Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-12
Scraps aud facts.


e-enlistment, according to a Wash
ington dispatch, is not likely to be
conducted for some time yet. Various
reasons are assigned at the war de-
partment for the delay in the organ
ization of the committee to conduct the
investigation, the principal ones being
that the certified copy Of the law has
not been issued by the state depart
ment, and that care must be exercised
in the selection of the personnel OF the
commission to avoid any ground Tor
possible allegations of bias. Many in
quiries have reached the department
as to when the investigation would
be begun.
Users of the Maxim silencer had
better keep away from Pittsburg, Pa"
says a dispatch. The silencer Is not
to be permitted to do business there,
the police department has already tax
en- action, and persons found in pos
session of a gun with the new device
attached will be sent as far as the law
will permit them to be sent The mat
ter was brought to the notice of the
police department by citizen, who
pointed out the almost unlimited op-
portunities for crime presented in the
use of the silencer. Superintendent OF
Police Thomas A. McQuaid said last
night: There is no question In my
mind but that the user Of the silencer
will prove disastrous to the peace OF
every center where precautions against
it's use are not taken. With silencer
attached to his revolver thug or MUIR
derer could stand 100 feet away from
his victim, shoot him, and then make
his escape without fear Of detection.
New York, March 8: True to their
promise, a band Of suffragettes invad-
ed the downtown newspaper district at
2.30 o'clock this morning in the nope OF
attracting the attention Of and con-
yerting to the cause Of womens sur
frage the employees OF newspapers
along Park Row. Standing on wagon
drawn by one horse, ten women halted
in front of the Tribune building, ana
the speech making began at O'CLOCK
Although there were few persons on
the street at the time a crowd soon
collected and listened to the talks
Among the well known women who
were seen in the wagon were Mrs.
Boorman Wells and DR.. Maude GAS
cow. The vehicle was lighted by the
familiar campaign torch and a little
speakers stand stood at the end. There
were also conspicuous signs, one OF
which bore the inscription, women
Vote in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho-why not in New York;
Whether any newspaper employees
mingled in the crowd and whether
there were any converts to the cause
could not be ascertained. A detail OF
policemen and plainclothes men Kept
order.
= Chicago, March 10: Judge An
derson decided to instruct the jury In
the Standard Oil case to find the com
pany not guilty. The prosecution to-
day ended in failure after having once
been tried by Judge Landis, whose de-
cision was reversed by the court of ap-
peals and the case remanded to the
district court for a second trial, had It's
beginning August q, 1906. On that
date ten indictments were returned Dy
the Federal grand jury, charging the
Standard Oil company, of Indiana, with
accepting concessions from railways
in shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind
With LAG counts in the indictments al
lowed to stand the case went TO trial
before Judge Landis, March 4, 1907.
The trial resulted in verdict OF guilty
Arguments for a new trial were de-
MED. On August 3, 1908, Judge Landis
imposed his famous $29,240,0OO fine.
The decision of the court was an
nounced at the close Of long argu-
ment by the assistant district attorney
and the jury was Immediately sum-
moned and instructed to return Ver-
dict of not guilty. This means that
all but two of the pending indictments
against the Standard Oil company Of
Indiana are void and will be abandon
ed by the government. The two cases
not affected by today's decisions are
cases involving the shipment OF 1915
carloads of oil from Whiting, Ind, to
Evansville. Ind, via Dalton Junction,
over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad.
Washington, March 9: The appear
ance Of things at the White House
bears ample evidence Of the change In
administration. Major D. A. Leoftier.
the venerable German-American who
has for forty years been doorkeeper
Of the presidents office, Is not on
duty, his place having been taken, ac-
cording to announcement, by Thomas
E. Stone, who has for several years
been the chief usher at the White
House. Mr.. Stone is a much younger
man than Major Leoffler, who has been
in service at the White House with
out interruption since early in the first
administration of President Grant.
Another innovation was the substitu-
ton of negroes in turn for the MEM
bers of the police force who have for
many years and perhaps since the
foundation of the government been
hourly on guard at the main door on
the north side Of the mansion. Mrs.
Taft is responsible for this change.
Since the presidents offices are now
located in a separate wing of the
building, miscellaneous visitors do
not enter by the main door Of the
White House, and that portal is there
fore considered strictly private. Uni
formed guardians of the peace are not
considered necessary, and their places
have been taken by negro men who
wore today a neat livery Of blue cloth
with a narrow white line to trim the
coat and trousers. The livery is SINH
lar to that which was worn by the
presidents coachman and carriage
footman during the Roosevelt admins
tration. Fred w. Carpenter who has
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