Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-17
MERE-M ENTION.

factional fight in Delaware coun-
ty, Oklahoma, over the location OF the
county seat, reached such stage last
week, that the governor was appealed
to for the establishment of martial
law. War and rumors of war are
having such depressing effect on Eu-
ropean money centers that the money
rates have reached almost prohibitive
heighths. Mrs. George Haldorn,
said to be the wife Of New York law
yer. was arrested and indicted In that
city last week on the charge OF SNUG
Cling fine dresses into the united
States. Her game was to visit Euro
pean centres of fashion, buy large
numbers Of elegant dresses and prlng
them into the United States as a non
resident without paying duty, and tnen
dispose of them. Government officials
are of the opinion that she Is the pala
representative of large importers OF
lforeign-made dresses. Roland G..
Garris, a French aviator, last week
broke all records for altitude In an
aeroplane, attaining a height OF H.
lO32 feet. VIM. F. Midlige, Jer-
sey Cily, n. j., lawyer. was arrested IN
Chicago. Thursday, on the charge OF
embezzling $13,775, after having elud-
ed a nationwide search for seven
months. ,Chas. H. Hyde, ex-city
chamberlain of New York city, con-
yicted of bribery charges In connec-
ton with the failure Of the Carnegie
Trust company, has been sentenced
to serve not less than two years IN
prison. :. Miss Mary M. Bartelme
has been sworn in as Judge OF the ~
yenile court in Chicago. She is tRe
first woman to hold a 1udlcial posluoG
in that city. ,..,,W, b, ANDERSON anu
%. HI. Wright, negroes, and the lawyers
representing Jack Johnson, the negro
prize flghter, who Is under Indictment
in the Federal court in Chicago, have
severed their connectien:with Johnson
because Of his marriagssto Lucille cam
eron, the young whtbe woman. Inc
lawyers said they did not approve OF
Johnson's marriage. The latest m
yention of the London suffragettes is
the turning in of false fire alarms, ana
as a result London firemen have been
doing extra work for nothing.
The total value of Iowa field crops TOT
1912, according to estimates given out
by the state department OF weather
and crop service. will be 1897, ,221 ,ZOS.
Corn leads in the valuation, with 4Zl,-
36S,O00 bushels, valued at $l5l,69S,-
624. .Liutpold, prince-regent of Ba-
rope, died at Munich, Thursday, aged
go years. :. e. Edward Muller has been
elected president of the Swiss fedora
ton. He was president once before.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen, Of China, VINO
is soon to visit the United States on
financial mission for the new repub-
lie, is to receive $1,000 a day as pay
for his services while on the mission.
Carlo Battista, an italian, under
sentence Of death at Montreal, Can
ada, made a statement Thursday, IN
which he declared that the murder OF
Lieutenant Petrosino, the New YORK
detective, at PALERMO, Italy, three
vars ago, was at the instigatlon OF
wealthy New York, Montreal and van
couver citizens, who preyed upon their
|countrymen. -Four hunureu iliu-
shipmen Of the Annapolis naval acad.
emy, are being deprived Of all liberty
and privileges, because of their betting
on a recent football game with the ca
diets Of West Point. -. Crushed pc
tween his engine and the wall OF
tunnel in which the wreck occurred on
Wednesday, Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road engineer, made his verbal will,
disposing of $4,000 in cash and valu-
able real estate, and then gave direc-
tions to rescuers as to how TO release
him. He died shortly after being re-
moved from the tunnel. Burglars
looted Fifth avenue, New York, jew
elry shop Thursday morning, by cut
ting a hole in the floor and ceiling
above and letting themselves down
with ropes. They got away with 500
900 in diamonds and jewelry. Pres
lident-elect Wilson has been summon
ed to appear in court at Newark, n. j.,
today to testify in the case against
three alleged blackmailers who haye
threatened to take his life. The
postoffice appropriation bill for the
next fiscal year, as reported to the
house last week. carries an appropria-
ton Of $27S,4S9. ISL. Congress
man Chas. c. Bowman of the eleventh
Pennsylvania district has been unseat-
ed by a vote of 1853 to 11S, upon
charges of corrupt practices in his
election Of 1910. 1t Is the under
standing in Washington that President
Taft, after the 4th of next March, will
spend a few weeks in Augusta Ga,
and a part of the summer in New Eng
land, and next fall will assume, the du-
ties of the Kent professorship in law
at Yale university, and In 1914 VIII be-
gin a tour of the world. -" The de-
partment of agriculture estimates the
ll9l2 cotton crop at 13,S20,000 bales,
valued at sS55,920.000. The seed is
estimated to be worth S131, 100000.
There are fifty-three ships In the har-
Dor of Buffalo. ~ Y, loaded with 15,-
900. 900 bushels Of export grain, valued
at $40, ,000.. Robert L. Clay.
white man, was hanged In Atlanta,
Ca, Friday. for the murder Of his
wife. He confessed his crime.
Four men were hanged in the state
penitentiary at Salem, Ore, Friday,
for five murders. Lady Show
YOU" white Plymouth Rock hen, the
winner of the American egg-laying
contest with PSI eggs in year, was
sold at Springfield, Mo-. Friday, for
$500. Mormon elders, proselyt-
ing at Ipswich. England. are expert
encing rough treatment and have ap-
pealed to the American consulate for
protection. .....J. w. Griffin, presi-
dent. and r. H. McCray cashier of
the Athens (Ga.) Banking and Trust
company, pleaded guilty Friday of
wrecking the institution, and were
sentenced to serve five years each on
the chaingang. :. Chief Purser Lam
caster. Of the steamship Lusitania. has
retired after service with the vessel
during its 76 passages across the At
lantic. The purser has followed the
sea for forty-four years, and aboard
the Lusitania alone had Travelled near
ly 100000 miles. Mrs. Freida frost
was found guilty Of murder in the
first degree in Philadelphia court on
Saturday, her alleged victim being her
husband of a week. The delegates
of the Balkan League and Turkey
opened the peace conference In Lon
don yesterday.