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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
MAY FLOAT LARGER LOAN
Great Britain Would Check Downward
Trend Of Rates.

New York, Aug. 1S-Out of the dis
order of the foreign exchange mar
kets plans began to assume form for
floating a huge British loan in New
York to check the downward trend of
rates and protect the money of Great
Britain and her allies against fur
Their depreciation.
1t was reported that a syndicate of
bankers might be formed to finance
the loan and that the issue might con-
sist of one, five and ten year bonds
This report, published on two tick
ers widely read in Wall street, fur
nished the only indication as to how
far negotiations have progressed. It's
lack Of deiniteness reflected the gen
eral feeling that the big bankers of
the street had been called on by Eng
land to suggest acceptable terms of
such a loan, and that negotiations
were in progress over the cables to
set the foreign exchange situation
right.
The outstanding fact was the i'm.
perative and immediate need for a
foam of not less than S3OO,O00,OOO to
restore rates to normal or there
abOuts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
CONSUMPTION is NEEDED
Opinion of British Officer at Home or
Leave,

London, Aug. 1S.-Colonel Arthur
Lee, member of parliament for the
Fareham division of .Hants, who is
home on a short leave, told his con-
stituents at a meeting that nothing
less than compulsory service would
solve the difficulties which Great
Britain is facing. This conviction, he
said, has been burned in by his expe-
riences at the front and is shared by
nearly all who have been in contact
with the realities of war. g.
1--WE need compulsory national serv-
ice," he continued, because nothing
else can solve our difficulties with re-
gard to men, money, munitions and
exports. We need it to hearten our
soldiers serving abroad The present
freedom to shirk and stay home while
others give their lives to defend us
and to turn deaf ear to the urgent
call of ones country is not what we
understand by British freedom
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
HILL is FOREMOST CITIZEN
Minnesota Committee of Five Picks
Railway Magnate.

Minnesota Committee Of Five Picks
Railway Magnate.
st. Paul, Aug. 1S.-James J. Hill of
st. Paul is Minnesota's greatest liv-
ing citizen, according to the decision
reached by the committee of five, en-
powered by Governor Hammond, to
name the recipient of honors to be
conferred by the management of the
Panama-Pacifc exposition at San
Francisco.
Immediately after receiving the
recommendation of the committee
Governor Hammond signifed his &C.
ceptance of their choice. He instruct
ed Herman E. Samuelson, executive
clerk, to forward the name to Charles
c. Moore, president of the fair, who
later will notify Mr.. Hill on what
date he. is to attend the exposition
and be presented with a diploma and
medal as member of the exposition
hall of fame.
Mr.. Hills selection was unanimous
by the committee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
FILES It's ROCK
ISLAND REPORT
Commission Scores Manage
I1lent Of Railway.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST

Federal Probers Declare Roads Off
Gals Made Misrepresentation in
Reports to Stockholders, Great
Profits to Promoters : Of Holding
Companies and .Arraigns Syndicate
Operations.
Washington, Aug. 18.-The inter-
state commerce commissions report
ON it's investigation of the Rock Is
land railroads financial affairs, made
public here, shows millions of dollars
in losses in stock transactions,
charges the railroad officials with mis-
representation in reports to stock
holders, disclosed great profits to pro-
moters of the Rock. Island holding
companies and arraigns the syndicate
nineties
The department. of justice has been
waiting to go over the report. The in
terstate commerce commission broad
ly suggests action by the legal branch
Of the government. 1t says 'those
guilty of misleading reports to stock
holders should be subject to adequate
penalties" ~.@
The aggregate losses to the Rock
Island in the Alton, Frisco and other
deals are summarized by the commits
sion as follows:
Frisco deal, approximately $780,
600; Alton deal, approximately $780,
600; Trinity and Brazos Valley rail-
way DEAL more than $4,50O,0O0; Con-
solidated Indiana and Dering Coal
companies, at least $1,30O,00O, and ST.
100000 additional of advances made to
the coal companies cannot be collect
ed; contributions or gratuities to Off
GERS and directors, about $1,000,000;
expenses Of maintaining and housing
holding companies, more than $780,
600; transactions Of G. H. Venner, a
stakeholder, $217,000; miscellaneous
and unexplained expenditures, $72,523.
The items show an aggregate loss to
the railway company of more than
$20,000,000.
"In addition thereto it is to be noted
that prior to June 80, 1914, the rail-
way company paid to. financial insti-
buttons, in connection with the issu-
ance of bonds, commissions aggregat-
ing more than $1,600,000 and suffered
discounts of more than $17, ZOO, 0O0.''
In a general criticism the commits
sion says: -s--2*as' <>.*' q s@ =.'+
'The property of the railway COM
pany will be called upon for many
years to make up the drain upon it's
resources resulting from transactions
outside the proper, sphere in which
stockholders had a right to suppose
their moneys were invested.
"This record emphasizes the need
of railway directors who actually di.
rect" -~N
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
SEEK EVIDENCE
AGAINST MOB.
Officials Begin Probe Into Lynch.
ing Of Frank.
HANGING FROM OAK TREE

Georgia Factory Foreman Serving Life
= Sentence for Murder Was Taken
Nearly One Hundred Miles From the
Prison in an Auto Before His Life
Was Sacrificed.
Marietta, Ca, Aug. 1S.-With
scores of kilograms denouncing the
lynching Of Leo NJ. Frank arriving
from all parts of the country officials
of Cobb county took quick steps to
find and bring to justice the perpe-
traitors Of the outrage.
Within a few minutes after the
body had. been found hanging to a
tree near here Coroner Booth i'm.
paneled jury and started an investi-
cation, which he said would not end
until the conspirators had been pun
ished.
Two witnesses were called before
the jury, which adjourned its sessions
for week while officials collect evi-
dence.
While the identity of no member OF
the mob was known to officials it was
suggested that the fact that Frank
was taken nearly 100 miles in an
automobile from the state prison al,
most to the outskirts of Marietta in
Dictated that most Of the lynchers
came from this city. ----7..-
The body was found hanging from
an oak tree, clothed only in the silk
shirt which Frank wore when he was
torn from bed in the prison dormi-
tory. A white handkerchief covered
his face, his feet and legs we're firmly
bound and under his right jaw was
the knot Of the hangman's moose ex-
pertly tied to produce a quick death.
Excitement in Marietta rapidly sub
sided after the body was cut down
Several automobiles, however, follow.
ed the machine that bore the victim
of the hanging to Atlanta.
The gang that took Frank from the
prison dormitory apparently worked
quietly and rapidly, Indicating the
hanging had been carefully planned.
The scene of the 1ynching was within
a few hundred yards of two farm.
houses, occupants Of which said they
noticed nothing unusual during the
early morning hours. One man who
lived half a mile farther away said
he saw four automobiles passing his
house, but they did not attract I'm.
usual attention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
PAPER PRESENTS EVIDENCE
Accuses Germany of Maintaining Spy
System Here.

System Here.
Providence, r. l., Aug. 1S.-At the
request Of President Wilson the Provi-
dence Journal presented to Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels and the members
Of the neutrality board at special
meeting held in Washington in the
office of the secretary of the navy,
charges OF German propaganda in this
country and the activities of the Ger
man spy system for several years be-
fore the beginning of the present war.
At the meeting in Washington were
present, in addition to the -represen-
tatives Of the Journal, Secretary Dan
iels, DR.. James Brown Scott, chair
man of the neutrality board, and Cap
tain James H. Oliver, U. S. N, of the
neutrality board. The evidence pre-
scented by the Journal consisted of
eight separate charges.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
BRITAIN RELEASES TANKER
PetroIite's Cargo Also Freed, State
Department Hears.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-The Ameri-
can tanker Petrolite, seized by the
British and taken to Kirkwall, has
been released with it's cargo, the
state department was advised. The
Brindilla, another oil ship, bound for
Malmo, Sweden, from Baton Rouge,
is still held at ~Kirkwall
The American cotton ship Pass of
Balmaha, captured by German sub
marine with a British prize crew on
board, has been unloaded and sent to
the prize court at Hamburg. On re-
ceipt of this news the state depart
to ask the intentions of the German
government regarding the ship.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
PORTS CLOSELY WATCH
Health Officials Fear Cholera Will Be.
Brought to United States.

New York, Aug. 49, Special precau-
tons were ordered by DR.. Joseph j..
O'Connell, health officer Of the port
of New York, to guard against intro
duction of cholera which is reported
to have broken out at Venice and Leg
horn, Italy. Instructions have been
issued for a rigid inspection of pas
sengers and crews on all ships arriv-
ing here from reported infected ports,
while passengers from places in Italy
north of line running from Leghorn
and Rimini and including the city of
Florence are to be reported to the
health officer for special bacterioIogi-
cal examination.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
THOUSANDS VIEW REMAINS
Curious Throngs Visit Atlanta Under.
taking ParIors.

curious nron9S visit Atlanta Under.
taking ParIors.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 1S.-Leo M.
Franks body was brought to Atlanta
and secreted in barn until crowd
searching for it threatened serious
trouble. It then was taken from the
barn to an undertaking establishment,
where steady stream of persons
passed to view it.
The temper of the people seemed
not so much to wreak vengeance upon
the lifeless form, but to personally
assure themselves that it really was
the body of Frank.
Forty policemen were on guard at
the pndertaker's establishment and a
crowd that. blocked traffic stood for
hours in front of the place. The body
was shown just as it had been cut
down from an oak tree in Marietta.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
WILSON TO AID COTTON MEN
Steps Are Taken to Relieve Southern
Situation.

Washington, Aug. .1s.-President
Wilson assured Chairman Lever of
the house agricultural committee that
definite steps soon would be taken to
better the cotton situation in the
South.
The first. steps will be the forth
coming note to Great Britain protest
ing against interference with neutral
commerce. The president is consid-
ering whether to support the move
ment to send an unofficial commits
sion of cotton growers to England to
discuss the situation with the British
government and with the cotton spin
nerS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND

70 American Association.
St. Paul 4, Cleveland 1. -
Minneapolis 8, Columbus 1.
Milwaukee Z Indianapolis 6.
National League.
Brooklyn 3, New York 2.
Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 0.
Pittsburg 8, 4; Chicago 2, G..
American League.
Detroit 10, Z; Cleveland 3, g. :
Federal League.
. Pittsburg 5, Brooklyn 2.
!. Chicago 4, Baltimore 0.
st. Louis IA, Newark A.
Kansas City 3, Buffalo 2.
Northern League. -
Fargo 3, st. Boniface 0. .-..-a
Duluth 5, Virginia g.,
Winnipeg 4, Fort William 8.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
WIRELESS ONLY
AVAILABLE news.
Details Are Meager Regarding
Galveston Disaster.
HURRICANE SWEEPS INLAND

Beaumont, Taylor, Temple, Houston
and Other Cities Are Thought to
Have Been Hard Hit by the Tropi-
cal storm-RaiIway Traffic Is Sus-
pended in Stricken District.
Dallas, Tex, Aug. 1S-Wireless
messages from Galveston gave the
only direct news from that city. No
definite news of loss of life has been
reported, but the desperate situation
in which the citizens of Galveston
found themselves was indicated
vaguely by the statement that boats
were taking people from buildings on
the main streets to the United States
transport Buford.
The tropical hurricane, which swept
down upon the island city, extended
its devastation inland and wireless
communication was impossible beyond
Waco. Beaumont, Taylor, Temple,
Houston and other cities of Southeast
Texas are thought to have been hard
hit by the storm, last reports from
those places telling of unroofed build
ings, uprooted trees and other dam
age.
Railroad traffic is at standstill to
the storm swept district.
Although latest reports from Gal
weston by wireless Indicated the
storm was subsiding there and that
the water had started to drain SLOW
ly from the streets there was no
prospect that wire communication
might be restored for several days.
Wireless Only Communication.
The army transport Bufords wire
less outfit was the sole means OF
communication between Galveston
and the outside world
The greatest damage in Galveston,
judging from the meager wireless mes
sages and the tales of such refugees
as left before the full fury of the hur-
ricane was felt on the island, occur
red in districts fronting the sea. All
buildings on the water front were
ruined, this circumstance being al
most a repetition of the city's expe-
rlence in previous storms.
Vessels caught in the harbor also
suffered heavily, some being Destroy
ed, while others were damaged badly.
The giant waves thrown up by the
storm carried large and small craft
alike, far beyond the usual beach
boundaries and the marine salvage
work probably will be complicated by
the necessity Of getting many boats
back to the water.
1t will be weeks, probably, before
the full extent of the property DAM
age can be given accurately. Farms
on the coastal plains undoubtedly
suffered severe damage and many
villages in the path of the storm have
not been heard from.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
St. Paul Hay.

st. Paul, Aug. 17.-Hay-C Choice
timothy, $3.50; No. I timothy, $500
@15.75; No. ! clover mixed, $12. 900
1915; No. 1 mixed, different grasses.
$11.00@11.75; No. l mixed, timothy
and wild, $11:50@12.25; choice up
land, $12.25@13.00; No. 1 upland,
$10.75@11.5O; No. midland, $1,000
It's: No. alfalfa. $15.O0@15.75.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Cattle-Steers
$G.10@10.25; COWS and heifers, 1910
5000; calves, $S.00@11.50. Hogs
Light, $6.90@7.75; mixed, $6.20@7.60;
heavy, $5.95@7.00; rough, $5.95@6.15;
pigs, $6.90@7.90. Sheep-Native, $3.50
@625.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
Wisconsin Republican Dies.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug 1S.-Samuel
D.. Cox, sixty-nine years old, one Of
the most active Republicans in La
Crosse for many years, died at his
home in Onalaska. He was a Civil
war veteran and a member of the as
sembly for number of terms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
New Minister to santo Domingo.

Washington, Aug. 18.-The president
appointed Samuel AlschulerSto be
circuit judge for the circuit court Of
Chicago. The president also appoint
ed W. w. Russell to be minister at
santo Domingo, succeeding former
Minister James M. Sullivan Of New
York
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
South ST. Paul Live Stock,

South: St. Paul, Aug. 17:-Cattle-
Receipts. 3,100; steers, s5.0O@9.5O;
cows and heifers, $4.75@675; calves,
S4.75 @10.50; stockers and feeders,
$4.25@7.50. Hogs-Receipts, 2,10O;
range, S5.75@7.35. Receipts,
500; lambs, s5.0O@825; wethers,
$4.75@5.75; ewes, $2.25@5.5O.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Aug. 17.-Wheat-
Sept, S1.04A; Dec, $1.04; May, ST.
08M. Cash close on track: No. 1
hard, $1.501A; No. l Northern, S1.42@
$50; No. 2 Northern, $1.3S@1.471a;
No. Northern, $1.29@1.44; No 3 yell
low corn, S0@S01ac; No. white oats,
42@421@c; flax, SISSY.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

+ Duluth, Aug. 17.-Wheat- track
and to arrive, No. 1 hard, $1.515s; No.
1 Northern, $1.47% @1.505s; No. 2
Northern, $1.445s @1.55%. Flax-On
track and to arrive, $161.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
General j. c. Black Is Dead.

: Chicago, Aug. 1S.-General John c..
Black, aged seventy-five years, for
mer United States commissioner on
pensions, Civil war veteran and for
mer congressman, died here General
Black was conlmander-in-chief of the
G. A. r. in 1903.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
NAVAL AIRMAN is KILLED
Donald Gregory Of Ann Arbor, Mich,
Falls 300 Feet in Flight.

Erie, Pa, Aug. 1S.-Donald Gregory,
twenty-four years old, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, an aviator on board the United
States naval militia ship Essex Of
Toledo, was injured fatally when he
fell 300 feet during a fight.
2. Gregory was picked up by officers
of the naval militia fleet and hurried
to a hospital, where he died.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. Wheat
$1.05A; Dec, $1.05%; May, s1.10as.
-Corn--Sept., 743sc; Dec, 6315c; May,
65%c. Oats-Sept., 385sc; Dec, 3Sc;
May, 411Ac. Pork-Sept., $13.5215;
Oct, $13.65. Butter-Creameries 24c.
Eggs -16@19c Poultry - Springs,
161kc; fowls, 1870.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
TWO OR THREE~LIVES
LOST AT HOUSTON.

Temple, Tex, Aug. 18:-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,
according to the conductor of
an Atchison, Topeka and San
ia Fe freight train, which
passed through here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
LAWYER Dies in Auto,

Des Moines, Aug. 1S.-William E.
Johnson, forty-six years old, one of
the most prominent lawyers in South
eastern Iowa, died suddenly at Ida
Grove while automobiling. Heart dis
ease was the cause. -.-. r..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
St. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, Aug. 17.-Wheat-No.
Northern, $1.43A @1.51%; No. 2
Northern, $1.39% @1.49A; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, $1.19% @1.22A; corn, 1912
@8oc; oats, 44@45c; barley, 67@76c;
rye, 971h @98hc; flax, $1.67.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
RELIEF FLEET INCREASED
Eight Steamers Carrying Supplies
From America to Belgium.

: New York, Aug. 18.-The commits
sion for relief in Belgium announced
it had chartered five additioal steam
ships to carry supplies from America
for the Belgians. With, those previ-
ously chartered fleet of eight steam
ships are flying the flag of the COM
mission.
All these steamships are the larger
type of freighters, with cargo capac-
ity of 5000 to 5000 tons each. They
are in European waters on their way
to American ports for cargoes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
ROCK HITS TRAIN; FOUR DEAD
Seven Injured When Boulder Crashes
Through Top of Smoker.

persons were killed and seven injured
when a heavy rock, which had been
loosened by rains, fell through the
top of the smoker of a passenger train
on the Coal River branch of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad as it
passed through Pinacle tunnel near
McCorkle, W. Va.
At the time of the accident the
train was half way through the tun-
mel, which is one-third of mile long.
All the killed and injured were in the
smoker
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
RUSSIAN FORCES
STILL RETREATlNG,

Vienna, Aug. 1S.-Austro-
Hungarian troops pursuing the
retreating Russians have adj
vanced to Dobrynka, thirteen
miles southwest of the fort
ress of Brest-Litovsk, accord
ing to an official statement is
sued at the Austrian war Of
flee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
French Take Good Care of Captured
German Soldiers.

German Soldiers.
Washington, Aug. 1S.-Ambassado
Sharpe at Paris cabled the state de-
partment "a full report on recent
personal inspection of several camps
for prisoners of war in France, of
which he gave highly favorable de-
scription. The ambassador recon-
mended that his report be forwarded
to Berlin, adding:
knowledge in Germany of the
good treatment of their prisoners
ought to promote better feeling
throughout the country in this re-
gard"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-19
AUTO COSTS ANOTHER LIFE.
Farmer Hurled From Rig and Neck
~ Broken When Horse Frightened.

Stevens Point, Wis, Aug. 49,
Michael Kunz, a farmer, died in a
hospital here as the result of his neck
being broken in runaway accident.
He and his daughter were returning
home when colt which Kunz was
driving became frightened at an au-
tomobile. Both were thrown out Of
the buggy, the man falling on his
head. The girl was not injured.
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PRISONERS WELL TREATED

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-12
HARVARD CANDIDATES
MUST PERFECT PUhT|hl

Cambridge. Mass, July 1h-Ths
manly art OF drop-kicking will be
Naught like geometry or any other
science to a select group of Harvard
football players by Professor Percy
ID. Haughton during the summer va
cation.
The head coach has framed up
book Of directions for the candidates
to follow as they while away their
summer hours. and when the bugle
calls for players early In September
Haughton expects q young squadron
of drop-klckers TO race out on the
field.
Charles Brickiey. who graduated
from Harvard this month. has left a
huge cavern in the backfield of Eddie
Mahan's 1915 team.
AS the 1918 prospects now stand,
Mahan liz the best bet as drop
kicker. but he lis such an important
unit In the backfeld for other kinds
of work that Hanghton is not anxious
to place the chief drop-kicking re-
sponsibilities on his shoulders--or his
toes. perhaps
He has selected half dozen lesser
lights and ordered them to kick all
summer. hopink to find star In the
group.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-12
cOFf[Y MAY BATTLE
BIG JESS WILLARD
AIthough He Failed 10 stop Fiynn
Irishman May he The
Choice.

New York, July 1l.--Aithough Jim
Coffey lost some prestige when he
failed to stop old Jim Flynn. II Is
rapidly becoming apparent that the
Irishman Is at least more deserving
of titular battle than any of the
others. Coffey's work since Willard
won the title has been more impressive
than that of his rivals.
While Coffey is resting the others are
gradually eliminating themseivs. Last
week Charley weinert. the Jersey
youngster. who has worked his way
close to the top. eliminated Gunboat
Smith, but in doing so failed to show
many of the qualities necessary TO take
the measure OF the gigantic willard.
Big Al Reich made such poor show
ing In his recent bout with Jim Saw
age that even his most faithful ad-
herents have lost faith in him.
SO far willard has had little to say
regarding his next match. but 1t is un-
derstood that he will he ready for
action by Labor Day. and that Cofey
will be hts opponent.