Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-27
Detachment Reaches Pys.
MERE-m ENTION

Certain Italian newspapers Hr" Try
ing 10 force the resignation of For
cit.n Minister Sonnno. Icy stirring up
strife between him and Premier or
landO. Other papers say that any dis
agreement that may appear iO exist
is only imaginary AMI is part Of -
political game To interfere with ltaly'S
foreign policy.-.....A British ShipmaS-
ter last week signed up eleven chi
nrsc sailors at Philadelphia nj $lI:.j0
per month. the highest price ever paid
Oriental ship labor. During tn"
week ending August Ii. 1888 wounded
American soldiers wCr" brought back
TO hospitals in the United States from
F'rancc........... Seven enemy aliens at
tackled Il guard at a war prison camp
at fort Douglas. Utah. last Thursday.
All s,vrn arc i'm the post hospital.
having been shot by the guard with
gun loaded with buckshot. t............Thc
famous Quebec bridge across the -.
Lawrence river. that twice collapsed
during construction. was completed
and tested last week. sustaining -
dead weight OF 23.0O0,0OO pounds.
The Pennsylvania state council Of de-
fensc. in cooperation with the Fed
cral department of labor, Is placing
workers at the rate of 10000 per
month.............Thc war department has
authorized volunteer "listmcnts OF ar-
countants. statistical craftsmen, stat
isticinns. stenograph"rs. ctc.. for ser
vice with the statistics branch of the
general staif.-........A tornado wrecked
the town OF Tyler Mimi. last We'd
| ncsday night. Fifteen or more lives
were lost and probably 100 pcopl"
were wounded.......... The pulp and pa
per division Of the war industries
board. has advised the Weekly BulIr-
tin of Butte. Mont. that il will not he
permitted to change from a weekly to
daily paper at this timc...........All Of
the conscientious objcctOrs" OF the
army from tho eastern part Of the
country are 10 he sent TO Camp Meade.
Md............The Casscarappa. the second
ship to be launched at the Hog Island
shipyard, Philadelphia, took the water
saturday Herbert c.
Hoover, Federal food administrator,
arrived at an Atlantic port Friday, aft
er stay Of several weeks in England
and Two Philadelphia army
clothing manufacturers are under ar
rest on charges Of selling cloth scraps
and clippings belonging to the govern
mcnt. to junk dealer...........A Polish
editor, writing the Pail Mall Gazette.
London. says that the president Of the
| council OF Cracow. has officially an
nounced that the authorities could no
longer guarantee the safety and peace
Of the population. Many prisoners have
been released from jails because Of the
inability Of the authorities to supply
them with food. Paris newspapers
are vaguely limiting that great Ber-
tina will soon be heard. Will that echo
have Yankee accent?" They are re-
ferring to an American gun with a
tremendously long range, soon expect
ed to be heard on the French front.
THE capture Of General PetapOff,
| commander Of the Red Guard army I'm
the Murmansk region Of Russia, by
peasants, who turned him over to the
British, is reported from Petrograd. zee.
Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany.
is reported as being quite Ill, due to
"overstrain from her war work activi-
ties. "...~.......Four men were killed and
nineteen injured by the explosion Of
depth bomb aboard the L. s. S. Orizaha
at sea on August 16th...-..... Following
the death Of Senator Gallinger Of New
! Hampshire, Senator Lodge OF Massa-
chusetts, will become the Republican
leader Of the senate. The fleet cor
poration liz preparing to build Is trawl-
ers to take the place Of fishing vessels
sunk by German submarines or the
New Found coast.-.......--General John
J. Pershing will celebrate his 5Sth
birthday on Friday. the 18th OF Sep
tember.