U.S. WAITS TO HEAR
GERMANSACCOUN1
Sinking of the Allan Linei
Hesperian
WAS SHIP TORPEDOED
High Officials Loath to Believe th<
Solemn Promise So Recently Givet
by the German Government Hai
Been Deliberately Broken.
Nothing in advices regarding th?
Inking of the Allan liner Hesperhu
Berved to change the waiting at
titude of the American government
Judgment is suspended pending com
plete information and in spite of th<
tatemeut of the Hesperian's captaii
that his ship was the victim of a
torpedo and had no warning, high officials
here are not disposed to question
the good faith of recent unqualified
assurances from the German m-tr.
eminent thut her submarine commanders
had been ordered to attack
no more liners without warning.
Reports from Ambassador Page at
London added few details to the story
told in the brief cablegram in wlifrtli
Consul Frost at Queenstowii announc.
ed that the vessel hud been torpedoed
with a loss of about eight lives, none
of them American. The consul's
statement that the ship carried on her
stern a 4.7-inch gun went unamended,
though the Allan line offlciuls have
declared thnt she had no gun when
she left Montreal.
14 AUTO FATALITIES.
Accidents Occurred to Cars at Railroad
Crossings.
Five persons were killed when
their automobile was struck by an
electric car traveling on the Erie railroad
about ten miles south of Rochester,
N. Y. The dead are Stephen E.
Emerson, 73, of Rochester; Louis
Lawson, 50; Florence Truesdale, 24;
Nellie Hayner, 45, all of Spencerport,
and Mrs. Edith Keith, 47, of Washington.
Five persons, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Norton, of Whitehall; their daughter,
May, 10; Mrs. John Norton, 30, and a
granddaughter, Edith, 5, were killed
at Glens Falls, N. Y., when their automobile
was struck by a Delaware and
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uuuboii passenger train. John Norton,
a son, was seriously hurt.
Four persons were killed at Chesterton,
Ind., when an eastbound New
York Central train struck an automobile
at a grade crossing. The occuI
pants of the ill-fated machine were
Mrs. John Teda, her two sons, John
and Peter, and a hired man.
FIVE LIVES LOST.
Fatal Fire in Cathoffc Orphanage *
Fire destroyed the St. Frances
I Girls' directory, a Catholic orphanage,
at San Francisco, with the loss of
at least five lives. Search of the
ruins disclosed the body of Elizabeth
O'Brien, 4 years old, and four
others.
When the fire was discovered the
children were marshaled by Sister
Mary Agnes and Mother Superior
Margaret and marched out of the
building. They were quartered in
nearby homes.
Another body identified was that
of Katherine O'Brien, Elizabeth's sister.
Fift>?twe children and several
blind and aged women were housed
in the four-story frame building. Only
the heroism of the nuns prevented
greater casualties. It was established
that only live perished.
AIRSHIP GOES WILD.
Duliei Into Crowd and Injures Many
Persons.
Twenty persons were injured, three
fatally, when an aeroplane dashed
into a crowd at a Labor day celebration
at Washington, Ind. Oscar Cook,
a Chicago aviator, lost control of his
machine when he landed after a short
flight. He was not hurt.
Joseph Singleton, aged 11; Mrs.
Vincent Jones, aged f?.r>, and Miss
Mabel Taylor, aged 17, suffered fractured
skulls', and physicians say there
is no hope for their recovery. Four
others were hurt seriously.
When the machine touched the
ground it swerved and knocked down
a refreshment stand, and then plowed
through the crowd.
CHAS. BOYNTON DIES.
One of the Veterans of the Associated
Press.
Charles A. Boynton, one of the veterans
of the Associated Press, and
one of the best known American
newspaper men of the last twentyfluo
WAO??U I ft/1 of1 ? T"V
ti TO J oui o, uiru at >Y if Mil uif^ioil, 1J,
agod 79 years. Ho had not been In
active service since 1909.
Banker Felder Uses Razor on Throat.
Edward E. Felder, a prominent
banker of St. Oeorge, S. C., who was
spending the summer at Ashaville, N.
C., with his family, ended his life by
cutting his throat with a razor.
(Mends said the banker had been suffering
from insomnia.
Held on Arson Charge.
J. N. Nasworthy, proprietor of th?
drug store at Jacksonville which was
wrecked by fire and an explosion
, was given a preliminary hearing before
Juatice H. K. Willard and hel<3
to the criminal court on the chargs
of arson, under bond of fl,900.
RUSSIAN RETREAT.
Czar's Army Leaves Desolation Be*
~ hind It.
The I>ausanne Gazette publishes a
letter from an Austrian officer lighting
on the eastern front, in which he
? says:
"The Russiun retreat is a masterpiece
of terrifying, systematic devastation.
which recalls the retreat of
1812. There is an immense sea of
l flames behind the retiring Russian
, armies, caused by hurnluj/ houses and
crops.
. "General Mtsehenko is followed by
, well organized detachments of Cos5
sacks, whose duty it is to burn everything
behind the army. They accomplish
their task Implacably.
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.. i..n iu? iiuuveas tried to enter
, Krylow In pursuit of the Russians
every street was attaint*. They were
unable to pass through the huge furnace
and lost many precious hours in
j going around the town by indirect
, roads and holds.
t "When the Austro-Huugariaus arrived
at Vladimir-Volynskyi they
found the town burning and the town
of Verba was biasing. Every village
on the Volynskyi plain, as far a? Hovel,
was in dames. The Auatro-Hungarian
troops had no shelter for days.
"The roads are indescribably cut up
and obstructed. Convoys arrived a
day and a half late. It wonld take
fifty soldiers to draw one ea^t out of
a mudhole.
"Thousands of men worked upon
, repairs on the railway from Sokol to
Vladimir-Volynskyl and if the road
. had not been repaired in time we
would have met with disaster."
LONDON PRESS CAUSTIC.
Comment on Sinking of the Hesperian.
The London newspapers were cans
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Comment was withheld at both the t
white house and the Btate department <
pending detailed reports, but it was j
learned that high officials regarded it
as inconceivable that, after the assurances
given by the German government
last week, a German submu- |
rine commander had, without warning,
launched a torpedo at a peaceful
passenger vessel. <
Norwegian Bark Sent to Bottom. i
The Norwegian bark Gllmt has ]
been sunk, but its crew of fourteen (
was landed safely. Tho Glimt was a
vessel of 8S4 tons gross and was built s
in 1875. It was owned at Arendal, ]
Norway. Lloyd's announces that the s
Danish steamer Frode has been sunk.
Captain Clemmeson and eighteen
members of the crow of the vessel
were saved. The Frode, n vessel of |
2,050 tons, sailed from Montevideo
August 2 for Mnimo, Sweden. She
was owned in Copenhagen. j
Nun Saved Seven in Battle.
Rosin a. (Marie Ilolzmunn), of ]
Kempton, who has been ut the western
front as a nurse since the begin- ,
ning of the war, lias been decorated j
with the iron cross and the Bavarian ,
military cross. In one of the battles,
near Mlhiel, she carried seven wounded
soldiers from the firing line. She
also saved an officer, who wm fust
bleeding to death, and was struck by ,
a bullet herself. ,
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(iermans Using Iron Coins.
The German newspapers assure ihe (
people that the substitution of iron ]
for nickel in the minting of ten and \
five pfennig coins will be continued (
only during the war. No more nickel ]
Ave and ten pfennig coins are being
made. The newspapers say that
iron coins will soon be merely interesting
museum records of the war.
France Honors 83 Blinded in War.
Impressive ceremonies were held at \
Convalescence hospital, in Paris,
when eighty-three soldiers, fclladed in
the Hghting at the front, received dec- ,
orations for gallant conduct.. Upon
sixty-two sightless men were conferred
war crosses; the others were
awarded military medals.
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i Swedish Steamer Has Been Sunk. i
, The lyondon Morning Post's Stock.
holm correspondent soys the Swedish
1 stenmer Sven- Renstrom, a vessel of
i 413 tons, has been sunk. The fate of
the crew is unkaown.
KIDNAPED WHEN CHILD.
Misshapen Toe and Birthmark Identify
Woman.
By a misshaped toe and a birthmark
on her body Mrs. O. B. Kestndt
had established her identity as Anui?
Mooney, who was kidnaped from hoi
parents in San Francisco thirty-one
years ago when she was 5 years old,
kept by Chinese for several years and
rescued by police from a trunk in
which she was hidden.
After her rescue Annie was adopted
by a Portuguese family. Her foster-father
diet! when she was 14 year*
old, and four years later Annie married
Kestadt.
James Mooney. her father, and others
offered rewards aggregating
$1,000 at the time of the child's dls
appearance. Mooney and his wif?
died several years ago, but four sifj
ters and a brother welcome their long(
lost sister.
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TIGHTER LINE DRAWN. ^
Another Stranglehold on Alabama
Liquor Traffic.
Prohibitionists put another sC 1
glehold on the liquor traffic wheitunnl
Alubuma senate passed u regulfcr*R
shipping measure 20 to 1. Th^ If h
bill provides that deliveries nf lit
iic ana outer In their editorial comment!!
on the sinking of the liner Hesperian
by a German submarine.
"Germany promised not to torpedo
a liner without warning," says the
Evening Standard. "The Hesperian
was torpedoed without warning. The
two statements speak for themselves. <
The attainment of lusting peace can
only come after the crushing defeut ,
of Germany by the entente powers." ;
"The destruction of the latest 1
scrap of paper' with its ink still wot,"
says the Pall Mall Gazette, "is more ]
than cynicism itself, for the Hes- ,
perian outrage contradicts every as- (
surance Germany's minister has juat <
given the American government." j
The Globe: "There Is only one ]
answer to this enemy act?to light i
him until he is beaten to his kneee." ]
Westminster Gazette: "It is useless <
te waste words commenting on this <
latest crime. None of the ln?*iHno
excuse* proffered In the Lusltanla can
be alleged In the Hesperian tragedy.
The bare recital of fact* speak* for |
itself."
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Only Last, Week Germany Promised t
to Mend Her Way*. <
Official Washington received news j
of the torpedoing of the Allan liner
Hesperian by a German submarine ^
with unconcealed surprise, though j
there was none of the grave anxiety \
that followed the sinking of the i
A i?u Vvf s>
can only be made between 0 ajisjCj
and 5 p. m. The agent of the trabX
portntion must recognize the signal
ture of the consignee or hare the
signature witnessed. Bonuses are aljR
allowed off.cers when liquor is sei/.A
in raids. Druggists are the onia;
firms or corporations who can re?^ Jr
liquor. Ministers may receive V
gallons monthly for sacramental a hr
poses. I,iquor in small bottles I t
booed, if a gallon (the monthly li < >
is ordered it must como in a ?1 cj
package. 11 th
$2,000,000 FIRE. K
Newport News Visited by Destructive
Fire. J
Property damuge estimated Jat
about $2,000,000 resulted from a tyre
which originated in the Chesapeuike
and Ohio grain elevator at Newport
News, Va., and spread to near'by
buildings and to a big grain pier. ,
The elevator, with nearly hair a
million bushels of wheat was destroyed
; grain pier No. 5 v^Sa badly damaged,
and tho local c cee of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company
and of the United States Shipping
company and the Holland-American
line were consumed. Two other
piers and three steamships, two foreign
and one American, were threatened.
YOUTH A SUICIDS.'
Punished by Mother, Virginia Boy
Hangs Self. \Ti ,;"j
Mrs. J. W. Marshy, * lA
<r^Sft*ai?i?-tftr'*their home ti> r6T*?in
:here uniHl notified that he*ol>uld
joine down, as punishment foi some
ninor form of misconduct.
An hour and a half later to lad
ivas found hanging by a ropr from ]
:he banister rail of the steps lidlng '
;o the attic. The boy had adiqted ,
he rope about his neck and Jtuj>ed t
>ver, death being due to strand*.
ion. The body was still warm hen a
liscovered, but all efforts to ftjr# a
lim failed.
ARMOUR HOME LOOTED \ ?
Jobbers Capture Mrs. Armour and# 'r
Maids. | fo
Mrs. J. Ogden Armour, wife ofM a,
Chicago packer, and three woil he
servants were held prisoners by m
robbers, who ransacked the Armlpl
tiome und escaped with $3,500 in
eiry.
One Intruder forced Mrs. ArnicK1and
her three maids into a room nP
tield them there while his compunlcloj
searched the house.
WOMAN LIVES 107 YEARS. |r
Brooklyn Dwarf Said to Have BiUV
lished a Record.
Mrs. Jeanette Schwartz, who die!,
at. Brooklyn, N. Y., In the Brooklyn
Home for the Aped, in her 107t)l
year, established a record, it is bia
lieved, for longevity among dwarfyj
She was two and a half feet higv
and weighed less than twenty-fly1'
pounds. Her birthplace was Stutl1'
part, Germany.
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Tennesseeans Lynch Negro. r
Mallie Wilson, a negro, charges^
with having entered the sleeping roo .l
of Mrs. .Tim White, was hanged \m
Greenfield, Tenn. An effort by Cr,
enlt. Judge Joseph E. Jones a J,
Sheriff Lafon to nrerent. the IvnehiJK.
at Green tie Id was reported to hutf 1
been successful. A rop placed arouj/
the negro's neck was cut and he.wd {
carrleil away, lils body being foil J t
banging to a pole south of the tow3^
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Guarded Lincoln's Body. ^Dj
Andrew Klail, who was one of tP?
guards of honor when President L*/,e
coin's body lay in state at the Gapit ^
In Washington, is dead at his hofug
In Lowvllle, Wis. Klall was on dit j
when Mrs. Surratt. Payne and ctht>se
were hanged for eonspiraey. He se bi
ed In the Civil war, being wouni3" ?
at the battle of Bull Run.
til
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118 Railroads Earned $61,734,3ftfn*
Net revenues of 118 of the leatj^*steam
railroads last July
$8,031,562 more than In July, l^Wj
the Interstate Commerce eommls^**
reported. Their earnings In Julyo**
this year ware $61,734,883 and $~?*
702,821 for the same month in lt,e
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t f Je wages of sin is death.
,1 jtaleigh, n. C., Sept. 3.?Charier. E.
T ? lull, a young white man convicted
a.Mt Charlotte of killing Sidney Swain,
aSfn aged merchant, was executed in
tl*,ie electric chair. Trull confessed to
hK; clergyman Wednesday.
J Jn Raleigh, n. C., today a young
d \Hxhite man by the name of Trull paid
twlhe death penalty in the electric chair
' fBjor the murder of a Charlotte, N.
iMjherchant. The following story sent
' '.Mr11* ^rom Raleigh Wednesday tells of
*pis confession:
Mn Raleigh, n. C Sept. 2.?Confronted
?? j uic ceruuntv of death in the eleei
HKric chair Friday morning for the
Hmurder and robbery of Sidney Swain
nin Charlotte, all efforts for'commun jication
having failed, Charles E.
jTrull has made to his spiritual adi.
-viser, Rev. J. W. Potter, ol the Glen"
wood Methodist church, what he
- terms his "dying and tru*, vonfesx
' Ision." In it he admits practically ah
,of the statement he made to Governor
Craig's stenographer last week
in an effort to induce the governor
Ij to reconsider his refusal to extend
[' executive clemency was false and dej
clares that only he is responsible for
' the murder and robbery of old man
^ Swain. j.
The written confession, which he
J wrote out Monday night and handed
l to Rev. Mr. Porter this afternoon, is
( even more rambling and disconnected
jy than the statement made to the governor's
stenographer. He makes it
e.'ear, however, that "Barton did not
ip-.'j'll Swain or have any part or knowlr
edge of the robbery."
The confession is addressed to Cliffl
ford Newell and I). B. Paul, as "my
dear, kind friends." It follows:
A "Forgive me for what I have so
? rashly did and pray that my soul may
e never suffer for that sin, for I have
thoroghly and humbly repented for
e all I have said. It is true some fatal
~ mistakes were made. However, con
sidering everything, I will say that
> you advised me, I believe, as you
\ thought best. Also, that you did
not know of my guilt?as I should
say, facts in my case, whatever. I
did not give you any letter to Governor
Craig and I must say you acted
honorably with me. I really do not
1 think I am myself since hearing that
I was refused mercy.
"How I have "suffered you could
i never think, how or realise. I wish
to say that I am humbly sorry for all
I have did and I pray that God may
have mercy upon my soul. I have
sinned awful, indeed, against God and
man, and my ruin was whiskey, women,
bad company. I never realized
in mv life I was cut out to be a had
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ooy; oui was so early, in spite of I
all Christian, honorable training?
which I received at home, led astray. K
I never did, I know, intend to kill E
Mr. Swain, whatever; only to stun Rj
him and get money and I vaguely K
remember it. I knew 1 was not m.> k|
self, for I was under the influence of I
whiskey and dope. Neither did I E
really realize or intend that Barton
should ever suffer, but merely wished ^L_
to save my life and avert disfiUjadflR
on the nsure of my parents,
have no rl<nt to that noble. Honest ??.whatever,
and I pray that no
otafi* * IjHtfSther.?r<km?mber or link m
'Barton did not kill or have any
part or knowledge of the robbery. I
appreciate kindly and sincerely your
letters and your gentlemanly manner
of writing me and I ask every one
to please judge me not, for no one
could understand or know. Only the
Supreme Ruler and God of the universe,
who I shall pray to forgive me
md cleanse through the precious
dood of His Son. I have suffered
mough. I shall pay the extreme penalty.
Then let that be enough and
How my name and memory to rest.
"No noble parents, brothers and
isters do not deserve such a disrace
and I feel unworthy to breathe
leir names. To all those who I unitentionallv
wronged by my deeds,
jpecially the widow and her son and
ved one, I feel indeed sorry for
id full" ? ?"?A
.cMcnt with all my aching
;art. for my sins and wrongs.
"F <f?nembering my condition, l?otli
lyi vally and mentally, I pray you,
d that I have never held murder
my heart against any one when at
/self. Even, if there was ever murr
in my heart, then it was not me,
t whiskey. God's hand has been 1
d heavily upon me and I seriously *
>ught of taking my own life, but
eceived a letter from Mr. D. W. I1
ik telling me again of God and y
5 wonderful love, and I began to y
lly see and think. Now, therefore,
onfess all. I blame no one but
; and bear in mind it was not I but a
iskey. I have no bitterness in my yw
rt. Onlv love and fellowship for ^
and all." C1
fere we see old whiskey getting in o
mork again. Yesterday we pro- q
ed a news story, where the leader ^
i mob in Georgia had blamed his j
luct on his drunken condition. To- Q'
we see where a poor man, dying
he electric chair, blamed his conn
on whiskey.
i*d, yet, there are people in South
Wina who are opposing prohibi- Tj
?Spartanburg Herald.
A MOTHER'S LOVE. C.
n angel was sent down fron. y-^
;n one day to bring back the h 1
j beautiful thing on earth. He I
uitlone and carefully saw a bed I
wcbloom American roses !???'?
juKfompare, and he gathered an w-i
ffl'kind started to return to his I*01
jlds>ve. As he soared into the
ILf^w a baby's smile and filled
j^turous admiration at the
Xr(,^irned to take it, too. By ,
J. discovered a mother's love. 111
J,' .all three in his arms he
TV \> the place beyond the 25 ^
i outside the pearlv gates
Jlrk. >aused for a moment, and
|rer ts had withered and were
H fee^by's smile had vanished, ?
[VistiPs the mother's love
lilted I he cast the others aside
Lhjggiiis and laid it at the
llvs I\ as the most lovely and
llrribm on earth."?The FayLI,
for*'t.) Observer. I
[\ Does Not Affect The Head J|
11 and laxative effect, LAXA|
f n natWlNR la better than ordinary __ .
II I not cause nervousneaa nor M31I1
III olll V'member the full name and
l#M OT? \ire of K. W. GKOVi;. 2Sc.
Lleworatcl' - !
rl?c,,T Aiire P'ncbed by povUkand
H4 police.
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