CITIZEN'
THE WEATHER
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VOL. XXV, NO. 186.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STREETS
CAPITAL
- THOUSANDS SLAIN
Amy of Progressives Enters City Sweeping All Resistance Before It;
Sultan With a Few Loyal Soldiers Is Surrounded In
His Palace, Bat Still Holding Oat.
OFFERS OF SETTLEMENT
TO PREVENT BLOODSHED
Advancing Troops Meet With Sharp Resistance
And Numbers of Slain May Never Be
Known. Issue Is Near At Hand.
(By Associated Press.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 24
The constitutional forces are In com-
jplcte control of the capital tonight.
The sultan Is practically a prisoner in
the Yildis palace. Hts formal sub
mission haa not yet been glvfcn. but
. he and the troops with him are at the
mercy of the army of occupation.
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, the com
mander In chief of the Invading for
ces, desires to finish the work without
further bloodshed. He is in negotia
tion with the sultan's representatives
and has extended the period of grace
within which the sultan must make
his flnal decision.
The Tildls Kiosk may be rushed
during the-night for some 5.000 Infan
try are disposed within a mile and
a half of the palace.
What disposition will be made of
the ruler of the empire when he Is In
(be hands of the constitutionalists Is
unknown to the' embassies, although
the opinion Is held In authorativc
quarters that that he will continue
as the nominal constitutional execu
tive, with the officials or his house
hold largely responsible to the cab
inet., who )n turn will be responsible
to parliament . ' ' '
Complete tranquility prevails In the
city 'at: the present moment, 'but anx
ious looks are cast In the direction
of the Tildls the refusal of part of Its
garrison to submit being the serious
feature of the situation. General
Bch'efket Is concentrating large forces
near this point
Castle a' Stronghold.
Troops have been pouring in since
noon and several battalions have been
planted on the neighboring heights.
Wut It Is feared that the task of
capturing this well guarded strong
hold may be extremely difficult ow
ing to Its excellent defensive position
end the thorough preparedness of the
garrison.
The other positions of the already
captured by the Invading army were
not provided with artillery, which
rave the assailants an Immense ad-
vitiiiis lnce they were able to
shell the barracks without reply from
fcrtlHery. The Tildis trairlson not
artillery, but It Is bo-
tlnnoi4 that ihn neighborhood Is
mined.
The nrtlnn forward of the artvane
posts of the Saloniki army yesterday
SENATE Willi ATTEMPT
COMPROMISE TARIFF
111 THE PAPER SCHEDULE
Prospects are That Trust
Made Articles Will be
Taken Care Of.
PROTECTION FOR Oil,
WASHINGTON. April Zi The im
portant work of picking up loose
ends in making the tariff bill was be
gun today by the senate committee on
finance.
Wood pulp and print paper, which
have been the subjects of considerable
dispute were the Items considered and
1 was agreed that an amendment
should be drafted by a sub-committee
in the nature of a compromise be
tween manufacturers of print paper
and those who are demanding free
fulp. and reduced duties on paper.
The committee has decided to. recom
mend the continuance of the present
d valorem
s-vrj II 1 wee-j j jyxjs -
on hides. Steel men have insisted ,
ever since the reporting of the Payne
Nil from the heuee committee on
way. and means, that th rate of
11 2 a ton on rails Is too low to give
American manufacturers adequate
protection. It had been expected that
an increase would be made on rails.
Although no decision has been readi
ed. It Is regarded as practically set
tled that the rate adopted by the
house will stand. No action was tak
'n on the erode petroleum schedule,
but M Is admitted that some protec
tion, will be wrevlded for by -ate
eommltteev or on the floor of the
tnr the inde-
OF THE TURKISH
RED WITH BLOOD OF
afternoon to within two and one half
miles of the palace foreshadowed llie
attack upon the city, which began at
Ave o'clock this morning. The bridges
had been picketed and small parties
of cavalry reconnoitered the ground.
After desultory firing. Just before
dawn, a strong advance was made
In the southwest part of Para. The
attacking forces spread out In a long
line ana made an assault upon the
Matchka and Tasch Klschla barracks
south of the palace, where they met
with a stubborn reslstence.
Swept All Before Them.
The Invaders continued to advance
In three columns with the utmost
procision and occupied all the points
of vantage. The volunteers from tho
Hevglle received their baptism of (Ire
from. Matchka, but they stood their
ground well and replied with steady
volleys and the Matchka forces soon
surrendered. Almost (mediately the
loyal soldiers In the Tasch Klschla
barracks, on the opposite hill, opened
with a deadly Are, but notwithstanding
that many of them fell, the Saloniki
troops did not hesitate In their ad
vance, but moved slowly and cautious'
ly, bringing up their machine gun.
which eventually resulted in silence
lng the garrison. There were- heavy
losses on both sides. While this at
tack was proceeding, another corps
of Saloniki Infantry encountered a
sudden attack from the artillery In
the Taxlm barracks ifout these were
only supplied with rifles.
Commander Killed.
Mukstar -Bey, commander of the
Saloniki forces, fell dead, and many
were killed or wounded on the first
assault.
Tho fighting In the Stamboul quar
ter occurred at the ports, where the
garrison refused to surrender, but
after a sharp fusillade they iwcrc
obliged to hoist the white flag. There
was stiff fighting at the Ipllk Hanh
barracks, where the mutinous artil
lerymen, who recently arrived from
Tehatalja, were quartered.
Perhaps the most remarkable fea
ture of the attack upon the city was
the great number of people of all
nationalities Including many European
women, who thronged the streets lin
mediately outside stone of fire. Every
body showed that confidence had been
(Continued on page four.1
THIRTY THOUSAND MAY
HAVE PERISHED IN THE
Feared That Many Other
American Missionaries
Have Been Killed.
MANY OT.RIS MISSING
(By Associated' Press.)
BEIRIT, Asiatic Turkey. April H.
A conservative estimate now places
the number killed in the Armenian
masHacns in Adana vilayet at 20.0'ID
to 30.000. At the. town of Adana.
more than 100 girls are miming. It Is
known that twenty-one native pastors
have been killed. Fears are enter
tained that other American mission
aries tha nthose whose deaths have
been reported have tieen murdered.
Th'-re are 15.000 refugees at Adana
and Tarsus and 5.000 at Merslna
Marasch and Aintav are quiet, but
conditions at Hadjin are becoming
critical. A messenger dispatched for
reMcf by Miss Lamhert, tne Amencao
i i ... ,.,v,,t turn riava aao sent
mimm'ima .... -
an appeal to Constantinople, has been
4 h .trcets. A second mes-
enger. a soldier, was shot at. The
vali has gtwn assurances oi m " -
ty of the Americans.
Conditions at Alexandretta are un-
j onn mil Dortvole are
holding out An appeal for help has
jt --. t - Takia. as the
neen i-u-u ---
nvob is nearing that city and the
American property 10 threatened. An
Moch is quiet there being rm-
rnance, have occurred in Beirut t
IN BATTLE
AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS
MIRE BITTED ATTACK
Oil ROOSEVELT PARTY
Offended Because None But
American Correspondents
Accompanied Him.
HAS SHUT OFF NEWS
KAPITI PLAINS. British East Af
rica, April 24. The Roosevelt expe
dition is still near the railroad sta
tion at Rapltl Plains, where camp was
made yesterday.
No decision has been reached as to
when the expedition will leave here.
Home of the baggage sent by the
Smithsonian Institution was left be
hind at Mombasa, and this fact prob
ably will cause a delay in the start
of the shooting trips of two or three
days.
Mr. Roosevelt, who arose this morn
ing In splendid spirits, has forbidden
all the members of his expedition. to
give out any Information regarding
the future plans or movements of the
party.
The Hombaca Standard published
yesterday a violently worded attack
upon F. J. Jackson, the acting gov
ernor of the protectorate, and Mr.
Roosevelt, for allowing only repre
sentatives of American newspapers to
accompany the Roosevelt special train
from Mambasa to Papltl Plains. This
attack Is copied today In the Nai
robi newspapers, and It Is said that
the Imperial government has asked
an explanation from the local author
ities of this exclusion of English news
papermen. An exception was made.
in the case of an English news agency
who was allowed to accompany the
special.
BINGHAM LOST
THROUGH ERRORS
WAKF! FOREHT, N. C April 24.
Wake Forest defeated Bingham yes
terday on the former's grounds here
by a scorn of six to three. Ringham
scored In the first Inning on Holland's
reaching first by error, sacrifice hits
by Spear and Norton, and White's
single. In Uie third Bingham scored
twice on hlfs by Holland and Spear.
base on balls, Norton's hit and another
error. All Wake Forest's runs were
due to errors. Holland sprained his
ankle In tnV game. The batteries'
were pope and Harris, Holland and
White, snd Anderson and fp'er.
FINE OF TWO MILLIONS
PAID BT OIL COMPANY
IN ACTUAL CURRENCY
Waters-Pierce Concern Set
tles With Missouri in Two
Auto Loads of Cash.
THEATRICAL AFFAIR
(y Associated" Press.)
ACSTI.V. Teias. April 24. The fl
nal chapter In the litigation in the
state against Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany, the payment of probably the
largest fine ever assessed against a
corporation, nearly two million dol
lars, was enacted in a spectacular
manner this afternoon.
From the American National bank
one half the total amount was de
llvered In two automobiles at the
state treasury. Then at breakneck
speed the cars were driven to the
Austin National bank and a similar
burden of currency taken on, ami
similarly disposed of. In the telo
scope valises those in charge of the
payments carried bills of different de
nominations up the capltol steps.
When the fine hearers reached the
treasury department doors were
locked and Attorney General David
son and other officials were sent for
and tho money counted.
The fine, $1.80S,7SJ.S, was paid
with seven hundred one thousand; do!
lar bills, one hundred and sixty ten
dkillar bills and) the Jremahuler In
smaller currency. Of the total amount
the state is enriched by fl.71s.2.S
and Prosecuting Attorney Beady Will
receive the balance as me tee,
DID NOT WANT TO BE WITNESS IN
Dr. Schenck and Deputy Marshall Run Marathon Race
Served on Head Fo rester of Estate. Alleged
Under Bond For Trying to Make
Charged with operating an Illicit
whiskey stilt on Geo. yf. Vanderbllt's
Blltmore estate, a young man named
T, C. Whltaker was yesterday held
In 1300 .bond by United States Com
missioner R. 8. McC'att to appear in
United States court May 4th.
The evidence showed- that the still
had been operated In , the Busbee
mountain section, e. fine spring sup'
plying the necessary water for mak
ing pure "mountain dew" to cure the
Intense thirst which peTfades K hls
vicinity and to supply the demand
which cannot endure the venatlous
lei ays consequent on ordering from
Chattanooga.
Certainly the finding of a real
"moonshine" still on the Blltmore es
tate was kurnclontly tstartllng, but
that no sensation might be lacking
Dr. C. A. Bchenck, head of Ihe Bill-
more forestry department Is said to
have supplied It by chasing at top
speed Over the macadam roads of the
estate with a depuly marshal In hot
pursuit No one said that Dr. Bchenck
had anything to do with the still,
quite the contrary was tne case, i
he was wanted as a witness against
WhltAker. and he did not want to be
a witness, so when tho deputy mar
shal came to legally sorve him . with
a subpoena he sped to a refuge.
Served Hiibnopna.
It was put up to the officer to serve
that subpoena. It I" stated that he
first called Dr. Bchenck on the tele
phone snd politely asked him If he
would accept eerv.W-o as s witness,
knowing that Mr. Vanderbllt always
took this course when any legal sum
mons was Issued for him. Or.
GUESTS PERISH
IN I BURNING HOTEL
Central of Top ka, Kan., T)( -Btroywl
by Flames Caused
by Crossed Wires.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPKKA. Kan . April 24. In a fire
that destroyed the fntral hotel here
early today, four persons were burnt d
to death, snd thr'e others were sri
r,,,di, iniurol' John W. Erlekson.
flay Center. Kansas, county clerk:
Benjamin Shlplev, Helie Flame, Kan
sas, student at Unlver 1ty of Kansas;
Walter Hhlppley. Top ka, chemist for
Sante Fe railroad and Ij. R. Btrattoo.
Polk county. Mo, employe of hotel.
S. L. Campbell wax seriously burn
ed.
The fire started from crossed eiec
trie light wires. Thrre of those who
perished were smothered In their
rooms. A fourth had escaped from
his room and made his way down th"
hallway to the stair landing where his
body was found Walter and Benja
min Shlppley were brothers. Benja
min had come to T'peka rrlday af
ternoon to visit his brother.
WASHINGTON. April it North
Carolina: J"ahf warmer Sunday and
Monday; moderate east M south
winds. ' . ' ..; . .
FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE
WHAT NEXT?
THE BILTMORE MOONSHINE CASE
Bchenck replied with much emphasis
that he would not accept service, that
he did not want to be a wltiwea and
he said so with the aid of some Ger
manic accented English which left In
the officer's mind no possible doubt
of his meaning. And the telephone
talk stopped as abruptly as If the
telephone people had deckled that a
long due Installment for calle was
hvrdn 1 .v'.,Vi
- Tht deputy tmtmhalt meandered1 'to
Blltmore to serve that paper. It was
up to him to do so and according
to reports he served It, but with much
tribulation and vexation of spirit and
after running a Marathon race In
which he won the blue ribbon over
the learned doctor of the kalser-llk
appearance. He got no Cup but
pienty of exercise.
After Marathon Itaoo.
The deputy went toward Dr.
Bchenck'e home on the estate, fer
ninst the poultry yards, but the wtt-ness-to-bo
saw him first and moved
out. The deputy marshal caught a
glimpse of the doctor and took after
him on foot, his coat talis likewise
flying to the wind and the race was
on. Unfortunately lis particulars are
not available at first hand and be
ratise the officer was a little too
warm to talk yesterday snd the wlt-j
ness was not looking for any audi
ence. However, It Is ssld by a friend
of the officer's that the chase was
much like a fox chase, the trail win I
ing and doubling snd finally coming
back to the head forester's house
wherw serwlee was made.
OLD PIMLICO THICK IS
irajFJORESEMEN
Regains Old. Time (Jlory
From Arili-Iia'-ing Jiaws
in Other Stale.
(By A-V isted Press.)
BAIriMORB. April 24. Bright
skies and hnlmy weather brought out
ton thousand people to witness the
opening of the spring running meet
ing at Plmlleo today. As th recent
shake up In the racing world makes
this the opening point In the East, the
local truck has tkn on a cosmopoli
tan complexion of the New York
dyed In-the-wool horsemen being on
hnnd
All seven fields to fare ihe starter
was large. Thirty books took money
on the events tiy the old fashioned
ti ket meihod The Inaueural steeple
chase, the first features of the day
was hllght'-d hv several bed falls,
fonrtland Ff Smith's Palm breaking
a leg and having his racing career
ended by a bullet. Haffcl, who hsd
the leg on warrior, was given a nasty
h"ader over the last Jump.
An unexpected winner turned up in
the race for the Baltimore cup In
John fiarncr, one of Freeman's sta
ble. The Country club purse went to
the favorite, Statesman. Question
Mark, a well liked second choice, fln
Istvd second, but .rookey MeCahey
was too anxious and was dlsquallfled
for fouling right aftrr th' start
August Belmont did not arrive at
the track In time to see his good
youngster, Sou, come home an eaiy
winner In the opening event.
r. W. C. fcOST TRACK MBFT.
LEXINGTON, Va., April 4. Wash
ington and t today defeated the
rnlverslty of North Carolina In a dual
track and field meet, ft nolnta to (ft.
OTHER.
Before Subpoena Could Be
Blockader Held
"Corn."
The witness proved a valuable one
for the government He testified that
he had noticed the trail of a sled
where this wegonless contrivance had
been hauled along the mountain aid
bearing the still and the stipplli'
wherewith to operate it and had fol
lowed' It to the still.
r And the moral to be drawn from
the evidence which the United Btates
presented, 1a 4 ware of attempting to
make whiskey unless you know how
to operate a still, worm, cap and
ferwentera In the proper - way to
transform corn Into liquid "com." It
was told to his honor, the commission
eir, that Mr. Whltaker had attempted
to make whiskey, his Intentions be
lng good, but had lamentable failed
because he knew not tha trick. Whim
he had set the "mash" and had the
Are going hot something of a liquid
nature percolated through the worm
and dripped Into the receptacle. The
chemist thought of course 'twas
whiskey, pure whiskey, "rabbit
whiskey, so called because It gives a
rabbit courage enough to spit In a
bull dog's face.
Hut It was not. Horrible to relate
It was nothing but water with a bil
ious taste. Ho had merely rectified
pure spring water. Thereupon, said
the government witnesses, Whltaker
employed a man to "show him how,"
a "gent" who In times gone by may
have made a little corn himself, at
aoy rate onowho Was not from Mis
souri because he did not have to be
shown. Rut. alas, for the fidelity of
experts. The expert "turned him Up'
a is Dolph Boone and tipped off the
game to the officers,
Had Snatelied I'ure From
Young Woman's Hands in
Streets of Savannah.
(By Assodalco! Press.)
SAVANNAH, Oa April 24 But for
the protection afforded him hy a
number of policemen, an unknown
n gro, who after a strugglo had rob
bed Miss Nellie Brown, a young white
girl, of her purse, and who was pur
sued by over a thousand men, would
In all probability have heen roughly
handled. As It was blood was stream
ing from minor wounds In his head
when the officers rescued him at the
city market, while the streets around
it were a solid mass of men snd boys.
The negro sprang toward Miss
Brown from a lane. A sharp strug
gle followed In which the girl fought
for her purse, but the negros' supe
rior strength enabled him to win th
prize As he fled Miss Brown scream
ed and Harold Boitimer, a m'sseng,r
hoy Jumped from his bicycle and
struck the negro with a wrench he
carried. Then the crowd, attracted by
the scream closed In. A half dor-en
pistols shots flashed and a numbers
of knives gleamed. Then th officers
arrived and tho negro was rescued
sad sent to the police station, ' , ,
SEABOARD CRAIfOKS.
ATLANTA, Oa.. April If R. .
Htansel, of Washington, It was an
nounced here today, has been! pro
moted to' the position of assistant gen
eral passenger agent (!' ' 'rd Air
Line, succeeding C, t. .'irt, 're
signed, at Savannah. Jf v : t, who
haw been with th f i Phila
delphia, succeeds -U Ib
Washington, c nger
agent
THE BATTERY PARK
HOTEL HAS FIRE
ATAN EARLY HOUR
Blase Discovered at Four
O'clock This Morn-
EXTINGUISHED IN
VERT SHORT TIME
Will Not Interfere With
Operation of Hotel. Break
fast At Usual Hour.
Fire broke out in the laun
dry and engine room of tho
Hattery Park hotel at a lit
tle before four o'clock this
morning. The fire depart
meut tnuekly responded and
after a few minutes work
extinguished the blaze and
prevented the flames from
spreading to the main park
of the hotel.
The guests of the hotel
were wakened and left their
rooms. A number of trunks
were thrown from windows
of upper floors and bounded
from the porch roof to the
ground below,- Thd.hotcPa
electric light, plant was put
out of commission and tho
building left lit ' darkness
with the exception " of the
faint lights furnifthed by a'
few lamps and flash lights. :
Hectics of considerable
Confusion followed , ilio
ahum of Are.'
Mr. Alexander the pro-,
prietor of the Battery lafk,
was seen shortly , after the
fire and stated that the loss
whs confined entirely to the
laundry and engine room
and was covered by Insur
ance, i ;
The operation! of the
hotel will not be interfered
with iu the least, said Mr.
Alexander and breakfY
will be served at tho tif": I
hour this morning.' J'r.
Alexander, was loud In
praises for the sp!"?
work of the fire laddies.
1
SHRUBB OUTRUN
MARATHON VIC OH
(By A sweated lri )
NBW TORK, April Hi. Alfred
fthrtibb tho (englishman, mrice more
proved himself the. greatest middle
distance runner In tho hnsinc-m, by
hefentlng Henri fit, Tres, of France,
at the American league grounds to
night. At no time wns the result
of the race In doubt, Bhrnbb at the
outset as-umed a face that the
Frenchman could! not foltow wltn hi
pit-a-pat stride, .When eight mflss,
had been covered he had secured a
lead of two laps, and this seemed to
content him, for he ran the remain
der nf the race at ft. T lflr Dot
lng the two last miles of th race Ut.
Yves made frantie efforts to catch
his rival, but to no trail.
mm. wi goes
. to mjsm
People in the City are Starv
ing for Bread and Dying
t by Scores.
(fly Associated Press.)
HT. PETERSBURG, April Ht.-The
Russian expedition under the com
mand of General ftnarsky, that It o
lng to restore order at Tabrla, left
Julfa on the . frontier, today. The
composition of the force Is not an
nounced. Tha situation at Tabrla is
serious. All the bakeries are closed
and there have been many . deaths
front starvation. The women of Tab
rla are today demonstrating on the
streets' against the continuance, of the
situation. . Batar Khan has reiterated
his Arm resolution never to sin -render,'
and" he declares untrue Ihe reports
that he welcomed iiu ii Intervention.
pendent producers. mm