Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-03
MERE m ENTION

The biennial conference OF Women's
Clubs, now in session at Hot Springs,
Ark. has announced the raising OF
100000 for use in paying expenses Of
American soldiers in France on fur
loughs home The fund continues TO
grow....Thc government has award
ed contracts for $5.500.000 pairs Of
shoes for ldiers..........American ship
builders delivered $4,000 tons of new
shipping during the week ending
April % and launched 4l.105 tons more
.........To settle Il bet Of $40 as to
which could kill the most Huns. two
Wilkes Barre. Pa, men have enlisted
in the army and asked for quick ser
vice in France. They will keep notch
ed-stick records Of their killings and
the one showing tse ppRt notches on
Returning hofne. will win the bet.
An Amsterdam report says that Ger
many has sent three more long range
guns through Belgium for service In
France, probably against Paris.
Commander Stabley Rosevear. q Brit
ish ace" Is reported to have been
killed I'm action April % with a Ger
man aviator. Rosevear had the dis
tinction of having brought down
twenty-five enemy airplanes. Al
bert kcffi and Lewis Gerubcr, two
Austrians. were arrested by Federal
agents near Tia Juna. Cal, Monday.
They were spies and were making
their way to Mexico with important
naval and army information OF the
United States. Keffi has been u SER
geant in the United States army.
The president OF the German reich
stag announced Tuesday that the sub
scriptions To the eighth German loan
totalcd $3.50. 100000, exclusive of the
subscriptions OF the troops at the
front. which are not yet complete.
Walter Spreckles, a nephew Of Clauss
Sprecklcs. the sugar king, was on
Tuesday denied admittance to a sugar
refinery at Yonkers. y. Y, of which
ne had been general manager for six
teen years. on the ground that he is
an enemy alien. although a naturaliz-
ed citizen .......... Austria's ace" Lieut.
ellcr-Schoenaich. is reported to have
been killed on the Italian front be-
hind the Austrian lines. Only q few
days ago Baron Won Richtohven, Ger
mans most famous ace" was brought
down on the Western front...........A
tornado of much violence swept over
a small area near Danville. Va. We'd
nesday. Much property was destroyed
and damaged. No lives were lost. ........
Washington has information Of the re-
cent INSTRUCTION Ol "nOle Train lOau
Of Skoda 305 centimeter guns for the
Austrian army. together with a large
supply OF shells. by an allied airman
4 captured guard officer told his
captors that the ariman dropped
bomb on the train while standing at
Wiencourt and a series Of explosions
destroyed the train and its freight
Also he said the allied airmcn were
greatly harrassing the Austrians be-
hind the lines with their bombs and
machine guns ...........A Zurich, Switzer-
land. correspondent to a Rome news
paper. says: The Germans are pre-
pairing for final push. They are
ready to sacrifice one-third of their
men. They are determined to stake all
on a great effort before the full
strength Of America materializes." ~
Miss Agatha Richrath, professor Of
German at Vassar college. Pough-
keepsie. y. Y, has been arrested on a
presidential warrant. charging her
with being dangerous enemy alien.
Citizens Of Moss Point, Miss,
held bond rally Tuesday night Two
well to do citizens were reported as
having bought no bonds A committee
was appointed to see these men. One
Of them was told he must buy $4,000
worth of bonds or leave town. He
put up $4,000 for bonds. The other
citizen was out of town. The COM
mittee was to wait on him on his re-
turn.