The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, August 18, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME IL ANDERSON. S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1915. NIIMRFR I?7
DOORS LOCKED AT NIGHT
FALL BUT NO VIOLENCE
ATTEMPTED
WILL BE BURIED
AT BROOKLYN
Mrs. Frank Was Overcome With
Grief But F^s Improved
Will Accompany Body.
Atlanta, Aug. 17.-,THe body of Leo
M. Frank who was taken from his
bcd at the state prison farm last night
by a well organised mob of some
twenty Jive ..men and carried to Ma
rietta and hanged, was. placed in a
local undertaking shop herc this
afternoon. For several hours the
crowd tiiat blocked the streets in front
ol' the place for a block, was allowed I
to lile single through the building and
view the body.
The body was brought here about
noon in un automobile and for a while j
conceuletl In the stables, of the under
taking company, within a block of
their morgue. It was soon discovered
and thousands tried to enter thc
stables. Then' the body Was placed
in public view in the morgue.
The crowd seemed merely desirious
of assuring themselves that lt really
was Frank's body . No attempts vio
lence were made. 1 At nightfall the
doors of the morgue were locked and
polir? formed a -onion around thc
building.
Members of Frank's family announ
ced that thc body would be taken on
a late train tonight to Brooklyn, the
former home lor burial. It will be
accompanied by Mrs. Leo Frank and
other members ot the..family.. Mrs.
Frank, one of Frank's attora<
was not In, a serious conditlon/are
t hough dazed ' ttfUMiystcrical.
. Governor Harris left this morning
for Fitzgerald, Qa., to attend tho state
convention of the United; Confederate
Veterans, but word came from there
tonight that he announced he would
leave there immediately to aid mem
bers of the,state prison commission in
the investigation ot "the lynching ot
Frank.
An examination ot Frank's body
showed that he mot deatb by strangu
lation, and was not struck by shots
or otherwi te' mutilated.
Cor?se >'s Jory AdJourWd.
Marietta, C?." Aug. 17.-The coro
ner's jury i ihpannelled today to In
vestigate the lynching of Leo M.
Frank, whose dead body was found
this morning near herc 'hanging to
a tree within sight of the childhood
home of Mary Phagan, for whose mur
der he was serving a life term in the
Georgia prison farm. Af ..er beering
the evidence to. prove it really was
h"rank's body, the jury adojnrucd for
a week to let officials collect evidence.
Frank's body was cut down and rush
ed to Atlanta tn an automobile after
Tormer Superior Judge Morris or
Cobb country, prevailed upon ?ho
crowd net to.wreak vengeance on lt,
as some advised doing.
Prison Officials Absolved.
Mllledgcvtlle, Ga., Aug. 17.-R. E.
Davidson, chairman of the state prison
commission, who with tho other two
members of the commission, was here
last night when tho mob of twenty
five men removed Leo M. Frank from
the dormitory of rho state farm, is
sued a statement tonight absolving the
prison officiate from all blame in con
nection with the kidnapping. The
mob had only Ave men to deal With
and was so well organized, David
son sa(d, 'hat the warden and superin
tendent tv ire easily overpowered.
Daniels Denounces Aft.
Washington, Aug. ' 17.-Secretary
of Navy Daniels issued a formal state
ment tonight denouncing the lynch
ing' of Leo Ht. Fran.k as the "worst
blot on the name of Georgia," and de
claring it would be more sincerely
condemned in the south than else
where .
Atlanta, Aug. 17.-Dangllur. from a
tree the body of Leo M. Frank was
found hanging thU morning about
daybreak at ti point two miles from
Marietta. Frank had bee?: lynched by
a welt-organised mob of about 25 to
75 men, th?s1 bringing tb a closo the
life of a mao''who had been on the
verge of official gallows until hts sen
tence of death, for mn roer ot Mary
Phagan. tho per jil factory girl, was
commuted ?to. f'/to Imprisonment by
Gov. Slat on, w ito granted the commu
tation jus tbeforn he retired os chief
evecritive. Mary Phagan was murder
ed April. 26, 1913, tn the National Pen
cil faet?,ry, Atlanta, of which ST*tfc
.V?s superintendent. On August 13,
1*13, .Frank was found guilty of mur
der. Motion for new trial was de
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MISS LIGON
LOCAL C/
IN BE AVI
POPULAR YOUNG LADY SEL
AND COUNTY IN STATE-V
QUEEN OF HARVEST
33,540 VOTES-MA
'isa Lou KU?-ii Limni has been
raoson to represent Anderson county
in a state-wide contest to select the
most beautiful young lady in South
Carolina to reign over the Harvest
Jubilee .in Columbia this fall during
the Stats Fnir, the oificial count last
night giving her a total of 33,540 votes,
or a lead of 15,290 ove:- the next lead
ing contestant. *
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? THE OFFICIAL COl'NT *
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.> Miss Lou Ellen Ligon. .33,540 ?
* Miss rosamond nurdlne lR.'ir.O w
* Miss Carrie Fret well.. .10.000 ?
* Miss Frances Trlbble_2.030 #
* Miss Lola ?ell Ramsay.. 1.G80 +
I* +
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The contest nlosed promptly at 12
o'clock and there was a little excite
ment a few minutes before the closing
when snppr.r^ers of some of the nomi
nees brou^nt boxes containing cou
pons into tho office nnd~turned them
lin.
Thc final official count was made by
Messrs. H. n. Harper, C. C. Dargan
and Frank Todd. These gentlemen
went over thc counts made day by
day by The Intelligencer, confirming'
the figures.
During the .eight days that the con
? test was running a 'great doal of in
terest was manifested, by people both
in and out of tho city. No certificates
for votes were issued and in all cases
coupons were turned in for votes.
CONK ON REPORTS
IB01 iSLAi RY.
I
I Reports Show Millions Have Beeu
Lost By Officials in Stock *.
Transactions.
? Washington, Aug. 17.-The Inter
state Commerce Commission report
tonight on its investigation of the
Kock Island railroad finances shows
that millions were lost in stock trans
actions. It charges officials with mis
representation, and disclosed great
profits to holding companys.
A German Hero
of aWraaw.
Rh vv
I.. General van Lfaslagea .
Con er al von Li rs Ingen was cc
mander of thc left flank, ot the Ger
ma ?J army In Galicia, and hud much io
do with driving thc Kusslaus on the
south so they would be lorced out pi
.Warsaw. V.
ry CONTEST
ECTEO TO REPRESENT CITY
VIDE CONTEST TO ELECT
JUBILEE-RECEIVED
JORITY OF 15,290.
This made all supporters bf thc nomi
nees get out and hustle for The In
telligencer in order to get the cou
pons .
Up until last minute it waa Impossl
hie to tell who Would be thc winner,
This making the contest the more ex
citing.' Several young men stayed at
thc office last night until the official
count was declared.
Next Sunday morning The intelli
gencer will have one page devoted to
pictures of contestants io this big
Beauty Pontes' In the center of the
page will bc large picture of the
winner and grouped around this will
be tho pict urea af the others.
The. reBults of this election will be
forwarded to tho publicity committee
of tho Harvest Jubilee and Tbc In
telligencer will also forward to the
committee a photograph of the young
lady who has been voted to be tho
most beautiful. This photograph will
be published along w'th photographs
of 43 other young lo dies representing
the various counties Of the State, and
when the 44 photographs have been
published in the papers of the State,
the public generally will be called
on to select the most beautiful one ot
the 44, who will be crowned "queen*
of tho Harvest Jubilee. The young
woman selected Will be eoulpprd with
an elaborate trousseau, befitting; her
royal beauty and grace, and she wilt
alt in state on a handsomely deco
rated "float" in the parado, attended
by exquisite maids of honor, and
chlvaleric courtiers will pay her hom
age.
?0 DECIDE LAW SUIT
Oldest Case in" Georgia Courts to
Be Decided by State Su
preme Court.
Atlanta. Aug. 17.-The supreme
court will shortly have to pasa on the
?oldest law suit in Georgia. It is the
case of "Cicero. Wilson et al. vs.
Emory and Olaudo Wood, administra
tors," and it I corn?s up from Judge
Brand of the Athens superior court;
who has over-ruled the original mo-"
tlon for a new trial.
Nearly 50 years ago, In 18!?s to be
exact, this case was first called, In
the Jackson superior court. In Its
I first shape It was an application for
dower. Ail the original parties and
1 attorneys are now dead, Including
more than one Judge before whom It
was triod. It will now probably go
to the supremo court ' for the third
?or fourth time. Judge rmssoll tried
I lt, and judges prior to his timo'have
j had a shot at it, but it had never been
finally, settled.
STEEL WORKERS ON
STB? ATLANT
Object to Non-Union Men 'Being
Employed on Skyscraper
by Contractors.
Atlanta, Aug. 17.-About 200 work
men, including the structural steel
men, have gone on strike on the new
skyscraper which ls being built at
the Connelly corner, on Whitehall
and Alabama streets.
The question at Issue wu the right
of the contractors to employ non
union men on some reinforcing work.
Tho an km men objected and walked
ou*.
The contractors say they had the
name fight on their hands In Chicago
a short time ago, and that here they
aro going to fight it to h finish. They
naVe already sent for non union .> ork
men.
GREEK CABINET
HAS RESIGNED
-Loudon. Aug. 17 ?-King Constan
tine of Greece has accepted the res
ignation of the Goun&ris cabinet,
which was tendered yesterday, ac
cording to a Router's Athena dispatch
f MleuUierios Venizolos, the leader of
i the opposition, was invited to commit
I with the king today.
peruvian Lea? is Off.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 17.- Negotiations
Irecently opened by the Varar?an gov
ernment for Ute flpta,Uon o? a loan .ip
New York havo been suspended.
HI Bfsl
H? P. FRYE
IS PE PUBLIC
ACCEPTS j PROPOSAL THAT
DAMAGES BE FIXED BY
COMMITTEE
WANTS?STATEMENT
IF INTENTIONS
Asks if Germany Intends Conduct
ing Naval Warfare Accord
ing to Treaty.
Washington. AUK. 17.-The Ameri
can reply to. Germany's last note in
regard to tb? sinking o? the William
P. Frye wad made public today. It
accepts the proposal that damages bo
fixed by a inlxed c.onimltt.>o and that
the disputan'treaty provisions bc sub
_ milted to arbitration nt The Hague,
j It calls on Germany for a statement
? meanwhile as .to whether she inlands
j to conduct thc (ature naval operations
' in accordance with her interprccation
or tho Prussian-American treaty or
with those of the United States
notes.
Ii Is regarded as putting the case
well on "the way toward settlement!
It waa .sen^.^jr Secretary of 8tate
Lansing to Ambassador Gerard at
norlin and makes up about 800 words.
After accenting the suggestion tim;
two experts;-be appointed to agree
as to damage, the note states that
the United States government takes
up th? fact'that the suggestion ol
payment of this arrangement would
not constitute an admission of thc vi
olation of American treaty rights.
Tlie'note says the payment of this
is understood as entirely acceptable
provided the'acceptance should like
wise be understood to be without pre
judice to the:contention of the-United
States that ,the sinking of the: Fryfc
ds'WlUt?nt'tro*4egal . Jurisdiction and
provided also that arrangement tor
the arbitration *of the question of the
egal, Justification so far Involves ln
terpretattion that existing treaty stip
ulations be made. Lt points out the
desirability of the matter being legally
defined as soon as possible. Clos
ing, the note says:
If this proposal proves acceptable
to th imperial Gorman governm?>L SI
will be necessary also to determine
A aether, pending tho arbitral award
the imperial German government
shall gove-n its naval operations in
accordance with Interpretation main
tained by United states as the obli
gations imposed by treaty stipulation's
and government of the United States,
we would be glad to have the exprc*
sion of the views of the imperial gov
ernment qn this point.
MISSOURI PACI.'IC (.IVI S
COXSKNT TO RECEIVERSHIP
St. Louis, Aug. 17.-The Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain System to
day consented to tao appointment of
receivers as requested in a petition
filed in the Federal court.
Three Hundred Million Dollar
Loan Regarded aa Imme
diate Necessity.
f. i .
New York. Aug. 17.-Out of the
disordor of foreign exchange markets
today a plan began to assume fenn
for floating a hugo British loan In Now
.York, to check tho downward trend
of rates and protect the money of the
allies against farther depreciation.
It is.regarded as Imperative that a
loan of at least three hundred million
dollars be floated Immediately.
'.?ates are about tho same as yester
day.
PRTOPLH PLEADS
HE IS INNOCENT
Preliminary Hearing of Alleged
Spy Continued Tai Next
Thursday.
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Tallahassee, Pla., Aug. 17.-Wal
bor Ortolph charged with entering
government reservations in Florida to
obtain Information he was not en
titled: to pleaded not guilty at tb? pre-.
Ilmlnary trial hsre this afternoon.'
Th?.fe?arl?g was continued until next
I Thursday.
Quits Dardanel
General Couraud, Hitting.
I
This photograph of (general Gour
uud, French commander in the Dar
danelles was taken at Sidul Hahr
a few day H before he waa wrunded.
It shows him sliting on ore of the
heavy guns with which Pie Turkish
CAI? TO
REJECT PLEA
Will Not Attend Peace Meeting
-Wants Recognition-Latest
Report Says Border is
Quiet.
Washington. Aug. 17.-Carranza
will reject tho Pan-American peace
plea, lt was learned here tonight. It
Is reported he will urge conferees to
USp their iufluence to secure r?cogni
tion of his government.
?order Quiet.
Brownsville, Aug. 17.-Reports to
army headquarters tonight described
conditions along the Texas-Mexican
border as quiet.
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Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 17.-Tim
border situation, ob the, lower Rio
Grande assu?f?jl an' ugly aspcet to
day. The gathering of Mexicans In
force last nigjit'at Progresse and a
daring attack'across the river on a
troop of the Twelfth Uni ed States
cavalry ls not tile only .ggravating
feature. Authorities have received
reports that 25 horses, among them
some recognized animals, stolen In
recent raids, wero delivered thia week
at Matamoras, a town opposite here,
held by Carranza troops^ Tile deliv
ery pt these horses add the tact that
Mexicans at Progresse are gathering
openly in large numbera has renewed
suspicions among th Americans that
Carranza officials . were o|thor lax In
disc'ollne or without sufficient de
pendable troops to cope with tito ban
dit element on the Mexican side.
The death of Corporal V.'ll man lu a
fight at Progresso crossing last night
and the wounding of Lieut..-Roy O.
Henry and Privat?. Jackson has Inten
sified feeling in this section.
For nearly 20 miles about I*ro
grcsso crossing alarms were sounded
by slfte shots and hells last night.
Armed men patrolled the roads and
women and children gathered where
they,could be guarded. Early today
more troops reached Mercedes and
Progresso section.
Georgia Segre Lynched.
Rnlnridge. J}?... Aug. 17 -John
Higgin.'!, aged sixty three, a negro was
lynched near hera this afternoon after
the wITi of a tobacco planter had Iden
tliled him as the rann who assaulted
ber.. . ' '
Columbia Man Electrocuted.
Columbia. Aug. 17.-While testNg
an elevator in a Columbia depart
ment ator? early thia morning. Philip
Watson, a young electrical engineer
of tills city, carno in contact tylth a
live wire and waa electrocuted.
1
les Command.
General Baillound.
forts on the Gallipoli PenInsu.. have
boen bombarded. A fow days later he
wa? relieved of command. The reason
for this has not been published, but j
lt was supposed the French govern
ment wns not satlsllod with the I
progress he had made.
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GREAT DAMAGE
Galveston Wireless Message Says
Water Still High-Buildings
On Water Front Ruined
Damage Heavy.
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 17.-Several
brief wireless messages received at
the army station at San Antonio to
day comprised tile total of communi
cation with Galveston, which for i
twenty four honrs had been cut off
by tlie storm.
Nn loss of lives was reported by
wireless and none reported at other |
places tn Texas, the wireless from
Galveston merely saying "IOSB of life
unknown."
Water In thc building was about
four feet doep at five o'clock this
afternoon, the wireless said. All
buildings along tho water front aro ?
ruined. The damage ls great.
The army transport McCellan was
reported carried haifa mlle inland, lt
was also reported the viaduct Con
necting Galveston and the mainland
wns broken down In parts.
At Waco, two hundred miles north
west of Galveston, high winds did
considerable damage. Other Texas j
towns reported property damage
Schooner Foundered.
Mobile, Ala.. Aug. 17.-Tho Ameri
can schooner M. A. Achorn founder
ed during thc tropical storm and all
tho crew were saved by the steamer |
El Siglo, according to information
reaching thc owners here tonight.
Several other vessels i re feared for.
NEW OR
HEX
EIS EXPORTS
TO NEW YORK!
Wsshlngton. Aug. 17.-New Or;
leans ranked second among the coun
try's ports in total foreign commerce
during the fison! year nineteen fifteen
with two hundred and eighty nine mil
lion dollars, a decrease ci six million.
New York led with four billion, four
hundred and forty three million.
SUFFERS
$50,000.00 FIRE
Columbia. S. C., Aug. 17.--Tho
??eater part of tho business section
of EstlU, S. C.. was destroyed by a
fire this morning, tho losses amount
ing to approximately $50.000. partial
ly covered by Insurance.
FOB TROUBLE IN
BALKAN STATES
RUMANIA, BULGARIA AND
GREECE REPORTED WAK
ING PREPARATIONS
POLAND CENTER
OF ACTIVITIES
Rome Report? Italian? Have
Commenced Another Gen
eral Offensive.
I-?nilinn. Aug. 17.-Tho political sit
u?t ion In tho I tal bau s H till romains lu
n chaotic state, although there are un
official reporta that tho Teutonic allies
ar? massing troops in the south in
preparation for eventualities and that
Italy has hoon advised that Rumania,
Mulgaria, and Greeco atte actively
carrying on military preparations.
Bleuttu rlcK Ven iz?los, w^o early In
tho year, resigned the premiership of
Greece because King Constantine r?
fusd to allow Greece to join the al
lies aud who is now returned to the
premiership hy popular vote, has been
requested to form a cabinet. He ash
ed four days to conRlder.
Meanwhile Poland Is the greatest
center of military activities. Follow
ing tho Berlin announcement of the
capture of important forts south ot
Kovno, Vienna asserts that the Aus
Ira-Hungarians reached Debrynka,
thirteen milos southwest ot the Brest
Lltovsk line and are advancing on
Janow.
Tho only news from the Dardanelles
is the British announcement tb%' a
Cern?an submarine sank the British
transport Royal Rd ward with a loss
of a . thousand Uvea.
The Italians, according lo Rome,
have commenced another general of
fensive again-the Austrians.
Tho famoua bridgehead at Dixmude
thrice lost and thrlc0 retaken by bel
gians, remain in the Belgian's possess
ion today after a desperate German
attack was repulsed. There Was
mainly artillery fighting, on the re
mainder of the Western front.
[ Constantinople, Aug. 17.-Attacks
by newly landed allied troops against
I the Turkish positions lu the Gallipoli
peninsula hav0 been repulsed accord
ing to a Turkish official statement.
The attack near Ana trata Sunday was
repulsed and a mine' exploded before
the enemy trenches. At other points
them ls nothing new. An enemy de
stroyer was struck by shells says a
statement.
landon, Aug. 17.-The crisis Is not
roached In the present stage of the
western campaign. Russia will not
be ablo to assure the aafety of her
armlos until tito mena?a presented by
Hindenburg in Courland is removed.
In the Bausk district of Courland the
German army has been driven back
toward the river while Kovno lsh still
stemming the German tide. The
chief struggle however ia In the re
gion of north Niemen.
Between tho Narow ?nd Bug the
Gorman drive ls. evidently making
some headway although Petrograd
claims rh6 attacks were repulsed af
ter'heavy Qghtlug. Along the r&tddle
Bug the Teutons have forced several
crossings If the Russians plan to
hold the transverse railroad they must
soon check the Teutons definitely.
From the standpoint of the Allies
Balkan situation ls clearing with an
assertion oft! dally inspired at Nish,
thst Serbia's attitude ls not Irrecon
cilable. Former Premier Venlzelos
is expected to again be tn the saddle
tomorrow. F.<um?i*!?. is becoming Arm
er In her refusal to permit the pas
sage of arms to Turkey.
TRANSPORT SUNK;
HUNDREDS DROWN
Londo, Aug. 17.-The British trans
port Royal Edward has been . tor?
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine. 600 or the I ?50 troops sa l
220 others aboard were saved, lt is
announced officially;
London. Aug. 17.-Tuet troops on
the Royal Kdward woro mainly rein
forcements for the Tw-snty-nlath dl
dlvlslon and detalla of Royal Medical
corps. A statement says full details
have not been received, but lt ls
known that about 600 wv?re saved.
The vessel was sunk last Saturday
morning in the Aegean sea.
A asl ria Orders Pore Bolllag Stock.
Rom?. Aug. 17 -A dispatch from
Vienna says the Austrian government
has placed a rush order for 210 loco
motives and 1,000 ears ftV war pur
poses, making a total of 390 locomot
tlves and'' 3.490 cars ordered ?(ace
the war began. The new order is to
ba filled by Krupp.