Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-20
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eents who halted him at three O'CLOCK
in the morning and attempted 10 eN-
anime his papers and give orders The
colonel Jumped out Of his automobile
and shouted: "What are you boys DO
ing out at this time with guns? Give
me your names" The insurgents VINO
we're mostly youngsters, We're non
plussed. The leader finally handed over
his rifle and the colonel hoNed his
ears He then made the others give
up their guns and advised them all to
90 home. Loading their Is rifles into
the machine, he proceeded to- British
Headquarters. The colonel'S chauffeur
a Prussian soldier, said afterwards: Il
have been through four years OF the
war, but that was the nerViest thlng
ever saw ,-.'-.-~.'.--.
Arrest Of eight men charged with
the robberies of more than 100 banks
and postofficeS in the Atlantic states
from South Carolina to New york. was
announced in Atlanta, Wednesday, by
postal inspectors. inspectors who re-
turned to Atlanta from Columbia, ;. Co.
asserted the men were members OIL d
gang which had worked Tor Two years
with headquarters at Columbia ana
New York. Seven OF them, they ae-
clared, were arrested in or near Co
.1unobia and Watson Wallace, whom
thew described as the leader, was taken
fo Springfield, III. Names of the men
taken in South Carolina were given as
William Brawley, Dewey Dennis, Alex
Cartledge, Lloyd Lorick, William Nor
veil Willis Cartledge, and j. M. Golt.
All are held under heavy bonds, the IN
spectors said The government nrst
broke into the operations Of the alleged
Gang. according to the inspectors, When
three men, reputed to- be. leaders, were
arrested in different parts>of the coun-
trv These men are in Federal prisons,
it was added, and information ootalneo
from them led to arrests OF lhe oth-
ers.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, and those
associated with him m, the senate On
questions IF general policy virtually
won their fight today for lncorpora-
ton in the S500,00O,e0O naval apPro.
nriation bill of the 'Borah -amendment
requesting the president to call a
naval disarmament conference OF the
limited States. Great Britain and Japan.
Senator PoindeXter, Republican, wash
;ngton. in charge of the naval BILL ana
other administration leaders suddenly
and unexpectedly came to the support
of the amendment leaders eeheIail!
ioined in predictions Of adoption OF the
disa armament proposal. Although SEN
ator PoindeXter and other Republican
leaders said they-had not heard !ur'Iel
from President Harding regarding MS
attitude toward the Borah ProPosa!,
there were reports that poth ny let'ei
and telephone the president hau peel'
~ communication with Republican
leaders. The change in the situation
occs stoned considerable surprise. Art
or conference with the president
Senator PoindeXter announced recently
TINT the president preferred not TO nave
The Borah amendment adopted, Whlle
senator Hale Republican, Mainc, VINO
q ascompanied Senator PolndeNtcr' a'so
had said that he understood the pfeS!-
dent regarded it as unnecessary. de-
snite the developments in the dlsafrna-
ment controversy, no: sprogress Was
made on the bill Tuesday.
In Philadelphia on Tuesday MIS-
E,mmn C.. Bergdoll was sentenced 10
nav q fine of $1,000 for the part Snc
was convicted of having taken III the
evasion Of the draft laws by ncr SoIis'
Glover and EdWip BergdoN,, It she re-
fuses or fails to- pay the snneF JuGse
Dickinson of the United States uls-
trict court imposed the alteInate sen, ho
Her fine must be paid by June IL. a
like fine, with the same alternative,
was imnosed upon two of her code
PENDANTS in the conspiracy case. one
was her son. Charles +. Braun, VINO
changed his name because or the no
toriety achieved by his brothers. ana
the other her lifelong friend and coun-
sellor. James Z. Romig. The two other
defendants, Albert Mitchell and Harry
Schuh. were fined $1,000 each, with the
alternative Of spending slN months III
the Mercer county jail at trenton N
T Counsel for the defendants lmlne-
diately filed a formal appear from the
sentence. This action, the clerk OIL lile
court explained, was tor tne pulpose
of staying execution of the sentence,
as otherwise the defendants would
have been sent to jail Immediately.
fudge Dickinson, in sentencing MIS-.
Rergdoll. declared there was no way
of ascertaining how much OF her guiit
was the act "of 4 fond and foollsh
mother" and while her motive dld not
affect her guilt, it might mitigate the
punishment. Her heaviest punishment
he said. would be the thought that her
sons had brought disgrace upon hef.
mo one would wish to see n mother
sent to Jail for merely helping her sons,
guilty as they were, =" he said. In sent
encine Romig, who is 70 years old,
Judge Dickinson said his only claim to
leniency was his age. He censured the
former city magistrate in blunt terms;
Braun's motives, Judge Dickinson sald
had perhaps been the best OF any OF
the defendants and he did not con-
slider it just to punish him more sever
civ than the others. He pointed that
the jury had recommended mercy IN
the case Of Mitchell and Schulz. AS
she walked out of the court room Mrs.
Bergdoll turned 10, newspaper men ana
said "Never will pay a fine. Per-
haps 1 shall go to Jail. Maybe I'd be
better off So" The five defendants
we're released on $4,000 bail each
pending an appeal.
The United States government does
not propose to get mixed UP in the DIS
pute over Upper Silesia, in which
France and Poland, England and Italy
are engaged. The Versailles treaty
prescribed that Upper Sllesia should
determine its preference by vote OF
the people. The vote was in favor of
Germany as against Poland. Poland Is
not satisfied and is trying TO hold Up
per SilesitL by force Of arms. She is
not doing it directly; but indirectly
under the leadership OF an insurGent
named Korfanty. France and Poland
have formed an offensive and defensive
alliance, and France is in strong SYM