Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17


central American commerce.
For the immediate future. ac-
cordIng To further extracts from III"
i,.tsJrts lust completed by IN" civil
.,.ri;,l transport committee of the Lon
,nn air board, the commercial aIrshlp
offers Il great advantage over IN" air-
rIanr. particularly concerning pasSen-
gers where comfort and ease oil hhNi-
cation. safety and high ratio Ot dis-
,,os;,Ilc lift are vital considerations.
NirshIpS now exist. the report says
with a range Uf more than 1000 miles
and they can travel at speed oi seN-
.utN-cight miles an hour BE run
nIng their engines slower Il maximum
,.,r,,. of X 400 miles can bc obtained.
ON first speed Cape Town. south Al
rict, Is today rcrially only Il l'ti'
more than three days from SOuthamp-
ton while this ship could fly across
the Atlantic and return without stop
min, The committee points ont that
the future airship will soon develop
:. speed Of 100 miles an hour, thAt IL
will hc fitted with ampl" saloons
stutcrOoms, with in elevator to Il rooi
garden. and will be able TO remain In
the air for over Il week.
-- The war revenue bill as now
Trained. said Senator La Toilette. III
his minority report last Friday IA
vOrs the rich and grinds the poor.
Quoting the estimate made 10y S"cre-
tary McAduo that government eN-
Isnditurps in 1919 would he SlS.OOo'
900 the Wisconsin senator declared
that more than the $6.OOO.OOO.oOO 10
tai Of the bill should be raised pE
taxation. The argument that the wal
rs over and taxes consequently Shoulu
be decreased has little or no weiGh''
he said. when applied TO the taxes on
incomes and war-"XCesS proiitS inc
LilI AS now constituted, he said. VIII
tlk,. hy taxation only S2.iOO,OOO.0OO oi
th, five billion dollar profits made
hv corporations through the war. of
Is per cent. although II has bc"h
widely hrralded through the country
as a hill which will levy an 80 per c"hi
tax on war profits. The prlh'liii
that should guide MS in framing TINS
hill" the report said. "iS that no man
shouId bc allowed To retain dollar
of profits made out OF this war when
thousands of our people have called
mon to give everything. including
their lives, for its prosecution. ahu
millions must suffer great hhrdShi'
ON account Of IL. and generations
must sweat and toll to pay its cost
II is intOlerablc that favored i""
should he allowed to amasS great Tor
tunes by reason of this war. Sena-
tor IaFollctte cCncurrcd In Tn" te-
IA tnn
report opposing fixing OF the rates
of taxation in 1920 at this time.
- DemobiliAatf6n OF the military
forces at home is gaining in moment
um. General March. chief OF stan an
nounced Saturday with approximately
half of the 100000 men in the nome
Camps on November IL specifically
designated for early discharges. Re-
ports OF the war department G"ncrai
March said, indicate a rate OF dis
charge Of about $4,000 men a day
which will bc doubled when d"moDii-
Zation Is in full progress. The list oi
designated troops as given out 10y the
chief of staff shows that OF the com
hat divisions. which arc To he demon
uiZrd last, $4,000 men already nave
been selected for carly discharge. In
addition to the figures for the troops
at home General March said that S.
653 officers and l35.262 men of the eN-
prditionary forces up to December l.
had been designated for return ana ol
these. .373 officers and 3O75O men al
ready have sailed for home. The
troops designated for release from
camps in the United states now TO-
tai $4,000 men in addition to lT.2oS
officers already discharged and en-
brace the following classes: Depot
furlouGhs. $4,000: divisional troops.
10000: corps and army troops. $1,000:
coast artillery. $4,000: engineers. 40
900: medical corps. 5000: ordnance.
8 600: ullartcr1naStCr. 6.000: United
states guards. $4,000: military aero
nautics. 10000: the spruce produc-
tions section. 10000; tank corps. T.
600: chemical warfare. 1000: coal min
ers. 5000: special service units. TO-
600: student army training corps. l6u.-
900: officers training schools. 10000:
troops attached 10 local boards. 1000:
and Porto Rico troops 1000.
- Details OF Americas enormous
preparations" TO ovcrwhclm the Ger
man armies with poison gas were
made public last Saturday by the New
York section of the American Chemi-
cal society Military authorities and
engineering chemists, II was stated
had expressed the belief that Ger
many's knowledge of these prepara-
tions had been an important factor in
causing her TO seek an aI1nisttcc. AS
sorting that in May, 1917. the. produc-
tion OF gas masks was started hy n
group OF five volunteers: Colonel
Bradley Dewey. commanding officer
of the gas defense. declared that up to
the time the truce was signed. there
had been produced 100000 masks.
100000 extra canisters. 100000 horse
masks and large quantities of mus
tard .saS suits. gloves. umtncnts and
antidotcS. The production of gas
masks when hostilitieS ceased, he
added. had reached 10000 day. The
1919 model he said. showed 4 revolu
ton in design overcoming all discom-
forts of earlier patterns and added 10
fold efficiency. Colonel William II.
Walker commanding the EdCcwood
arsenal, said that on November III
we had all the facilities for produc-
Ing mustard gas at the rate of 100
tons day. To say nothing OF our re-
sources for dcluginE our enemies with
chloride. phosgcnc chlorpicrin and
new vapors previously unknown TO
them" He added that there was
never Il day when the production of
material did not exceed the ability TO
utilize IL" and paid tribute to chem
lists who had bravcd the dangers of
poison gas plants far from the Clamor
of the real battlefield. and who in
some cases had made the supreme
sacrifice.
President Wilson and party arrived
at Brest. France last Friday and pro-
ceeded ut once TO Paris. French and
Americans met the party at Rrest and
the people turned out by hundreds OF
thousands, the American sailors filling
the rigging Of the ships and the SOL
diers covering the warehouses and lin
ing the streets for miles. At Paris II
seemed that half the population turned
out and with hundreds of thousands OF
people from the surrounding districts.
The demonstration was even more en-
thusiastic than that which followed the
signing Of the armistice Thousands
and thousands OF the picked troops OF
France were on hand as n guard OF
honor, and though ii was necessary for
them to press back the throngs OF peo-
ple who wanted to get clear view OF
the president and his wife. as well as