Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Gathered From Va
rious Sources.

Norway lost thirteen vessels, aSgre-
eating 22.s76 tons. through war causes
in the month OF August, according to
an announcement at the Norwegian
legation in Washington Thursday. TWO
Norwegian sailors lost their lives.
took part in similar demonstrations.
Lieutenant Rice Curry Of Marlin
Tex. attached TO the air service OF the
American cxpeditionary forces and
once star football player at Vanderbilt
, university. has been killed in an aerial
combat in France.
Berlin and all the province OF Bran
drnburg have been placed under the
law relating 10 q state Of siege which
provides for a fine or Imprisonment OF
persons inventing or circulating un-
true rumor-s calculated TO disquiet the
populace." according TO the Cologne
VOlks Zeitung.
showing signs OF INSTRUMENTATION. ac-
cording TO adviccs received at Christi
ma. Norway from Russia. Several hum
drcd soldiers have hoisted the red flag,
singing the "Marseillaisc. Their Of
iir.rs were powcrlCss TO keep order. Al
l,cyal 100 German soldiers and sailors
I'm a statement Friday. Michael r.
sullivan. assistant state attorney, de-
rlarcd that John W. Wilson, arrested
last Thursday, had been positively
identified as having been implicated IN
pan,ing the bomb in the Chicago Fed
rr;tl building. Explosion Of the bomb
yiIl,d four PERSONS and resulted in
serious injury TO Il score OF others.
II has been reported. and what seems
tarti,l confirmation has been given
the report, that German main head
quarters has been moved from spa
belgium, TO Bonn, Germany. dis
r,atch from Amsterdam last Tuesday,
said the German general staff head
quarters had been transferred from
Spa to Vcrvicrs. fourteen miles east vi
l.iegc.
General korniloff, formerly Russian
commander in chief. has been Killed
by a shell in Yekatcrinovar, according
TO an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
rom Copenhagen. quoting from the
l'uli,ikcn. The death of General kOr-
niloff has been reported many times
since the overthrow Of the kerenskS
government. Last May ii was report
ed that he had been killed III battle
with the Soviet troops.
&. W. Stahl u coal dealer at Lewis
iown. Pa, last Wednesday paid fine
OF s., 900 TO the state fuel admlnistra-
lion for violation of the price schedule
in the sale OF bituminous coal. This Is
the first penalty for proiitcering ana
he most severe punishment imposed
in the state for violation OF fuel regu-
lations. He was given the alternative
of contributing $1,000 to the Red Cross
or prosecution under the Lever act
lie choSr the former.
The Moscow correspondent of the
Frankfort Zcitung reports that MEM
her OF the Soviet has asserted that the
Russian government contcmpiates in
forming the Entente countries that
any further attempts upon the lives oil
Russian government officials will be
rountercd 10y attempts upon Ententes
statesmen in their own countries. The
same correspondent is quoted as say
| ing il has been asserted in Soviet cir
clrs that General Boris Savinof Or
gnniZed the recent crimes against high
persons in Russia.
In speaking to the constitution COM
mittcc of the Prussian upper house tc
uhll the emperor's pledge for reform
of the franchise, Chancellor Won Hert-
ling last Thursday said that, in his
honest conviction, with this serious
question. the protection and prcserva
tion of the crown and the dynasty Is
at stake" Count Won llcrtling and
Baron Hussarrk. the Austrian prime
minister, are to meet in Vienna or Bcr-
lin this week. The conference. II Is
believed. is for the purpose OF launch
| ing a peace offensive. 1t is rumored
that Vienna has asked for the media =
iion OF Spain.
Apparently it has not been pos
siblc to hide from the German people
the bitter disappointment among the
German military authorities over the
evacuation of KENNEL, one of the
strategic strongholds southwest OF
Yprcs. The Lokal Anzeigers militar!
correspondent says the evacuation was
effected with Il heavy heart" and adds
that the sole comfort surrounding the
withdrawal was that it was voluntary
and that it served n tactical purpose
affecting the whole army on the west
front (which does not hesitate ut sac
rihcing mere place when purpos"
is TO bc attained"