Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-18
Tuesday, March 18, 1919.
MERE-M ENTlON

ROGER A. Pryor, a famous Confeder-
ate soldier, who was for number OF
years an associate justice of the New
York supreme court, died in New York
last Friday, aged 80 William
g. McAdoo says he is strongly in favor
of the league Of nations and wants TO
see it provided for in the peace treaty.
ALL the freight clerks OF all the
railroads entering Atlanta, are on
strike in protest against the lmposltioh
of an Objectionable Federal AUDITOR on
the Louisville and Nashville road. me
strikers number close to 2,OOO.---...-.T .The
carrying capacity Of the Leviathan,
now l2.50O tons, is to be increased to
$4,000 tons by certain alterations.--;;.::
Emile Coffin, the man who tried to Kill
Premier Clemenceau, has been con-
yicted by court martial and sentenced
to death. President Wilson arrlV-
ed at Brest on Thursday and proceed,
ed at once to Paris.----...-.---t1ve nunureo
men of the American Expedltlonary
Forces, have taken action In faris
looking to the organization OF an asso-
citation Of veterans of the worio war.
........-There is tense sltuauon ~
Tiensin as the result Of the arrest anu
;,iNtraatment of several American in
fantrvmen by Japanese. The 1acts
have not been fully disclosed; but there
ia a good deal of feeling over the mat
Major David NICK. Peterson
an officially recognized ace OF the
American army, who is credlted WIN
having downed eighteen enemy ava.
tors. was killed at Sea Breeze, tla.' lasI
Sunday, as the result of an uneXpecleo
nose dive by his airplane'Iorna
does and cloudbursts wrought tremeho-
Gus havoc last Saturday at Wloely sep,
arated points in Missouri, Kansas anu
oklahoma. A number OF people were
KILLED and the property loss runs up
in the millions......-....A Copenhagen
dispatch reports another effort 10
assassinate Nikolai Lenine, the Boil
sheyist premier. Lenine escaped, put
his chauffeur was wounded. "A nght
for the right Of free speech ana lree
assembly has been launched Dy
unions of Pittsburgh, Pa, a1niiateo
with the American Federation OF La
bor.............The people or Korea are
giving evidence of considerable lnnpa,
tience at Japanese domination anu
there have been several more OF less
serious uprisings..--.Orders have peen
issned by the railroad administrator
IN set forward the railroad time one
hour beginning at 2 a. m, SUNDAY,
March 30--A German submarine
that had been interned in the harpor
of Serial, Spain, since March. 1919,
was sunk by United States DESTROYER
a few days ago while attempting 10 es.
cape....A national anti-prohl6itiGn
party has been organized In New iorh'
and the understanding is that ma
tionai convention will be held between
June l and Damages aggre-
eating between s5,O00,OO0 and $1,000
600 are said to have been caused IN
Dade and Brevard counties, Florida,
last Saturday by rain that zen 10
depth of eight inches in a few hours; nc
The estimated loss includes 1900, O0o
crates of tomatoes.--....----Seven nun
dred naval men left New York sstnr, tno
day for Europe to take charge OF the
German ships to be surrendered to the
United States. Crews for the snlps are
to be supplemented on tne d otne 20 he
.Berlin prisons are SAID TO De
oyercrowded with Spartacans taken IN
tbe recent fighting.