TIIH V7EATIIEE
voir xx v: no. m.
SESSION AFTER
Adopts Resolutions Embody
Ing Results of Educat
ors' Work
OCDEN PRESIDENT
FOR THE TENTH TIME
Meeting Was One of Most
Successful In History
of Organization.
(Ify Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga., April With
mixed feelings of satisfaction and re
gret; the twelfth annual conference
for education in the South closed to
night ' The satisfaction was at the
Immense amount accomplished dur
ing (he scholastic year just terml
nated. The regret was that the meet
Ing so pleaslant and Instructive was
so brief. . Jflvery member of the con
ference united in a declaration that
never had the members experienced
as satisfactory a meeting. '
The early sessions of the closing
day. were .devoted largely to women
and woman's work In the problem
that the conference is endeavoring to
Interest all good citizens in solving,
Women who have devoted their lives
to teaching or to the study of these
economic problems which every com
munlty has to solve, some time or
other, gave to the conference mem
bers the benefit of their conclusions.
The negro problem was considered,
too, from the standpoint .of the edu
cator and some attention was paid
to economic) developments in connec
tion with education.
Adopt Resolutions.
Before the conference adjourned,
these resolutions were offered and
adopted:
"Resolved: That the conference for
education In the South recommends
for special attention In the work of
the Immediate future.
"'-Improvement in country super
vision M the strategic point In the
entire educational -system.
"J.The professional " training of
feachers to kneet.the Juet demand for
more efficient service, and especially
the strengthening of the department
of education In the higher institu
tions for the training of men as teach
ers and principals of high schools
and as superintendents.
tii.qin i.fLnjL'Uuvl.'i'Lnj'ii.irii'i'iri-i'i-- - ' -----
(Ccntlniied on page four.)
MECKLENBURG HOTEL
' IS TBTAUY DESTROYED
BYHRIVLD5S IS HEAVY
Guests Escaped With Their
Belongings, But Furnish
ings All Lost.
BURNED UP. QUICKLY.
DANVILLE, Va., April 16 The
beautiful Mecklenburg hotel at Chase
City, seventy wiles east of this city
on the Keysvllle and Durham branch
of the Southern railway, was totally
destroyed by fire this afternoon. TheJ
hotel was an expansivo frame struc
ture built ten ears ago by the Meck
lenburg Springs corporation at a cost,
Inclttfllnir Mrnlehlngs, of 200,000. At
the time of the first It was owned by
the estate of H- L T. Davis, of Nor
folk, and was leased and managed by
W. T. Hughes, Who had conducted It
for several year. The owners carried
only 176.000 insurance on the hotel
and equipment. Only about thirty
guests were registered at the hostelry
at the time of the fire. The structure,
situated Oh an eminence Just outside
of towns and two hundred guests
chambers, all well furnished.
The flame were discovered by
guests on the lawn who saw smoke
Issuing from the slate roof and the
alarm traa give immediately, but the
fire-fighting facilities were Inadequate
to cope with the fire raging fiercely.
All of the guests escaped and the most
of them saved all their personal be
longing iefore the fire reached lower
floors of the structure, but much of
the furniture 1 'he upper rooms was
thrown from windows and destroyed
or battered. The employes and guests
of the hotel, eupplemented by the fire
department of the town of cnase .u.
trove la vain to stay the progress of
the Are, but the building burned like
tinder.
The Mecklenburg had been a health
and pleasure resort for a decade and
many persona from all over the coun
try sought it because of the medicinal
qualities of the mineral waters.
SOOTHERX CONTRACT LET.
LYNCHBURG, Va., April IS The
ub-contract for the completion of the
Sowthera Railway main line "cut off
here has been let to the E. G. Nave
Brothers: company of Portsmouth.
Ohkv, tdllprk, sytllbei parted as
tpetdily u possible. .
GOriFERENCE
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OFFICERS
THE.
MISSIONARIES IN
AD ANA MASSACRED
B Y A MOSLEM MOB
Two Reported
tive Christians Killed, And
Town Sacked
(By Associated Press.)
CONSTANTINOPLE April Id.
Two American miss tonaries have been
killed In tho anil-Armenian outbreak
at Adana, Aslastlc Turkey, according
to Information received here from
that place by telegraph this aftnrnoon.
At midnight neither the American
ambassador, Mr. Leishman, nor the
British embassy had received any fur
ther news concerning the massacre or
confirmation of the reported murder
of American missionaries at Adana.
Consular telegrams received here
report that half of tho town of Adana
has been burned and that the attacks)
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The Ruins of Kenilworth Inn
upon, the Armenians are extending
into the vlllayet They say that the
British vice-consul at Merslna, Major
Daughty-Wylie, who was ordered to
Adana when the: first advices of the
massacre were received, has been
wounded. Communication with the
disturbed district Is Interrupted, how
ever, and all reporta received from
there must be taken with caution. The
mm CHEERED SS HE
ASSURES PEOPLE THAT
CONSTITUTION TS SAFE
Constantinople Again Quiet
Former Minister Disap
pear In Bosporus?
STILL FEAH TROUBLE.
(By Associated Press.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16. A
manifesto that was Issued yesterday
by a committee of I'lemas, In which
the movement of the last few day
is declared to bo In no wise direct
ed against the constitutional govern
ment has created an excellent Impres
sion on the public mind.
Vice Admiral Adkiomlri Pasha, the
new minister or marine,' has resigned
owing to the hostility shown him
by the navy. The president of the
council of state has also surrendered
his office, but on account of ill health.
Half Tasha lias succee ded him.
The minister of police and other
officers Identified with th com
mittee of union and progress have
either resigned or disappeared a'id
the Selamlik today was attended by a
great crowd. The sultan was loudly
cheered. The T'lcma offered a prayer
invoking the benediction of Heaven
upon the sultan, the Sheri laws and
the empire. His majesty afterwards
gave an audience to the ministers
and reiterated to them tin- solemn
assurance lli.it he would uphold th"
constitution.
The city is returning to more nor
mal conditions. Business Is tw ins re
sumed except in Stain boil I and pans
of the Galata quarter, where many
Christian shops are' stiil closed, not
withstanding he declarations of the
police that the people have nothin
to fear; but the Impression prevails
that the trouble is not yet ended, and
the populace is wry nervous ov r
what Is likely to happen at Saioniki
and Monastir.
It Is currently reported that some
1 BOO Saloniki troops who are march
ing to Constantinople will is- receive!
the outskirts of the city by a
notation of Ulemas snd superior of-
.h. it is thought, will eauliy
convince them the true meaning
of Tuesday events.
JSEBEliEEE
ASHEVILLE, N.
hi
Dead. Many JVa-
By Turks.
porte declares the disturbances are
subsiding. Two additional buttalions
have been despatched to Adana.
The Moslem attacks recommenced
yesterday afternoon and continued
throughout the night Largo number
of Christians are said to have been
killed. One report says that sixty
Armenians have lost their lives and
that many houses have byen looted
and burned.
Tho first news of this antl-Ohrlstlan
outbreak said the scene was Merslna,
but this was erroneous. The trouble
occurred at Adana which is about
thirty-six miles Inland from Merslna.
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Taken the Morning After
The early reports were' declared to
nave been exaggerated and messages
received yesterday evening said only
ten Armenians had been killed but
martial law had been proclaimed at
Adnna and that reinforcements of
troops were being sent In from Beirut
This latest Intelligence refers to dis
orders that took place after the sit
FACES JURY ON CHARGE
OF SLATING RIVAL ON
VERY EVE OF MARRIAGE
Cleveland Knss Prominent
Young Man Alleged to
Have Filed iti Window
WOMAN LS WITNESS
-WHITFVJLLB, N. C April 18
The trial of Cleveland Ituss, a prom
inent young white man charged with
the murder of Jerry Tligford, who waj
assassinated in his home on the nigh',
of March 22, the eve of his marriage
to Miss Soulrcs. for whose hand the j
defendant Is said to have been a rival 1
suitor, was begun in the Superior I
court today. This afternoon a Wfim- !
her of witnesses were sworn, Includ-
ing Miss Hnulrc. The case will hard-,
ly reach the jury before Saturday I
night. !
The Jury was empanelled this after- !
noon shortly after 3 o'clock and testl
nioney was begun with the Introduc
tion of Dr. Thomas Devane, who tes
tllled as to the gunshot wounds and
gave his opinion ns an export that the
shot was tired from without.
Miss Hester KuircH, the fiancee of
the murdered man, was on the stand
but a few minutes, modestly acknow
lodKlng that she was to have been
married to Hlcford tho night follow- i t
Ing the murder.
A flfteen-year-oTd bov, a cousin of
Miss Hejuir'-s. told of Ihreiils made
several months iierore the munier ii
Hush, the defendant, who said with
an oath that before he would see 1
anybody other than himself marry the
girl, be would Itill -the person. A ne
gro testified to having seen Ttuss at
the store and dwelling of iiigford at '
4 o'clock the afternoon before the
murder at night, and on cross exam
ination by the defense it was clearly
brought out that the contention will
be that It was the tracks the youth '
msde then that the blood hounds
trailed when Ftuss was followed to hii ,
home and arrested and not tracks
made the night of the murder.
Two other negroes testified, one of
them that they saw a man going In
the direction of Blgford's home about
7 o'clock the night of the killing wth i
a gun on his shoulder, but did not j
MmffnlfA him. On cross-examination .
the witness admitted knowing the! WASHINGTON. April it. Forecast
prisoner and thought he would 'for North Carolina: Fair Saturday,
have recognised him under ordinary i warmer in central portion; Bunday
circumstances, fair; light east to southwest winds.
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Fire Had Laid It in Ruins.
uation was suppost'B to-Tiave Quieted
down.
Adnna la a station of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions with a working force of five
missionaries anil thirty-live native
workers; an outNtntlon of tho Synod
of tho Reformed Presbyterian church
("onUiMii on pa ye four.)
SHOOTS UP FAMILY OF
HIS DIVORCED WIFE TILL
GETS BULLET IN NECK
Father-in-Law Ends Mur
derous Rampage With
Well Aimed Shot.
TIMED TO TAKE CHILI)
(II y AskocIiiU'i! I'reiw..)
Mi'AI.IOKTKK. Uklll., April IS.--Mike
Zunoii i, ;ni American citlr.en of
Italian parenlau" , shot and killed his
motber-ln-Ia w, Mix. William Doss and
his slHler-tn Ian
Hartshorne hit'
Miss Willie I Joss, at
I 'duy and within a
r,.w minutes W;i -hot In the neck an I
Hcrlously wound, d liy his father-in-law
William Doss.
.anona and Ids wlfo separated a
year ao, and a short time ago, Mrs
Zanoiui was kK. u a divorce and the
custody of tie ir ihree-year-old child
This afternoon 'unona entered the
Doss home ini.l shot down the two
women ll tii' ii tarted around the
house wilh his hiid. He wim net b
a constable, lim .anona fired upon
The officer ret. ii iii. I the Ore, but tired
in the air on "t of the child.
Iiokh nrrlwil it this time ami ex
changed sholx -ai'Ii Zanona. Kunnni
was shot In tin ie 1 k and was hurried
town to pri .'iii mob violence.
waits in vi ii skti;(
NKW OIM.i; .;, la April 1'.--
Sh;n kl. ti h.it:
Blount, rmvi '
"I!ti35" l;r l.ii'
hack to A mi'-M'-ntenrcit
l'rn
will n :i r 'I Inn
Amlto City.
hh) foot, Avi rv
f thi munier f
a tonight t;tk 1
wh'To he will !i
v to f at h. Trooi-K
-'in his arrrival ai
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Beautiful Kenilworth Inn Taken Before the Fire.
LABOR LEADERS AND
TAFT1N CONFERENCE
Men Who Fought Him in Election Ask Him to Make
Good Promises Given Labor During the
Campaign.
(Ity Associated Iitm.)
WASHINGTON, April Id. Presl
dent Taft discussed tho problems of
the working man for two hours to.
day with tho members of the exe
cutive council of the American Fed
eration of labor which is in session
in this city.
The Itibt r leaders, headed by Sam
uel Uompers, president of the federa
tion, called ut the white house.
In the delegation were a number
of leaders who stubbornly opposed
Mr. Taft In his presidential campaign
But the greeting within tho executive
offl-wi whs cordial alike to Mr. fjorn
pers and to all who accompanied him.
Tho president told his callers on
their leaving that he would Investi
gate such of the matters presented as
seemed to him to require Such action.
and that he would be glad to. help, as
far as nil opportunities, would permit.
In' arriving at a proper solution f the
difficulties In which the working peo
ple flpd themselves, while . at the
snmo time Keeping the Interest of the
whole people in view.
Tho labor leuders took up with Ihb
president an Imposing array of prob
lems Including the matter of Injunc
tions., tho eight hour law, convict la
bor, the recent Indictment of labor
leaders In the South for alleged vio
lations of the Sherman anti-trust law,
the danger of a fjlssolutlon of all la
bor organisations under a strict in
terpretation of recent decisions by the
Supremo court, the. maintenance of
International peace and labor prob-
b ins on the 1'nnaina canal, the ndher-
BOYS MURDER FATHER
WHILE HEWAS ASLEEP
Had Treated Tin-in iirulall.v
and Tliey Planned to lie
Hid of Him.
(liy AsHoclalcd I'ress.)
KMAN'OKK, Va , April 16 --John
frali; was shot to dealb In his home
it Koarlng I'ork, a MiiaH rn IriliiH
town In Wise county I awl evening mid
his two sons, I'alrirk and Arthur
('rail, aged U and I 'i can respective
ly, were today arrested charged with
the parlklde and lodged In the. coun
ty Jail at Wise court house. It is
Id the father had been brutally
treatlriK the boys and while he was
;i!ecp tin y planned to take his life.
One of the boyrf pointed a revolver at
the father and pulled the trlnger but
the cartridge was not exploded. The
oilur hoy then look the weapon and
idiot the parent through the head,
killing him almost Instantly.
X)l.l,l .i: IMY imOWMKD.
NKW llltl-KANK. April Hi Id-rail
.-'ivllghl. aHi-il nineteen. .student ,11
'l ulu rn- unlwr-ily and member of a
prominent family of New Orleans,
was drowned late tnd.iv in the lake at
ity Park W hile rowing with a eoin
panlnii Hi'- boat overturned, the hit
ler milking unsiii
save HivTlght.
csnful efforts
flT IKW IjO.IP.
SAVANNAH, 'la., April jr. Savan
nah bakers today decided to reduce
the wight of llielr live cent I Haven of
bread two ouis-i-s. ber-nuse of condi
tions growing out of the high wheat
prp-es. They choose to lighten thi
loaves In preference to Increasing the
apparent price.
NKOIIO IHKH IN 1I,IR.
nir-HMOXD, Vs., April 1. Berry
Heaborn. colored, wis electrocuted to
day for criminally assaulting a negro
woman In Oreensville county some
months ago.
once to the right of asylum In this
country for political offenders from
other lands, and child labor.
President Taft told the labor lead
ers that he regarded the matter
an antl-lnjunclon law as one of the
most Important phases of his admin.
Istratlon. He added that ha felt he
had made his position elear on the
subject In his speech of acceptance
last July at Clnnlnnatl, and had con
firmed that position In his inaugural
address.
The federation council urged the
president to use his efforts for an ex.
tension of tho eight hour law so that
U will apply to contractors and sub
contractors furnishing materials and
fittings for government , building and
other government works. The law
now applies only, to , "government
worKs,"
Mr. Taft promised to give this mat
tor especial consideration. ,
INVITE BRYAN AS
REBUKE TO CLARKE.
(II V Associated lrc. )
TALLAUA88KM. FlH., April 16.
Following tho address of Congress
man Frank Clark on the floor of the
lower house of the Florida legisla
ture In his defense after his speech
denouncing William Jennings Hryan
in congress the house today unani
mously adopted a resolutlen Inviting
Mr. Bryan to apeak to (he legisla
ture during the present session. The
senate concurred and a telegraphic
Invitation was sent Hryan.
CWUGG0.IS
INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Kail to Have Hold Colored
Oleomargarine Without
Paying the Proper Tux.
( II r Associated Press,)
TOPKKA, Kan. April 18. The fed
eral grand Jury returned Indictments
here today against the Cudtthy Pack
ing company of Kansas City, Kansas,
on 7 r! 7 counts for defrauding the gov
ernment out of 180,000 by violating
the Internal revenue laws.
The charge Is that the company
had defrauded tho government of
over $80,000 In revenue on oleomar
gerlne. The maximum fine on each
of the 7.17 counts Is 11,000
The revenue law provides that eacn
pound of uncolored oleomargarine
must bear a revenue stamp of a riuar
ler of a cent, but that each pound to
which coloring matter has lieen added
to give it the appearance of butter, a
ten cent revenue stamp must be pt
ta bed.
The Indictments charge that the
Cuiiahy Packing company, lias sold
I he colored product under the quarter
of a cent tax.
If Is claimed by the government of
llelals that the Cudahy company has
succeeded in monopolizing the oleo
mnrgerlne market by selling the C'i
oied product and paying the tux on
the basis of uncolored.
District Attorney Bone will bring a
(till action In Federal court against
the company to have the plant and
machinery used tho manufacture of
ob-omargerlni) r.onrisca'ed. The oleo
margerine manufacturing plant Is con
nected witn the Cuday packing estab
lishment In Kansas flty, Kansas.
KLEVE TKCE BIIX&
NEW ORLEANS. April 16. Eleven
true bills were returned by the grand
jury here today against Theodore J.
Bpitzfaden. lawyer and notary, on the
charge .of forgery and obtaining
money under false pretenses by means
of bogusaiortgage notes,
Associated, Press
Leased Wire Reports.
price five cents.
FORTUNE SMILES
. SETTLE
Federal Judgeship Plum Re
ported About To Fall To
AshevlUo Man
CALLED AT WHITE
HOUSE YESTERDAY
Believed That Taft About To
Drop Ermine On Deserv-,.r,
Ing Shoulders.
(BY TAV." - '-:.
Washington, D. O., April If. A
new turn of tho tablet was reported
from the white house tonight whs
the faithful scribes on watch announe
d that the Hon. Tho. Settle of Ashe'
vlllo, the brilliant, but unappreciated
son of Nbrth Carolina republicanism,
had been at the executive mansion to
day and was taken there by no lest
a personage than J. O. Oadsklll, who
himself was looked upon as having ft
fair show for the federal plum When
somebody was "tagged" " with ' the
Judgeship of Eastern North Carolina,
On top of this announcement - came
a report to the effect that President
Taft was "on the verge" of appoint
ing Mr. flettle to the muoh-deslred
Judgeship, not In token of the valiant
services which Mr. tattle' hu perform1
ed for his party In. North Carolina,
;,! i and slngls-lyindsd, and at all
times out of sympathy with tho fam
ous North Carolina republican - ma
chine, but because he . believed - Mr.
Mettle in be mentally qualified fur tho
place. i Ai 7 i
ton, that Mr. Taft had In no way with
drawn hit famous utterance to the
fleet that federal Judget should not
be politicians and that hla. appoint,
ment of Mr. Kettle, if the appointment
Is made, would be conclusive proof
to that 'effect. :"'.
Whatever the outcome of President'
Taft't deliberations on the subject may;
be, it 1 a moral certainty that Mr.
Settle Is Bolng to land something that
la worth while; and that tlie man who
hat so long been given a frosty deal
by those whq climbed to .fortuiV-on
hia shoulders, will fully Vome Into
his own," while the), Of the Inner ring,
sit without the gate and ahlver lis,
waiting for any crumbs that might
fall from the tablet of tho mighty.
HENEY HAS BODY
GUARD IN COURT.
(By Associated Prees.) ;
SAN rilANClSOO, April H. -Ferdinand
Nicholas, one of the former
suprevtsora who composed the "hood
ling board" of Mayor B. B. Bchmldts'a
administration, today gave to tho
Jury . in , the . Patrick Calhoun bribery
ease his account of tho transitions
In which he la alleged to havo ac
cepted 14.000, said to havo been of-,
fered by Mr. Calhoun for. ft permit
for over-head trolleys on cable line
of the I 'tilted railways. Nicholas' testi
mony was not completed when tho
trial adjourned to Monday. Assis
tant District Attorney Heney wae at
tended at the trial by a body guard.
TOOK t'NION'8 HONgY.
NEW OHliKANB. April . H. 8am-.
uel T. Stevenson, convicted of em
periling funds of the New Orleans
Typographeal Union. Wat today sen
tenced to four years In the state pen
itentiary. Ft. M. Hudspeth, who wtt
president of the union at the same
time Htevenson wae secretarry, le now
awaiting trial on the chsrgre of mis
applying the union's money.
WOMEN'S SOCIETIES TO
TIKE PARTJN PABAOE
Si'voral Organizations Will
iKniht in Making Char
lotte Vs Oala Day. Success
(Kpe. 11 to The Cllisen.)
CIIAHLOTTK. April 16. All com
mittees of the Twentieth of May cele
bration which Is to be held In this
Ity next month commemorating the
signing of tho Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Independence, are rapidly
completing their programs for the big
vent. The several parade commit
tees, including the floral, the colonial
and others, are making preparation
for the most spectacular affair In the
history of the city. The Daughters
of the American Revolution, the Chil
dren of the Confederacy, the Colonial
Dames snd other historic organisa
tions will participate In the procession.
The chairman of the floral parade
committee is anxious that all mem
bers of these organisations who do
not live In Charlotte shall be present
on "Taft Day" and take part In tho
parade.
Definite plans have been made to
erect an Immense reviewing stand on
the .Mecklenberg county court house
grounds -from which President Taft,
and his party. Including Mrs. Tan ana
Mrs. Btonewall Jackson
will review
the parade. . ;
AGAIN
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