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No. 141 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
IHE AMERICAN NOTE IS VIEWED
UNFAVORABLY BY GERMAN PAPERS
Berlin, July 2f>— The American
note has bee a reviewed and com
mented upon most vnfavorably by
the Gorman nawsy.iiiers, the editors
oi which declare that President Wil
son hus failed utterly to grasp the
Teutonic contention that "the free
dom. of the seas" if held to be n
mistaken phrase. There is every
indication that considerable time
will bo allow ad to elapse before a
reply is sent'to tbo American note.
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15 TORPEDOED Bf GERM
IP
Loudon, July 26 — The Am
erican steamship Leelanaw, ■ with
;i cargo of flax for • liel
l^st, \v:is torpedoed aud sunk off
:iaa co.ist of Scotland today. The
crew escaped.
The Leelanaw iu"1912 was under
charter to the Swan. Navigation Co.,
of Seattle, and "was engaged in the
Iraasportation of nierel andise front
that city to Skagway, and on the
return voyage loaded with copper
<«re from the Whitehorse mines.
Huints, Alaska, July 26—Tlie
graceful anil luxuriously equipped
gas launch "Krd," of the Presby
terian mission, at Haines, Alaska,
under command of Er. Harold M.
Craig, took out an all-day cruising
party last Thursday, the objective
point being picturesque Uavidson
glac'or, cu Lynn canal, a few
iniiea distant from "Haines. The
parly raveled ia a delightful out
iu_. i'ie day being most propitious.
With ecstacy the ponderously multi
colored aad f.iscinuting glacial for
ma lii> us were viewed and numerous
t'liot*"graphs taken. The usual
enjojable features of such an ex
pedition were indulged in—camp
fires, games, ftshing and hunting.
Recent hot weather had swollen
the strecms i:i the vicinity of
tlio glaci.T, which necessitated the
> u.ig mru forming human bridge?
with their hands and backs and
t.irrying the ladies across the
otherwise 'Impassable streams. This
excuir.-- and fun-provoking work
was under the supervision of Mr.
Ira King, who was in high gum
Ihk.13 about six sizes* too large for
his petite pedal extremities.
I'pon r.rrival ou the beach from
tho glacier, after partaking of u
sumptuous repast and enjoying the
hospitality cf .Mr. and .Mrs. "Ward,
whose homestead is situated at
Glacier Point, the "pickuicers" en
deavored, in a small boat, to so
aboard tlio '"Krd" to embark homo
ward. The roughness o£ the water
precluded this being accomplished.
However, the launch, after heroic
efforts of I)i. Craig and .Mr. Pet
erson, was boarded and steamed sev
eral miles up the Chtlkat river,
where the party was successfully
taken aboard.
! The heavy sea not having subsid
ed, tho launch proceeded further up
tho river to Pyramid harbor, back
'o! Fort Seward, and there landed
its passengers, all of whom walked
over to the town of Haines, arriv
ing abou.- midnight.
E>r. Craig, Ogden and Peterson re
turned t'J tho boat, remained un
til Lynn canal was calm, and
broupht the launch Into Haines via
Battery Point. Tho personnel of
the parly follows: I>r. and -Mrs.
Craig, Mr. and M,3. Ira King, Miss
es Atk'ersen, King, Fairfield, Mad
sen, Dennis and Jennings, .Messrs.
CgJ"ii, Harding and Peterson. •
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STATEMENT OF LEO FRANK CASE
81EMJ. JOHNI SLATON
The Reasons for His Commutation ot the
Death Sentence to J. ife Imprisonment
"Jack" Slatoa was in Skagxvay
yestarday. Everybody in -Georgia
knows the Hon. John M. Slaton, un
til within a low days 'governor of
that groat commonwealth, as "Jack
Slaton." The Southern people
have an 'odd habit of nicknatfiing
all their public men l'or whom they
entertain any-particular regard, and
whtn they drop into a more formal
stylo the handwriting 'is on the
u all.
Big and husky, -with hair just
turniig gray, and with the Unas of
character and resolution • drawn
strpngly from a firm mouth and
rujjgf-d chin, he was the "observed
of all observers" on the exeursic u
train that carried a larj;e number
of City of Seattle tourists to Sum
mit yesterday.
Governor Slaton is a national fig-j
itc, anil tho limo light of publicity
has beat fiercely about his head
ior many mouths. lie was the de
ciding factor in the case of I.eo
Prank, the most famous 'trial in
criminal jurisprudence within a cen
tury. Everj" man, woman and child
in America, and in fact, in many i
other parts of the world are torn- j
iiiar with the main facts in this I
case. The murder of tho little fac
tory operative, Mary Phagan, in
Atlanta nearly two years since;
tho arrest of Frank; the testimony
of Conl°y, the 'negro ex-couvict;
the threat of niob violence; tho
campaign conduued by hundreds of;
papers ui:«l magazines to save
Frank's life; the court procedure,
the caso reaclmig the supreme
court of tho United States twioe,
aud niaiy of "la more salient facts
tha' are too well known to re
hearse.
Tho uressurtt brought to bear
on Governor Slatcn to commute the
sentence of death to life imprison
ment was unparalleled in the his
tory of any criminal case in the
court rceords in the United States.
Public feeling was running danger
ously high in Georgia, culminating ,
in open threats on the governor's
life with the necessity of calling
out the state militia for his pro
tection.
"I could not," said Gov. Slaton,
"as a conscientious official per-1
rnit the hanging of Leo Frank. My j
decision in this matter was not:
reached until I had investigated
every shred of evidence in the
case. 1 spent days and nights
ploughing through the testimony;
I visited again and again the scene
of the crime; I weighed every word
of evidence pro and con. I 'realized
that there was a clamor for the
biood of Frank, but T knew full
well that it did not emanate from
the sober, serious-minded ' citi
zens of Georgia. It was the re-1
sul» of the inflammatory articles
that appeared in several Georgia pa
pers, aud had its origin in a de
sire to subserve ulterior purposes,
largely political in their character.
I would have been indeed recreant
to my great trust had 1 wantonly,
,ia order to appease an unthinking
ilaiLor for a man's blood permitted
th» sentence 'o£ the o«urt to
stand."
"Now X want 'to tell you," con
tinued the Governor, "of the thous
ands, nay hundreds 'of thousands of
letters, appeals and petitions that
poured in onto me. They came
from every walk in life, from every
civilized country on earth. • They
would fill an ordinary size room.
Thev came from every city and haiir1
let In the United States, and the
tenor of one and 'all was 'save
Frank.' 1 can assura you, how
ever, that these appeals would
have f'Ulen 'on deaf ears had not
my own investigations, quietly and
thoroughly x>ursued, convinced ' me
beyond a peradventure that Frank's
conviction • was in defiance with
every rule of law and evidence."
•"1 cannot stress too sirougiy
that .among those whi; begged for
executive clemency for "the noted
prison or was the tr'al judge in the
case. He was 'convinced that
there was too much doubt as to
Prank's guilt to permit such a
striiu as his execution to rest on
the good name'of Georgia. He was
but one of hundreds of Georgia's
leading citizens who urged me to
intervene. I was threatened with
,'olitkal extinction if I did so; was
the recipient of hundreds of men
acing letters that my life would
pay fie fort'iet if I interfered. I
Tea livid that I stood in the shad
ow oT^leath when I commuted
Frank's sentence, but, as I said at
the time [ would rather spend the
balance ot my life in obscurity
than have on my heart and my
conscience the life of a man cou
ceraing whom then were such
grave doubts as to his guilt.
"I want the people of Alaska to
know my side," said Slaton. "I
want them to know also, that the
newspaper stories that my act was
universally condemned in Georgia
are w;oll;- untrue, in only two
touutlcs did feeling 'run so high
that personal violence was threat
ened. I was protected by the mili
tia in Atlanta it is true, but I
want to say that the leaders of
that mob and most of the members
of it were recruited from the dives
and gutters of Atlanta, and in no
way represented the rgil sentiment
of the people. When this hysteria
runs its race and the normal good
sense of the people asserts itself,
I am suro that those .who so loud
ly denounce my action will thank
me that the escutcheon of our
great state is not stained with in
nocent blood." '
Mre. Slaton, a sweet-faced, at
tractive woman, referred to the hun
dreds of letters that reached • her,
Imploring her to use her influence
■with her husband to save Leo
F rank.'
I asked Governor Slaton if his
action had killed him politically.
(Continued on page 4.)
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F. H. GANTY
NVE5M1 BEGUN IN IDE
STEAMER ESSTLSID DISASTER
Chicago, July 21!—Investigations
into the disaster that overtook the
excursion steamer Eastland on Sat
urday, when she turned turtle In
the Chicago river two minutes af
ter she had left the pier with 2500
employes of the Western Eelectric
company on bpard, and in which
approximately 10C0 or the passen
gers lost heir lives, is now go
ii.g o.i here. The members of the
crew are • being examined to as
certain whether or not the regula
tions in regard to the carrying of
passengers on lake boats had been
complied with.
The ship 'floated a short dis
tance after she overturned, but
soon settled, a hundred feet from j
the Clark street bridge.
Up to 10:30 this (Monday) morn-I
ing 809 bodies had been recovered, j
The total estim^ld number cf dead
remains approximately 1,000 as the
failure of a good many of these
who tscaped to report caused Hie
larger figures at first issued of
tlioso lost.
The Eastland was a steamship of
1961 gross and 1218 net tons dis
placement. She was 265 feet long
and 'iS.2 feet beam. Her depth
was 19.5 feet. Ht?r engines were
capable of 3,000 horse power. She
was built in 190i at Port Huron,
Michigan, and was registered at
Cleveland. Her crew was usually
75 men.
The owners of the Eastland cfcrfui
that the steamer turned over be
causj tlirte-fourths of the excursion
ists lushed to th,s outer side of
the 'steamer to wave to people on
shore.
Plans for raising the vessel have
ilica'iy been completed.
Cornish, N. -H., July 2G—Presi
dent Wilson has ordered a com
plete investigation of 'the steamer
Eastland disaster with its resultant
loss of human life. 1
London, July 2-1—The German j
submarines have again renewed their,
activities and one French steamer
and four "British trawlers were!
sunk today as a reminder that they j
are still on their job.
London, July 2G—British air
men have been offered a wize of
£5,000 each for the first ten Ger
man dirigibles destroyed.
The Austro-Geruuui armies are
reported to be still picssing stead
ily forward towards Warsaw.
Berlin July 28—The total num
ber "of Russian prisoners now offi
cially announced to have been tak
en-by the Austro-Germans since
the war started is approximately 1,
500,000.'
I
II
IS!
Los Angeles, July 26—Judge Al
tou 13. Parker of New York, in au
Interview here today, said that Pres
ident Wilson will be re-nominated
by the democratic national conven
tion in 1916 without a doubt.
Former President Roosevelt, who
arrived in this city today,'was visit
ed by newspaper men but would
s:iy nothing of his own plans, al
though he remarked that Judgs
Alton's statement in regard to
President Wilson was tomfoolery.
II
FROM FUROPE
Washington, D. C.( July 26—It
is announced today that the Ameri
can Rod Cross society will be
withdrawn from Europe on October
Ist.-oTaccount of a lack of funds
to carry on the work of relief.
That it's up to you to seek relief. You
can get it here in abundance in these
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They're the loose fitting garments, in the
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is true of our two-piece suits should you
prefer them.
Will Clayson
The Clothier