Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-30

he would not leave that night, but
some other night. The understanding
is that French and British cruisers
are lying outside the three-mile limit
waiting for the Eitel to come out, ano
it is not thought possible hat the
German vessel can escape. While the
navy department will not give out any
information when the German snip
rlust intern If it does not sail, n
common belief Is that the Eitei VIII
intern rather than go to certain death.
In a recent aerial battle in Alsace,
no less than twenty aeroplanes were
engaged on both sides, says a Boise,
Switzerland, dispatch. 1t was the
greatest aerial fight since the beginning
Of the war. 1t took place in the trl-
angle between Lorrach, on the SWISS
frontier, Muelhausen and Altkirch. Inc
French aerial squadron came from tne
Vosges; the Germans from a mountain
in the Black Forest. Fortress Istein
opened fire on the advancing front
squadron and soon the batteries OF
Altkirch Joined in. Meanwhile the
German aviators, with rifle fire n
bombs attacked the French airmen,
who defended themselves with ma
chine guns and rifles. The aviators
circled around each other, each ma
neuvering for position, ready to dash
in and hurl n another to death.
After the battle had ragged for an hour,
the Germans withdrew and disappear.
ed in the direction Of Altkirch. All OF
the French aviators probably returned
safely to their base, as there Is no re-.
port Of casualties among them.
Next to war, says a dispatch, Aus
tria-Hungary is devoting her greatest
energies to agriculture. If we can
only obtain sufficient labor" says the
government, the next arVest Is Sc
cured" Consequently everything pos
sible Is now being done to provide for
the spring work on the land. Tens OF
thousands Of boys and girls have been
released from attendance at school;
married women and girls are being
pressed into service, and d q
workers are as eagerly sought after as
are recruits for the armies In the held-
BY a special decree the Austrian min
istry Of education has directed that
in the country districts all children In
the higher grades, that is Of IL, IL
and IA years Of age, are to be
from school, in order that they may
work in the fields or at home. The
school authorities are instructed to or
ganize this child labor in a systematic
manner, so that the best results may
be obtained by employing them In dis
tricts where help is most needed. They
will be formed into groups in a sort
Of military manner, the elder boys act
ing as under officers. 1t Is thought
that this will encourage The children
in working, besides inspiring them
with patriotic sentiments.
The siege Of the Carranza forces
u Tho tnuyn Of Nc 70 rnnrQC inst ACROSS
the Rio Grande river from Browns
Vile, Texas, by the Villa forces, has
been taking on renewed interest during
the past few days. During Saturday
and Sunday night the Villa forces
made two vigorous assaults on the city
with 1000 ri1emen; but were repuls-
ed in both attempts with losses In the
aggregate Of 400 wounded and 100 kill
ed. The Carranza forces had q ma
chine gun posted in a concealed posi-
ton on the outskirts Of the town n
about $50 Villa cavalry ran into 1t un-
guardedly. AS the Villa cavalry trot-
ted past the trench, the machine gun
opened fire upon them and they suf-
fered heavy loss. During h fighting
several American citizens were wound
ed at Brownsville. Villa, seeing that
he could not take the town with rifle
men, is said to be bringing up artil-'
lery. The CarranZa forces is said to
have q dozen or more 3 and 81 inch
rifles and when the artillery duel COM
mences, it is expected that much dam
age will be inflicted in Brownsville
across the river. United States troops
are watching the situation and 1t is
believed that quite a serious crisis Is
near.
The cotton contract markets re-
- l--S C.loxJo fro 6i
nearly all the loss sustained Friday. A
denial by Secretary Houston Of the
statement attributed to him concern
ing the acreage for the crop to be
planted removed the principal cause OF
the selling movement and with Liver
pool cables higher than expected, short
contracts were freely covered and a
general buying movement on the part
Of the best local spot firms. Wall
street and western spectators and the
south gave the market a strong up
ward tendency. The closing was at an
advance for the day. Weekend sta
tistics showed 23S,340 bales Of cotton
on shipboard awaiting clearance. Elk
port clearances for the week, however,
were 170,S17 bales compared with 1884,
26S for the corresponding week last
year. The weekend statistics by the
New York exchange were highly FAVOR
able by comparison with last year in
the matter Of the worlds spinners'
takings. The total for the week is
1871 2 bales compared with 3O4,lO4
for the corresponding week last season.
Since August l, spinners ave k
pared with 10,940,1 1876 for the CORE
spending period last year. The visi-
BILE supply Of American cotton is now
5,424,9 $50 bales compared with 1884,
369 last season. 1t is estimated that
1000, 900 bales Of the crop of 1914-15
remained, coming into sight from
farmers hands n uncounted towns.
The total receipts to date are approx
mately IL, 700,0 600 bales.
Official figures made public by the
department of commerce last Saturday,
show that February, 1915, imports to-
tailed s125,123,391, against s14S,O44,776
in February, last year and $149.S13,-
91S in February, 1913. February eX-
ports rose practically 500, 600, 900
above the highest record shown by any
prior February, being s2sS, 727,757,
against s173, 92O, las in February. 1914,
s1s3, 1886, s42 in February, 1913, and
S19S, S44, 1926 in February, 1912, the for
mer high record February. February
imports fell s4,644,499, or 81 per cent
below the point touched in August,
last, while February exports rose $685.
360,2S3, or III per cent above the low
point touched in August. The excess
exports over imports in February, 1915,
was $173, 604, 3G6, against $25,S75,369 in
February last year, and more than
double the next largest February bal
ance of $685. 04,3 S1 recorded in 1908.
OF the February imports, 63.9 per cent
entered free Of duty, against 62.5 per
cent, in February. 1914. and 53.4 per
CEN in February, 1913. Imports OF
gold in February tota!ed $12, 1864 92
against s. ,20S, 1853 in February last
year and $5,353.471 in February, 1871.
Exports Of gold in February aggregat-
ed s1,053,S97, against S9,07S,I7S in
February, 1914, and s12,373,409 in Feb
ruary. 1913. Comparing the trade
during the eight months ending with
February Of the last two fisca. years,
imports have decreased from s1,215,-
1924 to 81. 055, 63i,627. or 49, pc" cent
while exports have decreased from ST.
695, 722, 6S1 to 1888 $751;, 905, or 81 per
cent. The net favorable trade balance
for this entire period (July l. 1914, to
February %. 1879 is s577, 1928
The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Journal of Commerce,
says the Charlotte Observer, sends out
the interesting fact that the govern