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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1915.
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v KIHKHMKKU TUO ?IM
MOB TAKES LEO FRANK
FROM GEORGIA PRISON;
BELIEVED LYNCHED
Say Body Will L.
Found on Mary
PhagarTs Grave.
LE.\Dl:RS CUT
JAIL WIRE!
Prisoner Thrown I tit
Automobile and Car
ried from Town.
POSSES IN PURSUIT
?Hurried Efforts ?Made to Pre
vent lynching of Prisoner
by Armed Attackers.
Milledgeville, Ga.. Aug. 16.?Leo IV
Frank, whose sentence of death fc
the murder of Mary Phagan wa
commuted to life imprisonment, wa
removed from the Georgia priso
farm her?.- to-night by twenty-fiv
armed men. who overpowered Wat
den Smith and art believed to hav
lynched Frank.
First reports that they might h
friends of Frank were dispelle
when a prison*!* nid he heard
member of the mob say that F'rank'
body would be placed to-morrow o
?he grave of Mary Phagan at Mari
ftta.
Ul U) the attack wires lead
inj* to the prison had been cut.
Frank was placed in an automo
bile and rushed in the direction o
F.atonton.
The attack was shortly befor
midnight. The warden and most o
the guards were sleeping on a rea
porch of the main building in wfcid
the prisoners are oonfined. Both hi
ind the guards were handcuffed, af
ter which the party entered the pris
on and removed Frank.
Eatonton, Ga., Aug. IT.?Th<
party which took Leo M. F'rand
from the state prison farm to-nigh'
had not patted through here at 1 :"i
o'clock this mor
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 16. ? Sherifl
posses have been ordered out in all
counties surrounding Baldwin Coun?
ty, in which Milledgeville is located
in an effort to t'nd Frank and the
party which took him.
No man has ever been more fiercely
hated by the popple amonp whom hr
j?ed than has Leo II. Frank. No man
guilty or innocent, has ever struggled
harder for a freedom which the almost
unanimous, enmity of an entir.
"?is det.rmined should be denied him
Mary l^nr-an was killed on A|
Her body whs found on April 27. Frank
and ? eper, Jim Conley, were
?rres'ed on April 29. In jail Conley
"squealed" to save his own life. He
'old of Frank's attack on the j*irl and
of her subsequent murder. Me was the
? i, who watche?! when
? r lured women into his
?' i -i the story which Con
: ? ? '.idicr Georgians
aif-air -? him For perhaps the first time
>ry of the South, a negro's
h white nia?n was
"?ted ? white man's denial
? ? witneai foi the
perlri
? i ? ' !_, 1913.
?i d on the stand. Hied
a mob, which declared
a -erous crowd sur
'? ?
in a veiiitct of guilty.
ed hi? th next
a*>' to deal I rank'* counsel peti
triai. Thia was- ?le
after this
' r?r r;
IC was
r*u ' Mipreme
Ihe lower :
. nited Statei Diatriel
-erne Court
\
a lef-al
? ' 'rial,
?ime calm,
?*???' ' whose splendid
ltn' tioned to Cov
22, 1914,
...
? unani
1 po
? r June 20,
-, Frank
? the Atlanta jail.
: for two ?
country ?
? . 120 miles.
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l wrathful.*-* Iik,- an
vc when thil wai
?>r in
, Hi? own
?
? ? , ! were
r July 17. at niKht. a murderer
? ?ng a life term al the
I rank in the !
?<*ry and cut the aleeping man's ?
?he ron\ | |?al ! ?? he
be -.va* dorn?* God'b service.
SAVED BY BELT BUCK
Current Transferred fr
Electrician's Body to Pol
John Ir.-ito. , f |M St. Ann's Ave
The Bronx, Wflili painting a bridg,
the Harlan Kiver branch of the
York. Mess- Haven ft Hartford Raili
near Hoechsvood Avenue, New Roch
yesterday. came In contact with
electric wire charged with 11,00?? v,
Flame was ??.?en to spurt apparc
from hi? ?ion.?en to the steel upr
near by. He fell to the (-round, -ml
and walked away. He wa? taken to
New Rochelle Hospital against hi? ?
where it whs found thai he was
?he face and slightly burned
the shoulder. The electric current
poesed out of hi.? body through
point of his belt buckle.
GULF HURRICANE
HITS GALVESTO
City in Darkness, State
Suspense, as 5,000
Flee Inland.
Dalla?. Tex.. Aug. IG. Full effect?
the terrific West Indian hurrici
which passed through the Yuca
Channel Sunday were felt at ?.iulf co
point? late to-day. when the w
reached a velocity of seventy mile?
hour. Alarm was felt for the <af?
of various ports, notably (Jalvest
concerning which disturbing repo
were circulated.
Telegraph wire* to the port wi
down at 6:30 t<,-night. The last m
sage said:
"The tropical storm which stri
Galveaton to-day, while very scve
hud caused no serious damage or 1(
of life uo to G o'clock this evening.
"Th? Galveaton sea wall, built as
;?>n against such hurrican
withstood the fury of the storm a
showed no signs of weakening. T
storm struck the city lute in the t'oi
noon at a velocity of thirty-four mil
an hour.
.'clock to-night the highest \
locity averaged Cf> to '.'! miles an ho?
with an occasional spurt to i?0 miles,
heavy ram x'ell throughout the day a
to-night the streets are filled wi
water to the curbing.
It wa? estimated that five thousai
persons left Galveston during the l.i
thirty-six hours. Practically all horn
on the beach had been evacuated ai
the Hfesaving crew was held in reac
ness. The city was in darkness t
night
.- tide? which flooded the rai
r?!u,i betwe? n Sabine and Port Arthi
were reported at Ueaumont to ha'
trapped two women and three men ;
Sabine. The women refused to lea'
after all other inhabitants had d
sorted the town. Other coast resort
including Port Holivar, Caplen ar
Rollover, were reported under water.
Galveston'-? isolation caused tl
greatest anxiety in the rest of tl
?. the faiet that the win
at ?"> o'clock was blowing from tl
north and that the water, which ha
backed into the streets, was from tl
bay side of the island to-nigh? It
? who ara familiar with me ?*?<
graphical position of the city and th
history of its storm? to entertain ne
hope? that the gale would not result ?
a disaster.
FIREMEN'S MASCOT
RESCUES CAPTAN
Gyp's Barks in Burning Garap;
Lead Men Through Smoke to
Unconscious Comrade.
Gyp, the Dalmatian thut bring? goo
luck to Hook and Ladder "?'>, got into
fire last night. He sneaked up the in
dined planes in the Mason ft Seama
Transportation Company'? garage an,
shop, at 622 Ue-t Fifty-seventh St reel
Nobody saw him in the dense smok
which had already temporarily knocke,
out a score of nremen, hut suddenly hi
excited \elns -.sere heard in the thicken
of the fumes.
Fireman .lohn Kelly made depreca
tory remark-, concerning Dalmatian
and dose into the smoke to P?H th?' doj
to safety. He found Gvp standing ovei
ri ??eorge F. Rickett, of the flv?
company, who lay unconsciou? and foi
in the murk. Kelly'i shouti
hi?.ugh? Thomas ??'Toole. Harry Gard
tier and .lohn Harrington, and the foui
t?reme-, rat riel their captain ou*, whili
th? delighted Gyp followed.
Dr. Archer, of the Fire Department
took Captain Kicket? to Roosevelt Hos?
pital, lap, -OUfhinC at every bound
?i' in pursuit of the automobile
an?! camped in the hospital for the
nigh*.
GERMANS HOLD OFFENSIVE
Refuse to Export Any More
Limburger Cheese.
l.itnburger cheese made in Germany
is fast becoming a /are tidbit in the
1'nited States. The war la to blame.
Importers ?a?. l,mnur-rer is needed in
,ny, b?t they do not explain
.-r for offensive or defensive rur
i
But there >t hope for the American
rd lim
? ,,un?-.mon? that a BUb
ired in this
?
m kind.
CANADA EXHAUSTS
BIG GOLD DEPOSIT
Shipment to New York leaves
little of Bank of England's
$120,000,000 Fund.
|B* 1- -a ? ?' " 1
Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 16, A larga ship?
ment of gold by the Finance Minister
i "fork t. , :.-. from tha
' of the Bank of England nere '
illy exhausta the total depoiita I
of about tI20fiQO,000. I
HELD AS RIPPER;
WOMAN'S CLEW
REVEALS KNIFE
Fraud Charge Keeps Half
Breed in Baltimore for
New YorI# Police.
CONFESSED MURDERS,
COMPANION INSISTS
Told of Killing Colin and Mur?
ray Children Blade Found
Is Keen and Stained.
?*?>,,.., a s?arr ?'??-- aawidaal ??( 'it?? Trtt'in.? I
Baltimore, "Vug. 16. Acting Captain
Patrick Gildea, of the New York police,
.irrivc?! here late tn-rii-ht. and to-mor
iirv will examine Edgar Jones, held hv
the local police under suspicion of
being the "ripper" who killed I.eonore '
i'ohn and Charlie Murphv in New York
Citjr.
Jones, whom the police here say, is
really Atillo Fnsco, a Canadian half
breed, is a former employe of Bellevue
Hospital, ('race Elliott, also at one
time a Rellevue employe, rvho has been
living with him as his wife, denounced
hi m as the ripper, after he had been
arrested on another charge.
The woman was intoxicated when ?he
first told the police, but she repented
the story when sober The man is held
OB the charge of defrauding Mrs. Rose
Hyson of a board bill. When a detec?
tive confronted him in jail this after?
noon with the woman's story he
laughed and said it was not true. The
detective tri.-d to induce him to ac?
count for all his movements since the
child murders He told a rambling
story.
The woman told Police Captain San
try that the knife with which the crime
was committed would be found at the
Western Police Station in this city, it
having been taken from the man when
he and the woman were arrested on a
charge of drunkenness.
Police Find Knife.
The knife wai still at the Western.
It ?S a giant pocket knife, with a blade
three inches long and extremely sharp.
It il covered with stains, which the
police believe may be blood.
The Elliott woman says she and the
man left New York early in April.
That was before the killing of the
Murray boy in May. She says they
went to Washington and came to this
ci'.y from that city in April. The rec?
ords show that Jones and the woman
Wi re arrested on a charire of drunken?
ness on July .10, and that the charge
against them -vas dismissed on the fol?
lowing day.
"If you are a real copper, don't let
Jones escape." said the woman to Cap?
tain Santry. when she was arrested.
"Do you know," she said, "that you
have in your toils the man who has
been sought all over the country as the
New York Kipper?
"1 in? an that if you are real coppers
you will not let Jones escape," she
continued. That was as far as the
would go for ? few minutes. She sat
on the wooden bench in the cell, and
wringing her hands and swaying to and
fro, was apparently on the verge of a
nervous breakdown. She calmed her?
self, and five minutes later continued:
"Captain, this has been worrying
me for month.;. In telling vou thi
I an. giving away the man I love.
Jones is' the man who last March
killed two children in New York.
Hi killed the little Cohn girl and the
Murray boy. lie i.? Jack, the
Ripper. If you don't believe me, in?
vestigate ray ?tory. Tell the New York
police that you have him. and see how
quick they will come here after him."
Man Told of Murder.
The woman repeated her story to
Mrs. Randolph, saying she had been
employed as a cook in Bellevue Hospi?
tal, in New York, and that Jonea, 01
PasCO, was an orderly. On March 10,
she said. Jone, ?ame home and she no?
ticed that his clothing was covered with
blood.
"'What la the matter with your cloth?
ing." I asked him." she said. "He told
me he had killed n little girl. He
!i?ke,l rr.c to say nothing. The next
morning the papers were full of the
murder. I did not tell on him. 1
loved him more than anything else."
Sh" told how, shortly afterward,
Jones or Pasco had come to her and
confessed that he had killed a boy.
Then she rea?! of the murder of the
Mu?*ra) l">y. After this they went to
Washington. A few weeks later they
came here.
Captain Santry, although believing
the itorj to be the mutteringi of an In?
toxicated woman, investigated I'cfi.re
her commitment yesterday morning to
the jail for a wee**, Captain Santry
brought the woman, then recovered
tro-n the effect? of liquor, to his office.
He isked hei to repeat her story. She
did, am! according to ?"aptain Santry,
deviated ver?- little. After hearing the
second statement he took her to bead
quarters.
Repeat?. Her Story.
There, in the office of Marshal Car
' sptain Santry related the story
told by the woman. She sat in a chair
by, and after Captain Santry con
, she admitted the statement,
hut, according to Marshal Carter, made
m few corrections, rhat had no part?cu?
la? heanng on the case.
Detective Lieutenant Herman Pohler
queationed Jones in the jail. On his
headquarter! P?blet
Jones denied the act ' if the
woman. P ?aid he
rhereal
s ai '?i several tunes ti
him on coi
"? ou're lying lo i hier told the
man. ' N li ?' ii the rea ion !"
"None ?>f your business," Jones is
ed.
ird ng to Pooler, Jones told him
? ? i being a
? -nan and hi.> mother an II
i quaw.
Ko-o Dyson, who ronducl
at 117 We-t Hai re
I ...i heard
i ? ?? r to the man Join .? a.
"Kipper."
"The couple were here for almost two
.
? - pt ori last Fri?
day night, when they had a quarrel in
their room ' ?heard the woman say,
will not be any Mrs. Jones
DOW on.' Later I heard her refer
to h;m as 'Rpr-'t ' Wh.le they were
( uj mueil ou pagr I, tuluuiu I
FEDERAL AGENT?
FIND BIG LEAKS
AIDING GERMAN?
State and Treasury D
partaient Information
Flowing to Embassy.
AT LEAST SIX MEN
BELIEVED INVOLVE
"Providence Journal" Tells
Detail of Wide Extent of
Spy System Mere.
IH> "?l.-i-iim I? -,,? TiBi?II i
Providence, K. I., Aur. 17. "T
Providence Journal" publishes tod
the statement that government oAcil
have bee,, investigating for week? lea
in the State and Treasury depai
ments through which information h
been given con?tantly to the Germ
Embassy. "The Journal" asserts th
at least two person? in State Depai
ment and four in the Treasury Depai
ment are under suspicion, and say?:
"The government ha? in its posse
sion positive proof that these lea
have been constant and that ?mpoi
ant and valuable information, partie
larly in connection with inve?tigatior
ha? constantly found its way into tl
possesion of Count von Hernstorff ai
Captain Boy-Ed.
"There have been numerous confe
ence? among Cabinet officers with r
gard to these leaks for several week
Secretary .'TcAdoo and Secretary La
???ing have conferred constantly aril
Secret Service officials, and every po
Bible effort has been made to put
stop to this shamele?. traffic in sfa
secret?.
" 'The Journal' is able to say author
tatively that these investigations ai
in progress and that conclusive proi
of the condition? in the departmen
named ha? already been secured
Bridge Kiplosion Ordered.
"The government has in its posse:
?ion an affidavit signed by Captai
Horn, who attempted to blow up the it
ternational bridge at Yanci-boio Th
affidavit not only tells the entire stor
of Horn's attempt, but declare? that h
was ordered to do what he did by hi
superior officer in this country in th
employ of the German governmen
The Secret Service authorities wh
liRve this document m their posisessio
have proof that the individual refcrre
to is Captain Fran;: von Papen. Mili
tary Attach? of the (ierman Emb
"Captain Horn's statement ?:?
that he was brought here from Sou11
America to do either this work or worl
limitar to it; that he came undci or
der-, from and in the pay of his su
perior officers in this country. Hi
confession goes into detail with regar?
to the method he employed in atiempt
ing to blow up the bridge. It declare
that before stinting from the village o
Vanceboro on his perilous expeditioi
with a satchel contamin, eighty pound
of dynamite, he pinned a German flaf
to each of his arma, so that if capture?
he could declare he was in Gertnar
uniform.
Involved in Passport Fraud?.
"This confession was not sccurec
from Captain Horn until he had been
notified by the Secret Service official?
that they had positive knowledge ol
his connection with the German army
The facts that brought about th;.
knowledge reveal in a startling way
the direct connection of the German
Fmbassy with all passport fraud? that
have been perpetrated m tins Country.
".scr-tet Service officials, posing as the
men conducting these frauds, met an
attache who had been sent dirccily
from the German Fmbas-y at Wash?
ington with a letter to the ringlrader
of the gang of forgers. Believing that
he was dealing with the passpo't men,
he handed a letter to one of them, -'??'
in that it was most important. When
??I by the Secret Service officei.?
the envelope was found to contain a
'i.-? of over thirty prominent German
army officers in this country for whom
fraudulent passports were delirad by
the German Kmbassy.
I.usitania's Position Known.
"The government la* convinced that
before the sinking of th? I ?
i epresentatives of the German Embassy
in Washington sent to the Admirait?,
? II? rim BOCrat messages with r-gaiil
to the position of that ship an-l her
courte. The government l?a- already
taken s'eps to see if it can hold these
men on either murder or piracy
charges.
"It is understood tha?. this inf.Tni??
tion came to the Gorman Embaaay
throueh a spy, or spies, in the office
ol the Canard company in New York
City. 'The Journal1 cannot state to
what extent the government has veri
?iod the-.? fUBpieiOnS, but it is a fact
1 that within two weeks the government
has calleil up?.n two of the best known
legal authorities on internan?" ?
m New York City to give their opinion
as to whither such acts, if t
would constitute either piracy or mur?
der, and that, if either of such ch
could be brodght, whether thej would
hold against member! of the Gciman
Kmhassy staff.
"Moth these lawyers, however, hav?
returned briefs to the government
which take exactly the lame ground.
They argue that under our laws, and
I ..nlinurd on pa**? 3 column I
Frank H. Simonas
on to-day's editorial page* has a complet** summary of
Ihr operations at the Dardanelles. If you have looked
for a clear, explicit statement of what has been accom?
plished and what remains to be done?with the geog?
raphy of this place where F.urope and Asia meet?turn
to the editorial pc-ge now.
Uhr ?ribunc
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_^??ammsaaap
Von Bernstorff Rallies
Aids; Prepares Answer
Hasty Council Called to Meet
"Unneutral Propaganda"
Charges?Roy-Ed Sent on
Mysterious Mission?Ger?
man Officials "Shadowed"
by British Agents.
"The German Embassy will take of
i.cial cognizance of the charges involv?
ing its officials which have been made
in the public pre** when the proper
time comes. It would be undignified
to answer them piecemal at this time."
This was the statement made by
Count Johann von Rernstorff last night,
when he cautiously emerged from the
elevator at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
after having isolated himself in his
apartment all day. He refused to make
any other comment, entered a ta\icab
ami was whitsed away. 1'hat there is
a . nl deal of uneasiness among Ger?
man oflicials following the alleged ex?
posure, of some of their methods of
"unneutral propaganda" was evidenced
yesterday by the unusual activities of
German interests at the Ritz-Carlton,
which serves as the summer residence
and office of the German Ambassador.
Count ron Bernstorff arrived at the
hotel shortly after I o'clock from a
week-end motor trip into the Adtron
(iacks. He was accompanied by Cap?
tain Karl Boy-Ed, German naval at?
tache, who had.been hastily summoned
by the ambassador late Sunday night.
1 i', last night, after a consultation
with his chief. In? left the city on a
mysterious mission.
Apparently the whole staff of the
German Embassy was congregated at
th- Rita-Cartton to await the ambas?
sador's arrival. Hantel vo: Haim
hausen, first secretary and in the am?
bassador's absence charg?? d'affaires of
th>- Germany Embassy, was the first
on* to confer with his chief. He car
Two of the krie?spiel of perturbed
Germans, who .?athered >esterdav In
the suite of Ambassador von Bern?
storff, at the Ritz-Carlton, to discuss
the exposure of their methods of
propaganda in this country. Above,
Captain Franz von Papen, military at?
tach/- of the German Embassy; below,
M. 13. CUttSSen, director of the Ger?
man Information Bureau; both hurry?
ing to the conference.
ried a budget of papers and was
closeted for more than an hour with
the'ambassador. When he left his face
v>/as stern and set and he impatiently
wav? ?I questioners aside with the
stereotype remark, "Not a word."
Prince von Hatzfcld-Trachenberg,
first counsellor of the German Km
ba<s\, and Baron von Schoen, one of
the attaches, were the next visitors of
the ambassador. They only stayed s
short time
Captain Frans von Papen, the Ger?
man military attache, charge?! by "The
New York World" with ha. mg been one
of the instigators of the alleged con?
spiracy to create infiinal discord in
this country in favor of Germany, was
th.- next vinitor of the ambassador.
He also carried a package of papers,
and loft after the conference, preoc
?.upieil and apparently depressed.
"I have had bad experience* with the
newspapers before, and I simply will
not make any statement whatever," he
-aid, adding: "Let them write what
they want, any way. We have nothing ,
to fear."
(Hunt von Hcrnstorf-t statement
that the German Embassy would "take
official cognizance of the chargea in- I
I ontlnuerl nn paar A, i.ilumn "I
PETROGRAD FAVORS
JAPANESE ALLIANCE
Milan. Aug H*. A Ion?? dispatch
from Petrograd, ?"riving the impression
of being inspired by Sergius Sazanoff,
Russian Foreign Minister, is published
by the "Corriera ?lella Sera." It ?avs:
"The prop,sal for a Russo-Japanese
alliance finds no opposition, on con?
dition that it he not t-ggressive against
( hina anil even lei? >?? against Amer?
ica, whose friendship is necessary to
Russia."
U-BOAT BOMBARDS
, 3 BRITISH TOWNS
Slight Damage Done at White?
haven. Which John Paul
Jones Raided in 1778.
I.ordon, Aug. Id. Parton, Harring?
ton and Whitebaven, in Cumberland,
Fngland, on the Irish Sea, were bom?
barded to-day by a German submarine,
a Rritish official statement announced
a? follows:
"A German submarine fired several
.-.hells at Parton, Harrington and
U'hi'ehaven between ? 4:30 a. m. and
mitO a. m. to-day, but no material dam?
age ws cause.1.
"A few shells hit the railway em?
bankment north of Parton. but train
getvice was only llightly ?le
"Fi'ej were r, A U naven
and at Harrington,, which were soon
extinguial ?
"No casualties were repor
In connection with the a'tack on
Wh.tehaven, the newspaper! publish re
vie?*? of n similar raid on that place
by *he Am? ?'ron under John
Paol -'ones, in 177* Making ? lai
at ?Vhi'ohaven, after having eluded the
? lar I'rake, Jones
the cannon of one of th? forts ai
tire to several rhips. Returning to hi?!
ship, the Ringer, Jones again met the
Drake, which s'irrendered after a fight!
of an hour and tour minutes.
PRO-GERMAN CABINET
RESIGNS IN GREECE;
KING SEEKS PEACE
ITALIAN INVENTION
DESTROYS TORPEDOES
Paris, Aug. 16.?A device invented
hy the Italian engineer Quarini,
which makes it possible to drive
torpedoes out of their course and
explode I hem, has satisfied tests,
says a special dispatch from Kairtie.
and arrangements are being made to
supply the device to the allied
fleets.
BRITAIN DECIDES
TO MAKE COTTON
CONTRABAND
Washington, Knowing All
Details, Expected to
Make No Protest.
[?i I'tMatoTti? TriMine !
London, Aug. 16. The government,
now thoroughly convinced that all law?
ful means must be taken to prevent
cotton from reaching the enemies of
the Allies, will, within a few days, de
??"tare cotton contraband. The Tribune is
able to announce exclusively and au?
thoritatively. The question has
reached the stage where no further
doubt exists, and action may be ex?
pected at any tim>'.
It, is probable that a declaration will
be made of a method wheieby Ameri?
can growers will be protected against
the undue loss of German-Austrian
markets. At least, some reassuring
?tatement is expected that the Allies
purpose .orne such arrangement calcu?
lated to stabilize the price of cotton.
An American protest against the con?
traband plan is considered unlikely. In
fact, it appears certain that the gov?
ernments have exchanged views and
that Washington it in possession of all
the details.
For a long time Kngland has been
subjected to the strongest pressure to
declare cotton contraband. Recently
the French have been especially insist?
ent.
Now that Kngland, acting in behalf
of the Allies, is about to take action, it
will not make much difference to Amer?
ican planters and dealers, as under the
present blockade methods little if any
cotton ever reaches Germany.
The Tribune learned to-day that in?
vestigation of the official export rigures
revealed that Scandinavia and Holland
In the last three months had got slight?
ly less than their normal supply of
cotton, which proves that the blockade
is effective and confounds those gov?
ernment critics who complain that the
navy has been permitting vast quanti?
ties to rench Germany, where they are
used in making explosives for the pur
rose of killing British and other sol?
diers.
It is realized, however, that declaring
cotton contraband is valuable in meet?
ing American contentions that the
present method of preventing deliveries
is illegal. On account of its use in the
manufacture of explosives and further
because the German government has
taken over all cotton, which estab?
lishes that it is being utilized for mili?
tary purposes, the Allies can justify
their step beyond all possible protest.
Referenct. to Germany'.* action re?
calls that Berlin has recently promul?
gated two regulations bearing on the
industry. Work has been limited in
cotton, and weaving mills and all deal?
ers have been ordered to dispose of
their cotton refuse to manufacturers
working only on army and navy orders.
Cotton Ban Removes
Cause of Friction
It'rom Tlie Trlti'iii? Burra?! J
Washington, Aug. 16. The British
Kovernment's decision to place eotton
on the contraband list will help greatly
to clarify the diplomatie situation and
relieve the I'nited States government
from considerable embarrassment, ac?
cording to officials who discussed the
move here to-night. Their only won?
der is that Great Britain has not taken
the step long before this.
There can be n?. question of the le?
gality'of the British government's ac?
tion, in the opinion of international
jurists, who point to ?he fact that ma?
terial used in the manufacture of am?
munition has always been held to be
by its very nature contraband. Prece?
dents for this opinion are found in
proclamations issued by President
Johnson in the closing day? of the
Civil War.
The State Department has been aware
for some time of the intention of the
Bri'ish government to declare cotton
contraband. Officials ?ay Great Britain
has been restrained from taking the
step for two reasons first, that it
marks a departure from previous prac?
tice which, however justifiable, the
British government i? loath to make
unless forced to it, and, secondly, the
precedent thus established might prove
disadvantageous to Great Britain in
later wars. There has always been a
certain sentiment attached to free trad?
ing in cotton which is regarded as cer?
tain to turn sympathy from a nation
restricting it.
Far from protestine against Great
Britain's eapoeted action, the I'nited
States government will welcome it. of?
ficials say, as removing the cause of
the con'roversy that has been the
lourea of so much ill feeling. The
general opinion is that the cotton mar?
ket will not he materially r?
account of the increasing quantities
employed by the Allies and in this
country in the manufacture of ammu?
nition.
12,000 Horses for Italy.
I .-? ? l.oui?, III. Aug. I?". Repre?
sentatives of the Italian government
will begin on Wednesday the purchate
of 12,0?")n more burses for war purposes,
to be selected within ninety days.
More 'han 160,000 horses have been
sold to the belligerent nation? through
dealers here. A dealer ?aid "he Allies
had spent $ [or h'.rfe- in Last
?t. Louis.
Adherent of Venizelos
Elected President
of Parliament.
SAY TURKS DEFY
BULGARIA NOW
London Diplomats Com?
ment on Withdrawal of
Balkan Delegates.
CONSTANTINE IS FIRM
King Insists That New Cabinet
Maintain the Strictest
Neutrality.
London, Aug. 16.?The first open
move in the great Balkan game of
diplomacy, in which victory for th?*
.Mlies would bring to their aid
nearly two million veteran troop.
and insure the opening of the Dar?
danelles and the crushing of Tur?
key, cam?.' to-day, when the pro-tier
men Greek Cabinet, heade?! by (iou
naris, was: forced to resign shortly
after the meeting of the (?reek Par?
liament.
No word has been received from
Nish, where the Serbian Parliament
also was to meet, and where tha
Serbian government will leave to it?;
decision the question of yielding to
Bulgaria the territory she demand's
as a condition of launching her army
against the Turks.
News that the Bulgarian delegate-*
h*id been withdrawn from Constanti?
nople caused much speculation hero,
the consensus of opinion being that
Turkey is so confident of her present
pos:tioii that she does not feel under
any compulsion to make concession*
to Bulgaria's desius.
Venizeloa Man Fleeted.
I Dispatches from Athens say that
Premier (?ounaris has announced in
Parliament the intention of his gov.
en,ment to hand in their resigna?
tions to the King. This declaration
followed what was practically a vote
of no confidence, resulting in tho
election of the Venizelos candidate,
Zairtzanos, as president of the House
by a vote of 182 to ?93.
Capitals of the Fntente Allies hope
for a.i agreement among the Balkan
power? by which their concerted aid may
be given the Allied cause, but predic?
tions of quick action to this end ar?
lacking. Observers of the trend of
diplomatic interchanges recognise many
difficulties, in ei-rn? of the reluctance of
Serbia and Greece? to grant the terri?
torial claims of Bulgaria.
London Is Pessimistic.
In the1 best informed quarters here
the outlook is regarded ?? .tli a degree
of pessimism Serbia, i' is expected,
will ieek a compromise and Greece will
reject the Bulgarian conte'.tions. Re.
ports from Athena indi? ate that Kin>
Constantme is insisting that the new/
Cabinet maintain neutrality,
the effect of which would be to with?
hold Greece from participating in a
plan of united Balkan co-operation
with the Allies.
Meanwhile there are many evidence?
of Au-tro < ?ei man pi epai allons to deal
\si?h the Balkan situation. According
: to information from Bucharest, Gorman
army corps have been concentrated
near the junction of Hungary, Rumania
and Serbia. This, with the bombard?
ment of Belgrade and the activity of
Austrian artillery at many point? alono;
\ the Danube, lend? support to reports
of a great Austro-German offensive in
the Balkans.
The outcome of the crisis is awaited
anxiously as determining ?shether th?
; Allies will receive new support fro.n
the Balkans and whether Germany'?
, supplie? of ammunition for Turkey m II
1 continue to be shut off bv the Balkan
i barrier.
Bulgarian officials do no* i \nert. that
an ag>? I re reached, but the
Serbian Minister a?. London, If. B"?h
koviteh, toll Tha * ited I'r-?sth?t
he believe?! a middle gro?ind sso'ild bo
found on which it would be possible '?>
unite the H.il*..
400,000 Men on Serbian
Border Play Allies' Game
i ? , ;. - l I , - |
Milan. A'ig 19, Dispatches from,
Bucharest state that Austria has jus!
completed the training and equipment
of im?,000 new recruits and res'-,
and ha* .-er.t ZM,000'te ?he Serbian and
Rumanian frontiers end 110,000 to re?
inforce the army fighting against Italy.
With the German and Austrian troops
already on the Serbian frontier, there
is now a total of more than 500,000
men ready to attack King Peter'? do?
main.
At 'he same time the central power?,
by this concentration, are to a certain
extent play'ng the game of the Allie?,
a? under the pressure of this danger
Serbia is considered more likely to
make the territorial concession? in
Mi.Ionia deman?l."l bv Bulgaria.
Serbia knows that if ?imultaneously
attacked by Germany, Austrt? and Bul?
garia, isolated a? ?he prar'ically I?
from the outside world, her I I
.-d before the Alliai could make
ersion to draw off the invading
army.
-v ? had hem cross?,! sn-1
with Bulgaria a? an ally, the German
and Austrian army could pour arms
into Turkey to ??,! in the defence
against the Gallipoh expedition If. on
the other hand, >'-rbia m mes th - sae
the Alli?e ask of her. the w*?ola
?ituation will be changed. The central
powers will fat? in th,' Balkan states a,
sohd b'ock. which would eoat n- ?.
of hard fighting and J,nno,00?t men a?
I least t?. foi
The fate of th? Balkans and o? ih%