Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-15
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.

Items Of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
A dispatch from The Hague says
that the Dutch governments war loan
Of $110, 1000, 900, has been oversubscrib-
ed by $50,000,000.
Emil Tranquil, a prominent Bel
gian banker, says that 1t takes $6,-
250,000 worth Of food per month to
feed the destitute people Of Belgium.
Capt. Won Muller, commander Of the
famous German raider Emden. Is now
,, in prison at an English prison camp
in Wales.
Marshall P. Widen, one Of the best
known American authors and humor-
lists, died at st. Paul, Mimi, Sunday,
aged Sc years.
New Jersey factories last year,
turned out total Of SIS, ,706,37S worth
Of clay products, including brick,
pottery, tiling. etc.
The official press bureau at Berlin,
is authority for the statement that
Germany yet has 100000 men avail
able for military service.
The United States Steel corporation
is reported to have virtually closed a
deal for the purchase Of 100000 acres
Of coal lands in Greene county, Pa,
mn nm
A Pittsburgh, Pa, broker is adver-
tising for bids to furnish 100000
pairs Of shoes. 10000 brides and sad
dies, $500 mules and $4,000 dozen
socks for European armies.
The government Of Turkey is re-
ported to have moved its treasury
from Constantinople to Koina (the
ancient Iconium). in Asia Minor, ESQ
miles from Constantinople.
"Tipperary," the song Of the British
soldiers, has been translated into
French and into German, and the
German troops are reported to be
singing ii with much enjoyment.
During the hunting season in
Pennsylvania, which ended January
1st, 80 hunters were killed and s6
wounded. Deer to the number Of TO-
600, and $50 bears were slaughtered
by the gunners.
The German cruiser Koigsberg,
which was bottled up in the Rufti riv-
er, German East Africa, several weeks
ago. has been destroyed by British
shells directed by aeroplanes, accord
ing to reports received in London.
Because of the European war and
slack demand for diamonds, the De-
Beers company Of Kimberly. South
Africa, will not pay dividend at the
close Of the fiscal year on June 80,
1915.
Up to January 9Th, the cargoes Of
food, clothing, medical supplies, etc.,
contributed for the relief Of the Bel
gians by the people Of the United
States, and either delivered or in
transit, totaled $4,000, 900 in value.
At Terre Haute. Ind, Tuesday, May
or Dom Roberts and 113 others were
indicted by Federal grand jury on
charges Of alleged election frauds In
the last general assembly. On arraign-
ment eighty Of the accused men enter
ed pleas Of guilty.
The French dreadnought Courbet Is
reported to have been sunk by the
Austrian submarine No. IL, on De-
cember 81, off the coast Of Italy, In
the Adriatic sea. The Courbet was
built in 1918 at a cos. Of $4,000, 900,
and carried a crew Of sos men.
A Rome dispatch says that because
of German Vaccinations in Italy's
North African possessions, the italian
government has been forced to give
up the conquest Of the interior and
has hurriedly sent an additional forge
Of 10000 men to Tripoli.
"The Bill-In- Hand" one Of Bostons
famous old tavern, established In
1895, by Jimmie Wilson, the town
crier, located in Pie Alley, and once
the favorite resort Of Daniel Web
ster, is to be torn down to make way
for a modern Office building.
The American production Of quick
silver for 1914, was 1867 TASKS Of
rs pounds each, with q value Of
sS11,s32, compared with 20,213 TASKS.
valued at $S13,171 in 1913. CALIFORNIA;
production last year was the smallest
since 1860.
Mrs. Ida S. Rogers Is facing trial In
New York on the charge Of murder
ing her two young children by BIZ
chloride Of mercury poisoning. 1t Is
alleged Mrs. Rogers poisoned the
children and then attempted suicide.
The children died in a few days, but
she is expected to recover.
The national house Of representa-
tives on Monday passed the Clark an
ti-miscegenation bill by vote Of 23s
to go. The bill applies to the District
Of Columbia, Alaska and insular pos
sessions and provides for fine Of not
less than $1,000 or imprisonment for
marriages between Anglo-Saxons and
negroes.
The Berlin Morgen Post published
story on January 10, to the effect
that a British attack on Tanga, Ger
man East Africa, was badly defeated
by the Germans. The story says that
the first landing Of 5000 British and
Hindus was repulsed by the Germans
who numbered 200, the British losing
1000 killed or wounded.
Just as Governor Hatfield Of West
Virginia, was preparing to pardon
Wylie Lewis, negro under life sem
tence for murder, after serving 16
years, the governor received an anony-
NOUS letter telling him the negro had
murdered six persons in Columbus,
Ohio, in 1885, by setting house on
fire and cremating the inmates.
Up to January 9, Great Britain had
lost LIZA officers killed and 1880
wounded, and $50 reported missing.
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