Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-26
Straps and facts

had lost. The tota! number oi emmy
planes destroyed by the Americans
r'as 92G and the total nurnbc: oi hai-
looms 73. Two hundred and six'y-hN''
American planes and IS haiI"OhS "'''
destroyed by the enemy.
The German government harihe
liberated British prisoners ana 'it
them 10 get home as best they can, on
foot or Othcrwis". Great Brltalh
very indignant over IN" Silua''oi''
Last week Il wireless dlsphtch was
sent from London 10 thc 'H'ct 'I''' '
unless 6;.r1n;r.S should at once chang"
hrr. ATTITUDE, and treat these PRISONERS
with the consideration 10 when th'!
arr. entitled. II will 70 much haFdoi
with Germany as TO future i"od sup
plies and other matters.
Inss of l45 American passenger
and merchant vessels az 3'4.iiS tons
and T75 lives through acts OF IN" enc
my durin. the period from the begin
rtu,, of the world war 10 the CESSATION
az hosrilitItcs November II. ~ SHOWN
hy figures made public 10y IN" depart
,nrnt Of labOTs bureau or Navigation
'Ch,. r,Inrt does not includ" S"Ectdi
,.,.ss,ls The. loss of which has not been
.,,.,IJi.l,,J as due. To tn" acts Oi the
enemy Nineteen vessels ana "' iiN'S
we're. lost through us" "i torIH"o'H'
mines and gunfir" prior 10 th" 'n-
france. Of IN" United States int" 'h''
war.
cotton ginning prior l" NoNI'l',"i
II amounted 10 N.G>l .OD1 running Da,'S'
i,,Ics uf American. Egyptian ana T.,
Ii5 h:,Ics nf. SEA island. tn" census
I.,,,..,, has announced. To that date
last wear ginningS w'r" H,Dil IL" '""
nina. I;,Irs. including lj7.7lJ rOuhh
I.,I,s and GS.229 bales oi sea lsIanu'
Ginning bv states: Alabama. 6-O'bla
\rizou;,. 1875. Arkansas. b-9'!'9'
,',Iiforn,a 25,Ol3: Florida, l9'3.':
C;rnr,,ia l.G2G.1ii: I."mSiana. iO"'3.n.
Nississippi. 7N7, $50: Missouri. 33'i-''
Tnr,h Carolina. 527.3>i: pklah4iia,
i35 3U7: South Carolina, l'"9''"-c
Tennessee. 1861: Texas 2.="'''H'
Virginia. lO,iGN. MI ",h'f S'a.'H
lly. Sea island 10y states W. ,i, Htt'
>l09: Georgia. l3.9oi: S"u'h '"'o''''''
2.l32
Railroad station agents nave n.S..
GRANTED - general waG" increase oI %
:, ,nn,.,I, ,hovc the rate prevailing
January |. with a minimum "I S'o A."
,ruu,h This announcement was ilau'
-, nir,r,or General McNdoO last sat
mr,I:,y Eight hours is To he consider
,L :, DAYS work with pro rata pay tof
,,rn hours overtime and time anu "
hrIr for service above ten hours nv
order affects about @."Op Sta'r"i,
agents who ar" not t"l"Sraph ""u
vino consequently were not coNcI'u Wy
th,. recent wage increase ioi ''Nh
ruuhCrS. The wage advance "o'S hD'
:,pr,ly To men paid $50 or less in"i''
rnr srrCial services requiring oI''H
norton of their time. Exceptions "iH'
ara. made, for a few agents Wi,o "
,.,i,.,d x5o ar less "A month for whom Il
straight advance or va u E'"'I,,;''
,vi,hnut nppliratiOn of the $50 MINI
,,,,,,,, Tl,. vasr increase was inc
,rst official document signed todaN pH
AIR NCAduO following the ahhou"''
mcnt of his resignation on IN" er"u""
of Inadequate pay for cabinet Objects
. William Gibbs McAdoO, secretary
nr m. treasury, director general oil inc
railroads and often discussed as one
of the presidential possibilities oil l'-V'
has resigned his office 10 return 10
urivatc business president N,S"''
has accepted his resignation. MT M.-
Adoo will give up the treasury por''
folio aS soon ~ a successor nus pc'''
selected He wishes TO lay doWh H,H
work as director general oi thc r"i
roads by January !. but VIII remain
1 tho nfGSlttnI HAS UON ''Nh
:, successor. Upon the new secretary
nr thc Treasury, whoever he may b".
win dcyolvc the task of financing inc
nation through the transition perlou
of war to peace which probably WI,
incIudr ut least two liberty loans, anu
uoS1bly also a further revision ol thc
system OF war taxation. Letters ne
,o,ann president Wilson and Mr.. NC
Adoo made public today, with inc am
nouncemcnt or the resignation CIV
Mr.. McAdOo's reason FOR leaving 'r'
cabinet solely as a necessity lot r'l'e
ishing his personal fortune ana w
press the presidents deep reSIgs q"
losing his son-in-law from ms o''''"'
family.
Restrictions on the expectation OF
RAW cotton to Great Britain. frahc''
ItnIy Belgium and japan were reinoN-
'I las, Thursday by the war trad"
hoard and the committee on COTTON
,IiStribution The order IL encctlN"
December =. Expectation RESTRICTIONS
on raw cotton going to spain, wnctr-
by the quantity vXportahlr WAS iiih-
tied and allotted among the various
shinprrs also were withdrawn, c-
fcciiyc November -. After that date
,nnIIcations will be considered win
view TO granting liccnscs freely. lteS-
ulntions which required thal ','
grade and staple he spccit"d on apPi-
cation for export and that the apphl-
cation disclose the existence OF an a.-
,uaI sales contract Or frciGht aliol-
mcnt also were withdrawn. "nectNr
Tn,.cmI,cr - In connection with
cotton for export to the Allicu ht
tions. the special export license VII
ne issuCd to the proper custom ON
cials at the point of exit. who VIII u"
.uthoriZCd to pass shipments In acCoru-
rnce Herewith. Applications To cN-
mort raw cotton to other destinations
yin ne considered and granted freely.
rho announcement said. ana whcr"
agreements for shipments exist. inter
nal licenses will be granted III accoru
ance with them
- While President Wilson expects I"
sail for France within less than TWO
weeks, 50 far as can he Eath"rru tH'
prrsonncl OF the American commission
which is To represent this country a'
the peace conference. Is not Cohpict''
even as to its principals. TINS Is 10
hn tho exclamation of the delay Ill
n,okinr puhlic announcement ut the
names of the commissioners. which
thr iSCcnt White House statcmehI
S,id would he made presently.
Meanwhile attention is being given 10
the selection OF secretaries and attaches
of the American mission and to the
collection of the large quantity OF ms
torical and legal data which Will ID"
required. The nearest parallel 10 inc
approaching conference probably is 10
be- found in the famous conference OF
Vienna in 1914. which gathered I" re-
arrange the map Of Europe after Na-
polcon's downfall. Accordingly STUDY
is being given TO the pr"ltminarics
leading up to that conference ana 10
it's detailed prorc"fir"S rs far as these
have been preserved. The two haSu"
conferences OF 1897 and 1907 also ue-
vrlopcd methods of procedure ana
wealth Of subjects regarding the iuca'
relationship OF the community OF states
which would he Of assistance IN ar
ranging the program Of proceedings OF
Versailles. For their special guidance
IN, American commissioners Will nave
nj hand a vast amount Of information
regarding the smaller nationalitics
of Europe: the arbitrary divisions
which have been made on that CONT.
ncnt i'm defiance Of racial ties ana
natural Affiliations for purely pollticai
reasons. and the largest conceptions
cd