Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-26

the two brothers went after each 9TH
er like tigers, and, after several gashes
being inflicted by both, Theodoee
succeeded in sending the sharp edge
of his hoe into the brain of his brother
Eddie, who fell to the ground and
died.
Ranking as one of the greatest
warships ever constructed for any
government in the world, the Argen-
tine battleship Moreno was launched
shortly before o'clock last Saturday,
from the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany at Camden. The only other ves-
sci her equal now afioat is her sister
ship, the Rivadavia, recently launch
ed The Moreno will be christened by
Sonora Isabel Betbeder, wife of Rear
Admiral Onofre Betbeder, president
of the Argentine naval commission.
The Moreno, named after Mariana
Moreno, a famous figure in the history
of the South American republic, rep
resents the last word in the present
day development of the 12-inch gun
battleship. She Is greater in point OF
length and displacement than the Utah
and Florida, the greatest ships now IN
the service of the United States gov
ernment, and these two giant Ameri-
can fighters outrank any ship afioat In
any other foreign navy. The Utah and
Florida have a displacement of $4,000
tons, whereas the Moreno when COM
pleted will have 27,600 tons.
While the Franco German agree
ment on Morocco can not be definitely
regarded as an accomplished fact un-
til it is known how Herr Won Kider-
lem Waechter, the German minister or
foreign affairs, receives the newly re-
vised French text, says Paris dis
patch, no doubt is entertained that the
first part of the negotiations will be
quickly ended by a complete UNDER
standing without further pour-parler
or an exchange of notes. The second
part Of the negotiations, which concern
the Congo, will be commenced very
shortly. During the progress of the
negotiations France and Germany will
take all necessary steps to secure the
adhesion Of the powers in the new sit
uation in Morocco resulting from the
agreement. This task is not likely to
present special difficulties, except in
the case Of Spain. The coolness
Spain over the Moroccan policies
somewhat complicates affairs, but
French opinion declines to admit that
the two Latin sisters will remain en-
broiled and believes the good sense OF
Spain will soon lead her to realize
that her interests will best be served
by facilitating the mission Of France
in Morocco.
Forced into the air by jeers OF
thousands who called him coward,
Frank H. Miller, aged %, Toledo,
O., aviator, shot into the sky at twi-
light last Friday evening and at the
height of 200 feet was burned to death
before the eyes of the terrified specta-
70 iY Grounds
at Troy, a short distance north OF
Dayton. Miller had circled the track
and was just starting on spiral glide
into the neighboring cornfield when
something went wrong. Suddenly the
whirring of the propellers ceased.
The craft then dropped like shot for
a distance of fifty feet. A tiny blue
flame was emitting from the engine
and in in instant the gasoline tank eX-
ploded. The machine was wrecked by
the impact and the debris was hurled
hundreds of feet in all directions. What
remained of the machine and it's driv-
er, burned almost to a crisp, was
dropped rapidly to earth. In short
flight soon after noon Miller's ma
chine had acted unsteadily and he did
not care to go up. The crowd jeered
him during the afternoon when he
said he would not make a fight and
this evening he went into the air.
Let her go, I'll be glad when this is
over" he shouted to his mechanicians.
Miller used a Strobel biplane.
The Italian government, says a
Rome dispatch, is moving rapidly and
with determination in the matter of
protectorate over Tropoli. Its plans
are no longer concealed and it's atti-
tude is favored by all classes except
-. Af oil
lists who threaten to call a general
strike in the event of hostilities. AL
though not attaching much import
ance to this threat, the government,
which is acting with the greatest
promptness, has decided to call to the
colors 10000 reservists, so as to be
prepared for all emergencies both at
home and abroad. According to the
information of official circles tonight
the government still hopes to effect an
amicable arrangement with Turkey
whereby Italy will secure lease of
Tripoli under the sovereignty of Tur-
key, paying an annual rental. If Tur-
key definitely refuses to meet this pro-
posal Italy will proceed with military
measures. The government is prepar-
ed to meet any aggressive measure
on the part of Turkey, such as attack
upon the lives and property of Ital-
ian subjects in Turkey, in which case,
il is understood, a naval demonstration
will be made Immediately. The ma
terial difficulties of those operations
have been given full consideration.
The memory of the calamitous Abys-
sinian campaign has been called up by
the government, which realizes that
the failure of the proposed expedition
would be a grave disaster. Accord
ingly most careful precautions have
been taken. The Turkish forces in
Tripoli are estimated at minimum Of
1000 men. To cope with these Italy
will send her whole fleet and an eXpe-
dictionary force of $4,000 men.
Havana cable of September 90, to
the New York Sun: There no longer
remains any doubt as to the manner
in which the United States battleship
was sunk in this harbor on the night
Of February Is, 1898. The cofferdam
about the wreck has been pumped out
and the mud cleared away to greater
extent than ever before. The clearing
away of the wreckage reveals the dou-
BILE bottom of the ship with part of the
keel standing in perpendicular POSI-
tion some twenty-e eight feet higher
than the natural position. This per-
fectly confirms the report and testl-
mony which Ensign Powelson gave
before the investigating board after
the disaster and which was based up
on the reports made to him by divers
just after the explosion. The Sun cor
respondent saw the bottom of the VeS-
sci this afternoon as it stands support
ed in a perpendicular position by
stanchions. The lowest, or platform,
deck is in the position described; it is
in an upheaved mass above the sub
merged bow The position of this part
of the bottom indicates that what is
now the highest point originally and
structurally occupied a position at
about frame IS. This suggests that
there was an explosion of a mine un-
der that part of the ship, say about
midway between the stern and the
midship section. The explosion there
broke the ship into two parts, throw
ing one section, including the coming
tower toward the stern, the coming
tower falling on the superstructure on
the starboard side. From this posi-
ton. in cutting away the wreckage, II
has been allowed to settle to the main