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The Washington times., 1915-02-21

he stayed there. but he was instructed
to stay until the other watchman came
on.
q. The watchman was under your
orders and Mr.. Franks orders? A. Yes,
sir
q. He was as much under you as he
was under Mr.. Frank. A. Yes. sir.
Q. And SO was this negro. Conley,
wasn't ne? A. Yes, sir.
.. l will ask you II you didn't come
into more immediate contact with the
help than Mr.. Frank did, A Ninety
per cent. more, I suppose, sir.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

John Ashley Jones, resident
agent for the New York Life In
surance Company. was next
called by the defensc a char
ac;er witness. His company had
insured Frank and made an in
vestigation Of his record.
Direct examination BY Mr. Arnold.
Q. Mr.. Jones, do you know the de-
fendant here? 4. ! do.
| Q. How long have you known him.
Mr.. Jones? A. About a year and eight
months.
O. Do you know his general charac.
ter? A. l do.
Q. Is it good or bad? a. 1t Is good.
Characterization BY Solicitor Dorsey.
Q. Mr.. Jones, YOU are in the insur-
ance business? A. Yes. sir, ! am resi-
dent agent for the New York Life In
| suranCe Company
Q. or course. you don't come in con-
tact with the people around the pencil
factory at all? A. No.
| q. You never heard any one down
there saying anything about Mi.
Franks practices and relations with the
girls? a. Not in the pencil factory.
Q. Not at all. You never did talk
wtN1 any of those girls down there, did
you? A. No, don't happen to know
any OF them.
! 9. Or any Of the men? A. No.
( q. You don't know what kind of prac-
tees Frank may have carried on down
there. do you? A. No.
Q. When and where did you come in
contact with him? a. In issuing him
a policy. 1 wrote his application and
after thorough examination by our
physician here and very satisfactory
inspection report covering his ability
to pay and his moral reputation, the
policy was issued straight
| G. You don't know-you never heard
anybody say--that Mr.. Frank would take
! girls in his lap down there? 4. No.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

first floor dark or not that morning?
4. Yes. sir II was dark.
=. 1t was darker than usual. wasn't
1t? \. Yes. sir. ii was darker than
usual because the front doors were
closed.
.. Can you stand on the outside Of
the factory and look through to the
elevator" A. No, sir.
q. Why not? A. Well, it's too dark
you can't see through there.
.. | mean no man on the street,
facing toward the inside Of the first
floor Of the factory, could see through
there to the elevator at all" A. No,
sir
-. You couldn't see unless you came
in the front door and got close enough
TO see, and be IN the darkness some?
A. No, sir, You couldn't.
This condition would have
aided Conley, the defense
wished to show. in attacking
Mary Phagan unobserved when
she came down the stairs after
getting her money. and in
throwing her down the elevator
3 shaft or the scuttle hole.
Q. Now. Mr.. Darley. what time did
YOU leave the factory Saturday morn
ing, April ?G' A. About $40. sir
.. II Jim Conley says you left the
factory after IL o'clock, is that true
or is it not true? A. 1t Is not true.
Q. II he says you came down a
minute or two before Holloway. be-
tween 1890 and II. or about that
time. Is it true or not? A. No. sir.
Q. How sure do you feel about that
! time, Mr.. Darley? A. Well, ] will tel!
you where | went and you can see
Q. Whom did you leave with? A. |
| left with Mr.. Leo Frank.
Q. Where were YOU and Mr.. Frank
| going? A. Mr.. Frank said he was 60
! ing to Montag Bros, and l went to
| the Montgomery moving picture show.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Proves Impossibility
of Franks Writing.

Exclusive of the time Conley
said he was hid in the wardrobe
and the time 1t took him to write
the four notes, it would have
taken lsia minutes. in the op!n-
( ion Of DR.. Owens. The eight min
utes the negro said he spent in the
wardrobe brought the time to 2o,a
minutes and the ten minutes IN
writing the four notes to 1914.
II the estimate was correct 1t
would have been impossible for
Frank to have done all this, be-
ginning al four minutes before
o'clock, as the negro said. and 10
have been nome al ]. 20, or even II
lS". when the Stat.'s witness. AL
Continued on Fellow1ns PooaS
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Factory Entrance
Darker Than Usual.

g ! forsoi TO ask Iou, what kind
OF Il day wtS April %" \ 1t was
"alulug e'r'- "a Fhc morning. and /
, ,hink y ra,u"d Iit,lc up t. 90 or
| 10 o clu,h X, pc"haps
g Was this tutTauce around the
steps and around the elevator on the
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Franks Mother Creates Dramatic Scene
in Court by Denouncing Solicitor
for His Questions.

am entitled to carry on this case. and
am not going to put in anything that
Your Honor says Is not legal evidence.
Now other ladies have been excluded.
and II We are to have outbreaks like
We had yesterday. submit-and there
probably will be-that Your Honor
should exclude these ladies' Frank S
wife and his motierJ.
The Court: What do you say to that.
2entlemeno
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
English Pound Sterling Register
ed Low Record SinCeS the
British Government Has Coin
ed This Issue.
FRANCS AND LlRES
ALSO BELOW RECORD
German ReiChmarkS, Alone,
Make Slight Rise During the
Day; Lower Quotations Ex-
peCted for English.

NEW YORK. Aug 26-The English
pound sterling dropped TO worth less
In American money than at any other
time since the British mint began to
coin il in 1917 In a thoroughly de
moralized foreign exchange market its
value has dropped to $46S%, 25h
cents below normal There Is every
indication it will go lower still to-
morrow. Francs and lires also drop
ped. German money, alone increased
IN value.
German Reichmarks went to 81 rs
the highest point they have touched
since the existing values started down
more than two weeks ago. The
strength Of German money is attribut
ed largely TO the easing OF tension in
the diplomatic relations between that
country and the United States. It is
even reported Germany might seek ia
borrow money In this market later on
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27

PLATTSBURG, n. Y, Aug 26.-
Theodore Roosevelt, in an address
tonight at the military instruction
camp here, declared that for thirteen
months the United States had play
ed an ignoble part among the ma
tions" IN that It had "tamely submit
ted to seeing the weak, whom we had
covenanted TO protect wronged. and
had seen our own men, women and
children murdered on the high seas
without action on our part
The former president condemned
the government for having mot taken
the smallest step in the way of pre-
paredness to defend our own rights"
Germany, he condemned as utterly
brutal and ruthless in its disregard OF
international morality" and declared
it would be "a base abandonment OF
morality" for American manufactur-
ers of munitions of war to refuse to
make shipments for the use Of the ar
mics that are trying to restore Bel
gium to its own people"
Munition makers who refused to
make such shipments should be put
he said, on a roll Of dishonor He add
ed that they should be encouraged so
that we may be able to hold our own
when the hour of peril comes to us
in our turn.
His speech follows in part:
Free citizens should be allowed to
do their own lighting The profess
ional pacifcist is as much out Of
place in a democracy as is the pol
troon himself and he is no better
citizen than the poltroon. Probably
no body Of citizens In the United
States during the last FIVE years have
wrought so efficiently for national
decadence and international degrade.
tion as the professional pacihcist, the
lpeace-at-any-price men who have tried
to teach our people that silly, all-in
elusive arbitration treaties and the
/. utterance OF fatuous platitudes al
peace congresses are substitutes fol
adequate military preparedness.
Camps like this are the best pos
sible antidotes to hyphenated Ameri
canism The events Of the past yea
= have shown us that in any crisis th'
z hyphenated American is an active
\ force against America an active force
{ for wrongdoing. The effort 10 hois
{ two flags on the same fagpole Away
D means that one flag is hoisted under
n meath; and the hyphenated American
invariably hoists the flag Of the Unit
q ed underneath. We must all be Amer
I- leans and nothing else.
b There exists no finer body Of Am
Continued on Page 81
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
Precautionary Measures Still
Taken at Ell PaSo Against Pos
sibIe Uprising; 0rozco Visits
Family in Ell PaSO, Texas.
TROUBLE HAD WITH
MEXlCANS IN TEXAS
Carranza Wants to Know Wheth
er Conferees Acted in Official
Capacity; He Is Directed to
Read Communication Carefully

Ell PAsO, Aug. 26-Doubled guards
Of soldiers were posted tonight on the
International bridges. the railroad
yiaduct and other strategic points as
a continuation of the precautions Of
General Perishing against attempts TO
execute a rumored uprising The pres
ence here Of General Orozco, and his
disappearance before he could be ar
rested, was a factor for the continue
tion Of precautionary measures.
State rangers have been ordered TO
El Paso from the station at Ysleta to
reinforce the civil and military au-
thorities Orozco. whose followers
are alleged to have participated in the
plot, It is admitted by his family Wis
tied them this morning Orozco de-
faulted his bond. and fed 10 Mexico
when held with Huerta on the charge
OF attempted conspiracy TO violate the
neutrality laws. The police declare
the Mexicans purchased much FIRE
arms today
Continued on Page p
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
Ambassador Bernstorff Tells Ian
sing German Government I'M
plies Submarine Commanders
Are Ordered to Give Warning.
UNITED STATES NOW
FEELS EASIER ON ISSUE
Communication Expected From
Germany That Imperial Gov
eminent Has Given Strict Or
derS to Her Commanders.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Two inn
portant developments i'm the relations
Of the United States with Germany
further reduced the tension OF the
situation. Ambassador Won Berns-
tori told Lansing the statement. pre-
sented Tuesday by the direction Of
the Berlin Foreign Office, intended to
imply that German submarine COM
manders were ordered to attack no
more merchantmen without marning.
Ambassador Gerard i'm reporting a con
ference with Won Jagow, confirme1
the dispatches that Germany even
before the sinking Of the Arabic, a
dopted a policy designed to settle
satisfactorily the whole submarine
problem.
The State Department would not
make public Gerard's dispatch but op-
timism was Immediately reflected at
the State Department and the White
House and was taken as a convincing
proof that the situation, once threat
ening to break the friendly relations
between the two countries. was on
IS way to settlement.
The more hopeful officials thought
the crisis past and inferred the views
which Won Bcrnstorn has been urging
upon Berlin ever since the sinking Ct
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
Fort TOtten Guns
In Practice With
Battle Conditions
Twelve Inch MortarS Fire Eight
cen Shells at Target in Long
Island Sound Thirteen Thou
sand Yards Away.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26. - The
scream Of shells and the roar Of
cannon rolled over the waters Of
Long Island Sound. The silent
twelve-inch mortars at Fort Tot
ten, guarding the nortssrn en-
trance Of New York harbor, found
their tongue and sent eighteen
700 pound proIectiles hurting TO-
ward a target $4,000 yards off
shore. Conditions Of actual war
fare were duplicated as far as pos
sible. The hits scored will not
be computed, it is said for sew
eral days.
In the little observatory on
Sandy Hook, six miles away, an
officer directed the sighting Of
the mortars by telephone, oomput-
ing by mathematical formula the
range, the angle Of fire and other
Intricate factors TO be considered
The artillerymen saw nothing Of
the target but followed the com
mands Of the officer, relsyed to
them by the battery commander
a few feet away in the pit.
Observers, by shading their
eyes against the glare Of the sun,
on the water, saw the target as
dot on the horizon. It's actual
measurements we're ten feet high
by ten feet wide at the base. The
flight Of the proleetlles could be
followed without glasses for the
first few seconds, but so far away
were the targets that when the
shells fell the great columns Of
water that spoutsd up appeared
but a few feet in height. With
searchlights playing on the tiny
float the firing was repeated to-
night.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
AUSTRIAN cAvALRY AHEAD.

AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS, Aug
2G-The Austrian cavalry has pushed
eastward from Kovel and divided the
Russian forces into two groups which
are now unable TO cooperate with each
other according to advices from com
manders at the front
The Austrian armies operating north
Of the Bug River gained ground in the
direction of the railway connecting
BestLitovsk with Minsk They now
hold positions about three miles west
0f the river Lesna. The wedge thrust
into the Russian front by the Austrian
cavalry. occupying Kovel has been
carried farther eastward and widened
The Russian forces thus are severed
into two groups which makes it impos-
eible for them to cooperate with each
other.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
COLONEL FLAYS
POLICY Of
NATION
Roosevelt Says the United States
Has "Played an lgnoble Part
Among the Nations in the
Past Thirteen Months.
q 9 q q =
ROoSEVELT'S ANSWER

. NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-Roose- =
. welt. when advised Of Secretary =
= Garrison's telegram to Major =
. General Wood, said he was en-
. tirely responsible for his own re- =
= marks at Plattsburg. He also =
. said he considered the secretary =
= had no right to criticize Wood =
= The Colonel said Garrison =
. knew nearly three weeks ago =
= that he. with other citizens and =
= also the President and Garrison =
. himself had been invited 10 speak =
. at the military camp. he said .
= if he had desired, Wood would =
= notify us in advance what we
= were expected to say or leave =
y unsaid. it was clearly his duty to =
. direct General Wood according =
= ly." =
. He said in his speech yesterday =
= he did not mention the President =
= or the administration but spoke =
= purely of the nation. of the peo. =
= pie of the United States.
g Il spoke on the assumption"
= said the Colonel, that the men Z
= who paid their expenses in order 4
9 10 90 to this camp we're citizens =
. deeply interested in the welfare
. OF their country. men who know Z
. that the greatest value of this =
. camp lies not in the months 4
. training but in the object lesson I
= afforded in teaching our people 4
= what the nation did for her sons I
= by teaching them in time of I
= peace how TO do their duty by 4
= the nation i'm time of war"
q Q
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
Brest-LItovSk. One of the Main
Russian Fortress on Line
Of the Bug River Defense, Is
Taken BY TeutoniC Invaders.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
RETREATlNG TO EAST
French Aeroplane Fleet Does
Damage in RheniSh Prussia;
Reported English Aviator De-
stroyS German Submarine

LONDON. Aug. Brest-Litovsk, a
main Russian fortress. and the concen-
trauou center for the Bug River line
of defenses was occupied by the Aus
tro-Germans While the Russians Of
ferod a stout resistance during the ap-
proach it was apparent they would not
attempt 90 defend BrestLitovsk itself
but evacuated 1t as they did Ossowetz
iu conformity with their intention TO
take up new positions farther east.
The Germans are in possession of
the whole line of railway from Chelm
to- Bialystok The Russians already
have evacuated the latter city, and
lesser fortresses; Grodno. Olita are
now the only strongly defended posi-
tions remaining in the hands Of the
Russians. Both Of these are being APP
preached by the Germans and prob
ably will be given up when they have
fulfilled the purpose OF facilitating the
retreat of the Russian armies.
The air craft have again broken the
mouotony of western arfare. sixty
Two French aereplanes few over the
Dclleugeneu iron works, near Saare-
louise. Rbenish Prussia and dropped
$50 bombs while a British aviator is
reported TO have successfully dropped
bombs. and destroyed a German sub
marine Oft Ostend
German reports say four French
aeroplaues. in an attack near saare-
louise were brought down. one Of them
however fallng behind the French
lines The Admiralty reports the
sinking of q German submarine and
Significantly stated It had not been
the practice of the Admiralty to pub
1ish accounts regarding the losses of
German submarines, important
though Il may have been" in cases
where the Germans had no other
source Of information as to the time
and place at which the losses occur
red
il had been reported for months that
number Of German submarines, vari-
ously stated from twenty to forty had
been caught by the British navy but
todays' statement is the only official
admission that others were destroyed
than those previously announced by
the Admiralty.
I'm the eastern fighting the Russians
have not entered yet, the vast Bielo
viezh forest which extends thirty
miles north and south and has a widtf
of from seventeen to thirty miles The
forest is famous as a hunting center
South of 90 are the Pripit marshes
which protect the Russian left witt
plenty Of roads and three or four rail
way lines. II is said here Grand Duke
Nicholas win have made a good retire
ment if Grodno and wilma can hold ou
long enough.
Even If they should fall. military oh
servers say, the Grand Duke will bl
well on his way 10 the new position
before the Germans can reach hi
flank The Italians claim further min
or successes on AN fronts but these ar
chiefly denied I'm Austria OF the ope
rations on the Gallipon Peninsula
which are now so important as TO tn
cause Of the allies, there Is no furthe
news.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
sREvETsD FOR CALAMITY.

BELGRADE, Serbia Aug. 26.-M
laulh7n ile French aviator who was
sent to Serbia several months ago by
the French air service TO assist the
Serbian army, has been promoted TO
the rank of captain for gallant con-
duct I'm bringing down an Austrian
aeroplane
NJ. Paulhan gave up flying two
years ago, after winning a $4,000
long-distance flight contest in England
and retired TO a farm on the Riviera.
where he grew flowers for the Lon
don market. He volunteered for the
air service, however at the beginning
lof the war.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
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WILL HANG TODAY

SACRAMENTO. Aug. 26. - =
Frank Creeks a Folsom convict, 4
viii hang at ten tomorrow for Z
the murder Of Guard Frank 4
Drewry in the attempted prison 4
break at Folsom last fall
Q q Q q Q &
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AVERAGE COPPER PRICE

The average price Of copper 4
for the week ending August 25 Z
was 1907 cents. The closing Z
price Of the week, registered, =
was 1912
. . . o Q 4
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-27
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-23

j purpose. Napoleon had planned 10 spend the winter
In that famous city. When the city was destroyed. his
army was forced to retreat back across the dismal waste
os land, with the result that his brilliant army OF soldiers
was shattered. But no such thing viii befaIl the Ger
mans. should the Russians carry out the threat they have
made to make an ash heap out Of the Polish capitol
Besides It has beer shown time and again in this war,
that to capture a city does not mean that the conquerors
will have permanent possession. In the course Of time
the Germans might have to r%elnquish their hold on War.
saw. should they be successful in gaining the city at this
time. The fortunes OF war. especially in the present one,
are most uncertain and the Russians would do well to al.
low the Teutons to have possession OF the city asst stands
today. with the hope of getting 1t back, rather than to
destroy the capitol with FIRE and leave it a mass OF ruins.
Sooner or later the Germans, notwithstanding their pres
ent successes, must yield TO the Inevitable. They cannot
hope tc withstand the combined forces OF the Allies for
over and in case Of the ultimate defeat Of the Germans,
Warsaw would undoubtedly become again the property of
those who now seek to destroy it, rather than to allow
the advancing forces OF Austria and Germany to enter the
city.
It would be far better for the Cars forces to give up
Warsaw for the time being. and take chances on regain
ing the city, through force or treaty, than to completely
destroy the metropolis of Poland.
However. the desperate condition OF the Russian army at
this time is not conducive to deep thought, and acting on
the spur Of the moment, the troops OF the Gar will IN all
probability carry out the threat they have made.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-23
WHITMAN DOES EXPECTED THING.

THE fact that Governor Whitman has refused to con
slider Beckers latest statement caused no surprise.
L 1t was expected that the Governor would do exactly
as he has done. AS far as the chief executive Of New
York is concerned. Becker has just a few more days to
live, and unless the friends of the doomed man can secure
a United States Supreme Court Justice to issue a stay Of
execution. Becker will undoubtedly be sent to the chair
next week. The spectacular battle that was waged in
Chicago a few years ago in an effort to save the famous
Johann Hoch, the "Bluebeard" from paying the death
penalty is brought to light in the Becker case. The law
yers for Hoch were rushing from court to court seeking
a stay Of execution when their client was dropped to his
death in the Cook County Jail. It is likely that Becker's
lawyers will do exactly the same thing. with about the
same chance of gaining anything for Mr.. Becker as there
was to save the life Of Chicagois "Bluebeard."
1t is altogether unlikely that any judge will take it
upon himself to make a decision in the Becker case,
unless the power of New Yorks underworld has not yet
lost its grip on politics. To make a move for Becker
now would put any judge in a most peculiar position be-
fore the public. The evidence against Becker was con.
elusive. there has been no public demand that he be not
executed, and for a judge to grants stay of execution on
the dimsy statement of Becker, made a day or two ago.
would be almost admitting that he was getting his or.
ders" on the case.