Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-02

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slant massaging by eight members OF
the hospital staff, working in relays
life was maintained for three hours.
President Wilson, speaking at a
luncheon in his honor on board
Argentine battleship Moreno at An
napolis, Md, Monday, predicted tnat
we are rapidly approaching q Gay
when the Americans will draw To-
gether as they have never drawn TO-
gether before and that 1t will be a
union, not of political ties, but OF un.
derstanding and mutual helpfulness'
President Wilson said: 1T Is a line
thing to believe-and l belleVe u IN
the midst Of this period OF war-tnat
the real ground OF respect Is Juslice
and fairness and good will; thai you
cannot respect a man or a nation for
which YOU cannot sooner or later &C
ouire an affection. And the great ad-
vantage Of intermixture, not only OF
actual intercourse between natlons'
Is that there grows up a common un-
derstanding. We speak different
we have followed, to some
extent, different customs; we nave,
to some degree, different national
traditions; but at the bottom we nave
got lust the same sort or parts anu
understandings and h same essent-
ial interests, and when we mix Win
one another and touch hands, we are
apt to touch hearts also. l pelleVe Una
the modern world is preparing us tor
this understanding and comradeship
by its extraordinarily increased MEANS
of intercommunication.
While no official notification OF the
death Of an American, Leon c. Thresh-
er, on the British liner Falaba, sunk by
a German submarine, in St Georges
channel, had reached the American
government Wednesday,, officials view
ed the situation as fraught with grave
possibilities. Secretary Bryan SAID ne
expected Ambassador Page in q
to submit q report on the case, u
added that no inquiries had been re-
ceived by the department nor had any
been made Of Mr.. Page. In view 0! the
language Of the American note or IN
quiry in reply to the German notlnca-
ton Of a submarine blockade or Eng
land. 1t is known the facts in this case
will be awaited with great interest.
That note contained a plain warming
that the loss Of American lives through
the German programme or SINKING
merchant vessels would be viewed as
an u~nfriendly act. 1t was suggested IN
some circles that the Germans would
blame the Falaba captain for her de-
struction, ~contending that his effort to
escape rendered the vessel liable to at.
Jack under the rules Of international
law. On the other hand, 1t was SAID
that while International law permitted
The destruction Of merchant craft
which resisted search by ~belligerents,
it appeared that the Falaba only at
tempted to escape and did not resist.
1t was pointed out that according TO
reports the ships boats were over her
side and her passengers and crew at
tempting to leave the torpedo,
which destroyed her va discharged.
Many of the press comments on the
decision Of the United States district
court. rendered March 20, at Topeka,
Kansas, holding hat the Federal mi
gratory bird law is unconstitutional,
according to the United States depart
ment of agriculture, are erroneous ana
are apt to mislead the public concern
ing the real situation in this matter.
The Kansas decision, like a former de-
cision to the same effect in the eastern
district of Arkansas, is limited in it's
operation solely to the district in which
it was rendered. Neither decision set
ties or nullifes the law, n the exact
contrary has been held by the United
States district court for South Dakota.
The Arkansas case has been appealed
to and is now pending in the United
States supreme court. The act Of con-
gress protecting migratory birds stands
effective until the supreme court final
~ decides the question Of its conStitu-
tionality. Ir the meantime, 1t is in
cumbent on every law-abiding citizen
to observe it's provisions and the regu-
lations. 1t is the duty Of the depart
ment of agriculture to enforce this law
and the officials in charge will endeav-
or to do so as long as 1t is in force.
reports Of violations will be carefully
investigated and when sufficient evil
dence is secured they will be reported
for prosecution. In this connection 1t
should not be forgotten that an Offend
er against this, as in the case of other
United States laws. is subject to pros
ecution any time within three years
from the date the offense is committed.
After having remained almost
totally inactive since March IS, the
Allies warships says a Constantinople
dispatch, on Tuesday bombarded
lightly what appears to have been an
untenanted infantry position e the
entrance to the Dardanelles. Since
March IS the Allies have not made an
attack of any sort on the town of
Dardanelles. Every Allied vessel which
has penetrated the straits at night
has been met by firing from the alert
Turkish troops and the result invari-
ably has been a quick withdrawal.
Apparently no serious attempt to
sweep the mines from the Dardanelles
waters has been made by the Allies
since March Is. Their interest in the
Dardanelles defense works has not
been lacking however, for every day
an Allied aviator takes a flight spin
Nv. Tho n,,fnr an6 of tho u-otprvUnv
Meanwhile the conditions for a bonn
bardment have been of the best. Belief
is expressed here that the resumption
Of the bombardment has been delayed,
because in addition to the ships sunk
March Is, most Of the Turkish officers
say the Allies are not likely to resume
their operations as long as they are
unable to avail themselves Of a fire
superior to that of March Is, which
they declare was tremendous but
totally incapable Of coping with the
situation. The Associated Press CORES
pendent in the last few days has visit
ed every Dardanelles fort lombard
ed by the Allies on the eighteenth.
He discovered that Notwithstanding
the heavy shell fire from the warships
the damage sustained by the Turkish
positions was uniformly slight.
Secretary Daniels issued a state
ment Tuesday night showing where
the enlisted men Of the navy come
from. The figures were compiled as
Il result of a recent question by Presi-
dent Wilson as to whether most sailors
were not from coastwise states. AN
analysis shows" said Mr.. Daniels,
that interior states such as Illinois,
Indiana. Iowa, Ohio and Pennsy lvania
furnish their fair quota. 1t may be
stated. too, that a further analysis
shows hat most of these young men
enlisting in the a V do not come
from the cities or seaport towns. but
from the smaller communities of the
various states" There were 52,661
enlisted men on June 80. last. and Of
these five came from Alaska and q
l02 from the insular possessions. New
York. with 1922 led all the states in
the numbered furnished. PennSylvanii.