Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-09

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grand total Of losses among the Of
icers of the German army is more
than half their number on the day Of
the declaration Of war"
Washington special OF April z, tc
the Charlotte Observer: The dyestuns
famine that threatens to close abou'
27O cotton and wooden mills In the
United States, could be averted Count
Bernstorff. the German ambassador
thinks, If the United States wouid
put an embargo on war supplies
This. he asserts should be done as q
retaliation for the embargo against
German dyes. This will not be done
There Is very little hope OF averting
a famine in dyes. Inside OF a month
most Of the mills that use dyes made
in Germany, will be without dyestuns
The state department is unable to
move Great Britain to lift the block
ade that bars German ~dyestuffs. 1T
is our understanding" said DR.. Thomas
M. Norton, expert Of the department
of in dyestuffs, that Ger
many has on hand a good stock OF
DIVES that are in demand in this coun-
try. The nitric acid supply has not
been reduced by the manufacture OF
explosives. The supply OF carboiic
acid has been affected by the war,
and consequently there Is q shortage
on some s~pecialties. BY the end OF
March the situation among the mills
that use ~dyestuffs from Germany VIII
be serious"
"A remarkable feature Of the sur
render Of Przemysl was the fact that
not a single Austrian flag was cap
tured, says the Russky Slovo or Petro-
grad. The secret Of their disappear
ance was discovered, this newspaper
says further, through the confession
Of Slav war prisoners VINO arrived az
Kiey. They said the night before the
surrender Of the fortress, all the flags
were tori into strips. These strips
were numbered and distributed among
individuals who hid them in the lin
ings Of their coats and caps. They
were required to take an oath to re-
store them upon their release from
captivity, so that the flags might be
reconstructed, thus giving the regl-
ments h right to a further corporate
existence. A search Of the prisoners
revealed many such fragments OF
flags. In the handle Of q bag belong
ing to General Thomaschi, a flag was
found intact. All other insignia and
regimental mementoes were destroyed
before the equalization. Investigation
of the d~efenses Of Przemysl shows
that Of the forty forts only sever
were damaged, these having been part
ly blown up. The famous concrete
and iron galleries, which are eight
miles long, were uninjured.
ON the request of Commander
T%hierchens, made to the United States
government last Wednesday night, the
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Frederick has been interned for the
war. Up to the last moment the Ger
man skipper kept UP the appearance
Of an intention to make sail for the
high seas and make a break for 1t.
On Wednesday afternoon Norman X.
Hamilton, the collector OF the port, at
Newport News, went to the German
captain to give him notice that ne
must either intern or leave port by 4
o'clock the next morning. Before the
collector could deliver his message the
captain advised him in writing that
the raider would intern. The written
statement was to the effect that the
captain had been waiting for assist
ance; but as there was no evidence
that the expected assistance was at
hand, he had decided not to expose
his crew and his ship to certain de-
struction at the hands Of the British
and French cruisers waiting outside
the harbor. The ship was according
~ taken to the Norfolk navy yard.
There is speculation as to whether the
German captain really ever had any
notion Of trying to put to sea, or
whether he sought tc keep the enc
my's ships waiting as long as he could.
Some think it is possible that Germany
may have had the hope OF hndlng
some way to torpedo the British and
French ships.
THE Federal reserve board an
nounced Wednesday night that it had
reached a general understanding with
representatives of Federal reserve
banks for the creation Of a gold fund
in Washington for use in clearings
and settling balances between those
banks. The plan is expected to be-
come effective next month. When the
fund is created and put in operation,
the last important step in establish
ing the clearing functions Of the Fed
eral reserve system, will ave been
taken. Federal reserve banks already
are clearing for member in their
own districts. 1t was said Wednesday
night no agreement a been reached
on the amount Of the gold fund to be
deposited in Washington. When it
was first considered several months
ago., a committee Of governors and
members of the board spoke Of $685.
DOC, 900. Part of the $25, 000, 900, it was
hoped at that time, would be put up
by the treasury department, but in
recent discussion the question Of gov
eminent contribution has been left to
the future and the banks alone are
expected to complete it. Officials are
inclined to believe there will be no
actual large movements Of gold from
Washington to the various banks in
payment Of balances, the idea being
that it will become largely a matter
Of bookkeeping with the gold here for
shipment if any reserve bank demands
it. The reserve banks will not be al
lowed to count the gold contributed
to the fund as part Of their reserves
and will receive some interest on 1t
through charges made for clearing
checks.
Following is the Associated Press's
summary of Wednesdays war news:
The Russians having carried the
western SUBMITS of the principal
chain Of the Beskid mountains, are
fighting for possession Of the south
ern spurs, some Of which they have
already captured, according to the
Russian official statement. Farther to
the east, however, beyond the Labor
CA valley, the Austrians apparently
are holding the Russians in check
Heavy re-inforcements have come to
the support Of both sides, n the
Austro-H ungarians now are backed
by numerous German contingents,
which are giving them powerful aid in
checking the Russian advance through
Uzsok pass, the one line Of defense
which the Russians have not broken
Both French and Germans tell of a
bitter struggle between the rivers
Meuse and Moselle in France and the
fight is by no means ended. Losses on
both sides are great. Operations
around Verdun were begun several
days ago by the French, whose Of
fensive was undertaken to force back
the German line at St. Mihiel. Claims
are made by both of present sue
cesses, which can be ~reconciled by the
fact that the official statements bear
respectively on different points of the
line. The one thing certain is that
wherever an advance is made the price
is paid. The sultan Of Turkey is con-
WINGED that the allies cannot force the
D~ardanelles. Although they use ev-
cry means at their disposal they will
he unable to accomplish their pur-
pose" the sultan said in an inter
view. The optimism of the sultan
Seems to he Sha red nv Field Marshal