Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-31
Scraps and fatts.


such recognition in America.
New York, December %: Stock
holders of the Chevrolet Motor Co.
today authorized an increase OF the
capital stock from $20,000,000 to $780,
0OU,000 and empowered the directors
to exchange Chevrolet shares for Gen.
eral Motor shares on a, basis Of five
Of Chevrolet for one Of General Mo-
tors. 1t is known that certain bank
ing interests Of this city and Boston
which financed the General Motors
company a few years ago, are opposed
to control by the Chevrolet, but they
were out-voted at today's meeting, the
Chevrolet interests voting in person
and by proxy $4,000 shares Of a total
Of 2,00O.. Chevrolet shares which are
traded in on the curb, closed at 167
today, while General Motors which is
listed on the stock exchange and is
one Of it's most prominent features
closed at 465, a decline Of SO points
from it's high record price early in the
month. Only recently General Motors
declared a cash dividend OF SO per cent
on it's $16,507,000 Of common stock.
The Chevrolet company Is controlled
by interests which organized the Cen
eral Motor company but which retlr- :
ed from the latter company when II
was re-flnanced.
Germanys experiments with sub
stitutes for cotton in making gun
powder have been so successful that
for eight months no cotton has been
used. This statement was made py
the president Of the Bremen Cham
ber of Commerce to a convention OF
merchants. "I have had the opportu-
nifty to establish officially that for
eight months not a kilogram OF cot
ton has been used for making pow
der" he said, Thanks to German
science and industry, we have sue
ceed in winning from the immeas-
urable supply of German forests a
cellular material which is cheaper
and better suited for powder-making
than cotton. Even after the war Ger
man ammunition factories will not
buy another bale Of cotton from
America. The second important IN
Observation-Disclosures, Is now manu-
factured exclusively in Germany
from the air. Our factories already
are SO advanced that in the spring
they will be able to cover the entire
requirements for nitrogen and If the
war lasts longer they will even be
able TO export this product" The
speaker also asserted that camphor'
for seven years produced syntheticaily
from America turpentine Is now op-
tanned by chemical means from syn
thetic turpentine.
There have been no sensational de-
velopments in the European war the
aters during the past ten days, so far
as the dispatches have recorded, that
is comparatively speaking. The Brit
ish and French have been collecting
large forces at Salonih in Greece
near the border Of southern Serbia
and it has been a question as TO
whether the Germans and Austrians
to attack. The situation has remain
ed unchanged for some days. the
Germans and Austrians are believed
to have serious designs on Egypt with
a view to overrunning that country
and closing the Suez canal. Political
agitation continues in England and II
seems to threaten the downfall OF
Premier Asquith and the elevation or
Iloyd- George to the premiership.
France has succeeded in raising a
tremendous war loan from her own
people and is pushing things with
undiminished vigor and no thougnt
Of peace. Russia is reported to nave
made considerable advance through
Persia and is believed to be trying to
relieve the British in Messopotomla.
All lines are being held on all quar- =
ters, but there has not been great
deal Of fighting on account OF the
cold. It is thought that the Germans
and Austrians will make another move
against Flanders to the British chan
mel soon, and that with the move
against Egypt is the principal pros
pectiye development in sight.
No American who has not seen an
actual copy Of an official German cas-
ualty list can have the slightest COM
prehension Of the frightful toll of life
which Germany is paying for her con-
quests east and west. 1t comprises
the most awful death toll in the
worlds history, says Frederic w. Wlle.
special London correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Ledger. Before me as l
write are the lists for November up to
and including the 10th Of the month.
They are numbered 1853 to 1876, both
inclusive (pages 9,763 to 10,25D, a
total Of 491 pages. Averaging $50
names to the page, they disclose the
incontrovertible fact that the kaiser 8
military machine, by its own authentic
admissions, has suffered loss In less
than three weeks Of 176,76O officers
"a hours. The total for the war, by
the same process Of reckoning Q0,254
pages or $50 names per page), aggre-
gates the hideous sum Of 1851 ,44O. AS
the war will be 16 months old by the
time these figures are read in the
United States, it may be figured that
the Fatherlands acknowledged cas-
ualties have certainly not been far
from 250,000 a month. If Emperor Will
liam desired, as poor old Dom PauP'
Kruger did Is years ago, when he es-
sayed to smash John Bull, to "stagger
humanity" he has had his wish.
German humanity has been more than
staggered. 1t has been decimated at a
rate which even the worlds record
Of pestilence does not surpass.
Replying to a written question by
P. A. Molteno, member Of the house
Of commons, Premier Asquith on last
Friday gave the total British casual
ties up to December 9 as 52S,227.
Detailed figures Of the casualties as
given by Premier Asquith, corrected
the figures concerning losses at the
Dardanelles given on Thursday in the
house Of commons. At that time the
given as 1881, smaller total than
the Premier gave today for the opera
tions to December 9. The casualties
were distributed as follows: Flanders
and France: Killed, officers, 4,S29;
other ranks, 77,473; wounded officers,
9,943; other ranks, 21,359; missing Of
ficers, 1889; other ranks, 52,6S5. Total
officers and men. 3S7,9SS. Dardanelles:
Killed, officers. 1867; other ranks, a.
535; wounded officers, S,02S; other
ranks, 72,7S1; missing officers, $50;
other ranks, 1884. Total officers and
men, 114,555. Other theatres: Killed,
officers, S71, other ranks, 10,54S;
wounded officers, 694; other ranks,
1888; missing officers, 100; other
ranks, 2,51S. Total officers and men,
25,6S4. Grand total, 52S,227. Detailed
figures Of the casualties as given by
Premier Asquith, corrected the figures
concerning losses at the Dardanelles
given Thursday in the house Of COM
mons At that time the casualties up
to December II, were given as 1921,
a smaller total than the premier gave
Friday for the operations to Decem-
Der 9.
Public officeholders and members
Of political party committees are
made ineligible for election as officers
or directors Of Federal reserve banks
by a resolution adopted unanimously
at a meeting held in Washington on
December %, by the Federal reserve