Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-08
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lated prices were rs per cent ngher
than i'm November. 1916. 56 per cent
higher than in the same month Oh
1914. and as per cent higher than IN
lqI3 Corn meal has increased lZ'
pcr cent in the four year period. hour
los uer cent, lard l0i per cent, bacon
~ per cent. sugar I5 per cent anu
unintnrs - per cent. Rctura'nS L"
more cheerful! subjects. the bureau
announced that from octoper 10 No
,rmhcr pork chops dropped III PE'
IL per cent hens b per cent. slrioin
and round steak four per cent. hour D.
and sugar . Lesser decreases were
found in rib roast. chuck roaS'. pi'''
beef, cheese. raiSins and con"e.
In the recent successful operations
against Monte Tomba IN ltaiE. the
French captured more prisoners than
they had men engaged. In all tnere
wer, |. 400 Of thcm-th prisoners. De-
sides $50 dead around the mountains.
II was known that there were also
many more dead in the caVerns
throughout the vicinity. opposed 10
tho French VAS the Fiftieth Austrian
diyision. IL was the first time that
Austrians and French have met durlns
tho nrescnt war. The Austrians nave
hrcn lighting Russians. Italians ana
Rulp,rians. and the French have been
arhtinr the Germans. The Austrians
proved hardly mouthful for the
French fighters. and they were NOT
long in realizing the fact. Wheh the
officer prNoncrs were nncu UP u ue
veloped this there were AZ austrians
and Two Germans The Austrians
were told that they would receive the
trcotment due TO officers and gentle
men and the Germans were told that
they would receive the same treatment
that they had accorded TO Frencti
prisoners in Germany. shortly after
the prisoners had been sent TO quar-.
ters. there was lively cheering ana
inquiry developed that the Austrians
were cheering their French captors'
The fighting in Italy has SHOWN that
the Austriuns are simply no ma'ch io'
the French.
All men for the war armies sun
10 be raised by the United states VIII
come from class !. under the new
selectiyc service plan. That means
the nations lighting is To be done ny
younr men without families depend.
snt npon their labor for support and
unskilled in necessary industries OF
AGRICULTURAL work. Provost Marshal
General Crowder announces the new
nolicy in an exhaustive report upon
the operation Of the selective drait
law. submitted to Secretary Baker and
semi 10 congress last Thursday. He
says Glass | should provide men OF
oli military needs OF the country and
to accomplish that object he urges
amendment OF the draft law so as 70
provide that all men who have reacn-
ed their 2lst birthday since June o
1917. shall be required to register TOT
classification. Also In the interest ot
fair distribution Of the military bur.
den he proposes that the quotas oi
states or districts be determined here
after on the basis OF the number OF
men in Glass and not upon popuia'
tion. Available figures indicate, IN:
report says. that there are l.ooO,0oe
physically and otherwise qualineo
men under the present regulation whS
will be found in Class l when al
auestionnaires have been returned ano
the classification period ends Feoru'
,rv * Ta this the extension OF regu'
Intion to men becoming 81 since june
OF last year and thereafter Will add
100000 effective men year.
THE Associate Press has received
information that the American VA
department has decided on rules gov
erning the transfer Of Americans serv'
ing with the British forces to TIT
American army by which their presen
status will not be disturbed except II
special cases and where the transfe'
els plainly in the interest or the unit
ed States" This decision, II Is said
was reached on the following grounds
First. That Americans who enlisted
With the British forces must have peer
promoted by patriotic motives to d.
SO and that therefore II does no
matter whether they remain British
or are transferred to their own nag
since they would be fighting for th'
same cause. Second. In some cases
.narticularly with the Canadians
many OF whom are Americans, trans
fers might seriously disorganize units
while no official statistics are avail
abie. IL is believed there are from 20,
600 to $4,000 Americans In the Canad
Ian forces alone and perhaps half al
nrsny more scattered through othe
Rrttish contingents In France, Meso
notsmia. Palestine and elsewhere
} Hundreds Of letters have been sent q