Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
MERE.M ENTION

Capt. ]. w. Oman, now in command
Of the cruiser North Carolina, has
been appointed commander Of the bat
tleship Georgia. Ten sections Of Cali
fornia oil lands near the town Of Nc
Kitterick in Kern county, Cal, and
valued at s15,000,000, were declared
In a decision by Judge Bean Of the
United States district court Of Oregon,
filed in Los Angeles, last week, to have
been fraudulently patented by the
Southern Pacific railroad company.
Clyde Slower, a negro. who killed Hor-
ace and Alonzo Gardner near Welaka,
Fla, several months ago, was hanged
last Friday for the offense. The ne
gro had been employed as cook and
guide by the Gardners, who were fish
ing on the St Johns river. Slower
confessed the murders before he was
hung. go. .Constantinople college has
conferred the degree Of doctor Of laws
upon Henry Morgenthau, the United
States ambassador to Turkey.
Count Bernstorff, German ambassador
to the United States, has left WASH
ington on a short vacation. The place
Of his visit Is not known. 49,. Two
masked bandits held up Southern
Pacific train near Los Angeles, CAL,
Friday night, robbed passengers Of
SUOO dHo q Qudhtily VI yS"Shy ohN
made their escape. Sam Bell, q
prominent cattleman, was found gull
ty of the murder Of his sister r-in-law.
Mrs. Emily Bearden, at Morrilton,
Ark, Saturday. Two weeks before,
Bell was found guilty Of the murder Of
Mrs. Beardon's husband, and was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. He Is
also charged with the murder Of the
woman's father and brother. Bell will
be hung. Gen. ]. 8. Carr Of Raj
eigh, has declined to enter the guber-
Material race in North Carolina. 49,.
Daniel Carone, q sailor Of Mount, Ver-
non, N. Y, jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge into the East river. Sunday.
rome was arrested on q charge Of at
tempted suicide after he had perform
ed the feat. ..- A strike Of the A.
500 employees Of the surface and ele-
waited traction systems Of Chicago, Ill,
was ordered at midnight Sunday. The
street car men are demanding an In
crease in wages. :. Two persons were
killed and quite number injured In
storm which swept through Ohio last
Sunday. Much property was destroy
ed. .... Attorneys for Charles Beck
er, convicted police lieutenant Of New
York, on Sunday filed a motion for a
new trial.. :. Louis Disbrow won the
100 mile $1,000 sweepstakes free-for-
all automobile race from a field Of
eleven starters in Milwaukee, Wis,
Sunday. Disbrow's time was 1866.
Col. Edward M. House Of Texas,
confidential friend and adviser Of
President Wilson, returned to New
York Sunday, after spending several
weeks in European countries. His
visit to Europe, he said, had no polit-
ical significance and he denied that he
had tried to bring about peace between
the warning nations. go. .One man
was killed and several persons were
injured in a collision between the
steam yacht Vandasi and the passen-
ger steamer Bunker Hill on Long Is
land sound, Off Hunts Point, Sunday
night. Both vessels were more or less
seriously damaged. Augustus Bic
sci, chief clerk Of the American en-
bassy in Paris, France, died Sunday
night, aged "A years. He had been
chief clerk Of the embassy since 1870.
80. The control of majority Of the
stock Of the Equitable Life Assurance
J. P. Morgon to General T. Coleman
dupont. The trust under which the
stock has been voted remains un6is-
turbed. The graduating class from
West Point numbered 1874 this year. 1t
is the largest class in the history Of
the famous military school. -. The
United States supreme court has de-
cided the Virginia-West Virginia
debt case, holding that West Virginia
should pay $12 393,929 as its net share
Of Virginia debt. The interest charges
amount to $S,179,000 in addition. 49,.
The Germans have again defeated the
Runssians in Galicia, capturing 10000
prisoners.