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RfflSH CABINET
CONVENES TO PUT
BAN ON COTTON
Aflquith and Colleagues
Meet to Draft Contra
band Proclamation
Today
TO COMPENSATE LOSERS
Declaration of Ministers Will
Include Plan to Reimburse
American Growers
LONDON, Aug. Jf.
Premier Aeaulth and till mlnlt met
Ibiiy to draft a proclamation declaring
all cotton obeclute contraband.
WHen th Cabinet met It wag under
ko6d that tli proclamation would noon
be leaded, but that It would be accom
panied by an announcement of measures
aimed to prevent American cotton In
terests suffering severe lostes.
The nrltlMi pros li Virtually tinanl
moUB in Ita demands that cotton be de
flared cohtrnbitnd. but It la also nnxlolis
that the atop be talten In such a manner
that American itympathlcg for the Allies
shall not be lessened. In this connccl'on
the Chronicle says today:
We attach n high value to unofficial
America's unmlstdkable sympathy for us
In this war, that sympathy has been n
moral asset of Inestimable worth to our
cause, nothing must be dona to eilrange
It"
Discussing the meas14r.es to be taken to
firottct the American Interest, the Chron
do says fitrther:
"If the nrltlili Government can dovlse
nny means for preventing Injury to cot
ton growers, whother by a. scheme df
purchasing cotton supplies that but for
the war would hnvo gone to Germany or
by other mttodr, Ub efforts will ho
keenly appreciated 111 the United States."
The Times says that the declaring of
cotton contraband Is Inevitable and at
the same time assails the government
for not having taken such action before,
nsfrrtlnp that It Is hard 16 explain why
the Cabinet permitted cotton to pasn
freely lltn Germany during the llrst 7V4
months of the war.
The fcvenlng Standard expresses the
opinion that the Inclusion of cotton
among contraband urtlclea will clnrlfy
International law
"It Is Juit becauso wo have taken a
year to make up iur mind," says the
Standard "American claims for Inter
ruption of her export trade ore eminently
reasonable and no doubt will be met.
Our Indebtedness to America will bo in
creased, and n" issue In America of
British Clovernmcnt bonds w6uld sUpply
marketable securities."
The 'Westmliistsr Gazette sa,ys:
"When both sides are willing end
anxious to tide over the difficulty of
American exchange we have no doubt the
British Treasury will dovlse means to
Improve the present situation."
PRESIDENT READY TO ACT
IN COTTON BAN SITUATION
WABHINqTON, Aug. 18.
Thi Administration hopes to solve the
cotton situation so that It will hot prove
a, rack, on which Its legislative program
Will go to pieces uhen Congress meets,
H was learned today that the, ichI
rpasori for the President's return from
CoTnlsh (ast neolt was the pressure (hut
was being brought by Southern finan
cial Interests for action to safeguard the
cotton grower? and manufacturers before
this ear's crop was avallabl for mar
keting. And the President, realizing hut
unless so Vthlng was done that wodld
affdrd real relUf much of the support he
waa depending on from his own party
members 'ueuld be withheld, has pecn
trying to arrange a comprehensive pro
gram over since he jjot back.
Today, on the eve of an order by the
Allies transferring cottoif to the contra
band list, a tentative program has beh
completed w.,ch the Administration be
lieves will prove effective. So far aa
arranged It provides:
jFlret That the Federal reserve board,
through Ita member and affiliated banks,
lend money on approved notes, safe
guarded by actual cotton deposits, to an
extent of W per cent- of this year's crop,
i( that amount la needed.
.Second Arrange throtjgh the Allied
Bowers that cotton shipments to the ter
ritory controlled by them 'be expedited
nVid that a quantity, (he amount to be
determined on later, be permitted to pass
through to neutral countries without
tlnR diverted Into British ports by war
ahlps.'
BM, THIS AUGUST 18
COLDEST ON RECORD
City Awakes to Find Tempera
ture Way Down and Thin
Clothing Insufficient
Today Is the coldest August Uth In the
history of the Philadelphia Weather Bu
reau It Is just one degree colder than
the same day In JMJ- With the thermome
ter nt the M-dtgre m'K Philadelphia
awoke this morning to find that heavy
clothing and woolen sweaters wire an
acceptable substitute for Palm Beach
suit and rilmsy shirtwaists.
An area of high risu over the re
gion of the Great Lakes Is credited py
the weather bureau for the relief from
the former high humidity and sweltering
temperatures The high paint was reached
yekterdiy at 9 a m when the thermom
eter regtatertd t degrees. A steady drop,
whkh had been observed for two days,
brought the temperature down to 4 mini
mum or M degrees at 5 o'cloek this morn
ing, in suburban sections thermometers
registered as low as (I degrees.
Tbo coel weather Is due to remain for
itovfrnt days. The barometric reading to
day waaiKMf. humidity, H, with prevailing
Dortfiwept wlmta of eight miles an hour.
The coldest August day in the history
of Ou Weather Buji was August Jt,
waft whin the temperature registered SI
dogma
The Midden drop today was mere than
usjeauHe by the houaand.s who have
uttered from the mosquitoes wblah Waw
aj oyer town from Ueagqe Islftrjd. 8n
tamofetlat believe that the w4l weather
wtil drive teem feaek to their breeding
The elsar sparkling morning proved a,
(UH4tion to many perwna who nad
suTsed I row the xeMlve iuraldlty of
the last Iwf mlii 8Of tek edvtn
tx of the day to wake tl seashore trip
ami au on tM l'tHHsyvRla HJlV4d
irw Csmdeii te ihf M were levlag th
Cujivderi UfOimal as ety aa :. Tb
vosrvw luiig the rtvti uant wtw
trewded with exeurioHtt for the Hvf
t'f ar th lajtw pt ol tbe win
ii'w UfilUe4 a the loUtg af tbe p
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ALLIES GAIN 500 YARDS
OF TURKISH TRENCHES
Sir Ian Hamilton Reports Prog
ress at Suvla Bay New
Offensive Begun
LONDON. Aug IS
Allied troops at tho Uarcuthcllcs hnve
resumed the offensive. An official report
from Sir Ian Hamilton, the British com.
mancjer on Oal'lpoll peninsula, received
here today, announces the capture of
Turkish trenches, near Suvla Bay, and an
advance of MO jards
This Is the largest gain made by the
Allies In several weeks. It In apparent
that the British and French governments
liuve ordered that the fighting on Gnlllpoll
peninsula be forced.
The report of Sir Ian Hamilton follows:
"In the southern sane tho situation re
mained unchanged on August 14 and
August ID. Tho Turks kept up their
usual artillery tiro without much effect
"In tho northern zone the right flank
of tho Austrillan-New Zealand army
corps can heavily attacked on the night
of the llth to the 15th All the attacks
were repulsed 1
"At Suvla tin troops of our left flunk
made a short advance on the afternoon
of the 15th with u view to straightening
out the line. They moved forward under
considerable gun and rifle fire and gained
about 600 vards. capturing Turkish
trenches and taking two officers and 20
other prisoners."
MURDERERS OF FRANK
WILL NOT BE ARRESTED
Continued from rase One
pettier now. and us lelentlees. as tho
monient they lnvadd the State prison "
Tnls was tho Htatement of n conser
vative, established business mun of
Marietta last night He was thoroughly
uware of movements of the lynch
ing clansmen, who kidnapped Leo M.
Frank from the State prison farm Mon
day night and hanged him In Mnrlettu,
of tho process 0 organization, of their
plans and of their painstaking sstem of
advance preparations He would neither
admit nor deny that he was one of the
mob.
"The men who hapged Leo Frank, the
mtliderer of Mary Phagan, did not go
about It with a spirit of lawlessness nor
vlndlctlveness They felt It a duty a
duty to their State and Commonwealth,
U duty to the memory of Mary Phagan,
whom all Cobb County loved, and whose
memory Is cherished In every household
In the hills jou see oer there to tho
west.
EAIlLipn LYNCHING rOILED
"They would have lynched him more
than a month ago if some one had not
got careless and permitted a leak. Oov
erhOt Harris wjs opprlsed of the plans
and ordered tho mllltla to be In readiness
"That uas the day when the county
police wera scouting In the edge of rul
ton urd Cobb Counties on tho lookout for
automobiles from Marietta.
"Governor Harris and the military au
thorltles no doubt received widespread
censure for this apparently unnecessary
nctlon, but If the truth were known It
gave Leo Frank at least one month of
grace ho would not have received from
the hands of the men who were about to
go to Mllledgovillo for him.
PLANS MADE AT TIME OF PAP.DON
"Ever slnco tho duy Governor Slayton '
commuted tho sentenlee of Frank, plana
had been In formulation for this deed
Minute and definite arrangements were ,
made, and there was not a missing thread
from the fabric of tho perfected scheme I
when the 25 men set out early Monduv
mgni on tneir journey 10 Miuedgevllie,
"Meetings were held In u spot so con
sptcuaus that ot would be astonished
to hear ltq name called. A leader wob
chosen, a man who bears as reputable
a name aa you would ever hear Irj a
lawful community. He was respected and
honored. The 36 would have gone
through hell and high water with him.
"The chosen X (although this wasn't
the entire number available) were men
whose worth waa known, collectively and
Individually I doubt that you would
And anywhere a body of patriots more
leyal, faithful, obedient and determined."
PR0BHNENT JEWS FEEL
nEOROIA WILL DO DUTY
Organisations Will Take No Official
Action in Frank Case
NEW YORK, Aug. l8.-Promlnent Jens
and representatives of Jewish organ).
tlops expressed the belief today that the
authorities of Oiorala would do their
tun amy n pununing; the men who
Jynehed Leo M Frank.
Pr. Cyrus Adler, chairman of the I5x
eeutlve Committee of the American Jew
is! CowmltUe, dtcUred that not only
Jew, but luw-abldlng oitlwtw the coun
try o-a., aave their syss upon qwrgla
"In ti ya of humanity ib man wha
tak the life of Frank (Ub4 Iwn4t4
eottttuen murderers," decUre-i DMtsr
Adler. Wo lok to the ociala af tle
$K ts do their duty. Our organliatusn
wU do nathlag Bo far as w oan
ther ts twthlaf for us to do "
ftea Hf(, gsand master ut ttw Order
of B'tith Ajbwm. xpirMe4 slrPHg hM
ttt all whi vm oofMamed la t&e V.
tng ef rnk would be found out td
pintstie-sV fe
'tto tar af Mr ovzanliatlen U ep
crrf4, v 9t4f Nt( Mpe budy and
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Ttm Frask cw u matter r( the
iWMdtrauati of to atBrtalj vl tit BUM
o( UtDrgt aod BX !- M. ' said JWfcj.
EVENING T.BnflEB-PniLADELPIHA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
iTFCdft;
Italian Consul, at 717 Spruce street, today in response to a warning that
register will be regarded as descrtcts.
THE WAIl A YEAR AGO
Il-lslim. lilow up ooe uf the I,l-e
forl. Dig battle In progress near the
Memo.
The llrlglan (internment mid roynl
family remnifil from llrurtrln to Ant
werp. Cohnnn. emountc portion of the hellle
region In Alnce.
ytnlimn rout Aiiotrliin. in Habatz
Mountain, the defrrtrd nrm) luting 1S,
0(10 men.
Itimslnn Imnnton of Oallrln rhrcked.
AtiKtrlau cmalry rose. ltimlun frontier.
Lnmaln occupied
llrrlln ndmltlcil Hint (Irrnmn fori en
had fiillrn buck in Alniicc-I.orraliir.
Ilnttle at '"Irlfniont.
rmldenl UIN011 Itnurn irm Initiation
ii mine Ainrrlrann to iitmcrio neutrality
In uord a well nH In deed.
asslstaiit fcocrotary of tho Exccutlvo Com
mlttoo of the Federation of Jewish Or
ganisations of Now York dtutp
FRANK'S FATHER GFTS LAST
WORDS WRITTEN BY HIS SON
Letter Mailed Just Before Lynching
Full of Hopefulness
NEW YOItK, Aug 18 The lnnt written
message of Leo M Frank beforo ho met
hla death at tho hands of a Georgia mob
was received today by Frank's aged
father. In Brooklyn The letter, which was
written only a. few hours before Frank
was dragged from the Mllledgavlllo prison
camp nnd lynched, breathed cheerfulness
throughout.
"My wound Is getting bettor every day,"
Frank wiote, "and oon I hope to have
recovered completely. This, surely, can
not last much longer Surely something
will turn up to clear me and enable ma
to leave this terrible place "
Mrs. Rudolph Frank, mother of the
slain man, Is prostrated with grief
"His letter came to us like a voice
from the dead," declared Frank's father.
"It Is a comfort, though, to know he was
so hopeful nnd cheerful."
The funeral ceremonies wilt be conduct
ed according to tho Jewish rites and tho
burial will be In Cj press Hill Comotery
MUny extra police will be detailed to tho
lclnlty of Frank's home on the day of
the funeral, on account of the enormous
crowdu of morbidly curious epccted to
gather there.
GERMANS FOLLOW ALLIES'
LEAD, PROPAGANDIST SAYS;
NEVER VIOLATED U. S. LAWS
By LOWELL MELLETT
NEW YORK. Aug. 18.
"Don't expect any official answer to tho allegations now being printed.
Thero will not bo any. for there la nothing; to answer."
So declared today one of tho purported chief conspirators of the alleged
count von BERNSTORFF show?
only the same things that are being done
other countries engaged in the war. We've scrupulously avoided overstepping
the bounds and all the correspondence that may be stolen wll fall to prove th.e
contrary. Certainly we've wanted to wn American public opinion, hopeless as
the task might seem with alt the. news from Europe fliterlng through England.
'Suppose u were proved that we had bought supplies and hadn't used
them but kept them In this country? Just what offense would that consti
tute? If It la argued that thlB Is Inconsistent with our' objections to the ex
porting of munitions, the answer Is that Germany Is earnest Jn her objections
and gladly would foroso the prlvllego of obtaining such aupplUs here If any
huvo been obtained.
' ACTION LEGITIMATE.
"We are aware of what is legitimate and what Is not, and we have not
gp- e beyond what Is proper."
Germans generally declare they see no reason to believe that the present
tiproar is likely to Interfere w(th the progrew of diplomatic negotiations
between Germany and the Unltad States. In the latter regard they are chiefly
interested, they say, in the forthcoming note from, the United Stat to Eng.
land because of its probable bearing on the German answer to the last Lust
tanla note. ,
TUq American note to Orat Britain, paid a man close to the Inner Qerman
diplomatic ejrele today, means mere, than that. It mean, he said, a decision
in Germany a to whether the American note shall or shall not be answered
WAIT ON NOTE TO ENGLAND.
"The situation Is such In Germany." he declared, "that Germany cannot
make ruply to the United States unUss It Is nhovvu to th.4 q-rmn people that
this country intend to demand emphatJaaily that England tespeet the rights
af heu.tiala.. 8ub an attitude understood by the Cferman peopleand It Is net
ftu lUMjefstoad now by any mean wsuld make petflhla a conclusion of the
LualUnla. iwMdent.
"Unlee? the last Amerleart note to Germany ah be aifewered under suah
etnwwitaBcaa I do not bIWv It will be answered at ail. NO good can come
qf further exchange of uerlmonteus B'te.
"I do not beUevo that toe preparation of the German reply will b taken
up untu the note to England has been wot. It ErkU4 St? & sm( of net
w tftlftk la due tier, I am confident that Prwldwt wllen' hep ol satiating
btwfw Belgian. sat Germany to the good puwwww of tttln7 tM h of
unfair ooatUMUlaf arid unfair wykw wtM bgin t be relliek."
LAST CALL BY CONSULATE HERE
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CRAMP HEAD DENIES
YARDS SOLD TO KAISER
Continued from I'aite One
to the Nw York stoiv. It was said that
New Yorlc IntcrostH were the buyers, and
that they Intended to hold the stock ns
an Investment
NO ALLIES' OHDEP.S AT CltAMPS
The same nourco Is authority for tho
statement that, since control of the ship
building company was obtained through
tho transfer of tho 7000 shares of stock,
tho Cramp Ship and Engine Building
Company has refuted to accept war
orders from the Allies. It Is suld that
thi' Uoct putchnso was mado follow Infr a
well founded rumor that the Buthlchom
Hteql Company was seeking to obtain
control of the Bhlp building ard to
handlu some of Its over supply of war
orders
Tho German Imperial Treasury notes,
on which tho $10,000,000 was raised! by
Chandler & Co , Inc , are to run only until
Junuury 1, 1110, a period of nlno months
from tho time of their iBsue They pay
flvo per cent Interest, nnd were offered
at !)84 It Is said the notes were dis
posed Of with some difficulty.
Efforts to reach Henry 8 Grove, pres
ident of the William Cramp & Sons Ship
and Engine Building Companj, this
morning, wero unavailable. At his homo
In Germantown It was sold he had started
for his olTlefc There. It was said, he wns
not expected to arrivo until about noon.
In his absence, other officials refused to
discuss the story of German control nnd
said that no statement had been Issued
by the company.
Woman Accused of Shoplifting
Mrs Adley Savldge, 45 years old, of
Camden, was held In J1000 ball today for
a further hearing next Wednesday on a
charge of larceny preferred, by Samual
Cohen, manager jf a department store
on Ridge avenue near Glrard. Cohen
alleged, at tho hearing In the 10th nnd
Oxford streets police station, thnt the
woman had left a small stand sho con
ducts In the Farmers' Market, Rldgo and
and Glrard avenues, nnd gone to his store
with a vegetablo basket frequently in. the
labt few months and had slipped men'B
suits nnd other articles Into It and then
gone back to her stand. He placed his
loss of about 11500, and said that he had
found suits In pawn shops which Mrs
Savldge had pawned.
German conspiracy which, It is asserted, hap
beon organized against the noutraltty of the
United States.
"Only ono thing can keep that story alive,"
he said, "and that would be a reply by Am
bassador von Bernstorff, or Doctor Albert,
or tho Chancellor himself. They won't an
swer It because it contains nothing that re
quires an unBwer."
Seeing tho German Ambassador at the Illtz
Carlton seemed t,o confirm this German's
view. He refused to discuss the conspiracy
1 barges would only smlla and HhaUe his head
when tho subject was suggested.
However, whether or not hla authority In
the matter Is the same tho views of the
alleged fellow conspirator certainly embody
the same philosophy arid are of interest.
NO DENIAL OF CHARGES
"There won't be any denial of the correct
ness of the copies of correspondence printed,"
he said. "The letters were stolen and they
speak for themselves. But what do they
They show that we've bedn (Joins
in this country for the benefit of the
n- 'lTTa8U
uWniu-
fV
j,itaW):;..fSjK.r3
hereafter reservists who fail to
101 KNOWN DEAD IN
TEXAS HURRICANE
Continued from 1'nnc Ono
Just opposite Galveston, wired the Hous
ton Chronicle as follows:
"I fear tho number of dead In Galves
ton will bo largo.
"I could not see an elevator on the port
sldo of tho city, and my opinion Is that
the number of buildings destroyed will
run into the thousands I believe tho
property loss will be gi eater than that of
1000 "
No till oct word has been received hero
today aa to the exact conditions lti Gnl
cston, nnd no Information regarding tho
fate of Beaumont, Port Arthut, Sabine,
Sabino Pass, or tho many other cities In
the long stretch of coast line from Sabine
Pass to Matagorda Bay, has come out.
The Inat woid from Beaumont came on
Monday, to the effect that tho population
wns leaving ns rapidly as possible This
was before tho full force of the hurricane
hit that section.
18 BODIES FOUND BY TRAIN
CREW NEAR GALVESTON
S.MITJIVILLE. Tex. Aug 18 -The
crew of u Santo Fe vork train, teaching
here from Texas City Junction (it noon
reported the track torn up and that they
wore unablo to proceed further. They
sny they found 18 bodlea nt Hitchcock, a)
miles fiom Gnlvoston
Several business signs from Market
street, Galveston, were found bcattered
all tho way from Hitchcock to Texas
City Junction, they said. The v iter Is
reported to be three miles furthei inland
than In 1000, when Gulveston was nearly
wiped off tho map
TWO KILLED AT BELLAIRE;
SEABROOK ANNIHILATED
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug 18 Reports re
ceived here from Houston today stated
that ten houseso wero blown down in
Bollaire, u suburb. Two persons were
killed, a carpenter, whoso barn fell on
him, nnd n negro who became entangled
In a live wire Practically every big
cetabllshmen In Houston was badly
damaged.
Senbrook, a small town 25 miles from
(Houston on tho bay, was practically an
nihilated, Texas City also buffered
heavy damage and Is In need of food
supplies. A boatload of provisions has
beon sent thero from Houston.
LAPORTE AND SYLVAN BEACH
REPORTED TOTAL WRECKS
WACO, Tex, Aug. 18 Advices reach
ing here report that Laporte, Tex., Is
virtually destroyed
J A. Black, and Ave members of tho
Rlggs family, of Morgana Tolnt, nre
cold to havo been drowned Only ono
house ts stundlng In Sylvan Beach, and
Seabrook Is reported to havn been wiped
out. Two persons are said to huve been
drowned In the latter place. The wator
is severnl feet higher than during the
Btorm of 1D0O.
A lineman, who left the Galveston
causeway yesterday afternoon, said tho
entlie Island seemed a Bheet of water.
The loss to the telephone companies in
southeastern Texas Is estimated at
JIOO.OOO.
SHIP, WITH 62 ON BOARD,
OVERDUE AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug 18. - Tho
United Fruit ship Marowljnc, from Be
llse, B. II., with 63 passengers on board,
Is now two days overdue, and fears were
expressed today for her safety
Sho was directly In the patoh of the
hurricane, and, although Ave vessels ar
rived today after passing along her reg
ular path, all reported that they had
seen nothing of her.
CHICAGO GRAIN MAN ASKS
U. S. TO AID GALVESTON
CHICAGO, Aug l?.-Proaldent C. II.
iianoy, 01 me unicago noarct of Trade,
today sent a teUcram to Secretary nt
tho treasury McAdoo, appealing to htm to
make .every effort to get soma Informa
tlon regarding the fate of Galveston,
which Is known to have suffered severely
In the recent hurricane,
Galveston l one of the chief grain
exporting ports of the United States, and
Chicago men have large Interests there,
8006 U. S. SOLDIERS IN
PATH OF GREAT HURRICANE
fVASfllNGTON, AUg. 18.-Wnr Depart
ment ordclols were worried today con.
cemlng the condition of 3000 soldiers,
forming the Fourth Brigade, who have
been In camp at Galveston. Tex. No
omnia! report of any kind has been re
&.ffias mwne ,s Ba,d s
The weather bureau ha been unable
to get message from Galveston for
?My Nhfura. The hurrieane la WW
to hve tied up all communication, even
A dispatch from Houston, II hours de
Uyed. reported an M-mlle wjmj J-rK.
Tuesday, with tl lowest baromStM
rwdlng In tbe bureau's hUtor,1
that of the St. Louis tornado. Hardly
Upadrm"eU't9a- th "' J
Railroad Illackiwltha in Session
Tbe Pd annual eouveutioa of tbe Inter.
natloMl Railroad Matter WekwS!2
AsoocStloo was raun,4 tSiyif th
loW tro ail p7U of tbVuStS
t aje j-tundtng. Tb eavi4uB Twm
Mtinue untU tomorrow ulghj A ha.
Viet will brus U oaUaveto a dose
18, 191K.
ITALIAN RESERVISTS RUSH
TO REGISTER FOIt ARMY
Swnrm to Local Consulate to Avoid
Being Called Deserters
The peaceful atmosphctc of 7th and
spruco streets was permeated today with
a martial note of preparedness, ilurtdreda
of Italians got the Impression that this
was tho last day to register ns reservists
nt ih Italian conutdto. The penally of
Mot registering Is to be closslncd forever
ns b deserter. It Is " to be or not to be"
an Italian for Immigrants now, and those
who nam to think of themsolVcs M
Americans must make up their minus
quickly and put out of tliclr heads all
hopes of eef going back to the sunny
land of Dante nnd tho Caesars.
Therd wns sdmo hint dropped by the
detlccnt officials at tho consulate to the
effect lhat the rcil "last day" was Au
gust 31. It seemed thnt the eagerness to
.,... ImmIsmmIh AVitrv rhunpft nf OUatl
fyltip In good tlmo without risking the
perils of deserting mciineu tno oincin;:
to urge nil Italians In this dtcltlct to reg
ister ut onc wlthbut walling until tho
ery last day. No llfutes were glvelP
out as llnal, but the number 10,000 wns
t,int,tinnri tia hinir npnr the weekly aver
nso of registration in reeorl weeks.
Ti,n niiixiKl ttnlinn War Itpllef Com-
mlttco met yesterday In old Immigration
Hall, 10th and Balnbrldgc streets, nnd
outlined tho campaign for funds which
Is nbout to be launched for tho icllcf of
war sulTcrcrH Another meeting, nt which
olllcers will be elected, will bo held Fri
day night
CLERGYMAN DROWNED
IN DELAWARE RAPIDS
Contlnutil from rose One
men at Lambcrtvllle, Mr. Moore decided
not to try to shoot tho rapids, but, al
though the current was unusually strong,
four other members of the party went
through safely In two canoos They are
James S. Moore, another son of tho
clergyman; Harold A. Fellows, James
Fellows and John II. Fine, Jr., all of
this city.
Tho clergyman and II. McKnlght Moore,
Jr., carried their canoo to a point below
the cntranco to tho rapids that they con
sidered safo and launched It. They had
paddled only a short distance Into thb
river when tho full force of tho current
stiuck them, whirled their light craft
against a rock and upset it.
The son called to his father to save
himself by swimming or floating when
ho saw him making no effort to keep
above tho water As this had no effect
he caught tho older man, who seemed
to bo in a dnzed condition, ribldlng him
until ho became exhausted When he
released tho body It sank Immediately
and did not rise again to the surface,
from which It Is believed that Mr. Mooro's
heart gavo out from the shock.
Tho party hnd been camping nt vari
ous points along the route, but liuit night
Its members stayed at the Lambertvlllo
House At S o'clock this morning the
trip was resumed Rlvcrmcn gathered
up tho belongings of tho clergjinnn that
had been In tho canoo and that did not
sink. Tho body Is now In a Trenton
undertaker's establishment
Tho bodv then disappeared, lllvermen
Immediately started a search for It, but
It had not been recovered at an early
hour this afternoon
with clergymen of his denomination in
this city. One of his friends said today
that he had been engaged in sOnie spe
cial work for Bishop Philip Mercer Rhino,
lander, who held him In high rcguta.
Mrs Mnoro is spending the summer at
Point Pleant, N J Her husband nnd
their pons were to Join her there, ufter
the long canoo trip, which had consumed
several days before It was terminated by
today's tragedy. Sho has not yet been
npprlsed of her husband's death.
INVESTIGATE WOMAN'S DEATH
Mrs. Schubert Killed by Trolley Car
Without Motorman's Knowledge
An Inquiry was begun today by the Cor
oner of Delawaro County to explain tho
manner In which Mrs. Mary Schubeit, of
1920 Oxford street, thlB city, was struck
by a trolley car on tho Chester short Una
at Darby Creek and killed without the
fact of the accident coming to the knowl
edge of tho crew of the trolley car until
her mangled body was found some time
later.
Mrs Schubprt went to Esslngton yester
day afternoon to look after her boathouso
properties. After arranging with lid
tenants for certain repairs, sho left for
the cnr. It had become dark. She waited
at tho point where tho trolley tracks
cross Darby Creek nnd there signaled
the northbound car The motorman evi
dently did not see her. Mrs. Schubert,
It Is thought, stepped upon the track to
signal the man.
MARY PHAGAN'S MOTHER
GLAD FRANK WAS KILLED
ATLANTA, Ca., Aug. 18. .Mrs. J. IV.
Coleman, mother of Mary l'liuian, today
untie Iict flrt statement on the incit
ing of Leo Frank, "It's alt oier, and I'm
perfectly sathlled with the manner In
nlitch It ended," she said in the mt In
her home In Ueltnoad avenue, the home
from which her dauEhter went forth to
her death In the pencil factory.
"I hope I ntirr will hear that name
again drunk's). I hope thin will be the
lust of It all, lie van tent to the prison
farm by our man, ligt hl tuUnir. invar
was the wlih of more than one. That's
ull I have to ay, only that I'm clad the
end ha arrltrd and there wll be no more
of thl terrible afTulr."
4000 to 6000 People Are Bitten
By Unmuzzled Dogs
Every Year in New York City'
A startling bit of news, particularly when
one is further informed that 300 to 500 of the
bites are inflicted by dogs suffering from
hydrophobia.
How Household Pets
Endanger Your Life
By Woods Hutchinson, A. M,, M. D.
which appears jn Sunday's Public Ledger, does not
preventative. Doctor Hutch nson does, however
KSdaS.. r UnS l3WS and SS- mSpS
fhfs dreadeV5fslrUldpStaT 0Ut a Possibilities of
fr fm dUea6.c- The vew5 of W article, while
hose o? ST'"191, ar in m ofl with
tnose of modern humane workers and exnerts in
public hygiene and sanitation. p
Look for it jn the Magazine Section
or the Sunday, August 22d
PUBLIC fi&SNbLEDGER
T0RRE0N FALLS;
0BRE60N TAKES
BIG VILLA BASE
Carranza Victory Expected
to Be Followed by De
mand for Recognition
by Powers
VILLA GARRISONS REVOLT
Troops in Three Important
Mining nnd Lumber Towns
Desert to "First Chief"
Uli PASO, Tx., Aug. 18.-Torre0n n.n
crnl Villa's chief fortified base, wng earn
tUred Ttienrla.v -hi rw... ri-rli."8- caP
under General Alvnro Obrcgon, nccorrlCn'J
to ortlelnl nHvln r..i,,. V "cc0.rJ n&
by Carranza agents. lodai'
Tho message stated that a largo column
of Carranza troops marohed against Tor.
rcon after capturing Durnnso, and joined
forces with tho "bulk of ObrcgonS. army
which was encamped within IB miles of
Torrcon es of
Tho attack on tho city was Immediately
begun, and after eight hours' fiehtin
Villa's garrison fled to Qomez Palaclo f
BUburb, four miles north. ulcio, a
DEFEAT NOT ADMITTED
No confirmation of the capture of Tor.
roon con ho obtained at Villa headouar.
ters In Jilarcz, but Villa has comrnan
deorcd all the passenger trains running
south from Juarez and ts rushing trooos
Villa garrisons In tho cities of Mlnaca
San Andres and Mndora, three Important
mining and-lumber centres m wes n
Chihuahua, havo revolted against the
northern lender and decldred in favor of
Carranza. This gives Carranza almos
complete control of all territory along the
northwestern railway from Juarez to
Chihuahua, nearly too miles.
WASHINGTON. Aug, 12,-Tho El Pso
repot t of the fall of Tot rcon this after
noon Btiengthanod the belief In dini-.
matlc cliplea that General Carranza will
reject tho appeal of tho t'nlted States
and Latin America for a compromise
peace conference will, Villa, Zapata a,"
other faction leaders nnd will demand
recognition for himself up head of the
Mexican Governmont. If Carranza has
had In mind such actlon-and nearly
every one that has studlod his actions
and utterances bclievo he has-hls latest
success niiist have strengthened his reso
lution. Olllclnls of tho Carranza agency here
sold that Cartanza has decided pcrson
a.ly to address each of the Latin-American
envoys and Secretary Lansing and
endeavor to secure recognition by them.
He will send a Joint note signed by his
generals nnd State Governors, Ih which
the rensons will be pointed out why they '
believe that the existing Constitutionalist
Got eminent should be recognized
MAY GRANT AMNESTY
It In PXIlppInd 4ti.i t.la A ttf -
press a willingness on the part of Car
tanza to grant amnesty to all his enemies
excepting those who have been proven
guilty of participation In the movement
that resulted In Mader6's murder.
War Department reports from the Texas
border today sad that conditions are Im
proving. NO VOItD FROM VERA CRUZ.
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State Lansing said today that ho has nok'
received any direct word fiom cither city
since yesterday Ho Is trying to get into
communication, by wireless, with the bat
tleship Now Hampshire from the Koy
West nuvnl station.
Because of the realization that the
antl-Amerlcan feeling In those cities Is
very great officials wero worried They
said that they believed tho Gulf storm
might havo Interrupted communications,
as the cablo fiom Vera Cruz runs via
Galveston, and communication with the
Texas city has been Interrupted for
hours.
MEXICAN SOLDIERS KILLED
FOR PLOT AGAINST LEADER
NOGALES. Ariz , Aug. 18 -3everal Vll
llsta soldiers In the garrison at Nogalcs,
Sonora, Just across tho border, were exe
cuted nt dawn, being charged with com
plicity In an attempt to assassinate Gov
ernor Jose Mnytoreni Captain Rojas,
of Governor Maytorena's personal gunrd,
and two other officers were executed last
night. A bomb, with a time fuse at
tached, was found In a room next to the
headquarters of Maytorena, and an In
vestigation attached blame to tho men
subsequently executed. Carranza forces,
who aro only a few miles from Nogales,
bio still advancing.
DEMENTED MAN CUTS THROAT I
Prays Ail Night in Coll, Then Uses
Penknife
CHESTER, pa , Aug. I8.-After praying
all night In his cell at City Hall. Patrick
hu livun, 45, cut his throat with a pen
knlfo today He was removed to the
Chester Hospital In a serious condition,
Sullivan recently became demented and
yesterday was arrested while utundlng In
a busy street praying,
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