Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.

Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
The parliament Of Ireland has pass
ed a measure forbidding the sale Of
all alcoholic liquors.
There are eight candidates in the
primary election contest to select a
candidate for Chicago
The Frick Coke company Of Fayette
county, Pa, on Monday, began ope-
its plants on full time and Is
now giving employment to $4,000 men.
The annual pension appropriation
bill was favorably reported to the
lower house of congress Monday. The
bill carries appropriations Of $685.
OOO. 200.
The schooner yacht Idler. owned by
]. P. Jefferson Of Warren, Pa, went to
pieces on Diamond shoals, off Cape
Hatteras, N. c., Sunday night. FIJI
teen lives are reported lost by the
mishap.
The National Stock Yards Of East
st. Louis, ILL.,, have shipped 10000
horses to Europe since the war be-
gan. The horses average from $40
to $170 each for cavalry animals.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that
the raid of British airmen on the town
of Essen, Germany, last week resulted
in the destruction Of 400 motor cars
by bombs dropped on the repair shops.
BY the will Of Chas. G. Emery Of
Watertown, N. Y, who died recently,
Chas. G. Emery, Jr, Is to receive $780,
900 from his grandfather's estate, pro-
vlded he drinks no alcoholic liquors
before he Is 80 years Of age.
Harry K. Thaw Is again occupying
a cell in the Tombs prison, New York
city. The cell is No. 220, on homicide
tier" and is the same cell he occupied
during his trial for the murder Of
Stanford White, several years ago.
Wireless telephoning from. running
train at a speed Of 40 miles an hour Is
now being done on the Lackawana
railroad, covering distances Of 30
miles. The first successful test was
between Mt. Pocona, Pa, to Apalachin,
N. Y.
President Wilson and three members
Of his cabinet are to make addresses
at the meetings of the Chambers Of
Commerce Of the United States, which
begins a three days session in Wash
ington next Wednesday.
Although the Edison plant at West
Orange, n. j., was destroyed by fire on
December 9, with a loss Of about 81
OO0, 900, the plant has been so far re-
stored that production Is now almost
normal. Portions Of the plant are
night and day.
The Fidelity Trust company of New
ark, N. j., on Monday. declared a
dividend Of 325 per cent on its cap
Ital stock of 100000; Of this, 275
per cent was in cash and so per cent
in stock. Every employe Of the COM
panv was also given a bonus Of ten
per cent Of his or her annual salary.
The United States supreme court
has confirmed the sentence Of the
Federal district court Of Philadelphia,
under which Chas. M. Mcmahon, John
R. Markley and other officials Of the
Lumber and Develop
ment company are to serve three
months to two years for fraudulent
use Of the mails.
A Catasauqua Pa, concern, makers
of horseshoes, has received contract
from the Russian government for one
million shoes for Cossack ponies, be-
sides large quantities Of shoes for 9TH
er horses. The horseshoe factory en-
ployes 600 men and Is working night
and day, the output Of shoes being
about 100000 a day.
According to reports to the senate
by Secretaries McAdoo and Redf1eld,
ocean freight rates have risen in some
cases 1,150 per cent since the begin
ming Of the war. The report declares
that IL exports maintained the Decem-
Der level for one year. the increased
rates would make a charge Of $216,-
224, 400 on American exports.
A Washington dispatch says that the
indications are that there will be no
rivers and harbors bill passed by this
session of congress. This is the meas
ure that Is characterized as the pork
barrel" The bill as reported carries
about s2O,000,0 900 less than when trans
nitted from the war department., and
its opponents say there is yet much
room for trimming.
In an address in New York a few
days ago. DR.. Manton NJ. Carrick OF
the American Medical Association
said: Every year more lives were lost
by accident and preventable deaths
than have been destroyed in this coun-
try in all our wars since the Declara-
persons die annually from preventable
diseases in the United States. while
| 500 900 are needlessly i'll.
Contempt OF court sentences i'm
posed on two reporters of the New
York Tribune because they would not
divulge sources of information of a
printed story of grand jury investi-
cations in New York, were on Monday,
set aside by the United States supreme
court The newspaper men refused to
accept presidential pardons in return
for testimony as to where they secur-
ed their information.
Different Standards.-Richard Blk.