I LIFE OF LEO
Milledgeville, G-a., August 17—The last
chapter in the famous Leo Frank case was
ended last night shortly after 11 o'clock when
seventy-five people overpowered the warden,
superintendent and guards of the Georgia
prison farm here, in which he has been in
carcerated since the commutation of his
death sentence to one of life imprison
ment by former Governor John Slaton
a lew weeks ago, dragged the prison
er from his bed, where he had been con
fined since he was attacked a few days ago
and had his throat cut while lying asleep
by a life convict, placed the doomed man in
an auto and sped away to within two miles
o i Marrietta. this
state, where he was
hanged to a tree.
■With the known animosity that
txUted against Frank among a cer
tain tiement of the people of Geor
gia, and the repeated threats that
had been made against his life
since his commutation, it hardly
teems that such a revolting deed
«is tkat palled ofi last night could
have b^en possible except through
the connivance of the officers who
were sworn to protect the ill-fated
prisoner. As to the guilt or inno
cence of Prank there is much dif
ference of opinion, but that has no
bearing ou the rights of the ac
cused to the fullest protection of
the iasv. .Last night's dastardly
outrage on civilization will ever be
a blot upon the fair fame of the
state m which it was perpetrated,
and the ones who took part In the
lynching of Frank are as guilty of
murder as was the fiend who was
rvspor.sble for the death of lttle
j Mary rhagan, and no stone should
' be l?£t unturned to bring them by
| legal means to stand upon tlie scaf
| fold upon which Leo Frank was con
. demned by the court to end his
life.
Frank was hung within a short
! distance of the birthplace of Mary
Phagan, of whose murder he had
been convicted on circumstantial evl
deuce of the most questionable
character. His wrists were hand
cuffed i- front and the rope with
which he was hanged had opened
' uo the wound In his throat inflicted
recently by a fellow convict in • an
attempt to end Frank's life. The
bodv of the deceased was taken to
Marietta, where an luquest ovor it
ii now in progress.
After the departure of the mob
with Fraak from the prison last
night Superintendent Burke was
found lying on the porch of the
prison, bour.d tightly with ropes.
Atlanta, Ga., August 17—"In the
lynching of Leo Frank by a mob
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Paris. August 17.—Several miles of Ger
man trenches are reported to have bean
captured yesterday near Bernhaupt
A squadron of nineteen allied aero-planes
bombarded the G-erman parks and depots in
the valley of Spada yesterday.
[HE NEW RUSSIAN BASE
REPORTED REING HEMMED IN
Berlin, August 17.—The new Russian base at Brest and Le
tovsk is being hemmed in by the Austrian aud German armies
from the west and south, according to late official advices received
in this city. On the west Von Mackensen's army is within thirty
miles and the Bavarians are within forty miles on the south.
A Russian sortie at Kovna is said to l.ave been repulsed
with heavy loss to them.
The Russians are said to be making a stubborn stand between
the Narew and Bug rivers against the advancing Germans and
Austrians.
BELIEVE PAN-AMERICAN PEACE
PLAN WILL BE ACCEPTED
Washington, D. C., August 16.—
The Pan-American plan of peace
for Mexico, it is believed by Gen
eral Villa, will be accepted by the
other northern Mexican leaders.
General Funston today furn
ished information to the state de
qartment that the recent Mexican
raids into Texas had been sanc
tioned and abetted by Carranza's
officers.
El Paso, August 16.—Carranza
commanders claim that all the
Mexican leaders will fight apainst
the acceptance of the Pan-Ameri
can peace proposals.
IHE! KILL it'
Si WOUND TWO
Brownsville, Texas, August 17—|
One hundred armed Mexicans, un
der cover of darkness last night,
forded the Rio Grande river near
Mercedes, Burrounded twenty-one
American cavalrymen and firing up
on them killed one, -wounded tw°
othejr and then made their escape
Into 'heir own country.
St. Louis. August 16.—Former
President W. H. Taft in an inter
view here today said that in his
opinion armed intervention in
Mexico seemed necessary.
Paris, August 17—It is reported
in this city that following the elec
tion of Z. Avitzanos as president
of the Greek chamber of deputies,
the members of the Goulnaris cab
inet tendered their resignations to
King Constantine, and they were
accepted."
BASKETBALL
LAST NIGHT
The 'oterest which the young men
of Skagway manifest in athletics
was well illustrated by the fact
tha* quite a number of the mem
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'COMMERCIAL CLUB CALLED
TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING
A call has boen issued by the
president, Col. W. L. Stevenson,
for a meeting of the Sltagway
Commercial Club to be held in
the city hall on Friday evening
! at 8:30.
The Attendance of every mem
ber is desired and an invitation
is extended to all business men,
jproperty owners and also to all
persons employed in the city,
either permanently or temporar
ily, who want a hand in the
J>oostinp and upbuilding of the
town, to come and join in tho
work of tho club and place their
names on the charter roll.
The officers have in hand sev
eral important matters to submit
to the members for discussion
and decision.
Let everyone turn out and
make this a grand boosters'
rally.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS IN ENGLAND
OBDEftEO ID HE DARDANELLES
Vancouver, B. C., August 17 —
Fifteen thousand Canadian soldiers,
now in the training camps in Eng
land, nive been ordered tu the
i Dardanelles.
London, August IT—The Brit
ish transport Royal Edward was
I torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine in the Aege.'»i Sea last
Saturday monriug. There were thir
teen hundred soldiers on board at
THE MEETING OF
TOW?: COUNCIL
At the regular meeting of th-'
town council last night a full board
was present, president Ashley in
i he chair.
After the reading and approval
or minuUs of previous meeting,
Councilman Kennedy st;it<*d th
the new sidewalks ordered put in
b» the council liad all been com
pleted atid that he would furnish a
full report at next meeting. The
piesidciu sngge&ted that the-e w
a crosswalk on St.it© and 12th S's.
that needed repairing ami the
stint superintendent was instrui t
•1 to ses that the luattor was at
tended to
Councilman Batson reported as
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the tiuie, and of these only six hun
dred are reported to have been
sared.
According to advices just re
ceived from Stockholm the Germans
are now preparing to land troops
in Finland.
Perlin, August 17—It is official
ly announced today that the G«r
m.»is have captured the outlying
forts near Movno, taking forty-five
hundred Russian prisoners.
Washington, D. C, August 17—
The suit brought recently by tbe
CnicLgo bondholders of the Alaska
Northern railroad against the Can
adian vendors to restrain the sale
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lociit^d on ground included within
the recent townsite survey at An
chcrrce and their claims were de
nied because this lmd had been
withdrawn by the government.
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