Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-12
MERE-MENTION

Two New York negroes have been
cited for bravery by the French gov
ernment for putting forty Germans to
flight in No Mans Land............-An cpl
dcmic of Spanish grip is prevalent In
No Mans Land......-The emperor OF
Germany has accepted the resignation
OF Dr. Richard Won kuelhmann. the
German foreign secretary, who In
speech a few weeks ago said that 1t
could hardly be expected that peace
could be secured by military decision
alone. Austrian prisoners recent!
captured by Italy, are said to Lave
been ignorant Of the fact that the
United States Is in the war..-...-...One
hundred and forty -one non-combatants
have been killed In Paris during the
past six months through airplane raids
and the long distance gun...-.....German
newspapers are preparing the pubic
for q radical move against Russia as
punishment for the assassination OF
Ambassador Mirbach at Moscow. The
papers hint at a march against Mos
cow Eleven men were landed at
an Atlantic port Monday by transat-
lantic steamer, who were picked up at
spa>. on July 4th, after they had been
adriit eleven days in q small boat, fol-
lowing the sinking Of the Norwegian
ship Augvald by q German u-boat.
Thirteen other members Of the crew
are still missing. American SOL
dier on the night Of July 4, entered q
German dugout at Hamel village. The
place was dark. He knew Huns were
there and called for surrender. Some
one struck at him with the butt Of a
rifle. He began firing with his auto
matte. They soon yelled "Kamarad."
A light was produced. Five had been
killed. Nine surrendered.---.Thc Can
adian Ford Motor company has closed
up its shops indefinitely following a
demand Of its employees for IS per
eight-hour day..--..:.-.:King George and
their silver wedding anniversary on
last Monday. Private Patrick j.
Connolly, a Sim Fein "objector," tried
before a court martial at Camp Dix, N.
J., for refusal to don the uniform Of
the u. s. army. has been sentenced to
serve fifteen years at hard labor at
Fort Jay. n. Handspring styles for
women's shoes in 1919 will be confined
to low heels, and there will be NO fan
cy colors, tans, blacks and whites be-
ing the standards. No tops more than
eight inches from the ground will be
allowed. .Wreckage from what Isl
believed to have been the mothership
of the Hun u-boats recently operating
of the Atlantic coast, has been washed
ashore at Rockaway Point, L I. The
wreckage included six bombe and sew
eral rockets The bombs bore instruc-
tions for use, printed in German......-...--.t
Two men, one Of them q priest, were
killed near Colon, Panama, Sunday, as
the result Of election disputes.---..
American sergeant, helping the French
In clearing Hill 204 Of Huns exhaust
ed his supply Of grenades against a
boche machine gunner In q tree. The
sergeant threw down his rife. climb |
ed the tree and knocked the Hun out
with his detached bayonet--....--.--Ten
million pounds Of sugar have recently |
been received In Philadelphia by rail
direct from Cuba The freight cars
were loaded at the Cuban sugar mills, |
ferried across to Key West and thence
by rail to the Philadelphia renneries. |
.-.-.-Included In the booty captured |
by the Italians In their recent success |
on the Piave river, are more than 1,30o !
machine guns used by the AustrienA