Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-03
Scraps and facts.

to give up his cabinet position and
take command of the troops operating
against the Dardanelles 1t appears
now. however that the British war
minis or merely desired to survey the
situation for himself with view to
70, ming better ideas as to what was TO
be done Although the proposed visit
Y as kept as secret as possible from all
except the staff officers, news of the
coming Of the real head Of the army
spread like wild fire and the troops in
the trenches received their commander
with great enthusiasm. Lord Kitch-
ener is said to have made encouraging
speeches to the men. 1t is also SAID
that he went into the trenches regard
less of danger and at one time was
within twenty yards Of the Turks.
The armies in northern France
says a London dispatch, are preparing
for another winter campaign. Renet
societies in England are taking extra
ordinary precautions to see that the
trench dwellers do not endure hard
ships such as they suffered last year.
Within two months. every mile OF
British and Belgian trenches will have
been equipped with square. boXllke
charcoal and coke trench heaters,
especially and costing s50O00 per
trench mile. 1t is estimated that each
$500 contributed will warm 5000 men.
About 1000 of these heaters already
have been shipped to the Belgian
trenches. Trench pumps will dry out
flooded trenches. Trench kitchens and
trench cooking supplies also will be in
evidence The frozen feet, rheuma-
tism. ague and fevers that sent thou
sands of men from the trenches to-
hospitals a year ago will thus be
avoided. Every fourth woman I'M
Britain belongs to some relief society,
most Of whose members are knitting
stockings muffiers and heavy garments
for the Tommies and their Belgian
and French allies.
A grim but heroic record Of Cana
dian regiments in France and Flan-
ders is written in a bulky volume Of
casualties just issued by Major-Gen-
eral Hughes, of Ottawa, Canada. 1t
shows that nearly 80 per cent Of some
battalions have been wiped out and
that the First Division, which first
reached the trenches last January, has
little Of it's original makeup left. The
Princess Patricas regiment shows
9S1 names on the casualty list, in
cluding 253 killed. There were only
three of the Princess Pats taken as
prisoners of war, showing that TINS
regiment fought to the last but never
surrendered. The Seventh Battalion
suffered almost as badly as did the
Princess Pats. With little over 1000
men in the original battalion when 1t
went to France, only 81 are now lett.
The killed numbered 123. The Tenth
battalion lost 913 men, including 154
killed. Losses Of other regiments are as
follows: Third Battalion 500; Fourtn
Battalion 716; Thirteenth Battalion
1888; Eight Battalion, $50; Sixteenth
battalion 6S2.
Fifth Battalion, SO; Fourteenth Bat
TALON, 55S. Casualties to date among
Canadians are estimated as being near
175OO. about 1900 of which were
suffered by the Fifth Division. The
great bulk of the losses were sustained
at Ypres, Festubert and Givenchy.
Augusta, Ga, December l: A mis-
trial was ordered in Federal court
here tonight in the case OF Thomas
E. Watson, the Thomson, Ca, editor,
charged with sending obscene mater
through the mails. The jury a1ter
80 hours deliberation, reported nope
less deadlock and was discharged. Aco
cording to jurors, the vote. stood lo
for acouittal and two for conviction
on every ballot. Judge Lambdin called
the Jury into the court tonight atter
a council with counsel for both SIDES
in which II was agreed that should
a verdict not be reached tonight
mistrial should be taken. G. +. Brown
of Martinez. Ga, declared: your
stated that it was Impossible" for the
jury to agree and on the judges qucs,
tioning other jurors, j. A. CRAWFORD
Of Martinez. Ga, declered: your
honor, this jury might remain here
40 wears and it would never reach
verdict" Judge Lambdin then ordered
a mistrial and court was adjourned,
Watson returned to Thomson before
the Jury was called in. The indict-
ment was returned in 1913, after
previous indictment had been quash-
ed on a technicality and after one
Federal jury had refused to indict
Watson on. similar charges. The art1-
cles were published in 1911 and lSl2.
There was no indication tonight as
to whether or not the district attor-
ney would press for another trial.
Twenty -one men lost their lives and
six others were seriously injured by
the explosion Of the pellet packing
pany's Wilmington, Delaware, plant
last Friday. There was nothing left
of the pellet house; but the place where
it had stood is now marked by a great
hole in the ground. The cause OF the
explosion is unknown, as there is not
a man living about the place to tell
anything about it. There are stories
to the effect that the explosion was
caused by Teutonic agencies, it being
claimed that notices had been previ-
ously posted warning all employees or
"Teutonic origin" that they re-
mained at their work at their own
peril. But this has not been confirmed.
The authorities say that they do not
know the cause Of the explosion. The
theory most widely credited is that the
explosion was caused by spark from
a horses shoe striking stone or
piece of metal or from a spark caused
by a small car running over some
powder that had been spilled in the
yard. Workmen said that just before
the explosion a car containing several
thousand pounds of black powder had
been drawn by two horses along mar
row gauge track to the entrance or
the packing house to be prepared for
shipment. Some of the powder, 1t was
said. may have dropped from the car
and either a horses shoe or the wheel
of the car could easily have ignited
and caused flash to reach the powder
in the car.
A great proportion of the nations
business is still in the hands OF the
small business man, according to +.
n. Hurley, vice CldlTllldl VI lue t GU
eral trade commission, who outlined
before the association Of National Ad-
vertisers in New York Wednesday, a
survey of business being made by the
commission. Mr.. Hurley said investi-
CATION showed that eliminating the
banking, railroad and public utilities
corporations, there are about 100000
business corporations in the country.
OF these 100000 produce no net in
come, 10000 have an income of less
than $1,000. and 10000 an income of
S5, 900 or more. OF the $4,000 corpora
tions in the last class, 10000 have
sales annually of less than 100000;
20 900 sell goods worth 100000 to
s250000; 10000 from a quarter to half
a million dollars; 5000 from half a
million to a million dollars; 4,50O from
one to five millions. and only 462 cor
porations do an annual business of
So 000, 900. These figures exhibit a
condition that has existed for many
years." continued Mr.. Hurley. They
show conclusively that big business
constitutes but a small fraction of the
trade and industry Of the United
States, They make clear that there