Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-30

claring that Smith had struck his
mother and had threatened to kill
him.
Edward M. Grout, twice elected
comptroller of New York city, and the
first borough president of Brooklyn,
was convicted in a New York court
Tuesday Of perjury. He was charged
with having made a false statement
Of the financial condition Of the Union
bank. of which he was president just
prior to the second collapse of that in
stitution in 1910. After the bank fail
ed the first time, Mr.. Grout was made
president, partly because of his f1nan-
cial experience as comptroller and
partly because ii was thought his name
and reputation would help to dispel
the shadow that hung over the instltu-
ton. In delivering sentence, Judge
Lewis said: After a fair and impartial
trial you have been justly convicted OF
the crime Of perjury. While the court
regrets hat a man having occupied
high and exalted public offce shouid
be in your position, yet the court Is
responsive to the duty which 1t owes
to the people as we'll as to yourself.
Mindful of the recommendation or the
Jury and that the conviction prohibits
your further practice Of the law, the
sentence of the court is that you be
confined in the state prison at Sing
Sing at hard labor for a term OF not
less than one year nor more than two
years"
The casualties in the British army
and navy have reached a total Of $780,
995, according to a printed statement
issued by Premier Asquith. The to-
tai naval casualties up to July 20
were 9,106, and the military casual-
ties to July Is were 321.SS0. The ma
val losses were divided as follows:
officers killed, 499; wounded, 81;
missing, 20; men killed, 7.43O; wound
ed, 1877; missing, 274. The military
losses were divided as follows: Killed.:
France, 3,2SS officers, 4S,372 men;
Dardanelles (including naval division)
567 officers, 1857 men; other theatres
Of operation, excluding German South
west Africa, las officers, 1,445 men.
Total, 1000 officers, 1884 men. To-
tai killed, 1854. Wounded: France,
6,S03 officers, 156,30S men /; Darda-
nelles, 1879 officers, 2S,635 men; 9TH
er theatres, 24S officers, 3,247 men.
Total, $3.50 officers, 1879 men. To-
tai wounded, 796,620. Missing: France,
1880 officers. 50,969 men; Darda-
nelles, 1913 officers, 1882 men; other
theatres, % officers, GAL men. Total.
1883 officers, 62,502 men. Total miss
ing, 63.SS5. Total killed, wounded
and missing. s21,SSs. Total casual,
ties by war theatres: France, 11,254
officers. 255,649 men; Dardanelles. g.
IA officers, 47,094 men; other thea
tres, AIS officers, 1888 men. Total,
1888 officers, 30S,076 men. Total
military casualties, 321.SS9.
Port Au Prince, Haiti, July %: A
--..11. ~o@ fn-~th1a IN tho toll
thus far taken than any, even in the
DAYS of Nord Alexis, famed out in the
Haitien capital Tuesday. 1t was an
off-shoot Of the movement to the north
where the adherents of DR.. Rosalvo
Bobo, twice expelled from Hayti, have
striven for several months to break
the power Of the Haitien president,
General Vilbrun Guillaume. One hun
dred and sixty political prisoners, in
GLIDING q former president of Haiti,
General Orestes Zamor, were put to
death by order Of General Oscar, gov
ernor of Port Au Prince, who later in
the day was dragged from h shelter
Of the Dominican legation and riddled
with bullets. Vilbrun Guillaume, the
president Of Haiti, was removed today
from the French legation, where he
took refuge after yesterdays rebellion,
and was shot to death in front of the
building by a mob Of Infatuated Hal
items. His body then was mutilated
and tied to the end Of a rope, and
dragged through the streets of the
city. This act of violence followed
Immediately the burial of the 160 po-
litical prisoners who were mastered
in prison yesterday morning at the
time Of the revolutionary outbreak
against Guillaume. The mob was COM
posed in large part of relatives OF the
victims Of this wholesale execution.
The mob invaded the French legation
and, in spite of the urgent protests of
M. Girard, the French minister to
Haiti, carried President Guillaume out
Of the building. The mob surrounded
the president and shot him to death.
After his body had been dragged about
the streets it vas abandoned, and later
was buried by several women in a GEM
etery outside of the capital.
Washington, July %: Defense of
the right of a b%elligerent to blockade
q neutral port through an enemy In
receiving supplies or attempting to
market his own products Is the chief
argument to be made in the supple
mental note Great Britain Is prepar-
ing in reply to the American protest
against the enforcement Of the orders
in council, and which is expected with
in a week. All other issues that OF
the blockade of neutral ports, it is
learned, will be regarded by the Brit
fish government as subsidiary and
proper for later discussion. Upon rec
IGNITION by neutral governments Of the
principle from the British viewpoint,
depends the ability of a belligerent
which has otherwise established con-
troll of the seas to profit by the enor-
nous expenditure and sacrifice which
made possible that control. The mat
ter is all-important in the British
view. Two developments not discussed
in the original note will be taken in
in the supplemental communication.
The first is the American caveat of
July II. conveying the notification that
the United States government would
not recognize the orders in council as
a substitute for the provisions Of in
ternational law. The second point
arose in connection with the enforced
unloading on the London docks Of the
American steamer Neches, June "a.
The ship was en- route from Rotter-
dam to New York with a cargo of
non-contraband, mostly Of German
and Belgian origin. The British gov
eminent asserted the right under its
blockade of Germany and that part of
Belgium under German control, to
prevent any goods from being export
ed the sale of which might aid the
enemy financially. Because the prin-
cipal British argument is directed to
that phase Of the right of blockade
which affects goods sought to be in
troduced into an enemy's country, it is
believed that the British foreign office
felt it necessary to supplement the
original note by an argument extend
ing the claim to " the case of
goods exported from the enemy coun-
try through a neutral port.
Secretary Garrison issued a state
ment Tuesday night that he be not
pressed for details of the military pol
icy now being formulated until the
appropriate time has come to make
them public. The secretary will sub
NIT to the president next week q gen.
eral plan of army reorganization, nov
being outlined by the general staff. u
have absolutely refrained from max
ing any statements, because l feel
that the effect thereof at this time
would be more hurtful than helpful
the statement says. There have been
published many unauthentic state
ments of what is in contemplation,
and / feel that the effect Of these has
been hurtful rather than helpful. My
raoSon for rafuSinP 70 make ANYTHING