Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-08
Straps and faets.

TO the regulation OF the truStS was tne
charge made by Gov. Wilson in a
speech here today. Corroborative evil
dence of that assertion, the governor
said, was coming to him every day.
1T is a very interesting circumstance"
said Gov. Wilson, that the United
States Steel corporation Is behind the
third-party programme as regards the
regulation of the trusts. / am perfect
ly ready to admit that the officers Of
the steel corporation think that is the
best thing for the United States. My
point is that these gentlemen have
grown up in the atmosphere of things
that they themselves have created and
which the law of the United States has
so far attempted to destroy. And now
they want a government which will
perpetuate what they have created"
The governor said he had been asked,
as he got further west, to put a
punch" in his speech and hit the
other fellow" He declared that he was
not interested in persons but issues.
What difference does Mr.. Taft's re-
cord make to me?" said the governor,
what difference does Mr.. Roosevelt's
career make to me? What differences
do my own attainments make in the
face of the tremendous issues? I tell
you can't afford to think of Mr. Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt in thinking of the
fortunes of the people of this United
States"
New York, October S: The Otto
man ambassador to the United
States, Youssouf Zia Pacha, who is at
present in New York city, summarizes
the Ottoman view Of the Balkan situa-
tion in a statement published here to-
day. The statement says, in part:
"The pretext for attacking Turkey in
case of Bulgaria, Servia and Greece is
their dissatisfaction with the treatment
Of Macedonia The recent disturbances
arose from the desire of the new gov
ernment, after the establishment of
the constitution and of parliamentary
government to decentraliZe the admin
istration in some degree. There was no
idea of erecting the provinces into
anything like states but 1t seemed de-
sirable that many local affairs should
be settled by the local authorities. That
measure Of government has prov
ed satisfactory in many parts of the
empire. In Macedonia, however, the
population is inextricably mixed, Serbs
Bulgars, Greeks and Turks are neigh
bors and often hostile to each other.
Instead of combining to develop their
local administration into a form Of
self government as Ottoman subjects,
autonomy, each hoping to get the bet
ter Of the others If the revolt was sue
cessful and each encouraged by the in
dependant state of its own nationality,
which hopes to annex the whole coun-
try to its territory" The ambassador
showed little anxiety over the reported
outbreak Of hostilities He recalled that
Turkey was able to more than hold her
own against Russia, Rumania and
Montenegro combined and thought
the Turkish soldiers would have less
difficulty with the troops Of the little
Balkan states.
Tampa, Fla, October 5: The pro-
scribed district of this city is terrorized
by the operations of "the killer" a ne
gro who in the past ten days has killed
three persons-two women and a man
and in a period Of eight weeks
wounded five others, all women. 1.-The
killer" started his operations as an in
cendiary. Daily for several weeks the
police and fire chiefs received letters
telling them that unless the district
was cleaned out the town would be
burned. These. letters were followed
by conflagrations, almost always in the
district, sometimes as many as four in
one night. Finally "the killer an
nounced he had decided to wipe out the
the shootings commenced. Each Sat-
urday night for several weeks a wo-
man was shot. At first only negro
women were the victims. Two weeks
ago "the killer" entered the home of
Luisa Rodriguez on Fifth avenue, and
shot her dead in the presence Of her
little son. MIS-. Rodriguez was not a
demimondaine, but has moved into that
section. She was his first white victim.
Wednesday night of this week Patrol
man Goodwin was shot at by "the kill
er" and he returned the fire, but the
negro got away. Thursday night "the
killer" shot through an open window
and fatally wounded Viola Danford a
white woman, inmate of a disreputable
house. She died last night and one
hour after her death "the killer" got
another victim, Vicenzo Canroa, man
ager Of a small grocery in the district
Canroa was instantly killed. The po-
lice have made arrests right along, but
after each arrest got letter from "the
killer" telling them that they had the
wrong party. Some believe that there
is an organization here similar to the
"bef@ day" gangs that have at times
terrOrized other southern cities.
There was rioting on the South
Carolina side Of the river last Sunday
in connection with the Aiken Augusta
trolley strike. Cars had been running
all day. They were manned by strike
breakers and carried only a few pas
sengers. In the afternoon a big crowd
Of people came across the river to
North Augusta, and when a car ap-
preached two men got aboard. They
pulled the bell rope and blew the
whistle. These were signals for the
closing in of the attacking party. The
passengers including three ladies, were
requested to get off the car. They did
So One Of the guards made a get
away. The town marshal of North
Augusta warned the motorman back
toward Aiken. He tried to go back;
but soon his car jumped from the rails
because Of distractions probably, and
he could go no further. The mob closed
in and took charge of the strike break
ers. Many shots were fired, in the air
1t is claimed, but Motorman James A.
Boyle was shot in the hip and y.
Hearsh was shot in the face. One man
was driven into a mud puddle and
made to dance. All three were more
or less severely beaten with the butts
of revolvers. Sheriff RADON, of Aiken
was called to the scene; but being un-
able to cope with the mob. tele-
graphed the governor for assistance.
Governor Blease telegraphed back that
ne understood that the strike Sympa-
thiZers were from the Georgia side of
the river; that warrants should be
sworn out for those who had violated
the law and they should be arrested.
He went on to say that inasmuch as the
trolley company was not carrying U.
S. mail or necessities of life, it might
be best to cease attempts to operate
cars until the people became quiet. He
said that he did not see anything in
the situation to warrant the expense Of
calling out the militia, but that if the
strikers should destroy property or in
jure the track he would undertake to
give necessary protection. The gov
ernor had an engagement to speak at
the Pendleton fair today, but Cancelled
the engagement because of the dis
turbed situation on the South Carolina
side from Augusta.
Paris, October 6: Austria has CIV
en- adhesion to the plan formulated by
the French and Russian foreign minis
ters to deal with the Balkan situation.
Austria, however, suggested slight
change in the wording Of the propo-
sails, which met with the immediate ap-
proval of both NJ. Poincare and NJ.
Sazonoff. The only effect of the amend