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CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25 1911
PH TPPlIn Charlotte 3 Cents a Copy
Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
Three Hundred Lives Lost
In Fearful Marine Disaster
french Battleship
Wrecked By Fue
And Explosions
It Least Half or Crew oj Over!
T«pr|flc Explosion.
The fire was discovered at 5 o’clock.
700 Perished at Early Hour | appear to be serious
! out some how it gained a quick ad-
Threi Terrific Extlosiona the squad of sallors sent
-i/iree icrnju, extinguish It and suddenly without
followed Fire.
Sodies Of Sailors Hurled Into
Air—Many Jumped Over*
mrd And Perished While
Others Were Killed in Their
Sleep.
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A'^oclated Press. ♦
# Of^er notable JYench naval ♦
^ "--s of recent years were; ♦
^0*. r 16, 1906—Submarined
^ L’i’in. lost off Blzerta, 13 ♦
# ♦
^7 .An- S, 1907—Explosion on ♦
^ r io boat No. 339, nine ♦
# iead. ♦
1?^, 1907—Cruiser Jean ♦
# , I'-r off the northwest- ♦
# of Africa; no deaths. ♦
# M ' lO, 1907—Magazines on ♦
^ itrlMhip lena blew up; 107 ♦
# lOFt, ♦
# A • 190S—Gun exploded ♦
# 10. M -fie school ship Cour- ♦
# Oi ■ t Touison: six dead. ♦
# E jpiermber 23, 1908—Gun ex- ♦
# riodf- aboard cruiser La ♦
# ^ouche Treville at Toulon; 13 ♦
# ♦
♦ .7, 1910—Submarine Plu- ♦
♦ '2 remained submerged af- ♦
♦ • * diviHfe in the harbor of ♦
♦ d'itls; 27 dead. ♦
♦ t. V; .f i- 10, 1911—Gun explod- ♦
♦ . cruiser Gloire ai ♦
♦ T n: one man killed and ♦
♦ 1, in.^’jred, five fatally. ♦
Br
iociated Press.
■a France, Sept.
25.—Havoc of
iJ lore appealing than wars, fiercest
cobln have wrought occurred on
the French battleship Llberte early
u-;:y when an Incipient blaze grew in
to iveeping flames and ate their way
wvO the fighting vessel’s magazines.
Terriffip explosions that followed
iilifd from 350 to 500 men.
iloff of *he death toll Is confined to
« Liberte’s roster but men and of
ficers of other French ships lying at
ttchor off Toulon were killed when
tiey went to the rescue of the doom-
ti LIberte's tars.
First intimation of trouble that was
'' into one of the most appall-
L'- nav,! disasters in times of peace
at - o'clock this morning when
aicii u, of fire was sounded on the
Li^rte. Immediately water was tum-
M or. to bUze in the hold that was
cor.3iii€red menacing until some
.t. discover^-.
A= t le stubborn flre ate Its way to-
^ ^ ’ iree magazines there came vio-
wploslon. This gave impetus to
b’;‘»€ and in another moment there
^ ^ it-a a series of detonations.
E time Bailors, panic stricken
tutir sudden realization that the
■ ' wt>re hissing their wap peer-
- close to the main magazines
to hurl themselves from the
of the vepsel. Before many could
-it: however, the fire broke
2.2 t ie magazine vaults.
Tr -e r ,,p. an explosion that rent
’ :' ?hting ship in twain. Great
i ler ’’'ere torn in her steel armor
. fr iQj »heBe fissures bodies of of-
'■ ud men were hurled for great
wancf harbor’s waters.
_^f*f-oesof armor plate, hissing
}^g gj|i amid corpses of
'■on sailors struck sister vessels
le Uherte. The Republic ( hit by
frasrment was forced to hur-
^to the dockd for repairs.
* 1 ter to the Llberte is a
u;ne climax to a long series of
■ in the French navy,
ouioae France, Sept. 25.—Death to
half the crew of 793 officers
‘ n-n of the battleship Llberte,
one of the finest vessels in
• ’rench navy, followed fire and ex-
which wrecked the great ship
extinguish it and suddenly without
warning it reached the magazines,
which had not been flooded on account
of the apparently trifling nature of
the blaze.
The force of the explosions was ter
rific. They shook the vessel fore and
aft. each one seemingly stronger than
that preceding, opening up great fis
sures in the armor and framework of
the vessel.
The vessel Immediately became a
mass of fire and smoke and soon al
most demolished by the terrific de
tonations, sank to the bottom of Tou
lon harbor.
Early Estimate of Dead.
At an early hour unofficial estimates
; o? the number of dead ran as high as
: 500. Estimates by naval men varied
j widely but there were no doubt that
'the loss of life was more than 300.
Scores of seamen died In their berths.
; A few dozen saved themselves by
; jumping overboard. Many of these in-
j jured leaped into the water and were
: drowned before the boats from the
j other ships in the roadsted could reach
I them.
1 Two hundred of the crew escaped
j death owing to the fact that they were
ashore on leave. Commander Juares,
a brother of the socialist deputy, was
j not on board.
I Bodies Hurled Into Air.
I The carnage in the explosion was
worse than could ever have occurred
in an actual naval engagement. The
first crash came when the crew was
I for the most part dispersed in va-
j rious sections of the vessel. They were
without warning of their danger.
Scores of bodies were hurled high into
the air accompanied by great frag-
ments of frame work, armor, bursting
I shells and the t)lindlng, suffocating
I smoke of the powder.
I Crew Panic Stricken.
Men below who had not yet been
awakened were killed in their sleep.
Others, awakened by the explosion
started to jump overboard, and were
caught by the second detonation. The
crew was panic stricken and rushed
wildly about, groping in the smoke in
which many fell.
Three Great‘Explbslons.
There were many vessels in the
harbor at the time. Including a num
ber of warships which have been
manauverlng here since the first of the
month. The first explosion brought
a quick response from the nearby men
of war and from the shore. Dozens
of boats put off and picked up surviv
ors and fioating bodies. ^
There were three tremendous explo
sions In quick succession after the
fire reached the magazines. One hun
dred men saved themselves by jump
ing and others would have escaped
but for the discipline which held them
at their posts. At the first explosion
the men below suddenly awakened,
tumbled from their berths and rush
ing to the sides of the vess^, were
throwing themselves overboard when
an order calling them to their sta
tions rang out and held to their death
those who had not already escaped.
From 300 to 500' of the crew of the
Llberte and about 100 men from the
other warships which had been sent
to help extinguish the flre disappeared.
The Demlcratle last 20 dead and 50
injured.
Long Series of disasters.
Paorls, Sept. 25.—The news of the
explosion of the magazines of the
battleship Llderte came as a stunning
blow to the FYench public and to na
val officials. It is the climax of a
long series of disasters whibh have
marked the history of the French navy
since the blowing up of the battleship
lena on March 3, 1907.
The acclunts of the disaster as re
ceived here during the morning hours
varied widely. The most authentic
dispatches stated that the sinking came
nearly two hours after the discovery
of the flre in the forward hold. Another
account said that the ship broke in
half from the force of the explosions
and sank 20 minutes later. According
to this version the battleship after
wards reappeared at the surface for
a time, a grim carcass of iron sur
rounded by a tangle mass of wreck
age.
(Continued on Page Two.)
POULTRY
MAN.
If you would sell your prod
ucts you must let those inter
ested know you have the stock
for 8*le. Consider the hen-—
your hens. They “set” you an
example. Every time they lay
an egg they advertise it—cackle
for ten or more minutes.
When you hear that cackle
you know there is a new-layed
s''
When you advertise your ^
stodk in The News you kno’^
people are reading it. ♦
GET THE
RATE.
J*' ' '' "S'
Bill Board Said to
Be Responsible
For Fatal Wreck
AVIATOR OVINGTON
ENTERS RACE.
Earl L. Ovington (hareheaded); Pre
mier Blerlot flyer of America, who
started from Los Angeles Satur
day, September 23, for New York
for the Hearst $50,000 prize and
(below) a snapshot of him In
flight.
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SM nFS
By Associated Press.
Spartanburg, S. C.. Sept. 25.—Adju
tant General O. W. Babb, General
Moore of the state militia and Mayor
J. B. Lee conferred this morning on
the Spartanburg stteet car strike sit
uation and decided not to call out
the troops which yesterday were or
dered to hold themselves in readiness.
A few cars were operated today by
green hands and there was no dis
order In the early hours.
The strike was precipitated, it is de
clared by the discharge of 16 motor-
men and conductors who refused to
sign an alleged agreement drawn up
by the company promising not to affil
iate with any labor organization. Twen
ty additional men went out, tyeiflg
up the city’s traction system.
Persons familiar with the situation
declare there is little chance of an
early settlement between the company
and men as both are holding- their
own. Unconfirmed reports tell of labor
troubles today at Saxon mills and
Glendale, S. C., both cotton towns.
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ulation than for all the people to eat
the same kind of food.
“Blit with the consumption increas
ing more rapidly than production and
the consequent’ increase in the coast
of- the necessities of life, there will
come a time when many will not be
able to secure the same kind of food
that is enjoyeid by others. Then will
there cOme a disturblni^ and danger
ous influence that will threaten our
Bo6iety^f#nd ■our instltutioaa. ‘ ~
!'Statistics tell us of a constantly de
creasing surplus of production. If
this thing continues, in a few years we
i will consume all the pr^ucts of our
grain and of ouf live stock. When this
condition is followed by a time when
it will be necessary to import the
necessities of life, then will exist con-1 dress of welcome to which President
imUIH GID
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 25.—^De
termined to give an added impetus
to the cause of conserving the na
tion’s natural resources 3,500 dele
gates to the third national conser
vation congress assembled here to
day.
Statesmen, scientists, educators,
farmers and representatives of every
branch of American business and so
cial life were in attendance. Every
state in the union was represented.
Thos. R. Shipp, executive secretary
of the congress, said this year’s meet
ing was the most representative con
gress ever held.
President Taft will deliver an ad
dress tonight. It Is said this speech
probably will be the most important
he will deliver during his present
tour. Kansas City is near the storm
center of republican insurgency.
On ' Tuesday night Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley,' chief of the bureau of chem
istry in the department of agricul
ture, will deliver an address on “The
Health of the People.”
William J, Bryan w^ill be the princi
pal speaker at the last session on
Wednesday.
Among other 'distinguished men
scheduled to take part are Walter L.
Fisher, secretary of interior, and Hen
ry S. Graves, United States forester.
While thep rogram this year em
braces every phase of the subject of
conservation, officials of the congress
planned to make the two paramount
questions the conservation of the
soil and the betterment of country
life conditions. To this end the best
known soil experts in the country
are among those scheduled to speak
and women will lead a discussion
which it is hoped will start a na
tion Wide movement for the establish
ment of ' community clubs in every
farming district of the country.
There will be discussed the couH'
try schools and country churches. It
Is planned to begin an edifcational
crusade to make the farm home more
attractive to the boys and girls so
they will not be tempted by city life.
’ This morning Governor Herbert S
Hadley, of Missouri, delivers an ad-
Searching New York For a
Young Girl Kidnapped By
Men Who Killed Hei Escort
^ ed Press. Fying unconsciotis on the porch of
. •' * ^OT'. . Sept. 25.—The police of hto West Sixteenth street home.
In a brief period of consciousness
while the ambulance doctor was band
aging his wounds he told the police
men all that he knew of the attack.
He had been at a party with Miss
Westley, he said, and was escorting
her home when he was set upon by
the men, none of whom he recogniz
ed. Both he and the girl fought them
but after knocking him down they
picked her up bodily and rushed off
toward the river.
^ ' t Side are searching today
, -'’eetley, a comely 17-year-
'rl -ho was kidnapped by four
‘‘ ’^''led men early today as she
reMnnlng home with James
n iS vp^^r-old neighbor. Kems
V insensibility by re-
, blows from a beer Itottle
by one of the assailants and
York hoepltal
* fractared slnill,
found by a noUoeman
Violent Djops
In Price of Stock
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 25.—A violent
drop in prices on the stock exchange
today followed another outburst of
selling by holders of stock in all
parts of this country and Europe. The
drop was more general and more pre
cipitate than in any previous time
during the decline of the last two
months.
The market was comparatively
calm at the opening,, but as the ses
sion progressed outpouring of stocks
increased. Fluctuations became vio
lent.
United States Steel, storm center
of last week’s movement, fell 4 3-8
to 51 7-8, Reading declined 5 points.
Union Paciflc 6, St. Paul 4, and
Southern and Canadian Pacific fell
3 points. Sales in the flrst two hours
of trading amounted t^ 621,O0O
shares.
Uneasiness of investors concerning
the enforcement of .the anti-trust
law again was given generally in
Wall Streei as an explanation of the
movement.
After a half hour of wild selling
the market grew calmer and prices
rallied from a point to a point and a
half.
United States Steel rallied to 53.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Sept. 25.—Speakers at
the opening session of the third annual
National Conservation Congress here
today declared that the continuation of
the present farming methods would re
sult calamitously for the country.
Not only a change In treatmeiit of
the soil, but of the country people as
well was urged. Only by bettering so
cial co'hditions OA the farm,, it was de
clared, could young persons be kept oeonle”or Missouri"'the bal-
ditions that will, be the cause of j
concern,
“There is no state in the union which
illustrates more completely both the
necessity and the value of a practical
application of the policy of conserva
tion than Missouri. Of the forty-four
millions of acres which constitute the
state, little more than one-half has
ever been touched.by a plow share
and of her 20 million acres of uncul
tivated soil there are 17,500,00 acres
of woodland, awaiting the stroke of
the woodman’s axe. Through the
proper application of principles of
conservation the timber can be clear
ed so as to restore the growth of
bluegrass and blue stem, thus making
the region the, most favorable for
dairying and for yawing live stock that
the country affords and preserving
enough timber to give the natural com
mercial advantages to be ■ derived
there from.
“There are three and one half mil
lion acres of swamp and overflowed
lands to be found in the valleys of our
great rivers. If this land were reclaim^
ed it would produce enough agricul
tural wealth each year to feed all the
^Ootton receipts today 29 bales at
10 1-4, aealiust ICM at 13J.0 same date
latt jmt.
there
Governor Herbert S. Hadley, of Mis
souri, in welcoming the' delegates to
the state asserted fully 40'per cent
of the land in this couhtry was farm
ed so that its productive qualities were
decreased.
President Henry Wallace, of the con
gress, in reply to the welcome, as
sailed the farpaer as a soil robber. He
declared land’ in the United^ States
produced crops only one-half the size
of those grqwn on poorer land in Eur
ope. The solution of the high cost of 1
living problem lies in better farming
methods, he said.
, Thi Governor’a Address.
“Up to the preset time in
country we have been peculiarly for
tunate in that our production has ex
ceeded consumption and the supply
has always been greater than the de
mand. The result has .been that the
American people alone of all the peo-
ole in the world have eaten the same
kind of food! And no stronger influ
ence could exist as against the crea-
ance of our land for the production of
surplus products
Tobacco Tiusi
Plans Reorganization
By Associafed Press.
New York, Sept. 25.—Announce
ment was n^de at tfee conclusion
of the conference looking to the reor
ganization of the American Tobacco
Company today that a petition woijjd
this ^ with the United States cir
cuit court on October 2, setting' forth
ihe proposed plan of dissolution in
consonance with the mandate' of the
supreme court and that public heal
ings on the plan would follow.
—The 'Hornets* Neist Riflemen will
have a drill tonight, Capt, Parker ask
a full turnout of the company.
Four Persons Smother In
An Incendiary Fire That
Btirrt^I^ses in Ch^o
By Associated Press. >
. Chicago, Sept.. 25.—Four persons
were smothered to death early to
day in a flre said to be incendiary,
on the street was also partly de
stroyed.
All other occupants ot the build
ings escaped in thieir^ night clothes
and it was thought: that nor one had
that partly destroyed two small flat been hurt until the firemen found the
* four peraons dei^ T^eir were
scarcely. scorcbpd aiiid it is tiionght
they were asphyxiated, by imoke be
fore , the: alarm of fire arouaed them
Two bah^ «were ^diY>pp^ d!i^ seo-
buildings at 1,336 South Sai]^amon
street. The dead are.'Harry Egalo-
vitc^ his Wife, their baby and L.
Alport, a bofu*d^. They lived in the
third flat of a tHree story rear bnUd-
Ing. A two atbry,, building * fronting .ond floor ^ wJ^idowa nxUwrL
Wallace and J. B. White, chairman
of the executive committee of the
congress, responded.
HOSTS OFU
FORMPAHDE
fast Train Crashes tnio Wa
gon. Loaded Down
Merty - Makers — Thirteen
Persons KiUed—Others May .
Die From Injuries,
Driver of Wa^bn And Engineer
Both Declare lhat Bill Board
Was Responsible Jor The I
Collision--A Miraculous Es-
cape.
By Associated Press,
Neenah, Wis., Sept. 25.—County of-^
fleers today began investigation of the =
killing of 13 members of a hay rack /
party that Vesulted from collision
with a fast train on the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad yesterday.
It is said the accident was due to : :
a large bill board that obstructed the .
view of the driver of the team > and '
the engineer.
The 18 survivors, eight of whom
were unhurt and three of .whom may
die of injuries, say the accident could v
have been avoided but for the sign J
board.
Nearly all the 31 young people on
the hayrack were enployed in a .
wooden ware factory. They had at
tended a wedding anniversary at the
home ot Peter Hanson.
Hanson, who was driving the wag
on, escaped without injury as did his-:
team. He said he heard the noise
ot the train but that the sound seem
ed to be deflected by the billboard
80 that the unseen train rumbled as
though it were half a mile away. The
billboard stood between the, railroad
and the highway, which crossed at a
sharp angle.
The engineer of the train, which
was running 50 miles an hour said,'
after he had helped remove six oi
the dead persons from the pilot oi
the locomotive that he did not see
the wagon because of the billboard.
Mrs. Joseph Brezlnskl s baby was
saved from injury as if by miracle
"Mrs. Btezinski, holding the child, sat
with her husband near the front oi
the hayrack. A few feet towards the
rear oi the wagon sat Miss Mary
Schwartzbauer.
After the train cut the wagon in
two the Brezinski’s foun^ themselves
sitting on theg round, slightly shak
en up. The baby was not there. The
parents ran about in the dim light oi ■
the morning in frantic search of the
child. Fifty feet from the track they
foimd the baby unharmed in th«
arms of Miss Schwartzbauer, who
was unconscious, but not otherwise
injured.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Sept. 25.—Represen
tatives of almost every labor organi
zation in this city and several so
cieties affiliated with the socialists
were present yesterday at a meeting
held for the purpose of arraigning a
demonstration as ap rotest against
the trial of the McNamaras in Los
Angeles, charged with the destruction
of the Los Angeles Times. The de
monstration is set for October 4.
It was stated that the demonstra
tion will be strictly a workingmans’
affair and that about ten thousand
workingmen and their families would
be present, There will be a parade,
transparencies, red flre, speech mak
ing and general distribution of Mc
Namara buttons. ’
Gen'Jackson's
Si&tej Dies
By Associated Press.
Buckhannon, W. Va., Sept, 25.—
Mrs. Laura J. Arnold, the only sister
of the late General “Stonewall” Jack
son, died yesterday at the city hos
pital here from diseases incident to
old age. Mrs. Arnold was 85 years
old and was active * until within
few weeks of her death,. She was
bom in Clarksburg, Va., now West
Virginia, In 1826, and was married in
1843 to the late Jonathan Arnold, o*
Beverly, Randolph county.
ri
’’m
TKEE
By Associated Press,
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept, 25.—This li
“Bryan day” at the Appalachian Ex*
position. The Newbarskan arrived this
morning and went to the exposition
grounds early in the day where he
made a tour of the various exhibil
buildings and participated in pleas*
ures of the exposition. This aftemooB
at 4 o’clock he will deliver an ad
dress at the exposition grounds upon
the theme, “The signs of the time*.’'
His visit here has ^ no political sig-,
niflcance.
Mrs. Arnold wa» the last surviv
ing' member of the Jackson family.
For years she had lived with her
son, Mr. Thomas Arnold, at Buckhan
non, W. Va, Mr. Arnold married Miss
Eugenia' Hill, a daughter of the late
General D. H. Hill, and a niece of.
Mrs. Stonewall- Jacksonw
Mrs, Jackson received a telegram
this morning announcing the death of
General Jackson’s sister.
Charles Letter Sued,
By Associated Press,,
Chicago, Sept 25.—Charges thit
Joseph Letter had failed to make pay
ments on notes given for whieat in
his attempt to comer the liarket in
1897 and 1898 were made today in a
suit for $300,000 filed by F. H, Pea-
vey & Co., the homing compaoy of
the Peavey Grain Co.
Murderer of Stolypm
Hanged To-diau
By Associated Press. ,
Kiev, Russia, Sept. 25,-^Dmltry Bo-
grofP, the assassin of Premier Stoiy
pin, who was condemned to death b?
court martial, was hanged today.. '
Before his execution the young mac
asked that he might see a rabbi but ’
refused this consolation when inform?
ed that the interview must be in th
presence of officials.
CAUGHT IN NET WORK
OF LIVEWIREa
By Associated Press.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 25,—H, R. Colson
an employee at the Coronet Phosphat4
Company’s mines near here, wai
caught in a net work of live wirei
and electrocuted at the works thii
morning. He was sent to the roof of 8
building to make some repairs, sosni
time later the machinery stopped su4
denly and upon investigation his badlj
burned body was' found emeshed ii
the sizzling cables. No one witneseet
the tecident.
M:
THE WEATHER.
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♦ By Associated Press. ^
♦ Washington, Sept. 25.—^Fore-
♦ t»8t: ^
♦ North Carolina—Generally ^
♦ fair tonight and Tuesday; Ught^^l
♦ variable winds. ^
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