Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-03
Scraps and faets.

q, r>orc than 100000 and probably
on,,roach 1000. 900. The figures wer"
given out after a study Of tables OF
German and Allied losses which nave
been published.
"A table compiled by the bureau OF
labor, shows that the purchasing pow
or Of one dollar in July. 1918, as COM
nared with July, 1913. five years prev
ious had shrunk to forty-five cents In |
washington and Baltimore: fifty-seVen
cents In Philadelphia; hfty-nine Genus
In New York and Chicago. ana sixty
three cents in San Francisco. During
the five intervening years the COST OF
food Increased IS per cent In Washlng-
ton: s4 per cent in Baltimore; Fiper
cent In Philadelphia; Ss per cent IN
New York; SO per cent in Chicago ana
5s uer cent In San Francisco. Compar-
alive figures also show that food prices
have. increased materially in month
In lime. 1918, the same food that could
be bought for ninety eight Genus IN
Washington costs 81 in July. In other
cities figures are about similar with
only slight variations.
A proposal to stabilize the price OF
cottonseed and it's products on basis
Of $40 per ton I. o. b. cars. Tor the sech.
has been put before the FOOD adminis-
tration. by a committee representing
state directors Of markets and agricul-
tural commissioners of tn" cotton
growing states and members or the
farmers union. The effort OF the pro-
posal would be to make the price oil
seed vary from SCI TO S72 in carload
lots, depending upon the yield OF lots
"A food administration statement tonight
said, "and the price OF meal would
range from S57 per ton In Texas TO S53
for the eastern section. y meeting OF
cattlemen has been called to consult In
the matter" The prices suggested are
based on 1917 figures. II was said that
the object Of fixing. if adopted. wouId
be to protect both the cattle feeder
and the seed producer from the high
Iy speculative market that now threat
ems the industry"
Applause for President Wilson at
public meeting in Germany Is reported
in a dispatch from France. showing
that the violent campaign, against
America inspired by the German gov
ernment has failed to silence all ele-
ments In sympathy with the profess
sions OF President Wilson. The dis
patch SAYS: "The intensity with which
the greater part of the German press
is prosecuting campaign against
President Wilson is proof that II mas
been ordered and organized by the or
fetal services of the WtlhelinStr;,SSc
Wilson is presented to all as hypo-
critic and ultra impcrialiSt. who Is not
taking seriously the principles pro
claimed hy him in regard TO tn" league
OF nations. and who at the bottom or
his heart has only one sincere wish,
and that is to annihilate Germany.
Theodore Wolff, In the Bcrliner Tag
hlatt, and Mamillian Harden in the
Zukunft. who are not participating IN
this campaign against Wilson, are rare
exceptions. Among the masses the
peace aims OF Wilson find much
more favorable reception than Is gen
orally supposed according to tn" Ger
man press -
- Clifford PinchOt. in an address be-
fore q meeting Of farmers called by
the Federal board of farm OrganlZa
tion, said the three great tasks before
the country people OF America are TO
help win the war as speedily as posi-
BILE; to grow such a crop in 1919 as the
world has never seen before. and to
waste no time. The farmers have not
had Justice" he continued. For the
last half century they have been con-
tent to sit in the background and hold
their peace. They have not stood unit
ed-divided they have fallen. II the old
divisions and weakness are allowed to
continue there will be as little justice
In the future as in the past. But II we
get together. II we demand with one
voice, as the wage earners do. what
our position and our services rightly
entitle US to. and no mere. then no
man and no combination OF men In
America Is strong enough TO keep II
form us. We do not ask for more
than Is properly ours. We raise no is
sue OF class against class. But we do
demand that the men and women who
feed and clothe this nation shall nave
u voice in it's affairs in reasonable pro-
portion to their numbers and their
power"
President Wilson has been told by
Director McAdoo that successful OPP
Grafton of the railroads demands that
deferred classification be given most
railroad employees, and that those act
ually taken into the army service
should be conserved for military rail-
way service in France to lessen the
drain on personnel in this country. Mr..
McAdoo conferred with the president.
more than an hour, and submitted
many reports showing how railway
shops and train operations have been
very much hampered recently by
the drafting OF necessary employees
The railroad administration hopes to
have Provost Marshal General Crowd
er establish rule providing that the
request Of a railroad executive for de-
ferred classification Of an employe
shall act automatically to prevent i'm
mediate drafting Of the employe. The
railroads programme for employing
thousands OF women to replace men
taken into the army will be directed
by woman. Miss Pauline Goldmark
Of New York. who today was appoint
ed manager of the railroad admins
tration's womens' service section.
William D. Haywood. "uncrowned
king" OF the Industrial Workers Of the
World, and II of his chief aides in the
conspiracy to overturn the American
war program. were sentenced toI
twenty years in the federal penitenti-
ary at Levenworth, Kan. by Federal
Judge Lands at Chicago last Friday.
Ten-year sentences were imposed upon
SO OF the organizations leaders. five
year sentences on %. one year and one
day on l2 defendants and ten-day SEN
fences on two others. Cases against
Benjamin Schraeger. Chicago writer.
and Pietro Nigra, Springs Valley, ILL.,.
four counts in the Indictment will run
concurrently. Fines ranging from
$4,000 on Haywood and his chief
aides, down to $1,000 were imposed. |
Ninety days are granted in which to
file bill OF exception, and stay OF
seven days In which to petition for
bail "It Is not the closing chapter in
Americas biggest criminal cases" said
Frank h. Ncbeker. chief prosecutor.
I'VE are confident new trial will he
granted" said George r. Vanderveer, |
chief counsel for the defense" In
times OF peace you have a legal right |
to oppose. by free speech. preparations |
for war. But when war has been de- |
clared that right ceases forthwith"
was the courts closing remarks.
In the campaign which the Red |
Cross Is conducting to enlist $4,000
nurses by Jan. /, the Atlantic Division, |
composed Of New York, New Jersey |
and Delaware, leads in actual enroll |
ment. or the allotted SOS, As per
cent. or $500 have enrolled. leaving |
3.l0S to be secured. The central di- |
vision, OF Illinois. Michigan. Wiscon-
sin. Iowa and Nebraska, has filled 5S
per cent OF its quota. having enrolled |