Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-07


General March and others revealed
;,uproxirnatcly 100000 men are In
th, service now. indicating that 4io'-
ouO mare will bc called TO camp be-
,v..n now and June 30th. or the gi-
y,ntIc $4,000. 900, 900 appropriation
estimate compiled. sll,OOO.0o0,0o0 Is
sci aside for the quarterInaster >
CORDS and ordnance. More tnah oii
lion will 20 for building railroads ana
greater training camp facllitles III
France. And while the exact hgure
has no, vet been determined upon.
proposed aircraft production Will caii
for approximately s1.500,0O0.0O0. II is
estimated.
4 representative OF General hau-
cliffe, director of military operations
al the British war office, summed up
the military situation on the western
frnut last FRIDAY as follows: I'm the
north while the Gcrmans failed In
,he;r main objective they made their
right flank secure by the capture OF
Ermmcl but we must regard the
up.ration from the viewpoint Oh
economy of men and they used up lNe
divisions from the general reserve De-
sides seven or eight divisions pre-
yIously employed. The results or the
uast week on the whole were sa'iS-
factory, because the enemy uSed up
larger number of fresh divisions than
the allies. without strategic result. IN
nh he used on the north front s"
fresh divisions, beside 'he hihe "'
visions already there.
- warrant was sworn out al 'oh-
cord y. c.. last week charging onr
onto Schuman with the murder oi
Mrs. Maudc \. King. the crim" ioT
which Castor Is. Means was irl"d anu
acquitted. G. Is. Ambrose. VINO h'iP-
ed to work up tn" ease against Means
is charged with having falsely repre-
scntrd himself aS government agent
The story is that previous 10 Nihci'-
cn's entry into the war. Means was
an agent OF Germany. and when CON
ditions changed, the German govern
mrnt became fearful that he mlSh'
tell things that IL did not want toIu'
and arranged to hav" him aSsaSSihat-
cd The shot that killed Mrs. hlnE'i II
now claimed to have been hrrd AT
Means. II is understood that tn'
Washington government Is lnN'su-
eating the alleged connection oi Hih
hrose. who at that tim" was r'aii! ="
secret service agent. some P'"p'
profess to look upon the whole matter
seriously and others take no STOCK III
the story.
- The unit of German shock troops
which attacked the American positioh
at Seichoprey. April 20, IS known 10
have suffered more severely than IL
was at first believed. actaT .ttse- Al
correspondent writing from the Amer
icon front. Information has been re-
ceiycd from German prisoner VINO
was brought in by one OF the Ameri-
can patrols. He was a Red Cross man
who assisted in the removal OF the
vuunded and the burial OF the deau
after the engagement and tolo tne
American intelligence officers that tne
German force was cut to pieces. apou'
four tirths of its 800 electives he
ing killed or wounded. In view OF the
fact that the prisoner gave other IN
formation Of definite character, the
intelligence officers seemed TO belieNe
his statements relative to the German
casualties. Aside from subnormal ar
tiuery activity, the American sector
has heen extremely quiet durirE the
mast &c hours. The Germans. now.
ever. are doing much work behlnd
their lines and 1t Is expected tha'
fighting will he resumed at any tine'
Three negroes stole $4,000 in mon
ev and diamonds to the value OF Vs.
400 nj Hot Springs. during the races
there. and came to Memphis, Tenn-
cssce. Local authorities were notined
To arrest the negroes. The trio went
TO iail and their ill-gotten wealth was
locked in Il safe at police Headquarters.
Abe Cohen, u local attorney. calied on
the negroes and they readily employed
him to secure their release. lnc'oen
tally, they gave him an order on the
desk sergeant for the money and
Jewels. When the desk sergeant re-
fused TO give up the wealth Cohen
went into Chancery court and secured
n writ Of replevin. Armed with tne
writ Cohen secured the wealth: ne
sued out another writ--a writ OF
habeas curpus-and the court Ireeu
the negroes \ little later olncers
from Hot Springs came to get the
negroes and the money. Ihe
desk sergeant showed them tn. writ oi
habeas corpus instead OF the prisoners
and the receipts for the money ana
Jewels instead OF the money and
Jewels The Hot Springs officers re-
turned TO Hot Springs, vowing IT was
n little hotter in Memphis. Cohen
claims the money and jewels AZ par,
of his fee for defending the negroes
British losses in men killed,
wounded, captured and missing on the
Western front since the German OF
fensiv. began March 81 are estimated
by the p::itish mission in Washington
,t nearly 100000 This CStimat"
would appear to be in remarkable
contrast to the enormous German ios-
sss in the drive. The German war Oh
flee. OF course, has not disclosed what
its losses in the great battle nave
been, but the estimates or ailieu op-
servers have placed them at stag
gering figure. From the very nature
of the fighting. military experts nave
pointed out, the losses Of the attack
ers were bound to be heavier than
those OF defenders. but in addition to
that. the method Of German attack,
advancing troops in waves, faster than
machine guns could NOV them down,
must, military experts say. have en-
tailed enormous losses. An mixing OF
how serious the German Losses are
came some time ago when II was re-
ported that the German military
chiefs dared not disclose their extent
to the German people. and therefore.
were sending the wounded to Belgium.
Other reports have told OF railway
gateways being checked with trains OF
wounded. while the dispatches OF cor,
respondents at the 'front.' Lave told
how the battlefelds were carpeted
with gray clad bodies.
- Introduction OF memorials anu
resolutions from the district confer
ences calling for important changes IN
the laws Of the church featured the
second days session Of the general
conference of the Methodist church.
south, in Atlanta, Ca, last Friday.
several OF these proposed measures.
especially those asking laity rights for
women. enlarged powers OF laymen.
the removal Of the time limit on
preachers and presiding elders, and
the creation Of Episcopal districts,
were taken to indicate that a spirited
fight would be made for the further
characterization Of southern Metho-
dism. The memorial OF the women's
missionary council headed by Miss
Belle Bennett. Of Kentucky. was pre-
sented by the Rev. c. o. Jones, OF At
lanta. The paper declared that the
hour had come when the women OF
the church be allowed all the privi-
ieges enjoyed by the men in the
church. a strong plea was that the
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