Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05
MERE-M ENTlON

Fire destroyed or partly wrecked
seven buildings in the business sec.
ton of Atlantic City. n. j., Monday
with Il property loss Of s154,000..."......
The New York legislature has passed
a bill by which children IA to IL
years of age are to be issued wcrsiS
permits during the summer vada
Nine young women. dressed
in regulation army uniforms, all mem
bers of the National League for Wo'
mems service. left Lansing, Mich.
Tuesday morning, each driving Q
cc-quarter ton truck, loaded will
army supplies, for Atlanta, Ga.....-......
Rudolph Schopke, q wealthy banker
of Emerson, Neb.. was given an over
coat of tar and feathers few night:
ago because he is said to have told
Red Cross workers that he owed
nothing to the United States..........Ths
city of Quebec has been placed under
martial law because of rioting grow
ing out of enforcement of the military
service act...M. H. Hanson, schoo
teacher of Easton, Pa, has been noti.
fed of the safety Of his 5-year-olt
daughter at San Antonio, Texas. The
child was kidnapped by Mexicans or
the Texas border two years ago, aftel
the burning OF the Hanson home, ir
which Mrs. Hanson lost her lffe...........
Thousands Of deaths have resulted ir
Mongolia during the past several
weeks as the result Of a widespread
epidemic Of pneumonia. The scourgt
Is spreading to Chinese provinces.........
Mrs. Margaret Hirsch. convicted ir
Atlanta, Ga, few days ago with j
w. Cook, Of attempting to blackmai
Mayor Gambler. has been discharged
on payment Of fine Of $300..............
The New York board Of aldermen has
passed law making 1t misdemeanor
punishable by ten days Imprisonment
or q fine Of $50. or both, to waste any
kind Of food............Six persons were
killed, several injured and thousands
Of dollars worth of property destroyed
by tornado which swept over par
Of Missouri, Wednesday y........A large
push ball, made Of steel and rattan
and covered with canvas, painted ir
from Buffalo to New York city, a dis
vi fso llillCDp " dNNGIllSt dllI
help along the third Liberty loar
bond sales. The rolling begins to.
morrow and is expected to stop in
suit Of local option elections held In
Illinois on Tuesday, $50 saloons will
go out Of business. Some Of the
towns voted to stay wet" but all oi
the dry" towns voted to stay dry.
Three soldiers were killed and one
seriously injured by an explosion in
a soldiers tent at Camp Hancock, Au-
gusta, Ca, Tuesday night The
senate of Massachusetts, has ratified
the proposed prohibitory amendment
to the Federal constitution. The
house ratified the amendment several
days Many Japs are leaving
Mexico by way Of Pacific ports for
Japan. 1t is understood that the Japs
have been called to the colors not on
ly from Mexico, but from North
American countries, as we'll as from
Central and South America............Th
cornerstone for q monument to Private
James Gresham will be laid at Evans
vile. Ind. tomorrow. in commemora-
ton OF the first anniversary OF Ameri-
cas- entrance into the war. Gresham
was the first soldier Of the American
expeditionary force to be killed in
France................Senator Thompson OF
Kansas. has introduced resolution
providing for the taking over and
operation Of packing plants by the
government............By an agreement OF
the American Bar association with
Secretary McAdoo. lawyers through
out the country will gratuitously as
sist soldiers and sailors in collecting
war risk insurance Less
than $50 Germans have been arrested
for failure to register in the enemy
alien census taken in February. More
than 100000 German aliens were
registered.