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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
Or. HILLS NEPHEW
HAS BLOOD IN H|s EYE
Demands Complete Public Retraction
OF Statements Made In Reference
70 His Business.
MOVE TO HELP OF PASTOR
Prominent Members of Plymouth
Church Will Take Action Looking
to Relieving Divines Financial Sit.
uation-Tmber Property Valuable.

New York. Sept 20.-The Rev DR..
Newell D. Hills and several distin-
guished members of the historic Ply
mouth Church, are making hurried
plans to forestall any unpleasant dis
cussion OF the disa strous business ven-
lures OF their noted pastor. who con-
fessed from his pulpit on Sunday
morning that he had strayed from his
Ideals. Their haste is by way Of
settling his financial obligations be-
fore his nephew. Percy d. Hills,
$4,000 libel suit comes to trial--if
1t ever gets that far--but the answer
to their hopes from that quarter to-
day was letter demanding a public
retracuon OF the preachers alleged
libelous statements last July.
That interview must be denied in
toto reads the letter of Percy Hills
TO his uncle. given oft today as proof
OF the proper authorization of the libel
action, with the same publicity with
which II was given out. or I shall be
forced to take action to compel you
to prove your statements to protect
my name. 1t may be late date to
start such a proceeding but / have
always believed that the day would
come when you would admit your own
mistakes and not seek to make me the
goat for all of them"
There Is in the letter also a yelled
mint. too, OF the seriousness of the
cot A,~
of Plymouth Church.
Debts Reach 100000.
The plans for the settlement of
DR. Hills financial ohligation--the
outgrowth of speculations in Northern
timber lands-admit. according to the
best obtainable estimates, of debts
totalling 100000. Only half of this
amount involved in the gold deben-
ture bonds issued on a tract in CO.
iumbia. to the amount of 100000.
The other half comprises, II is said
personal loans to DR.. Hills for invest
ment In other timber deals, some
Of the Jonas secured by collateral,
some by personal notes endorsed by
the pastor and some absolutely un-
secured. The Arhuckle estate, it was
learned. Is one of the unsecured
creditors for a loan to DR.. Hills OF
$4,000
Members OF Plymouth Church
who seemed best Informed on the pas
| tors tangled affairs do not expect that
I DR., Hills will have to go to the pre-
! dicted extreme of selling his $40. 000
/ home. The special committee OF AL
! bernie timber bondholders is informed
! that in a fair market. DR. Hills tim
+ Der holdings would not only he suffi.
! Cient TO pay off the $780, 900 bonds
I but leave a substantial equity for him
! self and family. In fact, 1t was said
today that If DIR. Hills interest could
/ he disposed of properly. the necessit,
/ for extreme personal sacrifice on the
part of the pastor would not exist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21

lAGbIiHhe1 r rom Il ~ 81 H6Ns}
during most OF today In the eastern
Argonne the Germans exploded mine
today near the French trench. The
French long range artillery hombarded
the railroad station at Thiancourt and
demolished one train which was about
to leave the station, The communt-
cation follows;
Before Faye and Dompierre. to the
south of perdnne, the mine warfare
continues.
In the Champagne district, In the
region Il r,osc. our batteries directed
an accur A. bomb fire, 10 which the
enemy re apondea at the end of the day
by a bambar drnent Of our position. but
without success.
Along the Argonne the cannonade
was lighter.
In the eastern, ArRonne. Mt Hill ass,
the enemy exploded a mine near our
trenches In the Woevre and in Lor-
raine we have been able at several
points TO control the results of our
FIRE A column Of infantry was scat
tered on the road from St Maurice to
ThtsI
Eat the foot OF the hills In tho
Meuse in the region of the trench
OF caionias the forest of Apremont Mt
the north of Fiyra and at the north of
Regni, the enemy's earthworks have
been seriously damaged.
our long range artillery has reach
"a the railroad station at Thiancourt
One train left the station at full speed.
another was brought TO a stop by The
proiectiles.
Between Puzieux and 1rlne we cut
"A one span bridge OF railway iron on
the route from Mstz TO Chateau Salina,
I'm the Noscss there were artillery
actions In tn. valley of the Fave and
in the valleys of the Freht region from
Sehratzmaeneie. from bAltmatt and
from Brauenkopf"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21

Progressives and their ultimate sue
eesses strige tangent.
The appearance of Mr. Murdoch in
these parts Is signal for series Of
revival meetings for the Progressive
elders. Wednesday night George w.
Perkins and other New Workers are
To give him a dinner at the Manhat-
tan. in which party leaders from
other States will join. From Penn
syivania are expected William G..
Flynn, F.. VanValkenberg; from New
Jersey, Everett Colby. Irving Taylor
and !. A Hopkins: from Connecticut.
! Herbert Knox Smith; from Massachu-
sets. Mathew Hale; and, perhaps.
Francis w. Bird from New Hamp-
/ shire. and from Maine, II. F. g, GARD
! ner. William II. Hotchkiss and abour
twenty other New York Progressives
/ win be there.
I Answering question. Mr. Murdoch
said today: Il believe that Colonel
/ Roosevelt does not care about rum
ming for President again. and is dis
/ inclined to make the sacrifice that he
made in 1912 But Its hard to imagine
/ the Progresstves getting together in
convention and not nominating Roose-
Welt. Moreover, events may so shape
/ themselves next year that ---~."
You think the colonel would run
If he knew he would win ?" Mr.. Muir
dock was asked.
II guess that's about IT," he re-
piled
! He said that his whole effort Just
now and in his recent tour of the
country was to hold me progressives
together. not that they might force
the Republicans to accept their can.
didates next year. but that the Pro-
gressives might keep on on their own
account and grow in statue and power
| No Amalgamation Possible
I There's no nope OF amalgamation
with the Republicans. he went on
Talk of the old party's throwing OFF
its old and present leadership is flu
| tile, The very nature of the party 6
organization forbids 1t, Why all over
the country / have teard that the
scheme is to put Mr.. Taft up for presi-
dent again. Talk about reaction. Mo-
body knows how next years politics
will turn out but remember this. In
1912 four million voters broke their
old party ties, and few voters who
have once become Independent will
ever worship party label again
ut Is impossible that any part OF
this four million will turn back to the
Republicans. The Democrats offer
them nothing The Democratic party
is controlled by lot of old Southern
lreactionaries. who head the committees
of Congress and constitute a stone wall
against our Democratic President
however he may be disposed TO be
proeress,ve. can see big fight COM
ing in the Democratic ranks within
me next six months There are many
! ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
OBITUARY


Funeral services over the body OF l5r
Kali =, CuIhe dean Of the University
Of Michigan. who succumhed to an OPP
Grafton rs a hospital In Ashland, Ore
gen were conducted Yesterday morn
ing ~ 10 o'clock from the parsonage
~ sire German Evangelical Lutheran
Church Rev e. W I.ocher. Of Balti-
lwore a5d Rev. Paul \, MenthoI, OF
X hiuxgaa. otIiciated, while Rev. pr.
''e ~ the faeult2 81 the tniver-
slty OF Michigan, made brief remarks
ans I've deceased dean.
-pflat ls5ss made 80 hollywood
Cemetery beside 'he rrave OF his
mothet. TIE deceased was brother
81 Hes oscar Guthe. pastor Of the
German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Dr safbe stood high Ia the world of
edocatIon. For six years be had been
dean OF the Michigan institution. He
WAS the author of seyeral textbooks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
WILL ATTEND RAILWAY
DAY" AT HUNTINGTON

President George W. Stevens. of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company. together with E. D. Hotch-
kiss, general freight agent. and John
d. Potts. general passenger agent, left
yesterday afternoon for Huntington,
w. Va. where they will attend Rail-
way Day at the fall festival in the
West Virginia city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
JUA|US B. n0SBY DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
For Nearly Half-Cenfury He Was
Leader In Uty's Mercan-
tile Life.
VETERAN OF ooNFEDERAcY
After Serving Through War He Began
Business That Now Stands Monu-
ment to Him--Funeral To Be We'd
nesday.


'uhius - Mospy' Tor nearly NAN o
century one OF rle leao1ngl hsures IN
the mercantile ne OF richmond, died
YESTERDAY ABOUT noon AT nus nome az
lsVo west Grace street atter an III
| ness OF several months Nr. Mospy
was In the seHen1H-second-y or MS
age and nsd oeen conhhed TO MS room
since last Decemne "neh ne suHerea
stroke or paralysis
He was a descendent OF Colonel
Lttlehury Mosby. of Colonial fame
and an officer who served with dis
tinction during the War of the Revo-
luton.
Juni1s Y. Moshv was horn IN Pow
hatan County October is fs43. His
narepts ware tho late Remnant, CHM
Inn Noshv ana pacba, Carsozo He
enlisted M the age of eighteen. in
the Fourth Virginia Cavalry. and
served ealIantlv throughout ts1e War
pe,ween the states
-, r,.,ho
.~o ~ ~ a.,.t
"A' 80 'AV
,a,is "p '''s ~
+i0'oS "
Errted Monument to Himself
Mr.. Mosby was a director of the
american Natlohdl faDk ana Vi AHe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
PASSENGER ENGINE
|DERALED; No ONE HURT

The engine to train No. 45, Of the
Cnesa peake and Ohio Railway Com.
pany, which left Richmond yesterday
afternoon 1t 3 o'clock. was derailed
IN the yards at Gordonsvillo two hours
later. No damages were sustained and
no one was hurt. The train was de-
layed about thirty minutes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21

N~ohtiieei Afoii rirst rdBcO
expect to cope successfully with the
bandits.
The patrol Is made in automobiles,
the state having provided two chauf-
feurs to operate the cars, leaving the
police free to handle any situation that
may arise. The squad is in charge
of Acting Sergeant Louis Bertucci, de-
tailed with Policeman Harry r. Sweet,
from the First Police Precinct, and
Officers G. II. Deskins and r. c. Will
liams. of the Second Precinct.
During their absence from Rich
mond the local Police Department will
continue at its full strength, four men
having been chosen from the eligible
list OF the department to serve until
the men sent to Prince George re-
turn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
MURDOCH SAYS WILL

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
D0UgLE-HEAOER

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
ARCHIBALD MAKES
TO be his duty. in view of what has
happened.

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
WILL LAND EVERY

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21

Did Net Intentionally Break Law.
/ did not Intentionally break either
the spirit or the letter OF my pass
pert or Of any law but merely did
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21
DISCREPANCIES ARE

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-21

Il would not have carried II had
known Its contents" he added Nat
uraIly I would not do ANYTHING detri-
mental to my own country Had I
known its contents, and had | still been
willing to carry IL. l certainly would
have destroyed IL when ! saw the mill
tary authorities coming aboard"
He said that on the night of the an
niversary of the birth OF Emperor
Frans Joseph he had dined with Count
Won Bernstorff and others. and that he
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

Chicago, July 2G-Investigations into the disaster that overlook the excursion steamer Eastland on Sat urday, when she turned turtle ill the Chicago river two minutes af- ter she had left Ghe pier with 25OO employees of .he Western Eelectric company on board, and in which approximately 1GC0 Of the passen- gers lost heir lives, is now go- !Lg ou here. The members Of the crew are being examined to as certain whether or not the regula- tions in regard to the carrying of passengers on laEe boats had been complied with,
 The ship 'floatcd a short dis tance after she overturned, but soon settled, a hundred feet from the Clark street bridge.
 Up to 1O:3O this (NLonday) morn ing sos bodies had been recovered. The total estim&td number of dead remains approximately 1000 as the failure of good many of those who escaped to report caused the
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
TEDDY SAYS T
 E TONF0OLERy.

Los Angeles, July 26-Judge Al ton B. Parker of New York, in all interview here today, said that Pres ident Wilson will be re-nominated by the democratic national conven- tion in 1916 without doubt. Former President Roosevelt, who arrived in this city today, was visit ed by newspaper men but would sly nothing of his own plans, al though he remarked that Judgs Altons statement in regard to President Wilson was tomfoolery.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

Jack" Slaton was in Skagway yesterday. Everybody in Georgia knows the Hon. John M. SlatOn, un- til within a few days governor or that great commonwealth, as Jack Slatou." The Southern people have an odd habit of niclnaming all their public men for whom they entertain any particular regard, and when they drop into a more formal style the handwriting is on the wall.
 Big and husky, with hair just turning gray, and with the lines of character and resolution drawn strongly from a firm mouth and rugged chin, he was the ."observcd of all observers" on the excursion train that carried a large number Of City Of Seattle tourists to sum mt yesterday.
 Governor Slaton is Q national fig ure, and the lime light of publicity has beat fiercely about his head tor many months. He was the de- cidiug factor in the case of Leo Frank, the most famous trial in criminal jurisprudence within a cen tury. Every man, woman and child in America, and in fact, in many other parts of the world are fam iliur with the main facts in this case. The murder of the little fac tory operative, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta nearly two years since; the arrest of Frank; the testimony ol Coulay, the negro eX-couyict; the threat of mob violence; the campaign conducted by hundreds of papers ard magazines to save Franks life; the court procedure, tie case reaching the supreme court of the United States twice, and may of .Ia more salient facts that are too well known to re- bearsc.
 The pressure brought to bear or Governor Staten to commute the of death to life imprison- mcut WAS unparalleled iu the his tory of any criminal case ill the court records in the United States. Public feeling was running danger ousiy high in Georgia, cuIminating in open threats on the governors life with the necessity of calling out the state militia for his pro tection.
 q could not," said Gov. Slaton, "as a conscientious official per nit the hanging of Leo Frank. My decision in this matter was not reached until l had investigated every shred of evidence in the case. I spent days and nights pIoughiug through the testimony; I visited again and again the scene of the crime; I weighed every word of evidence pro and con. realized that there was @ clamOr for the blood of Frank, but I knew full well that it did not emanate from the sober. serious-minded citt- zens of Georgia. It was the re- suit of tue inGlammatory articles that appeared in several Georgia pa pers, and had it's origin in a de- sire to subserve ulterior purposes, largely political in their character, would have been indeed recreant to my great trust had l wantonly,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

Iaiues, Alaska, July 26-The graceful and Iuxuriously equipped gas launch "Erd," Of the Presby- tsriau mission, at Haipes, Alaska, under command of Dr. Harold NJ Craig, took out an all-day cruising rarry last Thursday, the objective point beiug picturesque Davidson glac'c.. on Lynn canal, few mIes distant from 'Haines. The pa.,y reveIeL in g. delightful out ing. the day being most propitious. With ecstacy the wonderOusly multi col5red and fascinating glacial for nations were viewed and numerous photographs taken. The usual enjoyable features of such an ey- petition were iudulged in-camD- fires, games, fishing and hunting Recent hot weather had swollen the streams in the vicinity of tlg Slaci.r, which necessitated the young men forming human bridges with their hands and backs and carrying the ladies across the otherwise impossible streams. This exaurr and fun-proyoking work vas under the supervision of MT. Ira Eing, who was in high gum boots about six sizes too large for his petite pedal -exremities.
 Upon arrival on the beach from
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
STATEMENT 0F LEO FRANK CASE
 BY EE-G0V. JOHN N. SLATON
The Reasons for His Communication ot the
 Death Sentence to life Imprisonment

in order to appease an minimizing clamor for a mans blood permitted the sentence of the oRurt to stand"
 Now l want to tell you," con tinued the Governor, "of the thous- ands, nay hundreds of thousands of letters, appeals and petitions that poured in onto me. They came from every walk in life, from every civilized country on earth. They would fill an ordinary size room. They came from every city and hamf let in the United States, and the tenor Of one and all was save Frank l can assure you, how ever, that these appeals would have fallen on deaf ears had not my own investigations, quietly and thoroughly pursued, convinced me beyond a peradyenture that Franks conviction was in defiance with every rule of law and evidence"
 "I cannot stress too strongly that among those whU begged for executive cIemency for the noted prisoner was the trial judge in the case. He was convinced that there was too much doubt as to Franks guilt to permit such a stain as his execution to rest on the good uame'of Georgia. He was but one of hundreds of Georgia s leading citizens who urged me to intervene. 1 was threatened with political extinction if l did so; was the recipient of hundreds of men actug letters that my life would pay the forfiet if I interfered. l 'realizAd that I stood in the shad- ow of death when I commuted Franks sentence, but, as I said at the lime [ would rather spend the balance of my life in Obscurity than have on my heart and my conscience the life of a man con- ceraing whom therI were such grave doubts as to his guilt.
 "I want the people of Alaska to know my side" said Slaton. "I waut them to know also, that the newspaper stories that my act was universally condemned in Georgia are wiollr untrue. In only two counties did feeling run so high that personal violence was threat ened. l was protected by the mili- tia in Atlanta it is true, but l want to say that the leaders of that mob and most of the members of it were recruited from the dives and gutters of Atlanta, and in no way represented the real sentiment of she people. When this hysteria runs its race and the normal good sense of the people asserts itself, am sure that those who so loud ly denoUnce my action will thank me that the escuteheon of our great state is not stained with in nocent blood"
 Mrs. slaton, a sweet-faced, at tractive woman, referred to the hum dreds of letters that reached her, imploring her to use her influence with her husband to save Leo Frank.
 asked Governor Slaton if his action had killed him politically.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
BEGUN IN THE
 STEAMER EbSTLAND DISASTER

larger figures at first issued of those lost.
 The Eastland was q steamship of 1861 gross and 1218 net tons dis placement. She was 265 feet long and SS.2 feet beam. Her depth was 19.5 feet. Her engines were capable of 5000 horse power She was built in 1905 at Port Huron, Michigan, and was registered at Cleveland. Her crew was usually 75 nun.
 The owners of the Eastland ck1m that the steamer turned over be- caus3 three-fourths of the excursion ists rushed to the outer side of the steamer to wave to people on shore.
 Plans for raising the vessel have already been completed.
 Cornish, N. H., July 26-Presi- dent Wilson has ordered a com plete investigation of the steamer Eastland disaster with it's resultant loss Of human life.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
ANOTHER AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
 E 7ORPEDOED BY GERMANS

The Leelanaw iu u'1912 was under charter to the Swan Navigation Co.," of Seattle, and was engaged in the transportation of merchandise from that city to Skagway, and on the return voyage loaded with copper ore from the WhitehOrse mines.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

 AGAIN ACTIVE

London, July 24-The German submarines have again renewed their activities and one French steamer and four British trawlers were sunk today as a reminder that they are still on their job.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
ALI DAY CRUISING PARTY OlJI
 IN MISSION LAUNCH 'ERD'

the glacier, after partaking of d sumptuous repast and enjoying the hospitality CI Mr. and Mrs. Ward, whose homestead is situated at Glacier Point, the "pickuicers" ell deavored, in a small boat, to go aboard the "Erd" to embark home ward. The roughuess of the water Drecluled this being accomplished. However, the launch, after heroic efforts of DI. Craig and Mr, Pet erson, was boarded and steamed sey- eraI miles up the Chlkat river, where the party Was successfully taken aboard.
 The heavy sea not having subsid- ed, the launch proceeded further up the river to Pyramid harbor back os Fort Seward, and there landed its messengers, all of whom walked over to the town of IIaines, arriv- iag abou; midnight.
 pr. Craig, Ogden and Peterson re- turned t9 the boat, remained un- til Lynn canal was calm, and brought the launch into Haines via Battery Point. The personnel Of the party follows: Dr. and Mrs. Craig. NIr and Ms. Ira King, Miss es Andersen, King, Fairfield, Mad sen, Dennis and Jennings, MesSrs. Ogden, Harding and Peterson.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
BE WITHDRAWN
 FROM EUROPE

Washington, D. C., July 26-lt is announced today that the Ameri- can Red Cross society will be withdrawn from Europe on October 1st, OH account of a lack of funds to carry on the work of relief.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

Loldou, July 26 - The Am ericau steamship Leelanaw, with u cargo of flax for Bel last, WIS torpedoed aLd sunk off the coast of Scotland today. The crew escaped.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
BRITISH AI8HEN
 OFFERED PRIZES
London, July 26-British air men have been offered a prize of S5,OOO each for the first ten Ger man dirigibles destroyed.
The Austro-German armies are reported to be still pressing stead fly forward towards Warsaw.

Berlin July 26-ThG total num- Der of Russian prisoners now off cially announced to have been talk en by the AustrO-Germans since the war started is approximately r. 5OO,OOO.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26
THE AMERICAN NOTE Is VIEWED
 LJNFAVORABLY BY GERMAN PAPERS

Berlin July American Teutouc contention that the free ~ has br reviewed and con- dom Of the mental Don most rpravoraby by phrase th German as9p the editors considerable time Of which declare that President before has utterly grasp the reply seno the American note
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-26

lCoHtinued on page 4.)
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
The Old and the New

People on the street Saturday after
noon saw two extremes in fire lighting
apparatus when the new 5000 motor
driven fire truck drew the old hand
hose cart, Protector, through the street
to fire headquarters. The old cart is
to be put back in commission.
BY keeping the hand cart ready for
use it is believed time will be saved.
When the truck goes TO a fire and more
hose is needed at once, instead of wait
ing for horses this cart can be drawn
by few men to the scene of the fire.
Or in case of nearby ire when few
men happen 10 arrive before the truck
the hose cart can be drawn TO the fire
and be ready when the truck arrives.
AS il is now if more hose is needed the
truck returns to the house and has TO
be loaded, this of course, unless horses
are used on the regular hose wagon.
This plan will not be feasible for a fire
at any great distance but when in the
heart of the business section it is be-
lieved it will prove good one.