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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.
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Germany Puts Questions Up To United States
As To Character Of Lusitania Before Re
plying To Demands.
Germans and Austrians Fight
ing Desperately To Get Con
trol of Fortress
Will Endeavor To Prove That
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CARRIED AMMUNITION
KILL OF ALFRED
The Throttling of Food Supplies
and Other Conditional Con
traband For Germany Are
Recalled and The Govern
ment Expresses The Desire
To Know What Steps, If
Any, Have Been Taken To In
duce Great Britain To Em
bark On Negotiations For
Settlement; Expresses Re
gret For Injuries Received
Bv Americans in Submarine
and Aeroplane Attacks
Uy the Associated Press).
Berlin, via London, May 29. The
;rman reply to the American note
Hording the sinking of the Lusi
lania was signed by Ilerr Von Jagow,
l he foreign minister, at eleven o'clock
lust night and delivered to Ambas
sador Gerard this morning for trans
mission to Washington.
The note expresses Germany's re
nt t for injuries sustained by Ameri
cans as a result of submarine and
aeroplane attacks, and offers com
bination in cases in which Germany
i found to be in the wrong.
Defers Answer to Lusitania.
As indicated previously in these dis
pateher.. the note defers a direct an
swer to the questions raised by Presi
1 nt Wilson, pending a further ex
change of views. Germany desires 10
stuhlish whether the Lusitania was a
b f-iis;k ss merchant ship or was be
i titr ui i for the transportation of war
munitions and soldiers, on which un
Misj.f ( .-ting passengers were permitted
to take passage to safeguard the war
Materials.
The American representations ie-
G.
ERBILT
Estate Valued at $50,000,000
Left in Trust To Two Infant
Sons"
Advance Reported On Austrian U, S. Attorney Alexander Says
Cities of Trent and Triest,
Town of Storo Captured,
German Submarines Still
Active; Reported Negotia
tions Under Way
He Entered Plea With Prison
Board as Citizen of and in
Name of Georgia; Solicitor
General Dorsey Opposes
Clemency For Prisoner
f .uding the torpedoing of the British
tamer Falaba, in which an Ameri
can citizen lost his life, are answered
with the statement that it was in
tended to offer ample time for the
passengers and crew to leave the ship.
The action of the captain in attempt
ing to escape, however, necessitated
more summary action. Even then
the commander of the submarine
granted ten minutes for those on
board to leave the vessel and subse
quently extended the time to 23 min
utes before sinking the ship.
Regi-eats 44 Unintentional Attacks."
Germany expresses regrets for "the
unintentional attacks" on the Ameri
can steamer Cushing and the Gulflight.
The Cushing was attacked by Ger
man airmen in the North Sea and the
GuMight was torpedoed off Sciliy
Islands. Germany disavows any in
lention to attack harmless neutral
raft. She offers to pay compensation
wherever she is found to be in the
tvreng. and to refer doubtful cases to
The Hague for a decision.
The passages in the American note
neerning a possible disavowal- by
liTiiianv of intent to sink the Lusi
tania and the discontinuance of her
present practices of submarine war-fan-
are not mentioned specifically in
th" reply. -
American Demands Unanswered.
'"ho note states that pending the re
l'ly of the American government to
the German assumptions of fact re
garding the real character of the-Lu-.
sitania and her cargo, no attempt will
made to answer the demands con
tained in the American communica
tion. These assumptions of fact are as
ft Hows:
The Lusitania was built as an auxil
iary cruiser, subsidized and carried
' the navy lists as such- She car
ried, according to German informa
tion two guns mounted and concealed
below decks.
British steamers sailine from New
York, according to information re
ceived from passengers and other
farces, repeatedly carried soldiers,
artillery, war supplies and contra
band to England, the Lusitania on
this trip carrying specifically 5,400
cases of ammunition in addition to
other war supplies and Canadian
tiops enroute to the front.
Refers to American Law.
Reference is here made to the fact
that carrying explosives on passenger
steamers is contrary to American
(By the Associated Tress).
New York, May 29. The bulk of the
estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who
perished on the Lusitania, estimated
at more than $50, 000,000, is left in
irusi unaer ms win xo nis inrant sons
by his secend wife, Margaret Emerson
Vanderbilt. They are Alfred G., Jr.,
and George. The will was filed for
probate today.
William H. Vanderbilt, his son by
his first wife, Elsie French Vander
bilt, who was divorced, receives a
trust fund of $5,000,000; the Vander
bilt properties, known as Oakland
Farm, near Newport, R. I., the por
traits and bust of Cornelius Vander
bilt, his grandfather, and a gold medal
voted by congress to Cornelius Van
derbilt, his great great grandfather,
founder of the Vanderbilt fortune.
This legacy is in addition to a lib
eral settlement which William H.
received from his father during his
life time. He is now 13 years old.
Mr. Vanderbilt made provision for
his widow by leaving her $3,000,000
and the income of $5,000,000 in trust,
together with the Vanderbilt estates
in the Adirondacks and Gloucester
house in London, England.
Relatives and friends receive be
quests ranging from $1,000 to $500,
000. The infant sons share in the
rest. The legacies will be held in trust
for them until they are 21, wThen each
is to receive outright the accumulated
income and one-fourth the principal.
At the ages of 25, 30 and 35 years
each son is to receive a quarter of the
principal, the trusts, therefore, termi
nating when each is 35 years old.
The bulk of the Vanderbilt millions
passed to Alfred G. Vanderbilt on the
death of his father, Cornelius Van
derbilt, in 1899. The will provided,
however, that Alfred must wait till
he was 30 before he came into any
appreciable part of the fortune.
Then he was to receive half. At 35
he was to receive the other half.
He was 37 last October. Cornelius,
the older brother, cut off in the will
with only a million dollars, received
$6,000,000 more as a gift from Al
fred. Cornelius was not mentioned
in the will filed today.
The will is dated December 16,
1913, and was signed in New York
City. The executors are Reginald C.
Vanderbilt, Frederick "W. Vanderbilt,
Henry B. Anderson, Frederick M.
Davies and Frederick L. Merriam.
Estimates made when the will was
filed placed the value of the estate
at $50,000,000 were declared tonight
to be too high. It was pointed out that
a considerable sum wrould have to be
subtracted from the amount of the
original estate because of the sub
stantial settlement believed to have
been made upon Mrs. Elisha Ercnch
Vanderbilt at the time of her divorce,
besides the $6,000,000 payment made
out of Alfred Vanderbilt's estate to
his brother Cornelius. This left the
estimated amount of the estate be
tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,00.
(By the Associated F).
Germany's reply to the American
note sent after the sinking of the Lu
sitania was delivered yesterday to
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. It does
not specifically answer the American
representations concerning the sink
ing of the Lusitania and discontinu
ance of present methods of submarine
warfare. These points are left for
settlement in further negotiations.
Germany expresses regret for at
tacks on American vessels which are
said to have been unintentional. Com
pensation is offered in cases in which
Germany is shown to have been at
fault, and reference to the Hague of
disputed cases is suggested.
Germany seas up the' assumptions,
as a basis for negotiations, that the
Lusitania was a British naval auxil
iary, carrying mounted guns as well
as troops and war munitions, and that
it was a violation of American law
to carry passengers on her. The
United States is asked what steps, if
any, it has taken to induce Great
Britain to depart from its policy of
cutting off Germany's importations of
food supplies, provided Germany
a-uciiiuons ner suDmarme attacks on
merchantmen; a settlement Germany
has indicated her willingness to dis
cuss. The Italian camnaisrn is develomns:
along two well defined lines, in the
shape of advances toward the Austrian
cities of Trent and Triest. Italian
troops are reported to be advancing on
Trent from the south, the northwest
and the southwest. On the eastern
line, north of the Gulf of Triest, the
invaders are said to have occupied ad
ditional territory. Resistance of the
Austro-German forces is reported to
have become stronger, however. A
Geneva dispatch states that the con
viction is growing that they will con
duct a defensive campaign.
The advance of the Austrians and
Germans toward the Galician fortress
of Przemysl, threatening its invest
ment, remains unchecked. The Ber
lin war office communication yester
day stated additional territory had
been occupied and that determined at
tacks of the Russians had been re
pulsed, one Russian regiment being
wiped out.
Along the Franco-Belgian line no
new actions of first importance had
developed. German aviators dropped
bmbs on St. Omer and Gravelines,
near Calais; on Dunkirk, and on
Fismes in Marne, near RheinTsY
The British steamship Ethiope, 2,-
475 tons, was sunk by a German sub
marine in the English channel. Her
crew was permitted to embark in
small boats.
ASHEVILLE CONSIDERING
QUESTION SCHOOL BONDS
(Continued on Page Sixteen.)
La.st General Assembly Granted Au
thority to Hold An Election.
(Special to The News and Observer. )
Asheville, May 28. A movement for
the calling of an election here to de
termine whether bonds shall be issued
for the construction of a new high
school building, under authority
granted in an act passed at the last
session of the General Assembly au
thorizing the holding of an election to
determine whether the citizens of
Asheville want bonds issued in an
amount up to $200,000 for this pur
pose, has been started by a number of
local organizations. A meeting has
been called for next Thursday night
when the plans for a campaign will be
adopted and preparations will be maae
to ask the city commissioners to au
thorize the election.
Mrs. Lettie Wiltbank, aged 87, of
Georgetown, Del., has never tasted an
egg. She says she does not know,
and is not interested to know, how
1 one tastes. . . -
Fighting Around Przemysl.
London, May 2 9 The battle for the
fortress of Przemysl, in middle Galicia
remains the war's outstanding feature.
There has been heavy fighting north
of Arras, where the French continue
to progress, the Germans admitting
tonight their evacuation of Ablain.
But this is a small affair compared
with wThat is going on around
Przemysl.
The Germans and Austrians with
an enormous weight of artillery con
tinue to fight desperately in an effort
to encircle the fortress which is al
ready reported to be under bombard
ment. Their armies on tne ban, norm
of Przemysl, have, however, apparent
ly received a check. The Russians
after driving them back across the
San near Sieniawa, have now turned
their attention to forces which cross
ed the river north and south of
furious attacks. All of these the Aus-
trains and Germans claim to have
repulsed. Southeast of Przemysl the
Teutonic allies are meeting withrncre
success, but their progress is not so
rapid as it was recently ana com
munications to Lemberer. wnicn were
reported to have been severed, re
main intact.
At-the other end of the line, in the
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Atlanta, Ga., May 29. 1 looker
Alexander, United States Attorney fur
the northern district of Georgia, late
today filed with the State Prison
Commission, a plea for commutation
of Leo M. Frank's sentence, in which
he seeks to show by the testimony of
the State's own witnesses that Frank
did not murder Mary Phagan, tut
that James Conley, a negro, now serv
ing a sentence as an acessory after
the crime," was the slayer.
Solicitor Dorsey Opposes Clemency.
Hugh M. Dorsey, solicitor general
who prosecuted Frank, aiso gave out
tonight his letter to the Prison Com
mission opposing clemency for Frank,
declaring "the facts and circum
stances surrounding the commission
of the murder do not invoke the ex
ercise of mercy or offer inducement
to temper the penalty, "and further
that the fact that Frank's conviction
has been affirmed by both State and
Federal courts "despite the indefati
gable exertions of his influential
friends in and out of Georgia.
justifies my deep conviction that the
ends of justice have been accomplish
ed by the processes of law."
Communication of 25,000 Words.
Mr. Alexander explicitly suites in
his communication, which comprises
approximately 25.000 words, that he
makes his appeal on Frank's behalf,
not in his capacity as Federal attor
ney, but entirely in the capacity of a
ynvuie tsiiixru 01 ijeoiijia wno ooes
not desire to see an innocent man
hanged for another's crime." His
argument starts with the proposition
that Conley's admission that he wrote
the "murder notes," found beside
Mary Phagan's body, raises the con
clusion that, unless he can furnish a
creditable explanation, Conley was
the slayer.
Doubts Conley's Story.
"The whole question." writes Mr.
Alexander, "resolves itself iito an
inquiry as to the truth of Conley's
story. Agreeing to the proposition
that the presumptions are, in the
present status, in favor of its truth. I
propose to show how, when and why
the story was manufactured and I
shall do this without referring to any
testimony offered for the defense, or
stating any fact depending on that
testimony."
In the effort to fulfill this promise
Mr. Alexander presents circumstances
tending to show why the police were
liable to be mistaken and why the
public failed at the time to preceive
the importance of the discovery that
Conley wrote the "murder notes." Ho
sets forth the known facts as the
equation of a mathematical problem.
traces and groups the movements of
the persons concerned on the day of
the murder, as testified to by the
state's witnesses, shows the evolution
of Conley's stories, the changes Conley
made in them and the probable motive
for each variation. He also points
out alleged inconsistencies in ( on ley s
statements and argues on the physical
impossibility of material features in
the negro's story. In this connection
he saj-s:
"While Conley's account of his ac
tions and conversations witn iranK
after the murder, occupied, according
to him, only 34 minutes, they could
not have occurred within two hours.
According to the testimony of the de
tectives, it would have been more than
an hour to prepare the notes, alone,
but I reduce that estimate to half an
hour."
Dorsey's Reason for -Opposing.
Mr. Dorsey's letter was in response
to notice from the commission of
the pending application. He wrote:
"The court records of the ease,
which doubtless will be considered by
you, present the details of the crime
for the commission, of which Frank
was convicted by the courts of this
country, and illustrate the conditions
and circumstances under which the
crime was committed. I do not un
derstand the application for executive
clemency to set up any newly di--cov-prpd
evidence, or other grounds not
heretofore considered and finally
judicated by the various judges
the courts, State
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and Federal,
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