Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-05

Britain has not prepared an answer TO
the American proposals regarding the
withdrawal Of the submarine DOCK
ade and the continuance OF food move
ments to the German civil population.
THE publication Of the text OF the
American note and Germany's reply IN
the London papers, has
wide attention. The English new
which undoubtedly will be bod In
the note to the American government,
is that the suggestion proposes mat
Great Britain shall virtually forego the
strength of her position due to her
superior navy. Great Britain feels
that Germany is trying to have n
neutral states perform duties for her
which she could possibly carry out
she a superior navy. Furthermore, n
British government, 1t is asserted, Will
ask what assurance the United states
IAN give that Germany would not re-
sumo her submarine activities AFTER
she had obtained sufficient food 70 en-
able her to carry on the war indennlte-
lv. England's reply to the suggestion
that the belligerents discontinue the
use of floating mines will be that n
has never used them. The English
position as to the s Of neutral flags
and the arming Of merchant ships Is
that no general order has been Issued
for the use Of the flags Of neutral
states and that merchant ships were
armed only after Germany had declar-
ed a submarine blockade.
Heavy fighting in Russian Poland
in the Carpathians and in the Cham
payne district and the Vosges In
France; the continuation Of the bonn
bardment of the Dardandelles forts by
the A~nglo-French fleet and the sink
ing of the German submarine Us by
destroyers of the allied squadron on
Dover are features Of the campaign IN
the war Of the nations yesterday. Tne
Russians apparently are forcing Pc
rations north of Gordno, in POLAND,
although there are evidences that the
Germans are resisting stubbornly. In
the Bobr river region the ~contending
forces are in close contact and there
the fighting has been hand to hand
Particularly fierce also ave been the
encounters near Mlawa. The Russians
report the capture in the C~arpathians
and eastern Galacia Of more than s.
600 men and 16 machine guns In one
day. The Austrian official statement,
on the other hand describes the re-
pulse Of the Russians after a sanguln-
airy battle on the Biala river ana de-
clares all of the Russian attacks nave
been repulsed. In the Vosges, violent
engagements again are taking place
and shells from German field guns are
said to have fallen in Swiss territory.
In Champagne, the French assert
they have strengthened and widened
their positions. Allied airmen nave
dropped bombs on a powder factory In
Rottweil, Wurttemburg. The Germans
say only slight damage was done while
a French official report says the rae
tory was set on fire. Both n British
admiralty and the French ministry OF
marine describes briefly the
les operations, where the warsh1ps OF
the allies are making steady progress
against the forts guarding the straits.
French warships are shetis
across the Gallipoli peninsula on the
line Of forts extending from Bulair.
The operations of the Mediterranean
fleet apparently are extending, Tor the
French warships have bombarded two
places along the Syrian coast, Arzus
and Saida, the latter a short distance
south of Beirut. The American ambas-
sador| al Constantinople Is endeavor1ng
to arrange for a neutral zone for the
protection Of foreigners and non-com-
batants at Constantinople II the ailles
reach the Turkish capital Enver Pa
sha. the Turkish chief Of staff, express
eS nlmSeu dS COIllluCll lhoI IAN
will not make their way through the
Dardanelles. He declares that only
the outer forts have been damaged and
that these were old defenses. He also
declared the real defenses Of the Oar
danelles have not been affected by the
bombardment. American at
Bremerhaven are discharging cargoes
of d~yestuffs for shipment to the United
States because Of the Anglo-French
embargo on commerce from Germany.
The vessels will return home In ballast.
THE governor on Wednesday an
nounced the appointment of the mem
bers of the state board OF charities
and corrections, who will have charge
of the new department of the state
government which was created by the
last general assembly. The personnel
of the board is as follows: DR.. George
b. Cromer. Newberry. lawyer; DR.. u.
T. Cody, Greenville, editor Of the Bap-
fist Courier; DR.. D. d. Wallace, Spar
tanburg, professor of Wofford college;
r. II. King. secretary of the Charles
ton Y. NJ. c. A.; L. o.. Patterson,
Greenville. lawyer. The Christensen
Graydon act, creating the state board
of charities and corrections, provides
that it's duties shall be strictly visito-
rial and advisory without administra-
tive or executive power Either as a
whole or by committee or by its sec
rotary or assistant secretary, n state
board of charities and corrections IS
required to visit and inspect once a
wear or oftener state, county, mu-
nicipal and private institutions which
are of an eleemosynary, charitable,
correctional or reformatory charac-
ter or which are for the care, custody
or training of the defective, depend
ent, delinquent or criminal classes, eX-
cept hat the hospital for the insane,
the p~enitentiary and the reformato-
ries shall be visited as often as once
in six months n by at least two
members Of the board" The board
must make reports on the inspections
of institutions under its supervision to
officials having direct charge of them.
In addition officials of state, county
and municipal, charitable and correc-
tional institutions must make quarter
" reports to the board in such form
as il may provide. Plans for new
jails, almshouses and similar build
ings must be submitted to the board
by county and municipal authorities
for suggestions and recommendations
before they are adopted. The state
board of charities n corrections Is
authorized to appoint local boards in
cities and counties. On these boards
is to be Il member of the board of
health of the city or county. One
member may be a woman Besides
it's duties Of inspection and supervi-
sion, the state board must collect sta
tistics on dependent. defective and
delinquent classes both in and out of
institutions and such other data as
may be Of value. Annual reports to
the governor, to the clerks of court
Of the counties and monthly reports
to the state board of health must be
made by the board of charities and
corrections. The governor may call
upon the boards to make inspections
Of any institution at any time. 1mme-
diately after it's organization the state
board of charities and corrections is
required through n or more of its
agents to investigate the financial