Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-26
Scraps aud faets.

Kun. has resigned. The archduke Is
Hapsburg and his accession made II
look as II the Hapsburgs would soon
be In control again. But the sociai
Democrats appear to have MADE II TOO
hot for those who would again set up
the old regime and Joseph has stepped
down.
= The first pre-war tayiff measure
ostengibly aimed at the Germans; but
really for the benefit Of certain Ameri-
can manufacturers, was passed py tne
house a few days ago III to 1s2. II
was o very heavy duty on tungsten In
all its forms. and the effect Will De 10
give the American manufacturers OF
tungsten steel. and other commodi-
ties In which tungsten enters q mono
ply OF the market. There has been no
duty on tungsten heretofore.
For each man transported over
seas in British vessels, the United
States government \will pay Great
Britain sS1.75 under an agreement
reached between Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of transportation In
the war department, and Lord Read
ing. representing the British govern
Ynent. Secretary Baker, 1t Is learned.
has approved the agreement. when
fixes o, price little more than hair
that tentatively put foDrard by the
British at the beginning OF the nego-
tiations. The total cost Of the British
tonnage psed in troop transportation
Is estimated at sSS,757,250. the num-
Der of men carried having been 1,OE1'-
900. Similar negotiations are In pro
gress with the French and other
governments.
A meeting of the state pension
board was held in the offices of d. w.
McLaurin, state pension commissioner
Wednesday morning. 1t was determined
to begin enrolling all Confederate
veterans September who have pre-
viously been on the pension rolls. The
Commission during the year has
placed on rolls about 5000 who have
not heretofore been on the eligible
lists. The number to be enrolled Will
be approximately 7,700, exclusive OF
the 5000 already enrolled. Statistics
show that there are in the state today
about 1000 veterans living and about
&c. 800 widows. Enrolment forms were
also outlined and accepted by the
board yesterday. Members OF the
board are: D. w. McLaurin, commits
sioner, Columbia: John Ahrens, Char
lesion; l. F. Hair, Barnwel; George
M. Hannah, Cross Hill; ]. p Craig,
Chester: James c. Sellers. Sellers; w.
Y. Fair. Newberry; and D. r. Ffennl-
ken, Columbia.
The story Of strange moonshin-
ing case has come to Washington from
Montgomery county, N. C.. says
dispatch from the former city. w. II.
Hill,' of the Little River section, Is out
on bond. charged with making LIQUOR,
Messrs. z. R. Brown Of Hemp,
Revenue officer r. H. Shipping. acting
as his deputy, and T. w. Manness,
Justice of the peace, took Mr.. Hill IN
tow and required him to put up $500
bond. Near the Fill house fresh in
dications of a still were discovered.
The booze was located in the house.
On the front porch a basket OF fine
things TO eat was fixed up, ready to
go. Mr.. Hill was asked about this. He
said that he was on the verge OF going
to the Primitive Baptist convention
association meeting the next day. He
begged the officers to let him or until
he attended 1t. The bond was given.
and Mr.. Hill went his way, to the
meeting.
The refusal of number Of troops
ito embark from Southampton Tor
France for fear they would be sent to
Russia is the sensation of the day In
London, according to special cable
dispatch from the British capital.
The men are now under armed guard
but il js pointed out that 1t Is now
practically impossible to get anybody
but volunteers to fight against the
Bolsheviki. The question naturally
asked is what would be the attitude OF
troops If called upon to suppress. In
ternational troubles, such as uprising
in Ireland? The government, 1t is un-
derstood, will deal firmly with the
matter. Complaints Of lack OF dis
ciplins in the conscript army have
been frequent lately and 1t Is thought
that there are agents at work to in
fiuence the minds of the men against
the fighting Of the Bolshev1ki. In the
present case the men are suspicious
of the intentions of the government.
They say that once they arrive in
France they will be sent to Russia and
as they are conscripts they vigorously
object. The government has given
assurance that 1t has no such inten-
tions and it Is obvious that some
sinister influence has been at work by
which this idea was put into the
heads of tho men. There is, however,
a very real hostility among the draft
ed troops to go anywhere but In
France and the British empire and
there Is continually growing ,inclina-
tion to inquire into the motives for
sending them anywhere. During the
war the question arose but the young
men now left in the army. the older
classes being demobilized, are throw
ing off restraints and questioning the
why and wherefores Of everything.
There is a national organization
called the Association for the Protec-
ton of American Rights in Mexico.
This organization Is made up princt-
pally of people who have Mexican in
vestments or are otherwise directly or
indirectly interested in American
control of Mexico. Through the AS
ISOLATED Press the association has
made public information of certain
plans Of Germany in 1918 looking for
ward to an invasion of the United
States by a Mexican army officered by
Germans. The story is based upon the
statement OF one DR.. p. b. Altendort,
an Austrian Pole who served with the
secret service department OF the
United States army during the war.
,Altendort represents how, in the ser
vice of the American army he went
to Mexico as pretended German
fugitive. In Mexico he succeeded In
-5ofning the German secret intelligence
work, so he says, and there he learned
all about the plan to take the Mexican
army into the United States about the
time of the beginning of the great
German drive against the British and
French in France. He says that he
Broke up the whole scheme by giving
away information that led to the
capture of some 60 or more German
agents in the United States. He goes
on to say that Carranza was aider
and abetter in the whole scheme, the
Mexican president giving the con-
spirators all kinds of assistance.
Within six months after the ratifica-
ton Of the peace treaty, says DR..
Altendorf Germany will have effected
a complete industrial organization OF
Mexico, and will have Mexico inde-
pendent of the world in the manufac-
ture Of munitions, etc. He says also
that the present plans of Carranza
contemplate depriving Americans OF
all their holdings in Mexico and turn
ing the same over to Germans at re-
duced prices.
Advices from Mexico City received
IN Washington show that various
groups there are demanding a change
in Carranza's government and policy
toward the United States. The Fed