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SUBMARINE DESTROYS VESSEL If AEBEAH SEA LONDON. .Aug. 17 The British transport Eoyal Edward has been sunk by a submarine in the Aegean sea while conveying troops to the Dardanelles. It Is feared that fully 1,000 men aboard the vessel perished. The admiralty announced the destruction of the transport today. The official statement says that there were on board the ship 1,602 men and gives the number saved as six hundred. That a British transport had been sunk became known at the admiralty in the forenoon, but it was not until 12:40 o'clock this afternoon that the official announcement was made. The submarine which sank the Royal Edward Is believed here to be the German U-boat which had previously sunk two British warships off Galllpoli peninsula. Since the loss of warships greater precautions than ever have been taken, but the sinking of the Royal Edward indicates that the submarine had succeeded In reaching the route followed by British ships taking new forces to the Dardanelles front. The text of the admiralty announcement follows: "The British transport Royal Edward was sunk by an enemy submarine in the Aegean sea Saturday. According to Information available the transport had aboard thirty-two military officers, 1,350 troops and the crew of 220 officers and men. The troops were mainly reinforcements for the twenty-ninth division. ' Full information is not available but it Is known about 600 were iaved. Official announcement was made at Constantinople today that a German submarine had torpedoed and sunk the British' transport Royal Edward off the Dardanelles. The transport was destroyed by a single torpedo,' and the ship is believed to have sunk In seven minutes after being struck. The loss of life is believed to have been about 1,000.

GALVESTON CAUSEWAY SMASHED BY HURRICANE New Orleans and Austin Reports Believe Loss of life Will Be Small and Take Optimistic View of Situation Coast Towns Isolated.

NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 17. Gal veston is emerging from the flood of yesterday and last night with a loss of five lives so far as known and damage to property somewhat in excess of $1,000,000. The water which flooded all the streets to a depth of severs,! feet, is rcedl 8rral Jlr In considerable damage at 10:30. Among the many boats damaged was the government ..transport - McClelJan. The causeway has been destroyed. , A second wireless dispatch stated that one of the fires was in the Grand hotel. The message was to" the effect that the Grand hotel and one other fire were under control. The McClellan was carried out to sea by the re ceding waters. BELIEVE GALVESTON SAFE. AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 17. With Galveston, Houston, Beaumont. Port Ar thur, Sabine and numerous smaller places on the gulf coast cut off from communication with the outside world efforts were made here today to learn the extent of the damage done by the MASS MEETING WILL DISCUSS DRIDGE CRISIS Old Trails' Association Calls First of Series of Meetings to Help Solve Traffic Congestion. Problems growing out of the condemnation of the Main street bridge will be discussed at a meeting called by the Wayne County Old Trails Road association to be held in Baxter school building Thursday evenirig at 8 o'clock. Dr. I. S. Harold, president of the organization, today issued a statement in which he said the problem came within the scope of the association, which has no particular faction or interest to serve in its work, but is a county-wide organization, one of whose purposes is to strive for the welfare of all citizens. The meeting next Thursday evening is the first of a series which will be called to discuss the problem. Three points will be determined. First, the present condition of the bridge; secondly, relief for traffic congestion arising from the closing of the structure: thirdly, plans for a new span across the river. The meeting will be a citizens gathering and will not be restricted to members of the West Side Improvement association, but will be the first mass meeting arranged to discuss the problem. The association hopes to be able to co-operate in the solution of the question. Weather Forecast . U. S. Report Local showers tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy. Temperature Noon 69 Yesterday Maximum 85 Minimum .-.....s... 69

West Indian hurricane which has been

ripping its way inland for the past twenty-four hours. It is known that .a section of the causeway to Galveston, which connects the city with the mainland, has been.!

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at least three feet deep i (he street of Galveston, but beyond these advices kothing has been-heard. M M J . A wen miormea persons nere iaiten an optimistic view of the situation and believe that the early warning given by the weather bureau of the coming storm, gave the people time to get away and that the loss of life In Galveston will be small. AUSTIN ISOLATED. DALLAS, Tex , Aug. 17. Austin was added to the cities isolated by the storm swept section of Texas when the last wire to that place went down shortly before 10 a. m. today. This indicates that the West Indian hurricane has already passed a considerable distance inland. RICHMOND MAN SHOT INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17 William Knox, colored, of Richmond, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded this morning at the home of Marie Morgan, 23, colored, in North Senate avenue. Sandy Hicks, 21, colored, was arrested. He denies he shot Knox. The Morgan woman was also arrested. HELY PLANS HEARING FINAL CONSUMMATION The formal plan of reorganization of the M. Rumely company will be announced within a few days according to reports received here from New York. Meetings were held at New York yesterday by the committees representing the security holders of the company at the conclusion of which it was stated that the plan of reorganization will be made public within the next few days. The stockholders and noteholders' committees have reached an agreement. It was learned definitely today that there Is no prospect of the Bethlehem Steel corporation taking over any of the plants of the company. One of the officials of the Rumely company at LaPorte recently visited the Bethlehem Steel works and went over the specifications required in connection with the manufacture of shrapnel and this is believed to be the origin of the report that spread like wildfire through the country. t To date, it is stated, no orders have been received by the company tor the manufacture of war supplies, but it is highly probable that this work will be taken over by the company. The prospects of the sale of the local plant of the company remain the same as they were two weeks ago, according to a statement by E. M. Haas, secretary, of the Commercial club. Nothing! definite has been learned regarding the sale to the American Foundry and Machine company, of Hamilton, who had representatives here last week inspecting the plant

U. S. ACCEPTS KAISER'S VIEW ON FRYE CASE Note to Germany Gives U. S. Leeway to Renew Further Communications on Ship's Destruction. ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. In accepting the German proposal that two experts representing , the two governments tlx the amount of Indemnity for the loss of the American sailing ship William P. Frye and any American property that may have been sunk with her, the United States retains all her legal rights under international law. In the note to Germany, made public here today, this government further asks that "an arrangement be agreed upon for the immediate submission to arbitration of the question of legal justification for the sinking of the Frye, insofar as it involves the interpretation of existing treaty stipulations. Acceptance of this by Germany, which is expected, will result in a complete interpretation of the Prussian treaty and also clear up the case of the steamer Leelanaw, another American vessel sunk by a German submarine. The Frye "regrets" that Germany cannot accept the objections of this the case was not one for a prize court. It. is then suggested that, the two alternative suggestions made by Germany be combined and accepted. They are that each government name an expert to agree on the

amount of damages and that arbitra tion be accepted as the means of in terpretihg the existing treaty stipu lations. Arbitration is to be had un der the provisions of article 38 of The Hague convention. The question of procedure presenting the arbitration award is declared Important and Ger many is asked whether her interpretation or that of the United , States is to rule her navy In the meanwhile. munications. - ASK CONTRACTOR WHO BUILT SPAN TO GIVEREPORT Officials Advised by Attorney Jessup to See If Repairs Would Cost in Excess of $25,000. BAVIS FAVORS IDEA After Attorney Wilfred Jessup had suggested to the board of public works today that before any decisive action had been taken in regard to the replacing of the condemned Main street bridge experts of the bridge company, which constructed it, should be called in to make an investigation to determine whether It could not be satisfactorily repaired, President Bavis announced that he had written to the president of the county council asking that body to meet in conference with the city officials next Friday. Jessup expressed the opinion that the Main street bridge could be repaired at an expense of not more than $25,000 so that its period of usefulness could be extended at least ten years. He said that, he was certain it would cost not less than $175,000 to construct a concrete structure on the site of the condemned bridge. Worth Consideration. President Bavis stated that If the Main street bridge could be repaired for not more than $25,000 the plan suggested by Attorney Jessup was well worth careful consideration. President Bavis made it plain to Jessup that the city would not assume the expense of repairing the Main street bridge if an investigation revealed the possibility of placing it in satisfactory state of repair. He declared that the city would not have more than $25,000 available next year to provide for all kinds of necessary public improvements. Mr. Jessup stated that while the bridge was a part of a city street and the city was legally bound to provide for its upkeep and repairs the county could under the law, if it so desired, assume the cost of rehabilitating the condemned structure if it were possible to repair it so that it would be serviceable for a reasonable length of time. He thought the county commissioners and the county councilmen, In such event, would not hesitate to meet the cost of such repairs in preference to shouldering upon the county a debt of between $150,000 and $175,000 for the construction of a concrete bridge. Jessup also thought the traction company would agree to assume a part of the expense of repairing the bridge. "The company would not be Continued On Pay Eight. J

MRS. COMMONS DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION

. Mrs. Ella Commons, 43, widow of the late Lawrence Commons, died at the Reid Memorial hospital Monday follow ing a serious operation. The body was temoved last night to the Commons home on West School street at Centerville. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Pfeifer. Mrs. Commons is survived by one brother, Omer McConaha, and three half-brothers, 'Walter, Taylor and George McConaha, and a half-sister. Mrs. Ada Wallace, and her father-in-law, Hon. Joseph Commons. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Methodist missionary society. Mrs. Commons had spent prac tically all her life as a citizen of Cen terville and Wayne county. SAYS EUGENICS WILL PRODUCE STRONGER RACE Dr. Geisel Pleads for Indiana to Provide for Medical Certificates From Prospective Bridegrooms. MAN RESEMBLES HOG Enforced eugenic marriages to ul timately eliminate the sowing of wild oats, dissipation by young men and women in the indulgence of vicious habits, diseases, criminals and idiots and to acquire instead a strong, healthy, intelligent manhood and womanhood was advocated by Dr. Carolyn "Geisel in a. health '- talk on eugenics, a ar chautauqua this -mora ing. proximately four hundred wo men and min wr nrnr.:.: .te.-i-.: The speaker pleaded for Indiana to follow Illinois in an attempt to secure laws requiring prospective brides and bridegrooms to carry certificates of medical inspection in getting licenses to marry. She praised the Hoosier commonwealth for having laws prohibiting 'the marriage of idiots and criminals, but said the country looked to this state to progress further. Every man and woman, she said, had an affinity but that no bureau of eugenics could select partners. Nature, with love and affection, can find a man or woman's soul-mate if each young man or each young woman looks long and carefully before choosing his wife or her husband. Compared to Hogs. Man was likened to a hog by the doctor in the course of her remarks to illustrate the power of the study of eugenics to mould the body to suit the pleasure of the breeders. She said farmers had learned to lessen the size of the head of the hog to permit of greater body and bo if this could be done, man, as an animal, could be grown with bigger body, bigger brain Continued on Page Seven. STORM SWEEPS INTO INTERIOR GALVESTON, Aug. 17. Other news coming from various sources in Texas was as follows: Five lives have been lost in Galveston as far as known. The property damage there will be at least $1,000,000. The water was five feet deep in the streets of the city. Eight thousand refugees from Galveston are housed in Houston and it is estimated that 2,000 more are in other nearby cities and towns. San Antonio, before communication was severed today, reported that the wind there had reached a velocity of 42 miles an hour and was increasing. SLATON DENOUNCES LYNCHERS OF FRANK SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 Ex-governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, who commuted the death sentence of Leo M. Frank to life Imprisonment, expressed himself in the strongest possible language when he was Informed today that the famous prisoner had been kidnapped from the Milledgeville prison farm. "If Frank was spirited away by enemies and if he was harmed by those who killed him, I want to say it was an outrage," declared former Governor Slaton today. " "If Frank was lynched every man who took part in the proceedings ought to be hanged as an assassin. "Lynchlngs are contrary to civilization and the murder of Frank would be an act that every good man of Georgia would Instantly, condemn."

MOB TEARS CHARY PHA6ANS MURDERER FROM BED; PUTS PRISONER INTO AUTO; HANGS SLAYER NEAR GRAVE OF VICTIM

HOW LYNCHERS SEIZED FRANK WHILE IN BED With Methodical Precision Mob Ties Prison Officials, Cuts Wires and Hurries Prisoner to Auto. BAFFLE ALL PURSUIT Prisoner's Wife Swoons When Warden Informs Her That Husband Has Been Lynched by Mob. ATLANTA. Go.. -g. 17. The, mob that lynched Ceo " M.-ranx appeared in , automobiles at the prison ' farm about 10:30 o'clock last night and soon secured Frank. Warden Smith, asleep at his home, was awakend by the crowd, and when he came to the door he was seized and handcuffed. With the Warden in their custody, and his keys in their possession, the leaders then proceeded to the home of Superintendent Burke. Within a few minutes the prison superintendent was a prisoner. Forced by the mob, Warden Smith and Superintendent Burke led the way to- the priaon -fflc,' -where the- three guards on -duty were overpowered. . ...witb4her.ic-ox e- prison-to -their possession ana tne oniciais securely bound, the mob ended Its attack Continued On Page Seven. COUNCIL HOLDS TWO SESSIONS DURING AUGUST Successor to Elbert Russell to Be Named at Meeting Ordered for Next Friday Evening. 3 CANDIDATES ARE OUT Being the second meeting in August, council really was supposed to finish its work for the month last night, but it found It had so much business to transact that two extra August ses sions were arranged. Friday night of this week council will meet to elect a successor to Prof. Elbert Russell, one of the members-at-large, who tendered his resignation last night, to become effective tomor row. After this work has been transacted the councilmen will meet with the mayor, controller and members of the board of public works for the purpose of considering the 1916 municipal budget. The budget ordinance has to be submitted to council at its first meeting in September, and so far it has done no work on this important matter. Take Up Compensation. On Monday evening, August 30, council will hold its second extra session of the month to decide whether the city shall assume its own risk under the provisions of the workmens' compensation act, or whether it will Continued on Page Seven. BERLIN, Aug. 17. Capture of Kovno, between Niemen and Gosia, is announced in today's official report. The Germans captured 4,500 prisoners and twenty-four cannon. It is believed that the fall of the main Kovno fortifications can not be long delayed. The staff also reports the capture of a large fort on the northeastern defense line at Novo Georgievsk together with two intermediate forts. These three forts were taken by storm. The Germans captured 2,400 Rus sian prisoners and eighteen cannon at Novo Georgievsk. The forces of General van Schlotz and General Von Golwitz have driven the Russians back, taking 1,760 prisoners, one cannon and ten machine sunn.

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Only Night Clothes and Sack Covers Corpse Suspended from Tree When Body Is Found Police Authorities Believe Lynching Well Planned and Carried but in a Business-like Manner by Avenging Mob.

BODY OF LYNCHED MAN

Crowds Remain Orderly and Show Little ResentmentBody Not Mutilated, Although Rope Opens Wound in Neck Inflicted by Fellow Prisoner Several Weeks Ago Identity of Leaders Is a Mystery.

MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17. The body of Leo M. Frank, was found hanging to a tree, two miles from here on Roswell road at 8 :30 this morning. The mob which took him from the Milledgeville Prison Farm at 11 o'clock last night made good their threat to hang him near the place where Mary Phagan, his fourteen-year old victim, was buried. Frank's body was not mutilated. Frank's eyes were bandaged. His hands were crossed behind him. A sack had been tied about his hips. His feet were dangling about four feet above the ground. An oak tree was the gallows.

Crowd Sees Body. Before 9 o'clock the crowd had reached great porportions, considering the isolated neighborhood of the scene. More than 1,000 persons gathered to look at the grim spectacle. There -were a number of women In the crowd. It was noticed that several of mem carrieo. oaDies in ineir arms. The body was still warm when the crowd reached the scene. Not a shot had been fired and there was absolutely no sign of mutilation. The wound inflicted by Creen had been opened up on the left side of the throat by the contact with the rope that caused death. Even while the crowd gathered it still poured a small stream of blood. Lynchers Hide Movement. And the men who had just taken the law into their own hands had disappeared as suddenly as they bad arrived at the prison. It was commonly supposed that the lynchers came from Cobb county. If they did they had concealed their movements thoroughly. There was absolutely no excitement in Marietta Monday. As far as could be learned, every man in Cobb county was present or accounted for at his home Monday night. Even after the discovery of the body there was no one to take any disposition of the corpse. Finally a member of the throng who had returned to Marietta called on an undertaker there and he took charge of the body for the time being. Takes Away Body. At 10:30 o'clock the undertaker's wagon that was bringing Frank's body to Marietta was stopped by a party in a car who took the basket containing the body from the wagon put it in their own car and started for Atlanta. So quietly was the work of the lynchers performed that people in Marietta did not know that Frank had been brought to their doorsteps for more than two hours. When the news reached the Cobb county seat a throng at once hurried to the mill. The body was still hanging to the tree. At least twenty reputable men recognized the features. Identification was made doubly positive by the wound inflicted on Frank by his fellow prisoner William Cree, a few weeks ago at the prison farm. The bringing of the body to Cobb county where Mary Phagan was born and raised was such an example of the relentlessness of purpose of the mob members. Cut Telegraph Wires. As the mob leaders left the prison officials bound and handcuffed,, they informed Supt. J. M. Burke that Frank's body would be found near the grave of Mary, Phagan. To insure this and prevent any possibility of interruption every telegraph line and wire out of Milledgeville had been cut save one. This one wire communicating with Augusta flashed the news of the kidnapping to the world. Every sheriff in south Georgia was ordered to keep a vigilant watch on all automobiles passing through their section. It was known that the lynchers and their victim were in a motor car. Fryes Gin, the place of his death, is 50 yards off the Roswell road, but not risible from the highway. The nearest farm house Is 200 yards away. The place is located Just a mile and vi half from the, National cemetery. Frank in. his death ride was not even clothed. . He was sleeping In the cell house when the lynchers arrived and when the . throng from Marietta arrived the hanging corpse was 'clad only In a silken night shirt with the

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initials L. M. F. embroidered over the heart. His feet and legs were bare. News that Frank had been taken from the prison reached this place, the home of Mary Phagan, about 2 a. m. Then there was a lull as the few people awake speculated o wiir ! position had been made of the prisoner.Shortly after 8 o'clock the death9 covered : buggy with the horse In a lather came dashing into the public square. Instantly a knot of men gathered about it. There was a low bum of conversation. Then : "He's there," shouted a man and began to run to the east along the Roswell road. , "They got him." he shouted. Others began to run. A motor car buzzed by. Another passed the men. and the Roswell road was hidden under a thick cloud of dust. When the first person reached the spot, Frank's body was still warm. He had been hanged banged In a calm, deliberate, businesslike manner "hanged by the neck until dead," as the court has said so many times. The legs and feet showed the deep purple that follows death by strangulation. The ankles were boujd by a rope. The hands also purple were mannacled by steel handcuffs back of the body. Features Concealed. Across the upturned face was deeply bound a linen handkerchief concealing the eyes and most of the features. And the long, black and wavy hair fell back from the brow, tumbled, but not disordered. There was blood on the noose where it squeezed the fresh opened and gaping wound along the left side of the neck. The noose was tied as if by an expert it had not failed to draw taut and deadly upon the slender throat within. The new rope of hemp, was run through the fork of a large limb, fifteen feet from the earth, drawn across this and made fast to another tree twenty feet away. There was no evidence of bungling. TRAGEDY CAUSES PROFOUND SHOCK ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 17. News Of the lynching of Leo M. Frank caused a profound shock at the capital Before leaving for the Confederate reunion at Fitzgerald. Governor Harris gave out a statement deploring the tragedy. Adjutant General Von Holt Nash hurried to his office early In the morning expecting a call for the mili tia. Several of the guards of hear ing the reports of the mob assembled at the armory, but a formal call waa not issued by the governor. Friends of the dead man were strong in their condemnation of the mob, while many others received the news with evident satisfaction. Relatives of Frank after they, had recovered from the shock of his death began arrangements to have the body brought to Atlanta. A tele-. gram was, sent to Atlanta asking (hem to send the body to Brooklyn. - - FRANK'S LAST LETTER. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17, Pan Lehon, . southern superintendent of the Burns detective agency, has just received a letter which, it is believed, contain Frank's last written words. He said: "Surely God has let me live and aided me In this dark hour for a blight day which must be near at hand." . -