of Baltic Provinces Expected to Capitulate " Soon v Before Onrush of Austro-German Forced Hostile Aeroplanes Drop I2crabs on City. "Xlusfians, . in Retreat, Are Fighting Desperately To Prevent Enemy '3 Plan.To . Surround Army Allied -"' Nations -Hope For Ulti mate Success in East. London, Aug. 6 With, great ' Russian fortresses the .of Warsaw. and, Ivangorod captur od and the fall of Riga, the cap . ial of the Baltic provinces, im t minent, the Austro-Gernian on ' slaught has -reached its high rde in Jhe 'east and the jiext . step will be the German'. Einj peror's triumphant entry -into . the Polish capital. That event is lively soon to be followed by the pronounce ment of a united and semi-autonomous Poland, embracing not only the '.territory- wrested from the Russians but the Austrian crown Jand of Galicia. ' Meantime, the Russian arm ies are fighting their way back ward toward - Russian ' proper, inflicting blows on"the invad ers wherever possible, trying to fend them off; the . rail-; rays running north and south, hi or . der - that the ends.of " the Ger man r-ippers may not meet, and, in closing, bring disaster iothe Russian arras. - - . '. r- The' position, of the army of Grand" Duke Nicholas now is a matter of solicitude as. the r oc cupation of Warsaw is believe ed to be a prelude to-the greater purpose of -enveloping the re treating forces. .. , , Orand ; Duke Retreats. ' Petrograd reports show the Grand Duke has' retired to the right bank, of the Vlctula both at Warsaw and Ivan tod, -destoyinK the fcridgea at both' points,, and contesting the German ad Vance across the river. ( Back of he retiring Russians is the "Vast morass of Central Poland .with lew : railways and primitive roads, making virtually impossible a.quick movement of- guns and' supplies, while back - of , Warsaw, the only fortress available as a rallying point fo- the 'Russians is Brest-Litovsk. hus the ' Russians are menaced by General Von Buelow's " columns bending southward and i by Field Marshal Von Maaken . (sen's . southerp army bending north- ward. The fall'of Ivangorod proper is official! v reported- today in bulletins both from Berlin and Vienna. ' . The occupation of Warsaw now . is centering attention ori, !a series of im portant events that are being ar ran ged.. First, will be the selection of 1 German governor. Reports indicate Ihe appointee will b& a German prince, possibly son; of the German! Em- , eror or an Austrian archduke.1 who Will be vsted.'wit.h authority "akin to - at which Napoleon gave to his broth ers and to his marshals -asA kings of ftreupied. territory. ,. "' i - -t -V.'."';., Berlin .reports - that a Council ori Sunday will formulate a proclamation Soclaring Poland to be a semi-autono-mcfus state , under , joint " Polish and, A-ustro-Hungarian rule. - This con forms with .a recentxdecision of a. Pol ish congress held at Piotrkow, Rus sian Poland, which , proposed a joint Polish and Austro-Hungarian -rulo fc'ith a separate-army and the fullest f-lish autonomy - consistent , with the : -'.tegic Interests of Austro-Hungary. ' iie German , offer of autonomy is . r t arded as a bid for - the support- of t-; S population -of Poland as against a B nilax declaration of SJmperor Kich c. :s promising eventual Polish auton omy under Russian suzerainty. Th outcome of ' these, events in . Warsaw pfrtbably -will - determine the political Status of Poland during the war;' What the Germans will do next in a - r-ilitary way,' after attempting to com "j 'te their enveloping 'movement, is a matter of much speculation. ' If the campaign against the Rus cians i not energetically pushed there is the possibility of the present1 victo ries being . undone, while if an ofTen . s1re n. the. eat; is continued the Ger- tians face the rigors and dangers of a '-'iter campaign- in Russia. . Conaervative studenta here think it ' '.11 result in a' compromise in which tno Germans will withdraw part of the.r army, leaving enough men to maintain and secure the defensive po sitions when they have dug themselves tn. . . ' ' - ' .- .- : .' , i, SITUATION AT RIGA - DECOMES MORE ACUTE London, Aug. S- Discussing the e. tuation around Riga, the Petroprad -respondent of the Morning Post t JB-. . .. . - '. . ,. Craunueu on Page . EIGHTEEN PAGES TODAY mm rnirinir FORTRESS-OF WAH&0R0D " Berlin, Aug. 6 Delayed in 'transmission The Russian fortress of Ivan gorod, situated ' on thto Vistula river f orty-fivo miles southeast of Warsaw, was captured toy the Teutonic armies today. '' Ivangorod is located at the confluence of the Vistula ifeid the Vieprz rivers.x It is situated on the railroad running" to Lukow and Brest Lietovsk and also on a line connecting with "Warsaw. ' 1 Vienna Aug.' 6--tTlie occupation of Ivangorod yesterday hy Austro-German forces is announced in an official telegram from the front. f. ' A statepieftt issued later in the night explained that the- Ivangorod forts 'were not .properly constructed for modern narfaro. This statement was made "in' reply to the Austrian claim that a great victory was achieved in Ivangorod , capture." . nnn n a P' Hi Rome', Aug. 6 An official state ment; issued lay the Italian govern ment today says: ' - . : " . '.'Last night one of our r dirigible balloons flew over the Austriau for tress of Pola and threw . bombs on several points that had been previ ously bombarded. .-. "For. reasons which it has been- im possible to establish, the dirigible fell ticlo' the' "sea and its crew consisting of three officers and three men,' were made prisoners." ' - . CONFERENCES ON MEXICO TROUBLE AT STATE DEPT. Secretary Lansing and A. B. 0. Delegates Continue Executive Session.1 Washington, Aug. 6. The confer ences between Secretary Sensing and six Pan-American diplomats whose co-operation was' sought by President Wilson in his plan to restore peace in" Mexico, was continued today. - The conferees decline to discuss the proceedings on the ground that the conferences( were declared' informal and confidential. It is considered likely .that one of . the rirst results , of the conference- will be a final appeal to all, the Mexican factional laders to accommodate their difference and re store peace. This probably will - be sent in a few days, . ; " " - The message to 'Carranza will -ask that he lay . down : his arms aid. join with his Adversaries in setting up a government tbe United States ' will recognize. It will- insist that the an swer be within a. stipulated time. 1 TTje character '-of the final plans for restoration ; of peace depends . largely on Carranza's response. ... OUILA Brownsville, Tex., Aug. . 6 Mexican outlaws . today raided ! the village of Sebastian, 37 miles north of here, killing :a. man and a' woman. -.-United States cavalrymen from Harlihgeh, 12 miles distant, have gone to Sebastian. N. Y. BULL MOOSE BEGIN PLANS FOR COMING ELECTION Albany, Aug. '6. Up-rftate Progres sives, most of them county chairmen, met here today to discuss the future of the party, particularly as to .put ting candidates in the field at the fall election. It was expected that be tween 40 and 50 leaders from various parts of the state would be here j fore the meeting closed tonight. expected to arrive some time during the day. " Henry J. Cocrane -Albany county chairman' of the Progre-sives today announced Jiis intention to return to the Republican party. WS IN ID PRISON PLAGEANISTS UNWORTHY W CELL, SAYS CONVICT EDITOR Atlanta, Ga.,' Aug. 6 Plagiar ism exists even behind prison walls; according to the current is sue' of Good Words, - a monthly, newspaper published t by the in mates of the Atlanta Federal Prison which pharges three state prison papers with ' using matter from , Good Words, without giving thai- publication credit. Their ed itors are declared to be unworthy to be in a. United States prison'. V ' HAYT1EN REVOLT AGAIN APPEARS; U.S. GUARDS OUT Washington, Aug.- 6.A nw rvolu tionary disturbance at Gonaives, on the western . coas of Hayti, has been" reported "".to. ;JFtear Admiral Caperton, and 'he has dispatched the naval tug Osceola with forces to ".protect the cus toms house. 1 . ' , T i The admiral reported the occu-pation of Fort Xational. in Port- Au P.rince, by American forces without resistance. The American marines are quartered in the barracks. Colonel Cole, com manding the marines landed from the batte!ship Connecticut, is in military charge of the town, and Captain Beach has been assigned o hdndlecivil af fairs. . v ' A session of the Haytian parliament to select a president hass been called for Sunday.. V R.T. CRAIIE IIAMED PRIVATE SECRETARY TO ROBERT LANSING Former Bridgeporter, Noted -Sportsman; Gets ' High. " Pice in State Depti - - " - . - . , - ,.' The appointment -' of -" Richard TJ Crane, '3rd, son of Charles R. Cjrane, a close friend o President Wilson.and founder of the Crane ValVe Co.,' to be secretary .to Robert Lansing, secre tary of state, will meet with the ap proval of the many friends of young Mr. Crane in' this -city, Where ' he is well known in bu'siness and social cir cles. I;''.-''- I ' -' Richard , Crane, 3rd, after learning the business under his father, in. Chi cago, came to this city several-years ago to reside" while,-, assuming the presidency of the Crane Valve Co. He resided on RusSling Place near Laurel- avenue, and took great inter est in social affairs, being a. member of the Brooklawn tlub and other so cial organizations. ' He was a tennis player of considerable note and took interest . irt athletes, being one ot those who encouraged athletics among the employes of the big factory. ; Mr. Crane was ui t-nis city about two months ago renewing old friend ships though he now divides his time between his country home J at . Woods Hole, Mass.,; and . Lake Geneva, 111. . V It is said that through his' efforts with those of : his . father,, one of the most noted economists in the United States, that the employes tot the Crane Co. throughout this country, enjoy the big Christmas dividend checks that have been a rule of the company for several years. .", , ' V' Crane was the owner of the first hydroplane seen in local waters.' ; It sank in' the middle of the1 Sound.,' PROWLERS IiOOT SALOON. Burglars entered the saloon at the corner of Maplewood and Hancock avenues, owned by M. J. .Xelley, last evening after -midnight, and confis cated, $20 worth of whiskey-and sev eral boxes of cfgars. Entrance was gained thrpugh.;.a rear ;window. WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Satur day ; probably." showers. Geritlr to moderate northeast windsw BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915 lmm P91 J "'S jSk i"WP!' gj,ijjiiii Am UUW P"P9. ' A 7fn 1 o)"Q Is s 5(11 ir vS li ffl ILivJ Ik? u U u Ui? vhJ Uii Lai u Ul LqU - ' ! 1 1 - Announcement erf Disposition of Company to Treat With Its Employes Is Made By Presi dent Davis In Notices Posted on Time Clocks of Factory Employes to Vote Tomorrow Night on Future Course. Announcement of the willingness of the Locomobile Co. of America to discuss with its employes the question of installing an eight hour working day in preference to the recently an-! nounced. bonus system was made in a notice posted by order of President S. TV. Davis, Jr., throughout the plant this noon. This precipitated an unusually large attendance at the in formal meeting of employes held .this noon in Seaside court. 'The chief topic of conversation take to get the eight hour day. It was apparent that the bonus system has been declared unpopular by the general sentiment of the workers. x ' - ' " ; : r , MOBS LYNCH ,.- .,, , w.s- Shawhee Okla.,' Aug. 6 Ed Berry, in negro, charged : with, many crimes, was . taken ' from officers' today by a mfcb -aud lynched. , He was accusedj of killing two women -ajn8 is' said to 'hja.ve confessed to having ' attacked many women. ' . n; -. -, " '.-'-5 ? .':. i : '"'-'-.-"'''. '-!-! ' ' Trilby, Fla., Aug.'' 6 A mob attack ed the jail at Dade City late last night overpowered the jailor and lynched Will Leach, a negro (Aisarged with at tacking a white girl, r . t GOMPERS' REPORT ON EASTLAND WILL GO TO PRESIDENT V'l- -v-:: Chicago, Aug. 6.-t-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Feleration ot Labor,'- who with a committee of lo eal labor leaders ' has been investigat ing the Eastland -disaster, announced today, that h? will lay his findings up to date befor4 President Wilson. Secretary of ; Commerce -Redfiejd, whose .investigation was terminated yesterday- for the time being, expects tb ; start for Washington this after noon. ,. ' - ? ' In the federal building it was re ported" that experts were drajctine- in dictments Isaid to name six, persons in connection with the disaster. SENATOR PENROSE SAYS HE'LL HAVE ' NEW TARIFF BILL Philadelphia, Aug. 6--United States Senator- Bois Penrose, . in a speech at a dinner here last night, announced that he would introduce a tariff bill' at the next session of Congress. vThe Sena tor said -the bill would be "protective in its nature containing a; horizonal reduction -of 15 or! 2 0 per cent.v;on many of the duties contained in the Payne bill but reinforcing some of the schedules; like the chemical schedule? to the extent, that may be . necessary io secure mese industries in our coun try. -This bill will . protect us frtfm the. collapse jsvhich will occur on the close of the war in Europe." . Children Do Honor " To the Memory of President's Wife Rome, Ga., . Aug. 6---Scores of children and adults- paig tribute to the memory of Mrs. Woodrow Wil son today,--the first anniversary of her death, by- placing flowers on her'. grave..-The hour from 9 until 10, r'clock this morning was set aside for the children. Many of them went ito tlie cemetery with only a single blossom, which they placed among, the mass of floral tributes, sent by organizations and individuals in many parts- of the. country. . '- Helen Axson '.Wilson Memorial Society held services at the grave later. ' Dr. G. G. Snyder, of "the First Presbyteriai Ch'urch. who of ficiated, at Mrs. . .Wilson's funeral,. )"h the serviceo " , 0.MFAHY: km Ml Was what steps the men would This is the notice posted in the" Lo comobile plant: , . , - TO THE EMPLOYES OF THE ,, i LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF ; AMEXiICA: . ; ' Some -of . the labor leaders in Bridgeport have been agitating au eight-hour day, and . have - v -. been trying to influence our. em - " "ployes by ' stating 'that thesProfit- .. sharing plan is not going towork 1 to their benefit, even threatenihg i to tie up our. plant with a strike. This company has only had one, strike since it: has been operat '. ing.i This was 'over ! 13 years ago. We" are not in the habit of quar 1 reling with our ' workmen and l - do not intend to. , If we find, .after the -Profit-sharing Plan has ' been in operation,- that .the irien - prefer a , work week of ; shorter - , hours, we will make our arrange ments to operate the plant on a basis of eight hours a day. K THE LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Si T. Davis, Jr., President, ; About- 500 worker? of the' Locomo bile plant gathered in., the court at noon. While there was' a general dis cussion of new concessions offered by the Locomobile heads, : no attempt? at open speaking was attempted, under Instructions from William H. Johns ton, president of the International As sociation of Machinists who had come specially from Hartford to bepresent at, today's meeting. -. Ex-Alderman Frederick Cederholm, eorge Bowen,' ageat of the Machin ists' union, Louis Nelson and other labor speakers were present tn large numbers today to continue! the agita tion, v , --., ' : - .. " '"...'' Announcement was made among the 500 or ..more workers who had gathered in the lot that . a general discussion of the situation' would be heard at Machinists' hall, Cannon street, tomorrow ntght at 8 o'clock following which a vote of the em ployes would be taken as to further action. . V . . When the notice posted at 11:45 on the time clocks throughout the Lo comobile factory was read, many . of the workers were insistent that a straw vote at once be taken to approve or condemn the bonus proposition. This is not favored by the majority. When the men passed but of . the Locomobile gates today, they were met by an increased' detail of police under command of Captain John Eegan ",--,TVhen the curious and expectant tftrpng that assembled on Henry street near Seaside court became large they were invited into the , yard hired : by the labor - men. The" police follow ed. ' ., ., ..' .' : There was some talk of having the police invited to step off the property until they produced .warrants or there was public speaking or real' disturb ance to bring them 6n. Wiser heads overruled these' suggestions. 'Duringthe rest of the hour the men stood in groups and discussed their affairs while-the surrounding yards were filled with men, women and children who had gathered to hear the speeches or witpess any further ar rests. . .',.;' ' "' President William H. Johnston said to a Farmer reporter today.: ., "When I heard of the arrests here yesterday I was thunderstruck at the action of - Mayor Wilson who has evi dently overstepped Ihe mark in this situation." . : ' "When our leaders preach sedition, then will be the time the police will i have a right to act. If we liable any j one in these meetings on private prop ' erty, there is .recourse through the I courts." "The arrests of yesterday have done for our organization what we could not have done for ourselves, Xo amount of agitation would have had the result that yesterday's action had, for I am told that practically the sup port of every machinist in the Loco mobile plant has been pledged to the local union -and . hundreds of others not machinists are likewise in sjmpa- IC1N0 0 m .continui-a on Page Two PAGES 1 TO 10 Counsel For Three Prisoners Shatters Weak At-terhpt-oi State to Convict Men of jSreach of the Peace Judge Wilder Sweeps Aside Trumped Up Charges and Considers Only Minor Phase ; of Case Before Returning Decision. UNION MEN DETERMINED TO MAKE FIGHT TO LAST DITCH FdR RIGHTS (Unseen Power'Moved Mayor, Is; Charge of v. .-- Counsel For Three Aceused Men Supt. Birmingham Swears He Was Directed to Ar-, . rest Anyone Who Attempted to Speak "on La bor Question" and Says Mayor Gave the Order, TJie real extent or tner.msoieiiee uayor w iison s attempt to gg labor, through the arrest ot men speaking on private property at the Locomobile company, became known today when" Superintendent of Police JEiigene 'Bir mingham, called by the ; testified that Mayor Wson hadrriven him orders to urrcot anyone who attempted to , - , , sxeak, at the Lqcompbile company meeting, on ''the labor question." . "-. , , '''..- ' - ' . -:, s - - ; Deputy Uudge Frank, Ii. Wilder swept aside the con tentions of the state that the labor, men, had broken the law in their attempt to speak bn private property. -There is only one phase of the case that he, even considers and that is whether the men, who insisted on exercising con stitutional, rights, broke the la wan. speaking after Super inten'dent Birmingham ordered themnbt to do so : Lawyers for the labor men declare this was not a violation- police had no right to invade the private .property where the men were-, in peaceful gathering,' much less order them to refrain from speaking. . . After in. .which the case of the state ag-ainst; George --J. Boweii, Frederick Cederholm- and Louis J. Nelson, arrested yesterday for attempting to address "a body of men at the Locomobile Co., was shattered by the defense. Judge F. L. Wilder reserved deifcison this' morning and. continued their cases until, next Tuesday. - .T'esMmony indicates thaj; the men will be exonerated, but in the. event that they are not, an appeal will be taken immedi ately. Injunctions wiirbe procured at once for meetings to be held, next we(ek, to prevent police interference. -- --- i'i " T ill ' -w t -m-m n - . f n folco .r none 1r Q fl tTTQ IT ?' COl'rl ATqI son after the hearing. I Scoring the . arrest of the ' men as an a-ct "prompted by unseen power" and Mayor. Clifford B. Wilson's ordef to the police as unconstitutional, coun sel tbr the defense plainly vindicated the action of the labor, men and so flimsy was the testimony ' : made igainst then that Judge Wilder push ed aside every item of it .except one, a technical point. - ' "Mayor Wilson knew his . order was in Violation of the constitution when he gave it." emphatically declared. At torney Hugh J. La very representing the victims.. "He's a .lawyer himself. Aijf' unseen power prompted the ar rest," -.'-'-"-.' Superintendent Eugene- Birmingham vindicated his part in the arrests by asserting' that everything he did was in accordance with orders he received and had to obey. He declared he so informed the men when he arrested them. ' ' ' Assistant ' Prosecuting . Attorney John P. Gray endeavored to prove that .the men hLd committed a breach of the peace: . The statute under which the case comes defines breach of the peace as "tumultous and of fensive carriage," and Attorney La-very- ridiculed the attempt to prove that.- ' ' - Judge Wilder swept aside all the other claims.' that were made against the men. Mr. Gray," trying to'prove his point,' said that if .a policeman ap proached - Mr. -La very sitting an his front stoop,- and ordered him into the house, Mr. Lavery would have to go.. This provoked a smile throughout the courtroom, and later the counsel for the - defense 'stove in the. argu ment. An attempt to prove that Nel son had traveled under aliases in va rious cities of the east was disallowed by the court." Judge Wilder said the only question of offense was whether or not "the men committed a breach of the peace by attempting to speak after having been, warned. His decision hangs on that point. - The scefie . at . police headquarters was interesting this morning. Nearly 100 persons gathered to hear the trial but Policeman Harold Sherwood was at the door of the city 'court room and turned . back everybody but the officers of the court, witnesses, law vers. policemen and reporters. The corridor outside .was crowded at the opening of court but was cleared by the' police. - Commotion was' caused when Mar- tin Tillstrom, a Workman, - was eject ed from the courtroom. . --..The case was the last of the docket to be heard. All 'the- defendants pleaded not guil- tv in answer tO-Court Clerk EarleistuIT ouiwrmienaeni oirnungnan GarUck's query. , - ; 'but asserted that some of the men r.ai Superintendent Eugene Birmingham! been standing In Seaside court, whictt, was the first witness called by the he said-.. is Public property, state: " He described the meeting . " Continued do Fits 2. . PRICE TWO CENTS i .- r ; tit "i f place of the men, said upwards of 300 persons were -present . and , asserted tha tthere' wias not a sign of disturb ance of any kind. V i "What did vou do ?" he was mask ed." ' .'-'4,-. . ', . ' . -...'' - - ; "I told thrh tat I aweta there to in form ithem that they could not apeak on public or private grounds. I told them that was my orders." "What did they say?" "Nelson said: 'Well, we're gomg to epeak.' He said also: 'We're going tomake a. test case or tins. ' SuperintJendent. Birmingham said he and his mien waited . 25 minutes until the crowd had assembled . and then Bowen mounted the 'box.' "I told him," said the superintendent, "that I had received orders from the mayor th.t I should arrest any man- that at tempted to speak on. the labor -question." . . " ". Bowen attempted to speak. Superin tendent Birmingham said, so he ar rested him. Bowerf made no objec tion and there : was . no disturbance other than the. cheering of the men for the prisoner. He described then how he arrested each in succession and he emphatically asserted, that no disturbance was made. . .. , 'IVIr. Lavery then asked: ' ' : " Wliai . crime, .ormisoemeainor did you arrest tJiese; gentlemen -for com mitting?". ... y,:.'ti. -' "On the orders of the mayor to ar rest these men for. speaking on the la bor question, on grounds public or pri vate." - - Attorney Lavery then ' brought out again, that the police had acted solely on orders from the mayor tos prevent speaking. He characterized the order as "a. decree of the mayor." Superintendent- - BtraiingHani said none of the men created a disturbance and 'said none said-, anything out - of the ordinary. " ' '' "Tour orders or decree from the mayor' was that these men couldn't make addresses on labor questions. It was confined solely to that, was it?" Superintendent Birmingham said: "Yes." " . ' "If these men had been speaking on -a social, a religious or an enonomic question, you wouldn't have stopped them?" "I wouldn't interfere." Mr. Gray objected here, but Judge ! Wilder allowed the questioning to go i on. ' . j . "Xo matter what subject they were talking on, other than that of labor, you wouldn't have interfered?" "Xo." Sergeant Charles Wheeler was place-1 on the stand. He substantiated the i f ; . . T-i. ;. . t: