Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-26
Scraps and facts.

,,,l,h.r raincOatS sent No S"''' -,
E,. ncc II dcv'lOp"s that NUM-
thoIsands of thcsa' COATS "p" ~
,xh,,rIit:,nt prices ar" worthless; an.
-, ,hc rr;,ud has ts"n pulled OH
,t'rnu,,b ,h,. rascality OF army oiIic'ra
tn crIIusion with contractors. MahE
.,rr,.,s have already been th"ue "'
others are to b" IMAGE
Secretary Baker announced
J,y that ON the rcconNchihE vi ''
,.rcss h,. would present Win "'n
nu.si for new appropriations f't
,,,,Lification Of the draft ages anu
:, somewhat larger military Ih'
y,,iun." The plan concerns th'
LiIizutiOn oil u huge American " ~
urol,:,bly upward oi o.ooo'ooV nv"
,p',nr,,nt,rncnt WAS made as 10 "h'th
dr.,,t ages are to bc lowered
49, ,.,is.d but il is known liht ".
,.,,.,..,IIiug Judgment oi the secl''"'S
advisers is to lower thcih.
..your country is proud oi you anu anu
am mare than proud 10 cohlhi'n.
i,,,,.h men as YOU. You have lousn'
.I,ndidIy" Gen. PCrShlils lhuA q"
,I,css.d wounded American S"i"ie 80
IN. American Red Cross hoSPi'din -
PARIS today. In each waru "l
bn.uu,I h,. talked to Inc Hnn' ~,
,',,,irrd if they we're being well catr'
c. nov and " here they we're Wouiiu-
.d what regiment they beioilSeu
and EXPRESSED his sympathy 'o H.o',
~ uuticuts NO one can aSh n'''
any lighting force than th"'
should do as we'll ;Is you nav uU',,
s..,,J Ia his TROOPS. The General ad-
NJ e., no wished he could talk per
,,,,n,,iIv with each and every man III
,hn bnsr,it;,l. but this WAS Impossipie'
- n. asked Major james i. fcrkW,S
q, r.u.ut his message and SAY 10 c"''
t,,J;yi,Iu,I man, The American peo
uIr are proud of you. Inc Hcici 81
i,Ikcd also with the phHSirithS' SUI
rcuns and nurses ana thahkeu ''t.
tnr The work they wcr" doing III '''-
ing for the wounded.
"Details are now aNiilabl" r'sIl"-
ing the wOundinS oi Major l"'",'p.'
Knoscyclt. He received lha'i'i'''
gun bullet in the left leg lh''IS'''i
morning during the inl'ihl pi'hS
th,. Franco American counter ""."
siyc. Roosevelt went over NV 'uP
with his battalion, following W.T.
in,, hnrr;ir,. across Il wheat in'",
- an enemy machine gun knock'h
him down. The German artiiI'fH WIS
mnkinp il hot for the American St"'i,'
,rnnns Several privatrS droPl"H ~
,h,. ..n,. time Mai jOr Roosevelt uli'
nnns,yrlt coniidrd the command Oh w"
battalion To Il captain. When S'r'"n-
'',. M ,...,r,rs ,,p,sarrd to tax" him away.
RoosryrIt insisted that inc 'h'iS.'"
men h,. carried back nrSl l''''C'iits
"A field dressing station. ~ 49,,
bound up his own w"'''i"' .' ~.
surgeons he didn't want To tah' uP
,h..ir tiu,. Then Ia. rod" To the cN'iCn-
.,inn huspital ON the front seat h Si'
,b,. chauffeur, insisting That th' itloi'
.'',,n,S woundrd hc Accommodated IN
side.
Inclusion in the new war fcN'hu'
,ul ,I,.i,.nrd Ia raise SS,ouO ,oOO,uuo hN
taxation oI a 10 per cent Norman '"N
on all incomes Of individuals alt'r Nv
Ju.,iou or 81 900 exemption Tor I'M
m,rricd pcrsons and $1,000 exemption
,nr married persons. has been lchla'
lively agreed upon 10y the mouse "'HH
and means committee. TINS was "'
dcrs,ood last Tuesday sitter th' S'r-
ond session of the committee "Ii'!i 10
framing the bill for the presentation
I'm the house when congress r'r"n-
,.,.uc. th, last of August. II WAS loih'
cd mi however, the 10 per cent per
sopnl income tax feature IL Sui'r't
4, ,diustmrnt rs the consideration VI
IN, measure in the commute" CON
tinurs chairm'n !..tchin after Mon
DAYS sessi. A., descd that data before
~ committee SHOWS That during the
cnI,nJar year 1913 the net income tc
uortcd by the corporations VIII r'.'e !"
SlO. OOO, 600. 900 and 10y indiHld'G'iS ~
OOO, 600, 900. The commute" NJ MN
DAYS session. Mr.. kitchln S''iu'
cuss,d the question OF dcdhcti"hS'
...'''I;,s and cxrmptiuns which will re-
,,,,,;n Ia. said about us in the present
law.
LOSSES To British and Allied SNIP
ming due To enemy action OF uihi nv
,isk for the month at Jun" t"'ai'i
go 500 ,.ross tons, this h"ing the
In,v,st record for II month sine" sep
,,m,,rr 1916. The British losses 10
toIrJ l6l .O62 tons and Allied ana n'u-
trol LOSSES. lI4,567. The total losses
for the quarter ending June ""'
.,mountcd to 9i6.51S tons, whlrh WIS
the lowest record for any pharl'r
oC 1916. SailinGs continu" al 'h'
biuh level of recent months. lhc l"h-
mage of steamships of 800 gross tons
and over entering or clearing iI"'n i
United Kingdom ports otn'r ''',n
coastwisc and cross ch;lhh'i ''u
totals 733O,3S6 tons. The total san :
inrs for the quarter ending Jun" 8"
wos considerable higher than the
sailing of the two preceding quarters.
Thc above figures were announced ny
tho british admiralty last wednesday,
night. The statement SHOWS w.
mnr a drop I'm the worlds SinklngS "l
81 9O5 tons, as compared win MAY
3T7S6 tons as compared with April
ami l25,S3i tons as compared VIII,
March of the present year Coitiar'nm ..
with June of last year the taiiihS VI"
10 Az O92 tons. The decrease In pure
10 81 toI ions tOnl-
norcd with the May figures: 6'.u"'
IONS ns compared with April and 3D.
sOi os romparrd with March OF the
ur,scnt year and 21l.233 as cofhlat-
cd with June Of last year.
An official dispatch Tuesday from
S,yitzcrland said the German news
nnpers not only admit that the Ter
man offensive has failed, hut express
fenr that General FoCh has huilt up ah
army of reserves that will enable MN
In wrcst the offensive from the fc:-
man high command. The tranNlur'''
Zcitung asserts that the cntir s'ral'-
yical plan of Hindenhurg Is compro-
missed hy the attack on the AlShe-
Marne front. something new np
u,ars in the stratcgiCal SITUATION
SAYS this naper General Foch mas
b,rn able to form an important army
of reserves. Foch'S attack aims 10
deal n blow in the back of Boehm
army and should il he successful II
might compel this army to retreat
under most unfavorahle conditions:
"Foch's attack threatens the whole oil
Hindcnburg's plans" The Strasshurs-
or Post saws the public had. in gencr-
nj. attached too great hopes to the
German Offensive NJ Rheims, ana
asks: From where do these troops
come that the American transports
have really brought more quickly
than they expected" The Munrhencr
Ncustc Nachrichtcn says France Is
still very strong: that America mas
more than half million soldiers in
France. and that the English army
has been reconstructed and put into
a perfect state. II adds that IT Will
take weeks. perhaps. TO wrcst the IN
itiativc from General Foch. the
Koelnischc Volks Zcitung says the fact
must no longer he hidden that Ger
man dcsertcrs have made use OF their
knowledge of the plans Of operations
to betray their country.
Appropriations made by the two