Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12
MERE MENTION.

for a tannery at Redwood City. Cal.
has confessed 10 setting fire Ia the
plant after miSappropriating $4,000 Of
the company's funds. She had bank
deposits to equal that amount. Sh"
was given ten years in prison
Hon. George Won L. Myer. former am
b;,ssador To Russia. and former post
master general and secretary III IN"
navy. died in Boston. Friday night
He was about 80 years OF aSc............
Isaac Newton Camp. 80. u native of
New Concord. O.. formerly second
lieutenant in the British army. has
been appointed military governor OF
the Bethlehem district Of Palestine.
with the rank Of lieutenant colonel
. Boy Scouts OF Kansas have been
started on a campaign OF killing jack
rabbits. with the idea OF securing that
much meat and also OF Kidding Kan
sas farms Of the pests .... BY the
collapse OF building next door 10 Il
moving picture theatre NJ Winchester.
Ey.. Friday. tiftr, II people wcr" killed
anu more than loo injured ..... j. W.
Cook, convicted In Atlanta. Ga, last
week on charge OF attempting To
hlackmail Mayor Gambler. has been
released on $4,000 bail pending an ap.
peal. Mrs. Hirsch. the other defend
ant. has applied 10 the court FOR u
change of Venue. claiming that she
cannot get a fair trial In the Fulton
county courts because Of prejudice.
.. The shipyard at Brunswick. Ga.
was tied up saturday by strike OF
$50 union carpenters. The strike fol-
lowed the discharge OF workman
The yard is engaged on government
work .. British aviators dropped
many tons OF explosives on various
German towns last Friday. Twelv"
enemy airplanes were shot down by
British f1iers and ten were driven down
out OF control. All OF the British ma.
chimes returned safely. Grand
Duke Michael. younger brother Of the
eX-czar. has been placed In prison Ia
Petrograd. after discovery OF plot
10 restore the monarchy and place HIM
on the throne. The alleged plot is
said to have been engineered by the
Germans ..... Senator PoindeXter has
introduced resolution providing that
May be set apart as an international
Memorial Day after those losing their
lives In the war against Prussian au-
tocracy. The idea Is to have May
adopted as the date Of the memorial
by the other Allies President
Carranza has called session of the
NOHSTNSs .tpTll !, W
laws for the election OF deputies
senators and president OF the re-
public .........T The postoffice department
has announced that by the sinking OF
the Andania. of the Irish coast. the
latter part OF January, more than 3O.-
OUO letters from american soldiers In
France 10 American relatives. We're
lost Herman hammers. II Hollan-
der was arrested in New York. Fri
day. on charge OF attempting Ia
smuggle $4,000 worth OF II certain
drug into the United States. Lam
mers's scheme Is said To have been
one OF the clevrrcst ever found by the
authorities. but il failed Ensign
y. V. Krylcnko. commander-in -in- chier
OF the Bolsherik army. is reported to
have resigned. VIII Debarry youth
OF draft age Of Tiptonvillc Tenn.
has been arrested by the shertf uf
Lake county. charged with evading the
draft by masquerading as woman.
The sheriff has not divulgcd how he
discovered that she" is he" .......
John Pucroy Mitchell. formerly mayor
OF New York city. is at the aviation
training camp at San Diego. Cal. and
Is said TO be one OF the most skllful
Of the flying cadets" He holds the
rank Of major and will soon 20 across
to do his bit. During the first
eleven months Of the war, ending
March 6. the department Of labor has
handled S01 industrial controversies.
involving 100000 workers. OF these
539 were adjusted by the department
alone. and the balance by state and
local boards Of mediation .... Hon.
William J. Bryan. and Charlie Chap
lin and William 5. Hart. the moving
picture actors, will spend two weeks
each in the west in behalf Of the third
Liberty loan campaign which opens
April 6............Nine persons were killed
and g injilrsd "A . q 6asoaa1 Ninunetin
over Paris on Friday night. The
German government has ordered the
coinage OF 00,000,0 900 new iron five
pfenning Thirteen people
were killed In an air raid on Paris
last Friday night and fifty were in
Northwest storm warnings
were displayed along the Atlantic
coast from Maine TO Florida yester.
day............The Red Cross has post
poncd It's second sl00.000.000 war re-
lief drive from May to May 20.........
Several Ohio towns We're struck by a
cyclone last Saturday. Five people
were killed and property losses
amounted TO hundreds Of thousands
OF dollars.