Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-11
Scraps and fats.

mary uf the British captures ana
losses in the war during 1917. The
tota! CAPTURES Uu Il! fronts nuInbeISG
ll4,5ii prisoners and Iel guns. Inc
losses numbered @:.2t3 prisoners ana
lsS GUNS. The items include: Vest
,rn tne&tcr. s3.l3l prisoners, osl
guns captured and 2i.2VY prisoners
and 1876 guns lost Pal, stne, lI.ti6
prisoners and l0s guns captured.
Mesoputamla. l.3ii prisoners anu
ia guns captured. No guns we're
lost IN any thca."r except the West
ern.
Germany lost :31.9Y0 prisoners
ana at least !. $50 gums TO the frcnch
and ErItIsh IN lyl. according 10 an
announcement by ErIg. \. - Mc!-,cA-
Ian. Military Attach 10 III" BrItis!!
Embassy, 1T Washington. The br!tISh
truOIs captured ll1,vvV PRISONERS anu
.Al guns" McI-Ich h!an sad. IN"
French captures 'qUailCl ours. s!hCt
last Nov. -. wc hav' taken llOVOo
Ir.,un.rs and l3s guns Oh III" wcS'
front alone" Referring 10 German
t',I,'n.,",n'" :,c,irIr,.s. cen. MCIachlin
stated that Great Britain had Trans
uortcd more than i.bp".1DD i:ich
across IN" English channel from Do
yer sInc" the var began ana had not
lost Il single man.
80 l,,n,Zrd reports on deposits car
rici by railroads, street or eicc,ric
railways. and steamboat COMPANIES
are r.uuir,d Of national banks 10y inc
COInrtrOl!cr Of Curr"ncyS current can
for a report Of the banks condition al
ih,. clOs,. Of business December 81.
The" items. included in the report
form for tn" .rst time, Viii furnish
VALUABLE" Information 10 the govern
IN, nj railroad administration. ami 10
treasury officials IN feeling financial
pulse Of the nation IN preparation
Tor In" next Liberty loan. 1t WAS cX-
Il;lIusL. Another ncw feature VI
the reports Will b" figures on amount
nf liberty bonds h"lu by IN" banks
loans made on security Of the bonus
and interest rates on thcSr leans. This
also viii assist officials in arranging
for the next loan.
- American soldiers. says 4 CORES
pon,irnt with the army III France
nave been Warned against German
booty traps and snartS which tlic
enemy IL nav, ,nt.IS as last as the OH
ones are discontinued. irouhi re-
Gently gained by the French ana inc
british turned out 10 be dotted wilii
dcIilIsn devices that are against All
civilized warfare, such as Hat bo"I"S
made to initiate lookout seats III lh'
entrances ui uuSoutS on" cnd oi MhIch
pluu,S wh,n the boards are touci"H.
ON the floors of German trenches
and duSOutS have been found Se"-StW
boards which, when stepped on. cause
hidden bomb cases To cNplOdc. lH
Germans even used their unCoilInei
dead us snarcs for the advancing Zoe,
placing CoilIIiS Oh top ot others me
removal Of the topnoSt would Offset
charge Of high explosives ana plow
up parties attempting To give lhr
enemy dead a Christian burial.
% Bad weather continues IT, prevail
on most OF the maJur battl" fronts.
hut nevertheless the heavy artIller!
durls are proceeding and 1T several
puIutS infantry attacks oi small pro-
PORTIONS have been carried out Inc
Germans in one of these mancuEcrs
which apparently was more IN the
nature oil Il raid than an attack oS
large forces, entered BRUSH advance
posts north OF the iprcs-St. Adcn
railway, but later were forced out DS
Il counter attack. On the famous -.
MihIcl salient southeast, OF Nerdun,
which mas drIN Cn Il sharp wedge III
the battle line since the early days ol
the war, French troops entered Ger
man positions on u mile 'front.' dc-
stroyvd the positions and returned 10
their own lines with las prisoners
and some machine guns. The Ger
man war uiliCe admits the French
hucr,sS IN invading the German po-
EItIun but says the French were eject
ed in Il counter attack. On the ltall-
an front 4 heavy snow ~ falling ana
aside from intensive artillery duels
from the Asiago plateau to the Pave
river and small patrol encounters
has -heen- -NsrS l.Sls AShang.---
German newspapers containing
comment on Premier Lloyd Georges
war aims speech of saturday r,ach-
ed Amsterdam last Monday. The FoS-
sischc Zcitung OF Berlin says. This.
the first tangible British peace oler.
Is a fresh Indication of our strength
and q proof of f.ngland's weakness.
Peace conditions ut the expense OF our
allies are unacceptable to us. Like
WISE peace terms offering the return
of our colonies in exchange Tor REIN
furccment of the British position IN
Asia Lloyd George has made II clear
to the Allies that the German armies
are lighting in the west ut least as
much for them as for Germany. The
Volks Zeitung says: Lloyd Georges
declarations show tone IN regard 10
us which is indeed changed. but the
old imperialistic aims are wholly
maintained. The British premier be-
lies his first declaration that he does
not desire the destruction OF Ger
many by his subsequent statement
that he wishes to dctach Alsace-Lor-
r.linc and give to Poland portions OF
I'ruSSian territory in the cast Despite
assurances TO the contrary. he wishes
To rob AustriaHungary and Turkey.
The Lokal AnZeis"r: Under How
of phrases is apparent the Old desire
tu smash GcrmanyS power forever.
and safeguard England's power for
ever The answer 10 this will be spok-
Ell by our armies In the west and by
our C-hoats."
With the food situation in Great
Britain and France admittedly critical
and conditions IN Italy said TO be
much worse. says Washington
special 10 the New York World. hugh
officials Of the government are less
concerned immediately over the rush
ing OF l.OOO.O troops To France
than they are over the problem oi
getting foodstuffs across with the
shortest possible delay. 1t Is out OF
the question To send increasingly large
numbers of troops across the Atlantic.
which means more and more troop
ships and At the same time to divert
ships from the troop service into food
carriers. Furthermore. If the food
situation is as bad as painted by Lord
Rhondda. the British Food Controller.
in his cablegram to Food Admins
TRAITOR Hoover. published this morn
ing. officials question the wisdom or
rushing Il large American army across
the Atlantic. Gen. Pershing's forces
must be supplied with foodstufs and
other nrcrSSaricS from this side. AS
new ships are placed in commission
they will hc sent abroad Immediately
and the Shipping Board soon will be
able 10 make much more rapid con-
trIbutions TO the tonnage now in the
service. Troops will be forwarded rs
expeditiuuSly us possible under exist
ing conditions. with view to having
n formidable force in France when
the weather opens in the spring.
While the New York. Illinois. Michi-
gan and Wisconsin National troops
are scheduled 10 go across ahead OF
those OF other states, II Is the under