Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-16
Scraps and faets,


Alaska will have gone over to Canada
or hoisted the flag of a new republic
More than two thousand men are ready
to fight TO the end of the rule Of the
United States that has driven them
into bankruptcy and robbed them OF
every constitutional right. Either the
hardships the government imposes
on Alaskans must be ameliorated OF
there will be a break before the win
ter. / know two thousand sharpshoot-
ers who can and would stand off any
army the United States can send
Alaskans have been made desperate
by the unjust treatment and govern
ment abuses.
New Orleans, June IA: Sixty ap-
plicants-Italians, Russians, Turks ano
almost every other nationality-anX-
ious to swear allegiance to Uncle Sam
appeared before the board of naturali-
Zation yesterday. Some of the candi-
dates naively admitted that they were
anarchists and polygamists; that they
had never heard of the constitution OF
the United States; that they did moi
know how a congressman gets his 1ob
and a few other things that well
regulated citizen is inclined to profess
knowledge of. One, of the applicants
emphatically declared that New Or
leans was the capital Of the United
States and that there was only one
house of congress and that the presi-
dent occupied that He confessed
however, that he was intimately ac-
quainted with the constitution. A for
mer citizen of Turkey stated there
were 81 houses in congress and that
a congressman serves as long as ne
lives.
Birmingham, Ala, June Ia: With
al Il. -
Virginia as a goal and to get closer
connections with the Birmingham dis
trict and ports on the Atlantic coast,
the Seaboard Air Line and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroads, through
Joint control, have taken over the Car
olina, Clinchfield and Ohio railroad, ac-
cording to a report which reached
here today when 1t was learned that
Charles H. Hix, vice president OF the
Seaboard, was unable to attend an i'm
portant viaduct hearing here, but was
hurriedly called north from Atlanta to
confer with officers of the roads con-
cerned in the merger, behind which the
figure of Edwin H. Hawley Is looming
up. The Carolina road is to be the
connecting link to enter the rich coal
fields and the merger will form one OF
the greatest railroad combinations In
the south. A gigantic traffic agreement
is the special feature of the arrange
ments welding the two roads into one
system.
Washington, June Ia Intimation
of doctoring the now famous Day por-
trait voucher, a consequent lively con-
troversy between Secretary Knox and
Chairman Hamlin of the house inves-
tigating committee, and testimony OF
Disbursing Oficer Morrison's white
messenger that he found the voucher
on the floor near Morrison's desk af-
ter the archives had been effectually
ransacked, featured today's state de-
partment investigation. Correspond
ence between Secretary Root and Con-
sui General Michael at Calcutta indi-
Gated that the mysterious difference
between the amount of the voucher
and the actual amount paid to the por-
trait painter was applied to emergency
accounts, probably Chinese matters,
according to Mr.. Michael. The ex-
change between Mr.. Knox and Mr..
Hamlin blew over quickly. Mr.. Nor
rison probably will be called to explain
how the voucher happened to be
among the "crumpled envelopes" near
his waste basket at the close OF the
days work long after the search for
the document had been on.
i Havana, June IS: That the shat
tering of the hull of the battleship
Maine is evidently far greater than
supposed was revealed this afternoon
as a result Of superficial observation
made possible by the lowering Of the
water level in the cofferdam to a
depth of seven feet. On account Of
this revelation all plans for dealing
with the ultimate removal of the hulk
have become merely conjectural until
more water has been pumped out. AS
the water receded today every success
sive foot revealed worse and worse
conditions forward of midship. That
part was subjected to the main force
Of the explosion. The bow section is
still nearly twenty feet below the sur
face, and here il is believed the de-
struction will be found to have been
even more complete. Col Black Of
the engineer corps said this evening
he expected to lower the water a total
depth of eighteen or twenty feet with
in three or four days. This would
render possible fairly complete ex-
ploration of all portions Of the ship
where men were likely to have been
on the night Of the disaster except
the bow.
- Washington, June IA: The maid
en- speech of Representative Victor
Berger of Wisconsin, the only Social
ist member Of congress, was the fea-
ture of an otherwise dull days gen.
eral debate in the house on the bill
for the revision of the woolen sched-
ule. Mr.. Berger supported the bill
on the ground that IL would break
down international barriers. Repre-
sentatives Kahn of California and
Moore of Pennsylvania spoke against
the bill. Representatives Howard of
Georgia and Cooke Of Ohio in favor
of it, While purporting to vote for
the pending Underwood wool bill.
Mr.. Berger in his speech declared
there is no such thing as protection
to labor in tariff bills, and that any
such pretense was because working
men have votes. He said the meas
ure was of small immediate concern
to the working class, as 1t meant no
material change in their conditions,
but he would support the bill ''be-
cause it is in line with social and po-
litical evolution, tends to destroy the
old tariff supervision and to bring
into closer relations the peoples of
the world"
Washington, June Is: Democratic
tariff legislation will not be doomed to
defeat in the upper branch of congress
at this session, as has been generally
feared. A coalition between Demo-
Gratis and progressive Republicans in
the senate is rapidly taking shape and
will result in the passage of bills for
the revision of the woolen and cotton
and the iron and steel schedules.
This news became known here today
and was the occasion for jubilation.
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin is
taking the lead in these negotiations,
and eleven progressives have agreed
to cooperate with the Democrats to
the end of securing tariff reductions.
So the work Of a long, hard summer
will not be fruitless. The administra-
ton counts upon enough votes to force
through Canadian reciprocity, with
the Root amendment to the wood pulp
and print paper provision eliminated.
This will be done by the votes of DEM
ocrats and regular Republicans. When
it comes to the adoption of the free
list bill, the progressive Republicans
will insist upon several amendments,
but, If an agreement can be reached
on these, the bill will be supported
as an amendment to the Canadian re-
ciprocity pact.