Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30

on April 5th. of Robert Paul Praser'
at Collinsville. Illinois. Twelve indict-
mcnts were against civilians ana
charged murder. and four indictments
were against policemen. charging maj
f.asance i'm office The indictments
charging murder contain nine counts
each. and are directed against the five
men who have been under arrest since
the coroner's inquest. and seven
others, who have not been arrested.
The men under arrest are: Joseph Rie-
gel. who confessed TO being member
ur the mob that hanged Prayer: Wes-
lev Beavcr, Richard Dukes. Jr., VIII
liam Brurkmeicr and Enid Elmore.
Four policemen are indicted. charged
with failing TO dispcrse the mob ana
call on citizens for assistance, ana
failing to arrest anyone when Praser
was being assaulted before the hang
ing.
70. Americas biggest gun. designed ~
throw shells IL distance of ia miles,
has Just been completed. II passed
through Philadelphia last Friday on
it's way to Il point on the Atlantic sea
hoard where IL will he given It's final
tests. II was made 1T the Midvale
steel Works. mounted ut the EDDY
stone plant OF the Baldwin l-ocomo-
tive Works and weighs 100000 POUNDS,
or more than 200 tons. Ten shots are
To he fired in the tests to ascertain the
extreme range OF the weapon. but its
designers are confident II will shoot
ia miles. Nine others are being
built. The cannon is so constructed
that il Is called Il mobile gun. despite
it's huge size and weight. 1t was
mounted on 4 specially constructed
carriage and car. but II rolled along
the railroad tracks as nOiselesSly as
the best oiled and creased train In the
country. II can be used for coast de-
frnsc or aboard ship once II is riveted
tight, but it is primarily intended for
land defense.
The Associated Press Is authority
for the statement that the number OF
Americans killed In the battle OF Sell
choprey. on April 20 was less than
dozen and that the number OF wound
ed was not more than twenty. 1t Is
conceded that the Germans took about
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outnumbered in some cases TO /, ana
the fighting was something terrific.
There Is absolutely no truth In the
German story to the effect that the
Germans retired "unobserved." They
retired on the jump with the REIN
forced Americans coming behind them
fun tilt. and they barely got away. 1t
IL reasonably certain that between
three and four hundred Germans were
killed in the battle. Many stories are
told of the individual heroism of the
American troops. In one case an
American soldier brought back from
No Mans Land an American whose
leg had been shot of. and he brought
back the leg also. When the surgeons
asked why he brought the leg he said
ne did not know but that they might
he able TO put II back on somehow
One American officer Is known to nave
killed four Germans with his auto
matte pistol knocking down the last
one with the butt OF the weapon and
beating out his brains.
In their annual report OF the
workings OF the organization during
the year. which report was published
last Friday. the board OF directors or
the Associated Press made special
mention of some OF the difficulties
that the Associated Press correspond
ents have encountered in the discharge
OF their duties. This part OF the re-
port reads as follows: or our men
abroad. we gratefully acknowledge
our appreciation. Torpedoes and
have held no fears for them. Their
escapes amid danger have been count
less. One Crank NJ. Aremica) was
knocked down by a Zeppelin bomb in
London but worked all that night as
usual-merely an incident Of the days
work in an office building which has
itself been hit by such shells: another
(Rohert r. SmalD fell into the icy
Somme but rode 35 miles to cable the
story OF the first American in Peron-
ne: another (Charles T. thompson
was on the highest rampant or the
Castle OF Gorzia when shell buried
II and him under earth but on that
afternoon he wrote story which
thrilled the press Of Europe as we'll as
of the United States: another (Walter
Whiffen) was shot In the knee on
Russian observation post; another
Charles s. Smith) after n bayonet
and fist encounter at Harbin escaped
with painful decorations: another
(James Hickey was blown through
a glass door by the Halifax explo-
sion. but before dressing his wounds
was resourceful enough to find In
demolished building the terminus OF
the cable to the West Indies and sent
by way of Bermuda and Havana to
new 1OIh tut iusN
out Of Halifax. Such incidents are
not unusual in the service OF your
organization.
- Two American soldiers. wounded
In the recent engagement around Sell
choprey. were found alive last Fri
day In a dugout in No Mans Land.
The dugout had been badly smashed
by German shell fire and how the men
managed to keep alive In. the rain
and mud and under continuous Ger
man bombardments physicians say.
is little short Of miraculous. Another
soldier, Raymond Demunsky. OF New
Haven. Conn. was buried alive for
three days when he crawled to the
surface. Demunsky was found by
American Red Cross stretcher bearers
who went out into No Mans Land Fri
day morning. The Germans fired on
the Red Cross flag but the stretcher
bearers kept waving 1t and the enemy
fire stopped. The American troops IN
the Seichoprey fight. additional details
show, were outnumbered, in some In
stances eight to one. The latest ad-
vices are that the American casualties
are much under the first estimates.
Edward Jacques. a New Haven boy.
told the correspondent he was one OF
a hundred and fifty Americans who at
one time were almost surrounded by
at least eight hundred Germans.
French troops came to their assistance,
said Jacques. Sergeant John A. Dick
man, formerly printer OF Somer-
willie, Mass. and who is now wounded
In a hospital. told a remarkable story.
He and his men had charge OF two
stokes guns. They were isolated for
20 r,ipntes in an enemy barrage and
we're unable to signal the American
lines Dickman was wounded but
Lant mourning q hot fire into the Ger
man attacking waves and broke up
the formation. He and his men re-
tired only when their guns became
TANNED. Machine gun" Parker. who