Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

the reorganZatlon OF tne IS'noSt.IS
party is farcical. They are only put
ting new faces on old scarecroWs 70
keep the crows out OF their ponllcsli
corn fields"
The United States senate commit
tee on foreign relations had an experi.
ence last Wednesday that Jared II
somewhat. The committee mas peen
seeking all the first hand Information
1t can get as to conditions IN MeAico'
and on Wednesday permitted the IN
trodnction OF Pedro del Vilar and Ce.
clio Ocon. representing the political
interests of Felix Diaz, with the un-
derstanding that these two men were
to give additional information on the
General situation. Instead, however
of adding to the stock of information,
the Mexicans made an astonishing
nronosal to the effect that II the UNIT
ed States would back him Diaz would
speedily wipe out the two present OPP
posing factions and bring ABOUT peace
To put 1t mildly the senators were an
moved, not so much at the proposlIion
as that men Of the rank ana stahoins
of the Diaz emissaries shoulo nave 81
little knowledge Of the character ana
temper of the American government
as TO think II could entertain such
The cause Of woman suffrage was
championed in the senate Wednesoay'
nv Senators Thompson, Owen, Cham-
bsrlain and Sherman, who spoke In
support of the proposed constitutions
amendment to give the woman the
vote in all the states. The ATTITUDE o.
some southern senators was lndlcateo
during the discussion when Senator
Vardaman said: THE negro question
NAV compel me to vote against tnis
amendment" Senator thompson toiu
his colleagues that none OF the op1ec-
tions raised against woman suIrase
ever materialiZed in Kansas: OnIy
few of the women sought official posi-,
tions" he said, "but when they DID
secure them, instead Of making FAIL
nres as was predicted, they almost IN
variably made the best officers we
had in the state. The business record
of these women invariably has peen
GOOD and their Industrious efforts to
Improve schools, sanitation and NOR
aIs' and to provide safe, efficient ana
economical public utilities Tor tnels
towns have been generally approved
and aided by the men OF their COM
munity"
THE National Bank Of Savannah
has been advised that the supreme
court of the United States yesterday
denied a writ Of certorari to the ker-
shaw OIL Mill. in South Carolina, In
case in which $4,000 was 1nvolveo.
The decision is important to all Danks
i'm the cotton belt and 1t estaDEshes
the precedent that when banks leno
money on bales Of cotton and the cot
ton turns out to be linters that the
hank can recover the sum advanced.
The National Bank Of Savannah ao-
vanced $4,000 to ]. H. c. All & Son
upon 362 bales Of what the BANK
Thought was cotton, but which turned
ont to be linters. Suits were brought
against the oil mills "indeceit," be-
cause it was alleged fraud had peeil
Committed upon the commercial world.
a United States court Judge In Soutn
Carolina directed a verdict against the
bank. but a higher court granted re-
yersal and the bank gained It's case;
The oil mill company took a writ OF
certiorari to the supreme court or tne
United States, which has been denied.
The decision is Of great importance
wherever cotton is dealt in.
Rear Admiral Brussalis, retired
officer Of the German navy, who COM
manded the German cruiser Comorant
at the time Of the Spanish American
war. SAYS a Berlin cable, adds his YER
sion of Manila bay incident over
which a controversy has been aroused
by the publication of Admiral Dewey
autobiography. Writing Of the arrival
of the cruiser Comorant at Manila bay
on Nav 9, 1898, the German naval OFF,
Ger says that the Mccullough, an
American vessel, fired blank shot In
order to attract the attention OF the
cruiser. The Comorant halted and
board and communicated to her COM
mander that a blockade Of Manila had
been instituted by the American fleet.
Admiral Brussakis considered that the
firing Of the blank shot was a proper
signal and the only one under the cir
cumstances This statement confirms
Admiral Deweys version Of the incl
dent and disproves the assertion made
by Vice Admiral Won Diederichs, the
ranking officer Of the German fleet,
that notice of the blockade had not
been communicated to the Germans;
Count Ernest Won Reventlow, a well
known naval expert confusing tne me
foregoing episode with the one which
happened siy weeks later and narrated
by Admira, Dewey, accuses the Amer
lean admiral Of drawing upon his i'm
agination for his story.
Allegations that he testified false.
" as a state witness in the trial OF
Leo. NJ. Frank for the murder OF Mary
Phagan are made in an affidavit by
George Epps, a 15-year-old newsboy,
made public in Atlanta, Wednesday.
The affidavit was given out by attor-
news for Frank who is under sentence
of death for the murder. 1t alleges that
Epps testified as to untruths at the
behest of city detectives. The test-
A., nd
by his affidavit concerned chiefly the
movements Of the 14-year- factory
girl on the day Of her murder-April
81, 1913. He testified that he had ac-
companied her on a street car to
point near the National Pencil factory,
where she was murdered, and that she
had started from that point toward the
factory a few minutes before the time
the state contended her murder oc-
Cured. On this trip, he further tes-
titled, she had told him that Frank
had made certain advances toward
her. None of these statements, Epps
says in his affidavit, were according to
the fact. George w. Epps, father of
the newsboy, in statement said that
his son had told him the story which
he today repudiated before the boy
ever had been questioned by detect
ives. Epps declared that his sons al
fidavit was not in accord with the
facts. He told me the story he told
on the stand" added Epps, at least
two days before he saw the officers
Columbia special of March 4, to
the Greenville News: The general ap-
preparation bill as agreed on by the
committee of free conference between
the two houses Of the general assem-
bly, carries total Of $2,213,657.54 and a
state levy of six mills is imposed on all
taxable property in the state to raise
the funds appropriated. The house
gave in on everything except the $780,
600 for q new dormitory at the state
institute for the deaf, dumb and blind
at Cedar Springs, $4,000 for tuber-
culosis hospital, and $4,000 for addi-
tional dormitory at Winthrop college.
The free conference committee cut the
building fund for the common schools
from $4,000 to $4,000, this was under
a compromise that the school item for
$4,000 for the support Of needy free
rural schools to be expended under
the county boards of education should
be put back as passed by the house in
stead of cut to s32,500 as changed by
the senate The item for high schools
was put back to 100000 as placed in
by the house. On all other important
items the house conferees gave in to
the senate and sustained the action of
that body in striking from the bill the
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