Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-02-14
Scraps and faets.

of the two battleships a year plan
comes as a climax Of hard hight In
which the greater navy advocates
were opposed by one contingent hold
ing for no battleships at all and anoth-
er proposing compromise on one. The
house itself, Of course, will decide the
question finally when the bill comes
up on the floor. Secretary Meyer and
the greater navy men had been hope
full that three battleships might be got
ten through in this years bill to make
up the decrease the navy suffered In
last years bill, when only one was
appropriated for.
James A. Patten of Chicago, who
was indicted about three years ago,
along with Col. Robert Thompson
William P. Brown and Frank B.
Hayne, and Eugene Scales, IN con-
nection with the famous cotton cor
ner, last Tuesday plead guilty and was
fined $4,000 which he promptly paid
He gave as a reason for his plea the
desire to avoid further annoyance ana
exposure. The others all say they
will fight the case to the end. TO the
associated press on Friday, William
P. Brown said: II expected II. 90
not care to discuss the case, but you
can say that Hayne, Scales and my
self will not plead guilty for the rea-
son that we would perJure ourselves
II we did so, as we are not gulity oi
a single one Of the charges that nave
been brought against u.s." Both MT.
BROWN and Frank B. Hayne are resi-
dents of New Orleans. Eugene q:
Scales, the fourth member Of the pool
under indictment, lives at waco, TEX
as. They are counted among the
wealthiest cotton operators or the
south and their speculative campaign
of three years ago Is conceded TO nave
netted the cotton farmers OF the south
more than one hundred million DOL
lars.
Christ Church, N. H., Feb. 12: The
Terra Nova, the vessel which TOOK
Robert F. Scott to the Antarctic on his
way to the South Pole and which re.
turned there to bring him back, but
instead brought the news OF his and
his companions heroic death, arrived
here this morning. Commander Evans
said today that, reckoning by the pro-
gress of the supporting parties, Capt
Scott should have returned to Hut
Point by March II. Regarding the
shortage Of fuel, he said that Scott had
enough fuel to last month beyond
the date of his expected return. The
Terra Nova brought every written rec
ord of the southern party, including
to the relatives of the dead explorers
Capt. Scott kept a daily record until
March "a and spent the last day In
writing his message to the public. The
bodies could have been brought back,
according to Commander Evans, but
all agreed to leave them in their white
mantle, where they had worked and
died. Commander Evans Is not inclined
to speak Of the tragic side OF the expe-
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ficers to do so. He will complete Capt
Scott's story for publication. All on
board the Terra Nova seem to be In
good health and bear no outward sign
of the hardships they have undergone
ON last Monday a message was sig
nailed from the Terra Nova, in the
South Pacific, to New Zealand, and
thence to Europe and America, that
Capt. Robert F. Scott and four mem
bers of his polar expedition were dead
The Terra Nova Is the vessel In which
Capt. Scott's expedition sailed on June
l, 1910 for New Zealand, and the South
Pole The information given by sur
vivors on the Terra Nova Is that Capt.
Scott's party made dash for the pole
and succeeded in reaching there Just
one month after Capt. Raold Amund-
son, the Norwegian explorer had come
and gone. Capt Scott's party Of four
perished in a blizzard on its return
from the pole, and from records found
on the bodies it is learned that they
succeeded in getting to the pole, and
found not only the Norwegian flag that
had been left there by Capt. Amundsen
but also the hut that had been built
by the Amundsen party. The last mes
sage written by Capt. Scott and found
on his dead body, closed as follows:
Had ! lived I should have had tale
to tell of the hardihood, the endurance
and the courage Of my companions
which would have stirred the heart of
every Englishman. These rough notes
and our dead bodies must tell the tale.
But surely, surely a great and rich
country like ours will see that those
who are dependent upon us are prop
erly provided for"
" Washington, February IL: Car
rying total Of $94,5S5,62S, the army
appropriation bill was reported to the
senate today from the committee on
military affairs. The committee in
creased the allowances made by the
house to the extent Of $680,450. A
number of amendments in the shape
of legislation were added, the most
important of which provides for
changes in the method of appointment
and execution Of courtmartial along
passed the senate recently. The
Manchu law, socalled, requiring the
presence of officers with their COM
mands was so amended as to provide
that service performed as regimental,
battalion, or squadron staff officers,
should be construed as service with
the troop. Another amendment pro-
viding for the return to service Of Of
ficers who have been retired for physi-
i LsI tr,
serted. The aviation provision Of the
house bill providing for an increase
of so per cent in the salaries Of Off
GERS engaged in the aviation service
was eliminated because Of the fact that
this subject Is under consideration by
both houses in independent bills. OF
the increase in appropriations, $685.
900 is for the competition at Camp
Perry, Ohio, next September in con-
nection with the centennial celebra-
ton of Commodore Perry's victory on
Lake Erie.
BY a viva voce vote the house last
Friday reported the Webb bill to pro-
hibit the shipment Of intoxicating
liquors into dry" states as 1t passed
the senate yesterday and thereby re-
moved a parliamentary obstruction
which threatened to delay its final
passage until another session Of con-
gress. The fight to get the bill into
the house under a special rule broke
during the afternoon. There was a
lively opposition to 1t and spirited
fight on the part Of its supporters to
manoeuver the measure into a posi-
ton where 1t could be voted upon
ahead of the big supply bills. AL
though the parliamentary experts had
thought earlier in the day that q
special rule would be required to get
the bill before the house again. Rep
resentative Clayton of Alabama, called
the measure up under rule permit
ting the house to consider without re-
ference to a committee, any bill pass
ed by the senate which Is substanti-
ally the same as the one that has been
reported by the house committee Re-
publican Leader Mann and Represen-
tative Fitzgerald made point of order
against the bill, contending 1t did not
come within the rule because 1t was