Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-04
Scraps aud faets.

to 27.O6 per cent against an ad va
loren of AIS per cent in 1911 and
4S.12 in 1910. The ways and means
committee will report the bill favor
ably to the house early next week.
The Democrats estimate that the
revenues from the bill during the first
year of its operation would be about
$1O,50O,000 compared with $4,000
900 in 1910 and $12,300,000 in 1911.
In it's behalf they claim the cost Of
cotton clothing to the consumers
would be reduced by $S0,00O,0OO.
Charging that it costs Sc to bathe
a senator in the luxurious bathrooms
in the senate office building, Senator
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi,
yesterday revived the agitation for
the removal of the baths to make place
for public documents. The documents
now occupy all the space in an aban-
doned car barn and the discussion
arose in connection with a provision
in the legislative, executive and Ju-
dicial appropriation bill appropriatlng
money TO continue the payment OF the
rent for the structure, Mr.. Williams
suggested that the documents should
be removed to the basement of the Of
flee building, bnt it was stated that
all the space had been appOrtioned.
Let us move out the baths, said
Mr.. Williams. There is no use to
have the government bathe us. The
establishment arouses public criticism
and is of little use. 1t is like going
through bull pasture with red flag
which makes bad impression on the
bull. 1t gives the muckraker chance
to rake and the graft isn't worth while.
There is no sense in it."
The latest thing in courtesies be-
hal liepAr re a I.nnnnn
patch, has just been provided by Com
mander Deuti, chief Of the dirigibles
used by the Italian army in Tripon.
Some time ago, while circling the
Arab position, Deuti photographed the
explosion of a shrapnel, which was
fired at him. On developing the mega
tive Deuti found that he had a rare
picture and his curiosity regarding the
gun which had fired the shell was
aroused. He knew that Turkish cap
tain of rtillery was in command OF
The battery which had assailed him,
and circling over the position again
he dropped a large envelope, which
contained a copy Of the photograph
and a polite request that he be fur
nished with the type and calibre OF the
gun which had been used in firing the
shrapnel. He also asked what means
of aiming was used and the interests
of aviation were given as the excuse
for the unusual request. The comman-
der closed the note by thanking the
Turkish captain and expressed the
hope that they might meet on earth.
No reply has been received from the
Turks.
An all-inclusive bill to be de-
nominated the ocean safety act OF
1912" designed to cover all the navi-
CATION lessons drawn from the Titan
ic disaster, was introduced today by
Senator Nelson of Minneapolis, chair
man of the commerce committee,
which through a subcommittee, in
vestigated that disaster. The bill in
cludes stringent regulations for better
wireless equipment continuously OPP
Grated, on ocean and Great lake ves-
sells carrying fifty or more persons,
just as provided in a bill which passed
the house today and almost identical
with bill already passed by the sem
ate. This wireless section vests con-
troll of the apparatus in the master OF
the vessel and to avoid the wireless
communication being shut off by
failure Of the vessels engines, requires
powerful auxiliary power supply
that can communicate at least 100
miles at all times. The Nelson bill
would recognize foreign steamship
laws whenever they are as effective as
American laws and regulations would
equip every passenger craft leaving
an American port with sufficient life
boats to accommodate everybody
aboard together with other safety
equipment and would create a COM
mission of five persons to investigate
here and abroad merchant marine
construction. 1t would require rigid
a.,,a 1,.ill 1nGnn
qualifications Of seamen, penalize fall
ure to assist any person in distress at
sea, and make criminally liable any
master, managing owner or steamship
company for sending from an Ameri-
can port a vessel so unSeaworthy as
to endanger life.
Wytheville, Va, June 1: After de-
liberating two hours and a half the
jury in the case of Claude Swanson
Allen this afternoon found the young
man guilty of murder in the second
degree for the killing Of Judge Thorn
ton L. MasSie, and recommended that
his punishment be fixed at 15 years in
the state penitentiary at Richmond.
Sentence was suspended in order that
the prisoner may testify in the other
cases growing out Of the shooting up
of Carroll county court on March IA
last, when five persons met their
deaths at the hands of the Allen clan.
The verdict rendered today does
not mean that Claude Allen has es-
capped the electric chair. Four other
indictments against him are pending.
on any one of which it is possible that
he be found guilty Of first degree
murder and the prosecution, taking
advantage of this fact, sprung sur
prise on the defense when it announc-
nA 1ot nnxt oyn fotn
of Claude Allen for the murder of
Sheriff Lewis Webb. The defense
raised objection to this, and the OBJ
lection will be argued and passed
upon when court conveneS July /.
Judge Staples gave instructions for
the summoning Of venire to report
on July 2, and remarked that he did
not believe a jury could be secured
from Wythe county. The prosecution
Immediately moved that a venire be
summoned from another county. the
defense objecting. After witnesses
had been examined as to the proba-
bility Of another jury being secured in
Wythe, the court ordered a venire Of
one hundred to be summoned from
Washington county. The case just
ended was given to the jury at 2.3O
this afternoon and the first ballot
stood nine for second degree murder,
two for first degree and one for man
slaughter. The second ballot was
unanimous. Just before adjournment
Judge Staples ordered that the pris-
oners be taken to Roanoke Jail pend
ing the reconvening of Wythe county
court and five of them left tonight
under a guard of detectives. Byrd
Marion did not accompany them, be-
ing again released today under ST.
900 bail.
Havana. June 2: Estenoz, the real
leader of the negro insurgents, has
captured and burned the town of La
Maya, on the branch line Of the Cuba
railroad, thirty miles from Santiago.
The government gave out this informa-
tion tonight. A column of regulars,
commanded by Maj. Sanguilly, had oc-
cupied LaMaya for the last two days
but sailed forth last evening in search
of insurgents. Hardly had the regulars
left when EstenoZ with 500 men attack
ed the handful of rurales. Citizens
armed themselves and attempted to
oppose the insurgents. but were COM
PEELED to retreat, losing several wound
ed. Estenoz then entered the town,
which he burned and sacked. The
flames were seen by Maj. Sanguilly's
which hastened back but