Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-26
Scraps aud facts.

.-- Cat..ain Baron NOn RlChthOlcn, th'
famous German aviator, has been XII
ed. Reuters correspondent al BritiSh
headquarters reports. The captain was
brought down in the SoTnfn. valley
His body was recovered and viii b"
buried with military hOnors. Sine"
Captain FSoelkc was shot down IN Oc-
toh.r 1916, Captain von kichthOt"h
has been the most prominent and sue
crasiul German aviator. On Aprii >
I'M. German war office announced mat
f,, had achieved his 18Th aerial VIC
tory, although in this, AZ IN previous
citations, hc was not crcdlted tA-
plIcItly with having brought down an
Allied airplanc. Captain Won kicht-
hDIcn first came into prominence as
leader Of the flying circus. a squad :
ron OF German :iviatOrS which Fought
i'm a peculiar circular formation fol-
lovlug each other around so that IN
case one was attacked the next nytr
could sweep the antagonist from the
rear Recently Emperor William con =
r-rrcd upon him IN" order Of IN" Red
Eagle.
.- The Americans sustained NOR"
than two hundred casualties III that
fight with the Germans northwest OF
TOul last Saturday, and II IL probdbi"
that thcs,. include about $50 prisoners.
The. Germans are believed to have lOSt
between 900 and 400. The Germans
attacked the Americans in consider
able force, something like loo. Out =
numbered. the Americans gave back
unrl they could be reinforced and
then went forward driving the
Germans before them. The Germans
claim tha, they accomplished Ia" pnr-
bose for which the raid was made ana
retired without being observed by inc
Americans: but the French and Amer
leans agree that this Is not true. They
say that the Germans were driven
hack with heavy losses. Ait"r ~ was
All over the Americans w"r" in th' po-
sitious they occupied when the night
brr;n, In their official report th''
Germans SAY somewhat c0ncrlttdlN
that the Americans suffered NOR" than
otherwise Tor lack Of training ana "N-
u.Ticncr: hut even the Germans ad-
init that the Americans fight win 81
fcctivc fury.
go The British navy mad" ire
mrn,Iuus attack against German sub
marine bases at XcbrugS" and Ost"nd
ON the Belgian coast ON last TUESDAY
The attack was planned on HfS'
scale. under Il plan which cont"mplat
ed the blowing up Of the moi" al Hc-
bruggc. and the blocking oi the chan
mel in the harbOr at oStcnd WIN Shil'
loaded with cement. Several larS" oh
SOIrte cruisers w"r" Sacriic'd III 'h''
nttrmptcd hlockading process. " was
known. of course. that tn" enterprise
w;s of a desperate nature and that
lint few of the men engaged IN III colld
hone To ESCAPE death or capture, ah'.
only volunteers were. used. Thcr" were
more volunteers than wcr" needed.
The attack was made under artlhclallH
produced rOgS and som" oi the attack .
ing ships were sunk 10y German hat- :
tcricS, but nevertheless several W'-
tachmcnts of British marines wcr"
landed and they succeeded IN workihs
considerable havoc about both ne
hruggc and Ostcnd. Returned British
,rs claim that the undertaking was
worth all il cost and that tremendous
damage WAS done. The Germans al
nit damage to the mole At IebrugS",
hut generally discount the importanc"
of the damage wrought.
-A \ telegram to the Wolff bureau, the
semi official German. on last Sunua!
stated that the attack against the
American positions on both sides OF
Scicheprey, thanks TO careful prepara-
tion and the cooperation oi all arms
was "a complete success. Inc teicStan'
SAWS: After an effective arliiicr9
nv losses, the Germans storncu Amer. :.
irnn positions over Il front OF two ana
a half kilometers and penetrated TO a
depth W t&o kilomcters. Seichepfey
was taken by storm and was iounu
full OF American dead. Bitter hand-
to-hand lighting ensucd around uuG-
outs. vantage points and cellars whose
occupants were killed almost TO thr
last man. Severe hand-to- hand hSht-
ing also occurred about duSoulS III
K,nnrrcs wood. Here the American
casualties We're especially heavy. DchS'
columns of enemy reinforccmentS were
Jisroy,r.d north of Beaumont and al
so beyond Bernecourt and were badly
naulcd by our destructive fire. far-
ther back, the German airmen treated
enemy reserves filling up the trencirS
i'm ,Jury wood and attacked them WIN
machine guns, while our batteries
worked fearful havoc in the closely hii-
ed trenches. After dark when the enc.
my's defense works and dugo,itS had
been destroyed and blown up, we
evacuated the position according 10
our plans and unobserrcd by the enc
nv. Our losses were slight. while
those Of the unframed Americans were
most severe We captured five ON,
GERS. one doctor and It's men as wei
as IS machine guns
Surar for domestic and preserving
this summer will bc distributed under
a modified certificate system 10y whirh
each consumer will he required To sign
an application for the amount needed
Adoption of this plan was announced
this week by the national food adnilh-
istration with the explanation thal Us
purpose is TO make sure that nome
canncrs may obtain sufficient sugar 10
preserve perishable fruits and at the
same time to place n check upon an!
who might try to Obtain nnreason,"'
quantities for household consumption.
n IL considered necessary To check
cunsumption chiefly TO guard against
temporary shortages which may result
from withdrawal of more vessels from
th, Cuban trade and the adminiStra-
tiou prefers the method adopted To the
card system used in other countries
Retail dealers will br provided 10y their
state Federal administrations with
certificates to he signed 10y the con-
sumrrs. Each certificate must hc re-
turned within one week after II is sign
ed TO the state Federal administrators
- Americas contributions of food TO
IN, civilian populations OF the Allies
increased enormously during March'
Commerce statistics show that exports
of meat and dairy products amounted
To Sill .S92226. as compared with Sl::-
g5l,l21 i'm February and brcadstuils
sent abroad were worth So3. -
which was Sll.000000 more than th'
preceding month. Exports OF cotton
and mineral oils decreased during the
month probably to permit the greater
shipment >of foodStuffs. In the nine
months ending March 81. total OF s.
;43SO4 bales of cotton has been seh'
abroad. compared with 5.O53.SNl bales
i'm the same period last wear. Snip
mcnts of mineral oil in the same perl
ods were l.9S5.3SS.2Gs gallons ana =
O6s, $50. go gallons respectively. In
nine months. 4S.9S4.492 pounds ot cot
ton seed oil have been exported. less
than one-half OF the lO2.Oli.2SS ponnuS
exported In the first nine months "i
the last fiscal year.
A sensational climax 10 the pro
longed trial OF 81 persons charged WIN
conspiring to fomcnt revolution in IN
dia was furnished in San Francisco