Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-27
Straps and faets.

That a great part Oh Europee
enormous war munitions orders olu not
begin to move from the United States
until comparatively recently, was lnul.
Gated by export hgures lssueu iaS'
Monday by the commerce department..
The statistics show that while exports
of war supplies increased tremendously
during the year ending with June TN.
greater part OF the increase left the
United States in the latter month.
The ~ month period showed exports
of explosives valued at $41,4I6,lSS, as
against $6,272,1"7 in the p~receoihs
year. More than one-fourth or that
total-$11, SIS, 754-was shipped during
June Gunpowder showed exports Oh
S3,234,549 in June compared with 90
Ogl, 542 for the year.. SiXty-two aero
planes were exported in June as
against 1852 for the entire year. In the
preceding year only "a were shipped.
Nearly eight times as many
trucks were exported in June as in the
entire year ended June 80, 1914. VI
both passenger automobiles n trucks
the exports for June were valued at
S13. 1854, $50, and for the year at soV'-
254.634. In the preceding year they
were $26,574,574. Figures for parpeo
wire. harness and saddles showed slini-
lar export conditions.
If the commander OF a German
submarine exceeded his Instructions N
sinking the steamer Arabic" says a
Berlin dispatch of Wednesday, lne
German government will give ful sat
~isfaction to the United states, Cah,
cellor Won Bethmann-H oliweg lnioriieo
the Associated Press correspondent Ia
an interview this evening. Inc IN
nerial chancellor made the 10y
statement of Germany's position on
the sinking of the Arabic: AS long
as the circumstances surrounding the
sinking of the Arabic have not peen
fully cleared up, it is Impossible LOT
me TO make q definite statement. inus
far we have received no report ABOUT
IL. Now we do not even know Whetnel
the sinking of the ship was causeo ny
a mine or by a torpedo, hred from d
German submarine, nor do we Know
whether in this latter case the ARABIC
herself may not by her actions, per-
hans. have justified proceedings Oh
the commander of the submarine.
ONLY after all these circumstances
have been cleared up will it be posi-.
bile TO say whether the Oh
one Of our submarines went peyonu
his instructions, in which case the
imperial government would not hesl-
tate to give such complete sa~tls1actloh
to the United States as would CONFORM
to the friendly relations existing De-
tween both governments"
Just a week after Austria made an
official announcement OF the oestruc-
ton of the Italian submarine Nerelde'
according to a Rome cable, she ~
reported to have safely reached a port
in the Adriatic. For seventy hours
the submarine was imprisoned unoer
- --h;la har nraU Sl6pnleSS, al
most starved and in complete
worked frantically to repair damages
IN the machinery. When the BOAT
finally emerged the captain n three
men had died Of exhaustion. Two
more died on the way to port. on
August Is, the Austrian admiralty re-
ported that Italy had lost the supma-
rines Nautilus and the Nerelde. botn
had been engaged by Austrian forces
and their failure to re-appear caused
the inference that they had been De
stroved. ON the same evening the
italian naval authorities
that the Nautilus had not been dam
aged and that the Nereide apparent.
ly sank owing to the arrangement VI
the motor" 1t was the motor trouble
hat compelled the Nereide to sink IN
haste when attacked by a strong force
Of Austrian warships. The nerve
racking ordeal that followed drove
some Of the men nearly insane. Until
he dropped from exhaustion the zap
tain inspired his men by his brave,
calm demeanor. His last
was given in a whisper.
The long struggle Of the authori-
ties with the lawlessness in the por-
ton of western Kentucky eliminated
in the Ohio county circuit court at
Hartford last Wednesday,, when a
score of persons were placed on trlal
for alleged participation in night rid
ing outrages. When court adjourned
for the day two men had plead guilty
and nine others were on trial ana %
were awaiting a hearing. The TWO
men who threw themselves on the
mercy of the court were sentenced 10
three wears each in the penitentlary
for fogging a man and a woman one
of the defendants is the son-in-law OF
the prosecuting witness. The nine
men on trial were indicted with them.
Charges against the remainder, al
lege m~altreatment of various persons
and the murder Of a negro. Scores Oh
persons in Ohio and contiguous coun-
ties have been flogged at night n
their homes riddled with bullets wlthln
the last ten months by bands Oh
mounted men. Whites and negroes
alike have suffered. The authorities
say reasons advanced by the victims
indicated the night riders were en-
d~eavoring to regulate the d OF
communities through intimidation, as
place negro labor with white and nix
prices which merchants should charge
for merchandise. The guilty plea OF
the first two cases called those of Jerry
Clark and Ernest Webster, caused sur
prise. 1t was believed all the DEFEND
-. -,a,,1l -Acicf nnnyiRtinn
-Postofice officials announced in
Atlanta yesterday, that an investiga-
ton was being made Of anonymous
threatening communications received
by officials and others from different
parts of the country in connection
with the lynching Of Leo M. Frank.
Gov. Harris, former Gov. John M.
Slaton, who committed Franks SEN
tence to life Imprisonment, Mayor
Woodward of Atlanta, Josiah Carter,
editor of the Marietta (Ga.) journal
and Recorder, and Herbert Haas Oh
Atlanta, who was one of Franks at
torneys are among those to whom let
ters and postcards ave been sent.
r. E. Berry, local postoffice inspector
of Atlanta, said that the communica-
tions appeared to come from persons
on both sides Of the case, some threat
ening officials unless members OF the
mob were punished, while others warn
ed against any effort to arrest the
lynchers. Failure to comply with d
vice, some of the letters said, would
result in death for the offender. A
large number of such letters have been
received by officials of Marietta, near
wher Frank was lynched and where
Mary Phagan, his alleged victim, lived.
While recipients generally have not re-
garded the communications seriously,
several of the letters and postcards
have been turned over to he post
office officials.
- Brest-Litovsk, the main Russian
fortress and concentration center for
the Bug river line of defenses, was oc-
cupied by the Austro-Germans yester-
day, according to a London dispatch.
While the Russians offered stout re-
sistance during the invaders approach,
it is apparent no attempt was made to
defend BreSt-LitovSk itself. 1t was
evacuated as was OSSowctZ, in con-
formity with the Russian intention to
take M new positions farther east.