Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28
Scraps and faets.

rupted the normal growth Of postal
revenues. The closing Of the stock
exchanges last fall was one Of the
factors which reduced the flow of
both domestic and foreign letter and
registered mail, and cut big hole in
postal receipts at the large cities.
Mail order exchange also was for a
time seriously restricted. Were it
not for the parcel post, the deficit
for the first half Of the present fiscal
year undoubtedly would be much
larger. A steady increase Of postal
receipts is now reported and consu-
tutes indisputable proof Of returning
prosperity"
Charles Becker, the former New
York police lieutenant, must die in
the electric chair at Sing Sing within
the next six weeks for the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal, the New York
gambler, by four gunmen, July 16,
1912, unless Governor Whitman or
the United States supreme court in
tervenes. The court Of appeals OF
Becker's conviction by supreme
court jury at his second trial several
months ago. Executive clemency for
Becker is regarded as remote, as Dis
trict Attorney Whitman Of New York
county, the present governor, prose-
cuted the former police lieutenant
both times Speculation Is ripe as to
whether Becker, facing death, will not
seek to save his life by making reve-
lations in connection with the So
called police system" in New York,
to the governor. Regardless or his
connection with the Rosenthal case,
Becker is believed to possess infor-
nation that would be invaluable to
state and New York city officials. The
statement has been made frequently
that the trial Of Becker and the four
gunmen who shot RoSenthal only
scratched the surface Of the true con-
ditions in New York police circles.
I'VE DESIRE" the prevailing opinion
Of the court said, that the views
which led us to affirm this judgment
shall be made Enthusiastically clear.
Doubtless a very strong argument can
be made in favor Of the defendant
based upon the inducement Of his
avowed accomplices to swear falsely.
Their opportunity to fabricate evil
dence and the lack Of conclusiveness
or corroboration. All this, however,
was a question for the jury, with
whose determination we are not JUS
titled in interfering unless we can
say that it was plainly wrong--which,
as already stated, we cannot say"
The American steamer Nebraskan,
Capt. Green, from Liverpool May "a,
for Delaware Breakwater, was tor
pedoed last Tuesday by submarine
at q point 40 miles west Of Fastnet,
off the south coast Of Ireland. No
lives were lost The crew at once
took to the boats, but after finding
that the Nebraskan was not seriously
damaged, they returned aboard and
ha
been struck forward and her foreholds
were full Of water. The Nebraskan
did not carry any passengers. The
foregoing information was received
Wednesday by the British admiralty
in London and 1t was at once COM
municated to the American embassy.
Immediately after she was struck,
the Nebraskan began calling for help
by wireless. Browhead received the
wireless communication at p. m,
Tuesday from Crookhaven- The tor
ly occurred before 9 o'clock Tuesday
night. ALI foreign vessels leaving
Liverpool recently have had their
names and nationalities painted in
large letters on their sides and have
flown large flags. Tuesday evening
was clear and the period between 8
and o'clock is the twilight in the
British Islands at this season. A
message to the Lloyds says an armed
trawler went to the assistance Of the
Nebraskan and stood by her all night.
A message to the Star from Liver
pool says that the name and nation
ality OF the Nebraskan were painted
in large letters on her sides. The
German submarine campaign contin-
ues actively. Dispatches from Nor
way say the people Of that country
have been aroused by the sinking
last week Of the Norwegian steamer
Minerva and the attempt to torpedo
the Iris, which went to her assistance.
The steamer Cromer, loaded with
passengers had narrow escape while
bound for Rotterdam. A submarine
fired torpedo without warning, but
missed by Is yards. This attack oc-
CURED four miles north Of North
Hinder lightship.
-Dunkirk has been virtually evacu-
ated as a hospital and supply base
Of the allied armies as the result Of
the long-range bombardment by Ger
man guns in the latter part Of April
and early in May, according to John
B. Brady Of Chicago, who arrived in
New York from Liverpool. Brady
was accompanied by John Borden,
also Of Chicago. Both went to France
early in April to work with an am
bulance hospital. They were at Dun
kirk, April 29th and 3Oth, when the
big projectiles were first fired into
the seacoast city from a monster
gun, located at a distance Of about
% miles. According to- Brady, the
Germans evidently sought to destroy
the French arsenal in Dunkirk. In
the two days, twenty-eight shells
were fired. All struck virtually with
in a space of one mile square. Brady
said the bombardment killed and
wounded 300, forty Of the dead being
wounded soldiers who were in a hos
pital, whose deaths were caused by
the concussion of a projectile that
exploded about $50 feet from the
building. Shortly before the firing
opened, said Brady, "a German taube
was seen lowering over the city, evil
IDENTIFY directing the fire Of the con-
cealed gun. The first shell struck on
an open parade ground, killing about
a dozen men from company Of SOL
diers drilling nearby. One shell struck
the Casino cafe, in which, it was be-
lieved about thirty people were din
ing. None escaped alive. l saw one
shell strike in the water. The eX-
plosion followed in about five seconds
and it appeared as if an acre of water
had been lifted bodily in the air.
Torpedo boats in the harbor immedi-
ately moved out, seeking safety. One
of the shells passed within about $50
yards of where l was standing with
a couple Of French officers. When it
exploded we were all thrown violently
on our faces, apparently drawn for
ward by terrific suction. The noise
Of the big shells passing through the
air was deafening, resembling deep
rolling thunder AS soon as the bonn
bardment was over the French i'm
mediately began moving to some 9TH
er point the hospital and military
supplies that had been maintained
at Dunkirk
The British battleship Triumph
has been sunk in the Dardanelles.
This official announcement was made
Wednesday night. The disaster to
the Triumph is described in a brief
statement by the admiralty, which
says that while operating in support
of the Australian and New Zealand
forces on the shore Of the Gallipoli
peninsula Tuesday, the Triumph was
torpedoed by submarine and sank