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hot until she sank, having: previously
sunk enemy torpedo boats. 1
"In view of the losses suffered and
the futility of his efforts the enemy ap- |
pears to have evacuated the Gulf of
Kigra on the 21st.
"Between the 16th and 21st two
enemy cruisers and no fewer than
eigrht torpedo boats were either sunk or
placed hors de combat. Simultaneously
our galiant allies succeeded in torpedoing:
one of the most powerful
dreadnaugrhts of the German fleet."
Mentions Only One Loss. '
The foreg:oing: contains no reference
to tlve loss of the Russian grunboat
Koreets, which was said in an official
German statement of Saturday to have
been sunk as well as the Sivuteh.
The German battle cruiser Moltke
was a vessel of 23,000 tons and carried
in ordinary times a complement of 1.107
men. She was a sister ship of the famous
Goeben. which became a part of
the Turkish navy after the commence- i
ment of the war and was rechristened
sultan seiim. .
The Moltke was 590 feet long and j <
was armed with ten eleven-inch guns
and twelve six-inch guns and twelve
twenty-four-pounders. In addition, her
armament included four twenty-inch
torpedo tubes. She was built in 1911
and had a speed of about twenty-eight
knots.
The Moltke was in the battle with the
British fleet in the North sea last January,
when the German armored <-ruiser
Bluecher was sunk. In 1911* the Moltke v
was in the German squadron which i
visited the I'nited Stat.es to return the
visit of the ' nited States battleship
squadron at Kiel during its trip around y
the world. The cost of the Moltke was i
about $12,000,000. I ..
i
MANY INDORSE STAND j;
FOR SUNDAY SHOW LID :
a
Police Department Planning for [
Strict Enforcement of Law ?
Against Vaudeville. jt
11)
With letters received from a large ; h
number of citizens indorsing the plan ' ?
to clamp the lid down in Washington ja
on Sunday entertainments other thanjg
those allowed by law. the police dc- i f:
partment is making plans for a strict |
enforcement of the regulation prohibit- j
ing Sunday vaudeville shows or plays
or entertainments of any character in s
which costumes are worn and dancing j A
and acrobatic stunts are a part of the j A
program. j h
Under Ja rigid enforcement of the reg- , tl
ulation-4-and tliat is what is promised u
?just three classes of public enter- i e
tainments will be open to Washingto- j h
nians hereafter on Sundays. They are j iT
moving pictures, concerts and lectures, tl
Xot even a vaudeville performance con- it
taining musical numbers and a monologist
will be permitted. J v
Must Alter Their Programs. j ?
Vaudeville theaters will have to con- ' b
fine their programs strictly to pictures i ^
and music, or both, or a lecture may ; g!
be added to the entertainment, but a ! e
monologist whose specialty is jokes or j d
mimicry will be considered as furnish- ] ^
ing amusement of a character classed I c'
as vaudeville. j c
Enforcement of the regulation may
load to a revival of concerts in Washington.
Under the law. Sunday operas
also are forbidden, but the District
building authorities believe that the a
vaudeville houses will be able to put b
on musical entertainments which will s,
become as popular as the shows of
more varied programs. y
Maj. Pullman, superintendent of police,
whose plan for a more rigid en- ,,
forcement of the regulation, has received
the enthusiastic support of the ?
Commissioners and the corporation .
w counsel, discussed the matter today J1
with Corporation Counsel Syme and
also several police officers. ^
Police Watch Sunday Bills.
Policemen who were detailed to a
number of theaters yesterday reported ^
today on the character of entertain- ir
ments given. Whether officers will be Ia
stationed at the theaters next Sunday w
with instructions to interfere at the !e.
first evidence of violation of the law ^
or other methods will be adopted for OI
enforcement of the regulation has not tj
been decided. q
^ Maj. Pullman is in receipt of letters |j
from many citizens indorsing his stand |
In the matter and it is believed that the jr
public generally is in sympathy with I
the plan for a stricter censorship of i
Sunday shows. j aj
Texas Rotary Clubs Deny |?
Great Damage by Storm ti
Holcombe G. Johnson, secretary of r'
the Rotary Club of Washington, today ^
made public a long telegram received
from the Rotary clubs of several Texas
cities, in which the southern Rotarians o:
deny that there has been great storm
damage at Galveston and other Texas
points, and in which the southern Rotarians
ask fellow-Rotarians in the li
east to aid in dispelling a false ini- s;
nression that the gulf coast lias suf- ?
fered a setback by reason of the d
recent hurricane. The telegram is as T
follows: jh
"The Rotary . lubs of the southern jj;
Texas gulf coast take this occasion
to acknowledge their heartfelt grati- j0
,1.1a f r ? V. ... .l.? l.
cond*" icnc? received following the hir-!
rlcane and storm. | "tl
"As an opportunity for genuine Rotary i?,
service Texas Rolarians ask their fel- '
low-members of the world to assist in J
controverting and discouraging exaggerated
statements of loss. Some lives
lost on low lands. Residence properties
slightly damaged, broken glass and ! v
other easily repaired and inconsequent a
damage now practically adjusted and j,
business conditions more prosperous j.
than ever. Crop movements not de- v
layed. All ports uninjured. General p
progress evidence everywhere in affected
districts. False reports wanton!\
damage community abroad. Thanks J"
or sympathy. No relief requested ex- j \
cept influence of Rotarians in dis- j?
ouraging belief in such distorted facts j
among all business men."
The message is signed by the rotary j
clubs of Houston, Galveston, Beaumont ?
and Port Arthur
CUTTER MIAMI SEEKS SHIPS. '
Proceeds Westward From Key West ?
to Obtain Information. J.
The roast guard cutter Miami, at Key ^
West, today was ordered to proceed
westward along the gulf* coast to r
search for wrecks and vessels in dis- <
tress, due to the West Indian hurri- 1
cane. An unknown schooner is report- v
ed aunk on the Louisiana coast and a ?,
number of vessels are missing, lnclud- J,
ing the steamer Marowijne. from t
Belize, Honduras, which carried twen- c
ty-eight passengers and a crew of
sixty-flve.
PENNSYLVANIA DAMAGE BIG. 7
Blue Mountain and Cumberland Valleyi
Storm-Swept. !
HARRI8BCR<J. P?.. Au*ru?i iz.?
Widespread damage is reported as a j
result of the wind and rain storm that
swept the Blue Mountain valley from y
the anthracite coal regions down
through Lebanon and York counties 1
and across the Cumberland valley last *
night and today. t
Hanover, Annville and Shenandoah r
appeared to be the chief centers of t
destruction, the total damage in those c
towns being estimated at half a million
dollars, while reports from country dis- c
tricts swept by the storm place the t
damage to crops and farm buildings <
at an additional $200,000. No loss of i
Ufe has been reported- i
t
SCORES ARE SAVED
FROMTREE TOPS
Flood Victims Spend Hours
Awaiting Rescuers When
Driven From Homes.
FWELVE DEATHS REPORTED
IN VICINIT.Y OF ST. LOUIS
Others Die in Arkansas Waters, j
Losses Will Mount Into
Millions. # ^
uua w men i?ao atbc'ciiucu upoii iii?w
:oiuinumi> in as many uays?a liooc.
nat cuoi twelve lives?posoimy many
iiurt?and liesuoyeil mote tnau $l#Ovo,uu
worth ui property and made J.uuu
amilies homeless?is near an end.
/weive deaths have been reported to
he coroner this morning, and almost
hundred persons are listed as missing,
cores were rescued from tree tops
there they took refuge.
Kivermen fear the falling of the Merunee
river today may disclose a heavy
oil in human lives. They also say the
odies of many of the drowned probbly
will be washed into the Mississippi (
iver. carried downstream, and may not
>e recovered soon, because of the mass
f flood debris now in the river and of
ts unusually strong current.
Equally distressjng conditions prevail
hroughout southeastern Missouri and
arts of western Illinois, w here the toll,
ess severe in the number of lives lost,
5 far greater in damage to property
nd crops. Railroad, telephone and
elegraph facilities in many counties
rp nil- nhisiica I ilnnijifA ma v nc.
regate $5,000,000, and thousands of
armers and villagers are homeless.
Due to Texas Storm. '
The flood was due to the Texas cpast
torm, which last Friday swept through
.rkansas into Missouri and across the
Iississippi to Illinois. St. Louis .had
ardly recovered from the effects of
he storm when the Des Peres river 1
rent a mile out of its banks, drou*ning
leven persons. Before the l>es peres
ad fallen to its normal level the M*era- y
?ec river, ten to fifteen miles ?weet of
lis city, went two to four miles out of j.
s banks. j
The Meramec rose during the night j
.hile thousands of campers and pic- t
ickers slept in the -clubhouse# and
ummer cottages which dot the river's j
ank. From 2 o'clock-yesterday morn- g
ng until last midnight the river rose a ^
oot an hour. The flood waters of t
vvollen Ozark mountain streams which r
mpty into the Meramec came rushing c
own to the Meramec. tearing farm- y
ouses, clubhouses, bridges and barges ^
rom their moorings. Men, women and ^
hildren caught in the whirl of debris j
limbed to their house tops for safety. a
Scores Saved From Trees.
Calls for help were^sent to St. Louis r
nd hundreds of reyuers with motor ^
oats and other craft were on the a
lene at daybreak.^ Scores had spent
venty-four hours*or more in the trees,
ressed scanti ly anil soaked to the skin. I
Valley Park. Drake, Eureka. Deicke,
linton. Pacific and every other town
n either side of. the Meramec for a
istance of more -than fifty miles were
^undated. Almopt the entire populaion
of Valley Park?2,500 families?
ere driven from their homes.
Biver Falling Bapidly.
n
The Meramec river fell eight inches beveen
midnight and 8 o'clock this morn- ^
ig. Thousands of acres of farm low- *
nds along its course were still under a
ater at noon, and it was impossible to r
arn definitely whether the scores, most- a
white, who had l>een reported missing i
st night, had been accounted for. Not
ily is the Meramec flooded along its en- a
re course of 100 miles through the l
zarks, but the Gasconade, further back *
i the Ozarks, also is far out of its banks.
More than a hundred miles of territory 1
i the heart of the Ozarks, between t
pringfield. Mo., and St. Louis, is cut off t
om communication with either city, and c
5 a result the hundreds of persons spend- a
ig week ends in the club houses and r
imps along the Gasconade and the '
lerameo could not return to their homes <
>day. ?
Trains into and out of St. Ix>uis over i
le St. Louis and San Francisco railroad t
ould not he operated today either over I
he main line to Oklahoma and Texas or c
ver the Memphis line. t
A train for Memphis will leave here I
axh night, being sent down the east side <
f the Mississippi river.
Galveston Cleaning Up.
GALVESTON. Tex.. August 23.?Reef
work in Galveston, found neces- <
ary as the result of the tropical j
tortn which swept this city last Mon- j
ay. is making satisfactory progress. |
he number of cases needing help has J
een small so far. and all will be taken j
are of Rail lines have been estab- i
shed to both ends of the causeway, j
nd pile drivers, material and men to i
perate them are ready to build a
restle across the bay.
<'lean-up work in the city is going
teadily forward. The waterworks sysem
probably will be in operation by
omorrow at the latest.
Schooner Franklin Lost.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla , August 23 ?
'he fishing schooner Nettie Franklin
ras lost in the recent gulf hurricane
nd two members of her crew perished.
according to reports today comng
from the steamer International,
/hirh has put into St. Andrews bay,
"la. The International picked up eight
lembers of the Franklin's crew and
enorted two others were ?we??? ? 1
he Ashing craft and drowned. Pensaola
was the Franklin's home port. J
Steamer Marowijne Still Missing. '
NEW ORLEANS. August 23.?The i
nited Fruit Company had heard nothing
early today concerning the fate of
he liner Marowijne. one week overdue
rom I'elize, Honduras, with twenty- 1
isrht passengers and a. crew of sixty- ?
ve aboard. The Marowijne is believed ,
o have encountered the West Indian ,
urrlcane while passing through the
ucatan channel on August 14. 1
No word had come from the steamer I
ibangarez, ordered Friday night by the ;
otnpany to proceed to the western
onst of Cuba and investigate a report (
hat a steamship believed to be a fruit .
essel, and perhaps the missing boat ]
vas sighted aground in those waters
several other boats of the company !
tave been instructed to deviate from
heir usual course and search the Cuban
oast. '
FIVE REPORTED DROWNED. ;
Vhite River in Arkansas Floods 100 ]
Square Miles. i
I.ITTI.K ROCK, Ark.. August 33. '
"ive persons were reported drowned ;
esterday in the flooded lowlands near
Newport, Ark., on the White river.
A farmer, his wife and three children
vere among the dead.
One hundred square miles of land in ;
ndependence county, midway between .
Jatesville and Newport, Ark., is flooded.
Two steamboats from Newport, aided
>y smaller boats, have rescued njany
narooned families, some from tree tops.
Several families have not been ac- ,
:ounted for.
Part of the town of Newport is inunlated.
The tracks of the Iron Mouna.in
railway, near Newport, are coverMi
with water, and traffic over that i
oad, north of Little Rock, has been
iu?pended.
A
PLEDGES HIS VOTE
TO JUSTICE HUGHES
Col. Roosevelt Wants Jurist
Nominated by Republicans
for the Presidency.
MAKES HIS CHOICE KNOWN
TOG.O. P. LEADERS IN UTAH
Former Senator Burton Seeking Support?Mr.
Boot Knocks
Dnmn
vnu xivvui.
BY N. 0. MESSENGER.
SALT LAKE CITY. August 22.?When
Col. Roosevelt conferred with republicans
in this city three weeks ago he
told them that he would support Justice
Hushes if the republican convention
nominates the justice for the presidency.
Republican leaders here agree
that Justice Hughes can have Utah's
support, and think that he can be nominated
and elected if he will run. They
feel, however, as do the leaders in
other stales, that it is doubtful if
Hughes will accept.
Col. Roosevelt also made it known
while here that effort will be exerted
in those states which select convention
delegates by primaries to send as many
progressive republicans as possible to
the republican national convention. To
that end Gov. Hiram Johnson of California
is to start in April on a swing
around the southern circle, while Col.
Roosevelt will go west, with a northern
loop .speech-making to the progressives.
:
Deprecated by Bar Association. *'
During the meeting of the American
Bar Association, which ended here Friday
last, national politics fairly ouzzed.
I am told that general deprecation of
efforts to nominate Justice Hughes was
expressea oy Liie leading ngnia ui liic
bar. on the ground that it might set a
precedent of making the Supreme Court
a stepping stone to the presidency and
possibly political ambition might some
Lime influence some man's deciding vote
in important national cases.
Former Senator Burton of Ohio is to
>e here next Thursday and make his
residential candidacy bow before the
Bonneville Club, which he is to address,
t is not believed here that Utah repubicans
will commit themselves to any- :
tody's candidacy just now.
There is considerable sentiment for |
Clihu Hoot in Utah, based upon the
aine grounds upon which it rests in
A'voming. Both states are conservaive,
normally republican, and are denanding
the protective tariff Sugar,
attle, wool and lead are the industries
lere, all of which would have been hit
ty the democratic tariff, but for the
var stimulus. These industries are
ooking anxiously to the end of the war
ind the influx of foreign goods.
Republican leaders here say that
ifter the war this nation will face
nany grave crises and they believe
hat Elihu Root, with his training In
iplomacy and law. would be recognized
is a fit man to hold the helm of state.
Mr. Root Halts Boom.
But alas for their enthusiasm! A
etter recently received from Mr. Root
hrew cold water on their hopes. It
s said, after expressing appreciation of
heir sentiments, he wrote: "You can
ead a horse to water, but you can't
nake him drink." It is not believed
lere that Mr. Root will run for the
lomination.
I struck the trail of a new presii?ntiai
candidate in Utah. He is Henry
>. Estabrooke, lawyer of Ney York,
nan of means. Earlier this summer he
ddressed a convention of advertising
nen in Chicago and they have started
i campaign for him for the republican
icmination.
It Is to be unique?a billposting fend
idvertising campaign. Well, they say "it
>ays to advertise." Agents were through
lere last week, sounding out the feeling.
Prohibition is to be the live issue In
Jtah in the nert national and state elecions,
and it is a bugbear of horrid mien
o both republicans and democrats. No
>ne knows which way it will cut. Senitor
Sutherland, republican, comes up for
e-election next year, and the democrats
Lre figuring how they can turn the cutting
idge against him, they realize it is two dged,
and they may get their own fingers
n the way. The state is now dry nineeen-twentieths
in area and two-thirds in
>opulation, the wet districts being the
:ities. The last legislature passed a statevide
prohibition law, but it was vetoed
>v the governor, both legislature and governor
being republican.
Bepublicans Favor Local Option.
The republican party is for local option.
The democ ratic party favors submitting
he liquor question to a referendum, but
here is no referendum, the governor hav?ig
vetoed the initiative and referendum
ict passed by the legislature.
So the democrats say: "Elect a democratic
legislature and governor; we will
provide for the initiative and referendum
uid submit the liquor question to the
;>eop!e." It is a long way around Robin
[food's barn.
Both parties are trying to find some
way to dodge the issue in the next
campaign, but at present it seems they
will have to face the music, with sentinent
said to be increasing in the republican
party for state-wide prohibiten
on the ground that it is inevitable
iri the end, and that the republicans
night as well seize it as an asset.
The bull moosers are coming back to
he republican party. Moroni Heiner,
progressive national committeeman,
pas tendered his resignation, with the
intention of reuniting with the old
party, but <ieorge W. Perkins is frantically
endeavoring to hold him in line,
rhe rank and file of the bull moosers
pave come back.
This is important, because in 1914
they united with the democrats, and
ilayed havoc with the republican party.
? * * * ^ 1 * ...K&i, I*... o/lirionil t U. >v.
U i. IVUUBCVru ? "CII t I'ltni
to dicker with the republicans and
make the best bargains they could.
Strong for National Defense.
This state is strong for military preparedness.
The people want an adequate
army and a big navy. Without
regard to party they are backing up
President Wilson in his foreign
policies, and it is said are willing to
jo the limit in upholding the honor
xnd dignity of the nation.
In case of war. or in event of a
risis threatening the I'nited States
ibout election time, the people of Utah,
it is said, would be inclined to disregard
party lines and stand by the
President. But. and however, and if
(and you can visualise these letters in
-apitals) they will differentiate between
supporting the President in a
risis and supporting democratic policies
if there is no crisis.
This state and Wyoming are for a
protective tariff and that is all there
is to it. If politics returns to normal
before election the old issue bobs up
automatically.
Senator Sutherland, who, with Senator
Smoot, is pledged to vote for a
constitutional amendment for woman
suffrage when next it comes up, says:
"My own deliberate judgment?and I
speak as one who was originally opposed
to woman suffrage?- fa that In
Its twenty years of operation here its
Influence has been decidedly for good
Women are quite as alert as men to
their responsibilities and take as deep
interest. The percentage of women
who go to the polls is pretty nearly if
not quite as large as that of the men
who turn out."
Heiress?But you must keep our engagement
a strict secret.
Suitor?From all but my moat insistent
creditors, dearest-?Boston Transcript.
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PEACE NOTE FAILS;
CARRANZISTAS BALK
<(Continued from First I'age. >
to Galveston, Tex.?The American
Red Cross Society today opened up
three new soup kitchens, making a total
of eleven now in operation in the J
capital for the relief of the needy. The
demands are so great, however, that
Charles J. O'Connor, special representative
of the Red Cross Society, said today
that he felt the facilities at his
command would not begin to suflice.
"The situation is so much worse than
any I have yet experienced that 1 am
sometimes staggered at the task
ahead," said Mr. O'Connor. "No famine
conditions that 1 know anything about
approach what we are facing here. The
general misery is so great that, only the
suffering of the hordes of China in
famine times is comparable with it."
More than fifteen tons of soup were
ladled out today to long lines of hungry
men and women, but so well was
the work of distribution systematized
that not a single applicant was sent
away without attention.
CARRANZA BUYS FLOUR
FOR MEXICAN RELIEF
NEW ORLEANS. August 2,1.?The
Carranza government has purchased
510,000 barrels of flour in the United
States to be shipped to Mexico City
to relieve the shortage of food in the
capital and outlying territory, according
to a cablegram from Vera Cruz.
This is in addition to more than $100,000
worth of flour shipped to Vera
Cruz during the last, few weeks, it was
said.
The dispatch, whiVh was signed by
Gen. Carranza, declared that Gen.
Pablo Gonzales, in command of the
Carranza troops in Mexico City, was
doing all in his power to relieve the
food situation and that he had ordered
all bakers to lower the price of bread.
The bakers were told that if they refused
to comply with his orders the
military forces would confiscate their
establishments and operate them for
the benefit of the public.
Another dispatch received by the Carranza
local consulate announced that
saiuraay j^scuaero verougo was sworn
in as minister of justice in the Carranza
cabinet, succeeding Roque Estrada,
who had resigned.
SALTILLO AND TORREON
BATTLING RESUMED
LAREDO, Tex., August 23.?Telegraph
and railway communication by
an indirect route has been opened from
here to Mexico City, according to
statement of Carranza officials in
Nuevo Laredo. The route is via Tarnpico
and San Luis Potosi, the direct
lines to Mexico City being under control
of A'illa authorities at Saltillo,
which is being attacked by Carranza
troops. Should Saltillo fall into the
hands of Carranza forces it is known
direct communication will be re-established
promptly.
Unofficial reports from Monterey
state a battle is raging for possession
of Torreon now held by Villa
troops.
A Carranza decree issued to customs
officials in Nuevo Laredo yesterday offers
to pass into Mexico, duty free,
household effects or refugees in the
United States who wish to return to
their native land. j
UTILES VALUATIONS !
IS CONFERENCE TOPIC:
Commissioner Newman Comes to j
Washington to Attend Board ,
Session.
Commissioner Newman made a special
trip to Washington from the Catskill
mountains today to confer with
the public utilities commission in regard
to completng the work of establishing
valuation upon the properties
of Washington's several public service
corporations.
Engineer Commissioner Kutz, just
back from a vacation in Maine, also attended
the conference, as did the other
member of the board. Commissioner
Brown low. Report on the progress of
the work, which may be completed by
November, was made by Dr. E. W.
Bemis and Charles L?. Pillsbury, his assistant,
who are in charge of the valuation
bureau of the commission.
"Mo Voluntary Assistance.
Anion* the matters 'discussed, it is understood,
was the alleged continued refusal
of the Washington Railway and 1
Electric Company and Potomac Electric J
Power Company, a subsidiary corporation, |
to co-operate with the bureau in its ef- .
fort to establish a valuation upon their 1
properties.
While other local public service corpo- ,
rations haVc aided the bureau in its work, <
these two companies, it is stated, have 1
shown no disposition to co-operate with j
it since the completion of the com mis- .
sion's report for 1914. This report stated
that "this peculiar, unusual and unexpect- .
ed attitude upon the part of these two '
companies has greatly increased the dif- ,
Acuities and cost ol our work." ,
It is understood that the corporations .
in question have complied with the
law by furnishing such data and information
as have been called for by
the bureau, but have shown no disposition
to volunteer information which
would be of value. j
Many Questions Delayed. j
Whether or not the valuation of all I
A .
iET MET WITH DISASTER.
I K J^cV JAkobstadt
jglga & ?
the public utilities is entirely completed
by November, it will be so nearly finished
by that time, according to Dr.
Bemis, that the commission will be in
possession of sufficient information to
enable it to-take up consideration of
questions that have had to be held in
abeyance for lack of information. Proposed
valuations for the several companies
will be considered at public
hearings, and after their adoption, it
is .stated, the commission immediately
will begin consideration of rate questions.
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SUNK By U-BOAT
Survivors of the Diomed Say
Another Ship Was Torpedoed
at Same Time.
Q U E EN STOW N, August 23, 3:23 p.m.
?The Lamport and Holt liner Diomed
nas r>een sunk by a German submarine.
Her captain, quartermaster and steward
were killed by shells fired by the
submarine during: a pursuit of four
hours.
Ari officer of the Diomed, who landed
here today with other survivors, says
two submarines were sighted. According
to his report, they we're rigged
with dummy funnels. One of them,
this officer asserts, subjected the
Diomed to a heavy shell fire.
The liner atttempted to escape, but
surrendered after being pursued for
four hours. Two boats were lowered
and forty-nine members of the crew
got away, taking with them the body
of the captain.
One Boat Is Swamped.
Shortly afterward one boat was
swamped. Two Englishmen and five
Chinese were drowned. The others
were picked up by the second boat.
This boat, being overcrowded, was in
danger of being swamped, but its occupants
were saved by the arrival of
a stearfiship.
Survivors say that during the pursuit
the Chinese firemen of the Diomed
refused to continue stoking, and the
work was undertaken by deckhands.
The submarine stood off at a distance
of about half a mile until the Diomed
sank.
The assistant quartermaster of the
Diomed says that another steamer was
in sight at the time and apparently was
oiumh^. linn tcooci, lit JllO UjMllUMl,
was attacked by a second submarine.
Was Freighter, English Owned.
The steamship Diomed was a freighter
of 4,672 tons gross. She was 219
feet long and was built in 1895. She
was owned by the Ocean Steamship
Company of Liverpool. She was last
reported as having arrived at Swansea,
July 24, from Amsterdam, on a
voyage to New York.
GRAFT INQUIRY AWAITS
O.S. ATTORNEY'S RETURN
Part of Testimony Gathered May Be
fiiihmif+Af! in PnlirA Trial
Board.
Assistant United States Attorney
Hawken and Maj. Pullman did little
more than "mark time" today in the
investigation of alleged police protection
to women of the underworld before
the passage of the Kenyon "red
light" law. -This condition was due to
the non-arrival of United States Attorney
Laskey, who was expected to return
to Washington today.
Mr. Hawken had before him the
women who participated in the lively
scene of accusation and denial, crimi- ,
nations and recriminations, staged in
the office of the United States attorney i
Saturday. He sought to clear up the
differences in the testimony adduced
at that stormy session. The assistant
prosecutor spent the remainder of the
day dictating a report to be submitted
to Mr. Uaskey on his return.
Some of the testimony gleaned by Mr.
Hawken will never reach the grand *
jury, it is believed, because it does not
prove charges which may be punished
criminally. This evidence, however,
may go before the police trial board or J
may be entered against the record of !
the policeman or "higher-up" officers \
said to be affected. J
Maj. Pullman Waiting:. J
Maj. Pullman, it is said, will await
the completion cf the prosecutor's in- T
quiry before taking any steps to present
charges of infraction of discipline
or violation of police regulations
against policemen. No further suspensions
are looked for until then. c
A conference between United States f
Attorney Uaskey, Mr. Hawken and Maj.
Pullman is to be held immediately on c
the return of the district attorey. At 1
this meeting the report of Mr. Hawken t
will be given consideration and Mr.
Laskey will determine what portions
of the testimony should be laid before
the grand jury. c
While Mr. Hawken will not divulge v
the details of the evidence secured c
luring his investigation, it is considered
likely that the grand jurors will
?e asked to return several indictments, ?
should they consider the testimony to s
oe submitted warrants the presentment
of the accused persons.
Until Mr. Laskey returns no one t*
ible to forecast when the matter will h
each the grand jury. The witnesses
will probably be recalled late in the J;
week for examination by the foreman
jf the grand jury. ?
H. Prescott Gatley Home Again.
H. Prescott Gatley has recovered ^
from the effects of a recent operation
md has returned to Washington. He r
ias been recuperating at Atlantic City, fi
J. -
FRANK'S DEATH TRIP
TOLD BY AUTHORITY
First Story of What Actually
Occurred Revealed to Associated
Press.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
DID NOT ABUSE VICTIM
Prisoner, Brave to Last, Gave No
Confession, Refusing to Reply
to Questions.
ATLANTA. La.. August 23.?The first
actual story of what transpired on the
death ride of Leo M. Frank from Mil
icujKcviiie iu .via ricna. ueiwccn nimnight
and dawn last Tuesday morning
has just become available to the Associated
Press. The recital did not
come through second or third hands,
but in a manner which, seemingly,
placed its authenticity beyond all question.
The narrator, however, will not
be a witness before the Cobb county
grand jury, which. September 1. will
be asked to undertake a thorough investigation
of the lynching of the man
alleged to have been the slayer of
little Mary Phagan.
It also became known today that
Gov. Nat 10. Harris during the past
few days has received several anonymous
threatening letters purporting to
warn him not to go "too far*' in his
investigation of the lynching.
The "inside story" of the events
which preceded the finding of Frank's
lifeless body swaying from the limb
of the biggest oak tree in the vicinity
of "Bil!" Frey's gin cleared up many
phases* of the tragic incident which
heretofore have been veiled in mystery.
First?Frank did not confess. He
twice was asked if he had anything to
say, but on each occasion replied "No."
Asked pointedly if he killed the Phagan
girl, he is said to have made no reply
whatever.
Second?No attempt was made to
force a confession. Frank's statement
just prior to his death that he loved
his wife and mother better than he did
ma iiie came unexpectedly and without
questioning.
Frank Not Maltreated.
Third?Frank was not maltreated in
any way prior to the actual lynching.
Stories that he may have met a violent
death before he was hanged to the Frey
oak are without foundation.
Fourth?Frank walked a distance of
200 yards from the automobile to the
death tree without a faltering step.
Fearing perhaps that his body might
never reach his relatives, he asked that
the wedding ring he wore be delivered
to a newspaper man with the solemn
promise that it would be turned over to
his wife. This wish was carried out.
Fifth?Frank was told from the start
that he was to be "executed" as the
courts had directed that he be, and
every effort was made by the so-called
"vigilance committee" to see that the
"legal hanging," as they termed the
lynching, was carried out in an orderly
manner. Members of the "vigilance
committee" are said to resent any intimation
that Frank was "maltreated"
while in their custody.
Sixth?The members of the ''vigilance
committee" felt they had a "sacred duty"
to perform in "carrying out the mandate
of the courts of the state and of the
United States." There was no idea of
hangfng Frank in the public square at
Marietta or in the cemetery where Mary
Phagan lies buried. There was, however,
a determination that the execution
should take place in Cobb county. Inasmuch
as all the members of the "com
mittee" are said to be residents of Cobb
county the reason for this Is obvious.
Trip of Lynchers,
Seven automobiles were required to
transport the "vigilance committee" from
Marietta to Milledgeville. All were small
cars of a popular make, selected because
of the difficulty in identifying them.
There were probably twenty-eight men
in the lynching party.
The machine left Marietta singly during
the afternoon of Monday last, and
it was shortly after 10 o'clock when the
prison farm was reached. After Warden
Smith and Supt. Burke had been called
from their homes and handcuffed, the
party proceeded to the prison house in
which Frank was known to be quartered.
Four men entered Frank's room.
"We want you to come with us,"
Frank was told.
Unresistingly and without appeal of any
sort for protection. Frank permitted himself
to be handcuffed.
When the party had reached the prison
porch, the leaders thought the progress
being made was entirely too slow. It
was then Frank was picked up and carried
down the concrete steps of the
prison house. It is strenuously denied
that Frank was dragged or "bumped."
Death Trip Begins.
Two men climbed into the back seat i
of the car in which Frank had been
placed, one sitting on either side. An- (
other member of the "committee" was i
sraieu ucoiuc mc ? Iiaunvui . ]
For seven hours Frank sat in the automobile
which was carrying him to a
death place.
During all this long journey only two
syllables left Frank's lips. Soon after
he had been placed in the automobile
Frank was told he was being taken to
his place of execution.
"The courts of Georgia have sentenced
you to be hanged and they never reversed
that sentence. It has devolved
upon us to carry out their decree."
Frank did not flinch. The wonderful
stoicism did not desert him in the last
hours of his life.
It was well after the destination of
his captors had been disclosed that
Frank was asked the question:
"Is there anything you would like to [
say before your execution?"
At first there was no reply. Then
slowly, and perhaps painfully, the recently
wounded man shook his head.
"No." *
For a long time following this Frank <
>vas again permitted the seclusion of j
lis thoughts. Then he was asked if he ,
?ad killed the Phagan girl, and the captors
say he made no reply. This question
was not repeated until near the <
ourney's end, and again it is said there "J
vas no reply.
The final interrogation aqd reply
vere: r
"Is there nothing you wish to say?"
"No." t
Hanged Hour After Dawn. (
ineac iwu? Huvonuiin v*u!? me 8uie )
:onversation In the death car. It was a \
ull hour after dawn that the four cars 5
Irew up just below the gin house on ^
he William Prey place, and stopped at v
he edge of an oak thicket. $
The door of the leading car was
pened and Frank was told to step 0
ut. He did not falter. He walked [
irith Arm steps between two of his p
aptors. his eyes upon the ground.
It was while the silent procession was r
rogressing thus that suddenly Frank
poke.
"I love my wife and mother more
han I do my life," he said.
A few moments later the noose had
een placed about his neck, a handkerhief
had been tied loosely about his *3
yes, there was a pull, a tautening of U
ope and Frank's life was fast ebbing n
w*y- b
"I don't see why you always call Dr. d
'omp, especially when the case isn't E
erious." is
"Isn't serious? Every case is se- si
ious, and Dr. Pomp has buried our li
imily as far back as I can remember." v
-Judge. _ 21
HUGE GUNS OPENED
THE WAYTO KOVNO
Germans Had 600 Pieces of
Artillery Trained on a
Single Fort.
MORE THAN HALF OF ARMY
NOW ON RUSSIAN FRONT
Petrograd Reports Indicate That
Czar's Army Is at Present Holding
Russian Invaders.
LONDON, August 23. 12:52 p.m.?Refugees
who have reached Petrograd from
Kovno say that an enormous amount
v?t *ii illicit w as eiupioyea oy ine ucrmans
in their successful assault on
that fortress.
According- to information gathered
from this source, Reuter's correspondent
at Petrograd says the Germans
concentrated 600 guns on the first fort
which they captured. The batteries
formed a great arc of guns, one row
behind another. One shell destroyed
the facade of the cathedral.
Three Zeppelins and more than thirty
aeroplanes flew over the fortress, dropping
bombs.
Huge Army in Poland.
The military correspondent of the ;
Times in discussing the situation in |
the eastern theater of the war says it j
seems probable that Germany has a
million and a half men on the Russian I
fronts, not counting the forces remaining
in Galicia or held in general re- j
serve. The direction of the whole
mighty movement in this zone is in the
hands of Gen. von Falkenhayen, chief
of staff of the German army, the correspondent
states.
A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd j
says:
"The w hole line of the Grodno-Bialystok-Brest-Litovsk
railway remains in ,
the possession of the Russians, but
Brest-Litovsk is almost within the sone
of gunfire and frequently is visited by
bomb-dropping aeroplanes.
"The Bourse Gazette says German :
advance guards who appeared near
Novosvyentsyany, on the Vilna-Petrograd
railway, were driven back by the
Russians."
Bussians Feel Pressure.
PETROGRAD. August 22, via London,
August 23.?"The German forces on the
Russian front have been continually on |
the increase up to a few days ago, and j
it is known that the number of Ger
man army corps here now is at least |
35 or 40 per cent of their entire forces, i
while Austria-Hungary has more than
70 per cent of her available men facing
the Russians," says a semi-official ,
statement given out here. The statement
continues:
"The total of the enemy's infantry
fighting the Russians constitutes more
than half of all their mobilized forces. ,
This compares with about 38 per cent
in the early stages of the war. The I
number of the German infantry on the j
Russian front has increased 400 per
cent and the German cavalry has increased
000 per cent. These figures
show conclusively the immense forces
with which Russia has had to contend
for the past four months."
20,000 Prisoners Taken.
BERLIN, August 23, by wireless
telegraphy to 8ayville, N. Y.?Although
definite figures regarding the booty
captured at Kovno are not available,
the German main headquarters has announced
that the number of prisoners
taken was more than 20,000.
"There also was taken," the statement
says, "more than 600 cannon,
many of which were of a heavy modern
type, an enormous quantity of ammunition,
innumerable machine guns,
searchlight apparatus, motor cars,
tires, war material of all kinds and
provisions worth millions of marks.
"It is evident the Russians did not
expect Kovno's fall in the near future.
They offered a stubborn resistance
even after the fall of the fortress. A
hundred recruits left behind in the
town declared 15,000 unarmed Russian
reserves fled at the last moment from
this Russian fortress."
Kaiser Enters Novo Georgievsk.
NOVO eJEORGIKVSK, Russian Poland,
August 22, via Warsaw to London, August
23.?The German emperor, with Gen. von
Falkenhayen, chief of staff of the German
army; Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
Gen. von Beseler and a brilliant
suite, today entered the still burning
town of Novo Georgievsk.
Emperor William, prior to his entrance,
reviewed in parade part of the troops
which took the fortress in a short eightlay
siege. The emperor witnessed the
parade from the crest of the Novo
Jeorgievsk forts, amid cannon and barbed
wire entanglements. He expressed gratitude
to God, who, lie said, had helped
the troops, ahd would further help them,
ind thanked the men for their accomplishment.
The emperor, who stood near
he Associated Press correspondent, appeared
to be fresh and strong, despite his
irduous duties.
After the parade the correspondent enered
Novo Georgievsk, where stores and
supplies everywhere were burning. The
Russians apparently intended to take
everything away, but the railroad bridge
yoke down under the weight of the heavy
nortars, thus cutting the connections and
lecessitating a defense of the fortress.
GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT.
Increased Production in 1914 as
Compared With Previous Year.
Increased production of both gold and
silver in the United States for the calendar
year 1914. as romrwrcd wits ie?i*
s shown 111 a statement issued today
>y Director of the Mint Woolley.
The gold output was 4,572,976 fine
junces. valued at $94,531,800, and silver.
12,455,100 tine ounres, the commercial
,'alue of which was $40,067,700. Gold '
>roducts were greater by $6,647,400 than in '
.913, and silver were greater by 5,653,600
ine ounces, or $3,126,400.
Nevada and Utah showed the principal
lecreases in gold production?$441,200 and '
1193.300. respectively, while the increases J
vere: Colorado. $1,792,700: Alaska
11.345,900: California, $1,010,600, and
dontana, $822,700.
Idaho showed the largest gain in silver *
vith 3,096,700 fine ounces, valued at r
il.712,500. e
Today's figures are two months ahead t
,f last years, the compilation being '
lastened because of the extraordinary 1
nterest in the question of the gold sup- G
ily. c
, a
-RENCH TORPEDO BOATS v ;
SINK GERMAN DESTROYER ?
PARIS. Ausust 23.?"Two French P
orpedo boats encountered and sank a n
lerman torpedo boat deBtroyer oft Osend
(Belgium) last night," says an an- J]
ouncement made here today. "Our '
oats were undamaged." "
SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 23. via Lon- I
on, 1:27 p.m.?The Tuskish collier
Ispahan has been torpedoed by a Britih
submarine at Haidar Pasha, and the T
teainer Budos of the German-Levant ?l
tie, loaded with munitions and pro- ti
isions, has been sunk In the Sea of ai
larmora. ... hi
I
SURGEONS DISCUSS
LAYMEN'S FIRST AID
Some Railroad Chiefs Oppose*
Indiscriminate Use of
Packages.
BELIEVE IN SIMPLE KITS,
WITH BUT FEW DRESSINGS
Standardization Is Sought at Conference
of Medical Men at
the Willard.
Diverse opinions as to the practicability
of first aid treatment by laymen
were expressed by physicians at the
opening session, in the small ballroom
of the'New Willarrf Hntai rhi
of a conference on first aid, accident
surgery and transportation of chief
surgeons and other officials of railroads,
together with representatives of
the medical departments of the army,
navy, public health service and the
Red Cross The conference is to last
for two days.
Dr. A. S. Le Contc of Philadelphia,
president of the American Surgical Society,
presided until the arrival at 11
o clock of Col. William C. Gorgas. surgeon
general. L\ S. A., who is to preside
at the remaining sessions. The. deliberations
of the physicians are entirely
informal, no papers having been prepared.
While all speakers at this morning's
session seemed agreed that first aid
treatment b ymeans of first aid packets
is a desirable thing, there was some diversity
of opinion as to whether in the
hands of laymen. Including railroad
employes, the proper treatments could
be accorded wounded men efficiently.
"First aid is a fine thing if it is not
carried too far," declared one speaker
The gist of opinion was that the simpler
the first aid the more effective it
was liable to be. and that first aid
packages or "kits" should be composed
of a minimum amount of materials and
appliances.
first Aid Minimized.
Headed by Dr. J. P. Kaster. chief
surgeon of the Santa Fe railroad, those
who seemed not so sure that first aid
is such a wonderful thing in the hands
of the inexperienced made themselves
felt at the session this morning.
It was just a case of "when doctors
disagree," but was a most harmonious
disagreement, showing, as one speaker
expressed it, that while doctors art
the most optimistic men on earth they
are perfectly willing to see all sides of a
thing.
"I am in favor of first aid, but there
are certain things for us to do," declared
Dr. Kaster. "First aid. while
ineorencaiiy oeauuiui, is still in me
position that the most benefit conies
from the simplest dressings with the
simplest instructions to the layman
what to do and what not to do."
From his experience of twenty-five
years on the Santa Fe, Dr. Raster declared
it his opinion that it is impossible
to make one standard package or
first aid "kit," for the whole United
States, and for use on railroads, in the
army and navy and in all manufacturing
plants alike. Some manufacturers,
for instance, have practically nothing
but burn cases to treat, while the nejct
will have practically no burn cases.
"We should not talk so much, it
seems to me," he said, "about standardizing
first-aid packages, but should
see that the different packages are
kept up to their individual standard."
Dr. Raster then told of how the flrs*aid
boxes on the Santa Fe have been
treated in many cases, saying that ha
found them often used for work kits,
the men keeping nails and tools in
them, instead of first-aid appliances.
Small Packages Host Effective.
The smaller the package the more
effective it will be, declared Dr. Charles
H. Demon, chief surgeon of the Electric
Railroad and Light Company of Milwaukee.
In the opinion that a firstaid
packet should contain no antiseptics,
except possibly boracic acid tn
j powder form. Dr. Lemon seemed to
meet the approval of most of the physicians.
The scrubbing and irritation
of wounds and the "meddlesome practice
of sewing everything up" were
frowned upon by the doctors.
Laymen should give first aid and
then quit, declared Dr. Lemon. If the
packet is simple and contains few
articles and less dressings there will
be less incentive for appliers of first
H i ri tn m lo uritH ? I? ;
is properly treated by a physician.
Other speakers brought out that if
first-aid packets were widely distributed
among laymen, especially among
railroad men. they would tend to foster
the pernicious habit of self-medication.
Having dressed his wound, the layman
would think all was well and would
not go to a physician, as he should.
Every shop has its "eye doctor." one
of the railroad physicians said. He is
one of the greatest dangers in a shop,
especially the fellow who removes foreign
1 odies from the eye by means of a
horsehair.
All present this morning seemed
to agree with that speaker who declared
that "the minute you try .to
make the layman a doctor you are up
against it." It was pointed out' that
"before teaching the laymen first aid
we should take the mote out of our
eyes. On a railroad with 450 surgeons
along the line, one speaker declared,
there would be 450 ways of treating
emergency cases. For this reason it
was advocated that the standardization
of first aid treatment was a most important
consideration.
Buffet Luncheon.
The fifty or more delegates to the
conference participated in a buffet
lunch served in the small ballroom at
1 o'clock. This afternoon, tonight and
tomorrow informal deliberations will
be held, with the idea of getting at
the real needs of first aid and '*h appliance
throughout the country. In
pursuance of this result, following the
ideas of the railroad surgeons this
morning, representatives of the army,
navy and Red Cross -will c ntribute
their opinions as to first aid at the remaining
sessions of the conference.
Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood of Johns
Hopkins University is secretary of the
conference. Assistant Surgeon General
W. C. Rucker is detailed to represent
the public health service.
U. S. A. OFFICER IN WARSAW.
r.i?n4 Pftl lfnlin Cava Dnlialt 1
xivuiia vvt< muuu wuj a a V119U vCtJraMLl
Was Little Damaged.
BERLIN, August 21, via London. Aurust
23.?Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Kuhn,
nilitary attache at the United States
mbassy in Berlin, has returned from
Varsaw. He entered the city twentyour
hours after its capture by the
lermans and remained there while the
ity was being placed under German
dministration.
The city was little damaged by the
iege, he said, and the people were
rderly. Newspapers, which were susended
the first two days after the
rerman occupation, again are being
ublished.
The party of which Col. Kuhn was a
lember encountered countless thouands
of persons who formerly lived in
he country districts west of Warsaw,
eturning to ruined villages and homes.
L S. May Care for Italy's Interests.
With Italy's declaration of war. on
urkey, the American embassy at Contantinople
probably will be asked to
ike over Italian interests in Turkey
nd these of Russia, for whom Italy
as been acting.