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IB GS FRILBODf 5TIPED0I Georgians Force Easy Way ; Into State Prison Farm, Drag Otit Atlanta Manufac turer in His Night Clothes While Guards Look On. BODY SWINGS HOURS IN WIEW OF 5000 PEOPLE (When FinallyCut Down Peo ple Crush It With Their Heels and It Is With Diffi culty that It Is Rescued and Taken to Marietta. ( Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17. (U. P.) Dangling at the end. of a rope, clad only in a nightdress smeared with blood, and with manacled hands, the botly of Leo M. Frank today swung from a tree on the outskirts of Mari etta, the- home of Mary Phagan, the little factory girl he was alleged to have murdered. "With this horrible" picture -in mind and the thought of Frank's widow, stricken with grief, and horror, Atlanta turned in revul sion from the terrible work of a mob it 20- men, who dragged the noted prisoner from the-state farm at AI11- lfdgeville last night. i Even those who were bitter in their denunciation of former Governor Sla ton when he commuted Frank's death ttentence to life 'imprisonment cried for Ivengeance .against the men who spir ited Frank away in an automobile after araggltsg him by the heels from the prison, --.and . nanged htm. Criti cism of thesMilledgeville prison . offi cials Is particularly' bitter. They per mitted Frank to be carried away with out striking a blow and with scarcely t word in defense of their ward. f Body Hi'-ng- tor Soars. 3 While ib element of- ihe citizens eg ieorgia denouncing fiftrrytflTOlTt Prank and demanding that every means e taken to apprehend Jthe men respons ible! for his death, another reveled in the : state's carnival of blood. All nornlng long, following the discovery f;Frank's body at 6 -o'clock. It dangled from the tree to which he was hanged. (COrielnded on Paare Tbree, Column Two.) RANK'S BODY SHOWN . TO THOUSANDS WITH I RELATIVES' CONSENT mlanta Undertaking Rooms iCrowded While Thousands . Wait Outside to-Get In, Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 17. (U. P.) The ody of Leo M. Frank, hanged by a nob at Marietta early- today, was laced on exhibition at an undertak- rjj. establishment here this afternoon. The display of the body was sane loned by relatives of the dead man bndV within a short time after the kloorsi were thrown open 2000 had bassed the bier. An endless line of Humanity was waiting .to view the, lea4 man. Frank's body will be sent to New fork, tonight. There were no demon strations here up to a late hour this afternoon. The coroner's "Jury at Marietta adjourned until next Tuesday. Rope Which Huns: I : . V. . Frank Cut and Sold ectlons Sell for $1 an Inch In Atlanta, Handkerchiefs vaad Parts of Wlffht shirt Fetch High Prices. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug: 17. (U. P.) Parts of the rope with which t.eo M. rank was hanged.' the handkerchief kith i which he was blindfolded and ieces of the sleeves of his nightocloth- ng were, being sold at fancy prices ere this afternoon. The Handkerchief nd sleeves were torn from Frank's odyby the crowd when he was cut Iqwr. The rope sold at $1 an inch. Italians Closing in - On Austrian City Rome, Aug.". 17. tCP.l -Scaling racherous heights 'which have been arried at the point of the bayonet, talian Alpine troops are now closing n :upon Piezso. . .The Austrian . posi- lons 1 have been under bombardment or two days, - General Cadrona re ported to the war office today. . On : the Camia frontier, strong st acks have been made by the Aus rians, but after being repulsed with heavy losses they were- not -renewed festerday. In the - Bedenback and Sacberbach valley ' advances -were iiadejby the Italians who took the Austrian trenches by etorm. ; For additional late news bee page 6.. TAKEN FROM JAIL TO ! BE HANGED BY MOB DA n- -Wi- Leo 51. Frank. INTENDENT HANDCUFFED, MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE Head of State Farm Says He Had No Chance to Prevent 20 Men Breaking In, MiUedgeviHe. Ga.. Aug. 17. (U. P.) Ho a half dozen men rushed into Leo M. Frank's room and dragged him by the legs and. hair bumping down the stairs of the prison here was told: . today fey J. M. Burke, auperin tendefit of the state farm"Trom which Frank was taken and lynched. 'I was called to the door of my res idence Just aa I was preparing to. re tire," said Burke. - "I was Just cross ing (the threshhold when two men grabbed me and snapped handcuffs on my. wrists. Four armed men then stood guard over me. I remonstrated. They said there was no use for me to squirm,' as they had come for Frank and were going to get him. "With that I was marched to the penitentiary building. The guard over me was1 doubled en route. The kid napers demanded that the gate be opened and hen the trusty on duty hesitated they eut all the wires and threatened him with death. The (Concluded on face Eipbt. Columu Two) BULLETINS Bubon& Plague in Havana. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) A cise of bubonic plague, the first case (developed here in years, was dis covered in Havana today. Lawson's Appeal to Be Heard. Denver, Colo., Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) John R. Lawson, labor leader, con victed on a charge of murder growing oiit of Colorado's coal miners' strike aid sentenced to' 'life imprisonment, today was granted a writ of Super sedeas by the state supreme, court. Lawson's appeal will now come before the court on its merits. Information Given Germans. j Washington, Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) Treasury officials this af ternoon were discussing the advisability of institut ing an investigation into the reports, published in a -Providence newspaper, that confidential information fiad been furnished the .Germany embassy by employes of the treasury and 'state de partments. I ; ' ! Falls in Burning Oil Pool. ( ! Bakersfield, Cal., Aug. 17. (P. N. S.) -Falling into a pool of oil at the Santa Fe roundhouse here today, C. N. Clark, of Modesto, became a. human tcrch when the oil took fire, and was seriously burned. Clark is a cattle man. Tennessee at Port au Prince. Washington, Aug. 17. (1. N. S.) Arrival of the armored cruiser Ten nessee at Port au Prince was reported to the navy department by Rear Ad mial Capertdn this afternoon. ; Caperton added that the situation was well in hand,; with everything quiet. ' ; .. ; J Transport Badly .Damaged. ' Washington; Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) The ! transport McClellan. which was cast i adrift in tJi hurricane at Gal vejston last night, suffered -heavy dam age, according to report, received by th navy department this afternoon. The transport is now anchored in the bay at Galveston. If To I-rftm in Finland. London, Atig. 17. iV. P.) The Ger mans are preparing to land troops in Finland, according to a Stockholm dis patch here today. J Thirty' Are Converted. t Albany, Or.; Aug. 17. -As the result of .revival : meetings held for' the past three' weeks . at Jefferson by Rev. M. Howard Fagan ;of the , local Christian church, 30 people Joined the church. Fagan has returned to his city to resume- his regular church work,; SOPER WAS T1WT suiio BRITISH DIE Royal Edward, With 1602 . Men on Board, including 1350 Troopers, Sent to Bottom by German Subma rine in Aegean Sea. SOLDIERS WERE BOUND FOR THE DARDANELLES Admiralty Announces 600 - Were Saved From Vessel, Which Formerly Was Ca nadian Northern Liner; Sunk Despite Precautions. London, Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) The British transport Royal Edward has been torpedoed in the Aegean sea while conveying troops to the Dardanelles, ac cording to official announcement here today. : It is feared, that 1000 men perished. The British admiralty announced this afternoon that 600 were saved. Tnere were 1602 men aboard the transport. The sinking of me Koyal Edward was known to the admiralty officials in the forenoon, but they Held up the announcement until 12:40 o'clock this afternoon. h The submarine which sent the Royal Edward to the bottom is believed to te the one which recently sunk two Brit ish ships along the Gallipollpeninsula, The greatest of precautions have been taken since the sinking of the two ships, and the torpedoing of the Royal Edward indicates that the ! submarine succeeded in reaching the route Anglo French ships are now taking in carry ing new troops to the Dardanelles. The Royal Edward carried 32 offi cers, 1350 troopers and a crew of 220. , Vessel,, Sank in Seven Minutes. Constantinople; Aug; 17. (L N. s.) Official announcement of ttt sink ing of the British transport Royal Ed ward was forthcoming from the Turk ish admiralty this afternoon. A single torpedo, the announcement said,' hit the Royal Edward and she sank seven minutes later. Heavy loss of life was reported HORRIFIED BY CRIME, PREDICTS VENGEANCE Man Who Saved Frank From Legal Hanging Declares State Will Punish,! " San Francisco, Aug. 17.4 (U. P.) "My horror is inexpressibly. There Is no language at my comrrtand which can convey my sentiments over this outrage," declares John M. Slaton, former governor of Georgl, who com muted the sentence of Leo ir. Frank fiom death to lite imprisonment, when told earjy today by the United Press that the body of Frank had been re covered. ,r r" "Attack on Civilisation." "The abduction of Frank was a cowardly attack upon civilization." said Slaton, "I know, the people of Georgia well enough to say without qualification that the entire state will resent this outrage, and that nothing will be left undone to punish the male factors who have disgraced the com monwealth. MI am .so appalled at the horror of it all that I find myself groping for language strong enough adequately to condemn this crime." j ;. Georgia Will Punish Them. When told that public ifeeling in Georgia, was aroused to a fever heat in bitterness against the j mob that lynched Leo M. Frank, Slaton declared that this was exactly what he ex pected. : i "I would have the people of this country: know that the citizens of Georgia; will be the first toj insist that the men who lynched Frank, be pun. ished," said Slaton. "I know and love the people of Georgia and am confi dent that they will express their hor ror over this awful crime. f , "The ; state of Georgia cannot be blamed "for the murder of Frank,"" saia Slaton this arternoon. "Itj Is the act of a few irresponsible individuals. Thd people of tfae country, should not blame the people of Georgia as a whole." " j i : ; i; ; Georgia' Mobs Lynch Three More. Men Bainbrldge. Ga.. Aug. 17. . N. S.) Three negroes have been lynched at Amsterdam, near here, for assaulting white women, according to advices re ceived here this afternpon. Details are lacking. ; ' . ; , Allies Repijlse Nl;It ; Attack. . Paris. Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) A night attack against trenches of the allies at Haute . Chevauchee by the Germans last night In the Argonne district, was repulsed 'with heavy losses, according to today's official communique. - EX-GOVERNOR SLATON s BEAT SEA WALL AT M the waves are blown in by great winds from the Gulf ' of Mexico, and which has withstood the tremendous seas experienced through the storm just subsiding: View of . Galveston's famous beach, showing another section of the sea wall and a million dollar hotel. St feet scene in Galveston, shovimg Rosenberg monument. '-. : - 4 TatJts About Oalverton Disaster. , September 8, 1900 Galves ton, Tex., .was inundated' by a sjfr terrific tidal ' wave, the crest of tho greatest gulf storm which swept the Gulf of Mex led in' history. f Eight thousand persons were 4 drowned, 5000 families were made homeless and destitute. - From all over the United States fe ; subscriptions pourea in for . their relief. Besides Galveston. . the towns of Alvln, Alta Loma, j Sabine, Sabine Pass, Smithville and Brookshire were obliterated before the rush of waters. Within a few days after the ' disaster the city of Galveston 9(t . was at work to repair its dam ; age and bury it dead. In 19.04, a great sea wall, costing more Ke than $2,000,000, was built to 4t hold In the gulf and the whole j lower part of the city was raised. The sea .wall is more than five miles long, is 17 feet jfi above mean tide and one and pone-half feet above the high - water matk made In the catas-', i trophe of .1300, ; .Oa '.'jthts wall &' depends the safety of the. 30, t 0)0 persons now marooned in Hi Galveston. r: Tunnel Falls on and Buries Train, 4 Killed Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Train Caught by Fall; 25 injured Taken Out, More Buried. ,Hntington, Va., Aug. 17. (I. N. S.) Pennacle tunnel, one mile west of the station of Ivy. on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, collapsed today while a: passenger train, carrying 80 per sons, was In the middle of the struc ture. Four dead bodies and two passen gers, both pro-Danly fatally injured, have been removed from the debris. It is feared that many other passen gers are buried beneath the wreckage. Twenty-five injured persons had been, removed from , thet tunnel up o 4 o'clock.- Three of this number were expected to die from their injuries. , j The nearest telephone is 12 miles from the scene of the disaster,' and it was several hours before aid could be summoned. A rescue train is rushing to the tunnel from Madison. The accident occurred in the wildest part of the West Virginia mountains on the Little Coal river branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio, railroad.. OFF RELATIONS WITH IT Entrance of All Allies Into the . Struggle on Side "of Allies Would Follow," . . Rome, Aug. 17. (I. K. S. Bul garia's immediate entry into the -war was forecasted here this evening by the Giornale D'ltalla. The newspaper printed an article ascribed to the "Highest authority" which declared absolutely . that all negotiations be tween i Bulgaria and Turkey have-been broken off. This statement, which the newspaper accepts as true, would-indicate that the entrance of all the Bal kan powers -into the struggle on the side of the entente allies is imminent. - Tried to Sell Rug To Get to Portland Atlantic- City. N. JF Aug. ' 17.! (U. P.)- George Crockett rof. Portland, , Or, spent 1200 -during a: two. days' vacation-trip here and was arrested today trying to sell a Marlborough Blenheim hotel rug - to ' obtain money to Teach home. - - - . . . BULGARIA HAS BROKEN URKEY ROME HEARS (7 A LVESTON. TEXAS, built at a ARGUMENTS BEFORE JURYIN Attorneys;for Defendants Will Give Their Views in Regu lar Order. United States Attorney Reames com pleted his first argument before the jury in the United States Cashier fraud trial shortly before noon today, and this afternoon Attorney Cake opened for the first of the : six defendants, Frank, Men e tee, president of the f con cern. - : Attorney Cake's.argument was based on "good faith." He pointed out that thousands of dollars had been expended in developing machines, the erection of a factory and in payrolls. Every d,ollar of money rqceiv.ed trpm stock sales, he said, had been accounted for. Under an arrangement -made in court Just prior tJT the noon recess. Cake was "given the privilege of speaking in behalf of Menefee, and Attorney Martin Pipes will, make the final argu ment, this for Menefee also. Attor neys for the remaining five defendants will follow Cake, but up to noon they had not decided as to in which order they would speak. Oake probably will take up the remainder of the after noon' session. Continuing his argument, begun yes terday afternoon, after Thomas Bilyeu t Concluded on Page Eleven. Column OneJ Wall Street. Kicked Rock Island About Washington.' Aug. 17. (U. P.) The Interstate commerce : commission's re port on the looting-f the Rock Island was fnade public this afternoon. ; It refers to; the road as being "made Jthe "football; of . Wall street" and connects W. B.i Leeds, Daniel G. Reed and W. H. and J, H. Moore with various deals. The manipulations of the ineu named cost, the Rock Island $20,000,000, the report declared. Reed's, profits could not be computed because he burned his books each month. The GENIAL A. MUTT Promises to be as consid erate' as ever ; of tiis little partner - JEFF In the new ; series of - fun pictures' n j - : - By "BULY' FISHER ; To appear in THE JOUR--''NAkevery day; beginning ; AUGUST 25 : 1 " ' . - ':': '-Ml u r , - Ik 1 is' -rv: jw,, ' IgV S RFAMP5S mMPI m Shriefv Woma n a cost of $2,000,000 to prevent 'J'li- i ii i ii . - i Sji i -?WU miim.ni m i, ui p ini . ii n 1 1 i i ;i, Slips on and Breaks Leg Elliott; Corbett's Sister-in-Law Was . Walking Up Hill While Out ' on an Auto Trip. Slipping down a precipitous bank last" Friday, the thirteenth, 'Miss Lucy Smith suffered a broken leg, as she was walking up a hill near the Warm Springs reservation beyond Govern ment Camp. Miss Smith was accom1 panying . her brother-in-law and sister. Mr.-and, Mrs. "Elliott R. Corbett, on an automobile trip which had Califor nia for Its destination. - ' . In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Cor "bett. Miss Smith -and Miss Lesley Smith. The automobile party- had set out from Portland Thursday over' the Barlow road, intending to take the Central Oregon ' route . to California. Coming to a steep, gravelly hill well beyond Government Camp, most of the occupants of" the car alighted, prefer ring to walk up. In some manner, .the gravel shifted, under Miss Smith's foot and . sent her over the edge. She was picked" up and plaeedTin the automobile and taken to Mecca station on the Oregon Trunk railway, and was brought' to Portland by train. - She is now in Dr. C. C. Coffey's sanitarium, where her condition is said to be sat isfactory. " .... ' Mri and Mrs. Corbet t, after having done all they could for their sister, continued their automobile trip. PREMIER OF GREECE . RESIGNS, . VENIZELOS CONFERS WITH KING It Is' Expected i War Party " W ill : Fo rm N evv Cabinet in - Accord With Chamber, ' Athens. Aug. 17. tU. P.) King Constantino today accepted the resig nation of Premier Gounarbr. The re tirement of the- Gounaris 'cabinet fol lows the election of M. Zavitzatnos, a member of the "war party," as presi dent of the chamber of deputies yes terday. "The king invited former Pre-; mier venlzelos, whose party was re- turned to power at the recent elections. i to a conference today, presumably to form a new ministry. , - Receiver . Appointed - For Railroad Co. St. Louis. Mo.. . Aug. 17. (U. P.) . Judge Dyer today appointed Benjamin, F. Bush, president of the Missouri Pa- fctfie' & Iron Mountain -railroad sya I terns, receiver, following, the filing of t a receivership .petition by the Com monwealth Steel company. . , The road owes the company more than $200,040. inundation of the city when ',r .., 4 1 WOMEN INTERVIEW EX-SENATOR BURTON Attempt Made to Find Out If Republigans Will Include Suffrage Plank in Piatform. - A-delegation of women, headed by Miss Virginia Arnold, Oregon manager for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, sallied forth yesterday after noon to interview ex-Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, 'who is very fre quently mentioned as a possible nom inee of the Republican patty, for presi dent, and learn if the Republican pifty will put a suffrage plank In its na tional ' platform next year. " , They had the "nicest" interview with Senator Burton in the east parlor of the Portland hotel una learned noth ing. That" is, Senator Burton .did not tell' them .' anything about what they wanted to know. He told them instead that there were so many more Import ant questions before the nation that he did not believe "the suffrage question had been given much thought. And he would not say a thing about whether he thought the Republican party would put a suffrage plank in its platform. There were 16 women in the delega tion, Mrs. Maude Marsh Richards was spokesman, but after she presented (Concluded oa Three. Column FourO Oil Well Scheme Proves Failure XTo Oil Pound, Says .Official Report of Crescent" . Concern at e Teniae, . Washington. -- ;"; f .i Seattle, Wash,, "Aug. 17 (U. P.) The Crescent 1 oll4 well at Tenino. the best touted well in the recent oil flurry in southwestern Washington, . has , no oil. - Of flclal notice1 to this effect was sent to- the stockholders today by Emery C. .Williamson, secretary, who says that $16,000 has bees sunk in an attempt to draw oil where there Is no oil. - . . Williamson. however, adds that he is convinced there are oil formations In the Tenino! field, which he believes can be reached at' a 3000' foot level. The descent idrillers went-down 2139 feet. He advises that the. Scatter creek well of the Oregon & Washington cor poration should not be abandoned. ,.- . . 1 mm. ,-i i r .i n . Violation of TJ.'S. Neutrality Reported Washington; . Aug. 17. (I. N; S.) Secretary of jthe Navy.'panlels today, ordered- a thorough inquiry of a lepor-t that, armored; motorboats were being manufactured' in the United States for Russia. Such a practice, would be" In' violation: of America's neutrality proc lamation.' It 'was reported. the motor boat were Intended for " use against submarines 4k the. Baltic sea. AND LEARN NOTHING S SAFE, BUT LOSS HEM Five Lives. Known to Have Been Lost, Property Dam-, age Over $2,000,000, Two Bad Fires: Burning, but; Danger of Destruction Over FIVE FEET OF WATER . STANDING IN STREETS' No News Reaches Galveston From Other Gulf Towns in Path of Hurricane and It May : Be Loss of Life and1 Property Will Be Large., " , Washington. Aug. 17. (U. P.) Houses along the Galveston seawall have been destroyed1 and ' boats are being propelled through the main streets of the city, taking-people from buildings, General Funston reported to the war department this afternoon: The water- Is five reet tJe.p In the Gal veston depot, Funston said. " Galveston. Texas. Aug. l"7.-(T. S.) (By Wireless via Fort Sam Hous ton.) Five lives known to have been lout, property damage ot more than $2,000,000, two h)g fires raging in the city, one of which is consuming -the Grand Hotel, ia the sum of damage In Galveston doday by the wost storm since 1900. when 8000 perished by a flood. Five feet of water lay 1 t most of the city's streets today when a ter rifle storm, which has swept Galves ton for many hours at a 90 mile per hour velocity.' began to subside. For many hours tho city has been' cut off from the world. Thousands Of people fromithe lower portion of . Galveston are huddled in the biggeir public and business buildings. There has been great discomfort, but the Jos of life ia ; beit6VteeMa1H ftf reach not more than a dozen when the toll is counted. Subsidence of the gale makes it al most certain that the city Is safe. No news has reached ' Galveston from the Concluded An Pace Tbr-. Column Tbr . KOVNO'S OUTER FORTS FALL, 4500 MEN ARE CAPTIVES Three of Outer Forts of Novo 4 Georgieysk Stormed, .Ger-. mans Taking 2400 'Men, Berlin, Aug. 17-I. N. S.) The Germans . today captured several ot the outer forts at Kovno, taking 4500 Russians and 24 guns, and capitulation of the main fortress Is believed to-be a matter of hours. Official announce ment to this effect was made here this afternoon. ' C ; : Three of the outer forts of Novv Georgieysk were stormed and occll-' (Concluded on. Pe tigbt. Colama Four) China Sends No Notice. Washington. Aug. 17. (IT. P.) -The state department , today denied off!-' cial notification had been received of the reported Intention of President Yuan Bhai Kal to declare himself em peror of China. Old Chickerfhg Piano Self-Starting Buick READ over this list of "Want. Ads" and If any of them Inter est you, turn over to our "Want ; Ad" section, where you. will find these ads complete under the same classification as shown here. Tou will always find an abun dance of bargains In the "Want Ad" section of The Journal. . . Fisnos, Organs and--34 Musical Instruments "GENUINE old Chickerfng piano; will sell cheap or exchange for something 1 can use." ' , ZilTestock 33 "FOR SALE First class dairy cow. fresh In first week of-0n. Tearling heifer. Also 000 lb. horse, gentle, and sound." Housekeeping Kooms 73 - Ft iv ate Family "J2.60 week, 2' neatly -furnished : outside rooms for housekeeping, a including gas range; - linoleum, -Navajo rug,- clothes closet ana bath, 6 minutes from P. O.". Tarnished Flats SO " "FOUR room. large, ; clean, well " furnished flat, pleasant and . eomfortable. good nulet neighbor- ' hood. 2 carllnes and walking dis-' - tance; .gas, bath, gas stove." 1 Horses. Vehicles. Etc. 18 - "FINK 1300 lb. horse, S5; will . trade for fresh cow or hay." ;..- - i : - . ---. i - o . . lAntomohUes-Accesseries -44 . 1914 KIVK nM ' Hllll-k m.ftrn . : lights, self starter, like new; $ -pass, ttegal, good running order; ln hlah ttTa.An RtudfbaWai- our- - ' rey cheap." . GERMANS i-i :