Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-12
Scraps and faets.

place or safety from DomD or smell
fire. The availability of the subways
was first called to the attention of the
authorities some e ago by an en-
terprising citizen. Since that time de-
tailed arrangements have been made
for the regulation of traffic If a raid
comes. Special telephones have been
installed throughout the system; all
employees have been instructed just
how to- act, and everything has beer
organized to prevent panic. Women
and children will receive preference,
but all those who seek shelter may do
so without purchasing a ticket. In
case of a prolonged attack 1t Is sug-
sested that subway traffic be suspend
ed entirely and the system converted
into a stronghold superior to the forts
of feudal times.
The British admiralty announced
Wednesday, that a German submarine
which was rammed and sunk during
the day by the British torpedo de-
stroyer Ariel, was the U-12 instead Oh
the U-20 as previously stated. The
admiralty statement said: Later ano
more detailed reports have now been
received which establish the fact that
the German submarine which was
rammed and sunk by H. NJ. s. Ariel,
was the U-l2 End that out Of her crew
of 2S, the number saved was TO- The
submarine U-12 was older and smaller
than the U-2O. She was OF the class
built in 1901. Her displacement
was $50 IONS and she had a maximum
cruising radius Of 1900 miles She
was armed with three lS-inch torpedo
tubes and two one-pounder high angie
guns. She had a speed of IL knots
above water and eight knots submerg-
IA TLo TT 4 o hoe fa lion an active mari
in the German operations against Brit
ish shipping. The U-12 Is the seventh
German submarine to be destroyed
since the beginning Of h war, &C
cording to statements given out Off
cially in London.
The German auxiliary cruiser
Prinz Eitel Frederick put into New
bort News, Va, last Wednesday,, ana
anchored for supplies and repairs. II
is said that the ship was chased into
port by a British cruiser; but that
has not been established. She had on
board the rescued crews and passen.
gers Of British, French, Russian ana
of one American vessel-eight in all.
She had sailed from Using Tsau, Just
before the Japanese invested a
place, and had been cruising ABOUT
the Pacific and south Atlantic looking
for merchant vessels since. All the
captured vessels had been sunk with
their cargoes. Tie American vessel,
the VIM. P. Frye, was bound from
Seattle. Washington, to queenstown
England, with a cargo Of wheat, was
oyerhauled, and after the wheat had
been dumped into the sea the vessel
vas sunk. The Frederick a traV-
eled a distance Of 5000 miles and was
foul and rusty. The understanding is
hat as she cannot get away from the
British cruisers lying in wait for her,
she will be interned until the close OF
the war. The question Of the Amerl-
can vessel that was sunk will receive
diplomatic attention. The vessel was
carrying co~ntraband of war, II Is
claimed, and on that account its cargo
was subject to seizure; but the case
is o altogether clear. The captured
crews and passengers numbered alto
gether about 800.
- Secretary Daniels on yesterday, is
sued q statement on the condition OF
the Atlantic fleet and its auxiliar1es
now maneuvering in Mexican, Gull
and Caribbean waters. 1t was con-
sidered significant by som observers
of the Mexican situation. 1t follows:
Never before in the history OF our
navy has such a powerful fleet been
assembled for active service, maneu-
yers and target practice with guns
and torpedoes, as that based on Guam
tanamo, Cuba, for the last two months,
under the command OF Rear Admiral
Fletcher, commander-in-chief Of the
Atlantic fleet. This force now consists
Of nineteen battleships and twenty de-
stroyers with a flagship and tender
Based also on Guantanamo bay Is the
cruiser squadron, consisting OF two
armored cruisers and seven llght
cruisers and gunboats. the various
units Of which have been operating In
the vicinity Of Haiti, Santo Domingo,
and the east coast Of Mexico. The YES
sells comprising this fleet are ready
for any service and are accompanied
by repair ships, supply ships, rue
ships, carrying coal. Oil and supplies
for an extended period. At Key West
the reserve torpedo iotilla, consisting
Of ten destroyers and a tender, have
been engaged in extended operations
At Pensacola, six submarines with
four tenders, have been operating, en-
gagged in maneuvers distinctly thereon
and in Joint operation with air craft
and with the San Francisco, a mine.
laying vessel. Results Of the extended
operations in which the above men
toned vessels to the number Of eighty
three are engaged, cannot fail to be
of great benefit to the navy"
How the Berlin authorities are
handling the food situation, distribut.
ing bread to the civil population ir
allowances of "A pounds weekly tC
each person, is told in a report JUS,
received by the state department 81
Washington, from Consul Julius G
Lay. The negotiations for the regu.
lation Of the bread consumption OF
Greater Berlin are at an end says
Mr.. Lay. 1T has been definitely de-
cided to apportion the "A pounds al
lowed each person weekly by means OF
bread cards. The lord mayor Of Berlin
has announced the division Of the city
into 10 bread districts. Each n OF
these districts has IL, 900 to 10000 peo-
pie. The bread cards are not trans.
ferable and are valid only for the
week Of issuance. The cards will be
given only to single persons and no,
to whole families. They are mum.
bered and those issued for the differ
ent weeks are different colors, so as tc
overcome the possibility Of misuse. The
punishments for the misuse Of the
cards are sufficiently heavy to prevent
bakers from giving bread to persons
who do not possess h proper cards
The greatest difficulty encountered BY
the authorities in working out thu
bread question was the lack of avail
able means to check hotels and restau-
rants in melting u bread to theil
patrons. For public places the ques.
ton Is not yet entirely settled, but II
is thought that cards will be given out
in the hotels and hat in the small
restaurants, payment will be accepted
for bread. Hamburg and other Ger
man cities Of over $4,000 inhabitants
are considering similar measures but
as yet. have not followed Berlin's e
ample"
- German submarines appeared ear
ly Tuesday at three widely separated
points on the British coast, and, it is
stated officially, without giving warn.
ing to the crews, sank three British
merchant steamers. In n case, tina
Of the Tangistan, which was torpe'
doed off Scarborough in the North
sea, 81 men of the crew of 3S are
missing. The attack which sent the
Tangistan to the bottom vas made
half an hour after midnight. At {
o'clock in the morning another sub.
marine sank the steamer PlackwooC
off Hastings in the English channel
while & third submarine sank the
ctaamar Princes Victoria off Liver.