North Carolina Newspapers

PRISOtlER ATTACKS AI1D GUTSLEO FRANK THROAT WAS 8LASHED BY WIL- LIAM CREEN WHO WAS SERV INO LIFE SENTENCE. RECOVERY IS VERY DOUBTFUL THOMAS "AT 'EDISON Flow of Blood From Wound l Finally Stopped Creen Says Ho Planned Attack Alone. TUHifirtircville. Ga. Leo M. Frank, whose death sentence tor the murder of Mary Phagan recently was com- muted to me huj inuuuic. - tacked by another prisoner at the Mate prison farm here and seriously injured by being cut In the throat. Te attack on Frank was made by William Creen, who also Is serving a life term for murder. Frank's re covery is said to be doubtful. The attack on Frank, which was made shortly after eleven o'olcck, was made from behind, a file knife being the weapon used. Frank's left Jugular vein was cut, but neither the spinal cord nor wind pipe were injured. The attack on Frank was made in the dormitory which the prisoners oc cupy in common at night. All lights were out at the time. Creen is alleg ed to have had the knife Becreted in bis prison clothes. , Two convict physicians gave first eld and treated the wound until Doctor Compton, the prison physician, was summoned from his home half a mile away. The three men took 25 stitches m Frank's Neck. Dr. H. J. Rosen berg, the Frank family physician, ar rived from Atlanta with nurses. He eald that while Frank's condition is rinna he has a chance lor me. Mrs Frank was in Milledgevllle at the home of J. M. Burns. She was not told of the attack until after the nhvsician. had finished their worn She became hysterical, but later was calmed and was taken to the prison nianttal. The cut extends from the front of the neck around the left side to almost n middle of the back of tne nee. Neither the windpipe nor the spinal cord is hurt, but the Jugular vein is twrtr nevered. The physician s great est fear was that some of the sitches mhrht ulln. causing more loss of blood, nn naid. when taken from soil tary confinement long enough to be . questioned, that he planned and exe cuted the attack alone. He was not communicative and gave as his only excuse that he "thought it should be fnn He said, however, that ne re- gretted his act HARRY THAW VilHS DR. J. A. HOLMES AHOTHER VICTORY I JUDGE HENDBICK UPHOLDS DECI SION OF JURY THAT HE IS . 8ANE. . RELEASED UNDER BIG BOND Allowed to Go Where He Please. Un- der Bond Pending An Appeal, Free From Mattewean. Now York. Harry K. Thaw was ad mitted to 35,000 ball after Justice Hendrick had upheld the decision of the'jury which declared him sane. La ter Thaw shook off the grip oi me a motored down Broadway to the ap plause of admirers, crossed the ferry at Jersey City, bade the sheriff good bye and whirled away towara rn Hoinhia. with his car throwing dust on ... , . ..t ,M1qi fillnrt with Thomat A. Edison has aecepu . . ., Invitation to head the new advisory newBpny. A . IKHSER ViLL PAY HE PRESERVE BRASill R0A05 , ALREADY BUILT ADMITS VESSEL "WAS TORPED- ITATE ASSOCIATION WILL PUT Am rv A SUBMARINE AND FORTH EVERY EFFORT IN LIABILITY. V THIS DIRECTION. VESSEL WAS NOT MARKED OLD 0FFICERS RE-ELECTED board of the American Navy. with him. h reached Newark. 10 miles away, about 2 o'clock and stopped for lun cheon. A crowd quickly assembled in the street outside the restaurant. They cheered on his exit and maw, emu- tnr hia annreciation resumed nis trip. WANT PAY FOR PRODUCTS SEIZ- Hls announced intention was to motor BRITAIN ON to Philadelphia, about 1UU miies J APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT ED BY GREAT FREE SEAS. Settlement Offered By Great Britain is Not Satafactory. State De partment Takes up Work. Washington. American meat pack ers appealed to the state department to demand that Great Britain stop in terfering with cargoes consigned to neutral ports and settle lor worth of their products now held in prize courts. They charge the British government with destruction oi iw mere in food products Between m United States and other neutral Na tions. After two conferences between the packers and Chandler Anderson, spe cial counselor of the state depart- - . German Note 8ayt the Neora.Kan Showed No Flag Nor Markings of Any Kind Till After 8hoL Next Year". Meeting Place Was Re ferred to the Executive Committee. Many Prominent Speakers. Ashevilie Electing as their officers - roadway and there take a train for Pittsburg. Outside Newark, Thaw lost some of the cars which followed him. ADDarentlv he headed back for New York as a ruse to elude the newspaper men. This created some speculation as he had previously said he wanted to attend a theatrical performance on Broadway and had abandoned the idea tir reluctantly when he saw the size of the crowd awaiting his depart ure from the court house. For the first time since he killed Stanford White at the Madison Square Roof Garden more than nine years ago, Thaw was free to go and come as he pleased. When Supreme Court Justice Hendrick who presided at the Jury proceedings which ended a few days ago with a cerdlct that Thaw was unn announced from the bench short ly before noon that he had adopted the ,Wa verdict the writ commuting Us ion of liability and expression of regret the same officers who have served dur .. . n -..i !., .ttoOr nn I in, tha imat venr. the members, oi lor We vxerumu lunuuun i w the American steamer Nebrasfcan, I the Norm jaronna uuou .uuB pleased officials here, but it was the elation brought to enclose the most. , ii nninta rata. .pnaafiii mnetins in the history ot general oyiuiuu mat, .--. ed would require the dispatch of a the organization. The etricers , are note further to conserve American President Henry B. Varner, of Lex rights in the war zone. A meraoran- Ington; Secretary Dr.. Joseph Hyde dum stating Germany's position Pratt, of Chapel Hill; Treasurer Joe reached the state department through sph G. Brown, of Raleigh; Director D. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. Tucker Brown, Raleigh. iei officers of the American gov- The sessions were gtaren over prin- ernment who examined the German Bipally to the discussions Of plana tor memorandum pointed out that in a campaign looking to the malnte- many respects the case resembled nanca of roads throughout the state that of the William P. Frye, the Am- d in resolutions which were adopted erlcan ship sunk by the Prlns Eitel Jy the organization, the city and coun- Frledrlch. In toth cases Germany officials of North Carolina were has expressed regret and has offered urgea to put forth their very best ef- to compensate American citizens, but fortB to keep in good condition the ; the action of the German commauu- highways wnicn nave "" ers has been declared Justified.. To Speakers ot the day jncluded Lleuten admit this, officials here say. would ant Governor E. L. Dtiughtrldge, Con establish a dangerous precedent gressman James J. Brltt, Dr. Joseph In the Frye case Germany contend- HyQe pratt, Commissioner W. A. ed that it was a fair inference from Graham and Highway Engineer D. H. the language of the Prusslan-Ameri- 'wiiigiow of the United States office ot can treaty of 1828 that an American pbiic Roads. ot. in Finn An nfflrial of the De- Lvi. ..minv onntrnband could be I .11 riftnit with the importance ox partment of Commerce was asked Qegtroyed if there were no other way maintenance and each speaker ex- what had become of the manufactur- to gtop transporUtipn ot contraband. pregged the belief that the association ers who said three months ago that The United States objects to this con- mugt put forth ju best efforts during their mills would have to stop If dye- gtructlon of the treaty and In the case tne aPproachin year to preserve the stuffs could not be brought from Ger- of the Nebraskan probably will place highways which have been construct- many. The answer was that Amen- on record its view that ine aiuw-a, m tne Vftrl0u8 wcanues. even though payment is assumed aim invitations which were exienueu j regrets expressed, was an illegal act. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director or xn Federal Bureau of Mines, oioa re cently In Denver, Col. He wae a South Carolinian. REPLACE GERMAN DYES AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL IN EF FORT TO MEET SITUATION. Many of the Southern Mills Which Expected to Shut Down Will Prob ably Not Have to Do So. ' ment. it was announced the depart- Jury verct ;e w ment would make representations to 2Xn. Inoperative. Great Britain. The packer, w 11 dls- atiaUly b cuss the difficulties mrmer w. --- " . . k, " declsion and Thaw Anderson. I 2 mSTl-n pending their case a. lata oeiore . , y--- UndeT ment. they declare that the Britisn ""!" . . . , . hnlll nlmgeif cans have gone to making dyes and are succeeding very well. Some of the dyestuffs desired cannot be bad but various sorts ot substitutes are being used. The situation outlined in tne ioi- lowing forecast has already come about: "The most Important Intermediate BATTLE IN RUSSIAN-POLAND. Tuetone are Fighting For Control of Lublln-Cholm Railway. London. The Russians and Austro Germans are engaged on several fronts In Russian Poland in desperate bat tles, the result of which is likely to play an important part on the future of the campaign. The most important Btrumtle is on between the Vistula and the Bug Rivers. The Austro-Germans are fighting for control of the Lublin Cholm Railway which would be of great value in their efforts to advance 4)n Warsaw. The Teutonic Allies are using vast numbers of men, but the Russian are reristing stubbornly and Inflicting heavy losses on their adversa ries.' , , . To the north in the neighborhood ot Praenysz, Field Marshal von Hin denburg is conducting Just as deter mined an offensive, wtth Warsaw as his objective. Berlin Is celebrating the successes grained by von Hindenburg, which are declared by German army headquar ters to be of great importance. Mean- while Petrograd, so far as official ut terance go, shows no discouragement, ment. Distress In China. Washington. Flood waters in China re receding , but distress among the Ttnmilatlon of the inundated district is Increasing according to advices to the navy department from Captain Hough, of the gunboat Wilmington at Sha- , aneen. terms of the bond he is to hold himself amenable to the court's orders until the appeal Is finally decided. RUSSIANS ARE PUSHED BACK. Germans Give Them Little Time to Re- Oraanlze Army. London. The Austro-German armies whlrh annear to be working in per il, unou, ------ - aH tnB regult of the Ger- the latest terms lor - zlrm giving the Ru ral: reldto be"so ones as to sians liUle rest or time to reorganlxe . ..... ...v . after ther retreat from Gallcia. De unacc.- simultaneously with the German 'That the pa kers guarantee effort to reach Warsaw ,the Austrian. GrearBritata agist claims .rising have attacked along the Dn ester and Great Bniam e crossed that river at several Out OI tne ueienuuu . "'That the pacxers guwui.v puiuu. Great Britain against claims otbuy government purposely delays settle ment of their claim for seized cargoes nrt that thev are not Inclined to re open trade with neutral countries un less they can be assured ot delivery ot their shipments to ports designated- , v "As reported to the packers by their representative In England, Al fred R. Urion," says we ers large quantities of produce seized EFFORTS TO FEED MEXICANS - Villa Forces Defeated. Douglas. Arts. After a six-hour bat tle m Anavacachi Pass, west of Agua IPrieL General Calles, Carranza com inander in Sonora, was reported to ave decisively defeated ViUa troops under General Jose Maria Acosta. The dalles force was said to number 3,000 ohiia Annsta's was reoorted as half fthat number, In a message' received here by A. Garduno, consul for Car ranza from Gen. Calles at Lamorita, 20 miles west of Augua Prieta, the Villa' troops were reported as fleeing in au disections. ,: ' Verdict In Lusitanla Case. London. "Torpedoes fired by a sub marine of German nationality" cans- d the loss of the steamship Lusitania and Its passengers, according to the of the court of inquiry. The ,,rt .nnouncinK its opinion, held ihat no blame attached to either Cap' i.i:n Turner, commander of the ves- , i rr t e Cunsrd line, its owners. "In 1 w ' ;b cf te cr-irt the act was - i i- ' -: ' '.i t". 1 i 1 nS(n of General von Mackensen's army, who have bought and paid for which doubtless had been waiting for who nave oousni " v i windenbure , to Field Marshal von Hindenburg i to move in the north, also has come to life again and fighting has been re sumed in Southern Poland, In fact, there is fighting of more or Provision lfiga eeverity all along the Russian front except in central Poland, where the Russians are In such strong posl- Mrs. Ellen White Dead. St. Helena. Cal. Mrs. Ellen White, one of the 'founders of the Seventh Day Adventists, died here aired 88. She was widely known among members of that denomination and by manv she was regarded as their THOUSANDS HAVE DROWNED. Widespread Famlnt In Canton, Chins, Involves Minions. Honk Kong. Taw of thousands of cities desirous of entertaining next year's meeting were referred to the executive committee. They came from Andrews, Murphy, Wrlghtsvllle and Greenville. Will Build Larger Plant AshevUle The Azalea Woodworking is aniline. The equipment oi a large natlve. lt lg estimated, nave ftnA . Wegtern North Card- plant tor the manufacture oi ima drowned by the floods in tne vnin - biest industrial concerns will product. by the Benzol Products Com- proylnceg 0f Kvantung. Kwangsl Mns biggwt inn pany Has been tne most iiupuru"" and Kiangsi, and uie aeeomuuu destroyed by Are tJnr tn th .ituatlon. The output L!.tJi ai.trlcti is terrible, ac- h recently was itoyi mTZ. work, at Frankford and Ma, ,ate.t reports nA-'S cus Hook, in Pennsylvania, is n here. ' . 1 according to President W. O. Rid sufficient to meet the needs ot Amert A flre.BWept ari of one mile wd ?CMnaa been started can dyestuft makers. The Edison ragmg flood..e handicapping rescue hey J, debrlc which ac company has llkewse established work ln Canton. , ....... cumulated from the Are and orders large plant tor the production ot snl- ,The clty was ln ilarkness. the wate r ? immediately for lm- line at Orange. N. J. u is m scut haTlng jnundated une eiecvr,B ' for installation to operation and will be enlarged j Fwu" r)mZt at Awlea. It Is the "The E. I. du Pontoe wemour. Tne Btate department n w Management that the fao Powder Company ot Wilmington, Del.. Bummarized Ms dispatch 0 the kope tMsj has acquired tie large work, of the flood ,Uuatlon a. follows: wlU ' "r y Bayway Di.tilllng Company at wu MCanton ,B lBolatt)d except to power- ",r" " " ' steamers, wn nmu v ----- n.nral Gonzales uixee Train Right or way. . aoo ilenartment ad- vices from Mexico City reported the tions, that in .the opinion of military .itai oniet with order prevauing men, it wouiu m train, arriving from vera uu. uu6U. food supplies. Stores ana Dan. uu not been reopened pending arrange ments for currency circulation. Com munications between the capital and Vera Crua by rail and telegraph con- tinued and the Carranza governing -lonarfments were Bftid to be under pOSBlOie. VOuoui - ;, , - bled that General Gonzales had given Eki Meeting Closed, preference to provision trains over Angeies, Cal. The Grand Lodge troD trains and that arrangements for meeting 0f the Elks closed, a ball soup kitchens to relieve vub marking the end oi tne iesuvines. i ue destitute were' progressing and that new board 0j grand trustees elected hoped soon to feed from 8,000 to 10,000 Cary L. Applegate of Owensboro, Ky., nersons dally. Aaoiuonai uyiv. chairman confirmed the report that the Carranza forces had recaptured. tne waterworau Liberty Bell at San Francisco, from the retreating Zapata army ana ga Francisco Top-hatted recep that there was no danger oi a water ,. ;COmmittees, policemen, station beth, N' J., used tor rectifying ano preparing pure benzol and toluol, and has arranged for manufacturing ani line from such benzol as may not be required in the production oi nign explosives. MY8TERIOU8 "PEARCE" LETTERS Two More Letters Threatening Brlt- i.u ckin. i Rceivea 1 - mnra , Inttnra I Vnrtirmaan and Wtt ChOW IeW UrieilUB inu i wu, o- - . JI signed "Pearce" in which tte writer er de.troyea o .JTTo American thntatena-' disaster' to.. -unusn mer- "bo iar chant and mule Vessels as in the one hives have been lost received by a local newspaper sever- ..i in Canton harboV) the foreign settle- ment Is under 10 feet oi mwr. sands have been drowned. Tensof thousands are taking reiuge nPoa house tops and other high places and I are starring. in canton "Thousands of homes i . hnrnmi. : American property in the' region between Can- and WU ChOW S eiui- Wilson Makes Rapid Strides. - Wilson. That to sptte of the effects of the war Wilson has made continu ous headway is shown by the tax books . for this year. The flgttres for this yeai or Wilson county are tl0,l6,226 real mission and personal property, against S8.6WS,- 418 for last year, .'me ngures ror iu Town of Wilson are for thlsear $5, 002,281, against. 14,126,121 st year. These figures do not include bank stocfc and corporation taxes whld will be over $500,000 for the twn. al days ago, were aenverea uero. One was sent through the malls to a local afternoon newspaper and the other to the chief of police. In both writer demands the release of Hans Halle, a confessed bomb maker, held in connection with the receipt of the first letter a few day. ago. The writer stated that Erich Muen- ter had "taught his explosives uum Big Fire In Alaska. Aaldez. Alaska.-Flre destroyed th business section of Valdes, loss 500 000. United States troops from Fort Patents Periscope Rifle. KInston. . F. GIddens, a Goldsbow tawnier, who has for a years experimented number oi With -firearms, Liscum aided in checking the flames it y peri8C0Be gun that - jirnamite No rain had fallen for ' . ., K -iT o.mined '..a-- v..uin. war IS DBiievtJU mu Dw, - weeks and tne wouueu uu. - he mllltary experts of the nation. drv as tinder. The biggest loss was that oi m j DiactHi ttl ler uau .--..-- - ValdeI nock . Company, tUWVto, $100,000. Fifty building, were v nrioona within a lew nours. Durueu, famine. 1 Hot In Alaska. .timan. Alaska, - Temperatures over .outheastera Alaska during the last 10 days have reached a maximum . . . . knnnrn 4a 4VlO rtlH Plit in- naMtanta .Tmt weather bureau ther- ping place since it entered CaUfornia r-1!!! r ?00 Tr "ThVbell was instaUed In the Penn- vv W6' -' .... . , , -iinn tiaa Iuen reacnea oy eu-cci i aucaJ . - porters and guards were swallowed in a tumultuous throng which gatn ered to greet the Liberty Bell on Its arrival from Philadelphia. The mul titude seemed to present a fitted ell max to the ; tempestuous welcome which greeted the bell at every stop- at the Panama- thermometers. Pacific Exposition. . m .. aaj! i . . .... 1 , i inMa4 fiireniM nireiflii. Drl. Hill. I . , th- .ai rirlce Washington. Government pur- iS. WI i-t Usued specifies .Sfi0' that coal may not be sold at the pit peaoes, UYB"" " . . v ,..i,fiiin (111 mano. jr jroraini " mouth tor more -"'': - A tn nnfiB. a ton above the price during the 12 months ending June 30, mm. Justice Delaney Dead. New York. Justice John L. Delaney of the New York supreme court, died at Lis home fcpre. lie was 65 yeirs (-:. V.I.'a a r- " r cf Tamo 7 1 - 1 t" ' a 8 3 recom mended to Congress by Secretary tarrison. The appropriation com mittees during the closing days of the last congress were urged to pro vide for securing the new device for mast nrnt fiction, but no action was i.vn nmrliils of the ordinance p"-1 r ,. -s C v'.' 'ions believe a c r , n g Um may absc- - n 1 It ; :. He wrote that he would start' at the criminal courts building. . Dr. Holmes Dies In Denver. : . Denver. Col. Joseph Austin Holmes j.,fo Af tha Federal Bureau of Ull VvliVI V Mines at Washington and a widely known geologist, died here of tuber culosis. He came to Denver raur months ago in the hope of regaining his health. Doctor Holmes was BE years old and was a native of South Carolina. He had been director, 01 tne wureau of Mines since Its creating by Con gress in 1910. Previously ne naa h chief ot the technological branch of the United States Geological Sur vey in charge of investigation 01 mine accidents. , His service w vArai snvnrnment began In 1904 vuvi aa - GIddens has kept his invention from the gaze of tne public until now. He has recently received papers of patent . Takes Orphan, to 8eashore. KlnetonsAbout 70 orphans from the Kennedy Memorial Home, th Turkish Lines Captured, j London. Two strongly held Turfc jBajtigt orphanage near here, were iu iinoo HfnndinE the Dardanelles 11itftn ibv CaDt. W. L. Kennedy, who have been' captured by the - Anglo- gave the site for the home, on a special w..h fnrren- on the Gallipoli Penin- to Morehead City. The little folks sula, says the announcement by the 8pont the day at the seashore at Cap . British official press Dureau. 4 7 tain Kenneays expeno. Insurance Men Elect Officers. AshevUle. With 86 of "the repre sentatives of the leading Insurance companies- of Virginia, North and Bids on Submarines. Washington. Bids for 16 new sub marines authorized by the last Con gress will not be opened until oep- . , on 1 ol.nr TWinielS Sn- . jio,. .n in order that ftooth Carolina in attendance, the chiel two shipbuilding ; companies : which feature of the sessions ot the Carolina have obtained patent rights to build jrield Club which were held here:, boats ot a successful type now used by few days ago was tha election of the wia v. m v.nira. - i trtm tnr tiM limine year: two or more 01 me xiiuvireou uoiu.-, iouowms y z i Mr. Daniels ents may have a chance to compete. President George P. FolK, Kaieign, entB, may .... . ,1IW,.atftnli. ... nnlMlint. 3- m. Robertson, when he-was placed In charge of the recommendation ot Augusta, Ga.; second vice president. United States Geological Suy .J'H X advisory council, which discussed W E. Asheley, Greensboro; secretary, D. E. Murchlson, unarrowe. , e:7o7Tg iuTls and .true- Ms advisory at G Tallin. 1 uv lliru lUetlci iaia v w. y Poatofflce Building Plan Waahinrton The treasury depart ment hereafter will construct postoftl Strike Threatened at Krupp Work.. , Forest Fire Patrol. nm. Hwitinriand. via Paris. A I Aahnville. As a result of the I ..... . ranhd Basel that a bill torenca held Rt Montreal rtrlke Is threatened in the Krupp the city of AshevUle and a number ot C I- recentvV ces and other federal buiiaings t EgBen Gennany. It is said the owners ot timber lands of this e-o eordance with tha needs and impor- worKS at ,a . t. . atB ... .-wetee to 1 a tance of places where they are ed instead ot spending all that gress appropriates, u iods "" - .hnrt, honr, because ol I n-,r!nv,i to keen a loc criticism that unimportant places ot- n(lpr , whlch ther ,n,,n,ifn9- timber tracts v ..a a v.ew ot Ul ph.". .... . . 1 - vr-V. T' e workmen accord'.;-.? to locat- the union of metallurgical -workers and tlon of the state are arranges to 1 9 t con- the association of mechanics demand a watch-tower on Cragry 1 been a higher wages, because ot the cost ol f0r the use of a ranger - 19 ten got expensive fcl r.a bul.dngs out of proportion to tveir ct'eds. Ia g(rae lr'fncrs eirr. ' 9 I 1 ,-ive t -n I -t lu ton - ' a I 1 l r v ? r t ktf " In an y r discovering forest fires over an area ( more than V " f rs or rorest ' f tracts. The rr ' J is interested t rr reason f f 1 1 1 ! ... J Cf T'.: 1 t 5 v..n!ershed hold r ! - 'i. .