Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-28
MERE.

OF 203 German submarines lost dur
ing the war 1t Is semi officially esti-
mated that 120 went down with all on
board, and that Of the other S3 crews,
at least half Of the men were lost.
It Is said that zech-Slovaks positively
refuse to sit IN the peace conference
with the Bolsheviki.............A French
torpedo boat was destroyed by striking
mine off the coast Of Tunis few
days ago. Eighteen men lost their
Lives. French government has
seized the Thyssen steel works in Lor-
raine. e.......-....So far 1t is known that "a
women have been elected to sit in the
IGerman national assembly.-...Th The
house immigration committee has
fayorably reported q bill authorizing
the deportation Of 1920 enemy aliens
who have been interned during the
war...........The German government
has made official announcement that
no less than 100000 civilians died as
the result Of malnutrition or undernu-
triton because Of the blockade...-.-...A
Norwegian steamer left New Orleans
one day last week with 128,42S bags OF
rice for Rotterdam. The same steamer
carried 8,442 sacks Of beans. Three
thousand American soldiers lost arms
and legs during the war.-.....It Is def1-
nitely stated that no potash can be
shipped to America from Lorraine be-
fore April, because Of the French re-
lquirements. Chairman Hurley OF
the shipping board, has asked Charles
PieZ, director general Of the Emergen-
cy Fleet corporation, to sell rs 1900
ton vessels to European corporation.
The senate postoffice committee
has revised the postofflce appropria-
ton bill so as to include increases OF
salaries for virtually all postofhce en-
ployes and $200,000.000 a year for the
next three years for the constructor
of post roads.......An American whip
pet tank driver, just returne6 from
France, says the Germans nicknamed
1.-THE American tanks American slaugh
ter houses" "...The missionary in
lterest are seconding British efforts to
Induce the United States to assume the
guardianship Of a large part Of the
Near East released from Turkish DOM
ltnation. ....A London coroner's jury
has indicted 1t. Col. Norman Cecil
Rutherford, medical corps Of the Brit
Iish army, in connection with the death
of Major Miles G. Seton, who was sho,
to death on January 13. Undue init.
macy Of Seton with Mrs. Rutherford
is said to have been the cause OF the
killing. Motor car bandits have
been systematically rOpDinB fIliiduei
phia clothing manufacturers of wool
ems for some time past and since Jan
uary 1st have gotten away with $780,
600 worth Of fine wooden goods.
Federal Judge Hand has ordered the
return Of all papers seized in the office
of jeremiah O'I.eary bv Fedora
agents, after O'Leary had fed from
Justice. The officers expected to use
the papers against O'Leary in his tria
on charges Of violating the espionage
Iact.. Loans to the Allies during
January have totaled only $4,000:
loco, against an average Of $40O,0O0,OO(
Iduring several months past..-.........Eng'
lland lost a total Of So submarines dur
ling the war, Of these 80 were destroy
ed by enemy action............Great Britain
has suspended work on all war vessels
until after the close Of the peace con-
ference. received at Wash
lington, are to the effect that Panchc
Villa, the Mexican bandit, has EN-
Ibraced the Bolshevik doctrine and tax
en- upon himself the task Of reforming
the conditions surrounding men who
work.