Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From Al
Around the World.

Around the World.
The British steamship Civilian left
Galveston, Tex, this week with 21,-
900 bales of cotton for Liverpool.
There were $500 persons, including
146 women, in the bread line Of the
Knickerbocker hotel, New York, Mon
day.
The value Of the cargo Of the
American ship Evelyn, sunk last
week in the North sea, supposed by
a mine, was 100000.
Philadelphia has started a Hire
man today" campaign in behalf Of
the large numbers Of people who are
out Of work in that city.
Thirteen white night riders have
been put in jail at Louisville, KY, and
are held under $500 bond each, for
intimidating negro laborers in the
rural districts.
Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium has
pawned her jewels for $250,000 with
London bankers. Much Of the money
will be used for charitable purposes
by the Belgium queen.
! The Northwest Federation Of In
dian Tribes, Washington state, passed
resolutions Monday, asking congress
to appropriate $150,o00 to suppress
the liquor traffic among the Indians.
A white man, believed to be w. F.
'williams Of Hot, Springs, Ark, was
lynched by a mob at Pleasant Hill,
Mo-, Sunday. He had participated in
q pistol duel in which policeman
was killed.
A Norfolk, Va, dispatch says that
England and France have placed
orders for one million tons Of Poca-
hontas coal, to be delivered on board
British ships at Virginia ports by June
1st.
Berlin restaurant proprietors are
now serving their customers with
bread that contains no wheat, rye,
oats or barley. The bread ingredients
are kept secret, but 1t Is supposed to
be made of rice -four and potatoes.
The great motor classic, the VIM.
K. Vanderbilt, Jr., cup contest which
was to have been run at San Fran
cisco last Monday, has been post
poned until March 9Th, on account of
the condition of the track.
The park commission Of Cleveland,
Ohio, wants the city to sue Rev. Billy
Sunday for $4,000 damages for
slander, because the evangelist said
that the city dance halls were so rot
ten that they had to be closed by the
sheriff.
Charles R Crane. one Of the most
prominent and wealthiest citizens OF
Chicago, is preparing to move from
that city to Massachusetts,, giving as
a reason therefor the excessively
high taxes on all kinds Of property
in the Illinois metropolis.
When President Wilson goes to San
Francisco next Monday, it is possible
he will 60 by way Of the Southern
route" via Ell Paso, Tex. In such an
event a meeting with General villa
will probably be arranged at some
point on the border.
Senator Smoot has offered an
amendment to the naval appropria-
ton bill, appropriating $30,000,Q00 to
build as many as possible Of the 76
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have the approval Of many senators.
Three ships, the Medina, the Vigi-
lancia and the Ogeechee, carrying
total Of over $4,000 bales Of cotton,
left Savannah, Ca, Monday for
European ports, on a course that will
take them through the war zone. All
Of the ships had immense United
States flags painted on their sides.
| According to advices received at
Berlin, there are thirteen members Of
the crew Of the Evelyn, which was
blown up by n mine in the North sea
last week, are still missing. The
ship struck two mines and floated
for seven hours after the explosion,
according to the report.
A bill to repeal the law requiring
tax on mixed -four has been intro
duced in Congress and will probably
be passed. It Is believed that the re-
moval Of the tax will materially re-
duce the price Of flour, as the mixed
flour can be manufactured Of wheat
and corn much cheaper that the all
wheat product
Senator Cummings Of Iowa, one Of
the seriously considered candidates
for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1916, said in recent
interview: 1.-The saloon must go, Sob
riety must be the rule Of conduct for
the future" This is the first open es-
pousal Of the dry cause by Re-
publican presidential possibility.
After beating back a posse under
United States Marshall Nebeker,
band Of Piute Indians surrounded
the town of Bluff, Utah, Sunday, and
kept up a continual attack on the
whites Of the town. During the fight
ing one white man and two Indians
were killed. Several on both sides
were wounded.
Six masked men walked into a
basement room in New York Satur-
day night, where eight members of
the East Side Produce Dealers As
ISOLATION were holding a business
session, held up the eight men with
pistols, robbed them Of $500 or
more, backed out Of the door and
locked it on the outside and made
their escape in a taxicab.
The Italian fishing boats Gesu and
Saturno were fired on by an Austrian
torpedo boat and bombarded by aero
planes, in the Adriatic sea last Sun
day, according to dispatch from
Bari, Italy. Following the receipt Of
the above news there was a riot and
general fight in Rome between the
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