Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-11
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the premier, who said tnat ne hau ue-
cided to propose a liberal commuta-
ton of the sentence.
The special clemency board ap-
pointed to review all cases of soldiers
remaining in confinement has con-
sidered 1858 cases, or approximately
one-third Of the cases called for It's
action, the war department announced
last Tuesday. The board has recon-
mended clemency in 1921 cases, reduc-
ing the average sentence from seven
years and four months to one year and
nine months. recommendations OF
the board have cut total of 1883
wears from the aggregate sentences.
Five cases involving life sentence were
considered, one sentence being reduc-
ed to two years. another to 20 years
and clemency being denied in the otn-
er three.
Relatives Of men in the Eleventh
engineers. who with picks and shoVels
fought the Germans during a tenn
porary reverse in the British army s
drive under Gen. Byng at Camoral,
voted at a meeting in New York Tues-
day TO send a petition by wireless 10
Secretary Of War Baker, en- route 10
France on the steamship Leviathian,
asking him to return the Eleventh
home at once If military exigencies
permitted. Secretary Baker was urged
to terminate Immediately the pro-
longed discrimination against that re-
giment in violation of your sound and
definitely announced policy OF first
over, first served" The Eleventh was
FIRST over" among the engineers. was
the first American unit to suffer cas-
ualties and fought with the British,
French and American armies. 1t was
&c, hnan
the priority list since January, but
sailing had been delayed.
Charging that the whole world is
organized against the cotton grower
and believing that "the time has come
for farmers Of Texas and other cotton
producing states to organize for their
own protection" the executive COM
mittee of the Texas cotton conference
at Dallas, last Tuesday started the Or
ganization of the Farmers league OF
Texas with the purpose, according 10
N A. Shaw of Red River county,
chairman, for promoting greater In
terest in Texas politics and extending
the organization throughout the SOUTH
ern states as the farmers answer 10 the
"platitudinous politicians" at WASH
ington, who by the continued MAIN
tenance of the embargo on cotton have
also telegraphed Gov. Henry j. Allen
of Kansas asking If he would recon-
mend the prosecution by the attorney
general of the United States of persons
in the combine" to force down the
price OF cotton.
The Belgian minister or 1ustice' MI.
Emile Vandervelde, one OF Belgium
representatives at the peace CONFER
ence. gave the actual figures OF beigiah
unemployed to British press repre-
sentatiyes on Saturday. The SociaEst
minister was emphasizing the apsolute
dependence Of Belgium on Alleo oecls
ion regarding the amount ana prollp'
payment Of the reparation inaenlhlty'
At the present moment, there were
741.592 unemployed in the country
which meant that, out Of a population
NJ about 100000 something like e
200 600 were living on state support.
Ont of all Belgium's industries, only
the coal mines could now employ
workers There were $4,000 unemploy-
ed in Brussels alone. Out OF Ant
werp's 10000 dockers, only 2,00o were
working; out of Verviers' 19,Ooo wooi
weavers. only 700. The country hao
been literally sucked dry by Germany,
On that It was now dependent Tor lts
existence on credit which, without de-
finite guarantee as to the amount ot
her share of indemnity, was simply
nil.
The American steamship west
Humhaw, the first Allied merchant
ship to enter German port since
America declared war, returned 10
New York Tuesday from DanAg. She
left the Baltic port on March ~ a1ter
delivering a cargo Of pork products
xha IvnitoA States for the
relief of the Poles. Captain Hatfield,
commander, said that everything was
virtually quiet in Danzig during the 10
days that his ship was there. Ihe
Germans" he said, laid themselves to
fiatter us Americans. They were all
friends of the United States, accord
ing to themselves, and blamed their
troubles on the English and French.
AS far as could see they did not seem
to have many troubles" Captain Hat
field said not much had been done to-
ward cleaning up the mine fields In the
North sea and Baltic. His ship TOOK
six days zigzagging along three mile
passage through the mine fields ana
he received repeated warnings not S 70
anchor or even cast his lead. The
winds, he said, let loose flocks of mines
and ships were in constant peril from
these floating menaces as well as from
others which lay on the sea bottom In
shoal water.
A committee whose officers de-
clared it represented every state In the
Union, every rank in the army and
navy and every shade of political be-
lief issued from New York Tuesday
night, a call for a caucus in st. Louis
next month to elect preliminary or
ganizations of the American legion to
be composed Of American veterans OF
the world war. The caucus, to be held
May 8, 8 and 10, will pave the way Tor
a national convention set tentatively
for November IL, when the organlZa-
ton. intended to offer membership TO
all officers and enlisted men in the
United States military or naval service
between the date of Americas de-
claration of war and the cessation OF
hostilities, will be made permanent
The caucus call was signed by Lieut.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt of New York,
chairman: Lieut.. Col Bennett Clark
of Missouri, vice chairman, and Lieut..
Colonel Eric Fisher Wood Of Pennsyl-
yania. secretary, together with up
wards of 200 committeeman drawn
from the commissioned and enlisted
personnel of the army, navy and ma
rine corps and representing the as
states and the district OF ColullDld-
1.-THE legion will not interest itself in
politics but will make it's influence felt
in regard TO the policies" Colonel
Roosevelt said in discussing the en-
bryo organization. 1t will be strictly
non partisan, he added, its objects
being to perpetuate comradeships
formed during the war, to preserve
the history of the conflict and to main
tain the principles for which American
soldiers and sailors trained, fought
and died. In addition to the delegates
and their alternates, the committee
said representatives Of veterans and
patriotic organizations already formed
would be invited to attend together
with governors and adjutants general
Of all states as honorary delegates.
Among them are expected to be Brig.
Gen. II. A Branding, Barlow, Fla,
and Col Alexander r. Lawton. Jr.
Savannah, Ca, Maj. W. D. Workman,
Greenville, S. c., Col Luke Lea, Nash
vile.
Forecast by the department of agri-
culture says Washington dispatch
of Thursday that the nations winter
uybaot crop will total S2T 000 000 huSh =