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THE ASHE1ILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER CIXHJDY. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. .Vol XXV. NO. 176. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUtlRSDAY MOBNING, APRIL 15, !!)()!). PRICE FIVE CENTS. KENILWORTHA MASS OF RUINS WHILE SENATOR GAZZAM LIES IN HOSPITAL AT DEATH'S DOOR Futhet Details of Hair Breadth Escapes Make Fire Most Thrilling In City's History. Guests Lost Almost All Their Pos sessions Including Valuable Jewelry: SEN. GAZZAM UNCONSCIOUS ; r. . - STILL, EARLY THIS MORNING Delayed Making Escape, Though Warned In Tune, Until Flames Cut Him Off From Hallway, Could Have Been Rescued. The- destruction by fire at early - iiour, yesterday morning of beautiful i i 1 11 AbKa Xentiworin inn muurucu villa's interest yesterday, the people eagerly seeking particulars of the Are. ' Th magnificent Illumination of the flames as they ate into the giant structure set high on the hill above Biltmore, Its lofty towers and pinna cled roof pierced by many windows flaming high In the heavens like great torches, the fiery tempest making a roaring whirlwind In the still air and Illuminating the country for miles around -with the glare of noonday, told the story of the conflagration long before K appeared in print. Sor rowing at the loss of the magnificent hostelry and deploring .the accident which It Is feared will cost the life of Kb owner, Joseph M. Gaszam, of Philadelphia, there was rejoicing that one perished though the guests es caped in night raiment leaving behlnr clothes and Jewels. There were many hair breadth escaipes from rooms high above the ground, and vthore was no tint of gratitude to those who, like Fire Chief 8. O. Bernard, Patrolman Ed. McConuell, and volunteers like B. M. Fltspatrksk. Ned Bortoon, Ken dall Northup and Patrolman tanning ttts1sllw''vs ;.tT waken th ,tn mates who slept with the flames burning around them. Many went yesterday to see the tulns of the structure which had cost $300,000, of which, however, only two tall chimneys rising from the ashes and a pile of smoking debris remained, the destruction being abso lutely complete. There remained as ' assets only the site, some- assorted furniture and J70.500 Insurance which was all carried with Aston, Rawls and DEI DIFFER WIDELY ON THE ttDOLESillF TARIFF Are in Unison Onlv As to , Wisdom of An Income Tax Amendment ANOTHER CONFERENCE nrtoutUnTOV Anril 14. An lm portant conference was held today at the department 01 justice, m ties to It being Attorney-General nrinLnhum. Solicitor General Bow ers, Secretary Nagel, of the Interior department, Chairman Knapp and Commissioner Pronty of the interstate commerce commission and Represen tative Towneend, of Michigan. The Idea of the conference was to iorm ttw. HpnartmentS of ilietli e, iiiviii "to ' - commerce and labor, and interstate commerce wmmw - a . V. a u.trlr nf thA t h P. ainnuvn in - -- Ten days ago Attorney-General vi.i..i,.n indicated to those pres ent at today's conference that he de sired to consult with them concern ing President Taffs plan to effect a closer relationship among the depart ments, particularly with respect to the consideration 01 cc .. . th anti-trust anegea tii"""' . , law. In the view of President Taft It may be possible to rrame an. . ments to the existing law that will bring about the desired co-ordination. , In the discussion today no refer ence was made to the letter of Attorney-General Wickersham concern ing the Morris Packing company, or Chicago, or to any other specific es'e now pending before the department of Justice. Rumors of friction be tween the department of Justice and the Interstate commerce commission are without substantial foundation. This statement Is made dirertly by the attorney-general by Secretary Nagel and by the Interstate commerce commissioners. -, ;,' SOUTHERN LFAGCK. ATLANTA. Ga.. April 14 The Southern league pennant race will be gin tomorrow afternoon, with every team In the circuit scheduled to play, little Roc will be at Memphis. Mont gomery t Nashville. Blrminghsm at 'Atlanta and Mobile t Now Orleans. Co. The salvage of furniture and personal effects had earJy been carried to storage places while the thinly clad guests had sought refuge at hotels or the nearby residences of Arthur Recs and Morris Meyers which were thrown open to the unfortunates. No Lives Were Lost. The early reports of loss of life were soon dispelled, it being found that Mrs. O. Terrell of New York and Mrs. Dewey who were reported miss ing had found safe refuge, the form at Mr Ram' hnmn. Ttnfmrees were -scattered over the city and many anxious Inquiries were maue oy friends, while gathered In groups those who fled from the flames re counted the Incidents of the night so portentous wit.h danger to scores. Some were clad In such mako-shlft garments as they could secure on the moment, women wearing overcoat and slippers, men in clothes either too small or too large, sometimes shoe less and hatless until relief was ob tained from the clothing stores and t-.,nAu fni in few eases indeed were any personal effects saved. Much val uable Jewelry-, ana doming iorai thousands of dollars wcrs destroyed but none complained In the least, pre ferring rather to. glv thanks for a safe escape. So rapid was the rush of the flames after two o'clock that there was no time to save anything except human life and these In many cases were attired :n few clothes. One exception was a lady who was helped down a ladder clafl in full evening dress as she had but shortly before returned from a dance. Senator Gazzam. Beyond explanation apparently was the refusal of Joseph-M. Oazzam to PRESIDENT TUFT ON WAY TO YALE STOPS OVER TO BET PEEP AT WHITE WAY Tickled with Summer Home and Sees Onc.Long Golf Game Ahead SEES 'IP I WERE KING' (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 1 4. President Taft, on the way to New Haven to attend a meeting of the Yale corpora tion tomorrow, stopped over In New York tonight as the guest of his brother. Henry W. Taft, and with Mrs. Taft and a number of relatives attended a performance of "If I Were King" by B. H. Sothern, at Daly's Theatre. The president is very fond of the theatre and returning from New Haven tomorrow afternoon.agaln will stop In New York to attend an evening performance before leavlnc for Washington where he Is due to arrive Friday morning. Arriving at Jersey City at 6.3T p. m., the president and Mrs. Taft, with their son. Robert, and several of his schoolmates who have been Easter guests at the white house, entered automobiles and crossing on the Twenty-third street ferry, were driven to the Henry W. Taft home. Captain Archibald Butt, the president's senior military aide, also was In the party. Miss Helen Taft. with a school mate from Bryn Mawr, accompanied ncr n,kor inH fniher as far as Philadel phia niKm he rhanaed cars to re turn to her studies. iwiKn returning Ho Yale. President Taft was particularly pleased today that the problem of choosing a "summer white house." at last had been solved. As announced from Washington the new summer capitol will be at Woodbury Point, Beverly. Mass. The president Is look ing forward with pleasure to plsylng golf on the magnificent links of the Myopia Hunt club at Hamilton. The praise he has heard of this course undoubtedly had something to do with -the final selection of the Robert B. Evans cottage at Beverly. Mr. Taft hopes to reach his sum mer noma soon after the first of June. v.- Fire Oilof 8. G. Bernard. Who Prov ed His Courage, Again at Kenll- worlh. leave his room until the flames roar ed so close about It that he was forc ed to leap from a window of his third story room to the roof of the portico over the main entrance from which he rebounded to the ground, striking heavily on his back. It is stated that he was called no less than eight times. He responded when first caled by Miss. Amelia Pul Ham and later when others knocked on his door, saying, however, that there was no danger; that ha was all right. His door was locked and he failed to open It. It was when In formed that Mr. Gazzam had not come out tiat Chief Bernard went to bring him by force. As the chief passed up the stairs the heat had cracked the large stained glass win dowa of the landings and smoke was volleying through, but he kept on to the third story where he met such a cloud of stifling smoke that he was almost suffocated and dived back to the stairs. The bright flames were leaping through the windows and he rubied through these, his hair and eyebrows being considerably singed. As he reached tho ground and look ed up he saw Mr. Gazzam leap from ((Vnlinned on.paKe four.) ROARING LIONS ARE ALL III ROOSEWS PATH Orders Special Train to Meet Him at Mombasa. Will Make No Stop WATCHING NATIVES (Itv Ahmk-IuU'iI I'rcss.) MOMHAfSA, Drlliuh KaHt Africa, April 14. A cablegram received here from Theouoro Hoosewlt declining an Invitation to attenil tt public re ception and a dinner makai It evident that he hits decided not to stop in Mombasa. Therefore, thero is much disappointment here. Mr. Roosevelt asks In this messaKe that he be mot at the pier by his special train an J conveyed direct to the ranch of Sir Alfred's Pease, On the Athl river, where he will be Kir Alfred's guest for the first fornlght's stay In the protectorate. The steamer Admiral Is expectei here at day break of April 21. At present the Monsoon is blowing vig orously. There has been a sudden outbreak of smallpox at Nairobi. Forty deaths have occurred In the iiarantlne camp and three cases are reported from Ju Ja ranch, the property of George McMillan, who will be Mr. Roosevelt's host during a portion of his stay in this section. Major Iyiuls L. Seaman has return ed here from a hunting trip up the country. lie says sport Is excellent and the game prospects good. Major Heaman is about to leave for Uganda on an elephant hunting expedition. Three lions have been Interferes with the night work at the Makindu station, on the railroad. It Is be lieved that the plans of the Roosc yU pnrty contemplate Kermlt Roose velt spending a night at this station. The local police authorities have taken measures to strengthen some of the out stations on the northern boundary of Kenya province, where, the inhabitants of the 'wilderness country north of the proteetorate have been showing signs of unrest. A number of continental business firms have forwarded various pres ents. Including champagne, ammuni tion, books, etc.. to Mr. Roosevelt here. It Is not believed that Mr. Roosevelt will accept any of these offerings. , r 'hi . I 1 Beaatlful Kenilworth Inn Now Nothing But a Mass of Hiilns. THIRTY TWO KILLED IN RELIGIOUS RIOl After Being Dispersed Worshippers Raid Chinese Hotel Get Drunk and Drive Police Into Hiding With t Loss of Six (By Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, April 14, Accord Ind to a despatch reeelwd today, ths rioting which occurred at VeJardeno, a mining camp in Coahulla last Sat urday, was more serious than at first reported, thirty-two mtm being kllle.l and many Injured. The trouble was Instigated by Father Ramon Valon cucla, parish priest. It Is asserted, who lies In a hospital hovering between life and death,. Fourteen of the riot era were executed by the government troops and many were Imprisoned. Many Americans reside In Veiardena, as tho camp I controlled by Ameri can capital. - The leaders of the mob, which was well organised, avoided attacking Americans of destroying American property. Tho fighting occurred when an of ficer corresponding to an American mayor, attempted to stop religious procession headed by the village priest, the laws of Mexico forbidding such parades. A thousand parishion ers followed the procession wishing to witness the annual burning of Judas, and when the ordor of the mayor became known, the Mob stoned and later burned the house of the mayor, who with his, wife escaped by cflmh tng a rear wall and seeking protection In the American colonyv - i- -A , The' rioters th stormed Chinese hotel, looting It of all liquors and foods and terrorising the neighbor hood during the night iby their drunk en orgy. The police force fired on tee mob, many of who were we.ll armed. The officers were forced to retreat leaving six of tholr number dead In KETCHEL GETS MATCH WITH JOHNSON FOR 20 ROUNDS FOR HEAVY BELT Articles .Signed For iout to Come Off in Fall at New York Club FORFEITS ARE POST KD NEW YORK. April 14 Jack John son and Stanley Ketehel will box twenty rounds for the heavyweight ehampiotixbii of the world lit the Colma Athletic club on October M, 7 909. They are to receive fifty per (eftl of the gross receipts to be divid ed sixty-five percent to the winner ind thirty-five percent to Hie low r. j Hoth Ketehel :md John.,n signed the j articles todav It V hs provided th.it j each party to the agreement dcpoxlt ! il.'tiiu to he paid to thi winner o' trie : .I . s u," tint this B:rn l tn as j a forfeit for the compliance by Isith ' men with the articles of the axrr e nient. TU- SMsftOO . f, be put ui Immediately and transferred to YV. W. NuuKhton. of San Krancls n. The ! referee is to be announced not later : than Pftiin d.ivs be'ore i.i. contest. Moving p:-!ires of tho light will be Ilk, n and tie proce"ds d'.vl !f 1 lif a f.rtvste as.:-wnctit. "he aril. I n ore -tinned by Ulllus HrlH, J.liifo-.' Ketehel and James Coflorth for the Clina Club Ketehel v.,-. anxious lo fiKiit f di Rve round", but Johnson d ritnrreil, saying Imniv rounds Wiiuld yu'flce to show which was the belter man. CofTorth aruu' I for nu-irlv four hours but the chami'ion finally had his way. Ketehel hi, I.I b, would enter the ring a'. 10 pounds WASHINGTON', April 14. Fore cast for North Carolina: Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday; varia ble winds. the main street. Later troops arrived In a special train and a short, fierce fight between troopers and rioters ensued, bringing the total deaths to thirty-two, with number of Injured. Father Valensuola was arrested One of his foltowers smuggled knife to his cell and the priest stab bed himself sin times In a vain t tempt 'to commit suicide. He Is now In the prison hospital., quiet was re stoned. SUPREME COURT HAND DOWN DECISIONS (Special to Tli ClOson.) RALEIGH, N. C April 14. Thir teen appeals disposed with opinions and otherwise were Included In the delivery by the Supreme court for the week this afternoon. They fol low: Brown vs. Myers, 'Hertford, no errorr Campbell ts. Cronly, New Hanover, affirmed In both appeals; Jones vs. Railway, Scotland, reversed: Lass Iter vs. Railway, Chatham, error; Davis vs. Frasler, Granville, reversed; Thorp will case, Granville, affirmed State vs. Cox, Randolph, errori Lowi der vs. Hathcock, affirmed r Bnatigh vs. Hart man, Davidson, new trial Hill vs. Rean,' Randolph, affirmed: Booth vs. Lumber company. Durham per curiam, affirmed; State vs. Brown Forsyth, per curiam, affirmed, there being no case on appeal Bnd no error apparent In the record. ' GEN. BUTLER LAST OF THE GREAT CONFEDERATE CAVALRY LEADERS DEAD Death Due to Old Wound Wliieh Me Heeeived at Brandy Station HIS Sl'LFNDJI) RKCORD COLUMBIA. H '' APrU 14 era.1 Matthew Oilbralth Butler, of ICdKctleld, one of the last of the con federate cavalry generals, died to nlKht at 11:4 at u local Inllrnmry. l-or some weeks (leiierwl Hutler hit ti.-eii III. and has been gradually grow lug weaker and for several days H has been known that the end ws near. General liiiller's death Wfi flue to a complication of diseases, III dueed by an old wound. Me lost s leg at lirandy station, and after re covery continue, throughout the wai Ilia wound bad not bothered him ui to a few months ago. General. Mutlcr wan horn In 1836. ol a distinguished South Carolina fam ily. Me served with distinction throughout the civil war. rising from captain to major general of cavalry In the confederate service. Artcr in' war General Hutbr took a prominent nart in the movement to reclaim th' ntate lo the democratic party ami sided grcntly In Hampton's victory In the gulwrnatorial race- of lH7t. In 171 Gcm-rsl Duller was elected to the United Klaten nate and served three terms. Imrlng the Spanish American war General Duller was rnnjor-genersl In the United fitBte armv. After the war General Duller w;ih appointed a member of the Cu ban peace- eeimmlswion. He Is sur vived by his widow and three chl! elren. "Captain M. C Dutle-r jr.. U. H A.: Ir. K. W. P. Putler. of this city and Mrs. MeNeeley, wife of a naval officer. In his seventy-fifth blrthrta General Duller received exteresm unction freim the Catholic church. He died within fifty yards of the conven tlon hal! in which the scceie,n eon ventlon met. Ge-nersl Duller was s nephew of Commodore Perry, of the Unlte-d State army Instead if a con federate leader. JiFW MUTHFR KPUK. KKOXV1LLR. .Tenn . April 14. The Southern rallwav company have placed engineers In the field to make surveys for a new railroad from Jell! co Creek to the Cincinnati. Southern railway. This proposed llrfe will. It Is said, reach one of the richest vir gin coal regions In this section. T US CALM DOWN WHEN NEW CABINET! GOES INTO OFFICE Troops Accept Sultan's Edict And Disperse Firing Salute of Rejoicing CONSTITUTION IS TO BE OBSERVED Soldiers Concerned In Late Turbulence Most Loyal of Sultan's Friends. (lij Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE. April 14 After the stirring events of yester day and the early part of today In the Turkish capital the successful formation of the cabinet and the Is sue of an Imperial proclamation, or daining the observance of the Sherl laws and the preservation of the con stitution, served to brtnit shout a comparatively peaceful situation here tonight. The members of the new cabinet, of which Tewfllc Pasha Is the grand vlxler, have been. Installed In office. They are as follows: Grand Vlslnr, Tewflk Pasha;, minister of war, Ed hem Pasha; minister of marine, Vloe Admlral Adilemln Pasha; minister of thevlnterlor, Adll Bey; minister of lustl?, Hasan Fehml Pasha; minis ter of finance, Nury Bey, The other posts are filled by the previous In cumbents. The formation of the cabinet, al though It Is not composed according to general expectations, hns areatlv relieved the tension of the last thlrtyr ix hours. Tho majority of the peo ple passed a sleepless night, owing to the contlnouus discharges of musket ry. Tonight the olty is quM; the troops have returned to tholr barracks and the crowds lit the Htamboul quart lr hava retired to their homes. Confidence Is gradually, returning. although tho military situation wllw require all the energies of the tisW tovernment (or its successful band ling ,ot thv promulgation a of - wise measures so that the army -may be placed on a mere satlrsctory basis. One of the first acts of the govern ment will be tt supp'i new efflcers lo replace those who havo, been reject ed by tho men, and this will be no easy task. Troops loyal (o Sultan, tt Is noteworthy that while the rev olution ef last July was the virk of ifflcen, tho present movement w. arrled forward by the soldiers, aided by the religious party, the leaders In the movement being the very troops, the Salonikl Chausaeurs, which here lofore had been the mainstay of the committee of union and progress. The rising has resulted In ths complete obliteration of this committee and its newspaper (.ntans, while tnatjw depu ties representing the commlttew group have resigned or remain In their homes. wwwewetsewwwssewsewwssetessss (Continued on pam four.) PERSISTENT SUITOR Tries to Kill 8wullionrt, arid Fires Bullet into Own Head (fly AssorlaUfl Priin.) ItOBTON, April 14. After trying to shorn Miss Josephine Alberts, Alan M. fay, aged twenty-eight years, a prominent broker of this rlly, shot himself through the month In an alley early today and died while being hur ried to the hospital. Fay had spent the evening with Miss Alberts, at her home, leaving some time after midnight. lie then went to the alley at the rear of the hotiso and fired four shots, three ko mK through the young woman's win dow hut nfinc reaching Miss Alberts. A policeman who heard the shots found Kay on his side In the alley wsy bleeding from a bullet wound In the roof of bis mouth. Miss Alberts, who is twenty-five years old, has known Fay about four years, and dur ing that time she has repeatedly re fused his proposals of murrlHga, It Is said. TWO WOMEN SUICIDES ON CUNAED LINER (By Associated Pre) LIVKHPOOL April 14. During the voyage of the Cunard liner , Ln canla, which sailed from New York April 7, two young women who hart occupied a second-class cabin tngeth er committed suicide by shooting. They were Margaret Clarke, twenty nine years old. who was believed t" have .been a resident of Brooklyn, and Annie Miller, twenty-two years old, whose former residence Is not known. Ths motive for the double suicide has not bee ascertained and as the bodies were burled t sea there will be no Inquest. Hiss Clarke shot herself Thursday, the second day out while In her cabin. Her companion four days later took her own life. ,; - , . , ;AU , CONFERENCE EDUCATION OPENS L In Address of Welcome Gov. Smith DIscussos the Real Neflrq Problem! RACK SHOULD BE MORE WIDELY DISPERSED Southern Universities Will Ask for Fund to Provide High School Teachers. (By Associated Press.) - " ATLANTA, d., April t. Tht twelfth annual conference for educa tion in the Houth was formally opened tonight when the conference was wel comed to Atlanta and Georgia by Gov ernor Hoke Smith and listened to the annual address of ths president, R. C. Ogden, of New York'..- as Well s a ' paper on "The American Spirit In Ed ucation." bv He. ft. C. Mitchell. nreaU dent of the University of South Caro Una. r . Governor Binlth's remarks were not confined to a speech of welcome. He touched upon the problems which the Houth as well as alt other sections bad to meet and solve and told of soma ANNUA MEETING of the aids that could be used, . He placed education above all others and commanded the men and women who -are giving their time and money In an effort to aid humanity, . Real Negro Pit (Went. . v The governor took -up . tha race problem, saylngi , , The presence of a great number of negroes In tha Houth creates a ., problem which must be understood. I do not believe that those who dwell upon the work of negro Inst Hut tons Into which few of the race enter, com prehend the question. The real negro educational problem Is found in tha six million negroes who never enter these Institutions nnd who are utterly unsulted for the opportunities they of fer, I refer to tha great bodies of ne- i rnM tnmnut in tha sfmnlcat tines at . manual labor, . . " , "The first Men In tha education of the great body of tha negro race Is to Inspire desire toe do bettsr ho labor they are called upon to perform and to rid them of willingness to live poorly. If perchance meagre support ; can ov maue wuii nun tii mhm 'Experience shows that negroes lm- . prove most rapidly where there are fewest negroes In : proportion to, tho number of whites. The beat friend -of the negro should seek his distribu tion to all sections, This can be ac complished by more white ' settlers eomlng south and more negroes going North, Kast and West." !r. Ul4'lu-ll Hprak. ' l flovernor Mmlth was followed by president Ogden who read his address., The address of 13r, Mitchell, tof South Carolina, was received with' In i terest by the big erowd which is : present at the conference,- ' "Universal education Is a truer test of democracy than universal suf frage," he said In conclusion of his (Continued on page Bis.) OF . BIG WHISKEY PLANT Carroll Springs Distillery Alleged to Have .Violated Revenue Laws WASHINGTON .April 14 A ft re sult of an Investigation into charge of violation of the Internal revenue law, John O. Caoers. commissioner of Internal revenue. Issued formal In structions today to Collector P. U OoldsborouKh. at Baltimore, directing him to seise the Carroll Springs Dis tillery company's plant, one of the lamest reentered grain distilleries In Maryland. The selsuro, which will Involve th government's taking possession of nearly elitht thousands barrels of whiskey, Is based upon a long, exami nation which has been made under pcronal direction of Comrrnlsalonsr (.'a ners. , In several Instances Commissioner Capers has personally ' looked ' Into them- matters wherever they Involved the property rights of tax payers, es pecially so lnrgo an amount as in this Instance, Commissioner Capers declined to give any or the details as to th charges of fraud, but' It 1s understood t hut they Involve discovert of new whiskey In old barrels, the substitu tion of new whiskey for older whis key and the removal of It without th payment of one dollar and ten cents a gallon to the government, the sub stitution of gin for whiskey 1n some Instances, and In some of the pack ages, excessive wantage and similar evidences of what It is claimed work ed a direct fraud upon the United States. , i v. I - - . i ' PflOWSH' MShV IY TTB,'' LOUIBVILLE. Ky- Xprll 1 4 Cot Moses Olbson who was tn the Con federate army during the campaign in Virginia, committed suicide here today; He was drowned ln a hath tub, after slashing hi wrist v ;i