Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-27
Straps and faets.

by the time the president returns 10
the United States early next month,
the situation will be such that he may
make a nomination and dispose OF 1t
without much delay.
Another Of the many clues to the
lost collier, Cyclops-al Of which SO
far have been eXploded-turned UP In
Columbia Monday when the mother OF
Otis Ramsey, a seaman on the ship
received a telegram from New York
saying he was safe In this country
again and that the missing vessel was
In q German port. The navy records
show that Otis Ramsey, of Columbia,
was a seaman Of the Cyclops and ne is
listed as lost at sea" with the snip.
The navy, however, knows of nothing
that would clear up the mystery. o.
. ficials think the message propaply a
hoax, but as they expect to solve the
mystery any day they are carefuily
looking up every clue.
"A cablegram from Berlin MONDAY
afternoon says that the French rags
captured by the Germans in 1870 nave
been burned in front OF the statue OF
Frederick the Great in Unter oen
Linden. German officers and soldiers
Of q guard cavalry division entered
the War Museum and took out the
flags, already packed to be delivered
10 the French under the terms Of the
treaty. A crowd carried the flags
down Unter den Linden, singing
deutschland Uber Allies" and Die
Wacht am Rhein." They soaked the
flass in gasoline and burned them'
while thousands marched up and down
the streets rejoicing. Coblenz news
paper extras are out giving an ac-
count of the incident, and residents
here are openly showing their salls-
faction. Among the flags burned was
one captured from Napoleon l, In 1914.
- Issuers Of worthless checks In Penn
,ylvania will find new perils from no"
on in practicing that method OF trauo.
A law has been placed upon the sta-
tute books defining the Issuance Oh
worthless check as mlsdemeanor:
Hereafter, under its provisions, not
only will the issuing Of mo account
check. or. one of the kind which re.
turns with the inscription mot sun,
he publishable, but the new law says
"the mere fact Of making, Drawing or
delivering such a check will be prima
fncie evidence of intent to defraud'
unless the drawer makes good the
amount Of the check with lnlerest
within ten days. For the person Wno
draws and utte:s a worthless cmech
for an amount less than twenty ooliars
the penalty on conviction Is Sioo nne
or thirty days imprisonment, while the
dreSyer Of a check for more than twen-
ty dollars the Imprisonment Is TWO
years.
-Coblenz, June "a: The three Amer
ican divisions, which were concentrat-
ea east Of the Rhine In the American
bridsehead, will remain there unIi
the peace treaty Is actually signed ac-
cording to an announcement Hiaue
here today. The Americans then WIN
begin to return to the quarters the!
occupied before the concentration ol
4 week ago, which was ordered py
Marshal Foch in preparation LOT ah
advance into Germany should the Ger
mans not accept the peace conditions
II ia expected the troops will remain
in these quarters until orders come 10
start for home. The Third Army con-
sists of five divisions and the auxllla-
nv units of the Third Corps, approx
mately 10000 men. TRANSPORTATION
officers said today that the divisions
and the various units could De out VI
Germany by August l, genera
headquarters have orders TO tnat eI-
feet. According to present plans tne
Fifth Division, which occupies part
of Nuremberg, will start for France
probably within day or two atter
peace is signed. The Third and Fosrth
divisions will be next to move west
ward. The First and Second O1Sl-
sions. which hold the east bank or the
Rhine. will be the last to depart IN
the event that no complete American
division is to remain In Germany as
part Of the permanent army OF occu-
patton.
Another humble American dough
boy took place in the hall OF 1ame last
Wednesday in the person OF PriTate ~
Frank Gafrney of Company G, one
hundred and Eighth Infantry, the
Twenty-seventh division (New YORK
National Guard). Sergt. Alvin c. YORK
of Pail Mall, Tenn, Is the only man In
the American army credited with
larger bag Of prisoners than Carney.
The lanky Tennesseean brought In loz
Germans. but he had a few men 10
help him round them up While the
New Yorker all alone and suHerlns
from a wound which cost him one OF
his arms, piloted 80 into the American
lines. You're the second braVest man
tho war produced," said Major General
McHale. as he pinned the congression-
al medal Of honor on the breast OF the
hlushine Gaffney at Camp Dix. Here
Ia the official citation which won the
highest military honor the nation can
bestow: ION September 29, at ran
sart, when his lieutenant and sergeant
had been killed, Private Carney as
sumed command Of the platoon ana
continued on the objective, German
machine gun nest. CARNEY was the
only man to reach the objective.
Rreyely and skillfully handling ma
chine gun and hand grenades. he Kill
ed several of the enemy and brought
back so Of them to the American
lines"
The national war labor board
"wednesday ended its activities pre-
paratory to final dissolution by the
president. No new cases will be heard,
nor new applications received, but
present controversies, Jointly submit
ted, which can not be concluded prior
TO June 80, will be assigned to the
Joint chairman or q section or the
board for disposition. In announcing
conclusion of it's activities the board
said II had recommended that with
the approval Of the president all ad-
ministrative duties in cc inection with
unfinished cases and all records ana
flss of the board be transferred TO the
department OF labor. Members OF the
board pending final dissolution Will De
at the call Of the president. Conciu-
sion Of the boards activities marks
the passing Of one Of the government
tai agencies CTcdleu uuiih6 ShS "@
further production of war materials.
The board was reorganized under pres
idential proclamation with former
President Taft and Frank Z. Walsh OF
Kansas City as joint chairmen, ana
with five members representing labor,
Ave employers representatives ana
two members acting for the public.
Mr.. Walsh resigned soon after the
signing Of the armistice and was sue
ceeded by Basil NJ. Manly OF WASH
isgton. Daring the year which ended
May 81, the board received 1'245 cases,
made awards in 462 cases, dismissed
3sl for various causes, referred 80 10
specified agencies and suspended one
case. Fifty-three cases remained on
the docket because the board coulo
not agree and twenty-three cases
were pending.
Long accounts written for the Ber-
lin papers by correspondents at Wei
mar telling Of events preceding the de-
cision Of the German government 10
sign the treaty of peace show there was
treaty by generals and officers of the