Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-03
Straps aud fatts.

ida vote Is not yet in; but 1t is certain
that Underwood has a considerable ma
jority over Wilson.
A list of the present stockholders
in the Standard Oil company OF New
Jersey has been published in New
York by Wall street house which
obtained its data, it asserts, from the
stock books The list credits John ID.
Rockefeller with 244,500 shares, worth
1920, ,000,0 at the latest quotations.
This sum, Of course. does not include
his holdings in the various subsidia-
ries which in the Indiana company
alone are worth nearly $25,000,OOO.
Mary L. Flagler has 1881 shares,
worth $14,340,000 and II. M. Flagler
is credited with 15,445 valued at $13,-
9O9, 900.
Senator Works, Of California, as
serted in the senate last Wednesday
that If Jesus Christ were practicing
his healing in New York today as ne
did In Judea 1900 years ago he would be
subject to fine and Imprisonment un-
der the laws Of that state. Senator
Works, a Christian Scientist, was
speaking in opposition Of the owen
bill to establish government depart
ment Of public health. He charged
the bill was part Of a concerted
ISOLATION to obtain legislation to per-
petuate the power Of the regular
school Of medicine, and said that 1t
was a mercenary attempt Of doctors
alone to establish a medical bureau
independent and free from control by
any department Of government with
a regular physician at its head, where
by all other schools Of medicine and
modes of healing would be placed at
the mercy of the regular school.
The Massachusetts, preferential
election resulted in quite confusing
miXup as the result Of which 1t Is diff
ficult to determine just what Is what.
1t appears that delegates We're voted
for by districts and at-large. The vot-
ers expressed their direct preference as
between Taft and Roosevelt and at the
same time voted for delegates pledged
to one or the other. The count showed
that Taft was the choice Of the Repub-
licans by about 1000: but at the same
time a majority Of the voters voted for
delegates at-large who were pledged to
Roosevelt. This gave Taft and Roose-
welt each eighteen delegates. Roosevelt
wired the delegates-at-large releasing
them from their obligation, on the
ground that 1t was their duty to follow
the instructions given by majority or
the voters. The delegates Large,
however, refuse to obey the colonel.
They take the position that since 1t
was distinctly understood that they
were pledged to vote for Roosevelt II
was not up to them to vote otherwise.
The confusion seems to come out OF
the complications in the rules and the
difficulty of understanding the ticket.
Clark beat Wilson by a vote Of about
two to one; but it appears that the del
egates elected are pledged to vote for
Foss who was not on the ticket and as
Foss is a Wilson man, the probability
is that the Foss delegates will vote for
Wilson.
Washington, April 80: Contempt
Of court proceedings against ]. Bruce
Ismay, president of the International
Mercantile Marine; Jos: G. Boxhall
and Charles Lightoller, surviving Of
ficers Of the lost Titanic, may be one
of the first developments in civil
action begun here today to recover for
the life Of victim of the disaster
The three men left the city and went
to New York, ignoring summonses is
sued by the district supreme court d.
recting them to appear before ref
cree and to testify in an action
brought by Mrs. Louise Robins OF New
York, widow Of Col. John Jacob AS
The action is an unusual one in equity
to preserve the testimony Of the Of
ficers for a suit which may be filed
later, when they may be without the
Jurisdiction Of the United States. Is
may, Boxhall and Lightoller accept
ed service from United States mar
shall, and after q conference with at
torneys boarded train for New York.
The hearing, which was awaiting their
arrival was abandoned. Attorneys for
Mrs. Robins say they will ask the
court for attachments to arrest the
men in New York and return them to
Washington to give testimony. Con-
tempt proceedings against the attor-
neys who advised them are threaten
ed. Subpoenas also were issued for
Frederick Fleet, the Titanic's look
out, and Harold Bride, one of her
wireless operators.
- Washington, May l: The United
States should either enforce the Mon
roe doctrine, or formulate a new
one, broad enough to prevent Japan
ese commercial interests from securing
control Of territory about Magdalena
bay, is the opinion of Senators Lodge,
Bacon and other members of the for
eign affairs committee of the senate.
In a debate today, following the re-
ceipt of President Taft's message
transmitting the correspondence COW
ering Japanese activity in western
Mexico, leading members Of the sem
ate declared that the control of so
strategic a position, even by CONNER
cial interests wholly japanese in char
acter, could not be permitted without
menacing the safety of the United
States. The Magdalena papers were
referred to the foreign affairs COM
mittee which Ks expected to consider
the case with a view to outlining the
attitude of the United States on the
subject Of the acquisition Of land on
this hemisphere by foreign nations or
by their subjects. The presidents
message informed the senate that the
department Of state has no evidence
whatever adequate to show any ac-
QUESTION of land or Of any intention
or desire to acquire land, whether di-
rectly or indirectly, in Mexico by or
on the part of the Imperial japanese
government. The message was in re-
SponSe to senate resolution calling
for information regarding an alleged
purchase of land at Magdalena bay
by the japanese government or by a
Japanese company.
The steamer Texas, belonging to
the Greek Archipelago
Steamship company, struck mine at
the entrance Of the Gulf Of Smyrna
last Wednesday evening and sank.
There were 156 people on board and
only ninety were rescued from drown
ing. The Texas was flying the Turk
ish flag and was engaged in carrying
mails from Constantinople to the Le-
want. 1t was first stated that the Tex
as was an American vessel, the error
arising from the fact that she is part
of the fleet of local concern trading
under the name of the Archipelago
American Steamship company. The
Gulf of Smyrna is one of the finest
harbors in the Mediterranean and
Smyrna itself is the principal seaport
of Asiatic Turkey. The entrance to
the gulf was mined by Turkish author
tiles to protect the port against an at
tack by the Italian fleet. The Texas
was a vessel of 261 tons net register,
built at New Castle, England, in 1888.
She was at first called the Olympia,
then re-christened the Marguerite and
finally received the name of Texas. 1t
has later developed that the Texas
was sunk by a shell from the Turkish
fortifications instead of by a mine as
was first reported. A Constantinople
6iSnatph save that the military authOr-