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New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
VERDICT OF GUILTY IN
 ELECTIONS FRAUD CASE
Jury Decides Against 1Wenly-seVsn
 TerTe Haute Politicians.
MAYOR IS AMONG DEFENDANTS
Judge Anderson Announces Sentence Will Be Imposed Monday Upon Them and Eighty Mine Others Who Have Pleaded Guilty. .


 Indianapolis, Ind, April 6.--All of the twenty-seven defendants, includ- ing Mayor Dom M. Roberts, in the Terre .Haute elections fraud case, were touno guilty by jury today.
 Judge Anderson announced that sentence would be passed on the twenty-seven who were found guilty and the eighty-nine who have pleaded guilty, next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. In the meantime, he per- mitted all the defendants, with the exception of Alexander Aczel, alias Steel, to remain at liberty under their previous bonds. Steel has been in jail for some time, unable to give bond of $5,OOO for alleged attempt to influence government witnesses.
 Took Verdict Calmly.
 All of the defendants, many of whom were accompanied by relatives, took the verdict calmly and there was no demonstration of any sort.
 The case went to the jury late yes terday. The federal government placed its claim tp Jurisdiction in the fact that a United States sen ator and a member of congress were being voted for in the election. The indictment, which is in four counts, charges conspiracy to injure persons in their civic rights; conspiracy to defraud the United States by corrupt ing the election and misuse of the mails.
 The federal grand jury began it's investigation about two weeks after he o1o of hav. nG returned the indictment December "A, naming 126 men; all but ten of those indicted were arrested.
 Men Found Guilty.
 Those found guilty are:
 Dom M Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute and aspirant for the democratic nomination for governor.
 Eli H. Rodman, declared elected Vigo circuit judge by ten votes. Elmer E. Talbot, controller of Terre Haute until his resignation be- cause of the trial here. Dennis Shea, sheriff of Vigo county.
 Maurice Walsh, county sealer of weights and measures and treasurer of campaign funds. Harry s. Montgomery, president of the board of public works.
 John M. Masselink, city inspector of weights and measures and a mem- Der of the state legislature in 1911. Thomas c. Smith, city judge. George Ehrenhardt, member of the board of public works. Edward R. Driscoll, secretary of the Vigo county democratic committee. Hilton Redman, son of Eli Red man. ..-..: Charles Houghton, assistant custo- dian of the city hall. Lewis Nunley, assistant city engi- neer Joseph O'Mara, street commissioner William s. Crockett, superintendent city crematory. Richard Knuckey, cemetery clerk, and Roberts messenger. Alexander Acze1, alias Steel inspec- tor of street paving. Arthur Gillis, undertaken, progress sive election official. John E. Greene, merchant. William Doyle, gambler. Pearly Mckay, gambler George Severn, gambler. Timothy (BulD Conway, former pugilist, bartender. Andrew O'Nrien, bartender Joseph Strauss, liquor salesman. George Woodall, saloonkeeper William p. O'Donne1l, saloonkeeper Eighty-nine others have pleaded guilty.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
SUSPEND PARCEE POST SERVICE.

Berlin, via London, April 6, 10:47 a. m.-The German postal officials have suspended until further notice parcel post service to Argentina, Col umbia, Costa Rica, Greece, the Ital- ian colonies, the Dutch West Indies, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
GLICKMAN-KENNEDY.

Invitations were issued today to the wedding of Miss Grace G. Kennedy. daughter of MT. and Mrs S. l.. Ken nedy of 22 Willow street to Isreal Glickman of Springfield, Mass. The wedding will take place in Turner hall on May 2. Miss Kenndy is well known stenographer.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
VOTE AT HARTFORD LIGHT.

Hartford, April 6.-Indications ear ly this afternoon were that the vote in the off year city election today would be very light-perhaps not more than fifty per cent. of the total registration. Principal interest was on the referendum concerning election of aldermen at large.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
TrawIer Agantha Sunk.

BIyth, England, April 6, 12:42 p. m. The trawler Agantha was attacked by a German submarine yesterday off Longstone and sent to the bottom. The crew of Is men were rescued by the Swedish steamer Tord and landed here today.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
GERMANY ENTERS PROTEST.

Washington, April 6.-Cermany has protested to the United States against the detention of the Hamburg Amer ican liner Odenwald at San Juan, Porto Rico, under the neutrality reg ulationS.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

A despatch from Genoa last night announced the sinking of the Luigi Parodi which left Baltimore on Jan. 22, with a cargo of coal consigned to Augusta, Sicily.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
OPEN NE| PHASE OF CAM
 ON WESTERN I
French Forces Make AS, Several Points in SeGtiOl
 Inc Mouse and Inc !
GAIN ADVANCES IN TWO
 PLACES ALONG BA

Eth1@S Fh@1A@ Germans RepuIsc Russian
 Eastern Front-Berlin
 ports of Decisive Russia.
 CaTpathians - Invadlns
 Force in Belgian Cong
 and Pursued Into Germa
 An attack which the G| tary chiefs regard as. the a new phase of the vested has been initiated by thd the section of the front Mouse and the Moselle. statement from Berlin that the French emplo| forces. with a large amoq lery, in making assauitd points yesterday. The particularly spirited in tH hood of Verdun and PI son. Berlin expects a of these attacks.
 So far as is shown by statement. little was acco. these assaults. although ted that in one section gained a temporary foo official statement from Pa details of the fighting claim that in two placd were made.
 Russian Attacks Re
 On the eastern front th further fighting near the der. The German wa that the Russian attac pulsed.
 Military preparations pushed in Italy with incl A Rome dispatch says M are being continued with there is still hope of a doplimatic means.
 Russian Victory R
 Reports of a decisive tory in the Carpathians in Berlin, where 1t is result Of the great mo is still in doubt.
 A German correspog front points out that gances ins consequence tories will make their of ments more difficult.
 Further fighting has tween Belgian and Gern Africa. An official rep Belgian Congo says that German force was defea sued into German territ
 French Official \
 Paris, April 6, Via D. m.-The statement I office this afternoon is
 "Rain and mist cont whole front. To the Vauauois we gained a ( of the enemt's works. of Ally, southeast of $ gain of three successi trenches, already ann marked also by the ca soners. a machine gun thrower.
 We made progress in Brule, eastward of the We have maintained u of the positions captured east of Regnieville. uounced."
 German Otficial
 Berlin. April 6, via Lt m.-The following repo military headquarters Y here today.
 Western theater of yesterday the French particularly active betw and the Moselle. emp forces and a large amou They attacked northeas southeast of Nerdun, Ally. Apremont, File west Of Pont-A- Mousson
 Northeast and east their attacks did not al account of our fire. Sot dun they were repulsed. ern edge of the Mouse enemy succeeded in d porarily a foothold in a our outer trenches, but out again during the II
 The battle in the nd Ally and Apremor throughout the night vi cess to our opponents.
 French Attacks I'd
 "In the neighborhood fighting was very bit French attscks were T West Of the Forest o strong French attack no road between Flirey and son broke down.
 Notwithstanding tho losses which our oppor during the engagement assumed that in accord
 
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New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

Miles of submarine traps have been set by the British navy at harbor entrances and other strategic points around the British Isles to catch German submarines engaged in block ading England. The traps are not unlike gill nets used by fishermen. Malleable iron frames ten feet square. three frames joined. gre sunk to d depth of thirty feet. suspended from immense buoys. If a submarine en- ters one of these frames its sides are caught. causing the lower frame to buckle upward. catching the pro- peller Thus the craft Is in the posi- ton of a fish foundering in a net, and its occupants are doomed.
 It was reported that three subma- rines had been caught in this way during the first ten days of the block ade. but this report was not con- firmed
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
GERMAN SUBMARINE
 TRAPPED BY NET
French Naval Authorities Expect to Capture Submcrsiblc When 1t
 Comes to Surface on Dover.

Paris, April 6. 4. m.-A German submarine has become securely en- tangled in a net specially designed for that purpose and placed off Dover, according to the Petit journals Dun kirk correspondent. who adds that the French naval authorities expect to capture the submersible when it comes to the surface
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06
Germans Torpedo Steamer Nor lands
 and TraW.tT Aganha
CREW OF BOTH SHIPS RESCUED
Believed Italian steamer Luigi Parodi Was Torpedoed Near Spanish Coast Fears Also Felt That Steamer Pima Has Been Sunk.

London, April 6, 11:21 a. m.-The British steamer Northlands, of 2,0OO tons, with a cargo of iron ore, was sent to the bottom by German sub marine in the English Channel off Beachy Head on Monday morning.
 The Northlands sank in ten minutes. Her crew of "A men were picked up later by the Belgian steamer Topati.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

The Northlands was built at West Hartlepool in 1900 and was owned by the Northlands Steamship com pany Htd.) of Cardiff.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

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New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

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New Britain herald., 1915-04-06

"In the neighborhoodl fighting was very bid French attscks were rI West Of the Forest o| strong French attack mol road between Flirey and I son broke down.
 "Notwithstanding theI losses which our opporI during the engagement1 assumed that in accord
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
BOY OF IS Is CALLED
CHIEF OF ROBBERS
Prisoner Tells Police Lad
Leads Band Of .lewelry
store Raiders.

The stories tod by two Bronx youths
who were arrested In Mount Vernon
for robbug tHe jewelry store OF J. +,
Jarvis a. Sons led to the arrest yesterday
OF two boys, one of whom Is said Ia have
been the guiding spirit OF garg of win
dow smashing Jewelry store thieves.
The two arrested I'm Mount Vernon told
the police there that Frank Szaley, 20
years old, knew about number OF rob
berries that the gang had committed. but
when he was arrested he denied Nehe-
men,ly that ne had anything to do with
them and named a sixteen -year-old boy,
George Jagielski OF 32l East Seventy
n,th street. as the youthful leader of a
gang that has been robbirg stores In
towns adjacent to New York ftr motths,
Szalcy said that Jagielski was one
OF those who robbed the store of George
RYAN. 7O6 Eighth avenue. OF $4,000
worth OF jewelry last March. William
Nelson OF 232 West Thirty-eighth street,
who tried to stop some OF the thieves
as they ran away. was shot In the arm
JagIelski was named as the one who
did the shooting, That act, Szaley said.
Increased his reputation to such an ex-
tent that his word became law with the
gang and he has led II ever since
Both Szaley and JagielsN are locked up
in Police Headquarters, Jaglelski on .
charge OF assault and robbery,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
KILLED BY AMMONIA
FUMES AT BILTMORE
Electrician Dies After Tank
EXplOdes in Cellar-Guests
Not Aroused.

An ammonia tank In the second sub
cellar OF the Hotel Biltmore exploded
at 1880 o'clock last night. and one
man. Leo Regnert, night electrician, was
killed.
The explosion made little noise and
aroused. Regnert was sitting In the
engine room with the chief engineer.
Robert A. Bradford. and two assis-
tants when something went wrong with
the big ammonia tank. which is close
to the ceiling OF the second sub-base-
ment
Regnert went up to adjust the trouble.
The moment he got TO the top of a
ladder the explosion occurred. and the
poisonous fumes burst out into the room
and assembled to the floor above, also
used by hotel employees.
Broidford and his assistants, nearly
blinded and choking from the ammonia
staggered upstairs and sent in a fre
alarm. Battalion Chief Fox responding
Fox took one look and saw that Il
meant sure death To send any Of his
men into the ammonia filled room. He
sent for Capt. McGillgott OF the rescue
equad, who came with four men and
FIVE safety helmets devised for just
such an emergency.
With these on their heads MEG llligott
and his men went into the sub-ba Sc ment
and found Regnert stretched across the
ammonia pipes, dead. The valves were
turned off and fresh air was allowed
to enter the room.
The ammonia tank. which was used
barber shop. and the explosion tore up
the floor, Fumes went up the elevator
shaft to the top floor and became so
strong that twenty employees sleeping
there were obliged to descend. The
lower basement was flooded with water
and the water system was put out Of
commission all over the hotel
Some OF the ammonia reached Forty
fourth street, but not enough to at
tract the attention OF residents of the
block
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
U. s. CAN'T USE HIS TOWER.
Hotel Owner HeubIein Refuses
Permiss sston for Fire IooLout.


Permission for Fire Lookout.
HARTFORD. Conn, Aug. 15.-Permis-
sion has been denied the Federal Gov
ernment by Gilbert Heublein, owner of
the Hotel Heublein OF this city and head
OF a wholesale liquor house. for the use
OF his tower on Talcott Mountain in
Slmsbury. This fact became known to-
day through statement made by wal
ter o. Filley. State forester and fire
warden, who said that he and l.. +.
Murphy OF the National Forestry Ser
vice had been unable to arrange with
MIR. Heublein for a lookout station for
forest fires in Connecticut
The tower. which Is the highest point
In the State. commands a view for miles
around. and In recent magazine article
on what might happen in the event OF =
foreign invasion It was pictured as the
chief New England wireless station.
c. II. Veeder OF Hartford, who owns
property on the mountain near the
tower. is willing to aid the Government
In the establishment of a lookout sta
tion, and the tower at Tarinvilie, which
was built by Mrs. Antoinette Emo Wood.
daughter OF the owner OF the old Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York. may be OBJ
tained.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
RUSSIAN BUREAU
FOR BUYING HERE
Commission Of 35 Generals
and Others Has Staff Of
25O Army Officers.

SO great Is the demand OF the Russian
American make that a commission com.
posed OF thirty-five men. including Gem
erals, Colonels, Captains and others. IL
now In this country with headquarters
on three floors of the Flatron Building
This commission. the head OF which is
Major-Gen. SapoinIkofr, has at least $50
other army officers spread throughout
the country as inspectors Of war sup
plies ordered from various factories
The commission. I; ls reported has
ders amounting 20 several hundreds OF
millions OF dollars,
The commissioners are endeavorlng 10
do their work quietly When a reporter
visited one Of the offices in the Flat.ron
building to get Information about their
activities he WAS told that no publicity
was desired
No one can see any Of the comm sslun-
ers unless he has made an appointment
beforehand.
II is said that the commission is In the
market for all kinds of supplies used by
Russia's millions uf soldiers Vast order.
for clothing, harness, ammuuit on, ord
nance and the like have been placed in
this country. Representatives of the
commission have been stationed in every
large factory that has received an order
for supplies.
The activity that prev ails in the offices
m the Flatiron Building is in marked
contrast to that which. according to a
common impression, usually prevails in a
Government office In retrocrad. Amer
iCan stenog piers bend busily for many
hours each day over American type
writer's. pounding out orders to American
factories or writing an endless flow of
letters connected with the commissions
work here IL Is said that the commis-
sIoners spend many hours every day at
their offices,
Major Gen, Sapojnkoff is a professor
in several military schools In Russia.
lie is an authority on artillery and has
written several books on that line OF
service. Associated with him Is Gen.
Baldin. who IL the chief inspector OF
artillery purchased Ia this country, An
other Russian General is said TO be sta
toned in bridgeport. Conn, where large
orders for cartridges have been placed.
Baron Korff, Russian Nice-Consul in
New York. is sort OF general manager
for Gen. Sapojnikof, Col. y. Golewiski,
n member OF the Russian General STAFF,
who has been assigned TO the Russian
Embassy In Washington, is also busily
engaged here,
The Offices In the Flatiron Building
have no names on the doors. Gen.
Sapojnikoff has his rooms on the twelfth
floor. while on the ninth and the thir-
teenth floors there are other offices used
for the commissions work,
1t is said that the greater part OF the
supplies are shipped by way of the
Panama Canal to Nladivostok and
thence trapsshipped across Siberia.
The commission here receives samples.
gets hi, : and makes reports, The orders
for su; )lies are said to be closed on
cable communication from Petrograd.
The money Is delivered through the
National city Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
URGES BRITISH TO
ISSUE STOCK HERE
London Expert Wants $500
600. .OOO--SecuriticS Would
Find Ready Sale.
Sp,c,d cab,e D,sputcl TO Tur s,v.


LoNDoN. Aug. l6-Tne Government
* urged to issue British securities for
sac in the United : ates as an add
tional means OF raising money by Wyu-
Mr II oper was for many Years huan-
cial agent employed 10y the Times and
has served as member Of the trade
departmental mmittcc ON TRADE ac-
counts.
lie believes that such ,erur. lies would
be readily subscr bed for II they Mere
made TO Yield high enough Interest. IT."
SAYS that tlno,0O0,0o0 ,s50O,o00, ,Uu0l
could be raised h> such means .u tn"
tnJed States without competing with
the regu ar British war sock
I'VE might arrange an issue IN New
York and in Boston, he says, 'and Z
necessary in other American cities of
a. per cent five year bonds. This issue
could amount to fS0,0O0.UO0 or tloO,-
600, 600 To he disposed of at 9Na,, thus
giving an approximate yield over five
years of 4a. per cent. such bonds woulu
be somewhat more desirable in point of
safety even in the jealous eyes of the
American people than a large proportion
Of bonds now held as savings bank in
Vestments by American investors,
such a security has never been issued
In this country, namely "A loan with in
lerest free of income tax and issued
abroad To many people such a plan
may seem To involve some derogation Of
the dignity OF Great Britain, To invent
"A stock that would please the New York
market seems to be reversal OF all or
dinary propriety, But it is never uu-
digniied to recognize facts, except in
the eyes Of fools, Great Powers do not
as Il rule issue bonds abroad. but there
are exceptions, Russia and Japan have
both done so on repeated occasions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
SAY u. S. is ONLY HOPE.
Intervention Needed 10 End AnRr-
chy, Say Travellers.

All the Englishmen and Americans
and many OF the MeXcans who made up
the $50 passengers who arrived from
Mexico yesterday on the steamship Mex
leo OF the New York and Cuba Mail
steamship Company agreed emphati-
cally that II anarchy ever Is to cease
In Mexico the United States must In
tervene.
James Seabrook, manager OF the
Scottish h-American on Companys plant
at Tampico. said that two weeks before
he left there two American engineers
employed by the Eagle oil Company
and their wives and children were shot
by some OF Villas troops.
There Is absolute lawlessness IN Tam
pico and Mexico city," he said. "The
United States was most foolish In re-
fusing to recognize Huerta. lie IL the
only Mexican who could handle the sit
uation."
DIR. Anicleto Foro. an American citi-
zen, was returning from Mexico city,
where he has lost everything. to live
IN this country, His four-year-old son
was killed by "A stray bullet during
street fighting In the capital a few days
before Dr. Foro left.
Mexico city Is completely devastated"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
WISCONSIN SAVES MILLIONS.
Gov. Philip Ends Extrsvagance
Fostcrcd by Proprcssives.

MADISON, Wis, Aug l5.--Governor
fhillpp will save the taxpayers OF Wis
consin ss,O0O,OOO during the next two
years. or that amount $4,000, 900 is in APP
preparations made by the Legislature and
s2,ooo.o0O will be in remission OF State
educational taxes during the next two
years. The former saving was accom-
plished by cutting down appropriations
for the State administration. university.
normal schools and charitable and penal
institutions.
This Is the first cut In state expenses
since La Toilette first became Governor
In 1900 In that time expenses have
risen under Progr, ssive rule from $4,-
100000 year to $l6.0O0,O0O. The re-
duction In the educational tax levy will
be possible because of increased reve-
nuss and decreased demands on the gem
eral fund OF the State treasury. which
VIII result In "A balance which can be
used for educational purposes and thus
enable the administration to remit taxes
FOR such needs by S2.OO00OO.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
U. s. CLERGYMAN DIES IN WAR.
The Rev. Giuseppe GondsIfo killed
ON the Firing Line.

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. l5.-Word was
received here to-day OF the death In bat
tie OF the Rev. Giuseppe Gondalfo. for
mer missionary OF the Italian Baptist
Church OF this city,
He was member OF an aristocratic
Italian family. He was killed in
skirmish with the Austrian advance
guard. His wife. who rejoned her hus-
band In his native country, Is expected
to return to this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
CLEvELAND'S RICH ARE DRY.
Police Guard Bars In Fourteen
Prominent Clubs.

CLEVELAND, Aug. l5.-Cleveland has
been enforcing the Sunday liquor laws
against the poor mems clubs for weeks
past. but not until to-day did the oy-
ganizations frequented by men Of wealth
get "A dose OF the same medicine
Following orders issued few days
ago by Director OF Public Safety
Benesch policemen to-day stood guard
In the bars OF fourteen clubs and saw
to II that nothing OF an alcoholic nature
was dispensed. Among the clubs forced
to go dry were the University, Hermits.
the Tavern, Roadside and Cleveland
Athletic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
SAY BRITISH MISUSED FLAGS.
German Embnssy Gives Out Long
List of Such Cases.

WAsHINGToN. Aug. IA statement
made public by the German Government
through the German Embas ssy here gives
detailed memoranda of the misuse of
distinctive marks OF neutral ships by
British vessels since the beginnlsg of the
subma rine warfare.
Among the cases cited Is the Lusi-
tania. of which II Is said that on Feb
ruary last passengers reported that
by order OF the British Admiralty the
American flag was hoistcd when the
liner was near the Irish coast. Seven
instances are given In whish the Brit
lsh are accused OF using the Stars and
Stripes for protection, The Dutch.
Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish fags
are said 10 have been used for similar
purposes.