Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-03


COmprlicd 10 extend II in way ont
side their plan. That the real attack
will h.. delivered TO the south OF NrriS
and on - seal" greater than anSthlhs
vet attempted is TIA" opinion bOth
here. and in Paris. The German at
tcInpts have entirely failed and the
rush-s are being held. with Immense
losses inflicted 10y the allied forces
which are numerically much inferior.
lint the crisis is far from passed and
there are still anxious days ahead
- Contracts for LOIS freight and
uasscngcr locomotives. the largest
single order ever placed in the his
tory of American railways. have been
let by the railroad administration 10
The American Locomotive Company
and the baldwin Locomotive works.
The entire order represents a cost OF
about $6O,OUO. 900 or an avcrag" price
of "A little less than $6O.OOO Tor each
locomotive The profit TO manutac-
turcrs who will divide the Work ABOUT
equally will be between and per
cent less than half the rate OF prolt
r.uortcd in the original bids. Six
newly developcd standard types OF en-
pines, with heavy and light sizes oil
each type. were ordered. Deliveries
will begin in July. The new engines
will bear only the initials u. >. anu
identifying numbers. and VIII he Hirtu-
ally the first lot of engines TO be own
cd Jointly 10y all railroads under gov
ernmcnt MANAGEMENT. About 2Oo,ooo
tons of steel will be required.
-Assuranccs that congress had no
intention of interfering with the cot
ton exchanges of the country II they
conduct their business legitimately, is
given by Senator smith Of South Caro-
lima, chairman of the senate interstate
commerce committee in letter 10
President George shut OF the New
York cotton exchange made puDHc
Wednesday. In reply to query from
Mr.. Smith asking If congress planned
to take any step to regulate exchanges
the senator wrote: There is no IN
tcntiGn or desire to Interfere with th-
cotton exchange as long as the!r
operations are confined to rejecting
the actual and legitimate relation or
prices toward the actual cotton hand-
led. They are regarded as very vital
and necessary instruments in cotton
trading 80 long as they observe this
rule but when they become simply Il
gambling resort, when prices fiuctuate
violently from a day to day rejecting
nothing but rank gambling. they cease
to be any benEit and become a dan
yerUus 1neHace TO- commerce.
Herbert Hoover said in speech
In New York Il few days ago that II
the government had allowed wheat 10
take it's untrammcled course. flour
would now be selling at from thirty
TO fifty dollars Il barrel. This would
have caused the poor TO pay In SUI
fering and the rich to pay IN price.
One OF the results would have been
rioting that would have caused blood
TO flow in cutters III conScstrd cen
ters He pointed out that before the
food administration took charge houl
went to $l6.75 u barrel and one result
of this was to badly disorganiZe the
economic life of the country. The
Allies, in order To give way Tor the
shipment OF troops To France. nave
given up 50 per cent of their FOOD mn
ports, and Americans, by consentinc
10 a reduction ot 80 per cent in their
consumption OF cereals har" mace
room for more ships and more SOL
dicrs. From the present outlook there
is a promise of u wheat crop thiS
summer and fall OF SOO.OOO.OOO 10 'oo'-
600. 900 bushels. and the difference be
tween this outlook and the OUTLOOK OF
last year is the difference between
plenty and famine.
"A heavy German attack Launched
Tuesday against the Americans in the
vicinity OF villcrs- BretonneuN was re-
pulsed with heavy losses FOR the enc
my. The German preliminary pom
bardment lasted two hours ana lheh
the infantry rushed forward, only to
ne driven back. leaving large numbers
of dead on the ground in front OF the
American lines The German bom-
bardment opened ut 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and was directed especially
ayninst the Americans. who were sup
ported on the north and south by the
French, The tire was intense ana AT
the end OF two hours the German
commander sent forward three bat
tahons OF infantry. There was hand
TO hand lighting all along the line, as
a result of which the enemy was
thrust back. The struggle. when
lasted a considerable time. was cN-
tremely violent and the Americans DIS
played marked bravery throughout. II
was the first occasion in which the
Americans were engaged in the big
battle which has been raging since
March u and their French comrades
are full Of praise for the manner in
which they conducted themselves un-
der trying circumstances The Amer
lean losses were rather severe.
a glowing tribute has been paid
the American soldiers III France by
French officer in 4 letter to friend,
which WAS published few days ago
I'm the Paris Temps. The letter as
quoted by an official dispatch from
France said: Infinitely interesting is
our contact with the American troops.
They have occupied the sector imme-
diately beside ours We have seen
him at work and could form an idea
and IL should be told and retold that
they are marvellous. The Americans
are soldiers by nature, and their Of
ficers have the desire to learn with an
enthusiasm and idealistic ardor very
remarkable. There Is the same spirit
among the privatcs. AS for bravery.
activity and discipline. they are mar
velous. They absolutely astonished us
one morning Of attack. The cannon
ade. suddenly becoming furious. had
Just thrown me out OF my bunk. No
doubt about IL. il was u Verdun ct
tack Taking time to seize my revolver
put on my helmet and gathered up
several documents, l descended to the
streets. When I arrived there they
were already filing by with rapid. easy.
decided steps. marching in perfect or
der to their fighting positions. 1t was
fine. Their artillery will be and al
ready is OF the first order"
The organization OF the war A.
nance corporation which Is to have
dominant influence over the business
of the country for the period Of the
war, was completed by nomination Of
directors by the president last Monday.
He also named the seven members OF
the capital issues committee, which.
under the new act. Is to supersede the
committee which has been passing on
issues Of securities. The nominations
were as follows: To be directors Of
the war finance corporation: William
p. G. Harding. OF Alabama. for
term OF two years Allen B. Forbes.
of New York. for term OF two years.
Eugene Meyer. Jr.. OF New YORK tor
. terr of four years. Angus W. Nc
lean. of North Carolina. for term OF
four years. Nominations to be mem