Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-08

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i,, cam, .liId recommended Ia hI~ Sd-
70, rIui officer that h" h." gwen d"uhl'
,lut, The. SUl.iIcr 'l'l tHO days
later With IN" execution Oi Tia"
courts sentence, which VIII 10" or
.irrrd ,S soon aS tn" papers III Ia"
,.,~.. Ir,. approved 10y tnr president,
'n.. authority al tn" war ""iEtr'ihch'
"a Ma" matter VIII "';is". as IN" d"-
itrirI"m, ~ unable uuh'r HlllttiN
law 1" =" h,Nuud III" sentence "i 'h'
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\ ivu-utInr,. bread ration wIS or
,i-i,d TUESDAY 10y III" food tdmlilS-
IrarI"m for patrons al hotels. r"Sthn-
r,uis ami dIuIuG ears. THIS ;lloM-
.tnc.- j. about that nov observed III
E.u-ltnd T,l,rI;iulS went out 10 Ill"
food ADMINISTRATIONS hotel REPRE-
>rntItIv,S ~ every state designating
the. new ration. Not NOR" ihan wv"
,,,Iu,.,S nt bread may hc served 10
IrN ON" at any "n" meal except th't'
when rolls of bread mad" from corn.
oatmeal or hiram ar" served ana Whcl
uuIy ou" kind other than wheat hfc'"l
- ordered Il purtIon may consist ni
Iuur ounces Rolls may not wcish
more than un, "unc" each. Puhll'
,.;ttIug places arr nOW licensed un-
der th,. new bread regulations ANA
ih,. bread ration rIil" IL ISSUED uEdcf
tins authority. Hotel representatives
have. been instructed To 81" mat I'M
mediate uI,ScTN;imC" ~ gwen IN h"lclS
an Mum,lIN .iud "Wednesday hs wheat
less day. Tuesday as - n"htl"SS dIN'
SATURDAY, :> - I'urkl'SS day ana th;il
there H. one whc;ltl"SS meal aid one
m"ati"SS meal IN every day.
Under the present arrangements
the corr, SpumdvniS attached to inc
american army are granted IcrhaiS
greater freedom of action near lh'
front than newspaper men with any
other army ia tins way. There move
inrutS are practically limited only Toy
their own appetite Tor German shells
Correspondents may now motor Ill
rrrllv iu the headquarters al any
brigade al the front If they first re-
port tn divisional headquarters ch
route. The brigade headquarters as
MPmwftHr nc ffrr Zo1re. rocce
To the front from brigade hcaduuar-
trrs correspondents must 70 on iool
and in PAIRS. since they are in easy
observation range 10y the enemy wh"
frruucutlv shells the traffic immcdi-
utrIy behind the hattl" line. tn"
visitors 10 the front must wear he'll
NETS and carry gas masks III a posi-
,on where they can get to them al Il
moments notice. correspondents
may 20 without escort IL the various
r,.rIiurnial headquarters. hut not en-
ter Il trench except hN special per-
mission.
British aud Turkish delegates.
who have been confcrrinS at Bernr.
switzerland. for some time III regard
To a PROPOSED cXrhInG" ni prisoners.
have closed their negotiations after
reaching What the British delegates
describe as - satisfactory arrange
mrnt" The negotiations provide moi
only for the exchange of prisoners.
hui also for Il cumpl, L. Inspection "l
urISou camps. Turkey has about w.
uuu I;rItISh prisoners. mostly lhui-
ans while Great Britain has 1"."o"
Turks Il is vXpcCtcd that the agree
mrnt will hc immediately ratified ana
within 4 few weeks the first cNchahS'
viii hr made on SWISS Soil l,"""
british invalid prisoners. being eN-
changed for 300 Turks. Aftcr TINS
exchange there will hc an cNtrnina-
t,nn of all prisoners under Il low
schedule uf disability 10y Il mixed COM
mission uf TurniSh and British doc
TORS. this ARRANGEMENT DONG away
with the delay incident Ia IN" en-
rrnvmrnt of neutral doctors. The
negotiations with the Turks proved
far more satisfactory than the fritiSh
delegates had expected. The discus
SinnS were conducted IN Il CuncIllatorN
Srlrii un both sides. y number al
Supulcurutary arrrcmcntS Wer"
reached REGARDING treatment of priS-
"u,rS hereafter.
In view of the difficulty III find
Ing ships To put American hShtihE
al r,.
rySvntinS tie United states IT tn"
military SESSIONS uf tn" surrcm" war
,.uInrll Is considering with EritiSh
officials the adVISahilitN of starting Il
flow of American hattalions through
the RritISh training system Ia lf"h'
line trenches III Flanders. This pros
poet il has been learned has been
talked over III various forms. ON" "t
tho concrete proposals hcinr that u"
hatt,lions hc assigned for such train
my CONGESTION It the American ne
hark,tion ports III France lies back
of the SUGGESTION. Ey dINcrtinS GER
tam units to lSritiSh ports. passing
them through thc British system ana
iiuallN transferring them I" Grhcrai
rrrShinc'S army. II has been urSeu
that "A considerable body Of men could
Lee trained and put on the trinS iih"'
Mhu otherwise could not he sent for-
profTcrS of Eri,-Sh and French ships
in carry American troops have ac-
con; panied urgent representations
from the other side in behalf of the
clrlN movement OF aS many men aS
lnsSIhlr across the Atlantic. There
are iutimations III fact that Great
Rritain transports already nave heeh
used 10 carry American troops to
limited extent. The question appar-
ltrisnlN Ol
ma,ntaning continuous supply lines
for all troops sent over. rather than
of finding ships - carry the men
.- Director General McAdoo has
about completed the central stan
which will assist him III admins
trrinS government operation or rah-
roads during the war. AlthouSh no
official announcement was made. II IL
understood the staff probably viii he
us follows: General assistant. walker
ID. Hines. New York. chairman ami
general counsel OF the Santa re.
Transportation. Carl X. GRAY. Eai-
timore. president of the western
MARYLAND Law. John Barton PAYNE.
of Chicago. Labor. ". :. Carter. chief
of the brotherhood uf Railway Fire
men and Engineers. Public service
and accounts. I. 4. Prouty. chief OF
the Interstate commerce commiS-
sion's bureau of valuation and ac-
counts. Traffic. Edward Chambers.
vice president of the Santa Fe. until
recently traffic director OF the food
administration. In addition there
will be !, board Of traffic managers
representing different government de-
partments 10 coordinate government
shipments. Another division. OF pur-
rhascs. maintenance and construction
probably will be created. but It Is
Understood the assistant in charge OF
this work has not yet been selected.
The head Of each of these DIVISIONS