Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-19
FRIDAY, MARCH 1e, 1915.
MERE-MENTION

The electorate Of Asheville, n. C.,
on Tuesday. adopted the commission
form Of city government by, a ma
jority of 692 votes. Fred Strand
and s. F. Kerr were arrested at Van
Vert, Ohio, this week. charged with
counterfeiting small coins in h COM
posing room of the Van Vert Bulle-
tin, a daily newspaper. Strand pleaded
guilty and Kerr not guilty. .......
Commissioner Chas. c. McCord, Demo-
crat, of Kentucky, has been elected
chairman Of the inter state commerce
commission. ..... President Wilson at
tended the funeral Of Col. w. H. Crook
in Washington, Tuesday
ing to reports brought to Galveston
Texas, Tuesday, by passengers on a
Norwegian steamer, the tender OF the
United States battleship Delaware was
fired on by Mexican shippers at Vera
Cruz on March 10......Commanoer
Max Thierichens Of the German con.
verified cruiser Ethel Friedrich, now at
Newport News, Va. and several or MS
officers aid an official visit to Secre-
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on
board the presidential yacht Mayfower'
Tuesday. The German
reiterated his statement that the E1thei
Friedrich would not intern at New
port News for the balance OF the war
but would leave the port as soon as
she had undergone necessary repairs
..... Nineteen members Of the Ger
man cruiser Dresden, sunk on Juan
Frenandez island, Sunday morning are
missing. The largest battleship IN
the world. the United States super
dreadnought Pennsylvania, was
launched at Newport News, Va, Tues-
day. in the presence Of 10000 peopie.
The onnag measurement Is 3l,4oo.
The whistles on the German ship
Eithel Friedrich Joined with those OF
other vessels in blowing a salute 70
the monster battleship.. ..Accoroihs
to a dispatch from Copenhagen the
German cruiser Karlsruge, mas oeea
blown nm by an internal explosion. A
portion Of the crew were saved lne
dispatch says. David Lloyd-George'
chancellor of the e~xchequer, has an.
bounced that the English government
intends to take over control OF factories
In England for the production OF wal
material. REV. John B Cannon,
aged Al, chaplain Of South University
Sewanee, Tenn, n q prominent inquire
i'm the diocese Of the Tennessee EPlco-
pal church, died in Nashville, Weo-
nesday. 80. johnny kilDane' Ieathef.
weieht pugilist retained his title by
Knocking out Kid Williams, bantam
weight champion in philadelphia, Pa
Wednesday night. ...Col. A. p. Wooo.
ward. for many years one OF the most
prominent citizens Of Atlanta, Ca,
died in that city this week, aged %
ars......F Former President w. h:
Taft delivered the first Of a series OF
three lectures at h University Oh
North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Weo,
nesday night. THE National GuaTo
of West Virginia will consist OF onIy
&c. T,~4 On 1Q1h unless
steps are taken to borrow for It's sup
port. Governor Hatfield Of that state,
vetoed a $4,000 appropriation OF the
last legislature for the maintenance OF
the National Guard, but signed a Dill
providing for the salary Of Ad1utant
General John c. Bond Of h a state
80. The French foreign office a de-
cided to buy the cotton cargo or the
steamer Dacia, which was seized by q
French cruiser and taken into Brest
while on a voyage from the united
States to Rotterdam. The cotton ls
valued at $3.50, O.... In order to guard
against the introduction or the 1901 ahe
mouth disease in Florida, the q OF
health has declared a quarantine
against the following states which are
said to be infected with the disease:
Connecticut, Delaware, District or Co.
lumbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wash
ington and Wisconsin Gov. Spry
Of Utah, vetoed the statewide pro-
hibition bill yesterday. The British
steamer Glenartney Of Glasgow, Scot
land, was torpedoed by a German
submarine off Beachey Head, near
London, yesterday. Part OF the YES
sers crew were saved. The steamer
was laden with 5000 tons Of rice.....
A French submarine boa was destroy
ed by the Turks in the Dardanelles
this week. The submarine attempted
to torpedo the Turkish battleship
Sultan Selim, formerly the German
cruiser Goeben.