Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-03
Scraps aud. facts.

submarines interned in foreign portS
and IA destroyed by their own crews.
More than 5000 sailors lost their lives
in the submarine sinkings, the statis-
tics show, while several Thousand oth-
ers lost their reason and had to be
committed to lunatic asylums.
Lieutenant Kurt Voegel, the Ger
man army officer. who was sometime
ago convicted of completely in the muir
der of Karl Liebknecht on the occa-
sion of his arrest for political agita-
ton, and sentenced to two years I'M
prisonment, has escaped. It Is assert
ed that his escape was made possible
+. through the connivapce of War MINIS
ter Noske, and that he is now In Hol-
land. Noske's agents have provided
him with money with which he in
tends to go to Argentine.
In his address in Savannah last
Sunday, William Jennings BRYAN de-
clared he expected not only to see
saloonless nation, but saloonless
world, 'I am sorry the president made
the recommendation to congress re-
garding the lifting of war time prohl-
bition." said Mr.. Bryan. II don't be-
lieye he would have made 1t had he
been in this country. I don't want TO
he understood as criticising him for be-
: ing in Paris. don't think we would
have had the league Of nations mad ne
not gone Don't worry about his rec
ommendation. A Republican congress
won't follow him when he goes right,
much less when he goes wrong
-J. Austin Chamberlain, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, announced In the
house Of commons Thursday that the
present Indebtedness of the BRUSH
: Government to the American COVER
ment is s4,26O, 900, 900, while the var
ious American departments owe the
British departments, roughly, S21O.O0O,-
900. t The. chancellor said that dollar
securities, including Canadian securi-
ties, now held under the treasury de-
posit scheme amount to just little
more than $500,000,000 most of which
has been placed as collateral for loans
in America In addition to the deposit,
Mr. Chamberlain added, securities 10
the value Of $106, i'll 900 had been pur-
chased by the treasury. Most of these
were sold however.
The first units of the S1st (Wfld
Cat) division to return home from
France, the War department has an
nounced are due at Newport News
June. z, on the battleship Missouri,
which brings troops companies Il, +,
and G of the 306th ammunition train.
The vessel also has aboard the third
corps artillery park and three casual
companies. The 317th field artillery OF
the "Wild Cat" division is due also at
Newport News June 9, on the battle
ship South Carolina. Two casual COM
panies are included among troops on
the ship. The Huron, due at New
port News June z, and the Kentuckian,
due at New York the same day, are
bringing troops largely of the 90th d.
vision. The Susquehanna, due at
Newport News, June 7, is bringing IL
convalescent detachment; headquart-
ers and medical detachments, compan-
les A to d; 551st engineers; headquar-
tiers company; medical detachment
companies, A to +, S22nd eng1neers'
three casual companies, IA casual Of
ficers and base hospital No. Ill. The
Federal, New York, June 19, is bring
ing few casuals.
Having proclaimed Gen. Felipe
Angeles as provisional president, and
himself as secretary Of war, GeneraI
Villa has started new revolution In
Mexico, with the avowed purpose or
putting President Carranza out or OF
fee and power. The movement IS q
very formidable one. General Carran-
"a has asked the United States to per-
NIT him to move Mexican troops
through Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zona This Is in accordance with an
old ARRANGEMENT between Mexico ana
the United States. The United States,
however, is not as close to the Carran-
"a government as it was to the Diaz
government. Acting Secretary POLK OF
the state department, has INFORMED
Carranza that he can move his troops
through American territory If he Will
give satisfactory guarantees that there
will be no interference with the per-
SON or property Of American citlzens.
II is not thought that such guarantees
can be given. Felipe Angeles Is SAID
to be quite acceptable to the American
government for president Of Mexico.
Angeles is e full blooded Mexican IN
dian. about As years OF age ana inc. "a a
graduate Of the Chapaultepec military
academy, the West Point Of Mexico,
and the st. Cyr artillery school In
France.
The flying boat NC-4 completed its
epoch-making voyage across the ocean
last Saturday by landing at plymouth
England, the original destination. Art
ter leaving Portugal, Commander Reao
was forced to 60 down into the sea OH
the coast of Spain about ninety miles
away. He took the air again at 6.Zi
Saturday morning and made the nlght
to Plymouth, about 700 miles, In a
little less than seven hours. On tnelr
arrival at Plv-----''- the NC-4 circled
around the spot from which the Pill
grim fathers set sail for America 800
years ago, and then settled down lnto
the harbor. The Americans met with
a rousing and enthusiastic welcome at
the hands of the British, who took
them on a war vessel and showed them
the most cordial attention. Later
Commander Read and his crew went
ashore, where they were met py cheer-
ing thousands, and the mayor OF Ply-
mouth greeted them with the rolioW-
ing: "It is with profound gratitude
that I here today on behalf OF Ola
Plymouth. from which the Mayflower
sailed 500 years ago, welcome you aft
er your tremendous and wonderful
flight over the waters separating us.
think can speak with the voice OF
England in expressing great admira-
ton for your achievement and in wei
coming to these shores our American
cousins"
The suffrage amendment, the peace
treaty and legislation for the return OF
telegraph and telephone lines to private
operation are subjects expected to hold
the center of interest during the pres
ent week in congress. Meantime work
will continue on the routine appropra-
tion bills and on many collateral sub
jects that are in the hands of the com
mitees. The resolution of submission OF
a suffrage amendment to the states, al
ready adopted by the house, comes up
today in the senate. It's supporters,
claiming to hold pledges for more than
the necessary two thirds vote, will seek
a roll call as soon as possible. Oppos-
ing senators have indicated they Will
not interpose parliamentary obstacles,
and advocates of the amendment are
predicting that by tonight woman SUI
frage will be a past issue, so far as
congress is concerned. Debate on the
peace treaty with its league of nations
covenant, begun almost as soon as the
extra session assembled two weeks ago,
is to continue with possibility Of ac-
ton before the end of the week on
some of the many proposals dealing
with the subject. Senator Johnson
Republican of California, opened the
discussion yesterday with speech for
his resolution asking the state depart