Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-04
Scraps and facts.

SATURDAY., by a German submarine.
The captain Of the Gulflight, Alfred
Gunther, died of heart failure after
the torpedo struck his ship, and two
seamen jumped overheard and were
drowned. The balance OF the crew
was taken off by patrol boats and
the injured ship was towed into Crow
sound and beached. The Gulfight
was a steel steamer Of 5000 tons, built
at Camden, n. j., in 1914, and was
the property Of the Gulf Refining
company.
The sensation of the past few days
has been the bombardment Of Dunkirk
on the northern coast OF France, a
short distance off the English channel,
by the Germans. A number Of shells
fell into the town on last Thursday,
and although 1t was reasonably Ger
tain that they came from long dis
tance guns, some reports had 1t that
they were dropped from air craft. The
bombardment was renewed on Satur-
day with the result that houses were
DESTROYED, and hundred or more men,
women and children were killed, and
then 1t was certain that the destruc-
ton came from German guns eighteen
or twenty miles away. The allies nave
been and are doing everything they
can to silence these long distance guns
by means Of air craft and long range
guns; but the exact situation has not
been fully ascertained. There are
claims that the guns have been silenc-
ed; but there is no certainty about the
matter.
Casualties among the Canadians
in the fighting at Ypres, says a Otta-
wa dispatch, are reported to nave peen
nearly 5000. OF these, 1000 are re-
ported missing, the missing being
chiefly the Thirteenth and Fonrteentn
battaiions Of Montreal Highlanders,
each 1000 strong. 1t is stated that
70 officers and men were killed and
5000 wounded. The totals thus given
would indicate that more than one
fourth Of the $1,000 men in the di-
vision were put out Of action. The
Canadian official eyewitness reported
that two battalions OF highianoers
were left behind in the fighting at
St. Julien. 1.-The German line, the
eyewitness said, rolled over the de-
serted village, but for several hours
after the enemy had become master OF
the village sullen and persistent rine
fire showed they were not yet master
Of the Canadian rear guaro' AS
Berlin reported 1000 Canadian prls.
oners. II is feared here that 1000 or
these rear guards were killed BEFORE
exhaustion of ammunition compeiieo
the detachment to surrender.
A terrible accident occurred seven
or eight miles southwest of StatesVilie,
n. c., last Saturday. Mrs. DaVlo
Hartline, an aged lady, feli on saw
and was so badly injured that she died
in a short time. Mr.. Henry Hartllne'
a son of Mrs. Hartline, was operating
a gasoline lathe saw in the YARD OF
their home and seeing that her son
needed assistance in handling the
lathe the mother went to help nlm.
Reluctantly the son agreed TO alloW
his mother to help in the work. Pres
ently a piece of timber which MIS-
Hartline held in her hands caught In
the machine and caused her to fall on
the saw. Instantly the rapidly re-
yolying circle of steel did its deadly
work. The lady's left arm was sawed
off and the saw plunged its way into
her body until the lung was penetrat-
ed. Mr.. Hartline pulled his motner
from the saw. carried her into the
house and gave the alarm. DR.. NAL
lev of Troutman was summoned by
telephone and he answered the call In
his automobile, but Mrs. Hartline was
diving when the doctor arrived. News
of the tragedy spread rapidly ana
cast a gloom over the entire neighpor.
hood. Mrs. Hartline was about "a
years old and is survived by NUMBER
Of children.
The census bureau has announced
that according to it's official estimates
the population Of the United states
passed the one hundred million mark
at 4 o'clock on April 3. The manner
in which the census bureau computa-
ton was worked out, was simple, says
Greater New York" The estimate
was computed under the direction OF
c. c. Sloane, geographer or the census
bureau. The process was to take the
population Of the United States on
April is, 1910, which was 91,s27 ,266
and subtract from that the population
of the United States on July l, 19OO.
which was 75,994,575, the days named
being the official dates for the actual
census of the years named. The diff
ference, which is 15,9I7,691, when di-
yided by 1855 which is the number OF
months intervening between the two
census dates, gives as the actual IN
crease in our population for one montn
of 134,S2S.4. This being accepted, II
is not a difficult task to find out that
the increase for one day Is 4,494.21 and
for one hour 1872. Necessarily the
increase for one minute appears to be
3.11. And with this result coming
hot from the actuary's pencil 1t fol
lows that three native-born Amerl.
cans, to say nothing Of the fraction OF
eleven -hundredths, must dispute fol
the honor of being the one hundred
millionth.
Delays in repairs to warships and
in the transport service and the slow
output of war munitions is blamed on
drink in a white paper issued from
London last Sunday, by the British
government. From the commander
in n-chief of the home fleets down to
the officers, responsible for the navy
reports, the white paper discloses
that the short hours worked by the
men in the yards is due to drink: They
describe conditions as deplorable and
urge the government to adopt the
total prohibition Of alcoholic drinks
or restrictions on the sale Of them
The slackness Of the men, it is al
legged, Is due to the fact that they
are earning more money than usual
and that while they have any TO
spend they will not work. Sunday
work is condemned as it is contended
double wages earned that day lead
the H1en W l"O N1sS NeA '''S
the week. Vice Admiral Jellico, com
mander in chief, in a letter to the
admiralty, says: Il am very uneasy
about the labor situation in the
Cylde and the Tyne. An officer in
responsible position has arrived here
and his account Of things on the Clyde
is most disquieting. He said the men
refused altogether to work on sun
day afternoon; that they took Wed
nesday afternoon off every week. II
not the whole of Wednesday and
worked on Sunday because they get
double pay for 1t. He said also that
they only worked in a half-hearted
manner. My destroyers. docks and
refts are delayed in every case by
these labor difficulties and they take
twice as long as they need to- fee
you ought to know these facts, and sc
! put them before you"
The long, grim death lists OF
the Austrian and German armies con-
tain few names more mourned Oh
respected than that of Jan Wisniewski
aged 10 years, who has been buried
with full military honors in Mach
risch- -Weisskirchen. He was one ol
the youngest, If not the youngest, ol
the actual fighters in this war, says
a Vienna cable to the Associated
ro~o., J,n'e hppoo uaS in pVChWa Id