Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-04
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919.
mERE.MENTIoN.

At Indianapolis, Ind, last Thurs
day, Joe Dawson drove an automobile
500 miles In hours, 21 minutes and
seconds, an average Of 1875 miles
an hour. Hampton Magazine, one
OF New York's popular publications,
mas suspended after a precarious ex-
islence or several years. Stockhold-
ers throughout the country lose w.
6SI,U00 as the result OF the failure.
"A New York man last week pur-
chased a champion bulldog In En-
gland and paid $1,000 for the animal.
Ten persons were more or less
severely hurt in head-on automo-
bile collision near Elizabeth, N. j.,
Thursday. .One man and q child
were fatally injured and fifteen per-
sons severely injured at Seattle,
wash, Thursday, when an aviator
lost control Of his machine and II
collided with q grand stand filled
with people. -. There will be 222
|conIesIing delegates at the Republican
convention at Chicago. The Roose-
welt faction will contest 181 delegates
and the Taft faction will contest IL.
-. The senate on Thursday passed
the pension appropriation bill, carry
ing $165,162,500. an increase Of $1S,-
house. 80. Phillip o. Parmalee, an
aviator, was killed at North Yakima,
WASH, Saturday, by fall with his
aeroplane from height Of 400 feet.
..R. T. Cameron and A. T. RoaIk,
lawyers, and ]. F. Roark, an automo-
bile agent, were indicted in the Fed
eral court at Chattanooga, Tenn,
Saturday, on the charge Of white
slavery, having enticed two Bir-
mingham, Ala, girls to the Tennes-
see city for immoral purposes. -.
walters Of New York are on strike
for higher wages, shorter hours and
recognition Of their union. go. The
total cash In the United States treas
ury on June 1st, including gold coin
and bullion held as reserve funds,
totaled $1,916,995,000... Two boys,
aged IL and 20 years, were drowned
in the lake In Piedmont park, At
lanta, Ca, during last week. :. 1t Is
reported in Paris newspaper that
the famous painting, Mona Lisa,
which mysteriously disappeared from
a Paris art gallery more than a year
The senate last Friday passed the
eight hour bill, which provides that
all government contracts for work
and supplies must be limited to eight
hours a day for laborers. 49,. The
Burns detective agency has unearthed
a nest of grafters and bribe takers In
Atlantic City, N. ]. Burns evidence
was so complete that four Of the five
councilmen accused Of accepting
bribes confessed. The grating has
been going on for years and many
of the grafters have grown very
wealthy. Lillian Graham, one Of the
young women accused Of shooting w.
e. d. Stokes. in New York several
months ago and acquitted Of the
charge, Is now suing Stokes for $780,
900 for personal damages because OF
having been arrested and jailed.
The mayor Of Philadelphia has ap-
pointed commission Of twenty-one
members, leading citizens Of that city
who are to study the vice problems
of that city and propose methods Of
the lessening Of the evils Of vice..
Melvin Vaniman, the balloonist, who
proposes to cross the Atlantic ocean
in dirigible balloon, made q trial
flight at Atlantic City. N. j., Friday.
A mixup between q guide rope and
propeller brought the airship down to
the water and Vaniman and his crew
had narrow escape. Sir Julius
Wernher, head of the DeBeers Dia-
mond syndicate, who died In London
recently, left $15,000,000 to charity.
-. The government Of China Is nego-
tiating loan Of $50, 600, ,000.. q. e.
Staples, farmer Of Angola, NY, on
Friday, shot his wife and mother-in-
law to death and committed suicide.
-. The business of the United States
Steel corporation for May was the
greatest In volume Of any month In
the history Of the trust. The may
or Of Boston has offered to DR.. Har-
vey Wiley the position Of chairman
Of the health board Of that city, at a
salary Of $4,000 a year. DR.. Wiley
will probably accept. 80 Citizens or
Wichita Falls, Texas, exploded 5000
pounds of dynamite Thursday In an
effort to make II rain. There were no
results. Crops are suffering for lack
Of moisture.