Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-22
Scraps and fatts.

dirigibleS along. some peisohS
clare they saw huge airships. Elgn'
large bombs were dropped on var,
mouth, several on Kings Lynn ana
one each on the other towns. The
bombs are thought to have weighed
from Is to 100 pounds each. Where
they struck the earth, they sunk deep
down and blew holes big enough 10
topple houses into. The explosions
were terrific and broke window glass
In all directions for more than a nun
dred yards. The ships used their
searchlights, but the aircraft were SO
high that they could not be distln,
guished from below. The British ana
French must have gotten some prev
Gus intimation of the intended ralo,
as the police had the same htsn.
sent out warnings to all towns tnal
couId he reached, to keep themselves
dark. The rates Of insurance against
damage from air craft mas peeh
doubled since the raid Of Tuesday.
There is a diplomatic controversy
on between the United states anu
Great Britain over the questloh as =.
whether the steamship Dacia, WHY Az
being owned by Germans was tho
termed in an American port 20
haginning Of the war, and was re re
oentiv purchased by an American cil-
zen to be used in Transporting co'.S =
70 Germany. At the request OF the
owner of the vessel, the British gov
ernment was asked as to wnether IL eue
6acia would be interfered with. Inc
renIv was to the effect that the Brlt-
ish Government was not ready 10 cor
cade the right Of purchase and transfer
of the ship under the circumstanI5
ss the ownership Of the vessei wouu
depend upon the final result OF ,th tre
war. II the Dacia sho9id san ,,id m
toLs the shin into q prize court to de-
term,ne its ownership and either puy
its cargo of cotton at the marke.
nrice or send the same on to German!
IN a neutral vessel. The British are
not willing to claim absolutely tnae
the Dacia cannot be transferred 10 tne
american flag under a bona noe pur
chase by a bona fide American cltlzen'
hut n affects to believe that the trans
fer Is not genuine; that the reaI owl
ers of the vessel are Germans, anu 'nS
scheme Is to secure the prlvieses oi
the sea to a German owned vess
under the guise OF American omt at
ship. The Washington goVeit; aat;u'
Sad 90 to the genuineness Of the trans
fer Of the Dacia.
-Lodz might almost be called a CITY
without food or fuel The coal SUP
niles are almost exhausted ano VIVA.
remains has been LEVIED upon Loi ~.
nse of the hospitals. writes a CORES.
rondent from Berlin. The price OF
bread has risen to three times It's nor
mai figure. The factories in this grea'
centre of the wool and cotton INDUS
trv with its half million inhabltants'
70 closed and it's great Industrial pop
nlation is idle, cold and hungry. Ihe
citv which for months has been after
nafely in Russian and German pos,
session. has been cut of from norma
railroad communication since the pc
ginning of the war. The rallroaes,
when running, have been required ios
the movement Of troops, supphes anu
ammunition. Consequently no coal mas
been brought in and only a nniieu i1
quantity Of food for the city popuia
ton has been received. The Anerioan
relief work, which has done so much
for Brussels and other Belgian cities,
would be impossible here until more
adequate means Of communication are
available. Only one hotel in town Is
heated. and that Is occupied py tne
military governor and his staf. Guests
in the others must shiver. The streets
are TANNED with the idle and unem-
Moved. Lodz has always been q city
of many beggars, but now they are en-
countered at every step-nonproIes
sionals, it can plainly be seen, driven
by real need to appeal to German oIn-
GERS and soldiers and other visitors @ ior VI
helm. A tag day" was held a day or
so ago to raise money for the most
pressing needs and tags were seen on
practically every uniform. There Is
little kerosene left in town, and the
stock of candles is exhausted. Resi-
dents of means still have gas or eiec-
tric light. the authorities having so far
succeeded in keeping the plants In OPP
Grafton, but the poorer people either
sit in darkness or burn turpentine ana
other substitutes. The supply OF these
Is very short.
For the first time in history, the
United States is experiencing the SEN
sation of a real trade balance in Its
favor" DR.. Edward E. Pratt, CHIEF OF
the Federal bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce, told the Illinois
Bankers association at a dinner In
Chicago last Wednesday night. AS
a result Of developments abroad dur
ing the last six months, DR.. Pratt
said, 1--WE have turned the corner and
are facing a new era OF business ex-
pansion in this country-an era which
has made the term home market OBJ
solete and archaic, and put In its
place the unfamiliar term world
market" He explained that, while
the export in excess in favor Of the
United States had ranged annually for
fourteen years from $250,OO0.OO0 TO
s65O,O00, 900, invisible factors had
made this only an apparent favorable
balance. Foreign investments in the
United States, the speaker added, to-
tailed s7,5OO,0O0,000, with an annual
interest Of 100000, constituting
a fixed charge on American industries,
while American investments abroad
produced a revenue yearly OF only
$4,000, 900, reducing the balance
a against the United States on this count
to s275,O00, 900. American tourist
traffic also poured millions into Eu-
ropean Golfers each year, he added.
the 1914 figures being approximately
s2S6, 600, 900: foreign-born Americans
sent home annually at least $l50,O0o,-
600, and foreign shipping companies
collected freight from American ior-
eign commerce amounting to $3.50
OOO. 900 a year. The result OF all
these invisible factors during the fiscal
year Of 1914, DR.. Pratt said, had been
to produce an actual excess Of remit
tances over receipts of S55.O0O, ,O0O.
The change began on July l. 1914, he
said, and by December 81, the favor-
able trade balance was $133,OOO,ooO
due to huge expectations Of food
stuffs, merchandise. gold and silver:
At the same time came "a period OF
export capitalism, and we are just at
the point of expanding into the world
markets"
Cotton exports to Germany are
becoming increasingly large, and this
freer export movement was partly ac-
countable for the sharp rise in the
price of cotton last Monday. says
New York dispatch. Eight American
ships are now loading at various
ports, chiefly in the south, to sail for
Rremen and Rotterdam. This fleet
will carry about $4,000 bales of cot
ton. which at the present price Of ls
cents a pound ruling in Germany will
be worth about s6.000.000. Cotton
shippers are bringing much pressure
to bear upon the government to per-
NIT the government war risk bureau
to write marine insurance on these
cargoes, as we'll as the war risk. The
amount Of marine insurance that can
he obtained from private companies,