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WHOLE NUMBER 18,754.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911.
TM? WEATHBB TOJ)AT-Me. PRICE TWO GENTS.
EXPLOSION WRECKS FRENCH BATTLESHIP
AND LIVES OF400 MEN ARE BLOTTED OUT
Liberte, tne Pride of
France's Navy, I3
Totally Destroyed,
VESSEL NOW BUT
TWiSTtD MASfc
Frightful Scenes Enacted Before
Eyes of People of Toulon?Sea?
men in Rescuing Boats
Sunk by Debris or Sucked
Down in Mael?
strom.
Toulon, September U5.?The battle- j
ship Llberte waa torn apart and totally
destroyed by an ezploalon or her m>|>
slnes to-day. Nearly 400 offlcera and
men were killed. The battleahlp Re
publlque waa hadlr damaged, and th.
bar.tleehlpa Dtnotri> and Verlte alan
Buffered severely from the niaaara of
twisted Iron and ariuor plate that were
burled upon their decke.
This It the greatest disaster that has
ever fallen upon the French navy, and
In magnitude Is almost without prece?
dent In the annuals of the world'i
righting ships. The grief which pros
trates the fleet and nation Is mad>
more Intense by the memory of th/
recent review here, a notable display
of France's r.avai greatness, In which
the doomed ship was one of the finest
figures.
Fire Causea Destruction.
The explosion which wiped out on?
cf France's newest and most powerful
battleships, occurred at 5:53 o'clock In
the morning. It was preceded by an.)
was the result of an outbreak of Are.
The flames spread rapidly In spite nl
all efforts to master them and reached
the magazines before there was Mm-1
to flood them. The magazines ex?
ploded with a uemendous violence,
cowing death and destruction in every
direction.
While the naval authorities esci
tn'ate the killed at 300. It Is reared that
this figure will be exceeded. it will
be necessary to go through t<he ship's
muster rolls, a task of several days,
before a full list of the victims can oe
Prepared. A number of men already
have been extricated alive from the
fantastically torn and twisted mass ol
?wreckage which once was the Llberte
and the hope Is utrong thu there an
others within tbe broken hulk who car
lie reach?4
Hxeetfy from what cause or when
? he (Vre broke out has not been estab,
itshed. but It la believed that it had
?moldared for several. hours. Of th?
vessel's full complement?742?Captain
Jaures. brother of .the Socialist leader,
and' tbe second, officer In command,
were both ashore on leave, as well as
lib officers and men The command ol
the ship devolved on the senior lieu?
tenant, who perished. The Arc was
first discovered at 4 A. M.. and the bu?
gles Immediately sounded the alarm.
The crew rushed to quarters and fought
desperately the spreading flames, bu
It soon was evident that the dre haa
obtained a Arm hold. Signals of die
tress were flashed to the orher ships
and these dispatched steam pinnaces
and launches at full speed to assist ir.
the . work of extinguishing the flames
and rescuing the men. Bur their ser?
vices were of little avsll.
Ordered to Leap for Ltree.
The position of the Are made It Im?
possible to flood the magazines. Never?
theless efforts to do so were made, and
finally the commanding officer, reallz
lng that the ship was doomed, ordered
the bugler to sound the "suave qul
peut" (Let him save himself who can)
and shouted to the men to Jump foi
their lives.
At- 5:35 the first explosion occurred.
Ip was followed by three others at
nne-mlnute intervals. Then came the
linal terrific detonation, which shat?
tered the windows of the entire city,
and was heard for a radius of many
miles. The Llberte was rent- asunder:
her bows were thrown high Into the
air. and then the vessel slowly settled
down, and In nineteen minutes noth?
ing was visible but the top works.
Those still on deck were hurled sky
Ward amid a shower of Iron and steel
The boats of the rescuers were sunk,
and serious damage, was done to the
Republlque. which lay at anchor close
by- Two of h.?r decks were, stove In
and one of the. Llberte's armor plates
was hurled against' her port sid>- and
demolished the cabin of an absent en?
sign.
For a few minutes after the rtnal ex?
plosion an intense black cloja of
smoke hovered over the harbor. When
It shifted a horrible spectacle met the|
eyes of the people of Toulon, who.
awakened by the first explosions, had
hurried to the. shore. The twisted up?
per works of the battleship were pro?
truding from a mass of formlos,
wreckage, among which struggled thai
seamen from rescuing boats that hadj
been sunk by the flying debris or suck
ad down In the maelstrom.
May Reach too.
Late to-night the naval authorities
declared that the number of victims
Is greater than at first appeared. The
official estimate Is now given as be
tween 360 and 400 dead or missing.
The work of rescue was quickly be
gun. An ambulance station was in ,
staled in the arsenal and Admirr.l
Marln-Dasbel. maritime prefect, went I
out to Che wreck and auperlnten led,
the work of extricating those Imprls- j
oned under the shattered steel. The
Brst body recovered was that of an I
Bfflcer, which was hauled from under j
an awning with a boathook. Up to|
this evening forty bodies have been!
taken out and ninety-four Injured have|
been transferred to the hospital.
Electric shears, to cut through the]
plates of the Llberte. and a powerful
floating crane to lift "the masses of!
steel, were used' In conjunction with;
a-crew of divers who are at work ex-1
plorlng the interior of the hull. This
afternoon the Llberte appeared as if
her bows had doubled over onto the
rtern- Men burled in that part of the
'(Continued on Second Pace.) "*
THE 1-II1EIITK.
ITALIANS DEMAND
TAKING OFTRtPOLi
Only Discordant Note Comes
From Section oi
Socialists.
PEOPLE RALLY TO COLORS
Troops Being Mobilized, and
Country Is Prepared for
War.
Chlasso. Switzerland, September 25 ?
According to the latest advices re?
ceived here, all of Italy, except a s*.c
I tlon of Socialists, demands the speedy
occupation of Tripoli. The Socialists
argue that Italy Is not sufficiently pre
| pared to stand the heavy expenses re
j quired to enter colonial competition.
I Meantime the Italian government Is
I taking advantage of the present oppor?
tunity to experiment In the partl',1
I inotoiltiatiop of troops. The entire
[ fleet Is ready for war. Including the
! fcmal'est ind th<? oide?t s'iiP-'- Uirif CJ.tst
fortifications have-Veen st.-?:ig:htned
snd sixty mi.?m.urs ha'e been chattered
for the irm^port of ,!>,0C9 soldiers
war material. friV.-lio mos and ji'lglhles
end Red Cross /.?o'-hters. Tne contin
gent of ?oMIefs kept In s'rvl.-e aftjr
their time 't;l exp.re'l, with the re?
serve called up. brings the standing
army to 8O.fi0n above normvl. The
troops intended for Tripoli are centred
chiefly In the Naples. Sicily ond Ti
ranto barracks
The expeditionary force. In add.tlon
to the Infantry. Includes fojr bat;etie>
o; mountain artlllerv.
Desiring to have all regions and regl
mfmt represented !n tue expeditions,
the oolo> ?Is had thetr respective 'egi
ments drawn up and asked thai thr?e
ready to go should step forward. In?
variably all the men advanced, cheer?
ing enthusiastically. Many re^er* Ists
hs-' -t asBcd to be called to <he nlors
SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
Thry Used Rubber Stocking and Miicb
Ur-Pocketed 1'ettlroat.
New York. September 25.?A rubhei
stocking and a petticoat with twenty
five pockets In it are the means by
i which Rudolph Newman, a Chlcage
jeweler, and his wife ere alleged to
have tried to smuggle diamonds and
other precious stones and jewelry Into
this country to-day. The couple ar?
rived on the steamship New Amster
' dam. Of the Holland-American line, ac
I companleti by two small children.
Newman, when arraigned before United
States Commissioner Russ. furnished
$2,000 bail, while Mrs. Newman was
paroled on her own recognizance on
account of her two children, who need?
ed her care.
1 There has not. according to the cus?
toms authorities, been such a -flagrant
case of alleged smuggling reported at
the custom house In months past, or. j
In fact, since the rigid system adopted I
by Collector Lbeb went into effect. In
the rubber stocking, which Newman
wore tied about the lower portion of
his body, the customs officials say they
found a quantity of uncut diamonds,
valued al about $1,500, and In the
jockets of his wife's petticoat numer?
ous packages of small jewelry and a
number of garnets and other stones,
said to be worfrT about $5,000. All the
Jewels were seized.
Had It not been for the. fact that
Newman was under suspicion because
of his frequent trips to K'urope. the
gems probably would have remained
i undetected, the officials said, so art?
fully were they concealed.
EXCITEMENT IS FATAL
Wealthy Cltisen Falle Dead After nn
Altercation.
Rcattyvllle, Ky? September 25.?
l.ouis Racener, a wealthy citizen of
1 Boonevllle, ICy., dropper dead here to
1 day after a violent altercation with a
man who accused Racener'e children of
throwing stones at his home. Ra
i cencr denied the charge vehemently
and grappled with the man. When
I bystanders separated them Racener
fell dead. .lust before, the quarrel Ra?
cener had finished his duties as a
Juryman on a jury whlah sentenced
the defendant in n murder case, to
1 twenty-one years In the penitentiary.
j ? ELECTION DATE FIXED
Mexico Will Vote for President On Oc.
toher J.
Mexico Clly, Ilex., September 25.
Mexico's presidential election will be
1 held on October 1. the' date rlxed by
1 official decree. Petitions for postpone?
ment were rejected to-night both by
j the Senate and the Chnmber of Depu
I tics. In both houses the majority
I against delaying the election was
'large, that In the chamber being 148.
- !
.Wickersham Proposes No Indis?
criminate Attack Against All
Prosperous Concerns.
HE ISSUES STATEMENT
?
Refuses to Talk of Possible
Prosecution of United States
Steel Corporation.
New York. September 25. ? Attorney
General Wlckersham to-night, in re?
sponse to many Inquiries regarding the
possible prosecution of the United ;
States Stoel Corporation, made a state- ,
ment, which in part is as follows:
"It has been the consistent policy of
the department not to state in ad- j
vance of actual proceedings that ac?
tion against any particular party was i
in contemplation. There are many
reasons why this is the proper position
to maintain. In the first place, until
investfgatlon is complete It Is not
known whether a case of violation of
law exists, and. in the second place,
the character of the proceedings- can?
not be determined until then, and If
the facts shall require criminal pro?
ceedings to be resorted to. ordinary
prudence would demand that publicity
be not given to that fact until Indict?
ments are found.
"Personally, I should much prefer
that business interests should them?
selves so readjust their organizations
as to remove all possible criticism con?
cerning their legality, than that the
Department of Justice should have to
conduct legal proceedings to compel
such readjustmenL
"It cannot be too positively stated
that the department is not inaugurat?
ing a campaign against business In?
terests of th?- country or an Indis?
criminate attack on all large prosper?
ous concerns. On the contrary, the
care and caution with which the law
officers of the government ere pro?
ceeding to the examination of each !
case should be a guarantee to the j
country that the department Is propos?
ing to enforce the law with care not
to unnecessarily Injure any Interests"!
Conference Concluded.
New York. September 25.?At the
conclusion of the conference on the
reorganization of the American To
bacco Company to-day, Attorney-Gen?
eral Wlckersham SO Id that he could
not be sure when the petition setting
forth the proposed plan for dissolu?
tion would he tiled with the United
States Circuit Court, but that he did
not think any further conferences
would be necessary. Public hearings
will be held as soon 9s the petition
from the tobacco company is re?
ceived.
J. P. Richardson fz Co.. a North
Carolina subsidiary of the American
Tobacco Company, which began suit
for separation from the company some
time before the recent Supreme Court
decision was handed down, will tile a
petition before October Z, it was an?
nounced, for complote segregation
from the parent company in conjunc?
tion with the final dissolution plan.
BODIES ARE REINTERRED
Itemaln? of >nval Officers Not Brought
to United State*.
Washington. D. C, September 25.?
Passage of time has eliminatd all
trace of any relatives of five American
navul officers and suilors who died
years ago from yellow fever In tho
harbor of Panama. The men were
Commander Leonard Puulding, com?
manding the United States ship Wa
teroe; Lieutenant JoHeph W. Harris,
of the Lancaster; Apothecary George
Hale, of the Tuscarora; Marine Thos.
Collins and Coal Passer Andrew Blast:
kowski. of the Philadelphia. Their
bones recently were exhumed on the
Island of Flamcnce. or Dead Man's
Island, In the Bay of Panama, and it
was thought that they might be trans?
ferred for burial to the United States.
Under the circumstances, however, thov
have been relnu>rred in the new gov?
ernment cemetery at Ancon. where tho
graves will be permanently cared for
by the United Stutes government.
MRS. LAURA J. ARNOLD DEAD
Only Sinter of the Late General Stone
ivnll Jnckson Panne* Away."
Buokhannon, W, Va., September 25.?
Mrs. Laura J. Arnold, tho only sister
of, the late General "Stonewall" Jack?
son, died (yesterday at the City Hos?
pital hero. Mrs. Arnold was eighty
five years old, and was active until
wUhln a fow weeks of her death. She
was horn In Clarksburg, Va., now West
Virginia, In 1826, and was married In
18.'3 to the late Jonathan Arnold, of
Beverly, Randolph oounty.
EXPECT 10 MAKE
TIE-UP COMPLETE
.Employes of Illinois Central
Leave Their Desks and
Tools.
CLERKS HAVE QUIT WORK
Walkout Believed to Be Initia
tory Movement of Organ?
ized Labor.
Memphis. Tenn., September 25.?If an
order issued late to-day by J. J. Lor
rlgan. president of the clerks' union
of the Illinois Central Railroad, is
obeyed, all members of that organiza?
tion south of the Ohio River will be
on strike to-morrow morning. In
Memphis not only the clvks, but prac?
tically every" member of tne employes'
federation In the local freight sheds
and shops of the Illinois Central and
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rpads left
their desks and tools. The walkout
of the shopmen at Memphis Is Initia?
tory to a general movement of or?
ganized labor on the Illinois Central
and its subsidiary lines. It Is believed
Corrlgan. who has established tem?
porary headquarters in Memphis, ex?
plains the walkout of the clerks as a
direct result of the Inability of the
union officials to effect an agreement
with the railroad.
Representatives of the striking em?
ployes assert that the tie-up will be
complete. S. S. Xorrls. superintendent
of the Illinois Central, declares that
by to-morrow the railroad w-ill be in a
position to cope with the situation.
Dispatches from Union omaials on
the lines south of Memphis state that
the order to strike was obeyed by the
clerks almost to a man. At Jackson,
MJss., seventy-eight n\en are reported
to have quit work; at Vlekshurg thirty
went out and at Natchez eight. Mc
Comb City, Yazoo City, Greenwood,
Clarksdale and Greenville, Misa, are
other points where more than 90 per
cent of the men are said to have
struck- At New Orleans 300 are out
Kxeept at Memphis the strike did
not extend to the shopmen to-day.
BRIDE-ELECT ARRIVES
Mlaa Hopwood In In Ion town for Mar
riant to tintea.
Uniontown. Pa., September 26.?Miss
Florenco Hopwood, of Minneapolis,
whose marriage to Charles G. Gates,
son of the late John W. Gates, wiP
take place here Wednesday evening,
arrived In Uniontown to-day accom?
panied by her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
F. T. Hopwood. and her two brothers,
R. G. and Wtirren Hopwood. They ars
guests of Robert F. Hopwood, at whose
residence the ceremony will be per?
formed.
The wedding, owing to the recent
death of Mr. Gates's father, will be
witnessed by none but the lmmediatt
families of the contracting parties.
Charles Gales will reach here Wed?
nesday morning.
ST0RR0W GIVES BAIL
Iudtctcd Stockholder In Shoe Machinery
Company at Liberty.
Boston, Mass. September 25.?James
Storrow, a heavy stockholder In tha
L'nlted Shoe Machinery Company and
a former director, who was Indicted
with five other officials by the Federal
grand jury last week, furnished $10,000
bail In the United States Clrcu.e Court
to-day. As in the case of the three
others who were In court last week,
Mr. Storrow was not asked to plead to
the Indictments, charging a violation
of tho antitrust law.
STOLYPIN'S SLAYER HANGED
IloKrofT Hefusra to Talk to Rabbi kt
Prearnec of OfHclaln.
Kiev, September 25.?Dmitry Bog
roff, the assassin of Premier Stolypin,
who was conelemncd to death by
court-martial, was hanged to-day.
Before his execution the young man
asked that he might see a rabbi, but
refused this consolation when Inform?
ed that the Interview must be in the
presence of the officials.
MANY NEW CHURCHES
Five Thousand Have Sprung L'p From
Sunday .Schools.
Akron. O.. ?September 25.?Reporis
were submitted at to-day's conferen<:o
of missionaries o? the Central District.
American Sunday School Union, show?
ing that 5,000 churches have sprung up
from schools established by the union.
Great progress was reported In the
organization of Pennsylvania mining
districts and Michigan lumber camps
The convention closes to-morrow.
Pleas >d With Warmth
of Reception Given by
Progressive Kansans.
Sir EiVD? aN oTciEK
bi..Ei\U?US DAY
Crowds Largest That Have
Greeted nirn in His Travels,
and He Makes Even Dozen
Speeche s?Talks Tariff,
Marriage and Divorce
and Conservation.
Kansas City, Mo.. September 25?
President Taft arrived In Kansas City
to-night to address the National Con
tervatlon Congress. Ho had spent a
busy day In Southeastern Kansas, mak?
ing addresses at eleven of the prosper?
ous towns that dot that section of the
State. Tno President was tired but
?hippy over the warmth of. the recep?
tion that the progressive Kansans had
giver, him.
Tht crowds were the largest the
President has faced during any of his
travels. Mr. Taft contlned himself
largely to the vetoes of the woolen,
free list and cotton tariff bills. He
gave his hearers to understand that
he was ready and more than willing
to sign any bills reducing the tariff
If the measures were founded upon th?
report of the tariff board. This board,
the President said, would be ready tj
report on the woolen schedule the first
of December.
Believes Duties Too High.
"I believe the present woolen duties
are too high," he exclaimed amid up
pUuse. "and Just as soon as I get ade?
quate Information I shall recomm-snJ
their reduction "
Mr. Taft began the day at Coffoy
ville, and .spoke at Independence,
Cherrygoale. Chan-ute. Humboldt, Iola.
Garnett. Ottawa, Edgerton and Olathe.
Aside from his tariff speeches, the
President spoke briefly on marrlag?
and divorce, on the prosperity of the
people of Kansas and on the trusts
Senator Curtis, Representative Camp?
bell and former Representative Charlei
H. Scott were with him throughout
the day.
Discussing the necessity of uniform
laws governing marriage and divorce
the President said:
"It is very awkward, to say ths
least, that a man who Is married on
one side of a State line may not be
married on the other. The Increase
of divorces In this country. Is a re?
flection on the law6 and their'loose
administration. We ought not to per?
mit the marriage tie to be dissolved
at will.
"You say we ought not to keep
unhappy people together. Who brought
them together? ' We did not. If they
got together under a contract, why
shouldn't they be bound to the con?
tract, unless one or the other does
something which in the eyes of all
men ought to permit or require at
least a separation if not a dlvcrce.
"The trouble Is not that in an in?
dividual case demoralization follows
because they are separated, but the
trouble Is more when a man or wo?
man feels that It is more a question
of option with her whether she still
live with her husband or he with his
wife, then with that option befort
them, they conduct themselves in such
a way very frequently as necessarilj
to lead to a breach.
Should Be Made Difficult.
"It Is the ability to, and the prospoc
of. getting a divorce that demoralizes.
We ought to have a general unlfoan
law on that subject that stiffens up
and makes sacred the marriage tip. 1
' agree that It Is not possible in this
! stage and under present conditions
to make marriage, indissoluble, but
It is possible, to make divorce dlttl
I cult so that it cannot be obtained by
collusion and only while one party or
t the other shall have done something
that all men regard as necessarily af?
fecting the obligation of the marriage
tie."
Following his conservation address
here to-night, the. President left again
; for Kansas, and will spend Tuesday
and Wednesday In that tSate.
Urges Conservation.
Kansas City, September 25.?The ad?
dress of President Taft featured tho
third annual Conservation Congress In
Convention Hall here.
The President's speech was statis?
tical in Its naturo and called attention
to the urgent need of sonservlng the
farm land. He predicted that the "back
to the land" movement would be larg?
er in the next ten years. Improvement
of agricultural education was urged
as a solution of the problem of in?
creasing the food supply.
While the soil is being stripped of its
fertility under present farming me?
thods In many sections, tho President
said, ho is not of the opinion that the
time ever will come when the United
States will bo unable to feed Its own
people.
That the conservation movement Is
making rapid progress in this country
i was made apparent when representa?
tives of a dozen States made verbal
reports at tho opening session of [he
congress to-day. Every delegate who
spoke brought a report of activity In
his section, and assured the conven?
tion that the campaign for conserva?
tion had just begun. The audience to
I day heard of steps that' were being
\ taken to conserve everything from
j land to children. Even tho shrimp wus
i not forgotten In the Louisiana repre
[ sentatlve's reporr, and the Maryland
' delegate added an encouraging word
when he said the terrapin was being
i cared for In his State.
.ludge- B. R. Ulndsey. of Denver,
pleaded for better conditions for th?
child, and deplored the movement for
lioys and girls from the farms towards
the city. Other'speakers were Henry
I Wallace, president of tho congress;
I Goyernor Hadley and .1. B White, a
I member of i he &xec.utlve board.
DR. JAMES A. PETTIT
SHOT AND KILLED
BY BEN HUBARD
Uli. JA.MKS A. PKTTIT.
AMATEUR EUER
FAELS TO DEATH
Dr. J. C Clark Is Killed While
Making Trial Flight at
Aviation Meet.
CRUSHED BY AEROPLANE'
Five of the Leading Birdmen
Withdraw From Remain?
ing Contests.
Nassau Boulevard, L. I., S ptember
25.?The International aviation meet
was marred to-day by the tragic fall
of Dr. J. C- Clark, of New York, an
amateur, who was to try for his license
to-morrow. He fell 360 feet In his
Queen Blcrlot monoplane, sustaining
such Injuries tha>t he died at 7:50 to?
night In the Nassau Hospital.
Dr. dark had not intended to fly to?
day In his machine^which la numbered
13. Thds morning, however, after Ig?
natz Zmlnonk. the Russian aviator,
had flown to Mlneole. and back in Dr.
Clark's machine, the wheels were
smashed by a bad landing, and the
doctor was so concerned over the ac?
cident that after repairs had been made
he took Lhe filer up In order to test It
He had flown only 500 yards, rialng
rapidly, when ho seemed to lose con?
trol, and wa* dashed to the earth. As
the aeroplane crashed on the grolund
It turned over, catohlng the amateur
aviator under It and crushing him.
An examination at the hospital dis?
closed a fracture of the skull, com?
pound fractures of both arms, a dis?
location of the hip, and numerous In?
ternal Injuries.
Withdraw Prom Meet.
Eugene Ely. George W. Beatty,
Harry Atwood, Bud Mars an<j J. A. D.
McCurdy to-day decided to discontinue
their nights. Ely and McCurdy ex?
presses dissatisfaction with the rules,
while the three others stated that
there was not enough money in the
meet for them.
In the speed contest for monoplanes
to-day Gruhame-White won the prize
of JfiOO. flying ten miles at an average
speed of sixty-one and one-half milea
an hour. Matilda Molssnnt wont up
1,414 feet.
In the bomb-dropping event, Beatty'sj
passenger, Genevleve O'llagan, dropped;
the missile five feet and nine inches j
from the bull's eye, winning the]
event.
To-morrow PostmaBter General
Hitchcock Is to fly with Grahams
White to Mlneola. carrying several
sacks of United Sta'tes mall In order
to test for himself the possibility of
aerial mall transportation.
! WALSH MAY GET PAROLE
' Federal Board Im \otv Sitting nt hear,
enworth Prlaon.
Lcavenworth. Kan., September 25.?
R. V. La Dow, chairman, of the Board
of Parole at the Federal prison, hat
arrived from Atlanta, Ga? and Is hold
ing sessions of tho board relutlva to
the expected pardoning of John R
Walsh, the former banker nnd rail?
road builder of Chicago, and others
It has been reported that the chair?
man would bring a parole paper al?
ready approved nnd signed by Attory
nay-General Wlckersham for Walsh,
but La Dow denied this and insisted
that Walsh would have to take hie I
turn the same as the other prisoners.
He announced that applicants for pa?
role would be called before tho board,
commencing with the lowest number on
the list, and that they would follow
In nuiiu-rlenl order.
As there are about fifty applications
ahead of that Of Walsh, the banker
"ill have to wait until ull those are
disposed of before he can appear to
make uls plea. It Is though', the board
will be ready to take up Walsh's caao
Tuesday, and it is generally believed
action in his case will be favorable
SHIP RAMS A WHALE
Remarkable Incident .lltrndn Voyage
of French l.lner Iloehambeau.
New York. September 25.? When off
Nantuekrt Sunday and running
through a tog, lhe new French line
steamship Roohambeau, hound from
Havre for this port for the llrst time,
collided with some object which seemed
"to partly Impede the headway of the
vessel The engines were stopped
and it was discovered that the ship
had rammed a giant whale. Tho steel
prow had sunk deep In the whale to
almost out tbe,leviathan In two. The
water was crimsoned ..11 about the
ship. The carcass of thq whale float?
ed for a moment and then sank from
view.
The Rochamboau reached horc to?
day.
Slayer Indicted by Grand
Jury Shortly After
M urder.
LATER REMOVED
TO LYNCHBURG
Will Be Kept There Until Oc?
tober 6, Date Named for Trial.
Heavily Armed Officers
Guard Prisoner While He
Is?in Jail at Lov
ingston. j
Vowed in Morning He
Would Kill Pettit
[Special to The Tlmr-s-Dlspatoh, ]
Lyn eh barg. V?., September 25.?
Vr.n Hubard, who snot and killed
r/r. James A. Pettit at Lov
fngston to-dny, wot brought here
at 10 o'clock to-night by two
deputies and 1 od (red In Jnll for safe?
keeping. He Tefused polntblank to
make a statement. He appeared to
be terribly agitated. The trouble,
tt Is stated, grew nut of a grudge , I
Hnbnrd had against Dr. Petttt, who '
wbb called In to attend Hubard'a j
wife eighteen months bko by Huh- J
ard's ftither, against the prisoner's ? j
desire. He |n declared to have '
statrd then that he would kill Pet- j
tit, nnd left home this morning. It
I Is alleged, vowing; he would kill .
I him If he was at I.nvtnitston during '
I the day. '
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
Lovlngston, Va.. September 25.??
While seated on the porch of the Vir-'
glnla Hotel, during . the dinner recess
of court to-day. Dr. James A. Pettit,
one of che best known physicians of
this section of the State, and a mem?
ber of Governor Mann's staff, was shod
down and instantly killed by Ben Hub
ard. also a well known citizen of
this county. Hubard, with the smoking
revolver still In his hand, was seized
from the rear by Porter A_ Ball, who
scoured his weapon, and aided by oth?
ers who had rushed to-his assistant*,
took him to the Jail, less than 100
yards distant. When court reconven?
ed in th? afternoon, following the
coroner's Inquest, Judge Gordon sum?
moned a special grand jury, the regu?
lar grand Jury having been discharg?
ed after the morning session, and
within a short time. Hubard had
been Indicted for the crime, and hiss
case was Immediately set for trial on
October 6.
Date this afternoon, on account oft
the wroughr-up condition of the peo?
ple of this community, and desiring?
? not to take any chances, the authorl-*
I ties decided to remove Hubard tos!
Lynchburg for safekeeping. In cus?
tody of a number of special guards hor
was taken to Shlpman. the nearest
railroad station, and from there tor,
Lynchburg, arriving at the latter*
place at 10 o'clock.
Shot Without Warning.
Lovlngston was stirred as It hasK
seldom been before by this apparent-*
j ly cold-hlooded murder. Dr. Pettlti
I was sitting on the steps of the hotel,
j making settlement with a negro, whetif.
I without warning Hubard approached*
j him from the roar and began firing.
The tlrst shot caused Dr. Pettit toe
j /all to the ground, nnd while ne lay
prostrate he was shot rive more times
in rapid succession, and before any of j
I the large number of bystanders could-,
j get to his rescuo jvnd wrench the dead- '
j ly weapon from tho hands of the as
I sallont. Any one. of the shots, it was i
declared by a physician who examined
' the wounds, was sufficient to have i
caused almost Instant death. His face>t
was badly bruised and mashed. The.1
last live shots were tired froi:? a dis?
tance of less than three feet.
Immediately scores of people, many,
of whom had witnessed the killing,^
but were almost stunned by the sud?
denness and shock of It all, made a
rush for the murderer, Mr. Ball being S
the first to reach and disarm him. Ha !
was quickly surrounded by a wildly ;
excited crowd, and for awhile It ap?
peared as if there were, danger of his \
being roughly handled, but aided hy j
several In the crowd, the ofllciala "
formed a cordon about him, and ho [
was rushed to the nearby jnll. To ^
prevent the possibility of any attempt',
at summary action a strong guard,
especially detailed, nnd heavily armed,
was thrown about the prison.
lOarly in the afternoon a coroner's
Inques. was held over the body of Dr.
Pettit, which had been carried Into
the hotel, and It returned a Verdict
fixing the crime upon Hubard.
Indicted by tirniid Jury.
After the reassembling of court
Judge Bennett P. Gordon, woo was
presiding, at once Aummoned a special
grand Jury, Which Immediately took
up the consideration of the i-.?o
Within a short time an Indictment,
charging Hubard with the killing, was
returned, and Judge Gordon set the
trial for October (1, Friday of next
week. Hubard tfien was uken back
to jail, where he was kept until he
left for Lynohburg tn tho custody of
officers. He will be held there prob?
ably until the time he Is brought back
to Lovlngston to stand trial.
Tho onlv possible motive for the
crime, so far as Is known at this time,
grew out of a grudge, which It is said
Hubard has been harboring for a lonfp
time against the physician following?
his attendance on Hubard's wife wheiv
she was 111 about eighteen months ago..
At that time It Is understood thnt Dr.',
Pettit was summoned to attend Mrs*
Hubard. who was In a serious condi
!i,.r.. When the physician arrived,
Hubard Is said to have refused to al?
low the physician to entar his horns.
But Mr Hubard's father, who. was jtoi*