Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.

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Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
The German and Austro-Hungarian
armies are said to hold 21,204 square
miles Of Russian territory, with a pop
ulation Of 5~.5O0,oO
A dispatch from Berlin says that on
April 1st, S12, sos prisoners Of war were
held by Germany-10,17 It's officers and
802, 633 men. OF these more than $780,
900 are Russians.
The German government on Friday
prohibited all exports from Germany to
Italy. Passenger trains arriving in
Switzerland, from Italy, are crowded
with German families.
At Letart, w. Va, Friday night, six
men-three brothers on a side-engag-
ed in a fight with knives. One man on
each side was killed. Two others are
reported fatally hurt.
The DUPONT Powder company Of
Wilmington, Del, sometime ago raised
the pay Of all workmen 20 per cent.
It has announced a similar raise to
all salaried employees.
The Pennsylvania railroad managers
have made plans to establish a school,
the purpose Of which is to teach its
employees to be polite and courteous
N tho nofrono ~ tho mood
Fifty tons Of Cancelled city bonds,
dating back to Civil war times and es-
timated to total 500, OOO, 600. 900, were
destroyed by the comptroller Of New
York, Friday. 1t took twelve hours to
burn the bonds.
The ]. 3. Greenhut company, a New
York corporation with S12, 900, 900 out
standing securities, operating two big
department stores on Sixth avenue,
New York city, has gone into bank
ruptcy.
During February and March the Fed
eral Employment Bureau Of the depart
ment Of labor and commerce in co-op-
Grafton with the agricultural and post
office departments, found employment
for 1,245 persons. Most Of the workers
went to farms.
Wyoming county, Pa, has been
placed in the dry" column by the judge
Of the county court turning down %
applications for liquor licenses on the
oro,ndo ~ TIM paoaooifvD Thara ara
now eleven dry counties in Pennsylva-
MIA.
A native attempted to shoot Hussein
Renal, sultan Of Egypt, at Cairo,
Thursday afternoon. The shot went
wild and the would be~-assassin was
Immediately seized. Hussien Renal
was raised to the Egyptian throne last
December.
A New York steel authority says that
there are about 30 American companies
working on a contract for the Russian
government that will total $50, 1000, 900.
In a short time, he said, these 'compa-
MES will be turning out 10000 shrapnel
shells a day for the Russians.
State authorities at Washington, Pa,
on Friday, poured 245 barrels Of 40
year-old whisky into the city sewers.
The liquor belonged to the estate Of an
eccentric distiller and the Federal au-
thorities would not permit the exc
cutors to either sell 1t or give it away.
Governor Willis of Ohio, has sent
letters to fourteen members of state
boards of commissioners requesting
their designations. Most of them are
Democrats and the a given for the
request was that they are out Of SYM
pathy with the Republican admins
tration."
Alfredo Gonzales, president Of Costa
Rica, and members Of his party, had
a narrow escape from drowning when
the presidential yacht was wrecked
in the caribbean sea a few days ago.
The president and his party had to
swim ashore through a heavy surf.
Anton Kuepferle, a n~aturalized
American citizen of German birth,
whose home is in Brooklyn, N. Y, is
under arrest in London, charged with
being a spy. The evidence against him
Is said to be strong, and If convicted
he will be shot to death.
A group Of Norwegian a~viators,
securing the Norway coast investigat-
ing rumors that a German submarine
base was located in some sheltered spot
Of these neutral waters, found several
| German submarines behind the cliffs at
Bergen bay. The submarines were or
| dered to leave at once or inferno.
A military expert Of Rome, estimates
that the nations at val lost $780, 600
men during the first eight months of
the war, and spent $4,000, 900, 900 during
the first six months. 1t is calculated
that nine or ten months more will eX-
haust the reserves Of men and that
Russia will suffer least from the ex-
haustion.
Permanent improvement in bust
ness conditions is reported by more
than 80 per cent Of the eighty national
bank examiners" says a statement is
sued Friday by Secretary McAdoo.
THE reports cover the entire United
States, and according to the treasury
officials reflect an upward trend to
business and constant Improvement"
BY a decision of the Massachusetts
supreme court the Denison Manufac-
turing company's plant and business at
South birmingham, Is to be turned
over to it's 2,4OO employees in a profit
sharing plan. The Denison concern is
a Sc, 900, 900 corporation and all the
profits except 8 per cent on $4,000, 900
Of preferred stock is to go to the work.
ers who make the profits possible. Ev-
cry employe will get a per centage of
profits in addition to regular pay.
Allison EIDE, Of Los Angeles, Cal, a
brother of Lieut.. Alfred Eide. command
er Of the Inflated F-4, the submarine
lost in the Honolulu disaster, has a
letter from his brother, written two