Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-09

any aggressive intentions.
London, April 6: The miners
federation this afternoon accepted the
recommendation of the executive
committee that the miners should re-
sumo work as the result OF the recent
ballot. The miners will be ordered u
return to the pits forthwith. The de-
cision of the miners federation this
afternoon to order the men to resume
work has brought intense relief to the
whole country. The termination OF
the coal strike virtually amounts to
raising a ruinous siege OF the nation
industries, which has inflicted imam
cial loss by far larger than would
have been caused by war with great
power of similar duration. In Scot
land the miners will return to the col
lieries on Monday but as that day Is
a holiday in England and Wales, the
strikers there will not return until
Tuesday. In many mines two or three
days more will elapse before repairs
can be completed. By the end or the
week, however, it is expected every
colliery will be In full swing.
Exports of cotton manufactures
from the United States in February
this year, were so per cent larger than
in February, 1911, the total value be-
ing $5,000,000, against $S,250,OOO for
February a year ago. During eight
months ending with February, the total
was $4,000, 900 against s26,000,000 for
the corresponding period OF last year.
Indications are that the exports OF
cotton manufactures for the full fiscal
year ending ninety days hence, will
be greater than for any year In the
country's history. except 1905 and
1906, when exceptionally high records
were made because Of the abnormal
demand from Manchuria. Higher
prices are largely responsible for the
increase this year. The total quantity
of cloth exported during the past eight
months was sos, 100000 yards, valued
at $20,250,OO0, while during the first
eight months Of 1906, the total was
521,000,000 yards, valued at $31, ,000,-
600. Gains in exports Of cotton cloths
was particularly marked in the case of
China. That country took 100000
yards Of American cotton cloth in last
February, as compared with 100000
yards in February a year ago. Ex-
ports to the Philippines alsoA more
than doubled.
Governor Woodrow Wilson OF New
Jersey, held a compaign meeting In
Springfield, Ill, at the Arsenal last
Friday afternoon. Governor Wilson
visited the old Lincoln homestead in
Springfield and the tomb Of Lincoln at
Oak Ridge cemetery. He placed a
cluster of American Beauty roses up
on the sarcophagus and stood for
some moments with barred head. Gov
ernor Deneen, who Is recuperating
from an illness Of several days, sent a
message of regret to Governor wilson
at being unable to extend official
courtesies. In his address at the Ar
senal, Governor Wilson paid tribute to
Lincoln and expressed faith in the abil-
ty Of the American people to govern
themselves. The people Of Illinois
were congratulated on having pref
erential presidential primary law. He
declared the day of personally con-
Quoted" government by self-appointed
trustees was past. He predicted that
the Chicago and Baltimore conven-
tions Of this year would be the last of
their kind, that henceforth the people
Of all states would have more direct
voice in the nomination Of their pres
idential candidates. Governor Wilson
said that charges Of Senator Stone
that he had not voted for Bryan in
1900 and that he did not vote at all
in 1908 were falsehoods Sworn to by
men who are willing to swear to any
thing" He said he voted the whole
Democratic ticket in both the years.
II have never voted anything but the
Democratic ticket" he said.
Bottled light and heat for use
anywhere, in any climate. at a mimi
mum cost is now possible through a
discovery of a method Of liquefying
natural gas by DR.. Walker A. Smell
ling, a government chemist. The dis
covery, says a Washington dispatch,
paves the way for the commercial use
of millions Of cubic feet Of natural
gas which goes to waste in the pc
troleum fields of the country. DR..
Smelling liquefied several hundred feet
Of the gas, stored 1t in a thick glass
bottle and lighted his office in Pitts
burg with 1t for several months. The
cost was less than that Of ordinary
illuminating gas. The method by
which the gas is condensed into liquid
form Is explained in a pamphlet be-
ing distributed generally through the
petroleum fields by the Federal bureau
of mines. The gas is forced into a
long coil of steel piping and then to
a compressor. In the compressor IL
is subjected to 700 or 500 pounds to
the square inch. When the gas Is
completely liquefied in the course OF
several hours il Is drawn off in metal
or thick glass containers capable OF
sustaining high internal pressure. In
this condition 1t can be shipped to
any climate. All that is necessary to
obtain the gas is to tap the plug OF
the container. According to the gov
ernment experts. the commercial pos
sibilities of the discovery are almost
unlimited. THE pureSt form of
natural gas. ideal for lighting and
heat, is passing into the air as abso-
lutte waste at the rate of 1000, 900,
900 cubic feet a day in the various
petroleum fields Of the country" said
DR.. I. s. White. state geologist OF
West Virginia. This waste is ma
tional calamity. 1t is brought about
by uncontrolled gas wells, petroleum
wells, giant flambeauX and hundreds
Of other ways too numerous to men
ton. When one realizes that the
heating value of 1000, ,000,0 900 cubic
feet of natural gas is equivalent to
nearly 100000 bushels Of COAL the
enormity of the waste can be under
stood. Any discovery that will utilize
uncontrolled gas for any sort Of COM
mercial purposes as the Smelling dis
covery does. will open a new and
profitable field il the petroleum in
dustry.
San Francisco, April 8: Abra-
ham Ruef, convicted political boss OF
San Francisco, now serving sentence
of fourteen years in San Quentin pen
itentiary began in the San Francisco
Bulletin today a series of articles
which he declares will constitute a
complete expose of the men accused
with him in the graft prosecutions
but not convicted. Ruef goes back ten
years when he first gained recognition
from influential men. The first period
is abridged by single sentence: "A few
years later found me associated with
the tools and messengers Of the rail-
roads," The beginning of his associ-
alton with a leading railroad official
is told succinctly: He began to court
me- l could get passes and favors
from him. For the first time l dined
at his house" The articles are due
to a recent editorial which character
lied Ruef as human hyena." and
condemned the agitation for his re-
lease. Directors of public utility cor
porations and railroads, public officials
and politicians are named by Ruef In
his prologue and he declares he Will
show how money was promised and
paid. Here Ruef mentions the grant