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Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
No Definite News of Loss Of Life Reported, But Des- perate Situation Is Indi- cated by Reports of Many ReScueS.
STORM SUBSIDING
 WATERS EXCEEDING
All Buildings on Water Front Probably Ruined and Vessels Caught in
 Harbor Suffer, Some De stroyed, Others Damaged
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArcH1

DALLAS, Aug. 17.-Wireless mes
 ages from Galveston gave the only
 iirect news from the storm stricken city No definite news of the loss of life was reported, but the desper- lte situation in which the citizens of Galveston found themselves was
 indicated vaguely by the statement late this afternoon by wireless that boats are taking the people from the buildings in the main streets to the United States transport Buford
 The tropical hurricane extended its
 devastation inland Tonight wire
 communication is impossible beyond Waco Beaumont, Houston, Taylor, Temple and other cities southeast or
 Texas are thought to have been hard nit by the storm, last reports from those places telling of unroofed build ings uprOoted trees, and other damage Although the latest reports from Gal veston by wireless indicated the
 storm was subsidins, and that the
 water had started to drain from the
 streets there was no prospect that
 wire communication would be res
 ored for several days. Hundreds of
 niles of wires are down.
 The army transport Buford's wire
 ess outfit was the sole means of
 communication between Galveston, and the outside world. Her compan- ion ship. the Mcclellan, is high, and
 dry half a mile inland. The great = est damage in Galveston, judging rom meager wireless messages, and tales of such refugees as left before the full fury of the hurricane was felt on the island occurred in dis tricts fronting the sea All the build- ings on the water front were ruined this circumstance being almost q repetition of the city's experience IT previous storms. Vessels caught ir the harbor also suffered heavily zome being destroyed while others were badly damaged. Giant waves thrown up by the storm carried large. and small craft alike far be vond the usual beach boundaries, and the marine salvage work probably will be complicated by the necessity f getting many boats back to theil own element It will be weeks pro babIy before the full extent of the property damage can be given ac- curately.
 Farms on the coastal plains un- doubtedly suffered severe damage ] and many villages in the path of tn storm have not been heard from since | carly yesterday. At Waco, two hum 9red miles northeast of Galveston | he barometer was falling early to- | night. and gale was blowing wit | /Cop+ipuad m papa Three(
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18

Leo NJ. Franks fight for life took place among the celebrated murder trials of recent years. Three times the supreme court of Georgia refused to in terfere with the sentence of death. Two unsuccessful appeals were made to tho supreme court of the United States
 Frank young man of edcation whose nome had heen in Brooklyn. N Y. was superintendent of a pencil fac tory in Atlanta, Ga. when Mary Pha- gan Was murdered on April 26, 1913; Mary Phagan was fourteen years ole and pretty. Her body was found in the cellar of the pencil factory with a cord tied about her neck and physicians tes- tilted at the trial that she had been choked to death after an attempt at assault.
 Jim S,onley. a negro sweeper at the factory. the prosecutions chief witress. accused Frank of the crime and prin- cipalIv upon the negro's testimony a jury returned verdict of guilty. Ir their successive appeals from that verdict. Franks attorneys contended that a Nsvc of anti-Jewish race preju- dice had swept over the city, and that . they and Prank were absent rom the court room when the verdict was re turned because the court feared per sonaI violence to Frank and them II Frank should not be convicted
 Immediately upon conviction. Frank S attornevs made an ordinary motion for a new trial giving 103 grounds. With the motion were affidavits that one of the jurors had said before the trial that if he were on the jury he would hang that Jew sure" Judge Roan denied the
 motion. and the Georgia supreme court
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
German Underwater Craft Sinks British Transport Royal Edward in Aegean Sea with Heavy Loss of Life.
PROUD TRADITION
 IS SKATER ED
Heretofore British Navy Laid Claim to Having Transported Hundreds of
 Thousands of Men With
 out Destruction of Ship.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcH1

LONDON. Aug. 1.-The sinking in the Aegean sea by a German submar- inc of the British transport Royal Edward with heavy loss of life has shattered the proud tradition of the British navy, having transported hun dre1s of men across the sea without the destruction of one trOop-laden ship. On two previous occasions troop ships have been attacked. The Wayfarer was torpedoed in the Irish sea, but was not sunk and only five lives were lost The Manitou was attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat in the Aegean sea and although the ship was not damaged, fifty-four were drowned through the breaking of a rope as a boat was being lowered.
 The loss of the Royal Edward is a serious one at this moment. The men carried were not part of an CIV expedition but were endorsements for the Twenty Ninth division which has been on the Gallipoli Peninsula since the first landing. and which received high praise from Gen. Hamilton in his report on the initial and subsequent operations
 The news of the sinking of the Royal Edward came as a shock to the British public who believed the submarines in the Aegean sea had been dealt with successfully This was the first occasion since the sink ing of the battleship Majestic on May 27 that the German submarines which made the long trip to the Dardanelles have scored success.
 The Royal Edwards loss is not likely to delay the operations recently
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

MARIETTA Aug. 17.-Leo frank. s-snsicted of the murder of Mary Fa-s-au. was taken from tl,e state V-i~-.u farm %. MIicigcN Ii"- last risHt il a small band of determines ri,,-r. brought to within a few miles sf tEc Thagan home here "t 'iay break. and hanged - a tree 'r the NilledgeN file highway. The body, lound at eight o'clock this morning. caugled from the tree several hours while a throng from the surrounding countryside gathered at the scene. I7y a 1ote of the crowd. the body was cut down without mutilation, and taken in an automobile to Atlanta where another thronS congreGated to view it-
 officials of Cobb County. in which the lynching occurred, immediately instituted an investigation Coroner Booth cmpaneled a jury, and an uounced that the county commission CTS had empowered him to supply ad ditioral counsel
 Two witnesses appeared before the 7ury. which adjourned their session s for a week whi.e the officials collect evidence.
 While the identity of no member
  ciaIs tonight. it was suggested that 7hs fact that Frank was taken near Iy one hundred miles in an automo- ile from the prison almost to the outskirts of Marietta. would indicate that most of the lynchers came from this city.
 The body hanging from an oak tree was found clothed only in the silk shirt Frank wore when he was torn from his bed in the prison dor lnitory. \ white Handkerchief cover ed his face. his feet, and legs were firmly bound. and under his right Jaw was a knot in a hangman's moose cxPcrtly tied to produce quick death.
 Tn. body was discovered by s.archers from several cities m this section who started out in automo- hiles after the news had spread that Frank had been kidnapped from the prison farm News of the discovery of the body spread quickly, and great crowds gathered before the arrival of Coroner Booth. The lat ter's announcement that it would be cut down immediately aroused some objection There were cries don't move the Jews body until We shoot it fun of hoIes.' but an appeal by former Superior Judge Morris ot Cobb County quieted the crowd
 Let there be no further violence he said The work of the mob is done Leo Frank has given his life for the crime he is alleged to have com mitted. Do not mutilate the body Let it be sent to his mother I appeal to your better judgment, and I ask all who agree to the course I suggest tc raise their right hand"
 There was a moments hesitation then uplifted hands appeared above the crowd. and the body was cut down First it was placed in an un- dertaker's wagon which was headed toward Marietta. but officials whc feared the crowd might become unru- ly stopped the wagon at the out skirts of the town, and transferred
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Damiels Says Lymching Is
 Worst Blot Ou States N0n1e

that such instances, perpetrated by a few. and endorsed by small minori- ty. works injury to their section There was never any excuse any where for lynch law. In this case there were thousands of the best men in Georgia. and elsewhere whc doubted the guilt of Frank. There are many in Georgia who believe he was guilty. If guilty he ought to have paid the penalty of crime, the worst man can commit. The governor, after long deliberation, de- cided to commute his sentence. Those who thought the governor should have let the sentence stand cannot even advance the poor plea that Frank escaped punishment
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Caryumza To Urge C0mterees
 To Recognize His Regime

tary associates regarding it. and has communicated with Iliseo Arredondo. his Washington representative, ant other agents of his cause in the Uni ted States. As a result of these con ferences it is declared, the genral is determined to make d courteous reply, giving in detail his reasons for rejecting the conference plan, and advancing arguments in an eff fort to convince the conferees that recognition of the Carranza govern ment is warranted, and necessary for the reestablishment of peace in Mexico.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArcH1

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-General Carranza within few days will re- ply to the Pan-American appeal to Mexico. it was learned tonight. He will reject the peace conference, and it is reported will suggest that the conferees use their influence to ob- tain recognition for his government from their respective republics.
 According to his friends here, Gen eral Carranza appreciated the friendly tone of the Pan-American appeal. He has consulted his civil. and mili-
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Officials Were M LgnOrance

truth to say that Marietta and Cobb county officials had no knowledge of any automobiles leaving Marietta well loaded last night nor were they ap- prised of the return of any machines today None of the officials had any intimation of the lynehing until the body was found
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Assoc1,rrp rnrss p1srArcnl
,sHINGroN. Aug. 17.-se'

of the Navy Daniels tonight issued a formal statement denounc- ing the lynching of Leo. M. Frank as the worst blot on the name of Geor- -ia, declaring it would be more sin cerely condemned in the south than in any other part of the republic
 The statement follows: T am shocked beyond expression at law lessness of the Georgia mob. It is the worst blot upon the name of the state Every good citizen must de- plore it. It will be denounced more sincerely in the south than in any other part of the republic The great bulk of the southern people know
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
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EI. PASO. Aug. IA report reach ing here from Chihuahua stated that twenty three executions took place there on Sunday. Among those said to have been shot by the firing squad was Aureliano Gonzales, brother or General Pablo Gonzales of CarranEa' S
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after zoo o'clock tonight the under taking establishment was closed and a cordon of police permitted no one to approach.
 When the doors were closed q crowd was awaiting chance to enter. The police immediately dispersed the throng and soon only few scattered gatherings remained Many, however, walked past the establishment but were not allowed to halt.
 Men and boys did a thriving busi- ness selling photographs of Franks body as it swung from the tree near Marietta. Haas stated tonight that Mrs Frank was not in a serious con dition.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Head of U.' $. Title and Legacy Company De parts, Having Worked Double Mortgages for all Unknown Sum.
MANY ANXIOUS
 ABOUT PROPERTY
Homes Built on Contract, Deeds Held Up, Involved in Crash Extent of Loss Not known-Ditble i'll the Clear.
SUIT IS FILED
 BY J. D. HALSTEAD

Suit was filed by ]. D. Hal stead yesterday against the Henry interests, on a note for $1oo. Henry was attached on an in strument growing out of this action. This was the first legal step taken in this matter.
 Fred DbbIe, an associate of Renry's, is said to have lost five thousand in notes which he en- dorsed for his partner, besides nearly a thousand in commissions on real estate transactions.
 Last night it was ascertained that losses due to Irregularities in the U. s. Land Title G Legacy company would amount to $54,o0o. These figures were secured from those contracts that poured into the office during the day, sent or brought by anxious people, whose homes were adventu-ed in the company's business. One case was exPlained-that of w. p. Gesry. Geary had bought a house on contract in 1912, and recently completed the payment of $1,6oo on it. After the news was spread Monday, he investigated and found that two mortgages had been piled on the property, the sum of which amounted to about the actual value. The nicety with which the sheets describing the mortgages in the abstracts, had been cut out, practically de- fled detection, except by an ex- pert, looking for just such a thing.
 Contracts turned in yesterday showed by their dates the mort gage mill had been running about two years.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Many Executi0ns Om Sunday

staff, according to Mrs. Gonzales, who arrived here.
 General Rios Del Rios. purchasing agent for the Villa government was arrested at Juaiez. His brother, who went to Juarez to investigate the ar rest was refused information and later was also arrested.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
WIRELESS TELLS STORY OF DEVASTA TION FROM
 STORM AT GAL WESTON
NORTHERN NORMAL OPENS
 WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE

FLAGSTAFF. Aug. IT, The Northern Arizona Normal school opened today with an enrolment of 220 students, the largest en- rollment in the history of the institution. The summer term which closed last Friday was the most successful ever held at the Flagstaff Normal, and broke all records for summer attendance.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
Convicted Murderer of Mary Phagan, After Wild Ride of One Hundred Miles, Is Hanged Near Home of Slain GiIl.
IDENTITY OF
 IYNCEERS MYSTERY \
Appeal by Former Judge Halts Crowd Attracted ro Scene from Shooting
 Dangling Body Full of Holes Before Gut Down.

ATLANTA. Aug. 17.-The body of Prank under a heavy police cuard was placed aboard a South ern Railway train which departed at 1.-ol o'clock this morning. The funeral party. including Mrs. Frank and several Atlanta friends who will accompany the body to Brook Ism. was guarded carefully by the I.olice until the train left the term inai station
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
AMERICAN NOTE ON THE FRYE
 MAY HAVE FAR REACHING EFFECT

legitimate neutral commerce on the high seas.
 In the state departments view this will be particularly true if Germany accepts the last suggestion in the Frye note, and agrees to suspend dur ing the arbitration, least, it's policy of destroying American ships carrying con ira ha nd
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

MARIETTA, Aug. 17.-After the cir cuIation of reports that several high powered autos left Marietta early Mon day night, Mayor Dobbs issued this statement:
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18
ASSOCIATED FREES DISPATCH

ATLANTA, Aug. 17.-Leo NJ. Franks body was brought to Atlanta this afternoon and secreted in a barn un- til the crowd searching for it threat ened serious trouble Then it was taken to an undertaking establishment
Arizona republican., 1915-08-18

T am going to Australia. If ever get money enough, I am com- ing back to make good
 With these words, in a letter to L. S Thompson of this city, Sid Henry, head of the r. $. Land Title x Legacy company, settled all doubts concerning his intentions not to re- turn at once to Phoenix from the coast, where he was known to have gone last week That the U. $. Land Title & Legacy company is now irretrievably in the mud, is certain, from that statement.
 Henrys action came as a great surprise to everyone. Evidences of sharp practice. particularly in the management of double mortgages on large number of pieces of city property, were not lacking yesterday after a number of Investigations had been made.
 In the mix up, / Fred Dibble, assO- ciated with Henry in the business
 has been left practically without means of reimbursing those whose funds he invested with the Henry in terests, in perfect good faith. The blow was a staggering one for Dibble, who has been left in a terrible hole Inspection of records yesterday showed that Henry had been mort
 gazing property. pulling the mort gage sheet out of the abstract. and then mortgaging again. One inves- tigator discovered twenty thousand dollars worth of this sort of "col- lateral"
 Since his departure for the coast, Henry sent a number of deeds to Thompson, to be recorded These i it is understood are practically worth less as collateral. Later it was un- derstood, Henry had written Thomp- | son advising him to use this collat- l eral to relieve the strain. and in 1 forming him that he (Henry) was going to Australia to recoup. | The saddest aspect of the affair IS 1 that it ruins number of persons 1 Do
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The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
NOTES OF THE G. A. R.

The Vermont State Association Of the
District will keep open house at the asso-
cations rooms, mo / street northwest.
Thursday evening from to II o'clock in
honor of the Vermont veterans attending
the encampment. Gen. A. L. Grant, COM
mander of the old Vermont Brigade, has
been invited as a guest of honor. The
committee in charge of arrangements Is
composed of Myron NJ. Parker. Edward
r. Campbell, George r. Wales, Mida C.
Peabody. and W. W. Husband.
Rev. Orville J. Nave. chaplain-in-chief
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic. will
occupy the pulpit Of Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church at o'clock tonight.
1t is questionable whether Q. A. Somers.
of Indiana. candidate for the office Of
national commander Of the G. A. R.. will
be able to attend the encampnent. For
the last ten days he has been confined to
his bed with an attack Of peritonitis. His
condition is improving, and he is slowly
reeaining strength. Mr.. Somers has the
solid backing Of the Indiana department.
The Red. White and Blue Special"
bearing Commander r-in-chief David Pal
mer. of Iowa Illinois Commander John
NJ. Snyder. and 500 other members Of the
G. A. R.. Sons of Veterans. and Daugh-
te.s Of Veterans. will reach Union Station
tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

Dakota Wilson secured . majority in
New Jersey, Ohio trunning second. how
ever. to Harmony. Oregon. Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin.
Out Of twenty States included In the
first table printed above. one State alone
(Vermono gave q majority for Taft in the
Presidential election. California. Michi-
gan. Pennsylvania, South Dakota and
Minnesota giving . majority to Roosc-
welt and the rest favoring Wilson.
There is considerable difference in the
details Of the Presidential primary laws
Of the different States. In some the names
OF delegates may Be grouped together ~
cdelegates favoring' on the ballot while
In others the delegates preference u not
statsd. It takes anywhere from 30 10 800
votes to place q delegata's name on the
ballot He does not have to Be voucned
FOR by any party organisation provided he
can secure the requisite noninating votes
Of voters registered - Of his particular
party.
In Massachusetts, registering voters are
not required 70 state their par9 afalis-
tion, ahd thsre seem6 nething b pressnt
the necessary numAsr of voters namlnatr
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

ing a Republican candidate for delegate
although they themselves are Democrats.
Some sort of nomination petition is re-
cuired to place the name Of Presidential
candidate on the ballot, but in most cases
no, definite number Of nominating names
is required nor Is the candidate himself
required to file any statement as to his
candidacy In several Of the States the
national committeeman is elected at the
Presidential primary.
The delegates chosen at the Presidential
primaries do no more than state pref
erence for the particular Presidential
candidate they favor and are. of course,
entirely free to decide at what moment
their candidate is out of the running.
whereupon they are bound only by the
oath which they have taken to act in the
best interests Of their party.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

of government officials to travel with the
show a fortnight to get the circus sys-
tenn. Just how the Germans copied the
Hagenbeck- ck-Wallace methods is but a
matter of history in the present European
war. The Teutons are using the circus
idea in transporting the soldiers, horses.
wagons, munitions and equipment versus
the crude way used by some of the other
warning nations who still unload their
transports by hosting the wagons over
the sides of the cars instead of rolling
them off.
The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
of 1915 is declared to be a circus OF
novelties, thrills and a whole show of
pretty women. Skill and beauty are
appreciated more than daring nom
sense. The big show is peculiarly for.
tunate this year in the number OF
foreign acts. Agents abroad last win
tirely new to American circus lovers
on account Of the war. Likewise the
Carl Hagenbeck geological display at
Hamburg. Germany. was brought in
tact to this country and placed with
the show bearing the name.
The properties OF the Carl Hagen
beck Wallace Circus are assessed at
100000 The parade alone. il is said.
represents an outlay of $1.000.000. and
the Carl Hagenbeck me<gerie is
valued at $4S0,o00. The American Of
York City, and West Baden, Ind. In
London. Liverpool. Petrograd. Ham
burg. Vienna. Calcutta. and Hong-kong
agencies are maintained.
The big show today stands in strik-
ing contrast to the little outfit the
founder. B. E. Wallace. started with in
1884. At that time the show was trans