Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-18
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.

Items of Interest Gathered from Al
Around the World.
An American flag, 15Ox7S feet ir
size, was presented to the city Of st
Louis, Mo-, Monday.
Agents Of the Italian government
are buying an average of 200 horses
day at East st. Louis, Mo.
Chester, Pa, Is to have a new ship
building yard, with capital stock OF
81, 900, 900, and employing 1,50O work
men.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, secretary OF
the United States embassy at Vienna,
arrived in New York Monday, having
returned home on cable advice from
Washington.
The Southern Publishers associa-
ton closed a two days session al
Asheville, N. c., Tuesday. w. T.
Anderson Of Macon, Ga, is president
Of the association.
Governor Major and Speaker Champ
Clark worked side by side on the roads
near Jefferson City, Mo-, Tuesday, in
celebration of Missouri Good Roads
day.
UP to May 31st, according to an an
nouncement in London, 1851 officers
and men Of the British navy have been
killed, wounded or reported missing
since the beginning Of the war.
The British house Of commons on
Tuesday, voted another war loan OF
s1,25O, 600, 900, making, with previous
sums a total Of s4,31O,OO0,OO0 already
allowed for war purposes.
Speaker Champ Clark has sent out
a general invitation to everybody In
Missouri to attend the wedding Of his
daughter, Miss Genevievc Clark, at
Honey Shuck," Mr.. Clark's home, on
June 80.
Congressman Jacob E. Meeker OF
st. Louis, was arrested at Monet
No. Tuesday, charged with criminal
libel in statements credited TO him In
a local option campaign preceding an
election held Tuesday.
The Interstate Boon Trail committee
of North Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, and the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution, will
unveil a monument to Daniel Boone
at Cumberland Gap. Tenn, on June 80
A report received at Washington
Monday, was to the effect that General
Hernandez, one Of the Villa officers
had held up two cars Of Red Cross
supplies, destined for the town OF
Monclova, where many Mexicans are
starving.
A party of 25 French aeroplanes
raided Karlsruhe, capital Of the Grand
Duchy Of Boden, Tuesday, dropping
bombs on the city and causing great
damage This was the largest flight
yet taken by the French air men,
Twenty-three Of the aviators return
ed.
The steamship Mexico, arriving al
Havana, Monday, from Progreso
Mexico, brought information to the ef-
feet that General Garcilisso, a Villa
officer and his staff, were captured by
Carranza forces on Saturday, and
that all Of them were to bc hanged at
once.
The first $50 gold piece ever au-
thoriZed by congress, was struck at
the San Francisco mint Tuesday. On
it's diverse side is stamped the head of
a laborer and on the reverse two
dolphins, emblematic Of the meeting
Of two oceans. The new coin COM
memorates the Panama-Pacific ex-
position.
The Spanish ambassador at Wash
ington, has announced that Spain has
opened her doors to the Jews, and
that the iron bars of inequality and
disfranchlsement which have existed
for 400 years have been lowered
AlicliSdh jews diC SopCSiohy ihNitSu
to assist in the development Of Spain's
commerce with I.atin-America.
An inventory Of the cargo of the
German steamship Bayern, which has
been interned at Bozzouli, Italy, on
the Bay Of Naples, since last August,
shows that hidden in the double bot
tom were IA quick-firers, four cannon,
a large Taube aeroplane. the parts of
one submarine and 20 cases Of gun
powder The explosives were thrown
into the sea. The Bayern was bound
from Hamburg to the Orient.
Agents of the German government
are reported to be making strong eff
forts to buy certain machine shops in
Philadelphia, that are equipped for
turning out war material. 1t is also
stated that the Germans are trying to
buy the fuse factory that is turning
out the fuses for most Of the shrap-
mel shells being made in this country
If the German agents succeed in buy
ing the various plants, they will be
closed up, it is said.