The Chitina leader., 1915-06-01
Late Telegraph News

: White signed to fight 20 rounds al
Denver on July 5. 1t is believed
the event will attract many of the
sporting element from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 2S.-As the
friends of Leo. M. Frank have
exhausted all efforts to save the life
of this condemned murderer, they
are now hoping to have the sentence
of death committed to life imprison-
ment. He has been sentenced to die
on June % but the Georgia Prison
Commission has been prevailed upon
to give hearing on a petition for
life sentence. They have fixed next
Monday as the date for the begin
ming of this hearing, which will
likely consume several days. This
case has excited the interest of the
entire country, and it has been
commended that the feeling at the
trial was so strong against Frank
| that the jury was dominated by the
mob. The various stages of the
| Frank episodes are given as follows:
April 26, 1913-Mary Phagan, IA,
slain on Confederate Memorial Day
in National Pencil Factory, Atlanta,
Ga.
April 29-Leo Frank, factory
superintendent, and James Conley,
negro sweeper, arrested.
May 24-On ConIey's evidence,
Frank indicted.
July 2S-Frank's trial begun.
August 25-Verdict guilty
August 26-Frank sentenced 10
hang October 10.
February II, 1914-Georgia su-
preme court affirmed conviction
March Frank re-sentenced to
hang April II.
June 6-New trial denied.
November 14-Georgia supreme
court affirmed refusal new trial.
November 21-Justice Lamar of
U. S. Supreme Court denied appeal
writ.
December 7-U. S. Supreme Court
denied appeal.
December Crank le-sentenced
to hang January %, 1915.
December 19-U. S. District
Judge Newman of Georgia denied
habeas corpus writ.
December 24-Appeal presented
to Justice Lamar.
December % Justice Lamar
granted writ of review.
February 1, 1915-Supreme Court
advanced case for argument week of
February %.
February 25-U. S. Supreme
Court hearing of writ of habeas
corpus
April 26-U. S. Supreme Court
denies writ
May 12-Frank re-sentenced to
hang on June %, 1915.
May 17-Georgia Prison Com
mission sets May 81 for hearing
Franks petition asking that sent
ence be committed to life imprison-
ment.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 81
By placing eggs on hot water
bottle and covering them with
feather buster, Jerome Jackman
claims to have raised three broods
of chickens in his room at the Y. M.
c. A. He says he will continue the
| business, the profit being 100 per
| cent. He asks that it be remembered
that he is member of the Young
Mems Christian Association and a
teacher of a Sunday School, when
his claim is considered.
NEW YORK, May z7.-Great i'll
terest is being manifested in the
probable disposition of the vast
| estate of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
valued at between $5O,O0O,OO0 and
SIS, 100000. Mrs. Vanderbilt is
now at Newport to recuperate from
the shock. George Hutchinson,
chief electrician of the Lusitania.
states that he saw Alfred Vanderbilt
struggling in the water. Mr.. Wander
bits life belt was wrongly adjusted
and Hutchinson, who was treading
water, says he tried to put it right,
but could not. 81 am Vanderbilt"
he said the struggling man told him.
Hutchinson did his best to keep Mr..
Vanderbilt afloat, but they drifted
apart.
/ SEATTLE, WASH, May 26.-The
movies" are revolutionizing the
country. They are responsible for
the dry wave sweeping the nation
and ultimately will bring about pro-
hibition and give women the ballot.
That is what Mayor H. C. Gill, told
the Moving Picture Operators of