Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-19
Scraps and facts. :

Paris, July 16: The news OF the
death of Hubert Latham, the Famous
Anglo French airman, and one OF the
pion RS of heavier-than-air aviation,
who was killed by wild buffalo on
July Z, during a hunt in the French
Congo, has caused sorrow throughout
France where he was sort Of nation
al hero because of his brilliant con-
tributions to French successes in av1a-
ton during its earlier and most dill
cult stages. The governor-general OF
French Equatorial Africa, Marshal
Henri Morelin, in telegraphing the
news today to the Minister OF the COL
onies, says Latham was out with
number Of natives in the forest Wnen
he shot and wounded buffalo which
Immediately charged him and gored
and trampled him to death. Latin,
ANS death occurred on the Chari
river near the Bahr Els Salamat
practically In the centre Of the French
Sudan, in the direction Of Lake Chad.
Latham was for a long time convinc-
ed that he was stricken with an In
durable malady and II was in order
to fight this according to his friends
that he temporarily abandoned ava
ton and sought health in the wilos OF
Africa.
Campaign plans of Gov. Wood
row Wilson and his advisers, says
Washington dispatch, contemplates
the throwing Of Speaker Clark into
the middle west and southwest and
Of Representative Oscar Underwood
into the New England states to win
votes for the Democratic ticket. Cos
sip Of these details has followed the
return Of the speaker from Seaglrt
and the impending visit OF Under-
wood to Governor Wilson during the
present week Speaker Clark will be
expected to do all he can for Gov
ernor Wilson in those states which he
carried in the preferential primaries,
running to a straight line from Cali
fornia to Maryland. The speaker Will
be relied on, also to use all his ac-
knowledged popularity in the middle
west to help the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Underwood, the politicians say,
has strength in the states OF the north
west and he will be sent through them
on speaking tours. His home state
Alabama, with the other southern
states that supported him at Balti-
more, are certain in the Democratic
column and local speakers can attend
to them. Mr.. Underwood as a ma
full places.
New York's police circles have
been stirred to very high pitch since
Wednesday morning Of last week, FOL
lowing a raid on the gambling joint OF
Herman Rosenthal, as the outcome or
which Rosenthal was assassinated In
front of the Metropole hotel early on
Tuesday morning. Following the RAID
.tah hrnn0ht about
by "squealing" gambler who lost
money in the place, Rosenthal squeal-
ed on the police, claiming that he had
been paying for protection from po-
lice interference and charging that
Lieut. Becker of the police force, was
a silent partner in his place to the ex-
tent Of one-fourth. the profits and pro-
duced documentary evidence to prove
his charges. This evidence was pre-
sented to Assistant District Attorney
Whitman, and was strong enough TO
warrant it's presentation to a grand
jury. Police Commissioner waldo
hooted at Rosenthals charges against
the police and said there was less
gambling in New York now than ever
before, but at the same time wrote
District Attorney Whitman to make q
thorough investigation Of Rosenthafs
charges and evidence. Whitman had
several conferences with Rosenthal
and finally summoned him before the
grand Jury at 8 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. Monday night Rosenthal was in
the cafe Of the Metropole hotel with
several friends until about $3.50 a. m,
when he was approached by strang-
er, who informed him that he was
wanted outside. Rosenthal proceeded
to the street and started away from
the door. Almost Immediately four
or five men sprang from an automobile
alongsi q the curb and began firing
at r .nthal. He was hit by hVe
bullets and fell dead in his tracks.
The assassins jumped back into the
car, showed a pistol into the back or
the chauffeur and told him to drive IKE
hell. The machine proceeded to t1rtn
avenue and turned north at rapld
pace. pursued by another car whlcn
the police impressed into service, put
the car of the assassins quickly lost
it's pursuers and got away. The car
was later trailed by its number ana
its driver and owner arrested ana
confession forced from them, in which
they are said to have named the as
sassins. Witnesses of the killing claim
that two of the men in the automobile
wore police uniforms and took part
in the assassination of Rosenthal. one
theory Is that the killing was the
work Of police officers trying to pro-
tect themselves against Rosenthal. An
other theory is that the killing was the
work of other gamblers who wanted
to prevent Rosenthal from bringing
their names and gambling joints be-
fore the grand jury. A woman is al
legged to have stated to the district at
torney on Wednesday afternoon that
hxy hn CCinG
standing in front of Lieut.. Becker's
house for several hours Monday night.
District Attorney Whitman is quoted
as saying that the efforts of the po-
lice to capture the automobile Of the
assassins was but pretense.
Washington, July II: Senator o.
German of New York charged In the
senate today that railroad influence was
behind Great Britain's protest against
the Panama canal bill and he Joined
with Senator Lodge in declaring that
the United States possessed full rights
under the British treaty to give free
passage to ships of American register.
These two speeches marked the debate
in the senate on the Panama canal
bill. Both Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. O'Gor-
man declared this nation was not
bound by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
to give foreign ships all the privileges
granted American ships. Mr.. Lodge
favored a bill to rebate the tolls on
American ships, however, while Sena-
tor O'Gorman declared the United
States possessed the full right to give
American vessels free passage, If de-
sired. Senator Lodge conceded that
If the case went to the Hague court the
United States will probably lose. The
support today for the provision giving
free passage to American ships,
against which Great Britain has pro-
tested, was more emphatic than at any
time since the senate began considera-
ton of the bill. Mr.. O'Gorman, Mr..
Cummins and others declared that II
the United States had to construe the
treaty literally in giving the vessels
of nations equal treatment, it would,
by other terms of the treaty, be pre-
vented from defending the canal in
case OF war. IF Japanese fleet ap-
peared at the western entrance of the
canal" said Senator Reed of Missouri,
bent upon passing through to attack
the city of New York, the United
States would have no right under such
a construction of the treaty, to take
any steps against it." Senator Burton
of Ohio, who made the first speech