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

The war department announced
Tuesday that a single gun plant deliv-
cred 100 rifles in one day last week
..........N lon" bandit held up the mes
Srn.Cr and ruhhrd the safe OF a
chrSaIrC;Ii>c X ohio train ont OF Charl-
uttcSvilIr. Va. Monday ni"llt......A pris-
un"i. captured Icy an American on the
Marine battlefield Monday, said he had
been released from prison Il few days
ago and sent To the army. An Amcrl-
can sergeant killed another German
and found papers on his body showing
that he had been released from prison
OH Iuly l7............lt is reported from
Paris that General Mackcnsen is to bc
the big man in the German army mat.
tcrs from now on, succeeding general
II,u,n,orif .........Thc ways and means
committee has practically decided to
double the present taxes on all tobacco
products, in the next war tax revenue
bill Draft board No. of Phila-
drlphia has failed 10 post as dcScrtvrS
ZOO dclinquCntS on its lists. ana Il
Federal grand jury is investigating the
matter after u personal representative
uf General CrOwdcr had spent some
time in the city looking into the affairs
OF tho huard ..... ....tiCorSc VI. kolph'
chairman of the international sugar
committee, has given out hint that
the price Of sugar may soon he advan-
cod to ten cents Il puund.........M MISS
Milada JaruSek. Il New York girl, is
reported 10 have been condemned tn
death 10y an Austrian courtmartial he
r;ritsc ut her activities in behalf OF IN"
c",.,h- SlrNak cause in Austria.
ono iIicr killed and one seriously
i'm iurrd resulted Ht san .Antonio Tex.
Monday when their acrOplaneS col
!id,d i'm the :iir.......-...Nn Amsterdam
dispatch says that there has been Sc
riouS outbreak of tCtanus in the Ger
man army.....A Geneva dispatch says
American prisoners are being placed
near the station AT Mannheim. in
Baden. in an effort tn stop air raids ny
american ilicrS on German cities along
the Rhine. ...........F Fifteen ships, ten of
steel and five OF wood, with an agSre-
::atr lUnunc" oi 72.i50 tons were
launched at American yards during
last week. Besides these eight more
vessels were turned over TO the ship
ping board for ScrriCc..........The Brit
ish house Of commons was yesterday
asked for a war credit of 7O,O00.oOO
pounds. This is the the largest Gre
dit that the commons has ever been
asked for and is TO finance the war un-
I'll the end of Octobcr............The Quist-
ConCk. the first ship to he launched at
Hog Island shipyard. Philadelphia. Is
to take the water on August 5th.
More than 10000 invitations have been
sent out to the launching...........Joseph
Caillaux. formerly French premier.
now charged with treason, is to he tri-
ed by the French senate. sitting rs
high court t......General Won Francois
of the German army. has been placed
ON IN" retired list as punishment for
his failure in the SoisSons Offensive.
The German government has given the
people OF the empire notice that they
must at once furnish at least one
suit each to war workers and the
army. Failure will result in forciblc
rcuuisition. and possibly imprisonment
for one year and a fine Of 10000
marks $4,000 )............Thc British adj
miralty has announced that out OF all
ships conveyed by the Allied navies
during the past year only one out OF
every 200 has been Official
statistics of Budapest, Hungary. show
that during the past year there has
been 2.llI deaths against l,14i births
in that city.