Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30
GENERAL NEWS.
Record Of Current Happenings Col
Iected From Various Sources.


Speaker Champ Clark has declined
the seat in the United States senate
made vacant by the death OF Senator
Stone, and offered to him by Gov
crnor Gardiner of Missouri.
Sugar conservation may wipe out
many new candy manufacturers VINO
have been in business only since Janu-
airy ]. Food administration officials
are considering further cut in sugar
TO candy manufacturers which Is said
to affect mostly new concerns. practi-
cally cutting them off.
Wearing the uniform of a French in
fantryman, a German has been arrested
i'm the streets of Paris, France. lie
told the authorities he was born In AL
SAGE and had deserted from the Ger
man army after being brought to the
Western front from Galicia. The po-
lice are Of the opinion that the prison.
cr is n German spy.
To promote a better understanding
of the work of the food administration
and with q view to closer cooperation.
conservation and results in the cotton
seed industry, representatives OF the
food administration will tour the south.
DIR. George II. Denny and Hugh Hum
phreys begin the first tour May l.
starting at New Orleans.
Helmuth Schmidt. suspected head OF
the murder plant" arrested with his
wife and daughter at Royal Oak,
Mich, last week. committed suicide In
his cell after confessing that he had
cremated- the body. of-Augusta- -Stein=
bach, the New York girl, whom he had
enticed to Royal Oak through a matri-
monial advertisement.
4 strike and suffrage demonstration
in Budapest and other Hungarian
cities Is reported in n Budapest dis
patch to the Koelnische Zeitung. The
demonstration, which was under the
auspices of the social democratic
party, was participated in by 100000
workers. In budapest business was
paralyzed for three hours. Resolutions
were adopted demanding that the gov
ernment Immediately enact the fran
chise proposal.
The military registration of all wo-
men as well as all men between tn"
ages Of eighteen and fifty years may
be provided for in q new draft proposal
the fundamental part Of which is in
the hands of President Wilson for con-
sideration. A measure which provided
for registration of all men between
these ages was put forward recently
by General Hugh 5. Johnson. The an
tagonism which 1t Is believed would
arise in the ranks of organized labor to
legislation of this kind has resulted In
the suggestion that both men and wo-
men be included in registration, and
that the government ascertain to what
extent factory and other work can be
turned over to women. Through this
means the full military strength of the
country would be known In precise
way by the war department officials.
Drafting Of men who have become
q since last June 5 was approved
Thursday by the house. Under an
amendment by Representative Hull,
of Iowa, they will be put at the foot OF
the list and called only when all avail
able men under last years registration
have been taken into service. This and
another provision which does away
with military exemption for divinity
students will necessitate conference
with the senate. Chairman Dent. OF
the military committee. announced that
the war department will order the
registration Of the men made eligible
by this bill June S, the anniversary of
the first enrolment. All men who have
reached 21 by that date must register:
they will be classed after answering
uuestionnaires on exactly the Same
terms as men enrolled a year ago.
Efforts to force an international boy
colt against Germany will be pushed
by Senator Owen of Oklahoma He an
nounced last week that he would at
tempt to bring up the measure in the
senate yesterday. The resolution pro-
vides for an international treaty be-
tween the Allies, setting forth princi-
pies OF international law and for boy
colt against Germany II she fails to
adopt these principles at the end Of the
war. The fundamental principles OF
the proposed international treaty SCI
forth in the resolution, are: Free seas
subject to international rules; right ol
self government for all nations: right
Of access to the sea for all nations
without taxation for passage through
intervening territory; arbitration fol
international differences; self-determi-
nation for Alsace Lorraine, etc.