Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-16
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understood IL does not provide for
guarantee Of bank deposits which Will
liam ]. Bryan has favored and may
contain some other provisions not in
accord with Mr.. Bryan's views as ex-
pressed in some of his public speeches.
House leaders are awaiting with a
great deal of interest his attitude. An
asset currency, to be issued through
the banks, Is one Of the provisions
contemplated.
Americans, with the possible eX-
ception of the barefoot boy, are today
walking around on not less than H.
100000 pounds of glucose and epson
salts, which constitute adulterants in
sole leather. The assertion Is made by
the department of agriculture which
has just concluded Investigations Of
the leather industry. Sixty three per
cent of the feathers examined were
weighted with glucose, with epson
salts or with both," according to The
findings Of the departments experts.
The maximum amount Of these load
ing materials found in any leather
was Is per cent; the average where
both were present was eight per cent.
The results obtained indicate that not
less than 100000 pounds Of glucose
and EPSON salts are sold annually to
done to increase the marketable
weight of the leather"
Detroit, Michigan, May Il: Con
ductors Of forty eight eastern rail-
roads will present their demands for
an increase in wages Of from Is to 20
per cent July l, and IL the roads refuse
to arbitrate, strike will be ordered
within the fortnight following" said
F. S. Thomas, general chairman of the
eastern association today. He is here
attending the biennial convention of
the Order of Railway Conductors. Both
Mr.. Thomas and A. B. Garretson.
president Of the o. r. c., insisted that
1t had been agreed to that no action
on the matter would be taken at this
meeting or at the convention Of train
men in San Francisco, May 10.
About the middle Of June a vote will
be taken among the membership, said
Mr.. Thomas, and we expect 1t will
be overwhelmingly in favor of a
strike. Then on July we will go be-
fore the railroads with our demands.
All we ask is arbitration. The other
two associations, the western and the
southern, now have in operation the
wage rate which we are seeking" So
far the business meetings Of the 1000
or more members Of the o. R. c., who
are attending the convention, which
opened today, have been devoted
strictly to routine matters.
Governor Johnson, Of California,
on Wednesday notified the state de-
partment Of his intention to sign the
anti-alien bill recently passed by the
California legislature. President Will
son, through Secretary Bryan had re-
quested Governor Johnson to veto the
bill. The request, of course, was for
reasons Of state. The president nat
urally wants to treat Japan with ev-
cry consideration; but at the same
time he has given no intimation that
California is not fully justified in
passing the bill. The reasons given
by Governor Johnson are full and
clear, and couched in courteous Ian
guage. AS to what Is going to hap
pen remains for future developments.
1t is possible that the matter viii be
taken to the United States supreme
court; but there Is no good reason for
believing that that tribunal can find
justification for declaring the Califor-
MIA law unconstitutional. II the Cali
fornia law is upheld, then it will be
up to Japan to help herself as best she
can. OF course If she elects to make
war on California, that will mean the
and that the United States will un-
dertake to meet the issue goes without
saying.
Washington, May Is: President
Wilson has determined that no war
ships or troops shall be moved or
anything resembling a military or ma
val demonstration carried on by the
United States while diplomatic nego-
tiations with Japan concerning the
California legislation are in progress
so that no alarming Interpretation
can be placed on even the ordinary
manoeuvres Of the army and navy.
This decision of the president was
announced at the White House to-
night. 1t answered report current
in official circles late in the day that
precautionary movements by the army
and navy were contemplated and had
been discussed at conference between
the president and Secretary Daniels
of the navy department. Secretary
Garrison of the war department and
Acting Secretary Moore OF the state
department. Mr.. Moore went to the
White House, it was explained to dis
cuss the framing OF reply to the re-
cent Japanese protest against the
California land legislation while the
war and navy secretaries called to
discuss routine affairs Of their de-
partments. White House officials said
there had been no change in the di-
plomatic phases Of the Japanese Ques-
tion and that the situation was prom
Using of an early settlement 1t was
emphatically denied that army or
navy manoeuvres, or movements Of
any kind, not included in the ordinary
plans arranged months in advance Of
execution, had been contemplated at
xxrht nH
forth the White House statements
probably originated earlier in the day
when the war department made pub
lie orders that three officers and two
companies Of coast artillery were to
sail from San Francisco for Honolulu
about May "a. These orders, 1t was
explained, were in conformity with
the programme for the creation of a
permanent and sufficient garrison in
Hawaii outlined in the last annual
report Of the secretary Of war, and
merely carried out plans Of long stand
ing. They relieved Col. William c.
Raftery, coast artillery corps, Of the
command of the coast defenses of the
Potomac and of the post of Fort
Washington to sail for Honolulu with
the One Hundred and Nineteenth and
the One Hundred and Forty third
companies of coast artillery; assigned
Capt. George l.. HICKS, Jr, 10 accom-
pany Col. Rafferty, as member of his
staff and directed Maj. Frank w. Coe,
now personnel officer, North Atlantic
coast artillery district, to sail on the
same steamer.
-Bucknam Pasha, the famous Amer
lean who is an admiral in the Turkish
navy, says a cable letter, has been In
London for two weeks. He has no
hope that the conditions in Turkey
will straighten themselves out for at
least a year. The various details in
regard to the signing of the peace
treaty, the delimitation Of the from
tiers and the arrangements for the
payment of debts will take at least a
year. He is convinced that before that
time bitter quarrels will arise be-
tween the allies, but there will be no
renewal of the war, as the powers
would undoubtedly suppress any such
action. So far as Turkey is concern
ed, he said, 1t was a blessing in dis
guise for her to lose her European
provinces, as they were a source of
continual expense and trouble. The