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VOL. XCVI NO. 164
GERMANY RECOGNIZES
PRINCIPLE , FORVmiCH
WILSONHAS
I at Passen ger Liners Should j
j,e Warned tferore Attack
by Submarines.
STATEMENT IN WRITING
jJnsorfF Informs Lansing
Policy Was Adopted Be
fore Arabic- was Sunk.
Strained Relations Now a Mat
ter of "History.1
Washington, September 1.
Count Bernstorff, the Grerman am
bassador, on instructions" from
Berlin, informed Secretary Lans
ing today that Germany' had ac
eepted the principle that passenger
liners should be warned before at
taekby submarines. He formally
communicated this information in
wntmg. . .
After a conference at the State
Department, Ambassador Berns
torff sent Secretary Lansing this
letter: '
Bernstorff 's Letter.
"My dear Mr. Secretary:
fWith reference to our conver
sation o'f this morning, I beg to in-
- form you that my instructions can-
cerning our answer to your last
Lusitariia note contains .the. .follow
ing .passage : t - , ;-v
"Liners will not. be sunk by our
Biibmarines without warning and
without safety of the lives of non
combatants, provided that the lin
ers do not try ,to escape or offer
resistance. .
''Although I know that you do'
not wish to discuss the Lusitania
question until the Arabic incident
has been definitely and satisfactor
ily settled? I" desire to inform you
of the above, because this - policy
of my government was- decided on
before the Arabic incident occur
red. ' , ' -
"I have no objection, of your
faking any use you please of the
above information. - ;
''I am, my d ?ar vMr. Lansing,
"Sincerely yours,
"J. BERNSTORFF."
End to Strained Relation.
Strained relations between the Jnit
1 State? and Germany over tn'e suD-marine-warfare
apparently passed into
history today wfien Count Bernstorff
informed Secretary Lansing in wrijting
that pFidr to the sinking of the Arabic,
his government has decidedrf ts subma-
' nnes shou sink ho more liners with-
iit - - ' I .
, vui warning. '
Oral assurances to that effect had
been given by" the Ambassador last
eek, but it was not tintil Count Bern
storff, after a call at the State Depart
ment today, returned to . the embassy
and sent the letter to' Mr. Lansing quot
ing instructions from Berlin concern
ing an answer to be made to the last
. American note on the sinking of the
wisitania, that" officials frankly admit
ted their gratification over the changed
Position of the imperial government. .
Secretary Lansing said in a formal
statement that the letter "appears to
e a recognition of the fundamental
V?ciple for which we have contend
He immediately sent . the com
- ""nication to the White House and
"seussed it in cheerful vein with his
wuers, who included Chief Justice
-Jllte. Secretary McAdoo and Senator
"ilman, of South Carolina. Every-
"re: in administration 'circles there
as a visible relaxation of the tensions
&1ch had existed ever since the Lusi
ma tragedy, though lessened by the
anier assurances of Count Bernstorff
. nd-advices from Ambassador Gerard
as to the attitude of officials in Berlin.
-rv. For,nal DisaTOwal Expected. .
tiv i neXt step' it ls stated authorita
'veiy, viii be a formal communication
om the German government disavow
ing the destruction of the Arabic and
rendering regret and offering repara
on for American lives in the disaster.
e' if the submarine which torpe
ed the liner subsequently, was sunk
a British man-of-war, as has been
""geested both from Berlin and Lon
?edi the Berlin foreign office is expect
to send its disavowal as soon as a
asonable time has passed without a
"t from its commander..
Uice the situation growing out , of
of trral?i0 incident has been disposed
, fae response to the long answered
t an note n the Lusitania will
h fetched, and if Germany's expla
Mons and proposals in this case are
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CONTENDED
EXPECT " itSOB 10
BE RE NOMINATED
President's Friends Laying
Plans for 1916 Campaign.
HE IS TAKING NO PART
PecU Re Would be Taking Advantage
of the "Extraordinary Situation'
of tae Country to Gain Per
" :.. sonal Advantage.
Washington, Sept.. 1. Indications
were apparent here tonight that Presi
dent Wilson's closest friends expect
him to be re-nominated in 1916 and are
laying their plans accordingly. The
President himself, it was said authori
tatively, however, is taking ho part in
such plans;
Gratification felt by the President
over; the action of Democrats in the
Tenth Congressional District of - Wis
consin, in endorsing his administra
tion, was expressed in a letter" from
Secretary Tumulty which became pub
lic here tonight. A, telegram to the
President announcing the endorsement
stated that it was voted ''unanimous
ly" at. a mass meeting called "for the
purpose of arranging for the campaign
of 1916."
Word that Kentucky Democrats, asr
sembled In a state platform convention,
had endorsed President Wilson for re
nomination also was welcome news at
the White House, but no formal com
ment, was made.
Senator James, author of the resolu
tion adopted in Kentucky, is one of the
President's political advisers. ,
Sasf"- September Secretary ' Tumu,lty
sent a .letter to a New Jersey Demo
cratic' leader asking that no steps be
taken to indorse the-President" f oran
.other term, and ayihg""the President
feels that it mightraeem as if he were
taking advantage of ttie extraordinary
situation now existing to gain a per
sonal advantage through such an ex
pression of- confidence."
As far as the President himself is
concerned, he Is understood to-' take the
same position at present, but many of
his friends are declared to believe that
no further efforts should - be made to
stop political endorsements which may
be offered.'
GERMAN TROOPS ON BOTH
FRONTS HAVE GOOD HEALTH
Surgeon General of the Army Gives
Out Published Interview.
Berlin, (via London), Sept. 1. "The
health of the German troops on . both
fronts is excellent," says Dr. Otto Von
Schjernig, surgeon general of the army,
In a published interview.
Typhus , cases - on the western front
now are very rare. The disease was
successfully combated by providing the
soldiers with sterilized water, more
than three hundred portable appara
tuses for boiling, cooling and filtering
drinking water being employed. Anti
typhus vaccination also was generally
performed. '
Many cholera cases were found be
yond the Vistula as the occupied area
extended, but it' nowhere assumed the
character of an epidemic.
Spotted fever no longer gives the
army physicians concern. Disinfection
plants, or which about four hundred
now are in use, have been employed,
and thus the disease has been checked.
The soldiers have also been provided
with facilities for personal cleanliness,
bath tubs being hauled everywhere by
army teams. It is understood that sci
entic investigators' have discovered a
specific against spotted fever.
IS HOW FREE TO WORK
Oil PLAHSFOR DEFENSE
President Believes He Can
Proceed Without Suspicion.
Hie Idea, it Waa Said, ! to Prepare
Programme for Several Years In
Advance Keep Expense;
- Low u Poealble.
Washington, Sept. 1. -With danger of
serious trouble with Germany appar
ently removed. President WHson, it was
said authoritatively tonight, believes
he can proceed with more freedom in
development of his national defense
plans because there 'can be no suspi
cion that they are -directed against any
particular nation.
The President's" Idea, It was said. Is
to .prepare- a programme for several
years - in advance ; and in doing so to
secure the expert pinion of army and
navy officers whb have been watching
military edevelopmentB In Europe. '
Expenditures for the army and navy
are to be kept as low as the President
thinks consistent with the plans to be
presented to him by Secretaries Garri
son and Daniels.
Chairman Tillman, of the Senate
naval affair committee, discussed the
defense Question today with .the Pres
ident. Later the senator said he ray-
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WILMINGTON,
TO HEW 10W LEVEL
English Pound Leads in the
Slump, Being Worth Only
$4.54 at Day's Close,
BUT LITTLE SELLING
Entire Market Was in Convul
sions for a Time, but Grew
Calmer Toward Close.
'New York, Sept. 1. Foreign exchange
rates, : led by the English pound ster
ling, played fast and loose today in
checker board moves over the lowest
plane of values ever reached in this
country. From $4.50. registered at the
opening, sterling made its faltering
way i by leaps and falls to $4.55 1-2 in
the late afternoon and fell back at the
day's end to $4.54.
Francs dropped at a single stroke
from 6.03 .; to 6.09, reaching, their low
est valued Lires hovered around 651,'
approximately 26 per cent, below nor
mal. Reichsmarcks zigzagged between
8 3-8 and 80 5-8. The entire market
was on convulsions, although the ten
dency toward hysteria lessened toward
the close.
The big bankers, however, were in
clined to be calm, rather than hyster
ical. One foreign exchange expert said
tonight he doubted if 10,000 pounds
sterling had been bought in this mar
ket today. The widely divergent quo
tations at the opening and the close he
ascribed purely to speculators.
That view, however, was generally
accepte,d and there were indications
that there had "been large dealings in
small amounts after sterling had
strengthened to 4.52.
--. Relief .Reported In Sight.
For reasons not seen on the surface,
optimism was more apparent tonight
than analysis of the situation seemed
fco?J9rarra.nt,;. A persistent rfeport pre
vailed that relief was in sight. It was
said.the delegation of British finan
ciers' sent to mend England's battered
credits were almost' within sight of
land. The censor has suppressed all
news of their sailing for' New York,
but it is thought they may be aboard
the St. Paul, due to dock here tomor
row. The censor, according to mail reports
to newspapers here, recently has held
up and edited press cables to eliminate
references to weakness and in some in
stances, it is said, actual quotations
have been deleted. As a result, it was
reported, high British officials are but
poorly Informed of the situation.
Tnere was less talk today of the
possibility that rates would fall so low
as to result in curtailment of Ameri
can exports.' Discussion centered on
Great Britain's remedial plans, none
of, which, New York bankers profess,
is known here. '
In the absence of these plans it was
assumed the contemplated credit loan
to be established here would be of
such proportions that bankers from all
the reserve centers of the country
would be invited to share in establish
ing it.
Financiers Study Conditions.
From .the betterment in foreign ex
change rates, attributed by some au
thorities to the fact that the decline of
yesterday and today's early market had
been too rapid financiers turned to a
study of the abnormal and unusual con
ditions created by the situation. Inves
tigation showed that it teemed with
unusual developments.
Not theleast of these was the dis
covery that of all the American insti-
I tulions, in sending money to foreign
countries or receiving it from abroad,
the United States government alone
could not profit by the low rates, at
least, so far as international money or
ders, issued by the Postoffice Depart
ment, are concerned. While the Eng
lish pound was selling in Wall Street
at $4.50, the postoffice everal' blocks
away was paying the standard, normal
rate of $4.87. , Senders of money or
ders to England had to pay $4.87 to the
pound. The-same situation prevailed
at the postoffice so far as other for
eign moneys were concerned.
This was due, it was said, to ancient
treaties which fixed in rigid terms the
exchange values of money.
Enormous Profits for Importers.
Enormous profits to American im
porters owing bills abroad appeared to
be in sight with the prevailing low ex
change rates of today and not a little
of the bills bought, it was said, was
to discount foreign bills. .America's
bill for July to Great Britain for goods
received at the port of New York to
talled, " In pound figures $13000,000.
The chief items of this bill were crude
India rubber, cotton and woolen cloths,
linens, laces, tins, furs, feathers and
diamonds. These items,, bought in
f Great Britain, .are to be paid for in
English pounds. On account of the de
preciation in sterlin, American import
ers paying this bill today could have
settled it for approximately $12,000,
000, pocketing a round million dollars'
profit.
From . France, the United States im
ported during July articles valued at
$4,w,000 through the port of New
York. Approximately 18 per cent, of
this bill or about $900,000 could be
deducted today, due "to exchange rates,
because the sum is payable, not in dol
lars but francs.
IiONDON MARKETS PERTURBED.
Sterling Dropped as Low as 4.4 Im
porters Seeking Credits.
London, Sept.' 1. Sterling dropped to
$4.48 In the exchange markets here to
day. The sensational decline would
have -created some alaSro but for the
knowledge that the banks have taken
$teps for relief.,
Today's erratic movement in cable
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. C, THURSDAY MOBNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915
ED
LITTLE IN AUGUST
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Reserve Agents Report on
Conditions oft Country
FAVORABLE IN SOUTH
No Fears' Felt as to Ability to Ware
bouse and Finance the ' Cotton
Crop Tobacco Bringing Sat
isfactory Prices.
Washington, Sept. 1. Business con
ditions throughout the United States
have changed but little- in the last
month, according to reports from the
12 Federal Reserve agents made pub
lic today by the Federal Reserve Board.
The reports indicate slight improve
ment with large crops in sight, manu
facturing in special lines stimulated by
foreign orders and money easy and
plentiful. , .
Richmond reported that it is realized
in the cotton territory there can be no
excuse this year for arepetition of the
experience of last fall. Knowledge
that well-organized agencies are at
hand to assist in taking care of the
crop has had a steadying influence, and
is expected to insure a neutral price
subject to supply and demand. South
ern tobacco markets have opened at
satisfactory prices.
The feature of the month in the At
lanta district was the revival of iron
industry around Birmingham. The
blowing in of several additional fur
naces and a demand for labor had a
good effect. 'No fear is felt as to the
ability to warehouse the cotton crop
of the district or to! take care of it
financially through the Atlanta reserve
bank. Railroad men feel optimistic
that their business is about to improve.
Dallas had a six weeks drought in
part of the district which reduced ma
terially the . cotton yield, but the re
port says if frost does not interfere
there may be a fall crop. General, bus
iness conditions have been improving
steadily, but much depends on the cot
ton crop.
Boston reported increased emergency
orders with effect in all lines of trade,
but retait- dealers - and:.- department
stores also with business b:lownprmal
figures. Unsettled labor -conditions afe
troubling manufacturers.
From New York it is reported that
industry, parficularly in iron, steel, ma
Chinery, wool and leather is more ac
tive with foreign orders the principal
stimulus.
"Wholesale trade is good and stock
transactions were notably larger in
volume. . -
There has been little change in the
Philadelphia district and the report
adds: "The expected general improve
ment has not appeared and the outlook
is uncertain."
Emergency business continues in the
Iron and steel trade. Railroad freight
traffic is increasing, but coal mines
still are working only half time.
Cleveland reports that gains shown
last month are being held, although
there has been no decided new advance.
Domestic trade has not reached nor
mal. Crops are suffering somewhat
from wet weather.
The Chicago report says that "Au
gust developments show general busi
ness advance," with better than aver
age crops in sight, and Iron and steel
plants running to capacity. The auto
mobile cities report unusual demand.
Changes in conditions in the St.
Louikdistrict are for the better with a
still more clearly defined feeling of
confidence. There is increasedactivity
in general business.
The Northwest is harvesting its big
grain crop, Minneapolis reports, and
wholesale and retail business Is re
sponding promptly to" that Influence.
No important changes are noted in
the Kansas City district, except an in
creased demand for money to move the
crops.
The unsettled condition of the ex
change market has affected the San
Francisco district. Lumber is more m
demand. Railroads are, busy..
JOE UNDERWOOD WILL
GET POSTMASTERSHIP
Simmons Selects- Man For
Fayetteville Postoffice
Congressman Godwin Recommends
Senator's Choice to Fill Vacancy
Caused by Death of Mr. Louis
Hale Simmons' Manager.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Fayetteville, N. C, Sept. 1. J. B. Underwood-will
be Fayetteville's t next
postmaster. This information was con
veyed to this - city this afternoon by
means of a telephone message from
Congressman H. L. Godwin to Colonel
George McNeill. Beyond the, announce
ment no particulars - as to when the
nomination will be made or the ap
pointment become effective are known
here. ' .- .
Mr. .Godwin said that Mr. Underwood
was' Senator Simmons' choice . for the
position. It ' Is generally understood
that It, was. Godwin's-Intention all the
time to leave - the selection to Senator
Simmons, on account of his having
yielded several appointments recently
to the congressman.
Mr. Underwood is a-member-of the
State Democratic Executive Committee
and is close to Senator Simmons. He
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BUSINESS
CHANG
ANOTHER FORTRESS
OF THE
Lutsk, Which Forms Corner of
Fortified Triangle, is Cap
tured by Austrians.
IS IMPORTANT VICTORY
Autumn Rains May Give Russ-
. ians Chance to Re-Form
and Re-Equip Armies.
London, Sept. 1; The minor fortress
of Lutsk, which" with ' those of Dubno
and Rovno forms a fortified triangle on
Russian territory Just north of the Ga
lician frontier, was captured by the
Austrians today, according to the offi
cial report from Vienna. It is in tbis
direction that the Austro-German of
fensive has been the "most- aggressive
during the past few days, the object
being to separate the Russian army re
treating through the Prlpet marshes
from that in Galicia.
The capture of Lutsk, however, is
considered likely to compel the Rus
sians, despite their, .recent victory in
Galicia, to evacuate that part of 6a
licia still held by them; otherwise
their flank there would be seriously
threatened.
1 Along the rest of the front, except in
the center, where the Teutons contin
ue a slow advance, the Russians ap
pear to be. holding their own. They
have thus far prevented the Germans
frOm crossing the Dvina at Friedrich
stadt, where a battle has been in prog
ress for several days, they have arrest
ed the German offensive between that
point and the Gulf of Riga and still
are holding their ground between Kin
vo and Vilna and Kovno, although the
Germans have approached the outer po
sition of Grodno fortress.
Rains May Check Advance.
In 'the opinion' of miHtary writers
here,; the Russians now stand a good
chance of. winning the race for time
Within a few weeks the autumn rains
will begin, and it is pointed out, unless
they can succeed in gaining a decisive
result between that- time the Austro
Germans can hardly hope to smafh the
Russian armies before, under cover of
the long winter,-theyaTe reformed and
re-equipped.
The Russians, according to Berlin,
have lost 1,000,000 ln prisoners since
May 2, the date on which the drive be
gan in Western Galicia, while during
August alone the captures included
more than a' quarter of a million men
and 2,300 cannon.
The Austro-German losses, too, have
been heavy In killed and wounded,
while the strain on the troops has been
terrific. They etill have, according to
Petrograd estimates, aboutr- 2,000,000
men on the eastern front, 300,000 being
in the Riga region, more than 1,000,000
in the center, and from 600,000 to 700,
000 in Galicia.
French Fighting Hard.
Eor"as week the French have been
po"uring an avalanche of shells into the
German lines in the west. It is not be
lieved this ammunition would be used
simply for the purpose of damaging the
German trenches and therefore an ear
ly general offensive is looked for.
Except from Kamerun, where the
British and French report successes
over the Germans, there is no news
from-other battle fronts.
-OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Austrian War Office Tells of Capture of
Russian Fortress.
Vienna, Sept. 1, (via London). The
Russian fortress of Lutsk has been cap
tured by Teutonic forces, it was offi
cially announced today by the Austrian
war 'office.
" Lutsk,is in the Province 'bf Volhynia,
sixty miles east of the Bug, on a branqh
of the m&ih line railway from Southern
Russia northward to Brest-Litovsk. It
is one of the triangle of fortresses
which lie about fifty miles from each
Ou.er in thi sregion, the other two 'be
ing Dubno and Rovno. It has a pop
ulation of more than 20,000.
Austro-German forces recently have
been' reported operating near Lutsk in
their drive eastward from the Brest
Litovsk line 'and the Bug. So far as
official reports have Indicated that Is
the most easterly point on Russian
territory reached by the Teutons. Its
capture marks the fall of the tenth
fortress within a month under Austro-German
attacKs, beginning with the
taking of Warsaw August 3.
CRUISER OF ALLIES SUNK
Reported to Have Met Disaster at
Hand of Turks Oft Asia Minor.
Berlin, Sept. 1 (by Wireless to Say
ville). A report was given out by the
Overseas News Agency today that a
cruiser of the Allies had met with dis
aster off the coast of Asia minor.
"A telegram from Smyrna states that
two hostile cruisers bombarded the city
of Smyrna and the coast of the gulf
to the south of the city," says the news
agency. "One cruiser foundered. The
second ship attempted to go to the
rescue, but was prevented by Turkish
artillery."
MORALE BADLY SHAKEN
Telegrams to Berlin ' From Dardanelles
Reports Pessimism -Among Allies.
.Berlin, Sept .l (by Wireless to Say-.
YiXie). "Telegrams from the Dardan
elles report that the morale-of the ex
peditionary force is badly shaken,"
says an Overseas Agency bulletin. "A
French soldier who was taken prisoner
declared that the Germans would be in
Paris before the Allies got to Constan
tinople. The troops are reported as
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RUSSIANS
IN ENEMY'S HANDS
CONDITIONS
SOUND
IK THE GAROLINAS
No Excuse for Repetition of
Last Fall's Experiences.
SAYS RESERVE BOARD
Takes Most Optimistic View of Situa
tion in North and South Carolina.
Banking Facilities Better.
Crops Diversified.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 1. The
Federal Reserve Board in its monthly
bulletin, which was made public today.
takes a very optimistic view of business
conditions in North' and South Carolina.
With reference to cotton- the board be
lieves there is not a chance for the de
pressed conditions that existed last year
and predicts that this year's price will
be controlled "only by supply and de
mand." Speaking of North and South
Carolina, the bulletin says:
"In the Carollnas it seems to be very
widely appreciated that this year there
can be no excuse for a repetition of the
experiences of last fall. The knowledge
that there are now at hand well organ
ized agencies competent to assist in the
gradual liquidation of cotton, free from
undue pressure upon the farmers, has
had a most steadying influence and
will make for the marketing of the sta
ple at prices subject only to the univer
sal law of supply . and, demand, and
freed from artificial or. hysterical con
ditions. . "Banking facilities now available as
a matter of routine will, in permitting
the generous use of cotton as collateral
when desired, enable the growers rap
idly to liquidate seasonal indebtedness
to mature in the fall, and such a con
dition should make for the advantage
not only of the banks and merchants
immediately identified with the farm
ers, but in turn with distributors of all
kinds who have done business with the
cotton section.
"Cotton milling has- been omewhat
uneven in that, while many properties
have been doing well, the minority have
not fully met its expectations.
"Some of the more Southern of our
tobacco markets have opened at prices
which seem toAe satisfactory to all
concerned, and better than Tiave Deeti
expected in view of a very generous
stock carried over from last year. The
quality Is better" than was the case last
season.
., Greater Diversification.
"From both the Carolinas come re
ports of satisfaction wjth the result of
experiment in greater diversification
than heretofore practiced. Well dis
tributed rains Insure the promise of a
generous corn crop of excellent quality,
while for the same reason abundant
grass and hay crops will Insure to
those raising live stock very much bet
ter return for their labor than was the
case last year.
"Lumber is least responsive to change
for the better in all of the larger lines.
The " trade is still in a depressed condi
tion, which, while no worse than has
been the case for some time in the past,
does not show any improvement. Build
ing trades and woodworkers generally,
such as furniture manufacturers, show
no special improvement.
"Sections largely given over to white
potatoes and vegetable truck have been
disappointed in prices, and, in conse
quence, liquidation in such sections has
not met expectations. . f
R. A.
REQUIRE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
Bill is Passed by the Lower House of
Alabama Legislature.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 1. The low
er house of the Alabama legislature
today passed a bill which requires the
attendance of all children between S
and 15 years in institutions of learning
for at least 160 days a year. Children
whose parents are poor would be
granted exemptions providing county
officials approve.
TRULL MAKES
it
AIIDTRUEiOIIFESSION
Says He Alone is Responsible
for Murder of Swain.
Charlotte "Man to Die Tomorrow in
Electria Chair Makes Statement x
to His Spiritual Adviser
That Last Week False.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 1. Charles
Trull, who "is to die in the electric
chair Friday morning for the . murder
and robbery of Sidney Swain in Char
lotte, has made to his spiritual advis
er, Rev. J. W. Potter, of the Methodist
church, what he terms his "dying and
true confession," in which he admits
practically all of the statement he
made to Governor Craig's stenographer
last week, in effort to induce the Gov
ernor to reconsider his refusal to ex
tend executive clemency, was false, and
says only he is responsible for the
murder and robbery of. old man Swain.
The confession is very rambling and
disconnected, but makes the statement
that:
"Barton did not kill Swain or have
any part or knowledge o the robbery."
Barton was his companion who he
charged in the statement for the Gov
ernor with having planned the robbery
and ' struck the blow while he - (Trull)
watched. , -.... ,
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WHOLE NUMBER 39,310 v
COBB COUNTY JURY
Is Not Special Grand Jury, But
the One Drawn for Regu
lar July Term of Court
CHARGE OF THE JUDGE
Tells Men to Do Duty Fairly
and Fearlessly; Several :
Witnesses Are Heard. .
Marietta, Ga.; Sept. 1. The Cobb
county grand Jury drawn for the July
term of court was charged today by
Judge H. J. Patterson to investigate
the "recent lynching in this county"
and before the day was ended had ex
amined several witnesses for informa
tion they, might have on the hanging
of Leo M. Frank. At the rate the wit
nesses were handled it would seem
that. the jurors could finish with the 35
or more called in time to report to
morrow. .
Judge' Patterson .was emphatic on
three points in his brief and extem
poraneous charge:
"That the crime should be thorough
ly investigated; that this was not a
special grand iury as had been report
ed, and that the jurors were not "se
cret service men,' and "were not ex
pected to do detective work to per-'
form their duties."-
He said Cobb county never had need
ed a special grand jury and inferred
that the Frank lynching was not the
sole cause of reconvening .the jury that
served during the' July term, of court.
The killing of a negro soon after the
July term, was adjourned, was men
tioned. - -
Within a short time after the jury
retired witnesses called In the Frank
case went before the Jurors bu the
majority of them remained. uanly a few
minutes. ,
Tomorrow it Is expected members Of'
the Georgia prison commission will be;
quizzed. ,. The three members of the
commission " were, at- the, state prison
the night Frank was taken, away.
In his charge to the jury Judge Pat
terson said in part:
Not a Special Jury.
"I want to say. that you are Hot a
special grand jury, drawn by the judge
of the Blue Ridge CircuUahas been
stated,- but you are the regularly or
ganized, grand jury of Cobb county.
Not only in this,' but in a great deal
that has been said recently in the
press, the facts, have been deviated
from, and I want to strongly assert
that the press generally haa, done Cobb
county a great injustice. It. appears
that in a great deal of the matter mat
has been published some newspaper
correspondents have seemingly gotten
just as far away from the truth as
they could and the result has been that
Cobb county has been made to suffer
for it. - " "
"I have been.infbrmed that a murder
was committed here in the county the
day after the July term of court was
adjourned." Of that I do not know, but
the information has come to me. It
has- been published broadcast over the
world that a lynching has recently oc
curred in Cobb county. It is your duty
to make a thorough and, complete in
vestigation of that as it is of allcharg
es of the crime when brought to your
attention. Tour oaths bind you to hon
estly, fairly and Impartially make an
investigation of it, but itis not your
duty to assume the role of secret ser
vice men; the role of detectives. You
were not selected. in the capacity of
private detectives, but as grand jurors
of your county and yo'ur work is that
of grand jurors and not the work of
secret service men, And yet, it is your
duty to do what you can to ferret out
any crime alleged to have been com
mitted within your county; to do it .
fairly, fearlessly and without hope of
reward, or the reverse."
RUSSIA WILL .PEMAND "FAIR
AMOUNT" OF AMERICAN COTTON
The Larger Pari of Her Nine Million
Spindles Running Regularly.
Washington," Sept. 1. Indications
that Russian spinning mills will de- -mand
a ."fair amount" of the current
American cotton crop were reported to
the Commerce Department today by
Commercial Attache Baker at Petro
grad. He cabled that out of the nine
million spindles in Russia 7,500,000 out-'
side of the war zone are 'working nine
hours shifts a day and each is . con
suming af the rate of 108 pounds of
cotton annually as against 72 pounds
before the war.
"It is anticipated . in. Moscow," the
message added,, "that, about January,
Russia will Import .fr.om .the United
States a fair amount of. cotton to arrive
during the sprang.". , .
POSTAGE STAMPS FOUND.
Believed to be Part of Loot From West
Raleigh Postofllce. x
(Speciar,Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 1. Two bundles
of postage stamps, believed to be part
of the loot from the robbery of the
West Raleigh - postoffice -a year ago,
were found at Pullen Park this af ter
noon. One package contained $18 in
two-cent stamps and the other
books of One-cent stamps. The find was
by, W. D. Brown, who operates a re
freshment stand, under which the
stamps were hidden. He was a witness
against suspects several months ago
who were released, but are still believ
ed by secret service men to be guilty.
The Raleigh police are looking, thus
far without clue,' for burglars who en
tered the office of Evans carriage fac
tory here Monday night, broke" open,
the safe and secured $90 in cash.-
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