THE ASHEYILHE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
Associated Press :f
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 7
A8IIi:VILLE,NT.C, WEDNKSDAV MORNING, OCTOHKli 27, 11)09.
riUCE FIVE CENTS
KILLS HIS SISTERS
IL
THEIjiFESSES
Brother's Hatred Culminates
After Months of Plotting
In Triple Murder
ATTq "TED TO THROW
.TIGERS OFF SCENT
When Finally Cornered Plays
Off Old Grudge as Part
of His lnsanlly
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 26. J.tmcs
SIcMahon today confessed thai hi'
murdered his sisters, Miss Knse Mc
Mahon and Mrs. Alonzo Viin ltnyen
aim the hitter's husband, Alonzo Vim
1 Joy on on a farm near Kansas City.
Ki.nsas, last Tuesday. A Innir stand
ing family quarrel caused tin' trag
edy. McMahon ' killed Van ltnyen In
a wood and later went to the Van
Kcyen home and shot his sisters.
Fearing mob violence by a throng
that gathered ahout the county jail
afler the confession became known,
the sheriff rushed the murderer an.!
lis brother. Patriek McMahon. and
Patrick Lamb, a farmhand, who arr
held as witnesses, to the penitentiary
nt Lansing tnnlpht in automobiles.
MeMahon's inability to keep hi;'
(fecret eaused his arrest. He told a
friend today where he had hidden a
reolver with which he did the kill
iliK, and several articles he toi k from
the Van Rnyen home.
As Sheriff Becker was preparing to
arrest James McMahon, the latter
valked Into his office and announce. 1
he was ready to help work on the
case as he had been doing each day
s'nce the tragedy.
Cold Wooded Confession.
Sheriff Becker Immediately arrest
ed him. Prosecutor Tagitart and
Sheriff Becker sweated McMahon for
two hours. Then McMahon : onfess
cd all.
'Yes, I killed my two sisters and
brother-in-law and T was crazy when
I did It," he shouted, rising out of his
-heir and pacing the room. "It tool,
m( three months to plan and execute
the crime. I waited until I knew my
Intended victims would be in the
' right positions for me to kili them
and get away. On Tuesday Rose went
to visit at Van Royens and I. on ,v nt
o the woods. 1 found him ."".nd shot
him In the head, lie fell and I lired
six shots into his back. I alw.iv.n
hated him.
"Then I walked into the house and
(Continued on naire four )
E
Whole St.'itcs IVii.-tica
Depopulated by Wains
and (.'loudliui'sts.
II v
HUNDREDS UO.MKId.SS
MEXICO CITY, Oct. :: -An esti
mated loss of live millions of pesos in
cluding crops and line hardwoods,
two lives known to be lost and maiiv
olhers, it is feared sacriliced in the
floods, hundreds of homes were wash
ed away and thousands of head of
cattle were drowned are the known
results of the disastrous cloud hurst
and storm that broke omt the state
of Tabasco yesterday. following
twenty-one days of Incessant rain all
over this region. Itivers are out of
their banks, towns are Inundated,
thousands arc homeless and no rel! I
Is yet in sight.
Krom north to south. extending
across the state from the Mosealpa
and' the Orijaha rivers, which lake
the two names after forking mar
lluinaguilto to the banks of tin- lla
nmacinta. which for a short distance
marks the boundary between Chiapas
and Guatemala,, the entire country is
a total waste, only the high mountain
villages and plateau farms escaped
from the terrific onslaught of the
waters.
Five hundred families are homeless
in the city of Atasta alone, other
cities and towns inundated are Mnin
uguilto. Tenosi.u.'. Jalaps. Tlicoial
pam, Tlapa. Santa Rosa and a num
ber of smaller villages along the M. s
calpa river, while the south border
of the state of Jonuta. Balaeana. Car
men. Palisada, and Santa Rita in the
valley of the t'sumacinta river are
badly damaged as the result of the
flood.
A total of thirty-two and a half
Inches of water has fallen in the
state in three weeks, whiih Is the
record for water fall in thirty-two
years A large part of the lower sec
tion of San Juim Bautlsta is muter
water. The barrio of Santa Cruz has
been totally depopulated-and the wa
ter is three and four feet deep in
many homes.
N COLD BLOOD AND
W ATKINS RELATES
HIS STORY OF THE
BLA CKMT. TRA GED
Declares he Fired Only After Boia
Men Had Attacked Him And
Brought Him Down to His Knees
Evidence at Variance.
Yesterday's trial of the F. C. Wat
kins cast' proceeded rapidly and at
the time of adjournment the two ne
urit witnesses, ISurlcy Cowan and
i ''em. Jones, w ho accompanied Wat
1 ins to the room where he shot John
Mil Bunting, had been examined
and cross examined, Wat kins' state
ir.cnt in his own behalf was closed and
much of his crops examination lin-
ishi d.
Cowan and Jones, employes of the
hotel at the time of the killing, An
rliul 7lh shot' lie after midnight of
thi sixth, appeared not to be ahaken
in their testimony despite a stilt cross
examination by Mr. Craig The feat
ure of their statements tic'n ; their
pi sitivc declarations that it was Col
lins who was first shot and not Uunt-
iug, as Collins had testified.
A disinterested witness,
linvle. representative of The
W. 1".
Citizen.
v. ay called to testify
is to statementsi
made by
after th
the two darkies on Sunday
shooting, the state's par-
ppose of showing
had said when the
vi re fresh in their
testimony of Jones
Cowan was marked by
what they
tragic events
minds. The
and Oownn
much tinoon-
si ieiis humor. Join
Insixtlm; that
'l pi i' lor Manly
had told him that
.mini.- ahd Collins had be. n using
'Very broken language" and fre
l....niiv iisim.- the Itiblical expression
t-irled" Possibly the use of the
word was due t.. the fa. t tint h h. .1
the night of the shooting at'. lined a
i .,.ctini- where he had ueiiuir-
. , ,1 a revolver which h d sp.
iters to
......,,.. th,' church was a
Inirch mil
took the
i.i! rested
Kant.
The defendant prompt!
w'tness Staml when the si. I.
i i i.u statement of "i
ooeiir-
1 rer.ee. He was subletted to a severe
doss examination o.v -
Jones but his assured manner did not
desert him. Prodded by the ones-
. . u rtv Owed the
tians of Judge joue - :
t-onbles he had
experlene d,
th
.unding el'ht
by
1 of
oS..linir and
i.i...,..ir or another eonvh t
., ilcelng negro convict
: go, his shooting and
-.t f.laek Mountain.
Some eu!S
loumtin -'. "f
bis shooting
. i,ui!,if. ,,r n negro whom li
H.tol
.-., Irving to break into
r.i.u k Mountain and his
liis house at
ciiltin-r of n
nan named l.cdbetti
ho ,VH head
STftNDSBY BIGAMIST IN
SPUE OF HIS CRIMES
UD DISL01TYT0 HER
(icl.lianlt 's W i IV Test i lies on
Stand to His I'lid'orm
Kindness.
SHOWS N EMOTION.
NKW Y'
. I, h. ir.lt. ;
I solutely
.RK. ''et. HI
,H;iH ' tto Mll. ller el III' HI--,
no emotion, told .at 'h"
.roller s in.pil'St
t iHlip. I- I to'laV.
how he murdered Anna Bather, the
Cernia'n girl whom he l.ig-tm-fsry
married, in a clump ot Bong Island
woodland a year ago last April.
Uter having confessed fullv to the
r.,rriVr vestel-dav. it was no surprise
vlon he took
stolidly ri peal
the stand
d that h.
t.vl
111
the
niurdertr.
C.il.d til.'
',, l ie, t.-d
Before testif yin-r a ' ' -
usual legal warnin-. but
nevertheless I" t'-'l hi"
St ' TV.
1 nown
AS lie testified, hlS Ol ier 1
as Mrs. Cebhardt. a. en. a-
no bv lo r two children sat n
Slv inid preiloosly gone on the
her two children sn I n--ni
1-111.1
ird testified to her husbands' g'-n
good character and his kind
mint or tor. for sh" ts r-n
lo-.-al to him desi'ite bis ronf-s
t)-'
- n . n
, ,-in.e and the fact that
rn.-TTi
the Blither girl.
Cebhardt testified that he had shot
the trlrl twice, and then fled ."ml re
turned to his home at Astori
I- I.
the name home at which hi
was
rested on Sunday night. IB- s:
had not gone again to th.- .
of the murder until a few ; 1-i-i.m
he took a woman th'-re
i vf r some land which he hop
s.-l' h-T. His brazen attitude
eoonr.nt fearlessness at that
.1 lie
5r.it v
d to
and
time
u-;:s indicated wh'-n he said today that
i this visit he was accompapni- d by
lu first wife. Although he knew
that the Buther girl's bones were ly
ing not far away, he conducted the
party about the vicinity with no show
if terror.
MCHT RinFUS ACTIVK.
Ht'NTINCTOX. W. Va.. t 26.
The first outbreak of night riders in
S-iuthw. stern West Virginia for more
than a year occurred last niiiht in the
Fastern part of Cabell county. The
large tobacco barn of Kverett Blnke.
intitainiiiK tohaeio n us burn -.1
ot a crowd seeking to initiate him by
tiie pleasing process of "pressing"
him.
Court Opens.
The first witness was if 11. Thomp
son, of llillsboro, who testified 'o the
gotxl character of Witness p. c. Col
'lir.r. He was folhwt-d by Burl 'y
Cowan, the negro potter who testi
fied that when he came from church
about 1 o'clock he went to his room
some 20 steps from the hotel ..nd had
i,e. n there ahout 20 minutes, hearing
no noise when Proprietor Manly cnll
( 1 for Clem Jones and when lie l iJ
not respond told witness to get t'on
siablc Watklns. Witness -said that he
met Jones and the two waked at
kins who asking what the trouble was
Witness told him he was wantetl to
r;ulet a disturbance at the hotel. When
lluy reai h. il the hotel they met Man
ly v.ho told Watklns to restore pence
Witness said he heard no noise as
Buy approached the hotel, but Mrs
Woodruff put lo r head out of a win
cow and called to "Hurry up." as
They are in the hall now." In the
II upstairs they saw no one except
Mrs. l.inville and went first to room
17 and then to 19 where the officer
knocked. Some one Inside asked
Who's (hat." and Watklns replied
a policeman." The officer entered.
lighting u match and when It went
out told Clem to make a light.
he officer asked the two
. . I . . . .. - , I...
men who were sitting
fide of the bed wliat all me
fuss was about, to which one ol
them replied that there was no iu".
that thev were lust talking. I he ot
her told them to g. f back In bed In
loud tone. Collins, who was m -
in., to get Bunting t' i u.
with his hand extended as he talked
the officer, the pistol tired and the
licllt went out. The men iv.ie
. . I....I, tli of-
mi.king any moie ... .. i -
, rr Collins, who was shot llrst leu
nek that his foot closed the door
ml witness was shut out In the hall.
. .. .1 t),.nllnn
lie heard a second snot ami n..
eyclalm, "My Cod, lie s "oi toe
the stomach."
Cross Kxamlnntlon.
On cross examination witness said
...... i 1 .l,l thn
lha
t he was trli.-nienen i
,,-, -as mar as I could direct
i : I,..n II WaS SUff-
n yscll , t nts iieiot; -
girted that his statement to int -
ni r
lid not corresponit in ino -
what
testified In court. num-
(Continued from paitc
FftlHER RECONCILED IT
HER ALIENATION SUIT
Sen. (iazain Declares He
I las Ween Katfer for Ain-ii-alile
Relations.
WILL WAS IN Till' WAV
PIIII.AItKBI'lll.l
oneiliation between
Bh.abetll Ca.zam.
i i. t A n c
Miss Aiitionelte
defendant in 1 1 1 -
sensational alienation suit brought by
Mrs. Marshall Clark, wife of "Nihlo,"
the mystic, and Miss Cazzam's aged
father is about accomplished. Father
anil daughter have been estranged
since the former was divorced by
Miss Cazzam's mother.
Win n the h iress of Storrn King
Mount i in returned to her home in
Cornwall a fen- days ago after a fort
meht's mvsterioiiH abs'-ne.-, friends
ao' pt. il the r. port that she hsd be.-n
so-oiiriiing in pliila.b Iphla. where her
lather, former State Senator Joseph
M Oazzam. was in daily rommunlea
t i.o with her.
'I o friends and relatives the Impor
ts of the re. on. illation : ershad
i.us the alienation suit for the mo
ni. nt If accomplished It will defeat
the dying wish of Miss Cazzam's
mother. This was expressed in Mrs
i ', , i zz'fm's will as follows:
"I most solemnly charge and direct
rny executor and the guardian of my
hi loved daughter. Antoinette Kliza
b'th. that they guard and protect my
daughter from coming at ane time or
in any manner under the care of or
within the influence of or into person
al or social contact with her f.'hcr.
Joseph M. Cazzam
This mandate was implicit!- obeyed,
although Miss Cazzam is known to
have felt keenely the determination
of her mother to exile her fnrrt a
father's love. Senator Oazzam was
ect ready to welcome his ct-ihl.
Senator Cazzam Is one of th" leid
Ing business men of Phliad-lphi i.
vh're his second wife 'is a leader in
scrb'ty. They have a beautiful co'.n
try home near Blltmorr. the Vander
b'.lt estate tn North Carolina.
Senator Oazzam granted an Inter
view today to a World repor'er in
which he removed all doubt as to hl
(Continued on ns sin.)
i yw wLs
s T A
GREAT COMMONER OF JAPAN IS
. ASSASSINATED BY KOREAN FANA TIC
Shot Down in Railway Station as He Was on His Way to Settlo Differences Between
His Country and China. All Mikado's Realm is Mourning
for His Death.
IIAIiHBV, Oct. :'. Prineo Hlrobu
ml Ito, former Japanese, prosldcnt
getieral of Korea and probably Jti-.
pun's foremost statesman, wag assas
sinated at the Tsaits.igan railway ta
thm here today. At tho moment the
Japanese diplomat was acknowledg
ing the noisy welcome that had greet
ed him a8 he stepped down from the
coach lhat he bad occupied In tho
railroad train. Smiling and bowing he
turned to make his way toward the
Bussiau finance minister, M. Kukov
stiff, who was awaiting him on tho
station platform a few paces distant.
Suddenly a half dozen revolver shots
fired In quick succession wera
heard, followed bjr the cries of those
standing near tho prince who had
either been wounded or imagined
themselves to be At the second report
Prince Ito staggered and fell faint -ItiK.
It was subsequently found that
he had received Ihren bullet wounds,
two of which . ntered tho abdomen.
Prince Ito did not regain conscious
ness and died twenty minutes later.
Others Wounded.
The fusllade of shofs threw the
crowd Into a. panic, anil It was some
time before It could be determined
who beside tic prtnee had suffered.
When the ex. it. inent had somewhat
subsided it was found that three other
members of the party on the pint -form
had he. n injured. Prince llos
private secrctaiv received a bullet
wound as did Japanese Consul Oeu
cral Kawakati and Ocneral Manager
Tanaka, of lie South Mant hurian
railway, win. had moved closer to
the prince as the firing began. It Is
thought that these Ihrce arc not mor
tally wounded.
ssa--in Defiant.
i in- per jn-i i a ' . r of (he nufrage was
WITNESSES TESTIFY TO
THREATS BY SANDERS
Say lie Nai'l Sonic Sliootintf
Had tit l!c Done Around
Newport.
BKAI'I'I'l!'!
iiniony intern!
N ('., Hi t '!
I to prove that H J
I with the murder of
. mayor of Newport,
'. ned to shoot N'ew-
Zanders, cliarr-
II. J N'ewben
thi.'l Stale, thi.
hi rry, was gi i
state in his 1 1 i .
' in the vin
wilhoSScH tfhti';.
Hi;. I "no d
, by witnesses ror th
1 here today.
ng of tho shooting
I that Handers said
man would appear In
m to prison ."
.a on a county road,
s testified, toll) the
court to sern! I
Meeting a m.
nders witn. v-
;nrin about "th ugs" getting "hot"
around NewpoM and that, some stioot -tng
had to be done, and that Newberry
was not going t" appear against him.
Th rents against Newberry's life were
nu de by Sanders, It was testified, be
cause the form' r tried to put the
"'blind tigers" out of business.
wm
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday
and Thursday, warmer Wednesday;
moderate south west to west wlnnd.
Postseason Is On. Iti nnrjrjr ffl
zX WRECKOFSTEAMEfi
not hard to locato as ha stood de
fiantly In tho crowd, revolvor In hand.
Me proved to be a Korean, and with
two companions of the same nation
ality, boasted of a conspiracy to talcs
the Ilfo of the former president-general
of Korea In satisfaction for th
alleged tyranny of the prince over the
Koreans. V
As the police pounced upon the
three Koreans, the one who did the
shooting exclaimed dramatically; .
"I come to Harbin for the sole
purpose of assassinating Prince Ito to
avenge my country." , : i
None of the three Koreans, 'at
tempted to escape. The assassin Jitter
admitted that h hilar & personal
grudge against the Japaneso states
man, who. while resident prlnco-gen-eral
In Korea had caused the exe
cution of several of his friends.
It had been supposed that the po
lice protection for tho prince was ad
eitiatn but the police stated later that
I hey were unable to distinguish tho
Koreans among the many Japanese
who had been admitted to the rail
way station to welcome tho prince.
The Kusslan police, stated that Ju
lian's i hnsiil-genenil Kawakan had
leiiucstcd them to permit entrance to
the station of all Japanese who
sought admission.
Very soon after Hie body of Prince
lio v as made ready for removal
home, and placed upon u railroad
Irani. Tin- casket was covered with
flowers and In otfier ways the sorrow
of the official and public life was
maiiiesfted.
Hiul Come for Conference.
Prince Ito had come to llurhln to
meet M. KokovKoff, the Kiisslan min
ister of finance, for what was believed
an Important conference. The confer
Has liaise Attend
Spite of ( Nuiiiter
1 ion of ( 'iivu.s.
illiee in
Attrae-
CMAKI.OTTE, N. C, Oct. 2l l)e-
ej.it- the counter uiiraction or tiar
tinm and I'.niley'H circus, Mecklenburg
. aunty's fair. whleh opened this
morning, proved a strong drawing
' ; rd for several thousand p'-oplo.
I.e. al en I huslasf lot declared t tin t the
. pening day was featured with the
i.-rgest attendance In the history of
the fair association. Mr. Kdgar B.
Moore, formerly of Asheville, has sev
. ral entries In the stock and poultry
ci,iMes and is picked as an easy win
ner of first, premiums.
ixsi ; ui:ci;t v i :hsiu r,
NKW VoliK. Oct. 25.--liidgi. Ui
combe tt.day grantitl an ord. r in re
tard to the reorganization of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, directing
all receivers Indebtedness he called
for payment 'in November 1 and that
th.- property and business of the com
pany in the hunh of fc. I. Warfield
P. P. William ami fi. C Duncan, re-c.-i',er,
he turned .v.n to the custody
of the company at midnight, Novem
ber 4.
THAW USliS APPFAf;.
AU3ANV. N. . Y, Oat. 2fl. Harry
K. Thaw's contention that he Was II-l-gslly
coaimltted to the Mattiawan
stete hospital for the criminal ln
ane following his acquittal on the
ehcrge of murdering Stanford White
In New York City, was overruled to-
y by the Court of Appeals.
ence was suggested by Prince Ito
In bis capacity as prcaident of th
prtvy council of Japan. The eubject
to be discussed wore not definitely
known to the public, but they were
supposed to concern affair of admin
istration In WarrchuruC Kokovsoff had
before declined an Invitation to visit
fit Pan for such a conference and Her
Wit was agreed upon "ft a meeting
Place. In accepting the Invitation the
RusHltii) minister wll , that . political
questions : must be. barred'., h fya
cplnpetent, onlj,",. dlctt,flnanclal
and; technical aabjocW ttysih eoneern.
ing, the Wtu the Matichurtan
railroad. Hn cohrtrefloe ,ad M
announced widely In advance and It
was generally knowa when the- di
plomats would reach Harbin. ,
Had Jroat Mlwdon.
Prior to his departure Prince Ito
said to Tho Associated Press:
"I am going on my own Initiative
with tho approval of my emperor,
with tho hope of securing a batter
understanding with China and, of as
suring the world that Japan's Inten
tions In Manchuria arc amicable to
ChUin, and friendly to the commerce
of all nations. When I return I hope
to give positive evidence of this."
Undoubtedly Prlncn Ito Intended
to Inaugurate and enforce a distinct
policy In Manchuria but tho exact
nature of thi ws not disclosed.
Maniuls Katsura, tho premier and
minister of finance, after tho assas
sination, said In an Interview:
"Tho deiith of Prinrn Ito will not
changn tho policies .,f Japan. The
pacific, mol Ives of Prince dto will
ever he maintained anil the traditions
(Continued on pngn four,)
BUTLER APPEAL HEARD
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Famous Libel Suit Keaelies
ltn Lust StitfH in the
Con its of the State.
HAMCIOII, N. C Oct. :. In tho
Ktipreuto court today the appeal of
Kx-t fulled Htates Senator Marion llut
ler and brother, Lester Ilutler, editor
of Tho CaucaKlan from the sentence
In tlnllford county Hiipi rlor court of
$r00 and $21,0 fines each for criminal
libel .f Kpcticer It, Ailkims, w,,s heard
and the case taken uivl.'r considera
tion. The libel consisted -if publica
tions Impeaching Ex-Judge Adams'
official and personal acts, while Chief
Justice of the Choctaw-ChlcHHM w cl
tlwnship court, of Indian Territory,
the publications being in the heat of
a political conflict within tho repub
lican ranks, Adams belnx republican
stato chairman.
The arguments for tho Itutlers were
were by by Ex-Oov ('has. If. Aycock,
Kx-Judirc It. W. Winston and Rx
Judce K. W. Wlnjfton ujid Kx-Judge
W.
8. O. It. Robinson.
For the state and Judge Adams,
prosecuting the cas against the But
lers, were Major Chas. M. Htcdman,
It. C. Htrudwlrk, and Attorney Gener
al T. W. Blckett.
ftTREf. COMMOX DIVIDENP
NEW YOtlK, Oct, 26. The di
rector of the United States flteel
corporation today declared a quar
Urlr dividend of one per cent, on the
conwion stock. This ia an Increase
of a quarter per cent, over the pre
vious quarter,
The usual dividend oft
1 3-4 per cent, was declared on the present outlook this mill will con
preferred stock. t'nue to operate i!.i full time. .
HestlaGoeson Rooks In Heavy
Gale With Forty Odd :
Souls Aboard
ONLY SIX ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN SAVED
Steered on Reef Through Mis
take In Lights While Storm)
Was at Its Height ' !
KASTI'oin, Maine, Oct. 2, -The
Xoith Atlantic' annuiil toll of lives
and vessel received tl , llrst tithe of
tho winter etuton frtim It tributary
-the Hay of Fundy-Atndiiy U thn
loss of at least a score-' of wmls and
the destruction on ' k nliotil Itmldo of
Old Proprietor' Ledge off Seal n,,
Onmd Manan, of the Donaldson line
steamer Ileatla,, bound 'from Glasgow
for, 8t. .Jphn and llajtlmors. Foir
tno viotim--young scotch Indies,
were passenger ot the lll-fatsd
ticmcr, and the other wore mem-
berr of the crew, -Captain 'Newman
and twenty or' more member of the
crew wero last seen this mormnq !n-tv
ship' boat Which a.' being tossed
on a tormjr e,Y'- ,.
Cling to Wreck.
Of the forty person i who were
aboard the temer wticm he plied up
nn the shea I t 1 o'clock thi mora
Ing, ony aix ara-positively known to
have been avi They were forond
to cling to the wreck, ahlftlng th-lr
precarious positions .often a thn
steo mer was tossed by the great seas.
If waa not until l-Pi.mi totlny that
lift' a vera were able to r man their'
boat and reach the.trandej vosoel.
W hen rescued th survlvoa were In. a
weakened, state afto their, fourtueit
hour ordeal, ... .
Those known to ,be . saved are:
Third. Mate tUflwart. Hecond Kiurtnecr
Morgan, and seamen Keen, MrKenxie,
Smith, and MeVlokal;. , .
. MlHtak lit l ights. .
' .Xi heavy northeasterly gnli I be.
lved to have, been responsible for
the fTestla'r lata although' ft I sup
posed that a mistake of the miin nt
tbdheer rn believing th fleam f
the lighthouse in Maohla Seal Island,
several mile southwest, carried the
ship many miles off her course.
Tho sailors of the middle watch
had been out of their bunk an hour,
and all others except the navigating
ofllcer were stowed In bunk or ham
mock when the crash came an hour
nfter midnight In th belief that tiel
was leaving Orantf Manun on the port
tuck, and following 4h usual coiirn t
to Ht. John, the navigating ollh'cr
sought the distinguishing marjpi of
that route, But they were not to bo
seen. Instead the. steamer ws head
ing for flettl Cove, over seas whlcn
barely covered a treacherous bottom ,
f shoals. It was on una of these,.
Just Inside old Proprietor's huAut that
the vessel's nose became Impaled.
COTTON MILL CLOSING
NOT SO GEHERALAS WAS
AT FliSTANTICIPATEO
me
Some Will Reduce their Out
put by Cutting Down
Hours.
UNION Mil A j SOLID.
ATLANTA, Oct. 2fl. At H meet
Inn here today of the Oeorgla Indus
trial association, attended by promi
nent cotton mill men from all part
of tho stato, It was decided to curtail
production by reducing th operating
time of the cotton mills of the state
twenty-five per cent. This action af
reets 10 mills. It wa declared Unit
tie mills face critical conditions In
view of tho wldo difference In the
prices of raw and manufactured cot
ton. For two months or ionirer the
mills will operate on three fourths
tune, tho curtailment to continue af
ter January 1, provided the price Of
cotton goods does hot advance' to a
pi Int where tie mllln, can operate,
without sustaining a loss.
XO SUIT DOWN 1IFRK.
I'NION, 8. C, Oct. 28. With their
products sold ahead for several
months at least, It was denied today
that the nine cotton mills of this,
county will c lose down on account of
tin present htxh price of cotton. All
the plants, with the exception of the
Lock hart mills, which are closed for
this week only, will contlnuo to run
on full time, probably until the first
of tho year.
WITRE.VS. 8, C. Oct. .-Hegln-nlng
November 1 the Watt cotton
mill of this city, J3.00O pndles, will
Inaugurate a program of curtailment
of production- by- closing-bne day in
vich week. The management of the
I Atrrens mill state that from the
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