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Showers Tuesdays Wednesday fair and warmer. VOLUME IL Local Coif on.8 7-Sc ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1,1915. NUMBER 120. SECOND NOTE TO BE SENT . TO GERMANY LAST ARGUMENT FOR LEO FRANK WILL INSIST . ON DEFINITE ANSWER BY GER. . MANY MUST ACCOUNT FOR VIOLATIONS Will Leave no Doubt as to Inten tions of U. S. to Protect Citizens Right?. - LETTER FROM Washington, May 31.-President II inf* F ROAlV Wilson Intends to shape thc course or the United States in the international " crisis which has arisen so as to leave Produced by Defense-Judge In no doubt abroad of the country's pur pose not only to. speak, but If ucc- tended Recommending Clem es ?a ry to act for the cause of human- _ Hy. This was virtually determined ency Prisoner, by the president today. ^^^^^^ Germtny's avoidance of tho larger qucntlons of humanity by technical Atlanta, May, 31.-The hearing on argument on a hitherto undisputed Leo Frank's application for the corn point-tho right of searching war craft mutation of his death sentence to life -must be met promptly ' with a note imprisonment was completed before again setting form briefly the facts the State prison commission late to as found by the investigation of of?- day. It Is expected that the commls clsls here as to the cargo and neacc- sion will make Its recommendation ful equipment of the Lusitania and within ten days to the governor, who reiterating the earnest Intention of the will make-the Anal decision. United States to hold the German gov- Nobody appearod to argue Hie op ernmeni to strict accounablllty foi- all position to Frank's applies.ion. Tho violation of American rights on the principal features of the proceeding hight seas. were a letter written by late Judge Tomorrow the president will lay Roan who presided at the trial, urg before the cabinet both the German lng domeney, and a statement by and Mexican questions. The tense Mrs. Frank describing her husband's rttuatlon produced by the receipt of ctlon on thc night following the day the unyielding reply from Germany Mary Phagan was murdered. Che overshadowed the Mexican problem denied the rumors of estrangement today. rmmt.-jMMi TUirnatnff iR* Qmr\. hatsraan iifltiihfi rilli hnr husband man ambassador bas been granted an Judge Roan, In his letter stated that Interview with the president for Wed- at the proper time he would ask the nesday noon. governor to commute the sentence; Just what the president will pro- that after months ot deliberation he pose to the cabinet is a matter of was still uncertain as to thc prison wide conjecture. There was a notice- er's gilt, ddlng: "It is possible I able confidence that Germany having showed undue deference to the opln flled to yield In principle or fact to lon of the jury when I allowed the the American point of view the pres- verdict to stand." ldent would suggest a coursr follow- Frank, Solicitor Dorsey nd morn ing the logically strong expressions hers of Mary Phagan's family didn't In the note sent May thirteenth. attend. Ex-Congressman Howard. i r j i representing Frank, submitted a mass Washington. May 31.-President ?f co"rt records and petitions from Wilson toda* faced two difficult in- legislators and societies and letters ternatlonal problems. One is the crisis fr?m Ex-Governor Foss of Massa In relations between the United States chusets and others from Georgia and and Germany and the other is the ?ther States,, appeared asking clem adminlstration determination to ency. ^? stop Internal Mexican warfare. " Howard declared that, when the The president has prepared a state- *oan Jetter was received. We felt ment for issue tomorrow warning that there had been accomplished all Mexican factions of their Incessant we had expected to accomplish by Btrlfe has forced the innocent popula- argument *?.''*?., .w tlon to the vorge of starvation, that g? asserted that under tho law the unless order ls restored the United verdict could have been death or 1 fe States will find means of restoring lt. imprisonment and asked the commis The United States executives are con- 8lon and sTOvernor to merely pass an ?dent the warning will be sufficient alternate sentence. Howard said: or Mexican faction leaders. "We ask lt In the name of mercy. There ls pessimism and high tension baaed uP?adoubt regarding the prls regardlpg the relations with Germany oner's guilt; this appeal for mercy resulting from Germanya reply to the ?}*lch has reverberated one end of United States note, sent as a conso- ?he4,countrJr 10 the oth.eKr* arou8,ln* quence of the Lusitania disaster. The instincts human sympstby as few official text of the German reply is in the history of the country before the. president this morning. have eTer done-_ Government officials are profoundly J.; ~ ... _. , . disappointed. They say it endeavors . Atlanta. ?a;.May ?1.-Final ef to obscure and evade the main Issues, forts to save lalo M. Frank from the ment on legal matters hitherto undis- deatb Penalty Pronounced upon him and seeks to Interpose technical argu- for Mary Phagan s murder. begar ment on legal matters hitherto undia- (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.) puted under the laws of nations. Tho _ reply Ignores the request of the Unit ed States for assurance that Amer!- fill ITT ll fi J Oft ll DC can Hves won't be endangered in the nULuUlflut The president is expected to shape __ _ ?HIHFR VASIII United States course today and dis- Til ?? DJIDlLll I ll il ?V CUBS his decision at tomorrow's cab- Iii BL nUmLll lUUHl tnet meeting. He baa known the dissp- 1 **** M pointing nature of the German reply -? b?rrr;?M^?os: DM**",- "?.>*?? * decision will be. Because ot the pres!- Jay Night as Result of dent's feeling over the Lusitania dis aster ls known, lt is believed he will Wounds, order the dispatch within less than two days of a second note to Berlin. , , answertr g Germany's request for facts Greenville, May 31.-Chief of Po ?T?V?h8t? lice James E. Holcombe, who died meat with, the resUtement of clrcum- a?Moal ftt the cItv hoSpUal sunday stances made clearin the ?rat United ^ ire8um,bl aB /result of a 5!?AW h????l?ima ?n *. * T>nd received when on May ll he f?,?h?"-??2^rt.hr.-v.- ia waa shot by Walker White at Car Reference to torpedoing without u XuMdfty afternoon, the hour to warning of ?te steamer Nebraskan. Is ^ arran)|<Hl yupon the arrlvai of r*l* SfmS^.^ -i.i'?Jnv ?y^ir\i *bo ?vo ?n d,?tant c,t,?* a*L7r-" ?iiiST?^ escort to the fu. eral cortege. The ^&?1ir35S; -ay the ^ ^ ^ * American point of view on legal ques- . . . Hons Involved has np ver been dis-. puted hy Germany before, or by any Submarine Sinks Steamer. other nation Of the world. Barry, Wales. May 31.-Site Bnt State department officials today com- lab steamer TuUochmoor, 3,520 tons, pared the official text or the German waa shelled and sunk by a Cermun note with tbs text made public, fay submarine Friday night. 7be crew press dispatches and lt was said to bo escaped and baa landed hem. The different somewhat in phraseology, Toi I ooh m cor waa In balla it from but not in sf nee. Differences were Genoa for South Shields. Trw. Tul attrlbuted to the /act that official and lochmoor waa built in 1899 and waa unofficial traaslatlcns were made by owned hy the Moore line, Limited of different persons. Newcastle, Eng. HEARD BY STATE PRISON COMMISSION TO DAY Italian-Austrian Tho Italians have taken tlie offen sive, as far aa thc ncwa despatches tell the story of the war between Italy and Austria. Italian parties have charged across thc border near Switzerland, and if the stories from GERMAI SHIM FIGURES WILL BE FURNISHED WHICH WILL GOVERN LOCAL GRAIN MARKET DURING THIS SEASON 5 HOUR SERVICE Wheat Positively Must be Dry Before it ie Brought to Market. At the meeting of the directors of he Carolina Grain and Elevator iompany, held at the office of the >rosldent. Mr. J. E. CUnkscates. tn jigon-Ledbetter building on Saturday ifternoon, lt was bona ftdely offered o purchase all tho grain which is of ered by this and surrounding emm ies based ufion the Chicago grain narket, since It was explained by Messrs. W. J. McClure and J. Wad o lerke, members of the board, that hey believed most of the farmers rould sell as soon as crop is harvest id. The elevator ccmpany will post ivory, three hours the grain market is same ls ticked off at Chicago >oard of trade so that the sellers or [Tain will be enabled to know ere ry h ree hours what the market ls. These inotations will be furnished free of har ge and ot course be basis upou rhlch the grain will be purchased lo ally. The elevator company again re tuesto the farmers tn see that the rain IS properly dried before hr Ing lis lt for sale, since 100 bushels of ret wheat will ruin 1,000 bushels of ;ood wheat )E PALMA WINS 500 MILE RACE koke all Records for Distance Time Fire Hours Thirty Three Minutes. Indianapolis. May 31.-Ralph De~ 'alma. drlrlng a dorman car. won the Ifth annual fivv? hundred mlle auto lobllo race here today, breaking all ccords for distance. He took the lead near thc; two hun red mlle mark, lost lt once, then re sined it. Timo: Fire hours, thirty tiree minutes, thirty-five and a half econds. F>s*ts, Ir a French or was econd and Anderson in an American ar was third. Border, Where F Tome are to b? bellevod, Austrian garrisons bavo fled' before them. On thc other hand" the Italians have mob ilized north of Venice and in thc neighborhood of ..Trevino and t'dine, roady to march into Trieste and tho NYjS REI WANT FACTS ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANNOUNCING DECISION WILL INDEMNIFY IN CERTAIN CASES But in Case of Lusitania Intimate They Were Fully Justified in Attack. Berlin, May 30.-Germany with holds its final decision on the de mands advanced by thc United States government In connection with the sinking of thc Lusitania until the re ceipt of an answer from the United States to the noto which Herr von Jagow, tho foreign minister, has de livered to Ambassador Gerard, in reply to tho American note received by thc German government on May 15. in it? reply thc German govern ment declares that it is not its inten tion to submit nc aral ships tn thc war zone, which are guilty of no hos tile acts, to attacks by submarine or aeroplane; that lt is investigating the circumstances in connection with thc attacks on thc American steamers ! dishing and Gulfllght and that is all I cases where neutral vessels, through [ no fault of their own, have been dam aged Germany will pay indemnifica tion. The reply urges that in the caso of the Lusitania, which Germany alleges, was armed and carried large stores of war munitions, "it waa acting in Justified self-defense In Becking with all the means of warfare at Its dispo sition to protect the lives ot tho sol diers by destroying ammunition in tended for the enemy." Pass Back te British. Tho German RN'arnmont recalls tho proposals submitted by the pelted States government to Berlin end Lon. dbn, designed to end- the submarino warfare and tho shutting ont of food supplier, from Germanv which, it de clares, failed of their purp<rso be cause of thc refusal of the British government to egree to them. Tbe following, vs the text nf the [?erman note made public today: "The undersigned bas the honor to submit to Ambassador Gerard tho fol lowing answer to the. corni, imitation of May 15 regarding the injin y to American interests through German submarine warfare. "The imperial government bes sub jected the communications of the American government to a thorough investigation It entertains also a keen wish to cooperate In a frank ano friendly way in clearing up a pos sible misunderstanding which may dave arisen In the relations between the two jrovcrnmonts through \he (CONTINUEL* ON PAGE FIVE.) . - ':' . ; - :*'* ; *' . 'ight Is Going On HARTWELL LAD SAVES DROWNING COMRADE WHILE ON PICNIC AT SAVAN NAH RIVER ON LAST FRIDAY NEPHEW MRS. KEESE Jumped Into Swift Water to Save Young Boy Who Was Drowning. '.'ne following account of the sav ing of thc lift- of a comrade by a Hartwell lad will bo read wjth spec ial interest hy thc people of Ander son. Tho father of the young man Is Ula brother of Mrs. W. H. Keene ot this city wheih makes it cHpeclnlly in teresting lo the readers of this sec tion. Thc account follows: (sham Halley, aged IS years, non of Dr. W. I. Halley, of Hartwell, saved tho life of Neal Craft, aged 9 years, the aon of T. O. ('raft, a leading mer chant of Hartwell, white .on a picnic nt Brown's ferry Friday. Tho Sun day school of the Hartwell Baptist church were on the picnic;. A patty of the picnickers had crossed tho riv er to the South Carolina aldo and was getting ready to return to the Geor gia side when young Craft fell out of thc ferry boat Into tho boat slulco which was about fifteen feet deep and very swift and waa foaling down thc river when seen by young Hailey. Tho latter ran into the boat. Jumped out and swam after the Craft boy, overtaking him about thirty feet from tho boat. Just aa bo was going down. Hailoy then swam down the river 1?"?0 feet holding tho boy with one hand when J. W. Temples came to hla recsue. "J. H. Skelton threw a large boat pole to them which assisted them in reaching the bank. This waa a most daring rescue and -liad it not been for young Hailey. Craft would un doubtedly have been drov/nn'd. ??***++?++*+*+?+++*?** * ? * Gl LFLIiillT MISTAKEN ? * FOB BRITISH SHIP. ? ?- ? * Washington, May 31.-Ger- * * many has officially notified ? * Ambassador Gerard that the ? #. American steamer Gulfllght, ? * torpedoed in the English + * Channel may first, was mis- ? .> taken for a British vessel and .? * attacked because of this er- ? r ror. 4. r t ***** *??*???** ***** * * *i RUSSIAl OFFE1 IN C WILSON LAUDS DEAOJEROES MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES HELD IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY NO MENTION OF GERMAN ANSWER Although Crowd? Indicated Thu Was Uppermost in Their Minds.. Washington, May SI.- Eulogies of the American soldier and sailor wore voiced lorlny by President WIlHon. ec retary Bryan and Dan lois and Gover nor Willi;* or Ohio nt Memorial Day exorcises1 at Arlington cemctory. Tho large- crowdn seized on every opporuntity to show that, tho presont international situation was uppermost in their minde. The president .was enthusiastically applauded and cheered, ile carefully avoided any direct rcferenco to tho probb$s?B facing tho United tate.;. ?Jg^t?thfMiijr ??<? VWiihte aaa dedfcntlon of the Maine Memorial Monument, erected by the government to tho dead of thc battleship destroy ed seventeen years ago In Havana har bor, was thc principal featuro o? Memorial Day ceremonies In Arling ton N'ationnl cemetery. President Wilson, Secretary Brynn, Secretary Daniela and Governor Frank H. Mills, of Ohio, wnro on the pro gram more thoroughly national In Its scope than over, since Gen. John A. l<ogan established services of. the kind forty-seven years ago. The monument to thc Maine dead Is the mainmast and fighting top of the battleship which long lay Im bedded with other wreckage In tho bottom of Havattu harbor. Restored nnd rigged ns it was on the deck of. the Maine it now arises from a gran ite and marble chlHollod In thc form of a gun turret with names of the Maine's 261 victims car^d on its curved exterior. In tho presence of veterans of the fi vii and Spanlsh-Ainciean wars, the president, cabinet. Justice of tho su premo court, diplomats of foreign na tions and heads of patriotic organiza tions of the I'nlted Stat..-., organiza tions of the United States, tho fitting memorial was today unveiled. Fifty white uniformed marines manned tho Improvised rigging designed after thc old rat-llncs of thc destroyed ship as the veil fell. The exercises followed an Invocation by Rev.- Father Chld wick. chaplain of tho .Maine at the tlmc of her destruction. VETERANS GATHERED IN ANNUAL REUNION I Many Visitors in Old Capitol of Confederacy for Twenty Fifth Reunion. Richmond, May 31.-United Con tederate Veterans from all parts or the south aro here tonight for thc >pcntng of the twenty-fifth annual re union tomorrow. Thc old capitol of ho Confederacy ls ablaze with light. Events today Included memorial ex ercises for thc dead; the dedication if tho memorial to the Confederate women of Virginia and thc unveiling if a bronze tablet to women in Holly rood cemetery. ' General George P. Harrison of Ala >ama who will preside In tho absence if Cammander- in-Chief Bennett H. foung, arrived today. > AN-A WE RI PA* DELEGATES MAKING TOUR OP COUNTRY Washington. May 31.-The dele ates to the Pan-American financial onference left this morning for An Apolls. Baltimore is the second stop n tho tour of eastern and western ci tes to study American business meth ds. Tho trip ends at New York June 3th. VS ON VSIVE i ALICIA ARE HOLDING GERMANS AF. TER RETREATING MANY MILES CLAIM GERMAN RUSH HAS FAILED Italy Replie? to Austrian Air and Naval Raid With Dirigibles and Destroyers. London, May 31.-the great bettie on the San, to which the Russians felt back attar retreating orer bait of , Galicia. Htlll rages, but the Russians assert they have assumed the offen sive. London takes this statement to moan another mighty German effort has spent Itself. Though Prscmysl's fate ls still un certain, tho allied circles contend that the Austrians and Germans have failed to crush the Russians In Gali cia and that their rush forward, coat ing thousands of lives, has fallep short. An official AUB trian statement tor night claims no noteworthy advances-' in tho west neither aide has dose much lately. Italy retaliated for the Austrian air and naval raids along ber east coast by bombarding Pola, an Austrian naval base, from a dirigible while Italian destroyer a made a , dash on Mon fal* cone, doing considerable damage to Austrian shipping and escaping un scathed. ? '-V;-; German submarines are still ac tive. The news tortght adds th? ..Danish, ^^USpSMMJIt^ victims. The crew, wee; aavtfB British steamer Dixiana was torpe doed Friday while en route from Sa vannah to Swansea. Wales. Tho British press ls fol login g tfte German-American note exchange with keenest Interest. There ls mach spec ulation concerning the probable American action. London Expecting Bala. London. May 31.-There are lndlca tiones or sn air raid of possibly large proportions by Zeppelin derlglbles on London in the near future. The of ficial bureau announced tonight that Zeppelins re reported to have been seen near certain outlying districts, At thc same time a warning ls issued no statement whatever be published in English nowspapers desling with the plceB in tho neighborhood of Lon don roache* by the air craft except such Information as the udmlralty Is sues. Turks LOBS Heavy. London, May 31.-Although reporta from Constantinople favored the Tur kish troops in the operations on Cal iipoli Peninsula, the British wsr of fice announced today that In a furious engagement of recent date the Tur kish casualties numbar two thousand while tho allies only two hundred. London, May 31.-The Russian re sistance to the Austro-German ad vance In Galicia apparently ls stiffen ing. 'Following tho recent victory of the russians at Slenlawa in central Galicia on the San river, lt is an nounced at Petrograd that tbe right bank of the river has been detered for a sonsidorabln distance of the A nst ro-( je rm a n forces and that 3, 000 nrlBoners were taken. Bo fal l?as been disclosed, however, the Rus sians did not succeed (n halting the movement for the Investment of Przemysl. In the Baltic provinces, the invad ing Germans are also said to have been pressed back, losing guns and prisoners. The Russisn war office acknowledges that 'bey reached the Dtibysa river, but asserts that the German attempts to cross . the river railed. Tne lull along the western hettie Tront has been broken by thc French who claims to hare taken a croup of Senhan trenches in the Pilkelm. re gion and have made good progress north of Arras. Wtth British co iperatlon. they appesr to have made 1 slight progresa north of L? Basses. Mter repeated and costly repulses ho Germans for the time being. ?cern to bsvo abandoned their nt empts to take Ypres. During the )ast week, the Germans hav* made ?nly slight gains in the neighborhood ?r this salient. The main bodies of Italian and Vustrlan troops have not yet con? o grips. The Italian Invasion la itlll meeting with little opoaltlou. Except for the news ot the move aent of warships which appear to tte ?arching for German submarine tases little definite information has oms from the Dardanelles. a o fil ial announcement from Constanti tople says that French and British ttempted in vain to recapture posi (Continued on page five.')