Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-07
Scraps aud faets.

h. u. freeman, express messenger,
and T. w. Moore, mail clerk on the
engine turned over, pinning the ensin-
eer beneath it. The switch lock
was found some distance from the
switch, and this and other circum-
stances suggesting suspicion that
the wreck was the result Of deliberate
malice, bloodhounds were secured and
they ran down a negro, named Law
renee Robinson. Robinson confessed
to having served three years on the
chaingang for tampering with switch
on this same line once before; but de-
MED all knowledge Of the present Of
fense.
Accurate forecasts of the water
supply available for agricultural and
commercial purposes during the
spring and summer months as a result
of the previous winter SHOWS Will be
made within two years from this time
This was the prediction made Satur-
day by Secretary of Agriculture VIII
son, in speaking of experiments which
the weather bureau has been making
for some time. THE weather bureau
has been making systematic measure
ments of the amount Of snowfall in the
mountain regions of the west" said
the secretary, for the purpose OF de-
termining as accurately as possible
the amount Of water available Tor ag-
ricultural and commercial purposes
during the ensuing spring and sum-
mer months. In connection with the
study of snowfall and its consequent
run-off, a systematic snow survey was
begun in the watershed of Maple creek,
near Springville, Utah. While the
work was experimental, it Is thought
that within two years sufficient obser-
walton will have been obtained to per-
nit of accurate forecasts of water
supply from the winter snowfall. the
system also can be extended to other
and larger projects and the work Will
be limited only by the amount Of funds
available for the work. The prelim-
mary campaign in the Maple creek
watershed has received hearty COM
mendation from farmers and engin-
eers."
New York, November 4: The Hon.
Oscar Straus, former ambassador to
Turkey, and a staunch adherent to the
cause of universal peace, said last
night at a dinner Of the Baptist So
cial union that the United States had
lost an opportunity in the Turco-
Italian war to show the world that
under all circumstances IL Is ready
to testify by it's acts to the advance
ment of international good will among
nations. Il regret to see e.t that IA a sreat Mr
Straus. "Our president has been go
ing through the country arguing for
arbitration treaties. According to my
way of thinking, the cause of inter
national peace would have been i'm
measurably more advanced had our
government taken this opportunity
and offered its good offices to bring
ing the dispute before the interna-
tfonal tribunal at The Hague before
war really broke out. This offer
would not, according to The Hague
treaty, be regarded as an unfriendly
act. Some of the nations are against
Turkey because her religion is Mo-
hammedan, and because Italy is
Christian country" Mr.. Strauss point
ed out. But here is an opportunity
to show Turkey what Christianity
means. How much better 1t would
be to accept this as an opportunity to
impress the doctrines Of Christianity
upon a supposedly benighted country
instead of lauding Italy in its work
of slaughter and pillage."
Waynesboro, Ca, November 4:
Old Bill Miner, a notorious train rob-
ber, who escaped from the Milledge-
Vile jail recently, was captured, and
cape, was shot and killed by posse
at st. Clair, near here, last night.
Miner and Moore were in a box car
when they were discovered. A posse
was quickly assembled and the car
was surrounded. The posse called on
Miner to come out and give up. This
he did. Moore, however, showed hght.
He fired one shot, and was then shot
in the face by one Of the posse, the
Minor
brought to the Waynesboro jail early
this morning. Miner was in the best
of spirits, and talked as If nothing had
happened. He says he will escape
again If the opportunity presents it
self. When questioned as to where
they have been spending the time
since their escape from Milledgeville,
he says several days, most of the
time, was spent in Augusta. Tom
Moore, who was with Miner and was
killed while resisting arrest, was SEN
fenced to life in the penitentiary for
killing his brother. Moore was
young man, about 20 years old, and
his chances for communication were
good, and he had been trusty for the
past two years. Miner is about so
years old, a native Kentuckian. He
went to California. He is about five
feet nine inches high, weighs about 1S5
pounds, and has gray hair and brown
eyes He will be kept in jail here
until the state authorities come after
him.
- Consuming more beer in the ag-
gregate than any other country In the
world, the United States leads all ma
tions in the total consumption of malt
liquors, wines, and distilled spirits
with the enormous total of 2,O45,3OO,-
900 gallons, the department of COM
merce and labor announced last Sun
day. The per capita consumption OF
beer in the United States was only
20.09 gallons in 1910, while in Bel
gium it is 55.2 gallons. in the United
Kingdom 31.44 gallons, and in Ger
many, 26.47 gallons. Germany was
second in total consumption of beer
and the United States third. In the
consumption Of wines. France leads
with 1885 gallons per capita, follow
ed by Italy with 31.17 gallons. and
Portugal with 27.S9 gallons. The per
capita consumption in the United
States is only about two-thirds Of a
gallon. In distilled spirits Denmark
leads with the consumption Of 2.97
gallons per capita. Hungary second
with 211 gallons, and the Netherlands
third with 1.S4 gallons. The United
States per capita consumption is l.45.
Steamer passengers arriving at
Malta from Tripoli describe tho situa-
ton there as a reign of terror. Strong
military patrols are continually con-
ducting rigorous house to house
searches and on the smallest pretense
summary punishment is meted out.
Many victims have been shot in their
own houses. In the absence of any
attempt to discriminate between friend
and foe. many foreigners have taken
refuge in their respective cOnsulates.
An order forbidding any one to be out
before o'clock in the morning or af-
ter 6 o'clock in the evening, has been
strictly enforced. The italian soldiers
appear to have unlimited power. and,
the passengers say, were shooting
down man, woman or child who dis
obeyed the order. The passengers
also confirm the stories of the brutal
ity displayed by the Italians in their
treatment Of the Arabs.
The agitation against alleged afro
cities by Italians in Tripoli which has
sprung up in the British press and is
summarized bV a few members of the