Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-24
Scraps and faets.


of fire prevention in New York city,
at a meeting of the Philadelphia
Safety council, last Friday. A large
percentage of the fires in New York
city, he said, were deliberately caused
by bands of unscrupulouS persons VINO
insured properties only to burn them.
Legislation and education are needed
to lessen the number OF fires, he SAID.
- Justice Lamar on yesterday re-
fused to issue a writ OF error TO the
United States supreme court for re-
view of the conviction of Leo NJ.
Frank, for the murder OF Mary Pha-
gan, a factory girl, in Atlanta. In
1913. Franks attorneys applied to
Lamar for the writ on the ground
that a right under the constitution
had been denied Frank when the
jury's verdict was returned during his
absence from the court room. Henry
Alexander, attorney for Frank, said ne
was unable to announce whether the
application for a writ will be pre-
sented to other justices until he had
conferred with his associate, Henry
PEBBLES.
The American troops, under Cen
eral Funston, who have been holding
Vera Cruz since last April, evacuated
the city yesterday, and are on thelr
way back to the United States. Ihere
are about six thousand troops in all,
mostly infantry. The first move In
the evacuation was the withdrawal or
the most distant outposts. Constitu-
tionalist troops in the vicinity, follow
ed the outposts and took charge or
the city as the Americans left. AS
condition to the evacuation the wash
ineton government had previously eX-
acted a promise from both the rival
Mexican factions that the citizens OF
Vera Cruz, who had been employed
under the Americans in various ca
pacities would not be molested.
Thomas B. Evans, late postmaster
Of Scammon, Kan, found last winter,
that his books showed him indebted
to the government nearly $1,000. Wor-
ry over the discovery made him III.
The office had been entered by bur-
glars some months before, but, nothing
being missed, he had not reported the
matter to the postoffice department
Evans, saying nothing to his 1amlly
began making up the supposed short
age and at the time of his death some
months ago, had completed payment.
Auditors Of the department, checking
through the books, discovered an er-
ror and found that Evans did not owe
the government anything. Mrs. EV-
ans, on Friday, received a check Tor
s92O.S1 from the department. the
amount Evans made sacrifices to pay.
A preparation which, it is said:
will stop almost instantly the flow OF
blood from a wound, has been invented
bv Prof. Theodore Kocher Of Berne,
who was awarded the Nobel prize for
surgery in 1912, and his assistant, Dr
4. Fonce, says a Geneva, Switzerland,
dispatch. The new preparation is call
ed coagulen 1t is in the form or
powder, and is dissolved in water be-
fore being applied to wound. the
discoverers of coagulen have made a
gift Of their invention to the armies IN
the field, and have sent large quantities
of the powder to the surgical neao-
quarters Of both German and French
armies. The discovery is regarded py
medical men as likely to save the lives
of thousands of soldiers, since 1t can
be applied by unframed hands, so that
the wounded man himself or his com
rade might use the solution.
The fifth cotton ginning report OF
the season, compiled from reports OF
census bureau correspondents and
agents throughout the cotton belt ana
issued at 10 a. m, last Saturday, an
nounced that l1,624,70 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, or the
growth Of 1914, has been ginned prior
to November IA. This compared with
lO.444,529 bales, or 74.7 per cent OF the
entire crop, ginned prior to November
IA, last year, 10, 299,646 bales, or 1o.4
per cent in 1912 and 11,313,236 bales, or
72.7 per cent in 1911. The average
quantity of cotton ginned prior TO NO
yember II, in the past seven years was
9.4O6,645 bales or 74.2 per cent or the
crop. Included in the ginnings were
32.454 round bales compared with a.
167 last year, 62,76S in 1912 and i5'SoS
in 1911. Sea Island cotton included
numbered 53,S75 bales, compared with
$3.50 bales last year, 4O,3SS oales III
1912 and 71,204 bales in 1911.
1t has developed that the action OF
the Turkish land forces at Smyrna III
firing upon the launch of the Tennessee
as IL sought TO enter the harbor OF
Smyrna, had no hatish or untrienoiy
interest whatever. So Washington mas
been unofficially informed. 1t appears
that when Capt Decker Of the Tennes-
see made known his desire to visit the
American consul at Smyrna. the Turk
ish Governor general advised him that
he would take him to the consulate IN
an automobile. Capt. Decker preferred
TO GO in his launch, and when ne ap-
preached the mined channel. a solld
shot across the bows OF his launch
warned him to stop. The launch was
headed about, and that was about all
there was to it, except that reports
went abroad that the launch OF the
Tennessee had been fired upon. Gre.
clan territory borders close upon that of
the Turks near Smyrna, and the Ten
nessee anchored in the harbor OF Chlos,
an island only a few miles away. The
state department does not consider the
incident as having any slgnlncance
whatever
The British cruiser, Glasgow
which was in the fight with the Ger
man squadron off the coast or Chlle on
November /, arrived at Rio Janeiro on
November II, and was permitted 10
enter the harbor for such repairs as
could be made within seven days. Inc
captain of the Glasgow reported that
upon the approach OF the German
squadron, Admiral Cradock ordered
the Glasgow and the transport Otran-
TO to seek a place of refuge. This was
because of the higher power ana
greater speed of the German vessels.
Notwithstanding the order of the ad-
miral, the Glasgow fired several shots
at the German squadron. and recelV-
ed five holes in her hull. The battle
ship Canopus was attached to the
squadron at the time of the encounter,
but was some thirty miles away and
because Of her slow speed, only six
teen knots an hour, was unable 10
reach the scene before the fighting
was over. Admiral Cradock and the
crews of the Good Hope and the Mon
mouth went down with their ships.
Merchants and manufacturers OF
seventeen southern states met at Mem
phis, Tenn, last Friday, to begin a
preliminary campaign with view to
extending trade in Central and South
America. 1t was pointed out that the
first prerequisite to success was the
organization of large bank with the
special object of facilitating the eX-
change of credits between the United
States and the South and Central
American countries, and committees
were appointed to work out details.
For one thing. it was agreed to see
to what extent the treasury depart
ment would assist in the organization
of branch banks in Central and South
America. The amount of capital that
will be necessary in carrying out the
plans of the organization has not yet
been determined upon; but the under
standing is that merchants and manu-