Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-30
Scraps and faets.

3O.57 per cent, and nearly as great as
the total subscription in the Boston
and in the Philadelphia districts.
Nearly 60 per cent, of the loan, or
1858, ,754,S5 was taken by those VINO
subscribed for not in excess OF SlO,-
900 each.
The printing train which the Ger
mans brought to Versailles ana IN
which they had been putting into type
running through the presses and pino-
ing into phamphlet form, their count
er proposals to the peace treaty terms
comprises II cars. One of these Is
sleeping car, another passenger car
riage, arranged half for first class and
half for second class; flat car loaded
with coal, eight cars with printing
and other typographical apparatus
and one empty car. Steam engine
and dynamore on the train provide
electricity for lighting the cars and
power for operating the printing ma
chinery. The printing press is or the
fiat bed type. operated by eiectrlclty.
Lithographic apparatus forms part
of the equipment, as does photo
graphic laboratory, including proJec-
tion apparatus and work shop. by
special contrivance the operation OF
the printing machinery is possible eV-
en- while the train is in rapid motlon.
The printing train is under the dlrect-
ion of Her Won Over a map making
specialist. attached to the German
army, who has Is men under MS ol-
rection.
Resarding the appointment OF Con-
gresham E. Y. Webb, OF the nlntn
district. to the United States district
court, a special dispatch from Green's
boro, the home of Judge James II:
BOYD. says: President Wilson will
not appoint Congressman Yates Wepp
TO succeed Judge James z. Boyd, or the
limited States district court, Wltnln
the near future, according to informa-
ton from a reliable source. Under the
law the president must be convinced
that a Judge Is physically or mentaiiy
unfit to perform his duties pe1ore ne
can name a successor. Judge Boyd
anpears to be about the healthlest
looking speciman around Greensboro,
and IL looks count for anything ne is
in the pink of condition. Should Juoge
Royd decide to retire, or Should ms
health fail. President Wilson VIII I'M
mediately name the Shelby congress
man to succeed him. II Is known lnat
the president has finally made up ms
mind to this effect, and has told Nortn
Carolina congressman that Wepp is
his choice for this high Judlcai honor.
WeDD Is the Only uCihSNi~S 80
Carolina who can be confirmed by the
present republican senate which holds
the majority vote. Webb has always
been popular in Washington, both with
republicans and with his democratlc
associates. It is learned from repuD.
licans of high rank that WeDD Will
he confirmed, provided the president
does not try to displace Judge Boyd
solely upon political grounds. In such
an eventuality there would be strong
opposition to his confirmation
- Thirteen former soldiers took the
witness stand to testify for Henry
Ford in his $1,00O.0OO libel SUIT against
the Chicago Daily Tribune in Judge
fuckers court at Mount Clemens,
Michigan Wednesday. Their testi-
mony was all of the same general Ell
feet in refutation of charges made In
the body of the alleged libelous edl.
torial headed Ford is an Anarchist,
The editorial stated that Ford woulo
not pay his employees who went with
the National Guard to the Mexican
border; would not care for their lam
lilies, nor would hold their POSI-
tions open for them until they return,
ed. The plaintiff admits that ne dld
not pay salaries of his men while alb
sent, but denies that he deserted tnelr
dependents and asserts that the posi-
tions of guardsmen were held open just
as positions were held for any other
employees who left the factory Tor
causes beyond their control. Those
who testified today all had been In
Mr.. Ford's employ when the National
Guard was modified in 1915: all
Joined the colors and all testified that
they were placed in their old positions
or better ones without discrimina-
,.at,,rna1 According
to Walter P. Johnson, one OF the VIII
nesses, Mr.. Ford sent an emissary 10
look up Ford employees in the Ma
tional Guard to reaSSure them that
the editorial statement that their JOBS
would not be held for them was un-
true. Direct examination of each one
included a question whether the wit
nesses had expected to be paid while
away and the replies were invariably
in the negative. Most of the witnesses
were without dependents, according TO
the testimony.
Lisbon. May 81: The achievement
Of the first trans Atlantic air flight,
with Lisbon as the first European
stopping place has aroused theen thus
iasm Of the Portuguese as no event
has stirred them for many years.
When the American seaplane, NC-4,
came over the Tagus River this even
ing the populace, crowding all places
of vantage, gave full expression to this
enthusiasm by cheers of welcome to
which was added the bombing OF guns
and ringing of bells. For days the
people of Lisbon had been awaiting
the completion of this monentous voy-
age and, though disappointed from
day to day because of the inability of
Commander Reads craft to continue
its flight from the Azores because OF
unfavorable weather condition, yet
each day they looked hopefully toward
the west Now they are able to say
that they never doubted that NC-4
would wing its way safely across the in
tervening 500 miles of water Early in
the day word was flashed that the
NC-4 had started and at intervals
there were bulletins of the progress
made. The whole city was en-fete and
during the later hours of the day vlr-
tually all business was abandoned by
those who crowded every where to
witness the arrival Guided by skill
full hands the American plane, which
had covered the distance between the
protecting destroyers along the route
with the clocklike regularity, swept
in over Lisbon and settled down
gracefully near the cruiser Rochester.
II was not forgotten by many OF
those who witnessed the triumph OF
the American commander that anoth-
er man, equally stouthearted, the
Australian, Hawker. was being well
coined in England on his return from
a wonderful trans Atlantic flight,
more spectacular but not so successful
in it's ending and there was praise for
both.
London, May 20: This promises
to be a critical week in the relations
between organized labor and the gov
ernment. The Triple Alliance of
railway men, coal miners, and trans
port workers, a million and half of
men, has prepared an ultimatum to
the government and has been defied
by Andrew Bonar Law. The unions
demand immediate abolition OF con-
scription, withdrawal of all troops
from Russia, immediate lifting of the
blockade against Germany, release OF
all conscientious objectors now IN
prison. and raising exemption from
income tax to $1,000. The demand is
accompanied by poorly veiled threat
to call a general strike to enforce IT.