Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-02
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i..rNrn prrsuns were killed and four
tech injured through the explosion Of
combs drUppcd By German airmcn ON
farIS thursday hundreds
o. German sUIuIcrs are said 10 bc de-
ScrtlnS and making their Way into
switzerland, despite highly charged
D.Irb"d wire fences along the swiss
border. Germany has accepted all
Iu> ItItivn vi America for Il conference
1T hvruc. switzerland, Oh August -, TO
uIS,,;ISS the general Sui,J"ctul r<rhanS-
lng prIS"ners.. way Of Paris
comes news 10 the elect That as Il re-
suit uf mutlmuuS outbreaks among the
soldiers al the surriSunS at eyer and
i'ccs, Hungary, 2.UUU soldiers have
been condemned to death. Censorship
IN Austria Is preventing details reach
ing The outside wurld.............Ihsre Is Il
widespread movement IN England 10
entertain American officers and men IN
the best English homes as the Anrri-
cans are passing through England 10
the frUnt.............P President Wilson last
Friday sent TO the senate 81 names Of
officers Tor promotion to SenerLlships
Eight of them are 10 be major generals
.nd iurty-thrcc are TO be brii;adiers
...Majur William y. bishop Of the
canadian air forces, has been attached
To the office uf the British air forces.
During his lying 1T the front Major
iiiShup is credited with destroying -
enemy airplancS....o......A Philadelphia
woman, VINO had i4U pounds of sugar,
and lj6 pounds Of Hour, has been fined
$50, and hcr stock COnfiSCited...........
Secret service mch cOnllScated ll,UOU
pounds OF sugar held by u small gro
Ger IN Detroit, Mich, Thursday. In
twcnty-fuur other stores 35, 900 pounds
of sugar were SclZcd.............L;iSt week
1876 tons of sUya bean oil was re-
ccived 1T the port Of Seattle, Wash,
from Oriental ports. is esti-
mated that the sales of 25-cent thrift
stamps this Year will total $2,OOO,OOO.-
900. The automobile tire makers
of the country have determined to re-
duce the number of tire patterns made
in this country from Isl to DIN III eand- -x. -hx.
III, r,-,,. 94llli i'sIhrsi.. 80
The French government has restritreu1
travellers out Of that country to car
rying not more than $500 in cash.....-."
French officials are telling OF an
American soldier in recent drive
AGAINST the Germans. who calmly
PAUSED in the advance and with all the
,S,ngfroid in the world picked OF: the
entire crew VI
machine gun with his rifle and then
hurried away 10 his cumrades...The
ci,y of Paris and suburbs are now
ruled by military instead of civil au-
horitics. stephen Stanley, an !.
W. W., served II year i'll jail Ut Mercer,
y. j., us II Stacker. Last week he was
taken to Camp Dix for induction into
the army. He said he would rather be
stood up against wall than cithcr
shoulder Il gun or don II uniform......;:."
\ Paris journalist, commenting on the
speech of kuchlmann, the German
foreign minister, made TO the reichstag
last week, says: 1t makes us laugh.
We will talk more about his condl-
tions three months later. ............The
French chamber of deputies has
adopted the Fourth of July 'as a
French holiday. The postofiicc de-
partment has reduced the rate on arr
plane mail TO 16 cents for the first
ounce and 6 cents for each additional
ounce.