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THE ASHEWJjE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER FAIR Circulation Q AAA Daily Over OjUUU ASHEVELLE, N. C, , WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911 VOL. XXVII., NO. 333 PRICE FIVE CENTS SATISFACTORYEHD 1 Months Uncertainty of French People as to Mo roccan Affair is Over OPTIMISTIC VIEW BY THE AMBASSADOR Economic Interests of Ger many in Morocco Consid ered as Settled HAWKINS INQUEST CLO SES WITHOUT DEFINITE RESULT Jury's Verdict Today Will Practi cally be the Same as That Rendered At the First Inquest -Verdict to Be Announced Today. PARIS, Sept. II. The long period ' ol national anxiety attendant on tne Liloroccaii negotiation la drawing to ward a satisfactory 'conclusion. Tne French people have been (low In ac cepting the optimum which has pre vailed in Berlin (or several day, and It was only today, after a semi-official communication to the press, based on Ambassador Combon's telegraphic re ' port to the foreign office that suffi cient reasons appeared for the con viction that the six months uncertain ty Is nearlng an end. A semi-official not Issued this af ternoon says that the French nego , tlatlona with Germany entered a new stage during the converse Aon btf jtween the German foreign minister. Herr von Klderlen-WareChter and the French ambassador to Germany, H. ICarobon, yesterday promising an early ! agreement. ' . The note says that Herr von Klder- len-Wareohter did not give M. Cam Ibon a written reply but talked over 'with him certain modifications In a splrlt of conciliation. No document twa handed over because time would (have been lost In transmitting It to (Parle and In re-transmitting the re ply to Berlin. The conversation, the note adds, makes a satisfactory Jasue probable, bat tt would be premature to consider all divergencies aa hav ing disappeared. Another, Interview ;wil take place Thursday and It Is (hoped by the end of -the week the negotiations wll have reached' a de 'cisiv turn. '" Other Questions at Issue A second semi-official eommunlea- rjSfta n tonight says that aiuiough tne stoo. the eeeernle interests of ; Germany "lit : Morocco acne re o be I rt' the eve of . settlement, there re- wain other disputed points tni to be settled. Among these are the questions j relating to consular courts and a sys- ,'lajn whereby the legations and con- ;sulates take certain natives under ; their protection. Prance desires In this regard that Germany shall accept ; In principle the eventual abrogation , of the convention of Madrid, eon , eernlng the question of Jurisdiction In Morocco and that Germay shall not undertake to Increase the number of her protests while awaiting such abrogation. The French people, particularly HENDKRBONVILLE, N C. Sept II. The hearing of evidence In the Inquest Into the death of Myrtle Haw kins, the 17-year-old girl whose body was found floating In lkt Osceola near here Sept. 10, was completed torilght but the Jury reserved lu de cision until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. No evidence of a startling nature was brought out at the hearing today. In summing up the evidence before the Jury and the possible causes of the girl's death. Coroner Kirk said she might have coma to her death from 'three causes, namely, from shock from the entrance of air Into the veins, or from a hemorrhage which might have resulted from , a criminal operation, or from a crimi nal assault. He said death could not have been due to drowning, and If it was due ito an anesthetic no Indica tions of It had been found. Same Verdict. It Is practically certain that the ver dict will not differ materially from that rendered at the first Inquest twelve days ago when the Jury found that Myrtle Hawkins came to her death from causes unknown. It might be changed to say that the deceased suffered death as the result of a criminal operation performed by a person or persons unknown, but In any case It can be said that the mys tery of Myrtle Hawkins' death is no nearer solution than when her body was dragged from the lake. "She feature of the inquest today was the evidence of the dead girl's father, W, H. Hawkins, who declareo that he suspected no particular person of the crime whch robbed him of his daughter. He told how he visited the MeCall home in search of Myrtle. He had suspected her condition, he said, but she would not acknowledge It. ' For a time It appeared that Ab Mc- Call's testimony would be discredited after he had sworn that he was not away from his home on Saturday night Mrs. C. E. Wilson and others said that they .bad seen MoCall la (Con tinned on Vnzr- Five) hospital In Atlanta. She said the spent the night of Saturday, a week ago, at Ab McCall's house. She was there alt the afternoon. She had taught school In that section. Bhe left Mr. McCall's Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. . Bhe went to . Dodson's boarding house then, and went driving in the afternoon. She was not at Mc Call's before Saturday. She attend ed Pan McCall's baby. She did not know that Ab McCall and George Bradley were In the house. She re tired about I o'clock. She did not see Bradley and McCall around at that time. She saw all of Dan McCall's family. , She first heard about the body being found In the lake about o'clock Sunday morning, Ab McCall told her that a body had been found In the lake. It was Miss Grant's first visit to Mrs. McCall since the latter' marriage. Se had . only written on letter to Mrs. McCall within the last few years, as far as she could remem ber. W. A. Smith, who appeared In the Interest of Miss Grant, was al lowed by the coroner to ask her some questions. She went to Bat Cave on Friday, Aug. 25. Bhe left, her home Friday morning. She stayed with her uncle, Mr. Pryor, at Fruttland, Fri day night. She arrived at Mrs. Mc Call's Saturday about noon. She had boarded with the McCalls when she taught school. Dr. Williams. Pr. John Roy Williams being called said he was never consulted by any body In connection with performing an operation on Miss Hawkins. Dr. J. L. Egerton was called and gave similar testimony. Dr. J. F. Crawford also swore that he was nev er approached by any person concern ing a criminal operation on Miss Haw kin. Girl's Fatlvrr Tl stifle. Quite a stir was caused by the ap pearance of W. H. Hawkins, father of the dead girl, on the stand. He salij Myrti Hawkins was his daughter. He last saw her on Thurs day morning, th week. before last f; Welcome Postmasters. I fMK iuocc pv ' " ' ' ' ' L' '- I I - . LI . .1 'I .11.. IIIIIJIHII IIISIBB I IBlllMI I BBtfl ICTMENTS FO SIX MEN AT HEAD OF SHOE COMPANY town late Saturday, night and Jhjt J? I She talked lltthr to.,him. .-He told had flu-urea tn a Tune way. Late ewi-f dence, however, proved that "the Man in the .buggy' was not Ab MoCall but Dawson McCall. Miss Estelle Grant the trained nurxe who was drawn Into the esse, established to the satisfaction of the Jury that she had no connection with the disappearance and death of Myrtle Hawkins. The inquest which opened at 4 o'clock, was again attended by a large, crowd. Inquest Details. Mies Estelle Grant, the trained nurse from Atlanta, waa the first wit ness called. She said, she was the daughter of W. S. Grant, of Hender son county, where she was born. She said she was a graduate of the Grady Ibis daifghter:tKat h suspletonetf her condition. The girl refused to answer him. He begged her to tell him what was wrong. He asked her to tell her mother. She shook her hesd. Then he made her promise to write to her mother. He asked her If It was true meaning her condition). Myrtle noe ed her head. The aced father said he left the house about 8 o'clock. .He did not threaten the girl. He said he told her that he would do all be could to help her. He was sure It waa Thursday morning that he talked to Myrtle. His wife brought the not Myrtle hsd left to the store. He re turned to his home then. Witness SPANISH GOVERNMENT FACE TO FACE WITH CRISIS OF LARGE PROPORTIONS Had its OrigiA as Purely Labor Movement and Has Developed Into Revolutionary ConflictPlans Laid to Re-Establieh Order, as Rapidly as Possible and at Any Cost-Situation Crave. (Continued on Page Five) TIFT BUT ENJOriBLE TIME MAKING BUT ONE TALK Inspected Ships, Sat at Ban quet and Reviewed U Si Troops LETS POLITICS ALONE 'Tughl SAULT STS MARIE, Mich.. Sept i irrAfter a run Into the northern part of Michigan President Taf t turn ! ed aside from politics today and spent . an enjoyable afternoon In Sault Ste ' Marie. He made a brief address to the ; people from in front of the loeal ar : mory, but confined himself to local : topics. He promised the people of the "Lock City that ha would give his attention to 4he water power sit uation her end would se that the long disputed subject was settled. 1 Many of the industries of the city ;have been retarded by the restric tlons upon fa use of water. Mr. took a apeclal Interest in the at locks on the canal here. Thor ghly conversant with the work on . th giant water lifts at Gatun and ; Pedro Miguel.- on th Panama canal th president waa anxious to see some big locks In actual operation. So on board a tug he was droDDed nineteen feet through the biggest of . tn tare locks, and saw a number of ships. lifted from th lower level of Lake Huron and Michigan to the aHirfac waters of Lake Superior. Soon after his arrival at noon th , president headed a procession of ; so tne fifty-odd automobiles through j th streets of th city, and was cheer led vigorously. He was entertained at I th hem of Governor Osborne, who jsaet him at th train, and attended p-a luncheon of elUsens where cover Ifor 100 were laid. Th president spent th lac after noon at Fort Brady, reviewed th . United States troops there, and had : tea wtth Major and Mrs. SVaer T. .Clomaa. H left shortly ' bef or ( o'clock tor1 Marquette, where be will jppend th night - OF HIS WIFE CIDERS MUST FAGEJUHY OF PEERS Childers' Testimony Deem ed Sufficient by Judge to Warrant Arrest GAVE HIMSELF UP AMERICUS, Ga., Sept 11. Follow ing a preliminary hearing at Lees burg today of the case of R. C. Ken nedy, charged with causing the death by poisoning of Mrs. Maude Childers, a brld of six months, at Smithville four week ago, as a result of which Kennedy was held without ball. Mart Childers. husband of th dead wom an, was arrested here today on a war rant charging Mm with killing his wife. Childers was placed in Jail to night and will be taken' to Leesburg tomorrow morning. Th arrest of Childers waa made not long after he arrived from Leesburg, where he ts lifted at the preliminary hearing. When Informed that a warrant for his arrest had been Issue he gave him self up. The hearing at Leesburg today was before a crowded courtroom. Chil der testified to purchasing a bottl of stand, to tell what they knew of the death of the wife of th former. Chil ders testlfle to purchasing a bottle of medicine for his wife th day before her death and of leavkng home the next morning, leaving her well and happy, to return a few hours later to And her dead. Childers admitted un der cross-examination that he usually kept strychnine, the poison alleged to have been administered In a dose of th medicine bought by Childers the day before his wife's death, to kill birds that damaged bis crops. After hearing the evidence in the s Judge Long, before whom the hearing wa held, stated that the evi dence wa sufficiently strong to war rant him 1 nholdlng Kennedy for tho grand Jury. Th prisoner then was bound over without ball. ' BE MADE IN SOME TOWNS -4S TO REGENT ELECTION Latest Advices that Maine's Governor and Council Will Reconsider MAY ALTER RESULT AUGUSTA, M., Sept II. After having completed the tabulation of th official returns on all four ques tions which appeared upon the ballot MADRID, Sept, iSpaln Is faee to face with a crista equal In gravity to that following th rtbt in Barce lona In 1101. The; situation is bad. Th agitation and the power of th agitators on th masses have increased In proportion to Jh rigor of the re pressive measures undertaken by the government, - What at Its origin was purely a la bor movement ha now developed Into a revolutionary eonmct a commune having actually been proclaimed at two towns- near; Vatenfia, At these places th authorities wire driven out of th district. Th affiliated trade union: hv OeeWfin cau a general strike tomorrow 'throughout the length and breadth of Spain, and th government abandoning the tone of optimism heretofore maintained, to day decided upon th drastio step of 'suspending th constitutional guaran tee throughout the whole country." It was explained, however, that In so doing the government did not seek to perescuts the trades unions but It waa made quite Hear that any at tempts to stir up a rebellion would be rigorously punished. All meetings have been forbidden. The mllltsry au thorities, it is further stated officially, will not assume control except in ex treme cases. Grave Meswnirc Imperative-. j "The grave measure we have taken la absolutely Imperative not only for the defense of public institution hut for society Itself," said Premier Cen alejas tonight "Th suspension of the constitutional guarantee had been decided upon by th government In the present of 'a movement unmistakably- revolutionary and anarchistic In character a movement It may b assumed directed against all (octal or der. t The Spanish government had long been aware that some jguch movement was contemplated for th end of Sep tember, but m unwilling to take rad leal measures until Its true character was apparent. The movement was supported by th sojclsllsts and pos- of th republic by th power and th apparent tranquillity of th country, th general situation i far from tet tied. According to th Dlario No- ticlas, stat' official ystrday pro ceeded to Renacova. alfrht' mil from Colmbra, to make an Inventory of th church property to be confiscated by th ctate. The Inhabitant, advised of tneir, appearance, sounded th efcuroh belli and gathered to fh number of more than 1,100. Th vanguard was formed entirely of women armed with pitchforks, knives and ahotgun. Th women numbered three hundred and the loeal mllltarv forces war unaht sibty the ettrem WPubUcae-.nCy.lo-seUtK eMlauht end fled rngro- nd wa directed by , a, , eommltt composed of 'the Spaniards ,nd for signers, with headquarters at Barce lona. ! t'-i Emissaries were sent ' throughout th peninsula with Instruction to fo ment genersl strikes In all the prov inces, the object being to paralyse th life of the" nation by stopping all public services. The government laid plans, accordingly, and I resolved upon th re-establlshment of order a rapidly as possible and at any -cost. Late dispatches from 'Barcelona-and Saragossoa say that all I quiet In these cities. TRfinWR IX POWITOALy LISROV, VIVa the Frontier, Sept. II. Notwithstanding tti recognition riously, Strong reinforcement were dispatched to th seen and fierce fight followed, th Inhabitant b Ing forced to give way. The officials burst in the door of the ehurch only to find th edlflc empty, not even a chair remaining. Rich painting, statuary, th altar fur nishing and tspestrles had been re movesl and hidden. t , The sams thing happened In the churches of the neighboring village nd the officials were forced to aban don th district Complete tranquil lity will return only after th separ. tlon law ha been modified and th royalists on th frontier have been forced to submit to th new reglma or dispersed. Foreign capital ha been withdrawn and trade la paralysed. SPEEDY ADMINISTRATION After Ten Minutes' Deliber ation, Jury in Marshall Case Returns Verdict WARRENTON. N. C, Sept. II. After, ten minutes of deliberation a verdict of guilty was returned early tonight by the Superior court Jury in the case of Nival Marshall, the negro who on lant Saturday night attacked Mrs. 3. Chaplin and shot and seriously wounded her father and the sheriff of Warren county. Judge Justice promptly sentenced DEATH SENTENCE MIT BE By Trial Judge and Solicitor Join in Recommendation for Dick Gause Marshall to be elw trocuted at Ra- i uj ivcui.i iici uuo i w tjo, m ''sn on "'"unr-i "... , prisonment on account governor ana council tonight ad- oe taken to Kaieittn mnijni mo mos- Journed until Thursday, September I ed in the ptniK rury to await hit1 ia, when they w01 meet to consider execution. Mre. ' hnplln was placed! corrections. The rwnilts a announced i an the stand tod n and told the clr- cumstsnres of ttie attack. Tn de fendant's on- attempt at defense was a plea of Infinity. today were aa follows: On repeal of the constitutional pro hibitory amendment: For repeal, 60,417; against repeal, S0,4l. Majority for repeal II. The state-wide primary system was adopted by a majority of 44,031. The majority of locating the state capital permanently at Augusta was INDIANS ON RAMPAGE. MEXICO CITY, Sfpt 19. A num ber of persona er ' l"ed ami wound ed yesterday near Itlo d Grigalva, Chiapas, In sn em rmnter between 11,194. and that for Increasing the state troops and the rebellious Indians debt limit in cities of 40,000 was over of Clapaa. according to dispatches re sio. . i.ii h Th Indians are reoorted Attorney General Pattangall stated ; to have reeelvd the blessing of ath, ' no bout to terminate, it t tonight that the question of the re- priest Just before entering Into th peal of the prohibitory amendment fight. It was stated at the president's was still In doubt and it was his be- ! office that soldiers would be sent from lief that corrections would show a 1 the capital In the morning to Chiapas. RALEIGH. Jf. C, Sept. II, Dlcle Gause, colored, of New Hanover coun ty, is under sentence to be electro cuted Friday of this week for th murder of Ed Gibson In Wilmington, but th trial Judge, the, solicitor and th members of th Jury have Joined In a recommendation that th gov ernor grant commutation to life lm- of extenuat- Inz circumstances, and It la under stood that this course wU be taken by the governor. This Is th case In which Judge Peebles severely crit icised the court record in New Han over In th -matter of the failure of Juries to convict for murder ami or dered the case removed to Pender county, whor later there was convlc tenc Imposed for electrocution Aug ust 26. Then Governor Kltchln grant ed a reprieve' to September 11, and OF DURHAM IS SHOE Dr. Wm. Alexader Graham Shoots Himself in Mouth. Was in 111 Health - II Alleged Violations of Sherman Anti-Trust Law Gets Them Into Trouble GRAND JURY SAT FOR MORE THAN A MONTI Penally Under Statutes is Flner of $ 1 .000 or Year's Impris onment or Both BOSTON,' Mas., ttpu" it. lv ' prominent business men connected with the- United Shoe -Machinery company were Indicted today by tha' federal grand Jury for allgd viola tlon of the Sherman anti-trust act Two indlctivrnt were relumed al-' leglng th maintenance of an unlaw- . ful combination and conspiracy tn re straint of trad pn th part of the,' president Sidney W, Window, 1 Vice Preotdent Edward P. Hard, Geotg W, Brown and Wm. Barbour, Counsel El. mer P, How and James J. Storrow, Messrs, Wlnslow. Hurd. Brown. Howe arid Storrow are Bostonlan. while Mr, Barbour 1 a resident of Nw Tork. AH except Mr. Storrow are directors of th company, ' Mr. ' Storrow y 1 , Igned from the dlreotorat Just be fore th municipal election two year go when h wa a candidal for mayor, hot Is th largest stockholder. The grand Jury sat for nearly month considering th evidence pro dured by T witness who . wr' brought here by speolal agent of the department of Justice at Washington from all parts of th country but perlally from New England. Th In vestigation wa In eharg of U, S. Dis trict Attorney Asa P, French, sealsted hy Special Assistant Attorney Oeneral ' Wm. 8. Oregg and Oliver 8. Pagan. of Washington. .,.- . Th Indicted official . wtr nm , mc-ned Into court within the next ten day to plead to the Indictment and furnish ball.' ' - - Penalty Provided, . y , The penalty provided under lh statutes involved I a fin of 11,000 or Imprisonment for on year, or both.- "Th trial will not take plao until well along In this winter owing to the crowded condition of th circuit court c'ndar. t u . . ' According to Mr. Oregg th Ind''- ments charge that the si defendant have been working through th Instru mentality of the United Shoe Msehln- ery company In a way to make them criminally liable under th Sherman Th second Indictment also allege that th carrying en of tha b vines under th merger of three old ho machinery "manufacturing componie which wa effected February, It tt, wa engaging tit a combination In T.-i stralnt of trad,-that it was con : piracy In restalnt of th trade of shoe manufacturer end that the whol transaction wa a monopolisation of Interstate trade. all of which, it I further alleged, ha had " pernlclou effert unon the. publlei" The United flho Machinery . com pany ha branches In various part of the world. ' ' . '' DURHAM, N. C, Sept, ll.Dr. William Alexander OVraham, one of the most prominent physicians In .this part of North Carolina an da grand son of William Alesasder Graham. who was United mate secretary of the navy, whig candidate for vice president In 116J and secretary to the second confederate cong'ess, commit- tort sulold today by, shooting himself n tne mouth with a revolver. He was found dead two hours later, sitting In a cjialr wlth a revolver In his hand. The revolver had been muffled to keep the hot from attracting atten tion. Hi relative can assign no cause except 111 health. Dr. Graham was 81 yeur old. He left a wife, who wa in Atlantic city, and two cblldre. , majority against repeal. Th time for reeMvtng corrections will not expire until Oct. 9. Governor Plalsted said tonight that corrections would be made In the re turns of several towns which might materially alter the result SfOTED oTRIHT DEAD NEWPORT KESWS. Va.. ept II. Judge Beverly R. Wellford. one of the most prominent Jurists in Vir ginia, died today at the home here of his son, Re.v E. T. Wellford. Th funeral will be held In Richmond. Judge Wellford was prominent In ehurch matter and waa past grand master of the Masonic fraternity. He left a widow and three children. - ' WASHINGTON, Sept , II. Fore cast; North Carolina Fair and slightly lower temperature Wednesday and Thursday, light to -moderate winds, mostly cor" thought. In commutatlcn to llf Im prisonment on appeal of the Judge, solicitor and Jury. GE CAR It NtrT IS RACE. RALEIGH. N. Kept 19. In an Interview here this afternoon, Gen. J. 8. Car- put an end to persistent re poits that he would be In the race with Senator Blmmona, Governor Kltchln, Chief Juetlre Walter Clark, ana ex. Gov. Chan. I?. Aycock for the scat In the United Htates senate now held by Senator T. M. Hlrnomne. He says he will not get In the rac. "An old man li:V me doesn't stand anv chance. I have quit that sort of con test however much as I would like to round out th life I have glrt North Carolina with the United State sen. atorshlp." Is the way he expressed himself la regard to th aenatorshlp tods .. .' NEITHER AVIATOR FTEW, NEW TORK. Sept. II. Neither C, P. Rodger, who Is stalled at Middle- town, Jf. Y., with a wrecked machine. nor j. J. ward, who Is at Coming. N. T., was able to resume hi coast to coast aeroplane flight today. Ward expects to gt away tomorrow and nodgera hope to do o but the mech anlrio.riK Who are t we1; en his bl plane may not finish repairs by that time. Ward hoped to start today bnt discovered th oil connection to hi machine weir cracked. Necessary r n!r w!;t be completed by tomorrow. Mrs. Rndgers left today and tried to persuade her on from contfnulnir th night but h mad light of her fear. THREE DEAD IS RESULT. OF TOUNG LAOY REFUSING YOUNG MAN'S UK -"' ;- ,- ' t!,,;;',' ' ' ' One Who Was Snubbed Shot Two Others, When Un known Shot Him IN EAST TENNESSEE AX EASV VTCTORV NEWi TORK. Sept , ll.-JImray Psrry..of Chicago, had an easy time in defeating Jewey Smith, of England, In a ten-round bout at th Twentieth Contury athletic club tonight ; Th men.' both heavyweights, . opened In lively style. Smith having th better of th first d third rounds, . KNOXVTIXJ, Tenn.. Sept II. Be cause Miss Elsie Elll refused to aoJ company Obi Butler Jiom from sy dance at Rafter, Tenn,, last night, men are dead. When she refused t , go with Butler Miss Elll requested Oiney Phillip. f boy of 17, to ma. company her. When Butler saw hri leave the dance he followed and ahov Phillips dead. John Heading, aged ft, then rushed up to Butter and ask . ed why he pad shot Phillip. Je, t-' ply Butler (hot Heading, killing- alm ' Instantly. The third death cam when, v an unknown parson shot Butler from, behind, th ball piercing hi "brain.! Butler wa Si year ' old. Touns? Phillip wa especially prominent la this section, , n , ? DOt'GHTY FAILED TO ARRIVE, i "WILMINGTON. N. C. Sept' 1 1. Contrary fo expectaUons, I. M. Doughty, chairman of the grievance '' committee of the union of ear workers In ths employ of the AUantlo Coast ; line, did not reach Rocky Mount to day, and there wer no development ' In th strike of repair, men and In spector tn the shop there.. He Is sx pected to reach Rocky Mount tomor row and make known th result of ' bis conference with , th officials of i . th railway here, after which it 1 be lieved the men will return to work I pending a final adjustment of the dif ference through the regular!. e4 ururo grievance cewnuus si- uei car worker' unlen.
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