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MATED PRESS NEWS. rried By The Evnlnfl Dltp.tclji THE WEATHER. -. h ' I w in caivii vk ODieiai. Unsettled tonight afld ' Tuesday and :probablyihowers. ; LighUvaria-' Correspondence. . tit :able-wi43 mostly. easterly, -'.r-: 1 VOLUME TWENTY-ONE. 11 i WILMINGTON,,. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1915. PRICETHREE CENTS. v. X HE DENIES TO PROTESTTO GREAT BRITAIN. -Washington, June 21. representations to iGreat Britain t :on misuse of tl, American flag 4 by British steamers -probably . will be made inf'jtfte; new note be- ing prepared ;deal further with interter6nct.q neutral com- merce. ; ' . ' 4 m Hv:.sr mm l; 1 i f 15 & : . K V N TH Eleventh Hour Murderer From Being Hanged Tomorrow BUT HE MUST LIFE IMPRIS Secretly Frank Was lanta Jail Shortly Before Midnight Governor Asks People to Heed His Reasons Mob Gathers on Atlanta Streets Atlanta, Ga., June 21. Leo M. Frank's sentence this morn- ing was commuiea 10 lire im prisonment by Governor Sla- ton. r rank was secretly taken to the State prison farm at Mill- eville. He was to have hanged here tomorrow for the murder of Mary Phagan in April 1913. Governor Slaton was still at hi3 country hnnip when he announced the decision nvpr the telephone to the AiS'iuN-i! Press. In making this an nomir nif nt the Governor dictated the !ol!o'.vin5 hripf statement: 'Ail ! ask is that the people of Gwaia n;ul my statement of the r?a;nr. why I commuted Leo M. Fnnk'- 'loath sentence to life im-?ns"nni-'iir before they pass judg ment. "K'lins as I do about this case I wouM i'f- a murderer if I allowed this man Ii. die;. It may mean a life of obscurity for the rest of my days but I KOilM ralhpr ho nlmitrhinP' in thfi than to feel for the rest of my I l.a'i that man's blood on my Iifp nan ''''rtior Slaton was completing a ' ' i' mint giving his reasons for and this, he said, would be :or,2 hi- :a':' m: later. Crowds Gather On Streets. early newspaper editions srau"l Minfficiallv that Frank's sen- ' tlci ! been commuted and early in tj ' iii-irning crowds gathered on pnr.ripai street corners down One Arrest Made. 0 '.!! t of a man, who attempted in a policeman by grabbing i - reins, stirred the crowd at p tr- ami Walton streets and i : -ved the officers to the city , :''ock away, where they took ( :' 'oner pending the arrival of Ph'm.i wagon. P' ik' rs started to harangue the rn'v'l :rnm tliP rUv hall stpns hill. Acrt. . , i by an extra force of 5r'!:'i It was stated a delegation "rii" -I Mary Phagan. Secretly Removed - ... - s removal from tne Jail nere ujiicbu iu nau6 -"""" j -" "illy planned and the officers 1915. to elude the newspaper men December 21st U. S. Judge who mieht recocnize the1 Newman refused writ of habeas . an '1 1 ftlsr,! 1 ' Leaving the jail by a rear, fiorlly before midnight, they 'i. ,11 automnhilp tn the terminal where a deputy purchased tick "r the party to Macon. Frank handcuffed and did not wear) 'ivy sDectacles - he eenerally ' Ih, on. A black slouch hat was pulled j r his face. The few persons! : 'ii way station at the time fail-; eomiize him and it was over. i; after midnight before the re- 0W. ii in ;l, I tr, Port A s iroulated he had been re 1 from the jail. f'i ifin, Ga.. the Pullman oonduc- Liaiii, vil w u ic ii riaun aim ;rds rode, said he recognized in hia car." W "en the trailr..reached Macon sev- Decision Keeps SERVE Remove From At eral persons saw the sheriff and his prisoner alight and Frank was posi tively identified. .The party immedi ately started for Miliedgeville in an automobile. They arriyd there at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Maps Meeting Held. Excitement of the crowds on the streets here this morning, follow ing announcement that Governor Slaton had commuted the death sentence of Leo i M Fraak - to Jife imprisonment, subsidedWMHeWhatVfe-e day wore on. grounds started shortly before noon. It ;was conservatively estimated the crowd numbered 2,500. Several (Continued on Page Eighth L . . . I . . THE FRANK CASE. April 26th, 1913 Mary Phagan murdered in National Pencil Fac- tory, Atlanta. April 27th Body found in the basement. 4 April 29th Leo M. Frank ar- rested. May 1st Jim Conley, negro sweeper in factory, arrested. May 24th Frank indicted. August 23rd Frank found guilty. August 25th Verdict announc- ed. , August 26th Frank sentenced to hang October 10th. October 31st New trial de- nied. February 17th, 1914 Georgia Supreme Court affirms convic- 4 tion. March 7th Frank resentenced to dife ADril 17th. April 16th Another motion for new trial filed, staying execution. April 25th Frank examined and found sane. June 6th New trial again de- fr nied. November 14th Georgia Su- preme Court sustains denial of new trial. November I8tn ueorgia ou- v preme Court refused a writ of er- ror. , Nnvp.mher 23rd Justice L.a- r mar of United States Supreme Court, refused writ of error. November 25th Refused also 4 by Justice Holmes. December 7th Full bench of United States Supreme Court, re- fuses writ of error. 4 December 9th Frank re-sen- jm a knMtfv Tonnorv 99nrl its corpus. December 28th Justice Lamar granted appeal and certificate 4 of reasonable doubt. February 25th, 1915 Frank's case argued Derore uimeo.owiBt.,T Supreme . Court. May 5th Supreme Court af- firms denial of habeas corpus writ. May 10th Frank re-sentenced to hang on June 22nd. . June 9th The Georgia Prison r Board refused to recommend commutation of sentence. June 21st Governor Slaton comntutes Frank's sentence. f f f t ' f f t 1 1 " y J w--fi!l'ftK..-.--.;:SSi'"" ! V leg rsAim A Emperor William On Scene to Witness the Fall of Lemberg NEARER AND NEARER DRAW THE GERMANS Russians May Make a Desper ate Defense or May With draw in Order to Save Their Armies French Push on in the West. London, June 21. The announce ment that Emperor William has as sumed supreme comand of operations in Galicia is interpreted here as an in dication of complete German confi dence in final victory in the assault on Lem berg; now reported so near at an end that the generals, who during the last two months have battered their way across the province, wish the Em peror to! participate personally in the expected triumph. Some of the "claims ; put forth by ! the Germans and Austrians still are to be substantiated, out tnere is no question that they have won new vie- torieswest and north of the Galician capital and" that the Austro-German advance "still progresses through the Grodek line, west of Lemberg. It is a question here that anything so vital as the-flanking of the Russian army, as indicated by Vienna, or a perilous break in the Russian front has occur red. British experts believe the Rus sians are fighting rear guard action, while withdrawing their armies prac tically intact. They suggest that either the Russians have no intention of defending Lemberg to the last or have prepared a main -defense line at points not yet reached by J;he German ic forces'. With less than a score of miles separating the Austro-German line from Lemberg these" points soon must .be elucidated. . French and German accounts in the west show the usual divergence, but the detailed reports from-Paris satisfy the British that the French are making such an advance as will shortly per mit more active operations in the sphere occupied by the British army. MOST I GRAE OF TEE lEOtilS The French advance north of Arras, i nignt Advertisement, it is thought here must have pushed . the Gefinans into a narrow front and " : will render some of their masses of such an omission is considered justi troops completely ineffectual. The fled only by extreme necessity, gains' lnJA4sace show that the French Emperor In Command, are drawing close to the area of per- Berlin, June 21 (Via London). im manent. German fortifications. peror William, it was announced offi- The. arrival at the Sultan's bedside cially today, was present at the bat of Prof., James Adolph Israel, the: tie of Beskid for possession of the German specialist, indicates that early , Grodek lines west of Lemberg. reports; that the Sultan was suffering from'a mild attack of catarrh did not shawls real condition. The fact that the ' Sultan was unable to make hia customary Friday mosque last week I showed his illness was not slight, as m HER Trusty" In Illinois Prison Sus pected of Murdering Benefactor. Joilet, 111., June 21. Joseph Camp bell, a negro "trusty" at the State prisonwas held in solitary, confine ment, today pending investigation of Ythe murder of Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of the prison warden, whose body was found on a blazing bed in her apartment yesterday. Campbell was convicted in Chicago five years ago and sentenced to sei've an indeterminate sentence of from one year to life imprisonment. He was chosen personal servant to the Al iens under the honor system. He is thought to have been the last person to see Mrs. Allen alive. Officials believe Mrs, Allen was burned to death, although - her skull had been fractured. TITLES 10 LAND VALID Government Wins Out For Five Thousand Acres in North Carolina' Washington, June 21. The title of Ml the United States to 5,000 acres ofjoverall tact0ry of the Peabody Corn- timber land in Clay county, N. C, con tested by the Hiawasee Lumber Com pany was upheld today by the Su preme Court. A lower court held the government's claims invalid because of irregularity of registration. RAILWAY AGENT FOUND DEAD TODAY Special to The Dispatch. Goldsboro, N. C, June 21. F. W. Tatem, agent for the Norfolk South- ern Raiiway n this city, was found dead in his room at the Arlington Ho tel this morning. He died from heart trouble, which he was subject to. His home was in .Berkley, Va,, where he has prominent family connections atui aiso throughout the State. The remains will be shipped there today, THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS KILLED ' London, June 11 (Correspondence of the Associated Press). The cas ualty list to June shows that since the beginning of the war 3,372 British of ficers have been killed, 6,651 wound ed and 1,049 put down as missing. From May 19th to June, there were 703 officers killed, 1,407 wounded and 150 reported missing. Head of Big Publishing "r-Jouse Dead. New Canaan, Conn., June 21. Wil liam H. Rand, for many years head of the printing and publishing house of Rand, McNally & Co., died last night at the home here of his daugh ter, Mrs. Henry W. Campbell. He had been ill for some time. Be One of The Crowd at the Clock Dance at Lamina to- A further success in the Austro-German drive at Lemberg was announced today by the war office. The state ment says the town of Rawa Ruska, 32 . miles northwest of Lemberg, has been taken from the Russians. j I 111,. mid SCAt-t erf This map illustrates the German - the east during the last few days. r ar a" noi a. i FACTORY WRECKED BY BOMB TODAY Outrage in Canada May Have Been Work of War Spies. TWO HUNDRED LIVES ENDANGEREDJ Dynamite With Time Fuse Failed to Explode, Saving Big Catastrophe Factory Had Just Completed Big War Order. Windsor, Ontario, June 21. The pany, Ltd., located in Walkerville, a suburb, was partially wrecked by a bomb early today. The company is said to have just completed an order for 115,000 British uniforms. Shortly after the explosion in the factory 27 sticks of dynamite were found under the rear of the Windsor armory attached to a time fuse which had been set for an explosion. The fuse had burned out. It is said 200 men slept in the arm ory last night and had the dynamite exploded the whole building would have been wrecked. REVERSES FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Washington, June 21. The Su preme Court today reversed the Fed eral District Court in New Jersey, which dismissed the government's Sherman law and commodities clause suit against the Delaware, Lackawana & Western Railway Company and the Delaware Lackawana & Western Coal Company. Ohio Sunday School Convention. Zanesville, O., June 21. A, congress of five hundred boys from the Sunday Schools of Ohio and another big con gress of girls gathered here today as the preliminary for the opening of the State Sunday School Convention to morrow. For the first time inth history of the State the boys and girls will conduct their own joint session tomorrow. The youngsters will be given a bigger share in the proceedings of the convention than ever before. The sessions will extend until Thurs day. Argue for New Trial for Alleged Slayer. Tb Saginaw, Mich., June 21. Argu ment will be heard this week on the motion for a new trial for Charles Kimbrough, the negro convicted in March of the murder of Rose -Laundry, an eight-year-old girl, whose bones were found in furnace of fac tory where Kimbrough worked as jan itor. The disappearance of the little girl was a mystery last January, "Pageant at Meadville. Meadville, Pa., June 21. Under the direction of Prof. Baker of Harvard, a pageant will be given tonight. Tues day and Thursday nights, depicting the centennary of Allegheny College. 4 Si S i 4rr l 50 MIULS drive on Lemberg and the activities in SULLIVAN UNFIT FOR OFFICE Report Shows American Dom inican" Minister of SucIvType.. ; Washington, June 21 . James , , M Sullivan, American ..minister to .thex Dominican Republic, is held to be tern porarily unfit for his office by the re port ul oenaiur x-iit31a.11, wuo wuuuyi ed an Investigation into the charges 4. c i i I ii T"l 1 L . I. J. - .3 . V It is understoodsthe report finds the minister not guitly of any illegal . or dishonest act. Presidents Wilson has the finding, and the report wilf be made public soon. Officials decline to discuss it. ACCUSED OPPOSED DISMISSAL OF HIS CASE Marshall, Texas, June 21. At the opening of court here today the State moved to dismiss the charge of mur der aganst Frank O'Leary, one of the five Marshall men indicted for killing William Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, here last winter. The motion "was made on the ground of not suffi cient evidence to convict O'Leary. O'Leary's attorneys opposed the mo tion to dismiss on the ground that O -Leary's name ought to be cleared o? the murder charge by a jury and that dismissal of the case would always be blending , as a slur against his reputa tion. District Judge Henry T. Lyttleton over-ruled the motion to dismiss and ordered the trial to proceed. O'Leary was later acquittedon an instructed verdict. The State previ ously had sought dismissal of the case on the grounds of not sufficient evi dence to convict O'Leary. The de fense insisted on a formal acquittal by jury. GOVT. LOSES BIG WESTERN LAND SUIT Washington, June 21. The govern ment today lost its Supreme Court suit to have declared forfeited to it unsold portions of the Oregon and Cal ifornia Railroad land grants, amount ing to more than 2,300,000 acres val ued at more than $30,000,000. Hear Bakery Trust Evidence. St. Louis, Mo., June 21. The tak ing of testimony in the anti-trust in quiry instituted by the attorney gen eral against the American Baking Company, of St Louis, began here to day, before Special Commissioner Lamm. It is charged that the baking .company was formed of seven con cerns and that ; it has operated to drive out all competition and controls about 75 per cent of the output of bread in-its territory. Meet Your Friends at the Clck Dance at Lumina night. Advertisement. to- Drink Mint-Cola; Healthful and' In vigorating. Advertisement Carranza Cables Denial of Any Parting With Obregon i v j WORK OF ENEMY Declares Such Reports Come From the Tricks of the Reactionaries and Wanttltowo to All Men." Washington, -Jnine 21.; General Car ranza telegraphed WageHfey here Jtci-i day denying reports of a" break with: Obregon, saying: '""'' ' " ' - . "Please deny such reports, which, are only intrigues of the reactionar ies." , Nothing to It, Says Carranza... Galveston, Texas, June 21. Gen eral Carranza, to a cablegram to Juan P. Burns, Constitutionalist consul here, declared there was no truth in the report of a break between himself and Obregon. No " other information was contained in the cablegram. ORGANIZE TO OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION London, June 21. In reply to tho continual demand of a large part of the newspapers for conscription, . a committee of non-conscriptionists has been formed and is organizing what they call the "No-Conscription Fellow ship." The leaders of the movement are mostly officials of the Independent Labor Party of the allied Union of Democratic Control. Th,eir organiza- I tion, they state, is "a fellowship for common counsel and action of men ot enlistment age who are prepared to tloav whatever-'hkif 'nr'-Mmr X fusine.' The articles of membership-, explain further: . "The No-Conscription Fellowship 'Aa an organization of men likely to be called upon to ' Undertake military ser vice in the event of-'Conscription,; who will refuse from conscientious motives to tiear arms, ' because-they consider: human life to be sacred and cannot, therefore, assume the responsibility of taking human life. They deny the right of Governments to say 'You shall bear arms' and will oppose -every ef fort to introduce compulsory military, service into Great Britain. Should such efforts be successful, they will, whatever the consequences may be, obey their conscientious convictions, rather than the commands of Govern ments." TERRIFYING VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT SEA TokiOi Japan, June 21.- Reports of a terrifying volcannic eruption at sea, south of. Japan twardays ago were brought to Yokohama -by incoming steamers. The disaster is regarded as the di rect result of an earthi shock. Real Estate Convention. Los Angeles, Cal.," June .21. The eighth annual convention J of the Na-: tional Association of Real Estate Ex changes opened here today. Ninety real estate exchanges were represent ed in the big gathering of 9,000. The big convention extends until Thurs day night, and a program of unusual interest has been prepared. .. Instead of the cut-and-dried papers, the visi tors will listen to discussions on ev ery phase of the real estate business, led by able men from each section of the country. The subjects of taxa tion, legislation, appraisals,, municipal ordinances, and city planning wil also be. considered. -"' Oregon City Opens FjW Theatre. Eugene, Oregon, Juri'e 21 .A per manent theatre in the outf -doors, for the free entertainment of the people is the latest municipal wonder, estab lished by Eugene. To, open, the mu nicipal theatre, the University of Ore gon commencement play was given free of charge. Te theatre is un covered, aqd it occupies a natural am phitheatre. The people 'sit on the grass and pine needles', while stage is banked with growing hedges and lattices. Gould-Fay. Seattle, "Wash., June 21. Miss Dor othy Fay, of Seattle, and Carl F. Gould, of New York, will be married tomorrow in Trinity church. Miss, Fay is a graduate of Bryn Mawr and Vassar. Young Mr'. ' Gould is now an architect in Seattle. tM f I -SI fi t : ' 7 -mi ; MM. I !1 cat '.-. t !! . ft lit i (a !' i f"v. i MS t?7 ' i'i M 1 'J. V; ; mm Hi' - r, . 7 i t K V " 1 r V- - . . .. . - ."
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