THE ASHEYILEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXVI. NO. 7. ASHKVILLE, X. C, TUESDAY MOUNINd, OCTOBKR L'G, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GREAT FLOTILLA BEARS 001 UPON THE G R ESGENT CITY Delegates to Deep Waterways Convention Set Sail Down The Mississippi PRESIDENT TAFr IS LORD HIGH ADMIRAL Distinguished Gathering or Public Men From All Over Country at St. Louis ST. LOCIS, Oct. 2 5. Water im provement ns u part f a national policy of conservation of the streams, the lands adjoining 1 1 1 1 1 1 ami H i for ests at their sources today tvv,-ltf the theme of two notable gatherings in St. a)Is anil in Fast St. Louis. Ills.. In which l'resld. -nt Tuft. Joseph (i. Cannon, speaker of tic national house of repri-fetita t Ives, and Covcrn ors lleneen of Illinois and lladl.y of Missouri, took leading parts. Cabinet members, 1'niled Stales senators and representatives anil min isters from foreign countries listen ed to the Fpeeeh at one or Imtli of the meetings. Added In these wen: state and municipal officers of all de grees, and close to one hundred thousand citizens who had (locked to the two cities to see and bear their superior officers. Tonight, the president, the speak er, the diplomats, the legislators and several hundred representatives of commercial organizations in the Mis sissippi valley arc speeding down the Mississippi river aboard a flotilla of paddle steamers bound for New Or leans. There they are to assemble with hundreds of others in the an nual convention of the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway association. Tart Xot IH-Iinltc. While the president's utterance on waterways Improvement was not so far-reaching regarding the creation of the fourteen foot channel as those of President Roosevelt on a similar occasion and therefore not entirely cheering to the advocates of an im mediate commencement of the work, yet, the fact that Speaker Cannon un qualifiedly endorsed the chief exec utive's stand regarding bond issu. for such projects, save these same ndvnoatcs encouragement. The gener al good was the ter which the joes- (Continued on pace four.) CUT THEIW II DIVORCE Keniai'kfiMe Sirualioii IV vclops From Peculiar JOIN'S. SUIT DISMISS MM. AN'UFHS' IN", oil. 2" -In tin- Court ni" I'liiiiimin I'b-as lore yesterday, Judge Kobi-rt Aldrii h handed down a decision in a most unusual case. T'u re has probable in ver be. n a not In i o: so like It In lln- courts of South Carolina. The title of the ease was I'iiarb-s Spencer vs. Mollle Spencer, an. I it was nnthini; mm.- nor loss than a suit for divorce. The plaintiff alleged through bis al lot rev. Mr. II. ' McKnight of Cr.-eii-vilh . that he and M-dli.- Spencer had lived together for Soille linn- as man and wife; thai they had been so re garded by th-'ir neighbors, but thai they had been separated for about three years mid did not intend to liv. together any more. Ho alleged that he had never been lawfully married to the woman, and tin- purp.ise of lb action was to ask a decree from the cr uris that they bad never been mar lied, presumably so that if eith.i should marry again he or she could no; be prosecuted for bigamy. Tin- Spencer woman, or as she said her right name is. Mollie Itoherts si i-mi-il w illing for the (tarn- to 1" Issued. A signed statement was prc sonled from tier. In which she admit ted all the allegations made by the plaintiff. The matter was submitted to Judge Aldrich at Abbeville in August, and h- referred it to Judge of Probate W V. Nicholson of Anderson as special master, to take testimony nnd report at this term of the court. The special master reported the testimony ns uiv en above and rw ummi mli-if that th. order asked for he issued, lie recom mended that the order be Issued on the grounds that "Section 2.ifi0. of volume 1, of the code of laws of South p. rolinn. vests this curt with author ity to hear and determine issues af fecting the validity of contracts of marriage and to declare such contracts void for any reason, provided thai .,,rh contract has not been consum mated by the cohabitation of the par- (Continued on pace four.) M URDER IN SECOND DEGREE IS CHARGE AGAINST WAT KINS Jury Easily Selected For Trial of Formet Constable at Black Moun tain,And Witnesses For State Testify. Charged with murder in the second degree in connection with tin- shoot ing and killing of John Hill Hunting of Wilmington in the early hours of August T. in a Hl.uk Mount. in hotel, al the time when he also wounded I': ill C. Collins or llillsboro. 1-'. C. Wat kins, then constable of lilack Mountain, was yesterday morning Placed on trial before Judge J. s. Ad amr and a jury in the Superior court and when court adjourned for the day tin- testimony of Mr. Collins and other witnessed had been completed. Jurors Kxeu.sod. The proceedings yesterday were fea tured by the statement of I). A. Jilll itigham. one of those summoned as a J.ir.ir, that ("apt. J. II. l'.rittaln of Un convict gang, had remarked in his p:esence that if Watkins was given a Nil trial lie would be acquitted. Irlttnin knowing he supposed, witness said, that he had been summoned asl a juror, and the excusing of llilliug h;im by Judge Adams; the statement of Z. H. Dillingham, another man who hai beeti summoned as a juror, thatj former sheriff J. H K.-.-d bad referred to the fait that Dillingham hail been summoned as a juror, and asked him ' when la- came to town to spend the i tii-rht with him. Mr. It 1 being In-; eidentnlly one of Watkins' bondsmen; i and. by the carefully measured evi dence of Collins who remained calm under the hot cross examination lire of Mr. Craig. Array of Counsel. i Win n the case was called for trial there appeared as legal representa tives of the state Solicitor Mark W Cn.wn. Judge T. A. Jones. li. It. Wil li. ms. Thomas Settle and for the de fendant l.ocke Craig, J. II. Martin. Judge J. 1 1. Murphy, dark. ml A Thompson and Allen T. Morrison Ni ar counsel for the state were the brother and sister of Mr. Hunting, and near his counsel were- Mr. Watkins end members of his family. Jury Quickly Secured. Considering the widespread noto riety of the case a jury of twelve men was secured in a compnrfttrvffy brief t'me. 7.. 11 Dillingham was found In- ('imnelent by reason of what he saidj ev Sheriff Heed had said to him ami: was excused bv the state under a pre- emptoi-v challenge, I.i.l Judge Adams sol aside I). A. Dillingham, saving that lb re had been too much of a ti-nden-i v in recent years to pii jurors after tin! had been drawn and remarking i EFFECT THEIR POLICY Mills in New Kntflaiid As Well As Those of Smith Cut Down. COTTON TOO 1 1 Kill. HtiSToN, o, . :, - The officials "f 111. Ark wright dub reported to. lav that ei, lion ma : u I ad ii n-rs in New l-higlaiiil representing several million spindles, have evptcosed their inten tion of following tin- clubs' suggest ioll lor a. i ut-laiiin. ni to 21!t bouts be tween November I and August in-xl. Whil. sonic of the mills may imi curtail unless Hide Is general action bv a large ma j.,i it y many other nulls will close Ilu-ir factories r.-tiir,l.-v ..! what a. Con others may take. It 1 said assuran.es have boon r.ceiv.,1 Iroitl milks in Now York stale tb.it tllev will follow the example of lb,- New Kngland mills. If tl Un r m.l. represented in the Ark vv right . lub join in tin- movement, between nine ami t.-ii million spindles will be :iff. . . I. 0i: PAY WliliK. c.RKF.NVILLK, S. C, Oct :,.. li wu, announced here today that tin cotton mills in Orcein ill.-, Anderson and (irei-nwool counties finding it im possible with the present price of raw cotton to s.-ll their products at a profit, had ib-olded to curtail produc tion by closing down one day in c.-o h vve.-k, efT. ctii.p immediately. on. million spindles and 2r,.000 looms ar represented In the mills Included in the agreement. These mills conum--annually iiOll.llOO bales of cotton. I NIOV MM.I.S ci.osi:. CN'loX S. C. Oct. 2.-,. Nin cot ton mills In this county, n-presi nt ing rt i) , 000 spindles and S.OuO looms, em ploying fi.ooo operatives and consum ing annually more than (iO.000 bales of cotton, w ill close down, it was an nounced today, for one ycck or more. The mill representatives sny that the present prices of cotton goods are not keeping apace with the advance of raw cotton, giving the mills no mar gin of profit. that he would set aside D A Dilling ham because be had served under Hrittain as a guard and was again pi. m eil in employment in the gang un der liillt.iin. The following jurors were selected to try the case and were th -n placed under charge of Deputy Sheriff Lee wllh strict orders from Judge Adams thi.t they should communicate with no one save the olflcer on any subject J M. Mears, A. V. Joynor. C. K. I'ad gett. J I-'. Hice. 1,. A. Slroiip. J. r Catron. .1. M. Austell. S. A. Allmall, I: I. Itrooks. .1. M. Carroll, J. II Seig- h r ami J. T Mel 'arson. I'.vblciK-e Ill-gills. Court took a recess from 12-10 t i 2. .'til p. in., when by consent of the dt f- use two character witnesses were in troduced out of regular order for their ( on etllence. Key. li. I Walker, pastor of 1h West Ashevllb- liaptist church, testified that be had known I'. C. Collins In i 'range county many ycurs, and that his character was good. J. M. Mears of Ashevllle, a traveling nu n. testified that he had known Col lins sixteen or eighteen years and his character was good. Photographer J K. TJage Identilled a number of photographs he had tak en of the Cladstone hotel and the room in which the shooting occurred and testilied as to measurements be tweeii different points and objects in the room. Dr. M. IT. Fletcher testified that Hunting and Collins had been brought to the Mission hospital some hours after the shooting, the latter as a last resort. The bullet, he said, had enter ed on the right side about six or eight inches to the right of the center of the body and passed through the liver and p.increas and Injured arteries, passing in a direct line of its course to the eleventh lib which it shntte'cd and showing a little way under the skin I ir. Fletcher an id that Hunting asked who shot him and when Dr. Landls told him It was an officer, Bunting asked; . hp shoot me? T haven't dene anything to be shot for." The doctor said that there was pow d. r burns on both Hunting and Col li rs. Mr. Collins Testifies. T aul C. Collins, being examined by Solicitor Drown, said that he was 32 (Com liiueil on page ftve.1 STRETCH DAY TO GIVE CHANCE UNDER TREATY New Tariff Law (Iocs Into KflVct as to That Country Last of This Month. SHIPS KACiXO IN. WASIIIN'OTi net 2.". - What Is ganled as a distinct concession to fuipoi i jug inter. -sis and to l-'ian..- vvas made by the treasury di parlmeut to day in directing tin- collectors of cus tom.'! at tin- various Cntted States ports I . keep custom houses open until 4.30 p in., next Saturday, October .10, on which date the commercial agreement with France, Switzerland and Hulgarlu v. ill expire, 'i'he purpose of the or o. r is to give ev.-ry facility to import-cr.-' to enter goods at Hie reduced rates of tlo expiring treaties and applies partii ularly to New York and a few ollnr .iti.s where tin- custom hou.se3 ci.se ordinarily at 1 p m . on Huturday in del. relief to local law or custom. A French trans-Atlantic liner is m:. king a rate against time in order I,. get a cargo of goods under the o,v.-r rates provided by the commer - ial agreement, 'fin- steamer Is sched i b it to arrive early Saturday aft.-r-m.on and today's extension of the hours probably will permit the steam- . r to enter the goods under tl xpir- ing agreement. With the return to Washington from Paris of M. Jitsscr: nd the negotiations so called, between France and Ameri ca regarding application of the new tariff act to French Imports Into this country have crossed the Atlantic and here In Washington will he brought loot the terms of the agreement which it is assiinl.-d will regulate for a term of years the trade relations of the two countries. While Jf. Jusserand is diplomatical ly silent as to the course he Is under instructions to follow, there Is reason to believe that having In mind the ecncillatory statement made in Paris by Senator Aldrich his purpose ' simply to make the best of the situa tion and to secure the minimum tar iff rates for French products entering the I'nited States In return for the smallest possible amount of conces sions of similar reduced rates of Amer ican Imports to France. He LOVE OF CHILD DROVE BIGAMIST Identification of Skeleton Found in Islip Woods Through Detective Work Covering Two Continents Leads to Arrest and Confession of Man NEW YORK, Oct. 25. A year and a half ago u friendless girl wu mur dered in a forsaken patch of wood land near lollp, Long Island; u week ago her bleached and charred kel tou was found with nothlntT to Indi cate Its identity but her Jewelry und a. bill of salt from a Herman shop; three days later, through tihn police of Hamburg, tiermany, her Identity wa.s established as Anna laitber. though the oufolos Hrst carried the name as letter; last night her hus band, Frederick Gebhardt, who had marrijxl her under the name of Otto Mueller, was caught In Afltortft, L. I. by a photodtrolieT' flashlight, and tonight he confessed uver Ms signa ture that he Is her slayer. The con-fession follows: "Alsmt December, 107, I first met Anna Luther. We were married In February, 190s. and went to lOurope to live. We returned April fi. 11I0S. She went to Henry Wertupp's, In Ne wark. N. J , to spend a day or two. On the pretense that 1 wni going to rent an apai tuu tit for us to live In. I returned to my home and wlfo In Astoria, I nut Anna again on April K, In Newark and we went to an ad dress 1n Thirty -fourth street. New York, and th.-n went to Jamaica, ly. I. MID LEFT (LONE TO OIE Wiiiston-S.i Itin Highway man Itlcnl ilictl liy Man I fc K.iMicl. WINSTi N -SAI.C.M, Oct. 25. J. I". U.-id. a m.-ichaiii of this city w.i; held ip mar !! logu's pond, in Ho- ii.u'lb- -iii pint ot the i. iv early tins morn ing and lobbed b. -in unknown while man. li.-id s iiM.s.i , l.i nt shot him twice, bullet taking effect In his right t.-iiiplo and the oilier in bis left side near the heart, li'- was removed to l local hospital when- It Is staled he will probably die. The wounded man this afternoon Idem Hied Kim-M I -v molt as the man who shot him. "Hi eers are no.v look ing for Do. k Hi--'-!'. who Is alleged o have been f. . -i with Dymolt GINNERS' REPORT SHOWS DECREASE. WASH I NOT' iN. sus bureau toda , showing that r, ' rourur as half ba 1 from the giovvth Is, as compared 190K; 4.420.L:r,S l CL'l for laOfi. In this report, were Included, as ' 120 for I DOS; II 7 1 32.1 44 for l!0f, Island IkiI.-s im lu compared with It L' n t. '1 5. The con -isHUed a report '!i I hales, counting j had be-n ginned f I'JO!) to October with fi, 296,106 for i 1H07, and 4.931.- - 7 . s r. 4 round bale 'inparcvl with 1 1 K, :c,7 for 1907 and The numlier of sea !.-.! was 36.330. as 'H3 for 1908; IS, 775 o:il for 1906. for 1 907; and 1 2 WABHINOTOV. Oct. !5. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair and warm er Tuesday; Wednesday fair tight variable winds. Got Away With The Goods! ,N ' TO MURDER WIS ILLEGAL WIFE Who Committed the Crime. We stayud in Jamaica until next day. Win Ho Killed er. "April 8 we wet to Bay Bhore and ! wu walked about and I showed her some property. I got Into an argu- ' ment with her about some money matters and 1 turnod away and want- . cd to go back. Bho followed me up, ; screaming, und I shot her In the head. I didn't look at her, and do not re- I member whether I ahot her more than i once. "immediately after I went to the ! Islip depot and took a train for hom. ; train 1 threw the revolver out of the car window. i "1 want to fltato that T didn't kill Anna Luther for iher money us the newspapers have stated. My original reason for marrying Anna Is that I didn't care to live with my flint wife any longer, but as she my first wife had given mo a child, my desire to again see my child caused mo to want to get rid of Anna Luther and return to my first wife and child. "Tills Is the reason why I shot Anna Luther, end I told her In Hay Shore I that I wiib married and had a wife and child and must leave her. "She screamed and ran after me, MBS. HAYES ASHES WILL REST BESIDE HER FATHER'S Removed From Colorado Springs to Davis Lot in Richmond. COLOItADO SFTUNOH, Colo., Oct. 2r. i:.trcnie simplicity will mark the d.-p.-irtiii,. of the allies of Mis. .1. Addison Hayes, the daughter of the Conlederacy, lor Iheir final lesllng place at lilchinond, Va. Tho usIh-h will be, removed this evening from Fvergreen cemetery, where they have been resting since the funeral servicea here and taken to Itichinoml, leaving here u'.cr the Hock Island at 8.40 o'clock. The party will go by way of Chicago, '-aching Richmond Thursday after noon at three o'clock. Tin- urn containing the ashes Is ac companied by Mr. Hayes, Jefferson Hay. s Davis, their son whose surname vvas . hanged by authority of the leg islature to perpetuate the Davis name, and the other children. Arrangements for the funeral ser vices at Itichmond have been left with tin- committee of arrangements there. Tho exercises will bo held Friday, ac cording to present plans after which the members of the Colorado Springs party will return Immediately to this city. Mrs. Hayes died Sunday, July 1 i. lirlef funeral wrvlce were held lo re the following Wednesday, leaving tho exerclflcs to take place at Itich mond. The ashes will be Interred In the Jefferson Duvlr '.ot In Hollywood cemetery at that place. DOMESTIC QUARREL ENDS IN TRAGEDY. ROANOKE. Va.. Oct. 25. Follow ing a domestic, quarrel In their home near the Norton Coal company's mines In Wise county this afternoon Charles Ithlnehardt fatally shot hl thlrteen-year-ofd wlfo end then killed himself. When the glrl-wlfe started to bring bucket of water from a well she was shot three times by Rhlncfiardt, all the bulletji taking effect in the back and corning out Just below the breast, rthlnehardt then turned, the revolver on himself and blew out hie brains. It Is said Mm. Rhlnehardt cannot sur vive the night. The couple had been married about (X month. 1 . and kissed me and wanted ma back, and I shot her. "Thla confession la made on my own free wilt without any 'hope of recompense being offered me," ;hhI I'ollco Work. From the time of his arrest last night until he broke down today un der pollco Questioning, Qehhardt, al though he admitted that he committed bigamy when he married Anna Lu ther, denied ail knowledge of her death. A letter written to the Owrenaa consul last night, Muellt-r, the author, spoke of a Mr1. Hradley, of Denver, a halving called to aee Mueller'e wife during hie absence. The description of this man who existed In Imagina tion only, answered exactly to that of tlehttitrdt. (lebhardt when he was In Germany brought two aerinun police doga and it was by tracing the dogs that the detective found hie homo In Astoria. While a newspaper photographer chanced a flashlight at the dog, the flare revealed the pale face of Geh hurdt peering from the chinks of en outhouse. He was run down und ar rested. ICE TRUST METHODS IN L! Testimony Shows How Its Agents Tied Up Every In dependent Dealer, NEW YORK, Oct, 25. The thor oughness with which the American Ice compuny on trial for attempted restraint of trude Is alleged to have gobbled up Independent competitors, was shown today by Deputy SUite'n Attorney General OwlHirne, who read a list or the businesses purchased by 1. O. Hlack, at one time a branch manager of the company. The inde pendents gathered In were of varying slo, tho assets of some of them con sisting of nothing more than a single horse and wagon. Most of the agree ments signed with tin-so independent dealers provided cash penalties If the d .-ale is engaged In the Ice business in New York within ten years. The penalties varied In umount from 1200 to $75,000. The names of Charles W, Morse, tho convloted financier, was frequently mentioned In today's proceedings and the name of Augustus C. Hprogue, the mysterious person who received 115, 000,000 from the company "for value received" also figured In the testi mony. KILIiKD ON TltACKS. ATLANTA, Oct. 25. While trying to get out of the way of an ap prouchlng freight train early today, J. H. Cleveland, aged thirty-three. Junction clerk for the Southern rail way at Howell station stepped onto another track and was Instantly killed by an Incoming passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville road. Cleveland leaves a wife and four children. AN'DKIISO.V MI LI J CLOSE. ANDERSON, 8. C. Oct. 2S. Be cause the price of cotton goods does not correspond with the high price of raw cotton, the cotton mills of Anderson cuirf adjacent counties will operate but Ave days a week. This action was decided upon today and became immediately effective. Several thousand operatives are affected. It was not announced how long this curtailment would be in force. CHAUFFEUR S STORY E T Detroit Murder Laid at Door o Fhyslclan Who Perform ed Operation " AUTO DRIVER AIDED IN HIDING THE BODY Tells Gruesome Story of Ride at Night With Dismember- , t d Body of Woman DKTHOIT, Mich., Opt IS. After 'Chauffeur Joseph W. Leaob, had tea. tilled In pnlk-e court thla afternoon ' that on the night of August IT he drove Dr. George A. Frltoh from the phjvuk-lanli office d Kcore cntek where the doctor threw into the Wat- . er three sacks, which they had taken from his office, Dr. Frltch wu held for trial in the recorder'! court on the charge of manslaughter In -eon . nectlon .with the death of Mlaa May bell Mlllman, of Ann Arbor. Mlaa Millman'a. body waa found In three aectiona In aacka In Ecorae crewlt ahd the lower Detroit ; river early in September, The , body bore evidence, the police end county phy- Iclana were iMtiafled, that's criminal -operation had been performed or ftt tempted, At the conclusion ot Leach'a croaa examination. Attorney Lodge for Dr. trtvllnfti vmmHa n itnaiinMufttf .llan.nl to have the complaint dismissed on th f round that evidence necessary to establish the manelaughter charge had not been presented. j. Chauffeur's Mory, ' 1 ' t . Chauffeur Loac'h today on tha : stand ave a graphic description of th story he told th police about the events of th night of August S 7, which led to Dr. Frltch's re-nrn.'L Cross examination tailed to shak his testimony. 1 ' ' s ' - v Leach said that h responded' to Dr. Frlteh's call for an automobile early In thif' evening tf ' August IT, tha'foifi9ortM- told him. he was In trouble and needed a frltmd, and ask ed him about aocessihl deep water. 'ITv vmi hiiiiM itfl!tns om nflfeT th chauffeur testified hs asked Dr. Frltch. "You are not supossd to know My thing," was the response Leach said he received. They arranged that Leach was to return to the doctor's office later and drive him down th river.. : , . Disposed of Body. -"When I called for the doctor1 about nine o'clock, Leach testified, 'He brought out a newspaper park age perhaps eighteen inches long and ; said for me to drive to his house. W . drove Into the alley behind th doe-. ' tor's house and under the doctor's di rection, I took half a dosen brick from a pile In the alley and put them ' In the automobile. While I was doing this the doctor went Into the yard. He returned without the package and we drove back to his Office. W did :' not remain near the office mora than ten minutes. During this the doctor made two trips up th steps into his (Continued on page four.) Declares Young Man Gave Him Liquor and Then Ktole His Monev. CHA RLOTTK, N. C, Oct. 26. It seems there is more in the case of John Robinson, the aged white man who was found unconscious near th Southern railway tracks between Third and Fourth streets Saturday night, than first appeared. When e recovered his senses yesterday he claimed that he had been drugged and robbed and the circumstances support this claim. He states that he fil Into the company of a young fel low whom he did not know, on Cedar street. The youth left him for , moment, returned with some liquor end Insisted on his taking a drink. He took a small swallow or two. "Oh, you haven't had apy liquor at r all!" protested his new found com panion, who prevailed on him to in blbo again. He then shoved him over to one side and he remembered no more until his eyes opened on th un inspiring walls of his cell, his ears gr feted by the unmusical notes of voices across the corridor. 1 he old man says he Is 75 years old. lie had been ditching and doing aim- ' liar work for Mr. Paul Chatham on- his '. farm and the latter had paid him oft Saturday. Mr. Chatham stated last night that this was trua ana insi kod Inson since he had known him had been as straight as a, dye: It will be recalled that Robinson's pocketbook and a tobacco bag were found empty at tils de, wntie nta ciotncr were in .: disarray. A cheap watch was lying on x th-' ground. Robinson Said he waa Just . going to tnov to Providence. v- 't Th police decided to credit -nls 'v story and turned him loos lust night to Investigate the robbery. MAKES DARK GAS GAIS DOCTOR 1