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THIS DIBHATCH FOUNDED UU
THE TIMES FOUNDED ISM.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,756.
RICHMOND, VA., TH?R SPAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1911.
TBJS WEATHER TO-DAY?Fair.
PRICE TWO CENTS?
PLEA OF INSANITY
IS ONLY DEFENSE
i hat is Relied cn to Save
Ben Hub-.rd From
i lectric Lhair
LEE RETAINED
TO DEFuND HIM
Long Array of Unfortunate
Relatives Will Be Cited to
Prove That Slayer of Dr. ?
Pettit Was Not Re?
sponsible for His
Deed.
(Special to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.]
Lynchburg. Va., September 27.?John
L. Lee. ihe widely known criminal at?
torney of Lynchburg, who defended
Mayor McCue In Charlottesvllle; Judge
Loving, of Nelson county, and wan of
counsel for the defense In some of the
famous Hargls cases In Kentucky sev?
eral years ago. when asked to-day ad?
mitted that he hud been retained us
counsel for Ben Hubard. who murdered
Dr. J. A. Pettit at Lovlngston laat
Monday afternoon.
Insanity will be the plea of the de?
fense to save Ben Huhacd from the
electric chair at Klchmond, and from
what can be learned to-day, there
will be a long array of unfortunate
relatives In the family of the man to
strengthen such a plea Back more
than a century ago this record may
Bturt. for In those' days, It Is said, a
maternal ancestor of Ben Hubard mur?
dered a man under conditions almost
identical with those surrounding the
murder of Dr. Pettit at Lovtngaton
Monday. This man was defended In
ft court at Charlottesvllle by Patrick
Henry, the noted Virginia lawyer and
? talesman of the Revolutionary era.
There la little douSt but this data will
be In hand to be used In Hubard'a
behalf when the case comes before the
Jury at Lovlngston
Slay Aak Postponement.
With such information as this to be
compiled it will readily bu seen that
the defense cannot make ready for
trial on October 6, which date was
bet Monday after an Indictment had
been returned against Hubard.
Mr. Lee. in talking about Hubard In
bis office to-day. Bald he roomed with
Hubard during two sessions at the old
Kcnmore High School at Amtierst
Courthouae thirty years ago. Hubard,
at this time, while not an unpopular
youth was by no means popular on ac?
count of his taciturn disposition. Mr
Leo recalled that Hubard was not of a
cheerful disposition, and he did not
remember of ever having seen the
youth smile during his long associa?
tion with him. He had aeon him smile,
but these occasions were not frequent.
Hubard seems to have been a youth
who brooded over fancied prlevances
until they became great mountains to
him. Mere trltles that the average
youth would forget In a few hours
would crop out In his life elx months
afterwards to the surprise of his com?
panions, und by this time they had
grown In Hubard's mind from mere
nothings to mammoth tvrongs. It was
Just such an Idea, It Is believed, that
he got Into his head eight or nine
years ago that Dr. Pettit had done htm
a wrong, never having the slightest
foundation for such a grlevunce. Thl9
?was turned over In his mind from time
to time until the man believed Dr.
Pettit was a great enemy, seeking to
Injure him in the eyes of his fellows
for no other reason than to injure
him.
From this time Hubard, the best in
Xormaton goes, declared at Intervals
that he would kill Dr. Pettit. and last
Monday morning he went to Lovlngs?
ton bent upon avenging himself from
the fancied wrongs done htm.
.11 aide Many Threat*.
It Is known that the State will be
able to produce witnesses to show
that Hubard made a number of threats
before going to Lovlng3ton, and that
as soon as he found the man whom
he thought had wronged him he pro?
ceeded to put these threats into exe?
cution.
Of late years Hubard has been
known In the vicinity of his home as
"Crazy Ben," though none of ' .a
friends ever dreamed that he would
be guilty of such a tragedy as he en?
acted last Monday. Rather he was
looked upon by many as a harmless
tort of a fellow when not interfered
?with.
Other than Hubard's fancied wrongs
at the hand of Dr. Pettit and the aw?
ful manner In which he murdered the
physician, there can be no sensational
phases to the tragedy. At the trial
the defense, no doubt, will admit that
Hubard's belief that he had been
wronged by the murdered man tvas
groundless, and this. In all probability,
will be a strong card for the defense
in strengthening Its Insanity plea.
Ijewls Brown, of tho firm of Brown
& Brown, of Lovlngston, who has also
been retained for the defense In the
case, was In town last evening, and,
after a conference with Mr. Lee, the
local attorney consented to under?
take leading the defense. It was
not known, however, until to-day that
Mr. Lee would be Identified with the
defense, though It was generally ex?
pected that such would-be the case.
In talking about Hubard to-day, Mr.
Lee expressed the greatest sympathy
for his old school and roommate, and
from the way he has started on the
case no room is left for doubt as to
ihls earnest purpose to save the man
from the electric chair, even through
he go to the insane hospital for the
remainder of his life.
Funeral of Dr. Pettit.
tSpeclal to The Times-Dispatch.]
Lovlngston, Va., September 27.?Dr.
James A- Pettit. who on Monday last
?was shot by Benjamin Hubard, was
burled to-day at 11 A. M. In the family
gurylng grounds. At letist 1,000 per?
sons wore present, having gathered
there from all parts of this and other
counties. The burial services were con
(Continued on Third Page./
COTTON MEN CONFER
Th-y DUciui Beat Method* of Buying
and Selling.
New York. September 27.?Represent
tatlvea of cotton buyers and cotton ex?
changes of New England and the
Southern and Southwestern States, In
conference here to-day, entere) Into
& general dlscusBlon as to the best
methods of buying and selling the
staple. Two sessions were held to?
day, and the conference wUl continue
to-morrow.
Methods of adjusting differences
which may arise between the Southern
shippers and the New England buyers
are being considered, and it was stated
to-night that us soon as some definite
understanding Is reached a statement
would be issued.
The New* England mills have set a
period of nine months for the adjust?
ment of claims resulting from allow?
ances for bogging on cotton tsales,
while It Is said that the Southern
shippers want such adjustments with?
in three days of the reoelpt of tho cot?
ton by buyers. The New York confer?
ence, which Is the sequel of a meeting
In Memphis two weeks ago. la being
held for the purpose of formulating
mutually satisfactory tprms for the
?buying and selling of the product and
ascertaining the attitude of the South?
ern exchanges In matters relating to
weights and tore claims.
Ellas W. Porter, wtjo Is chairman of
the committee representing the cotton
I exchanges of the South, acted as
chairman of to-day's meeting, which
wus attended by repr?sentativste from
New England. South Carolina, Atlanta,
Memphis. Little Rock. Vlcksburg, St
; LoulB. Oklahoma, Now Orleans. Au
j gusta and Daltas.
MAKES NO DEFENSE
\ Mrs, Louise Siiyrlsm Willing for Hus?
band tu Have Divorce.
New York, N. Y.. September 27.?Mrs
: Louise Suydam made no defense to-day
? when her husband. Walter Llspenard
, Suydam. Jr., of Blue Point, scion of a
: wealthy Long Island family, brought
i suit for divorce boforc Justice Clark,
; of the Supreme Court In Brooklyn.
. Justice Clark reserved decision, after
' hearing the testimony of Suydam ajid
' several maldn employed at the Suydam
] residence, which Mrs. Suydam left on
1 September 5 in company with Fred
1 erlck W. Noble, the son of a plumber,
j Suydam denounced reports that he had
. accepted the situation complacently.
! and told the cmurt that he had not
i forgiven hi* wife nor countenanced
: her acts. Two ma-.ds said that Mrs
i Suydam had spent the night of August
'. 23. when her husband was away, with
a man In her room at the Blue Point
j residence. One of these witnesses said
; she recognized an Noble's the voice of
j the man with their mistress at this
j time
William O. Pagels. who acted as
1 Suydam's emissary after his wife had
I left him. said that he had visited Mrs
i Suydam in her New York apartment,
j and that she had admitted that she
: was living with Noble as his wife.
This witness said that during h!s visit
j Xoble entered and Mrs. Suydam greeted
I him with kisses and hugs.
FRAUDS BY WHOLESALE
i Thirty Election ()Ulcers Under Arrest
or Evading Detectives.
Baltimore. Md., September 27.?Evi?
dence of wholesale frauds in the count?
ing of Democratic ballots in five pre?
cincts In different sections of this city
at rve recent prlahary election was
, discovered by the grand Jury to-day.
As a consequence, thirty election offi.
cers. Democrats and Republicans, are
. to-night under arrest or evading de
; tectives while trying to arrange foT
bail before giving themselves up.
Every so-called antlorganlzation can
, dldate except In a few cases of Indi
! vid'Jals had been defrauded of votes
in every pre-clnet. according to a re?
count to-day. In one precinct It is
asserted that more ballots were found
in the box than there are registered
voters in the precinct.
Governor Crothers still is undecided
whether to call an extra session of the
Legislature to canvass the city's vote
In the primary election, as he has been
urged to do by Democratic party lead?
ers.
CONTINUE STEEL PROBE
Committee Not Deterred by Aasurruices
of Gary and Morgan.
Washington, September 27.?"The
steel trust investigating committee
will proceed to carry oust Its program.
, notwithstnading the assurance of
Judge Gary and J. P. Mofgan that the
law has not been violated," said Rep?
resentative Stanley, of Kentucky,
chairman of the House committee,
which Is probing Into the Steel Cor?
poratlon's affairs.
Mr. Stanley declined to comment
further up?h the statement Issued by
the United States Steel Corporation
officers yesterday, because, as head of
the Investigation committee, he felt
that he occupied a qua.ul-Judlcl.al po?
sition toward the Investigation. Tho
committee will meet about the first
week in November, said Mr. Stanley
and Its work, carried on with a great
; deal of general interest during the
: extra session, will be continued for
; some time, with Steel Corporation
magnates again among the prospective
! witnesses.
BAN ON CIGARETTES
Notre Dame Students Who Smoke'
Them Will fie Suspended.
Notre Dame, Ind.. September 27.?
\ The cigarette-smoking student of the
University of Notre Dame to-day came
: under tho official ban of the faculty,;
: the penalty for smoking them on the
campus, the streets or In the residence
1 hall being suspension, according to
notices posted on the university bul?
letins, signed by President Cavanaugh.
There was little protest against the
new rules The posting of the strict
order had been preceded by rumors,
and tho clgarrette users among the
students had prepared for It toy buying
i pipes.
MME. BONAPARTE ILL
She la a Granddaughter of Daniel
Webster.
Washington, D. C, September 27.?>
Mme. Jerome Bonaparte, grandaughter
of Daniel Webster, and widow of the
grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, brother |
! of the first Napoleon, is seriously 111;
at her home in Washington. She was
brought here from her summer home
at Bar Harbor in a private car Mon?
day night. With Mme. Bonaparte now
are her son. Jerome N. Bonoparte, and
her daughter, the Countess von Moltke
Hatzfeldt, of Denmark.
HEAVY SENTENCE IMPOSED
Italian Goea to Prison for Year for
f nm in? Deadly Weapon.
! New York, N. Y.. September 27.?The
first sentence Imposed on a violator
of the Sullivan law against the carry?
ing of deadly weapons w-as Imposed
to-day by Judgo Poster In General Ses?
sions. Marino Fossi, an Italian sub?
ject, of Newark, N. J., was sent to the
penitentiary for one year because De?
tective Rlcooh found a. revolver in -his
.coat pocket
BELIEVE WOMAN
MODERN BORGIA
Suspected of Murdering
Father, Mother and
Two Sisters.
HELD INSURANCE
POLICIES ON ALL
She Is Arrested on Charge of
Poisoning Younger Sister, and
Bodies of Relatives Who
~ Have Died Suddenly With?
in Fifteen Month? Will
Be Exhumed.,
New Orleans, La., September 27.?
A young woman of French-American
extraction, under arrest for the mur?
der of a younger sister, 'whose life was
Insured In her favor, to-night admitted
to the district attorney that she had
administered morphine to the girl, but
had done so by mistake. If the law
succeeds In enmeshing her In the net?
work of circumstanltal evidence It Is
attempting to^cast about her. this wo?
man, Annie Crawford, aged twenty
j nine, may have to answer not only for
j the death of his sister, Elise, a pretty
stenographer, but also for the poison
Ins of three other members of her fain
I lly who have died mysteriously within
I the past fifteen months, all carrying
t life Insurance policies In her favor.
I The woman, who Is alleged to be a
'; drug fiend, was arrested late to-day
j following a report from a chemist who
j analyzed the sister's stomach after her
I death last Saturday to the effect that
i he found traces of morphine. She de
: clared to-night after hours of .|Ues
I tlonlng that she had Intended to gtvo
I her sister calomel and soda. She said
j she had stolen the morphine from the
j Presbyterian Hospital, where she was
! formerly In charge of the drug depart
j merit. After discovering her mistake
j she was afraid to call In the doctor,
and decided to say nothing about It
She admitted that she and her sistet
were not on good terms, asserting that
Elise hud not "tree,ted" her rlghL
Miss Crawford also admitted to-night
that she had been addicted to the use
of morphine for five years with the
exception of a brief period, and that
she had not had any since last Satur?
day morning. She said she wa,n accus?
tomed to getting the morphine at the
hospital.
The bodies of the woman's father.
mother and another sister will be ex?
humed to ascertain whether they really
died from the effects of poisoning.
A Modern Borgia.
In" Che arrest of Miss Crawford,
the police took their first step In an
avowed effort to reveal the woman as
a modern Lucretla Borgia. Three
other members of the Crawford family
have died under mysterious circum?
stances within the past fifteen months,
and Anjile Crawford was the bene?
ficiary named In the Insurance policies
on the lifo of each. The policies she
held on all four amounted to only
$1,750, however. Tho police say she.
has spent nearly all the money for
clothes.
Elise Crawford died suddenly last
Saturday and under circumstances so
suspicious that the coroner had tho
contents of the stomach analyzed by
an expert chemist. The finding of
traces of morphine was followed by
the arrest of the sister. The authori?
ties state that the bodies of the three
other members of the family will be
exhumed tor a similar examination.
Accum-? Her of Murder.
District Attorney Adams declined
to etat? to-night whether he con?
templated charging Annie Crawford
with the murder of all four members
of the family, but he dictated the fol?
lowing statement to the Associated
Press:
"It was established to-day that
Annie Crawford is a drug fiend and
probably Is addicted to morphine. It
is also established that Annie Craw?
ford had access during the past three
weeks to morphine and was In a po?
sition to obtain it In practically any
quantity during that period. During
the indisposition of Ellso Crawford
she bitterly complained that her food
and drink were doped. I have charged
Annie Crawford with the murder of
her sister Elise."
For five hours to-day the Crawford
woman was under examination by the
police. She stoutly maintained her In?
nocence and appeared unconcerned
throughout. She is alleged to have
made numerous contradictory state?
ments, and when confronted with evi?
dence tending to incriminate her she
would declare again and again, "'Ttsn't
so." Annie Crawford also holds an in?
surance policy on the life of her
youngest sister, Gertrude, who told
the district attorney to-day that she
was afraid of her sister.
In one-tlfih of a cupful of the con? I
j tents of Elsie Crawford's stomach Dr
I A. L. Melz. the city chemist, found
three and one-half grains of morphine,
sufficient to kill two persons.
The first of the Crawford household
to die was Mary Agnes, slater of tho
prisoner. Her death occurred June 26,
1910, suddenly, supposedly of acute
meningit's. Three weeks later, July
15, 1910, her father died, uraemtc pois?
oning being given as the cause. After
an Interval of two weeks, or on July
29, 1910, her mother died. In her case
uraemlc poisoning was also given as
the cause.
Had Policies for ?1.7KO.
Annie Crawford held Insurance poli?
cies on the lives of the deceased in
the following'sums:
"Walter C. Crawford, father, $800;
Mrs. Crawford, mother, $400; Mary
Agnes Crawford, sister, $300; Elsie
Crawford, sister, $260. J
She collected the insurance in each
case except that of Her slater Elsie,
payment of which was withheld pend?
ing receipt of the certificate of death.
On Monday morning following her sls
ter^a'death, Annie made demand on the
insurance company for the money. On
that day she also went to the railroad
office, where her alster had been em
(Continued on Second Page.)
VISIT TO KANSAS
BRINGS SURPRISE
Even Taft's Friends
Amazed at Warmth
of Reception.
GREAT CROWDS
OUT TU GREET HIM
Climax Reached at Topeka,
Where President Addressed
. 50,000 People in Capitol Plaza.
He Is Now Headed Again
for Iowa and the
Far West.
Leavenworth Kan.. September 27 ?
President Tart ended his four days
visit to Kansas here to-night and de?
parted for Iowa, where he will spend
two days before again beading for the
far West.
To-day Mr. Taft visited Topeka.
Atchlson and Leavenworth, stopping
en route to appear on the back plat?
form of his train in response to the
cheers of platform throngs. In all.
Mr. Taft traveled $54' miles in Kansas
and made twenty-two formal speeches.
He wound up here to-d\v with a dis?
cussion of the tariff, dur'.ng which he
again explained his vetoes, and again
asserted his willingness to sign any
tariff bills that might be based upon
the forthcoming report of the tariff
board.
Taft Is Delighted.
Mr. Taft expressed himself to-day
as delighted at his reception In Kan
pas. The crowds which turned out to
greet him again took r*nk as the
largest he has met on any of his vari?
ous trips through the country. The
climax was reached at Topeka, where
Mr. Taft faced a throng in the Capitol
plaza this morning e3timr>ted at be?
tween 40,000 and 60,000 persons. Presi?
dent Taft's reception in Kansas sur?
prised some of his most intimate
friends and supporters, and the de?
velopments in Iowa during the next
two days are awaited with keenest In?
terest.
The President was aurrounded
throughout to-day by a host of Kan?
sas politicians. They belonged to both
factions of the Republican party.
Governor Stubbs, who Is said to be
out for the senatorial toga now worr.
by Senator Curtis, was In earnest con?
versation with the latter on several
occasions. ' Senator Brlstow. who at
?Hutchinson yesterday served notice
upon Mr*?Taft that thb party war was
far froni-'ever, continued as the Presi?
dent's guest to-day.. There was no
recurrence, however, o't th? bitterness
which closed the seml-cent?nnial cele?
bration at the Stale Fair yesterday,
and both the Presldtnt and the Sena?
tor wished each other good luck when
they parted companr to-night
At Topeka the President laid the
corner-stone of the Memorial building,
which the State of Kansas Is erecting
to the Grand Army of the Republic,
and the presence of so many old sol?
diers In his audience later at the Cap?
itol plaza led Mr. Taft Into a discus?
sion of peace r>td another appeal tor
popular support of the arbitration
treaties recently negotiated with Great
Britain and France.
Following the President's Bpeech
Senator Curtis came out in a state?
ment favoring the ratification of the
compacts. He is the third Senator
publicly and personally to pledge sup?
port to the President on the~ treaties
since Mr. Taft's trip began.
Advocates Skeleton Army.
In Leavenworth the President made
his tariff address In the open air, and
then motored to Fort Leavenworth,
where he briefly addressed the officers
attending the army service school, and
then visited the Soldiers' Home. In
his address to the army officers, Mr.
Taft advocated the Idea of a skeleton
army made up largely of skilled offi?
cers who would devote themselves to
the training of the militia. The Presi?
dent said he believed that under this
system a competent army could bo
called Into the field almost at a mo?
ment's notice, and that on a police
footing the establishment would be a
most economical one.
At Atchlson the President went pic?
nicking as the guest of Ballls Waggo?
ner, general counsel of the Missouri
Pacific Railway In Kansas and Mis?
souri, who each year gives a picnic
for the children of Northeastern Kan?
sas. The President made a speech to
the thousands of children and on be?
half of the city of Atchlson he pre?
sented Mr. Wnggener with a silver
loving cup.
OLD FOES CELEBRATE
Veterans of Blue and Gray March With
Arms Linked.
Memphis. Tenn., September 27.?To
the strains of the fife and drum. 500
veterans of the blue and gray marched
with arms linked through the streets
of Memphis to-night, bedecked and
gaily Illuminated In their honor. It
was the culminating feature of the
reunion of soldiers who fought In the
opposing armlos during the war of
the sixties. The sons of veterans an.1
other auxiliary organizations. State
troops, fraternal associations and
mounted police paraded with the gray
haired men. Former slaves, body-ser?
vants during the war, marched In the
wake of the veterans, and spectators
crowded the streets to cheer the old
soldiers.
The most Important action taken at
the ronn'on to-day was an indorsement
of a proposed peace jubilee and a gen?
eral reunion of all Civil War veterans,
to be held in Washington In 1013.
Othar than this the reunion was prin?
cipally a happy Intermingling of those
who were foes fifty y;ears ago. This
afternoon they participated in a bar?
becue arranged by the Sons of Confed?
erate Veterans.
The reunion was held in connection
with the Fall Festival and Tri-State
Fair, which began yesterday.
Descendant of Little Turtle Dead.
Toledo, O.. September 27.?Effie Wol
cott Randall, a descendant of Little
Turtle, the Indian chief of the Miamis,
and a granddaughter of Judge James
Wolcott, died to-day near Old Fort
Miami, aged sixty-two. She will be
buried in the lot with the other Little
Turtle descendants.
PRESSING FIGHT !
ONLUMBERTRUST
Government Makesi
Fourth Move in Na?
tion-Wide Attack.
CHARGES ARE
SENSATIONAL
Alleged That Trust, by Spy Sys
tern, Blacklists and Other Il?
legal Methods, Completely
Dominates Trade in at
Least Twenty States.
Injunction Asked.
Denver. Col., September 27?Sensa?
tional charges that the so-called lum
1 ber trust com letely dominates the
I lumber trade of at leust twenty States
j by maintaining a Bpy system, black
Hats, divisions of territory and other
! alleged illegal methods, conducted
I through a central agency In Chicago
; called the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau
; of Information, are made In an untl
i trust suit tiled In the United States
j court here to-day by the Department
'? of Justice.
This is the government's fourth
I move In a nation-wide right against
the lumber trust in addition to the
; criminal indictments already standing
J against the secretaries of fourteen
j lumber men's associations. Antitrust
suits under the Sherman law are now
pending against the Michigan Itetull
number Dealers' Asociatlon and the
i Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers'
' Association.
Ask* Injunction.
The Secretaries' Bureau and the
[Colorado and'Wyoming Lumber Deal
? nrs' Associations are defendants in the
: action filed to-day. The government
asks the court to enjoin the bureau
from continuing espionage upon lum
: ber men by paid spies and circulating
! "blacklists" and other "confidential in
: formation." It asks that the Colorado
j and Wyoming Association be enjoined
from contributing to the aid of the1
I bureau.
I Lumber dealers' associations In about!
! twenty States are named In the bill as
j members of the Secretaries' Bureau. I
I but are not named as defendants In1
; this suit. Fourteen secretaries of va-'
' rious lumber associations represented
; In the bureau were Indicted recently
'? in Chicago, under the criminal sections
1 of the Sherman law.
The government charges that tha
operation of the alleged conspiracy
between the lumbermen and the Sec?
retaries' Bureau has eliminated all
competition for the trade of the con*
sumer, except among retail yards.
It is charged that a dealer Is pre?
vented from soliciting or competing
I for business in the territory of an
! other; that contracting builders and
j other large consumers are prevented
i from buying at wholesale: that lum
j ber dealers who have not obeyed the
j "ethics" prescribed by the organtza
! tion have been watched by detectives
j from the central bureau and th?
i "Irregular" sales published to other
j members of the association; that I hey
I have been "blacklisted" and hav?i
! foi*nd it difficult to continue business
j The. effect of all this, the government
i alleges, has been to fix prices and re
I strain trade.
The bill Is replete with allegation*
j of threats and intimidations said to
! have been practiced upon manufac
! turers, wholesalers and the so-called
j "unethical." The government also al
I leges that each of the following lum
: bar associations, in addition to the
> Colorado and Wyoming, are repre
! sented In the "clearing house."
Northwestern Lumber Men's Assocl
i ation. Southwestern Lumber Men's As
; soclatton, Michigan Retail Lumber
I Dealers' Association. Indiana Retail
i Lumber Dealers' AsocKtlon, Ohio Lum
i ber Dealers' Association, Illinois Re
I tail Lumber Dealers' Association, Wts
I consln Lumber Dealers' Association,
I Nebraska Lumber Association, West
! ern Retail Lumber Dealers' Association,
j Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of
! Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Mis
j sisslppl and Louisiana Retail Lumber
i Association, Pennsylvania Lumber
j Dealers' Association, the Lumbermen's
j Association of Texas, and the Retail
i Lumber Association of Western Ten- j
I nessee and Kentucky.
Acts ns ClenrinR-House.
"Customers' lists" made up annually,
'? the government charges, designate from
i which manufacturers and wholesalers.
I members of the allied associations are
I permitted to buy their supplies. The
! Lumber Secretaries' Bureau, acting as
I the "clearing-house," is alleged tu bo
the medium through which the alleged
blacklists, otc, have been furnished to
all dealers In the combined assocla -
tlons.
The government holds that by at
' tacking the bureau the Department of
Justice expects to strike at the root
i of the alleged restraints which are
said to make costly the distribution
. of lumber from the manufacturer to
i the consumer.
Attorney-General Wlckersham and
his special assistant, Clnrlt McKorcher.
I have been working more than a year,
I gathering the evidence upon which the
j suits are brought.
FIRE IN WICHITA
One Fireman Dead ami I.omn of Holf - \
Million Dollarn.
Wichita. Kan., September 28.?Ouo
fireman dead, fivo persons hurled under
a fall of a wall, and a financial loss
of $500.000 was the toll at 1 o'clock]
this morning of a fire that broke out.
last night In a broom corn storehouse,
and which Is not yet under control, j
CHARTER IS DEFEATED
Atlanta Voter? Itrjeet Com mi.v-.ioii I'lnn |
of Government.
Atlanta, Ga., September 27.?Complete}
returns on the new charter election, |
providing for a compromise form of;
commission government, shows the da-.j
, feat of the charter by a majority of
Ll.995. v j
AN EXCITING SESSION
Quarrel at CamorrtntV Trial May Re
cult in Several Duela.
Vitcrbo. Italy. September '-'7.?Law?
yer Lloy. of the defense, occupied the
forenoon session to-day in an attempt
to discredit the testimony of Captain
Fabroni. of the carabineers, who gath?
ered much of the evidence Introduced
at the trial of the Camorrlats. Lloy
called many witnesses, and amplified
their testimony with excited remarks
to the jury. He described Fabroni us
an habitual slanderer, who delil??ru.t<j
ly Injured the reputation of those who
refused to testify In accordance with
his wishes.
There was a sensational incident at
the afternoon session which iioccsol
tated an adjournment of the court, and
will result, it Is expected, in several
duels between Captain Fabroni and tho
lawyers for the defense. Attorney
Pistoles! followed Lloy in an attack
upon Fabrlno. The latter waa not
present In the morning hours, nut was
in court when the charges ug.ttr.dt him
wore repeated later In tne ilsty; Both
attorneys declared that he hid male
false accusations against the oefeuu
ants and had induced other .vltnesses
to commit perjury, Fabroni. ?hon his
turn came, denied every ullcgutiou, and
described his detainers as cowards abc
villains. In the heat of his reply he
put his hand in a pocket and bis op?
ponents thought that he was diuwitjU
a revolver. Pandemonium ensued, tho
lawyers for'the defense shrieking n
Mi'lts and the prisoners from their steel
cage howling execration*) against
Fsbron! and the other carabineers. The
police were called In to restore order
and the sitting was abruptly suspend?
ed.
Those concerned intimated thaj tho
quarrel Vould be settled on the Hold
of honor.
CAUGHT IN HURRICANE
Crtiw I? Itencued. Dut Vessel Left to
It/i Fute.
N'ew York. September 27.?Details of
the wreck of the three-masted
brlgantlne Steuhcn G. Hurt, of New
London, Conn., whose captain and
crew of eight men were rescued during
a hurricane September 21 by tho
steamer QuclqUe and taken to Ber?
muda, were received by United Wire?
less to-night from the steamer Ber
mudlun. which Is bringing the ui. ?
lucky mariners to New York. The
vessel, according tu the message, was
a derelict when sighted by the Cacique,
and the crew bad been clinging for
two days to the rigging of tho fore?
mast, which hod survived the force
of gigantic waves that swept tho main
and mlzzenmnsts overboard.
The brigantlne. which was bound
from Jacksonville to Bridgeport, Conn.,
with a cargo of pitch pine, vas caught
in the hurricane on Sunday. Soptersber
17, and sprang a leak. The gnlo con?
tinued unabated,' and by Tuesday she
had settled so low that the groat
seas broke over her cabin. That night
the two masts vent by the board, nnd
from then uni*", Thursday, when the
Cacique hove in sight, members of the
crew were obliged to cling to the foro
mast rigging for tholr lives. The Ber
mudlan is due hore to-morrow.
VICTORY FOR "REGULARS"
They Are Sucrssaful In Prlmnrlea
I'uder Gerau Lair.
Trenton. N. J-, September 27.?The
result of the primaries In New Jersey,
held yesterday under the Geran elec?
tion law, was In the main a victory
for the "regulars" of both the Repub?
lican aiid -Democratic parties.. - The
Geran law was passed by the last
Legislature, and was advocated by
Governor Woodrow Wilson.
In Essex, Camden and Atlantic coun?
ties, where warm contests were waged;,
the "regulars" won decisive victories.
Candidates were nominated for tho
lower house of the Legislature. State
Senators and county and municipal of?
fices.
In the First Congressional District
William J. Browning was nominated
by the Republicans without opposition
to succeed tjie lute Henry C. Loudens
lager. Thomas Farrel was nominated
for the office by the Democrats also
without opposition.
Wilson candidates Defeated.
Newark, N. J., September 27.?Candi?
dates who were supported by Governor
Wilson met general defeat In the pri?
mary elections for Assembly-it en In
Essex county. Full returns show that
the regular candidates of both parties
won declslvo victories. Not an organ?
ization candidate for county offices on
either ticket wan defeated. Even can?
didates for whom Governor Wilson
made several speeches in the county
prior to the primaries went down with
the other Wilson candidates.
ITS STATUS SETTLED
Tnft Defines Itelatloua nt Bed Cross to
Military Arm.
Washington. D. C, September 27.?
Definitely establishing the relation of
the American National Red Cross to
the military arm of tho United States,
President Taft, In a proclamation made,
public to-day, declared that the Red
Cross "is the only volunteer ?ociety
now authorized by this government to
render aid to Its land and naval forces
In tlino of war."
Any other body deslilng to render
similnr assistance could do so. ths
President said, only through the Amer?
ican Nutlonal Red Cross.
Except in great emergency, tho Pres?
ident announced, the personnel of tho
Red Cross would not be assigned to
duty at tho front, but would be con?
fined to hospitals In.the home country,
at the base of operations, on hospital
ships and along lines of communica?
tion of United States military and naval
forces.
National Director Plcknell. of the
Red Cross, explain-.'d to-day that thu
proclamation settled all doul t as to
the authority of the Red Cross, obviat?
ing any friction which might lessen
the efficiency of relief work.
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Flniig and \ssoclnte? Accused of t'slng
Malln tn Defraud.
New York. September 27.?Jar Ml
i-'lagg nnd eight other men who sro
said to have been associated with him
in alleged fraudulent stock promotrni'
schemes promising 52 per cent, profit
were indicted by the Federal grand
Jury to-day. The specific charges In
the indictment arc that Flagg und the
other defendants used the mulls with
Intent to defraud two Pennsylvania wo?
men?Julia E. Wood, of Reading, nnd
Bertha L. Bentley. of Corey. Follow?
ing pleas of not guilty, the prlaonoi s
were given until October It? to with?
draw their plens or demur.
STRIKE IS GROWING
Two Thonsand Clerkn nnd Shopmen
Have Quit Work.
Louisville. Ky., September 27.?Ap?
proximately 2.000 clerks and .shopmen
of the Illinois Central, employed south
of the Ohio River, are on strike, the
number bring augmented to-day by
the walkout of 190 shopmen at New Or?
leans. This was In udditton to the
2S0 clerks who went out Monday. At
Memphis prac/tlcally all the clerks
went out..and later were followed by
the shopmen. In all about 1,100 men
striking there. No serious violence has
occurred at any point.
ITALY IS SEEKING
PRETEXT FOR WAR
Trying Desperately to
Put Turkey on the
Aggressive.
EXPEDITION IS
READY TO SAIL
Belligerent Attitude of Two Na
i tions Causing Much Uneasiness
I Throughout Europe?Anti
Military Disorders in Italian
I Provinces Have Assumed
Grave Proportions.
Cpiasao, Switzerland, on the Italian
Frontier. September 27.?Tho latest
dispatches from Rome Indicate that
Italy is trying to put Turkey on the
aggressive, In an endeavor to provoke
an Incident which would amount to a
casus belli, justifying a declaration 40
war or tho sudden occupation of Trip?
oli. Turkey Is determined not to give
any such pretext, and is ready to do
almost anything. While the much
. talked-of Musselmen fanaticism has
I not as m ( manifested itself, the Ital
? Ian government Is pressed by publla
opinion and by international considera?
tions and sees the necessity for hurry?
ing things. The first expedition of
23,000 men will sail, it is understood,
j October 3, and will be followed by a
j second evpeditlon of 13,000 men, if
I nothing occurs to change the present
i plans.
I The deadlock In the negotiations be
I tween Italy and Turkey la causing
j great uneasiness, especially in Ger
? many, which la divided between duty
I towards Its ally, Italy, and the desire
I not to lose Turkey, where Germany
has powerful Interests at work with
the object of replacing Great Britain
commercially.
Troops in Readiness.
In Milan, Rome, Florence and other
large cities the troops are held in
readiness. Groups of carabineers
guard the streets and squares, and tho
outskirts are patrolled by cavalry. Ih
the Industrial towns railway stations
are occupied by the military. Thesa
places are practically In a state of
siege. A . few encounters' between
manlfastants and the police and troop,
have occurred, but the casualties hav?
been few.
The town authorities everywhere ;
have been Instructed to do all possible
to avoid bloodshed, which would com?
plicate the International situation
1 with serious homo troubles.
I To-day's advices from Rome state
. ihAt the nm(militarism demonstrations
; have assumod a grave character in the
provinces of Ravenna and Forli, Italy,
where the socialist and republican ele
' ments predominate. ' A mob, after
| stopping the trains which wore trans
I porting troops being moved moved in
i connection with the threatened trou
| ble with Turkey over Tripoli, atoned
I the cavalry. The rioters used street
j cars to form barricades in the streets.
At Vlgevano, province of Pavla, tho
I manlfostants paraded, led by a woman
and singing anarchistic songs. They
stoned the carabineers who attempted
to head them off, wounding some of the
soldiers. A Judge, who sought to in?
terfere, got his ears boxed.
The revolutionary socialists, banked
by the anarchists, are attempting to
j provoke antimllltary disorders and
' have compelled the government to
I make a great display of force to check
j their plans.
Glorify RcBlelde.
j Tho Milan newspapers failed to pub
I Ush. lacking news because of the cen?
sorship, and this led to alarming re?
ports. The extremists among the Agi?
tators hunted by police, carabineers
and soldiers, and being prevented from
holding public meetings, had reooursa
j to private reunions whore there wera
inflammatory harangues. Some of
j these speakers went so far as to glo
i rlfy regicide, and say that the expe
I dttlon to Tripoli was prepared entirely
! In the Interests of the dynasty and
against the welfare of the proletariat
At a meeting at Rome. Mary Rygler,
. the Socialist, ended a storm of Invec?
tives by crying: "Long live Bresci,'
the murderer of King Humbert, and
adding that the movement regarding
Tripoli had been planned by King Vlc
i tor Emmanuel to asslfit hla tather-tn*
law. King Nicholas of Montonogrto,
"who wishes the defeat and humilia?
tion of Turkey In order that he may
I enlarge his own tiny kingdom."
! At Rome. Milan and Florence there
1 were Insignificant disorders In the
streets. The stono-thrownra wert, dis?
persed by police and soldiers.
About 1,000 arrerts have been made
I throughout Italy.
j Alt the reservists answered the call
, ami entered their barracks without
untoward Incidents, b.ut the trains
used to transport them were stopped
at several stations by mobs. The wo?
men and children were particularly
desperate, and in Instances throw
' themselves across the railway track*
, in front of the trains, daring the en
' gincers to run over them. Carabineers
and cavalry repeatedly charged these
?? crowds and cleared the tracks, while
the reservists shouted "Viva Italy' :
'?Viva Italy and Tripoli."
Great Excitement I? Tripoli.
London. September 2??The corre?
spondent of the Chronicle sends a late
dispatch from Tripoli- It says:
"All business **'?t0XL $?%ls*
excitement prevail?. The Turkish
steamer Oerna entered tho harbor
wlthTn view of the whole fleet which
had apparently been etching h r for
manv miles. She landed 100 soldiers
several boxes of ammunition and rifles
U is expected that the fleet will now
take st?ps to occupy.
"\t anv moment the fleet could have
stepped the Perna. but refrained, !,
understand, under orders from Ul
Italian government.
"The niiwi spread like wildfire.
"The Tttrklyh soldiers swarmed
about the harbor, ye'llng **r<2**
?>?.ir.>.t Italy and the Italian*. Th
litter ere momentarily In *?nf of at
t?ck The Italian consul Is wlt.-.hold
Iritr all newspapers from.5tC?5? in orca
,oKavold Inching the
ilsh families wore preparing to flee, bu
Lj&a local committee of taa Union o