Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
Amos Hassler, the treasurer Of the
Meyerstown Trust company, Is in
Jail at Lebanon, Pa, charged with
the embezzlement of $500 Of county
funds.
There were more than 100000
visitors at Atlantic City, N. j., Sum
day, the largest Palm Sunday crowd
on record promenading the board
walk.
George Virtue, go years old, former
sheriff Of Essex county, N. j., COM
mitted suicide with razor, Monday.
Financial troubles is assigned as the
cause.
Governor Boumbaugh Of Penn
sylvania, claims that he has won
enough votes of legislators to pass
his local option measure through the
legislature.
When the Italian ship Napoli leaves
New York this week for Italy, her
cargo will include 5000 tons Of coal
for the Italian navy and $500 horses
for the army.
Lamuel T. Rathell, a wealthy oys-
ter dealer Of Philadelphia, lost his
life Monday afternoon by falling 80
feet through skylight to which he
had climbed to rescue kitten.
Jack Johnson, the negro cham
pion, says he will permanently retire
from the prize ring after his fight
with Jess willard next Monday. He
says he will live in France.
Mayor Curley of Boston, is demand
ing that the heads Of all city depart
ments turn into the city treasury, 5
per cent of their annual salaries as q
conscience fund.-" or lose their jobs.
Rev. Billy Sunday will begin seven
weeks revival campaign at Paterson.
N. j., Easter Sunday. Every one OF
the fifty-two Protestant churches OF
the city are cooperating In the cam
paign.
On March 2S there were 1853 ships
inside the harbor Of Genoa, Italy,
waiting to unload their cargoes. Out
side the harbor 116 other vessels
were waiting their turn to get inside
to unload.
The German submarine U-21, which
was sunk on the English coast several
weeks ago, Is reported to have been
raised by the British, repaired and
put in service as a part of Englands
fighting machine.
A Chicago letter says that Wall
street Spectators who made much
money in grain soon after the war
opened, have lost all their early earn
ings and in addition have been driven
out Of the Chicago wheat pit.
The Watkins Cotton Statistical
bureau, New York, predicts 20 per
cent reduction in the 1915 cotton
acreage and decrease OF AZ per cent
in the use of fertilizers. 1t is es-
timated that the 1915 crop will be
approximately 100000 bales.
Rev. DR.. Charles M. Aurand, a
widely known retired Lutheran minis
tire, died at Selirgsgrove, Pa, last
Friday under suspicious circum-
stances. 1t has since developed that
the dead man had forged various
notes to the total amount Of $4,000,
it Is alleged.
A French soldier, Mathien Jouy,
in the fighting in the Champagne
country recently, killed seven German
soldiers, including an officer. who were
creeping upon him while Jouy was
on the seminal duty. He was given
the military medal, which Is more
coveted by the soldiers than Is the
Legion of Honor decoration.
Harry w. Schneider, a lawyer Of
Atlantic City, n. j., has been sentenced
to serve three months in prison on the
charge Of impersonating U. S. Army
officer and swindling women out OF
money and jewels after making love
to them.
H. Tirpitz, German sailor, Is
under arrest in Philadelphia, charged
with having fraudulent Swiss pass
ports. It Is also believed that Tirpitz
had designs against the South Beth
lehem Steel Works, where large
quantities Of war supplies are being
made for England and France.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Peters says: 1.-The revenues from
whisky and alchoholic beverages have
year, and this, unqueStionably, Is
due to the spread Of the temperance
movement. We are prepared to see 1t
continue to diminish from this cause
A dispatch from Athens, Greece,
says that Austrian navy yards are
pushing work on 20 submarines for
blockade service in the Mediterra-
mean.
Money is lending in Chicago at "a
per cent-more at "a. Says Chicago
letter. These are not the minimum
rates that ordinarily are quoted,
which are around 81 per cent, but
many hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars have been lent at these lower
rates, the amount, more likely, Is
many millions. Largely these transac-
tions take the form Of sales Of COM
mercial paper. This money comes, to
a great extent, from the country
banks, which last year gave the cold
shnnlder to bids of 4 and S per cent