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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1915)
Daily Weather Report S)S Fair Tonight mid Wednesday; FtUr will Wnnuor. Highest temp, yesterday ..83 Lowest temp. Inst night ...60 The News For Results - If you have lost or found. If you nunt to buy or sell, If you want work or workers, Vse The News Classified Ads. VOL. VI. ltOHEULltti, UOVGLAS COUNTY, OIIEGOX TIKSDAY, Al'lil'ST 17, 1U13. No. 813 MOB LYNCHES LEO FRANK Appear At Prison About Mid . night In Autos. PRISON GUARDS MAKE NO RESISTANCE l'rceautions Taken to Guard Prisoner Were Itehixed Mob Evi dently Knew of Conditions. ' MARIETTA, Ca., Aug. 17. The hody of Leo Frank was found hang ing to a tree about two miles east of Marietta this morning, lie was kidnapped by an automobile party of kidnappers who appeared at the state prison in Milledgevllle last night about midnight and after over powering Warden Smith, Superin tendent Burke and the prison guards, they dragged Frank from the dormi tory by his heels. The body when found was a ghastly sight. The scene of the hanging was a short distance from the birthplace of - Mary Phagan, who Frank was con victed of murdering. A rope had l)een noosed around his neck, which opened the wound inflicted by con fid Green who attempted to cut Frank's f,hroat recently, and the hlood streamed from the wound down over his prison suit. Ills hair was all disheveled. his clothing torn and ho was barefooted. No clues to the identity of the lynching party has been obtained this far. Of all the armed men compris ing the guards at the prison farm, nono raised a hand to protect Frank fiom the kidnappers when they ap peared in their automobiles, over powered the officials and dragged out the prisoner. Of the last hours of Frank, none except the lynchers know. No shots were fired at the body, as the corpse was not marked with bullet wounds. The fusillades fired by the lynch ers as they left were evidently In tended to frighten off any pursuing posses of guards or citizens. Mob Works Like Machine. The mob was orderly, but worked "ih ou!-k precision. Fight automo biles took the men to within a short distance of the prison. First all the wires from the prison and all except one from Milledgevllle were cut. Five men went to the house of J. T. Smith, warden, covered him with pistols and stood guards over him. Other men went to '.he house of .1. M. Burke, superintendent of the prison, and held him under cover of their guns. Practically every other members of the mob then rushed to the stockade gate nearest the dormitory where Frank was being housed. Only yesterday did the Physicians discharge him from the hospital, where he had been since being mur derously assaulted in the dormitory. Moll's Coming o Surprise. No person could be found here this morning that knew fiom wHIth direction the mob came. This would hardly have been the case at any time for the first few weeks after Frank was taken to the state prison farm. Rumors of plans to take Frank out of the prison were heard almost daily then and not only were roads protected, hut a large force of UNCLE SAM AND KAISER AGREE WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. The United States has agreed to Ger many's acceptance of the proposal that each country des'unv.c aa ex pert to fix the amount of the in demnity to be paid for the sinking of the Krye. but with the underRt'.nd inn that this will not prejudice the contention that the destruction of the ship was not legally justifiel. The reply of the administration to the note of Germany In the contro-i versy as to whether the Prussian American treaty was Involved in the Frve case, be submitted to The Hague Tribunal Hoard of Arbitration, to which the administraUon Qgroed. guards was kept pu duty at the prison. One persistent report that a crowd was coming from Marietta resulted In the local company of militia being held In readiness to guard the pris on. These reports had not been heard recently and fewer precaution were v.n. i.nst night only the usual num ber of gunrds were at the dormitory. Members of the state prison com ralfslcn arrived here today. They have iul. po-.- :o take what ever action they may deem necssary. Party Not Seen. EATONTON, Ga., Aug. 17. The party which took Leo M. Frank fr--i the state prison farm had not pass ed through here at 1:30 o'clock. Governor is Notified. ATLANTA, naV. Aug 17. Gov ernor Harris was notified early this morning of Leo M. Frank's removal from prison. He said that as soon as he formally was notified by the sheriff of Baldwin county and was asked for aid, as required by the Georgia law before he can take ac tion, he would make every erfort to have the members of the mob ar rested and punished. "I am both shocked and grieved ' said tho governor, "and feci that a great wrong has been don.i and that the people of our slate wi.l not look with approval upon it." Crowd Surges to Lynching Scene. MARIETTA, Aug. 17. As soon as it had become known that Frank had been lynched, hundreds of nu tomobilos containing a morbidly curious crowd hurried to the scene, and by 11 o'clock It Is estimated that, fully 5.000 were gathered around the (tree. The body was not cut ! down uintll after a number of speeches had been made. One ofj these urged the mutilation of thej body. Judge Morris urged that or- der he observed, and the crowd then j voted aaglnst mutilation, rue uouy was placed In a wagon to be taken to Marietta for an Inquest, but Judge Morris, fearing that the threuls of mutilation would be carried out, . '-.rved it to Ills own automobile and sped to Atlanta, followed by over 200 machines in pursuit. WherenlMiutH Secret. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 17. The body of Leo Frunk was brought here, but the whereabouts are being i i secret. STORM MOliK IllSSIAX FOISTS VIENNA, Aug. 17. The German forces under General von Eichons have stormed the forts defending the Russian stronghold of Kovno, t :s officially announced. Three o the northwest forts of Novo Georgicwsk were also stormed. "it iaLa&T '! 61 h GREENS CITIZEN HANGS SELF 111 Health And Financial Mat ters Cause. FORMER RESIDENT OF ROSEBORG Wife Finds Ikxly of II or Husband In Ham I'lHMi ltoturning From a Visit With Friend. Despondency over financial mat ters and his continued ill health were undoubtedly the causes leading to tho Buicide of C. T. Bloom, a resi dent of Green station yesterday aft-! ernoon. j That the act was premeditated is fully evidenced by the conversation which he held with his wife whenj Bhe was leaving with a friend, in 1 which he told her she had bettorj stay all night Instead of returning home. ! It Is presumed that shortly after his wife's departure Mr. Bloom en tered the barn, and taking the rope whicli had been used to tie the horse to tho manger, made careful prepara-j tlons to end his life. He first tir"' one end of the rope to a large beam overhead and fastening the other end tightly around his throat, jump eu from tne mancer with the intei- tlon of breaking his neck. The rope ' however, slipped around the rafter, and he was strangled Instead of be ing killed outright as he had intend ed. Mrs. Bloom was tho first to find( the body when, after returning from ( her visit about five o'clock, she found the body of her husband upon; entering the barn with the intention of t'ieing the horse. The body was found with the feet dangling on the floor, a determined look being ex pressed on the face. Tho man had been dead fully two hours when found and taken to tho house. I Mr. Bloom had been in very poor health for several years, following a sunstroke while living in the east and v hid) has been considerably aggra-' vated of late by his nervousness and worry over financial matters. He1 has been receiving medical treatment' for several months, but twice during the summer lie was overcome bv the heat. " I He was well known in this city GERMANY'S OWN BATTLE SCARS! 1 -"! IPr Mi, t n iU- - having worked as janitor at the S. t depot for over a year and having tpent considerable time in this city Me lately purchased a small far-i Rbout three quarters of a mile fr i the Mynatt store at Greens. Dr. Stewart and Coroner Jewett left for the scene of the sad occur rence immediately after the word had been received In this city, and after investigating the affair, how ever, the coroner decided that an in quest was unnecessary. Mr. Bloom was a native of Sweden having been born in that country in the year 1861. He came to this country when but five years of age, the family settling in Jefferson coun ty, Iowa, where his early life was spent. In 1S72 he moved to Polk county, Neb., where he becamo ac quainted with and married Almn Palm In the year 1883. To this union there were eight children born, all of whom, together with the moth er, who is prostrated by the shock, still survive. The children are Mrs. Ellen Clark, of Marysville, Kans.; Theodore Bloom, of Hoseburg; Olivia Johnson, of looking Glass; Viola Burke, of floseburg; Lillian Bloom, Adrian Bloom, Albin Bloom and Ray mond Bloom, all of this city. Word of the death of her father has been telegraphed to Mrs. Clark, ' and tho funeral will not bo held un til an answer has been received. The pei vices will be held at the Hoseburg Undertaking parlors, Rev. Eaton of- '"ttnet. Interment in the Mn sonic cemetery. WATERS RECEDE AT GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17. Gal veston Is safe, as the water in the streets Is receding. The city was rav ed from the effects of the terrific gulf storm by the new sea wall, a wireless message said. It is estimat ed that over a million dollars' dam age has been done, while five per ished, according to early estimates, Two fires are raging ii: tho city, the wireless stated. Tlie transport McClellan reported damage by be ing ripped from her moorings. XO THAI H OK ESl'Al'UI) .MAN GRANTS PASS, Aug. 17. There Is still no trace ot Hooper, who made the sensational esen,jie from j:ill here. Posses are senrchitie diligcntl yln every direction. RUINS OP COUNT VON MIR IIACH'S FAMOUS CASTLE "SOH QUITTKN" NEAR HOHENSTICIN IN fAST PRUSSIA, DESTROYED BY THE RUSSIANS. THE COUNT AND COUNTESS (PHOTOS ISH I.OW) WHO ARE DEVOTING THEIR EVERY EFFORT TO CAItlNQ FOR AND HELPING THI-'H! POORER NEIGHBORS WHOSE MORE HUMBLE HOMES WERE ALSO DESTROYED WHEN THE CZAR'S COSSACKS S W E P T T 11 11 O U O H Tilli FATHERLAND. ftr-j - A ' .-' A HONOR PAID TO SIMON BENSON Celebration Held at Frisco For Portland Philanthropist. GOV. WITHYGOMBE WAS IN ATTENDANCE .Mllllonaii-e TIiiiIhiiiiiiii Hiuj Donated TlioiislindK to Holieve Suffer ings of Those Ix'ss Foi-tiinute, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. To day was Benson day at tho Panama Pacific exposition. Thousands of Oregonlans and former residents of the Beaver state, and from every other state. in the Union joined with exposition ofri cials in paying trlhute to S Benson millionaire flihllanthroplst ot Port land. The day's celebration opened with a parado under tho Joint auspices of the exposition and tho u'lloniobilo association of California. The pro cession ended at tho court of abun dance where Benson was formally welcomed to the exposit'on l:y Presi dent Moore and presented with n bronze plnqjhe. Benso-i responded with a short address in which he ex pressed appreciation for I lie honor and kindness shown him and praised the loyal spirit of the people of Ore gon. At noon Benson was the guest of President Moore at a luncheon. During the afternoon an informal reception was tendered him at I he Oregon building. A formal reception and ball at tho Oregon building to night closed the celebration. Benson wac chosen as one of Ore gon's foremost citizens and ono to whom such a signal honor as hav ing a special day at tho exp-ihltlon set aside on which to pay hlm hom age was justly due, by a committee appointed by Governor Wlthyco-iiie. Governor Wlthycombo aided in the celebration of Benson day as a private citizen. He refused to bo the recipient of any honors, claiming that they shohld all be bestowed on the man of whom Oregon was so proud. The chief executive even refused to come to San Francisco unless he were promised that ho would not have to don a silk hat, attend any event that called for white gloves, or participate officially In nny parnde. He was clad in a quiet business suit and could not be distinguished by strnngers from the ho'usanils ;of other men who attended the cele bration. Benson was horn In Norway about no years ago. Ills parents were none too prosperous and at an early age ho was compelled to Fhlft for him self. At the age of 10, through his own efforts, he had acquired suf ficient, money to bring him to the U. S. From Ellis Island he went to Wis consin, reaching there prac'lcally penniless, but filled with boundless energy and ambition. Unable to speak very good English Benson wns uml'-r a severe handicap hut soon found employment with; fanners from the land o' his birth. Ills first job paid him $1.1 and bonrrt. lie married at an early age In j 1S7!). accompanied by Ills wife and I small son be Parted for Oregon. First he went to Columbia (ouniy where he found employment in a logging camp. Fof ten years he labored with vary ing results and then, about IStll. he began to prosper. Buying out ?ho TUNNEL CAVES IN HUNTINGTON, W. Va.,.Aug. 17. Four were killed and many injured whilo over one hundred are impris oned In a tunnel of the Cliesepeake and Ohio railroad, when an express train was derailed. The train de molished the supporting arches when It left the track, causing the cavein. Workmen are digging In the tunnel to extricate the Imprisoned passengers. men who in the meantime had been interested with him in logging opera tions, Benson Increased the output of the plant from 30,000 to 300,000 feet of lumber a day. Working almost day and night Benson continued making money at a rapid rate, re investing it In timber lands. In 1905 he owned 45,000 acres of limber land In Columbia county alono. Six years ago, believing he was sufficiently possessed of the world's goods, he sold his entire holdlns'for approximately $4,000,000. Mr. Benson has five children Since retiring from prrvato busi ness Benson has devoted practically nil of his time and energy to matters beneficial to the public. First he donated 40 bronze drink ing fountains to the city of Port land. These fountains are to 'je found on almost every downtown corner In the city ot roses, four stream-) of wa ter pouring out to assuage the thirst of tho passerby. Intensely interested In good roads from boyhood, hnvlng driven ox tennis In the wilderness. Benson haB spent thousands of dollars In Inves tigating the best methods of high way construction and hns given his knowledge without charge for tho benerits of the public. lie gave $10,000 to the state' to build a road around Shell Rock on tho Columbia river Jhlghwny, and conducted and financed the cam paign for tho construction ot the famous boulevard Itself. Ho Is chairman of tho mlvlsory committee of the state highway com mission and is at present fathering a enmpnign to bond the slate for ;0, 000,000 to complete and maintain a chain of permanent stato highways. Benson has always been a gteat lover of children, and realizing that he never during his youth had tho opportunities of educntlon, recently gnvo tho city of Portland $100,000 for the establishment of a trader -"hool for boys and girls. L E PORTLAND, Aug. 17. Federal Attorney Reames completed his first argument beforo the juiy In the Unit ed Stales court In the Cashier fraud trial, at noon today. Thin afternoon Attorney Cuko opened for the first of tho six defendants, Finnic Menefee, president of the concern. Beanies scathingly arraigned the defendants. I 1000 IE LOST LONDON, Aug. 17. The British transport, Itoyaled Ward, I'oimerly tho Canadian Northwestern, wus sunk by a Germun submiirino In the Aegean Saturday, the admiralty an nounced. The official statement said "six hundred arc known to have been saved. but the vessel was carrying 1350 soldiers, 32 officers and a crew of 220. She was an Kd wars steel vessel of more than 1100 tons. Word was received this morning from Cnpt. Buchanan, who is camped at Big Camas, to tho effect that ho and ('apt. Collins had spent ye.iier day fishing, with the result that they hr-d raptured 100 of the finny rlbe. Today they left for Mountain Mead ows where they will spend the day hunting. A largo nu in her of peoplo were present at the Majestic theatre last night to view the fashions which were displayed by Mrs. Drlseoll. The new fashions are very nttrnctlve and were well displayed. Mrs. A. Mariens, daughter and grnnddilld, who have been visiting with M. Martens, In this rlty. left today for their home at Cleveland, Ohio. They have been attending th exposition nt San Francisco and nro now on their way home by wa;' of Canada.