Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around tho World.

Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around tho World.
1t is estimated in London that Eng
land will have fully 100000 fighting
men in France by the first of March.
There are more than 10000 earth
quake victims being cared Tor in the
regular and temporary hospitals Of
Rome, Italy.
| Eight iron furnaces Of the Thomson
Steel Works at Braddock, Pa, were
put in operation last week, giving en-
] ployment to 1000 men.
The Grafton state bank at Grafton,
w. Va, was closed last week follow
ing a run, caused, 1t Is said, by the
failure of a big bank at Uniontown,
Pa.
The rail mill Of the Illinois Steel
company at Gary, Ind, is to resume
operations February 8, adding 1900
men to the force Of 5000 now en-
pioycd by the company.
Major Devile, Of the French army
medical service, has received not less
than 81 wounds since the war began.
Most Of his wounds have been slight,
but several have been quite serious.
After a strike lasting five months,
in which a demand for an increase Of
wages was the issue, 1000 glove cut
ters Of Greenville and Johnston, N.
Y, have returned to work. The de-
mands were not granted.
A dispatch from Athens. Greece,
says: "The decision Of Roumania to
enter the arena as belligerent Is con-
firmed from various sources. All agree
that the time Is to be the first week
in February"
During the year 1914, there were 100
fatal grade crossing accidents in New
York state. In 1913, the total Of such
deaths were 134. Automobiles on
grade crossings were responsible for
35 deaths last year.
The steamship Maryland Of the Bal
timore, Chesapeake and Atlantic rail-
way, was destroyed by fire in Chesa-
peake bay, Friday. Twelve Of the 10S
passengers and crew are unaccounted
for.
A story sent out from Paris Is to the
effect that the ministers Of finance Of
England, France and Russia, at re-
cent joint meeting in Paris, arranged
to float a war loan Of $500, 600, 900,
to bear 81 per cent interest.
A correspondent writing from Rome,
says: 1T is again insistently rumor-
ed that Emperor Francis Joseph,
while fully realizing the danger Of the
cessation Of the sovereignty Of Hun
gary at the present time, has decided
to abdicate."
The Efficiency Board Of the National
Bakers association, in Chicago, last
week, recommended that the bankers
Of the country make loaves to weigh
26 ounces to sell at 10 cents, putting
the increased price on the higher cost
Of wheat.
Two million dollars will be distri-
buted among farmers in various states,
as compensation for the destruction
Of their cattle and property in the
crusade against the foot and mouth
disease, II the promises Of congression-
al leaders are carried through.
Twenty-Five Of the special deputy
sheriffs charged with firing on strik-
ing employees Of the American Agri-
cultula al Chemical company at Roose-
velt, N. j.. last Wednesday, in which
one man was killed, are being held
for trial under bail bonds Of $4,000
each.
AS the result Of the failure Of the
First National Bank at Uniontown,
Pa, last week, due to failure to OBJ
serve the banking laws, and the first
big failure under the reserve banking
laws, the Federal Reserve board is
considering the idea Of having the ma
tional banks submit weekly statements
Of condition.
Peter 8. Tully, known by his COM
rades as "Slice Bar" of Vallejo, Ca.
was the first Of the veteran sailors Of
the battleship Oregon on her dash
around South America in 1898, to take
advantage of the voyage-enlistment
Of the Spanish war crew Of the Ore
gon, for the ceremonies incident to
the official opening Of the Panama
canal.
Judge Worschauser at White Plains,
N. Y, last week, following the ac-
quittal Of defendant charged with
shooting Chas. H. Wilson, before dis
charging the jury, said to that body:
Il cannot agree with your verdict, but
I must accept 1t. There Is but one
conclusion in my mind, and that Is
that this Is a clear case Of blackmail.
The verdict indicates a miscarriage OF
justice"
The military committee Of the lower
house Of congress, has favorably re-
ported the McKellar bill, providing for
the establishment in each state Of a
military training school, which must
have at least 300 students, who will
receive a thorough academic education
and surh military instruction from
army officers, as will fit them for the
duties Of reserve or volunteer officers
in time Of war.
DR.. E. Lester Jones, public commits
sioner of fisheries, in a report to Pres
ident Wilson, after an investigation o.
charges Of wholesale and continual
violations Of liquor laws in regulations
in Alaska, says: Wherever the white
man has settled the saloon prevails
and that has had more to do with the
ruination Of the Indian and the Aleut
than all other causes. am advised by
reliable authority that up to this year
there had not been a single conviction
by jury in Alaska"
Jos. ]. Ettor, leader Of Industrial
Workers Of the World, Is in Jail at
St. Clairsville, O., charged with trea-
son. Ettor was scheduled to make an
address at Bellaire when arrested, his