Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-05
MERE M ENTION

The weather bureau says there viii
nr no important c1angcs of TEMPER
aturc tins wcek............. John l.. Sulli-
van. former heavyweight champion
boxer. died at his home at Abingdon.
Mass, las, Saturday Of heart trouble.
He was IS years Uf age. Pictro
Romanu. Of Lynn. Mass. has been
Sentenced 10 fifteen years i'll the Fed
"ITll prison at Atlanta. Tor failure To
respond to the draft. The SEN
ate Interstate commerce committee
has reported Il railroad bill that con-
tinues government control of the rail-
road until eighteen months after the
war and gives the president the right
20 indicate rates. subject to appeal
10 the Interstate commerce commits
siOn......... one big milling and dis
iributlnr firm i'm New York. Is
bringing 10000 barrels OF corn meal
from the south on single boat. .........
Alr. Hoover has announced that un-
warranted increases in the prices OF
substitutes for Hour will not DC al
lowed. ........The Windsor hotel at
Montgomery. Ala, Was destroyed by
lire last Friday with Il loss Of slI5.-
900. \ lighted cigarette in Il bed Is
said to have been the cause Of the
Conllagrution...... FOrty-iire persons
were killed and 2OI were injured as
the result of German air raid on
Paris last Wednesday ............ Statistics
gathered in the office of the ordinary
of Fulton county, Ga, show that few
er people became insane in 1917
than in 1916. The decrease Is at
IEibpted- 70 the SiitiiRS- -aeIiia-
quOr supplies and elimination OF mar:
cotics. One ba ndit was killed and
another surrendered, I and four other
persons were shot in Il gun battle be-
,wccn bandits and police in Chicago
Friday. The highwaymen held up a
woman ........... Twenty cars and two
engines were dem 1lished and several
nf the train crew injured on the y.
=. Il st. l.. railroad near Nashville
Tenn. Saturday night. y freight
train stalled on q. grade and wet
track. The train was cut in two and
the cars detached from the engine
slipped back down the grade into Il
double header freight, with dis
ustrouS results ..... Two men and two
children were killed and woman IA
tally shot at FL Paso. Tex. Saturday
10y Felipe Alvarez. drug-crazed
Mexican 1900. Vice investigators have
recommended the closing of sixteen
Atlanta hotels. 1t is charged thai
me hOtplS WlnkpC at lIllIiloTuI pray
liceS. and also allowed bell boys to
sell liquor None of the iirst-class
hotels are included. Premier Lloyd
George Is slated to make an import
ant address before the house of com
mons this week on all aspects OF the
var situation. .......... A Federal arbitel
has settled Il wage dispute of $4,000
Fall River, Mass. cotton mill opera
lives, by granting an increase OF l23
per cent. Both sides agreed to stand
by the arbiter's decision. Yes
terday was the first day and Saturday
will be the last day for the registra
tiUn OF alien enemies in the country
After this week the Federal authori-
tics will know who's who. and where
each man may be found iss
Mary Louise Hertjc. 10. daughter OF
Il Pittsburgh millionaire. was arrest
cd in Philadelphia Friday on charge
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses. The young woman spent the
night in Jail. being released Saturday
on bail. British shipping losses
during the week ending January 81,
;otalcd nine vessels of more than l.
600 tons, and six Of less size. The
losses of the week before were eight.