Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-08

cents a pound for middling cotton up
to June, 1920, or so long as the pres
ent wheat prices are guaranteed In
reply, Governor Allen wired: Il Will
be glad to join southern cotton people
in asking the Federal government for
a guaranteed cotton price for all cot
ton that has not been held for specula-
tive prices during the war. This guar
antee, of course. would apply to the
new crop"
Prussia's huge losses in officers and
men during the war are indicated by
a German staff officer, who writes In
the Lokal- -Anzeiger. He submits hg-
ures compiled from .Se official casual
ty lists to show that 32,454 active OF
ficers at the front were killed, wound
ed or missing out Of total OF 344,S5O,
and that more than 4,330,000 soldiers
were killed, wounded or missing out
of 10,17S,000 who actually fought at
the front. Contends that these f1g-
ures belle stories that the Prussian
officers did not attack with their men
and asserts that while their losses
were particularly heavy in the first
two years they were much less in the
later years, because the officers had
to be saved for general stan work.
The figures show also that Germany
counted little on a long war. for the
Prussian mobilization contemplated
S,700,000 soldiers to which approx
mately $780, 900 had to be added before
the end.
Alleging conspiracy to send him to
the gallows, CASTOR B. Means has hled
suit in Chicago against the Northern
Trust company for $1.000,000. Means
was tried last year at Concord, N. C.,
for the murder Of Mrs. Maude A. KING,
who died from bullet would while on
an automobile trip with party OF
friends Of whom Means was one.
After his acquittal came a legal con-
test over the will of the millionaire,
James A. King. Named as co-defend-
ants are Solomon and Bruce Smith,
president and president. respec-
lively, Of the trust company, Alfred r.
Reichmann and William S. Miller,
counsel for the corporations; S0En I:
Dooling, assistant district attorney 81
New York, and G. B. Ambrose, at one
time a secret service operative. Ine
declaration filed by Means alleges that
the Northern Trust company. through
the co-defendants, sought to secure
the conviction Of Means for the MUIR
der Of Mrs. King. 1t is further a..
legged the defendant corporation sougnt
thus to control the $3,000,000 King es-
plans have been announced for the
.1.rotection" of the textile mills OF
America from the unscrupulous meth
DDS of German dye manufacturers. JOS
eph III. Choats, Jr., Of New York, Is at
torney. He says that $50 firms In New
York. New England, Pennsylvania ana
West Virginia, have agreed to go into "a
combination which under no circum-
stances will buy any German dyes eX-
cent such as cannot be produced In this
country. and which are absolutely nee
essary. 1t Is recognized that German
dyes cannot be kept out OF the country
by means of tariff duties. The plan along
this line is for the government 10 pay
the tariff and allow its exporters 10 un
sell local manufacturers regardless OF
cost until the local manufacturers are
rim out of business. After that OF
course, the invader makes his price to
suit his notions, including the cost
of the preliminary operations. To meet
this the Americans propose to adopt
licensing plan under which no foreign
dyes can be sold without license, and
under which the whole situation as 10
competitive prices, ETC., may be con-
trolled.
An extensive programme ror car
ing for disabled soldiers after their
discharge from military service, was
announced Saturday by the war FISK
insurance bureau, which Is charged py
congress with this work. Twenty-one
hospitals with a capacity Of 1000 BEDS
already are in use and the war depart
ment has turned over to the treasury
seven camp hospitals for the care OF
disability cases. These are to be en-
larged and improved out of the S9,-
100000 fund appropriated for hos
pitfalls for disabled soldiers to be con-
trolled by the war risk insurance bu-
reau. When treatment in the hosplt-
ais of the war department fails to re-
store men to such condition that they
are flt for actual service and they are
discharged, the work OF the bureau OF
war risk insurance begins. Under the
provision Of the war risk insurance act
all soldiers who are 10 per cent DIS
abled from causes suffered In the iine
of duty are entitled to compensation
and to treatment by the bureau of war
risk insurance. Any man disabled In
the service and discharged from the
service may make application for
treatment to the public health service
station In his home town or at the
nearest station.
The first Of a series of flying cir
Gus" air combats to be fought" in be-
half of the Victory loan will be staged
high over the cities of New York, New
Orleans and Los Angeles at 1870 p. m.
on Thursday, it was announced OFF,
cially in New York Sunday. From
these three bases" the flying cir
cuses" will travel in special trains in
regular circus fashion Forty me-
chanics with each unit will take down
the planes every evening and assemble
them each succeeding morning for
new air fights. "The battles" in the
sky will consist of two stages. Slow
flying American planes will be driven
Off by a fleet of captured German Fox
kers which in turn will be attacked by
speedy American planes piloted by
American, French ana British "aces."
Battle formations will be duplicated.
q sharp skirmish will ensue, and
guaranteed allied victory will wind up
each performance. Victory loan liter
ature will be scattered over every city
visited by the flying circuses." Cities
scheduled to see the flying cir
Gus" include: Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond, Va; Raleigh,
n. c.; Charleston, S. c.; Savannah, Ga;
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham,
Chattanooga, Nashville, Louisville and
Lexington, KY; Cincinnati, Indianapo-
lis, Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh.
Coblenz April 8: The Forty Second
division is all packed up and waiting
the final order "All aboard for home"
The flrst train with troops from this
division on board is scheduled 10 leave
Ahrenweiter Sunday morning. The per-
sonnel on this train will consist Of the
division headquarters staff and sew
eral smaller units. Two trains will
leave Sunday afternoon and four daily
thereafter for six days. The transpor-
tation officers figure on an average
time schedule from the Rhine to Brest
Of so hours. Official cogniZance mas
been taken by the Third army Of the
increased spirit of enmity shown b.
civilians against Americans in the oc-
cupied area Thursdays intelligence
summary says Of this condition;
.srhere is considerable feeling against