Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-31
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Health Service hospital at Camp
SEWER Greenville, to succeed Capt. c.
p. Knight who was removed because
ne was not running things to suit the
war department. Patients in the
hospital petitioned the department
some time ago to retain Capt. knight.
HBy ,yerysclose vote of SS to 40
ths senate has killed the treaty g. amSsna Sna5
%sat sssaia, sSasnt t0snsGni to einIns as
y6{es that FIVE British provinces are
toShave in the League of Nations, the
ida being that to allow British
province a separate vote from the
mother r=eountry means that many ad-
ditionaI votes for Great Britain, and
therefore the dominance of the league
byy the Britishs Opponents OF the
leSgue, and thettreatyyan general hofd
that the senate sdidstl not accept this
proposition so much because 1t ap-
proved It as because of a growing
conviction that the rejection, of any
provision of the treaty will mean the
rejection of the whole treaty. 1t is
claimed, that when the treaty comes up
for final adoption there will be tack
ed on some reservations that viii de-
firle the position of the United states
aatnot being bound by the whole docu-
ment; but as to how that will be, the
final vote alone can show.
william o. Jenkins, United States
consular agent ct Pueblo, Mexico who
was captured by Mexican bandits re-
Gently and held for ransom, has been
released upon the payment OF S3C0,0OO
10 the bandits. IT had been stipulated
by. the bandits that If any attempt was
made to release Jenkins by force he
would, be killed. Accordingly, on be-
- l,A NJ
eyS Senior Mestre, personal attorney OF
M. Jenkins, offered his services and
vent 10 the camp of the bandits, sever
al hours ride, by automobile, from Pu-
1ebIos Senior Mestre was conducted 70
a2room In which he found Mr.. Jenkins
if15bed. in q state of collapse. He had
been hidden in the woods for some
days. sleeping on the ground at night.
He5was brought to Pueblo in pretty
bai condition. The negotiations Ior
fii6 release Of Jenkins We're directed py
Selaor Eltinge Hanna. OF the American
embassy in Mexico. As TO what the
United States government proposes 70
do; about the whole thing is not yet
f,,llv developed: but 1t is expected that
the Mexican government Will De heio
to strict accountability.
Thousands of organized workers Of
the District Of Columbia, who paradeo
down Pennsylvania avenue in honor OF
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, last
TUESDAY night, later heard the veteran
labor leader assert that "big bus ness
definitely had determined ito give Ia
bof because Of its growing strength, q
blow between the eyes" The attitude
Of the United States Steel corporation
towards the steel workers unions. he
added, was only one. manifestation OF
this determination on the. part or m
dustry. Mr.. Gompers said that while
at-the beginning Of the steel strike, ne
considered 1t "untimely," since learn
ing OF the plans Of the steel companies
inicommon with all large employers he
had changed his mind and now the
steel strikers had his utmost sympathy.
AS. evidence of this sympathetic atti-
tude he appealed to the District OF Co
lufabia workers to contribute to the
support OF the strikers. The parade
which preceded the mass meeting at
which Mr.. Gompers was the princlpai
speaker was in recognition OF the fed-
GRAFTON presidents efforts on behalf OF
labor and the nation during the war.
W9rkers representing FRyTtrades aFd
industries participated In the parade,
which required two hours to pass. The
la5or leader was introduced by Secre-
tary Of Labor Wilson as "a man VINO
above all loves his fellow man."
THE senate on Tuesday followed the
lead Of the house in passing the pro-
hibftion enforcement act over the pres
,fdent's veto, the vote being 65 to 20, or
eight more than the necessary two
thirds majority. The presidents objec7
ton to the bill was the fact that 1t con-
tinued the wartime prohibition law,
which was intended to be operative
only until the ratification of the peace
treaty and which, he said, had fulfilled
the purpose for which it was intended.
Word went out from the White House
Just before the senate voted, that the
president had announced 1t as his pur-
pose to suspend the wartime prohlpl-
ton law Immediately upon the ratifi-
cation Of peace. The attorney general
having already given an opinion that
this law Is unconstitutional, the presl-
dent still has it in his power to sus-
pend the. operation of this much of the
law when he sees proper after the, rat
ification Of the treaty. The effect OF
such action on the part of the presi-
dent will be to put two months de-
bauch on the part of those people or
the country in states that have not yet
voted prohibition, who may desire to
indulge in IT. Tt Is stated in Washing
ton that the managers Of the Anti-Sa-
loon league and other prohibition infiu-
ences will continue to oppose the rati-
fication Of the treaty up until January
/, II necessary in order to avoid the
flood Of liquors that is threatened. 1t
is generally recognized that in the
whole thing there is lot Of politics,
both the Democrats and Republicans
seekingsto' so manage as to get all they
can Of the prohibition and liquor vote.
Senator Dial voted to override the
presidents veto. The vote Of Senator
Smith is, not recorded. F.,
= Speeches in four languages and
songs in as many more, constituted the
opening session of the first information
al congress Of working women, at
Washington last Tuesday. Some fifty
Of the delegates attending came from
foreign countries, eleven nations and
the United States being represented in
the gathering. but with the services of
a corps of young women interpreters,
all Of the addresses made during the
day were fully understood, as was in
dicated by the succeeding waves of ap-
plause which swept over the hall at the
conclusion. of the various versions. All
Of the talks partook Of the nature of
a formal exchange Of greeting. Mrs.
Raymond Robins, as president of the
National Women's Trade Union league,
called the gathering together, and hail