Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-02
Scraps and fatts.

SORS az lIle sutSl va VIZ
er',l STAFF. The Journalist said ne was
q, Soisspns a short time ago and ~hat
n. X;ts allowed TO see was terrlpIt,
n,nr. terrible than anything ne hao
seen during the war. Inc DerHidi'
,ru,v's losses at that point are oeSohu
d,,a,.ri,tion Whole regiments were
v,,,.d out in no time / saw on tne
h,,,I.felds masscs Of German corpset'
tundIed together with wire ana GOV
red with lime. ready Tor purhins'
German officer said: "Ho" coulu VIC
hury them? We would nave 10 Ini
,,,,t,iIizc "a thousand men for that WORK
nv, ',.a c,nnot' II was believed the
rn,h,.ss attacks would break throuen,
i,u, the German officers have chaneeo
their minds.
- Carrying an anicndih1ht PRIV 49,,
for national prohibition d9 I'll
measure but not iulIS ei'Ct' -
INN. % 1919, the eleven iniIiioh uo'
I', ..,n,.rpcncy agricultural appropiia-
,inp hiII was reported 10 the sth"'e
I.sr THURSDAY. The present plah 10 "
III II m after the army blli 10 u's
,,ns,.d oI and a bitter night Is cAp.l
,.d ly many senators. ne io.',,
..,r,nJrn,nt offered by Senator NoIii -
-, Nebraska AS Il substitute lor tI"'
-. S.n,,or Jones oi Washington. "aS
.,itn,d,d by the senate aSllCui' "a"
,,,,,,ni,tcc To 8. II prohlhils '''
sail, of distilled spirits ana th' "'''
t,,tur,. of wine or the rtihONai vi ~
u,ors now held in bond AFTER J"i'' o.,
1919. The manufacture N "''' 49,,
h. :;topped three monuls ail'F I"''s
al ,h, hill. The amendment Was APP
,,,,'J hy ,h,. committee at Il thfcc-
hn,r session during which opponents
,n,,,. futil,. efforts 10 have IL ainiu
,.d so as 10 permit the inahuidc'u''
and sal, of beer for SIX ihohthH ',i,'
,h.n iour months after enactment FL
forts 10 have the committee lcCo,"
mend passage oil prohibition icSi
tion i'm Il separate measure "'so W.
unsuccessful. Extensive hearings on
the question OF prohibition duiihS nv s
war were held by the committee. ''
PROPOSAL was opposed anu app
by high government oiiici'is anu
erS.
dispatch from kicv, under date
of "Wednesday, JUNE Is, declares th"'
,h.. rcrnr, of the assassination OF Tor
,u,r E,mpcrur Nicholas Oi Russia, mas
h.a.n confirmed. II is declared ne was
k,I,cd by Bolshcvik troops DURING
ihrir retreat ON IckartcrlnburS. ihv
kiry message was received at bas'''
Switzerland, and forwarded ny III nv
JI,,us CORRESPONDENT III that city. lh'
mrs, report OF the ASSASSINATION o'
former Emperor Nicholas was rtccn
ed in Copenhagen through Stockhoilii
on Tuesday. The Copenhagen hi's-
sage quoted the RUSSIAN hrwspIpei
yJa as saying that RUSSIAN i'"
t;I,urJs had murdered the cN-cnpcfol
i'm his residence at IckdterinburS,
where. he was removed recently from
Tululsk. An Exchange Telegraph us
match from Moscow, dated Frlu;t!'
lime Il, and received III this couiitI!
ON "Wednesday. declared that thrr'
WAS no foundation. however, lot th'
rumurs OF the ASSASSINATION, ana uiS
patches from German sources ES'
week reported that the former rihptT
or WAS not at SrkatcrInDuiS, lhNihS
been removed to Moscow Tor s;ll'
keeping. The Ukraine bureau az ihu-
Same. announced Thursday IL mas it
criycd confirmation Of the report
that the i,olshcvik authorities At l'-
ka,crinburg condemned Nlcnola, 10
manofr, the former Russian emperor
to death after Il short trial ana tach
shot him. Details Vi tl:S r"p1rtc'i IN
ccution are lacking.
Over in France, lying on u hospititi
cot, wounded III the arm and leg, Is
ly-ycar-old boy, Il sergeant, who Is
worrying because he can't get back TO
the front right quick. This young fel-
low is an American, and took part IN
the bitter lighting last week north of
Belleau wood. He Is grouchy De
cause he fears the war Will be over
before he gets back into the game. An
surgeon ted ths hays ssSe stery Ihe
ri bTsv WnK their rifles. One by one
,ha mon fell until the sergeant was all
alone. Still shooting ut every German
head that appeared, he reachea
small clearing, where he got 'tlNe yer
mans covered. They threw down tneir
rifles. threw up their hands ana yelieu'
'.Enmerad." Keeping the hfe cover
cd the boy advanced, when snipei
shot him in the right arm. ne urop
ned his rifle, and drew his autoUhltI'
,.ith his left hand and kept gong on.
Then the sniper wounded Nun III ,ue
iar, log That didn't stop him. ne
forced the Huns to diS;trm anu n.n'
Them form an nproNiSed litter ioi NJ.
Pressing his automatic plstol INTO .ue
back of one Of the Huns ne maue .a'
i've carry him back to ms posi- ou
mand. His captires carried nun aetp
81 machine-gun swept field and hn;tilS
reached an ambulance that carrieu
him TO the hospital, while his prisoners
we're taken care OF by others. The pos
later remarked to the correspondent,
"Hell. the war will be over before
get back.
Erunk l.. Lennart, the oldest nero
Chic,"o ever produced. told Few
days ago. writes United Press cor
rrspondcnt with the American army III
Eranrp. how he was forced 10 capture
S3 Germans in Tuesday nlEhl "tiN
ho,tIe at Rcllcau Wood. He had luS'
arrived with his prisoners, GREATNESS
with pride. You see. | got c'usn'
hctwctn the lines" he said. uIs-
covered Il machine gun s'a,IhS
straight at me and dired INTO sn'i,
hole. The gunner did not shoo'' 50
,y,i,,d n while and then put up my
hands vinrcrly hiding my head. Stiii
br didn't shoot, so | slowly raised my
head. and there stood the gunner WIN
his hands up He motioned for me 10
come up. and took me TO the captain
who conveyed me TO his dugout. lie
gave me something TO drink ana some
cigarettes and asked ii he wasn't
,irrounded. assured him ne was;
lie said. Wait Il minutc'-you KNOW
yerstehe Gcrman-and went ou'.
When he returned he said the o'h'rs
wanted 10 surrender before theE were
Killed, ana tlSktu w N'''N> wv
the American lines. we started on
with all hands. including mine, heid
up. We got lost in the woods anu II
took a long time TO find an American
sentry. who was surprised to see me
with the Germans. Then some more
Americans came up and they wanted
TO escort my prisoners to headauar-
ters. Il said. Nothing doing. They're
mine They let me have 'em. anu |
brought 'em here" The captain ana
lieutenants were well dressed and the
men were we'll built and sturdy.
though some of them said they had
been without food for two days.
Profitecring on tremendous scale
in practically all the basic commodi-
ties OF life was reported TO the senate
last Saturday by the Federal trade
commission as the result OF an eX-
haustive investigation. "lnordinate
greed and bare faced fraud" as well
as war pressure for heavy produc-
tion," the commission reported as the
causes. ACCOMPLISHMENTS of proper
ties were made by great concerns
when II became evident that the gov
o~,,,>,,,t ,,.oS ahont fix nriceS