Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-23
Scraps and fats.

fc. placing newspaper workers IN nv
..non-productive" classes undrr th'
work fight order. tn" question WIS
raised by New York newspaper
which stated that all IFS printers o'
draft age had been notified 10 SCR
other employment or he called Inv" th'
army. ~ General Crowder's Once II
was stated that there have been M
qualifications Of the recent w"rk-"r-
fight order and that newspaper ""rH'
.rs have never been considered as be-
ing engaged In nnnrss"ntial work hh'
that there is no intention OF so dc"lar'
inp them now.
- rnvcrrm"nt control or ~" fX'n'
nf ,hr price 0F III" 1915 cotton cr"r
would not hn r"asitl" ~ this 'i"'"
President Wilson Wa told lnSf t'iH'
Lv Representative" Lever "f S"n'f
c,rnlin, chairman Of thc hOue" a"'i.
c.ultrr.,i committee. NJ. Lever ":'ll"'
a, ,hD White Hons" after q series o.
conferences with cotton men - wh'c'
~" lar",.r Growers and bankers urr''
that thr government aCGu'r" Va" c'"i
thrnurh g cotton "nrunra'ion "hi'" 'h'
smaller farmers npn0S"d anT "o""rn
mrnt interference" i'"ir"S' nihfiv" H."
r.r toll tho rr"Sih"nt III" Cr"n ""'t'
l.r bnnIl"h if marketed Sln"ly NOT
wi'hStardinr ~" present hi"h prices
..rd erid hc had hc"n all" 10 c""''n"'
thr nd"ncaine nF "n""rnr"r' nc"n'Si
t'nn Of tho inadviSihilitv nf such H"-
'iCn.
go Tn" French American attack along
thc broad front north al th" Marn'
last Thursday was AN ahS"lut" SUI
prise. Many German officers were
captured whil" asleep and numbers "'
men wcr" taken while harvesting rye
Th" greatest StuI"ii"atiOn WAS create"
among all the enemy troops h"ldln=
the lines at tn" Suhd"nnrSS oi ia" at
tack Som" Oi IN" prisoners d"Clhr'
they had been told that II WAS inI"'S
sibl" Tor th" Allies Ia carry ont any
o,s.ration IN the WAY of an offensive
f0r some tim" MANY tanks partici
Isitrd i'm the attack. having been all'
To tax" up their positions durin" th'
terrific storm which prevailed. The
American troops. cooperating WIN
their French comrades in IN" assault
did brilliant work. Around IOiirh-
ANN. northwest 0t Chateau Thl"flN,
I'M. Germans resistance Mas more oi
stin:tr than on any other IEiit oi Ih'
Paris line. In this region the Mines
captured Il cannon, numerous MA
chime guns and large numbers oil prs
uncrS. Til" Allied troops Sh"w''
wonderful spirit and advanced SINE .
inu. \ battalion ui infantry crossed
the. river S;iNI"IcS breast hiSh III Wa'-
Cr.
- Th" American cominandcr al
GivrTIy, reporting the CaptIlr" "i tha'
town to headquarters last IhurSuaH'
sent IN" following ncSS;iSr: Mel
I.uChc on his line ut resistance. Shitll j.
tight. I.ochc turned tail ana ran iiN'
hell, pursued 10y our troops. ii"r
have more prisoners.
- The tinted States armUrcd cruis-
or san Diego Was sunk oil Long Is
land last Friday evening. presumably
hy :, German submarine. The cruiser
WAS ON the way to New York when
Struck and was due thcr" IN lew
hours. The officers ana crew oi the
cruiser numbered loo. tn" Shir
went down within fifteen minutes AIT
ar il MAS STRUCK: but i'll the mean
time everybody had jumped "N"rhoard'
,,XC,.pt Il lew who are SUPPOSED lu
have. been lsllrd in the cnEln" room.
An aviator flying overhead n"tlt'u
th, blight OF the ship and informed -
wireless station which sent Il number
of merchant ships To the rescue. u
is understood that all oi the men on
board with the exception ol between
forty and fifty were saved. lhrf' Is
somr diffrrcnC" of opinion as L"
whether the disaster Is chargchilr To
a mine ur submarine. Several mines
have been exploded in the ncighbor-
hood by ships that were securing lh'
seas for the purpose.
A call by William Howard Taft to
the country to elect this fall Il Rcpub-
Wodid yll1Gdints the Democratic pres
idcnt by Offering constructive crlti'
clsm Of the administrations actor
and inaction, and. 10y legislation, en-
large the nations military prclsir;i'
tiuns, was issued 10y the former pres
idcnt, addressing the unofficial Re-
uubIican state convention at Saratoga
y. Y, last Friday. RcitcratinS h'
advocacy oG IN army al '.OoO.OOO men
MIR. TAFT told tn" delegates that nov
is the time TO raise the great iofc''
needed To win the war. WIN IL i"ll
ucrltic congress, waiting tn" pr"Si
dents lead rather than co-ordlnatliii
with th, ,,AcclItivv, he said, this vii
not be- accomplished with the prompt
ness which is Imperative. Will" con
crding the mastrrful ability oi tn
president In stating the country'S aims
i'm the war. Mr.. Taft asserted that tn
administration has not had the Sam'
success i'll forming practical war poll
cics. He criticised also the trndrnc.
OF the administration ito allow part!
considerations too much sway in II:
appointmcnts to important tasks.
and declared that politics has no
been udjodrned." as indicated u!
what ne termed presidential inter
ference in the party affairs oi WIS
consin and Michigan.
The British steamer Carpathi;
was torpcdord in the Atlantic "I
"Wednesday ii was announced iron
Washington on Friday. The CarIsI
thia was sunk off the Irish coast ~
she was bound out. Very few per
sons were ON board her. All l.tSS"n
gers on board the Carpathia were
saved. They include 80 saloon pas
scngcrs and u from TN" sicrrTl%r
The survivors number 3l5. Som" sur
vivors who had been landed state tina
the vessel was sunk by German
submarine at about 9l5 O'Clock Wed
nCsday morning. All or the laSSch
gers and crew were saved Win tl'
exception of three ilrcmcn and tw,
trimmcrs. who are supposed 10 haN'
been killed in the engine room hy tn,
that Just after the passcnScrS ha'
brrakfastcd, torpedo struck th'
vessel slightly forward OF the engine
room and minute or two later :;
second torpedo crashed into the en-
ginc room. There WAS no panic. Bon
the passcngcrs and the SURVIVING
members of the crew got away III th'
ship's boats without difficulty. For ::
time IL appeared as though TN" Car.
nlthia might remain afloat. hut TN,
C-boat came To the surface and free
n third torpedo. The liner filled rap
.dly and sank in about two hours art
cr being struck 10y the first torpedo
After her disappearance the suhma
rinc approached the Carpathia's boats
but did not fire on them.
- Nature, says Washington dis
patch, iS conducting 4 starvation
dri,>" against Germany in Austria
While the crops OF America and hci
Allies promise this year Ia break al
records for size. those OF Germany
and her Allies will he smaller than II
any time since the war began. Wide
spread drought cnvcloped the Central
empires during April. May and June
which. combined with the intense heat
and an unreasonable frost during IN,
first five days OF June. stopped thv
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