Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-16
Straps aud faets.

Decision as to whether the nation
will face u general railroad strike may
result from two important meetings
to be held in Chicago next week. On
Sunday the representatives of 5OO,O09
railroad shopmen will meet to deter
mine what action to take in regard
TO tie wage cut and changes in work
ing rules, effective July /. A country
wide ballot, taken sometime ego is SAID
to have resulted overwhelmingly in
favor of strike. On September %,
the heads of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
comotive Engineers, Order of Railway
Conductors, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Enginemen and Firemen, Switch
mems Union of North America and
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
will meet here to announce the result
of a ballot now being taken in these
organizations Unofficial reports from
some OF the organizations indicate
large majority of the members favor
a strike.
IS San Francisco, California, Sep
tember IA: The coroner's jury return
ed a verdict today holding that Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress
came to her death through peritonitis,
caused by the rupture of an internal
organ. Roscoe c.. (Fatty) Arbuckle
was held responsible by the jury for
Miss Rappe's injury and the district
attorney was directed to conduct
full investigation of the matter. The
verdict charged Arbuckle with man
slaughter and diredted that all official
sources concerned conduct a full and
exhaustive investigation. The jury
held that Miss Rappe came TO her
death through the application OF force
(which we believe from the evidence
was applied by Roscoe Arbuckle. and
we hereby charge him with man
slaughter. We recommend that the
district attorney, chief Of police, grand
iury and prohibition enforcement Of
ficers take steps to prevent a further
occurrence Of such events so that San
Francisco will not be made the rem
devious of the debauche and the
gangster.'
AS evidence of the desire of the de-
partment whenever possible to fill va
cancies in postmasterships by promo
tions in the service Postmaster Gen
eral Hayes has announced that OF the
SIS appointments sent to the senate
for confirmation UP to September lO,
426 or close to so per cent, were pro-
motions from the classified service
OF the other 452 appointed hy nomi-
nation, 345 were No. l on the civil
service eligible list IS were second
and 80 were third, the department
having the privilege of appointing any
one of the first three on the list.
total of 4.S09 vacancies have been cer-
tilted to the civil service commission,
Mr.. Hayes said, and as fast as the
names Of the three highest compet1-
tors in each case are submitted TO the
department appointments will be made.
Whenever employees now in the service
qualify, they will be given preference.
The postmaster general announced
that in the future publicity Will be
given to the names OF those seeking
postmasterships. AS soon as the date
for entry closes, he said, the full ll3t
of those applying will be made pub
lie. Also after the civil service COM
mission has rated the competitors the
names of the three highest on the ELI
gible list will be given out Hereto
fore the names of the applicants and
the successful candidates have not
been divulged.
- The bench of the international
court of justice elected by the assem-
bly and council of the league Of ma
tions last Wednesday, says Geneva
dispatch, appears to give general salts
faction TO the delegates with few en-
ceptions. Eleven judges were chosen
as follows: John BaSsett Moore,
United States; Viscount Finlay. Great
Britain: DR.. Yorobu Oda, Japan; DR..
Andre Weiss, France: Commentators
a, PnU Rar-
bosa, Brazil; DR.. b. T. c. loder, hol-
land: Antonio :. De Bustamente,
Cuba: Judge Didrik Nyholm Den
mark; DIR. Max Huber Switzerland
and DR.. Raf1el AltamiraY Crevea,
Spain. The bench represents all four
of the great systems of Jurisprudence
and nearly every race and tongue IN
the assembly. The American candl-
date. John Bassett Moore, was elected
on the second ballot. His election pro-
Voked the greatest applause or thc
day. The South American and Central
American combination with Spain
carried through its slate of four can
didates on the first ballot. 1t became
necessary however, for them to sacri-
fee DR.. Alexandra AleXarez of Chile
because the council did not put his
name on it's list. In the reballottlng
DIR. Huber Of Switzerland and Judge
Nvholm of Denmark out-vGted him.
The three deputy Judges so far de-
finitely elected are Demetriu Negulescu
of Roumania, MichaelO Joranovic OF
JugCslavia and Mr. Wang of China.
A campaign to make the A hour
week the standard throughout the
textile industry was launched in New
York Wednesday, when delegates 10
the annual convention of the Textile
Workers Of Americ2. adopted resolu-
tiOn giving the executive council full
power to act and tissue a proclama-
ton to employers" The economic
strength of the organization the reso-
luton provided, should be utilized in
obtaining the shorter working week,
instead of asking for legislation 1t
was claimed that unemployment would
be materially relieved by shorter
working hours. In connection with
the campaign the delegates went on
record as giving their full support TO
Southern textile workers who have
been on strike in numerous factory
Centers. In the South, and few other
scatteted regions where working hours
now total so and more weekly, the first
effort will he 20 obtain an agreement
for q As hour week. In the places
where 4S hours is the standard
movement will be conducted for Al
IN centprS where "A