Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-14
scraps aud Saets.

of ApurimaO. Inc city Oi SHahhua
noa, with a population OF nearly 4ooo
capital of the province, is reported IN
ruins. A private telegram says the
deaths there number more than ivy.
Apurinao Is q south western depart
ment of Peru, with population OF
nearly. 100000.
THE movement for the establish
ment of a great federal university In.
on the plan indorsed py
the National Association OF State UNI
versities began to take form last wed
nesday. President Edmund j. James
of the University Of Illinois commenc-
ed the preparation Of a bill to be IN
troducad al, the next regular session OF
congress. after being submitted TO
president Wilson for his approval.
DIR. James. president Of Ohio universi-
tS, and Brown Ayers, president OF the
University of Tennessee, form q COM
mittee appointed by the association to
draft the measure. The bill asks Tor
$500, 600 towards establishment OF the
university to be under the control OF
the president of the United States. 1t
will propose an advisory board OF one.
delegate from each state to frame the
policy of the institution. .grhis would
be ar, institution for advanced work."
said President James. "It will COM
pare, when established. with the Uni-
versity Of Paris and the University or
Berlin 8f 81
New Orleans, November IL: Wo-
men suffragists who with several rep
resentatives from other southern states
met here as the Louisiana Suffrage as
sociation this afternoon. organized
southern conference Of suffragists and
a new state body. Miss Kate M. Cor
don, New Orleans, was elected presf-
dent Of the. body embracing the south
ern states. The organization will be
known as the Southern States Wo-
mans Suffrage conference. 1t will hold
annual meetings. The chief contention
in forming this organization was
whether 1t would stand for, state rights
and whether, the words state rights
would be embodied In the name. The
words were not used. but 1t Is under
stood the organization will try to gain
votes for women through amendments
to state constitutions rather than a
Federal measure, as advocated by the
National wornan's Suffrage organiza-
tion. Among the state vice presidents
elected were: Mrs. Eugene Reilly,
North Carolina; Mrs. Helen II. Gar
dener, Washington, d. c., Mrs. Flor
ence Cooley, Florida, Mrs. Frances
Gordon Burton Smith, Georgia, Mrs.
Laura-L G.. Poe, Maryland, Mrs. John
B. Gibbons, South Carolina. rr
The way of the perjurer is hard
when the right kind of man gets af-
ter him with the right kind Of stuff.
John A. Hennessy, former Governor
Sulzer's graft, investigator, told Dis
trict Attorney Whitman that George
II. McGwire, Of Syracuse, N. Y, had
told him certain contractors on public
works had been 'sand-bagged" into
making heavy campaign contributions
for Tammany. Hennessy said he had
a telegram from McGwire signed IN"
setting forth that William n. Kelly,
Democratic leader in Onodago county,
had been assisting the treasurer in
the matter of shaking down" the
highway contractors under threat or
seeing that they got no contracts un-
less they came across. Hennessy show
ed the telegram to the district attor-
ney, and upon examination McGwlre
swore he had not sent 1t. Henpessy
got hold Of the typewriter on which
the telegram was written In MeGuire's
office. and also McGuire's stenograph-
err, and proved before the gra nd jury
what he had said. Then Mcguire want
ed to. know what Whitman would
promise If he told the truth" Whit
man agreed to promise nothing but
said he would prosecute McGwire for
perjury II he did not tell the truth.
McGwire refreshed his memory and
admitted that he had sent the tele-
gram.
William B. Wilson, secretary of la
tion Of Labor, last Wednesday bitter
ly condemned the attitude of the Mich
igan copper mining companies and
warned them that new corporation OF
titles to property was in process Of
forrnsK0n. He declared he would make
public not only the wages paid to the
miners, the hours they worked and the
labor conditions, but the enormous
profits of the mine owners. Mr.. Will
son, who addressed the delegates as
fellow unionists," said: 1.-The depart
ment Of labor as now organized ana
directed, will be utilized to cooperate
with the great trade union movement
in it's effort to elevate the standard Of
human; society. One Of the general
duties imposed on the department is
that Of promoting the welfare Of wage
workers. The one great specific duty
imposed on the department is to act as
mediator and to appoint commits
sioners of conciliation in trades dis
putes. There can be no mediation,
there can be no conciliation between
employers and employees that does not
presuppose collective bargaining and
there can not be collective bargaining
that does not presuppose trade union
ISM" OF the situation at Calumet,
Mich, the secretary said 1t had here
tofore been the custom to investigate
wages, hours and conditions OF labor
and report. This time, he said, 1t had
been determined to go step farther
and investigate the earnings Of the
CORPORATIONS involved. And the little
bit of confidence that 1 am going to
give to YOU" he added, 'is an advance
statement of one Of the items in that
situation-that the largest corporation
engaged in the production OF copper In
the Michigan district was organized In
.1S70 under the laws Of the state Of
Michigan, that the face value OF its
capital stock is $2,500,000. The shares
are s25 each. They were purchased at
s12' each, so that the actual investment
IS s1,25o,OOo. From that time until one
wear ago the last fiscal report that we
had. a period of AZ years, that corpor-
alton declared in dividends $l21,OO0,-
600 and made reinvestments out OF It's
earnings of $75,O0O,o00. Nearly $780,,
00O, 900 of actual net profits in period
of AZ years on an investment OF 81
250,OOO and they not only protest
against meeting committees of their
workmen but refuse to accept the
good offices of the department or Ia
Dor in negotiating the difficulty
Governor Blease on last Monday
gave out the following tribute to
George r. Rembert: George X.
Rembert in many respects was a re-
markable man. He was ever true
to what he believed was for the best
interests of the people. Notwith-
standing the fact that he knew that
he was afflicted with that dreadful
disease, yet he pushed onward and
forward, always hoping, ever bright
and cheerful. When he was friend
he was a friend in the fullest meas
ing Of that word. Whether 1t be in
success or defeat, happiness or sor-
row, adversely or prosperity, he was
ever faithful to those whom he liked,
and to those who liked him. His
heart was set, upon his legislative
work. He often discussed with me
what he proposed to endeavor to do
at the next session Of the general as
sembly His inheritance tax bill, his