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ATLANTA. OA
-THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
-SATURPAY, JUNE 12, 1915.
GOVERNOR TO INSPECT SCENE
OF SLAYING OF MARY PHAGAN
Slaton Determined to
Go Into Every Detail
of the Frank Case.
Arguments for Com
mutation Are Heard.
Continued From Page 1.
him. If Mr. Dorsey agreed.
Governor Slaton asked Solicitor
Dorsey for a copy of his speech, de
livered to the Jury In the Frank case,
stating he did not have a copy and
wanted to read It.
Governor Brown and Herbert Clay
headed a delegation from Marietta.
The Defense Points.
Mr. Howard stated that he would
go Into the following points, merely
fixing the boundaries of the easel
Brief of evidence.
Motion for new trial.
Bill of exceptions.
The dissenting opinions of the Su
preme Court.
Affidavits of Judge Roan
Statement of Mrs. Frank.
Affidavit of doctors on perversion.
Letter of Judge Roan.
Annie Maude Carter's letters
Opinion of Mr. Osborn, expert as to
authorship of murder note.
Letters filed with Prison Board.
Petitions.
Dissenting opinions <*f Hughes and
Holmes, United States Supreme
Court.
Mr Howard read an affidavit signed
by the following doctors: Crenshaw,
Dally, King, Gaines, Brawner. Block,
which was In effect that Frank never
was and was not now a pervert.
Mr. Howard asked for life impris
onment for Frank, but, If the Govern
or aaw fit, to go beyond the prayer of
the petition, a full pardon would be
desired
Governor Slaton asked Mr. How
ard:
“Is It your contention that It was
under the power of Judge Roan that
he could have Inflicted life Imprison
ment in this case?"
"It la. He could have don# so le
gally," answered Mr. Howard.
Howard Attacks Evidence.
Mr Howard contended "that the
evidence did not legally or morally
connect Frank with the murder of
Mary Phagun In the light of the
evidence. Frank could not have been
guilty of the crime
"Conley robbed the girl first. He
attacked her next; he murdered her
last. If you take the testimony of
Conley out of the record, marshal ev
ery other fact of evidence, you ran
not connect Frank with the case.
Frank was the very opposite of a
pervert—consequently the opposite of
Conley.
"The author of the murder note Is
the author of the murder
”1 think I can make It perfectly
clear to your excellency that Conley
laid the crime on F'rank, as necessity
demanded
Governor Asks Information.
Governor Slaton said ho had read
121 parea of the printed evidence. He
asked Mr. Howard how he reconciled
the fact that Mary Phagan had been
attacked when doctors stated other
wise.
Mr Howard said he would rely upon
Dr. Harris' testimony to prove that
the girl had been attacked. Mr. How
ard said:
"If you will examine <the speech of
Mr, Dorsey, you will find him repeat
edly saying that the little girl had
been attacked.
"I am perfectly willing to leave
•very Item of testimony regarding
medical examination to Dr. Harris'
testimony.
"I accept Dr. Harris' testimony as
to the time In the rase. That girl met
her death between a half and three-
quarters of an hour after she ate that
■ "I stand in and on this case by the
testimony of I>r Hnrrls. and don’t ask
any other opinions. That was not
Mary Phagan’s hair, according to Dr.
Harris. That was not Mary Phagan’s
blodo on the second floor, either.
"Now, these are some of the facts 1
propose to argue In my case. I will
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undertake to show that the murder
notea are the physical and mental acta
of Conley.”
Governor Slaton asked:
"Mr. Howard, where do you con
tend that Mary Phagan wa§ killed?”
“I think,” said Mr. Howard, “that
she was struck a blow on the first
floor, after coming down from the
second floor. There is where her mur
der started. Then she was carried to
the basement later.”
Governor to 8ee Factory.
“I have not seen the building. I
may go and see It,” said the Governor.
“Hut could the body have been taJcen
down^he ladder?”
Mr. Howard answered that the evi
dence was that it could not
Mr. Howard stated that if Conley's
testimony was true, there was no use
for argument whatever. It was over;
there was no case.
Governor Slaton accepted the invi
tation of counsel for the State and
for Frank to visit the National Pencil
Factory building at an early date.
Mr. Howard believed Conley could
have gone down the ladder, dragging
the body of Mary Phagan after him.
Governor Slaton said:
”1 would like to have Mr. Dorsey
note this—the Idea that Mary Pha-
gan's body was carried down into the
basement in a cloth or bag. I want
enlightenment on that against the
fact that the body was dragged. I
recognise the foroe of Conley’s testi
mony as to rolling the body out of the
cloth—he and F'rank. Now, if the
body was dragged, it could not have
been in this cloth, for the cinders and
ashes and grime on her face are hi
evidence. I want you gentlemen • to
go into these details when speaking
for my information.”
Mr. Howard then went into details
of the theory of the murder, especially
as to whether the body was dragged
or carried to the basement.
Governor Slaton frequently asked
questions about minute details of the
testimony in question.
Physical Evidence Discussed.
Technical and physical points of
evident© were discussed, such as the
door into the Clark Woodenware
Company’s building, etc. Mr. How
ard continued:
“If Mary Phagan was killed up
stairs, none of these begriming con
ditions oould have been acquired.
They evidently accrued where the
crime took place, in the basement, and
no evidence was submitted to the
contrary. The physical facts are that
the girl was dragged from the eleva
tor.”
“if Conley had taken the girl down
in the elevator, could he have done so
without the knowledge of Mr. Frank?”
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the Governor asked
"JR* could have known it. Conley
said the elevator made a noise like a
Junebug,” answered Mr. Howard.
Mr. Dorsey objected to quotations
from the evidence, stating that the
references were incorrect. Mr. How
ard stated that the record of the evi
dence was supreme that he was glad
to be interrupted, for he stood only on
the truth.
"Our opinion.” said Mr. Howard, "Is
that the elevator did not go down, as
testified by Conley,”
"Was there any evidence,” asked
the Governor, "as to how long Miss
Phagan could have lived after the
cord had been placed around her
neck ?”
"About* fifteen or twenty minutes is
the b«st evidence we hAve, but that
is very indefinite, and necessarily so,
for part of her life had been spent in
receiving the blow over the eye, which
undoubtedly she received before
death, as she did the injury to other
parts of her body,” replied Mr. How
ard.
Governor Slaton: “What do you
say of the efficacy of the evidence,
other than Conley’s testimony?’*
Conley’s Story All, Says Howard.
"If that was excluded, there would
not be even a suspicion,” stated Mr.
Howard..
The Governor continued:
"One or two other features impress
me. Newt Lee said he was given an
afternoon off, an unusual thing; the
elevator story also."
Mr. Howard here gave nineteen fea
ture* catalogued from the State’s evi
dence, independent of Conley’s testi
mony, which he contended he would
disprove.
Frank was the last person to see
Mary Phagan alive.
F'rank excused Lee from 4 to 6
p. m.
Frank was reluctant to permit
Gantt to enter factory building.
Frank telephoned 1.** at 7:30.
Testimony of Albert McKnlght re
garding what hi* wife, Mtneola Mc
knight, said Mrs. F'rank had told her
regarding the conduct of her hus
band that night.
Frank's nervousness next morning
when informed of the tragedy.
■ Frank’s alleged d is Inclination to
look at the body at the undertaker's.
Time slip.
Frank's early employment of coun
sel.
Concerning Mrs. Frank.
Frank's wife fails to sea him at po
lice headquarters
Frank's failure to inform defectives
that murder note* were in Conley’s
writing.
Frank’s failure to confront Conley
in jail when brought up by Detectives
Black and Scott, Chief Lanford ajid
Chief Heavers.
Testimony of witness as to immoral
conduct.
Failure of defense to cross-examine
adverse character witnesses.
Failure of Frank to offer to be
cross-examined a/t trial.
Alleged blood spots on second floor.
Alleged hair of Mary Phagan found
on lathe.
Testimony of alleged approaches to
Mary Phagan.
Improper conduct In looking into
dressing rooms where employees
were.
Mr. Howard concluded his outline
of the case here and gave wav to the
State.
Former Governor Joseph M. BroVn
then stated that he would later have
something to say.
Solicitor Herbert Clay, of Marietta,
read a resolution from the recent
Marietta mass meeting, asking that
the verdict of the court stand.
Mr. Clay's Views.
Mr. Clay said: "I want to call vour
attention to the fact that Leo Frank
has had a fair trial; that no recom
mendation has come from the Jury.
Solicitor or Prison Commission, and
w e do n^t think you should interfere. *
M M. Sessions, of Marietta, read
an article from an Eastern paper,
criticising Georgia. He said all of
the criticisms were untrue.
"Law and order is on trial to-day,
your excellency,” said Mr. Sessions,
"and all we n»k Is fair and square
action on this matter. We know, your
excellency, that this man should take
Just what a native-born Georgian
would have to take If convicted of
what Frank was convicted of.”
Governor Brown was the next
speaker, he having been named by
the Marietta mass meeting to present
the facts of that meeting He cited
cases when he was Governor wherein
executive clemency was asked, and
refused on account of not having rec
ommendations from Jury, judge or So
licitor.
"I shall dwell upon tho right of the
executive department to touch cases
of this nature. Judge Roan’s letter
has been put In. Several times he
conferred with me on caws, on his
own initiative and when I sent for
him.
"I don’t find anywhere in a copy of
that letter where Judge Roan says he
thought the Jury made a mistake.
That letter was wrlttsn when the
shadows of death were over Judge
Roan, and any man in that condition
allows his heart to rule over brain.
Talks of the Verdict.
"A verdict rendered must stand,
unless there be a necessity for its be
ing changed.
"Judge Roan did not have to say
what the verdict would be; he was
forbidden to say. The intent of the
Constitution of this State was to In
sure Justice. It made it the explicit
duty of the Governor to see that the
laws of the Btate are carried out. The
State of Georgia never Intended that
her Constitution be used to contra
dict herself. The pardoning power Is
not given the Governor as a preroga
tive.
‘These petitions will have no
weight with your excellency, we are
sure, for you can’t put a petition
against the law. You are to be gov
erned by the law alone. Impartial
Justice are the key words of civiliza
tion and upon which this universe Is
founded.
"I will not review- any testimony. I
am here to defend the courts and
their decision. The courts know the
case, the Jury heard the evidence. I
did not. I do not see why Leo Frank
should have any different process to
which any other citizen of Georgia
would be allowed, or has been al
lowed in the past, when convicted of
murder.”
Quote* the Scripture.
Governor Brown quoted much
Scripture in defense of his argument
in favor of capital* punishment.
"Mary Phagan’s blood pollutes and
defiles the soli of Georgia to-day, be
cause the State has not obeyed the
Lord God Almighty's laws.
"There is not one of the grand jur
ors, the twelve Jurors, the Solicitor
himself—86 men in all—not one haa
asked your excellency to undo their
work.
"It has been charged by the press
that it was a howling mob that con
victed Frank."
Governor Brown then read the
comment* by the Supreme Court re
jecting the statement about mob vio
lence veto, stating that they rejected
it for the reason that it was untrue in
fact, and the defendant produced no
evidence to prove that charge. He
continued:
“The courts have handled the mat
ter. They have given Frank a trial,
and they should not be interfered
with. If you would strike a death
blow to our courts and a trial by Jury,
give this man a new trial. This case,
in the manner in \vhich it ha* been
handled by the press has put ‘Trial
by Jury’ on trial. One law for all, or
no law at all should prevail. There
are a million people in Georgia, and
how many of them who have asked
you to commute this sentence?
Says People Look to Slaton.
"The people are looking to the Gov
ernor’s office to-day to see If Georgia
will reverse herself. They want to
know if we have a law that will hang
a poor man who can not employ law
yers and another who can employ
counsel and subside the press. They
have In this case muzzled the press,
and they ask you to overrule the de
cision of the State Supreme Court
and the United State® Supreme Court,
"But I leave it to your excellency’s
good judgment, and feel perfectly
safe.”
Solicitor Dorsey then addressed the
Governor and asked that he be al
lowed to put in written form hi® side
of th»» case, and asked for three hours
in which to prepare and present a
brief. The Governor thought a mo
ment and then adjourned the hearing
until 9 o’clock Monday morning, at
which time Mr. Dorsey will have his
brief ready and make' his argument.
Feeling Is That Germany Can Not
Yield to Demands Insisted
on by Wilson.
(Continued From Page 1.1
atenrer method*, of the existing diffi
culties.
Reports, unofficial in character, have
been received from England that the
note is disappointing ift a measure to
Great Britain, but it is suggested in
this connection that the Bryan res
ignation and refusal to sign the note
bemuse it might lead to war with
Germany caused the capitals of the
filled nations to expect a practical ul
timatum Instead of a note founded on
a vigorous and yet reasonable discus
sion of the points In conflict between
the United States and the Kaiser's
Note Sent to Ambassador.
Copies of the American note have
been cabled the American embassies
in London, Paris, Petrograd and
Rome. This has the effect of ac
quainting these governments of the
willingness of the United States to
make friendly suggestions regarding
the subject of maritime warfare which
may bring about not only a modifica
tion of the submarine policy of the
Germans, but the blockade decree of
the Allies.
The entire situation to-day wa* re
garded here as more favorable than it
has been for several weeks, and the
extreme pessimism which prevailed
immediately after the receipt of the
German reply to the first note is being
dissipated gradually.
Pessemism Over Note
Girl Routs Burglar
And Court Holds Him
When Miss Kate Stamp®, of No. 226
East Fair street, awoke somewhere in
the middle of the night and saw a
negro, with the gas turned high, rifling
her trunk, she did not faint, and she
did not shriek, and she did not hide
her head under the spread and quiver.
She said:
"You get right out of here!"
And that is what the negro did,
only to be arrested later and tried In
the Recorder’s Court Friday.
”1 was so mad I didn’t have time to
be frightened,” Miss Stamps testified,
identifying Raymond Arnold, the ne
gro. Arnold was held under a $200
bond.
New Name Planned
For Moseley Park
A committee from the Seventh
Ward Improvement Club, consisting
of J. H. Andrews, M. M. Anderson
and J. N. Landers, is going to select
a new name for Moseley Park. The
Park Board desires It, and so does
the club. So also do the residents in
that section. The club has requested
the committee to consider the name
Longino Park, in honor of Dr. T. D.
Longino, president of the club.
Extensive improvements, which ul
timately will Include a public golf
course, are to begin on the park soon.
Growing in Germany
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
BERLIN, June 12.—Although the
second American note relative to Ger
many’s submarine war is now under
consideration by Forein Minister
von Jagnw and the attaches of the
-’orelgn Office, no steps will be taken
toward the framlns of a reply until
Emperor William returns from the
eastern battle front. The Kaiser al
ready knows the contents of the note,
a copy having been telegraphed to
him by the Foregn Minister shortly
after It was delivered by Ambasaador
James W. Gerard on Friday.
It may be some time In July before
a reply is sent to Washington, ac
cording to The Vossische Zeitung. It
Is likely that the German Government
will wait to confer with Dr. Meyer
Gerhard, the persons! envoy of Count
von BernstorfT. the German Ambas
sador to the United States, before
drafting Its reply.
In official and semiofficial circles
there Is a good deal of opposition
against granting the demand of Pres
ident Wilson for assurances of the
safety of Americans traveling upon
ships owned by nations against which
Germany is at war. Pessimism re
garding the possibility of continued
friendly relations between this coun
try and the United States seems to
be growing.
The Berliner Zeitung, In comment
ing upon the situation, sneers at ex-
Seeretary of State Bryan, calling him
"a teetotaler and peace hero, with a
well fed face and voice full of unc
tion,” who wants peace with every
one, Including Mexico, except Germa
ny."
"Europe, Asia and Africa are at war
against Germany, says The Berliner
Zeitung, "but If Mr Bryan had had
his way, America would have joined
In."
The newspaper then scoffs at the
delay in the American note, and says
that, so far as Germany Is concerned,
the exchange of diplomatic documents
with Secretary Bryan could have last
ed forever.
Bryan’s New Card
Angers Officials
Dernburg Departs;
Protected by U, S.
(By Internationa! News Serviee.)
NEW YORK. June 1*.— Traveling
under a special guarantee of safe con
duct issued by the State Department.
Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. former Min
ister of Colonies in the German Gov
ernment. sailed for Norway this aft
ernoon on tho Norwegian liner Ber-
gernsfjord.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 12.—With a
statement to-day outlining partly hie
future plans, William Jennings Bryan,
former Secretary of State, was ready
to go Into retirement ‘‘for a time.” ac
cording to remarks he made when he
Issued his appeal to the German-
Americans of the United States.
This document, in which Bryan
asked that portion of the population
that came from Germany to use its
influence with the Berlin Government
to come to a peace agreement with the
United States, was received with gen
eral displeasure in official circles.
It was stated by persons close to the
Administration that the former Sec
retary virtually had given out some of
the Cabinet secrets in declaring Pres
ident Wilson intends to insist that
Great Britain respect the rights of
American shipping, Just as he has de
manded that Germany guarantee the
freedom of the seas and the safety of
American life and property while
traveling upon them.
It was hinted strongly In official
circles, also, that Mr. Bryan had
grown restless as Secretary of State,
especially a-s President Wilson had
begun to handle /oreign affairs large
ly himself, and merely had seized upon
the opportunity presented by the Ger
man situation to sever his official con
nection with the Government.
The further suggestion was made
that Mr Bryan’s statement to the
German-Americana was a veiled
plea for their support in any political
propaganda he may decide to inaugu
rate.
Bonar Law’s Nephew
Slain at Dardanelles
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, June 12.—Word has been
received here that Lieutenant Rob-
ley, of the British navy, a nephew of
A. Bonar Law, the Minister of Colo
nies, haa been kill4i at the Darda-
General Von Lingensen’s Army Is
Reported to Have Been
Forced to Retire.
(Continued From Page 10
the French In the battle around Ar
ras. Fresh progress in the region of
Font de Buval, north of the Lorette
Hills, is reported in an official com
munique Issued by the French War
Office to-day.
One hundred and fifty German pris
oners were taken, along with a great
amoun tof war-material, in the cap
ture of a number of German trenches
at ToutventA Farm, southwest of He-
buterne, on Friday.
Bullet and Bayonet
Win Great Victory
By FREDERICK REENET.
(Special Correspondent international
News Service.)
PETROGRAD, June 12.—The Rus
sian infantry with surprising ease
has inflicted a succession of great de
feats on the Germans in Eastern Ga
licia. The main attack of the enemy
was at Mosciska, with heavy guns on
the railways, but it was spent before
the Germans reached the barbed-
wire entanglements of the main posi
tions. They retreated In the utmost
disorder, leaving thousands of dead.
Simultaneously, the Russians start
ed an enveloping movement against
General Lingensen’s army, which had
crossed the Dniester. The Russian
Infantry with magnificent dash at
tacked the Germans, who had a quan
tity of three-inch guns, and drove
them from the woods. They annih
ilated an entire division and captured
261 officers, 9,300 men, 17 field guns
and 49 machine guns. The fighting
lasted two days.
The. Germans are now entirely sur
rounded to the southwest of the
Dniester. Evidently they intended to
develop in enormous force here and
were headed by the Prussian Guards.
They advanced rapidly toward Halicz
to conduct the main attack on Lem
berg, but all their movements. were
easily frustrated.
The Germans are now apparently
waiting for reinforcements. They
have lost in six weeks in Galicia more
lives than in the previous six months
against Russia. Everywhere the Rus
sians are in close contact with the
enemy. There are signs that the Ger
mans are developing activity north of
the Pilica in Poland ^nd toward the
Nlemen with heavy ^ artillery and
chemical laboratories in hopes of
drawing the main Russian strength
there. The latest Russian success was
achieved solely with the bullet and
bayonet. Scarcely a shell ha® been
fired in the last fortnight. This
strategy is regarded as a triumphant
vindication of General Ivanoff. «
Dairymen for More
Stringent Cattle Law
Convened for their annual -dcnic in
the woods near Brown Mill Dairy.
Farms Friday, members of the At
lanta Dairymen’s Association declared
for a rflore rigid inspection of dis
eased cattle, and unanimously decided
to ask of the next Legislature such
law as would make the same possible
and reimburse owners for diseased
cattle killed.
Four hundred people attended the
picnic. Charles J. Haden, president
of the Georgiy Chamber of Com
merce, presided. Those addressing
the dairymen were Dr. E. M. Nigh-
bert, inspector in charge of the Bu
reau of Anirqal Industry, United
States Department of Agriculture;
Dr. Peter F. Rahnsen, State Veteri
narian of Georgia: Dr. H. G. Carnes,
president of the State Veterinary As
sociation, and others.
Italians Gaining
Strategic Points
(By International News Service,)
LONDON, June 12.—The Rome cor
respondent of The Chronicle points
out the strategic value of the posi
tions recently occupied by the Italian
forces, and also speaks of the diffi
culties overcome by the Italian Alpine
troops in fighting their way through
the valleys eff Trentino and the Tyrol.
At Cortina, across the frontier from
Cadore, almost the most northerly
point of the line, the Italians, the cor
respondent says, have now obtained a
position where they command the
road from Falzarego Pass to the val
ley of the Drave and Balzarego Pass
itself, southwest of Cortina, is in their
hands. There was furious fighting for
two days, however, before the posi
tions were taken.
"When dislodged,” the correspond
ent continues, "the Austrians retreat
ed in some confusion, abandoning
their artillery and munitions to the
victors. It has to he remembered,
better to appreciate the valor of the
Italians, that throughout they are lit
erally fighting an uphill fight, driv
ing the Austrians from one position
to another, and continually ascend
ing as they advance.
"When at last the soldiers of Vic
tor Emmanuel gained the summit of
the pass and sent the broken Aus
trians flying down the reverse slope,
they left many dead and wounded
behind them as tribute to the keen
ness of Italian bayonets.”
Recorder to Chastise
West Point Railway
i
Judge George E. Johnson. Recorder,
and the West Point Railroad, are
getting ready to go round and ’round.
That Is, Judge Johnson Is getting
ready. The West Point will wait,
presumably, to see what Is going to
happen
A freight train conductor was ar
raigned in the Recorder’s Court for
anchoring his train across the Ashby
street crossing and effectually block
ing the same for a long, long time. It
also was alleged that West Point
trains hath this habit at all hours of
the day and night, and that they
tooted within the city limits.
.Judge Johnson dismissed the case
against the conductor, but announced
that he was going after somebody
higher ubl
Submarine Picks Its Way'IIE BONDS OFi
Through Enemy Destroyers
In 5,000-Mi, Trip toTurkey
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, June 12—The Ger
man submarine No. 61, which sank
the British battleships Majestic and
Triumph at the Dardanelles, was not
shipped to Turkey by rail and there
reassembled, as reported from time
to time, but it made the perilous voy
age around Western Europe and past
the great Anglo-French fleet in the
Aegean Sea. The distance traversed
by the No. 51 was 5,000 miles.
The New York Globe prints an In
teresting interview with Captain Otto
Herzing, commander of the No. 61,
which had been cabled to this city
from Constantinople. The cablegram
was dated Constantinople, June 6, and
says:
"We left Wilhelmshaven, 33 of us,
April 25,” Captain Herzing began.
"When I was told that I was: going to
Constantinople, I said, ‘Good! That is
worth while.’ I let only the first of
ficer and the chief engineer Into the
secret to explain the increased sup
plies taken aboard. We slipped quietly
out of Wilhelmshaven like so many
other submarines going Into the war
fare. We kept on the surface most of
the time, watching for big enemy
ships, but failed to see any for a long
time, to our great disappointment.
"Off the coast of England we were
fired upon by a destroyer and had to
dive for safety, but along the French
coast we encountered no enemies.
When 100 miles from Gibraltar we
were fired upon by another British
destroyer. We waited outside Gibral
tar and passed through the Strait
early In the morning, in plain sight,
but without drawing a single shot or
attracting attention. Those were
tense but gratifying hours.
"Once within the Mediterranean,
the watch was redoubled. Here again
we encountered enemy ships, but
dived to safety under fire. While
passing Malta we were again fired
upon by a French destroyer, but were
not touched. We then proceeded
south of Greece into the Aegean Sea
and to the Dardanelles. We arrived
there on the night preceding May 25,
having come from Wilhelmshaven In
exactly one month.
"In the early morning light we saw
the Triumph and Majestic lying off
the coast, constantly encircled by de
stroyers. Through the periscope I
saw a destroyer coming directly for
us. We dived and the destroyer
passed over us with the sound like
that of a motor car.
"We came up immediately. I took
aim through the periscope, pressed
the button automatically firing a tor
pedo and the projectile slipped noise
lessly into the water. We dived again.
The explosion which followed was as
terrific as though it had been in the
forepart of the submarine itself.
"Then we lay hidden two days and
a half, after which we came up again
in the midst of the British ships. Just
before noon, looking through the per
iscope, I saw the Majestic surrounded
by ten ships, steaming around her In
constant circles for her protection. I
could see the Majestic sailors on the
deck taking their noonday nap. Then,
seeing a welcome space through the
ring of incircling ships, I pressed the
button and the torpedo struck the
ship a little rear of amidships.’’
The submarine was again sub
merged for several Lours, and when it
reappeared it found that the British
ships had fled.
The men spent 42 days in the sub
marine without rest or let-up. The
men were not able to get any com
forts, but the German officer said
they kept themselves up with good
humor. Though the air in the sub
marine is oxygenized, there is no de
vice for keeping it dry and everything
in the ship and the men’s clothing
are wet all the time.
Racing Entries
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Two-year-olds, foaled in Can
ada, four and one-half furlongs: Gold
en Vixen 109, Wishing Well 109. Ban
Shore 109, Miss Fay 109, Good Shot 112,
Billy Frew 112, Copper King 115.
SECOND—^Selling! two-year-old maid
ens, five furlongs: Medea 103, Will Cash
106, Queen Apple 103, Semper Stalwart
106, xLarkin 105, xRose Garden 98, J. Z.
Wiggins 107, Tar Brush 110.
THIRD—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, selling, six furlongs: Gold Cap 110,
xPeggy L 96, Kali Inla 110, Mlmico 103,
Lord Wells 110, Bordello 110, Ada Anne
108, xGeneral Ben Led! 105, Chuckles
113, Briny Deep 100, Miss Jean 108,
xAshokan 93, Miss Clara 98, Richwood
113, xKayderoseros 108, xYork Lad 111.
F'OURTH—Three-year-olds and up,
mile: Kenworthy 101, Ruffo 94, Carbide
101, Captain Ben 104, Shyness 99, Quick
Start 106, Stalwart Helen 96, Bushy
Head 104, Schemer 94.
FIFTH—Selling, steeplechase, four-
year-olds and up, about two miles: Gar
ter 140. Idle Michael 139, Brydown 144.
SIXTH—Handicap, selling. three-
year-olds and up, five and one-half fur
longs: Betterton 102, Zindel 102, Briar
Path 105, Deposit 107, Kewessa 112, VI-
ley 103, The Spirit 101, Venetia 102, Kim
96. Yenghee 107, Sir Blaise 103.
SEVENTH—Selling. three-year-olds
and up. mile and one-quarter: Raincoat
100, xCuttyhunk 107, Buck Keenon 110,
xSenerock 97, Mudsill 105, xJabot 107,
Voloday, Jr., 105.
xApprentice allowance.
Weather, clear: track, fast.
Ty Cobb Honored
By Philly Fans as
He Goes to Bat
(By International News Service.)
P hiladelphia, June 12.—
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the
greatest of baseball players,
was signally honored by the fans of_
Philadelphia at Shibe Park to-day
when the Georgian and the Detroit
team made their first local appear
ance of the season.
When Cobb went to bat for the
first time, Freeland Kendrick, Re
ceiver of Taxes for the county of
Philadelphia, presented him with a
handsome present, a gift from
Cobb's Shriner friends and the lo
cal fans generally.
Naval League Official Calls Pres
ent Limited Expenditures by
U. S. Money Wasted,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Pleading
that Congress immediately should au
thorize an issue of $500,0000,000 in
bonds to provide for naval and mili
tary expansion, Colonel Robert M.
Thompson, chairman of the executive
committee of the Naval League, in a
magazine article to-day declared the
present expenditure for the navy is
money wasted.
"A navy that in time of war muet
hide itself behind fortifications or
mines is of no use," he said. "Our
navy needs battle cruisers like the
English Queen Elizabeth; it must
have more scout cruisers, more de
stroyers, more submarines and aero
planes. The expenditure of $500,000,-
000 extended over five years means
the labor of 50,000 men, or one-fifth
of 1 per cent of the men of the United
States available for labor.
"Is It an unwise expenditure to al
low one-fifth of 1 per cent of labor to
be employed in assuring that peace
shall remain within our borders and
the horrors of war be unknown?
"The amiable pacifists, who are too
proud or too afraid to fight, may an
swer that question as they will, but
the men of the United States can have
but one answer to it.”
Two Charge Cruelties
In Asking Divorces
Explaining the cruelties she said
her husband had practiced on her,
Mrs. Jennie Pickens, for whom a di
vorce from R. D. Pickens Saturday
was asked b,- Attorney John Y. Smith,
set out that on one occasion the hus
band "knocked her across the room.”
He would have beaten her more se
verely had it not been for the inter
ference of her 15-year-old daughter,
she alleged. She charged that pre
viously he had beaten her on more
than one occasion.
Asking temporary and permanent
alimony from her husband, Joe Turn-
age, an electrician, Mrs. Inez Turnage
Saturday declared her husband had
treated her cruelly and that on the
date of the separation, June 5 last, he
kicked her violently before she had
recovered from an operation. Judge
John T. Pendleton set the hearing for
June 26.
jjoffre’s Drive Puts
Germans in Danger
AT LATONIA.
FIRST—Selling, four-year-oMs and
up, six furlongs: xllarebell 103, xJoe
Rosenfleld 106, Colle 108, Manners 110,
Sidney Holm 110, xRoyal Tea 110, Star
O’Rvan 112, xLady Panchlta 105, Lucille
Morois 108, Charmeuse 108. Orange 110,
Chilla 110, Fellowman 112, Rio Brazos
112.
SECOND—Selling, maiden fillies, two-
year-olds. five furlongs: xlnnovatlon
105, xEmilv R 105, xLIttle Fairy 105,
xNellie Welles 106, Busy Joe 110, Oak
Lawn Belle 110, Muriel’s Pet 110. Owana
110, Argument 110, Louise Stone 110,
Marv Estelle 110. Sayon Arra 110.
THIRD—Three-year-olds, purse, mile
and seventy yards: Badinage 101, Fleet
A belle 101, Grevllle 106, Martinos 107,
Mars Cassity 107.
FOURTH—Handicap, three-year-olds
and up, mile: Rlngling 95, Tetan 101,
Star Jasmine 105. Bayberry Candle 106,
John Gund 111, David Craig 111.
FIFTH—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, six furlongs: xCarrle Orme 91, xlx-
xetbey 93, xBlack Thorn 96, Langhorne
99, Huntress 104, Dr. Larrick 107, Im-
perator 107, xStout Heart 108, Chartler
SIXTH—Selling, two-year-olds, five
furlongs: xLuzzi 100, xPoppee 100,
Lucky R 103, Thomwood 10<j. Blackle
Daw 110, Disturber 108, Frisky 108.
SEVENTH—Selling, four-year-olds
and up. mile and one-stxteenth: xHelen
M 100, xLongfellow 102, xAllan Gold 102,
xWlldhorse 103. Lena Vaal 106, xAllan
Bridgewater 106. xOeorge Stoll 106,
Mockery 107, Acts 107, Prospect 111,
Jack Kavanauglt 111. Wander 111, Her-
muda 111. High Private 111.
xApprentice allowance.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
AT JAMAICA,
FIRST—Two years, conditions, five
furlongs: Good Counsel 107, Damrosch
112. Tea Caddy 112. Kilmer 107, Sand-
pocket 109, Prince of Como 112, Man-
hasset 104. Edith Baumann. 104, Socony
U SECOND—Four years and up. selling
mile and an eighth: Hermis, Jr. 99,
xCoin 94, Monmouth 99. Battery 104,
Elboid 104, xEaster Star 94.
THIRD—Three years and up, handi
cap. mile and a sixteenth: Pandean 111.
Double Eagle 104, Top Hat 102. Norse
King 102, Charter Maid 99.
FOURTH—Two years, sellings, five
and a half furlongs: xRegina 94. Short
Ballot 100. xSun God 9o. Fernrock l07,
Plumose 97, Success 100. V ariety 109.
FIFTH—Four years and up, selling
mile and an Mghth; xDalngerfleld 99
O’Sullivan 110, Ray O Light 107, Ben
Quince 99, xSepulveda 102, xMarshon
1Q4
SIXTH—Three years and up. maidens,
selling, six furlongs: Duke of Dunbar
lino’ MIA 1 Ul iVJJ I po • - - —
109. Primary 109, Wood Fair 109, Cymer
rick 118, Valentine 116. Nephthys 107,
Vlfir 109, Uncle BUI 109. xNorth Light
111, Hybrla 107. xVasa 107.
xApprentice allowance.
Track fast; weather clear.
Carranza Yields to
Demands of Wilson
WASHINGTON, June 12.—General
Carranza replied to President Wilson s
demand that the chiefs of the various
Mexican factions act together and
establish a stable government in Mex
ico, bv declaring, in a proclamation
forwarded to the State Department
to-day by Consul General Sllliman at
Vera Cruz, that he will call -n election
and will turn over his authority to
the man chosen as the head of the
government at that election.
Cleveland Is Named
To University Board
By G. F. STEWARD.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROTTERDAM, June 12.—It now
seems certain that the persistent
pressure of the French on the German
position* In the neighborhood of Ar
ras is having a serious effect on the
Germans, who, while officially pre
tending that the piecemeal advance
of the French Is of no importance,
fully realize that these successes have,
in the aggregate, now assumed dan
gerous proportions.
Interest in the operations centers
around the fight for Lens, which gen
erally is regarded as the key position
of this part of the battle ground.
Reports to-day state that for the
last few days very heavy fighting has
been taking place to the south of Lens,
particularly between Neuville and
Fourne, where the Germans have suf
fered great losses, but are still put
ting up a strong resistance.
The German marines have been
brought up to reinforce the tired
troops of the Kaiser, and some hun
dreds have fallen Into the hands of
the Allies.
The Germans are being forced back
along the Arras-Lens road, and some
of their positions to the west of this
road have been evacuated owing to
the heavy fire of the French artillery,
which made them untenable. Several
of the bridges along the road have
been destroyed by the French guns.
New Light on Plot
Of Benedict Arnold
(By International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA. June 12.—A letter
heretofore unpublished,..written by Ben
edict Arnold, dated "Headquarters,
Robinson’s House, August 22, 1780,” has
lust come into possession of Judge John
M. Patterson.
The letter asks Governor Clinton, of
New York, to authorize Arnold to "re
pair’’ the great chain that the Ameri
cans had stretched across the Hudson
River to prevent British ships from as
cending the stream. Arnold had plot
ted to remove a link from the chain on
the pretext of repairing it. thus open
ing the stream to the British.
Rich Man, Victim of
Pellagra, a Suicide
AMERICUS, June 12.—George Oli
ver, a prominent local cotton man, is
dead to-day, having committed sui
cide after several weeks' treatment by
Americus physicians for pellagra.
Oliver was president of the Oliver
Warehouse Company and the Empire
State Guano Company. He leaves an
estate worth $150,000. His body was
discovered early to-day in his office,
with a revolver and a bottle of poison
near by. He was dead w’hen found.
$500,000 Is Given
To 10,000 Employees
Governor Slaton Saturday appoint
ed Lloyd Cleveland, of Griffin, to the
board of trustees of the University of
Georgia, to succeed the late Judge
I
(By International News Service.)
CALUMET, MICH., Jnne 12.—The
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
and Its associated companies to-day
were disbursing $500,000 bonus to 10,-
000 employees, which was announced
a month ago by James McNaughton,
general manager of the commaniao.
Fleeing Americans
Call Germans Bitter
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, June 12.—A number of
Americans who fled from Berlin and
other German cities because of the
strained relations between the United
States and Germany arrived to-day.
They declare the anti-American
feeling is becoming very bitter as the
result of President Wilson’s protests
against German submarine warfare
and the large shipments of arms and
ammunition from America for use by
the Allies.
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Day and Night Process of Ex
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Product Goes On.
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are being produced the process may
be studied with deep interest. There
are long rows of glass percolators
filled with crude Vitalitas, just as
mined, with the exception that it has
become oxidized due to contact with
light and air and has crumbled into a
fine powder. The substance is moist
ened with distilled water, and from
the percolators the dripping process
then begins, ahd is kept up with the
regularity of the beat of a human
pulse. Drop by drop, day and night,
the dark, golden fluid enters retain
ers. Save the distilled water used in
the percolation process, nothing is
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taken from it. It is perfect as it is,
and it is the most wonderful known
curative nature has given to mankind.
Taken into the system, Vitalitas
helps to overcome many diseased con
ditions -of stomach, liver, kidneys,
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and reinvigorates. The good it does
is constitutional and not merely tem
porary.
A display showing in miniature how
Vitalitas is extracted is now in prog
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hall. You can write there for Infor
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