LYNCH L FRANK
MARIETTA, 6a., 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 as to
whether or not the coroner should be allowed to take 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
Frank 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 iernorance about the affair.
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17—Five autos full of armed men,
and having with them, Leo Frank, the convicted murderer of
Mary Phagan, 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 Phagan, 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 particlarlly 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 the authori
ties. The first intimation the police of this city had of the
lynching was when a telephone 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. The 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.
UNITED STITESlraiUPON
RIGHT SHIP ARMS TO NEUTRALS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—The note sent by the United
States in reply to the American communication protesting
against the large shipments of war munitions from this country
to the allies, was made public by the State Department today.
The American answer is decisive and to the point, leaving no
room for any difference of opinion as to the attitude of the
present administration.
The not politely but firmly repects the contentions of the
Austrian foreign office, that the shipments have attained such
proportions as to seriously endanger the neutrality of the
United States. The request made by Austria that this govern
ment take steps to prohibit the export of arms to the allies is
declined in equally courteous but none the less decisive manner.
The note is signed by Robert Lansing, as Secretary of State,
and vigorously upholds the rights of the United States to sell
muitions of war to anyone who cares to buy, and in whatever
quantities desired, The principles of international law as
adjudicated and determined for years are quoted' in support
of the position of this country, and the note ends with an inti
mation that it would be unwise as well as un-neutral for the
United States to prohibit the export of arms, as the time might
come when the United States might wish to purchase supplies
from a neutral country, if attacked by an enemy.
AMERICA SENDS ANOTHER NOTE
ON SINKING OE VESSEL FRYE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—The American reply to the last
German note concerning the destruction of the American sail
ing vessel William P. Frye, was dispatched to Berlin this
morning. The reply accepts the commission method proposed
by the Berlin foreign office for determining the damages, but
rejects the proposal for submitting to arbitration the disputed
portions of the Prussian-American treaty. With the dispatch
ing of this note, the pressure of business which brought Presi
dent Wilson back to the White House from his summer home at
Cornish, N. H., has been practically all disposed of. The cabi
net meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled. The
conference with the press representatives has also been can
celled and the President caught a late train today bound back
to New Hampshire. It is more than likely that he will not
return here before September 1st.
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Norwegian Mail Boat Is Held Up.
CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 19—The government has just made
public the fact that the Norwegian mail steamer Haakon 7th
was held up by a German submarine on her last trip and all
mail addressed to countries hostile to Germany was removed
from vessel. The government has filed an official protest with
Berlin and demanded the return of the mail. The country is
inflamed over the act, and all newspapers condemn the German
submarine in the strongest terms.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY.
C. P. Peterson was an arrival yes
terday from Chisana.
Mrs. L. V. Stanley, of Chisana ar
rived in town on yesterday's train.
E. W. Exum, who spent the past
couple of months at Chitina, returned
to Cordova yesterday.
Dr! Andrus and Wm. Patterson are
among the Nomeites aboard the Vic
toria, bound for the states.
Attorney G. J. Isomer and son,
Ralph Lomer, of Nome, are among the
Victoria’s passengers for the states.
T. J. Nestor, an old-time Alaskan,
who is now interested in a nut factory
in Seattle, called on the local trade
today.
Mrs. Jafet Lindeberg, wife of
Nome’s biggest mining operator, is a
passenger on the Victoria for San
Francisco.
Chief Clerk Alvah Eames, of the
railway mail service, will leave tonight
for Seattle, on a business trip. He
will be accompanied by his wife.
The collier ProtheniU3 arrived at
Kodiak this afternoon and after spend
ing a couple of weeks there will rente
to Cordova.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sapiro have
moved into the apartment at the
Northern hotel, formerly occupied by
the Kinney's.
Trains are again running regularly
on the Copper River & Northwestern
and mail left this morni jg for Chlltna
and Kennecott.
Judge Tucker and wife are among
the Nomeites who are en route to the
San Francisco Exposition, on the
steamer Victoria.
Yesterday’s train brought down fif
teen cars of copper ore, which will be
shipped to the Tacoma smelter on the
Mariposa tonight.
Miss Lola Turner will leave on the
steamer Mariposa tonight for Cumber
land, Md„ on account of the serious
illness of her father, Chas H. Turner.
Chas. Kenndy, who has mining in
terests in the Nome district, was in
town today, enroute to Seattle.
Capt. Auer, of Katalla, is in town
and will leave on the Mariposa to at
tend the Panama Pacific exposition.
On account of an accident to the
machinery at the Cordova Power plant
the electric lights were out last night.
F. A. Hotchkiss and three sons, R.
H., A. D., and A. A., of New York,
who have been spending several weeks
in the Nizina districts, came to town
on yesterday’s train and are registered
at the Windsor hotel.
Mrs. Annette Fyler, who ha? been
the guest of Mrs. W. H. Seagrave at
Kennecott for several weeks, has re
turned to town and will remain here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Baird, until next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Baglion will be
outgoing passengers on the Mariposa,
to make their home in the states.
The railroad company has given
preference to the local men for labor
needed out the line and is in need of
no more men, although scores are
coming here from the westward seek
ing employment.
B. W. Elliott has opened a plumber,
steam and hotwater heating shop in
the building next to Blum’s store on
Second avenue. Ben was the first
plumber to locate in Cordova and he
did the work in most of the large
buildings of the town, which has stood
the test and speaks for itself.
The steamer Victoria arrived at
Cordova about 9 o’clock this morning,
on its way south from Nome to Seat
tle, via the inside passage. She had
about 27 round-trippers and an ex
cursion was run to the glaciers. There
were 37 passengers who got aboard
at St. Michael, many of whom are
from Fairbanks and down river ports.
From Nome they were 76 rtrst-class
and 83 steerage and at King Cove a
cannery crew of 117 took passage.
The Victoria left at 2:30 o’clock
this afternoon and will go direct to
Skagway, stopping at Juneau and
Ketchikan on its way to Seattle. The
excursionists, as well as the Alaskans
aboard, are all enthusiastic over the
trip, and particularly the visit to Miles
and Childs glaciers, both of which
were active today.
TUESDAY
Capt. Seagrave, an attache of the
Philadelphia arsenal, returned to the
states on the Mariposa last night. He
is on a three month’s furlough and just
returned from a pleasant visit at Ken
necott with his brother, W. H. Sea
grave, who is In charge of the Ken
necott and Jumbo mines.
The Townsite Company is repairing
the city dock, O. E. Lambert having
the contract for replacing 186 of the
piles.
Saturday and Sunday was moving
day at Anchorage—the residents
switching from the old to the new
townsite.
A pot-hole of the Knnecott glacier
broke out, taking with it part of the
bridge at McCarthy and no through
trains will be run to Kennecott for a j
couple of days.
Mr and Mrs. J. M. Lathrop, of Val
dez, were In town last evening on
their way to the states.
Get the “movie” habit by going to
Empress theatre tonight.
There will be a local train leave here
tomorrow morning for Chitlna.
The steamer Evans should reach
here from the westward on Thursday.
A train arrived from Chitlna this
afternoon bringing passengers and
mail.
Prank Carroll, of Juneau, was an
arrival on today’s train from Fair
banks.
No word has been received from the
steamer Alameda since leaving Seat
tle, but It is due to arrive here early
Thursday morning.
Carl N. Anderson and bride return
ed yesterday from a trip to Seward
and will leave on the first train for
their home at Strelna.
Geo. Herring came out from Fair
banks today and will leave on the
first steamer for Seattle, to enter the
University of Washington.
Mrs. J. C. Martin, of Valdez, was the
guest of local friends last night while
the Mariposa was in port. She is on
her way to the states on a short visit.
W. R. Taylor, of Fairbanks, who has
the distinction of being the first per
son to ascend Mt. McKinley, as a mem
ber of the Lloyd-Taylor party, arrived
in town on today’s train, on his way to
the states.
W. F. 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
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.
The steamer Mariposa salted at 1
o’clock this morning for Seattle, after
loading seventeen cars of copper ore
from the Bonanza and Jumbo mines
for the Tacoma smelter.
The outgoing passengers from Cor
dova were B. C. Baglion and wife.
Alvah Eames and wife, Mrs. L. V.
Stanley, Mrs.. W. P. Pritchard, G. T.
Crooks and wife. Miss Lola Turner,
Capt. D. C. Seagrave, Chas. Auer, Oto
Ricki, Frank M. Johnson, E. Farrlr,
F. H. Wilson, Frank Lewis, L. A.
Lavensaler, F. A., R. H„ A. D., and
A. A. Hotchkiss for Seattle; E. S.
Hewitt and wife, Mrs. L. Blehl and
Jno. P. Walker for Juneau.
Capt. S, Pederson, manager of the
Orca cannery, accompanied by his wife
and daughter Miss Easther, will return
to Seattle for the winter on the steam
er Alameda.
The sailing ship St. Paul has left
for the states with 35,500 cases of can
ned salmon from the Orca cannery.
The season’s pack amounted to 49,
000 cases, part of which was shipped
outside on the regular steamers.
Capt. Bourgman has left for Seattle
in command of the sailing ship St.
Paul. His family will leave for the
states on the next sailing south of the
On account of a rock slide at Mile
126 the local train did not go out this
morning, but a work train was sent in
its stead and the debris will be cleared
up late tonight. Tomorrow morning
at 8 o’clock a passenger train will
leave for Chitlna.
The many friends of Robert L. Pat
ton, who is in charge of the Cordova
cable office, will be glad to know that
he has been promoted from a first
class sargeant to master signal elec
trician, effective August 10. The ad
vancement is a recognition of Mr.
Patton’s ability and it carries with it
a considerable increase in salary.
THURSDAY
Sam Blum left on this morning's
train for Chltina to look after his
business Interests there.
James Cameron, a printer of the old
school, who worked on the first Cor
dova newspaper, drifted Into town yes
terday. Jimmy has been in the Broad
Pass country and other camps for
some time, and will put In a few days
at the Daily Tmes office, assisting In
getting out a rush of job printing.
The Alaskan Hotel Is to be the name
of the new hostelry to be formally
opened shortly by Robert Gottschalk
and Arthur Clonlnger, at corner of
First street and B avenue. The build
ing was formerly occupied by the Mac
Cormac and Rainier Grand hotels, but
is being thoroughly renovated and un
der new management will present en
tirely new and attractive appearance
when its doors are thrown open to
the public.
The exterior of A. J. Adams’ resi
dence Is being brightened up with a
fresh coat of paint
FRIDAY
Mrs. J. L. O’Brien has returned from
a trip to the states
Griff Ellis came back on tbe Ala
meda last night, after spending sev
eral weeks on the outside. g
E. M. Bates, who has been at the
company hospital for several weeks,
is able to about again
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hinman came
down from McCarthy on last night’s
train. They are on their way to the
states.
A train arrived from the interior
late last night and a local, with pas
sengers and mail, left for Chitlna at
10 o’clock this morning.
This morning the lighthouse tender
Kukul, Capt. Gregory in command, ar
rived here and will make Cordova its
headquarters for the next three weeks.
The Kukui was formerly in the Hawai
ian service, but has replaced the old
Columbine in these waters and is a
larger and better boat.
The collier Prothemus, which is now
at Kodiak, expects to reach Cordova
on August 30, and will remain here for
two months, making repairs to the
■navy wireless station at Whitshed.
She has several hundred men aboard.
Capt. Fred Warner, of the liner
Alameda, repjorts that wnen he pass
ed La Prosser glacier, twenty-seven
miles this side of the Cape, he en
countered considerable debris, which
Indicated to him that there had been
a landslide from the glacier. One
tree, which was in foliage and had
enormous roots, was sticking out of
the water for a distance of nearly forty
feet. There were also numerous
other smaller ones in evidence.
The Alaska Steamship Company’s
fast steamer, the Alameda, arrived In
port Thursday evening shortly after
six o’clock and remained here five
hours discharging freight. Her pas
sengers were:
For Cordova—Mrs. J. L. O'Brien,
Miss Hilda Clarke, Miss Kate Casey,
Griff Ellis, A. Larson, W. Robertson,
J. W. Weiss, H. Grierson, C. A. Breveg,
L. Wilinson, D. Smith, T. Walter, T.
Hortan, C. A. Brackett, W. H. Flas
key, C. Hahn, B. Billups, J. D. Arm
strong, R. M. Crafton and J. W. Self.
SATURDAY.
Tonight the members of the Tango
Club will enjoy themselves at one of
their periodical dances, to be held at
the Windsor hotel.
The steamer Watson sailed south
last evening with the following pas
sengers from Cordova: For Juneau—
Major E. A. Ransom, Robert Scott, T.
W. Hocker, Geo. King; for Seattle, H.
A. Sprague, W. R. Taylor, E. Rogers,
J. A. Funchion.
Nathanel Greene has left for the
westward to examine the banks at
Valdez and Seward, he being the terri
torial bank examiner.
There will be a train from Chitina
tonight and another tomorrow. On
Monday morning a train will leave
for the interior, making connections
at Chitina for Kennecott.
BtlRUU lAINTS
The following Information is fur
nished by the Forest Service from its
Portland office.
The area of the Chugach Forest Is
reduced by over five million acres, ac
cording to advice just received. Elim
inated area includes glaciers and other
areas of little practical timber value,
orginally included in Forest on ac
count of the uncertainty of exact lo
cation of valuable timeber lands.
Present boundaries of the Chugach
Forest which includes now eight mil
lion acres, said to include large body
of timber to be used in developing
whole region Northern Alaska.
Word has just been received in the
Office of the District Forrester that
the President has approved the recom
mendation of the Forest Service
changing the boundaries of the Chu
gach Notional Forrest in Alaska by
proclamation of August 2. The new
proclamation effects an elmlnation of
6,801,574 acres of land and 661,094
acres of water. The Forest boundary
lines were changed not only by mak
ing elminations but by making three
additions to the Chugach Forest. One
occurs on the Kenai Peninsula, north
of the city of Seward, another in the
Puget Bay region, and the third Oka
lee Spit and other areas in that vicini
ty. These additions were made In
order to include good body of timber
and to make workable administrative
boundary lines.
The lands eliminated consits mainly
of glaciated mountains and muskeg
areas of practically no forest value
but which were originally included
within the National Forest because
of the uncertainty which existed as to
the location and extent of the timber
ed areas and in order to establish a
boundary that could be more easily
described and administered.
The toal area of the Chugach Forest
is now approximately 5,817,959 acres
of land and 3,058,073 acres of water,
making a total of 8.876,(133 acres.
The present proclamation, it Is stated,
put the boundary lines of the Chu
gach ForeBt about where they belong.
This Forest is one of the largest and
most valuable bodies of timber of
merchantable size to be found any
where on the globe north of sixty de
gress latitude. Owing to the more
rigorous climate, the timber is smaller
in size and yield than, for Instance, in
(he Forests of Southeastern Alaska.
However, it runs from 3,500 to 5.000
feet per acre, and in some places as
high as 30,000 to 50,000 feet. The
total amount of timber now in the
Forest is reported to be about eight
billion feet on a conservative estimate,
and it is believed 'hat this body of
timber will be the principal and most
accessible source of lumber for the
development of the entire vast region
of Northern Alaska. From these for
ests, the interior country must draw
its supply of structural timber in the
future. This timber is even now used
locally, 196 sales having been con
summated since 1907, involving over
17.000. 000 ft. B. M., in addition to the
large amount which has been supplied
free to local settlers, prospectors, fish
ermen and others. Exclusive of the
panhandle, the area of Alaska Is about
300.000. 000 acres, less than two per
cent of which is to be retained within
the Chugach National Forest to sup
ply timber for this vast region.
The Forest will be drawn upon im
mediatly for railroad construction by
co-operation between the Forest Ser
vice and the Alaska .Railroad Com
mission, the timber being supplied
free of charge to the Alaska Railroad
as authorized by Congress.
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Albert Wile has resigned as post
master at Iditarod, and expects to
go into business in some other inter
ior town. Mr. Wile left his post when
the office grade was reduced by the
postmaster-general. His salary was
materially reduced.
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Notaries Are Appointed.
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Three new notarys public have been
appointed and their commissions filed
in the office of Secretary of the Terri
tory. They were James T. Jeffries, of
Anchorage, L. L. MIddelkamp of El
lamar, and John C. Boyle of Wood
chopper Creek.
“The auto route to Cordova from Fair
banks is the winning way," said a Falr
bankan this morning. The Fairbanks
party arrived on yesterday’s train,
having reached Chitina the night be
fore four days out from Fairbanks.
The natural time for the Sheldon auto
is three days, but they were delayed
a day by breakdowns, high water on
the Delta and forest fires along the
way—nothing serious at any time, but
in the aggregate eating up a day’s
time.
"It is the old timers who are doing
most of the traveling this year," he
said, “there is the Fair at 'Frisco,
and the desire to get out, anyway, to
store up energy for the years to come.
After you stick to the Job in the In
terior for three or four years, with
out change, you become stale. The old
timers are beginning to realize this
more and more every year, and this
year, to a greater extent than ever,
they will be spending the winter on
the Outside. They realize that they
have the best camp on earth, and they
are not going out to stay, but that
they may return in February or March
in better condition to make their time
count.
“The old timer is familiar with all
the routes, evcept the auto route, and
he feels that a day gained in traveling
is worth while. The steamship route
is so much longer that the ease of it
doesn't appeal to him. so he is tackl
ing the auto route. The interiorite is
willing to tackle anything once, and
the auto route shortens time to the
extent that he is willing to put in with
it in the future.
“One pecularity about the govern
ment road upon which the Alaska
Road Commission is alleged to have
averaged $30,000 a mile is that the“au
to” part of the trail is that upon which
the Commission has seemingly not
expended a cent—the natural road
part across the sod. Over that part
of the road we made in excess of 20
miles an hour—when we came to the
road where the commission men were
working our slow' time was made. All
in all, however, it was as pleasant a
trip as can be imagined, and those who
made the last trip are unanimous in
their intention to always travel by the
auto route.”
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JOHN ZUG TRANSFERRED
SO IT IS REPORTED
John Zug, formerly federal road
superintendent for the Fourth division,
with headquarters at Fairbanks, has
been transferred to duty in the Val
dez office of the Alaska road com
mbission, it is reported. He is now in
Skagway having just arrived there
from Fairbanks, and with J. C. Hayes,
superintendent of the road work in
Southeastern Alaska, will make a trip
of inspection over the roads in the
First Division.
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Nifty job printing at the Times.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Good Passenger and Freight
Service to Interior Alaska
For Rates and Other Information Apply
DEPOT OFFICE