Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-01
Scraps II: aud. faets.

on charges Of violating the. corrupt
practices act and because of election
frauds. Immediately after taking this
action the house adopted a report by
the committee on election declaring
John: r Farr, Republican also OF
Scranton, duly elected and entitled to
McLane's seat. The vote to put NC
Lane out was 161 to 121. Charges by
this; committee that liquor dealers and
brewers stood behind McLane thre"
the house into an intensely pltrer
wrangle The committee held McDahe
should be unseated for violating the
corrupt practices act and because OIL
wholesale election frauds. It's report
was unanimous. Representative Biand'
Democrat, Virginia. member OF tne
committee, declared the case was one
where, Republicans and Democrats
stood. on common ground and that Nc
Lane had been put forward as q can
didate against Farr because the latter
had voted in congress for the prohl-
bitioni amendment and for RESTRICTION
Of immigration.
,>-Hobnailett shoes of two hundred
dougYboy guards posted at the Hotei
CriIlon. where the. American peace
commission had it's headquarters in
Paris caused virtually. all 1T the
damage for which the owner charged
the commission sl25;S70.82. the mana
ger Of the; hotel, Henri Dequis, said IN
New York Friday. 1t was this item
of damages in the; expenses :of the
delegation over. which considerable
protest was, voiced recently in the
house of representatives and when
among other expenses President Wiz
son was asked to itemiZe in resolu-
ton adopted sby, the house. THE 200
American soldiers who guarded the
commission: in Paris damaged the
Hotel Crillon to the extent of about
s625: EACH" said M. Dequis, quietly
adding that it was not the fault OF
themselves but the shoes they wore.
They were neither impollte nor
boisterous, but they had to tramp IN
and out and all about the .hotei all
the time wearing :hobnailed shoes over
the polished floors and expensive rugs.
It cost the hotel 650,000 francs to re-
place the carpets and 5,O0O,000 francs
to. put the hotel in order he declared:
M.,DeQuis thought that the boots OIL
the French soldiers would nave inc
same effect, and said he understood
the British did even more damage to
the Hotel Majestic. .s>
= Automobile accidents in the Unit;
ed States claimed LAT! more victims
in. 1919 than were killed in accidents
on American railways, according 70
comparative figures compiled by the
Southern Railway System J. from Of
f1cial reports, recently issued by the
census bureau and the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Deaths from
automobile accidents showed a total
Of 1869, an increase, Of 444 over 1913
for the census bureaus registration
area, comprising about so per cent. Oh
the .countrys total population. Sixty
six Of the large cities had 3,S0S deatns
from automobile accidents. In rail-
way accidents the report OF the inter-
state Commerce Commission SHOWS
that ;6.495 persons were killee, this
figure being lower than for any pre-
yious year since 1896 when the num-
her of persons using the railways and
empoyed on them was much smaller
than in 1919. In the total for l9l9
are included 2,553 trespassers and L.
$50 other persons, not either paSsen-
GERS, or employees, Of whom large
percentage were the; victims OF COLI
sions between automobiles and rai!-
waS. trains. These figures show thai
while the persistent effort of the rail-
ways to eliminate accidents. has been
prodGetive of splendid results in dc
creased casualties, the number Of
deaths from automobile accidents Is
growing year by year. The ngurcs
fors1919 are the latest available as
those. for 1920 have not yet been
completed.
-chattanooga, February 81: Renew
ad activities Of night riders aroun0
Bridgeport and other Alabama towns
results in an appeal today to federal
authorities for protection by RESIDENTS
who have been attacked in their homcs:
The iail at .Scottsboro is under speclal
R11ard OF state law enforcement C1-
ficers as a. precaution against mob Vlo-
Ience as an aftermath Of night riding
in that section the past week. Ac-
cording to|reliable information reach-
ing here today, the farmers IN the
Bridgeport and Stevenson sectlons are
KEYED up to a; high pitch or excitement
over developments over the past le"
days. Jo6ie Beavers and Jonn bro"n'
two farmers arrested SATURDAY ny sla.S
law enforcement officers ana Sene w
Jackson county by Governor hlioy. are
confined in the jail at Scottspolo'
Brown is suffering from q wound al
Ieged bv officers to have been sustain
ed in the course OF a RAID on the Iioi.,v ,''.
of Harry MCGOWAN Thursday nlght py
"a, band of Is or 20 night riders. 6olli
beavers and Brown, it is salo' haVe
been identified by MCGOWAN as mem;
bers of the gang Of alleged nlGht iluers
Who attacked his home. Both Hle,
DENY having participated IN the RAID
Information reaching Chattanooga 70
day stated, that night. riders IN JacHsoE
coi,nty Aa., have dragged men from
their homes and whipped, them un-
rnerc,fully and others have been warn
ed m ioin the Tenants union or take
tbe cosseouences. Members OF tne
union. while denying any part IN e,le
o,,tra ees. are charged with either TAX.
Ing nart. or; inspiring these attacks. IL
is alleged that the night riders. are at,
tempting to enforce the prllG.p.. on ",
the Tenants union, the RAIDS ptllS Va
homes of tenants who have reluseo ~
join.
cooperation between coal opera
tors and miners in SIX Stlles " -
high prices for soft coal by reSttlSe,m1 SnI
production was charged by leoeia, a:
grand Jury indictment returneo ,n ~,
court at indianapolis, Indiana. W.
hundred and twenty-siX detenoahta,
including 127 operators ana miners
and 90 operators associations OF co'i.e
nanies. were accused OF conspiracy "
violate the Sherman ANTITRUST laM i,.
The defendants live in Missouri, III,
nois. Indiana, Kentucky. ONO anu
PENNSYLVANIA. Judge A.. 3. Anderson,