Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-21
Scraps and fats.

Twenty seven flying fields Tor
training American military avIh,"fS
arc. IN Op,r:ttion. The war d"ptrtin' nj
has formally announced the inaHEt-
ration Of flying 1t TIA" n"w SOu,t'ih
Field. Am"rIcus. Ga. Of when MhJof
q. H. Walsh II cOininandhh'.
-Th. Geneva (Switz"rlanGJ Tribune
SANS n learns from r"lIahl" SQUIRE
that EI-ld Marshal NOn iInd"hhH'G
h suffering from an acute ~ N"1'
disease. that his mental capacity l.
much affected AMI that II" IS coH
fined IN Il private sani'oiluNi' ~"
n.wspaI,-r adds that HindohhuTs '""n
no responsible part in IA" recent oi :
icnsIvc on III western 'loht' I'M WI
I,riup chiefly don. 10y Gen. Lud"n-
dOTif.
jeremiah O'L.ary, who was in
di,.,rd IN New York some weeks ago
ns a I;rrtnan-IriSh plOtt"r, ana VINO
iImprd his bond and disappeared. has
been arrested III the mountains Oi th
state. oil Washington. Secret service
men got information that pl-"arH ma"
Icr, New York IN Tn" disguise OF "A Ia
Lorrr and they tIallcd HIM To Il iafhl
in ,h,. lar northwest. They found MN
under an automobile making repairs
To the Inachin" and nabh"d HIM l0ith-
with.
Mrs. .AdOlphus Bush. widow ol
the, millionaire St. Louis brewer IL III
"A bad way with regard To f'r pI"P'i
". Her husband was Il i"riiiah C''-
z,u and she. was in G"rnany when
,h, war broke out. Brcaus" o. h"'
;,i,s.nc.. Tn, United States govern
men, s"iZc,' larg" properties h"i"nS :
ing 10 her, including br"w"ricS III ~
Inu,s. and nrg" sums in stocks anu
hnpds She. has Just returned 10 th'
tinted States and claims That 'h'
German government mad seized prop
cr,y hrlunginG 10 her on III" lihii''
river. She. says that she lS u hh'lN'
born American citizen ana that Sn'
will claim the return OF her ~. LOUIS
and other properties SclZ'h u! th'
United States government
- More than 30O.0oO contracts IN
yulving plants in 40 citi"S throughout
th,. country are embraced IN thc gov
rrnm"ni'S natiOn-widc crusade against
war contract grating. according To II
.,.,,,mrnt issued in New York hy Dr.
Iuhn r.. Drmund. In connection WIN
th,. d,tr,rtinrnt ot Justice. DIR. D"innh'l
and Dr. Sidney Il. piCIff"r. Sp"clal
agents of the treasury department
arr. looking into army and navy CON
tracts in New York city ana NlclhllH'
"Ycstrrday "" visited NOR" thah s"
mnnniacturin% ana supply houses ana
,.,thrr,,l M all their books Ol f'c"r'i
and other important papers. ne S'li"'
On,. ,wrson. AN army officer, has been
arrested already. and other arrests are
prnding az 1t result of information
obtained in In" inquiry, Dr. l"ihnh"
declared.
The failure of the Austrian oitrn 70
sivt. in the. mountains. lhr most crltl :,
cal sector is shown in Italian official
statements. II is believed that 'h'
Italians hav" every prospect at r"Stor-
in. the. puSiiiunS ON Tn" llaN". wicrr
alone th,. enemy scored som" success.
Th, I,ritiSh held the post oi honor III
th,. mountains, and how well they
rose, Ia the occasion IL proved 10y tln'
remark of Il correspondent. til;il tth'
results at Tn" enemy attack Su%StS.
that il WAS the British who carried
ont the most successful Offensive.
The NuStrians undoubtedly hoped |"
sweep into tn" plains and crush llaIN.
hut the lattcr'S achievement III resist
ing th, first onslaught Is aSSuranc"
that sh" is capable OF defending hrr
position. The Germans ar" not ik'lN
10 hermit the AuStrianS To Slackrn
their efforts. Should the Germans De
compllrd to send assistance. thrlr
strength on the western 'front.' WouId
be- corrcspondingly weakened.
In granting unconditional pardon
to two young soldiers sentenced Z"
death for having slept on post NJ the
front, President Wilson expected ms
action to act "as challenge to de-
voted service for the future. The text
his order. identical I'm both cases,
lie public Tuesday. says: IN view
the youth OF Private Forcst d.