Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-18
Page Four
Straps and faets.

the city terminal 1acllllleS along lIS
Cooper river to the east of the passen-
ger station.
The house of representatives on
Friday night recorded its opposition TO
any increase in membership, recon-
mitting TO the census committee by
vote of 146 to 142 the Siegel bill to IN
crease its size from 435 10 $50 MEM
bers. The vote was taken on motion
to recomtnit offered by Representative
Fairchild Of Indiana, Republican,
member of the census committee, attef
nine hours of debate and wrangllng
over the parliamentary procedure.
Previous to recOmmitting thehbili the
house rejected, 140 to 146, an amend
ment by Representative Barbour, Cal
ifornia, to authorize eapportionment
without any increase in membership.
Another amendment, offered by Repre-
sentative Tinkham, Republican, Mas
sachusetts. to decrease the member
ship to 425, was smothered under an
avalanche of noes" Eleven South
ern states Which Mr.. Tinkham charg-
ed had disfranchised negroes, would
have lost 33 seats and Massachusetts
one under his amendment, while gain
of "a would have been split among
dozen states which made considerable
gains III pOpuleRNlOlA NN' i4iS N''N
decade.
- The slump in the German mark
writes correspondent from Doom,
Holland, is beginning TO affect the
former German emperor who is en-
deavoring TO combat unfavOrable IL
nancial conditions by reducing his
household and other radical measures.
To-day ten members of his staff were
dismissed. including the chief garden
er. whose place had been taken by
William himself. Gardening now has
become a hobby with the former en-
peror. who appears to have tired on
saving and chOpping wood. General
Won Gontard. the cX-kaiser'S frSt
chamberlain today gave out Il state
ment saving that Williams financial
position would no longer allow him to
give monetary support TO many of the
poor of Holland and Germany who
continually apply at DoOrn Castle for
aid. THE Prussian government has
seized all the estates and the cntlre
capital of the HOhenZulernS md nego-
tiations for an arrangement still are
proceeding" the statement added,
1.-THE kaiser'S only means consist or
remittance from Germany and Us the
rate of German currency is so low thit
n hundred marks is little more thah
two forms, it is evident the money
received is barely sufficient to pro-
vide for the kaiser and the crown
prince"
Presentation Of labor's case in the
senate interstate commerce commit
tees investigation of general railroad
conditions was begun Saturday by
Srank j. Warne. statistician for the
Railroad brotherhoodS. Charges were
made by Mr.. Warne that misleading
and incorrect figures regarding r2lI-
Road operation receipts and net in
come had been pre- Sented 10 tue com
mittee during recent months by the
railroad executives. The executives
he said. had submitted statistical fal-
hcies.' \ mass of information ana
detailed charges designed To prove IN
accuracies in the executives hguieS
we're presented by the Witness VINO
declared the railroads had not suffered
heavy losses from government cohtf"i'
and said their revenues during the
war were the largest in history. MI
1Narne declared that to secure rate in
xreases from the interstate commerce
commission, the railroads had spent
eassiYa-arnountS for maintenance
without necessity and that the lahd
grants railroads proiitcd douOlN duf-
ING rifer-war control period by recciF-
ing rates without any reduction lol
their land grants from the govern
ment. In recent years the roads MI
Warne stated. had made large cNp'h-
ditures for permanent Improvements
paving for them out OF operating rev
enles and charging them as EXPENSES
of operation. He also charged that
roads had manipulated maintenance
accounts so as TO affect faNorably or
adversely their net operating revenue
and income result. These were de-
pressed arbitrarily, he SAID, during
periods when the carriers were seek
ing rate increases before the inter-
state commerce commission
More than Ralf a million American
railroad men were on Saturday ordered
tol initiate a strike October 80 While
other unions. whose memberships
bring the total 10 about 2,OOO'VoV
announced unoffCially that they were
preparing TO follow suit ana MAKE the
walk opt ssncral on the same dalyS;
Under this, program the tie up would
be- complcte, according TO union pre-
dictiors, by November ,. The trSt
strike was fixed for & a. m, October 30
eyccpt one Texas line. whose tram
men were authorized To- 80 out Oc'-
ober ~ The railroads listed IN the
first group on which the strike Is 10
heoomc" cIfective touch 42 OF tn" AZ
states with Il trackage of $4,000 miles
out of the total United States track
ags of approximately 2OlOOV. ne
New England states comprise llr
proun that is virtually untouched IN
fh4 first walk out The strike orders
were issued to the big five brother
hoods, Oldest and most powerful OF the
railway unions, and they Sp2cliIcllE
included mail trains in the walk Out
Their provisions instructed strikers 10
Keen AWAY from railroad property WIN
a warning that violence OF any ma
ture will not be tolerated by IN" or
s,,niZotionS." The strike was an
nounccd following an Overwhelming
vote said To lie upwards OF 80 per cent
f;,ynrine a strike because uI a i per
cent wage reduction authorized by lhr
Tnitrd States railroad labor board
Iuly / and after it WAS declared hN
thns pssocintion Of railway executives
in session here yesterday That a lHf-
t1,c,. reduction would be sought 10y me
rnilroads. II was said that tn" SuIk"
decision was made before the an
rouncemcnt Of this further intended
,.rt 1printcd instructions for the con
duct of the strike issued M 'hicaS"
were dated Friday, October il.
William j. simmons, imperial wiz
Zard of the *. *. X, made i"hs
statement before the rules committee