CITY DAILY SENTINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
10 Pages 1 Section
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1915
i Year
CITY EDITION
0001.1 fVf T TWO PBffl,
ON THA1N. riVJB CUNT.
ERMAN PROGRESS IN EAST NOW SLOW
TWIN
JSSIAN ARMIES HAVE
tOT STOPPED ADVANCE
OF TEUTONIC FORCES
' A USTRO-GERMANS
HAVE TO FIGHT HARDn
Idled to Put Forth Supreme Effort
Every Step Now Little Progress
patently Now in Baltic Campaign
important Artillery Conflicts in West.
FIRST WORD FROM
GERMANY ON ARABIC
Aiift. "1 Tin- latest details concerning the Riga naval battle
Irlnrrd up tin- situation, reirograti au vices indicate that the (or
litli a sewre reverse, altlio offlciul Merlin reports remain silent
Ilhe liiisfiini claims,
uslaiis stated that an additional cruiser must be added to those
mk or put out of action. Whether the German battle cruiser at
British submarine was sunk remains to be told, the official report
brad liming given no details beyond saying that she was torpedoed.
I ifortlic report from Marine Ministry of Paris concerning the sinking
a palrul heat off Ostend, which is admitted by Berlin, no official
rt'C'ivrd of the results of the allied bombardment of German
tn the Hclgiun coast,
issian armies have not stopped the Austro German advance, altlio
toniprlliiiK tlie central powers to fight for every step won. Severe
continue before llrest-Litovsk, but the lialtic campaign Is making
b-ss. altlio a decisive stroke there by Field Marshal Von llinden-
pen long expected.
lestern front, with the exception of an infantry attack which Is
Ire won for the French some German trenches in the Vosees. the
l marked by comparatively ineffectual artillery, bomb and mine com-
DESCRIPTION OF
DESTRUCTION OF FORTS
jndate-li via London, Aug.
jrtre-s u! N'ovo Ceorgievsit
as. The Hermans entered
I :he (treat It.issian strong-
He rislit, after a terrific
I'ft. There was a constant
binding shells, searchlights
:n point to mint, magazines
at brief intervals, rockets
F' tiie air. and the thunder
m oiintiiiiiniis.
Wure 11 o'clock sheets of
ha; into the air lr,.n. ll.n
mt. indicating that one of
iaJ lieea l.lo.wi up. Soon
'""I fort exploded.
tirihuent runt limed Imu-.
Iln,i,lliislieil violence :is
Mienled tlicir )ast Pl.
I'" il;iilc ii non ttio
il tllev Inline, I Hint
' final oiiniti,,u was from
Tt.-i.
Details of Naval Fink.
1... -M'-fc.
' -I 1 mill I he lllfnrnn
would appear that
"II nc.h,.r sill., wi.r,. .,
Riw operations which, on
-Is ,
the part of the Germans, were in lite
nature of mine clearing work with a
view to supporting an attempt to land
troops at 1'ernean to cut communica
tions with I'etrograd.
No date has been given by I'etrograd
for the sinking of the'eruiser described
at the Moltke, but the Times.' corres
pondent assumes that it was Wednes
day or Thursday when, he says, the
Germans had forced an entrance into
the Gulf of Klga and when, uncertain
of the defense being overcome, they
had moved a supporting force to that
vicinity to prevent their ships inside
from being cut off.
According to the same correspond
ent the Garmans appear to have at
tempted to enter the gulf by both chan
nels, the southern f which was used
by the heavy warships, and by way
of Moon Sound, where some of the
heaviest fighting occurred, and where
tlie Uussians, admit the loss of the Si
vutcli, a slow but well armed vessel.
The actual fighting lasted four days
and the affair, in tlie opinion of the
Times correspondent, Is an "illustra
tion of the weakness of an attempt to
carry an Invasion overseas before I lie
control of communications afloat has
been obtained."
Rfl DECLINES 101 IS INUNDATED
iECEIVE UNION BUT INHABITANTS
1AGISTS ACCOUNTED FOR
4
OrC. A .11 . ,,
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,,lMm !l Taft declined to
Vorrorcssionall-nion
41 His Lot. 1 viKlerdinr It
f ''n tmlav.
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i-h was ronposed
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him H ' llPBireu 10
T,,h";r Propaganda. Mr.
of mV" a"HA"r raying his
.4i Mf"m""N for the day
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movement
imerest of either
'uownient of this
Little Rock, Aug. 2L "For the fours'!
time within a year, Utile Hock, I'Iiia
liluff. Hot Springs and a number of
smaller Arkansas towns will be with
out natural gas tomorrow as a result
of a break in the main near Lewis
vllle, ofilcials of the company which
operate the mains announced today.
Waler overflowing from lied river ha:,
swept away a section of the main, It
was stated.
hisoatches from Newport on the
White river report that while the en
tire town is inundated, virtually all
the Inhabitants have been accounted
for in tlie two hotels and the court
house where they took refuge.
Iteports that five persons had been
drowned in the oil trough bottoms
near Newport were denied today.
Washington, Aug. 24. Ger
many, thru her ambassador,
today asked the United States
not to take a final stand on the
sinking of the Arabic until all
the facts were known. It was
the first word from Germany
since the disaster.
The ambassador stated he
made the request at the instruc
tion of his government and add
ed that the admiralty had re
ceived no report on the tragedy.
EDITOR JOSEPH M.
REECE DIES IN
O ' i '
Russian Red Cross Shop Behind theFiHngLine H Rlfl IDTUC D
I1U I Ull I IILII
f ' '. r DETAILS ON
' UV i :v..' ' ;v Berlin Papers Still Kef rata From
f '' V V : tk Making Comment on the -
l-' V lfe ' 'V Situation.
U-iVlfe-'- J fevMH,' MANIFEST IS PUBLISHED
GREENSBORO
Greensboro, Aug. 24. .Iosem Mur
t i ii Iteeee, editor and publisher of the
Groenshoro Daily Record, died here
today after an illness of ten weeks.
Tlie funeral will hn held tomorrow
afternoon from the First Presbyterian
church in Greensboro at 4 o'clock.
Editor of the Old School.
One of the few remaining printer-
editors of the old school, Joseph Mar
tin lleece, began his newspaper career
In Greensboro in tlie early seventies,
.'tervlng his apprenticeship on The
North State, a weekly paper among
the leaders of Its day in North Caro
lina. Mr. Keece worked for a num
ber of years on tlie North State and
the Greensboro Patriot.
With II. .1. Klam and others he pur
chased the plant of The North State
and on November 17. lKWU. began the
publication of the Daily Id-cord, the
first successful daily paper Issued in
Greensboro.
Born at Jamestown, N. C.
Mr. Keece was born at Jamestown,
N. ('., June 11, 1S4S. lie removed to
Greensboro about 45 years ago. He
was married to Miss Alice McMur
ray. There were no children. Mr.
and Mrs. Keece, however, adopted two
nieces and a nephew of Mrs. Keece
when they were small children. They
are Mrs. Frank 1'. Morton, of Char
lotte. N. ('., Mrs. J. A. Williams, of
Greensboro, N. '.. anil Charles Rob
ertson, of Peoria, III.
Mrs. Keece purchased the Interest
held by II. J. Klam in the firm of J.
M. Keece and Co., publishers of the
Daily Record, in IIHU. and since t hat
lime the firm has been the same. Mr.
Klam remained In the employ or Hie
tii-ni as foreman of the mechanical de
partment and has been connected
with the newspaper since it began
publication.
Leader in Public Movements.
Mr. Keece was always Interested In
the development of Greensboro and
was found among the leaders In every
forward movement for the city's wel
fare. Took Interest In Politics.
lie took an active interest in poli
tics and all public matters altlio he
never held nor nought office. He was
devoted to his profession and gave his
best efforts to his business. He accu
mulated considerable property.
Member of Presbyterian Church.
lie was a member of tlie Presbyter
Ian church. When asked on one oc
casion If he was affiliated with a fra
ternal order Mr. Recce replied:
"No, I never Joined anything but
the church and the Ku Klux."
Received Injury.
.Mr. Reece received an Injury aer-
eral years ago to one of his legs
from which be never recovered. A
change for the worse In tlie rondi
tlou or his limb a few weeks ago ne
cessitated bis being taken to a spec
ialist in Ilaltlmore. After consulta
tion the physicians held out no hope
for relief and lie returned to Ills
home. A steadv decline followed
which terminated in his death.
A special shop bat been cm-ted by the Russian lied Cross Just behind the firing none Officer and soldier'
come to the shop to make their purchases, chiefly cigarettes, sweets, noli- paper nud white breml as n change from
the black which they receive as rations. Two officers, the lenlrii one a colonel, are ccn here with the little luiuricn
they have lm.ight from the sister, and as there are no towns or villages within easy aecesn of some of Hie trencher
'his shop has become very popular.
Evidence As to the Death of
Leo M'. Frank Being Presented
Coroner's Jury Sitting at Marietta For the
Purpose of Investigating Recent
Lynching Witnesses Know
Nothing As to Lynchers
Surgeons in Conference.
Washington, Aug. 24. Chief surg
eons of a number of the large rail
ways began a two-dav conference here
Monday with medical representative
of the army, navy, public lieattn ser
vice and Red Cross on first aid treat
ment, accident nurgery and transiwir
tatlon.
toi Firm Refuses Atlanta
wer Because of Frank Case
l0'Hst
A lioston firm, ceived from the concern:
,w'1 years furnished "Answering your letter of the 17th,
we do not care to quote prices
f n...
""""a with ,...n..
"l f"fue,i u eaulkina; and we do not wish to solicit
illt thi. nirtner further any of the business of the city
ctlon g vul auinori- or Atlanta until tne statu u ufori
'liinir t '' in connectlon haa taken official action looking to the
In ii J1 lyCO M I.V1. i i.. n..nlclimcnl l.f those
" r ri ,u.in, npii eiiviimiiii nnu m, - -
" if.'u rs clty Dur- men who murdered Leo M. Frank."
u"mg letter re- the president of the company.
CHARLOTTE (JETS FORI)
ASSEMBLING PLANT
Charlotte, Aug. 21. The Kord as
sembling plant is at last a certainty
for Charlotte, Manager A. J. Lang
ford, of the Charlotte branch of the
company, authorizing announcement of
the fa1. The llagood Building, on
Kast Sixth atreet, will house the as
sembling plant and likewise the sales
olhces, and all three doors and the big
Imsement will be utilized from the
start. Tim Initial capacity at the out
set will be 25 complete cars a day, but
this output, will lie increased Just as
rapidly as condltiotM will Justify. The
plant in equipment, construction and
arrangement will be Just as up-to-date
and complete as any of the bla; plants
of the company and will Include all
sons of machinery em ployed In the
mammoth factories, such as those for
re-boring cylinder. re-balibUIn all
bearing part, etc. There will be de
partments' for painting, finishing trim
mings, etc., In addition of course to the
various steps in the process of the ac
tual assembling of cars. This means
of course that additional men will be
required and the present force will be
substantially augmented.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 24. Without
being able to elicit from anyone
of the 11 witnesses a single clue as
to the identity of any persons con
nected with the lynching of Leo
M. Frank last week, the coro
ner's jury rendered a verdict that
Frank came to his death by hang
ing by parties unknown.
City and county official testi
fied they had endeavored to get
at the facts of the lynching but
their efforts were of no avail.
"Of course you know these
things are kept pretty close and
are hard to find out," said Mayor
Dobbs. Deputy Sheriff Hick and
City Marshal Looney stated they
were working hard on the caae but
at this time could throw no llghf
on the identity of the person who
took part in the lynching.
The nearest disclosure of what
happened in the oak grove came
from J. A. Benson, a Marietta
merchant, who drove by the place
soon after the lynching party had
left their auto by the roadside. He
aid he had a "pretty good suspic
ion" as to what was going on but
did not atop to see it or did not
recognize anybody in the party.
Marietta. Ga.. Auk. 21. -When thr
time for the jury investigating th.:
death of leo M. Frank to assembb
arrived today, the coroner decided 1'.
transfer the Inquest to the county
courthouse in orih-r to accommodate
the large crowd on hand to hear such
testimony as mllit he offered.
Attorneys In Hearing.
Attorney John P. horsey, of Marlet
ta, Was present as representative of
the state of Geor.-ia. Solicitor llerhen
Clayton, of tlie lilue Ridge circuit, be
ing In attendance at court In Forsyth
county. Gordon (iatin acted as special
attorney for Coroner Mooth.
Delay in Beginning.
There was a delay In beginning thr
hearing, owing to the tardinea of au
official stenographer.
There was some talk early In the.
day of holding the Inquest In exeri
tive session. It was argued the wit
nesses might In- more communlcatlif.
in a closed session. The Idea of sec
recy, however, was soon dismissed,
once the coroner. Acting Solicitor
horsey and Special Counsel Ganr
heard of It.
The jury was composed of nix resi
dent of the county of Cobb, Ir. W.
U. lV-rkrnson being the foreman.
Dr. Elder First Witness.
Dr. C. II. Klder as the first wltnes1!
railed to the atan-l. He testified to
viewing the body of Knink while I
M still hanging In the oak grove
near the Prey gin. Ih Klder did not
know Frank personally, but was told
the body was his. He was not pres
ent When the body was cut down.
When he arrived on the scene of tha
lynching the body was still warm.
Knew Nothing of Hanging.
"Do you know of the circumstances
surrounding the hanging?" asked Mr.
horsey.
"Absolutely nothing," replied the
witness.
"Von were among the first to reach
the scene.'''
"Yes sir"
"How many people were present
when you arrived?"
"Perhaps half H dozen."
IKi you know who they were?"
"Yes sir."
"Please name them," requested Mr.
Gann.
Name Persons he Saw.
"A I came up. two men were run
ning oil) of the woods One of them
was .lot- Carter and tlie nther tyis n
man they told tne was ri-pri-citing
tlie Associated Press. I also saw Mr
W. .1. I'rey. K. L. Robinson and W. A
Sams."
"Was Frank dead?''
"Yes sir. lull tlie death rigor had not
set In, however."
"Was there any mutilation of tlie
body?"
No Mutilation of Body.
"No sir. The only mark I saw wis
the ml In the neck that had been
opened by the rope.
Dr. Kemp's Evidence.
Dr. William Kemp testified that
Frank's death was due to strangula
I loll.
"ho you know anything about the
commission of this act?" asked Ml.
IVirsey.
"Nothing whatever"
Among First to Reach 8cene.
J. Hart Win.-, a ChMi county com
mlssloner, was the next witness. He
also wa. among the llrst to reach th
scene of the lynching after tin- body
was discovered.
"ho you know anything about the
hanging''" he was ached.
"Nothing."
"Is there any thing you would like
lo slate lo III"- jury'"'
Mr. Wing hcltati-d a moment, then
said :
"That that morning nn the road I
saw several automobile on the ld.
well road going In the direction of
Marietta."
"What time was this'"'
"Met ween r, :!u and ':' III the morn
ing. "Where were you at this lime'"
"I had been flBiiing with lloli Coch
ran, a neighbor. We were In a hug jr
and I had driven my hor.n- into tlie
creek to water him when threo or four
automobiles went by. We were 40 or
VI yards off the road. Hob Cochran
said to me: I wonder what alt that
crowd Is'" I said: 'Umks like Jov
riders to nn.' "
"Can you ti ll who were In the ma
chine?" "No, sir, I could not let whether
they were negroes or white people."
W. J. Frey Testifies.
W. J. Frey, owner ttf the place on
which Frank was hang.il, a:it regard
i-d as tin- star witness of the ln-no-Ml.
next was sworn. Mr. Frey, e sheriff
of the county, took the stand In his
shirt sleeves. He Is a very large man
of about 4", with a short brown minis
tache and llorld complexion.
"Mr. Frey," asked acting solicitor
harwy, "did yo'i know I-o M, Frank .'
FRENCH AVIATOR BRINGS
DOWN FIVE AEROPLANES
Paris, Aug. 24. Eugene Gil
bert, the French aviator who
escaped a few days ago from
Switzerland where he was In
terned, has been treated as a
popular hero aince his arrival in
Paris Sunday night.
Ha says he brought down five
German aeroplanes before he
was compelled, by an accident
to his motor, to land on 8wiss
territory last Juna.
When first interned, Gilbert
gave his word not to attempt to
escape, but the enforced idle
ness preyed on his mind, how
ever.and he took back his pro
mise and seized the first oppor
tunity to get away.
REPORT SUBIVliTTED
ON INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
Chicago, Aug. "4 -The second se
Hon of the summary of the report of
hasll M. Manly, director of reacar-h
and Investigation of tlie I'nlted Hlatc,
Commission on Industrial, Relation. i
was made public toilny.im was the full
text of the "Hupplemeiitiil Finding.,
and Recotntnendat Ions ' by Commis
sioner John II. lciinon and Jiimes
O'Connell. The third and final sectloii
of the summary of the Manly reifirt,
whlch.like the two which preceded I',
was prepared by George . West, -Il
ri-' tiir of I'ti . Il i I of tin- commission,
w III he given out luliUM
Tlie second section of the summary
sketches evidence gathered to the el
feet that Industrial unrest is caused
hv low wages, and that low wages are
diii. to the ho k of strong labor orgnnl
zatloii.s. Many remedial measures an
recommended, Including equal suffrage.
,i-i'l various public utilities companies
are condemned
Commissioner Lennon and O'Con
nell in their finding take Issue wl'tl
the claim by Cointnlsslotu-rs Alshton,
lUllard and Welnstor k that faults thst
rnav exist In trade union can proper
ly be considered among the causes of
Industrial unrest. They urge siron-.
labor organizations as u remedy, and
suggest thst Itutead of forming a
new federal Industrial commission,
with Urge powers to deal with Indus
trial iinrejit, that the Department of
Labor be developed and given larger
Ponds for isriviiii on Us work.
The printers were unable for lack
or lime In furnl-ii the full text of the
three main reports.
(Continued on page Three)
Itoport of (ierman - American
Uny Saj'H Ship Was Equip
ped for lluttle.
Herlln, Via l-ondon, Atift. 24 No fur
ther details concerning thn sinking of
Hie Arabic have been published here,
und the Herlln newspaper refrain
from comment upon the situation.
The newipapera publish what pur
iMirts to Is. n lirlef dispatch to the Lon
don Telegraph quoting Janie 1 Tu
multy. President Wilson' secretary,
us saying that the American people are
unitedly with the president and will,
If necessary, offer their live to main
tain the liiulloiuitilo right of Ameri
cans on land and ana.
The Kreur. Zoltung says: "Thce Ina
lienable rights as known, constat ot
using llritlsh passenger steamers."
Hevcriil papers publish the Arable'
manifest on a trip from New York
July 2', as ron tallied In a report of
Hie (Ierman American Chamber of
commerce of New York. The report
says of the Arabic:
"Which wms painted like a battle
ship and had twelve American guardi
an iiugels aboard."
The l.okal Annelgi-r snys that thl
report say that the Arabia was equip
ped for t attle und therefor ought to be
ronsid-red a harmless merchantman.
Arabic Commander Statement,
Liverpool. Aii(f. 24.-Captain Finch,
of the sunken White Htar steamsr
Arabic gave the Associated Pre
statement relative to report thst
some Herman officials claimed there
was no proof that the Arable had
been sunk by a (Ierman submarine,
and that she might have atruck a
Mrlllsli mine.
"There is not the slightest doubt
thst tlie Arshlc was sunk by a tor
pedo," said Captain Finch. "Neither I
there the slightest doubt that It wss
fired at the Arabic deliberately. It
la quite true that we never saw any
submarine or any periscope; hut I
saw the white streak iiiado by the
passage of the torpedo thru the wa
ter -a white streak that commenced
with nlr bubbles In the water 3'
yards from us at thn point where It
was discharged at us.
"There was no mistaking of thn
cause of that while streak, which end
ed In a torpedo entering the ship and
caused tlie explosion which sank the
vessel. I was not alone In seeing It.
The chief officer, the second officer
end many passenger saw It. No one
can doubt for a moment that It was
deliberately 11 red at thn Arabic,
Those aboard the submarine evident
ly saw ua and got Into a position
ready lo release their torpedo.
"The fact that nobody on the Arabic
saw a submailiie may be easily ex
plained. Those In i iiiiimaud of It could
submerge and leave only a small por
tion of the periscope showing above
the water. When tin- mlsskt waa sent
it us under such circumstances, It
would be Impossible for those on thn
Arable to see either the submarine or
the pcrUi-opc.
"The suggestion that a mine caused
tlie etplosloii la perfectly absurd. I
repeat there was only thing that sent
the Arabic to the bottom. That was
a torpedo, which left a clear 'white
mark In the water Sou yard In
length"
Captain Finch was seen at his home
In Liverpool, where hu had Just ar
rived from Queenstown Ut a confer
ence, with officials of the White Htar
line.
McCLAMMY WILL BE IN
CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
Wilmington, Aug. 21.- That Her
bert McClummy, Ksq., of this city, will
enter the) race for congress from thl
district now seems to he practically as
sured. He ha made no announcement
but It I eipeeted that It will lie forth
coming In a short time. Mr. MeClam
nif is a well known lawver", a speaker
I of ability, a man of wide experience.
ha lived in Wilmington ror a quarter
of century, active In public affair,
and In every way tilted for the position
which it is understood he will seek.
Japan Now Rushing Plans to
Increase Supply of Munitions
Toklo, Jnpan. Aug. H. Premie
Oktima and Minister of Wr Oka bavo
paid a visit lo N'lkko to report to the
Bmperor their plans for Increasing the
supply of munitions In accordance
with the decision recently reached to
employ all favorablu resource for
swelHna; the nation' output In aid of
Japan's allies. The premier and war
minister conferred with tha grabassa
dors of the allies. ; , :
.Order have been dbtputcbed to tha
foundries and factories of the emptri,
engaged In the production of muni
tions, to rush their work, . " .