Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-25
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In Of Tuesday night a few hours after ne
had been given an ovation by the peo-
ple of Cork city, who for the frst time
saw the Free State hero In the UNI
form Of commander-in-ch Thus
within ten days, two of the most proml-
nent figures in the new Irish govern
ment have been removed by death'
Just ten days ago President drlihth
of the Dali Eireann, considered the
brains of the new administration. died
in Dublin: Tuesday night Michael Col
Gns. the Free States military genius,
was killed at the moment when the
dissipation of the Irregular forces IN
the south was considered complete! '.
- Suit for alienation, divorce pro
ceedingst and court action 10 renew
Mrs. Edith Huntington Spreckels
Wakefield of custody of her three
children by her first husband, John
d. Spreckels, Jr., probably Will lol,
low as an aftermath of an unusuai
marital Rtriangle in San Francisco.
Mrs. Wakefield also may lose an SSV,-
OOO beouest from the estate OF Spreck-
els as a result Of her affairs with
Rodney Kendrick, a newspaper artlst.
II was, reported, but not conhrmeu'
that Spreckels, ST., had come from
San Diego to obtain custody OF -tne
children and to investigate the possl-
bility Of setting aside the bequest'
Frank NJ. Carr, attorney Tor Mrs;
Kendrick, announced that a SZo,oVV
damage suit charging Mrs. Wakenelu
with alternating the affections OF Ken
drick will be filed by Friday, also
that his client had instructed him TO
file divorce proceedings against the
artist. as n result Of Mrs. Wakehelds
offer of SlO0 a month if she would
give I'D her husband. Mrs. kendricK
said she reached her decision not 10
accent the offer while her husband ana
Mrs. Wakefield were on a motor trip.
Mrs. Wakefield has a divorce SUIT
pending against Frank Wakefield, well
known business, man OF San Francisco.
- A majority group Of the Associa-
ton of Railway Executives says
New York dispatch, on Wednesday by
a vote of 254 to rejected the proposal
of the Big Five train service brother-
hoods. that the carriers end the ma
tionwide shopmens strike by relnstat.
ing the men with seniority sunlmpalrea
and Bert NJ. Jewell, official spokesman
for the strikers, declared the associa-
tion had closed the door to peace and
voted for a lockout to smash upionlsm
At the same. time. splitting away from
the majority, was group OF 20 rall-
roads. principally Western lines, winch
debated a new suggestion or the
brotherhoods that individual settle
nents be effected. This minority,
while processing to stand with the ma
jority in reaffirming the stand on
seniority, still indicated that 1t desired
to hear further regarding the indlVlou-
al settlement suggestion. Hale Hoiden'
president of the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy, who attended meeting OF the
minority held in the Yale CLUB, Jolheu
with members of the majority group IN
DENYING that there was any spllt.
f..rrhere is no question. OF a split, he
asserted. "The railroads are all stand
ing pat on seniority and any indiyidu-
al settlement will have to Je maze III
the light of that understanding.
\ = The senate moved forward so rap
idly Wednesday in its consideration OF
the soldiers bonus bill that some lead
ters regarded passage Of the measure
before the end of this week rs more
. than possibility. Opponents were
Z understood TO be disposed to let the
hill take it's course at this time in the
belief that President Harding would
;veto it. Should he do so they propos-
ted to center their fight against its
Massage over his veto. There still was,
however no official information before,
sthe senate as to the executives view
Rother than that contained in his letter
read to the house last March Just be-
fore that body passed the bill. The
president then advised that congress
either find a means of financing the
legislation or postpone its enactment,
and some friends of the bill as well as
opponents believed he still is OF that
mind Replying to a question by Sen
iator Robinson, Democrat Arkansas,
Chairman McCumber Of the finance
committee, told the senate Wednesday
that there was no official information
tas to what the president would do. He
added. however, that the changes in
the bill by which there would be no |
haavy draft on the treasury for the |
next three years would seem to meet |
every objection the president had |
urged against the original measure |
and that he could see no reason why |
the executive should veto the bill as
now drawn.
= Interest of horseshoe pitching en-
thusiasts of the country is centered |
about the national tournament to be |
held August 29th to September 1st in |
connection with the iowa State Far, |
AT Des Moines. The tournament which |
lis drawing entries from almost every |
state in the union will be conducted |
ION twenty courts specially construct
ed for the tournament. Sixteen of the |
courts will be used for the mems |
tournament and four for the women's |
contest. Players will be divided into
groups of eight. The two three or
four highest winners in each group |
will lie placed in the next round and |
the field gradually eliminated down
to the finals. Sixteen prizes will be
offered in the mems contest including
5000 in cash and $500 in trophies. In
the woman's tournament 800 in cash
and $500 in trophies are offered. The
men will play so point games on 40
foot courts. The women will play 81
point games on 80 foot courts. In
scoring, ringers will count for three
points double ringers for six and
closest shoe for one. Frank Jackson
of KellertOn, Iowa, winner of the 1921
tournament and c. G. David, of Co
Mmbus, Ohio. winner of the winter
tournament at st. Petersburg, Fla.
are entries and the fight for top posi-
tion is expected 10 be between them.
Interest in the women's tournament is
being centered about Mrs. j. r.
Matthews Of Minneapolis winner of
the 1921 tournament, and Miss Marjory
voorhees, of Asbury Park, n. J., win
ner of the 1920 national contest. The