The Ci >rdovci Daily Times
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 214. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915, PRICE TEN CENTS.
WAS DRAGGED EROM JAIL AND STRUNG TO TREE
MEXICANS STILE
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BROWNSVILLE, Aug. 17—The situ
ation along the international boundary
is increasingly alarming, although so
i far there has been no systematic at-1
f tempt at an invasion of Texas, all the
fighting being in the nature of guerilla
attacks. The residents are taking
time by the forelock, and moving away
from the border into places of safety.
At many places thieves are active at
night but the border patrol is very
strict and the troops are constantly
on watch resulting in sporadis firing
at mysterious shapes, which is some
times returned from the Mexican side.
There has not been any thing in the
nature of an attack on the American
troops made so far.
JUDGE IS BARRED
DENVER, Aug. 17—Today the State
Supreme Court issued a writ prohibit
ing Judge Granby Hillyer from presid
ing at any future trials of persons
accused of crimes connected with the
disorders of the recent coal strike.
The writ was granted at the prayer
of the United Mine Workers who com
plained that Hillyer had been an at
torney for the coal companies before
his elvation to the bench and was
therefore prejudiced and unfit to pre
side over the coal disputes. The court
also heard evidence concerning the
trial of Lawson, whose conviction
was not regular as there were indica
tions of unfairness in the conduct of
trial. The court granted a supersed
eas in the Lawson case and will hear
an appeal. The decision was rece
ived with gratification and elation by
the officials of the union who have
contended all long that the miners
were not getting a fair deal from the
court.
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'' TERM OF COURT SET
EOR VALDEZ SEPT. 14
A grand and petit jury have been
called for September 14th. The juries,
will be drawn upon the return to Val
dez of the district judge and the other
1 court officials. A number of criminal
cases are to come up at the term and
also many civil cases. The term of
court is expected to last a month.
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Big Cargo of Freight.
The freighter Seward arrived in
port at 6 o’clock this morning and
brought 880 cases of dynamite, 317,000
feet of lumber and 22 piles for the
railroad company.
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Two Days Late in Sailing.
The steamer Northwestern will not
sail from Seattle until Friday evening
next at 9 o’clock, instead of tomor
row night.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17—Leo Frank was hanged to a
tree two miles east of this city today by a mob which took him
from the prison farm at Milledgeville last night. The dead
man was carried about a hundred miles from the prison before
he was executed.
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17—The body of Leo Frank hung
two hours in the tree after it was first discovered at 8:30 this
morning. The news of the deed spread like wild fire through
out this city and the surrounding coutry, and an immense
crowd gathered to view the gruesome spectacle. Certain mem
bers of the crowd advocated the mutilation of the body, and the
police authorities were powerless to suppress any disorder if it
had arisen. A vote was taken among the people present ns to
whether or not the coroner should be allowed to fake down the
corpse, and the affirmative won. The coroner removed the
body to this city.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 17—A well organized party
of armed men in five autos went to the prison farm in this city
last night, and presenting a gun at the head of Warden Smith
commanded that he throw up his hands. The warden was taken
by surprise and being unarmed complied with the request. The
warden was then securely bound, and then the party walked
in upon Supt. Burke, who was seated at his desk in the prison
office, and' performed a similar operation on him. The pro
ceedings only took a few minutes, and the prison guards were
all covered by the party and prevented from interfering.
As soon as Burke and Smith were securely bound, the turn
key of the prison was forced to open the door of the cell of Leo
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I tank at the point of a gun, and Frank was taken in charge
and driven away in an auto. Frank had only been in his cell
since last Sunday as he has been confined in the hospital ever
since a fellow prisoner tried to murder him. Everything is
excitement here and the city is in a turmoil. The prison au
thorities have telegraphed the occurance to the governor. It
is not known where the five autos convoying Frank have gone
to. Citizens who are questioned about the matter profess their
entire ignorance about the affair.
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17—Five autos full of armed men,
and having with them, Leo Frank, the convicted murderer of
Mary Pliagan, whose sentence of death was commuted to life
imprisonment by former Governor Slaton, appeared here this
morning. Frank was carried to a point almost within sight
of the home of Mary Pliagan, and was lynched. Frank was
hanged without any demonstration, and not a single shot was
fired at the body as it hung in the air. Nothing particlarllv has
been learned of the details of the lynching. No names of the
lynchers have been secured, and nobody has been found who is
willing to confess any knowledge of the matter to tin* authori
ties. The first intimation the police of this city had of the
lynching was when a t< lephone call was received at headquart
ers stating that a body of a man in prison garments was found
hanging in a tree. Investigation showed that the dead man
was Frank, barefoot, and clad in only his prison trousers and'a
shirt. I he body was first discovered at 8:30 this morning, and
the lynching probably took place around daylight. It is ap
parent that Frank was brutally handled in being dragged from
the jail, as the body showed signs of rough treatment, being
scratched and covered with dirt.
1,000 Lives
Are Lost
LONDON, Aug. 17—The British transport Royal Edward,
while carrying troops to the Gallipoli peninsula, was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine in the Aegean Sea today.
The ship sank almost immediately, and while full information
is not available, the admiralty are of the opinion that five hun
dred lives were lost, most of whom were soldiers.
LONDON, Aug. 17—The transport Royal Edward, which
was torpedoed and'sunk with a load of British troops bound for
the Dardanelles was eleven thousand tons. The ship was owned
by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company and was chart
ered by the government. The loss of life was underestimated
at first, and it is now believed that the total number of dead
will reach one thousand.
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ATHENS, Ang. 17—King Constantine who favors contin
ued neutrality in the present conflict accepted the resignation
of the Gounris cabinet yesterday when the parliament convened.
The situation in government circles is acute as Venizelos, an
open advocate of participation in the war, should be the next
premier, if the wishes of the people at the last election are to be
followed. The king’s opposition to the war is intense and re
alizing the attitude of Venizelos, he has nevertheless invited
him to form a cabinet. Venizelos has expressed his belief that
Greece should participate in the war when the proper time
came.
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BERLIN, Aug. 17—One of the outlying forts of Kovno,
south of the main fortifications was captured by the Germans in
a grand assault today. The capture of this fort makes the re
mainder of the Russian position in this section difficult to hold,
and simplifies the task of the Austro-German armies. The cap
tured fort resisted sturbbornly, but the valor of the Germans
overcame all obstacles, and when the garrison surrendered they
turned' over to their captors two hundred and forty cannon.
Forty-five hundred prisoners were taken.
The fighting near Warsaw still continues and the losses on
both sides are heavy, a continual stream of wounded coming
back to the German base hospitals. The forts of Nova George- i
vsk are the scene of the most desperate battling afpresent, and
yesterday after being subjected to a trefnndous artillery bom-!
bardment, three of the outer forts capitulated to the Teutons.
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GALVESTON, Aug. 17—The water
in the streets of this city is still rising,
although the storm has abated some
what. There is now five feet of water
on the streets, and all transportation
is being done by means of small boats
There has been no loss of life so far,
and the property damage is nothing
serious. The United States transport
McClellan broke loose from her moor
ings and has drifted out to sea.
DALLAS, Aug. 17—The barometric
disturbances indicate that the terrible
storm which is now sweeping over the
gulf region with its center at Galves
ton, is taking a path similar to that
followed by the great storm of 1900.
In this storm Galveston was devastat
ed and eight thousand people lost
their lives. After sweeping over the
coast re*ion the 1900 storm traveled
northward, and expended its fury up
state. Latest reports from Galveston
are obscure as to the actual condi
tions, the city being cut off from tele
graphic connection with the outside.
It is known, however, that the sea
wall is still holding and the impression
is gaining ground that the alarm en
gendered by the news that the water
was five feet deep in the streets, is
needless, for its is now thought that
this water is not sea water, but that
the floods are the result of the heavy
rains.
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FAIRBANKS EDITOR ON
TRIP TO THE STATES
VV. P. Thompson, editor and pub
lisher of the Fairbanks News-Miner, is
a Cordova visitor, having arrived from
the interior on today’s train. Mr.
Thompson has disposed of an interest
in his newspaper, and after making a
trip to Seward and Anchorage, will go
outside for a visit, returning to Fair
banks in February
SCARCITY OF WATER
FOII SLUICING PURPOSES
Louis Dahl, who is operating in the
Chisana district, arrived in Cordova
Monday. He reports that on account
of a scarcity of water there is no
sluicing being done by the miners and
everything is very quite in the camp.
There has been no rain there this sum
mer, and while some of the claims
have produced considerable gold it
has been impossible to make a clean
up.
Billy James and partners are build
ing a ditch, which, when completed,
will furnish water to work over the
ground on their properties which
yielded rich returns.
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Floating Court Back Thls'Week.
The district court left tlnalaska
Monday morning on the revenue cut
ter. A term of court will be held at
Unga, after which the court will come
to Valdez, reaching there late this
weeek.
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All the Real News in the Times.
FAIRBANKS MURDER
SUSPECTS IDE HELD
Miller and O'Connor, the two men
suspected of the murder of Mrs. Rowe,
near Fairbanks, have been held with
out bail to await the action of the
grand jury The marshal's office an
nounces that investigation has dis
closed the fact that blood has been
found the garments of the two men,
who cannot prove where they slept the
night of the murder.
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Two Indians were drowned two
miles above the Kuskalana bridge.
The bodies were recovered. The
names of the natives are Gallagher;
and Malardy, and both of them are
w'ell known to the miners and pros
pectors in the copper country.
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GEN.J C.BUCK
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CHICAGO, Aug. 17—General John
Charles Black, an American lawyer,
soldier and statesman died here today
aged 76. He served with distinction
throughout the civil war on the Union
side, was severely wounded in service
and brevetted Brigadier-General. Af
ter the war he was elected Congress
manat large from Illinois, and was ap
pointed Commissioner of Pensions by
resident Cleveland during the latter's
first term and United States Attorney
for the northern district of Illinois
during Cleveland’s second term. Black
also served a term as Commander-in
Chief of the G. A. R.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—The suit
by the Chicago bondholders, against
the Canadian vendors of the Alaska
Northern Railroad has been dismissed
by agreement. The suit was filed in
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia last June, and on a hearing
before Justice Stafford, the plaintiffs
were refused an injunction to prevent
the United States from paying over
the purchase price to the vendors.
The last obstacle to the government
purchase of the road has now been re
moved. It is understood that the
compromise was effected through the
Chicago bondholders, being compen
sated in proportion to their interests
in the company as compared to the
indebtedness held by the Canadian
bondholders.
Frank G. Carpenter, the well known
journalist, is now to the westward and
will arrive at Cordova on one of the
next boats. He is writing a series of
fifty-two articles on Alaska, which will
be published by about forty of leading
newspapers of the country, having a
circulation in the neighborhood of 5.
000,000 copies.
His syndicate writings cover every
nation in the world, but it is his first
trip to Alaska, and after keeping out
of the writing game several years, he
has chosen Alaska as his theme for the
next series of articles. He has made
arrangements with the Boston Globe,
Philadelphia Press, Chicago Tribune,
Cincinnati Inquirer. Washington Star.
Oregonian. St. Louis Republic, Post
Intelligencer. and other leading papers
in the United States.
The first of the articles will appear
in the first Sunday of the new year.
They will be illustrated with Alaska
views, which will be secured by Mr.
Carpenter on his present trip.