Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-08
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last night. drove him in an automobile
into the woods, where they tarred ana
,feathered him and closely clipped MS
hair, had proved unavailing late to-
might. Five unmaSked mon forced
Hobbs into an automobile about
o'clock, he says last night, drove him
to the woods near the city, and ap-
piled tar land coat OF feathers.
Bringing him back to the business dis
;trict they forced him from the auto
mobile opposite, the postoffice. Clad
in his coat of feathers, he sought shell
ter in the Doorway Of the building ln-
til he attracted the attention of
passerby, who notified police of his
plight. Hobbs says he can not identl-
:fy any of his abductors. He says he
was given until Tuesday to leave the
city or be killed. He says, however
he prefers to remain here.
The Joint resolution directing the
stopping of enlistments until the reg
ular army is reduced to l75,000 men
was passed by the house over Presl-
dent Wilson's veto on Saturday night.
The veto was overridden by a vote or
.271 to 16, one member voting not pres
ent. The presidents veto message was
not read to the house until SiN hours
after it's formal delivery but once read.
action was swift. Representative
Mondell of Wyoming. Republican lead
er, said the message presented no ar
guments that had not already been
before the body and that further dis
cussion was unnecessary. He asked
for an immediate vote. A" motion 70
adjourn offered by Representative
Winge, Democrat, Arkansas, was
voted down overwhelmingly. All or
n
president in the final vote were Demo-
Gratis. They were: Bee, Texas: Bland.
Virginia: Campbell. PENNSYLVANIA;
Cleary, New York; Coady, Maryland;
Eagan, New Jersey; Fisher Tennes-
see: Igoe. Missouri: McAndrews, IL
linois; Minahan, New Jersey: Pell.
New York; Raker, California: Simms,
Tennessee; league. Massachusetts,;
Weaver. North Carolina, Welling.
Utah: Lee, Democrat, Georgia voted
present. Those voting to override the
veto included 90 Democrats.
The British government formally
proposed 4 cancellation OF all interal-
lied debts, but the proposals were un-
acceptable to the American govern
ment, said J. Austen Chamberlin,
chancellor of the eXchequer. in
speech to his constituents at Eirming-
ham, England last Friday. To make
them again." Chamberlain continued.
would be, l think. beneath our dig
nifty and would render us liable to
misconception of our motive. In maxi
ing them he added, 1--WE sought no
national advantage for ourselves. We
proposed solution in which we
should have foregone claims larger
than any RENTED to us. and we pro-
posed it because we believed 1t would
be in the interests of good relations
among peoples. the rehabilitation OF
national credit and the restoration OF
international trade. Our great inter-
national debt is due TO the obligation
we undertook on behalf of our allies.
If. we had had only ourselves to con-
slider, we should have been particular
~ free of external debt at the present
time" Mr.. Chamberlain prefaced his
remarks by saying that he would have
preferred at the close of the war that
the whole interallicd debt had been
wiped out. so as to start. with II clean
slate. There wuS no proposal FOR Il
settlement of the international debt
among the allied and associated DOW
ers, whether for total or partial re-
mission which the British govern
ment has been prepared 10 be party
to, he declared.
THE German government will lose
no time lin placing its views on the
shortcomings of the treaty of Fersail-
les before the Republican administra-
tion The Berlin foreign office. it was
learned in Washington Saturday on
good authority, already has submitted
these views to Ellis LorinS Dressed,
United States commissioner in Berlin.
with the intimation that it would he
most advantageous" for both nations
to conclude separate peace and
working arrangement. According 10
the information available here. inc
German government has gone so far
in it's intimations as to give expression
to the hope that the Harding admins
tration will he able to bring about
situation in the relations between the
United States and Europe which will
permit Of negotiations by Germany
and the allied powers of "a sane econ
omic adjustment" The Berlin author
tiles, it is understood, are conSlderln"
the probable alternatives open to the
new administration. which are, first a
declaration Of Il separate peace: sec
ond, the ratification of the treaty OF
Versailles with elimination of the
covenant Of the league of nations and
the deletion of all references to the
league or modified reference 10 the
league.
A ruse by detective and the accl-
dental overhearing Of Il conversation
atop Fifth avenue bus caused raids
on two ships in New York harbor
Sunday and the seizure OF more than
$4,000 worth of drugs on the one and
whiSiey. Iaces and revolvers and other
goods on the other. Thomas +. Rush.
customs surveyor of the port, was rid
ing on the top OF n bus last week and
overheard two men in conversation
say it was an easy matter to smuggle
goods off ships. He found the men
were connected with tho steamer Fort
Pitt Bridge. which arrived recently
from Nigo, Spain. \ searching party
was sent to the ship and under several
tons OF coal ST bottles of whiskcy were
found and in cargo hold several
thousand dollars worth Of laccS. lin
gerie and other articles were stored.
The drug raid was carried ont on
board the steamship Florence Lick
enback after Detective Bernard Boy
Ian. disguised us n longShoreman. is
said to have gained the confidence OF
Frederick SunGolf, the ships quar-"
tarmaster, and had told him a friend
would pay thousands Of dollars Tor
enough cocaine to last for Il year.
Sundolf, Roylan said. let it he Enowa
that drugs were on board the Luck
enback. and later was arrested and
locked up, charged with hcing n drug