Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-20
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the municipal pier. at st. PeterspulS,
Fla. Miss Mary Buhner, also hls,
school star, towed the injured sli
more than half a mile before her cries
fors-belp were heard A boat was sem
out and she was brought to the piS
but. bled to death before tney eouu
geEher to land. kiss me, mary uis
leg is gone" Miss Buhner saio s sne
Meclatchie girl told her when .ne tSn tSa
attacked her. She falntea my
arms of Miss Buhner VINO star'eu 10
tow ber In shore more than a mile
ay,,ay Miss Buhner collapsed af'er
setting Miss McClatchie to shore anu
WIS placed under the care OF a pisS-
sicIan.
-=Skeptical officials concerned In .nu
stof, told by the 16-year-old youns''ttr 50
Herman Rawls of Columbus, Ga, "
tbs. effect that he overpowered Geo. c.
smith. member of the city fire depart
Inent. took his pistol and killed MN
when Smith attempted to hold MIN UP
last Tuesday night, had the Doy de
monstrate his protective aoliiy al
Jacksonville, Tuesday. Smith, 81 years
old. was much larger than the poy.
One husky official approached EaWis
in his cell today, brandishing hasn-
light, "You claim to have oyerpoW-
cred Smith; let's see you take TINS
fiashlight from me-" the officer chai-
lenged. The boy instantly gave the
officers arm a wrench, threw nlm W
the floor and took the fiashlgnt. AN
effort will be made to obtain ms re-
lease on habeas corpus proceedings
tomorrow. Rawls surrendered yes.
tefday after the authorities had soushs
for four days to learn the identity OF
Smiths slayer.
- Withdrawal of wage reductions
ordered by the railroad labor board
and the taking back by railroads OIL
contracts farming out shop workers
only can avert the threatened Strike
OF approximately 100000 workers on
July 4, railroad union executives SAID
aECincinnati last Saturday night. IN
ion leaders declared complete strike
-,ans have been approved and unless
the railroad labor board reVokes lts
decision cutting wages and altering
working conditions the Z threatened
strike will go into effect ais scheduled.
The triple barreled strike vote or
seyep. unions. SO far returned, was an
notfhted by union leaders as being sS
per cent. in favor of a walkout. How
eyer. leaders said this percentage is
high and they did not expect the hnal
vote to reach more than 80 per cent.
Today the railroad and miners union
officials will meet to discnss coop
erative action" between members or
these organizations.
The destroyer Hahn of Uncle
Sims prohibition navy says New
York dispatch has been detailed to
patrol the waters of the Atlantic
across the sea lanes ridden by New
York bound liners, to observe the ac-
tfSities of incoming vessels from Eu-
rope while beyond the II miles limit.
Prohibition Zone Chief Appleby of
New York and New Jersey believes
the big liners are making practice
of bringing costly cargoes of whiskey
which they discharge to lighters and
tugs while beyond the legal Il mile
line. Mr.. Appleby declared that he
despatched one of his agents on a tug
a few days ago to meet an incom-
ing liner. He claims to have boarded
the vessel as, prospective purchaser
oficontrdband liquors and to have been
shown 10000 cases of whiskey tween
decks. According to Mr.. Appleby the
laws can not be applied to vessels en-
gagged in this practice. Those re-
moving the liquor for smuggling into
the country, he declares, are the only
+ ones that may be held.
= House and senate conferees on
the army appropriation bill have
reached a compromise on an army OF
125,000 enlisted men for the next II
months. This represents a reduction
of 5000 from the senate figure and an
increase of 10000 over the size of the
army fixed by the house. Decision as
to. the conference report on the en-
listed strength leaves only two i'm
portant sections of the annual supply
bff1 to be considered, exclusive of the
Mtiscle Shoals amendment approving
$T5O0,0O0 for the continuation of work
on the federal power project in the
tennessee river. 1t already has been
agreed by the conference committee
that the question should be submitted
direct to the house because Of the
controversial character of the subject
ipyolved, Chairman Wadsworth of the
senate military committee said that
only the items dealing with the Of
f@er strength and the national guard
provisions remained to be determined.
1t, was expected that a reduction from
the number of officers fixed by the
senate would follow the compromise
al to enlisted personnel. The house
fixed a maximum of 11,00C as the
lluHlDeI VI Wlllic TIC Stildlt
amendment put the officer strength
az an average Of 1880 for the coming
year.
z Under a compromise plan suggest
ed Saturday to President Harding by
house Republican leaders and which,
it was said, did not meet his disap-
proval, the house will take up the ship
subsidy bill Immediately after the
senate has passed the tariff bill. While
the question will he considered further
at White House conference next
week, Chairman Campbell OF the rules
committee, who outlined the situation
to the presiden., declared tonight il
WAS morally certain no action would
be taken on the subsidy bill by the
house until the senate has concluded
consideration of the tariff Mean
while party leaders professed to be
relieved tfat d solution of an admit
tedly vetatious problem has been
reached. 1t meant, they said, that the
presidents insistence that the bill be
put to a vote prior to adjournment
would be met by opposition on the
part of some Republicans. How long
IT might be before the senate ended its
tariff fight no member of the house
would predict Traders. declared
however, that if the suggestion laid
before the president by Mr.. Campbell
InE fA1.