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THE JSMEWELE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. t FAIR QL.XXV. NO. 174. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING. AlMilL Y2,VM). PRICE FIVE CENTS. hiilEHUE WILL BE ulADEDUATE FROM lElli TARIFF Senate Must Devise Some '.i'r-'Vi'.-'1' Way of Increasing income Somp Twenty Millions CHANGES MADE IN MOUSE CUT IT DOWN Difficult to Estimate Effect of SirikTng Out the Count ervalllng Duties. :ii J(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 11. The es timates - of the revenue which the Payne tariff bill will produce for the government have been reduced nearly 120,000,000 through the amendments jnade' to the' measure before It was passed by the house and the senate finance -committee will have to pro vide means for making up this dif ference if the original estimates are to be met. The striking out of sev eral countervailing duty clauses on which hQj estimates were made proba bly will lessen, the bill's productive nee sanother $20,000,000. The amendments taking off the eight'' cent duty on tea subtracted $7,000,000 from the estimated reve nue. The striking out of the coun tervallng duty on coffee and the max imum duty provision for a rate of twenty percent ad valorem on coffee coming from countries which do not give the tfhited States the benefit of their most favored nation claus?. disposes of probably $15,000,000 in duties. Taking out the countervailing pro viso for lumber and for petroleum means a loss to the revenues of sev eral million dollars, It is estimated. By repealing the manufacturers li cense tax for farmors desiring to sell the leaf tobacco which they raise, the house has withdrawn considerable revenue under the internal revenue law. A slight increase In revenues may b provided by the Increased tax bnwkUh;iUle4ibACci9,,.pjiipple, barley- barrey malt. - Differ From Dingley Law. The Payne bill as it passed the house,' like the Dingley bill when It went to the senate, places hides on the free list. Under the Dingley law, hides have produced a revenue ex ceeding three million dollars annual ly. tContlnued on page two.) south sounds gall to Arms in yearly buttle nMINSTKEO -PESTS Simple Precautions Against Hies and Mosquitoes Great ly Reduce Mortality PREVENTS INFECTION (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS. April 11. The entire South has notified the festive mosquito and the ubiquitous house fly that they are undesirable citizens and under no cirucmstances will they be permitted to reside in or frequent the inhabited communities. But the authorities have not been satisfied with declarations. Not much. They naive not forgotten the lesson taught them-in 1905 when the yellow fever came. So, all over the South. In the small er villages as well as in the bigger cities, tha health authorities are open ing an early campaign against the disseminators of all the deadly dls- th mnannltn and the house fly. It has been demonstrated that the moaqutto l not the only disease spreader. He or she, rather does spread yellow fever. But the house fly has been tried and convicted of the crime of disseminating malaria, ty phoid fever and several other diseases no less deadly. Ueder the direction of Dr. J. 8. White, the famous marine hospital surgeon, who fought and whipped the yellow fewer in 1905, a regular set of laws and precautions have been de vised. These are practically the same in all the southern cities and states. n tw,i with all tanks of water. cisterns or vessla, which hold water or which might be filled with water af ter rain must be covered and screen ed with a screen of at leaat eighteen mesh Of wire to the inch. Standing water on lota or commons is not per mitted. All shallow lots must be drained and kept dry. or the owner Is subject to a severe penalty. All sta blea must have air tight receptacles for refuse and this refuse must be re moved each week. Where there are large natural bodies of water which It in Impossible to drain, the surface must be disinfected and oiled at fre quent anl regular Intervals. Even the water used in the sprinkling carts Is FEELING AGAINST BURCHFIELD IS AT DANGEROUS PITCH Ominous Mutterngs Are Heard On The Street. Crime As Told Zeke Roberts, the cab driver who was shot Saturday night, dead, John Burchneld, his slayer, drinking the bitter dregs of remorse and fear In the county Jail, and angry cltl xns muttering threats of lyjiching the slayer, these were the harrowing consequences of the crime which was committed In a trivial dispute over the payment of a cab fare of lifty cents. Roberts lingered until after three o'clock yesterday morning, but he never had a chance to recover as the great bullet from the 44 Colt tore a gaping wound In his temple which made death certain. He never re gained consciousness after he was shot. The funeral services over his body will take place today at Weav erville. Roberts was only twenty four years old and is survived by hH father with whom he was engaged 'in the livery business, and two sisters. ' Feeling Iluiw High. The killing of Roberts has aroused Intense feeling among his friends and especially among the carriage drlv ;- and hackmen of the city with whom he was quite popular. There were heard . portentous mutterlngs last night on the street and In places where crowds congregated, but there seemed to be no concerted movement to dolanythlng. Deputy Sheriff Mitch ell, the Jail warden was warned early In the evening that an attempt might be made on the Jail but was not In clined to give It any credence. How ever, he did not leave the doors un bolted. Among those who were advocating a lynching, there were some who favored putting It off until after the hearing which is expected to take place today. It would be no easy matter to get Into Buncombe's new Jail, and this fact will probably have more effect In cooling the impetuous ones than any other: There Is no denying that the feeling against Burchneld in certain quarters of the city la wrought up to the lynching point. Bnrchftcld Remorseful, , , ; A. representative of The Citizen in terviewed Burchneld yesterday at the county Jail. Burchfleld was In a very nervous condition showing tha: he had spent the night in great anxle ty. of mind. His features were ex tremely sombre and an absence of ail color gave him a ghastly expression. He is about five feet and six Inches In height and of light build. He do?s not look like a criminal and the pal LYNCH NEGRO BRUTE AS HE WAS BEING CARRIED TO PLACE OF SAFETY Sheriff Met by Lynchers in! an Automobile. Forced j to Yield Prisoner. I IDENTIFIED BY VICTIM (By Associated Press.) ARCADIA, Fla., April 11. John Smith, the negro who yesterday drag-, ged Miss Mary Steel Ewing from her J buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in anl attempt at criminal assault, was taken away from the sheriff and his deputies at an early hour this morn ing and hanged to a tree. The story of the attempted assault Is as follows: Miss Ewlng. who hud been to the city on a shopping tour, was returning to her home, four miles from the city, when the negro sprang into the buggy, seized Miss Ewlng and dragged her Into the bushes, throwing her down and choking her. The young woman, begged fought i nrav.H tn the blaek fiend to let her go and offered to give him 100 In cash if he would accompany her home, but this did not stop the brute, who was about to force his victim In to submission when Miss Ewlng, In her struggle, saw Will Knowles and his brother, walking some distance from the scene. With renewed vigor -. ami this attracted the Olid V . V.H . Knowles brothers who rushed to her assistance. The brute made his es cape and after taking Miss Ewlng to her home, the men rushed to this city, spread the news and bloodhounds fol lowed by a pisse of three hundred ., or,, ainn on the trail. The ne- u.op found ai a turpentine camp, taken before his victim who positive ly Identified him. snenn r recumu his deputies succeeaea in pm.". cii.i. in tail hut being afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit the black brute out of Arcadia when they were met by an automobile party, neio up trA to ive ud the prisoner. The negro, seeing that he was doomed to a horrible oeain, pie-ueu for mercy, but there was none in the hearts of the mob who carried him to ..... j the ritv where they strung him op to a tree, where his body was still hanging wis mui.....B. -Ewng positively Identified the cloth ing on the negro and pointed out the shirt he had torn in ner cui w cape. . Stories of The by Witnesses. lor of his face made the more notice able the trance-like stare of his grey eyes, in which could be read heart sickness and remorse. It was with reluctance that the prisoner consented to an interview. At first he said that he had nothing to say, for he did not know how to say anything in his own behalf. Then for a few minutes he fixed that fixed stare of his eyes on the blank wall. After he had remained thus for about three minutes he turned and with a slow tremulous expression which be spoke fatigue and an almost complete collapse, denied vehemently what he had read In the morning Citisen as to what he had said at the time of tha shooting. He needed no promptings nor even a question. He denied hav ing said that he hoped Roberts would die. He said: "There are- two witnesses who know that I did not say any thing. There was not a word said about It. Those witnesses were stand ing right there," continued the pris oner as he pointed outside of his cell Into the corridor. He was then asked who these two men were. After thinking for a min ute or two as if it were hard for. him to recall the names of these witnesses he with much hesitation as If still In doubt gave their names as Taswe II and Bull. When questioned further as to these men he could recall noth ing more. ) Admit Drinking. Later Tie said that two men had asked him If he fired the shot, and he replied: "I did." When he said this hut Voice seemed much firmer, but beneath this firmness was an un dertone of remorse. When questioned at to the condi tion ho was In at the time of the shooting ho wished to keep silent, but admitted that had taken several drinks. The conversation began to teli on the man as he recalled the tragic events of the night From an erect silting posture, firm and Intense, as well as unnatural, he seemed to droop Into a lounging position as 1 exhaust ed. He had no trouble In recalling what he had done Saturday. With no hesitation or doubt he told how he had been working for Judd Reed put ting In fuse wires during the earlier part of the afternoon, and later had done similar work for Harper Styles. (Continued on pagie five.) EDF OF ICE ACROSS FALLS Wind Banked Up Waters in Frozen Dam Till the Falls Vanished. DAMAGE ENORMOUS. (By Associated Ircs.) BUFFALO. N. Y.. April 11. The voice at Niagara was mute today for the second time In the memory of man. The first time was late in Feb ruary when, following a severe north erly blow, the falls ran dry. Now. following a Bevere southwester. the river Is frozen Bolld from bank to bank. On Wednesday of last week th worst gale of the season and the most violent In the history of the weather bureau for April was recorded. The solid Ice fields of Lake Erie were churned from end to end and piled In a huge conglomerate mass at the lower end of the lake. i At Niagara there has been a heavy Ice bridge In the pool below the cat aract -lnce the middle of the winter. Under the Impact of the mass of Ice from the lake above and the added floods brought down by the wind, th' bridge gave way and began to surgf down the rapids, but before It could win freedom In the ample waters of Lake Ontario, the wind shifted again to the north. Instantly the moving floes packed at the mouth of the river. Each Instant of cold congealed the pack more solidly and each hour brought added pressure from above. Unable to escape by Its natural channels the lew1! of the river n.e by leaps and bounds. The highest flood le-el recorded from previous years Is twenty-eight feet above the normal. Friday night the river was forty feet above normal. Conservative estimates place the damage at tl. 000. 000. All estimates of ultimate damage are conditioned by what the weather may have In store. The best that can be hoped for Is succession of calm, warm days. Then the lc will melt gradually and subside bit by bit For the moment the upper reaches of the river are running clear, but a far as the eye csn se the white mantle of the frost plankets the lake If that great mass should be dr!vn down on the Jam below, the damJg. would be Inconceivable. SENATOR JOHN WARWICK DANIELS, fa ' :4VfdL wry lie WU1 trad tlM lKni(HTatic Fight In the Senate for Ileal Tariff Revision Itoun ward. ASHEVILLE PEOPLE IN t WRECK ON SOUTHERN Mrs. John montoe and Son Slightly Injured When Track and Three Ashevllle people, Mrs. John' Monroe, her son and Mr. Jyon Whit lock, proprietor of thfc Whitlock Clothing House, together with four other passengers and two trainmen were Injured when passenger train No. 22 on the Southern Kallyaw east bound from this city to Salisbury was derailed near Old Fort about half after nine o'rlck yesterday morning. None of the Injuries sustained ar, serious. It Is reported. The accident Is said by the rail road officials tn lie a novel one (irul last night the uuse was a mystery. According to tie reports made to the Southern offices the tender, baggage car, two coach' h and the chair ear left the" track and wore turned over and carried some distance before the engine could In stopped. The tend r TEDDY FINOS FAMILIAR TEDDY BEAR III RED SEA Lands to Hunt SpwiiiH'tis, Not of cT.ldy Px-ars, In.t Birds of Arabian Coast. RVKZ, April I 1. The steam Au miral. with ex-l sident Ho" di board, which .-Med out of tie ui'i I .1 jbout t-n j'' 1" brief stop at . down the Hi d . During tin- t' the Admiral s! party to lanil about half un ited and Miili landing party Koosevelt, Mm Heller. SiO'll'Ifi-l Their Itit.-nti'.ny lection of bil'l ' to Suez by trnii During tie canal the Ad mi City of Paris. ! i ed with llriti massed on tin cheered th- tlcally. A larK' a prominent i. t - Mr. Roosevelt v last niglit, mail' ics, then pri a. I. 1 in jl 1 1 through the ci cd up ti p rrn :ii Ismalla. which ill distant between tt,i rrancan Hens. The . .iislsted of Kermit i Mearnes, I-Mmim-I and J Allien lirmK. 1 were to make " t" 'cimens and pi-e-f d evage through tli" ill passed the steamer' -in Kurrachec. c ne I i passengers These Hteamer's decks tin 1 1 president ent hiiKlaf-! Teddy bear occii pled . on the brlilge deck, answered the cheers WASHINGTON'. April 11. Fore- i cast for North Carolina: Fair warmer! Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy, war-1 mer In east portion; moderate toj brisk east to southeast winds. ' and Mr. Leon Whitlock Train ' Leaves the Overturns. was the first to ileavrn the track and the four couches followed. The en xlnt' was not off the rails. The track was 'turn up for about one hundred feet, and all the coaches badly shat tered up. From an examination of the track after the accident, it aeemel to he In perfect condition. That the accident did not result seriously Is almost a miracle. As It was, there were rtp Injuries other than cuts, bruises and sprains. Mrs. John Moore and her son were cut by fiyliiK glass and Mr. Whitlock who was on his way to Htatesvllle re ceived n sprained arm. The others Injured were: Minnie fnrson, colored, Old Fort, ankle sprained. ffentlnned on page three.) TEXAS LEGISLATURE i Calls Kxtra Sossion fo do ! Wo.,. T)0V Sh(MlM IIaV( . , Dime in Regular Session, (Fly Awviulati'il I'ress.) ATHTIN. Texas. April 11. I'pon the explrnllon of the first culled nes hIuii ir the legislature today. (1'IV- rimr Campbell called tin- law niak rs t'i meet tomorrow for a secoii I Kpcclal seSHlon, submitting H" legisla tion tlie mutter of appropriations f u the Mate government for the next two years and the enactment of a law for th" protection of bank deposit. In a special mesniigc to the b gila ture the governor scored the , kIM.i-tur- for failure to enact the platform derris rids. ' Your regular session of sixty clny was expensive and of little value to the i.eoolo." aays the governor. "Not a single iilatfnrm demand wa enneted Into law: one was defeated and y ui adjourned without ever con sidering the appropriation bill hire- noon the lobby Himlatlded and It ! nut strange that you received throug'a i h,. i new m, a tiers the felicitations of the chairman of the republican ex ceutlve committee of this state. "Altogether your honorable hodl' have been in continuous regular and culled sessions since January 12. It will hardly he denied that everything thnt has been don In the way of leg islation by the regular and called session could have been none In ten that has been done In the way of leg- e on 1,1 have been considered and nned." The nresnflff recites Bt length what the gwvernor had sought to be enuctoA (ma laws with special em nhnsls tvpon the guaranty law. the failure to enact which he severely condemns. ' E I E Secretary Meyer Collecting Data as to Amount of Work Done In Them PLANTS REPORTED IN GOOD CONDITION Valuable to Navy In Case of Emergency In Time of War. (My AswK'laled Press.) W AHH I NOTON, 1). C, April 11, Within a few days Secretary of this Navy Meyer la expeeld to take up fur active consideration the question of the continuation Id operaloln of the navy yards at Pensacola. Florida, and New Orleans, louklaiia, which Mr. Newberry Just before he retired from office gave orders should be closed, A settlement of the Issue Is of Importance to the cities In which these yards are located for more than one reason, llefore Mr. Newberry's order hail been officially served on the commandants of those yards (ho congressional delegations from the re spective states In which they are sit uated took up the matter with Hec Aetary Meyer and presented argu ments to show why they should be continued In operation, Mr. Meyer felt that their protests against clos ing should receive thorough consid eration and concluded to call for data from the commanding officers show ing the amount of work that waa be ing done and reasons. If any, for or against, the closing of tha yards. Tha character of the data which ha askod for was so elaborate and comprised so much detail that the command ants have not yef been able to furnish ft The secretary is determined to be fully advised of every feature of tha case before reaching any decision, Tha fact that appropriation have bean made for a continuation of work dur ing tha ' next fiscal rear la th least argument advanced why the atatlons should be maintained in all their ef ficiency. Hut this Is not the only proposition put forward along thu (Continued on page Big.) DISTRICT RESIDENTS LOSE TRIER OLD GRAFT ON NICESDFT BERTHS Fiction of Residence in Htates is Abolished by New Census Law. HENCK THEIll TEARS (By Micbkin H. VUnc.) WAHlllNflTON. April 11 A great rur has fallen upon the District ot ,...!. . biu. Residents of the nutlonal ,...iii will not secure the bulk of Jobs to be provided by the taking of 1 he next federal census. Nor will they be able to get more than their al loted share of places cowered by the civil service anywhere under ino eminent. A senate amendment to the census 1,111 la ti blame. The amendment I? ,mlv a few lines In length, but It pregnant with potency. It reads: "1'rovidert. that hereafter all examina tions of applicants fur positions In the government service, from anv tate or territory shall be had In the slate or territory In which such applicant resides, and no person shsil h eligible for such examination ur appointment unless he or she shall have been actually domiciled In such state or territory for at least one year previous to such examination." The civil sernicc law provides thnt places In the government service shall lie apportioned among the states and territories and the plstrlct of Colum bia according to population. The District of Columbia always has a great many more persons In the gov 'rnnwnt service than Its utinta. It has been the practice of residents ' ihe district anVbltlous to connect with Cnctft 8am's pay roll, therefore, to claim theoretical residences In states which still had appointments to their credit. The fact that a man's grand father lived In Ohio or that his great aunt resided In Illinois before the Civil war has been deemed sufficient excuse to claim residence In thone states. Dame at an End. Th result has been that people horn nd raised In the District of Columbia have been getting places that should have gone to actual res idents of Ohio, Illinois and other states. Being on the ground they were In position tn take advantage of openings, and there ha been con stantly Increasing complaint that states were being charged with ap pointments which did not belong to them. The senste amendment to the census bin will put a pretty effective stop to the practice. MAYREVOK ORDER FO 1 YARDS INTH SOUTH SIX PERISH IN FIRE WHICH DESTROYED CENTER OF LENOX Explosions of Oils Gave Oc ;cupants of Building Where Fire Started No Chance FASHIONABLE HOTEL i ESCAPES THE FLAMES Woman, a Human Torch. Leaps From Second Story In Her Night Clothes. (ny Associated Pre,) , , LENOX, Maa, April ll.Hlx, jser sons lost tholr Uvea, three other bad ly burned and property loss ef be tween ijoo.ooo and laoo.ood waa funned by a Are In tha heart of th business section of this town early to day, Four business blocks,- two dwel- ' lings and two other structures wert destroyed in a section bounded by Franklin, Main, Houstonae and Church streets. The flr la Vtellesnsd to have started tn tha Clifford build ing from spontaneous oonbuatlon. , The dead ar: Edward C. Ventre,, electrician: Mrs, Edward 0. Ventre; Miss Ieslle ' Ventres, aged - twelv years; Miss Alice French, bookkeepers Miss Isabel Cook, , bookkeeper; Ml Mary Sparks, school teacher. The Injured are! Mr, v Catherine Root, and her two kona, deorgs and Arthur, severely burned. ' a . A fortunate shift of tha Wind aved the public library and th faahlonabl Curtis flotel. in the hotel, thera were several Kastar parties from New ' York and Boston. ., , . , ' ,, 4 The loss of life occurred In th Clif ford building, where th bias started, and resulted primarily from a series of explosions among tha . turpentine paint and oils stored In th cellar of the James Clifford and Bon company hurdwar dealer. . ' )CploNloM Came Quickly, The fire was discovered by Oeorg Root, who lived with hi mother and brother in, the upper torjr f th Clifford block", thre atory building, shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, Hastily calling his brother and moth-, r, all ran down the stairs in their night cloihes, shouting to the other (Continued on page Bit.) mut luniinr unnciroc UNI I II1UUUL IIUUJILIIJ to arrfpt pnsmnris DOT Of THEIRDWN STATE Afraid to Leave Field Open to Reveridge Who Now' , Leads in State Polities ' ALL FAIRRANKS MEN (Spscisl te The Clt'ien.) WAKIIINtlTON, April ll,--There certainly will be some Interesting pol itics In Indiana during the next few years. The prospect Is so entrancing that not a prominent Indiana repub I lean seems welling to leave the state. Appointments tendered by President Tuft, which under ordinary circum stances would be grabbed at, have been declined with thanks. They don't want to miss the scrap. "Jim" Watson, who Was the candi date for governor on the republican ticket lust year and was defeated, holds the record fur turning down good Jobs. He has been offered about everything on the president's list, In cluding an ambassadorship, but has consistently unci firmly said "no." Wat sons' record Is unique In another re spect lie refused to be ambassador to Mexico one of the moat highly pris ed or presidential offices, but was willing to be United States attorney for Indiana, a place far, far lower In the m ule, as such things are reck oned The district attorneyship, how ever, bud been promised to another. Former Henator Hemenway was of fered the post of minister to China, but declined, former Vice President Fairbanks was talked of and serious ly considered by the president for ambassador to England, hut has an nounced that he doesn't want an of fice. Charlie" Ijindls, former mem ber of the house from Indiana, It la understood, has been offered the gov ernorship of Porto Kko, but has not slgnllled a willingness to accept th place. Light on Situation. A little study throws an Interesting light on the Indiana situation. Wat son, Hemenway and Landls all belong to the Fairbanks wing of tha party I In the Hoosler state, and all wera vlo tims of the democratic landslide last November. That landslide - placed Senator Albert Jeremiah Boveridge, whom the FaJrbank republicans lov eth not, absolutely In the saddle a the Indiana boas. Wltn a democrat ic colleague In the senate and only two of the thirteen Indiana - house uuijviruuul-m ,fw'.n -y.i-rn-i"r - ---------- (Continued on pagsi Ave.) (Continued on page Six)
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