Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-15
Scraps and facts,


climb of one month from the base. 1t
was announced today. No traces OF
DR.. Frederick A. Cooks alleged ascent
were found. The mountains height is
2O.464 feet. The expedition, headed by
Thomas Lloyd, had Or. Cooks maps
and endeavored TO follow his supposed
route. but utterly failed to verify any
part of his story of an ascent The
climbing was fairly easy up to l2,OOO
feet, then there was 1000 feet over q
steep ice field and a quick dash To- the
summit. There are two peaks of equal
height and on one of these. rocky and
wind-swept. the American flag was
planted. The other peak is snow COW
cred.
New York. April 13: Clifford w.
Hartridge. one of Harry X. Thaw's at
torneys at his trial for the killing OF
Stanford White. is accused of unpro-
fessional conduct. of padding his ac-
count and of loOting the purse OF Mrs.
Mary COpley Thaw. Thaw's mother.
l.. D. Kellogg. counsel for Mrs. ThaW'
made the accusations in the United
States circuit court, where Hartridge
sued her for $4,000 alleged to be due
on his bill Kellogg also charged that
Hartridge forced himself on Thaw as
counsel. acting unprofessionally in Of
fering his services where they were
not at first wanted, and trying to
make Thaw. then in the Toombs, dis
satisfied with his attorneys. 1t was
also fatty charged that the woman
referred to as -. b." to whom Har-
fridge said he paid $1,000 for silence
in Thaw's behalf was mythical, and
that Hartridge lost large sums gamo-
ling. Kellogg called HartridSes al
legged attempts TO get on Thaw's legal
staff zone of the most horrible dis
graces of the American bar. He
said: NO man of vigor could have
spent lS9 nights drinking and in dis
reputable resorts, as he says he dld
for his client. and be of service the
next day. He says he spent $S2,OOO
on women. to silence them. No law
YER has a right to stife evidence.
New Orleans, April II: The open
ing session of the annual cOnclave or
the imperial council of Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine was today marked by a
noteworthy demonstration. Headed by
a guard of mounted police, followed by
the band of Lulu Temple of Philadel-
phia. the two Lulu patrols and Acca
&c inht
nlustrious Imperial Potentate Street
holds membership, the representatives
forming the imperial council, marched
to the Scottish Rite cathedral in Car
ondolet street, where the executive de-
liberations of the order are to be con-
Quoted. A number of other temples
formed the rear guard of the parade TO
the convention hall. While the dello-
erative sessions of the imperial council
were in progress, many entertainment
features in honor of the visiting Shrin-
ers were carried out. THESE included
boat rides, automobile trips and infor-
NAL receptions. Claiming the diStinc-
ton of being the first temple in Amer
lea to own their camels, MOlla Temple
of st. Joseph, Mo-, attracted much at
tention today by harncssing their ami
mails to carts and following them
through the main streets of the city.
FL Paso. with its herd of burroS, scorn-
ed this idea of originality. Following
on the heels of this declaration. Benz
Kedem Temple of Charleston. w Va.
laid claim to the "Only white mule mas
cot owned by any temple in the United
States" and asserted that they were
only afraid they could not take the
animal back home because her name
was Dixie" Memphis ShrinerS then
proceeded to put into evidence the
Youngest camel of the Shriners-yet
unnamed. The animal is two weeks
old and accompanied its parents here
on it's first pilgrimage across the in
tervening sands.
The recent exposures of political
graft in the city of Pittsburs have Civ
en- the public an insight into the conn
munism of corruption" that exists in
many large cities Of our country. The
dlildZllS COllNlllpllS NSlN bi'NSAAN ~
light by the confession of eX-Council-
man John F.. Klein, who was himself
deeply implicated and knew the whole
system of graft from beginning to end.
The present sensation is really only
the more complete uncovering of a
scandal which came partially To light
two years ago. and resulted in the con-
viction of Klein and others. 1t was
then proved that certain banks had
paid bribe- money to the PittsburS
council to be selected as city depOstu-
ries Other bribery charges are con-
nected with the surrendering of q city
street to the late Dallas G. Byers, a
large steel manufacturer. klcin'S dis
play of $4,000 in bills on tine streets,
June 26. 1908. excited the susnicion of
Ernest Frey. a harness dealer. He re-
ported the discovery to the city audi
tor. the latter told the mayor. and he
passed il on to the Voters League, tn
whom Pittsburg is indebted for the
subsequent prosecution. a detectives
bribery of cOuncilmen. in connection
started the ball rolling. This led into
the nk-depository conspiracy and
other forms of graft. Scores of cOun-
cilmen of the past and present admin
istrations are involved i'm the scandals
thus far exposed. At the time most OF
the grating was in progress, the coun-
ellis were abnormally large. There
were forty-four wards in PittSburg
and fifteen in Allegheny. with 1872 Sc
lect and common cuuncilmcn, Il most
unwieldly body. The story of the sec
ond turning on of the light" is told by
an eastern daily as follows: "A strange
thing about the Pittsburg exposures is
the smallnesS of the dispute whicr
brought them about. Councilman John