Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-31

man. according to the story. had set up
thu, crowd and when he refused to pay.
Young Guest struck him over the head
with bottle. He was then set on by
the party OF soldiers and badly beat
up and would probably have been kill
ed, but for the interference Of the
conductor For some reason unknown
here. young Guest was lodged in jail,
probably to await the outcome Of the
injuries inflicted on the French officer
ne struck.
- Regulations establishing the Z"n"
system OF postal rates for newspapers
and magazines have been issued 10y
the postmaster general. That part ot
periodicals. devoted TO reading matter
after July |. is assigned ii rat" Of II
cents a pound for the first year and
u cents thereafter. The portion oi
periodicals devoted 20 advertising
matter is assigned To zone rates run
ming up from Il cents to 81 cents III"
first year. In 1919 the regulations pro
vide a scale running to 81 cents. while
in the third year the charge is raised
to 1874 cents in the farthCSt zone.
and in the fourth year il is raised to
10 cents. ImmCdiat" zones take Il rat"
prOpoi iOnat"ly increasing. To mak"
effective the discrimination between
the weight of reading matter AMI ad-
vcrtisinS, the regulations prOviu" that
all publishers shall file Il copy oi "r-
cry publication marked To show the
percentage of each.
One union express company Ter the
United States was created last Tues
day by IN agreement between Dr"c-
tor General McAdOO and the AdtmS
American, Wells Fargo and Southern
companies. whose transportation hISi-
ness will be merged under Il new pri-
vatc corporation with capital of nor"
than $30.O00.O00, to be known probably
as the Federal Express company. ,ico.
&. Taylor, now president of tie Amrri-
can, will he head of the new concern.
After July !, when the combination
becomes effective. shippers will direct
shipments "by express" without re-
card TO company and soon thereafter
the individual names of the separate
companies will begin to disappear
from wagons. stations and cars. The
company will be the express carrying
agency of the railroads. operating pri-
vately. hut under contract to turn over
so per cent of their gross revenue
more than s200.0O0.000 last year-to
the roads for transportation privileges.
Three smaller railroad owned com
panies, the Western, Great Northern,
and North Nrp. may join in the coplhi,
nation later.
Government war expenses. includ-
ing loans to the Allies, will run above
$l,5OO,OOO,0OO this month, and set a
new high record for any belligerent
nation. Expenditures reported We'd
nesday by the treasury show that the
governments outlays in the last month
have taken q big jump Of more than
$500. 0.0O0.000 above the normal rate in
the past. and they promise To 80 stead
lily higher In the next six months
Tentative estimates now are that SILL
900. .0O0.00O will he spent between next
July l, the opening day of the new
fiscal year. and December 81, six
months later. and the greater part OF
this must be raised by the fourth Lib
erty loan in October or November
which President Wilson in his revenue
address before congress explained
would be the biggest popular credit
ever offered. So far as officials are
able to estimate at this time. more
than $4,000. 100000 will be spent by
the government i'm the next fiscal year.
ending on June 80. The figure is baS-
cd on the belief that after monthly eX-
penditures reach $4,000. 100000 a
month. they will be limited by the
output OF American industries and the
carrying capacity Of available ocean
tonnage.
An official dispatch of Tuesday
from the Lorraine front told about
Americans firing on Germans who ap-
preached with hands up aS IL To sur
render. Army officers ut Washington
explain the matter. On more than one
occasion. they say. the Germans de
liberately have sent patrols forward
.,,EN Il l.
holding up his hands high in the air
and shouting the familiar "kamcrad."
Directly behind these and shielded
from view would he two or three men
with light rapid tircrS. AS the party
approached the first line would drop
to the ground or quickly separate and
the machine gunncrS would obtain
immense advantage in sweeping Il
considerable section of the trenches.
The reception given the patrol hy the
American commander indicated that
the Allied generals have determined 10
stop this violation of one OF thu most
elementary rules of civilized lighting.
Instances frequently have been re-
ported of the Germans failing to re-
spect white flags sent forward with
parley parties. With the Allies adopt
ing precedent established by the
Germans some officers are OF the opin-
ion that hostilities in which little
quarter will he given and perhaps
none At all are not beyond the bounds
OF possibility.
In the opening of their drive dur
ing Monday and Tuesday the Germans
took all the ground in the Chcmip des
Danes region that was so gallantly
won by the French in the great
struggle from April to October. 1917.
What is now left of Chemin des Danes
(Road of the Ladies) runs along the
crest Of the rough hills between the
Aisne and the Ailette rivers. which
are about five miles apart. These hills
in which are many great caves and
Quarrics. were the stopping place of
Won kluck's army on the retreat from
the Marne. After the retreat OF the
Germans in picardy last March. the
French. under Gen. Nivelle. captured
most Of the hills on April 16. They
suffered such heavy losses. however.
that their offensive was stopped and
Gen. Nivelle was soon relieved of his
command. The German crown prince
through May. June and July. in a Sc
ries Of desperate attacks. vainly
tried to drive back the French. Final
ly. blow struck by Gen. Petain last
october. captured strong positions at
the western end OF the ridge to the
then compelled to retire entirely from
the hills and take defensive positions
behind the Ailette river. The Aisne
river at Pont-Arcy. where the Ger
mans have reached. Is about 81 miles
from Paris. The Aisne is itself
strons defensive barrier and others lie
on the road to the capital.
President Wilson went before con-
gress Monday and urged the passage
of revenue bill at this session. He
said the consideration that dominates
every other now and makes every 9TH
er seem trivial and negligible is the
winning OF the war" The president
recommended that congress turn Ito
war profits and income and luxuries
for the additional taxes" He warned
against the lobbyists who hurry Ito
Washington to attempt to turn what
you do In the matter Of taxation to
their protection or advantage" The