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ASHEVILLE, X. C, WEDNESDAY MORNlNO, SEPTEMBER 13 '1911
... VOL. XXVII., NO. 326
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H.G.HOMEMAKERS'
ASS'!! 15 STYLE OF
NO
fli ORGANIZATION
Has For Its Object Promotion
of Immigration and State's
Development
LARGE ATTENDANCE
OF PATRIOTIC MEN
Senator Overman President of
Live Organization Other
Officers
NET WILL SOON BE .
DRA WN TIGHTER IN
HA WKINS TRA GEDY
Second Inquest Most Probable and
Arrests Are Expected Today.
Trained Detectives Diligently at
Work Large Reward Offered.
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CHARLOTTE, N C., Sept. 12.
With a large attendance of patriotic
and determined North Carolinian,
there was born today the ''North
Carolina Homo Makers' association,"
having for Its object the promotion
of Immigration and the Industrial and
agricultural development of the state.
'The various railways, commercial
bodies and newspapers of North Caro
lina were well represented at the
meeting. j .
The following officers were elected:
Presldont. 'Senator Lee 8. Overman,
of North Carolina.
First vice president, W. C. Dowd,
jcharlotte News.
Second vice president, H. B. Varner,
;Lexlngton Dispatch.
Third vice president. Z. P. Smith,
Fayetteville.
Executive committee, Dr. I. N. Fal
'aon. Charlotte; Fred A. Olds, Raleigh,
and James H. Calne. Asheville citi
zen. Board of Governors
' The following were named for the
board of governors, two members
from each congressional district:
Congressman John II. Small,
"Washinston; Dr. Chas. Laughing
house, Greenville; W. A. Finch, Wil
son; Archibald McDowell. Scotland
Tv'eek; J. A. AVostbrook, Mt. Olive; C.
L. Stevens, Newborn; Henry A. Lon
don, Pittsboro; Josephus Daniels, Ra
leigh; It. J. Reynolds. Winston-flalem;
A. M. Scales, Greans"boro; Joseph A.
Brown, Chadbourn; C. M. Evn". Wll- j
mngton; H. C. Dockey, Wilmington;
f. A. Page, Aberdeen, R. R. Clarke.
tatesvllle: R A. Doughton, Snarls:
"W. A. Graham, Lincoln; R. W. Vin
cent, Charlotte; N. Puckner, Ashe
ville. and W. A. Smith. Henderson
vl.l.Io. . The secretary-manager wtll be
turned nt a later meeting of the ex
ecutive committee. ..
Feature of Session
The feature of the day's session
(Con tinned on Page Four)
HENDERSONVILLE, Sept. It.
Rivalling in Its dramatic possibilities
any pley enacted on the mimic atage,
the curtain of mystery concealing the
atrocious murder of Miss Myrtl
Hawkins will soon be drawn aalde
and one of the most tragically etrange
crimes ever committed In North) Caro
lina laid bare in" all Its naked horror.
Mr. Hal Cooper, the Johnson City
business man, who was engaged to thu
dead girl, has wired that he la now
enroute to Hendersonvllle and urgent
ly aaks that the remains be not burled
until he arrives. The funeral, how
ever .occurred Monday. Outside de
tectives have been engaged and are
now following hot clues which, will re
veal the identity of a young man last
seen In company with the dead girl,
Sex-ond Inquest
Coroner William Reddln Kirk will
undoubtedly hold a second Inquest and
the Jury's verdict will be far more Il
luminating than the first verdict re
turned. The family of the dead girl
are paying for tihei detectives, en
gaged. The county authorities will
offer a reward and Governor Kltchln
has been petitioned to Jo the Fame.
In addition to this the citizens of
Hendersonvllle will raise a fund for
the detection of the murderer which
alone will amount to 11,000. With
trained detectives In the case, with
the added Incentive of liberal ve
wards, with new evidence secured by
a second inquest, the net mint soon j
close around the man or men who,
destroyed Miss Myrtle Hawkins.
Every Indication of Murder
The theories of suicide and of ac
cidental drowning! have now been
definitely cast aside. The constantly
accumulating evidence point more
and more definitely to murder, not
cold blooded and premeditated, but
murder none the lees, for the move
ments of Miss Hawkins may be traced
hour fro hour, almost, during Wednes
day. From Wednesday night abso
lutely no one -may be found, so far,
who has seen her until the body was
dragged from the waters of Lake
Osceola last Sunday morning. That
i. ..no one,., except tfiie Immediate
members of"rh family, not even their
Immediate .neighbors.. The young girl
was killed at some spot distant from
where the body was found. This alone
Is absolutely Indisputable and permits
of no argument whatever. Therefore,
I those responsible for the crime, after
I doing the child to death, returned to
I the scene of the tragedy and some
time during the night of Saturday
tr,rew the body Into the waters of the
! lake where It waa found.
Remarkable Feature
One of the most remarkable f e
lures or the whole affair, and one
r-on which but little stress has been
placed so far. Is the fact that the
body was found tightly buttoned in
a heavy winter wrap. Thursday waa
a warm day, trwre could have been no
reason for Miss Myrtle wealing so
unseasonable a garment on that day.
The police believe that this indicates
that aha left her home for the last
time either very late Wednesday night
or very early Thursday morning.
The woods around the lake and this
path through the beautiful Norton es
tate and the surrounding country
which It was Miss Hawkins' habit to
traverse almost daily, are being thor
oughly searched with no reaulta so
far. A very dainty little clock, carried
often by the murdered girl In prefer
ence to her watch, has been found In
the shallow water of the Mike where
the body was discovered.
Was Watched
The close friendship existing be
tween Miss Myrtle and Mrs. McCa.ll,
her school-girl friend, made them as
sisters who had no secret from each
other. Miss Myrtle, an athletic girl
of coolest nerve, told her friend of be-1
'- watched, and In on Instance fol
lowed by a certain young man.
The tragedy has really shocked this
community to Its core. Public Inter
est In the case Is remarkable.
The newspapers are being snapped
up as soon as thiey arrive here. Start
1 i developments Involving the ar
rests of two or more persons are look
ed for hourly.
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N010RIOUS GREEN
GDOOS CONFIDENC
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ARRESTED
Said to Have Garnered Over
$1,500,000 Ftom Unwary
In Last Few Years
GOV.WOODROW WILSON MAKES STRONG
DEFENSE OF INITIATIVE-REFERENDUM
Gov. O'Neal of Alabama Measured Sword$ With Him on Importvxt Principle and
m 'mm. - '.!..' ;
wnot Mmce Words m His Attack Upon it. Calling it "an Insidious
i Popular Vagary" Gov. and Mr. Wilson as Hosts. '
BOY HANGS HIMSELF
ST. MARTINSVILLE. La., Sept. 11.
Bartel LeBlanc. the 15 -year-old son
of a well to do citizen of this place,
hange.t himself to a bed post today
vbecausa his parents had nunlshed htm
for seme indiscretion. Th boy had
been locked In a room by hi par.
ents as punishment and when the door
waa unlocked to let him out bis body
was found dangling from the head of
the bed.
F
UNCI CABINET IS HELD
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Ministers Formally Refuse
to Satisfy the Curiosity
of the Public
THREE-HOUR MEETING
PARIS. Sept. 12. A momentous
meeting of the cabinet was held this
afternoon to consider France's reply
to Germany's counter proposals in the
ORDERS VICEROY TO PUT
AN END TflJEVEBY REBEL
Imperial Edict Says Ring
leaders Intend to Pro
claim Independence
ORDER IS MODIFIED
PEKING, Sept. 12. An Imperial
edict Issued today says that the rlitg-
OUESTION OE STRIKE OF
ILLINOIS CENTRAL MEN
WILL BETHRASHED OUT
No Further Action Will be
Taken Until all Sides
Are Considered
WANT ANOTHER VOTE
CHICAGO, Sept. It. The question
of a strike of Illinois Central railroad
leaders In the disorders In Sze Churn i shopmen without the aid of the Inter-
province Intended to proclaim Inde-
o:
Moroccan negotiations. The- meeting I pfndence. As a consequence the Chl-
lasted three hours. The terms and a
rough draft of the document were
laid before the ministers by foreign
minister DeSelves and were discussed
and scrutinized from every aspect.
Although the ministers formally re
fuse to satisfy public curiosity by
making lny statement as to wfiat
passed at the historic council, it Is un
derstood tFpat the cabinet accorded its
fullest approval of the reply prerared
by M. DeSelves, which Is no less ex
plicit than that submitted by Ger
many. It sets forth in the clearest
possible manner France's position
with regard to th question of princi
ple made by Germany and draws at
tention to the necessity of maintaining
mmerclai equally for all and as-'
ranee to France of an absolutely
ee h md politically in Morocco.
The foreign minister will proceed
to Uamheulllet tomorrow to submit
nese government ha ordered th
viceroy to destroy the rebels to the
last man. The viceroy' attention has
been called, however, to the fact that
many of those taking part In the dis
turbances are misguided and the gov- ,
ernment Instructs him to distinguish
between them and the actual rebels
in imposing punishment.
The possibility of vary erlous re
sult In Sze Chuen Is considered
grave. If the rebellion Is not prompt
ly suppressed it is likely to spread to
other provinces, where there has be n
much discontent of late. Some of the
newspapers are urging the people to
Join in the uprising but the merchants
everywhere are fearful that If the
rpbela are successful It might be the
beginning of a general conflagration.
The Japanese legation has received
a dispatch Indicating that Chinese
troops are nmong the rebels who are
b. sieging Oiengtu. No reports have
reached here as to the extent of the
the decision of the cabinet to Presi- j affected area. The Tangtse province
has not broken out, although already
to participate If the movement seems '
to be successful. It I not known !
whether the American and Canadian
mlslsonarles have left Cheng Tu or
are besieged there. Their last tele
gram declared their Intention of send
ing th women and children forward.
dent Fallieres. He will then have
drawn tip the definite text of th re
ply, which will be dispatched from
Paris wltiiout delay and will be In
the possession of the German gov
ernment by the end of the week.
national Association of Machinists will
be threshed out by the rank and file
before further action Is taken by the
international labor officials In charge
c t' nituation here. This was decid
ed at a conference today of interna
tional officials representing the nine
. in vol ved.
The refusal yesterdsy of the Inter
national Association of Machinists to
back the shopmen financially In th
proposed walk -out completely upset
plans of the Illnols Central federation
system leaders.
This resulted In the railing of an
other conference of International of
ficials for the purpose of formulat
ing an announcement to the employes,
setting forth the facts, pointing out
whst the mn would have to contend
with In the event of s strike and ask
ing for another strike vote. The com
munication was drafted by the con
ference committee today and referred
to J. C. McCreery, hesd of the Illinois
Central f'deratlon shop committee.
McCreery will submit It to thV mem
bers of the various unions Interested.
SPRING LAKE. N. J Rent n
Oov. Woodrow Wllon. of New Jer
sey, and Gov. EmmetT O'Neal, of Ala
bama, measured awords over th initi
ative and referendum before th con-
xerence or governor this afternoon.
OOv. Wilson, a champion of the
measure, replied U Oov. O'Neal, who
had previously denounced thtm a
"an insidious popular vagary," and
the Southern executive was on his
fet In a moment with an Impassion
ed defense of hi position.
Oov, O'Neal apok, vehemently for
ten minute, bowed, and without a
word walked through a casement win
dow to tb plana fronting the ocean.
"What" th ua of my aTolng back in
there?" h asked a reporter. "I hav
aires -twtcy alts -I
Itcd to two- speeches on' any on toD
lc." H did not re-enter the conven
tion hall for fifteen minute and took
no further part in th discussion.
Whan th conference ended, how
aver, Oov. Wlslon grasped Oov, O'Neal
by th hand and remarked that he
did not wish to be misunderstood.
Oov. O'Neal later said that he had
stepped to the plasza to meet Mrs.
O'Neal, whom he had heard was
there.
No Muirtng of Word.
Tbr was no mincing of words In
th Alabaman's denunciation of th
Initiative, referendum and recall.
"There Is a movement which seems to
be gathering strength In certain sec
tions of th country," he said, "that
tends to weaken rather than to
strengthen executive authority and
that 1 tb systsm of initiative, refer
endum and recall. Th governor had
no power to vto or amend a law
Initiated by th people and (adopted
by referendum. It th law Is In vio
lation of the constitution, Invade
vested right or dstroys Individual
t liberty the only remedy can be found
in the courts; and wher the custom
of recall of Judges prevails, rover
throwing, as it does, th Independ
ence of the Judiciary, the courts
would degenerate into, tribunal or
ganised chiefly to register popular
Judgment on all legal questions.
It was pleasing to know, fcs added,
that this "tnefduous popular vagary
will meet with the almost unanimous
several western governors had spoken.
Gov. Wilson's Reply,
"It eems to me," he said, "that on
th question of th Initiative and ref
erendum it la necessary that we carry
the analysts a little further than U
has been carried. A very Important
thing, a fundamental thing. Is the
source of the law. Some of th laws
that we have are bad law and they
are bad for the reason that thr Is a
suspicion ss to their source. Th peo
ple of the United States want their
governors to be leaders In matters of
legislation because they hav serious
suspicion a to the source of the leg
islation snd they hav a serious dls
trust of their legislatures.
vt.w or oo..0,Nal I that thr is
noming inconsistent btwn th
strengthening of th , power of th
etcuuv and h direct power of, th
people, , spoke of th caprlo of
the majorfty. I hav known of ln
tance of the caprlo of th mob," he
aid. "but X have never known of any
instance wher th votd of th pop.
wmuun vii spoken or a caprloe.
I don't believe ther Is any diint
of th fundamental prlnetDle at de
mocracy, I believe w ar all demo
crat u, : w us a small "d.7 ! I be
tlv that Oov, O'Neal fsel a OoV,
McOovern fl, and that wo ar
merely at add as t th bast method
of giving expression with rfrnc
t wim tn almost unanimous to that rr.t kukiia ,.., ..
mrfrrmrtcarr bar-f ZJXktf&J??" Bpo
vtov. rtnaon aia noi. reply until j , . ..-.. .
O'Neal sprang to hi feet and pro
claimed th reiteration 0f hi belief.
"I would rather stand with Madison
and Hamilton," he concluded after
outlining what he believed the menao
of the measure, "than to stand with
som modern prophet and torn of
our western statesmen."
Th discussion following Oov,
O'Neal's addrts coneumed th entire
afternoon session. Among th speak
r waa Oov. Kltchln, of North Caro
Una. Tonight the governors and their
wive wer guest of Oov, and Mr.
I Woodrow , Wilson at th tat cottage
"What I would urge as against the I at Sea Girt.
SENTIMENTALISTS MAKE
EFFORT TO SAVE BEITTIE
Gov. Mann Receiving Let
ters From People Asking
for Commutatiin
NOT THE BEST HARBOR
SEATLE, Wash., Sept 12. Secre
tary of the Interior Walter E. Fisher,
at a dinner given here Friday night
in his honor, declared Controller Bay
to be neither the only nor the best
.. jn,r the output of th Behrlng
rtv c-ii fields, pronounced th ex
tent and character of those fields
"grossly exaggerated' and announc
ed hi? policy to h Tne opening and
de -lopm i .t of the fleii;, out not un
der restricted private ownership.
The plan of leasing the coal lands,
Mr. Fisher said, deserve a considera
tion because it ha .approval of the
. resident. . ;
SONS OF AMERICA OFFICERS
LYNCHBURG, Vs.. Sept. 12. The
state camp of the Patriotic Order Bons
of America in apnual session here to
day elected the rollolvlng officers:
( President, W. R. Bennett, of Ports
mouth. Vice president. W. R. Rice, of
Richmond. .
Secretary, F. W. Vexander, of Oak
Grove.
Treasurer, J. H. Brunner, of Falls
Church ., ... ., . ; " -'
Tb camp meets nixt year at Fred
ericksburg. ; ..' . '- - .
TAFT HAS NEW fiOLF STICKS
BEVERLY, Mas.. Sept 12.- Presi
dent Tsft has a new set of golf stocks.
They are from Andy Carnegie and
reached Eever!y today straight from
Eklbo castle with the brand of th
Scotsman who made them In Dsr
noch. Mr. Carnegie's home, still fresh
on the wooden heads of th prlver
and brassle. J. G. Schmldlapp, of
Cincinnati, a friend of the president,
who Just returned from Europe,
brought them over.
JEFFRIES MOTHER DYI.VO
LOS ANGELES, Sept 1?. Mr
Aebecca Jeffries, mother of the form
er champion pugilist who is dying,
continually asks for her sqn. Jeffrie
is la Alaska on a bunting trip and re
newed effort ar Ijelng mad to reach
him,
RICHMOND. Vs., Sept. 12. The
sentimentalists ar making efforts to
save the life of Henry Clay Beatlle.
Jr., recently condemned to die for
th murder of h wife. Governor
Mann has received two cmmunlca
tlons praying for commutation of sen
tence in the" cm" One wnn from
Atlanta, G., snd the other from New
ark, N. J. Both were typewritten
and voluminous mly Initials are
signed to the two paper.
Henry Beattle remains confined In
the Chesterfield Jail, under strong
guard. No arrangements have yet
been made to tran"fr him to Richmond.
AAT. ETNA NOW PRESENTS
TEfiRIFinPEETACtr
Torrent of Burning Lava
2,000 Feet Wide and Four
Feet Deep Down Slope
TV. COBB IVJVRED
CLEVELAND. Sept. 12. While
sprinting for a fly ball In today's Detroit-Cleveland
game. Ty. Cobb fell
and injured his left knee. He said
tonight, however, that, ha probably
would play tomorrow.
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. WASHINGTON, 8ept. ll. Fore
cast: North - Carolina Fair ; and
somewhat cooler Wtdnady!, Thurs
day probably fair; light ttj moderate
variable wmd.s
CATANIA. Hlclly, Sept. 12. Th
crest of Mount Etna now presents a
terrifying spectacle. Heavy smoke
lies over It, with frequent brilliant
flashes, and the bombardment which
la continnuous along a line nearly
two miles In extent. It like th firing
of heavy artillery. A torrent of burn
ing lava estimated at 2,000 feet wide
and four feet dvp, is pouring down
the slope. Everything in Its way has
been carried before It. Groves of
trefts have been uprooted and set on
fire, and the lava stream Is sweeping
through the fields, sending out for
mi.es around hot Teal no u waves of
rnoke.
Th peaauuta have left their homes,
carrying with them . the aee I. the
al' k and th children and with mea
gre belongings they ewer able to gath
er together. The whole country Is
covered with lava. Many of the
shocks have been of great violence
and the peasants fear a repetition of
the Messina disaster.
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STATE BANK EXAMINER
Reidsville Man Wins Posi
tion Over 25 Strongly En
dorsed Candidates t
PROPOSITION TCRMED DOWN
SCR ANTON. Pa., Sept. 12. Presi
dent W. H. Troesdale of the Dela
ware, Lnckawana arid Western rail
road has 'turned down the proposi
tion of the trackmen that th matter
of reinstating Foreman M. J. Folev
be arbitrate, by the New York la
bor eommlKstoners or a. board of arbl-'
tratlon to be selected by the company
and trackmen. M Trucsdale'a let
tor says:
Tho management of this company
cannot. In Justice to Its best Interest
submit to any outside parties, or
board, questions Involving Its right
to disclplln it employees for such
wilful disregard of order, nor the
policy, it shall adopt and pursue in
dealing with question of this char--
RALBIOH, N. C, Sept, !. S. A.
Hubbard, of Reldsvlll. gets th po
sition of assistant state eiank examin
er, uecedlng Cha. V. Brown, pro
moted to chief examiner Instead of
J. Kemp Doughton. resigned, to go In
to th furniture manufacturing busi
ness In High Point.
Th corporation commission elected
Mr. HuMiard this afternoon and h
enter upon his duties at once. He
It IS years old. Is married and has
had several years' experience in the
banking business as bookkeeper and
teller for th Citizens bank of Reids
ville. He won tb position in a race In
which ther war twenty-five appli
cants, insre wr a number of
strongly endorsed aspirants from ths
eastern section of th stste. but Mr.
Brown, th chief examiner being an
eastern man, the corporation commis
sion considered th west entitled to
this position and so chose Mr, Hub
bard, f ...
Th position pay f 1,(00 per year.
Th two examiners hav nearly four
hundred bank to keep up within th
way of regular and special examinations.
TO, 17. 8. SITREMB COIRT
ATLANTA. Oa., Sept U.i-J. J.
W. McNaughton. of Emanuel county,
sentenced to be hanged for 'ttia al
leged murder by poisoning of Frsd
Flanders with who wife McNaug-h-ton
1 allegail to have been Intimate,
will go to Fhe scaffold before th 8u;
prem court of th United States
ha passed upon hi case. Chief Jus
tice Flshl today signed a bill of ex
ception by which th ease will be
carried; to tha Vnna ,
SECRET SERVICE MEN ;
. SOUGHT HIM FOR YEARS
si''' " '" 4-Y
Great Quantity of Evidence
Found Including "Sucker ;
UsrofVicilnis, ' '
CHICAGO, Sept JJ.-C'a? hotter.
v. m owivi a V w. f.'Vjjr MV i ipvx
known gold brick and green good con
fidence men In th world, and, who i'
said to hav garnered mor than 11,-
100,000 from th unwary of two con
tinsnts during the leaf few year by
mean of gold brick swindles and con
fidence gam, was locked tn jail hra
tonight 'Arv',.fj' "''f 4
He wss arrested today by O. F.
Dewoody. division superintendent of
the department of justice after be.
Ing sought for a year by United States
secret service men and the police of
almost vry city In th country. Eng.
Ifsh detectives of Scot.and Yard, also,
ar said to have sought Potter and
his companions who war credited
with having extracted numerous dol
lars from too credulous Londoner.
Potter, who - also - was known a
Osorg W. Post, waa wanted hsrs on
n indictment for swindling returned
In the United State eourt In July,
1I0.' Potter and a companion, Ed.
ward Starkloft. also are 'wanted la
Philadelphia whsr they forfeited a'
lis.ooo bond In ' toe - United State
court a yr go.-'--"- - , (
BMf Bond Required "'
" A cash bond of 160,000 offered by
Potter was refused by Federal offi
ciate who declared nothing lea than
1160,000 cash bond would gain hint
hi temporary, freedom. ' -
Btarkloff, who I said to have oper
ated with potter under a score of
name,: la In th city, according tu
DeWoody and all Of th secret servlc
men berej ar Marching, for him. .-
At Potter'i horn a great quantity
of evldenc wt found including what
th secret ' service men .termed a
"sucker Jlst"; of former anl propc-
victim. r Th list 1 said to ooa- '
tain a greater number of . nsmss of
residents of elUeg than of 'rural in-''
habiunut. : ' v H. :'
After fleeing his ll.09 bond la
Philadelphia, Potter and Btarkloff era
said to have opsned an office Itir
and to have flooded the middle west
with .advsrttesmsnts of spurious mo
ney for sal at half prica Tha bill
it ' wae daclardfl, wr made from
plate stolsn from th.' Chit 4 Stat
mint at Philadelphia and ware spien-
did flountsrfslts. The investor usually
received a packag of blank paper
and, being in the position of having
ought to defraud the government,
he would not dare complain, to th
authorities.
, To Phllsdelplila "
rn,Uf hatVnnil. mm I A trtAmkt h.
it was likely the prisoner "Would b
taken to Philadelphia for trial Instead
of facing her a charge of using tha
mall to defraud. It is believed thera;
it more evidence In the Philadelphia
case and a greater penalty could b
Imposed there. ' " ;. . ;, ;
Bupt DeWoody s Id; . . - ... ( i
"Potter 1 the cleverest eonfidsnce
man In the world, In my opinion.. Ha
and his companions hav. obtained'
11,600,000 in a. few years by maans of
th green goods, salted gold mln.
and -gold brick swindles. , (They ar
hundred bank to keep up with la Wr
city." ' . - ' '
AT
LAST HAVE BEEN VICTORS
mm sf
Latest Returns, Mostly Offi
cial, Show "Dry" Ma.
jority of 295 ' ''
COMPLETE REVERSAL
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 11. Re-
vised returns on th question of r.
peal of constitutional prohibition at
o clock this morning reduced tha'
majority against repeal to tit. The
total vot stood: . " ,-.-,'
For. repeal 0,I1I. j -
Against repeal 10 til. ' ' i
After a day of almoat constant auw 1 .
prise during whlcii th result waa
many times hanging in th , balance, ;'
It appeared tonight on th fsc of tho '
returne fjom twon and city clerk In
11 but 10 -'town and plantations.
that prohibition had won in tb ape-
cial election of yesterday by 3S
otea. Most of th town yet to b
heard from hare been, unofficially
reported with small majorities favor.
Ing ; retention.'; oi the - prohibitory
amendment In the constitution and
any change In th vote of these place
likely to help the prohibitions.
In addition to th IIS majority
shown 'by the elerka' , returns, thera
fontroqed Pag