Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-22

:, ppG ,nnrr than ThnmISun. Joseph r..
Davis, the Democratic candidate had
5jl,3 votes, and Victor l'erber, 'hc
Socialist candidate. under lhulc'ihch'
for alleged violation OF the espionage
:ct. had 3G,Gi5 votes. All the isurcs
.,r,. NOT i'm vet: but the probability is
that I.cnroot will win over Ihoill'Soh.
There has been Il story that berger
ynuId Withdraw before the general
election next month in favor OF Davis.
the Democratic candidate: hui inns
Icrrrr ,.ruphatirallv denies. III" ~
running us "A Socialist, claims that ms
Indictment VAS Il political trick an"
saws that he will certainly run IN th'
general election.
Washington March 20: American
farmers were today urged to ME am
d:,vits for deferred classification Tor
their farm hands in I statement 10y thc
United States employment bureau: ihr
service warned that IL farmers laile"
to follow this advice thcy Sh"uid h"'
conIplain if their farm hands are TAX
,n i'm the new draft of Approximately
40 900 men who will be called to IN"
coIorS Immediate action along TINS
line. WAS requested of all farmers 10y
the cmplovmcnt service To hclp llliH
the critical farm labor shortnS" whl'n
now faces the nation. The l"cli
draft boards" Director John Il. Dcns-
more said. being judicial bodies. can
not defer the call of such men uhicSS
the farmers employing them support
their claims for such deferred clasSi-
fc;ttion with afidavits. IL Is therefore
very important that farmers lmmedi-
atciy execute and file such affidaviiS
with the local boards" Provost Mar
shal General Crowdcr has ordered that
men engaged in farm production VINO
are listed i'm class OF the draft ana
who are within the new quota 10 he
deferred until the end of the quota.
The supreme war council OF the
allies have ISSUED statement con-
,irmning German political crimes
against the Russian and the Rouman-
ian people and refusing to acknowI-
edge Gcrinanys peace treaties WIN
them, and also declaring: we are
lighting and mean to continue hGnl-
ing, i'm order to finish once Tor all WIN
this policy of plumber. and esthhiiSh
i'm lis plaCr the peaceful reign Oi or
",nizrj Justice" The British foreign
office has issued Il statement "mhodN-
ing a protest OF the cntrnt" pr"inirfS
and foreign ministers assembled III
London against GcrmanA'S action III
the name OF German peace toward lir
RusSian people. The protest conciud-
as: Peace is loudly advertised Ollt
under the disguise OF rernal proI'S-
sion lurk the brutal realities oi war
and the untrmprrcd rule oi Il EiW"SS
force" Meeting of tn" supreme war
CounCil and important political con-
rcrrnccs under the presidency OF IRE,
micr David Lloyd George. were held
in Downing street Thursday. FRIDAY
and Saturday. They were attended 10y
the prcmirrS OF France and ltalE ana
other ministers with their military
and expert advisers.
-ARrrican military observers nav"
reached the conclusion that GcrmanES
constant maSSing of men ON the west
crn front IN for defense, ana that th'
long -hcraldcd Tcutonic offensive never
wiIl mn,rrialiZr unless il develops as
a defensive measure against the grow
ing pressure of the allies and Amcri-
can line This view. held Tor weeks u!
some officers. is expressed ofiiciaiiN IN
the war departments weekly review OF
operations at the battle fronts. Fresh
German divisions are reported arriV-
ing i'm the west, the review says. ana
the density ut the enemy forces mas
nearly reached the point where con-
rrstion of lines of communication may
interfere with tleNibility OF inanruNcr
The review records the trSt hh-
assisted American assault upon the
Germans, the trench raid nj dawn ol
March IL. when the enemy was driven
out and his position penetrated Tor
n distance of 300 yards. The Ameri-
cans now are i'm the trenches along
the allied line at five different points
and are reported constantly active.
referring to Secretary bakers ar
rival in France. the review says he
has had interviews with the prlnel-
pal French authorities and IL about
to undertake careful inspection ot
American schools. trimming areas. resi-
camps and sectors at the front.
Eifty persons were killed and great
material damage waS done 10y bombs
dropped by allied airmcn when they
rlidcd CohlcnZ. Germany. on March l..
according to Il neutral Traveller. VINO
arrived in London last Monday ut IN"
Hague. the Times says: The people
believed the raiders were Americans
the traveller said. IL was in the neigh
borhood OF big munition works at
Mulhcim (north of CoblcnZ and also
ON the Rhin,) ut ten minutes past noon
when suddenly all the factory whistles
started blowing and the sirens were
sounded. Many women rushed from
the works for the bomb proof shelters,
while passing street cars were stopped
or five airplanes were visible in the
clear sky. Presently some one cNclaim-
ed: They are Americans" Another
person screamed aloud: The Amcri-
cans are coming 4 DutChman | knew
rushed up To me and said: Didn't
tell YOU the Americans would come
sooner or later | cannot say wheth-
er the machines actually were Ameri-
can hut the striking thing was the
evidence that there has been general
skcpticism whether American airplanes
ever would come and equal fear OF
them when they 10" The neutral
traveller added that although the ma
chimes merely passed over Mulhelm on
their way to CoblenZ. II was not until
four O'Clock that the "all clear signal
was sounded.
After being turned down three
times by the army and navy, Leopold
Strauss. son OF Benjamin Strauss OF
No. Sc West 112th Street. New York.
went TO France with the Presbyterian
hospital unit. and there. according to
n letter recently received from him. he
at last got a chance to do his bit. He
did II by Offering himself. with two
others, as subject for incubation
with trench fever germs. so that the
American medical men might seek 4
cure. The incubation consisted in
taking from soldier patients "cooties
or "cnats," as young Strauss calls
them, and placing them on the arms
OF Strauss. Twice a day for twenty
minutes each, during a period OF four
weeks. these trench vermin were thus
permitted to feed" Then came the
observation period to see whether the