Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-17
Scraps and facts.

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of 200 pages.
AS reported to the house, the 1920
navy appropriation bill carries total
of s6O1, 800, 900, a decrease of S375,OOO,-
600 from the estimates submitted by
Secretary Daniels and S120,00O,OOO less
than the amount carried in the bill
as II passed the house last session.
One of the principal items is an ap-
propriation of S133,000,000 for continu-
ed construction of the 1916 shipbuild-
ing program. No new construction is
authorized in the measure. Inc Din
provides for a temporary enlistment
strength of 241,000 men until OCTOBER
/. and 10000 for the remainder OF tne
fiscal wear with a permanent increase
in nav of enlisted men from $3.50 to
$3.50 a month The authorized num-
her of enlisted men in the marine
corps is temporarily increased from IT.
400 to 27300 to enable force or H.
600 to be retained for duty in Europe.
The appropriation for aviation was re-
duced from $45.000.000 to S15,OO0'O0O
The committee explained this amount
was intended only for the malnten-
ance of the present naval air service
until definite policy of future eXpan-
sion could be determined. The bill
will be considered by the house to-
morrow.
Blacksburg, June 12: James Webb
of Blacksburg, is in the Cherokee
county iail. charged with shooting
Brown Moss at Blacksburg, Yesterday
morning about o'clock. Domestlc
troubles are said to have been the
cause of the shooting. Webb, lmmed-
lately after the shooting came TO Carl
ney and surrendered to the sherl1I,
but refused to talk. 1t Is SAID tnat
Webb has been away from home Tor
several months, and only returned r 10
Blacksburg recently, but was not nv
ing with his wife, with whom Moss
was boarding, and that the shooting
was done as Moss emerged from inc
house: the weapon used being oz-
caliber revolver. One shot took erect
in the head. and the other two In tne
body. Both men are OF ABOUT mloole
age. and have lived in Blacksours Lor
a number of years. The latest ntelii-
gence from the bedside OF the wound
ed man. is to the effect that there is
very little chance for his recovery.
Moss is a widower and both men were
employes of the Broad River mills at
RIacksburg. It Is said that the trial
of the case will furnish much testimony
of q sensational character, though the
ueople of Blacksburg refuse to make
any definite statements as yet.
TO preserve a natural flow OF
wheat from the farm periodical pre-.
miums covering storage charges VIII
be added to the basic price at various
guarantee markets, accordlng 10 an
announcement made last Friday p.ght
by julius II. Barnes, United States
wheat director. These premiums Will
not be introduced during July when
basic prices prevailing for the last
wear will remain in effect For each
succeeding month, however, premiums
will be announced 80 days in advance.
Mr. Barnes also announced from IN
ter-mountain and Pacific coast terri
tory from Galveston and New fork
soon would be reduced to 56 cents a
hundred the equivalent of 1876 cents
a husheI This reduction Mr.. Barnes
explained is intended as RELIEF 10
the producers in these sections as the
grain corporation can not pursue all
wheat at inter-mountain points put
will be obliged to confine itself TO
paving 81 at Pocateloo, Great Falls
and Salt Lake City, leaving the rest
of the western territory to base on the
commercial market readily reached py
il. To assure large flow OF wheat 10
the SulI pOTlS, MI. l1oiiSo StSAN@
decided to seek an executive order IN
creasing the No. l base price at Cal
weston and New Orleans from S2.2S to
$3.50 a bushel. He added he expected
this change would become effectlVe
July /.
Germany according to an Associa-
ted Press dispatch of Sunday from
Paris is to be allowed an army OF zoo'-
900 men for three years. This Is one
of the changes i'll the peace terms
which has been sedulously kept secret:
The reason given for this doubling OF
the previous number Of electives Is
the impossibility of adjusting the arm
les Of Austria Poland, CZecho-Slo-
yakia and other new states proportlon-
ately to the previously arranged lOO,-
600 for Germany. The general reduc-
ton of ornaments is to be negotiated
Immediately, Germany's admission 10
the league of nations is fixed 1or the
near future" Her admission Will en-
able Germany to bring up lot DISCUS
sion her economic propositions. Ger
many will be given four months 10
submit to the Allies proposals dealing
with her total Indebtedness through
reparations, and methods for the pay
ment thereof. She may propose mer-
chandise and labor. The Allies are TO
reply within two months. \ pleblsclte
for upper Silesia will be taken witnln
six to is months. 4 clause deals win
the protection by the league OF nations
of Germany minorities inhablting the
districts taken from Germany. An.
other deals with the inter-allled civil
commission, which will administer the
left bank Of the Rhine occupied by the
Allied troops, to which the existing NIL
liery commission will be subordlnat-
ed.
London June Is: The final goal
of all the ambitions which flying men
have ventured to dream since the
Wright brothers first rose from the
earth in a heavier than air machine,
was realized this morning, when two
young British officers, Captain John
Alcock, and Lieutenant Arthur w.
Brown, landed on the Irish coast after
the first nonstop flight across the Al
lantic ocean. The voyage was With
out accident, and without unforeseen
incident, so far as can be learned. II
was a straight away clean-cut hlSht
achieved in 16 hours, II minutes-from
Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, q
distance of more than 1,S00 miles. But
the brief and modest description whlch
comes from the airmen at Clltden tells
of an adventurous and amazingly haZ-
ardous enterprise. Fog and mlsts hung
over tne nDTlI .tNlSlHNiS, e''AN N''S
Vickers- -Vimy biplane climbed and
dove. struggling to eXtricate herself
from the folds Of the airplane's worst
enemy. She rose to 1000 feet, swoop-
ed down almost to the surface OF the
sea, and at times the two naVlgators
found themselves flying upside down
only ten feet above the water. Be
fore coming to earth near the Cil1deh
wireless station Alcock circled the
wireless aerials, seeking the best spot
TO reach the earth, but no suitable
ground was found, so he CHANGED II IN
a bog. The wireless staff rushed to
the aid of the aViators They found
Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily
deafened by the force of the impact,
AS soon as they were able to be es-
corted to the wireless station they tele-
graphed the news to their friends; then
had breakfast.
Orders calling off the threatened
strike yesterday of the electrical
workers were issued Saturday night
ID acting international