Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-07

ulIlOn. -. He idlcSl IcpOElS, LOWCNCi,
appear to be. more encouraging.
- Secretary Tumulty has prepared an
answer to- a resolution introduced by
Representative Rodenburg of Illi-
nois. asking for information concern
ing the alleged million dollars worth
of gifts received by President Wilson
III Europe. The list will be itemized and
it was said at the White House the
value is very, very insignificant"
In fact, 1t was said, by officials, the
president did not receive a single pres
ent which would require an act of
congress to enable him to accept. In
every case, twas said, where gift
was about; to be made; the president
consulted Secretary Lansing and the
attorney general who advisedI that
tha president could accept. The king
ofSltaly. presented the president with
two old guns and the king of England
gave him a book. 1t was said. The
most valuable present received by the
president was a gold casket which con-
tained a certificate Of citizenship from
the city of London.
Lord dNorthcliffe. owner of the Lon
don Times, the London Daily Mail and
many other English, papers has defied
organized labor to keep him from eX-
pressing in his newspaper whatever
4 opinion he may choose regarding the
railwayrnen's strike now going on in
England. Lord Northcliffe, who is the
: most powerful newspaper owner in the
world, expressed himself as prepared to
stop the publication of his papers
rather than modify his opinion on the
strike A few days ago the machine
managers or The London Daily Mail
sent to Lord Northcliffe letter con-
tanning the following: ."We wish to
enter a strong protest against the
treatment meted.. out to the National
Onion Of Railwaymen in the columns
of your paper To which Lord
Northcliffe replied: 81 am entirely
satisfied with the attitude of my jour-
mails toward this national calamity, and
rather than be dictated to by anyone
or any body of men / will stop the
publication Of these newspapers; and
have SO Informed the Newspaper. Pro-
prietors' Association"
-. Told by George A. zabriskie, presi-
dent of the sugar equalization board, 1t
was practically certain that unless
legislative action was taken Immediate
ly sugar prices would increase after
January i, the senate committee in
Sestigating the sugar shortage on Fri
day requested w. A. Glasgow, counsel
for the food administration to formu-
late legislation designed to alleviate
the situation and to make possible
negotiations for purchasing the 1920
Cuban sugar crop. The committee
made Its request after Mr.. Zabriskie
had testified that despite urging by the
sugar equalization board President
Wilson had failed to authorize pur-
chase of the Cuban crop, and after he
at Chairman McNary's insistence had
presented his correspondence with the
president The Cuban government
withdrew it's offer of the sugar crop
September %, Zabriskie said. He add
ed,s however, that means might yet be
found to obtain the Cuban sugar if
legislative action could be had i'm
rcediately 1t would be necessary
also. he said, to make provision for
continuation of the sugar equalization
foard, which automatically goes out of
existence December 81.
.--rpy decisive votes the senate last
Thursday defeated all of the 35 tex
tuaI amendments offered by Senator
Fall, Republican, of New Mexico, and
supported ! by the Foreign Relations
Committee majority, intended to elm
mate American participation on the
commissions established under the
treaty, excepting the Reparation COM
mission. Mr.. Fall has one more
amendment to provide that the rep
resentative of the United States on the
Reparation Commission be subject to
instructions of his government in all
matters excepting commerce involving
this country. That, too, it is assured
is doomed to defeat when reached la
ter in the reading of the treaty. The
outcome of this, the first clash OF
strength between the opposing forces
on amendments in the treaty battle,
was accepted by the Republican lead
ers as forecasting the fate of the re-
naming amendments promulgated by
the committee, with the exception of
that OF Senator Johnson of California
to equalize the voting power of Great
Britain and the United States in the
League of Nations Assembly. The
Johnson amendment they hope =: to
save. esp
- Fully two million new cotton spin
dies are under order for delivery
to United States mills at the earliest
practicable date and foreign countries
are seeking new machinery here despite
the abnormally high prices asked for
mill machinery and for general mill
construction, according to reports from
the New England Mill Machinery
centers. New Jersey and Rhode Is
H..