CITIZEN.
Complete Associated
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ASHEVILLE, K 0, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1911 V
PRICE FIVE CENTS
. VOU XXVII., NO. 154
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tOSEPMEHOOfyLONGMOURNED
MDEAmVEMDWELLfANblS
I WW TRAVELING OVEREURdBE
fFdriJier Asheville Girl Whose Disappearance Mystified the World Writes
I f a- tl Mtt,, Tallinn ff flfstiit Fmarimnrae .fn
Marriage to
RELATIVES INUTY A TSONISHED
BY THE RECEIBT OF THE LETTER
Closing Chapter of Story Which foads iike a
Novel and Tells of the Career of One of the
Shrewdest Swindlers of Modern Times; I
jf 'X i 1avllng tinder an assumed name,
- s ' In European par la unknown, mr.
' Cavendish, formerly , MIm, Josephine
'''JHood, of thl city, long loots and In
. later. rear mourned aa dead, la in the
' fceat of health and happy Jn the com
pany of her husband, who at one time
passed tinder the name of lord Dou
" Ja and Is reported to have married
several women under others. f -mm
.Lrh.r tamt there has rnm Indla-
m tpu table and positive, proof tnat Mtaa
.yeara ago- inarrled . Cnvendian " -nd
then disappeared aa- If the eartn nau
swallowed her up, is borne outby
. the . reCeht receipt of letter from
M las . Hood in her own handwriting
" to relative. in this city. Before the
letter had been opened the haudwrtt
Ing w weog'nlaed, by th. recipient
and the letter staged that the writer
was in s;ood health, and with ne'r hue
hand was n rouj tb San Freaolsco,
-whhcvthy Were to sail for Europe.
The alrange feature about the letter
frontalis Hood wa that It was writ
ten aa -thonBb ahe had na previous
correspondence " between . herself- .and
relative 'here. - The writer regretted
, that the had not written aa often as
he might have done, but she Intlmat-
d tha fq.,raoiivnnslrima Mx8U,Lniy ,aiaMr-4lta:fhO- ''--el-lv!if,U
i eten'tly good, more frequent orr
. pendehe TIM. not .been mouigea in.
The-tone of the letter would Indicate
that Mlwi Hood had no knowledge of
the fact that at various Intervals for
' flva years the newspaper of the
$ country had carried sensational to-
' He about, her marriage, supposed
i death and' frequent reappearance.
J Nor Is It likely that she Is fully ac
quainted with the character of the
bigamist, who -won her love. married
her and grncefullly allowed her to
to II vo Tilth him. a privilege not ac
corded to former wives of Cavendish.
Wrote to Her Mother.
a' "The letter from Miss Hood wa"
written to her mother, Mrs. John
- - lion in nr. nf the letter's sister
here. Mrs. Hood at that time was In
Louisiana and the letter was ror
warded there. A conference or rela
tives in this city resulted In the -decision
to keep the matter ulet for a
time, presumably untl,Cavndlsh and
. his wife were safely o the' other side.
of the waterN It was felt that Caven
dish fearing arrest after seeing the
papers would do the girl harm before
leaving her.
The news that Miss Hood, as she
Is best remembered here, Is alive and
still- living with the man who had
SMALL POX PASSENGERS
WERE REFUSED LANDING
IN ISUNttf TRINIDAD
Charges Made by Others
Against American Con
sul and Surgeon Gen.
ALL IN DANGER
NEW YORK, March 21. Thirteen
passengers from the British steamer
Tennyson, arriving from Braslllan
port via Trinidad and the Barbadoes,
announced today that they had pre
pared protests to be forwarded to
Secretary of State Knox and the Earl
of Crewe; British secretary of state
for the- colonies in London, against
alleged inhuman action of the sur--geon
general of Trinidad and Indiffer
ence of Franklin D. Hale,- United
States consul there. The surgeon
general la charged with refusing to
permit the Tennyson to place two
mail pox patients from the snip's
steerage In quarantine at Port-au-8paln.
Hi answer, the passengers
assert, waa that there was bubonic
plague in the city, and that the au
thorities did not want the added dan
ger of smallpox. '
Consul- Hale waa appealed to by
American passengers and la alleged
to h.a,ve sent word that he could do
nothing.' The Tennyson carried its
lnfectedi passengers to Barbadoes, it I
charged, at th risk of Infection to
other paw "riger.
John Cavendish Nearly
seven wtvea before, and Tiad deserted
each one after taking all the money
he could lay his hands on, will come
'as a great surprise to the people of
this city where she was remembered
as a bright, clever girt -with host' of
friends. That her giobe-troftlng hus
band has really learned to, love tier
la highly probable, and it is presumed
that tha wife has a similar regard
lor mm. . - , -.. y
Her Letter. , ,. t v1
T hop you .will not think un
kindly of me," ran the letter which
came like a thunderbolt out of a clear
sky , after.-year of .distressing silence,
"because I have not written to you. as
I should have-dene, but my teeming
neglect was for good reason. We are
on our 'way to Europe, sailing from
Ban .Francisco next week, fit is nec
essary that we go there to settle up
some of.. Japk' her husband'), af-.
fair. 'and arte, that we wllj comf
back' to thle country. - You can ex.
pect- to hear from me" again In about
sis months." . The letter closed with
many, protestation of lov toi. tha
-mother who had mourned her child
'a dead and was signed. "Tour lov.
lag daughter, Josephine.- f ,.f
' from thaf time to thltynw word
Jia been received from the girl, yet
her mother and relatives are not un
its (dead."
To relatives and friends the receipt
of only one letter In almost six years
would indicate that Miss Hood' let
ters to her people had been regularly
Intercepted by Cavenctlsh, who knew
that the hounds of the law had ben
scouring the world for him. Another
theory which may be advanced is that
Miss Hood had never been allowed
to see the newspapers when her
Itrange disappearance had -attracted
the attention of the civilized) yrorld.
One of the numerous wives of Caven
dish, who married him when he af
fected the title of "Lord Douglas,"
writing here stated the "lord" never
-allowed her to read the newspapers,
nor would he permit her to write
nyi letters without his supervision,
Those who knew Miss Hood here,
however, will hardly picture her sub
mitting without complaint to a
course of treatment she had never
before experienced. It may be, how
ever, that the Bohemian lire led by
the pair caused her to experience an
abondlng love for her dare-devil
husband.
Closing Chapter
Thus there Is written what may be
regarded as nearly the closing chap
ter of the strange story of Miss Jo
AND SOCIALIST IN
E OVER GRAVE
Univesal Suffrage Suggest-
ed for Italy to King by
Socialist Leader
PREMIER NAMED
ROME?,- March 21. A visit of Dep
uty Blssolatl, leader of the socialist
parliamentary group, at the Qulrlnal
today, where King Victor Emmanuel
consulted him regarding the minis
terial crisis, Is considered a political
event of great Importance. Blssolatl
wsa dressed in his usual shabby suit
of gray, 'T,re a soft black hat and
looked the true type of the proletari
at. His conversation with the king
lasted an hour, and he expressed the
opinion that ex-Premier Ololettl wss
best adapted to solve the serious
problems arising through the resigna
tion of ' Premier- Lnaoatrl. Blxsolatt
presented arguments to his majesty
on the advisability of conceding "uni
versal suffrage and he outlined the
best means to bring about this re
form, Later the king received Blgnor Glo
lettl In audience, and It 1 believed
that hi majesty entrusted to the ex
premier the task of forming a cabi
net. ,. According to the jcuetom here,
however, no official announcement
will be made until the organization of
tha cabinet has been completed. It
fa said to be the intention of Senor
Gialettl to bring together all the lib
eral forces. Including radical and
socialist. --'.i ' .
Six Years Ago.
sephine Hood which aroused th. ac
tion of the United States government
and the Mexican authorities. At on
time, while Jhe trail atter cavendish
a warm, ne was seen entering the
post office of a little town In Mexico.
The building was surrounded, but
when the final .swoop waa made the
bird had flow. Lst November, re
ports from Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, led
to the heller that Mr. and Mr Caven
dish were there, hut DDsiunt In
quiry revealed the fact that they had
shaken off the dust of that town sev
eral years before.
The hunt for Cavendish became hot
when the Injured wives, wno tad
loved net wisely but too well, joined
In the chase and filled the papers
With the experiences of their-brief
marital career. He wa generally
described a a man of moat persua
slve Influence, ,. and It Is thl tatter
trait Which Is now "believed to have
prompted Mlssjiood to follow Caven
dish to all quarters of the earth. In
fact, the letter previously referred to
spoke of having made five Jong sea
voyages, one taking up a period of six
week. t ..... ; , .
, !, ' Born In Louisiana,
, Mlas Hood was the daughter of Mr.
and Mr. John B. Hood of New Iberia.
Louisiana, "her mother being promt
nently connected 'here, wher Mis
Hood apen moat of time with rela
tive. . Miss Hood rejoined her par
ent In " Louisiana Ave year ago
and later came the new that after a
brief courtship she had been married
to a; wealthy -Englishman named
C. A. Cavendish, who waa Interested
n oil , operation yiear New Jberia.
It waa -stated that the coupie had
gone -on a bridal tour- to Mexico where
ho man claimed to -own valuable
minea. -
Week passed without any word
front "their daughter;-the parents be
came anxious and a the day went on
anxiety turned to alarm wnicA wa
pommunleaJted here. Then hn cut
appeared in the pnpertTof a notorlou
bigamist who ' wa Operating under
the name of Lord Perclval Sholto
Douglas, It became certain that he
and Cavendish were one.
Ttip Long Varn Rearrh. '
.. The United States department of
state was appealed to to seek he
missing girl, and It and the Me1am
government made diligent efforts to
find her. but though the couple were
traced they were not found. Then
came the dreadful fear that the man
had killed the girl to escape -letec-tion.
. This fear wa justified when
from every part of the country came
reports of women the man had en
ticed Into marriage, at least eight nf
them, and in most cases the manaf
terwards sought, to poison or slay
his victim.
About a yetir after Miss Hood dis
appeared, there came Informntlon
that she was at Tucunlcarl, New Mex
ico, andTrie Cltljscn hnd the matter
Investigated. It received from a re
liable source a story that a young
woman had entered n trnrt of gov
ernment land near there and was op
erating a ranch, but that when she
learned that she was being sought
she disappeared. Some believed and
others refused to believe that this
woman w the Asheville Mlns Hood.
, SITUATION COURTS
Judge is Temporarily En
joined From Trying Cox
on Perjury Charge
CLAIM HE IS BIASED
piNCINNATI, O., March SS. At
torneys for George B. .Cox today hold
the commanding position In a fight
that has been wnged in three courts
during the Jast four days. The Cir
cuit court temporarily enjoined
Judge Frank M. Gorman, of the
Criminal branch of the Common Pleas
cpurt,from proceeding In trying Cox
on the charge of perjury.
The injunction is designed to prevent-Gorman
from taking up the
case until the Circuit court decides a
mandamus.
Proceedings tn compel Presiding
Judge ('has. J. Hunt to rule definitely
as to whether an "affidavit by Cpx.
alleging that Judge Gorman - Is
"biased and prejudiced" Is sufficient
to remove the case from Gorman's
court j
The temporary Injunction granted
today may have the effect of produc
ing a much more serious Clash be
tween the court than ha! heretofore
occurred, In as much a Judge Gor
man, took exception to the Injunction
in open court today, and decided that
he would, wait until tomorrow morn
ing before announcing whether he
would obey the "extraordinary Injunc
tion." It I thought hardly probable
that the Circuit court will rule on the
mandamu proceeding against Judge
Hunt before Saturday. .. . .
-jwvrwv- -" -. ,. e-VU
INTERURDAN CONSTRUCTION WORK ,
, POSITIVELY BEGINS MIDDLE OF MAY
Asheville Passenger Terminal
Seat the PostoffieeEastern Terminal of Road
Financial
By the lltfi f May dirt will he
flying In the ;. construction Of th
North Caroling -' Interurban electric
rjllway from Asheville to Charlotte.
Such -wss the statement yesterday
afternoon to a Cltlaen reporter by
Mr. George L. McKay, the hnanclal
agent of the company. Who l hef
In the Interest of the franchise for
th company Into Asheville, which
waa naked for some month ago.
The statement that actual construc
tion would be ln-rmrca within -the
Het two; month wa -based- .tore Mr;
McKay on the- faet that arrangement
of the- financing of the road have
been practically completed. That
Is, tha money has been promised, and
the deal for It ha been Closed, but
tha capital I to be furnished by
French capltaJlste, and there are yet
certain detail to be consummated
before everything will be In readi
ness.
. Th terminal station of-the road In
Asheville will be on Patten avenue
on th property belonging ' to the
Cox estate near the postofflce. This
property ha been under option for
some time, and the definite conclusion
hss been reached that It Is the most
desirable point which can be secured.
Thl will allow the pasaengers com
ing Into Asheville to resdlly reach
any portion pf the city without any
Inconvenience. The freight station
wIlTbe at ome other point, the exact
location having not yet been uecldcd.
Crossing the Swannanoa river and
the Southern rsllroad at a point near
Blltmore the road will cross St. Dun
stan'a road, over an overhead bridge
across Houthslde avenue, and on to
Patton avenue over a private right of
way.
Tha application for a franchise to
enter Asheville wa made some
months ago, and the matter was re
ferred to a special committee to-
GO BEFORE GRIND JURY
As Witness in Investigation
of Defunct Carnegie Trust
Company
NEW yortK. March 2. It is un
derstood today that Andrew Carnegie
ha sent word to District Attorney
Whitman that he will gladly testify
before th grand Jury in the Investiga
tion of the sffalra of the defuro t Car
negie Trust company, whose leading
spirit, Wm. J .I'limmlns, hss already
been Indicted on charges of larceny.
Mr. Csrnegle had no connection with
the institution, but he rendered It
aubstsntlul nnanclitl aid, and the dis
trict attorney euld some time ago
that he would call him as a grnml
Jury witness If he fouhd it necessary.
There wa no grand Jury ac-sslon lo
day. A a result of the Investigation
Into the affair of the Carnegie Tnint
company a move will be made at a
meeting of the clearing house associ
ation next week to bring the local
trust compsniea under direct super
vision of the association.
WASHINGTON, March ,. Fore
cast: North Carolina: fair Friday
and Saturday; moderate variable
wind becoming northwest. "
I A
Oh, You Spring!
w VAvX- AvtW
Will be on Property of Coxt Estate on Patton Avenue
Arrangements for Road Are
gether with the corporation counsel,
and ha been Investigated by thl
committee, since. Mr. McKay ha not
been able to be bark In Asheville for
any length of time since (hen," and
o ha not beep able to tak up with
th committee Several slight differ
ences which la understood to exist.
H will this week meet with tha com
mittee and endeavor to straighten out
mutter.
. . When ked yesterday for the
name of the French people who are
to "finance' rhev propositi If was stat
ed thnt 'juet at present tt wa prefer
able not to make public the names.
These wilt b made public within tha
next few .week. That the capitalist
back of the road are amply able to
finance the proposition It wsa stajed
tht there we no question.
Several days ago there wsa a rumor
current here to the effect that Mr.
L. L. Jenkins, president of the Amer
ican national bank and recently
offered hi resignation was denied. It
was stated that there was more work
attached to the position than wa
contemplated, and tht "Mr. Jenkins
did not feel that he would he able to
undertake the entire amount of work
required. At a meeting of the direc
tors held In Shelby several day ago
arrangement were made so that he
will not have to devote so much tlm
to the duties, and will continue to act
as president.
The final maps, profiles and sll data
for the construction of the fifty miles
of the western end of the road from
Asheville tn Rutherfordton has been
tabulated and forwsrded to Paris,
and upon the receipt of thln,iforma
tlon the final details nf the supplying
of capital will her made.
The work of compiling tha neces
sary data has taken longer than wa
estimated at first. The work has been
very carefully, done, and has been
ARBITRATION' TREAT, IS
BY
Best Means of Promoting
One Between England
and United States
LONDON. March- 23-Th best
mcann of promoting an arbitration
treaty between England and the
I.'nlterl States was considered at a
meeting of the Free Church council
today. It was decided tb postpone th
proJcctesY demonstration In Albert
hall recently arranged for April I, so
as to allow time to arrange a simul
taneous expression of feeling In the
t'nlted Htates. This decision was
largely due to a letter received from
Kir Kdwarri tlrey, who advised keep
ing In close touch with American bod
ies. A resolution wae adopted asking
the lord mayor to form a national
commission for the holding of meet
ings In favor of the movement In all
towns In the I'nlted Kingdom.
KMPKROK tilVKH At'DIKXCB.
ST. PBTKBSBCIWJ. March !.
Emperor Nicholas .gave an audience
today at the Tsarskw-Solo te U.
Stolypin, snL this evening' Bourse
Gazette publishes a telephone mes
sage from Tsarskoe-Selo saying that
it Is learned from an undeniable
sou rue that the premier has with
drawn hi resignation. ' ,
RKPOItTft AUK DKXIKD,
LAB.EIX), Tex.. March 2J. Dle
patches direct from Monterey, Mex
ico, tonight denied report that the
city had fallen Into the hand of the
Insurgents. Bands of Insurrecto are
reported near Monterey but no at
tack has occurred nor la one feared.
Monterey Is the headquarters of tn
military gone and I well garrisoned.
Will be Charlotte.
Completed,
woried out to th minutest detail.
Th field mnp of th road together
with prom map of the entire length
of th western end -war completed
some day ago, and war at one for
warded to th financial people.- .To
gether with these was a carefully
worked nut may for each mil, show
ing tit Retail th work to b don and
th cost thereof. The profile map1 I
wonderful piece of work? showing
In on long roll the entire dlstsnr -of
th fifty mile with fh eott ,fllis,
cutw? wHage ntr trestle? each
mile there I a summary showing the
dtrt, loos rock, olid rock, ' bridge
work and all of th road. ? ;
Mr. McKay stated yetrdy that
thing could, not be working any
nicer for th construction of th road.
The financial people, he said, had been
ready line th first of Ih year to to
ahead a soon ss th complete data
wa In hand, and alio a new chartar
had been secured, th on given to th
Ipthrml Traction company having
been Inadequate for th purposs d.
sored. Th lost legislature passed a
charter for th new company which
take over th right of way and
franchise of th old, and grant vary
liberal provision for connection and
traffic arrangements. ' In fact, th
new charter a granted gives th road
everything that waa asked for by th
promoter, j
Th cost of the western end of the
road will be in round number
$1,009,009. Thl Include th actual
cost of construction and th propor
tionate part of the equipment. .Th
eastern end nf th road I longer and
will coat more.
Tha data for the eastern end of the
road I now also complete, and this
will go forwsrd to th financier very
shortly, as soon as the necessary
(Continued on Page rYw.)
OLD BATTLESHIP TEXAS
1SSENTT0THEB0TT0H
Two Broadsides From Mod
ern Warship Sufficient to
Sink Old Hull
WASHINGTON, March 18. Two
broadsides from th battleship New
Hampshire were all that a neces
sary to put the old battleship San
Marco, formerly th Texas of Span
ish war fame, out of commission. Had
the San Marcos been an enemy, a
battle probably .would Have been end
ed almost before It was begun, so
accurate waa th aim of tfi gunner
of the New ilampshlr In directing
their Ore against the ship tn Che
pea he Bay. thl week. Thl I th
consensus of opinion of the navaf and
ordnane officers who returned to
Washington today, . '
These first two broadside fired by
th New Hampshire, while steaming
at more than six mile distant, rs-tu-altv
uaonered the Hn.fl Marcos. Tha
observing board found that M shells
of th New Hampshire had worked
such havoc that on of the members
of th board admitted today tney had
hesitated about going aboard. The
Intention of th navy department wa
to refloat th San Marcos, patch her
up and us th vessel ; la th fleet
practice to b held off the Virginia
cape early next month.. 7 Tha board
In a preliminary and unofficial re
port, however, ha declared that the
effecU of th New Hampshire' fir
were so sstoundlng a to leave the
San Mareo merely a mass of metal,
and as such of bo further naval use.
H probably will be left where It la
to be hauled away by
dealer. . ,
some '"J-!h!
L
Two Routes Are Contemplated
One of Which Leaves V
Out Asheville ,
PROPER INDUCEMENTS
WOULD BRING IT HERE
E n th u s I a s U c Meeting fo
Greenville KnoxvIIIe Rail- .
road At Greenville
OUKKNV1LLE, . C. Match J!.
At th rifts of an enthusiastic meet
ing of the local board of trad t
night In th Interest of th construe- .
tlon of the Ore-nvlll and Knox
tIII rallwayv "at which many -vial- -!
tors from other cltle wer present,
a committee wa ordrd appointed
of twenty-flftv or more tltlxens of '
Orsenvllle, who will at once go I
work to. Investigate th proposition
and eventually rats th liM.t-ou
asked of' thl city for th road. Mor
than tot) war - present, ' Including
prominent business sttKn from 'A At
ianta, Knoxvllle, Asheville, llender-
sonvlll, Wrevard and other cities In- .
tcrested.
tMlvee Nay Hill Hulltl
On of th leading feature of th
night wa th presentation of a lov
ing 1 cup to W. M.: Patterson, presi
dent of th road, by cltlsen of
Ureenvllle. Mr, Wm, J. Oliver, of
Knoxvllle, ws among the peaker.
and closed a strong talk with (h
statement that "Knuavlll will do her
part, and th road wll be built If
I llv."
Th tin will be gone over In th
next two months by an engineer. '
The? road Is already In operation
thirty mile west of Ureenvllle snd .
about ' th same , dlstanc east of ,
Knuavlll and It 1 proposed to con- '
neot the two branches by a Una -through
th Blu Kldg wiountatns,
touching Brevard and Canton, N. C
Prom present Indication ' Oreenvlll
la aroused with a determination to
hav the road ' built , . '
Two Jttea In View, "', '.;
TFw'"rof!te ' firhten-rmle.li ifv"
Via lire vard, direct to Canton and,.
Knoxvllle, th other Vl4" Henderson
ville, Ashsvllle and Canton, but with
proper effort there I no doubt but
that Asheville . can secure th road, 1
Visitor present were Ban ford l. Co-
hen, Knoxvllle, assistant to president '
Appalachian ' exposition Jam K. 4
Kely, Vice president of the Ulluml
nou company , of Knnivlil; fl C.
Chamber, Ashevlilei H. W. Plum
mer, Ahville "N. Buckner, Ash
vlllei Hlllard Btalon, mayor of Hen-
dersonville, N. C; W. A. Smith. Hen
dsrsonvllls) Wm. P. Chamberlain,- .
president Manufacturer' and Pro
ducer association, Knoxvllle; J, M.
Htarrett, secrstary Manufactuer and ;
Producer' aaaoclatlon, Knoxvlll; '':
Wllyey U Morgan, Knogvill Hentl
nel; Iavld C. Chapman,- president
board of trad of Knoivlli; Dr,
Thomas R. Jones, Knoxvllle; Jams
A. Menslty, secretary board of trade, :
Knoxvllle: Bamual Harbison, Knox- .
vllle; J. L, Belt, Brevard; Welch
Galloway, Brevard; Benjamin Estes.
Brevard.
TRIKG CAVMKO KAILI'HR
NSW YOnK, Maroh IJ.The
strike of Uxlcab chauffeur last fall
la held responetbl for th fallur of
th Cab and Taxi company for a re
ceiver waa appointed today. ,
AMERICAN TELEPHOIA!;D
i
VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR
President's Report Says
Public Regulation Has
Come to Stay y ;
25.852,789 PHONES
NEW TOKK, March A grosd .
revenue of 1S,00,009 for th year?
X10 l shown tn the annual report'
of the American Telephone Tl-"
graph company President Vail In
hi report to the . toekholdcr aay
that "public control or regulation by
public service commission ha come
and com to stay." President Vsll
further stated state control or regu
lation should bo of such character
aa to encourage the. highest possible
standards In plant, tha utmost exten-:
ton of facilities, the highest ff tciency -
tn service, rigid economy Id operation
and to that end should allow rate
that will warrant th highest wsges
for the best fervlwe, om reward for
high efficiency in administration and .
uch certs intr of return on Invest-,
ment as will Indue investor not only
to retain their securltle but to sup
ply t all times all th capital needed
to meet the demands of the public.'
Such control- and egultlon can and
ahould atop ail, abuse of cnpH -tlon,
of Mtortlen or of ov
f nnreasonabl division
Th number of teler' '
th company, the r -gat
IM8J.78. ''
tal wire mllej( i f '
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