Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-31
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brought by John Tossine, Benton, Ills,
who seeks $4,000 damages from the IL
linois Central railroad for loss of an
arm, Eight women and four men are
on the Tossine Jury. They begun on
the case late yesterday afternoon and
after. celebrating until late last night
without agreeing were locked up until
morning, as required by law. Criti-
cisIns which followed the locking up
of the first two juries here had caused
/ county officials to make better ar
lrangemehts for partitioning of the
jury room and last night heavy cur
tains and high screens were available
for the Tossine jury.
4 -Josefa and Rosa Black, known as
the "Siamese twins" are dead. They
passed away in a Chicago hospital
early yesterday morning. Josefa had
been illFfor a week with yellow 1aun-
dice, and the disease extended to Rosa.
, The two had been Joined from birth
, by ligaments extending from the hips.
, They grew to maturity in good health.
Rosa was married to German Cap
tain named Dvorak, and had son who
is now twelve years old. Josefa was
never married. They have been in the
United States for many years, and
have grown quite rich by exhibiting
, themselves as freaks. When Josefa
became i'll the doctors said that sepa-
ration was the only hope OF saving
Rosa's life; but Rosa would not agree,
and their brother forbade the opera.
tion. Josefa died first and Rosa rev
seconds later. Rosa's husband was
killed in the World War.
An investigation by the tederal
trade commission into the cause of the
present depressed price OF cotton ana
into the operation of cotton exchanges
was ordered under q resolution py
Senator Dial, Democrat, South Caro-
lima, adopted Wednesday by the SEN
ate The commission is to inquire in
to- methods of opera ing cotton ex-
changes and to decide whether their
trading Is fair, just and legal" The
commission also Is called upon TO
make Recommendations, II remedial
legislation Is deemed necessary in con-
nection with cotton trading. The res
olution calls on the commission to as
certain the world cotton consumption
for the last three years imports
and exports of the United States,
and the number of future contracts,
Z together with the amount Of cotton de-
liyered on contracts. Senator Dial
has been active in pressing his bill to
change the number Of grades OF cotton
delivered on future contracts.
= The last battalion of soldier dead
, 10 be brought home from the fields of
France, 600 in all-were saluted by
the guns of Forts Hamilton and Wads-
worth when the army transport Cam
bria passed through the Narrows
Wednesday afternoon with her pre-
( cious cargo. Flags of escorting craft
flew at half mast and were dipped in
a. Coll f.rin infS
: five thousand of those who made the
supreme sacrifice overseas in the SER
vice Of the United States have now
been brought back to their homeland,
AM" only about 100 more bodies await
I Shipment from England and France.
: All of the others who fell in battle or
died behind the lines will continue to
I rest in foreign SOIL that being the
wish of their relatives. Commemora-
I ton ceremonies for those who died in
uniform will be conducted Sunday in
! Brooklyn. where the Cambria docked
today. General Pershing is to lead
barade organized by'war veterans. In
! the plocessien, will. be high naval and
, military officers, groups of senator's
!, and congressman, Mayor Hylan and
I leaders in civil life.
st-The senate finally untangled its
parliamentary difficulties over the
Four Power treaty supplements Tues
day by joining the two supplementary
agresments together and then. rati-
fyifg them both by unanimous vote
: One of the supplements, itself in the
form of a treaty, defines the geogra-
phical scope Of the Four Power pact
so as not to incline the Japanese home
land! The other, attached to the first
.,bystoday's action in the form of re
Servation," stipulates that issues which
ares purely. of domestic character
cannot be brought before the Four
double -barreled ratification resolution
was 73 to 0, opponents of the Four
Power plan joining in giving approval
to the supplements because they inter-
Apreted the two agreements as limit
ing and curtailing the operation Of the
principal treaty. Several attempts to
attach other reservations which had
Failed when the Four Power treaty
itself was under consideration were
defeated by the usual pro-treaty and
anti treaty lineup.
Damages in the sum of s11 900, 900
are sought of Henry Ford by Edward
S. HUFF, Miami electrical engineer in
q suit initiated in Detroit Wednesday.
HUFF claims that he originated the
magnetic now in use on motor cars
manufactured by Ford and claims that
Ford has not paid him in full for the
invention. Huff claims to hold the
patents on the magnetic used on all
motor equipment manufactured by the
Ford Motor Company of Detroit and
asserts that he had been paid only
$4,000 in royalty on his patent. When
the last royalty payment was made
there was attached a voucher stating
that the check was payment in full for
the royalty. Huff said that attorneys
advised him that his cashing of the
check would not jeopardize his inter-
est in the magnetic patent. According
10 Huff's counsel, Hun was employed
in the Ford plant in 1908 as an cleo
trician and 1t is asserted that Ford
told him in the presence Of DR.. w. E.
Sanborn Of Detroit that he wished
Huff to invent magnetic which could
work on a fiywheel adding that such
an invention would make Huff q rich
man. Huff thereupon left Fords en-
ployment to work on the invention,
and finally perfected the magnetic now
in use. He said he assigned his patent
to. Ford on agreement that he was to
receive fifty cents royalty on each of
the first 10000 machines manufactur-
ed. Royalty was paid for the first 90