Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
Scraps and faets.


tion. Mr.. Hoover who already has
heen made director general OF allied
re,,af under the commission sitting at
paris also was given full rower nv
the president to determine to wn'"n
of the nominations named In the rene.
hnI the snpplies shall he furn'snen
and in what quantities. He also is 10
arranee for reimbursement sc far as
possible as provided in the relfef act
The total Allied-naval losses In the
war aggregated 500 000 tons. accorn'no
70 an estimate sent nv Rerters par,s
corresnondent. and of this the Rrtf'sn
Ioss ,s ssn 600 tons. The Central powers
lost Az nn0 tons. hnt the German totai
Of 3sO 600 tons does not cover the nuee
tonnage surren6nrnd nndnr the arnn's-
tice terms. Commenting on these es-
tirnates the Westminster 'IaHe',e
saws that althoueh the f'o7'res e1Ven
are not official. thew may he taken as
closely annrowimat'ng the losses.
"when we learn that in big Sims
alone we sac-ificed thirteen hatt'e-
shins. three hattlecrr'sers and twentV-
five cruisers" II saws. 1--WE get Some
notion Of the tremendous character
Of the effort that was re"esaarV I"
enable the navv TO ernnroe from tn'
war va stIv moro powerful than 1t was
at the end OF 1914"
During a demonstration on the re-
turn of General Won Lettow- Forpeck,
former German commander IN east
Africa, and some Of the east African
troops to Berlin last Monday a1ter-
noon, people in the crowd shook nsts
and sticks at a number of American
officers sitting In the windows OF the
hotel where the American mission Is
ouartered. Others counted by clap
ping their hands and cheering the
Americans. The officers promptly
withdrew when they saw that their
presence might provoke trouble. Inc
crowd hung around the hotel Tor
long time and made hostile remarks
about the French mission, which has
its headquarters in the same hotei.
Finally German troops were lined up
in front Of the hotel to prevent Vlo-
lence. The reception to General Won
Lettow savored of the old regime. Inc
imperial flags fluttered everywhere IN
the banners of the German repupnc.
Patriotic songs Of the old regime rang
out freely.
Adjournment of congress witnout
appropriating s75,000,000 for railways
left the railroad administration with
practically empty Golfers, about $751;
600. 600 back debts and no funds with
which to finance the extensive pro-
gram of improvements planned Tor
this year as a measure to take up
slack material and labor market. I'M
mediate REIMBURSEMENT Of the ROADS
to private management loomed as a
possibility, but officials said this
would be done only If 1t finally ap-
peared not feasible for the railroads
to borrow privately the millions need
ed or to have the war finance corpora
ton extend large loans to the COM
panies Director general Hines, atter
conferences with Secretary Glass and
Eugene Mayer Jr., managing director
of the war finance corporation, made
this statement: 1.-THE railroad situa-
tion is so complicated by this recent
DEVELOPMENT, and there are so many
possibilities, that 1 cannot say at this
time what may be done with the rail-
roads. It will take good deal or con
sideration before a conclusion Is
reached"
Failure of the army appropriation
bill and other military measures to
pass before congress adjourned leaves
the war department in a difficult but
not q serious situation" Secretary
Baker said today. No immediate
shortage of funds to care for the
troops is in prospect. Mr.. Baker salo
his greatest regret was that failure OF
the army reorganization bill meant
that a number of men Of the war
time army must remain in the service
for a longer time than would have
been necessary otherwise. Pointing
out that the reorganization bill pro-
posed the formation of regular arm!
of 100000 men, Secretary Baker SAID
that "by enlisting these 5OO,OOo ana
getting going we would have mao
troops to replace those whom we Will
otherwise have to keep" III the piii
had passed." he continued, we couio
have started at once to organize TINS
body of men and to withdraw the
temporary members of the army VINO
are of course anxious to get away.
The strength of the old regular. army
enlisted personnel, subject to contlnu-
ous service after the war by the terms
of enlistment, is only about 4o'ooo
men.
Great interest was aroused in In
dia last week by the arrival of the first
aeroplane to fly to that country from
Cairo. The flight was made by easy
stages, the great Handley-Page bl-
plane which alighted in Karachi hav-
ing made long pauses in Egypt ana
Mesopotamia. The passengers by the
aeroplane were Major-General sal
mond. commanding the Royal air force
in the middle east; BrigGen. A. 4.
Rorton. commanding the Palestine brl-
gade of the Royal air force; Capt. Ross
Smith, of the Australian hylng CORPS
and two mechanics. The two generals
were detained for some days on IN
spection work in Mesopotamla, put as
soon as this was completed, they new
ct
tho Tigris valley to Mekarn, and thence
living to Karachi where, they received
an enthusiastic welcome. From karachl
they flew to Delhi and from Delhi 10
Allahabad, their final destination IN
India being Calcutta 1t is pelleNeo
that their eventual objective Is AUS
tralia. Brigadicr- General Borton MUS
trates the rapid promotion which takes
place during war. When the war proke
ont he was q subaltern in the second
Black watch. He has seen service III
Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Chester, March 8: A cyclone passed
south of this city between ana
o'clock this afternoon accompanied pS
a torrential waterfall, terrinc gi ngnts-
ing and a heavy wind, causing conslo-
erable damage. At Evans, near here
on the Southern railway, the station
was lifted from it's foundation ano
hurled across the railway track, de-
Iaying traffic for some time. Scores
of trees were uprooted in that section
and q number of negro houses plown
about and damaged. Part OF the Rop-
ert White house was unroofed and wa
ter badly drenched the interior NC
Allilley Brothers big barn near Evans
blown about and COW killed. IL Is
Thought other damage has been done
in the vicinity of Evans, but tonlght II
IS impossible to learn to what extent
At Rossville. about three miles from
here. s. L. Robinson's two-story coun :
try home was blown down and partl!
wrecked. At the time the family was
in the dinning room and would prop.
ably have all been killed had II no'
been for a large molasses parTe
catching the ceiling and holding the
building away from them. Mrs. Roo-
inson and one child are reported TO-
night to have sustained painful IN.
iuries. Harvey Mcdaniel, a prominenl
Citizen in this section, was driving
when the wind lifted his horse anu
buggy out of the road and blew II over @
;nto a large electric wire tower. Inc