Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
Scraps and fatts.

Governor Blease has issued orders
TO the commanders of the diuerent
military organizations to hold on 10
all the military property in their pos
session. whether the property be III go
hands Of individuals or companies.
With an unusual demonstration
the house yesterday, unanimously
passed a bill to repeal a section OF the
revised statutes which prohiOited the
payment of accounts, claims or olher
obligations against the United states
in favor of any one who encouraged
or sustained or in any way favored the
rebellion" The measure opens up
claims of various kinds aggregating
about $165, 600 from West Point grad
yates who were afterwards officers IN
the Confederacy. Representative
Graham told the house he had found
slowed away on the judiciary calen-
dar a bill to remove penalties from
men who fought for the south. Ihe
half century or more which has pass
ed" said Mr.. Graham, has brouSht
together the warning comoatahts ol
Gettysburg to weep and cheer In uni
son on that fateful field. Let's wipe
from the statute books the offspring
of the feeling which bitter strife en-
promptly without dissenting vote
and enthusiastic applause came from
both sides of the chamber.
- Secretary McAdoo mailed a letter
on Yesterday to each of the national
banks in the United States, asking
whether they believe it will be adVls-
able for the treasury department to
lend a hand again this year in the
movement of crops by distributing ad-
ditional government deposits. The
secretary asked for an opinion as to
what cities in each state my De
used to the best advantage as cehterS
from which the national banks may
place the money among their country
correspondents and as TO the sort OF
collateral the bankers regard as pest
for the security of government; funds.
While il is expected that the Feu-
eraI reserve banks will begin ousl-
ness in time to assist in moving the
crops this fall" the letter concluded,
the treasury department will never
theless be disposed to help business
to the full extent of its powers
through the proper use of govern
ment funds, if it becomes apparent
that such help is needed in any sec
ton of the country" Last year Sec
retary McAdoo deposited more than
S37.0OO.O00 with national banks for
crop movements and every cent OF
the money was paid back with inter-
est before April of this year.
Women suffragists representing
sisters in thirty eight states descend
ed on the capitol again last Saturday.
seeking support from congressman OF
all political factions. Speaker Clark
told them that woman suffrage was
as inevitable as the rising or tomor-
rows sun" Vice President Marshall,
pressed to take more definite stan9
on the question, naively intimated
that his wife would not let him; and
Secretary Bryan, waylaid by an enthu-
siastic suffragist in a capitol corridor,
Iook refuge in an elevator. DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw. president of the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage ASSOCIATION,
and Jane Adams of Chicago, ana
Mrs. Desha Breckinbridge of Ken
tucky, vice presidents, pleaded their
cause to both Vice President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark. Mrs. Breck-
inbridge, a granddaughter OF Henry
Clay, said she hoped the vice presi-
dent would help the woman sunrage
cause. The vice president interrupt
e6 I've got to remember my VIE
and | don't want TO get separated
from her" This remark was inter-
preted by the suffragists to mean that
Mrs. Marshall opposed the movement
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago, said
the delegation wanted their petitions
sent to the senators by messengers.
81 will do that for you" said the vice
president, and calling pages, he or
dered the petitions distributed.
M. p. Harris, of Mississippi,
young enlisted man in the navy was
escorted to the boundaries of the gov
ernment reservation at Annapolis
Md, last Saturday, and there dishon-
orably discharged from the service
because he had impersonated another
man in an examination for ADMISSION
TO the naval academy as a mldshlp-
man. Harris won designation from
United States Senator Williams TO
take the entrance tests under new
plan of Secretary Daniels for the ben
eft of enlisted men. He passed the
test and later took the place OF L. b:
Longre, also of Mississippi, and passed
the first examination for him in Nlr-
ginia. When LOngre appeared at the
naval academy to take the physical
test the deception was discovered be-
cause his handwriting did not agree
with that in the first examination pa
pers. Although kept in ignorance or
the investigation and told that ne was
suffering from slight phySlcal de-
feet Longre left Annapolis when pub
licity was given TO the affair and ala
not return The naval academy au-
thorities recommended a courtmartal
for Harris, but the ruling oil the sec
retary of the navy was FOR dlShonor-
able discharge. Harris has been
prisoner aboard the prison ship Reina
Mercedes since the discovery OF his
.asg hppn
ferred TO the civil service commission
at Washington.
- Sir Lionel Garden, British minister
on YESTERDAY advised all British sub
iects temporarily to leave Mexico. He
said the shortage of fuel used in the
operation of trains was becoming
more acute daily and that the trains
probably soon would stop running
which would make difficult the de-
parture of persons in the interior.
Sir Lionel said he believed II to be
his duty TO urge all British SUBJECTS
TO leave the capital Immediately ana
he especially advised that the women
and children be removed. The MINIS
ter declared he had no desire 10
frighten the members of the British
colony. He said he had not ordered
them TO go. such a course only being
advised. Eight hundred British sub
iects are registered at the legation as
now residing in Mexico City. 1t is the
minister's plan TO get sufficient num-
ber of these to sign an agreement 10
leave the capital so that they can OBJ
tain a special train from the Mexican
government to take them to Puerto
Mexico. and also secure "A transport 10
convey the passengers to jamaica
where they could remain until the
close of the present Mexican trouble.
Rritishers lacking funds to enable
them To get out Of the country. VIII
be furnished with money by the leSa-
tion as a loan. The legation was
crowded with British subjects on
YESTERDAY. and Il meeting OF the
members Of the British colony was
called for yesterday afternoon with
the object of making the arrange
ments for those who desired TO de-
part.
-Archduke Francis Ferdinand helr
10 the AuStrO- Hungarian throne, ana
his morgantic wife, the Duchess OF
Hohenbere. were aSsaSSinateu last
sunday. while driving through the
streets of Sarajevo. the Bosnian cap
frgu