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Evening journal., 1915-08-18
FRANK 'SLYNCHERS
MAY ESCAPE LAW
DESPITE SEARCH
While Man Hunt Is On Gov
ernor Is Critjsized For
Prison Farm Conditions
entire State IS
CONDEMNED FOR crime
By the United Press.

ATLANTA. Ca Aug 1S.-Governor
Harris will take personal charge into
the investigation of all the circum-
stances of the Leo M. Frank lynching.
it was announced at the executive Of
fees
The governor was understood to be
far from satisfied with the explana-
tion given by the state prison officials
and that at the Milledgeville prison
farm that the farm warden, superin-
tendent and their guards we're so in
prepared that they were powerless TO
resist the lynchers.
He was quoted as saying that IN
view of repeated threats that the place
would be raided and Frank taken
from his custodians and lynched that
preparations ought to have been made
and the lack Of them was unpardon-
able
The executive was also understood
! 10 be incensed at the weakness of the
! Atlanta police in yielding to the de-
mand Of the throng in Atlanta that
they be permitted TO view the body
and exposing it for thousands to see
in a local undertaking establishment
There Is, of course, an element
throughout the State. which con-
dones the lynching but the better class
of people are open in the expression
of their opinion. not only that the af-
fair was a frightful outrage. but that
the authorities, wherever they figured
In the case, made an abominable
showing. Judge Morris of Marietta.
who saved Franks body from mutila-
tion and succeeded in getting It to
Atlanta, was practically the only per-
son spoken of as having behaved
creditably in connection with the in
cident.
Franks corpse. in his widows
| charge, was on its way to Brooklyn
today for burial
/ With Franks body besides thl
5 widow. went the latter's brother-in
b llaw, Alexander Marcus, Rabbi Davil
Continued on Page IA
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
WOMAN BADLY HURT
IN MOTOR accident
Auto Truck Runs Down
Light Car On Kent Road
With Serious Results
LAW SUIT MAY
FOLLOW SMASH UP

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Aug. 1S.-Miss Julia
Ennis of FELTON,, is in a critical con-
dition as a result Of a collision be-
tween an automobile in which she
was riding and a heavy oil truck on
the road between Dover and Camden.
yesterday. She has a broken arm and
a cash over the eye which almost pen
etrated the skull.
Miss Ennis was riding with DR.. W.
T. Chapman of FELTON,. who drove the
car. The physicians wife and baby
and another woman with her baby.
who were on the rear seat, were not
hurt.
A hurried call for physicians was
made at a nearby farmhouse, and in
a short while quite a crowd of Dover
people we're at the scene of the col
lision. Or. George I. McKelway, as
sisted by Or. Chipman. assisted Miss
Ennis to the home of Carroll Phillips,
near the scene of the accident and
gave medical aid. she recovering suf-
ficiently later to be carried to her
sisters home at FELTON,.
There is a difference of opinion as
to who was at fault in the accident
and il may require a suit in court to
determine just who was negligent,
Last evening Miss Ennis was suffering
severely from the shock.
The driver of the oil truck is said
to have jumped from his seat after the
accident and hurried away, without
giving assistance.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
children TO HAVE
DAY At STATE FAIR
On Tuesday, First Day,
Little Ones Will Be
Admitted Free
TO GIVE OUT TICKETS
AT MAIN ENTRANCE

Tuesday Of State Fair Week will be
Children's Day. All school children
will be admitted free of all charge tc
the fair grounds on that day. No
tickets will be distributed among the
children this year but instead they
will all be admitted at the Wood
lawn avenue gate The gatekeeper
there will present each child as he
or she passes through with a coupon
and this in turn will be presented to
the turnstile man as the children pass
through that gate and on in to the
fair grounds. II is thought that this
means of admitting the children to
the grounds will prove a more sue
cessful way than last year as Il was
discovered that some persons ne
elected TO distribute the tickets sent
them for the children.
The children's department this year
promises to be one of the most inter
esting of the fair. II will be divided
into two classes. Children under 13
years of age, will be in Section No 1,
WUllt ihOct UtlWttn tue axes VI ID
and Is will be in Section No. 2. The
display will include fancy needlework
plain needlework. crochet and knit
ting. bead work. raffia work. drawing
pointing and craftsmanship. the culin-
airy department will include bread.
cakes and pies and preserving and
canning
A corn growing contest for boys of
each county promises to be especially
interesting The contestants must be
under Is years of age. Professor
Nicholas Schmitz. of College Park.
Md. will judge this contest, which will
comprise the following
For the best ten stalks of yellow
corn, S5. So. 81. 81. 81.
For the best ten stalks of white
corn. IS, SO, 50. 81. 81.
For the best ten stalks of Whitecap
yellow dent corn, IS. So. 50. 81. 81.
Six stalks popcorn. 81. so cents.
Each county will compete singly.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
EIGHT HOUR DAY IS
LABOR'S Present FIGHT

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug 1S-The eight
hour day for machinists throughout
the country is the main object of the
international Association of Ma
chinists' executive session in progress
here. according to President Johnson.
of the union today.
Machinists wages. particularly in
the East, are as "low as the hungriest
fellow will work for" he said. I'VE
intend to campaign for a laboring
day of eight hours and II possible.
maintain the same minimum wage 4"
The machinists plan conferences
with employers. where possible. and
If they fail to secure their demands
in this way, they reserve the right to
strike.
I'VE have no desire to interfere with
the country's industries for a single
day." continued Johnson. "but where
we fail through conciliation. we in
tend to attempt to organize the work
ers. Then. if we can, we will make
our demands more forcible."
In the East there is no real mini
mum wage according to the union of
ficials, who said. however. that the
lowest is scarcely three dollars daily.
An attempt will be made TO increase
this In the West conditions we're
declared much better.
The executive committee will re-
main in session the rest of the week.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
.KOVNO fortress
/. IS CAPTURED BY
VON HINDENBURG
Capitulation OF Stronghold
Indicates Surrender of
KOvnO-BreSt LitovSk
Line
GARRISON RETREATS
over RAILROAD TO Vienna
BY The United Press.

by The United Press
BERLIN. Via Wireless to sayville.
Aug 1s.-The great Russian fortress
Of Kovno was captured by the Ger
mans last night An official an
nouncement from the war office today
declared:
The fortress Of Kovno. together
with all the forts and war material
not yet counted has been in German
hands since last night More than
400 cannons were taken. The fortress
was stormed in spite of the most ten
I acious Russian resistance"
Capture of kovno, the most inn
portant German victory since the TAX
ing Of Warsaw. forecasts the sur
render by the Russians OF the strong
{ ly fortified Kovno-Brest Litovsk line
Of which Kovno was the northern
stronghold. Austro-German forces al.
ready are within striking distance OF
the outer forts of Brest Litovsk, tho
southern end of the Russian line oi
defense.
Kovno fell under the eye Of Gen
\ eral Won Hindenburg. Capture Of ths
fortress Is the first personal triumph
Of the "old man Of the Mazuriar
Lakes since the great Austro-Ger
man campaign In the east was in
augurated The six great forts de
Tending the city from the west an'
southwest we're simply blown 4
pieces by the incessant pounding o
Germanys great AZ centimetre gun
and a host of minor pieces.
The forts Of Kovno have been unde
direct attack for scarcely a weeH
demonstrating again the superiorit
of modern artillery over fort struc
lures built by man. The Germa
siege howitzers we're moved in close
, each day and on Monday battered
gap In the Russian fortihcation
, southwest Of the city through whic
Continued on Page Fourteen.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
10 killed, So HURT,
IN zeppelin RAID
sGermans Again Drop Shells
at Night On English
East Coast
k86 DEAD TO
DATE BY INVASION
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON. Aug. 1s-zeppelin air
ships again raided the English East
Coast last night. killing ten persons
and wounding SO. The Admiralty
statement said the zeppelins escaped
This is the third air raid by Yep
pelins on the East Coast within eight
days and the seventeenth air invasion
of England since the war began. A
total of Sc persons have been killed
by bombs dropped from aircraft over
England and 267 persons have been
injured.
On the night of August 9, Zeppelins
raided East Coast towns. killing Ia
persons and wounding the same num-
Der. One OF the zeppelins. the Ad-
mirslty reported, was destroyed by
English and French fliers near Os-
tend. Last Thursday night Zeppelins
again bombarded the coast counties
killing six persons and wouhding 20
This afternoons official statement
like those issued following previous
air attacks, contained no mention OF
the localities raided.
One of the raiding dirigibles is be-
lieved % have been hit and damaged
by anti-airC~aft guns stationed along
the coast. The bombs damaged sew
eral buildings, including a church.
"Zeppelins visited .he Eastern
counties last night and dropped
bombs" said the Admiralty statement
"Our anti-aircraft guns were in ac-
ton. ard il is believed one Zeppelin
was hit. Due to the difficult atmos-
pheric conditions, the Zeppelins es-
capped.
''Some houses and other buildings
including a church we're damaged. The
dead include seven men, two women
and one child. The injured were
fifteen men. eighteen women and three
children. All the victims we're civil
iane"
Evening journal., 1915-08-18

GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. ls.-The
tropical storm which struck this place
was very severe. The Galveston sea wall,
built as a precaution against such hur-
ricanes, withstood the fury of the storm
and showed no immediate signs of weak
ening. The storm struck the city at a
velocity of thirtv-fou miles an hour. AT
noon it had increased to sixty miles an
hour The highest velocity was sixty
five to seventy three miles an hour, with
occasional gusts blowing as high as
ninety miles. The barometer was at %
II is estimated that 5000 persons left
Galveston by train ,interurban and au
tomobiles in thirty-six hours. All beacf
homes have been evacuated.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Aug. 49,
Wires TO Galveston, which was strucl
by a terrific storm, went down Tn,
storm threatened also 10 cut off wire
communication with Beaumont and sew
eral other Texas coast towns TIT
army wireless station here received {
report from the transport Buford, a.
Galveston, that the water had risen tel
feet and that several vessels had turned
over in the hsrbor The government
wireless station was unable TO rais
! Galveston OF Texas City.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
MUST enforce LAW
OR Be INPEACHED
City Judge Says He Has No
Alternative in Auto
License Cases
MARYLAND MANS
APPEAL FAILS

An earnest plea for dismissal on a
charge Of operating an automobile with
out a Delaware license was made in City
Court today by William J. Wright, of
Baltimore. He thought that the arres,
of Maryland automobile owners while in
Delaware was not fair, as the Maryland
authorities did not harass Delaware au-
tomobile owners in that State. Mr..
Wright gave as an exc-se for his arrest
that he was ignorant of the law passed
by the last Legislature. He said he
blamed the Automobile Club of Mary
land for not informing its members
about the law.
Judge Churchman said he was sorry,
but that he would have TO enforce the
law. which was that a foreign corpora
tion operating a motor vehicle in this
State must have a Delaware license. lie
said the idea of the Legislature was TO
compel foreign corporations doing busi-
ness in this State 10 take out a license
for their cars while in Delaware, but
they had made the law very broad.
He said that under his oath Of Office
he was compelled 10 enforce the law,
and that if he did not he could he
impeached Judge Churchman added
that the police we're merely enforcing
the law. He then fined Mr.. Wright
SO and costs.
Richard Marshall. of Philadelphia.
was arrested on a similar charge.
and pleaded guilty. He was fined
$40 and costs.
Judge Churchman said the new law
had been out in pamphlet form for
three months and should now be gen
orally known.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
MARY MIXED 'CUSSES'
With HYMNS; FINED

Il was only singing book hymns"
said Mary KINNEY, colored, of No.
1909 Pine street, in City Court today
when accused by Perry Shockley.
colored of No. 1903 Pine street. Of
disorderly conduct on Saturday
night Mary said Perry had called
her a one-eyed cat Perry said Mary
"cussed' and charged him with
treating his children like dogs.
IF l was to die this minute, I
would say / did not CURSE said
Mary. She declared that all she said to
anger Perry was that some persons
were getting "barreled up" now. and
this winter they would be glad to ask
for help
IL have heard enough said Judge
Churchman as he imposed a fine Of
S. and costs on Mary.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
GALVESTON STILL
Isolated, CITY,
FATE IN DOUBT
Hurricane Also Cuts Off
Communication With Many
Other Gulf Ports
HOUSTON REPORTS MANY
Properties DESTROYED
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-The
weather bureau had been unable today
to get messages from Galveston for
nearly twenty-four hours. The hurri-
cane was said to have tied up all com
munication, even by wagon
A dispatch from Houston. twenty
fours delayed, reported an eighty mile
wind early Tuesday. with the lowest
barometer reading in the bureaus his
tory, except that Of the St. Louis
tornado.
Hardly a house in Houston, the re-
port said, escaped damage.
The storm was believed somewhere
south of Fort Worth today. The wind
had subsided. but heavy rains were
falling.
Communication with gulf ports was
cut off as far as Vera Cruz.
The Carranza agency had received
nothing for two days, but was reach
ing Vera Cruz via Colon.
That the gulf has been swept clear
of shipping was demonstrated by the
fact that the coast guard service wal
receiving no radios from any OF itE
/ gulf boats.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
MODERN machine CO.
Gives EIGHT hour DAY

At the meeting Of local Machinists'
Union, No. 1874, this morning, the strike
committee reported conditions slightly
improved over what they have beer
since the machinists Of the Hilles and
Jones Company, the Lobden Car Whee
Company and the Belts Machine Com
pany stopped work last Saturday.
The Modern Machine Company hal
conceded the eight hour day, to take eff
feet September :.
General Organizer Thomas z. Carroll
of the international Association of Ma.
chinists. who arrived in this city yester-
day, has joined General Organizer +. g.
Ago in conducting the strike.
Today they began visiting the Local
plants employing union machinists in an
effort to settle the controversy without
resorting to a strike. They aim to visit
all of the plants before Friday night
when the time limit given the employer.
TO accede TO the requests Of the machin,
lists expires.
1t was reported at the meeting that
six union men who were employed al
the plant of the General Chemical Com
pany, at Claymont had been discharge,
by that finn. II is said that the purpos,
of this move on the part of the chemica
company is to ward off a strike, there
as only few union men are employed
by them in the machine department
Deny Strike Irregular.
The strike committee this morning
denied that the strike was not conducted
regularly. ave followed the rules of tn,
international Association 10 the lette
and the affair was conducted by a repre-
sentative of the international Associa
tion of Machinists," they said.
The plants given until Friday night I,
grant an eight-hour day and twenty PEI
cent. increase in wages are the Pusey
and Jones Company, Harlan and Hol
lingsworth Corporation, Trump Brothers
Remington Machine Company, Slocomi
Brothers, George W. Baker Company anC
jackson and Sharp plant of the Ameri
can Car and Foundry Company.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
CONGRESSMAN IN
military CAMP
CARRIES RIFLE
Thomas w. Miller Joins
Regiment to Get Insight
Into Soldering
POINTS OUT DEFENSIVE
needs OF The COUNTRY

Congressman Thomas W. Miller has
left for the military training camp at
Plattsburg barracks, Plattsburg, New
York, 10 undergo the course of military
training that is being held under the
supervision of Major General Leonard y.
Wood, the senior major general of the
United States Army, and his aides. The
camp was started last week. and is to
run for R month Already there are
about 1900 men of all ages and orcupa
tions from almost every State east of
the Mississippi river in the camp. They
are undergoing course of strict mill
tary training.
Congressman Miller, when seen TODAY
/ by a reporter, said that II was his intcn.
tion to have gone last week when IN,
camp started. but he was unavoidahlS
/ detained and could not get of at thai
time. He received a telegram from
Major General Wood stating that il
would be all right for him to come al
this time. Mr. Miller said that he wal
very much interested in the subject o.
national defense and thought that i
would be a good idea for a member o
Congress TO take advantage of this op
portunity 10 study the practical side o
, military questions. He Is the only mem
Der of Congress who has enlisted for thi
military, instruction, but there arc man
prominent citizens both in political AM
civil life IN attendance at the camr
Mayor Mitchell. of New York. starte
in as private and Dudley Field Malone
collector Of the port Of New York, I
also enlisted az the camp
/ Mr. hfffIrr
mendous response TO the appeal o.
the War Department for young meI
TO go to Plattsburg TO undergo
months strict military training wal
evidence that the country is cominl
TO a realization of the facts that con
front II from the standpoint OF ma
tional preparedness, not necessaril
for war but preparedness to enforc
peace. The United States Is pledge
to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. whic
means that we should have a sun
y ciently strong navy 10 exert a morl
! influence over any nation that migt
endeavor 70 tamper with the Latir
American countries in this hemis
phere, which countries the Monro
Doctrine applies 10. Today this couu
try has only ten so-called dread
F. noughts that can give and take 4
s battle although Il is supposed ther
81 is a battleship for every State in tn
D. Union Most Of these battleships ar
obsolete. With respect to the arm
: the affairs are in even worse shane
Congressman Miller says. There ar
J. today in the United States only abou
I 10000 available regular troops
| Seventeen thousand OF these are "a
Continued on Page Fourteen.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
HOUSTON BADLY DAMAGED

BY The United Press.
DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 1s.-Railroad
men reaching Temple. Texas, from
Houston, over the Santa Fe, report
great damage in the latter city as the
result of yesterdays storm. Hun
dreds Of buildings have been unroof-
ed and many completely destroyed,
they said. Electric and gas plants
are said TO be out of commission and
the entire telephone system para
lyzed.
From Houston to Rosenberg, the
whole country is devastated and is
undyer from two TO four feet OF wa
ter, according to the railroad men.
They seid they heard the damage in
Houston alone estimated at $5.O0O,-
| 600.
Il The storm attained it's full force N
I Dallas last night and there was still
considerable wind and rain thi.
morning The damage was compare.
| lively light.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
HOLD UP VESSEL
Carrying Mexican Guns
By The United Prers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Suspect-
ing that General Carranza had bought
the vessel and cargo of ammunition
for use at Vera Cruz. the justice and
treasury departments we're holding
the American schooner Isadora at
Pensacola today, pending investiga-
tion.
The vessel was detained under sec
tion 5,2S3 Of the Revised Federal Stat
utes. dealing with neutrality, which
provides a $4,000 fine. conflscation
of the vessel and three years impris-
onment for anyone who purchases and
equips an American ship with the
idea of using Il against any friendly
state or people. This marks the dis
tinction between a filibustering expe-
dition and a vessel carrying arms and
munitions TO a belligerent nation,
without intending that the vessel It
self shall be used against nations with
which we are at peace.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
AUTO TAGS ATTACHED
TO THE POLICE AUTOS.

Owing TO the inability of the Legls-
lature clearly to word the act relat-
ing TO licensing automobiles and
motor vehicles when such machines
are used by the police authorities,
the Police Commissioners of this city
have had license tags affixed to the
five motorcycles used by the police
department as we'll as the police pa
troll The law exempts fire apparatus
and ambulances, but il does not ex-
empt machines used by the police
department.
The commissioners had been under
the impression that the State laws
exempted the police department ma
chimes. but on looking at the law they
found no reference to their machines
and they then decided to take out Ii
censes.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
DEATH OF MRS.
LANES MONAGHAN.

Mrs. Catherine Monaghan, aged 81
years. wife of James Monaghan. of
No. SO North Van Buren, street. died
at her home late yesterday. Her fun
eral will be held Friday morning.
with services at Sacred Heart Church
at o'clock. lnterment will be in
Cathedral cemetery
MFR. Monaghan at one time was
Police Commissioner and is a we'll
known resident.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
GRANGE DAY AT BETTERTON

Oliver Wilson, master of the ma
tional grange will deliver an address
at Betterton tomorrow when the Pa
irons Of Husbandry will hold a pic
mic Members of Harmony Grange
expect TO motor 10 Chesapeake City
or Havre de Grace tomorrow morn
ing and from there go to Betterton.
II is expected that many members Of
other oranges in this county will
journey to Betterton tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
NEW CREEK CABINET ASSURED
BY The United Press.

bN 7 TC IWIIUW IEoos
LONDON, Aug. 1S.-Ex-Premier
Wenizelos has accepted the invitation
of King Constantine to form a new
Greek cabinet. according to dis
patches from Athens today. The so
called war party" leader and the
King found themselves in accordance
today, and Venizelos promised to
name the new ministry within few
days. The new cabinet, il is stated.
probably will favor the continuance
OF the policy of the neutrality but will
be willing to participate in any 1e-
gotiations that may advance Greece's
9nterests.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
Noyo eFORGIEysK ABOUT TO FAIL.

BY The United Press.
PERLIN Aug lsTbe fortress Of Noyo aoorrevst IS about
fall German have sormed captured
the the northeastern side Novo eeorgevsk Six
prisoners 20 taken the capture
Gcorsiesss AT southern tho Russian
defense Hres IitoyaR attack Naoken
the ebemy the Bug and into tho
positions Of the foreress Mackenzens troops having
crossed the Bug southwest Of Brest LoyE pressed across
The railway
The whole Russian line. extending north from Brest Lit
ovsk Koyno, retreat The armies Of General Won
schoa and General Won Garwis approaching railway.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
PEACH TREAT FOR wORKMEN,

Through the kindness Of a member
of Wilmington Lodge. A. o. u. W..
members of the lodge will he given
a peach party in the lodge room to-
morrow night. Recently a water
melon party was greatly enjoyed by
members of the lodge. The reach
party tomorrow night is expected to
surpass the watermelon party in in
terest. All Wilmington Lodge mem
bers are invited to attend.
Evening journal., 1915-08-18
EXCURSION no PHmADELPHIA,

A river ride will be given by the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor. of the First Methodist
Protestant Church.. to Philadelphia
and return. tomorrow evening. on the
Wilson Line boats. leaving at 6 and Z
O'Clock. All the societies of the city
are invited to participate.