Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-05
Scraps and fats.


- Berlin newspapers hay" been PRINT
ing stories Oi outbreaks ana phh!CS vi
the Rhine provinces on account OIL iH-
rnnrs ina, the German civiI authorities
had found IL necessary !" consent |"
tho OCcuI,ation or CDhi"nZ. t"I0Gn"
and other cities hy Allied troops.
Th. surrender Of Turkey has
brought kOufnanla back INTO the Eh-
,r,,f, tulI m 4 very important posi-
tiuu l.DurIanIa. fronting rs she dO' ;
an the. Black S";; On the east ana
Hungary ON th" west. with IA" Danube
Ol.n from the sea INTO I'M enemy
cutjntry. afford "a back door gateway
that Is all that could t'' desired NJ
though tor Il TIM" II looked ;tS u poor
little RuIIinaiII had been rIih'h' II ~
now reasonably certain that sii' VIII
soon brruiu" On" pi IA" most import
ant ni III" Balkan states.
.- REPORTS by way oi Berlin indicate
:; state Ui Widespread disorder anu
confusion thiuuShUu, Au%tr!h. lh"u-
sands oil dcS"rt'rs from th' army are
committing d'pr,"iatIOns ON railway
Trains AMI upon castles al III" nobIil-
=, Military instructions have Oc-
rurrnd IN both NI'nna. th" capital Ot
Austria and budapest. the capital OIL
Hungary. TIA" p"Ull" and troops nave
been shouting, down with III" iaIS-
i,urgs and have been a"claimlnS re-
I,uhIIcS In both countries tn" dis"r-
der iS 80 great as 10 render the id"'t oi
posSiblr continuance" al III" war iS ah-
surl.
The New York Hcrald's political
canvass IN" country indicates thh'
in the elections To be held today the
democrats Will retain control OF inc
senate by :; majority OF four. ana the
rcI,tIbliC3tnS will gam control OF inc
house of representatives, by Il majority
If 20. The democrats at present nave
4 majority of eight in the senate, ana
they now control the house by Il plu-
rtlity Of seven. The next congress- as
fOrcshaduwcd by The llcraldS repre-
scntativcs from every state ana con-
.ItSSiouaI district viii stand as iOll"WS:
Scnatc--dcmOCratS 90. rcpublc,iis' 40
House democrats, zoo; repupllcailS'
"2I The present congress lS made UP
as follows: Scnatc-dcmOcratS, o. re-
republicans, 2O7; independents. :.
tuI,InranS. ~ IIuuS"-- democrats. u
There are seven vacancies, due 10
death or resignation, in the present
hutIs. The. total membership OF IN"
senate is 80 and OF the house i35.
The rnIir. Turkish fore" which has
been opposing tn" British ON th' IL
.riS river has been captured, II WAS
OFFICIALLY announced III London E'S'
Thursday. The fore" amounted I"
more than 1000 men. Following the
rtpitulatiun oil thrSc troops. th' i"ih-
iSh government announced IT'S uhCoh-
ditional surrender. Newspapers cN-
dressed Il fear that there had been
some kind OF Il secret agreement under
which thr Turks were to 10" allowed
IN retain control over Nriu' MA; nut
Lord Robert C'Cil. the l'rlilSh ASSIST
ant secretary uf state Tor foreign al
fairs. promptly announced that thcic
WAS nothing al the kind. III" said mat
the British government h'h ilah' u"
engagements whatever with lhfh'N
and that all territorial and other uu'S-
tiuns were lett open for the Alll'S To
settle as they might -" proper. IL II
- fact that the British hay" done most
of the. actual campaigning III III" con-
,uurst of Turkey: hut of course they
hly,. been able To do only iwc;ttS" oi
th,. support they have been having
from the Allies elsewhere.
Dcspitc peace talk and influenza.
American citizens have responded lOf
"A fourth tim" to the governments APP
Iwal for war loans with NOR" th;ln was
asked. Total subscriptions OF S6.N66.-
Il6.3UO from nOr" than 2l.OOO.OOO IN
dividullS is the record ol the iouilh
Liberty loan. as announced Friday 10y
Tho treasury. based on careful csti-
mates hy the twelve Federal reserve
hanks The entire 1856. 5000 over
Subscription will he accepted ana APP
piled to reducing the size OF the MIN
loan. to bc offered in the spring. flna
figures may send the fourth loan total
even higher. All districts reported
over subscriptions, ranging from @o
pcr cent for Boston to Il littl" less thlh
d prr cent for San Francisco. The ag-
grcGatc uvcr-Suhscription was l4:il
ucr cent In addition To the SuhScrip-
lions received 10y the Regional rcS"rN"
banks, the subscriptions received at
the treasury direct amounted To S5@.-
53S.75O. The figures arc considered
substantially complete. although Eatcr
rC-chcCkcd reports may chang" IN"
total slightly. Secretary McAu"o
stated. however. that regardless "i
further reports. results VIII not DC
less than now reported.
Final pre- election reports of cam
paign expenditures were made TO the
clerk of the house Of representatives
last Friday 10y the republican and dem
ocratic natioIal committees. The re-
publican organization reported total en-
penditurcs of $615,605, with contrlDu-
tions OF $676,Sl5, and the democratic
committee disbursCd $+o0,i59 and re-
cciycd S4gS,5l9. The detailed account
of the republican committee WAS mail
ed on Friday from Chicago ana WAS
filed ON Saturday. Both committees VIII
present complete reports Oi all CAM
paign expenditures after the electlohS
today, including accounts received anu
expended from the date oil the latest
reported until the end of the cam
paign. Additional expenditures 10y the
republican committee since its last re-
mort totaled $lS4,5U9, while supple
mental campaign contributions IL
mounted to S1S4,4IO. The democratic
committee reported an addition;tl cN-
pensc of 100000 and new Gontrlpu-
tionS uf $>6.3Nl. The national Wo-
mans party also reported TO the clerk
OF the house an expenditure of $2.OS2
for women campaiSncrS sent from
Washington TO New Jersey, New
Hampshire. Idaho, Wyoming, oregon
Nevada and Kansas.
--- large fleet OF the latest tNp" ot
British mine SwCepcrS on last frlua!
began the tedious task Of clearing inc
DlrdancllCs of mines and other Oh
strurtionS The work. together win
other safeguards which the Allies con-
slider To I've necessary before the AL
lied fleet enters the tortuous waters
leading past CunStantinopl" ana on
through the Bosphorus Ia the Black
SEA. will take several days. in the
opinion of the British admiralty. \
fortnight ago the Allied fleet tested
the efficiency OF the forts inside the
DarJanrllCS by dropping Il few shells
ON them. The reply of the Turks was
quick and fairly accurate. showing
that the fortitiCations are still proha- |
bly, in good shape. The 5O-milc pass |
age through the waterway is a Ncrita- !
bile sea of mines and other obstruc- |
tions which il will require some little |
time to remove. In addition the mine |
Swccpcrs will he hindered by the swift |
currents which are stronger at this
season of the year than at any other. |
The Allied fleet. il is believed, iS sure |
to come to grips with the old Russian |
fleet in the Black sea. ii the war con-
tinucS few weeks longer. There Is |
every reason IL believe that the Ger
mans have put this fleet in good or
der. Ii consists of seven dread |