Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-12
Scraps and facts.

victory In the states. MIS-. raWcet'
predicts that in America the principle
of equal suffrage will be firmly estab-
lished in ten other states, in all prob
ability before another presidential
election, and that the women Of the re-
public will certainly hold the balance
Of polling power by 1920. She thinks
Mr.. Roosevelt's cautious but mani
festly sympathetic attitude toward the
movement" will lead American wo-
men to line up with the Progressive
party for the long advance, rather
than with either of the old parties.
The league Of the Balkan nations
Is utterly opposed to making Albania
an autonomous state as desired by
Germany Austria Hungary and Italy.
said Premier Pachitch of Servia, In the
course of an interview at Belgrade,
Saturday. The premier laid emphasis
on the fact that the allied Balkan
states were working in harmony on al
questions. He declared that they de-
manded the complete disappearance of
the sovereignty of the sultan from Eu-
ropean Turkey and the division Of the
territory among the victorious nations
belonging to the Balkan league. The
partition of Turkish territory. he said.
had already been arranged e.long broad
lines by the allies, the only questions
left open for discussion being those re-
lating to the destiny Of Constantinople,
Salonika and the Dardanelles. The
fate of Constantinople and the Dar-
danelles. said the premier, would be
left to the decision of the European
powers. AS for Salonika however, the
Balkan allies had not yet reached an
agreement as to who was to have 1t.
Europe is facing one Of the most
critical weeks in it's history. 1t may
end in war in which the whole Of Eu-
rope may be involved or it may be re-
membered as a week. in which dip!o-
macy succeeded in solving problems
that appeared insoluble to the many
Bulgarians on the point Of entering
Constantinople. This will be resented
by Russia. At the same time the Turk
ish capital is threatened with massa-
ere from within. On the other side Of
the Balkan peninsular there Is an acute
conflict between the aims Of Austria
Hungary and Servia, which, If not ar
ranged, may start a general European
outbreak. The most hopeful sign Is
the fact that moderating influences
are being brought to bear by Germany,
a close ally Of Austria Hungary and
by Bulgaria, Servia's comrade In arms.
Servia wants a sea outlet and Austria
Hungary would preserve the Adriatic.
All interested are preparing for even
Qualities and the existing jealousies are
intense.
Washington, November II: Divi-
sion Of opinion exists among Demo-
cratic senators and representatives as
to the wisdom Of an extra session OF
congress Immediately after the inaugu-
ration of President ELECT Wilson. In
the main, members Of the house favor
nd Q6v0nqfQ q
more conservative course. Two of the
Democratic senators now in the city
favor the regular session but refus-
ed to be quoted, declaring that they
would not embarrass Mr.. Wilson.
Chairman Underwood Of the ways and
means committee. whose duty 1t will
be to formulate all tariff measures, Is
expected in Washington before Nov
ember 20. The popular understanding
among members of the house is that
he desires an early session for the con-
sideration Of tariff measures and q
majority of members express them
selves as favorable to this course. They
take the position that the Democratic
party is morally bound to reduce the
tariff schedules as soon as possible
and they also privately express the
opinion that 1t is in the interest or
Democratic politics to dispose Of the
tariff speedily.
Washington, November 9: The
positive announcement Of the success
of Harry Lane, the Democratic candi-
date for the senate in Oregon, assures
Democratic control of the upper house
of congress and places both branches
of the national legislature and the
presidency in their hands, for the first
time in Is years. The addition OF
or
that party 40 senators or majority
of two. In addition to the election of
successors to Democratic senators now
sitting, Democratic will displace Re-
publican senators from New Jersey,
Colorado, Montana, Delaware and
Nevada, and will fill the vacancy in
Colorado with a man Of their choos-
ing. The contests in Illinois, where
two senators are to be chosen, and in
Tennessee and Michigan, remain to be
decided The Democrats make posi-
tive claims concerning some OF the
states, but whatever the result in any
or all Of them, Democratic control of
the senate is assured. and the Demo-
Gratis will be able to shape legislation
If harmony prevails among them.
Resolutions were adopted at the
National Farmers congress at New
Orleans last Friday that a committee
from congress composed of five men,
bers at large and one member from
each state, should be appointed to in
vestigate the question of consolidat-
ing rural schools. The proposed con-
solidation, it is believed, will tend to
great efficiency in the schools and
help to solve the problem of how to
stop the drift from the farm to the
city. A fund was started to meet the
expense of the investigation. The
committee on resolutions favorably
reported the following resolutions. to
be acted upon by the convention Mon
day: Endorsing the Newlands bill;
denouncing abridgement Of freedom
of the press, the reference being to
the postoffice law; favoring investi-
ion Of banking and credit systems
Of Europe, and opposing water power
monopo,ies." Two vacancies were
filled in the list of officers, DR.. H. E.
Stockbridge. Of Atlanta, Ca, being
elected second vice president, and D.
W. Unsicker, Of Dwight, Iowa, a men,
Der Of the executive committee.
-ortie E. McManigal, the confessed
dynamiter, has been testifying at the
dynamite trials at Indianapolis during
the past few days. He is serving a
term of Imprisonment at San Quentin,
California; but was loaned to the gov
ernment by the state Of California to
give all the information he can as to
the dynamite outrages that have been
perpetrated in different parts of the
country by the International Associa-
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. There are forty-five plotters
on trial. McManigal gave a detailed
account of his operations and told of
many places, bridges, viaducts. iron
works, ETC., that he had blown up on
the orders of the head officers Of the
association by which he was employ
ed. Upon receiving orders to blow up
any particular job, he would get lot
of dynamite in a suit case. take it to
the place, put the suit case where an
explosion could do most harm, light a
fuse, close the fuse in the suitcase so
as to conceal the smoke and then take
a train for some distant point where he
could establish an alibi. He told of the
destruction of hundreds of millions of
dollars worth of property in this way.
He claimed that he Always took extra
ordinary precaution to prevent loss of
life. and frequently incurred otherwise
unnecessary personal risks to this end.
- Washington, November s: While
active preparations are being made to