Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-15
Scraps and fasts.

The Irish passenger liner L.ir-,-
,,., was subrnurined on the irish
coast a few days ago. II Is sald 'nat
there were GS7 passengers on tle ai'p
when IL w'as struck by IN" torp=do ahG
that at least $50 pcrished- InC!uueu
among the passengers were lay W.
men and children, OF whom oHiE Id
have been accounted Tor. vi t'ar
several died after being landed az an
Irish port.
Mayor Iiasl"y. Of Lens. has writ
ten q report OF the destruction ti"''
the Germans wrought In the cltH nS
fore leaving. The city was Eir'uai.I ),
Icycl.d 10 the ground. and IN" c"ii
Galleries fruIn which S.000.OOO tons ol
coal have been taken annually on uI'
ia thc evacuation have been hle'i
with water Entire sections OF !hr
town were blown up ~ maxi WAY loi
trench systems. and railways anu
trurnwayS have been DESTROYER III Iai
Hs possible.
,Th. senate has under conSidcrt :
lion a proposition TO leave the staHu-
ard Ii,n,. as IL now IL until Congress
pass"s Il hill to reScind the pl'stht
;,rr;,ny,Inrnt. Under IN" law "na'l'd
last spring. the clocks must bc turn
,,I hack AN hour oh OCtUhcI -. Ih''
s.natr ~ coming I'm FOR BOOi
deal OF ridiCul" at th" hands ol ti'
n,ws,at..r because OF its attitude.
II il generally conceded that IN" daN :
light saving law may hay" h''h o'
SouI.. practical value during th'' sum :
nrr. but IN" question is being asked
~ Ia how such a law can bc any Soou
i'm tho winter when th"r" ~ no SUI
plus daylight To bc saved.
President Wilson on last Thurs
E,.lf. .iT,,r ~ "a ma
10 the Fourth Liberty loan campaign:
Recent events have enhanced. not
I.~s,nDd the importance of tins loan.
and hope. that my fellow country
men will let IN" say this TO them very
frankly. The best thing that could
happrn would bc that the loan should
not only b." fully subscribed. but very
greatly over subscribed We ar" IN
the midst or IN" greatest cNcrciS" al
th. bower of this country that has
ever been Witnessed or forecast. ana
:, single. day OF relaxation in that "i-
fort would D." Of traglcal dainag" allk"
to ourselves and to IN" rest ot th'
world. Nothing has happened which
makes IL Sif" or poSSibl" to DO any
thing hut push our efforts In the NJ
most. The time is critical and th'
r,spOnSr must hc complete"
Three hundred and Scv"nty-two
American soldiers. Tut OF th" 6S?
aboard the large British transport
Otranto, are missing following col
liSion between tn" Otranto and ta"
transport KaShmir in the North chan
mel. between Scotland and Ireland. on
the island Of Islay. on sunday OF East
week The scene U tn" colllSlon.
which occurred at the height OF Il
storm. Will" both vessels. with others
i'm Il convoy, were proceeding nndef
naval escort. IL not far from whcr
the TuSCanii was tUrpcdu"d. Th'
OtrantU was dashed tO pieces on the
rocks following the collision. Three
hundred and ten of ia" American sol
dirrs were landed after the crash and
seventeen were rescued alive 1T lSllE.
leaving the 81 unarouni"d FOR. 1hr
survivors were nearly all saved 10y the
British Destroyer N"G":: :. the only
vessel which mad" an attempt at res
cue in the terrific gale. after the kaSh-
mir had rammrd IN" btrnnto amid
ships The OtrantU struck the rocks
south of Saliisu bay. lSlay island. an
un,nh,hitcd section where the coast
line in many places rises straight ont
of the water TO the rocky peaks many
feet above As the destroyer nCarc'
the side of the OtrantO tn" men began
To Jump from thirty 10 forty feet TO
her decks Th" more experienced
sailors OF the crew OF the steamer had
bcttsr success than the soldiers. many
Of whom had never seen the sea until
this trip. AS the destroyer steered
toward the side OF the steamer many
of the men leapcd too quickly and
missed their reckoning and dropped
between the boats. Some of thcs'
,lisappearcd hut others were caught
and crushed TO death between the
boats and the lifchoats. which had
been lowered to act as buffers. tn"
destroyer was badly battered. TIL"
captain Of the destroyer each time IL
was brushed away from the side OF
the Otranto. again would push near
enough for many more men to jump L"
the deck Of his vessel II" described
as Il vCritablc rain the number oi men
landing on the DESTROYER.
49, What il said Ia have been III,
greatest and most impr"ssiv" parade
that New iO"\ naS "rrI seen. ami
probably the most impreSSiv" that IN,
world has ever seen, occurred IN ~ "
York last Saturday. II was IN" az
casion OF Columbus Liberty day. The
president was there and more than Il
million people participated as march
rrs and spectators. There were NOR"
than $4,000 fighting men in the line
They were from five continents and
represented twenty-five nationaliti"s
including Americans. British. French.
Scrhians. Czech SlovakS and all the
various peoples allied with Amcrica
in the great war. President Wilson
was expected 10 head the procession.
hut he preferred 10 march immediate
Is at the head of his own troops. The
streets OF New York were lined with
people for miles and miles. They
chrrrcd until II secHrd that they
could cheer no more: hut when TN,
American veterans came in sight the
cheering seemed to change from ma
chine gun rattle To artillery roar.
Sight of the soldiers returned from
France with pcg-lcgs and empty
sleeves moved thousands tO tears:
hut these soldiers. conscious OF their
sacrifices and their faces aglow with
pride, were among Me brightest and
happieSt in the long line. There was
a great display of German guns and
other trophies that our brave boys
have been sending back az tcs-
timonialS of their splendid soldier
ship and incompatible courage. ON
different ones of these trophies were apt
and witty legends like for instance.
on a great krupp appeared this: 1T
lsrd To speak German: hut look at
the dangod thing now" Saturday
night. after the procession. the pres
ident attended a great musical con-
cert at a leading theatre. and II was
here he received his first information
of the momcntous note in which Ger
uany says she il ready TO quit and
let the president name the terms: but
of course there was no comment.
- Under date OF October IL a cor
respondent Of the New York World
on the British front wrote that paper
as follows: The splendid fighting OF
American 30th Division composed OF
South Carolina and North Carolina
and Tennessee. and known aS the
Wildcat Division" won high praise
from the British. The great battle is
still proceeding. Since early Tuesday
morning when the 30th began its at
tack with the Ith army, II has ad-
vanced more than twelve miles into
enemy held country, fighting beside
brave British troops. and has the
proud record Of taking at least siX
important towns. many villages and
scores of farms. besides the addition
nj hnpirala nf nrionprS offpr tho first