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DAILY TIMES ENTERPRI3EM0NDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER Si, 1011,
. disposed to bellere that the Llberte
, explosion resulted from a spontan-
enous Ignition of the smokeless
[ powder, which had deteriorated from
’ haring been kept too long without
Inspection.
It Is to guard against such aocl-
denta that the United States Na
val regulations require a careful ex
amination of the powder -maga
zines of the warships at short in
tervals to demonstrate the absolute
safety of the powder. The Ameri
can practice also provides for re
frigeration of magazines by adopt-j
Ing the cold storage system. I
If subsequent advices bear outj
the first advices about the extent of
the loss of life on the Llberte, this
explosion will go k down Ipto naval
YELL IN, DARKEST PART OF
YARD SATURDAY NIGH T.
. GUIDES train crew to
DRUNK NEGRO, WITH BOTH
LIMBS CRUSHED.
CHASED FOR SOME DISTANCE,
HE CLIMBED TJJEE AND WAS
CAUGHT, CAUSING DEATH —
Escaped from jail.
ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE DISASTERSX>F MODERN TIMES IN
HARBOR AT TOULON, WHEN FRENCH BATTLESHIP LIBERTE
WAS BLOWN TO PIECES—SMALL FIRE STARTED RAPIDLY.
GETTING TO MAGAZINE. WHICH EXPLODED, BLOWING HUN
DREDS INTO THE AIR - AS THEY SLEPT IN THEIR BUNKS—
THREE HUNDRED KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
LD COUPLE CHASED ABOUT
WITH TWENTY DOLLAR COUN-
TERFF.IT BILLS AND GETTING
GOOD TENS IN RETURN.
FLAGGS HELD IN, * CUSTODY,
CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING
, Thousands through tHe
’Kails and mailing many
DOLLARS THEREBY.
fSv *»*oclatcd frets.)
Chicago, Sept. 23.—A dozen
. preachers of this city have been tbo
. victims of an elderly pair who have
been going about getting married.
Their echeme was to present a
, twenty-dollar bill as the groom’s
. gift to the preacher and receive
, | ten dollars change. The twenty
(dollars always proved to bo a coun-
I terfelt bill.
fBv Associated press. I"
, Watertown, N. Y.. Set. 25.—The
body which was found oanglng In
a tree near near Saturday, has been!
Identified as the. burglar who es
caped from the county Jail on July
9th. -He was trailed for several
days by-blood-hounds. He probably
(By Associated Press.I
New York, Sept. 25.—The post-
office authorities today took steps
to lay their hands on a large sum,
probably $100,000 In cash, which
they believe mas, kept In reserve by
Jared Flagg, Jr., and the others ar
rested Saturday, charged with vio
lating the postal laws to defrsud' in
vestors. •
Flagg and his alleged associates,
Former United 'States Treasurer
Daniel N. Morgan, F. Tennyson -
Colonel Davis,
. a negro living laf
Dewey City, had one leg mashed off
and the other foot bruised by a car
In the Coast Line yards Saturday
night. About eight thirty, the
switchman In tha yards' heard an
unearthly yell as the
fBy Associated Press.) There wet
Toulon, France, Sept. 25.—More explosion In
than half of her crew of 793 officers ter ’the fire
and men met death early today
when a Are broke out In the ammu
nition hold of the battleship Llb
erte, one of the finest vessels In tho
French navy. The explosion which
followed completely wrecked the
great ship.
The fire was discovered at five
o’clock and was at first not thought
to be serious, but gained great
headway over the sailors fighting
It, and suddenly reached the maga
zine which had not been
by jumping. Scores of others would
have escaped, but for the rigid dis
cipline which held them at their
posts. When they were awakened
and about tb throw themselves over
board, an order, calling them to
their stations rang out, and these
men were blown to pieces a few
seconds later.
tOhers Sent to Rescue.
Between three hundred and three
hundred and fifty of the DIbert’J
crew and about one hundred men
from other warships were sent to
help extinguish the fire. The Dem-
engtne was
backing eome cars about a hundred
yards from the Jackson
Street
crossing. He immediately called to,
the engineer and they began an In
vestigation.
The negro was found on the track.'
one leg below the kneo having beqn
mashed almost Into a pulp, the hone
being crushed into splinters. The
wheel had also mashed the Instep
history as the greatest of disasters.
The loss of over two hundred and
fifty men on the battleship Ma’no,
thirteen years ago,, will come sec
ond on the mortality list.
I flooded,
owing to the apparent slight nature
of tho blaze.
them, to prevent He accused from
j reaching their reserve fund before
the Federal authorities get control
. of It.
The post office Inspectors today
prepared to have some of Flagg’s
customers file a petition m bank
ruptcy against him.
In addition to 367,000 In cash,’
which the Inspectors declare Flagg
and his partners kept In a safe de-
.poslt box, It la aald that $191,000
was received from customers since
September 1, Indicating the magni
tude of the busihess contributed by
Investors, anxious to profit by the (
concern’s offer of 52 per cent annual
returns. <
Flagg maintains that his profits ,
averaged 52 per cent, but he de- ]
Clares that every dollar was made ,
exchange ,
The explosion wa3
terrific, shaking the vessel fore and
aft, each explosion seemingly stron
ger than the proceeding one, open
ing up a great fissure In the armor
and frame work. The vessel Immed
iately became a mass of fire and
smoke and soon sank to the bottom
of Toulon harbor.
At an early hour, the official state
ments place the number of dead a*
five hundred, but the estimates of
the naval men vary widely. There
is no doubt but that the loss of life
was as high as throe hundred.
“Scores of seamen died In their
berths. A few dozen saved them
selves by Jumping overboard. Many ,
of those Injured leaped Into the (
water and drowned before the other ^
boats In the roadsted could reach (
them.
Two Hundred on Shore Leave. j
Two hundred of the crew escap- (
ed death because of the fact that -j
they ’ were on shore leave. Com- t
mender Juarez was not aboard.
The explosion's carnage was t
worse than could occur In actual
warfare. The first crash came when
the crew was dispersed to different
The explos- 11
FOURTEEN MILLIONS TO BE
SPENT ON THE BROOKLYN
NAVY YARD TO MAKE IT THE
LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
Exact Number Not Known.
Toulon, France, Sept. 25.—An
accurate estimate of the dead and
Injured was unavailable late this
afternoon. They may not greatly
exceed 200.
Chicago, Sept. 25.—Four per
sons were smothered to death to
day in a fire of Incendiary origin,
which partly destroyed two flat
buildings. All the other occupants
of the buildings escaped in their
night clothes, and It was thought
that nobody was hurt, until the fire
men found the four dead persons.
New York; Sept. 23.—Plans for
enlarging the Brooklyn navy yards.
Involving an expenditure of four
teen million dollars, making It the
world's greatest naval station, will
be completed by Engineer Harris,
and Naval Constructor Groosbeck,
and will be Immediately forwarded
to the Navy Department.
Was Climax of Many Disasters In
" The French Navy.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 25.
explosion of the
In His Speech at Coffyvllle, Ho Says
He Is Not Making Tills Tour to
Apologize For, But Bather Ex
plain, His Vetoes.
maga
zines, was a stunning blow to the
French public and navy officials.
The explosion today was the climax
of a long series of French naval dis-
'asters.
» tPv Associated Press.i
> . Coffyvllle, Kan. ,Sept.-,25.—Presl-
5 dent Paft arrived In this city at six
I thirty this morning and was given a
- rousing reception. The town >3 hand-
1 somely decorated In his honor. HU
■ stay of tour hours v/as marked by 0
- busy program.
The -President’s schedule for to
day took b' ro to tour other Kan-
: sas towns, belli* leaving for Kan
sas City, where he'will address the
National Conservation Congress to
night. En/route to the latter place
he will make brief stops at Inde
pendence, Cherryvale, "fchanute and
Ottawa.
President Taft faced several thou
sand at the Plaza, In this city, and
told of his tariff vetoes. He said
he was not here to apologize for
his vetoes, but to explain them. He
devoted much time to discussing the
cotton bill, which Included a revis
ion of the chemical schedule.
The P-vs'dent’s address was large- 1
ly tecbuUal and he- made no at- <
tempt at popular appeal. 1
Senator C.:rtN 'nd Hercssentatlve 1
Campbell arranged for the Pres! <
dent to make a number of addi
tional stops daring the day, and R '
was figured that he would mako "
reaching f
through legitimate stock
transactions.
The Federal officers have collect
ed a- number of witnesses, four of
whom have turned over to Flags!*
concern $00,000.
Flagg’s plan, the detectives say,
was to securq,a well-satisfied cus
tomer In a community and treat
him or her so well th&t the cus
tomer’s friends would be Induced to
Invest their money.
A pretty 19-year-old girl, it 'Is
said, played an Important part ’n
Flagg’s financial operations, and the
poet office Inspectors will question
her today.
(By Aaaoclatea Prees.i
New York, Sept. 23.—The fifth
conference was held today to fur
ther the plans for the dissolution o[
the American Tobacco. Company.
Attorney General Wlckersham and
hie special assistants, James O. Mc-
Reynolds, Judges Noyes,
Mr. Mollcr Makes Several Very At
tractive Pictures Which Will Be
Displayed Thaw.
Mr. A. W. Moller has several
splendid views ol Thomas county
displayed in his window today.
These photographs were taken by
him especially for the Tlfton Expo
sition, and they are as good as Mr.
Moller has ever done.
Several are of various farm hous
es In the county with the stock and
outhouses, making very pretty coun-
Two are of the cotton
Laoomhe
and Ward of the United States Cir
cuit Court, Jas. B. Duke and Percl-
cal S. 1 Hill, President and Vice-
President, respectively, of the Amer
ican Tobacco Company, counsel for
tho American Tobacco Co., and the
United Cigar Stores Company, were
.present at the conference today. It
Is planned to spend the entire day
In consultation.
•Attorney General Wlckersham de
clined to discuss tho situation be
fore entering the conference today.
Minneapolis, Sept. 25.—Albert
Smith, of this city, under arrest, ad
mits the firing of twenty buildings
in the past six weeks. He offers
no explanation to throw any light
on his favorite pastime.
sections of the boat.
Ion was-without warning and scorqs
of sailors were hurled high Into the
air, accompanied by great frag
ments of the frame work, armor,
bursting shells and blinding pow
der smoke,
.Scores Blown to Pieces.
The men below were killed In
their sleep. The others, awakened
by the explosion, iitarted to Jump
overboard, lint were caught by tho
second detonation:
Many vessels were In the harbor
at* the time, Including several war
ships.
try scenes,
patch of Mr. Applewhite, which rais
ed a bale and a third to the acre.
Three of the pictures are from the
place of Mr. Tobo Sanders, near
Ochlocknee. One Is a field of cot-
Thought to be flic Greatest Naval
Disaster of History.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, ' Sept. 23.—Based
upon the first reports of the naval
disaster in Toulon Harbor todav.
the Navy Department experts are
I -Buehannon, W. Va., Sept. 25.—
Mrs. Laura J. Arnold, the only sis
ter of tho late General Stonewall
Jackson, is dead, here at the age of
83. She was active until within
two weeks of her 1 death.
Plan* Very Nearly Completed.
f Rv Associated Pres* 1
New York, Sept. 25.—Tho an
nouncement was made after the
conference looking to a re-organl-
xatton of the American Tobacco Co.,
that a petition would be filed with
the United State* Circuit Court on
October 2, eettlng forth the pro
posed plan for dissolution In con
sonance with the Supreme Court’s
The Well Dressed
Woman Is Wel=
corned Every=
where.
FactoryfjShipments
eleven speeches before
Kansas City tonight.
FARM HOUSE BURNS
tentlon. both because of their Beau
ty and the aplendld manner In which
they are taken and mounted by
Thomasville’s photographer.
WITH NO INSURANCE.
of |the following! well known
---nt- r—nimr-mnr
It is reported In the city that the
dwelling and out-houses belonging
to Mr. West, who live; near Salem
Chiurch, were burned Friday after
noon. The whole of his property
was consumed In a short time, but
very little of the household effects
being saved. Mr. West formerly
carried adequate Insurance to cov
er the loss. In the South Georgia
Farmers Insurance Company, hut
has cancelled that insurance. The
loss, therefore. Is total.
brands Jof Cigar* have just
Social Session.
The Elkt will hold their regular
meeting at their Club House on
Jackson Street tomorrow evening nt
eight o’clock. At that titne, Initia
tion, balloting for candidates nu.l
report on membership will consti
tute the most important business.
A social session will be enjoyed af
ter the business meeting .
Hernan |Co#ez!
StacMfoerg
There’s no use talking-cloth
es do count. You know it
yourself from your own
experience.
Let a fashionably dressed woman
enter a rcxmi ancl all eyes are in
stinctively turhedytoward her.
We show ail tnat is newest and
best in Fail and Winter coat
suits at prices you can easily
afford.
'By Assofiatwl Hr**.- ’ t
Washington, Sept. 25. Ensi&n
an4 Portinas
Call on ttsfbr the freshest and
best. WeSfclso carry tEe most
comprehensive line of 5 cent
cigars in the . city.
Almost any i^oior
Any Style thats New. ^ •
Plftsh Velour Felts
$2.00 to $5.00
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