Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-14
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meter shell on the back porch OF
honse In Dimmick street, occupied py
Edwari, w. Workman and William L.
salisbury. The dead: Morris Saas
hurry. .16: Frances Wiley, ~; Iivlan
Jones,-.12; Olin Brown, IL; Anson
Workman. IS; Edna Workman Ia
13; and Donald Hoiton,
70 of Pulaski. n. Y, who was Visltihe
Tho Rrawn boy. The shell, when was
owned. by Mr.. Workman. was ons
which@he had kept as a souvenir anu
,,sed -on the rear porch to hoid tne
door from closing. 1t was pelISVeu
~ he dead" The children were play
inc croouet in the back yard. Ine
she'll Is believed to have either peeh
cot off nv the hot sun or to nave Deen
struck by one of the victims Win. d
croouet mallet. Windows WITHIN -,
radius of two blocks were shat.ereu ~
the explosion. Practically all OIL 'ns
clothing was blown off the pooies VI
the children Fragments OF II lousJiu
in trees and house tops In the V!c,h .,.
ty. The bodies were horribly ,,, niuili" a.
ed, but Identification was possipie ~
every instance.
Walter S. Ward. who mas peSh
held In the Westchester county ~, -
jail for the past 26 days on an i,-ulo luz
ment charging him with nrsl ,. ees.e.
aaiior was released at White Plains
10 CT Tuesday in SS5,000 bail by Su-
nreme- Court Justice Seeger, althoush
The court refused to dismiss the IN
dictment. Mrs. Willard Curtis, Wara
mother-in-law, who was sought loi
weeks in New Rochelle, by subpoena
servers without success, sat throusi,
the hearing beside her daughter anu
left with Wards party without any
attetIrnt being made to serve her. Ac-
cording to Ralph d. Ward, brother OIL
the defendant, Mrs. Curtis has peeh
living quietly in New Rochelle with
her daughter all the time. Justlce
Seeper. in announcing his. decision 10
admit the wealthy defendant to pan
said no evidence had been supinitleu
to prove that Ward acted other than
in self defense or that the crime nau
been one of deliberation.
Germany served notice on the
allied powers through the reparatlons
commission Wednesday that she coula
NO longer meet cash obligations OF
anv sopt. whether growing out or the
Versailles treaty stipulations under
taken by acceptance of the. l&ndon
ultimatum of May 5, 1921, or arraag-
ed by the schedule of payments drawn
up by the reparations commission on
March 2l, 1922. The depreciation OF
the mark on foreign exchanges Is
given as the reason for the lmpossl-
bility of Germany to pay, and ior her
request that she be relieved OF casn
ENGAGEMENTS, including the payment
of 32,OOO,O00 Colds marks on Saturday
M ynPntS.
1922. 1928 and 1924. The German note
submitted TO the commission makes no
mention of Germanys intention re-
garding cash payments after 1874, pul
asks that the negotiations for Ior-
eipn loan interrupted at Parls last
month, which Germany blames for
>the continued fall of the mark, pe
resumed at the earliest possible date,
or a financial, economic and social
catastrephei in Germany is likely 10
develop.
Anthracite mine owners on Wed
nesday submitted respons" to the
governments offer of arbitration IN
the Ncoal situation that President
Harding was said to regard as a
complete acceptance. Meanwhile the
miners union and, to a degree, the bl-
luminous coal operators continued 10
pursue a policy which high officials de-
clared was intended to evade or delay
an immediate response and In Whlcn
officials saw a disposition to reject tne
governments settlement plan II puphc
opinion would approve such course.
JohnsI.. Lewis, president of the United
Minef Workers of America, and other
officials of that organization called on
Secretary Davis Wednesday and were
understood to be endeavoring to induce
sthe president to make arbitration pro-
posaIs to all the partially unlonlzed
territory, as well as the mining area
shut down by the bituminous strike.
$50 far as the willingness of anthracite
miners to settle was concerned Mr..
Lewia said, arbitration in the anthra-
cite field would be considered by the
mineS1workers along with the oitumi-
nous arbitration proposals at the gen.
eral policy committee meeting Satur-
day," Responses from the bituminous
industry, IL Is evident, will not be In
the presidents hand before Monday.
Members of all unions affiliated
with the metal trades department of
the American Federation of Labor
were, instructed in orders sent out
Wednesday from the headquarters at
Washington that no further repair
work will be authorized on iocomo-
tives coming from railroads on which
strikes are in progress, to outside
shops employing union labor. The
ordsr, sent out by A. J. Berries, sec
retary-treasure of the department,
was to he effective at once. Identical
copies went to the presidents of all in
ternationals affiliated with the metal
trades group who were instructed TO
notify their locals. The unions af-
fected include boilermakers, electrical
workers, pipe filters, plumbers. paint
ers and carpenters. as well as ma
chinists and blacksmiths. The Amer
lean Locomotive works, to which many
of the railroads affected by TIE strike
have been sending their hauling equip
ment for necessary renair, WAS speci-
fically referred to in the order. In q
statement Wednesday, Mr. Berries
declared there was enough work or
new locomotives in the plants of this
company to keep the workmen busy
and there will be no cessation from
work unless attempts are made to
force the men to do the repair work
This action was taken upon the
earnest solicitation of the organiza
tions affiliated with the railroad de-
partment of the American Federation
of Labor" he said, "inany of whom
are also affiliated with the metal
trades department. Every assistance
that can be given to the shopmcn now
on strike on all railroads should he