Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-28
Scraps and faets.

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- Higher food prices next year are
expected by army officials, VINO In ash-
ing congress for APPROXIMATIONS I0r
food purchases disclosed they had al
lowed for a 10 per cent increase In the
wear beginning next July. When the
food administration ceases to function
and ali its restrictions are removed,
nrices will 60 sky-high," declared
Ijeut Col. Adams, Of the quartermas-
ter's corps, before the house mllllars
committee hearings on the army ap,
nronriation bill. An army ration-food
for one man for one day-now costs
the government forty-eight cents. Col.
Adams said appropriations mad Deeh
asked on a basis Of fifty-three cents
The peace conference on Saturday
unanimously adopted the league Oh ma
tions programme. President wilson
and Colonel House are the american
members of the commission thereon
The delegates af the great powers On
tho league of nations, 1t was learned
will be: For the United States Presi-
dant Wilson and Colonel House; LOT
Great Britain, Lord Robert Cecli ana
General Jan Christian SHUTS TOT
France, Leon Bourgoise and terdlnanu
Jarnaude. dean of the faculty OF law
of the University Of Paris; Tor ltaly'
Premier Orlando and Viterto Sclaioi1' o.
for Japan Viscount Chinda ana n
Ochiai. The delegates of the smaii ma
tions will be announced later.
Wherever American negroes nave
appeared in the area occupied py tre
Americans writes correspondent WIZ
the American army in GERMANY, theS
have attracted great attentlon aiions
the civilians. In TreVes, CopienH an of
other places during the carry oa!S "a "a
tba Occupation, crowds assembled
wherever any negro soldier stopped
and II was necessary for the mlntary
noIica IN enforce the orders pronlpll-
mo gatherings. Even now in CoplehZ
and Treves, where there are q hulllpsI
of negro soldiers they attract crowus
of German children every time tney ap-
near. The German soldier also re-
CARDS the negro with great curiosi.y.
According to a discharged German SUI.
.dier in Rengsdorf, the German army as
early in the war offered rewait 20
live of each negro. The discharged
Sorman soldier said that Throughout
tha war German soldiers lived In great
fear and even terror OF the negroes
and II was In order to overcome li'is
fear that rewards were onereo.
Lawrence, Mass. January 20: Tex
tile workers of this city at mass iheee-
ing today, voted unanimously 10 Sup
,ort a movement to reduce worRins
hours from 54 to 4S hours week,
without reduction of pay, enecil's VI.
February 8. Leaders expialheu nc e
there would be no strike, put that .ne
operatives would work elent hou,s
daily and then quit their ioonis r,ns s
tr no npYt daE. 1HOS.
q Mcmahon of Providence, r. l., nrst
,,ics nresident of the United Textlle
Workers of America, outlined the pan
NJ Campaign. February will be tne
Srst eipht-hour day. he said. Ihe OPP
arat;ves will 60 to work and quit alteT
eight hours, going back tine next
morning, IL you are allowed. Inc
cific mills announced on Ihursuay q
refusal of the 4S-hour-weeK proposai
The Laurence Duck company notlneH
its employees today that 1t wouia sha' n,
down il the 4S-hour-week Were re- ,i's,se SIS
,e+;ves are employed in the mills mere.
The nroducts include cotton, wooiens
and worsteds
Raising of the embargo on cotsoii
exnorts to enemy countries Is no" oe-
inp considered by the associated gov
arnmenI8.
cahIed Senator Smith Of South Caro-
I;na In reply to requests by senators
and representatives from southern
states that restrictions be lifted. Inc
messaxe indicated, however, tnat no
definite conclusions have yet peeh
reached After reading the presl-
dent,s message officials Of the war
trade board said it evidently had peeh
garbled in transmission. Ihes ue
clared that no cotton had oeen SNIP
ned to enemy countries and tnal none
would be until the question OF tne ecUn ia
omic blockade Of the central powers nao
been settled at the Paris peace con-
ferance Pointing out that the presl-
dant's message referred to the TACT
that the question Of this blockade nov
is being considered by the associateu
nations these officials said the state,
nent that cotton was being exported
10 call countries" must have reIerreo
to the Allied countries and neulrais
All restrictions as to cotton hiose
ments to those countries were re-
moved some time ago. Contr9i W,
tho destination of all ships leaVlns
an,arican ports still is retained by the
trade hoard. II was said through the
svstem of licensing fuel coal. Inc
board has received no instructions 10
nermit any ships to proceed for ports
IN enemy countries. II was declared.
E,ven ships carrying food relief 10
southern Europe were required 10 pro-
ceed to Gibraltar and their turlneI
movement was by agreement among
the associated powers.
= Small contingents OF French and
British troops according 10 capie
from Omsk, Siberia, will be sent 10
the assistance of General DutoH q.
{nti hntwPen
Smsk government and the Allies
g eneral Dutoff has telegraphed that
he will hold Orenburg as long as pos
sible. The trip of the Allied soldiers
to Orenburg will be somewhat perllous
because to reach that place they must
make a sled journey OF nearly Luo
miles across the country swarmlng
with wolves, which have multiplied
because huntsmen there are without
ammunition. Advices from Orenpurs
state that many of General DutoH men
are without rifles, but do terrlpie eA-
ecution to Bolshevist ranks by charging
r,;,h sahres Packs of ravenous wolves
infest the district about Omsk, at.
tackinc and devouring cattle, ana
aynn men are in danger outside OF the
city II is reported that BolsheVlst
forces plan to recapture Perm, whlch
was taken from them last month oy
General Gaida's Siberian and CZccho.
Solvak troops. The only real arsenal
in the Ural region is at Perm, the 1or-
MGR Russia government refusing 70
establish arsenals in Russia. France
and Great Britain have notified Adml-
raj Kolchak, head of the Omsk govern
nent, that they consider the accep-
tance by Foreign Minister Sazanoff
of plans for unity Of command and
the settlement of the railroad ques-
tion as signalizing closer ties between
the forces fighting the Bolshevists in
Siberia. While there is no official or
sonization accorded as yet, it is ap-
parent that the powers. including
America, have a tendency TO look on
the Omsk regime as strong de facto
government.
Mai. Gen. C. C. Williams chief OF
ordnance, has been describing to the
house military committee some OF the
steps taken by his department to pre-
vent the country from going back 10
the state II was in before the war. sur
fcient arms and ammunition Will De
kept, he said for an army large enough
TO guard the country against any pos