Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-08
Scraps and facts.


Money in circulation In the Unit
cd states January !. amounted L.
l2O.42i, 900, or $is.1G per capita. as
compared with sj.0so.310. on.
month ago. In the last year money ir
circulation has Increased s6s0.VD9.g 300
The bill authorizing the treasury
10 buy SlU0 .DDO. 900 worth OF farm loan
bonds this fiscal year and Il similar
amount next year has just been pass
ed by tho house. \ similar measure
already passed by the senate would
authorize the purchase of $lO0,OOV.-
900 worth this year only. and only
for the purpose Of financing the pro
duCtion OF fOOdstuffs.
"- The German submarine, C-J3,
which visited Newport. X. l.. some
thing over ii year ago and sank s.:veI Il
sInps OF Nantucket, is nov III tht
possession of rh" French They cap
tured the ship with the help OF de-
strUyCr ana TWO mime swecpcTS. ami
after ITS capture they uscl II as u
d"COy by which they took III sCNcr;t!
other submarines. The t-"3 usually
runs ImuCk, ana as all the German
seamen are familiar with her lines.
t-bUatts approached her without fear.
Aftcr SrNcIal C-hOatS had been cap
tur"d the German admiralty got on 10
SpIr,anburg January 8: Lieu
tenant Albert &. Smith, Company G..
On" HunuT,d dnG seventh Infantry, +,
has been placed on trial b"fOI" court
martial at Camp Wadswurtn charged
with Violating the a1th article OF war
Convection on III" charge carries with
n ,iISin.S SS.rl from the army. The trial
~ - result of beating s;tId to HAY"
been administered 0n PrlNat" E"nJa-
mn i'id.tldsky. Company &. one
Hundred and Fifth Machine Gun Pat
t;l."n. on November ;. Tn" hndInS
of th" "O,IrtuartIal viii not hc AN
nuiiu""d until all the facts and cvI-
d"nC" IN the CaS" have been reviewed
les cen John +. p'Ryan. commanding
officer oi tn" Twenty seventh division.
Tn" establishment Of Il department
of munitions. under new cabinet
and known az the secretary OF NUM-
tons. Is proposed in bill introduce
by Senator Chamberlain. as q result
of the senate military committees in
NcStIrItiOn of war operations. The
new munitions department would
upcr:it" during the war and one year
thereafter. The new secretary would
have power. under tn" presidents di-
r"rtiun. control of the arms and am
. munitiun. clothing. food. equipment
t"utIg". transportation and any other
materials the president shall designate
az munitions Of war The govern
mont bureau. agencies ana iundS ne
T., sSary To- the munitions adniniStra-
ton would bc transferred 10 the new
department. which cuntemplat"s con-
troll uf naval as we'll rs army supplies.
4 despatch received IN London
from the Russian wireless s"rNic"
SAYS that 25.OOU German soldiers in
the region east of koNno hav" revolt
eel German d"ScrterS state that In
consequence of the government draft
ing all soldiers below the age OF 80
for despatch to the western front. tn"
aforementioned number OF men re-
bcIl-d and marched out or the battl"
line They then entrenchcd them
selves with rifles and machine guns
against the other German units. The
German military authorities have hccn
powcrlcSS against the rcvoltcrS ana
ar" trying to cut off their food sup
plies. The German dcSertcrS declared
that one OF the motives for the revolt
WAS that the sending of troops to tn"
western front was Il Contravcntion ui
the RuSsu-Gcrman armiSticc agree
mcnt.
-- The high cost of living is on the |
downward trend. according TO 4
statement last Saturday OF the bureau |
of labor statistics which says that the |
retail price of fool - whole for
November was one per cent less thah |
for October. or standard articles,
twelve showed decreases four re-
manned stationary in price and eleven
Increased. The question OF whrthHr
a continuance Of the decline may lie
expected was not touched by the bu-
rcau II would take many months like
November however. to put prizes back
TO prev war levels, as the bureau calcu-. .