Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around tho World.

N6VS
Items Of Interest Gathered From Al
Around tho World.
More than 200 reserves Of the Italian
army left Philadelphia Monday, 70
Italy.
The Germans have retaken theBalti'
port of Memel, which was captured
by the Russians last week.
Police officers Of Philadelphia say
that since the Harrison drug Law
went into effect on March 1st, there ha.
been a noticeable decrease In crimes
in that city.
Two brothers, Roger and Thomas
Mooney, aged "A and rs years, died al
Warren, Pa, Monday within the space
Of two hours. They had lived to.
gether for many years.
Fifty sleeping miners were killed al
Howe Sound, B. c., Monday, when ar
avalanche swept down the mountain
and carried away the bunkhouses oc-
cupied by the coal miners.
Colonel Francois Descleaux and
Madame Bechoff. the wife Of a Ger
man, are on trial in Paris before q
French army court martial on charges
of stealing army supplies.
The success of the second German
loan Of s2,250, 100000. is announced
from Berlin. 1t is said that this sum
will suffice to run the war expenses OF
Germany late into the autumn.
The price Of bread has been reduced
to S cents a loaf in Chicago. The
price was raised to cents more than q
month ago on account Of the high
price Of flour.
A dispatch by way Of Copenhagen
says that q crowd Of 5000 women,
mostly Of the poorer classes. beseiged
the German reichstag in Berlin, Mon
day, crying, I'VE want peace and
bread"
A report in New York is to the ef-
feet that the Russian government has
lately placed an order with American
manufacturers for $s0,000,000 worth OF
shrapnel shells for early delivery.
The old time passenger steamer
Gascogne, left New York Monday with
$500 horses for the French army, as
a part Of her cargo. 1t is said to be
the largest single shipment Of horses
that has ever left New York.
The steamship George Warren ar
rived in New York Tuesday, with a
cargo Of 1000 tons Of dyestuffs from
Germany, by way Of Rotterdam. The
ship was more than month getting
across.
The subway systems Of New York
city are to be equipped with 47s all
steel cars, to take the place Of the
wooden cars now used. The change is
to be made because of the serious fire
in the subway several weeks ago.
Former Senator VIM. Lorimer and
three associates, are on trial in the
Federal court on charges Of misman-
agement and Irregularities Of the La
Sale Street National bank failure OF
several years ago.
During the five months ending jan
uary 31st, the United States exported
$70,629,752 Of war materials, a gain OF
s5S,614,75O over the same period Of the
previous year. January's exports
totaled $20,163,66o.
A commission Of inquiry into the
Dacia case has decided the seizure of
the American owned German vessel
valid and that throws the merits Of the
issue into the French prize court which
is supposed to have two months In
which to make a decision.
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, a Socialist of
the German reichstag, has been placed
under military law" by the govern
ment because Of a breach Of discip-
line" committed a few days ago in
voting against the adoption Of the war
budget in the reichstag on March 20.
Information received by the state
department at Washington Is to the
effect that although the Zapata gov
ernment at Mexico City promised to
arrest and punish the murderer OF
John B. McManus, the American killed
two weeks ago, nothing has been done
about the matter.
Governor Whitman Of New York, Is
having a special investigation Of the
case of VIM. v. Cleary, town clerk OF
Haverstraw, who several months ago,
killed his son-in-law, and was later
acquitted Of the charge. The judge
who heard the case said some very un-
complimentary things to the jury
when it returned verdict Of mot