Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-02
Scraps aud faets.


News OF fhe wedding was received by
officials of the fair association a snort
time before Miller was scheduled 10
take the air for his act and two asso-
tciation Iofficers were in a 1ewelry store
purchasing a wedding gift when the
accident occurred. Miller was a native
of Fort Wayne, Ind, and was 20 years
old. He made a! successful eXchange OF
,I,lanes Thursday and then signed an
extensive tour during the next falr
season. .......
= Thirty-five men in the army were
executed during the war as the result
of military court rt-martialS, ana IN no
cease was a capital sentence carried IN
to- effect for q purely military onens
saws the annual report or MaJor-Gen'
Enoch Crowder, judge advocate gen.
eral. In the last fiscal year. 6,547 per-
sons were tried before general courts
martial and So per cent. We're con.
y,icte6. Death penalties We're adJudged
In las cases between April 81 1916 ana
,June 30, 1919. Of the thirty-five exc
cutions. ten were in France and twen-
ty-fiye in the United StateG Muroer
was charged in two Of these cases.
murder and mutiny in nineteen, as
sault in eleven and assault and muir
der in three OF the charges against
officers more than one-third were
drunkenness, absence without leave, or
conduct unbecoming an of1eer. IN tne
cases of enlisted men, one- haH Oh Ihe
total charges recorded were Tor deser-
tion, absence without leave, ois-
obedience, or sleeping on posty
The fixing of fiat general prf
OF IL cents q pound for the l92O sugar
crop will result in throwing on the
market thousands of pounds 'ot sugar
that profiteers have beens holding, .ac'
cnrdtne 10 Federal Food Administrator
Arthur Williams. Although SO,OOO,0ol
pounds of sugar have been refined
each week in the eastern district o
the United States, the sugar SITUATION
has remained as acute as hefore. Ihf
indicates, according to WilnaBls, tna'
sugar profiteers have Been holdin;
thfs sugar in the expectation tha'
sugar control would end peeember 81
and that prices would shootsskywart
when control ended. The appointment
of. Attorney General A. M1tehel "a
mer as food administra togsmade last
week and the fixing of scent price
has disappointed these prptteers, an'
sugar may be expected toSher released
ne a consequence. "There.ts-no doubt"
said Williams, that hadsTsugar no.
been regulated the price would be II
the neighborhood Of 25 Cents. a pount
at retail. l have had requests from
retailers for permission toSsell at
and % cents pound now We Wi
never approve such TRANSACTIONS.
ANY effort on the partzof employers
to take advantage Of the, present 81
alton to destroy trade uutens, will be
presented by the public and opposed
nv me" Fuel Administrator Garfield
declared in a statement Saturday
night. Report has come to me thai
the present crisis in the coal in6"s'
will be used to break down the labor
unions." DR.. Garfield said. II wist
to say that I am much opposed to
attempt, to destroy tho princin,"
collective bargaining and sthe union OF
workingmen as l am TO the effort a.
labor leaders to keep labor satisfied
bysa constant boosting OF wages, re
gardless of the public interest, or t.
the effort of leaders in the industrial
world to boost profits unduly TO th'
hurt OF the public. Any lRttempt tC
complicate the issue at this time b.
seeking to destroy the union Ct ~
tnfne" workers OF the principle of col.
leetive bargaining will be. resented b,
the public. and opposed by2nae.
- REQUESTS that FederaH 2troops be
sent to Oklahoma to protect mine
who wished to return TO- work anI
that fuel administration for, the state
be appointed, have been telegraphe'
to. Washington by Gov. Robertson. II
appealed to Secretary OF War Bake
to furnish protection for voluntee
who we're willing to operate the mine
in the present emergency. t{e ur'
DR.. Garfield the necessity fds "a state
fuel administrator. Each town in
state is expected to contribute NJ
Of ten men TO work the mines. Great
numbers are expected to volunteer
from the large cities. Transportation
and good wages will be guaranteed
by the state to all men who answel
the CALL" Gov. Robertson promised ir
a call for workers. The operators anr
coal miners are both to blame for the
present situation. Both sides have re-
fused to give me the necessary co.
operation. Now they both can 90 II
the, devil. The public, which is the
innocent bystander in this controversy.
is going to be protected if 1t is in my
power to do it. and | believe ! ca
do it." .....
- IAN exceptionally interesting ex-
ample of the conversion Of 4 war IN
strument to a peace use has come TO
light in the statement from the bureau
of Mines. The instrument is the
reophone. perfected in the war 10 oh.
tain the location Of enemy guns by
means of sound. 1t has now beer
used in an attempt to rescue two
miners entombed ten days in one o
the mines Of the Gold Hunter, MininF
and Smelling Company in Idaho. The
walls Of the mine had caved in anC
the men, it is understood, were be
lieVed to be alive, although it was i'm.
possible to locate them. An appea
was made to the bureau of mines for
aid. The geophone Immediately wa
supplied in the hope that the miners
if still alive, could be located by the
sound Of their tapping on the rock
A message was received recently saN
ing the location of the miners ha'
been obtained: that a diamond dri'
had been used to drill down Il
them, and that through a hole thur
made food and drink was being sun
piled them. The rescuers begar
digging with an exact kowledge +
where the men are and. according tt
latest reports, have about 80 f"'
farther to go. They got the men ou'
last Sunday.
TO capture or to kill Bill Car'isl
most spectacular of all the long list of
western highwaymen since the days OF
Jessie James, is the purpose OF the
greatest man hunt in history, accord
ingito a. dispatch from Denver, Colora-
do. Thousands of miles of wild terri
toey&areE being secured by possess and
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