Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-30

in 1910 the number was: Btrming-
ham II, Mobile 13. Montgomery IA,
jacksonville 4, Atlanta So, savannah
l3, Charleston II. Knoxville 8, Nash-
Vile 9. Danville 8, Lynchburg o.
Norfolk 8, Petersburg 2, Richmond 4.
Speaker Champ Clark, in state
ment last Saturday, declared that ne
was a candidate. for the Democratic
presidential nomination standing on
his own feet without leaning on any
other candidate" The speaker ap-
meals for the support of a representa-
tive delegation Of loyal Missouri
Democrats" who will stand by him as
long as he has a chance for the nomi-
nation, Mr. Clark is emphatic In de.
claring that he Is in the presidential
race on his record and standing and
seeks no alliance with any other can
didate. Governor Folk and his
friends" said Speaker Clark In his
statement, may make combinations
with other candidates II they wish.
but they have no right to excuse such
conduct by wrongfully charging me
with like practices. So FAR as am
concerned, I have stood and propose
to stand on my own feet without lean
ing on any other candidate. II carry
Missouri, I want a representative oei,
eRaIlOn
support me with fidelity as long as
they believe have a good chance Tor
the nomination, and beyond that l
am entirely willing to leave the dele
CATION free to do what may seem pest
for the party and the country.
- Charlotte Observer, Saturday:
President H. Q. Alexander mas mace
an offer to the Greater Charlotte CLUB
that the first Of four central cotton
warehouses to be erected by the
North Carolina division Of the Farm
ers' Union would be built in Charlotte
upon condition that this city grant
site of not less than five acres nor
more than twenty-five acres, located
on some railroad outside OF the city
limits. In addition he will allow
Charlotte citizens to take 25 per cent
Of the stock, farmers to hold the pal
ance. This matter has been presented
to the officials Of the Greater Char
lotte club, who have the matter un-
der consideration. President Alexan-
der was accompanied in his mission
before the club officers by MI j. u.
Green of Marshville. state organizer.
Wilmington and Greensboro are both
after the first Of these central insti-
tutions but, because Of his interest
in Charlotte, the seat Of the county
in which he has spent his life, coupled
with the better advantages which
Charlotte can offer. President Alex
ander is anxious that the first OF
these be built here. 1t is the purpose
OF the state organization to build four
of these warehouses in North Carolina
for the purpose of enabling the state
farmers to hold their cotton In the
future in a more systematic and busi-
nesslike way.
- INDIANAPOLIS Ind. January 26:
Facts about ]. j. McNamara's expense
in paying his "dynamiting crew" and
in buying explosives for more than
two years before his arrest, were made
available to the Federal grand jury
today through Leo NJ. Rappaport, for
merely an attorney for Mcnamara.
Rappaport told the grand jury the
names Of those to whom had been en-
trusted all the check book stubs and
cancelled checks which showed Nc
Namara's financial dealings from 1909
to the day of his arrest, April %,
1911, and which also showed what
disposal the dynamiter had made Of
the 81 900 a month allowed him in his
capacity as secretary-treasurer OF the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers. Kappa
port at first refused to testify, but
after Federal Judge Anderson had
ruled that he would be compelled to
produce the books If he had them, or
to tell who had them, Rappaport con-
sented to answer questions. This in
vestigation is not to be delayed by any
trivial matter" said the court. "The
jury has been sitting for weeks and
1t is not going to be marched up and
down hill for nothing District At
torney Miller said 1t had been shown
before the grand jury that Mcnamara
used the $1,000 allowance to ship
dynamite and nitro o-glycerine about
the country, and to pay men to set
off explosions.
- Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 26:
General Pedro Montero, who re-
Gently was the popular hero of Guaya-
quill, was yesterday shot by the angry
populace, dragged into the streets, be-
headed and burned. General Mon
tero in November last was proclaimed
president by troops in Guayaquii, but
handed over the leadership in the pro-
visional government to General Flavio
Alfaro. A revolutionary army went
from Guayaquil to meet the govern
ment troops from Quito, who, under
command Of Gen. LeonidaS Plaza, de-
feated them and eventually forced
Guayaquil to capitulate. General Mon
tero, with other leaders, was captured
on January %. and last evening Cen
eral Montero was brought before
court martial and sentenced to six
teen years imprisonment in peni-
tentiary. When General Plaza, who
presided over the courtmartial, an
nounced the sentence, crowds of angry
people who had surrounded the gov
ernment palace awaiting the result,
shouted violent protests. The excite
ment increased rapidly and some of
them rushed into the court room, rid
died General Montero with bullets,
seized his body and dragged 1t into
the open air. There they hacked the
head off the shoulders, gathered fuel
with which they started a fire and
then cast head and trunk into the
flames. The excitement lasted through
out the night, and revolver shooting
occurred in many parts of the city.
Generals Eloy Alfaro and Paez, who
were captured at the same time as
General Montero. were, II was report
ed. sent to Quito at midnight. They
will be tried by courtmartial In the
capital.
Chattanooga, Tenn, special of
January 27 to Columbia State: Hold
ing that c. ]. Hebert is fugitive from
justice from the state of South Caro-
lima, Judge s. D. McReynolds this
morning dismissed the petition for
writ of habeas corpus filed some
months ago by the attorneys for He
bert, and ordered that he be remand
ed to the authorities of South Caro-
lima for trial on the charge Of CON
spiracy to cheat and defraud and OBJ
tain money under false pretenses."
James B. Frazier and w. B. Miller,
attorneys for Hebert. were given
thirty days in which to file a bill Of
exceptions. Hebert was placed under
a $4,000 bond awaiting the filing Of
the bill OF exceptions. In rendering
his opinion the judge reviewed the
case thoroughly from it's inception.
He discussed the briefs Of the attor-
neys for the defense, who contended
that Governor Hooper had no right to
issue the extradition papers on the
evidence which was presented to him;
that the papers were not regular: that
the certificate of the governor of
South Carolina does not show the pa
pers to be regular; that the warrants
were not accompanied by the indict-
ment: that Hebert was not in the
state at the time of the drawing of