Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-19
Scraps and facts.

was made II is claimed that the sus-
pects answer the description or the
robbers. A search of the room occu-
pied by the two men under arrest dis
closed a brace of pistols. Omcers
brought the alleged robbers to Savan,
nah tonight, and they were placed
in the Chatham county jail.
Washington, December is: Presl-
dent Taft turned over to the senate to-
day the task Of completing the aoro-
CATION of the treaty of 1882 with Rus
sia because of alleged determinations
against American citizens OF jewish
faith. Ignoring the house Of represen-
tatiyes the president sent message TO
the senate announcing that on Friday
last he had caused notice to be for
warded to st. Petersburg that tne
United States desired the treaty to emo
January, 1918. This notification was
officially handed to the representative
of the Russian government yesterday,
Mr.. Taft asked the senate TO ratlLy
and give effect to his action. The for
eign affairs committee Of the senate
voted unanimously to report resolu-
tion of ratification couched In diplo-
matte terms, and Senator Lodge OF
fered il later in the senate. There was
every reason to believe that the reso-
luton would be pushed through, mas
much as the senate committee, as an
act Of courtesy to the house, nan oe-
cided that the lower branch OF congress
=. should be asked to concur in the sem
ate's action.
Teheran. Persia, December IS:
The national council has refused TO
accept the cabinets proposals re-
garding a solution of the Russian dill
fcuIty. and the Russian troops are
preparing to advance on the capital.
II Is believed that the advance Will
begin Thursday. The official attltuue
suggests passive resistance, but the
provincial sentiment is strongly op-
posed to the Russians. The foreign
minister. in presenting the questlon
before the national council To-Day
made a determined attempt to secure
the support of the council. He rep
resented that the cabinet had MADE
averv effort to retain Mr.. Shuster, but
the blight of the country was desper-
ate The ex-shah, he said, was ad-
yancing on the one hand and Salar
FL Dowleh on the other, while Rus
sia refused to abate her demands.
Therefore, he argued, the caDinel
should be empowered to conclllate
Russia. In spite of his appeals, the
deputies insisted that the retentlon
of Mr.. Shuster was Persias only
hope. and that there was nothing 10
be gained by yielding.
A New York jury has returned
verdict of not guilty in the case or LII
liam Graham and Ethel Conrad, two
show girls who have been on trial tor
some weeks for shooting w. T. II:
Stokes, a millionaire hotel man about
the first of last June. The Graham
girl had formerly been the mistress OF
Stokes, and after their relations had
heen broken off on account OF Stokes
marriage to another woman, the Gra-
ham girl began to use tender cores
pondence that had passed earlier as
means to make Stokes come across
with money. Stokes went to the
apartments of the two girls Tor the
purpose of securing the letters. ana
when he tried to take the letters oy
force the girls commenced shooting at
his legs. Stokes claimed that the whole
thing was a matter Of blackmail; but
the show girls were able to make 1t
clear that Stokes had tried to run over
them roughshod, and that after the
shooting the millionaire's private de-
tectives ransacked the house and stole
the letters. The prosecution was able
to make 1t clear that Stokes was an
unusually bad and vicious man VINO
depended upon his wealth to rloe
roughshod over the rights OF others
The jury acquitted the girls after
very brief consideration Of the case.
Within the past few weeks Stokes mas
been operated upon for kidney trou-
BILE and It is thought that his condi-
tion is quite critical.
The house of representatives has
declined to agree to proposition pro-
yiding for the sale Of the remains OF
the battleship Maine for exhibition
purposes. The raising OF the Maine
has cost very nearly a million dollars,
and it is the purpose Of the govern
ment, after removing from the vessel
all pieces and attachments that can
be used to advantage elsewhere, TO
take the remainder Of the hulk out to
sea and allow it to sink to the bottom
of the ocean. Show men have made
various offers for the old hulk, the
largest offer being in the neigh
hood of a million dollars. The idea of
the show men is to take the after sec
tion Of the ship, fit 1t up with bulk
heads so it can be floated and tow II
to America to be exhibited at various
ports at so much look. 1t was pro-
posed also to take the part OF the ship
that could not be used otherwise and
make them into souvenirs to be sold
for what they would bring on the mar
did not take kindly to the idea and
there was an ironical suggestion that
the bones of the seamen who lost their
lives in the Maine might also be sold
for exhibition purposes. There was
some pretty hot talk between James
r. Mann, Republican of Illinois, and
Thomas U. Sisson, Democrat. OF Mis-
sissippi, on the subject. Sisson being
in favor of the show and souvenir
idea and Mann being opposed. At one
time last Saturday it looked as If the
two men might engage in personal
trial of prowess and settle the ques-
tion as to which was the best man.
New York, December II: The
progress in the science Of aviation
during the year now drawing to q
close has been costly in human life
Beginning with the death of Lieut.
Thomas E. Selfridge. the first person
killed in an aeroplane, in 1908, the list
of fatalities has rapidly increased
especially in the present year, when
the deaths more than doubled the COM
bined number for the three preceding
years In 1908 one man lost his life
in 1909 four, in 1910 thirtv-two, and
TO date for the present year seventy
seven persons have been killed. In
1911, as in preceding years, France
has contributed by far the largest
number of victims. her list totalling "a
including one woman, Nine. Deni2
Moore, who fell at Etampes on July
81, last. German airmen who lost their
lives this year number IA, English Z
Russian 4. Italian, Austrian anC
Japanese two each, Servia, Spain
Belgium, Brazil, Peru and Cuba con.
tributed one each to the death roll OF
the year. Whereas in the earlier days
of the science of aviation only the
most fitted, mentally and physically
Jared flights, nowadays great numbers
of amateurs do so. AS a consequence
the deaths for the present year in
clude a number of aviation pupils
Double fatalities, in which rider and
passenger were killed, also were com
mon, while on June is last three
F'renchmen, Capt. Princeteau, T. Le
Martin and NJ. Landron, were burned
to death in midair as a result of the
explosion of the aeroplane motor. While
aviation has been carried on almost as
extensively in Canada as elsewhere II
is interesting to note that no fatality
was recorded in that country during
the present year. In striking contrast
is the record of the United States