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New Britain herald., 1915-07-17
ADMITS KILLING MOTHER.
Indianapolis Girl Sent to Indiana
 Girls School at Cicrmont

Indianapolis, July 17.--Inez Burk, the 6 year old girl who killed her mother, Mrs. Archie McClain in this city two weeks ago by striking her on the head with an axe and then slash ing her with pairing knife, entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the circuit court here today. She was sen fenced to the Indiana Girls School at Clermont to remain until she is 20 years old.
 Frank Taylor. Miss Burk's lover. has been released from custody. as the grand jury failed to connect him with the crime.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-17
FOREIGN MINISTER
 OF GREECE RESIGNS
Christakis Zographos Leaves Cabinet According to Advices From Athens;
 King ConvaIcscing Normally.

London, July IT, $50 a. m-Chris- taleis zographos, foreign minister of Greece, has resigned. according to an Athens despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company.
 Although King Constantine's physi- clans declare his condition is sat- isfactory and that he is convalescing normally after his severe illness they have ordered him to abstain from all participation in political dis eussions.
 M. Zographos became foreign minis ter in the cabinet formed by M. Gounaris in March, after the retire Hlent of M. Vnizlos as premier when the king declined to accept the Iatter's views regarding the proper attitude for Greece to assume in the war. F4
New Britain herald., 1915-07-17
.LUSITANIASL|
 RESULT OF ! GERMANSUB|
Lord Merssy's Findin|
 Ser'S Craft Planned Ship and Lives Of P;
CUNARD LINE AND
 CAPTAIN Ey|

R*
 seI at Time when It
 Commended in Repo
 Board of Inquiry-s
 and Carried Ccncral
 5000 Cases of oas1r
 London, July IT. li's1 Mersey of Toxteth todd his findings following af the facts of the sinking of the steamer Lusitania sequent loss of more th sand lives. The baron were distinctly disappo small gathering. compos tirely of survivors and victims of the disaster present to listen to Be reading of his findings. found that the Cnnard the result of the act Of N marine. which not only to destroy the ship but to blot out the lives q gers.
 The report exonerafed ner and the Cunard lid. blame and Commended 1. prevailing on the ship V was sinking,
 Several attorneys repr| erican clients listened reading of the judgmer have a bearing on aet against the steamship
 Americans Among
 Among the specfatoxA Webb-Ware, represenfinf bilt familys Major F
 and Mrs. Pearl Of New B. Jenkins of Chicago, s William Crichton of New wife was lost.
 The salient features are that the lifeboat an cilities were adeQuate neanor of the crew M blame, and that the coI passengers, barring a when the steefage passen| deck was praiseworthy. |
 ship Was unarf|
 The court also found 4 was unarmed and carr1@ cargo, and that the and board consisted of only 5| cartridges, from which t explosion.
 "No doubt there were| handling the ropes of the Mersey said. "but in my was no Incompetence ol
 No Blame on Cad
 Baron Mersey found Turner was fully advised ish admiralty as to the to follow. and added that spects he did not folIo> The court pointed ouf. M [ the admiralty instructIt. intended to prevent Ce I from exercising his indi ment. and that his faiIu| the admiralfy's advice q was no reason for blame
 The reduction of the speed from 24 1-2 to 2 left the vessel faster tha boat on the Atlantic. said sty, and he found there son to blame the Cunara this economy during war
 Phase of Inquiry in
 Relative to the admir- tions the court said this was in camera be contrary to p~ 10 discuss 1t.
 Baron Mersey said 70 of the ship, MT aer, gave his evidence trt we'll. I am quite satIso swc captains and the offies| petent men and that fhr| duty. Captain Turner r( he bridge till he was asy ,ea, and Captain Andcrson| ng on deck until he we1l| ind was drowned"
 The court here praised| Morton, a member of the| shipped at New York sn| acting as extra lookout I .ime the Lusitania was t1
 Exhibited Great Co1
 Morton was only eief| ,f age, said Baron Mers1 'eens to have exhibited .ge. self-possession and T
 He was the first to ohse| ,roach of the torpedoes hey had touched the siiln' ported them to the bridxe # a telephone. z
 Though knocked on his he torpedo hit the Lusitan| laving to swim for his life. ey said the youth. aided fer of the crew named Pal tContinued on Eleventi
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ErenChmen Here
Called Traitors


Ntw Or.EANs. March - Tho Stigma
of traitor and coward hes noeu applied
80 5000 Freuchmru and American born
sons ~ Frcnchmcn in Louisiana who
failed To- respond =" frances call >
the colors In the present var
In 4 statement given 90 I've i'"e'
Picaptnic tonight Gab.ic. Fcrrlnd
French Consul-Gru,ral At Sew orleans,
declared that the residents ln me United
States who are subject To- uilltirs duty
IN France and who have refused % re-
spoud to Frances mob'll1atou orders
are not only traitors and towards bu;
so void of honor that they should he
tented the right of citizenship u the
United States or other foreign countries.
Mr.. Fcrrand admitted that b" had
demanded officially that three ot tine
largest and most influential French so
cic,ics in the city - N'w orleans cNpcl
from their membership an frru'hm'u
and sons of Freuchmcu ssh" have neg
lcctcd 81 refused tr prrfuym their duty
to France IN her hour of u"rd.
A. Consul General of France, VI f"'-
rand has occupied tine position "i honor
AIRY president of these three French 40
|,irt..s. In view of IA" fact that i've
largest of these societies. tn" Snci,tr
Francois de lHrufdi.Hnce 81 Assist
ancc Mutucllc dc Ia NouNcllc Orleans.
rejected the Consul-icncraIs demands
foI the expulsion of rcscryists who pee
fused tn 10 20 war, Mr. F,rraud has
severed relations with thc suriotN and
has notified the president of the society
,hat IT. members GOULD not be- welcome
in the consulate.
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GERMANS REGAIN
BALTIC SEA PORT
Berlin Announces That Rus
slams Were Driven From
Mcmcl. East Prussia.
wren PROPERTY LOOTED

BLRlI>. 10y wireless to Sayvi'e. ]" !
March % The recapture by the Ger
mans of Mrmel. in East Prussia, whicl
the Russians occupied a few days ago
was announced at German army head
to-day The official statemen
as follows
fresh attempt 30 take the Ger.
man position on the south slope or
the Lorettc Heights was made last
night. but esulted in failure.
Another French night attack. TINS
time north OF lie Mesnil in the
Champagne district. also was with
out success. Furthermore. all the
French efforts to win back the posi-
ton at R~cichacker Nopf resulted IN
failure.
The Russians were driven from
Memrl. on the Baltic IN East frus-
sla. Yesterday after a short engage
meut TO the south Of the town, fol
lowed by tenacious fighting IN the
streets. Under the protection OF
Russian troops q Russian mob looted
the private property of German citi-
zeus in Memel Carloads of goods
We're conveyed cross the frontier
\ special report on this looting Will
be publAhed
North OF Marianpol Russian at
lacks have been repulsed with heavy
Russian losses. West OF the Orzyc
River. near ,Jadnorosak. northeast of
P~rzasnysz. and northwest OF Ciacha-
now Russian attacks by night and
by day have broken down under the
German fire. Russian prisoners TO
the number OF 400 were captured.
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CANADIAN LOSSES HEAVY.
Princess. ..Pat's'' Regiment Almost
without Ofhccrs.

OTTAWA. March 22-A casualty list
issued to-day brings the losses % the
Canadians IN France in killed. wounded
and missing up to 37j or hts number
la2 have been killed IN action Most Of
the casualties CURED AZ Neuve Cha
pelle and 81. Flo
Practically every officer Of Princes.
ratricia's light infantry regiment has
been put out OF action.
Word has been received hat cot
Francis Douglas Fsrquhar. u : u.
commander II that regiment. has been
killed In action. The message received
from the War Office said
col. Farauhar dead Lieut. Mason.
same regiment. dead Three killed.
twenty wounded
Neither COL. Farquhar's nor Lieut.
Mason's name appears In tine official
list Of casualties to-day. I'm that two
officers and eight privates are given IS
Killed in action. while tho deaths Of two
others from different causes and the
gounding ~ fourteen are recorded
col FarquhHr was formerly military
secretary to tho Duke of Co%nnaught,
Governor-G"ncral 81 Canada He won
the n :. - In South Africa while ser,-
,rg WIN the ColdStr-am Guards ADV
F%aruuhar. VHo was 4 d%sugntcr % Ear,
~DuuouGhmorc. r. now IN London
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Iation. To the victories won by hlm
a. Kirk-kHnsse, Lule BurgaS and
Chorlu in 1879 Dmltrioff has added the
capture - the key fortress OF the Aus
trian defences of Galicia after about
six months and one week OF patient
bulldog siege
Gen pmitrien on August - l"li
offered his sword 10 Russia Previously
ne was Bulgarian Minister to Russia
lie mad long been a Pau-Slavist lie
suffered exile for his opinions ANA held
A commission under the car until he
was recalled. Cien pmitricn was born
n Gradcz, Bulgaria, in 1888 and at
the age of % received a commission as
Il Lieutenant after being graduated
from the Military Academy At SOMA ~"
won fame IN the Turco-B bulgarian war
following the annexation of eastern
Rumclia ny Bulgaria He was a Cap
tam then. hut brought his forces MP In
time to aid IN turning the tide Al The
. hattie 4 SlivnItza. which ended tho war
HIS soldiers gained the idca thai me Is
iuyuln.rahlr and that idea persists IA
his day.
When Prince Alexander was dc
IA ouod this event Was follOWcd by the
ostl,nr o tho younG oniccr. He went
To RNssia. received a Captains Conmis
sion. md served ten years, rising &c
tho rank Of a Colonel Then he wen
hack 10 his native land and r"cntered
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NO D~ARDANELLES
BATTERIES SILENCED
seven Hours Artillery Duel on
March 10 Described by Ger
man Correspondent.
SHIPS FIRE 1000 SHELLS

BrRlt~. via London. March ga
corresp .udent OF the Wolf Bureau In
Cunsta n~tinople. who witnessed the at
tack on the Dardanelles on March is,
in which three of the Allies battleships
were sunk, has telegraphed an account
Of the affair. the feature of which Is
the assertion that not a single shore bat
terry was sllenced. although The Allies
fred more than 1000 shells
The correspondent says that tho ef-
forts OF the Allies to force the strait
reached . climax on March is in an ar
tillery duel which lasted for seven hours
The entire atmosphere around the Tur-
kish forts was d rlened by clouds of
smoke from exploid iu@ shells n guam
titles OF earth thrown into the air.
The Allies entered the strait at IL 80
In the morning. the account says. and
opened FIRE on the town OF Chanak
Kaleh. Four French and Ave British
warships took part in this engagement
hirh reached its climax at l 80 p. NJ
when the hip shifted their FIRE tt
/ Fort Handler and the adjacent po'
sitions.
At times during his phase OF thu
fghting the forts were entirely hidder
from sight by the LIQUIDS OF smoke. A
2 o'clock the w%arships changed theil
tactics and concentrated their fire upoi
individual batteries but evidently fount
difficulty in getting the range. Many o
their shells fell short. or else went owe
the forts and exploded in the town
The bomba rdment was at its hotties
at 3: Is y. NJ. when the French battle
ship Bouvet was seen to be sinking n!
the stern. \ moment later her bow
swung clear OF the water and she wen
down. A great cheer from the Turkish
soldiers greeted this sight. TORPEDO
boats and other craft hurried to IN
rescue. but they saved only a few mer
The Bouyet struck a mine and wa
besides. badly damaged by shell mr.
above the water line. one projectil
struck her forward deck and anothe
shot q mast away. When she wen
down she was trying TO reach the on
trance TO the strait, hut evidently he
machinery had been damaged and thi
was impossible
soon after the Rouvet went down
British shin was struck on the decl
squarely smidship. and was %compelle
to withdraw from the fight. 500
after another British ship was badl
damaged and at quarter Of four 70
tired under q terrific FIRE from IN
Turkish batteries. She ran In towar
shore and for n full hour the other ship
tried to protect her with their gun
but were unable to do so This vesst
was struck eight times.
The CORRESPONDENT says that this Wa
the first day 81 the hombardment 1
which tho allied ships Kept with
range Of the forts for any length II
time. and that the result has nile
the Turks with confidence in regard
future operations.
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IN BATTLE.
%IIte. md Germa Atrmen Bonn
hard Many Places

NNff VI = dfNf fFEbA' ~ ''E
PARIS. March 90 The War Once Is
sued tonight the following official state
men, " operations bv sNiators
"Nctr La Hassoe two of tho enemy :
aviators were chased and compelled 10
return to their own lines.
The railroad station at Roye IN the
valley Of the Aisnc was bomoarde by
AN enemy aviator. but he was II 10
flight 10, two OF our aviators
several bombs were dropped by our
svin'or. on the railroad station AT
E,ziurour and also M tn" enemy =
batteries 81 Briuout and NiillN.
In AlSace AN aerplane pilotcd by
Sere' Falsc, with Suh-Lieut MORGAN ss
observer. brought down an aviator west
of colnar SlN German bombs were
dropped ou the railroad station AZ
C.ruay. while the military barracks AT
Mulhoim and Altkir'h were effectively
b1nhtrded by US
To-day We boWbardod in Belgium
the. station A. St1d"n and ais" various
D'hcr avlttnrS success
fully t,orbarded the aviation n'ld ~
I~ahruGurtte.
The barracks a. Ia Fore Nu'2>-le-
chateau. T.rguicr and the station AZ
CoueN-l"-ChAt-au We're also houp'rded
In champagne an aviation camp ana
muni,iuu depot AT ront FNv"rG" we're
b~nmia~i.d during tho day and also at
night
the barracks at F'rc.bourg en- Breis-
eau were struck 10y eight Of our o'Unh'
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TELLS OF DINANT ATROCITIES.
antwerp Lawyer .i,rs Result Of
BeIpinn Investigations.

Particulars concerning the Relgia
victims of alleged atrocities At Diuant
were given Yesterday los Victor Yseu\,
a lawyer OF Antwerp, now Al the Hotel
Manhattan, who received them from the
Belgian War Office At liaNrc. The docu
mcut purports TO he the results of al
official Investigation At biuant 10y the
municipal authorities, who c\humrd The
bodies OF those killed in order to make
identihcations.
This report, which IL taken from the
February IL issue Of the nclGian journal
vinOti'n' Sicolc. published At lIav -,
states thai of the 6l2 victims whose
names were secured twenty -0vo wor"
found to he over 81 wears did, sixty
were women, several of whom were over
80 wears old several were hahcs in arms
and in y few cases entire families were
cNtermlna'cd,
II is asserted that tho Argentine con.
| sui and a Spanish subject named Vicente
/ Perez Villa2o were also shot in Dinant
In spitc Of proicstatiou. as to their i'm
munity,
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by towering mountain chains covered
with eternal snow. through which q feS
high passes offer the only means OF
access. Austria has spared no expense,
has stopped ut no sacrifice TO consoli-
date and increase it's military value
For this reason Italian sttategists are or
the opinion that in case Italy goes 10
war the opening move will have To oe
made over the eastern frontier. north
~ Venice They believe that owing q
the scarcity OF railroad communication
between the Tyrol and the heart OF the
dual monarchy the Austiians Will be
unable to attempt an invasion OF Lon
ia rdy through the "TrentinO salient.
and that Italy will not be called upon
tu do more In ;hat section than to =
a few army corps TO guard the passes,
/ throwing the great mass OF her arm a
forces into the Friuli and lstiia 10
act I'm conjunction with the Italian he"'
which would attack Trieste. fo.a and
Fiume.
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Austiia's elaborate system OF defences
against the menace OF an Italian IT.
Nasiou through the TNrol is shown in
he accompanying Il New forts have
been constructed at every pass through
the giant mountain chains which form
q ~impregnable natural barrier defend
ing The Tyrolcsc frontiers. The piinci-
pal OF these fortihcatiunS. the position
aud number of which - marked ny
stars ON the map. are hose at the
Stol,Io Pass. IN the extreme northwesi .
the Tunale Ass forts the forts guard
ine the Rondo Depression the forts ~
ENa 1T the head OF Lake Gdrda and
ne new forts on Arsiero Height and
the I.aVaroue Plateau. east OF Trent.
Trent Itself. he capital Of the district.
is 81 vast iutrenched camp \ detailed
description of these defences was
printed H. THE SrN Yesterday.
Not depending on The privileged stra-
.egical position of this territory set N
the heart of the Eastern Alps. bounded
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FRENCH WIN BACK
LORETTE TRENCHES
Nearly All Ground Lost l. Re-
gained After Two Days
Fighting.
RHEIMS AGAIN SHELIED
>B,cio, co5,s bespotch to rHt srv.

>D'ctoi '0b'" DeSpdfcb 10 TIM SrN.
PARIS. March 22-The operations on
the western front continue on q ella
lively urimportant scale. The only fight
ing uf Import nee to-day has been al
Notre Dame de Loretie. north OF AIras
where the French nov hold all the
trenches which have been IN dispute
since saturday. with the exception Of
one small section. only a little more
than ten yards long. which remains IN
tho hands of the Germans
TIE Germans are displaying consider
able activity around Les Eparges and
to-day they delivered five attacks IN sue
cesslpu. but were Unable to win back
amy Of the ground lost in previous days.
The night conmunique telling of the
events follows
We hold on the plate 81 OF Notre
Dame de- Lorette all the trenches
which have been disputed during th-
last two DAYS with the exception
Of q section ten metres long, which
remains iu the hands or the Ger
mans.
At les EpargcS the enemy De
l,crcd nv" successive counter At
tacks o. an effort 10 recover the
posi'1ons captured hl US. nut was
completely checked.
We have progressed north OF Ba-
douViller.
The afternoon communiuue gave fur
th. details u the hghting at Notre
Dame de Borette. indicating the chanG'
ing nature Of the engagement there
II also told OF a further Oombardmeh'
Of Ehe ms and Of the success or the
! mine warfare At La Boisselle and ais'
in the Argonne. near Bagateie' '"'
statement follows
To the north OF Arras. at Notre
Dame de Iorette. "A German counter
attack on Saturday evening De
uriv.d rs OF some sections OF
trenches. We ~recaptured them yes
terday
At La Boisselle. northeast OF Al
hort mine warfare continues, AFTER
having blown M one Of the enemy
galleries We occupied the greater
part Of the pit formed.
During SUNDAY Rheims received
about nftN shells.
In the Argonue We inflicted TWO
serious rcverscs on the enemy. Scar
HaEatclle We blew up three mines
and two companies of our troops
sto-med a herman trench I'm which
they maintained their positions de-
snite strong counter attacks. Eve
wards from there the enem\,
after exploding Two mines and Dom
harding our trenches. rushed TO At
tack on a front OF about $50 yards
After some ve,y hot hand to hand
nghting our assailants were hurled
back. despite the arrival or their re-
endorsements. our artlllerN caught
Them under it's Are as they were
falling back and inflicted very heev'
losses on them.
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SOUNDS
LIKE "PZHEM-lSL"

The correct pronunciation Of Pre-
mysl. the name OF the Galician for
tress which the Russians have Just
taken, became Yesterday u OF the
most disputed issues which the Euro
pean war has produced
According to ,ho standard piction-
arv it's pzhcm-iSl which has just
fallcn -Pzhcm-isl. with the accent ON
the chem" and with the "p' and
the go barely sounded.
Others who claim az r%auaintance
with the language Of Galicia call II
"Pre.zcm-a- zil." with stress ON
"zcm' "Shem-d-zil. with the ac-
cent on the inst syllable. or shay
mcez.l" with the ''meez' accented
Another "oiHcial' pronunciation Of
tho name. Is given by a man who
was horn In the town. calls 1t Shem-
.sh. with accent on the frst syllable
and the last II almost silent
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the army. rising to tia" rank # In
spector-,icncral OF the Third Army Dis
triCt, When the Balkan war hogan he
was made commander in the field and
won additional fame. He came out with
the nickname OF Napoleon" from his
men because of his resemblance to the
great French soldier and his tactics.
ten. Dmitrien retired from active
service after IN" war and was sent to
hctrograd as Bulgarian Minister. lie
was there At the outbreak OF the present
war and promptly resigned, receiving
the commission of General in ,he Cars
army. He was placed in command of
the forces which were to invest Lem
berg, rrzemysl and Cracow lie has
accomplished two of these three tasks.
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NEW LOAN
s2.2aO,OOO.O 900 subscrib-d for Ger
Many second Issue.

RERLiH. via wireless to Sayville. l.. /.
March 22-The overseas News Agency
gave out the following to-day:
The Berlin TdOcbidtt declares that
1000. 900 900 marks Cs2 $50. q O.00o) has
been subscribed for the second German
war loan. This means that money 10
Anance the war until late in the autumn
has.been obtained. II ;he war IS still
going on at that time. according 10 TINS
newspaper, tho wealth OF the nation
and the Willingness of the people for
sacrifices will provide further
The TosSischc zcitun0 says the hope
OF Gcrmany's antagonists for the eco
nomical and financial exhaustion OF the
empire has been shattered by tho great
success Of this loan. and that hotF
Grea, Britain and France only obtained
lesser amounts Of money under dificul'
ties
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WAS NEAR STARVATION.
Gnrri.on URd Little Food Irft,
Saws Vienna Report.

vrN>, March 92-The folow.nc
ceiclal communication was ssucd her
tonight
After sN months iuv"stm"rf
TrzcmsNl has houorably fallen. TIE
cummaudct mad received an order
g. leave the fortress t. the Russians
in three days because AT he mo-
ment Of the attack, even with the
greatest economy in the food ra-
tions. resistance could he main
ain FOR three days only.
II proved possible to effect the
Timely destruction of the fortress,
together with its guns and ammunI-
ton. a. well as the outer fortified
lions
The capitularion OF the fortress.
with which possibility the highcl
command had reckoncd for a long
tim, past, has ndd no influence upon
the general situation.
When ina the middle OF the week
provisions we're running short Gen.
Won kusmarCk, commander of the
GARRISON, decided on "A last attack
on the l9th, early Ia the morning,
his troops SORTED across the line OF
fort and Nithstood 10 the utmost In
4 seven hours battle strong Russian
forces.
Numerical superiority nndllS
forced the AustriaUs to retreat be
hind the line of forts. Tn follow
ing nights the Russians attacked
prZcmysl from several sides, but the
attacks broke down in the face Of
the tirc Of the heroic defenders.
NuI less praise ~ due TO the
s~aorInclug perseverance and the
last fight of the garrison than to
thcii bravery during the stolmIug
OF the fortress and the fighting on
|preyious occasions. This recognI-
ton the enemy himself will not re-
fuse to tho heroes OF Hrzcmysl
rho fan Of the fortress. with
which he higher command reck-
uucd tog = long time, has NO in
Hucncc on tie situation in general
rho BATH" lu the CarpathinuS
from IZuk Pass to tho ridge ~
konlcczua is progressing.