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THE ; ME1MJ1 ' CITIZEbL THE WEATHEE . FAIR " Circulation Daily Over 8,000 r r ASHEVILLE, Ki'C., -THURSDAY-MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911 VOL. XXVTX, KO. 334 PRICE FTVE CENTS ON EVE OF VOTING Waking. BROUGHT AGAINST iTHER'TOm HERLQN9 LOSTBDY 1 ' ..'..! " . ....1 . V.1I .- - 1 '" 1111 " ... V ; t Strange Controversy Develops lr. Michigan Town as to Man's Identity t BROTHER GILLETTE iensatlonal Evidence Indl ; S tates Sister Marcbant Was indications Point to Good Bodies of Six Persons Found 0, ' Butchered In Neighboring' Coloiado Houses - Weather and Greatest Vote Ever Cast In Canada . Not Near ,Deaths Door - r.OMQBEHQRRIBLE DEED RECORDED 111 Anns OF CRIME I CHARGEOFMURDER VAINLY PLEADS FQH BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO BE : COIIFIOEflT ANp THAT SHE WAS BUT 34 YEARS OLD First Reports indicated That She Was 70 Years Old and , Vould Soon Die KISSIMMBE, FIs- Bept.0. Sen sational evidence .Indicating that Sit ter fladle ' Marchant was hot. near death aa alleged when chlorotrm was administered to bar by Brother fcg bert.' head of theShaker' colony at Afhton, has resulted the eoronef ! jury holding Brother Gillette on the charge of w(lful murder. The verdict : wif reached yesterday and made. pub It f today. , Bister Elisabeth Seers, who by her alleged confession. aided Brother Gllle tn -administering the chloroform, was not mentioned In the verdict, but her case. It is stated, will be presented to the grand' Jury for action. Brother Gillette was taken . to Tampa where he is held' In jail without bond. ' First reports of the doath Of Bister 8ad!e bjr euthanasia In dicated that she about seventy years old and In the, -last stages of tuberculosis. 'It Is alleged that the . physicians who .examined ' the , body wheii it was exhumed. September 6, ,i found that Bister Marchant was not in a dying condition-when the chlo roform was administered." She is said to have been about thyty-four years of age, and .except for an infection of the lungs with tuberculosis, was' In good physical condition. ' It . is de clared she might weU have -lived tuany yearn , , Gillette was" not taken before the coroner's Jury : yesterday, as ha gave this version of the woman's death on September ." At that sesston Sister fienrs also acknowledged her part in - 'Resisting" their sister "out of this ysWo" at that time, but sincej then, she jClvtild to have repudiated her story. I iwa45JJari.eiOlpny..t Asbtaa Jwui 'been reduced to five since the death v-or sister Marchant end the arrest of Brother Gillette. Under jhim, aa chief aide, Is Bister Bears., its Is sixty years old and she seventy-four. Sister Mar "Snsot did on' August, 12 and never since that time has the Shakers' statement that she asked to be chlo-: reformed been doubted by the author- I ities. It is stated that-nothlngin the teachings of the sect gives any t basts for aiding a person to quit this life. T0K70 MTHSIOX SCHOOL BTJRXS. TOKIO, Sept 20..r-The Mejl KaJUin, the leading Presbyterian mission school in Toklo, was totally destroyed ,hy fire tonight. MOTHER OPEN VERDICT II E However Authorities Will Continue to Pursue Their Investigations ADDITIONAL REWARD HENDERSONVILDB, Sept. 20. As I forecasted in The Citizen yesterday, th coroner Jury in the Hawkins case found that the deceased- "came to her death at the hands of a per son or persons unknown and in a Banner and means unknown." The , verdict was rendered at 10:20 'this morning and was received without much comment. Notwithstanding the finding of the coroner's jury, today to the effect that Myrtle Hawkins came to her death at the hands of parsons unknown and from causes unknown. It is an 'aounced on reliable authority tonight that the authorities do. not Intend) to a the matter drop, but will quietly me investigations In the hope of solving the mystery. The family of the 4ead girl have offered a reward, ef 1500 in addition to the $2S0 of fered by Governor1 Kitchin for the ar rest of Miss Hawkins' slayer or slay. ere. It is stated that the evidence so far gathered arid that which might be obtained In the future will be laid before the grand Jury which meets next month. While the verdict Is practically the sajme as that which the Jury returned at tha first Inquest nearly two weeks - ago, Jt ta generally, accepted- -with good grace, since It is admitted that no other verdict could have , been re turned in the face of the evidence ,subm4tted. It was practically a fore gone conclusion before Coroner Kirk took the stand at the close of the In quest that no case had been -made 'out against : any Individual ot -individuals. There has seldom, if ever, been a case where evidence built up C0atinne4 on Page Sevan), CITIES CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY IS LIBERAL Various Contingencies by ' Which Popular Majority - Wouldn't be Effective r : ST. JOHV, Neb, Sept. 10. The concluding rallies were held tonight and aside from ' the last political broadsides from the party ntwspaper organs,- the campaign in Canada may be - said to be over. The campaign has been the most exciting within the memory of the present genera tion. Both sides claimed tonight to be confident of the result tomorrow. The indications tonight pointed to fine weather and a tremendous vote-' It Is possible for a political party in Can' ads, to elect a majority of members of the house of commons and yet be in a minority so far as the popular vote is concerned. It is expected that many of the cities will vote heavily for the conservative . candidates to morrow while the country districts in some districts will largely, support reciprocity. Should - neither .party have a large working majority in ithe house another general election would be possible, although should the con servative! be elected, it- Is said it would be impossible to get the pro posed reciprocity agreement before i parliament, as It would have to be in troduced by - the - government - side. Should Mr. Bordn win, It is said reciprocity would become a dead Is sue for the time being. Another contingency is the possibil ity of the conservative party blocking the -pacfagain in the house of com mons should that party be able to ob tain . a. majority of the popular vote and yet lose the commons. - Bhould the opposition party again adopt a policy of obstruction thev leaders would claim they were warranted tn doing so by the popular vote. ... The liberal party leaders, however, do not look for such a situation and claim la to eoatftdent tlx ecatjsroettrf- with the United States win oecome a law before the year ends. LEADERS COSFTDEST , MONTREAL. Que., Sept, 20. The leetloiuevei whefl great question mark lies across the Canadian map from the Atlantic to the Pacific, " finds the dominion more Interested In Itself and the whole world more Interested In- It than - ever bjlbre. .-, Tomorrow wilt answer questions vitally affecting the country and of nearly ss deep concern to the' TTnlted States, shall the Laurier regime and shall Canada, by giving trie governmeapsrty of the last fifteen years continuance of pow- (Continued oa Poce Seven) , SWEETHEART ACCUSED Each Glares' Malignantly at the Other as Led In to Cells COUNSEL ENGAGED LEE8BURO, Ga., Sept. 10. Bach accusing the other, two men are pris oners tonight In the same tier of cells In the little lit county jail charged with the murder of Mrs. Etta Rich ardson Childers at Bmlthvllle on Aug. II last. One Is the victim's husband of six months, the other her former sweetheart, R. C, Kennedy. Childers and Kennedy were 'brought face to face with each other today, aa the former was being led to his cell, fol lowing his arrival from Amerlcus, where he was arrested yesterday. The erstwhile rivals glared malignantly at each other for a moment and' Chil ders. then passed on ' to hie cell to await formal arraignment. - While greatly cast down- by. his ar rest young Childers seems Confident that he will.be able to clear himself of the serious charge against him at the preliminary hearing' here tomor row. Several lawyers have been en gaged to defend him and relatives of Kennedy have also employed-.counsel to look out for the tatter's Interest. ; SALISBURY ClitTB RAIDED. r SAUSBURT, N.- C Rept 10, The Metropolitan Club In Salisbury was raided today by Sheriff J. P. McKen sie and Capt. Frank Cauble, of the police force, as a result of whlch.five men are under arrest charged with vtolatlnr the club laws of North Carolina. V X . t : G. U Kluttti . 3. A. j Funderbutk. two white men arrested, gave bond while the others Implicated la the trouble, went to JaU for ; lack ' . of bondsmen. HEAD OF EVERYONE WAS SMASHED OPEN Murderer Reported Captured But Police Officials Strongly v Denying This COLORADO SPRINGS, Col,-Sept. 10. Butchered in their beds by soma person as yet unknown, who used an ax, tha bodies of six persons, three in each of two neighboring' houses, were found here today.. The heads of all the victims had been smeihad in and the appearance of the bodlte 1n dlcated that they had been dead sev era! days and that death came. while they slept. . . A report says that the murderer has been caught - and that he has con fessed, but this is denied by the po lice officials, who It is Intimated, fear a lynching might follow such an an nouncement. An axe which had been loaned to Mrs. Henry F. Wayne, one of the. victims, by J. R. Evans, neighbor, last week was found blood stained by Mrs. Evans on ; Monday near , tha back door of the Wayne home. NO attention was paid to this fact, however, as it was thought the axe had been used In killing chick ens. . -. The dead: ' Mrs. Alice May Burnham, wife -of A. J. Burnham, cook at the Modem Wnodmen sanitarium. V Their two children, Alice, , aged f and John, a ltd I years. Henry F. Wayne, a consumptive. until recently a patient at the Wood men sanitarium. . Mrs. Wayne and their one-year-old baby girl. 1 Dtocovery of ilodii. ' The Burnham house is situated at Dale street and Harrison place, and the two houses next to It on Dale street are vacant Directly In the rear is the Wayne home and close to It is that of Evans. The discovery of jheqdMsjwas made by neighbor wlu caiiea at' me onrnnam.. nome. Not getting ny response and noting a strong odor she forced an entrance. The bodies ,of Mrs. Burnham and those of her two children were found In their beds, which were covered with btoedUand the, walls and calling were also spattered. The woman rush'd to the street and gave the alarm. Instsntly.- a doten persons went to the Wayne home, where there had been ao signs of life since Satur day, and the same scene was present ed, In bed the bodies of Mrt .and Mrs. Wayne end their baby, all nor rlbly mangled as In the case of the bodies, of the Burnham house, That such a crime had been committed in (ContlDaed on Pan Severn) ARBITRATION TREATIES CHEN SPECIAL MENTION IN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH Declares that He Believes Majority of Senate Prop er is For Them GREAT RECEPTION MAROuBJTTEJ, Mich., Sept. 0. President Taft, the first president of the United States to set foot on the snores of Lake Superior ended his two days- visit to the upper, penin sula of Michigan today and ..tonight Is retracing his line of travel from the north. He Is due in Grand Rapids early tomorrow morning and while there will deliver one of the most important speeches of the trip a defense of the veto and of the wool and free list and cotton tariff bills. Ths president plainly was pleased with the warmth of his reception here. The atmosphere was surcharged with politics throughout the day but Mr. Taft steered clear of the subject. His principal address was appeal for public interests and support of the general arbitration - treaties . with Great Britain and France. Mr. Taft. listened, however, to a good old-fashioned republican campaign' speech from Representative Toung In which rhe speaker . took occasion to make a few remarks about different brands of progres sionists. Senator Towneend, ef Michigan, denounced Mr. Taft's crit ics as belonging generally to class of selfish politicians It was In intro ducing President Taft to an Immense thrpng under a three ring circus tent that Mr. Toung made Ms address. Hs referred to Mr. Taft.. When Mr. Taft arose to respond a man in the rear of the tent, said: - "Tou'ri alt tight". ' f 'I'm glad to be assured." laughed the president. Mr. Taft did not fol low Mr. Young's lead. He said he was somewhat embarrasaed by the sit- - (Conttmord pa Page Savon) . , 'A '.'34Plff ' 5t mSlii CAHA0IAN ' sy&&sV t ; ';. CHAMP CLARK'S CLARION CALL FOR i- DEMOCRACY TO REMAIN UNDIVIDED ' - ' " ' ' , ' ' SflV ThattPartmg of The ocrat$ Are Cheerful, pf 1912 to be tAWRENCEBURG. Ky Sent 10 lTiumphant democracy is now the resounding theme of every , tongue. Arter seventeen intars of wanderlno' in me wilderness we this dav stand upon Mount Victory atd look Into tha promised land which we will enter and. (.possess, in . HIV So declared Champ Clark, speaker of tha nation al house ef representatives, .In an ad- urees nere toaay. Mr, iiark was born near La wrenceborg March" 7. HeO. and unjtil today had not heen there since he taught a country school. contrnulng his message to democ racy the speaker said: ? "The democratf . eTerywhere .are cheerful, hopeful, cpnndent,7 united and aggressive, while our republican friends are sad, hopeless, despondent. on the .defensive and split into bitter factions- constantly at each - others throata From ocean .to octan they are fWrhtlng each other tike the cats of Kilkenny. . President Taft, leading the standpat faction, while Senator Robert Marion LaKoIktte -Tlirhtlrie- Rob,' as his followers love to call him -heads the Insurgents. With them It is war to the knife and the knife to the hilt V Destroying Each Other. "They are so thoroughly destroy ing each other that sometimes It seems that all we have to do Ms to stand still and see the salvation of tha Lord; but wine democrat are not In favor of standing still or of depend ing on republican factionalism to give us the victory next y:ar. On the con trary we should continue as w have, begun, press forward, ; advance eur banners, keep everlastingly pounding them, pass more (food bills until we have carried out our entire, program and force the prenldent to sign or ve to meritorious democratic measures, which aro designed to promote the prosperity, happiness and, Safety of T All Cases Decided on Ap peal Prom First to Third Districts RALEIGH, N. C Kept. 2. Eleven opinions in cases on appeal irom first to third districts were announced this svenins; by the Supreme court, the list being si follows: . ' Wblteburst vs. Norfolk ft Southern Railroad company, PasouoUnk coun ty, .reversed. Pool vs. Walker. TyrolL Iho error. Braddy vs. Dull, Beau ford, af firmed. - ., Mann vs. Glhbs, Hyde, appeal dle- mksed. Bowser . Tarry. Hajlfax, new trial State vs. Marable. Pitt, ao error. In reguardlanshlp Robert Dlston Green, reversed. . Carson vs. Bunting OH company, Pitt, affirmed. Whltford va, North State life In. sura nee company, Craven, reversed. Dvhruhl va. Hood Craven, no er- t. .-(.-, '''.:,,'-- A ' West va. Kllklnson. Pitt no error. THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Sept. 10, 'If 11 Forecast for ; North Carolina, fair Thursday; Friday, Increasing . cloudi ness, light variable winds. Ways of The Republican'Party Ha Com and That Dem- Hopeful Confident and AggressivtGrtat Battle . Fought on Democracy' ' Splendid Record the American people. That Is a pol icy which will win and which de serves to win. "Why We Won In mo." ' "One of the chief reasons why we won in 1110 was that the democrat and Insurgent republican tn congress kept constantly- hammering on lbs broken promises of tha republican standpatters tm .thjale gros perfidy to tneir pledges,' and upon, thslr scorn of the rlghteoos demand of tbs peo ple. We appealed to. the oountry on that record, and won an astonishing victory which, let u hope, is only the beginning of a long series of victories f o lower taxas, f or. greater aoonomlsa and, for better government ... . "The new democratic house has made a record so splendid as to sur prise our friends and dumbfound our enemies.. No house has in a gener ation achieved so much constructive legislation, of such a beneficial char acter In so short a time, not with etsndlng the feet that we had been sneered at for years as being a party of mere negation and utterly destitute of constructive statesmanship. That sneer la now rrosen on the faces of the shearers. That gib disturbs no body any more. .u'-i.i; : ; "The great battle of J 111, must be fought on the splendid record of the dempcrats In this congress and upon that record we can- win- not only next year but for years to come. ' Duty SnMlnsi Word. ' , ' ' "Duty 1 the subltmest word In our vocabulary. ; To do one's duty hon- otllrally. la the greatest achieve- mem In statesmanship or In any other field of human endvavor. i To their enternal credit .be It said that the democrats of the ' sixty-second congress at the extraordinary session discharged their ditty to the 'utmost and deserve well of the country," Mr. Clark reviewed some of : the LOUISIANA IN CONTROL OF THE SUGAR MARKET Claimed That Pour Men Prom There Can Dictate to the "Trust" NEW ORLEANS. La., Sept. , 30 Louisiana , has usurped tli canter of the atMe as far as the sugar market is concerned because of the shortage of the 111 crop. In the opinion of those Interested In the marketing of the product in this city. Four promi nent commlselon dealers and planters of Louisiana are now In New York and ere said to be In a position to dic tate to the so-called sugar trust as to the price of this year's crop In this state. The 1911 crop of Louisiana sugar Is estimated at 160,000 tone, about 10, 000 lutu more than the erop ef last year and If disposed of at the pres ent market level would represent a gain of $17,600,000 as compared with last year' prloes. - - - ' ' ' The fr-r men who are now In New York are an Id to control too sale) ef about 300.000 tons. , REBI'LS DEFEATED. PEKING. BiDt. 10 A dispatch from the Cheung Tu lceroy says that dozens of rebels have attacked Cheng Tu but that the rebels htve been ''- vt!r -M-r(v ye- evarywhere defeated, Troops in the terday and has not yet been recov-)r0vlncee- of Hu-Pe-Nan and Bu 'red- No arrests have been made. Chuen have been ordered to suppress The entire f 10,000 wa n flve-dollar the rebellion. 1 party eooompllihments. and ealdt "What w did at tha extraordinary sereten Is only n earnest of what we will accomplish at tha next two reg ular sewtleM. ' 'Th vary beet and most Important result pf, ths extraordinary session was that we' formed the habit of act ing and pulling together, and have sow), to tan arlde I so dolngr -- Why Reciprorttr Passed. : "W did not psth reclproelty pill to please president TaXt, but be cause ot will hilp to lower the tariff. But defective as It Is, the rectprooity bill is a stan In the rteht fllrantlnn that lv la the direction of reducing the high protective tariff t a revenue basis That's one reason why dem oorats supported It. Another reason ! that we believe it will benefit the American people; and at the same time, benefit our Canadian neighbors, The president's TOto ot the state nooa resolution - was made upon doubtful constitutional authority. After an, enabling act Is passed and after a territory, lit conformity there with, has adopted a constitution pro viding a republican form of govern ment, she is entitled to admission. In his veto the president claims that, the principal point at lasu was the re call, particularly the recall of judges. He is entirsiy mistaksn. ' ' "The provisions to go Into a stats constitution Jo, not depend, under the federal constitution,-upon the whim, prejudice or - taste of the man who happens t? occupy the whit house. or of the men who happen to be rep resentatives or senators in congress. but noon the win of the voters of the state itself, but the president seems to he l boring tinder the delusion that ha knows, better what the people of Arlsona need and desire than they 1 1. i. i -inii i I, , (Continued on page sevrt) DISTiUISHED CITIZEN OF GREAT BRITi Sir Robert Hart Received Greatest Honors From Chinese Government LONDON, Sept. 0. Sir Robert Hart, aged 71, director general of customs in China from 1101 to 1001 and Inspector general since lies, 'died here today. The director generalship of oustoms aa wall as other high hon ors were conferred upon htm as a re ward for services rendered ths Chi nese government in connection with tl, settlement of the boxer trouble. He returned to England In ltOf when he retired from the Chines service because of ill-health. - , Sir Robert Hart was the most po tent link between China and the west, em world. He created Its customs service: h gave China a comprehen sive tariff and was behind practically every commercial treaty that China made prior to ltl. In recognition of his Innutmrsble services he received the greatest honors in the gift of the Chinese government. JKOXET DWAPPEARa. SlOrX FALLS. 8. IX, Sept tO.-It jiwimt known today that a 110,000 ' r,nr-it of" currency dimppeared bills- SOME SAY IT IS AND OTHERS DECLARE NAY "PoslUve" Evidenco Brought Forth by Both Sides Seem- t Ingly Incontrovertible ; NILES, Mich., Sept. lO-Nlles strange controversy over ths identity ' of Oeorge A. Klmmel, "who repre-1 anted himself to be a man long sup- j posed to be dead," was further cotu- plicated today, While scores of persons positively Identified him as ths son for whose -supposed death thirteen years ago Mrs. Estella Klmmel received IB. 000 la Ufa insurance, Bh ' equal number were ss positive that It was hot tha ton, ' Then Mrs,- Klmmel, 70 years old, who had asserted that the man It impersonating her ton merely to deprive her of the money she has a I- ready received and to prevent tha payment of Ml, 000 mora in Insurance: scrutinised the man who claims her as mother. , ' "-.-v: f s ' Brought face to face with the worn an, the "Klmmel" Just' released from a five-year term in tbs Auburn, N. Y penitentiary, stretched out his arms and said pleadingly; "Mother, don't you know your boyT' Don't disown : mo any longer. You know X am your son," ". , ' Mrs. Klmmel, withdrawing from ths man at he attempted to embrace her, stood sternly scanning his face," "No," the said, "I don't see In you any positive resemblnnce to my son." Woman's Dilemma. ' Tha meeting took place between tha two at the home of Mrs, Henry L. Fox, who already iiad accepted "Klm mel" as a cousin and positively ldcn tlnsd him as the son of Mrs. Klmmel, It wat made known that Mrs. Klmmel hat no direct Interest in any money which the insurance companies re fust to par on the ground that the ' -son Is still living tiut that a 120. ooo' policy -is held hy a dftUKhtrr, Mrs. Edna 'Klmmel Bonslatt and another . 11,009 lr held by a distant relative. i "I would have no selfish motive In denying the Identity of my son if ho were allve.'t, said Mrs.: Klmmel, Tor ytart I have felt sure he was dead , and t cannot believe that this man It ' h,- It seems that om,o motherly In stinct ought to tell me the truth, yet when I look At him-1 do not rsoog pile him. .He only pussies me. It has almost prostrated me to look upon this Strang man and have people in- tlst that he la my son. If I were surt he' was my son dod knows I' would b glad to taks him in my arms." -. Mr. Klmmel will have another talk with tha man tomorrow.' "Klmmel" oa looking at tha woman said he wss positive that she wa hit mother. "I wanted to take her In my arms," ha said. 'Tor; she looked the tame ' as ' years ago. ' I love her . with all my heart' and cannot understand why she (Continued on Pago Itmr.) COATESIIEPOLIGECHIEF. BEIE LAX lil HIS DUTIES 5 . .. .aWssjtsBjsjsgtfjsjsjij.. . ,fn ffof H , . V Involuntary Manslaughter Charged to Him for A1-' ! lowing Lynching OTHERS INVOLVED COATESVILLE, Pa.. Sept. 10,Tht ' chief of police of this place, one of . his subordlnaue and two residents of . the borough were arrested this af t- ernoon as the result ot lndlctmenta . . returned today by a grand Jury that , Investigated the burning te death of ; Zack Walker, a negro murderer, neap . this place on Aug. 11. The Jury re- turned indlotmenta against Cha"B- - Vmsted, chief of police ef Ceatea villa, and - Stanley How, a pelloenan, . , charging them with involuntary man i . slaughter; Richard Tucker, an Insur ance acent. and Walter Ifarkward, ' the latter two betag - charged with ' murder. Judge Butler, to whom the ; grand jury made'- its - presentation. " admitted .the two police officers to . ball tn the sum of 11,000 sach and 'committed Tucker and tfarkward to prison without bail. Ball -was fur- ' nlahed for both policemen. Ths grand , Jury in its report held that the chief v. of polio was lax in bis duty on tha night ef the lynching and that Po- , llvcman Howe, who was guarding tha negro: at tha hospital where ha was !. taken by the mob, made no effort to - prevent the lynchers from getting i: their victim.! Tha other two men are charged with being active spirits In .the . mob. . The. report Of the Jury criticised the, police forca of coates. vtlle for Its inactivity in hot prevent' ing the lynching and also arraigned the rltlsena ,of tbe borough who, . they claim, hampered the investing tlon bv their unwillingness to testify ' concerning the identity of those la the body. V