Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, August 19, 1915, Night Extra, Image 1

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FINANCIAL EDITION
NIGHT
EXTRA
NIGHT
EXTRA
mn
VOt. I-NO. 290
PHILADELPHIA, TIJVKSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1915.
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DALLAM SUIT WITHDRAWN;
DIRECTOR TAYLOR AWARDS
CONTRACTS FOR TRANSIT
-'
Senator McNichol's
Company Gets City
Hall Subway Tunnel
Job at $1,700,000
James D. Dorney, Political Fol
lower of Contractor-Boss,
Receives First Frankford
' Elevated Work, Having Sub
mitted Low Bid of $142,590
Workingmcn Join in Jubilation, Sceinpr
End of Depression Thousands to
Get Jobs Real Estate Men of
Suburbs Anticipate Boom
a l The legal tangle which hits been hold
Ins up 'ho program ot rnpiti transit i"
Philadelphia foi more than a month was
solved Into this afternoon and Director
Taylor immediately awarded the con
tracts for tho Ilrst construction work of
the Broad street subway and the Frank
ford elevated lines.
This action commits the city of Phila
delphia to a compichcnslvo piogram of
high-speed transit development, Involving
tlie expenditure of millions of dollars
The prompt solution of tho legal tangle
was made possible by Ruby It. Vale, at
torney In the Dallam taxpayers' suit. Mr.
Vale appeared voluntntlty before Judge
Tcrguson this afternon and withdrew his
application for an Injunction suit to vc
atraln the city from proceeding wit htho
transit, work. At tho barac time City
Solicitor Rnn, who appeared with Mr.
Vale, withdrew his application for tho
dismissal of the Dallam suit.
Ttid'edfflruetKotMtrtsPBroad'streetrtunnel
cneath City Hall was awarded to the
Keyitone State Construction Company, u
firm controlled by State Senator Jnmcs
P. JIcNIchol, for $1,700,000, tho amount of
the bid submitted by Senator McNichol's
conipany last Jlonday.
.The contract for tho construction of
eoncrct6 column foundations and piers
for about four miles of tho Frankford
elevated lino was awarded to James D.
Dorney, contractor, of 1201 East Mont
gomery avenue, a political follower ot
McNIehol. Tho amount of this contract
totals JU2.B90.
TAYLOIt GETS NEWS OVEII 'PHONE.
4f Director Taylor sat, pen In hand, ex-
pectins word over tno leiepnonu iioni mo
City Solicitor's ofilce. Before- him lay
letters notifying both contractors of tho
awards.
All tho Director had to do to clinch
the beginning of actual construction work
on Monday, September 13, was to sign
'his name to those letters and speed them
off to tho contractors.
The awarding of tho two contracts now
commits the city of Philadelphia to the
greatest proginm of municipal Improve
ment ever undertaken. The specliio work
to be begun will bo tho two high-speed
lines, but the completion of the remaining
part of tho program which will follow
will link every section of tho city with a
' network of elevated and subway lines.
VOTAL COST JCO.000,000
- The cost of tho Broad street and the
Frankford lines will total more than JiO,
000,000, and the remaining lines, to bo un-
dertaken at a later date, will cost an
' additional 0, 000,000. Equally important
"to the riding public will bo the elimina
tion of tho 8-cent exchange tickets, mean-
IDE an annual saving of from J7M.O0O, In
- 1916. to WCO.00O, In 1330.
The operation of the Broad Btreet sub
way will icduce the time required to
travel from City Hall to Broad street and
Olney avenue from 43 minutes to 22 min-
utes-a saving of minutes on the round
trip.
From City Hall to tho Philadelphia
Navy Ynrd, from 28 minutes to 17 mln-
nies a saving of 22 minutes on the round
trio.
' The Broad street subway will servo 930,
! Oft) rwnnlo nn,i win nnvn 55000 hours ner
. dflV In IIia irnvnltnc. tfllllln wltlpll Will
I ule It.
L The Frankford elevated will reduce the
'time required to travel from City Hall
,to Frankford from 65 minutes to 30 mln-
ut-8avlnB of 50 minutes on the round
trip.
The Frankford aleated will serve 36S,-
00) people, and will save 11,000 hours per
r- day to the traveling public which will
st uee It.
L TAYLOR MEN JUDILANT.
V Sunnorters of Director Taylor hailed tho
ftet!nn na tY,a fnnni.i,pnHnn ff A TlftW flrfl.
f, In every section of Philadelphia, Work-
Ingmen and labor organizations declared
'ht that the actual beginning of work will
I destroy the last vestige of business de
f presslon here, for It will give employment
nr to thousands of laborers ond middle class
!f artisans, ileal estate men declared that
a phenomenal development of real estate
activities will fnllnw In the nnburban SC-
ttons
vH-HM"!io van iui mo vuiuio
. tlon of the tunnel .inder Cltv Hall in 30
1 months, The entire Broad street sub-,
.r W&V Can a Mimnlalail I ,, 99 mnnlhll Tha
WntracU for the work on the Yankfora
une call for construction of the concrete
iwndfttlon In eight months. The entire
wwirucuon can be maae reaay for
operation in two years.
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
for Philadelphia and vioinity
fair and continued cool tonight and
fuday, gentle northerly wnda.
for dttaxlt, ate faga 4
RABIC HIT BY TORPEDO;
NS
CITY WINS UAPID TRANSIT
Soiitcmlter 1 1.1P1 .--Uttnltiff l.rdmcr hf
rIiin (ninpiilRii for nilnpltnn of thr Tnyur
proRrnm for lilRli-sprril utnwj- nntl pic
yntvil llnffi.
Inmtnrj 7 101. Two onlliinmr- pro
titling for n bcR.ntnc of operation on
tho mplil triinMt irroriim Intrmlui'ril hi
Common Council.
I'cbrtmrj 11 -IlmriitK bffnrn Sonnli
Committee on Municipal AtTnlm Di
rector Taylor retimes rcqiiot for ? 10,000,
000 to $0,000,000 to (intuit oltriictlnnlitN
In tticir nunc for tlrlny.
lYhrunrj IB rlnmuc Committee re
partn loan election oritlnnnee nml Hiilntl
tutes part of Cottclln "Jokpr" onllnimce.
Mnrrh I Councils nmcntl "Joker" or
dinance to miike It local.
March 0 "Major fstRns onllnnnre.
Mnreh 20 Mujor turnN llrnt npnilcful
of enrtli on prellmlnnry ncuer relocntlon
uork In Independent e tfqmtro.
April 20 TrniHlt Iorii of $6,000,000 np
proed lit pollf) li 10-to-l ote.
June 2J Ordinance mitliorlliiff flota
tion of $(1,000,000 lonn pnftHcri In Com
mon Council.
July 1 Ordlnnnce npproprlntluR
$3,000,000 for the llrond street and ttie
I'runkford project reftiieclltly panted
In Councils
July 10 Dnllnm taxpayers suit to lmlt
plan begun.
duly 'ZC Hearlne before Public Service
Commission. .
duly 30 Philadelphia Itapld Transit
Company nlthdrnUH opponttlon.
AuRUht 14 Public HerIco Commlnftinn
authorize befflnnhtff of the Ilroad street
Hubuny and the I rank ford elented
AuRUNt in Open hld for Urnt work on
Ilroad Htreet suhuy und IVankford de
lated lines.
August 10 Dallam Milt wlthdrnun.
Director Taj lor nuardn contracts for
Htart of work.
ELIN
BOMBS
LOffi
Berlin Reports Good Re
sults From Attack on
British Capital
FACTORIES UNDER FIRE
BERLIN (via wireless to Sayvllle), Auk.
I!) German Zeppelins Tuesday night
bombarded the city of London and Im
portant establishments along tho Thames
Itlver, with good results, tho Admiralty
announced this afternoon. In addition,
factories and blast furnaces at Ipswich
wero bombarded
Tho airships suffered no damage despite
tho enemy's fire, and returned In safety.
175 PASSENGERS ABOARD
LINER SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Attack Made Near Spot Where Lusi
tania Went Down
NEW YOItlv, Aug. 10, White Star Lino
oniclals announced this afternoon that
there wore 435 persons aboard tho liner
Arabic when sho sailed from Liverpool
last night. Off these 175 were passengers,
130 being In tho Ilrst cabin nnd 45 In tho
second. The remaining 00 uero members
of tho crew.
Tho line oillclals stated that they had
received no Information up to 1.40 p. m.
In reference to tho Arabic, except a dis
patch, stating that she had left Liver
pool last night.
The Arabic was commanded by Captain
William Finch.
Oillclals of tho White Star Line said
that, In view of tho fact that the Arabic
left Liverpool last night, the cablegram
report of her sinking was received hero
shortly after 1 o'clock, the liner would
be about SO hours out from Liverpool and
probably In the vicinity of the Bpot where
tho Lusltanla was destroyed by a Ger
man submarine. V
BURNED SAVING LITTLE GIRL
Father and Garage Owner Drag Her
From Flaming Auto
Two men were burned while rescuing
a child from a burning automobile In a
garage at Bryn Mawr today. Ellsha Ham
mond, of Hammond Brothers, a wood
mnnufacturlnir concern In Hosemont, ac
companied by his 2-year-old daughter,
went to the garage of LMnard Jlagulre
at Roberts road ond Bryn Mawr avenue
to Inspect an automobile which had beep
repaired. The child climbed Into the ma
chlno while Mr Hammond and the garage
keeper were talking.
Suddenly the machine burst Into names,
nnd the little girl began screaming. Both
Mr, Hammond and Mr, Magulre suffered
severe burns of tho face and hands when
they dashed into the flames to rfcscua the
helpless child. The child was rescued,
uninjured. The automobile, valued at
$2000, was destroyed
Funeral of Motor Yictim Monday
The funeral of Frank Crumley, Jr., the
19-year-old youth that died In the
Samaritan Hospital from Injuries u
tatnd In a motorcycle accident on I he
Northeast Boulevard early yesterday
morning, will bo held -ilenday afternoon
at i o'clock at hla home. J7(K North Biad
street The services will be private In
terment will be In Greenwood Cemetery,
Camo B. Knights of Pythias buna!
ground.
HELLED
v
MRS. LEO M. FRANK
"LEO MINE NOW,"
SOBSMRS.FRANK,
HERE WITH BODY
"He Suffers No Longer,"
She Moans, as "Death
Train" Enters City
SYMPATHIZERS JOIN HER
Widow Sometirncs Thinks Slain
Man Lives, declares Her
Brother
MRS. FRANK CALLS GEORGIA
TO ACCOUNT FOR LYNCHING
"I hm no drnlre to Hfk prrsona!
YrnKFtuire upon Iho men who took my
lmounml oat of prlunn In tilt1, .dotal of
nlcht pml killed him. I will Jrmr that
to the lawn of lifortln. Crorirlan now
hare the opportunity lo linw whither
ihty believe In Jiutlee.
"My husband lind no Jimtlre. It Ik
the duly of etrry truo Georgian who loe
his home Stute to come forth und try to
lorulo the men who klled my husband
my I,eo.
"Ills life nM rruiihrd out y men who
hud no renpect for the Inttrt or the Ten
Commandment. I.eo li now dead, but I
mint to buy In the rreNenee of njy Sinker
thnt he neTer committed tin" trlme of
whlih they licensed him. Leo neer hud
u fair chnnce, or nen a IlKlitli'K il-nnee."
Two llRhted lanterns In tho hands of
brakemen standing on tho platform of
tho West Philadelphia station ot tho
Pennsylvania Railroad bwuhb back and
forth at 3:40 o'clock this morning. Near
the sliding door of tho baggago car of
thp United States fast mall train of tho
Southern Railway stood a young, tlorld
complexloned clerk. With another clerk,
pad In hand, ho wns checking off hag.
boko marked for New York.
The second pleco of "baggage," which
wns stamped in red ink, was checked off
In these words:
"No. 16-22-51. Casket. Through to 3Jd
street and Seventh avenue. New York."
This scene was witnessed hy four track
walkers, a railroad detective on the
watch for tramps, a white-bearded, pious
Hebrew and a homeless newsboy, when
tho train bearing tho body of Leo Mosea
Frank passed through this city on Its
wny to New York.
Apparently the Italian track wnlkers
and tho nenBboy didn't know the mean
ing ot "No. 1C-22-D1." Tho track walkers
kept on working and Iho newsboy con
tinued to gaze at the eight commercial
travelers who were getting oft tho train.
TRAYER FOR TUG DEAD.
Dut tho veteran student of the Talmud
didn't require any explanation. He
closed hie eyes. Then In a low voice. In
Hebraic words, ho prayed. He chose
"Kadlsh" as his theme a prayer for the
dead.
Negro porters watched tho old man
attentively. Passengers who remained on
the train stood at the windows of sleep
ing cars. Mothers and young womon who
weren't sleeping wept.
In the fourth sleeping car. named Loyal
Hannah, was Sirs. Lucille Frank, wife of
Leo Frank. Sho appeared to bo In a
stunor. She was lying uown. Near ner
was her brother-in-law, Alexander Mar
cus. bhe could near tno cierK in tne nag
gaRo car calling oft "No 16-32-61." As Bhe
tossed herself about In the dimly lighted
drawing room she kept repeating:
'3Iy I.eo I.eo no longer aullern Sly
Leo, lie l mine lie belong to inc."
An hour before the train pulled Into tho
West Philadelphia Station Mrs. Frank
demanded that she be permitted to enter
the baggago car. She wanted to gazo
at the dark brown box (n which the coftlii
containing her husband wai encasfcd.
Relatives, sympathizers and passengers
Continued en Pare Two, Column Biz
SAY BOYS STOLE TEAM
Police Arrejt Lads They Assert Camp
ed Out Last Night
For Kensington boys are alleged to
have stolen a team and camped out all
night In It. They were arrested today
and taken to the House ot Detention
They are John Brndberry, 13 years.
2257 North Hope street; Harry Brown, 9
year, 232 North Bodlne street. Kdward
VUer, 1 years, ?8 North Pajelaerp
Btreet und William Pilaris li eai,
Waterloo iid I'mnbeilaiid etreets
BY ZEPPELIN
GERMAN SUBMARINE SENDS
WHITE STAR SHIP TO BOTTOM;
BOUND FOR UNITED STATES
Carried 175 Passengers Torpedoed
Off Fastnet Sailed From Liver
pool Yesterday N u m ber
Lost Not Known.
LIVERPOOL, AllB. 19.
Tho Whltu Stur liner Arabic, tlio lnrgcst ntcnntslitp used in trnnsntlnntlc
tralllc slnco tho Lusltanla was destroyed, wns mink this morning by ft Ocrmnn
submarine. Announcement of tho great Ilnor'8 destruction wns mndo hoio this
afternoon.
Some of tho passengers mo reported lost. Thoro wero 435 persons nlionrd.
Of these, 175 were Ilrst enbln, -15 necond cubln nml 200 In the crow.
Advices to shlppliiB ngents teport tltnt tho Arnblc wus sunk off KnHtnel
nnd that moBt of tho members of her crow nnd tlio passengers on board wero
token off by another steamship.
When tho Arnblc wns sunk sho was on her wny from KiiKland to tho
rnltcd States, having stilled from Liverpool yestordny.
It Is not yet known whether there wcio nny Americans aboard the Arabic
when tho liner wns sunk.
Tho gross tntinago of tho Arabic wns
1D.E01 tons. Her net tommec uns ll,M
tuns.
Tho liner wus built In Unlfnst In 1103,
nnd slnco thnt time has been continu
ously In tho transatlantic service Sho
was COO feet Ioiib, Gj feet wide and 17 feet
deep; she hulled from Liverpool, nnd
Hew tho British lias.
On her latest enstunrd voynKO the
Arabic carried r. lecoid carfio of nar sjip
plles. AmonR her frelfiht wero tho fol
low Iiir conslsnmenls: 4000 cases of car
tridges, Ml colls of wlro rope, M cases
of noroplano parts, 105 automobile-), C'J'J
cases of brass lods, 497 cases ot fuses.
227J Jackets for artillery shells, SI77 steel
billets for war supply purposes, 183 bales
of Lotton for the manuincturo of Ktin
cotton, 1008 rubber tires for motoia In
tho war zones, 13,813 plates for spelter,
1GGI copper cathodes, K0 barrels of nlclat
blanks, 1)1 cases of brass lilnnks, lull
buBM o' nails nnd 237 barrels of lubricat
ing oil.
An nttemnt tvaa made to sink tho Amhlc
Idat month, jOn August 7, tha day oftcr
the Arable1 arrived at Liverpool, It became
known that two sticks of Uynumlto had
been found upon the liner on July 27. tho
day before tho sailed from New Yoik.
Tho dynamite was found by a prlvnto de
tective employed by tho White Star liner.
Part of his duties was to search the ship,
nnd tho explosive was found in a settee
In tho women's retiring room.
Ever slnco the war begun tho Aiablc
has been active In carrying war supplies.
In addition to licr freight she usually
carried a largo passenger list. The crew,
being warned that the vessel might meet
tho snma fnto as tho Lusltanla, formed
a rlllo club and practiced dally with long
range rltles of heavy calibre, the seamen
would trail u small raft about 100 yards
astern of the vessel upon which n stick
ot wood would be stuck to represent a
submarine porlocopo. This scived us a
tnigct. .
Last March, not long after Germany
formally opened her submanno war, tho
Arabic reported sighting a German sub
marine off Cherbourg, but hud no dllll
culty In getting out of the, path of danger.
CARDINAL VANNUTI3LLI DIES
Dean of tho Sacred College Passes
Away at Rome
ROME, Aug. IS. Cardinal Scrailno Vnn
nutclll, 81, dean of Sacred College, Is
dead. It was announced today.
Cardinal Vannntelli wna born nt Gcnaz
zano, Italy, November 2(1. 1S34. Ho wns
ordained a priest In BC0 and mado a car
dinal in 1SS7.
0PERAZI0NI DECISIVE
A GOlilZIA E T0LMIN0
II Generate Cadorna Riprende
l'Oflfensiva Contro la Linea di
Difesa dell'Isonzo
Hal comunlcato del gcneralo Cadorna.
pubbtlcato Icrl sera a Iloma, si rlleva die
II comandante delle forze Itallano ha Inl
zUto operazlonl declslvo per tpozzaro la
llnea dl reslstonza aUBtrla-a Piill'Isonzo.
Infattl, mentre contlnua I'offenslva itnl
lana contro lo fortlflcazlonl etterne dl
Tolmlno, dovo lo truppo dl Cadorna hanno
avuto nuovl successl contro il nemlco
cho dlfcnde II forto dl Santa Lucia. II
generalissimo Itallano ha rlpreso, proba
bllmento con nuovl cannonl, dl enl net
clornl scorsl si annunclo" 1'arrlvo sul
fronte dell'Isonzo, II bombardamento delle
opere dl fortlflcazlon dl Gorlzla.
Cost" le operazlonl contro Gorlzla e Tol
mlno, le duo fortezze cho dlfendono la
llnea dell'Isonzo ma cho non sono plu
da un pezzo In comunicailone diretta
fra dl loro, avendo gll Itallanl passato
II Hume a Tlava. vengono dl nuovo co
ordinate e condotte slmultaneamente.
Nel tempo raedeidnio gll Itallanl non
reutaro (nattivl a ud dl Gorlzla, e cloe'
sull'altlplano del Camo, dove essl hanno
gla solldamente meeso II plede. Ivl, come
si rlleva dal rapporto del generale Ca
dorna, le truppe Itallane hanno ocoupato
una importante poeUione ad est dl Mar
cottinl, dopo un attacco non rjusclto de!t
austrlaci,
Altrove, doe' nel TIrolo, le truppe Itali
ans hanno ocoupato uiuv nuova llneo d
trlncee austrlache nella valle del Baeher,
dopo averne caeeiato II nemlco cho la dl"
fese strenuamente.
Le relozlonl Italo-turehe vanno facendoel
sempre plu1 te, e si erode ehe presto el
verra ad una rottura deflnltlva del rap
portl diplomatler e quindl alia dlchlaraz-
lone dl guerra.
(I.cggero in U paglne le ultlme e Plu'
ot I dcttagliate not zie Bulla guerra. In Ityli
I ano )
ENGLISH LOSE
TWO WARSHIPS
IN NAVAL FIGHT
British Cruiser and One
Destroyer Sunk by Ger
mans Off Danish Coast
TEUTONS UNSCATHED
BERLIN, Aug. 10.
A British cruiser nild n destrojor wero
torpedoed and sunk In an engagement
on Tuesday with German torpctloboats,
tho Admiralty announced today.
Tho naval action took place oft tho
coast of Jutland, Denmark.
Tho text ofv tho Admiralty statement
follows:
"At 2 o'clock on August 17 (lvo boats
of onu of our toipcdoUoat llotlllu attacked
a small modern British cruiser und a tor
pedoboat destroyer near Hornsrlff Light
ship, on tho west coast ot Jutland. They
sunk the cruiser and destroyer with tor
pedoes. Our forces suffered no losses."
ARRESTED FOR BRASS THEFT
Two Accused of Stealing ?G00 in Metnl
nnd Sellinp; It for $70
Two men. accused uf stealing JC0O worth
of brass from a Government shipment
and selling It for $70, wcr. ni rested to
day a few hours after the theft was
reported. Tho prisoners are Howard
Head, ot 20th street nnd Magazine lnue,
nnd Gcorgo Wclck, of Jill Binlly street.
They will be arraigned tomorrow.
Tho captuto was mado by Captain
Blackeiihurg, of tho IVnni.yh.inlu Ball
road detective force; Bpcclil 1'ollcemen
O'Began and McCorkle und Policeman
Cooper.
LONG RULED HOSPITAL;
GOES THERE AS INSANE
Camden County Politician, Who
Killed Son, Sent to Black
wood by Court
Patrick McNulty, of Gloucester, was for
36 years a member of the committee of
the Camden County Board of Freeholders
which had charge of the, hospital for the
Insane at Blackwood, N. J. Today, by
order of the court, he was committed to
the Institution In the welfare of which
he had taken so much Interest.
McNulty, who Is 70 years old, shot hla
son, Thomas McNulty, on June 9. The
son died the next day.
Tho order, committing McNulty to tho
Insane nBylum, was issued uday by Judge
Boyle, In tho Camden Criminal Court,
after plusiclans hnd testified that tho
man was Insane. The order htates that
he shall bo kept at Blackwood until his
condition is surtlelently improved to war
rant his release or until a new order Is
Issued.
McNulty was prominent In Camden
County politics for years. For a long
time he waa one of tho jwo Democrats
on the Board of Freeholders, and wielded
great power In political circles.
He was particularly Interested, as a free
holder. In the asylum at Blackwood, went
there frequently to Inspect the place, and
often fought for appropriations of money
needed for Improvements there.
Until two years ago McNulty was a
grocer at 331 Morris street, Gloucester.
He. turned the business over to his eon,
Thomas, whom he later hot. After the
shooting the aged man tried to kill him
self, firing three bullets which went wild,
and then seising a large butcher knife.
He was overpowered, however, before he
could do htnuelf any harm.
The Kensingtonian Says;
Bill Mottmer it now in (he waterNIen
bust net BUI taya he hat a oontraet to
supply 19,000 melons to Uenuaity to f$ed
tha ol4itrs o tho (KUe) rud.
QUICK NEWS
ATTACKED AND ROBBED, III HIS STORE
Charles West, 68 veers oM, manastM "f i tef 'tl 5or5
Mniket street was fount! unconsclott hi Tils store Uils afferuooii. th
victim e on nttftcb by n innglnr, who, after knocking him into
insensibility, rifled Tils pockets and the wsh register, West is in
tlie West SIiHattelplilft Homeopathic Hospital in a serious condition.
It is thought Ilia skull may be fractured.
BRITISH STEAMSHIP DUNBLEE SUNK
LONDON, Aug. TO. The British steamship Dimblee lias1 ticca
biiuk by ft submarine.
BALKAN MOXARCHS AND MINISTERS CONFER
KOP1A, AtiB. 10. Czar Ford Inn ml conferred with Premier ltadoslavoff for
three hours Tuesday. A dispatch fiom Bucharest snjs that KIiir Ferdlnnnd
summoned nil the Ittimnnlun Ministers to confcicnco today.
Diplomatic activity
entrnnco Into the war.
STRIKING MtlDGEPORT WOMEN WIN SHORT DAY
WASHINGTON. Aug. ID.-The .1000 womon and Blrls on strike nt tho
Warner Hi others Corset MnnufaeturliiB Company, In Bridgeport, Conn., won
their llpht for un eight-hour tiny today. President Johnston, of tho Interna
tional Association of MnchlnlstM, announced here Hint tho company had Brnnted
tho worksrs' demands, whirl) were ilrst mndo when (10 machinists struck.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS RELIEF FOR TEXAS CITIES
WASHINGTON. Aur. in. The War Department todny nrranged to send
food, bedding mid tents to storm suffeiers at and nrnuud Galveston. The
supplies will go from Torts Sill and Leavenworth. Army olllccrs will co
operate with the Bed Cross In relief work. Advices early today were that tho
storm hud subsided and the city was under martini law, but as to tho number
of dead the department was still uncertnin.
DUTCH GUARDS FIRE AT ZEPPELIN
LONDON, Aub. 19. All Amsterdam dispatch says that a bis Zeppelin,
probably the L-10, was slRhtcd over Zuydcrzeo and Vllelnnd, and that tho
Dutch coast Rimrds ilred Buns and rides at it. It Is believed that the airship
was slightly damaged. It ioso to a srout height lind slowly disappeared to
the nnithwcit.
NORWAY VOTES DEFENSE FUND
CIIHISTIANIA, Aub. 1!. The NorweBtan Storthing yesterday nppropriatcd
.1 supplementary sum of JIOS.OOO for national defcn&c. This sum Includes' tho
e.peni s of raulppltiB a naval station on tho northern const.
Ti.i Cox eminent wns Invited to submit proposals for utilizing a surplus from
1011 of JL'.riOO.OfO for naval purposes.
101 BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN ONE DAY
L'JNDON, Aub. 19. Testerdaj's ofllclul British casualty list, covering nil
fronts, Blxes tho number of oflleers lost at 86, of whom 15 wero killed, and that
of men lost at 1092, of whom .ISO were killed, making a, total of 777 wqunded and
101 killed.
LONDON POLICE RAID LABOR PRESS
LONDON, Aub. 19. I'nder Uo eminent lusti notions, the police) today
raided hcndtiuaitcrH of the Independent Labor party, tho Labor Leader nnd
Socialist IlcNlew. Bvcry copy of these publications and hundreds of pam
phlets dcnltng with' labor problems arising from tho war wero seized.
UNITED STATES HELPS SUBJECTS OF ALLIES
PAIUS, Aub. 19. Tlio American Ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morsen
thau, has obtained tho permission of tho Porto for the departure from Turkey
of Fix lSiiRlishmen nnd six Frenchmen. This Is said to have been the most Im
portant nt tho minor questions settled during tho discussion of tho case ot the
American Kunbo.it Scorpion, which was ordered by tho Turkish authoilllcs to
moor In tho Inner part ot the Golden Horn.'
NORWAY PROTESTS TO GERMANY ABOUT MAIL SEIZURE
COPDNHAG13N, Aur. 19. Tho Norwegian Government has Instructed Its
Minister at Berlin to protest asnlnst tho selzuro of mall on tho Norwegian
steamship Huakon. outsldo of Bergen, on August 7, and to demand tho return
of tho confiscated mall. The Haakon was Intercepted by n Germnn submarine.
Part of tho mall was jettisoned, but seven valuable sacks wero commandeered.
THREE STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED
LONDON, Aug. 19. Tho Wilson liners Grodno nnd Serblno wero sunk by
a Gorman submarine. The crows have been rescued.
Another submarine victim reported todny was the 488-ton Liverpool
steamship Thlrnflclrt. owned by tho Zallah Shipping and Carrying Company.
Her crew wns nlso rescued.
LIQUOR DEALERS OPPOSE WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BI3ADING, Pa., Aug. 19. All tho Influence tof tho Pennsylvania Federation
of Liquor Dealers will be thrown against the constitutional amendment which
Elves womon the ballot. Opinions expressed by dealers from widely scattered
sections disclosed that thoy oppose "votes for women" and they will aid In
llnanclnff the antl-suffraRe campaign. With women., voting, tho dealers Bay,
tho vote against the soloon Would be so big as to sound the death knell for
tho business.
HANDCUFFS MAY BETRAY ONE OF FRANK LYNCHERS
ATLANTA, Ga Aug. 19. The Identity of at least one member of tho mob
that lynched Leo Frank Is likely to be disclosed through a pair of nickel-plated
handcuffs which were left Monday nlRht on the wrists of Superintendent J. E.
Burke, of tho prison farm at Mllledgevllle, when tho lynchers sped nway with
Leo Frunk. These handcufTa pre stumped with the serial number of tho manu
facturers, und by means of the serial number the purchuser can teadlly be
ascertained.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREE ON COTTON BAN
LONDON, Aug. 19. It Is expected that cotton will be declared contraband
of war tomorrow by Great Britain and Franco. The two Powers are under
stood to have reached an agreement on the subject nnd will take immediate
action.
Tho London press Is a unit In supporting tlie plan.
HARRIS VOWS HE WILL
GET FRANK LYNCHERS
Georgia Governor Says He Will
Spend All Money at His
Disposal for Purpose
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 19. Hvery a all
able cent at tls disposal will h davoted
to oatehing Leo M. Frank's lynchers,
Governor Harris announced today.
The laat Legislature appropriated only
J00 for rewards and ?W has been spent.
The other fMQ will be offered for live
member, ot the mob, If he capture five
the Governor thinks he can get the rest
He V.U4 preparing a statement today
expressing hU horror at the lynclilng and
appealing to the State's people to put
down mob violence
In the llnlkniiH Indicates enrly decision upon their
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