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VOL. XXL NO. 7.
GOVERNOR ENCLOSES HIMSELF
WITH MARTIAL LAW AT HIS
COUNTRY HOME. '
PRANK BEGINS SENTENCE
Commutation is Received . With Wild
Demonstratons. Governor Hang
in. Effigy "As Traitor." '
Atlanta,! Ga. With several hundred
men and boys clamoring ta enter his
front gates, which had been "barri
caded and threatening to overpower
20 county policemen, Governor Slaton
called upon the militia to protect his
home. Upon the arrival of four com
panies of militia whOy had been held
under arms and rushed , to the txover
nor's country home in- automobiles, he
proclaimed martial law in a district
extending half a mile back and for a
distance of about a quarter of a mile
on either side- .'; ; ; . -
When the soldiers lined up with
fiied bayonets to disperse the crowd,
atones, bricks and bottles were thrown
at them. A brick struck Lieut Ar
nold Parker and rendered him uncon
scious for a short while. The com
manding officer. Major Catron, was
struck by a stone, as were several of
the men. . , ;
The Governor proclaimed martial
lav at exactly 11 o'clock and by mid
night the crowd had practically been
dispersed. There was -no firing. : .
k telephone message from Mill edge
Tills There the state prison is located
and There Frank was taken after, the
Governor commuted his sentence, said
that trouble was feared there and
askad that the Governor order but the
MledgeTille company of militia. The
Governor tod his informant. that such
a request -would have to come from
the sheriff of Baldwin county.
The Governor was. surrounded in
his home by about a dozen friends,
nearly every one of wbom was Srm
ed with a rifle or plstoL The unex
pected arrival of a member of the
mob at a dark' corner of the front
porch caused the. Governor himself to
hastily pick up a large pistol.
In front of the Governor's house
ere more than 100 automobiles filled
ith persons evidently there to see
That the crowd would do.. The troops
tod great difficulty in clearing the
road of these machines and many of
their orders were met with the retort
of "shoot!"
A crowd estimated at 700 men and
toys reached Governor Slatlon's coun
try home on Peachtree road about
10:45. a force of county police was
on the large estate and the crowd
made no effort to get into the grounds,
standing outside and shouting. . '
Governor Slaton's Statement.
Governor Slaton still was. at hl3
country home when he announced
nis decision on the case " over the
telephone to The Associated Press,
to making this announcement the
governor dictated the following brief
statement: ..
."All that I ask is that the people
Georgia read my statement of the
jfasons why I commuted Leo M.
'rank's, death sentence to life im-
Pnsonment, before they- pass judg
ment. -"Feeling as I do about this case I
JHd be a murderer- if I allowed
s man to hang. It may mean that
imust live in obscurity the rest .of
J? days, but I would rather be plow
Jn a field than to feel for -the
rank m
or my life that f had that man's
'00d on my hands."
Pernor Slaton issued a statement
Proximately 15,000 words explaln-
nis action. He maintained there
reasonable doubt of Frank's guilt
tfthe
e murdpr nf Mqto Ty, nron XIo H a.
Tted mUCh ff ,a ofnfnmnnf V.t
fart the neern Jamoi Pnnlov mht
hav
e Played in the 7.iTri
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hafli Canie several nours after Frank
. 11 been Serrptlv Voiron fmrn tlio 4qI1
h,.. "J wuau 1.1 uu UQ jail
nere anH v . - x. . . .
'arm uuuieu lo tne state prison
pti ?l Mille(igeville. ; Frank was sen-
ho uaugcu uere June 22 ior
'ue ItlUHor. t -rki.l.--.
1913 iviary -nagan. in April,
Dorsey Issues Statement.
Victor r.nB-i -n .
Uted tti CAai wnwji wno pros
nv! 1, Frank' issued a statement in
Lv 'L ue declared that "the action of
k f ; numPrn? th.e 3udS"
SM ovc 411(1 Iedral courts
the ot f g -ne recommendations
fcprerpJ . ard of Pardons was
Cant ? td" He added that no de
the .he 1118 recollection had had
stat! l?f.more. Weals to both
ttUU leaeral courts. r
BAR SHIPMENTS OF
GOODS
TO HOLLAND
MUST BE CONSIGNED TO HOb
? LAND OVERSEAS TRUST TO
GET THROUGH. :
WILL AFFECT ALL THE TRADE
Not- Only Contraband But All Other
Goods Included in OrderControl
. Neutral Exports. t -
London.,- An order-in-council is
about to. be issued ; prohibiting ex
portation of all goods to Holland ex
cept those" consigned to The . Nether
lands Overseas Trust. It is expected
to stop the trade now believed to be
passing through Holland into Ger
many. An announcement to ' this ef
fect was made in the House of Com
mons by Capt E. G. Pretyman, Parlia
mentary Under-Secretary to the Board
of Trade. Exportation of good sto The
Netherlands Overseas Trust would
equivalent to a guarantee that nc
goods either in the form received 01
in a subsequent jform, would reach a
country hostile to Great Britain. Cap
tain Pretyman madev the announce
ment In introducing. the customs ex
portation restriction bill." He : ex
plained that ; a partial arrangement
ith The Netherlands trust had been
m operation for some time and that
the British Consul had made a favor
able report on it.
He added that the bill would en
lAle extension of similar control over
exports to other neutral countries.
Provision is made in the bill for
a ffhe of $2,500 or imprisonment for
two years for violation of its terms.
Consigners v and shippers will be
equally responsible. '
Mr. Pretyman said it was proposed
not only to 'regulate the number of
consignments exported but to keep a
careful record "of the" amount of each
article going to certain countries and
to prohibit further exportation im
mediately it appeared that more of
any article was going to any country
than could normally be - consumed
there. . ..
A special committee will be ap
pointed to deal with licenses for ex
porting cotton. Mr. Pretyman said all
cotton products would be on the pro
hibited lists. - '
The bill passed all stages.
MEXICANS DENY REPORTS.
General Gonzales is Marching Toward
'- : Capital. Ordered to Halt.
Washington. Denials of friction in
the Carranza ranks and of dissention
among Villa leaders were made by
the Mexican agencies here. The be
lief still prevailed in official quarters,
however, that the breach between
General Obregon. and Carranza had
not been healed and that the depart
ure of Gen. Felipe-Angeles fr6m the
camp of General Villa this time was
an important military, if not political
loss. " '
Other advices say that Gen. Pablo
Gonzales, the Carranza commander
marching against Mexico City, who
was ordered to ' halt until Carranza
reorganized his Cabinet, has gone
ahead and is now reported within a
few miles of the Capital. Communi
cation behind him to Vera Cruz Is
cut. This development is regarded
as ominous in official quarters. The
Carranza authorities at Vera Cruz
claim the lines were cut by the Zap
ata forces but other information r re
ceived by the United States Govern
ment indicates that General Gonzales
cut his own communications;
.. New Constitution in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn. By authority of a
recent act of ; the Legislature, Gover
nor Tom C. Rye called an election
for the first Thursday in August 1916,
at which the people will vote on . the
question of calling, a convention to
frame a new constitution.
Frank Under Care of a Physician.
Mllledgeville,. Ga Leo M. Frank
now is under the care of the prison
physician here.' His condition was
declared to be too. serious for -him
to be sent to the fields to work .with
other prisoners for a week for more.
Seven Enlisted Men Arrested.
New York. S even men who are
alleged to have enlisted at San Fran
cisco as British veterans were arrest:
ed by special agents pt the Depart
ment of Justice. They were en route
to England. Assistant District Attor
ney Wood said an investigation of al-'
leged ; breaches " of neutrality was . in
progress iff San Francisco. The men
arrested here he asserted were wanted
as witnesses. They .were arrigned
and held in 500 baiieach for appear
ance before the Federal grand Jury in
San Francisco. ' w
TRYON, POLE COUNTY, N.
LEO M. FRANK
Leo M. Frank, who was sentenced to
die for the murder of Mary. Fagan
is now in the state prison. His sen
tence was commuted by: Governor
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WILL MAINTAIN DIGNITY
MEXICANS WILL OBJECT IF WIL
SON'S WARNING SHOULD
MEAN THREAT.
Vllla-Zapata Convention Willing to
Co-operate With Other Factions to
End War. ' j !
Washington. The United States
Government was informed by Fran
cisco Charazo, President of ' the Vila
Zapata convention in Mexico City,
that if President Wilson's recent
warning to- Mexican factions: to com
pose their differences should signify
"pressure or , threat" the Convention
Government "still harboring the con
science of its sacrifices, will maintain
the dignity of the Mexican : people."
After declaring a .willingness to
make peace with the Carranza fac
tion the note says in part:
"The Conventionist Government
does not see, does not wish to see, in
the substance of .the declarations
made by President Wilson . anything
more than an advice, a friendly sug
gestion to induce the contending
groups to wipe out "their differences
and lead them into the path to the
end pursued by the revolution. Com
ing to the declaration that if we Mex
icans can not settle our differences
within a very short time the Govern
ment of the American Union will find
itself constrained to decide as to what
means it shall use to bring it about,
the Conventionist Government can
not understand how President Wilson
previously declares in the same note
that the United States does not desire
or claim any right to settle the affairs
of Mexico and more to the same ef
fect. The same chief of the American
Nation made at Indianapolis the fol
lowing categorical declarations :
"I am proud to belong to a pow
erful Nation which says that Mexico
which1 we could crush, will enjoy the
same liberty in the management of
its affairs as we enjoy. If I am strong
I should be ashamed to dictate to the
weak in the measure of my strength.
My pride consists In keeping my
strength free and ndt in oppressing
another people with it.' i -. ; .
"If . contrary to the interpretation
which in the most friendly sense the
Conventionist Government puts upon
President Wilson's declarations, this
closing- part should signify a denial
of the instinctive sympathy generous
ly demonstrated to the Mexican rev
olution and should ' further signify
pressure or threat, the Conventionist
Government still harboring the con
science of its sacrifices will maintain
the dignity of the Mexican people. We
continue, however, to conjecture that
the general idea of the Government
of the United States is to help us
in a friendly way to bring to an end
our fratricidal struggle which would
be for the greatest good of the coun
try. The government is ready to
bring about by all means consistent
with its ' dignity r the fusion of all the
contending groups, to initiate all the
economic, political and social reforms
.aimed at by the revolution and to
establish a strong stable government
with which all tendencies and all legi
timate interests will find the fullest
favor and enjoy the guarantees whicb
our fundamental law provides.'
warneford Is Killed In Fliaht.
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Paris. Lieut. Reginald A. J. Warne
fordr 'who gained fame - recently by
blowing to pieces a Zeppelin over Bel--araa
ihiIaiI hv the fall of an aero-
IAXU ii m -
Diane at Buc. France. 1
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0., FBmAY,- &UNE 25, 1915.
"GRANDFATHER" LAW
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SUPREME COURT ANNULS THE
'FAMOUS y OKtiAHOM A RACE
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DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS
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Chief Justice WHte Announces Decis
'ion Whih Uphlojds Conviction of
Oklahoma Officials.
Washington. iJ .probably on of
ttie most important race decisions in
isi history, the supreme court annulled
as unconstitutional the Oklahoma con
stitutional amendment and the An
napolis, Md., voters' qualification law
restricting the suffrage rights of those
w)to could not vote or whose ancestors
could not vote prior to the ratification
of the Fifteenth I Amendment to the
federal constitution;
Chief Justice White, a native of the
South, and a formjer Confederate sol
dier, announced the court's decision,
which was unanimous except that
Justice MReynols took no part in
the case." -V-li;;' ;
"It is true," continued the chief
justice, "that it contains no express
words of an exclusion from the stand
ard which it establishes of any person
on account of raej color, or previous
condition ot servitude prohibited by
the -Fifteenth Amendment, but the
standard itself inherently brings that
result in to existence since it Is based
purely upon a . pejriod of thne before
the enactment tof the r Fifteenth
Amendment and nakes that period
the - controlling and-; dominant test of
the right of suffrae.. ' -
"In other words we seek ' in vain
for any ground which would sustain
any other interpretation but that the
provision, recurring to the conditions
existing before thja Fifteenth. Amend
ment was adopted and the continu
ance of which thi Fifteenth Amend
ment prohibited, proposed by, in sub
stance and effect, lifting these condi
tions over a periojl , of time after the
amendment to make them the basis
of the right to suffrage conferred in
direct and' positiv disregard for the
Fifteenth Amendment. And the same
result, we are of opinion, is demon
strated by considering whether it is
possible to discover; any basis of rea
son for the standard thus fixed other
than the purpose 1?ove stated.
"We say this because we are un
able to discover hov unless the pro
hibitions of the Fifteenth Amendment
were considered, tfte slightest reason
was afforded for bingVthe classifica
tion upon a periodJSf time prior to the
Fifteenth Amendment. Certainly it
cannot be said thafj there was any pe
culiar necromancy (i the time named
which engender attributes affecting
the qualification tof Vote which would
not exist at anothe5rfand different pe
riod unless the Fifteenth Amendment
was view." !. f ";
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LAUNCH BATTLESHIP ARIZONA.
Big New Superdryeadnaught Glides
lntp5ater.: .
New,. York. The i new battleship
Arizona was succef ully launched at
the Brooklyn Navy Ifard. The Arizona
shares with her leister ship, the
Pennsylvania, recently launched at
Newport News, the 5ionor of being the
world's largest battleship.
She went to the river with the wine
and water of her cjristening tricking
in rivulets down hler bow from two
broken bottles thattswung, bound to
gether by a long rd, white and blue
cord of silk. Misi' Esther Ross of
Prescott, Ariz., theti sponsor made a
fair throw as the bihull quivered and
slid slowly forward.fi; the froth of the
wine spattered her'j'gown and the
clothes of those, in per party.
From the grandstand the : christen
ing was withessed y Secretary Dan
iels, army and nav officers, ; Gpvern
nor Hunt, Senator jhurst and others
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Lansing in Lifie Tor Job.
Washington. Prefdent Wilson was
understood to haveBJylrtually decided
on Robert - Lansingp as Secretary , of
State to succeed ' William Jennings
Bryan.
Dummy Cut Down and Burned.
Marietta, Ga.- A life-sized' dummy
bearing in the Inscription "John M.
Slaton, ; Georgia's Titor Governor"
was burned in the prublic square here
by 'a small crowd off men. The effigy
was hanged to a telegraph pole on the
edge of the square after the news was
received of the confutation of Leo
M.; Frank's death slitence. The -pck
lice made no attempt6 interfere with
the crowd when they cut down the
dummy and set fire'tfi it near the base
of the monument ofjj the late Senator
Alexandr S. Clay". , .
MISS ESTHER ROSS
Mls Esther Ross of Prescott, Ariz.,
was jseiected by Governor Hunt to
christen the new battleship Arizona at
the. Brooklyn navy yard on June 19.
Miss
Rosa Is only seventeen years
old.
BRI
ISil PREPARE ANSWER
REPliY TO AMERICAN NOTE OF
ARCH 30 PROTESTING
AGAIN SJ BLOCKAD E.
Expected That England Will' Soon
Dispatch Explanation of the Cause
! For Her Big Blockade. ,
Washington. It was stated offi
cially that there had been intimations
from (reat Britain recently that a re
ply mijght be forthcoming soon to the
American note of March 30 protesting
against the illegality of the order fn
council in its Testruction on honcon
trabana commerce with Germany
through neutral countries. . -
Officials have been preparing an
answer? to the British notes which pre
ceded jthe issuance of the order in
council and covering j the academic
principles : as they were affected by
the law of contraband and continuous
voyage. The United States has never
admitted the right of the allies to de
tain cargoes of contraband consign
ed to neutral ports when enemy-' des
tination is not proved and several
cases still are pending in which that
principle is involved. The close rela
tion ofj the order in council, prohibit
ing' noncontraband commerce with
Germany, to the traffic in contraband
article with neutral countries,; has
caused officials to combine all phases
of these . questions in a single note
which s expected to be sent as soon
as all data is obtained and when the
situation with- Germany is clarified.
The possibility that Germany may sug
gest aj modus vivendi whereby sub
marine! warfare may be abandoned if
the almes order in council were re
voked ;and the usual laws of contra
band put into effect Is one of the con
siderations which have . delayed the
dispatch of the "American note to
Great Britain 'until tne Germany reply
to the J last communication from the
United iStates is at hand.
U. Si Mail Opened in England.
Washington. Formal notice that
United iStates mail pouches destined
for Swejden had been broken open Jm
England and their contents tampered
with, wis. submitted to the state de
department by W. A. F. Ekengren, the
Swedishi minister, with a request for
appropriate action.
The minister called at the depart
ment and delivered to Secretary
Lansing I a letter written on instruct
tions frpm ; nis government, ' reciting
instances of- interference with mail
for Sweden and pointing out .-that
such acts were in " violation, of the
provisions of the World . Postal Con
ventiofli and of other treaty stipula
tions! I The letter stated that t ; the
seals of mall bags were broken, that
letters were opened and censored, and
that one registered unit was retained.
While Various" reports have been in
circulation as to the interference with
.mail since the outbreak of hostilities in
Europe! the 'protest from Sweden is
the first1 official communication on the
subject.1
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ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
SURE OF SUCCESS
NOT SINCE BEFORE BATTLE OF
MARNE HAVE ALLIES BEEN
SO CONFIDENT.
KAISER TAKES UP COMMAND
German Emperior Has Established
His Headquarters as Near Front
as is Practicable.
LondjonJ After seven weeks' batter
ing across Galicia 1 during which the
Russians -have been thrown back
more than 150 miles the Austro-Ger-mans
are as close to Lemberg as were "
the Germans to Paris last Fall. Never
perhaps since before the battle of the
Marne, have the Teutonic Allies ap
peared so confident of success. Hav
ing failed in theor original plan of .
crushing . France and then returning to
Russia, they have reversed the order
of their strategy and now judging bjr
the expenditure of life and ammuni
tion in Galicia they have pinned their
whole faith on paralyzing the Russian
army to permit the throwing of a tre
mendous weight of men and metal Into
the west, there either to break through
the Franco-British line, or force an in
terminable, period of sanguinary war
fare, v - ."''' '-'-,'- V'
A - dispatch from Copenhagen say
that the German Emperor Tiimself has
taken supreme command of the "Gali
cian campaign, establishing his . head
quarters in Silesia as near to the front
as practicable-
Meanwhile the German official com
munication reports the - further prog
ress of the German-Austrian troops
toward Lemberg.. It claims as well
that the Russians have been cleared
from parts of the Dneister. , I
TEUTONIC
ALLIES
ANTI-GERMAN MOBS AT MOSCOW. w
Wreck 500 Stores; $20,000,000 Worth '
r of Damage. -'
Petrograd, . via " Londan. Moscow
suffered damage to the amount .of
?20,000,000 during the recent anti
German demonstrations in which near
ly 500 stores and factories and more
than 200 private lodgings were wreck
ed;;. '-
The infuriated mobs turned th
city into wild disorder, according to
eye-witnesses. From music stores,
pianos and other-musical instruments
were hurled Into the streets until the
piles of wreckage made traffic im
possible. The rioters, heated with liquor
found in the demolished wine stores,
became reckless in their pillaging,
burning many 'stores and apartments,
the owners of which were Russians..
Of the total number of buildings de
stroyed only 113 belonged to Austro
German subjects. .
The demonstrations beginning early
on June 9 lasted more than 24 hours.
Buildings were burned nd crumbled .
to ashes, and the fire departments
although active throughout the dis
turbances fund, It impossible to cope
with the flames. -
Bryan Speaks at Carnegie Hall.
- New York. William Jennings Bry
an, addressing a labor peace meeting
a: Carnegie Hall htr 2, attacked form-
er Presidents l(osevlt and Taft as
leading sponsors cf organizations
which stood for the use of force in In
ternational affairs, and which the for
mer secretary of state declared, wer .
inimical to the true interests of this
country and to the cause of interna- v.
tional peace. .-.' . -'; '
New Orleans Gets Federal Bank.
Washington. After several week'
consideration the federal reserve board
intends to authorize the Atlanta Fed
eral reserve bank to open' a branch in,
New Orleans.' No final .vote has been
taken on the proposal,- but it was un
derstood there is practically; no oppo
sition to It among the board members.
Floods in Middle West.
Kansas City. Twenty-four, hours of
only negligible rain " in Eastern Kan
sas and Western Missouri "gave some
relief from fears of large flood damage
by waters of the Kansas and Missouri
Rivers.. : . " -'''Ay Xr
. Automobiles '. for Rufal Routes.
Washington. Automobile rural
mail delivery routes will be establish
ed in many parts of the country be
ginning August 2. It was announced
that orders had been signed by Post
master General Burleson authorizing
the-operation of 105 machines on that
date. . Preparations are being carried
forward for. installation of the automo
bile in the rural mail service wherever
the roads will permit. Already some
carriers are using automobiles on their
routes. J
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