Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-08

for which appropriations are made.
Under the budget system, one BODY
would apportion appropriations and
proportion them to the expected ma
tional revenues.
-Lodz, the second city Of Poland and
lying seventy-five miles southwest
Of Warsaw, has fallen to the German
arms. 1t was occupied Sunday, ac.
cording to an official announcement
from Berlin. Around this important
town q desperate battle has ragged TOT
days. Countless thousands have fallen
in desperate hand to hand conflicts and
from the shells Of hundreds of guns. 1.
was evident from the occupation OF
Lodz by the Germans that the heaviest
kind of fighting has been going on, Tor
late advices told Of a VICIOUS attack ana
bombardment Of Lodz and fighting on
the outskirts Of the city and previous
to that, of operations 20 miles west Oh
Piotrkow, which lies considerably south
Of Lodz and along line from Giowno,
sixteen miles northeast Of Lodz, to the
Vistula river Lodz long has been an
objective point Of the German army.
It has grown in recent years from an
insignificant place to one OF the most
populous cities in the Russian empire.
In 1910 its population numbered no.
604 and with this important place as q
base the Germans are expected 10
make a strong effort to reach Warsaw
the capital Of Poland, in the days OF
her great sovereign power.
Pittsburgh, Pa, December 5: A IL
quid explosive as powerful as guncot-
ton, but which neither fire nor concus>
sion will detonate, is what Shekrey
Harrow, a your Syrian, claims TO nave
invented. He alone knows the secret
of exploding the liquid, and he carries
the mysterious liquid always with him:
he even sleeps with 1t. Halow. stu
dent and the son Of chemist, got into
trouble with the Turkish government
on account Of his persistence in expert
menting with the fluid and fled. Ten
months ago he came to this country
and was Joined by his wife. He has
been testing his invention with Alex
ander F. Humphrey, a consulting engl-
neer, here. The explosive costs ABOUT
80 cents a gallon. and the inventor
says one gallon Is sufficient to charge
q 13-inch gun. Tests have not been
made with guns beyond "a inches IN
calibre, but Humphreys tests on Tues
day, on his private proving grounds in
Harmony. proved the terrific force OF
the LIQUID. Halow recently gave a dem
onstration Of the explosive in the ordl-
nance department Of the government
in Washington, under the supervision
of Major Edward Philip O'Hara, who
is now ascertaining the efficiency or
the LIQUID when used in 13-inch guns.
The number Of drug 'fends" in the
United States Is not nearly so large as
had been supposed, the public health
service reports. 1t had been estimated
that between / and per cent of the
population were drug habitues. The
report also states that the evils due TO
the improper use Of such drugs nave
been greatly exaggerated. In Tennessee
during the first six months OF the anti.
narcotic law, LAOS permits were issued
to persons. The approximate number
of average doses Of habit forming
drugs imported into the United States
in 1911 and 1912 was respectively g.
040, 800 600 and 2,30S, 100000. From this
data, the report says, 1t would appear
from the average consumption OF the
drug habitue in Tennessee that each
addict would take ! 600 doses each
month, or $4,000 doses year. Ten
nessee, II Is added contains one-fiftieth
of the population Of the United States
and on that ratio there would be to-
tai Of something more than 10000 drug
habitues, consuming approximately
$50, 100000 average doses per year.
ably is somewhat low, but 1t is fair to
assume that not more than double this
amount Of approximately 100000, 900
average doses, are consumed annually
by drug habitues."
Toledo, Ohio, December 4: The
tight skirt must go. 1t must give way
to fullness below the waist line. Such
Is the expression Of the style commit
tee Of the National Cloak, Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers association which
went into convention here today. AL
though the convention did not formal
ly act on the decree at the first days
session. it will do so tomorrow, accord
ing to Hugo Stein, Of Cincinnati, the
style authority Of the association. In
working out the styles for the coming
season, Stein explains that the idea Is
to have more sense in the fashions,
more along the lines Of the practical
American woman, the colors Of battle
ship gray and tans and the conserva-
tive foreign suggestions Of color OF
style being eliminated. I'VE want to
get as far away as possible from any
thing suggestive Of sorrow or conflict
in the working out Of one harmonious
scheme" said Stein. The coats and
skirts are to be shorter, and almost en-
tirely there will be tailor-made sea-
son in 1915 for American women. ]. P.
Hovland, Of Chicago, retiring president
Of the association. in an interview. to-
nisht said: THE time has arrived for
the garment manufacturers Of this
country to begin creating styles that
will be acceptable to the women Of
America. We have the most wonder
full women on the face Of the earth,
and there is no reason why the design
ers and manufacturers cannot get to-
gether and create styles which will be
entirely acceptable to the millions OF
women Of this country"
As a result Of a conference be-
tween the British ambassador and
state department officials. Secretary
Bryan announced, yesterday. that an
arrangement to minimize delays in
cident to cotton shipment from Amer
lean ports to European countries, in
Guiding all belligerents. The British
government already has become a
party to this arrangement and the
French ambassador has given assur-
ances that his government will ap-
prove. The plan ls to have the cap
tain Of a cotton laden vessel receive
from the British consul at the port
Of departure a statement to the COM
allies which might speak him. The
British consuls are expected to satisfy
themselves as to the character Of the
cargo before a ship sails. but 1t is
understood they will be instructed to
accept the assurances of reputable
exporters as to it's character. The
state department is not to figure in
these arrangements which are to be
made between American shippers as
individuals and foreign countries
officers. In this connection a large
steamer is soon to sail from Charles
ton, S. c., for belligerent port, and
1t is believed that the vessel will pro-
ceed to it's destination with little or
no delay. 1t was learned, yesterday,
the British government finally has
obtained assurances from neutral
European governments that copper
shall not be permitted to pass across
their borders into belligerent states.
Negotiations still are in progress re-
garding raising Of the embargo on
rubber exports from Great Britain's
colonies.
-Officials at Washington. yesterday,
were much interested in press dis
patches stating that Gen. Villa and
Gen. Zapata had met in a suburb Of
Mexico City and had reached a work.
ing agreement which would mean the
maintenance Of order in and around