Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-07
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Nine people killed and seventy III
i,,,red a number of them fatally was
e. ,ou exscted by the mistake Off an
saed toyerman, when he threw tfte
,,,,.on, train into a switch at AtE lntlt'
Sitv N I. Monday The train w as d
pbiladelphia and Reeding exp TESS
"a irving excursionists to Atlantlc N-Ity'
kt Winslow Junction, John r. DeN'@n, az.
Who had served at the signal tower ioI
twenty years switched the express III I,s
fhe wrong track. AS soon as ne
learned of his mistake, Dewa4t tele
graphed Atlantic City: MY Goo, ~ L
have sent No. 33 on the wrong track;
Tben the wire was cut. Since DeWah .
has been at his home unbalanced. Inc
nd mans son claims that ms la'uei
was not really responsible ana thaI eao
fact will be developed by lnVestisa1
ton.
Maximillian Hardin, the wen
Known German political writer, was
sttacked by two would-be assassihsS
near his home in Grunewald, a supu, "
Sf Rerlin last Monday and nearly
killed. When picked up Hardin was
unconscious. The wouid-be assassiiis Is,
were arrested. MaXimillian Hardin Is
n newspaper editor who has gwen Iue
imperial government no END OF lrouo;e
because of his opposition 10 mn
farisn. He was outspoken TOT Den
cracy even during the war ana IN 1u.S
1917 his publication was supp ta
because of strong articles IN WHICH ne
sS,,ocstad the overthrow of the exist
Inc order. 1t is commonly believed
zhst his assailants are backed py lhe
same crowd of militaristic consplTa-
Tors who recently assassinaEea III.
stValter Rathenau, the German torelsn
minister. the attack having taken pace
in the same neighborhood'
L. George, who died a year ago,
-as the ward of a rellef organizallon
after he had served nearly Two So. So
years in prison on murder charse,
sTeceiyed posthumous absolution at
Austin. Texas, Wednesday, with the
snublication of a letter purporting 10 De
"a lost confession of the. CRIME Iol
which George served. George was
convicted after the killing OF Ed koer-
mick in Hottentot, Texas, In 1oo4'
He went to prison protesting ms IN
.nocence but he served his full term
tand came out a little more tnan
7 wear ago, old and broken IN healtn;
ssIeorsz stopped at a secluded hotei
guarding a satchel which he said car
.ried papers proving another kiiieu
Koernick. He was waiting, ne saiu, " ~,
show the Texas legislature. he zen
i'll and q charity took him 10 hospt
.taf when he died his pooy anu anu
satchel were sent to Tennessee ioa
burial. The letter found gesteiuaS sS
was dated Hallsville, Texas, June ~,
1Se0 and signed H. NJ. Sharp 1t SAID
sharp killed Koernick after quarrei.
government tolerate any hindrance 10
No movement of the United states
mails. II was caid in Washington Wed
snenday after the receipt OF reports
that striking railway workers had IN
tterfered with mail transportation III
sdifferent parts of the country. Ihere
is a disposition OH the part OF the ad,
;mjnistration, it was understood, 10 ueai
with strikers or any others VINO may
1nterfere with the proper dlspatch Vi
the mails in the most vigorous manner
Trhe postoffice department, 1t was salu'
could dispatch inspectors to all points
where trouble might arise IN the
transmission of the mails. The ll-
ssnectors will be required TO make an
Immediate investigation and transnle
at once to, the fspperiinitelndent e Oh tme
railway mail seryice In Wasuihstu.n,,,
Evho. if he deems it advisable VIII
splace the matter before the oep1tI. op;,.
sment of justice. Delays In 'ne n,,,.; lii,,,5
yyere reported from Texas, Missouri
and Louisiana.
a A reduction of $1,014,oOO'ooO IN lhe
public debt during the hscai year
ended June 30 and reduction OF
S175 600 900 in the debt during the
month of June was announced Mon
Sday by the treasury. At the same
time the treasury announced that the
final figures of government receipts
and expenditures for the past nscal
wear revealed a surplus of S314oOO,oOO
The total ordinary receipts or the
povernment for the fiscal year 1522
amounted to $4109000,0OO compared
with S5,625,000,000 the previous year.
while the total expenditures charge
able against ordinary receipts. amount
cd to 1875, 100000 as against s5,53S,-
0Ob. 900 during 1921 when the budget
was submitted last December, the
treasury stated, "the estimate lndl-
Gated q deficit for 1922 amounting 10
S24.46S,703 and the better showing
which has been made results from
combination of several factors. AS-
gregate receipts for the year were
about S14O.OO0,OO0 greater than origi-
nallN eSllilldltus NuSlOAiAs7
proved to be larger than for any pre-
vious fiscal year in the history of the
government and amounted TO $685.
443.3S7.1S. as compared with the esu-
mate of S275.0O0.0O0. Internal revenue
receipts amounted to S3,2l3253, ,256.79,
or almost exactly the estimated So
2l4.5OO.OOO. Miscellaneous revenues,
including Panama canal tolls, amount
ed to $539, 9,407, ,506.97, as compared with
an estimated $47S.95S,663, the differ
ence being due chiefly to increased
realization on property and securities
and the sale of about S44,OOO,OOO OF
federal land bank bonds owned by the
government. Z utal expenditures, on
the other hand, were almost $2OOOOO,-
600 less than the estimates given last
December in the budget, due largely
to, decreased expenditures on account
of the railroads and to unexpectedly
large realization upon railroad obliga-
tions held by the government. Total
gross debt of the United States June
80 amounted to $22.963, 100000, COM
pared with $23,13S,0O0,000 on May 81,
with $2S,9 100000 on June 30, 1921,
and with $26,596.OO0,000 on August 81
when the war debt was at its peak.
- Hope for the speedy settlement of
the country wide strike of the railway
shopmen is seen in statements issued
by Ben w HOOPER, chairman of the