Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.


Around the World.
Secretary Of State VIM. ]. Bryan
celebrated his 55th birthday last Fri.
day.
New York city has $500 charitable,
civic and religious organizations, all
working for the betterment Of people
and things in that city.
In a freight train wreck near New
Cumberland, Pa, Thursday, a ship
ment of thirty automobiles, valued al
$4,000, were mashed into junk.
Jacob Abrams, under sentence OF
five years in Sing Sing prison, escaped
from the Tombs prison, New York, on
Thursday. Abrams had outside help
Work in the Lehigh Valley Goa
company's mines at Shenandoah, Pa
begun yesterday after a shut down OF
five weeks, giving employment to TO-.
900 men.
Mrs. Ellen G.. White, founder, proph-
etess and present leader Ct the Seventh
Day Adventists, aged 81 years, Is crit.
ically i'll at her home in st. Helene
Cal.
Because of the lack Of shipping IA
cilities between the United States and
the Philippines, army transports will
be used for bringing freight from the
islands.
The French chamber Of deputies
has passed a bill providing for an is
sue Of government bonds to the limit
Of 4,5OO,O0O,O00 francs (s90O,00O,00 000)
for war purposes.
During the last few minutes Of the
session Of the Nevada legislature which
closed last Friday, wide-open gam
bling law was slipped through. Poker
stud poker, ETC., are legalized.
The two battleships Of the dread.
nought class, provided for by the last
congress, are to be armed with 16.
inch guns the largest ever placed or
a battleship.
On telegraphic orders from China
Chinese merchants throughout the en-
tire world have begun a systematic
boycott against the sale Of all goods
manufactured in Japan.
Richard Madden and Gustave Cook
were convicted in the Federal court
in New York, Thursday, on the charge
of aiding and abetting Richard P
Stegler, a German naval reserve, tc
secure a false American passport.
A story from Geneva, Switzerland
is to the effect that during February
members of the Austrian royal family
not including Emperor Francis Jos
eph, invested s14,0O0,0OO in American
real estate, stocks and bonds.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Angle, charged witt
the murder Of Waldo R. Ballou, 6
wealthy citizen, on trial at Bridge
port, Conn.,, for ten days, was acquit
ted by the jury hearing the case. Fri
day. Mrs. Angle claimed that Ballor
fell down flight Of stairs.
James ]. Hill, railroad builder ant
capitalist of Minnesota, predicted be.
fore a legislative committee at st
Paul on Thursday, that the European
war would soon come to an end, ant
that wheat will sell down to 70 cent!
a bushel before the end of 1916.
| A bill providing for the establish
ment of a million dollar state bank ha!
been passed by the legislature Of Mis-
souri,. The proposed bank will be es
tablished to handle farm loans. Befor,
1t becomes effective the law has to b'
endorsed by a referendum vote Of th'
people.
| Statistics published at Havre
France, are to the effect that up t
January 31st, sS,960,000 had been con
tributed for the relief Of the Belgians
| OF this sum the United States had con
tributed s6,200,OOO; Great Britain
$780, 900; New Zealand, 100000; Aus
tralia, $50,000.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels ha'
rescinded the naval order forbiddint
the marriage of midshipmen and en-
signs Of the navy, on the ground tina
their salary was not sufficient to sup
port a wife. Mr.. Daniels says he will
do all he can to encourage the mar
riage Of ensigns and midshipmen.
1t is announced from Paris tina
Professors La Chaineheand and Val
lee have discovered a new antitoXir
called "Polyvalent," which Is describ
ed at the greatest medical discover!
since Listers antiseptic. The new
serum is antiseptic in character ant
stimulates the growth Of tissue arount
wounds. insuring rapid recovery. Th'
serum Is being extensively used in tht
] French army hospitals.