Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-29
Scraps and facts.

Washington. March %: The Weeks
bill. which means the forest bill, pro-
yiding $11.OOOOOO for the purchase of
lands about the heads of navigabl"
streams. has been reported from the
house committee on agriculture by
vote of 10 to {. Stanley of Kentucky
was away and his vote would have
gone with the majority. This looks
promising for the Appalachian park
scheme. 1t is the purpose of the COM
mittec to get the bill on the calendar
for Wednesday. one million is to be
spent the first year and two each year
thereafter until the appropriation is
exhausted. The bill also provides fer
100000 for fire protection for tn"
states that spend an equal amount.
This bill provides for forest reserva-
ton commission composed of the Sccre-
tarics of war; agriculture and interior.
two senators and two representatives.
The land purchased would be under
the supervision of the forest bureau.
Since the insurgents foorcd Cannon
this bill may pass.
Washington, March "a: That six
hundred thousand lives are sacrificed
annually on tine altar of this countrys
Ignorance and neglect of sanitary and
health laws, was asserted by Senator
Owen i'm the course of speech in the
senate today i'm support of his bill,
creating a department of health with
q cabinet officer at its head. A state
ment by Mr.. owen concerning the prev
alence of the hook worm disease IN
the south aroused much interest. lie
said he had been informed by an eN-
pert that 80 per cent of the children
of one Of the southern states were az
flicted with the disease. Il don't care
who the expert is" remarked Senator
Money of Mississippi. Il don't believe
q word of what he says" Senator
Johnson of Alabama, also took eXcep-
ton to the statement. Mr.. owen nav
ing asserted that hook worm could be
cured by two doses of thymol at a
cost of 25 cents. Senator Hepburn SuS-
gested that there was one million dol.
lars now on tap" for the eradication OF
hook worm. Mr.. Gallinger thought
since Il had become known that there
was so much money available for chas-
ing the mysterious hook worm. there
would be a corresponding increase IN
the disease.
- Governor Walter R. Stubbs of Kan
sas. in a speech in Chicago Sunday
night. put his foot on the neckS' OF
those who maintain, that absolute pro-
hibition would bring commercial rum
to q community. He cited the expert
ence of Kansas as showing how state
wide prohibition, precluded race sui
eide" and encouraged savings bank ac-
counts. prohibition in Kansas Is not
a result of atmospheric conditions,
said Gov. Stubbs. Reason was at the
bottom of it all. AS a result the Kan
sas people today are better fed, better
clothed, have finer homes, larger ram
lilies and bigger bank accounts. nave
proofs by which, figulatively speaking,
| think l have my foot on the neckS Oh
those who circulate nti-prohibitlon
talk. 1t was said three years ago that
the wiping out of Wichita's forty seven
saloons would ruin the town. Tnday
with no saloons that town has doubled
its population, more than doubled ltS
bank account, has better people, less
crime, more schools and more intelh-
gence. | have just received letters ana
kilograms from the mayors or twenty
cities and towns, from twenty-nlne dlS-
trict Judges and from chiefs OF ponce;
and they all agree that the day state
wide prohibition went into erect III
Kansas. was the brightest day In that
states history.
New York, March 26: IF the United
States ever gets into trouble in the tar
east, England will be at ner side. ana
the combined naVieS of the two great
est powers in the world will sweep the
seas with the Stars and Stripes flying
from the halyards as the flag OF 81.
George" This is the terse summing
up of the far eastern question gwen
by Sir Robert w. Perks, for nearly
tW anty years a prominent member OF
the British parliament, before meet
ing of the New York MethOdiStS at lNe
METROPOLITAN Temple here. Sir Robert. |
besides being a member of parliament,
is the head of one of the largest m
tcrnatiOnal contracting firms in Great
Britain. and is known as perhaps the
wealthiest active lay member OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. i want
to denounce those jingOeS who have
been attempting to stir up trouble,
through false reports of animoSlty be
tween Great Britain and the United
States. over some Of England's treaties
with far eastern countries, ne SAID, IN
beginning his address. There is not
a word of truth in their stories. q"
not believe that there is any danger
threatening i'm the Pacific. But II a
struggle comes, you will find that blood
is thicker than water and stronger than
treaties. If trouble comes. all such dip
lomatic contracts will b" swept over
board like so much waste paper.
Washington. March %: BY a unan-
imous vote the house today adopted a
resolution naming a committee on
nf SiS RanDhip1nS and
four Democrats, in pursuance of IN"
provisions of the Norris resolution.
Mr.. Currier of New Hampshire re-
ported resolution naming as COM
mttee on rules DalZell (Pa.) Walter
|. Smith Oa..) Boutcll Qll) Lawrence
(Mass) Fassctt On. Y.) Smith (Cal..)
Republicans; and Clark (Mo.) Under
wood (Ala..) Dixon Gnd.O and FftZ-
gerald On. Y..) Democrats. After a
brief discussion. which made it mat
ter Of record that the members named
in the resolution had been selected in
party caucuseS. the huUs" by a viva
voce vote adopted the resolution. Soon
after the election of the 'retorm"d
rules committee the members retired
To the WAYS and means committee room
and proceeded to organize. Mr.. Dali
Zell was chosen chairman. as mad been
expected. Five Republicans voted for
l)alZell ana the llllt'' l'f'Ill'NlstlN l'i
Champ Clark. both Mr.. DalZ"ll and Mr.
Clark refraning from voting. There
was a brief informal discussion about
the future work of the committee, bN
several members. but nothing was de-
termined upon. The selection of the
new rules committee means the loss of
81 600 annually to l.. White BuSby. sec
retary to Speaker Cannon, who was
clerk of the old rules Committ"" and
drew that amount in salary as clerk.
The new committee will have a new
clerk.
- Washington. March %: War on
blind tigers and on "buutleggrrs" mas
been declared by the administration.
Hereafter persons engaging in thcS"
forms of the liquor traffic ar" to b"
dealt with much more dTstiCally than
heretofore. This stand of the govern
ment has particular refcrcnc" t. vi"-
lation of the internal revenue i'm dry
counties where local enactment has
dispensed with liquor license. Com