Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-16
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items Of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.


Around the World.
Winston Spencer Churchill, chancel-
lor Of the Dutchy Of Lancaster, has
resigned from the British cabinet,
and will join the army in France.
The steamer Charles A. Luck. with
crew Of over ECO men, Duluth to
Buffalo with grain, is reported lost in
Lake Superior with all on board.
A Swiss statistician estimates that
the total number Of soldiers killed
since the European war began. at g.
O00, 900 men.
A Chicago financial writer says that
money is so plentiful: in that city and
interest rates SO low that some Of the
banks are actually not making run
ming expenses on their loans.
Washington advices are to the effect
that Gen. Carranza has put the ban on
bull fighting and chicken fights In
Mexico and will encourage baseball and
other clean sports.
The United States Steel corpora
ton announces that 1t will at once
spend $1O,000,000 in enlarging its va
rious plants in order to take care Of
the rush orders 1t now has on Its books.
A semi official statement has been
made in London to the effect that un-
less there Is a material increase in the
number Of army volunteers by Novem-
ber 30, the government will take the
necessary steps to carry out its con-
scription pledge Of November 2.
The big wire rope plant Of the John
A. Roebling's Sons company at Tren-
ton, N. j., was damaged more than ST.
100000 by suspicious fire Thursday
morning. The plant had large orders
for the Allies. More than 1000 men
were thrown out Of work.
A Douglas, Arizona, dispatch Of
Thursday, says that six Carranza
spies were put to death within the
Villa lines on November 18th. The ex-
ecution was witnessed by a large num-
Der of Americans on the United States
side Of the border.
John D. Rockefeller contributed
more than $4,000 at Cleveland, o.,
Thursday to buy tickets to the big
flower show being held in that city for
$4,000 children. More than 100 police
men and a score Of firemen were
necessary to handle the crowds.
The du Pont Powder company Of
Wilmington, Del, has received orders
from the Allies for powder to the
amount Of $65,O00,O0O. The contract
does not call for delivery Of all sup
plies until 1917. All Of the du Pont
plants will have to be enlarged to take
care Of the orders.
Dutchess Skylark Ormsby, Hol-
stein-Frersian cow, has broken the
worlds record for milk and butter
production, says a Minneapolis, Mimi,
dispatch. The cow produced 27,161
pounds Of butter and 1,205 pounds Of
butterfat in one year. One weeks
mix prOQucIlOn lOtdleQ ooo pounQs,
and butter 34a pounds.
Raphael Conn, treasurer Of the
Bluefields Steamship company, trav-
eled 2,400 miles from Honduras to
Philadelphia, to testify in the suit
against the Unit,d Fruit company,
charged with being the Banana trust
Mr.. Conn only answered one question,
and his answer was "Ycs, sir"
The postoffice department at Wash
ington, has issued a formal order di-
recting postmaoters to refuse accept
ance Of parcel post packages for Ger
man and Austrian points, because Of
the refusal Of the steamship hereto
fore carrying such mails to accept 1t
in the future.
A dispatch from Berne, Switzer-
land, says that German and Austrian
papers are openly rejoicing over the
destruction" Of the Bethlehem, Pa,
steel plant. An Austrian parsonage
Of high rank" is quoted as saying in
an interview that the Americans had
been repeatedly warned, just as they
were before the sinking of the Lusi-
tania.