Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-01
Scraps aud facts.


French minister, in his address to the
chamber of deputies last Thursday
night. The figures as to nationalities
were given by the foreign minister as
follows: Archangel Front-British 1S,-
100, United States 1920. French ,S45,
Italians 1,340, Servians 1890, Russians
11.700. Total 34,765. Siberian Front
British 1000. Canadians 1000. United
States 1900, French 1900 Italians q
900, Servians 1000. Russians 10000,
Poles 10000, Roumanians 1000, Jap
anese $1,000 Czecho- Slovaks $4,000.
Total 334,700. The total forces Of the
allies on the various Eastern fronts.
M. Pichon stated. was S50,000. This
total was divided as follows: French
100000, Russians 10000, British l40.-
600, Italians 10000, Servians 100000,
Greeks 100000. The Eastern fronts OIL
luded to by M. Pichon presumably
take In the Balkans. Asia Minor end
probably the Ukraine.
AN immediate call for $4,000 vol
unteers for service in Europe has been
prepared by the war department AS
an incentive to enlistment the men
will be offered early duty in France as
a relief for men in the expeditionary
forces who wish to return home. En-
listment in the special force will be
for three years. The men will be con-
centrated at Camp Meade, Md. and
probably will be sent overseas In con-
tingents 1000 strong. war Depart
ment officials expressed confluence
that no trouble would be experienced
In raising the $4,000 men or an even
greater number II necessary. Inc
bulk of the men are expected TO come
from recently discharged troops, es-
pecially those who after having peen
~ trotynd nr9venleQ
from going overseas by the armistice.
Opportunity to see service In Ger
many, 1t Is thought, will lead many OF
these to enlist A number OF officers,
probably ten to II, will be sent over.
seas with each increment OF 1,oOV
men leaving Camp Meade. These WIN
be used at the concentration camp TO
give the preliminary training necessa-
ry 70 whip the men into casual organ
izations and make the required exam
inations. On arrival in Europe tney
will take the places of officers eligi-
BILE for discharge.
-Herding IA persons, including sew
eral women patrons, into the laVatory
and the vault Of the West Side brancn
of the commonwealth State Bank In
Detroit. Michigan last Friday AFTER
noon. six unmasked bandits robbed
the institution Of $4,000 In cash and
unregistered Liberty bonds, which OF
ficials say may exceed $66,0Oo In Vaiue
Fifty thousand dollars in currency mao
been removed from the branch 10 tne
main office only few hours petore
the hold up according TO J. =. Nc. NC
Causey. president Of the bank. The
hold up was one Of the most daring
In recent years. Two Of the men stood
guard outside the bank while -FOUR
entered with the man at the neao
waving q sawed off shot gun. Cnarles
H. Mooney, cashier, and Paul MAUI
lick. his assistant, were ordered from
their cages and with several patrons
were forced to stand with upralsed
hands while the bank vault was oelng
rifled. The two bank attaches were
then ordered into the vault together
with four of the patrons and the big
steel door closed. Eight other persons
Including several who came IN a1ter
the bandits entered. and among them
two women each with q baby In her
arms were ordered one by one into
the layatory. The bandits then gath
cred up all the currency In sight and
escaped in a big touring car.
New amusement taxes, which go
into effect today will fall heavily on
theatre ticket brokers, and Will raise
cabaret admissions. In addition to the
ordinary tax Of one cent on each ten
cents charged for theatre tickets,
newsstands, hotels or other broker
age agents dealing in theatre tickets
are required under the new revenue
law to pay per cent Of the excess
charged by that agency above the
usual box office price, providing this
excess Is more than 80 cents above
the box office charge. The excess IS
figured on the box office charge, plus
ordinary tax and the brokers pay the
tax. A tax Of one and one half per
cent on each ten cents or fraction
charged as admission to cabarets is
levied this year. instead OF one cent
as provided In lasts years law and 20
per cent of the bill for food and drinks
is to be considered for admission, II
no specific admission charge Is made.
Club dues and initiation fees exceed
ing $40 are taxable at ten per cent.
Transportation, insurance and stamp
taxes also go into effect today. The
new law lays a tax Of per cent on
freight charges, approximately per
cent on express charges, s per cent on
passenger and Pullman fares and
per cent on oil pipe line charges. For
telephone or telegraph messages on
which charges are between Is and 20
cents, the tax will be cents, and II
the charge Is more than so cents, the
charge will be 10 cents.
United States Senator Calder OF
New York, announces that he has
written a letter to Secretary OF the
Treasury Glass calling his attention to
the depreciation Of recent issues OF
liberty bonds and urging the secre-
tary to cable President Wilson ad-
vising that a special session Of con-
gress be called at once, so that the
situation might be remedied. Sena-
tor Calder expressed the opinion that
until this was done 1t would be i'm
possible to obtain popular subscrip-
tions to forthcoming loan, thus ne
cessitating the taking Of bonds by the
banks, a situation which, he wrote
would have the effect Of limiting cred
II for business with injurious effects
upon the country "All subscribers
TO war bonds at all times are entitled
to indentical terms" Senator Calder
added. 1.-The price Of liberty bonds to-
day, selling at discount OF IL per
cent, indicates that the victory bond
or note must yield a greater rate Of
interest than former issues. If justice
prevails. the holder Of old issued
should obtain, at least for life OF the
new issues, the same rate OF income.
II this is done. the public, know, will
This fact should not he lost sight of
Secretary McAdoo requested the
people Of America to borrow all funds
possible to buy bonds. The huge loans
made by banks on liberty bonds show
how we'll the people respond. We
can hardly expect like condition to
prevail when we know the collateral
value Of the loans has deprecated
6 1-2 per cent"
The start of the United States
navy's attempt to cross the Atlantic
ocean on a heavier than air machine
will take place on the first clear day
in May, or as soon thereafter as the
fog belt which now envelops the New
foundland coast shows signs of clear
ing, according to q statement issued
last Saturday night by the Manufact-
urers Aircraft Association which claims
to have definite information from
washington. The United States
weather bureau is gathering all avail
able information from the North At
lantic region and from this data
charts are being made for the guild