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i ' 'J A A . THE GAZETTE-NEWS : das the Associated Press Service. r It Is b Every Respect Complete, Member Audit Bureau Circulations. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR. MM OLUME XX. NO. 164. RUSSIAN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE; BALKAN ACTION LiKELY london Thinks German Defeat In Gulf of Riga May Retard Flans of the Teuton ' Invaders. OUMANIA EXPECTED TO JOIN ALLIED CAUSE Relieved That Balkan State Enter War Now That Italy Has Declared War on . " ' . Turkey. London, Aug. 23.--The capi tals of the entente powers are ubilant today over the unex ected naval victory which the iussians, according to their ac lount. have won over the Ger- Jnan naval forces in the Gulf of Jiga. England has more than i sympathetic interest in the attle as a British submarine iccounted for the German bat tle cruiser Moltke, the loss of( fruicn was added to the dei tmction of two cruisers, eighf orpedo boats and four trans its, and thus constitutes the greatest naval disaster Ger many has suffered in the war. For the last week both Pet rograd and Berlin have; been sendinar meac-ar rerwrta of 1 o . o .. - -i naval operations in the Gulf of Kiga which were interpreted to nean that Germany, was at empting to land forces to sup port the left flank of Field Marshal von indenburg's army in an effort to overrun the ivhole of Courland and estab lish his Armies along the coast route to the Eussian capital. The official Eussian reports claiming a decisive victory for the allies, together with the ex pulsion of the surviving units of the German naval forces from the Gulf of Eiga give few details of the conflict. It is as sumed that inasmuch as Petro grad announced several days ago that the larger Eussian warships had retired, the mos quito flotilla, assisted by sub marines , and land defenses wreaked unexpected destruc tion on part of the conveying i lerman fleet and transports. I The moral effects of the ac tion on the Russian Deocle is expected in London to be great and will probably do much to allay the depression incident to the continued Eussian retreats which have been arrested no-. where except in the northern action between Eiea and Kovno. British military critics re gard the Baltio advance of the Germans as of supreme impor tance if the invadors really con template a march toward Fet- rograd, and on that account the itussian naval victory may have large effect on the Ger man plans. Expect Roumania to Join. In view of Italy's declaration of war against Turkey, the en tente Doners exnnet that Itan- j mania will soon join them In j the war, and their rope is sup ! ported by the report that Qcr- many hns demanded of Rou mania that tbat country allow Genndn munitions 'to pass through it to Turkey and by tho past intimato relations be tween Italy nnd Komnanio. Italy's action a-ninst Turkey I abo expected to influence SEA VICTORY HAT SUBSCRIPT! 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There are many people who would gladly, enter this campaign could they fully realize the opportunity that is knocking at their door. ", Will Ask If Germany Has Report on Arabic; U.S. Not Sure of Facts Washington, Aug. 23. Secretary Lansing today cabled Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to ask If the Ger man government had received .an of ficial report on the sinking. , of the Arabic. The ambassador, howeverT was not instructed to ask for one. It "was officially stated that the American government is not yet at all sure of the facta and considers the In formation received thus far very frag mentary. ' Secretary Lansing said today that no step had been taken other than' to iret accurate information about what occurred. From the fact that Ambas sador Gerard was not directed to neck an explanation from Germany the inference was drawn that the stme department has derided to let Germany take the Initiative In any explanation the Berlin government may have to offer. Washington, Aug. IS. Final re ports concernnlg the sinking of the British steamer Arable are awaited by the administration today pending the the decision of other Balkan states. Greece is likely to de termine her course within the week, anfl the early participa tion of Bulgaria in the war on the side of the allies depends on the cession of Macedonia to Bulgaria by Serbia. Indica tions are that Serbia will make the concessions. Before Italy declarod war on Turkey the Italian ambassador at Constantinople.' presented an ultimatum containing four demands, claiming, that' Tur key had flagrantly violated the rights, interests and even liber ties of Italians residing in Tur kish terriotry, despite the vig orous protests against such ac tions, presented to the porte by the Italian government The four demands of the ultimatum follow: ' One: That Italians be per mitted freely to leave Beirut (Syria) ; Two: That Italians in Smyrna in view of the imprac ticability of the port of Vourla, bo authorized to depart by way of Sighajik; Three: That tho Ottoman government per mit the free embarkation of Italians at Mersina, Alexnn dretta, Ilaifa and Jaffa Fpur: That the local authorities In the interior renounce Jheir opposi tion to the departure of Italians to the coast and to facilitate their journey. 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Those interested in this campaign wlio reside in points outside of Ashe vllle are invited and urged to call at any time and see the premiums to be awarded, and to enter by mail, or otherwise, this great and interesting subscription campaign. receipt of which the course of the government is undermined. Already the question seemed cleared up that the liner was torpedoed with out warning. The point now undeter mined J whethw Germany will claim that the change of course by the liner lust before the attack led the sub marine commander to' believe she was attempting a hostile attack. . Ambassador Gerard at Berlin is ex pected to throw light In this point, the report on which will probably deter mine the decision as to whether Ger many committed a "deliberately un friendly" act. Meanwhile the administration offi cials are keeping open minds and no statement as to the course that will be pursued will be issued. Dtiraslvy Not Patrol. London, Aug. S3. The admiralty today authorized the denial of the re port thnt the steamer Cumsley, torpe doed shortly before the sinking of the Arabic, was an armed patrol boat. The statement says the steamer was a peaceful and unarmed vessel. known desire for expansion in the near east, the Balkan states may consider the time ripe for them to enter the field and se cure a share of what falls to the victorious group. It is for them to decide which side is likely to win; The continued retirement of the Russian armies seems to have little influence on the Balkan situation. Military critics declare a victory for the entente allies in 'the Darda nelle would more than offset this so far as the near east is concerned and the Franco British forces are increasing their efforts to force the straits. There is little change in Po land and the Baltic provinces. A big battle is being fought along the Kovno-Vilna rail ways and the Niemen. This, however, is of secondary im portance to the movements against Brest-Litovsk. The Au8tro-German forces are across the rivers and roads both north and south of this fortress, which is invested from three sides, and curiosity is evinced as whether Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, in tends to defend it or to fall fur ther back. For the moment he is resisting the Austro-German advance, but this may be only with rear guards detailed to inflict as much loss as possible and delay tho Teutons' progress. MONDAY AFTERNOON-AUGUST 23, 1918. PL MM DETAILED Late Official Report Says Ger man Dreadnaught, Two Cruisers, Eight Torpedo Boats Sank or Suffered FIRST REPORT SAID 3 GERMAN CRUISERS Dreadnaught Sunk by British Submarine One Russian ' Torpedo Boat Goes '"V s Down.': ' - London, Aug. 23. An official Rus sian communication .. describing the naval battle between Russian and German warships in the-Gulf of Riga has been forwarded from Petrograd by the correspondent of. the Central News agency. It gives the German loss as one dreadnaught, two cruisers and eight torpedo boats. The state ment follows: In the Gulf of Riga between Au gust 16 and 19 the Russian fleet sank or damaged no fewer than two Ger man cruisers and eight torpedo bots. At the same time a British submar ine sank one of the best German dreadnaughts. ; The Russian gunboat Slvoirtch was sunk In a brilliant fight In the course of which it sank a German torpedo boat while In flames and sinking. This statement tallies with previous advices except that three cruisers and seven German torpedo boats were re ported destroyed. Sinks German Torpedo Boat. Paris, Aug. S3. "Two French tor pedo boaU encountered and sank a German torpedo boat destroyer off Ostend, Belgium, last night," says an official, announcement today. "Our boats were undamaged." CASE JT WEEK Gov. Harris to Meet With Judges, Solicitors and Sher iffs of Two Counties. Atlanta, Aug. f 3. Governor Harris conference with the Judges, solicitors and sheriffs of Baldwin and Cobb counties to urge those officials to d eervlhlng In their power to appre hend the lynchers of Leo M. Frank will be hold some time this week. It was suld at the governor's office that the executive department would not make public at this time all the steps that were being taken to clear up the matter. . "When officers are hunting down criminals they do not usually notify the criminals of every move they have made or contemplate making." was the statement made at the capital to day. . E CONGREGATIONS III FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. C. B. Waller breached to Congregations,' Which Taxed Capacity of Buildings. The largest congregations of the summer attended the services at the First Baptist church yesterday morn ing and evening. While the crowd at the morning service was very large, those attending the evening services outnumbered those present during the morning by a hundred or more. It was neoesssry during the evening services to place chairs In every avail able spot and even then d metis of peo ple, many of them ladles, stood throughout the service. The gallery was Piled with people and many stood up there, being unable to get a seal. Rev. Dr. C. II. Waller, the pastor, used for his subject at the morning services, The Second Mile," while at the evening service he preached the fifth of a series of sermons on "Bible Stories for Hummer Nights," using "A Worldly Mother and Her Dancing Daughter" for last night's sermon. CHICAOO LIVEHTOCK. 1 Chicago, Aug. II. Hogs, slow; re ceipts 1Q.000; bulk of sale 1.10 O MS; pigs TOI. Cattle, steady: receipts 11,000; beeves 1010.10; calves I. l0OlS.lt. -Hht higher; relpte T.000; sheep I.7IOI li; lambs I.7IO 1 10. con mm Mh EFi DETPSSD . .. "Inside litory" of Lynching Becomes Available to As sociated Press Believed to Be Authentic. DID NOT REPLY WHEN . ASKED IF GUILTY As He Walked to Death Re marked He Loved Wife and Mother Better Than Life, 13 Story. Atlanta, Aug. 23. The first actual story of all that transpired on the I death ride of Leo M. Frank from Mllledgevllle to Marietta, between midnight and dawn, last Tuesday . turning, oecame available to the As sociated Press yesterday. The recital .did not come through second or third hands,, but In a manner which seem j ingly placed its authenticity beyond i all question. The narrator, however, j will not be a witness before the Cobb j county grand Jury which on Septem- Der l win be asked to undertake a 'thorough investigation of the lynch jing of the -man alleged to have been jthe slayer of little Mary Phagan. j It also became known that Govern or Harris during the past few days imu received several anonymous threatening letters purporting to warn him not to go "too far" in his inves tigation of tho lynching. The govern or Is not inclined to fake the letters nt oil seriously, but looks upon them as the outgrowth of the disturbed sentiment of the moment. The "Inside story" of the events which- preceded the finding of Frank's lifeless body swaying from the limb of an oak tree near Mariet ta cleared up many features of the tragic Incident which heretofore have been veiled in mystery. first: Frank did not confess. He twice was asked If he had anything to say," but on each occasion replied "no." Asked pointedly if he killed the Phagan girl, he Is said to have made I no reply whatever. Second: No attempt was made to force a confession. Frank's statement Just prior .to his death that he loveo. his wife and mother better than he did his life, came unexpectedly and without questioning. Third: Frank was not maltreated In any way prior to the actual lynch ing. Stories that he might have met violent death before he was hanged are without foundation. Fourth: Frank walked a distance of 200 yards from the automobile to the death tree without a faltering step; without a sigh or semblance of a protest. Fearing perhaps that his body might never reach his relatives, he asked that the wedding ring, he wore be delivered to a newspaper man with. the solemn promise that it would be turned over to his wife. This wish was carried out. Fifth: Frank was told from the' ftrt that he was to be "executed" ne courts had directed that he be, and every effort was made by the so. called "vigilance committee," to see that the "legal hanging" as they I termed the lynching, was carried out In an orderly manner. Members of the "vigilance committee" are said to resent any intimation that Frank was "maltreated" while in their auctody. They assert hs was given exactly the same consideration usually given to a condemned man on the day of his ex ecution. The rough handling of the body after It was cut down was a mat ter concerning which members of the "committee" feel they were not re sponsible. Sixth: The members of the "vigil ance committee" felt they had a "sacred duty" to perform In "carry ing out the mandate of the court of the state and of the United States.' There was no mob spirit; no demon stration, and there la said to have been no idea of hanging Frank In the publlo square at Marietta, or in the cemetery where Mary Phagan lies burled. There was, however, a deter mination that the execution should take place In Cobb county, the reason for this Is obvious. Seven automobiles 'were required to transport the "vigilance commUtte" from Marietta to Mllledgevllle. Only four returned, Inoludlng the ear In which Frank rode. All of the ma chines were small cars of a popular make. These ears were specially se lected because of the ' difficulty in Identifying them. No ear of conspic uous color or design was wanted. There were probably twenty-eight men In the lynohlng party. The machines left Marietta singly during the afternoon of Monday and It was shortly after 10 o'clock when the prison farm was reached. When the lynching party had enter ed the prison and Its members were disarming the outer guards, one ef the "tmstles" at the prison, wbo was also on guard duty, quickly blew out an oil lamp burning Just outside Frank's door. He ardo extinguished the dim light burning III the hoepllal room. A member ef the Invading party wae quick to see this. He hailed the "trusty." "Come here with a match," he oom- FRANK Mil 2000 HOMELESS NEAR ST. LOUIS E Tfl STATE CAPITAL Chief Executive Moves His Headquarters Back to Cap ital of State. Governor Locke Craig has closed his "summer capital" headquarters at the Battery Park hotel and yesterday af ternoon the chief executive oX the state returned to Raleigh. Mrs. Craig and Locke Craig, Jr., will remain In the city for a few days before leaving for the state capital. ' Last week Colonel Kerr, the gov ernor's private secretary, was notified not to forward any more official .mall for the governor who has been In. charge of the summer office here, re turning to the capital on Saturday. . The governor came to his old home early In the summer to escape the heat heat of eastern Carolina and has spent the entire vacation here. FRATERNITY MEN ENJOY A SOCIAL MEETING Delta Eappa Epsilon Alumni of Asheville, Guests of Dr. Greene. . Members of the Asheville alumni chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity held their annual business meeting Saturday e.'enlng at the resi dence of Dr. Joseph g. Qreene at 270 Cumberland aemie. Later they were entertained by Dr. Greene at a , fra ternity smolter. Reminiscences of college days were exchanged and col lege and fraternity songs were sung. Officers elected nt the business meeting were: President, R. P. Hayes; vice president, E. S. Allis; secretary, Dr. Greene. The guest ot honor at the smoker was Murray M. McGuIre of Rich mond, the famous member of the varsity tenm of the Universitv of Vlr ginla during the 90's. In his college days Mr. McGuIre had the reputation of being one of the greatest pitchers in an American college. The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was organized in 1844 and has a membership of 17,600. Its alumni in clude Theodore Roosevelt, J. P. Mor gan, Robert E. Peary, Henry Cabot Lodge and other distinguished men. The members of tho Asheville chapter are R. P. Hayes, Cornell; E. S. Allis, Syracuse: Rev. J. Bralnerd Thrall, Amherst; Willis Collins, 'West ern Reserve; W. 8. Whiting, Univer sity of Michigan; Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, Washington and Ie; Rev. R. N. Wilcox, of Hendersonvllle, Trinity university: Thomas Hume. University of North Carolina: Thoman A. Jones, Jr., university or ."vnn Carolina; Dr. Joseph P. Greene, Un iversity of Alabama. ARMY OFFICERS MEET '' IN BUSINESS SESSION Flans Complete For Dedication of West Haywood Street Post Tonight. Today the visiting Salvation army Officers are holding business meeting at Central Methodist church. Brig adier Andrew Crawford of Atlanta win outline plans for the development of the work and other commanders will report on what ha been accom plished by the divisions that they have In charge. Adjutant John Bouterse of the local post has completed the program for the dedication this evening of the new army quarter on West Haywood street and the aervlres promise to be Impressive and Inspiring. Brigadier Crawford wlll'be the principal speak er at the dedicatory exercises. Yesterday services were conducted at the various stations In the city. Strong addresses ere heard 'from the commanders and special mualo was furnished by the musicians of the Asheville post The Asheville conference will, be followed by others at Durham and Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Waller of Joneshoro, Tenn., are visiting their so. Rev. Dr. C B. Waller and his GOV RNDR RETURNS PRICE 2 CENTS 00 Tr,D Bct St. Louis County Recovering From Third Flood In Three Days About One Hun dred Missing. , DAMAGE MAY TOTAL FIVE MILLION DOLLARS Known Dead Number 12 Al most Entire Population of One Town 2,500 Fam ilies Are Homeless. St Louis, Aug. 23. St. Louis county is recovering from its third flood in as many days a flood which cost twlve lives and destroyed more than a million dollars worth of property and left 2,000 people homeless. Almost 100 persons are on the list of the missing. Rivermen fear that the fall of the Meremec river may dis close a heavy toll of lives lost. It is also said that the bodies of many of the drowned were probably washed into the Mississippi and carried down the river. , 1 Equally distressing conditions pre vail throughout southeast Missouri and part of western Illinois, where the toll was less severe In lives lost but far greater in damage to property and crops. The damage may aggregate five millions of dollars and thousands of farmers and villages are left home less. The flood was due to the tropical storm which swept through Arkansas and Missouri last Friday and crossed the Mississippi Into Illinois. St. Louis had hardly recovered from the effects of the storm, when the Des Peres river went a mile out of its banks. Before the Des Peres had reached Us normal level the Meramec was two to four miles out of banks. , ' The Meramec rose dutin the night, while thousands of campers and picnicers slept in wiub houses ana summer cottages which dotted either side of the river.' From i o'clock un til last midnight the river rose a foot an hour. The flood waters of the Ozark mountain streams which empty Into the Meramec rushed down car-i rylng farm houses, club houi-es and bridge, while barges were torn from their moorings. Men, women and children were caught in the whrl of debris and climbed to the tops of the houses for safety. Calls for help were sent to St. Iiul and hundreds of rescuers with motor , boats anl other craft were on the scene at daybreak. Scures spent twenty-four hours or more In trees, dressed scantily and soaked to the skin. Valley Park, Drako, Eureka, Delcke, Clinton and every other town on eithei side of the river for a distance ot fifty miles were Inundated. Almost the entire population of Valley Park 2,600 families wer rendered homeless. St. Louis, Aug. An off-shoot the terrible storm which swept through Texas early last week latel did damage estimated at aeverai million dollars to crops and oth er property, seriously Impairs transportation facilities and . wir communication and endangered thou sands of lives In Illinois. Arkansai and Missouri. Six persons are mlssmi and a thousand are homeless. St. Louis, Its suburbs and neighbor ing towns suffered most from th flood. An unprecedented downpour oi seven to nine Inches of rain In 24 hours converted brooks Into torrenti which swept away bridges, dams homes and everything else In thell pathf At East Alton. III., three hundred feet of the new levee gave way. A wall of water from the Wood river, lien bow and East Alton, bul two hnmemen raced 100 yards ahead of the onromlnr water, ralllnv ,t fV'Hun for your lives!" In lees than an hour the three towni were covered with ten feet of water but not a soul had lingered. Two trains Chicago Altoi from Kansas City and A Big-Foui from St. Louis which were caught be tween the two branches of the flood gave shelter for the night to scores ol people who had been taken from roofs and upper story windows of th( flooded homes. , , The water began to reoede and m the same time washout and Ian? slides began to appead all along th Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain ni St Louis an'd Ran Francisco systems This morning the Mlasourt nave; reserves and the flrstreglment a the state guard began rescue work. E Will GIVE J35JI TO N.C. METHODISTS Raleigh, Aug. 11. It Is announced tht J. B. Duke of Durham has de elded to make an annual donation oi 116,000 to the Methodist Eplscoru church, south. In North Carolina. Oi this amount 111,000 will be fot church extension, 110,000 for hmm missions and 110,000 for aged ntluis- 1 " )
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