Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered From Va.
rious Sources.

rious Sources.
The milling license of ]. NJ. Sutton
& Son Of Harrisville. Pa. has been
revoked by the food administration
for violation of the exchange milling
regulations.
United States marines have been
having frequent skirmishes with ban
dts in Santo Domingo during the
past ten days: At last reports tho
devil dogs" had accounted for at
least twenty Of the bandits.
Carlos Bee. a lawyer. has been
elected to congress from the Four
teenth district of Texas. to succeed
Congressman Slaydcn, who has been
in congress twenty years. and who
withdrew from the race ten days ago.
Three men are dead and more than
sixty wounded as the result OF race
riot in Philadelphia on Sunday morn
ing. The row started because a ne
gro woman rented and moved into n
house in the white residential sec
ton.
schools and universities have re-
spondcd to the offer Of the war de-
partment to give special military
training in officers training camps at
Plattsburg. Fort Sheridan and the
Presidio. at San Francisco to Sc
selected group of instructors and stu
dents.
Nearly one-third OF the men enlist
ing in the marine corps are under u
years Of age. according to n state
ment authorized by Secretary Dan
iels. Mr.. Daniels said that since the
United States entered the war. 1856
recruits under 81, or approximately 80
per cent of the cnlistmcnts, have been
accepted.
A new air mail flight record was
scored Monday by Lieutenant Bonsal.
who flew from Philadelphia to New
York in 42 minutes. Lieut.. Bonsal left
Philadelphia at 1.30 p. m, and made
his landing at 2l5. Despite tho fact
that he flew through shower most
of the way and carried IFS pounds OF
mail, his average speed was over 100
miles per hour.
The war trade board has issued
stringent regulations to prevent gold
from leaving the United States in the
guisc of manufactured articles. such
rs jcwelry. watches and gold plate.
Effective July 20. no license will bc
granted for the expectation Of the
manufactures of gold If the selling
price of the article to be exported is
less than three times the value of the
fine gold they contain.
Latest reports to the navy depart
ment indicate that the lone subma-
rinc operating off the Atlantic coast
last week, has proceeded eastward
and Is now approximately from 400 to
500 miles from our shores. Officials
believe the U-boat is returning to its
homo port. No crcdcnce whatever Is
placed in the apparently inspired
news dispatch from Switzerland cred
iting Germany with having 20 subma-
rncs off the American coast.
Proprictors of hotels, restaurants
and dining car services throughout
the country. who voluntarily agreed
to use no wheat until the present
harvest, will be released from their
pledges on August 1. according to n
cablegram received by the food ad-
ss:niis iration- from Herbert c.. Hoover.
who is in London. While exact fig
ures are not obtainable. 1t is cstimat-
ed that the hotels, restaurants and
dining cars of the country will have
saved, from October last, to Au-
gust 1, between 175.000,0O0 and 2OO,-
900 900 pounds OF wheat and its pro-
ducts. About 5000 hotel proprietors
gave the wheatless pledge and nearly
zoe. 900 restaurant and cafe owners
cut down on flour as much as their
business would permit.