Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-26
MERE. m ENTlON

Representative Tilson OF Connecti-
cut, in an address in the house on
Monday, discussing gas and fire fol-
use by the army over there, said: u
cannot tell you the formula or the ef-
feet, but | wish to assure you that the
United States has gas far more de-
structivc than any yet perfected h!
the Premier Orlando ol
Italy, in a recent interview. in discus
sing woman suffrage for Italy. said:
@"rTie time rs ripe To- extend Suffrage to
women. hope the present Legislature
may possibly grant it..........-Lawrence
G. Mills, postmaster at Bacon, DEL, Is
getting along in years and wants 10
resign the pOStmastership. but Is un-
able to do so. because no one will ac-
cept the office. war depart
ment is considering plan OF hiring
German war prisoners to the several
states ut nominal charge per man
for road building purposes...........-Her-
man Meugcnaurcr, wife and daughter
are under arrest at Pontiac. Mich, on
suspicion of being connected with the
murder OF Augusta Stcinbach, a New
York girl. who disappeared from Royal
Oak, Mich. more than year ago..
THE Win-the- War for Peace" conren
tion, to convene I'm Philadelphia on
May 16, under the auspices OF the
League to Enforce Peace. will be pre-
sided over 10y former President Taft
Chicago restaurant proprietors
confronted with the alternative of cut.
ting out either liquor or cabaret dane
ing in the places Of business, have de-
cidcd to cut out the liquor business and
retain the amusement feature.............
The German American Alliance. which
recently decided TO give up its char
ter and cease to exist, after undergo
ing Investigations by congress and the
department Of justice, last Monday
turned $4,000 worth OF securities over
to the Delaware branch OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross...........Berry Soyes, n
negro. who on last Saturday shot Sher-
iff Mcbride to death near Lexington
Tenn, was hanged in the courthouse
yard of that town on Monday by a
mob. The sheriff sought to arrest the
negro for violation of the prohibition
law This property commandeer-
ed by the emergency fleet corporation.
was the sign discovered by some 500
Philadelphia householders on their
front doors last Tuesday morning
Chas. NJ. Schwab says he needs the
houses for shipyard work........-.The wal
and navy departments ut Washington
have made a very notable decrease in
the number of Officers" assigned to
the two departments who are physical
~ lit and within the draft age. The
jobs of the swivel chair officers" have
been filed by women and men above
draft Hastings on Hudson, a
New York town Of good size, hasn't n
man in the town who is liable foI
army service at this time. They had
all enlisted before the present draft
became effective-.......--"Ga "Garabed." the
free energy invention of Garabed Cir
agossian. which. II is claimed, will pro-
duce unlimited heat. light and power
without expense or labor for fuel Is
harnessed and ready for work. says
Boston dispatch. THE testing COM
mittee Is ready: Garabed Is ready:
and / am ready" declared Giragossi-
an this week. I'VE are only waiting
for the completion of the machinery
which Garabed Is to set in notion
......... Direction of the arny's aircraft
programme has been placed In the
hands of John d. Ryan, copper mag
nate. railroad man and financier............
Governor Gardiner OF Missouri. has
rendered the senatorial seat made va
cant by the death of Senator William
J.. Stone. to Hon. Champ Clark. speak
er. Fifty American enlisted men
and non- commissioned officers are on
their way from the French front to
help in the Liberty loan drive.........-......
The German minister to the Neither
lands and the Netherland minister to
Germany have returned home. This
looks serious: but the exact meaning
of ii is not known..-.-..The government
has decided to take over all raw wool
stored in warehouses and pay the price
prevailing on July 80 last..-.---...The
British admiralty has decided to dis
continue its weekly reports OF subma :
rine sinkings and to issue such re-
ports monthly instead.