Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-02
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of Japan have agreed 'in principle"
TO the proposition of giving up the
postal systems they are now conduct |
ing in China and submit their mail to
Cfna's postal system. Japan has not
said she would not do this; but she
prefers to study the matter a little
before committing herself definitely.
Each of the nations maintains its own
postal system in China and each takes
jurisdiction over legal differences
where its nationals are concerned,
whether as between each other or as
between themselves and the Chinese.
The sentiment among all the otl:cr ma
tions except the japanese is TO give up
all extra territorial" rights involving
these things to China. ..,..
u Sexen Of the Liberty bond issues
scared to new high records of the year
on the New York stock exchange Tues
day as the result Of further heavy buy
ing, which included various out of
town sources. In the first two hours,
sales of these bonds approXimated S5,-
100000 par value, this representing
more than half of the entire dealings
in the bond list. The first fOurs were
strongest, rising 81 per 800, to S97,
while the tax exempt 8 1-2s rose IA
cents to $3.50. Other new maXimums
included the second fOurs at gain of
AZ cents TO $3.50, the first ( las, 40
cents to 97.40, the second las, so
cents to S6.94, the third 1-4S, As cents
TO 1880 and the fourth 4 1-4s, rs cents
to 97.2S. Victory notes also were ac-
tiye and strong, the 4 3-4S, selling at
par thereby duplicating their recent
high quotation.
Augusta, Ca, Nov %: w. ]. Lee,
the Beldoc, S. c., planter who was
brought to a local hospital three weeks
ago today, suffering from a strange
malady which quickly resulted in the
death of his wife and three children
and which was believed by residents
of the Beldoc section TO have been
caused by poison put into q well on
the Lee farm, is still seriously i'll. very
little change having been shown in his
condition. Sheriff BENEFIT, of Allendalc
county, stated this morning that he
was still awaiting reports from the
laboratories at Charleston and 'COlum-
bia, where organs removed from the
body of Mrs. Lee were sent, before
taking any action. DR.. J. II. Butler,
who is attending Mr. Lee at the hos
pital here, states that the sick man
shows little signs of Improvement. DIR.
Butler said he had made blood test,
but refused to reveal what it showed.
- Sitting upright on his sled with his
nine dogs stretched out in perfect
order as though they were still racing,
the body Of Walter Goyne, famous
dog-sled racer, was found in Moose
Lake, Manitoba, under six feet Of ice
q few days ago. T. l.. L. Lamb, an Old
friend of GOyne, who has been looking
for the body for two weeks, was as
founded when he came on the body
while strolling despondently over the
II & q Hf
friend had suddenly come bef-re his
vision. The famous dog racer. winn,r
of the 1920 Hudson Bay Derby. went
through the ice November i. \ party
from Dupas trading post went in
search of him. when several pups fol-
lowing him returned. The body was
found twenty feet from the shore.
Goyne had evidently first gone through
the'ice farther out and extracted him
self, for two of his dogs were found
frozen in the ice nearer the middle OF
the,lake.
--SG6f to hell Whittlesey," of Lost
Battalion fame is a suicide. according
TO wireless messages from the steam
ship Td.Oa. then - hours Ou' from
NeM York, on her way To Havana.
The message "came TO Whittlcscy'S
friends in New York, as Il stunning
surprise. Whittlesey had left New
York to attend the armistice day CX-
ercises in Washington, where he had
a place on the programme as medal
of honor man. He afterward told
friends that he was going off to he
alone for a while and the next heard
of him was on Sunday night when the
wireless message came from the Hav-
ana bound steamship saying that hc
had been missing for more than
twenty four hours. He left letters
that presumably explained his reasons
for taking his life: but the contents Ui
the letters have not been made pub
lie. Col Whittlesey commanded al
battalion in the ArgOnnc forest. That
battalion lost its way and WAS sur
rounded. A blindfoldcd German soldier
came into his lines under flag Of
true with message demanding sur
render. ,4"Go to hell" was Whittlcscy's
reply. Af,Crward American reserves
came up and relieved the Soreiy dis
tressed battalion. Whittlescy'S law
partner SAYS he has been mentally de-
ranged for quite while.
weakened by lack of nourishmcnt,
due To malady of the stomach, DT.
Adolf LOrenz. the noted Austrian sur
geon, tainted three times Tuesday
while attending patients in his charity
clinic in New York. Then after re-
covering from the succession OF col
lapses which took place within n few
minutes of each other, the famous
specialist deal TO the p!cadnGS OF his.
American colleagues, insisted upon
going to another hospital where new
scores of poor people were c'amoring
for his minstrations. Later in the day
and with the utmost reluctance, Dr..
LorenZ yielded to the arguments OF the
physician whom ne consulted Monday
and announced that next week unless
he was stronger, he would hold but one
clinic each day, in his effort to repay
part of his countrys debt to America
for food and medical aid. 1T is too
much-all this work. he said. Il can
not do it all with my strength. I'm
sorry" When the great bone special
ist saw his first patients at $3.50 Tues
dav morning hundreds of men, women
and children were waiting in line out
side the hospital. A milkman and
sandwich verlcr had served break
fast to many. Scores, hospita! at
taches declared. had waited there IN
the rain all night-mOthers and fathers
with crippled children III their arms
and unfortunatcs on crutChcs or lean
ing on canes. They had been tod the
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