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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
4
In a rare published note Leo Frank writes from his Georgia confinement describing his convalescence and awaiting resolution of his case. The letter offers insight into the victim’s perspective amid ongoing public attention and legal aftermath.
New Orleans August 17 a letter from Leo M Frank dated August 6 to Dan Lehon Southern manager for a detective agency reveals he survived a murderous attack. He says he is propped in bed and recovering nicely with a small scar on his neck and thanks God for near perfect medical help. He credits Mrs Frank as an angel in his painful ordeal.
At a mass meeting in Toledo, Rev. F. Siedenburg of Loyola University argued that immigration today is mainly an economic phenomenon, with religion and politics as factors only for some groups. Monsignor Roach of Boston urged church led sociology committees to protect workers, while warning that state protection remains weak and exploitation by commercial forces endangers families.
Vera Cruz reports indicate General Carranza will refuse to participate in a Pan American peace conference. Obregon, a Carranza lieutenant, says he will not back a conference without Carranza and that Villa should be finally defeated. He notes he urged Villa to avoid war but accepts it now to a finish.
Severe rain storms drenched eastern Missouri with widespread damage. Louisiana reports seventy flooded business buildings, a brick building collapsed, bridges and barns washed away, rail tracks washed out, and streets flooded in Centralia Auxvasse and La Grange causing power outages in La Grange at night.
Official statements from Russian general staff describe stubborn fighting near Dvinsk and fierce assaults against fortifications on the Niemen and Narew fronts. Heavy German attacks on the Bug and Novo Georgievieck region, with subs sinking a Turkish coal steamer in the Black Sea area, are noted.
An August 17 dispatch quotes the Tageblatt editor Arthur Norden via the Overseas News Agency stating Germany’s economic life remains as strong as its military strength despite enemy beliefs of collapse. The same agency reports Austrian front troops witnessed women and children driven as human shields during trench digging near the Byshen river.
Dispatches from Athens report King Constantine asking Eleftherios Venizelos to form a new ministry while preserving the old policy. If Venizelos refuses, a fresh dissolution of parliament is feared and a delay of several months may follow.
A. S. Hunt of the M. P. Colt Company, Lima, is in Mt Sterling area this week securing leases on land believed to underlie oil and gas. The company guarantees drilling will begin within three months, with equipment shipped and operations expected to start soon after. Hunt has previously worked in Ripley and Missouri townships with reported success.
A first movement is directed against munition plants nationwide as machinists press for improved conditions and wages. Organized labor leaders announce coordinated actions to impact wartime production.
The International Association of Machinists executive board meets to press for eight hour days and higher wages at munition plants and other large shops. J J Keppler plans a national strike in arms and munitions plants resisting an eight hour day, citing hostility from the National Metal Trades Association.
Washington on August 17 reports the European war spurring a rush to produce explosives. New plants rise and firms seek profits by entering the field, affecting cotton prices as cotton aids explosives manufacture. Director Rogers asks for lists of new cotton using establishments to compile complete industry statistics and comply with monthly reporting laws.
ESSEN Germany Aug 17 Diligent efforts aim to restrict exports via the Rhine of cherries and berries from Germany to England Dutch merchants have taken large quantities of fruit and contracts show the best late fruit sold to Dutchmen The volume exceeds Holland’s demand and suggests England’s continued import of German fruit funds a German enemy through trade
The Duma met at 1 pm and adjourned past midnight. All cabinet ministers attended and heard unusually outspoken opinions. Critics charged the government with wartime mismanagement, especially targeting the former minister of war.
Professor Goodnow, at Yuan Shi Kai's request, delays departure to Sept. 8 to advise a presidential committee drafting a Chinese constitution. He warns civil war risks under monarchy and notes foreign intervention threats. The peace society, promoting monarchist discussion, is to be inaugurated Saturday with many adherents.
Chicago business leader Elmer R Murphey, linked to Leo M Frank, received a Canton Georgia telegram boasting Frank hanged and promising a rope piece, signed by E B Green and B P Bobo, now in Murphey's attorney’s custody.
German officers admit they have studied prisoners and tracked casualties to estimate French losses near Arras. They believe French losses total about 80,000 men including dead wounded and captured during the recent battles.
Discovery of a bomb with a time fuse near Governor Jose Maytorena’s Nogales headquarters leads to the execution of Captain Rojas of Maytorena’s guard and two other Villa officers. The incident occurs as Villa defends the investment of Nogales, Sonora.
Aug. 1 Perkin reports Western styles of architecture appearing in government buildings across Peking. German architects influence nuevas structures with high German roofs, contrasting with traditional Chinese buildings notable for heavy roofs and different styling.
A home remedy advocates Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair. It claims the ready-to-use tonic, about fifty cents a bottle, hides gray strands, stops dandruff and itching, and leaves hair glossy and luxurious after one or two applications.
A mob abducted Frank from the state prison farm, dragged him to the outskirts of Marietta, and hanged him from an oak. The crowd later moved the body to Atlanta amid calls for restraint, while Governor Slaton denounced the mob and praised Georgians who sought justice and truth.
Secretary Daniels denounces the lynching as the worst blot on Georgia’s name and calls for punishment of mob killers. He notes the governor’s commute from death to life imprisonment, urges southern and national condemnation, and pledges to support inquiry to bring criminals to trial.
Former Governor John M. Slaton told a San Francisco audience that lynching Leo Frank was preferable to a judicial hanging, arguing the legal process could miscarry. The remarks were made before the California Civic League with many dignitaries present.
A photograph shows Gen Gouraud seated on a heavy gun at Sidul Bahr in the Dardanelles just before his relief from command. The French government reportedly unsatisfied with progress but no official reason published.
MADRID August 17 King Alphonso’s mail grows daily with letters seeking his intervention to obtain news of French English Russian and Serbian prisoners of war The king follows each request with keen interest and urges diligence by the Spanish authorities in handling them.
The record notes how ambassadors secure and relay news of outcomes. When favorable news arrives Alphonso wires. when negative, he mails with a consoling word. Spanish ambassadors abroad in belligerent countries also forward funds to prisoners of war.
Tokio reports that Japan's supreme court ruled the wartime suspension of the international protection convention for industrial property. The decision extinguishes or suspends trademark patent and design rights held by German subjects or companies prior to the war, for the time being.
Berlin reports the Cologne Gazette lists iron crosses awarded to German soldiers up to March 31. Second class crosses total 338,261. possibly over 450,000 with continued rates. First class crosses granted 6,488. The crosses issued cost about 2,800,000 marks.
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