Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

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y,Ill l." ihU>,. uu guard du'!. th"H" az
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Ti- casualties IN li"' lighting q,
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,uI.!li.:, ." latest l:"riIu hdEI""s i"r"!-
,.d here. Saturday. III" Sphrta"uS "r
Radical Socialist group At" reporter
iuI." defending with na"hiu" Guns
'Fii,,..,rrIun~ "i th, StrhrIl'S "i Der
Inn Tie. wnrl.iI,u's nEd sUl'ii"is' com
,,rr,,.. It.ts b,arulilc u, mUiIiIH'G ANA re-
iu...i 10 u.s.. aims. street l%ht!nS ~
r,pnrt,d hy th. t0lu%u" '.HI"it' :" h'
:.uI!.. uu ~ May"nC,. capital al ia"
rro, me-. uf th' Rh"nsh Hess AMI "n"
0i 'hc principal i0rtr"Ss"S "i Germany.
Many PERSONS have been hIl.'d.
British merchant t"mnas' losses
w,r" I.u%I SIS .IuaS tons nom Ia" h'-
rIuuIn:. at the var to D,i0i,'r ~. lHlN.
arrur,IIu.. To- an UI!I,I.il statement Ju~,
ISSUED. N,W construction IN Ia"
Tinted Kingdom ia -" sam" i".fl"d
w:,s 7lG.S2p Tho net los was ".ii3
uIJ tons official announce cement intdv
IN I.OnGUm Thursday ni@ht placed th'
loses Iu world'S merchant iuni;S" 10y
rmrIiIy action and marin" rI:'h iroili 'h'
beginning ui th" war To the "nh OI
Or,oL.r. lJl>. at l"."j3.,N6 gross tons.
Iu the sam" I"'riUd l".Si'.I2i tons
OF enemy vessels were. captured. TINS
Iu.,,l, the net loss "i t"unaS" during
ih.. war l.\ll.J>i tons.
The piIutS oi I'll" SpIrtHnbutf
Herald aud SpIrt.tnbuig Journal. to
Icihcr with TIA" building Orcum"d h\
them. were, destroyed 10y fire last sat
ur,I;ty night Th" fire originated ia tho|
basement uI the building occupied h\
the nc%SI,arc... ..Ul uI'., such RAPID
hctlway that but little PROPERTY WAS
saved. The loss :" tn" newspaper
pllmt Is estimated At about $1O.uO".
fully covered 10y insurance and the loss
Ia the building ~ $@i.O0n. with inSur
anr,. tu tn" v;,lu" "f two-thirdS of IT'S
Value Th" Herald Immediately made
arrangements for the iSSuauC" of ITS
SUNDAY morning edition hy M"sSiS.
I;:,nd and White. job printers.
"lniiu"uza won tn" war Tor ia"
Allies" This startling statement WAS
iuadr icy Dr. Woods H"t""'".'.';' I"
IIr.,Iih ''nm''i"~:,.cr John DIll Rob
iu~"u. al Chicago. last Friday. pr
hutchinson returned last January
from an uN ,:liaatI"u a.; i'';tiih con
ditiunS ~ EUr"Tw. ami has been
studying TIA. inilu"uZa epidemic III
lie said: 1T has Just NOW leaked "ut
that the epidemic ragged iurlouSlN IN
Germany in February and March.
There we're 3NuUOu cases on tn" wCS-
tern front. and that is literally what
held Ia" German drive for two weeks
and undoubtedly SAVED the daN Tor the
Allies" The influenza was much
more serious i'm America Than IN t.n-
ruI" according to Dr Hutchinson
Deaths IN America I" dat" total 500.
900.
~Rn United States government
will have ~ 1ts guests IN Ire near
future. President pOinCarc. of France;
King George. OF England: King NJ
hrrt of Brlsium: King Victor Eman-
mel. uf Italy and tn" heads oi any ON
,.r nations President Wilson may NiS-
II durin. his stay in EUROPE. stephan
T. IrtIZann-. editor ui The Paris MAJ
tin. declared Just h"for" 10" sailed Tor
France from New York last trhiaN.
VI. I.auznnn" has been IN tn" hll,"
Stat,.S for several months on IN ON
ri,I mission. 1t has been Il dinl0-
matte custom FROM tim" imm"mori-
al" NJ lauZannC said. that IN" h"ad
ur uu" government who cnt"rtainS ih'
h,4td ut another. invariably r"rhNS III"
visit While mo- official announce
lnrnt uf plans hHN" been made VI
l.au2ann" declared II waS certain
President I'uinCar" would com" 1" 'U'
l'nitrd States wi,hu ,hr urN year
battalion OF the Thirty ninth
American infantry left TrcN"S hN train
last SUNDAY for C0hl"nH. - l"nl hours
run The premature" occupation "I
,'oMrnZ is du" To- the request "i th"|
German authorities. wh" al" apii"h'h-
siv,. of the conditions that might pre-
vail there at the withdrawal "t the
German forces. This * IN" first time
The. americans have utilized railway
trains Tor their IdVauc" into In" Ter
ritury from which tn" Germans nave
Withdrawn. TIL" main army continues
u~ advance in tn" usual manner ana
Saturday night had r'ach"d 'hG gen
,.rII line ut GrlSdorau MaY"n. hl""hE
and Srhaddcn All reports continued
tn indicate. that the Germans were
Withdrawing in an orderly manner ana
that I'm, inhabitants ui the villages oc-
,.lIpird hN the Americans wcr" rcIfan
ing from any antaConiStr a''S.
,y.,s nui expected that thcr" would he
any trouble at CnhlcnH and IN" appear
hv the burgOmaStvr tu send troops WIS
denied until IL was supplemented IN
writing lay the retiring mhl'ar\ com
mandrrS.
I,y,u,,.r CIrmcnCrau may act aS
,h,. u,.arr conference. II * reported
that IN, presence of President Wilson
lS head of the american dr"l"Gauon
nuS | ii tO this dCCiSiC" on IN" part ol
In. Err,,,.L ur"','i." = " "H'' Hat H.
may select aS his cCll&h"r&t"rS capt;
Audr,, Tardlyu Ecad OF III" G'm':a
commission for Franco American wa'
maj. .crS AID high rommiS&i"A'r !" lhr
l'ri.rd States: Jules Camhu". Ernrr2l
tn hn ministry
affairs and former ambassador 10 the
United States: Marshal Foch and IN"
French u:iniSt, ~ of III" navy ana III
hor. George r.cygucS and VI. COIL
ard. respectively. For tim" the
French newspapers wcr" not permit
ted To forecast the composition OF th'
French delegation. hut this restriction
seems now To have been withdrawn
Recently the names Ot former Pre-
micrs Leon bourgeois and AriStid"
Rriand have been mCtioncd IN con-
nrction with the conference and some
of the papcrs have taken them under
consideration rs suitable delegates.
Nine French prisoners were shot
hy the Germans and u other prisoners
seriously wounded at the prison camp
in lagcnSalZa. pruSSian SaNonN. the
SnnniSh ambassador to Berlin reports
The behavior Of the prisoners did not
in the least justify the severity ol ln'S
act OF preston. II was declared. The
French government. II Is ndicattu.
* resolved to demand rrparation Tor
this act of the Germans. which VIII
hc added 10 the already long list Of oc-
currcnccs Of this and similar natur"
II was reported in 4 Paris dispatCh
of December that incidents OF Seri-
ous gravity" have occurred within the
last few days in prison camp In sax,
ony where Allied soldiers were confined
and the Allied governments were said
10 have decided 10 act cnergetlcaiIE
in this connection. II was apparently
this incident which gave rise to the
report printed in the North German
Gazette of Berlin that Allied occuna-
tion was to be extended even tempor-
orilv. to Berlin. the reason given in TINS
rrnort being Il "rrgrrttahlc incident
during which supervisor OF pri-
con comp shot three FrcnChmcn.