Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-13
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49, Premier I.Ioyd George. wh" went
to Meath. Wales. Friday 10 attend the
Welsh national eisteddf0d' IN r'c''|-
iny the freedom Of Meath. aSS"r''u
"thc end Of the tunnel through which
I'm. Allies have been travelling i"'
four wears was getting nearer. i.i"Fn
6;corg,. made. no apology u any man.
h,. said. for any part h" had phS""
during the war. And ] pr"poS' I"
-fgh, on TO the end" h" added. >oiie
persons had complained. continue" 'h'
nr,.rnicr. that hc WAS too optlHiiSt' !"
th,. view he took OF things. h"h
think am" he insisted / Was ho'
ON. of those who thought IL wou'"
soon bc Ovcr-ncv"r. ] thought 1t
long Job and a terrible Job. hu'
b,v. uIways b.n confident We won'u
get through. for knew We were hSh'-
ing for the right and that the Goa oi
righteousness would So" us through
Manufacturers OF passenger auto
,no,,iI.s we're advised by the war IN
ulants To 100 per cent war work as
RAPIDLY as possible and to plac" th"th
ON that basis not later than January
/ 1919, in a letter addressed 10 'h'
national automobile chamber OF com
rncrcr. In no other way. the lclt'r
stated could they b" ASSURED oi th'
continuance OF their industry or thc
preservation of their organizations
The. letter WAS in rcspOns. To Il pro-
t,osal made THURSDAY 10y fi IEh th;l'
mcrs. ON the part q. tn" mHrG'h''"r-
,rs. voluntarily to curtail the ilaS-
sengcr car Industry 50 per cent. ne
war Industries board declared th;L' 'h'.
present situation regarding N'''' "'u
OF her materials needed I"r MaI M"'h
gave little aSSuranr" OF hia'rIh
uuir,.d for the manufacture oil pas
s,.ng,r automobiles. even a':'" pro
yidinr for war re- luircm"niS. l'rni
ing receipt 10y the hoard oi sworn
inventories of mat.iIa,s on hand re-
uuircd last June lG. no mitt'rEhi' VIII
be permitted to passenger car manu-
Cacturcrs. the letter states.
The feat of dropping manifestorS
On Vienna Friday WAS accomplished
hy a patrol OF eight Italian machines
and all returned safely except
one. The airplanes were commanded
by CAPTAIN Gabriel DAnnunZio anu
the patrol was composed of one bl-
pIanc and seven mOnoplaneS. Inc tot-
al flight was about l.OOO kllometers
of which 800 WAS over enemy TERRITORY
Tho airplanes left their DaSe at 9.SV
O'Clock and after surmOununS fairi!
serious atmospheric difficulties reach
ed Vienna at $50. They dropped To u
height OF 500 meters and threw out
several thousand manifestocs. lnrohE
in the streets could be seen plainly Dy
the aerial visitors. The Italian hi;fh-
ines returned by way ~ vienna Nous
tadt. C;ratZ, I4aibach and TrlcSt'' ~
semi official note says they were no'
attacked. The patrol kept close toGc'h,
or throughout the journey ana arrin'"
1T its base again AT TAU y. III. nv
missing machine appeared 10 nave p'tii
ol,Iir,d TO land near Vienna N"uStadt.
owing to engine troubles. There were
scenes OF wild enthusiasm when Gap
tain D'Annunzio and his comrades re-
turned. The flight over the AipS WAS
made i'm n great windstorm ana
through strong mountain currents. at
n height of ten thousand ieet. me
manifestoes dropped on vienna CON
tanned a warning of what the taliahs
might do Ii they saw tit TO return OH
q bombing expedition.
"details of the sinking of German
submarine by a British armed yacht
i'm the English channel are now aNaii,
able. Just after sunset one day cai,
for help was picked up by the yacn'
which Immediately headed In the I'll,
rcction indicated, divcrting seNer;'i
steamers from the danger zone as sh"
went. Half an hour later the look
outs sighted the pcriscOp" OF 4 sub
marine which was apparently pre-
norinr to attack merchantmen APP
nrooching from the opposite direction.
The pcriscop.. was barely la0 lrci
from the port bow of the yacht: run
speed was ut once ordered ana ''
Yacht drove right over the suhhla
rinc, just as the ISriscoT disappeared
Il distinct jar throughout the Sachl
pointcd to the probability that sh'
had rammrd the cncmyS con-
ming tower. Two depth charges w"r
droppcd almost Immediately after
wards. While bringing his vessel
around to pass over the spot again.
the captain of the yacht observed Il
disturbance In the water and aS ne
approachcd there appeared III inc
centre of the disturbance Il hnhblinS
rush of water evidently caused bN
volumes OF air escaping to the sur
face. \ third depth charge was
droppcd in the centre OF the disturb
ance which presently died away. one
survivor, covered with a thick coat
Ing of oil was picked up. Everything
possihlc was done for him on hoard
the Yacht. hut II soon bcram" evident
no had suffered serious internal in
jurics. tie died about thrc' h""'S
later.
l.
fcrcd 10y the Germans in the lighting
in the Marine pocket is given by Ger
man documents in possession oil
French and American officers. having
been taken from German officers anu
men and obtained In various othrr
WAYS since the Allied ofrrnsiN" began
July Is. one regiment lost one
third of it's electives in one day. 9th
or units were reduced onr-half IN inc
fighting up to July 20. The fliticth
division Il crack unit. WAS ordered IN
To battle to stop the pressure OF the
French in the valley of the Ardrc. II
was a regiment Of this division which
lost one third of its number on July
% The next day the commander OF
the 10th company reported hc had
been reduced to 35 men. The COM
mander Of the 18th company declared
no one was left In the seventh COM
pany. In other hattalions of the rcgi-
ment similar conditions were report
ed. Prisoners say the 39th regiment
lost from 60 to as per cent of effect
ives in three days. On July "a the
send regiment was compelled To form
three companies of its three battal-
ions put back into the line. Before
engaging In the hattie the companies
of another division consisted OF SO
men each. many being 10 year old
boys. AZ a result OF. losses the d.
vision was reduced ny onC-half toI
July %. In the region OF Fcre-En-
Tardcnois one regiment Of the 22nd
division was reduced to three COM
panioS. Tho number of electives In
the Average German company is now
about 80 men exclusive OF officers and
supplementary non-commissioned Of
flcers.
From sections of the German army
there are being drawn n certain pro-
portion Of officers and the sturdiest
soldiers for the formation Of force
OF half n million men which Is to re-