Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-26
GENERAL NEWS.
Record Of Current Happenings Col
Iected From Various Sources.

Record Of Current Happenings Col
Iected From Various Sources.
President Wilson Tuesday signed the
sahotag" bill. carrying penalties oi
SlO. 900 and 80 years Imprisonment i"r
destruction of war materials or inter
ference with war Industries.
Germany has sol Il mark Tor Liberty
Loan campaigncrs to shoot at. The
result of the eighth German war loan
lust concluded. according Ia Swiss ad-
vices. WAS a total Of li,i'O .OpO.U0'
marks-$3.G75.O 5.On0.uO0
The annual reunion OF the United
Confederate Veterans will hr held a'
Tulsa. okla, in September. Director
General McAd0o has granted Il one
cent a mile railroad fare and proinii-
ed ample equipment to carry III" vet e
Grams tu the Oklahoma city.
DIR. Garfield. fuel administrator. has
issued orders suSp"nding the TWO
lightlcss nights per week until sep
tcmlcr LIST. The original order went
into etrey. Last NoyCmher. when extra :
oSiiGiry street and Sign lighting were
prohibited two nights per week.
'rhc failure of German submarines
against American Transports is now
publicly admitted in Germany. Cap
tain kuhlwrttrr, writtin" III tn" h"rlIh
I.ol;al .AnZcigrr. explains ii hN *;i\ih;;
that the United States troop ships are
effectively guarded 10y swift and power
ful warshipS protected with S"rG'
devices.
pupc Benedict will make another
pcacr move as soon as the Western
offensive has assumed new phrase
SayS the NvurStr Nachrichtrn ul Mum
ich, Bavaria. The correspondent AT
Amsterdam of the EXchan;;" Telegraph
Company. trlcgraphS that the itaNhfihh
newspaper says the move will tak" tir'
form OF Il word of warning addressed
10 the universal conscience
Three brothers. Charles clinard. ~:
Burton Clinard. -. and sherman VI
nard, 10, were drowned in salem crrrh
near WnSto on Salem, y. c.. Sundh:.
They we're i'm - small boat which i"-
gan to leak and turned over IN the
swift current when they tried 10 row
muricdly TO shore. \ small hoy from
the bank SAW Charles. the only ON"
of the three who could swim, max" aiI
Intellectual effort 10 save his young' =
brothers.
\ further curtailn"nt of the manu-
rnrturc of pleasure automobiles wa:;
indicated Monday as the outcome OF q
conference held by tn" fuel admins
tratiun and the war industries board
with representatives OF the autolno-
bile industry in Washington. The cur
tailmcnt, il made effective. would re-
strict tn" manufacture of pleasure" ears
about IS per cent of normal prodnr-
tion. \ 20 per cent reduction already
has been made operative.
The German air ace" Baron Won
Richthofcn. was buried Monday with
military honorS behind th" Bri,isil
front on the Sommc. according To wort'
from correspondents headquarters III
the west. The famous German hN"i
who only on Sunday wnS reported 10y
Berlin to have brought down his I9ih
and S0th opponents Saturday. was
| .baCgcd" Sunday. He was the com
mandcr OF the German pursuit squad
ron OF battle airplan"s and succeeded
Cant. Roclckc upon the lattcrs death
as the star flyer" of the German
army.
-Four hundred thousand tons OF Nor
wcrian sailing vessels have been taken
over by the United States shipping
board. 10y charter. IL was announced IN
Washington on Monday. As many as
possible will hc used 10 transport
Australian and Argentine wheat To the
| Allies. Others will he used in Their
present trade with Australia. South
| America and Africa. Announcement
WAS made. also 10y the board, that IN,
newly chartered Japanese ships woill,
be available in May when they VIII l'
loaded with coal nj NagaSaki Tor 'hii'
| whence they will bring nitratcS TO IN,
United States before hrin: assigned
| definitely.
Director General Mc.Adoo. Monday
sent a message to all the employees oi
the railroad administration. giving
them practical assurance that they
would receive q substantial increase III
wages. He tells them the good word
will he sent out about May ). imme-
diatcly after his return on tho COM
plction OF the Liberty loan drive. TIL,
Idircctor-gencral asks the men to show
their patriotism and proper spirit 10y
| lending all the money they can" In
buying Liberty bonds. The wage in
crease will date from January l and
the director general passes along IN,
broad hint that the increase will h'
four months velvet" and no better
use could be made Of it than in turn
ing this to the support of the war
while they will receive Ia per cen,
interest year.
| J. Pierpont Morgan. bought n bat.
tered German helmet in New York
Monday for $4,000. Loud cheering
greeted the bid for the memento of the
war ut the open air Liberty Loar
campaign. Lieut.. Gordon Sherris. Of
the Canadian Black Watch. attired ir
kits. mounted the pedestal OF George
| Washington's monument before the
subtreasury and held aloft the helmet
This belonged to n German captured
at the second battle Of ipres." said he
II want to sell il, but will accept not
less than $4,000. How much am
bid?" No one in the crowd had that
much money in his or her pocket and
IL looked like no sale. But Charles
Alfred Bill saved the day by purchas-
| ing II for Mr.. Morgan. Later 1t was
announced that the buyer had present.
| ed the helmet to the Liberty LoaT
! committee to be auctioned of again.