Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-20
Scraps and fats.

ira sport Otranto have been recovered
u having come ashore within one
week. or these 20 have not been IL
entitled. There are l43 other bodies
that have been found. but whether
they are those OF Americans or mem
bcrs OF the transports crew had not
been determined Another British
army labor battalion has arrived a.
the island to aid in the work OF comb
ing the wreckage from the steamer lOF
bodies. Several that came ashore on
the neighboring Island of Jur't nave
been removed 70 Islay and buried.
An ancient form Of punishment III
favor IN the Middle Ages writes "
CORRESPONDENT from BruGeS mas be'h
adopted in Belgium for Belgian wo-
mon who were too friendly toward the
German invaders or who listened 10
their love making. They nave beci
shorn OF their hair. In BruSeS SeNcI"i
women who suffered this form oil re-
tribution and either must remain IN
doors or patrUniz" the Wig makers
I, is known that this method has been
annIicd in al least one other place.
The scenes attending the application
of this punishment have been rither
I,,isrrro,is. Corporal punishment is
visited upOn the prO-Gcrinans among
the Belgian men but Few oi iheS'
awaited the wrath OF the BclGiah
avengers. They dcCampcd before thc
Belgian troops reOccupled tic cI'i'a
and towns which had been held under
German domination.
- Gloomy reports OF the situation IN
Russia. particularly nj ictr"sraa'
continue. 10 reach the state depart
,ncnt at Washington. y diSpatch
Tuesday announced that the SOVIET
government has restricted the lniiuN
OF hungry and destitute prisoners re-
turning from German anu AUSTRIAN
prison camps without Officers or
guards. The condition OF the lnlddIc
classes in Petrograd is said to bc cX-
tremcly bad and great numbers are
dyinS daily Of starvation. NO lhel -
available and the people are Obliged
m keen their beds day and night
The Bolshcvik section Is reported
Gaining numerically because 1t con
trolls the distribution OF food Iher"
, is increasing disorder in the adihih-
istrotion OF affairs. according 10 thtS'
ndyiccs. Many scandinavian inGi-
tiy.s. escaping from BOlshevik ter
rors. are arriving in Sweden.
-- The British occupation of Cologne
and other German cities IL not as
complaiSant rs might seem. Ven
plumcr, in command, mas ISSUED vi
dcrs under which all citizens mus.
give I'D such arms as they may nave
IN nossession. There must be posted
on the doors of each house the names
of all who claim the place as nome:
ScwsnapcrS must be censored, anu
no pamphlets may be dlStrlpu''"'
No one shall ride Il horse or inotorcE-
Gle without special PERMISSION. No
one must leave the city limits Mlnou'
a pass. All must carry idehtiilcalIoi.
cards with photographs ana hhEeI
prints. There must tie no tcltphon'
communication without perillsSloiI' L.
The military has the right to Search
any man suspected of carrying "a con-
rooIed weaDon. The death renaltN
may bc dccrCed against those Wh"
ottcmpt violence against British SOL
Jiers Some several hundred citizens
of Cologne made experiments the
first night TO see whether the ordeI
against going on the street al nlShI
was really in earnest. They ioun'
that the order meant what II Sald.
Fines were collected from each Oh
fender.
Capt. Benjamin :. Lipsner, VINO
resigned recently as superintendent ol
the government aerial mail service.
announced in New YORK lew nI|".I'
ago. that, backed hy group "i
wealthy men, he will establish next
wear the first aerial passenger and eN-
press lines In this country. captain
Jipsner said ne was not at hheftE I"
announce proposed routes. hut assert
pd that the first line would be put into
operation on May Is, 1919. the ser
vice. he said, would he started WIZ,
six planes, each with speed OF ltV
miles an hour and orrow T.S oi sV
passcngcrs or an eTui'" a. MeIsl'. n,.
in express Equipment or pasScnser
planes, he said. will include wIrcies:
trIephonc system ana al hut'H, ;,,
scientific appliances the rates WI VII
30 witbin the reach of all" he added.
Contain Lipsner also said that un-
loss some one else has already done
so on June Is ne will make the hrsI
trans Atlantic flight selecting IN.
sam. routc followed by the transport
George Washington taking lTeS'u'''
Wilson TO France. He added that u
"snopoinr plane" to he used in night
is now being constructed.
Genrrnl Pcrshing has Cabl"d the
,v,r denartmCnt that practically 'oni-
rletc reports of deaths IN action
nmorC the cXpeditiOnary forces sh"'Iiu
reach the department by )cc'mo'r -
and OF severely wounded hN p'ct,t
b,r -. Total casualties to Norcmhei
% in the Thir;ieth Division (Nor'h
Corolina. South Carolina and Tcrnes-
500 National Guard) were given at
6o3 The casualties were classIIeu
ms follows: Killed in action, l'loe'
dicd of wounds. 23S: died OF dlSeaSC'
Is: died of other causes. D: s"'cIelH
wound,tl, l.1Sl: wounded, dcSrc" un'-
determined, sos: slightly woundcu. D.
g13: missing or captured, l9S. NISh-
rr;ll PcrShing reports that the nu,'pSI
of duplicated casualties dlScoN''cu III
thn central records office since NO
vcmhcr - would not operate TO re-
durr the total for the entire cNprdi-
tionnry forces given in his summary
of that date. as additional casualties
reportrd more than offset the dupH-
cafes. The rcpOr: from the American
commander w;ls in reply TO Spe'il'
questions cabled by the war depart
mcnt. In asking regarding the cas-
ualties in the Thirticth DIVISION thc
denartmcnt said there had oech
",nurh apprehension" here about tn"
LOSSES of this unit. which helped the
Rritish army break the famous Hin
drnburg line.
One of the most horrible tragedies
which has happened in this section
for many wears occurred last Satur-
day afternoon at the Southern pass
enSer station in Charlotte when
Charles II. Snidcr. a soldier who mad
inst received his discharge from the
army. killed IL. y. Windcr. Il Soutn-
ern railway engineer. almost sever
iny his victims head from his body
attempted TO kill his wife and held the
officers at bay for awhile with a pistol
which he snatched from the VI. J.. VINO
attempted to arrest him. From the
accounts of the homicide appearing
in the Observer il seems that Snider
approaChed Winders from the rear
while the latter was talking 10
Snid"r's wife and slashcd his throat
with a razor. Rev. f.. y. Orr. \. NJ.
&. 4. secretary ut Camp Greene. was
nearby and Immediately called for
help to get the wounded man into an
automobile to take him to hospital.
He had difficulty in getting any OF the
bystandcrs to help him. One man.
when called on. said Il don't want to
get nv nands bloody" Snider made
n lunCe at his wife's throat with the
razor but she threw up her crms and
received a cut TO the bone on her
wrist. Snider then relieved military
policenan of his gun and. taking his
I,-ifc with him, walked up Trade street.