Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-13

son administration and declared that
war between Japan and the United
States to be an impossibility. He said
that New York bankers control the
war situation of the world.
The United States supreme court
has upheld the constitutionality OF the
newspaper publicity law as interpret
ed by 1t and enacted as part OF the
1912 postal appropriation act. The sec
ton attacked barred every newspaper
from the mails unless the owners nled
with postal authorities semi annual
sworn statements giving names OF
editors, owners and stockholders, av-
erage circulation and thereafter pub
lished the statement. The law also
forbade the publication of paid Tor ar
ticles without marking them "adver-
tisement." Chief Justice White In ms
decision holds the regulation not re-
striction of the freedom OF the press,
but merely a condition for admitting
newspapers to mails under q low pos
tai rate.
Atlanta. Ca, June IL: Another
sensation was sprung here To-Day IN
connection with the local ponticai
fight involving Mayor James ".
woodward, certain members OF the
city council and officials OF the ponce
department. The Atlanta Consutu.
ton this morning published wnat
purports to be an aftdavit mace py
George M. Gentry, the stenograpner
who reported the conferences alleged
to have been held in hotel room
here recently, in which secret tele-
nhonic device was said to have been
used against Mayor Woodward;
Thomas B. Fielder, prominent local
attorney; C. c. Jones. proprietor OF
a near-beer saloon; G. c. Feoruary'
secretary to Chief Detective n. A.
Lanford, and others. Gentry dis-
appeared several days after the pup
ucation of the alleged records OF the
conferences E. o. Miles, an IN
vestigator, declares he located Gentry
in Washington, d. c., and obtained
from him the affidavit which Miles
turned over to Mayor WOODWARD last
night The alleged affidavit OF Gentry
declares that his notes on the con-
ferences were padded" and altered.
The affidavit further states that Gentry
did not hear Mayor woodward last
night mention the names or Ponce
Chief James L. Beavers and Cmel
Lanford, as was shown in the pupnsn-
ed record Of the conference.
Springfield, Ill, June IL: The wo-
mans suffrage bill, granting women
the right to vote for all statutory Of
fees in the state of Illinois was pass
ed by the house today by vote or SS
ayes to 5S nayes. Pending notice OF
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed, 1t will remain IN
possession of the house. Unless the
house reconsiders its vote, which is
considered not likely, the suffrage Dill
will be up to Governor Dunno by the
latter part of the present week for ex-
ecutive approval or veto. In oroer "
give notice of a motion to reconsider.
Representative McCarty, Democrat, OIL
Chicago, changed his vote from may
to "aye. He gave the formal notice
that on the next legislative day ne
would move for reconsideration. Inc
limited suffrage bill which Is now only
a few steps from becoming law was
introduced in the senate on February
II by Senator P. S. Magill, Repubh-
can, and was passed by the upper
branch of the general assembly carry
in MAY. When the roll call had been
completed today, the measure was one
vote short of a constitutional MAJOR
ity. Speaker Mckinley, whose name
is last on the roll, had cast the seven.
ty-sixth vote. He ordered can VI
the absentees. Representative Bar
ker,s name was the first absentee
called. A shout went up when ne Vot-
ed for the bill Four others voted 1oI
the bill after 1t had received the u
votes necessary to pass 1t.
Mahmound Schefket Pasha, the
Turkish grand vizier and minister OF
war. was shot and killed by assassins
In Constantinople on Wednesday. als
aide-de-camp, Lieutenant lprahln1
Bey, was also killed. Prince Salo
Hahn, foreign minister and ex-presl-
dent Of the council OF state, mas peer
appointed grand vizier ad interim
All the other ministers retain tneIi
port folios. The following ofnclai ac'
count Of the assassination has peeI
issued: "On leaving the ministry OF
war this morning, the grand Vlzlel
entered a motorcar with the intention
of proceeding to the Sublime porte
but the car was obliged to stop while
going through Bayezid and Davlo
Yolu square because the road was
torn up. Some persons In announcer
car, whose identity has not been estap-
lished, fired ten shots at the car. fne
grand viZier, who was severely Wounu.
ed, was taken back to the ministry ol
war where he died half an hour later
Lieutenant Ibrahim Bey, who was ac'
companying Mahound Schefket Pasha
also was hit by. some OF the oullets
and subsequently died. One sus-
meet has been arrested. He had in his
possession two revolvers and some
cartridges. Captain Schref, who was
riding with the grand vizier describes
the tragedy as follows: we were
leaving BayeZid square when ouI
motor stopped on account or repairs
being made to the road. 1 heard ar
explosion but attached no import.
ance to 1t, thinking that tire had
burst. But Schefket Pasha fell or
ward. I took him in my arms te
hold him up and saw the blood or
his face. The reports continued ano
/ jumped from the motor to seize the
assassins, but they fed In their cal
with the exception Of Topal Tewfek
who had no time to get in. TewfeB
was arrested" The motorcar used by
the assassins was found this after
noon and the owner was arrested
He has already made certain admis'
sions.
Three years to a day after the
discovery Of the body Of his wife in the
waters Of Lake Como, Italy, Porter
Charleton lost his long fight against be-
ing turned over by his native lano
to the Italian government for trial or
a charge of murder. The supreme
court last Tuesday sustained the state
departments decision to deliver
Charleton in compliance with Italy:
demand. Charleton was bank CLERK
in New York and his father, Pau
Charleton, was classmate Of EXPIRES
ident Taft, and until recently, fedora
Judge in Porto Rico. The young mar
has been held in Jail in New jersey
since his arrest nearly three year!
ago. Insanity was alleged as the mair
ground for opposing Charleton's re-
moval to Italy, and it was furthel
contended that the United States coulc
not extradite one Of its citizens t
Italy, inasmuch as that country hac
refused to extradite it's subjects to thu
United States. The supreme cour
held that Charleton had no right t
present evidence of his insanity at the
extradition hearing. and that the con
tention as to the power to eXtradit'
was erroneous. Justice Lurton, IL
announcing the courts decision, how
ever, said that impressive evidence o.
insanity had been offered on Charlie
tons behalf. 1t is believed a way vii
be found to present this conclusion a
Charleton's trial in Italy. The man
date" Of the SuDreme cOurt nv which