Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-05
Scraps and facts.

pole before Peary. The stor% Is that the
men behind the movement proposed l"
employ some of the foremost scrrmtiSts
of the world to investigate thos" Etah
records. if they can be recovered, ana
restore to DR.. Cook the honor that the!
claim to be his: but which they say
has been taken away from him. The
statement has been made that Harry
Whitney proposes to go back int" the
Arctic regions at his own expense I"
try to recover the Cook records.
- Atlanta, Ga. April 3: AS SOL
dier is compelled to swear allegiance 10
his country before he is allowed To fsht
her battles. so should a candidate be
made to swear allegiance to position
NJ authority" declared Gov. ChaS. n.
Haskell of Oklahoma, in an address BE-
fore the convention of the Southern
Anti Saloon league here this afternoon
Gov. Haskell was urging the election
of only anti-liquor candidates to 1fhce'
Discussing the right of the government
to prohibit the sale of intoXicantS' "oN'
Haskell said: nti-prohibttioniStS ar
que that prohibition hinders the private
rights OF citizens. The selling of pois-
ons Is prohibited by law. A man who
buvs carbolc acid is buying II with MS
own money and if he wishes to drink
it. it is purely a personal matter Dut
the law denies him the right.
Alden. Arabia. April 2: The fero-
cious campaign of Mohammed ABDUL
lah of Somaliland, Mad Mulian'
against the sultanates under BrltlSh
protection. continues unchecked. ElSht
hundred of the tribesmen friendly to
the sultanates have been slaughtered
vast areas laid waste and towns
razed. Natives in great numbers are
fleeing to the coast. 1t is expected mere
that this will lead to another expedition
AGAINST Mad Mullah." who has caused
the British government great anxiety
for many years. Mohammed Abdullah
started his campaign early in February'
q large force of derviSheS raidinS the
sultanate of the Mojertins, killing ana
burning in all directions. The admin
istration of the sultanate is entrusted
TO the government of Italian S"mah-
land. THE Mad Mullah" began STIR
ring up the natives of Somaliland al
ter making a pilgrimage to Mecca IN
1896, and after fighting. an agreement
was reached in 1905, whereby the null
Iah undertook to observe peace toward
both Great Britain and Italy.
Atlanta special to New York sun:
When ex-President Roosevelt returns
IN the United States ne will propapiE
he asked TO return a medal which was
presented to him at the jamestown eN-
position in the name of the state "i
Georgia. AS a matter of fact, although
the medal purports to have been pre-
sented by Georgia it was not, ana
that's why its return will be asked. W.
Norwood Mitchell, the Georgia COM
missioner at Jamestown, ordered lh'
medal. but the state refused I" pay LOT
n along with many other bills render
cd by the commissioner. the meda'
has already been presented To MT
Roosevelt and Mitchell and his trl'hoS
Maid for il and the other bills repudlat-
ed by the state Meeting these oDiisa-
tions practically ruined Mitchell, ana
his friends think it is an outrage tha'
the medal should bear the name Oh
Terrell, who was then governor Wheh
the state refused to pay the DlHS
Mitchell and his friends propose 10 put
the facts before Mr.. Roosevelt ana ASK
him to return the medal so tnat the
name of Governor Terrell, Georgia
NAV be erased and the names oi those
who maid for the medal may be in
scribed. It will then be returned 10
Mr.. Roosevelt as a token OF esteem
from the Georgia gentlemen. MI
Mitchell lately filed a petition III
bankruptcy, being driven thereto by
sacrifices he made to meet tn" James
town bills which the state refused to
pay.
Washington. April 2: The govern
ment of the United States today made
gambling, which in scope pracucaIlE
covers the country from the Missouri
river to the Atlantic coast. brokers
offices in New York, Philadelphia, Jer'
sey CITY. Baltimore, Cincinnati and St
Louis were raided simultaneouSi% al
II O'Clock, eastern time, today by Spe-
cial agents of the department "l JUS
tice. who were armed with bench war
rants issued by the supreme court OF
the District of Columbia. C0nSplac!
indictments in which twenty-nin" per-
sons are named-tive of them Sald u
be millionaireS. and all interested m
brokers offices i'm larg" cities of the
United StateS-were returned late yes
terday by the Federal government
grand Jury of the District of Columbia
upon evidence which agents of the de-
partmcnt of Justice had been gathering
for more than year. The indictments
were withheld yesterday on the request
OF Attorney General WickerSham. 50
that the department of justice detec-
tives might make the raids Simultanc-
ouSly upon the places suspected OF be-
ing bucket shops" The men indicted
are said to be those financially inter
ested in the corporations known as +.
S. BOggS & Co, which has offices il
New York and Philadelphia: Price 4
Co., which has offices i'm Baltimore an'
New York. and the Standard Stock 4
Grain Dealers, which has offices i'm Jcr'
Sey City. Philadelphia. cincinnati an'
ST. Louis.
- Washington, April |: That tn" cor
poratiOn tax will be amended t. re-
strict the operation of its publicity
feature was virtually assured today
when the house slightly amended ;
provision previously adopted by the
senate for that purpose. As passed b!
the house today the law bearing ON this
subject provided that all cOrp"rati"l
tax returns shall be open t. inspection
only upon order of the president unde