Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-11
GENERAL NEWS NOTES


Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.
Col and Mrs. Roosevelt are spending
few days in Mississippi.
By order Of the Austrian govern
ment, telegraphic and telephone COM
munication with Switzerland has been
discontinued.
Seventeen persons, including three
women, have been shot at Liege, ac-
cording to a Rotterdam dispatch of
Monday.
Capt. John ]. Knapp has been ap-
pointed commandant of the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia, sue
ceeding Rear Admiral VIM. S. Ben
son, now chief Of naval operations.
The nine deputy sheriffs convicted
at New Brunswick, N. j., Of man
slaughter, the result Of strike riots at
Roosevelt in January, have been sem
fenced to terms Of two to ten years in
prison.
A railroad train arrived at Atlantic
City, N. j., from Philadelphia last
Sunday night, having on board a
dozen or more newly welded couples.
The train was dubbed the Honey
moon Express"
Ex-Governor Hanley Of Indiana, in
an interview a few days ago, predict
ed that Pennsylvania would have a
state wide local option liquor law
within two years and in a few years
more would be dry
Treasury department officials are
looking for Knox Booth, internal
revenue agent for the Tennessee and
Alabama district, who has disappear
ed. Booth is wanted for revenue
funds estimated to total 100000.
The export trade of the United
States for the ten months ending April
80, totaled $2,225, ,S23,9S6, as against
$2,045,7 5,774,2S5 for the same period Of
1914, an increase Of s1S0,049,501. Most
Of the gain is in foodstuffs.
Independent oil dealers in the west
are urging action against the Standard
Oil company Of Indiana, to require the
alleged trust to raise the wholesale
price of gasolene in western states
above 81 cents gallon wholesale.
The superdreadnaught Arizona, sis
ter ship to the Pennsylvania, will be
launched at the New York navy yard,
Brooklyn, on June 19. The Arizona
is the fourth Of the modern battle
ships built by the government in its
own yards.
A Philadelphia report is to the ef-
feet that a large shipbuilding COM
pany is negotiating for the lease for
q long period of the Cramp Shipyards
Of that city. 1t is understood that
Chas. NJ. Schwab is behind the move
ment.
The governments June 1st crop re-
port estimates the 1915 wheat yield
in the United States at 950,00O,0OO
bushels, which is about $4,000, 900
bushels greater than the crop Of
1914.
Spanish newspapers have been re-
quested by the government to refrain
from discussions Of military and naval
affairs, as it was feared that contro-
versies might arise which would inter-
fere with the maintenance of neutrali-
ty.
The new Cummins law went into
effect on June 2. This limits the value
Of baggage to be checked by railroads
for free transportation at 100 pounds
Travellers will be required to pay 10
cents for each 500 in excess Of the
first 500 in value.
A Marietta, Pa, correspondent sug-
gests that the CarranZa, Villa, Zapata
and Gerza factions of Mexico get to-
gether and invite Col. Roosevelt to
act as dictator of that republic until
order is restored and president who
is strong enough to keep things going
One hundred tons of leaves used in
the manufacture Of absinthe, the ia
nous intoxicating liquor of France,
was publicly destroyed by the govern
ment at Potarlier, France, Monday, in
accordance with French legislation
suppressing the manufacture of alb
sinthe.
Because of the immense demand for
cheese for export, many northern and
western dairymen are turning their
milk into cheese instead Of butter, be-
cause they find the profits on cheese
at present prices is two and half
times as great per gallon as it is
when the milk is turned into butter.
Exports last week booked 100000
pounds of cheese for export.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels has
appointed a naval court of inquiry to
investigate charges of irregulations in
connection with examinations at the
Annapolis academy just previous to
the commencement exercises of last
week. Practically every cadet in the
academy got uOpe OH TIE eAaliiii'
ton work and used his information in
the final work before the close Of the
school year Seven cadets are on
trial charged with having secured
advanced information. Three others
have been dismissed.
The great armadillo possesses more
teeth than any other animal, having