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Ltli FRANK'S DEATH
INSIDE STORY OF LYNCHINQ OF
CONVICTED MURDERER
i #
HE MADE NO CONFESSION
Second Attempt to Secure Virtim
Succeeds?Passerby is Held Up at
Pistol Point While Lynching Pro*
coeds?Prisoner Was oNt Mistreated
by Members of Mob Who Executed
Him.
The murder of Leo M. Frank will
go unavenged by the law, nays a Btaff
correspondent of the New York
Times writing from Marietta, if it is
to be punished in the county where
It was committed. No jury in Cobb
county would convict the murderers.
no grand Jury would indict them, no
official would undertake to prosecute
them.
This Is not to say that Cobb county
Is terrorized, for it is not; it is to
say that the vast majority of its people,
even those who deplore the
lynching as a violation of law, bollevo
that Frank got no more than
his deserts, and that the mob simply
carried out the verdict of the law
after it had been arbitrarily set aside
by a governor who was a law partner
of Frank's lawyor.
The word mob does not seem dc.
scriptlve, although it is correct, for
these men did not display the ordinary
characteristics of a mob. There
was no outburst of rago, no disorder;
the whole thing was dono with
order, method, and precision, and
with a military attention to details.
Lynching mobs are usually composed
of riff-raff, with a few leaders of a
higher order; but this ono consisted
of leading citizens in tho community,
men prominent in business and social
circles, and oven In church.
Liquor played no part in it, as it
does in most lynchings. Tho lynching
had been planned for months,
and the plans of the conspirators
contemplated its carrying out on a
night several weeks ago, but the authorities
learned of it in eomo way
and it was postponed until last Monday
a week.
These leading citizens : re to-day
taking their leading p-^rts in the
city's business and social affairs, with
no sign upon them of guilty conscience,
for they liavo none. Their
consciences approvo them, and what
they hear from their fellow citizens
wherever thoy go adds to their selfapproval,
for the city approves them,
field to Have Vindicated Law.
They are regarded not merely as
men who can plead justification, but
as men who prevented a miscarriage
of justice and saved tho h.w from
being set aside and mockod by a man
who. huppened to fill tho governor's
chair. There are in Marietta men
who do not rpprove their act because
of the respect for tho forms of
law, but even these boltevo that the
spirit cf it was set at naught by the
governor, and not one of these men
?who aro few?would think of refusing
to shako hands with one of
the lynchers or Introducing him to
his wife or revealing his identity to
an officer of the law.
Elsewhere than in Marietta there
is much of tho same sentiment, but
there is a division. There are, but
outsido of Cobb county, men who
fear the growth of the mob spirit
after such a dramatic and spectacular
exhibition and who would like to
take measures to curb it. Many of .
them are in Atlanta. "Many oven of
these bollevo Frank guilty and are
concerned not with him but with tho
future of the state. They are considering
the taking of steps to bring
about the punishmer t of his slayers
for that reason alono, but they do not
know what steps to take.
Frank was carried through four
counties by hie captors and some of
those who would lika to have them
punished talk of having them indicted
in some one of tho three thai
War A fro VAriiAd hof nro (V KK ommt v I
_ was reached. Lawyers of prominence
nay that under federal law thoy
could not be Indicted anywhere but
In Cobb county for murder; In Baldwin
county, whero Frank was taken,
? they could bo Indicted for abduction,
but not murder, and in neither of
the remaining two counties could
they bo indicted for anything.
Nobody talk3 nerlously of tho investigation
Gov. Harris is promising,
and there are very few who balicvo
there is the slightest chance of any
of the murdorcrs being put to any
grave trouble, much losa punished
Thoy are known to many of the citizens
of Marietta, who would die
rather than reveal their knowledge
or evou their suspicion.
Marietta in a Deadly Mood.
Marietta to-day Is in a mood of
braced purpose and resolve. Every
stranger who comes into town is under
observation the moment l-.e arrives.
Its mood is one of determination
to protect the men who, in its
eyes, executed the law after it had
been trampled on. It is resolvod
that not a h. ir of tholr heads shall
be harmed. Detectives or other persons
who can not give a satisfactory
account of themselves aro not wanted
in Marietta, and it would be as
well for them not to insist on knowing
why. Marietta onco came within
an ace of lynching Petoctlvo William
J. Burns for his visit there in the
Interest of Frank, and Marietta then
was only angry. To-day Mariotta is
in a mood of high resolve.
The killing of Leo Frank was carried
out by these Marietta people?
for they were from Marietta?in the
firm belief that they were executioners
of justico, and cvory detail of
tholr proceedings shows that they
were acting, in their own minds, as
such. (Grotesque as it may seem elsewhere,
Marietta sees nothing grotesque
in the fact that, -before hanging
Frank, the leader of the band informed
the prisoner that the sentence
of the law was now about to be carried
out and anked him formally if
h? had anything to say.
Frank was carried 175 miles In
order that ho might he put to ddath
at Mary phagac's former home. IThls
> waa done In splta of tha fact flhat
I >
COURT UPHOLDS ELECTION
AND REFUSES INJUNCT101
Justices and Judges Unanimous!
Declare That the Appeal be
and it is Dismissed.
The Supreme Court justices am
the circuit judges of the state Satur
day afternoon unanimously hande<
down a decision refusing to enjoii
the prohibition referendum ^lectloi
set for September 14 and refused th
petition, of John Henry Chappell, i
taxpayer, of Newberry, w^o asked fo
the Injunction. The decision was ren
dered immediately after the en ban
session had adjourned and after con
sultation.
The order of the court follows:
"The State of South Carolina, ii
the Supreme Court, en banc.
"John Henry Chappell, petitioner
vs. R. M. McCown, Secretary of State
et al.
"Order: Upon hearing argumen
herein and upon consideration there
of, we are of opinion that the injunc
tion be refused, and it is so ordered
"The immediate pendency of th<
election forbids us to rndiipo to art-it
lng the reasons for our judgment
that" will be done hereafter, and 8*
Boon as the circumstances shall per
mlt of It.
"Eugene B. Gary,
"Chief Justice.
"D. E. Hydrlck, A. J.
"R. C. Wattn, A. J.
"T. B. Fraser, A. J.
"Geo. W. Gage. A. J.
"George E. Prince, Judge Tentl
Circuit.
"H. F. Rico, Judge Socond Clr
cult.
"T. S. Sease, Judge Seventh Clr
cult.
"J. W. DeVore, Circuit Judge.
"Frank B. Gary, Judge Eighth Clr
cult.
"John S. Wilson, Judge Third Clr
cult.
"I. W. Bowman, Judge First Clr
cult.
"Ernest Moore, Judge Sixth Clr
cult.
"Mendel L. Smith, Judge Flftl
Circuit.*
OBREGON TURNS HIS BACK
ON FOREIGN PEACEMAKER!
Says Carranw* Represent* Mexlc*
With Other Nations?Washington
Sees Pessimistic Outlook.
The hopes of the adminlstratioi
and I.atln conferees that their peac<
plan for Mexico would bear fruit, re
ceivcd a crushing setback Saturday
when Gen. Obreeon. the military
leader, transmitted his reply to theii
appeal and announced that he stooc
solidly behind Gen. Carranza.
It is now plain that Carranza wll
absolutely refuso to consent to Pan
American settlement of the Mexlcai
problem. The Constitutional clvt
governors and military commander!
will back him up to a man. The ter
days allowed for reply by Secretary
Lansing in his note to all Mexlcai
factions expires next Tuesday.
There is now much pessimisn
about the state department over th<
Mexican situation as the administra
tion had some hope that Gen. Obre
gon would break with Carranza ant
accept the proffered peaco parleys. '
On' the contrary, ho declines to ac
cept or respond to the note officially
and says he has forwarded It to Car
ranza for his disposition. He an
nounces also that Cairanza is Mexi
co's sole representative in all dealing!
with other nations.
posses were upon tho track of th<
abductors. It was not dono fron
any ferocious motive of inflicting
unnecessary pain, as is shown by tin
fact that Prank was not harmed ir
any way beforo his death, but bo
cause it seemed to their minds of :
piece with tho justice they concelvec
themselves to be executing. Tin
whole affair was carried out method!
cally and with a plodding following
out of prearranged details.
me muraerors had not only plan
nei tho crime for months, but hat
arranged its mechanism scientifically
and only ono of tho elements In ii
went ,/rong. That was the plan foi
the junction of two parties at Mil
ledgevillt at 10 o'clock, the hour foi
which t ie abduction was planned
That ci nply postponed tho kidnap
ping until midnight, and reculted ii
tho bringing of Frank in broad day
light instead of at a little after dawn
That slight alteration was the onl]
change made necessary by any hltcl
in the arrangements.
Bid Not Beg for His hlfe.
Leo Frank died bravely. Ho die
not beg for his life; indeed, he dl<
not say anthing oxcept when ho wa;
spoken to, and then he answored col
lectedly. His < bductor3 had little t<
say to him, as was in kcoplng witl
the character they w iro In their owi
eyes?tho charactor of officers o
Justico, sternly and cllently executing
a sentenco already dcrocd by a regu
lar tribunal.
How this delusion could have set
tied upon 14 wliolo community ma]
be hard to undorRtand. But the ox
tent to which it went may bo under
hioou ny me ract tn;.t tl o lyncher
would hevo with them no men o
lawless character or bad reputation
The lawless and the violent men o
Cobb county, those with a celebrit;
as such, were not permitted to knov
what was going on, and would no
have been permitted to participate
After the hanging thoso violent am
lawless elements, furious at havini
(Continued on last page.)
Hlilp Kngliuw to Russia.
Fifteen locomotives, 5.000 tons o
steel rails and other railroad equip
ment, aggregating 7,000 tonu, part o
a large order to Philadelphia arm
from the Russian government, wen
being loaded on the British steam
ship St. Leonards at Philadelphii
Monday.
Cyclone Hits tireemville.
A small cyclone visited Oreenvill
Fridav afternoon, leaving .me mai
dead, fifty or more houses wrocke*
or damaged, scores of trem uprooted
wires down and doing otter damag
of more or less consequence.
RUSSIANS ARE PROUD OF
i GREAT NAVAL TRIUMPH
y Official Report Tells How Battle Be
gan and Ended in German
Retreat.
d Petrograd, Monday: The naval bat
- tie in the Qulf of Riga la describee
d as follows in a statement from navj
n headquarters:
Q "The German fleet on August six6
teenth renewed with large forces itt
a attacks on our fort at the entrance
r to the Gulf of Riga. Our ships dur"
ing the sixteen and seventh repulsed
c the attacks on the enemy whose sec"
ret preparations for entering the gull
had been favored singularly by mist;
weather.
11 "Taking advantage of a thick fog
hostile forces of considerable size en'
tered the Gulf on the eighteenth and
' our vessels retired, at the same time
t continuing to resist the enemy without
losing touch with him.
"On the nineteenth and twentieth
the enemy reconnoltered In different
P directions at the same time keeping
. up a fight with our ships, in -which
; our torpedo boat flotilla suffeed maa
terlal losses. On our side we lost the
. funboat Sivutch, which perished gloriously
in an equal fight with ar
enemy cruiser which was escorting
torpedo craft and came up to a distance
of four yards from her. The
Sivutch, enveloped in flames, con
tlnued to reply shot for shot until she
sank, having previously sunk enemy
li torpedo boats.
"In view of the losses suffered and
. the futility of his efforts, the enemy
appears to have evacuated the Oulf ol
. Riga on the twenty-first.
"Between the sixteenth and twenty-first,
two enemy cruisers and nc
. fewer than eight torpedo boats were
either sunk or placed hors de combat
. Simultaneously our gallant allief
succeeded in torpedoing in the Baltic
. one of the most powerful dread
noughts of the German fleet.''
, SUBMARINES VERY ACTIVE
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
j Underwater tt-aft Get Fourteen
Steamers In Two I>ays Making
47,(11)8 Tons.
Fourteen steamers, with a total
gross tonnage of 47,698 were destroyed
by German submarines in the
4 8 hours making up last Thursday
i and Friday. This toll establishes a
3 record for the period.
The recrudescence of submarine
/ activity began August 12 and in the
Ir week ending August 18 the British
r admiralty reports thirteen vessels of
1 a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunk,
eieven ui wiem oy underwater craft
1 and two by mines. This makes a to
tal known loss of 70,668 tons of
i shipping in nine days.
1 Underwater craft torpedoed Prls
day the British steamers Restormel,
i 2,118 tons; Baron Ersklne, 5,585
/ tons; Bittern, 1,797 tons, and the
i Ben Brachie, 3,908 tons; the Norwegian
steamers Sverresborg, 67 4 tons,
i and Bras, 1,351 tons, and the Spani
ish steamer Peria Castillo, 1,920
- tons.
The vessels sunk Thursday were
I the Arabic, 15,801 tons; Grodno, 1 ,955
tons; Serbino, 2,205 tonB, and
- Magda, 1,063 tons, a total of 21,024.
, All these were Br'tlsh except the
- Magda, which was Norwegian. .
A submarine halted the Norwegian
- mail steamer Irma, within Norwegian
3 territorial waters, but disappeared
before torpedoing the vessel when
- warned by a Norwegian torpedo boat
3 that the attack which apparently was
i intended would constitute a violation
? of neutrality.
! LANSING CABLES GERARD
i ASKING FOR INFORMATION
> Secretary of State Asks Ambassador
If Germans Have Oflfclal
1
Iteport.
j; Secretary I.ansing Monday cabled
Ambassador .Gerard at Berlin asking
I if the German eovernment hnd r?.
1 ceived an official report on the sinkIng
of the Arabic. The ambassador,
however, was not instructed to ask
for one.
It was officially seated that the
r American government is not yet a(
i all sure of the facts and considers its
information very fragmentary.
Tho point now in doubt is as tc
whether Germany will claim that the
! change of-course of tho liner just before
she was attacked led tho subraa'
rine cojnfnander to believe that she
was attempting a hostile act against
J him.
The administration is maintaining
1 an open mind and no statement as tc
the course to be pursued will be iss
sued.
Discussion continued Monday as tc
the possibility of the United States
~ breaking off diplomatic relations with
_ Germany in the event it is decided
that tho sinking of the Arabic was a
"dellberatoly unfriendly act."
f HAITIFNC PBFPARE ATTAfV
f 1 """ lftvH
f
v l'nlt?l HtAtM Troops are to Ilelnforcs
, Admiral Caperfon.
* Reliable reports received In Wash*
Ington that Haltien rebels have been
organizing an army to attack the
American forces on the island are re
sponsible for plans now being carf
rled out to reinforce Admiral Caper
ton's marines and bluejackets.
f The marine artillery battalion a<
s Annapolis, comprising three hundred
a and fifty men and twelve threo-lncf
- field pieces will be embarked on th?
a armored cruiser Tennessee and sent
to southern waters this week to awali
developments at some place wher<
they can be landed In a few hours.
e * *
n Occupy Omoweti.
1 Berlin, Monday: Oerraan troopi
I, hove occupied the fortress of Oteo
* wets, which was evacuated by ih<
Russians
, THE WARLAST WEEK
. GERMANS PLAN TO FORCE RUSSIANS
OUT OF WAR
ARMY FACES NEW DANGER
, Von llindenburg's Southern Advance
' From Kovno in Conjunction With
I Mackensen'n Northern I>rive
t Threatens Capture of Russians in
f
Ossowetz Salient.
The week's operations on the Rus
sian front give every Indication that
I the German plan, for the present at
> least, involves Russia and Russia
- alone.
Since it became inevitable that the
i fall of Warsaw, was inevitable specut
lation has been rife as to Germany's
! next move. In many quarters it was
i argued that with Russia behind the
Vistula and the Bug, the German
> masses would be thrown against the
western battle line in another drive
i toward the French coast.
The arguments in favor of the
move rested principally on the des
fensive strength of these positions:
| that once the Germans held securely
| the western banks, they could with a
greatly reduced force hold the Russians
in check while the surplus
| troops could reinforce the western
J line. Against this was the length of
line to be held and the possibility
that the Russians might manoeuvre
behind it and, by massing forces at a
J selected point, break through the
' German line at some weak spot,
j Again, it was rumored that as Tur,
key was weakening and her rnunitions
becoming exhausted, Serbia was
to receive the brant of the German
attack. This possibility was emphasized
by the concentration of Teuton
troops and artillery at Orsova, a town
, close to the frontiers of Hungary,
Roumania, and Serbia. An attack i
was actually made from thiB town
against the Serbian frontier, but as
this failed to materialize into a gen- i
1 eral offense, a process of elimination
determined Italy as the next objec- i
tive. This has also failed to materialize,
and the military forecasters <
have finally been forced to the con- i
' elusion, which, it is true, future
' events may prove Incorrect, that all
1 of these predictions are wrong, and I
that Germany's plan Is, first and fore
' most, Russia. i
mis conclusion is, 10 say the least,
' the most logical of them all. Ger- '
1 many can not but realize, what has 1
, so often been repeated In these re- 1
views, that with all of her enemies in I
the field maintaining active mobile 1
armies, her chances of success are '
, small; that it is almost hopeless to
contend on an equal footing with '
such a coalition steadfast and intact. 1
ller chance to win must be based on 1
her ability to eliminate from the con- '
flict at least one of her opponents so !
1 that she may be free to devote her 1
forces to the other. And what more '
logical candidate for elimination can 1
at the present moment be found than 1
Russia? '
Driven completely across Galicia
from the Dunajer. to the Lipa, forced .
north from the San across the War- ,
saw-Kovel railroad, the' Warsaw sail- .
, ent broken in by attacks in its front
nnd on its flanks, the strong line of {
tho Narew forced and its defenders
compelled to retire to the weaker line
behind the Rug, short of ammunition
and her troops wearied with inces- ,
sant fighting and equally incessant ,
, retreats, Russia presented by far the ,
weakest front of any of the allied
powers. What more natural, then, !
than an attempt by combined attack
to render Russia completely hors de .
combat and force on her a peace in.
dependent of her allies?
Everything at tho present Juncture
points to this as the immediate German
object. There are other consid- |
erations, too, in addition to Russia's !
present weakness. The Allies are .
known to have but an inadequate
supply of ammunition. Enormous 1
contracts for war material have been
placed in this country, but, because of '
I the fact that our plants have to be
: modified or entirely rebuilt in order
to produce shell, substantial deliv- ]
eries have not yet been made.
> Of this Germany Is well aware.
She has equally full knowledfra that
by late fall the flow of shell from
s this country to the Allies will be sub>,
stantlal in amount and consistently
\ maintained, and, although her submarine
fleet will account for some of
i these shipments, at least ninety-five
I per cent, of them will reach their des.
tlnatlon.
If," then, the forces opposed to her
i have not been reduced by the ellmi:
nation of one of her greatest antagonists
heforo the flow begins, how
; can she hope to continue during the
i winter? This war has simmered
. down to a war of ammunition and resources,
of shell and money. The
> Allies have greater wealth, and when
i this supply of shell also becomes
i greater Germany's superior organizaI
tlon will be set at naught. . These
i are fact to which the German leaders,
with all their alleged egotism, are j
keenly alive. To Germany, as to us,
they emphasize the necessity of Rus- 1
sla's elimination. Whether Germany (
can accomplish this is for the pro- J
( phets, not for the reviewer to say.
We are concerned only wit*, what has 1
been done, and what it means now,
not what it may mean in future oper- ]
atlonS.
i The retreat of the Russians in Po- 1
> land has continued all during the '
- past week until the Teuton armies 1
are now close to Rrest-Litovsk. Ad
vancing from Warsaw, north from
Ivangorod and Rublin, they have !
t taken one railroad junction after an1
other, turned the more important
' into auxiliary supply depots, and
> from these fleld bases have continued
t their march eastward.
On Sunday the capture of 8iedlce
* was announced, vhe last of the important
railroad points guarded by
the Warsaw salllent. Ti.?: '"""is
that all Rus^bn forces have retired p
i completely J^^bthe salient, and the
situation, Jx we*k's reports <
? left very^^ has assumed defl- i
nlte foxg MBLis the location oSM
GREAT BRITAIN NOW SAYS Gi
COTTON IS CONTRABAND
Makes Official Announcement on Hat- Ai
urday?Franco to Follow
Suit Soon.
Cotton has been declared absolute
contraband by Great Britain, according
to a statement issued by the ,
Britluh foreign office Saturday after- .?
noon. *
The statement declares that the Pj
government proposes to initiate
measures to relieve depression which L
might temporarily disturb the cotton '
market because of the contraband f
order. * 1
It was learned upon Inquiry at the *;
foreign office that the French gov- ?
ernment will issue a similar notice
at an early date.
The announcement follows: "His P1
Majesty's government has declared K
cotton absolute contraband. While
the circumstances might have justi- a(
fled such action at an earlier peribd,
his Majesty's government are glad to P*
think that local conditions of American
interests likely to be affected are en
more favorable for such a step than Pa
fhOV o ? -
...v/ vio a, joti n^u, auu, mureuver, 1,1
his Majesty's government contem- Pe
plate initiation of measures to re- c?
lieve as far as possible any abnormal Ei
depression which might temporarily
disturb market conditions.'' tli
The declaration is effective from lTi
Saturday. A royal proclamation con- tr
cerning the action was published in st
a supplement of the London Gazette
issued Saturday night. It is very of
brief. After a preamble citing pre- f?
vious proclamations concerning con- ad
traband, it says: fo
"Now, therefore, we do hereby de- fo
clare, by and with the advice of our sii
privy council, that during the continuance
of the war, or until we do give
further public notice, the following "to
articles will be treated as absolute er
contraband in addition to those set tj,
out in our royal proclamations afore- j0
mentioned: an
"Raw cotton, cotton linters, cotton
waste and cotton yarn. co
"And we do hereby further declare q(
that this, our royal proclamation,
shall take efTect from the date of its
publication in the London Gazette." g|
the battle lines are concerned.
The most severe fighting in this re
siou is in me section netween tbe
N'arew and the Bur. The German
nffenae is still directed against a rail- A>
road, the one running northeast from
Brest-Litovsk through Bielsk and
Bialystok, thence to Grodno and Viltia.
This road from Brest-Litovsk to
Grodno is along the first line of Russian
defense, and is, for this reason, fn
vastly more important and must be th
held is Russia still hopes to make a
stand on the line joining these two 15l
fortresses. Moreover, it parallels the co
present Russian front, and by means ^
of important branches feeds directly tr.
the Russian battle line.
North of Grodno the Russian line
of defense follows generally the Niemen
River, and was intended to pass
through Kovno. Rut the Germans ,ei
have upset all the Russian plans by
storming and finally Vptuiing this fa
fortress, thereby imperilling the entire
Russian right wing. At,Kovno Bi
;onslderagle material was captured jo
and reported, emphasizing the failure
to report such capture in connection th
with the Warsaw success. Ju
Not only does it expose the flank of Ri
this line, but it also opens the way to D<
Vilna, un open town, against which sti
the Germans are advancing. In un
fact, their aviators have actully been
bombarding it. Vilna is also on the ecj
main railroad from Warsaw to Petro- jia
?rad; and is at the junction of an- nc
ather road running south of Rovno. jj,
But It is the Petrograd road that will co
hurt. Ry taking Vilna the Teutons
will absolutely control, through the
control of two termini, about two
hundred and fifty miles of this artery. A1
There is another danger still that
m full) as menacing and it is Itegini.i
lg to appear; the successful retreat.
from War.suv. was a step out. of the
frying pan into the lire. Having failed
in their attempt to trap the Rus- G<
dan army in the Warsaw salient, the
jermans, with unlooked-for versality,
immediately formed an alternative
plan looking again to the same object
?for it is the Russian army, not the
capture of Russian territory, that is e(j
the German objective. wj
To this end von Hindenburg is ca
pushing east and south from Kovno ()p
In an attempt completely to outflank ge
the Russian army by hending it back vj,
on itself, while Mnekensen is driving a8
north trying to accomplish the same ro
thing further* south.
The result is the creation in the
vicinity of Ossowet/. of Another sail- !,
p>nt similar to the one at Warsaw. An 1
attack against its side will, at the "f
rate of the Germun advance, soon .
place the army occupying the salient n
In a difTicult position. The Russian
commander will have his hands full w'
to extricate his forces with his usual th
success. 11,1
uii Hie MuuiiitTii pari 01 me lino,
that along the Dniester, and the Zlnta
Li pa, there has been comparative wl
quiet. There was a temporary re- nn
sumption of hostilities that lasted a he
day or two and resulted in some th
flight Russian advantages, but mat- <>r
ters soon became quiet again, the 1?!
two battle lines facing each other
across the rivers. The German army I I
liere has no reason to take the offen- ^
slve. It Is apparently intended only
as a holding fo-,ce to prevent a Russian
advance, and plays no part in
the general offensive plan further
north. Iti
On the Italian front there is nothing
of special importance on which
to comment. At the same time there
seems to be a generol feeling of disappointment
among the friends of the
Quadruple Entente as to Italy's failure
to make more rapid progress as jj,
well as confusion as to just what the nf
problem is in this theatre and what mi
Italy has done to meet the situation. \j(
pn
Fortifying Constantinople. ne
London, Monday: The (lermans in fo
Turkey are devoting all their atten- ha
Hon to the fortification of Constantinople.
A second line has been pre- m
pared on Gallipoll. nr
m
.^^Dvelin Brought Donn.
^H^^^Btonners have brought ah
approaching Vilna. Ai
dispatch froih m
ERMANS MUST PREPARE
FOR PEACE WITH HONOR
nistertlain Reports Secret Confer- A1
enco?Empire at End of Financial
Resources.
Amsterdam reports via London: At m
e secret conference of cabinet min- |?)
ters, political leaders and influen*1
writers called by the German imsrial
chancellor before the reasseming
of the relchstag last Thursday \V
discuss the political situation, the
degraaf says Karl Heilfferish, sectary
of the treasury, explained that
e new German war loan would cometely
exhaust the empire's financial
sources and that the increase in the
;echequer bonds would cause bankiptcy.
Therefore Dr. Helfferish
ged. It was need to prepare for an
morable peace.
or
Chancellor von Betlimann-Hollweg sj]
icording to the same report, de- ^
ared that the difficulties of the em- I))(
re were increasing and advised his j
>arers to use their influence to soft- w"j
i down bellicose inclinations on exitision
policy In the reichstag and ja
e country and carefully to prepare j
iace proposals which would be ac- .j"
ptable to the four members of the vr>
itente.
Dr. Bernhard Dernberg's report of m,
le failure of his mission in the sc
nited States and other neutral coun- to
ies, the Telograaf says, made a ca
rong impression on the conference, pp
General von Moltke, former chief ti
the general staff, declared that he Qt
ily agreed with the chancellor and Mi
Ided that only those not fully in- At
rmed on the situation could hope jf<
r the possibility of complete Kusin.
by
Despite theso declarations, the
ory concludes, the meeting refused foi
adopt a resolution advocating mod- so
ation in the reichstag, whereupon ac
e chancellor declared that if a ma- sti
rit> in the reichstag should show loi
irreconcilable chauvinistic attitude svv
s would be obliged to resign, as he oil
uld not accept responsibility for Tli
jrmany's disaster. tlv
, , . los
ULOARIA SIGNS TREATY
WITH TURKEY, SAYS BERLIN ??
an
pr
jroenient Said t(? Have Been Reach- t>r
ed Between Sublime Perte and 011
ro
ltalkan Neighbor. sic
thi
Berlin, Monday: "Official reports
im Sofia and Constantinople state sti
at Turkey and Bulgaria have sign- tin
a new treaty, Turkey granting ti\
llgaria her desired direct railroad inj
nnection with the sea and Bulgaria as
reeing to observe a benevolent neu- sir
ility."
According to the German view- pa
lint, the treaty between Bulgaria bei
d Turkey is said to mean a benevo- ed
it neutrality, if not ruore. be
"This demonstrates the definite ('"
ilure of the efforts of the Entente
wers.to revive the alliance of the !'1
ilkan states and induce them to Jll;
in in the war against Turkey." P'1
Unofficial reports late in July were
at a convention had been signed 011 co
ly 22. by which Turkey ceded to
llgaria the Turkish portion of the (1()
ideaghatch railway. The reports ()f>
ited that the treaty left Bulgaria ....
ipledged. (al
That Bulgaria had not been pledg- to1
to any course as regards the war su
,s been the assumption under which we
gotiations have been conducted by bu
e Allies. Several unoffclal reports sei
ncerning Bulgaria's diplomatic acuities
appeared to confirm this view. es,
ed
UB1C MAY CAUSE BREAK
IN UH'LUMAIIC KtLATIONS w,
th;
8tC
ivernment at Washington Is Awaittoi
inn Official Dispatches on \o
Its Destruction. ^
Until official information is receivon
tlie sinking of the Arabic there '
II be no statement of the Ameri- ou
n government's p< sition and high Jni
icials will not discuss the subject.
cretary I^anoing dismissc-; inter- J1lf
iwers with a negative answer when 'n>
ked if additional reports have been
ceived from Ambassador Page.
gel
It was understood that tlie all im rtant
report awaited before the )i(j
lited States determines whether ))(.
srmany has committed a "deliber- t,Q
ely unfriend'y" act is expected f '
im Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. fo|
Severance of diplomatic relations rc|
th Germany is being discussed as of
e step that would follow determt- of
nun mat ino sin King or the Arabic do
is deliberately unfriendly. Whetli- sin
such an action would be taken tin
thout first consulting congress is a bo
atter of speculation. Some identl- is
id with the administration believe bo
at congress should bo called togetli- ot
before anything is done that might gii
ad to war. of
FTS OFF CENSORSHIP? |
SENDS OVER SOME NEWS Bh
pa
Qi
litish Admiralty Makes Statement be
Concerning Torpedoing of J'l'
the Arabic.
While American officials have failto
understand the action of the
itisli censor who shut ofT all news
the Arabic, the Rritlsh admiralty Ri<
ade the following announcement so
onday: "The Arabic was unarmed ta
ssenger ship, outward bound to a ba
utral port. It was thus impossible th
r her to have been carrying contra- tw
,nd to this country.
"She was sunk by a German subarine
without warning and she
dther attempted to attack the subarlne
nor to escape from It." w<
Survivors of the Dunsley said that pli
ie was torpedoed Just before the lis
rabic was sunk and that the Ger- hti
an submarine hid behind the Duns- Is
y to wait^for the Arabic. do
A _ . d
TORPEDOES LINER
RABIC GOES DOWN CLOSE BY %.
LUSITANIA'S GRAVE 1
0 AMERICANS DROWNED J
liite Star Liner Torpedoed on Her
Way to New York, Thirty-Two Per- 1
sons Doing Drowned ? S
Without Warning After
other Ship Destroyed. VE|
The best information available in ^|j
>ndon Friday indicated that a score "
more persons lost their lives in the
ting of the White Star liner Arabic
a German submarine Thursday
orning off the South of Ireland. It
id not been determined definitely
letlier any Americans were among
O I\- TP.1 J " -
u ueou. i/i. uuiuuuu r. vvooa oi
nesville, Wis., and Mrs. Josephine
Brugiere, an American, who had
red in Europe for a number of
ars were missing.
The White Star announced Friday
;>rning that all except exlght pas- ><
ngers had been landed at Queens- i
wn. Four were said to be Ameri- J
ns. According to information ca- I
ed to Washington by Lewis C. fl
lompson, American consul at I
leenstown, however, Dr. Wood and I
rs. Brugiere are the only missing fl
nericans. The other two-1?James fl
>ulihan, of Philadelphia, and Thou. fl
more of New York?were reported
Mr. Thompson to have been saved. fl|
In all about four hundred of the
ur hundred and twenty-three per- ^fl
ns on board tho Arabic had been
rountod for. Tlie fate of the others
11 was m doubt, but an the hours
lgtliened since the Arabic met with
lft destruction, hopes that the H|
era may have been saved faded.
ie announcement that only eight of -^^fl
n passengers were supposed to be ^H|
It bore out earlier reports that the
eat majority of the missing were
jmbers of the crew. ^^fl
Captain William Finch gave testl- ^^fl
my to the heroism of his engineers
(1 firemen, several of whom retincd
at their posts to the last and
obably sacrificed their lives. Othsurvivors
said the torpedo killed fl^fl
fright several men in the boiler g^^fl
Dins. It struck on the starboard
lo about one hundred feed from^^^H
o stern, near tho boiler rooms. ^^^fl
Tho torpedoing of the Arabic has
rred England from end to end, alDUgh
on account of the compara- 1
ely small loss of life, public feci;
docs not show* signs of running ^^^B
high as in the days following the
ikinir (if tho I inltnnfo
That such a hyge proportion of the
ssengers and crew should have
in saved in short time is regardas
b.etter fortune than might have
en expected. Apparently it was
e to the coolness and courage of I HH
q officers nti'v" crew, from Captain
nch who remained at his post until
st before the Arabic took her Anal H|
iinge down to tlie firemen, who facdeath,
to perform their duty.
Fine weather and a calm sea also
ntrlbuted to the outcome. In
leenstown everything p sslble was
nn to assist the survivors, many
without clothes or j^H
>ney. As in the case of the Uusl- JflH
lia disaster, the citizens of Queensivn
went to tKe assistance of the B
(Terers. A number of the survivors
suffering from minor injuries,
t so far as is known none is in a ~^B
rious condition. I
With tlie main facts rtf the disastor fl
ablished, the English public turn- fl
its attention to the possible effect
on relations between the United B
ites and Germany. Definite word
tether American lives had been lost
is awaited with more eagerness H
m any Otlier detail of the Arabic's B
>ry yet to bo told. B
Tho White Star liner Arabic was *)B
-pedoed and sunk on her way to B
w York by a German submarine Kj
9.15 o'clock Thursday morning M
nthcast of Fast net.
The steamer, according to tho fl
bite Star line, was attacked with- B
t warning and went down in ten B
nutcs. Of the 123 persona oil ?
um passengers and H
mibers of tlio crow?32 aro miss?
and aro bolleved to havo perishMost
of those not accounted for
long to the crew. Only six passenis
aro reported missing. ^Hj
Wliether any of thoso not accountfor
are Americans ha not yet
en determined, but there were only H
citizens of lie United States on B
ard, 22 being in second cr.bln and,.
lr in the steerage. New York
ports that a careful chocking B[
various li of survivors
the Arabic as given out in Lonn,
Washington and New York ^B
owed that all passengers listed by '^B
a Wiiite Star line as Americans on |B
ard the vessel had been saved. It
possible that some Amoricans
arded the liner as sho was about B|
sail and were carried in the list ^Hj
/en out by the White Star line as B9
other nationalities. The Arabic
rried no tirst class passengers, hav<
lately been turned into a two- IB
iss liner. B3
Survivors left tlio r.teamer in the
ip's boats and wero picked up by
ssing vessels They arrived In flH
leonstown Thursdr.y night and are liB
ing cared for by the White Star
ie in hotels and boarding houses In .
e littlo town which a short time JBH
o cared for the Lusltania survivors B|
i Continued on last Mm t fl
Klver Huns Amuck. flH
The Meromac river, lined on either
hi pleasure rerts,
elul> houses and summer cotKes.
wont several miles out of Its
nks Sunday, swept away most of
ese buildings and increased to ^H9
enty. it is reported, the number of
res lost in St. Louis, Mo., coHHty.
Wilson Considers Cotton.
President Wilson will take up this
?ek the situation resulting from the j^fl
aclnr of cotton on tho contraband
it by Great Britain. As a result of Hfl
b study of the situation hlnnrotMt^^H
ox pec ted to be aentfOMW^tfH|M|M^Hfl