Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-20

last Saturday because Of run caused
by rumors set afloat by pickpockets.
The bank Is on the East Side. in the
tenement district, and the depositors
included more than a thousand OF the
poor and ignorant. There has been an
epidemic of holdups in New York re.
Gently. Highwaymen have robbed
bank messengers right In the center
of the financial district. Purses have
been snatched out Of the hands Of peo-
pie, and men have been knocked down
with billies. Word got out among the
people that the Mandel bank had been
robbed, and that the depositors would
lose because there was no money with
which to pay them. Mr.. Mandel got
an inkling the night before Of what
was coming, and he began to fortify
himself forthwith. The people gath
cred about the bank next morning to
the number of more than one thousand
and clamored excitedly for admission.
The police held them back and allowed
fifteen or twenty to go into the bank at
a time. On the outside spectators
preyed on the fears Of the people In
line and bought their passbooks at
from 10 to 20 per cent discount. During
the day all that got in were paid. Mr.:
Mandel explained that the run had
been started by pickpockets with the
idea Of following people home and rob-
bing them.
Governor Wilson Of New Jersey,
who was the principal speaker at a
peace meeting held in Philadelphia on
Sunday. night, under the auspices OF
the Universal Peace union, declared In
his address that industrial peace must
precede the peace Of nations" you
cannot have International amity until
we have gained industrial equity" he
said. After declaring his sympathy
with the purposes of the meeting,
Governor Wilson said: "a great deal
of the peace movement appears to De
due to sentiment. Patriotism expresses
itself in sentiment but fundamentally Is
what q man will sacrifice for public
sentiment. Whenever q peace is conduc-
ed with an element Of self-sacrifice we
will not need peace societies. The
peace movement should not be 50
much a protest against the clash OF
arms as against the causes Of war
fare. The only basis OF peace Is JUS
tice. do not object to war because 1t
Is cruel and unjust, but because 1t Is
a clumsy and brutal instrument to get
at Justice. Warfare for right Is hon
orable and will continue until some
substantial instrument for the accom-
plishment Of justice Is substituted.
What Is needed is enlightenment In our
own affairs as we'll as In international
questions. Mankind Is an impartial
Jury. not because mankind is all wise.
but because most Of them are not d.
rectly interested. So long as peoples
knavery does not lie all In one direc-
tion we are safe. America started
right with q declaration addressed to
a decent respect for opinions Of man.
kind 1t Is necessary that we get back
to that fundamental belief. AS soon
as We are just to the people Of the
United States we will be in a position
to be an instrument for universal
peace"
Impressive funeral services for the
bodies Of sailors recovered from the
wreck Of the battleship Maine and for
the remains of the battleship itself,
have been arranged by the United
States and Cuba, says a Washington
dispatch. Shortly after March 4 1t is
expected the twisted mass which has
lain fourteen years In Havana harbor
mud will be towed out into the gulf Of
Mexico and sunk The armored cruiser
Birmingham, with the recovered skel-
etons on board, will convoy the Maine
to its final resting place. AS the two
cruisers take the wreck out into the
gulf the batteries of the North Caro-
lima will roar out a salute Of twenty
one guns. The shore batteries Of Cuba
will answer as the procession steams
out to sea. When deep water Is reach
ed crews will be called to quarters, a
funeral march will be played, three
volleys will be fired, and as all that Is
left of the old Maine disappears a
bugler will sound taps. The North
Carolina and the Birmingham with
colors at half mast will steam away
for Hampton Roads. There the re-
mains of the sailors will be transferred
from the North Carolina to the Bir-
mingham, which will bring them to
Washington for burial in Arlington
cemetery with military honors. Presi-
dent Gomez has issued decree call
ing for elaborate ceremonies in Ha-
vana as the ships leave the harbor.
Flags on all Cuban military posts and
public buildings will fly at half-mast.
When the bodies are taken to the
North Carolina in the morning the
shore batteries will begin an all day
firing Of cannon, which will continue
every thirty minutes until sunset. A
guard of honor of Cuban soldiers and
sailors will watch over the remains
while the ceremonies on shore are In
progress.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars in
currency was stolen from taxicab in
the heart of the dov own business
district in New York Ia Thursday by
three progressive hignwaymen, who
sprang into the vehicle and overpow-
cred w. F. Smith and FL; TX Wardell.
messengers Of the East River National
bank, $50 Broadway. Both meSsen-
gers were badly injured and the rob-
with "a
in IS bills and $4,000 in 500 bills.
The currency was being transported
from the Produce Exchange bank In
the lower part of the city. The taxi
cab had proceeded up Broadway with
out mishap when, for some unexplain-
ed reason, the chauffeur turned west
on Rector street into Church street.
skirting the side and rear OF Trinity
churchyard. About midway Of the
old cemetery three men sprang from
the church. One jumped on the
chauffeurs seat, the two others got in
TO the vehicle. The man on the seat
pressed a revolver, in his overcoat
pocket. against the side of the chauf-
feur, Gino Martino, and commanded
him to drive swiftly on without MAX
ing an outcry. Inside the vehicle, the
two robbers were belaboring the bank
messengers over the head. Smith, one
Of the messengers, is 81 years old and
he was bleeding and almost uncon-
scious when the taxicab reached Park
Place, a few blocks north. Wardell
was beaten about the head, but not Sc
riously hurt. At Park Place, the high
waymen jumped from the taxicab,
bearing a tin box which they had
wrested from the messengers and
which contained the currency. In a
flash they had sprung into big black
automobile. which seemed to be await
ing their coming, and were quickly
lost in the maze Of traffic.
Mexico City, Feb. IS: Emilio Vas
quez Gomez's frank declaration that
he will accept the provisional presi-
dency in case the rebels succeed in
forcing Francisco l. Madero from the
national palace has gone far toward
convincing unofficial residents of the
capital that a general rebellion Is In
progress. Mexican officials, however
continue to characterize as local dis
orders every insurrection in the coun-
try. Although rebels are operating in
eighteen states, the department OF in
terror continues to give out news de-
nying trouble in a great part Of these.
Last night there was a fight at San
Pedro some thirty miles from TOrreOn,