Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30
MERE-M ENTION

An Official statement gives thr TO-
tai British losses i'm the recent opera
ton against Zcebrusge and Ostcnd at
SIS, divided as follows: Officers: Kill
ed--lG: died OF wounds. 3: missing. >:
wounded. 20. Men: Killed. IA: died
Of wounds. 25 missing. Ii: wounded.
3j5........... News comes from 81. Peters
burg that a portion OF the city has
proclaimed Grand Duke Alexis Nick
olaievitch. II son OF the former czar.
Us emperor. and In Washington tbs is
looked upon as II German scheme to
restore the old monarchy with view
OF bringing Russia back into the war
on the side of Germany..o...Anl ltalt-
an flyer, Sergeant Gianfclicc Gino.
broke the worlds record for speed
last Friday by flying from the Lang
ley field at Hampton. Va. to Wash
ington. a distance OF l45 miles In one
hour............The value Of the German
mark has fallen In neutral countries
since the beginning of the present Of
fensive.....The Greeks OF Charlotte.
y. c., have bought nearly $4,000
worth OF third Liberty loan bonds.
....A delegation OF newspaper pub
fishers has appealed to the shipping
board to aid In bringing $4,000 cords OF
wood pulp from Canada to the Unit
ed ............Representative Bardy
OF Kentucky, has introduced bill
providing for absolute prohibition OF
the distillation OF liquor during the
war....,,..:.:.It now sppears that only
about twenty ysnnafieai1s-.wefs Rf1ea-
In the recent severe fight near the
village OF Seichoprey. France: but
that close to $50 were captured Is vir-
tually conceded. The Americans were
outnumbcred In this fight about eight
to one............The war council OF the
war department reports that there has
been great Improvement In the trans
port service from America to France.
Where formerly IL required from six
to eight weeks for vessel to make
round trip. the trips are now being
made in sixteen days. There has also
been d decided increase In the num-
ber Of ships In the service. Pre-
mier Won Sedler, OF Austro- Hungary,
has resigned his office........Three thou
sand Pennsylvania soldiers marched in
the Confederate Memorial day parade
at Augusta, Ga. last Friday. Miss
Mary Hall, aged 80 years, an unrecOn-
structed rebel, marched with O Penn
sylvanian on each side of her................
Kermit Roosevelt. who has been with
the British army in Mesopotamia, has
been appointed q captain in the Unit
ed States army. Colonel Roosevelt's
four sons are now In the American
army. Director General McAdoo
last week placed orders for 10000 box
and coal cars. and will give contracts
for 10000 additional cars within the
next few days. The cars are to be
delivered within six months and the
contract totals more than $50, 900.
President Wilson has subscribed
for $4,000 worth Of third Liberty loan
bonds..........The Calumet and Heola
mining corporations Of Michigan, have
announced a wage increase Of 6 to 26
per cent for its 1880 employes...........
The department Of justice announces
that during the past year there have
been more than $500 convictions Of
persons charged with sabotage, dis
| loyal utterances and other forms Of
interference with the war..Au-
thority for the organization OF an
army division including $1,000 men,
has been cabled to Governor General
Burton Harrison OF the Philippine
Chester, Pa, last Friday
won its Liberty loan honor. flag by
raising its bond quota Of $4,000, 900
| and Immediately announced that II
| would make Chester's subscriptions to
the bond issue $4,000, 0,000................At-
lantic City. ". j.. celebrated Liberty
Day last Friday by sending 1873 men
to the army camp at Wrightstown, l03
OF them being negroes, and by casting
flowers upon the ocean as a tribute to
| children who have been the victims
| Of Hun atrocities at sea..........Accord-
ing to German official figures Ger
| many's losses In the war thus far are
placed at 100000. Sick and wound
ed to the number Of $50, 900 have been
returned to service, while 629,000 have
been discharged as unfit for service.
........-..-The shops Of the Lehigh Valley
railroad at Hazleton. Pa, were tied
up last Friday for an hour and q half
because one Of the men refused to buy
Liberty bond and salute the flag
The Stacker was discharged and the
men returned to work.--.....Fifty thou
sand Liberty bond subscribers paraded
down Pennsylvania avenue, Washing
| ton, last Friday.