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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
GERMANS TAKE kovN0
of Emperor William to Wilma,
Warsaw and Petroqrad.

London. Aug. 19.-Kovno, one of the
crucial points in the Russian defen.
stve In the north. was captured by the
Germans and the road to the wilma,
Warsaw and Petrograd railway is now
open to the troops of Emperor Will
lam. With the fortress of Kovno the
Germans have taken over 400 guns.
and, according to their account, an
enormous quantity of war material.
This. however. is not the most Sc
rious part of the matter to the Rus
slams. Besides opening the way to
wilma. which is an open town and from
which most of the inhabitants and
everything that might be of use to the
Invaders have been removed, the fall
of the fortress takes away the last
protection, with the exception of the
Russian field army to the main line
railway to the capital and also places
the Germans in a position to threaten
the flanks of the Russian armies re-
ttring to the Brest-Litovsk line and
those operating in southern Courland.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Atlanta Mayor Warns sIaton.

San Francisco. Aug .19.-J. G..
Woodward, mayor of Atlanta, Ga, who
is visiting this city, is ON record as
declaring that Leo M. Frank, who was
fynched Monday night, suffered the
Just penalty for an unspeakahle
crime. The Atlanta mayor, at the
Same time. warned former Governor
John M. Slaton not to return to
Georgia. Mayor Woodward made his
declaration at banquet of the Cali.
fornia State Assessors Association
and their families.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
STORM DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT
$4,000, 10000 IN DISPATCHES
FROM TEMPLE, TEXAS.
STORM SWEEPS INLAND
WATERS AT GALVESTON SUB.
SIDING AS RESCUE WORK
BEGINS.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Dallas, Tex, Aug. 1S.-Two or three
lives have been lost in Houston as the
result of the storm, and the damage
was estimated at $5,000,000 there
Tuesday night according to dispatches
from Temple, Tex Wireless messages
from Galveston gave the only direct
news from that storm m-stricken city.
No definite news of loss of life has
been reported, but the desperate situ-
alton in which. citizens Of Galveston
found themselves was indicated vague
ly in a wireless message that boats
were taking people from buildings on
the main street to the U. S. transport
Buford.
The tropical hurricane which swept
down upon the island city Monday ex-
tended its devastation inland yester-
day and last night wire communica.
ton was impossible beyond Waco
Beaumont. Houston, Taylor, Temple,
and other cities of southeast Texas
were hard hit by the storm, last re-
ports from those places telling of un-
rooted buildings, uprooted trees and
other damage.
Although latest reports from Gal
weston by wireless indicated that the
storm was subsiding there and that
the water had started to drain slowly
from the streets, there was no pros
pect that telegraph communication
might be restored for several days.
Hundreds of miles of wires are down.
The army transport Buford's wire
less outfit was the sole means of com
munication between Galveston and the
outside world. Her companion ship
the Mcclellan, was high and dry half
a mile inland.
The greatest damage in Galveston.
Judging from the meagre wireless
messages and the tales of such refu
gees as left before the full fury of the
hurricane was felt on the island, oc-
Cured in districts fronting the sea.
All buildings on the waterfront were
ruined, this circumstance being al
most a repetition of the city's expert
ence in previous storms.
Vessels caught ill the harbor also
suffered heavily, some being de-
stroyed, while others were badly
damaged.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
carranza Again to Defy Presiden.

Washington.-Gen Carranza within
few days will reply to- the Pan
American appeal to Mexico, it was
learned Tuesday. He will reject the
peace conference proposal urged by
can diplomats, and. it is reported, will
suggest that the conferees use their
influence to obtain recognition for his
government from their respective re-
publics. According to his friends here
Carranza appreciated the friendly tons
of the Pan-American appeal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
lew Mexico Has Aiqhest Score.

San Diego, Calif.-The jury of
awards at the California Ex-
position announced awards in the
state class to New Mexico, Montana
and Nevada. Kansas and Utah ex-
hibits are yet to be considered. Mon
tana was awarded grand prizes for spe-
cial copper exhibit, for mineral exhibit
and for the state building and the
general exhibits it contains. Nevada
won grand prizes for displays of wheat
and barley. New Mexico, with 463
points, has the highest state score to
date. Nevada is second with 1863
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
LEO M. FRANK LYNCHED
HANGED AT MARIETTA, GA, NEAR
PHAGAN HOME.
Warden, Superintendent and Guards
of Georgia State Prison Farm
Overpowered by Mob.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Milledgeville, Ga.-A mob overpow-
cred the warden. superintendent and
guards of the Georgia state prison
farm near here at IL o'clock Monday
night and quickly got Leo NJ. Frank
and rushed him away in an automo-
bile. First reports that it might be
friends of Frank were dispersed when
a prisoner said he had heard a mem
ber of the mob say that Franks body
would be placed on the grave of Mary
Thagan at Marietta Frank was serv-
ing life term for the murder of the
Prl.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 18.-Leo NJ. Frank
was kidnapped from the state prison
farm at Milledgeville. Ca. Monday
night and was lynched at Marietta,
Ga, the home of 15-year-old Mary
Phagan, of whose murder he was con-
victed. Reports received here say he
was hanged by the mob about five
miles from Milledgeville
The mob went to the prison and
first put the warden and his assistant
under guard in their homes, outside
the prison walls. They then forced
the stockade, awed the two guards
and seized Frank, who had just been
discharged from the prison hospita
after recovering from the slashes in
his throat inflicted by fellow pris
oner who tried to kill him
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
British Pound Worth only s4.e7.

New York-The value of the Eng
lish pound sterling went steadily and
rapidly downward Monday until it
touched s464 in American money. the
lowest value ever placed upon it since
New York became financial center.
Utter decentralization of the foreign
exchange markets resulted Francs
followed suit, falling to 600. or the
equivalent of 1875 cents Normally
pounds sterling are quoted at s4s7
and francs at approximately 90 cents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Four Injured in Wyoming smashup.

Cheyenne.-Four Denver men. all
employees of the Union Pacific rail
way, were injured when a railroad
speeder, on which they were hasten
ing over long section of the right
of-way, jumped the track on a curve
at point few miles from Saratoga,
Wyo. The injured men are: Axel H.
Dahlstrom. 1907 Gilpin street, signal
supervisor; Charles M. Highsmith, 215
Eleventh avenue, trainmaster Ed
ward L. Brown, 701 Fourteenth ave-
nue., supervisor; George E. Malloy,
2234 Julian street, assistant chief
clerk.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
EastIand Death Record Is s44.

Chicago.-The Eastland, with a
death record of S4i, finally got away
from her pier in the Chicago river.
With her superstructure gone and still
covered with slime and mud from the
riyer bottom. the boat was towed to
Goose island. The vessel is again in
possession of the owners, the Chicago
St Joseph Steamship Company. Off
cials of the line refused to say wheth-
er the boat would be put back into the
passenger-carrying business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Revolt is at End. Say governors.

Washington. = Simultaneously with
the forwarding of the pan-American
appeal. word was received from Ell
Paso that six states and one territory
of Mexico have declared through their
military governors that the revolution
is at an end in as far as they are
concerned. Carranza and Villa or
other forces in arms would be met
by resistance should they attempt to
enter these precincts of Mexico.
Troops in these precincts will be re-
turned to peaceful pursuits According
to the report, the declaration of the
military governors was made with a
view to preserving the integrity of
the autonomy of their communal or
ganizations to enable them to enter
peace negotiations without factional
allegiance as between Carranza, Villa
or Zapata. The governors who thus
declared for armed neutrality are of
various shades of political affiliation.
The territory of Topic fayors Villa;
Oaxaca state has maintained inde-
pendence; Guerrero's present status
Is unknown;
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
James Wilson 80 Years Old.

Marshalltown, Iowa.-James Will
son, who was secretary of agriculture
of the United States from 1897 to
1913, celebrated his eightieth birthday
having been born in Scotland, Aug
16, 1885. Mr. Wilson held the agri
cultural portfolio through four admin
istrations and broke all records for
length of service in the cabinet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Europe Endorses U. S. Peace Plan

Washington. = 1t was understood
that all of the European governments
directly interested in Mexico had
been approached informally concern
ing the peace plan and had given their
approval. reserving only the right to
press any legitimate claims they
might have against Mexico when a
permanent government is established.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Women and Children Near Starvation.

Washington.-Des and star
vation face the women and children
of Haiti, Admiral Caperton advised
the Navy Department Monday. Hun
dreds of them have not had food for
forty-eight hours. The State Depart
ment may ask Red Cross aid sent
there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Bush is Named NJ. p. Receiver.

st. Louis Benjamin F. Bush, presi-
dent and chairman of the board of di-
rectors of the Missouri Pacific and of
the st. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern railways. was appointed sole
receiver of the two lines by Circuit
Judge Adams at his summer home in
Woodstock. VT.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Former Minister Kills SELF

South Bend, Ind.-Silas N. Eber
sole, 60, former Dunkard minister
committed suicide in the jail here. He
was charged with the murder of Is
year-old Razel Macklin, whose body
was found in a vault in a park neal
kere nearly year ago. She had beer
strangled to death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Four Killed When Rocks Crush Train

Huntington, w. va.-Four persons
ware killed outright. many others
were injured and more than 100 i'm
prisoned in a tunnel on the Chesa.
peake & Ohio railroad near here when
an express train left the rails, broke
down some of the supporting arches
on the tunnel and precipitated a
eauain
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
Georgia Mob Lynches Neqro.

Bainbridge, Ga.-John higgins, ne
gro, 6S years old, was lynched here by
posse. He was accused of assault
ing woman, who identified him as
her assailant
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20

Washington.-New uprisings by the
Bobo and zamor factions have broken
out at Cape Haitien and have forced
Rear Admiral Caperton to establish
military rule in the city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
slaoksmith shoots Self in shop.

Peoria. Ill.-George Deulin, black.
smith, aged 60, ended his life with a
revolver in his shop at Elmwood.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20

London-A dispatch to the Daily
News from Athens says: French
and British aeroplanes have flown
over Constantinople. They threw
bombs on Galata, causing heavy caus-
ualties."
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20
200 KNOWN DEAD
IN TEXAS STORM
BREAK OF 1000 FEET IN SEA
WALL AND 500 GALVESTON
HOUSES WRECKED.
FIRE ADDS TO HORROR
PROPERTY LOSS $4,000, ,ooo.-HUR.
RIcANE DAMAGES ALL THE
HOUSES I'M HOUSTON.
SUMMARY OF STORM REPORT.

western Newspaper Union News service
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20

London, Aug. 1S.-The British trans
port Royal Edward was torpedoed and
sunk by German submarine. An
nouncement to this effect was made
officially Monday. Six hundred men
were saved out of 1850 troops and
220 other persons on board.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-20

Paris.-A disI atch to Fournir's from
Rome says that the German Emperor,
in answer to the peace letter of Pope
Benedict XIV, declared his willingness
to accept peace negotiations, provided
the nations with which Germany was
at war made the first overtures.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
Neutrality With A Kick.

A few weeks after the European
war started, Charles Schwab, the
steel king, went to England and re-
turned with several million dollars
worth orders for submarines. Pre-
sumably these were for England's
use in the war. President Wilson
mildly suggested to Mr.. Schwab that
as neutral nation it would not be
good form to build submarines here,
so the matter was dropped.
But it did not end there. Now it
develops that Mr.. Schwab has picked
his skilled labor and gone to Canada
to make the submarines. This, of
course, is the back-fire of neutrality,
but it is all right, because President
Wilson has the consciousness of hav-
ing done the right thing. 1t was an
unlooked-for condition that developed,
but Uncle Sans word remains I'M
broken. 1t makes neutrality expen-
sive, even costly, but it is unavoidable
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
WHAT the Natter?

The whole world seems gone awry.
If the superstitious mind were to I'M
dertake an analysis of the things
going on now from one end of the
globe to the other there would re-
suit presaging of dire calamity
war. The European war, the most
even more terrible than the European
terrible by far, of all history and the
Mexican chaos, are enough in them
selves to almost stem the tide of
reason in trying to unravel their
mysterious causes. Europe wants
freedom, so does Mexico. The one
desires relief from the yoke of mil
itarism, the other liberty for the peo-
pie. The wide area covered by the
European horror, the cash of it, the
penalty in human lives, are so appal-
ing as to stagger human minds, and
dumbfound the intelligence.
The strange, incomprehensible fact
connected with the foreign war is
that any man could raise his fore
finger and Immediately there would
come to a pause as the sun stood still
for Joslina. But the arm is not raised
and the armies go on in their thumb
erous numbering of innocent men
who are fighting because they love
country better than life.
There may come time when man
will solve greater mysteries than the
laws of gravity or the Fourth Dimen-
sion; but there will never be mo-
ment when any mind will unravel
this mystery of patriotism. Call it
what you may, false ideal, impossible
hope, or what not, it is the most
tremendous price for good or evil in
Christendom.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
Mr.. Arthur ROOney.

There is one citizen of the borough
of Cliffside Park who deserves special
mention at this time from this news
paper. Arthur Rooney is plain, UNI
assuming, democratic young Irish
man, as indicated by his Celtic ap-
pellation, who has been doing duty in
these parts for several years in the
capacity of news reporter. He is
one of the most faithful workers to
be found, is loyal to every trust, and
is always found doing his fullest duty,
with generally bit thrown into the
bargain for good measure. What
ever Arthur Rooney lays his hands
to may always be relied on as clean
job. He is booked for high career
in life, and will deserve the best that
can come his way. There are no bet
ter young men to be named than the
Arthur Rooney type. His example is
worthy of any mans following, and
his labors are in themselves, their
simplicity and sincerity, a lesson of
the highest moral value.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
Sound Americanisns.

1t remained for a Scandinavian
waiter in a Chicago restaurant re-
Gently to utter a form of sound ad-
vice to those of our American citizens
who have European birthplaces which
everyone would do we'll to treasure.
Until man forgets where he came
from and remembers where he is he
is not an American" This man ma
turally must have a leaning one way
or the other on the European war,
but he at least knows how to differ
entiate as to his duties as an Ameri-
can citizen while over here. If man
be pure English, French or German,
and is legalized citizen over here,
his heart could with perfect propriety
take sides with his native land. This
is logical and reasonable. But as to
loyalty to America, he cannot be
straddler. Either he must cleave to
the one and give up the other, or he
must renounce the one and support
the other. No man may serve two
masters.
1t has taken century for America
to make a people. 1t has been done
through welding together of peo-
pie from every nationality. When
man renounces his allegiance to a
country, his oath should be no half
handed affair. His whole heart must
be in his VOW.
The great crisis now pending in
Europe makes the United States OBJ
ligated to strict neutrality. This
government can only be impartial in
the measure that it's people are so.
We believe the United States is alb
solutely neutral. All of the records
since the war began prove it. Our
great President has done all in his
power to instil this feeling deep into
everyone's heart. Whatever things
have been said by the public press III
criticism of European conditions, are
yet but the individual expressions of
writer's, and do not necessarily repre-
sent all that the people themselves
feel. The American heart has proven
it's tenderness by helping all sides of
this terrible conflict But those who
are newly come among US should not
forget where they came from, but
they should remember that their are
now Americans citizens. They do not
deplore the war with more fervor
than the native Americans. All of
whom wish the calamitous thing were
over and thing of the past.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
MARCH

They call the lion, king of beasts,
And you, good March, with Lenten
feasts
Are termed the month of roaring
blasts,
When all staunch ships must brace
their masts.
Some hate you, March, your storm
and wind,
And would prefer softer kind
OF weather, than you do entail,
But, what can match your sportive
wall.
All pompous come you, e'er the Spring
Has made each bough living thing,
And at your dark portentions sky,
Humanity, shrinking, breathes sigh.
You are cloud which DER US creeps,
Just before nature, waking, peeps
Shyly from under winters fold,
To make US glad, both young and old.
Because of contrast with the Spring
Makes you no less cherished thing.
God made you with this end in view,
A month between the snow and dew.
J. P.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
Palisades Dream.

The article in the last issue of "The
Palisadian" describing in faint way
a plan by Edward Chambless, a
would-be wizard, of California, who
proposes to unite suburban New York
in vast scheme of underestimate
electric suburban transportation lines,
read like romance. AS matter of
fact, without a certain amount of
romance to it, the entire scheme
would fall through and be of little
value. 1t is the suggestion of mys-
terry attached to the enterprise that
makes it inviting. 1t is creature of
the imagination, like the telegraph,
the telephone, the photograph, wire
less telegraphy, and many other utili-
ties that have made man advance far
more rapidly within the past half
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20

century than in any five centuries
previous. If Mr.. Chambless can build
his underestimate railways as out
lined, he may lay it all to the sug
gestion of the impossible that at
taches to the work at first blush.
Men who know; men who dream;
men who have imaginations, are the
ones who finally achieve. The plan
does not seem unreal except when
considered from the standpoint of
wonder that it was not sooner
thought of and put into play. 1t
would be a great day if it ever ar
rived that Palisade could be within
five minutes of Broadway, and within
twelve or fifteen minutes of City Hall.
1t is not impossible, given the ma
terial upon which to build the actual
fabric against the air dream castle
now being talked about. "Ofcourse
it cannot be done," is all the more
reason for believing that it will be
done. Man is a combattive animal,
and nothing is so great a stimulus
to action as the element Of doubt
The Chambless proposal seems rea
sonable merely because it sounds i'm
probable. 1t is the improbable that
always happens. What is likely to
occur generally does not amount to
much when it does occur. One O. these
days we hope to be able to leave the
City Hall for dinner at 6:15 and not
miss a 6:3$ dinner in Palisade, ten
miles away.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
Ridinq to q FdU.

The wise men of the State of Ala
bama who have about put into effect
the most drastic of all prohibition
laws, barring that of North Carolina,
also a recent enactment, are riding to
fall, in all probability. The new pro-
hibition law says that no publication
shall be circulated in Alabama that
carries wine, beer or liquor advertise
ments. Some very able legal minds
have asserted that such a law will not
pass final review and sanction by the
Supreme Court, because it is not con-
stitutional. Whether prohibition is
good or bad for Alabama is a matter
that the people down there have a
right to settle for themselves. 1t may
be all right for Alabama to say that
newspapers within its own borders
shall not carry beer or liquor adver
Using. This is their own affair.
But for Alabama to say that no
papers or magazines published out
side of that State may be circulated
there, if they carry these objection
able advertisements, is pressing pretty
close upon constitutional rights. 1t
may be possible to convert all Ala
bama into total abstainers, which
would do them no harm; but their
present law reaches out further when
it goes after outside publications and
attempts to censor their columns. 1t
is fair presumption that Alabama
could go even further than it has in
it's prohibition law, and undertake to
prescribe the news columns of all
publications. What then becomes of
the freedom of the press? Is not
this constitutional guarantee? Is
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-20
BERNHARDI'S GERMAN PLEA.

dominion. This is, perhaps, his most
telling appeal for sympathy for the
German cause. And, of course, if he
can establish that fact, he would win
a signal victory over the worlds
opinion about the real factors gov
erning the war. The one thing he
will have to contend against is the
fact that there are other peoples who
think just as sincerely that their
cause is the just cause. 1t would be
hard to convince France that she is
wrong; it would be next to impossible
to prove to the English that they are
in error, or to make the Russians
think their cause is not as sacred as
Germany's. 1t is to be presumed, too,
that the Germans realize this fact.
The picture of the united sentiment
in Germany by Bernhard is one of
the most remarkable ever drawn. He
describes old and young alike carry
ing arms, from the boy of fourteen
to the man of sixty, with every soul
in Germany, women and children alike
making the life and death sacrifice
in aid of the German side. 1t is an
overwhelming picture, indeed. But
then when one sees a photograph of
English women in war uniform, drill
ing for the avowed purpose of carry
ing arms, who expresses a willing
ness of going to the trenches, you
have another picture that also appeals,
so Bernhard does not possess all of
the arguments. There are just as
many patiots on the other side. This
is not said to disparage in any sense
the great volume of strength con-
tanned in the Bernhard document,
but merely to show the difficulty OF
arriving at absolute truth in anything
that has so many sides as this great
war. But no one will question the
fact that Bernhard will win favor in
world thought on the war; He in
tended it for that very purpose. His
book has done the same thing, and
the "Sun" calls this last contribution
another chapter to his book.