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GRANTS APPEAL
IN FRANK CASE
I .iirm'.i t* Ovwino Wuv Uinrkno^
attua pv no ?f UJ IV
Tribunal.
WRIT MAY I5E SOUGHT.
Attorneys for Condemned Man Will
Carry Habeas Corpus Fight
to Supreme Court.
W&Hhington, Dec. L'8.?Justice
Lamar of the United States Supreme
court today grunted an appeal
from the refusal of the federal drstrlct
court for northern Georgia to
release on habeas corpus proceedings
Leo M. Frank, under death
sentence for the murder of Maj-y
Phagan at Atlanta.
Frank has been sentenced to be
hanged January 22, but Justice Lamar's
action causes a stay of execution.
Thirty days are given for
the record of the proceedings in the
lower court to be filed in the supreme
court here. The State of Georgia
then may ask that the hearing
of the case he advanced. Such suggestions
generally are granted.
As a result of Justice Lamar's
action today the entire court now
will pass upon Frank's right to seek
release from custody on a writ of
habeas corpus on the ground that
the trial court in Fulton county,
Georgia, lost jurisdiction over him
by its failure to have him present
when the jury returned its verdict.
Should the supreme court deqlde
Frank was not entitled to the benefit
of the habeas corpus writ, the
State of Georgia would no longer be
barred from carrying out the death
sentence. If the court decides he
>
was entitled to ask for the writ, the
case probably would remanded to
the federal district court for the
taking of evidence on the writ, and j
in opposition thereto.
Should the supreme court eventually
decide that Frank must be
released, it was said, a further
question would arise as to the power j
of the State to indict and try him a
second time. Authorities are said
to differ as to whether the first trial
would be regarded as having placed
Frank in "Jeopardy."
llitllard-< autheii.
Special to The News.
Heath Springs. Dec. 28.?Mr.
Wlliam Morris Cauthen and Miss I
Blla HI/.abet h Dullard were united
n marriage in the study of the Baptist
pas tort um at 6:30 o'clock
Thursday evening, the 241li inst. ,
The ceremony was performed byRev.
J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D., in the j
presence of a number of friends of |
the contracting parties. The bride
is a pretty and attractive young woman,
daughter of Mr. James Ballard,
and the groom is a prosperous
young farmer, son of Mr. J. M. Cauthen,
all of the Heath Springs comA
J
munity.
New Trial For Frank Possible.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dee. 26.?At-!
torneys for Leo M. Frank, the Atlanta
man sentenced to die for mur- j
der, obtained information hero today
which may make it pos.siblo to
get a new trial. They obtained a
transcript of the case of Harry II.
Murphy, who was convicted of white i
slavery. He was found guilty when
not In court, ns in the case of Frank.
Federal Judge Elliott o Sioux Falls
set the verdict aside as unconstitutional.
Sheriff Hector May Not Survive
Injury.
Greenville Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Dec. 28.?SherifT I
Hendrix Rector, who was Injurel
when his automobile turned over
Sunday afternoon, is reported in a ;
serloas condition tonight and there
la said to be little chance for his re- ,
eorery. Rural Policeman Plumley :
who waa alao Injured, is reported
resting well, but is still in a serious i
condition.
Gulf Storm Warnings.
New Orleans, Dec. 28.?Southeast
storm warnings were ordered
displayed between Galveaton and
Peneaoola at 4:20 p. m. today, according
to the local forecaster of
the weather bureau. '
Alililti!) ASSAU1/T ON NEVPOKT.
Tin* (Icrpian Uepurt Hays It Was
Unsuccessful.
Berlin, by wireless to London,
Leo. 28.?The German army heardquarters
stall' today issued the following
statement:
"In the western theatre the enemy
unsuccessfully renewed his attacks
j on Nleuport supported by warships
which did no damage to us, but kill
<?r nuui>u?a a iew mnamtants or
Wostende. An attack on the hamlet
of St. Uoorjre also fa:led.
"South of Yprer. we captured one
of the enemey's trenches and some
dozens of prisoners fell Into our
hands on this occasion.
"To the southeast of Verdun the
enemy repeated his attacks, but they
also were without success. A similar
assault occurred when he attempted
to recapture a height to the west of
Senhelm, for which we fought yesterday.
"There Is no news from East
Prussia or from Poland. North of
the Vistula and on the left bank of
the Vistula our attacks are developing,
notwithstanding the very unfavorable
weather."
CANADIAN SOLDIERS
ATTACK HUNTERS
One American Killed anil Another
Woiyidcr on the Niagara
ltiver.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 28.?The killing
of Walter Smith and the wounding
of Charles Dorsch. American
luwiters, by Canadian soldiers on the
Niagara river near Fort Erie today
was unintentional, according to information
gathered by the military
authorities and forwarded to Otto'
wa tonight.
The soldiers were aiding a provincial
officer to arrest the men for alleged
game law violation. Several
volleys were fired over their heads
to force them to coine ashore with
their rowboat. A final shit, said to
have been fired for the same purpose,
killed Smith and wounded Dorsch.
Whjle deep regret over the incident
was expressed by Fort Erie village
officials, it was pointed out that
the men were not only technically
under arrest and attempting to escape,
but that they had violated a
militarv order which forbade unauthorized
persons to approach the international
boundary line while
armed.
1' mas N. Delaney, the provinc'al
officer, taid the men were shooting
at ducks. He decided to arrest
them a.-d Captain Fite of the border
patr? I tent, three soldiers to help
Delanry called out to the men that
hey w.re under arrest and ordered
them ashore. The soldiers fired
a volley. One bullet splashed the
water near tne boat.
"Don't hi: them," cauthened Delaney.
"We'll come ashore as soon as we
pick up the decoys," shouted one of
the hunters. They rowed up stream
toward the decoys. Suddenly the
boat headed for the American shore.
"They've got away; let them
go." Delaney told the soldiers. "I'll
give them another scare," suid one
soldier.
He raised his rifle and fired. Doth
hunters toppled over In the boat,
wiiicr. amiru to tne rerry landing.
Smith was dead. Porsch was brought
to a> Buffalo hospital. I Us condition
is not serious.
J. B. Curtis, acting United States
consul a* ''art Krie, made a preliminary
rtpor: to the state department
tonight.
An inquest will bo held Wednesday
MISS CI,ARK TO WRD.
S|waker's Daughter Will Marry
New OrleanH Editor.
Washington, Dec. 27.?Speaker
Champ Clark and Mrs. Clark tonight
announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Genevieve, to
james M Thompson, editor of The
New Orleans Item. The wedding
will take place in the spring or
early summer at the Clark home In
Bowling Green, Mo.
Miss Clark met Mr. Thompson in
Baltimore during the 1912 Democratic
convention in which he was
one of the leaders of the tight to
nominate the speaker for President.
Since leaving school about two
years ago, Miss Clark has been a
leader amen* the you nicer members
of official society.
GOV. MAYTORENA
HAS L1FTED SIEGE
i Withdraws From Before Town
of Naco.
UNITED STATES SCORES.
Situation in Regard to Firing
Over Border Relieved for
Time nt. I/east.
Naco, Ariz., Dec. 26.?Governor
Maria Maytorcna of Sonoro, lifted
the siege of Naco, Sonora today and
retired to the southwest with his
troops. He destroyed his works,
burned his camp and removed all
his artillery.
During the night Maytorena's
forces west and south of Naco left
thei rpositions. At daybreak they
concentrated four miles to the southwest.
where they boarded a trala
which had been there since the
siege began, nearly three months
ago.
General Benjamin Hill, commanding
the Naco garrison, sent out skirmishers,
who had a bloodless en
counter with the Maytorcna rear
! guard. Hill's men took three wo
men prisoners and picked up a
| shrapnel shell left in the Maytorcna
{camp. It was brought into the gari
rison and exploded while being examined.
killing three and wounding
thirteen, two of whom died.
ARMY DISAPPEARS
Hill's scouts reported to-night
mat Maytorena's ariuy had disappeared.
The railroad leads to Nogales
and Cananea, hut the scouts
did not learu Maytorena's objective.
Detachments of Hill's men visited
Maytorena's vacated trenches
and returned tonight with considerable
ammunition and a few rifles.
Twenty-one cases of cartrdges are
said to have been found at one outpost.
Dead were reported lying all
along the line that had been occupied
by Maytorena. In one spot
Hill said his men found 100 bodies;
at another 78. The total loss of the
Carranza garrison during the siege
was placed at 183 by General Hill
tonight. Maytorena's total loss was
figured at 800.
0~ the American side stray bullets
from the Mexican fighting lines
| killed five and wounded 47. Bullets
by thousands flew over the boundary
into American territory during
fhe siege.
The retirement of Maytorena's be|
sieging army fulfill an announce;
ment made by Maytorena after his
| ronierence rnursday with General
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the
United States army, who came here
in an effort to stop permanently
fighting at border points, where bul|
lets endangeed Amertcar lives and
J property.
I'KKSIDEXT TO SPKAK.
| Wilson Will Deliver Several Addresses
In Spring.
Washington, Dec. :'7.? President
I Wilson, it became known today,
' plans to make several addresses on
his return from the San Francisco
Exposition next spring and his
1 friends expect him to reply to attacks
on his Mexican policy and
other administration policies. It
I will be Mr. Wilson's first trip
across the continent since becoming
President.
%ojt|?cliii Flies Over Nancy and
Drops f t Domhs.
Paris, Dec. 26.?A dispatch received
here front Nancy says that a
Zeppelin airship flew'over that city
early today and dropped 14 bombs.
Two persons were killed und two
others wounded.
Several houses in Nancy were
ulitrhflv /lomoffttd K??* ? m * *?
j ? ()>*? / U?UI(V()CU| UUl IlUIIf OI I t
1 public buildings were Injured.
This is the first report of any hos|
tile activity by a Zeppelin airship
; against a French city. The last
i notable exploit of a Zeppelin was
1 over Antwerp when such a ship flew
over the Belgian seaport in the early
part of the war and dropped bombs.
The Berlin official announcement
today said German airmen had
thrown medium sixed ^ bombs Into
the outskirts of Nancy (n retaliation
I for the throwing of bomba by a
{French airman Into an unnamed
' German village
THE EMS ARE
NOT UP IN ARMS
Governor Harrison Says Uprising
Was Small.
I
FORTY MEN ARRESTED.
HUnrts Iteing Made to Catch tin*
Leader, Snitl to l>e Filipino
I'nder Sentence.
Washington, Dec. 27.?Details of
I ?.1? -
I uiu native uprising m tlie rililfp!
pines last week were given in a
: cablegram received by the war department
tonight from Governor
General Harrison. The report minimized
the incident. Filipinos assembled
in Manila and Navostus
Christmas eve, it stated, and at
Daguna de Bay last night and attempted
to make trouble. Forty
men were arrested and one shot by
a policeman.
Governor Harrison reported that
the disorders had been suppressed
| and that everything was quiet, and
I efforts were being made to arrest
; the leaders, the cliTef of whom, he
said, was believed to be a man unj
der sentence of imprisonment for
j homicide. Ho added that nobody
I of any influence or standing was concerned
and described the inovemer*
1 as "small and unsuccessful." Ii
i was connected, lie said, with the
| campaign of Kicarte, who lias conducted
a revolutionary propogandn
from Hong Kong- for several years,
"appealing to the most ignorant
classes of Filipinos."
A WORI) OF WARNING.
With Governor Harrison's dispatch
the department tonight gave
out a message sent him December
21, telling of newspaper reports of
a threatened Filipino revolt.
To this on December 2 2 Governor
Harrison replied:
I "No foundation whatever known
\ hero for reports."
The report received from Gov*-r|
nor Harrison today was In response
I to a later inquiry as to the Irutli
of newspaper stories that military
j preparations were being made to
ideal with a revolutionary plot. That
1 riot guns had been distributed to
] American civilians on Carabao and
I Praile Islands and in Manila, and
J that two native scout officers h t<\
been arrested at Corregidor Island
j The governor general's dispatch
dated this morning, follows:
"Referring to telegrams from
J your office of 24th instant, army
i headquarters state there is absolute|
i> no truth in the report about CV.rI
regidor, Carabao and Praile alleged
occurrences.
UNSUCCESSFUL. MOVEMENT
"On Christmas eve there was a
small and unsuccessful movent' nt
in Manila connected with the
j Ricarte campaign. Ricarte has i"e
several years conducted front Hour,
i Kong revolutionary propaganda appealing
to the most ignorant claasox
' of Filipinos and selling through his
; agents in the islilnds commissions
in hir so-called army for sums from
p peseta to ten pesos, (10 cents to
|5.) During the last three months
rive of th(> Uicarte leaders have beer,
arrested atid sentenced to from
four to six years, including Hiearte's
I right-hand man. It has been regarded
as a grafting scheme under
) a revolutionary guise, but from
I time to time arouses excitemrrt
j among uneducated classes.
"Christmas eve about seventy-five
: men. e\tr< moly ignorant, without
fire arms, met at the Hotanica! Gar:
den in Manila and were dispersed
by the municipal police without dis'
order, except that three shots were
j fired Into the air by police, and
! twenty men arrested. Flight of the
j latter were held upon the charge of
| carrying concealed weapons?
knives and bolos. Nobody wan injured
except one man. who wan sho;
by a policeman later in the night,
lb another part of the cltr. when
i he attacked the policeman with a
bolo.
SIMILAR MOVEMETNS.
I Movements similar In character
! oceurrod at Novotas, ten miles from
I Manila, where about forty men assembled
and endeavored unnurcessI
fully to loot the municipal safe, takI
lng the provisional governor prlsj
oner ,who afterwards escaped unin|
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IMIKSIDKNT'S IIIKTIIDAY. |
riVsnU'iil Wilson Was ."H Years '
ij ohl Ycstcnlny.
I Washington. Dec. 28.?President'
Wilson was .ri8 years old today. There
| was 110 special celebration marking [
ttie occasion, the President spending!
tho day quietly surrounded by his
family. It was the first time Mr. ,
W ilson had celebrated his birthdav !
at the White House. Last year the '
j event was observed in tlie quiet at-|
J mosphnrc of the cottage which t he ' (
i President and liis family occupied
I during their vacation spent at Pass!
I Christian, Miss.
President Wilson received nunier- j
j mis letters and telegrams of congrnt- s
illations today. Some of them were ,
from personal friends in all parts of
the country, while others were from
the rulers of the world's nations.
All brought a feeling of happiness
to the President as he read them. i
In continuation of his plans to get i
as much rest as possible during the 1
holidays, President Wilson content- i
plates seeing few callers during the i
week. His plans call for a confer- i
ence with Representative Underwood <
of Alabama, the majority leader in <
the house, on the administration's j ?
legislative program and a reception i s
to a delegation of Sunday school s
pupils from New Jersey. ' i
MAY PRECIPITATE L
DEFINITE RESULT
The Went Iter Factor, Always Im- '
I""4mil, lla- Heroine Paramount
in Poland,
l'etrograd. via London. Dec. 28.-!
The belated cold spell reported 'n
i Poland is expected to precipitate a j
l delinite result in the German Polish y
campaign, now practically at a t
standstill. The weather fnctor. al- (
j ways Important, has become para- *
mount there, since the whole Ger- (
man invasion ot l'oluud is predicted (
on the freezing of the soft ground, t
which impedes transport of heavy <
guns and favors Russia trench digging.
The ground usually freezes (
by September lf?. ,
Thwarted by mild weather, the \
activities around Mlawa have reach- i
ed a complete lull and after unsuc- c
cessful attempts to cross the lizura t
river, the Germans still are resting t
on its left bank near Sochaczew. (
They have, in the meantime, shifted | j
their attack southward toward the1]
river Pilica near Itawa, where the I t
ground* is not marshy. t
Austrian activity in the Kielce re- F
gion and along the rivers Nida, Do- i
I najec and both s'des of the upper |
Vistula continues.
If the cold continues, freezing the , \
Vistula. It7.lira and Pil'ra rivers. the ;
attacks about Soiheczew. Ilow and ?,
l Itolimow will, Ru sian military an-|
thorities think, immediately reconi- t
mence and the Arstrinns again will s
attempt to cross the upper Vi tula ,
| where the river narrows. 1
' The new year, it is expected here ^
will thus usher in the Song awaited s
definite clash between the Russian i
: and German urntieH. ,
In contridiction to a report that
Germany has 7!) army corps, of t
| which about 20 are operating j
! against Russia, it is stated here that >
| German's total army consists of 5b i j
corps. : {
The Russias expect that the Ger- |
| mans will bring heavy guns front t
j Thorn and Kniisz as soon as the ,
i ground is . hard, but they doubt '.i t
whether that will materially ijnprovc | f
the German chances of taking War |
I Zero Weather in .Cold Wave's 1|
Wake.
Washington, Dec. 26.?From '
Omaha. Neb., to the Atlantic coast j
zero weather prevailed today in the j (
wake of a cold wave which orlgi-i
nated in Manitoba, Canada, and ''
j southward and eastward. Cold J
i weather reeerrta mom ? v,., * ? ~ .1 -* i
. www. 14 W frviv ouatiCI CU ill ; |
j many points where official weather v
j reports are maintained.
Barre, Vt., with a report of 32 deKrees
below zero, waB the most (
frigid spot on the map. Other cold ' h
places were:Charles City, Iowa, 24 (
below; LaCrosse, Wis., 24 below; L
Peoria, 111., 18 below; Davenport
and Green Bay, Wis., 14 below; Devil's
I^ake, Neb., 18 below; 9t. Paul,
22 below; Chicago, 4 below. ^
Gangs of linemen were busy re- .
pairing wires in four states, Indl- ,,
ana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. (
I RfttlrnoH ("l"" J - * * -
i w,tiD utjmyea oy .
the extreme cold. >
SOCIAL REFORMS
TO BE PRESSED
Large Concerns Await Lawmakers'
Attention.
TLJEY MEET JANUARY 12.
t'<MH',?nlsor,\ Schoot Attendance and
Primary Mlcclion Regulation
Will Have Consideration.
The Columbia State of Monday
?uys problem;-- oi magnitude, many of
which might be classed as reforms,
will confront the general assembly
when it convenes on January 12.
The chief issue In the campaign last
summer, aside from that of removing
conditions that male- for lawlessness
in the state, was that of
compulsory school attendance. It
is confidently expected that the legislature
will pass in 1915 a law reluiring
the attendance of children
in the public schools. The overshadowing
importance of a compulsory
s< hool attendance law can be
seen when South Carolina's place in
he literacy list of states is taken
nto consideration. North Carolina
done prevents South Carolina from
handing last in literacy.
Richard I. Manning, governordect,
will he inaugurated on Jantary
19, one week after the general
1 a ntbly convenes. It is expected
iiat an overwhelming majority of
loth the house and senate will be in
... ..qmtn. ?ini mc policies lie outiiies
in liis inaugural message to the
general assembly. Mr. Manning 011
he stump last summer championed
compulsory school attendance, advocating
the passage or a law which
vould permit the electors in each
ounty to vote on the question of
ompelling all children between cerain
ages to attend the school nearest
their homes.
Another matter that will probably
ie undertaken by the general assemily
is the enactment into law of the
ules of the Democratic party under
vhich the last primary was held. It
s possible that the rules may be
'hanged in certain particulars before
hey are introduced in the general
issembly as a bill.
Medical inspection of children in
he public schools, an Important
tygienic measure, which sessions of
he general assembly have passed in
he last two or three years only to
ieo it vetoed will be taken up by the
text general assembly. Its enaetnent
into lav is predicted.
It is possible that a rural credit
till intended to permit landless tentuts
to acquire farms may be ore
icnted.
The matter of the adjustment of
nxation on a more equitable basis, a
subject which has been discussed
via more or less diffidence by the
a. t half do7.ea general assemblies.
1 probably be taken up by the next
session. Mr. Manning in his pubisl'.ed
p'atform said: "1 shall advo ate
such changes in assessment
ind taxation as shall more fairly disribute
the burdens of taxation and
nake more equal a sessments, and
vith the exempt "ous of small homes
n towns and small farms of limited
n reage."
The general assembly will have to
settle other matters of importance,
nany of them growing out of the
conomic conditions brought on the
it.ate in common with the South at
urge by the war in Europe.
The advocates of prohibition of
he sale of intoxicants have been
nrrying oi an active campaign durng
the last few months They will
isk the general assembly to pass a
>il! ordering an election next fall
>n the question of the adoption of
i state-wide prohibition law. The
irohibition question when broached
litherto in the general assembly has
teen nrndnciiuo ?" "? *
- . v?. ^Iitunn nrglimetlt
vhich consumed much time. There
ire those who feax that the introluction
of this question, which has
>een fought over time and time
iftain, will block remedial legislaion
of which the state stands badly
n need.
Carryilift Jap's Ashes.
lloston, Dec. 28.?The parcel post
cas called on todav to convex t*?*?
mhos of Teljlro Hasegawa, a Japuie80
artist, to Tokio, Japau. The
>a<kage was accepted and started
in lis way after $1.10 in stamps had
attached.