Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-14

The people or SOutnenu, EnSidhu
last Wednesday night showed their
anger over the recent Zeppelin raid
and the sinking of the Lusitania, by
a big demonstration throughout the
borough. A meeting was held to pro-
test against the many German resi-
dents being permitted to be at large
A great crowd then visited and wreck
ed German shops. The police were
powerless against the mob, and the
general commanding the district or
dered out the soldiers. Quiet was re-
stored when the military appeared.
Three New Yorkers-Capt. Louis Sor-
cho, his assistant, Louis b. Mann, and
Frank Winch, a newspaper man
while photographing the wrecked
shops, were surrounded by mob,
which mistook them for Germans. Ac-
cording to Sorcho's account, the party
had two cameras and had received
permission from the police to take
photographs. Several women shout
ed: "They are German-Amer1can
spies! Kill them! Avenge the Lusi-
tania." The Americans got away on
a street car.
For many months it has been the
practice Of firms in various parts OF
Germany - manufacturing concerns,
banks and big stores-to issue minia-
ture newspapers which contain war
news concerning their employees In the
field, One Of the most success1ul OF
these experiments Is conducted by
large coffee concern in Bremen, more
than half Of whose employees are away
and many of whom have distinguish
ed themselves for bravery. The pa
pers, which are issued weekly, not only
go to the employees who remain De-
hind, and to the families OF those at
the front, but to each one who Is Tight
ing as soon as his address can be as
certained. One Of the papers most
important departments Is an address
list, which enables man at the wes'
front to find out where his former fel-
low employe is stationed in the east,
and to write him. An honor list OF
those who have been killed, and an
other giving the decorations received,
take up the back page each week.
Space Is reserved for letters written
by the men from the front, and
quantity Of the most important news
from week to week Is printed. This
includes news from the factory and
it's workings, as we'll as war items. AS
fast as men are called into service
their names are printed. A humorous
column completes the contents.
A revolution that would wipe out
Americas present Industrial and po-
litical system and establish an ideal
era Of freedom, was described to the
Federal Industrial Relations comms-
sion at Washington, Wednesday, as
the ultimate object Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World by VIM D.
Haywood, it's secretary and treasur-
er. A world in which labor should
control all means Of production and in
which there should be no such thing
as capital" was held up by Hay
wood as his land Of promise. He de-
clared that only implacable war be-
tween labor and capital ending with
great general strife and conf1scation
Of the means Of production could
bring the workers to that ideal ex-
istence This Is q class struggle that
must go on" he told the commission.
"The struggle will go on despite ev-
erything this commission can do or
can recommend to congress. Labor
must fight for what capital now con-
trols-the means Of production, tools,
machinery and all Of those things
which should be controlled by labor
alone. l have had a dream Of a new
society sometime in which there will
be no government, no states as we
know them now. Congress will be
made up not Of lawyers and preachers
but Of experts from all branches of
industry, come together for the good
Of all the people"
Committee recommendations OPP
posing the proposed consolidation or
the home and foreign mission boards,
Inauguration of a movement to With
draw Baptist young people from the
worldwide Baraca and Philathea
classes. and election Of officers, were
features Of the opening session OF the
siXtieth annual session Of the South
ern Baptist convention at Houston,
Tex, Wednesday. DR.. Lansing Bur-
rowes Of Americus, Ga, was reelected
president, and the following were
elected vice presidents: B. c. Henning,
Elizabeth City. n. c.; John Crumpton
Hardy. Waco, Tex; j. L. Gross, Hous-
ton. Tex; P. c. Barton. Jonesboro,
Ark. The two secretaries Of the con-
vention were reelected. They were
o. F. Gregory, Baltimore, and H. c..
Moore, Raleigh. n. c. All elections
registered delegates to the convention
and 800 to the meeting of the auxil-
iary body. Those who attended the
opening of the convention included
representatives of southern Baptist
churches in every southern state and
delegates from southern Illinois,
where many Baptist churches are af-
filiated with the southern convention.
Representatives OF the National Bap-
tist convention (negro) also were
present. The convention sermon was
delivered tonight by DR.. ]. w. Porter,
of Lexington, Ky. In his sermon DR..
Porter protested against universities
becoming secular organizations. He
said: strangely enough, our univer-
stiles nave proven our religious storm
centres. From them have come he
terogeneous heretics whom, for sweet
charity's sake, we call higher critics,
but who are in reality enemies of the
Cross"
- Germany, through Ambassador
Gerard, on last Tuesday notified the
United States that submarine COM
manders had been specifically in
structed not to harm neutral vessels
not engaged in hostile acts and that
Germany would pay for damages to
ships carrying contraband will be dealt
with, the announcement says, accord
ing to the rules of naval warfare. If
neutral ships are accidentally dam
aged in the war zone Germany will
express its regret and pay damages
without prize court proceedings. The
German government justifies its sub
marine warfare on the grounds that
England is threatening to starve the
civilian population of Germany by
prohibiting neutral commerce in food
stuffs and other necesSarieS. In pre-
vious communications Germany has
disclaimed responsibility for any harm
that might befall neutral vessels ven-
turing into the war zone. The text of
the announcement, cabled by AmbaS-
sador Gerard, which was issued by the
German foreign office. is in the form
of circular. as follows: First The
imperial German government natural
ly has no intention Of causing to be
attacked by submarines or aircraft
such neutral ships of commerce in the
scene of naval warfare, or definitely
described in the notice of the German
admiralty staff of February Atm last,
as having been guilty of no hostile