Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30

Tho total number of Americans III
France last Saturday was l'ZooVpp.
This includes 100000 which wer" s"H'
forward during July.
A German dispatch says 'hat
when German officers undertook 10
get information from American WI
prisoners. the prisoners usual! au
yls.. them to ask pershlnG or 10 ch"i'
Wilson IL is said that SUCH answers
made the Germans furious ana 'h'S'
OF course is quite natural
- Herbert G. Hoover. American i"oh
administrator. Is in IbnG"h. AZ
dinner gIvcr III lis hohoi "Sl
h,. said: "I am happy 10 say that
- u..nrlIcs are assured for the
,,.ri,si of In. war. and | do not thlnk
!, p.cexsary 10 estimate for NOR" thitii
,w,, wears more In less than lWo
yc,rs th,. result will be victory
in a talk to the newspaper men
I'm Washington last Saturday, 'i'h.
March. chief OF stan. said that durihE
the prcyious ten DAYS the Americans
had advanced eleven miles against
th, Germans, from Chateau lhi'rIH'
The Germans were at thdt tiilc '''N'h
miles further away from faiiS .naH
when the drive began. Also inc pa'-
tI, line between Rheims and SoiSSOhs.
-.
miles from its greatest length OF -
miles ten days before.
Hone of winning the war Is iad-
ing fast in the German tr"ncheS' IL
letters taken from some German pr'S
onrrs accurately reveal the inoralc VI
some OF the German troops. hc
Americans are In front ol liS, ah" ''!'S
are terrible men," read one PI,:r
taken from a German prisoner. W.
no longer have any hope, IL coh'ihu
ed. 'My company oil l3V II uo"" w
30" "Wc should stop before We ;i.
utterly demolished" wrote anotn'r
I;rrmnn soldier. IL am always hoping
the French may succeed in roplnS us
i'm W.. should then at any rat" h'
relieved from the moral anguish We
arc continually suffering. our Str"hE'h
is Incoming more and more stpp'n'
and If some OF us do get nome we
shall bc broken men.
I;oycrnor William ID. Stephens
of California. announced last S;'ur-
d,y that he had decided To grant u
r.prirvc 10 Thomas j. Mooney, whicH
will oIs.r;Itc as Il stay oi 'N'Fu''o"
until December l3. 1918. lhc GOVT
nor announced that he took TINS ac-
,inn :,t this time that all persons IN
tho state and throughout the country
might hr assured the fullest consider
,,inn will hc given the case 10y IN"
cx,rutiyc and judicial branches oi th'
royrrnment of California. Inc
Nnoncy case has been in courts o'
this state for more than Two years
and the records and briefs are Noiuil-
inous and ] will require all OF TN.
,imr brtwccn now and Dcc"nhcr /"
,n ,,iv, This matter careful consid"ra-
tinn which Justice 10 both Thomas ).
Noon,y and the Iropl" demands shall
I,. given" SAYS Il statement gwen out
by Governor stephens
-Thrr,. il not and never has hcch
the slightest reason To SuppoS" lhal
Gen. Foch expected To trap Il nan Il
million Germans in the Rheims SolS.
sons pOckct. II must bc rcin"inmr'u
that this last great operation WAS
commenced 10y thu Germans IN lh'
nature of Il drive toward l'aris. Inc!
had alyrady crossed tn" Marn" river
i'm large numbers and they we're 'N-
rrctinp TO prIsh forward in over
wbclminr force. But the Allies not
only held their ground, hut dror" 'h'
(:nrm,ns back until the Germans
were confined to Il deep pocket WIN
rho Allies all around them, except a'
the top opening. Upon TINS Situa
lion the Allied world began to build
up a hope that the entire h'riiiah
army would hc captured. Bnt Ten
Foch never thought anything oi thr
kind. He was we'll aware tha' ne ula
not have enough men to accomplish
such a thing He did do what h" sci
ont to do. however. and more. lie
not ONLY kept the Germans from com
ing on: hut ne drove them back.
American troops advancing along
the Marnc have discovered hundreds
of dead Germans. The victims lcli
before the Americans heavy machlhe
gun fire during the retreat. In one
horscshoe area the ground was COW
cred with dead. The Americans bur,-
ed as many bodies as was posSinic.
is estimated 1000 Germans icii therc'
Farmers along the Mainc report nav
ing seen the bodies OF German dcau
ano,inp downstream. The militars
nuthorities are planning some system
nv which they can clear the river ol
hndirs. Three days after the GcrmanS
,yacuatcd Chateau ThicrfE. 'n'
Americans found a lone German IN
Mont 81. Pere. hiding in Il cellar. Inc
prisoncr said he was tired OF the war
and was determined To sccretc nun
self. Notwithstanding the iact that nc
had no food. and later take q chance
by surrcndcring to the Aiiles. ile
said the German soldiers were uiS-
satisfied with the way affairs were
going and that the general OPINION
among them was that the crown
nrinrr was unable to bring Suiiiclcnl
rc-inforcemcnts or food supplies 10
aid the forces being attacked from inc
south. The American soldiers watch-
ed with pleasure the prisoner appcaSc
his appetite after his three days
fast.
Satisfactory progress is hcinE
mad, by the American troops assist
ing the French and British in push
ing I'm the German lines on the SolS-
sons Rhcims salient. members oi tnr
house military committee wcr" '"iu
last Friday by Secretary Bakcr anu
General March. chief OF staH' me
TRANSFORMATION facilities OF the cNpe-
ditionnry army are fully meeting the
strain placed upon them i'll keeping
the moving troops supplied ana IN
bringing up heavy guns and ammlinl-
tion, the representatives were toIu'
While without information as 10
casualties in the present battle, sec
rctary Baker said the percentage o'
men killed in previous nShtinS mas
bccn remarkably low. Figures lur-
nishcd the committee mcmhcrs SHOW
nJ ,bot IN, death rate in battle has
been eight per thousands while there
was exactly the same proportion o'
deaths from disease among the cNlH-
dictionary forces. The official said TINS
undoubtedly was the lowest ucalh
rate among troops at war in the ms
tory of the world. Members oil the
committee inquired as to the losses 10y
the Germans in killed sine" the pres
cnt battle started. but General March
said he had no information on tha'
subject, adding that the American
forces were too busy pressing thr.'
Offensive to even attempt to estimate
the German dead.
According to reports received from
different Rio Grande border points
the plan Of bringing Mexican labor 70
Texas to work upon the farms ana
railroads and in different industrial
plants is being successfully carried
out. II Is stated that these lahorcrs
arc coming into Texas at the rate OF
nearly 10000 q month. MoN than
100 n day are entering through the I'll
paso gateway. and the remainder are
divided between Eagle Pass. Del klo;
laredo and brownsville. IL Is stated