Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-28
Scraps and fatts.

f,grrnAnS tI.Ifh. II H. I'N ~ ~ f'''
stood that tn" American lore" ~ I" h'
:, I,,r,. on,.. but that IL no; th' point
KIM NiCrO, Emmanuel EhS "Spf"SS''
:, desire. To hav. the American UNIFORM
,,.prcs.utrd IN Italy. and hc has aHs'ii
,d President Wilson that the presthC"
OF American troops VIII 90 ilu'h !"
hcnrt,n and cncOuraS" his ptOpIt' rs
10 how many troops ar" 10 b': SEM ~
Italy has not set been d"ilhitci! dtG'"
ed: but ih" probability Is th;,' IN
will inClud" at least ihil "''''
corps.
The. widest riot in IN" hlstofH VI
Halifax. y. =. occurred last HatuI"ns
riyh, whcn returned soldiers attempt =
cd 10 rcScu" other sOIalcTS WI" i
l,.,n arrested 10y the police. The lAOi,
tri,d 10 wreck and hurn the city hall
and the police headquarters. cut lh'.
h,,s,. when the fircmcn arrived ana
forced the fir.mrn to retreat. Tn" mon
h,.Id SWAY until the garrison regiment
arrived with loaded rifles. liundrrdS
of marines. with loaded rifles ana hN-
ed hayonets landed from whrShli's.
suCCrrdcd in dispensing the ci"wnS'
Sc,rral PERSONS were injured lhcih'-
ing three police officers. The damage
10 the city hall will amount TO S"N'rai
thousand dollars.
II, has now developed that tn"
,.,in,.i,,rI Grievance OF the Minnesota
council OF defcns" against Senator la ,
Toilette on account oil ms ~ i""'
stp,cCh h"fOr" the On-Ptrtis;n t'aE"
was based upon error. Tn" AsSocla"h
Press reported Mr. Lafoil"tte as nav
ing said that we had no grievance
.,,,,inst Gcrmanv." and tn" official re-
card has il that Mr. laFOll"ttc Shld'
~. have grievances against yer
many" The error has been httrlhutt"
In IN, ~ Paul Pioneer Press; hlh li'
,,unci:,,.d Press has CXOnOrtted lth'
tr,urr pointing out that The lo''''.
Press I'm it's report Oi tn" Si"ech ny
doy. plainly specified ihht S'ii'"'
l.. Toilette had admitted lh' 'NiS'-
cnc. OF grievances against ''crih'hH'
MEXICO has dissolved diplomatic
,,l,tions with Cuba, and thr 'uhah
minister To Mexico and the M'Ni'hh
charge d'affairs in Havana nay" 'mn'h
recalled To their respective posts w,
exact meaning oi Ill" rupt"t' IT.
hcrn given ont: bit II Is SuppoS'a W
lac connected with Il recent alleged ar'
nf ,h,. Cuban government in s"arch-
in,, IN. buprng,. uf the Mexican minis
,,T ia Argentina while h" was stop
ming over i'm Havana. and holding ON
10 paIrrs OF intcrnational linpoi T.
N.xirn il believed to bc negotiating
with Argentina and other Ho"'n
American countries for tn" purpose oi
agreeing on a common at'itnar 'oM'i"
the war. Mexico il dccld'diF pro-
German, and is supposed 10 u" 'rHlnS
tn influence other South Nh'li'h
countries in the same direction. IL Is
,,a,;n,.,.a nrol,ahlc that Mexico may
ncxt dissolve relations with the MT
cd States.
The Germans got another Dis
TRANSPORT last Thursday. tn" 5ritisn
steamer Moldavia. between England
and France, and il is stated that o."
American soldiers lost their llE'S'
There are very few details. Ihe hoi-
d,yia was Il big ship of more IMAM
o 600 tons burden. and she had on
hoard several thousand troops. IL II
understood that In" soldiers wcrr
probably asleep on the liner dech anu
they were unable to escape IN" ihruSh
of water that followed the explosion
An the other soldiers and sailors on
the ship lined up promptly ana were
taken of on accompanying vessels
They lost their clothing. baggage anu
supplies, but were reSupplird OH lneii
arrival at port. This is the thlrd
transport that has been sunk WIN
American soldiers aboard. The nrs'
ship to go down was the ahtiil'S'
which was sunk while she was return
ing from Europe. This was on octo-
her II last. Seventy Americans were
Iost The next ship to go down was
the Tuscania on the coast OF lrelano
on February 5. The missing included
SSaortcanS-
An American accommodating party
commanded by Lieut.. A. l.. CraddocK
hn1 thrilling
hand -tO-h hand encounter with Germ;nS
i'm No Mans Land In picardy last Fri
day night. In the face OF contlnu-
ous fire from two machine guns they
charged the enemy. Although Lieu
tenant Craddock and several OF ms
men were seriously wounded. thcH
continued fighting and drove OF inc
Germans One Of the Americans was
shot i'm the head and body ana ElN on
the ground stunned. When n" came 10
ne found n German holding him 10y
the shoulder. He whipped out ms
pistol and killed the German. Anoth-
cr detachment during the course of
the night penetrated enemy organiZa-
tions In the Bois Ollognc. attacked II
German post and killed tive Germans
and took one prisoner. The prisoner
told the same story rs thousands oi
others who have been taken 10y th"
British and Frcnch-that he would
give anything to see the war ended
lie apparently knew nothing regard
ing future German movements.
Full strength of the new army, in
cluding National army. National guard
and the regulars now Is 100000 men.
Chairman Dent OF the house military
committee announced last Saturday IN
his report on the army appropriation
bill. The report disclosed that the cN-
act number of American airplancS Ill
France Is 1876, OF which 323 are COM
bat planes. There are $3.50 planes in
the United States. the report said
The total number of officers IN the
army was given In the report at liO.-
1873. while the total of men before the
April draft call was 1.506.l52. The
drafts since that time carry the total
Of enlisted men slightly above 2.OOO.-
900. There are 504.677 men in the
regular army. the report said. 5lO.96S
I'm the National army. Ill.952 In the
National guard and 1850 in the re-
serve corps. while some mistakes
and delays have occurred" the report
said. ION the whole we think the coun-
try Is to be congratulated that after Il
little more than a year from the date
of the declaration OF war. our country
has constructed wonderful military
establishment"
Lloyd George. the British premier.
made wonderfully encouraging
speech in Edinburgh on last Friday
Among other things. he said that dur
ing April the Allies launched more
ships than the Germans were able 10
sink. and the general situation is now
more favorable TO the Allies than at
any time since the beginning OF tn,
war. Although the United States is
now rapidly rushing troops into
France. the American strength is
hardly onc-fifth of what the Germans
have gained through the collapse Of
Russia: hut still General Foch. who
is probably the ablcst soldier of his
day. understands the whole situation
thoroughly and is confident as to the
outcome. He said that the Allies are
now very considerably stronger in
proportion than they were at the he
ginning OF the German assault on
March 2l. fIe described the situation
as a race between President Wilson
and Hindenburg. Hindcnhurg trying TO
overcome the Allies before the arrival
OF sufficient number OF Americans 10