Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Record Of Current Happenings Col
Iected From Various Sources.

| RECORD of current happenings So'-
leeted From Various Sources.
| New York state will hold an election
on March Ia elc-r four representa-
tivcs in congress.
\ London butcher has begun put
ting horse meat OH the market He
started with 100 head.
The George H. Brooks public
school al Philadelphia. MAS destroy
rd "Wednesday night with Il loss Of
g.. .0pr. .01n. There were no casualties.
| Six morning and sin afternoon pa
pcrS "t New York city. have advanced
the prIc.' from one to two cents per
copy.
Ry the sinking of two British ships
in the Mediterranean three weeks ago.
| London has Just been advised. rs
| lives were lost
The Belgium governments terms OF
peace. as stated Ia the pope. include
in substance absolute political, ccnno-
mi" and territorial Independence.
Nearly loo men We're cnt"mhed III
a coal mine at Stcclarton. Nova
Scotia. "Wednesday night. 10y m rN-
plosion of coal eas.
During the week ending January IL.
only eight EritlSh ships were sunk.
and for the week ending January "a.
the toll was eight ships.
\ liner arriving AT II PacIIIc port.
reports that u German RAIDER u III
the vicinity OF the Dutch East Indies.
Officers said there IS submarine
base on the Dutch East Indian coast.
BY orders uf the Washington food
administration "j.6n".2d" dozen eggs
held IN storage in the United States
will hc placed on sale within 'h'
next three weeks.
IL WAS announced iE New York last
Thursday by &. =. Thompson. secre-
tary of the American Defense soci-
lrty's executive committee. that four
teen spies have been shot In the
United States by the military author
tiles.
X. =. MrCann. posing as Lieutcn-
ant ". Alwyn Jennings. took llttlc
flyer IN Atlanta. Ga. society few
weeks ago. Now Mctann Is to hr
sent To the Federal prison for Il ycdi
for ,mpcrsunating an army officer.
Five drafted men. all OF Austrian
parcntaGc. are under arrest nj camp
| Triton, l.. l., charged with sowing the
seed of discomfort among their conf
radrs. ThcN will hr intcrncd during
the war
| Porto Rico has on hand and I'M
mcdiatrly available more foodstnhs
than at any time during the past two
Years Prices IN the island Tor
staple commodities are. on the whole.
lower than anywhere under the
American flag. so far as available
records 20.
! Frederick II. Bugher. police COM
missioner Of New York. has resigned
1t The rc1|Gst 2t Nara!c--HSiaaAalls.
the commissioner refused To suspend
certain motorcycle policemen men
toned in connection with the KUN
Crugcr murder case. BuGhcr was
commissioner only thirty-thrcc days.
Sy vote Of l.SS6.6OO To '22.oO".
British laborItcs in session AT Noting
ham. England. Thursday. defeated
resolution demanding the Withdrawal
of Labor members from the coalition
| cabinet Had the resolution been
adopted. the Lloyd George govern
mcnt would have fallen. The rl"-
aucnce of Arthur Henderson. VINO
himself Withdrew from the war coun-
ell some months ago, when he was at
odds with the premier over IN" Sto"k
holm conference plan. saved IN" day
| fOi the government.
The United Press association has
announced that the lntcrnational
| News Service. against which the As
sociatcd Press recently secured AN
| injunction to prevent pirating oI
news. had walked straight int" u
trap set by the United Press to show
that the International News was pi-
rating the news OF that organization.
The International News incidentally
brought INTO newspaper fame hith.
erto unknown official, "l'ndcr-For-
eign Secretary Noltosky. who's"
name. spelled backwards. reads
stolen with the ky thrown in FOR
Russian ramnuiiagc." The nit"d
Press inserted "Nelotsky" in dis
patch from Pctrugrad. but soon att
erwart killed this name to all It's
papers. Within short time. now
ever, the United Press says that pa
pcrs receiving the international News
service appeared with M. Nelotsky"
figuring prominently in an alleged
dispatch from London recoutinS in a
general way the same facts set forth
in the United Press cable from Pctro-
grad. The United Press says II made
sure the Nelotsky story was sent over
the wires Of the international News.
The story was printed In papers re-
cciving the international News servic"
in Boston. New York. Pittsburgh. De-
troit Chicago. Kansas city, San Fran
cisco and elsewhere.
Government Ownership OF Rail-
Iroads.-Dircctor General McAdoo de-
clarcd last Monday that he did not
believe that the railroads OF the Unit
ed States would ever pass back TO the
kind OF private ownership exercised
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