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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
FRANK DENIED new trial
MAN CONVICTED OF Staying
MARY PHAGAN LOSES
.r. APPEAL. w
His Lawyers Say They viii Not Give
Up Fight for the Life OF
Their Client.

Atlanta, Ga.-The Frank ase Is at
frmed. Decision delivered by Justice
Atkinson, Justices Evans, Lumpk1n
and Hill assenting. Chief Justice
Fish and Justice Beck dissent. The
dissent is principally on the admis.
sion of the testimony Of Jim Conley
and Dalton.
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, asso-
| ciate counsel with Luther q. Rosser,
for Frank, when informed Of the de-.
cision, said he had no comment to
make. t.s' 90, l
Judgment affirmed" is the verdict
of The supreme court Of Georgia In
the case Of Leo M. Frank. 1.-THE
court below did not err In refusing
a new trial. No new trial should be
granted" With these words; the high
est court in the state placed its ap-
proval upon the verdict Of guilty pro-
nounced last August in Fulton superior
court against Leo M. Frank, charged
with the murder Of Mary Phagan on
April rs, 1913.
The announcement of the supreme
courts decision was a profound shock
to the attorneys and friends of Frank,
who have fought to establish his limo
cence and with the utmost confidence
up to the present time. It Is antici-
pated that an extraordinary motion
for a new trial will be filed by Franks
lawyers and that the case will be a
ried on appeal to the United States
Supreme court.
The history Of the Frank case Is
familiar to all. On the morning Of
Sunday, April 81, 1918, the body of
Mary Phagan, an employee Of the Ma
tional Pencil factory, was found In
the basement Of that factory. A few
days afterward, Leo M. Frank, the
superintendent Of the factory, was ar
rested on a charge Of suspicion. He
was later indicted by the grand jury,
and he was tried last August. The
trial was the longest in the criminal
annals Of the state, and aroused wide
spread interest. The jury returned
a verdict Of guilty, and Frank was
sentenced to death. His attorneys,
Luther 2. Rosser and Reuben R. Ar.
mold, filed a motion for a new trial,
which was denied by the trial judge,
L. s. Roam. An appeal was then taken
to. the state supreme court, which now
aff1rms the lower court
$1,50c Trophy for Peck of Oats.
Dallas, Texas.-The $500 trophy
for the best peck of oats, contested
for at the National Corn exposition,
went out of the United States perma-
nently when J. C. Hill and Cons. Lloyd
Minister, Saskatchewan, Canada, were
awarded the trophy for the third con.
secutive time. They requested the di.
rectors to allow them to offer a SIM
liar cup to be known as the Canadian
tropy. The winning peck of oats
weighed so pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
E PAsO CITIZENS
GREATLY EXCITED
MEETING WAS CALLED TO CEN
SURE STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR INACTIVITY.
FORMER GOVERNOR SPEAKS
Meeting Called az Climax Of Excite
ment When News Came Of the Death
Of eenton.-Mayors Protest to
Meeting Of No Avail.

Ri Paso, Texas.-A storm Of indig-
nation broke along the border when
1t became known that William 8.
Benton, a British subject and wealthy
landholder In Mexico, who disappear
ed recently had been executed by reb-
els in Juarez after he had made q
protest to Gen. Francisco Villa about
alleged depredations Of the Constitu-
tionalists.
A mass meeting was arranged and
resolutions were adopted censuring
the State Department at Washington
for its alleged suppression Of the Com
sular report OF the Benton case and
calling on Congress to demand from
the Department of State a full record.
of alleged crimes and outrages against
foreigners in Mexico.
The meeting came as the climax OF
a day Of excitement caused by news
Of the death Of Benton. The meeting
was first called for Cleveland Square,
but Mayor Kelly ina letter to George,
Curry, formerly Governor Of New Mex
leo, asked him to rent q hall, as he
regarded an open meeting al danger
Gus. The mayor said he would sup
press any attempt to hold the meet.
ing in the open. Ajtheater was rent
ed and messengers turned the crowd
from CLEVELAND Square to the build
ing. Is
Former Gov. George Curry Of New
Mexico was the principal speaker. He
was named a committee Of n at an
impromptu indignation meeting In
the lobby Of the Hotel Sheldon; head!
quarters Of foreigners driven out. of.
Mexico, to Investigate the killing sof.
Benton, but his Inquiries developed.
nothing not previously published. Mr.
Curry first went to Thomas D. Ed
wards, United States Consul at Juarez.
"Mr. Consul he said, .the people,
Of Ell Paso and foreign refugees from
Mexico are In q feverish state because
Of the murder OF William Benton
They have been unable to learn de-
tails of the crime and have asked me
to seek information. Any light YOU
can shed on the subject will be ap-
p~reciated."
II have telegraphed the Secretary
Of State that Benton,s death has been
officially reported to me- replied the
Consul. "Such other details / have
forwarded to Washington by mail.
General villa said heidid not care to-
talk Of the case to the press or pub
lie, but gave me the information for
Mrs. Benton, the widow, and the State
Department. They are at liberty to
talk, but 1 promised the General &,
would remain silent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Naval Birdman Dashes to Death,

Pensacola, Fla.-Lieut. j. Nice. Muir.
raw of the United States naval avia-
ton corps, stationed here, was instant
" killed about four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, when his machine plunged
into Pensacola bay. He fell about 500
feet, The machine was demolished
and Lieutenant Murray's body was
discovered shortly afterwards about
100 yards from the spot where he fell.
Lieutenant Murray had been flying out
in the gulf and was returning to the
station when the accident occurred.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Conservation of Water Power.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. particu-
Iarly as it affects the building Of wa
ter power projects in n~avigable
streams, was AIDED to the chief admin
l%nstration policies under public dis
cussion. Conservationists learned in
q preliminary way the answer which
the administration has prepared to the
question of whether the federal gov
eminent or the states shall be SUI
preme in the matter of water rights
IN navigable rivers. Secretary Garri-
son has written a letter on the SUBJ
Jet addressed to Chairman Adamson~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Work Souoht for Thousands,

Washington.-For the purpose OF
finding work for the unemployed thou
sands now walking the streets of the
country's large cities and industrial
centers, the federal commission Of in.
dustrial relations inaugurated an in.
vestigation to extend from Boston to
Kansas City. Attention first will be
given to public and private employ.
ment agencies, to bring out to what
extent the trouble is due to their
lack of organization and inefficiency,
and four investigators have been as.
signed to undertake this task.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
N. Y. Treasurer Kills Self.

Buffalo, N. Y.-John ]. Kennedy,
state treasurer, committed suicide at
the Markeen hotel, where he lived
with his family. He was found in a
small lavatory with his throat cut and
an open razor on the floor beside
him. His jugular vein had been sew
cred. Temporary insanity, induced by
the worry over his impending appear
ance before a New York grand jury
where District Attorney Charles S.
Whitman has been conducting a John
Doe graft inquiry, is said by his at.
torney, Michael F. Dirnberger, Jr., to
be the only reason that can be as
signed for his act.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Trains Collide on the Frisco

Springfield, Mo.-Scores Of persons
were reported injured, and several
killed in a collision Of two Frisco pas
senger trains at Nichols Junction,
four miles west Of Springfield. The
trains were No. s, running from Kan
sas City to st. Louis, and No. 104, run
ming from st. Louis to Kansas City.
Two coaches were reported to have
turned over. Reports received here
from the scene Of the wreck said that
the engineer and fireman of No. s and
several passengers had been killed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
British Marines in Mexico.

-Washington.-A small legation guard
of marines and machine guns from a
British cruiser at Vera Cruz to the le-
CATION in Mexico City was ordered
only after the state department had
been advised of the plan through the
American embassy in London. Threats
that the British legation would be
made a particular object of attack in
the event Of a public uprising led
to the precautionary measure and it
was intimated at the state department
that Mexican authorities not only
were willing but anxious for it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Wilson Threatens Veto.

Observation-Disclosures that Pres
idant Wilson would veto the immigra'
ton bill if it is sent to him from con
gress with the ~literacy test provision
amazed members Of the senate i'm
MIGRATION committee. Many of them
confessed that they were bewildered,
inasmuch as they had determined to
retain the literacy test in their draft
of the immigration measure as it pass
ed the house, under the impression
that the president would accept the
hill If il passed the senate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Northeast in Grip of a Blizzard.

New York.-A snowstorm, said to
rival in severity the famous blizzard
Of 1883, ragged to the accompaniment
of zero weather in the upper Hudson
valley, the Mohawk valley and the
northern and western parts Of New
York state, tying up smaller railroad
trolley lines and paralyzing communi-
cation generally. All mails were de-
layed. Four deaths were caused in
New York City by the storm, and
the total fatalities due to the cold
spell and stormy conditions numbered
seventeen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
w. S. Benton Killed by Villa.

Westinghouse slumbering Next
can situation was brought quickly to
a point Of intense international inter-
est by the fash of a message saying
William S. Benton, a British subject,
had been killed in Juarez by order OF
Gen. Francisco Villa, the Constitution
alist commander. Sir Cecile Spring
Rice, British ambassador, conferred
with Secretary Bryan about it; Pres
Ident Wilson and his cabinet discussed
it briefly, and the state department
ordered a thorough investigation by
consular representatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Municipal Clock Used as Target

Cordele, Ga.-Some unknown per-
son has been making a target out of
one of the faces of the Cordele city
clock in the court house steeple for
practice with a rifle and within the
past few days seventeen long-range
steel bullets have completely shatter-
ed the plate glass face of the pom
derous time keeper. 1t is estimated
that the bullets were fired from a
distance Of possibly half a mile and
that an army rifle was used in this
target practice, and which has dam
aged the clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Southern Sells Big Notes.

Washington.-The sale OF Slo,ooo'-
100000 five per cent three-year notes
of the Southern Railway Company Sc
cured by the general mortgage four
per cent bonds of the company was
announced by President Fairfax Har-
rison. s... ...
The financing Of a ten-year $4,000
600 equipment trust also was an
nounced. The short-term notes were
sold, it was announced, pending Inn
provement of the market for long
term securities" and the proceeds will
be used for betterments in shops, etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Sherman Got Columbia 49 Years Age

Sherman Got Columbia 40 Years Ago.
Columbia, S. C.-The forty-ninth an
niversary Of the entrance Of the North
ern soldiers into Columbia under Gen.
William Tecumseh Sherman, was mark
ed by the unwilling Of a granite boul-
der erected by the Wade Hampton
chapter, United Daughters Of the Con.
federacy, upon the spot where T. j.
Goodwin, the mayor Of Columbia, un-
der a flag of truce, met General Sher-
man and surrendered to him the city.
The occasion was given a peculiar III
terest by the only living witness to the
event, Norton w. BROKER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Mexican Bandits Captured.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Maximo Costello,
the Mexican bandit charged with re.
sponsibility for the Cumbre tunnel
disaster in which ten Americans and
forty-one others lost their lives, was
captured thirty-eight miles south of
Hachita, N. NJ, by American troops.
The information was conveyed to Gen.
Hugh L. Scott, commandant at Fort
Bliss, in an official telegram from
Captain White, ninth United States
cavalry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Alaskan Railway Backed by House.

Washington. - The administration
Alaskan railroad bill authorizing the
president to construct a S35, 900, 900
railroad from Alaska's coast to it's
great coal fields, was passed by the
house by a vote Of 230 to 81. A sim
liar measure already has passed the
senate and the bills will be taken up
at once in conference between the
two houses, with a view to sending it
quickly o'the president, who has sig
nifed bis intention Of signing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Winthrop Will Have No Rival.

Winthrop will not have another RI
val IL this state as the house recently
killed the proposition to coordinate
the University of South Carolina and
the College for Women, a local institu.
ton, by terms of which the female
collge would have become q state in.
stitution
In making mis- final plea a few DAYS
ago for the state system of ware.
houses, former Senator John L. Nc.
Laurin in the state senate said the
banking and currency bill was allied
with the warehouse proposition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Food Fish Opposed for Fertilizer

Washington.-State fisheries OFF,
Gals, Eastern fish dealers and repre-
sentatives {: fish anc. game organiza.
tions were before the house inter.
state commerce committee to discuss
the Linthicum bill to prohibit the use
Of food fish in the manufacture of fer.
tilizer for interstate commerce. Sec,
rotary Redfeld Of the department of
commerce called back to his office be-
fore he could testify telephoned his
approval Of the measure. Most Of the
witnesses favored the passage Of the
bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Molten Lead Rains on Sixty Persons.

New York.-With molten lead and
red hot pieces Of cornice falling about
them, sixty men and twenty women
made their way out of a factory build
ing in Green street when three floors
were a raging furnace, but every one
escaped unhurt. When the fire first
was detected on the sixth floor, police
men rushed into the building and quiz
eted the excited factory workers, who
were on the third and fourth floors.
The cornice Of the structure be-
gan to melt and fall before any M
could gain the street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Bandits Rob Train Of $4,000.

Birmingham, Ala.-Defnite informa-
ton of the amount of money taken by
three robbers who held Up a Queen &
Crescent passenger train near here
was lacking. Estimates indicated the
loss was more than $4,000, !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Final REQ Cros Report.

The nraJ report of the Red Cross
seal commission OF South Carolina on
the years campaign for selling the
Christmas seals in the fight against
tuberculosis has been made public by
Reed Smith, who, as secretary and
treasurer, has had charge of the work
~ the central Office in Columbia.
The results are gratifyingly large
and successful. Generous assistance
and cooperation was received on all
sides. One hundred and fifteen agents
from all parts of the state joined in
the effort to make the success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Woman Stockholders N.ee,.

Woman Stockholders Meet.
AT the annuai meeting Of the stock
Atlders OF the W"lnar's Eutld,t,e Com.
panyt held recently. mo- of he .;ne
was consumed III discussing Certain
changes In the constitution Of tie
company and In adopting q number OF
tnese proposed changes. Each sec,
ton was taken up separately, discuss.
ed oily and voted ,sps1. Hereafter
sccofcine to q oew pruviso adopted.
there vii! BE- two stockholders meet.
legs annually instead or one The
dates 81 these vii! be the second Tues
Gays IN October and n April
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Mileage Good For Family.

Mileage Good For Family.
The railroad commission recently
issued order effective within 80 days
requiring railroad companies to accept
mileage coupons from any member of
the family of a purchaser, provided
tbs purchaser at the time of buying
his mileage stated in writing who con-
stlated the members of his family.
The order followed the complaint Of
Senator Earle Of Greenville.
H. s. Hardwick, of Washington, traf-
fc passenger manager of the South
sro railway was here. Assistant At
toruey General represented the state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
C!eanlnQ Out Ptlson.

Governor slease Recently commrc
cd the sentences .. &c more convict,
tron the state p~ehitentiary to the
chaingangs or the crrrt,es s-on whi.c
they ere sentenced. OF those seo,
back, O~rangeburg county gets %. Oar,
'ington county geA s, Marlboro conn
~ ., Lexington county l, and Hamp.
ton county In addition, a negro con.
Wet was paroled. Bringing the total
lumber Of convicts t. whom clecnency
a been granted ty the goyerno,
since he assumed office up to loss
persons
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Plan Big Annual Meet.

Great Interest in being shown in
IT, 4naual nee Of the Inter-High
scacol Athletic and Oratorical asso-
ciat1,c Of South Carolina, to be held
in Columbia, april % and "a. Track
athletics in the high schools of South
Carolina have been very popular only
for the past few years. The Piedmont
section took the lead when, in 1907,
a track meet was held, four schools
taking part as follows: Greenville,
Easley, Furman fitting school, West.
minister. After that little meet the
Piedmont association was formed.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-23
VERA CRUZ IS IN AMERICAN HANDS
$5000O0 TO REFUGEE FUND

Santa Fe, N. M. Apr. 3..--O'Shaugh-
messy is reported safe on board ship for
US. Over 5000 refugees have been
placed on transports to be brought to
u. S. for safety. Huerta has disarmed
the American ambassy and great dam
ger is feared for their safety.
Troops will be sent to border as fast
as possible and will probably commence
invasion this week. Orders have been
given to capture all guns and ammuni.
ton consigned to Carranza.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-23
ANNA E. BUTLER

Mrs. Anna T. Butler, wife Of Con
ductor \. II. Butler, of the III Paso &
southwestern, passed away last Friday
evening, after continued illness OF
several months. IL became known
some time ago that 1t was only a mat
ter of little time when she would be
called to her reward and while her
death was not surprise il was n sad
blow to her family and friends. Mrs
Butler was born March IL, 1871. She
became the wife Of Harry Butler, july
,, 1894. She leaves behind TO mourn
her loss, her husband, six children, her
mother, one sister and three brothers
The funeral services were held Mt the
Center Street Methodist Church sun
day afternoon, by Rev. A. n. Evans
and the house was crowded. The in
terment was made Immediately after
at Sunnyside Cemetery.
The News joins with her many dear
friends in heartfelt sympathy to he
loved Cucs in their sad hour.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-23
DOROTHY MARIE HUFF

Monday afternoon after brief i'll
ness, Dorothy Marie, the two weeks
old baby Of Rev. and Mrs. +. Marvin
Hun died. The end came rather un-
cxpcctedly as on sunday she was ap.
parently much better. Rev. HUI came
here some month ago from the Pecos
Valley, where he held pastorate in
tho Methodist church and Is now in the
Railway Mail Service. The father was
away at the time of the little one 3
death and this added to the sadness of
the deceased. He returned Monday
evening, shortly after she had returned
to the God from which she came. On
Tuesday morning at Gas short ser
vice was held at the home, since the
i'll health of the mother would not per
init her to attend the service elsewhere
The body was then shipped to Cuervo
\. NJ, where the services were conclud
ed in the presence Of the father and
loved ones, by Rev. A. N. Evans
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-23
SOCIALISTS WILL HOLD MEETING

There will be a socialist meeting at
Norton, May 3, TO which all are cordial.
ly invited. Some good speakers will
oe with us, occupying the morning. The
people will bring picnic dinners, which
can be served on tables provided for
the occasion. A program consisting Of
music, readings and reeitations has
been prepared for the afternoon. No
admission fee. Remember the date, on
May 3. Exercises TO begin at ten a. m
q. Newsom, r. C. Abercrombie and Mrs
DeRoy Welsh are the committee In full
charge. The program will consist Of
ffty-seven numbers and is too long for
us to print this week. There will be
thirty recitations, twenty songs and a
number Of speeches. We predict big
day for the Norton neighborhood as
we'll as those who desire to attend from
other parts of the county.