Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-06
GENERAL NEWS T
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.

Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
Three thousand house painters and
decorators Of Chicago are on a strike.
is to be prosecuted in the Federal
court on charges Of fraudulent use Of
the mails.
Three persons were killed and six
injured by the explosion Of a benzine
tank in a paint factory at Lewiston,
Pa, Thursday.
Lima, Peru, was badly damaged by
fire Friday. A large portion OF the
central part Of the city was Destroy
ed with a loss Of $500. 900.
The United States government has
failed IN its recent efforts to gain
concessions from Germany in the
matter Of the embargo on potash.
The centennial anniversary Of the
birth Of Prince Won Bismarck, Prus-
sia's famous statesman, was celebrat-
ed throughout Germany, Thursday.
Governor Hatfield of West Vir-
ginia, paroled fifteen prisoners from
the state ~penitentiary. Friday. The
criminals ranged from murder down.
ward.
DR.. William H. Randle, n Of the
worlds greatest experts in the dag
nosis and treatment Of yellow fever,
is in a critical condition in a Philadel-
phia hospital.
Washington political gossip Is to
the effect that Secretary Bryan will
be a candidate for the United States
senate from Nebraska, in opposition
to Senator Hitchcock.
Michael Konopka, a city constable
Of Oil City, Pa, was murdered In his
bed Friday night, being struck on the
head with a blunt instrument while
he slept.
When $2,O00,OOO Of city school
bonds we're offered in Philadelphia on
April 1st, the issue was quickly taken
at $102.59. The issue was overscrib-
ed more than seven times.
Because Of inability to cur dye
stuffs from Germany, more than AGO.
600 workers in the hosiery mills of
the country are facing an early shut
down Of the plants in which they are
employed.
Shipments Of parcel post packages
containing food, from Chicago to
Germany and Austria, have increased
from an average Of 115 per day to
1900 per day, according to Chicago
postofice authorities.
A dispatch from Tabriz, Persia, says
that in a battle at Atkutur, north
, western Persia, March 26, the Rus
slams defeated the Turks, the latter
losing $4,000 in killed, wounded and
prisoners and many machine guns.
Robert Smith of Cleveland, while
in Jail as a vagrant at Saginaw, Mich,
met Mrs. Grace Steinhauser. He was
to have married her Thursday, but
killed her instead. Within "a hours
after the killing, he had begun serv-
ing a life sentence for his crime.
Although the Bethlehem Steel
Works at Bethlehem, Pa, Is turning
out 5000 shrapnel shells a day for the
British government, Lord Kitchener
is urging more speed. The steel COM
pany has a contract to supply 6,000,-
900 shells.
The queen of England will present
to her daughter, Princess Mary. on
her birthday, April 20. a gold brace
let, suitably engraved and decorated
in precious stones with the flags OF
England, France, Russia, Belgium and
the United States.
Miss Rae Tanner, the New York
girl who entered suit against James
w. Osborne, a lawyer. for breach OF
promise, setting the damage at $780,
900, has withdrawn the suit. She
Is to be prosecuted in the Federal
court on charges of fraudulent use OF
the mails.
Chas. A. Teufel, aged So, died al
Milton, Pa, Friday, from the effects
of a headache remedy containing
acetanilide. He was addicted to
drugs, and after the Harrison law
became effective, vas unable to gel
his dope" He secured a handful OF
the tablets. gulped them down and
died in agony within an hour.
Director Porter, head Of the Phila-
delphia police department, has issued
an order to arrest all boys and girls
on the streets of the city at night by
themselves after II o'clock p. m
Director Porter cites figures to show
that three out Of every four crimes
committed in the larger cities are by
young people under 81 years Of age.
The sales Of fertilizer tags in Geor-
gia this year Is from so to 81 per cent
below sales up to April LIST of last
year, says an Atlanta dispatch. The
sales Of fertilizer in Mississippi are
80 per cent less than in 1914. South
| Cardinals tag sales up to April 1st
totaled S110, 031.43, as compared with
s233,233.74 for the same period of
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