Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-18
MERE ENTIoN

Senator Fall, Republican, OF New
Mexico. will offer for reelection In the
fall.............The British government mas
decided that there will be no winter
racing because OF the strain that IL
will impose on the railroads IN trans
porting horses. forage and spectators
to the various tracks.--------.-Gordon W =.
Cooper OF Lansing. Mich. cadet ari-
ator, was killed at Fort Worth. Texas
last Thursday while attempting 10
land. Thirty-two men OF draft age
including one negro. were held by the
police in New Orleans last Thursday,
because they could not show registra-
tion and classification cards..-......-.-.t OK
Henderson. Sr. brother of Governor
Charles Henderson, OF Montgomery,
Ala. was found dead in bed at his
home in Troy early Thursday morn
ing..The CLIFTON steamer, r. A.
kilburn, was DESTROYED by fire on the
port OF Key West. Fla, early Friday
morning. Outbound steamers from
Newport News, Va, were turned back
at the Virginia capes last Friday night
because OF German submarine which
was sighted near the apes..-.-----....T The
Association OF Military Surgeons OF
the United States, has announced that
the 1918 convention will be held at
Camp Grecnleaf. Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
October l3 to l5.-.....-.George V. Rott-
weller. an interned German, en- route
to Fort Oglethorpe from Rochester. y.
V. escaped from his guard at hotel
in Chattanooga. Tenn, last Friday.
secretary Baker last Friday appoint
ed Max Theleu OF San Francisco. to
be supervisor Of war contracts under
Acting Quartermaster General Goe-
thals.... -Machinist Mate William d..
Jones of Cniondale, Pa, was instantly
killed at Key West. Fla. Friday. when
his body was caught in the propeller
OF a hydroairplane...--....--C Per-
shing reported to the war department
Friday night the names OF eleven Of
ticers and men awarded the distin-
guishCd service croSs...........-.Dr. David
Barrow. chancellor Of the Uni
versity Of Georgia. has received news
of the death OF his SON. law. Cap
tain Henry Lee Jewett Williams. who
was killed in action in France on June
Walter Morcom. we'll known
builder, died at his home in Mexico
City. last Wednesday night............Brig.
General Arthur NJ. Asquith has been
appointed to be the controller OF the
trench warfare department OF the
ministry Of munitions OF the British
war department.....-........E England has
called up men Of 40, so and 81 for ex-
animation for military service..............
1t is officially stated that American
war craft ut work in British waters
have sunk 2S German submarines
since January l..---....-...Brcausc OF his
health Secretary McAdoo has been
forced TO leave Washington for rest
OF at least two weeks............J. Carlc
.nnlrEn of
Ala. was shot 10 death saturday
night by an unknown negro. who
made his Washington au-
thoritics are figuring that the war
will not come to an end before Janu-
airy, British casualties for
the week ending June Is. totaled 49,
So, including 4.464 killed. 17.4l6
wounded, and 12.Ol3 missing.
| Eddie Rickcnbacker. former automo-
bile driver, has been recognized ~
Americas second ace" in France.
He brought down five Hun fiicrs from
April % to May 20............Tt was stated
In the German rcichstag Friday that
German soldiers returning from Rus
sia. are imbucd with Bolsheviki ideas
and are everywhere distributing re-.
| evolutionary pamphlets..............E English
food factories this year are expecting
to handle 10000 tons of fruit for pre-
| sery'ing and distribution between
fruit harvests....-.....A Smith Centre.
| Kan. man sold his mustachc. which
he had worn for 10 years, at auction
| for S26.i5, for the benefit OF the Red
Cross............In n letter TO Governor
Harrington Of Maryland, President
Wilson strongly endorses the work or
fight" law OF Maryland. and says he
hopes to see such law in every state
in the union............Sir Bernard Millct
registrar general OF England, in an
address in London, said that 12.5O0.0 900
potential lives have thus far been
the the cost of the war to the bellig-
ercnt powers. In four years Great
Britain's birth rate has been reduced
"a per cent...........In the British house
Of commons today, Andrew B0n6i
LTw,- chancellor Of the exchequer, Is
expected to move war appropriation
OF 5OO.OOO,0OO. making a total OF
appropriations since the beginning OF
the war of S36.71 {. .000. 0.000...... Pranl,
T. Buhl OF Sharon, Pa, steel manu-
facturer, died last week, leaving m
estate of $l5.000.000, of which $1,000
900 Is TO go for the relief of war suf-
fcrcrs OF Belgium and northern
| When the British battle
ship Eagle. the third of it's name
was launched at an English shipyard
Il few days ago. Mrs. Page, wife OF
Ambassador Page OF the United
States. acted as sponsor in naming
the vessel.