Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-09

ing the past thirty days from country
banks. It is estimated that close to
SIS, 900, 900 have been received during
that period. The banks are said to
be at a loss as to what to do with the
money.
New York cotton exchange mem
bers by unanimous vote have approx
ed amendments to contract forms
which will bring the exchange in full
conformity with the provisions Of the
Lever cotton futures bill and exempt
contracts from taxation.
George NJ. Wagner, a we'll known
lawyer of Philadelphia, who disap-
peared in 1913, after being accused OF
embezzling $3.50, 900. died in New Or
leans last week. Detectives had fol-
lowed Wagner all ove the country,
but were never able to arrest him.
A Mexican peace convention, in ses-
sion at San Antonio, Tex, with dele
gates from all parts Of Mexico and
representing all the factions, adopted
a resolution Saturday, calling all the
factions to unite for the good Of the
country.
Fishermen in the Thames river
near London last week, found the
body Of a German aviator with a
shrapnel bullet in his lungs. 1t is
supposed he dropped from an aero
plane driven off by British gun fire on
Christmas day.
According to a recent report from
London, there are 178 peers serving
in the British army, including eight
dukes. ten marqueses, sixty-one earls'
twenty-five viscounts and seventy
two barons. The earls of Erine and
Stair have been captured by Ger
mans.
BY a vote of 261 to 1876, the lower
house of congress on Thursday refus-
ed to pass the new immigration law,
containing a literacy test, over the
veto Of President Wilson. Those ia
voring the passage of the bill lacked
only five votes of having the necessary
two-thirds to pass the bill despite the
presidents opposition.
The Democrats elected to the house
in the S~ixty-fourth congress on
Thursday night, unanimously nomi-
mated Speaker Clark to succeed him.
self. Representative Claud Kitchin
Of North Carolina, was unanimously
elected chairman of the ways and
means committee and majority floor
leader.
President E. B. Thomas of the
Light Valley railroad, told President
Wilson a few days ago, that his rail-
road, running through three states,
made $4,000 reports last year to the
interstate commerce commission and
the boards and commissioners Of the
three states in which it does business.
The railroad man pleaded for less
burdensome regulation, and said, I'VE
need constructive legislation"
Total insolvencies last month, as
reported to r. G. Dunn & Co., reach
ed the unprecedented number Of g.
S4S, and several defaults Of unusual
size swelled the aggregate indebted
ness to s49,640,575, these figures COM
pairing with suspensions for $39,374,-
BAT in the same period Of the proceed
- 4 Oh Gov 600 QTD IHQ in
1918, 1874 in 1912 for only s19,770,-
$50 and but 1868 four years ago, when
the liabilities were $~24,090,649.
Four men have been placed under
arrest at Yonkers, n. Y, as material
witnesses against a man named Mors
who is charged with numbering eight
inmates of the German Odd Fellows
home at that place. Mors made q
confession to the police that he had
put his victims to death by using
c%hloroform, arsenic, etc., Ito get them
out Of the way" The police think
Mors is crazy. He declares that he i:
not.
The United States department OF
justice is after the big wheat dealers
Of Chicago, and unless the future
dealers are able to show that Euro
pean purchases are sufficiently large
to justify the present high ruling In
Chicago, indictments are sure to fol-
low. Last years crop in the United
States was S91, 900, 600 bushels. 1t is
estimated that this country will re-
quire 900, 600, 900 bushels for home
consumption, including seeding.
The National Grange, the National
Dairy association and the National
Rural Credits league have all endors.
ed President Wilson's ship purchase
bill.