Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-07
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record Of Current Happenings Col.
Iected from Various Sources.
One hundred and twenty-eight U. S.
officers and men of the American
expedtionary forces in France, wound
ed in action or i'll. arrived at an At
lantic port. Saturday en- route to their
homes. All are in fine spirits and say
they envy the Americans now going
over for Il crack at the Germans.
4 Berlin wireless dispatch to AM
sterdam, says that Macmillan Harden,
Councillor Whiting and Theodor Wolff
will be prosecuted along with Prince
Lichnowsky. The trial Of Prince
Lichnowsky. German ambassador In
London at the outbreak. Of the war,
for writing and allowing to be pub
lished q long memorandum assailing
the German government and fatty
blaming Germany's provocative policy
lot TdNll6 Cuuocu tHC wall PiO"ioSo
to be a most sensational event.
The decomposed body Of a young
woman as yet unidentified, was un-
covered Friday. five feet beneath the
cellar flooring Of the former Highland
Park home Of Helmuth Schmidt, the
"Bluebeard" suicide of Royal Oak.
Mich, who Is suspected to have slain
many women. The authorities believe
the body to be that Of Irma Pallatin-
us, a member Of the Schmidt house.
hold who disappeared shortly before
Schmidt married Helen Tista, a New
York milliner.
III there are not enough men be-
tween the ages Of 21 and 81 to win
the war, the age limit will be changed,
and men Of 40 to SO, II need be, Will
respond to the colors." This was the
statement of Secretary Of the Navy
3affels IN an address before the
Chamber of Commerce of Philadel-
phia last Friday. There must be no
limit to the man power which Ameri-
ca must put in the war. the secretary
declared. He said the spirit Of the
government at Washington was tol
send every man within the ages fixed
by the law as rapidly as ships could
carry them and carry them supplies.
Governor Cox Of Ohio, on Saturday
sent communications to all Ohio may
ors and city solicitors and county
sheriffs and county prosecutors, order
ing that tramps and vagrants be made
to register at the nearest employment
agency. with the alternative Of paying
a fine or going to the workhouse. The
was in line with the
governors recent proclamation call
ing upon every ohioan to work. "A
vagrant in war times is not necessari-
ly one who is unkempt or ill-clad,"
the letter stated. "Idleness furnishes
a workshop for the kaiser. Ohio has
no time for the industrial parasite"
Ships capable of carrying 2,000,-l
900 tons a year to Europe are being
held out Of the interallied shipping
program by interests involved in non
essential shipments. While every
corner Of the world Is being secured
for vessels to carry the millions Of
Americans so badly needed in Europe
and pledged to the cause by Secre-
tary Baker, 1t is learned that the
shipping board Is having the greatest
difficulty in securing the craft Of cer-
tain persons and firms. Among the
ships being held back are the vessels
Of a fruit line, which claims Its
banana business is a war essential.
In Surry county, N. c., superior
court, Saturday, Chairman ]. J. Wal
lace, Of the county commissioners,
plead guilty to a secret assault and the
Judgment of the court was that the
defendant buy $1,000 worth Of L-
berty bonds. and deposit same with
the clerk Of the court; give 500 to
the Red Cross and the same amount
to the Y. NJ. c. A., and, also resign as
a member Of the county commission
ers, with agreement that he should
never fill that office again. Evidence
disclosed that the assault grew out Of
an argument over the war. Wallace
expressing himself in strong language
against the American government.
The greatest battle Of the ages i'm
pends on the Western front, Washing
ton military experts predicted Friday.
The full reserve Of the allies and the
enemy, 1t was stated, have been drawn
up in preparation for the tremendous
struggle. It Is estimated that the Ger
mans have available 2,s50,000 men.
Against this number. 1t Ii said, the
allies will be able to throw In at least
2,675,0O0. The brunt Of the fighting
will occur along the 50-mile front
with Amiens as its pivotal point, the
line Of battle extending all the way
from the sector north Of Ypres to q
point south Of Armentires- And be-
cause the German army must 60 for
ward II 1t Is to save itself, and because
its present position will not long re-
main tenable. prediction II made that
the gigantic battle will be fully under
way within a few days. Weeks may
be consumed and longer before q de-
cision Is reached.