Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-18

ened on April 1st. The Locknar'
Mills at Lockhart made a large dona,
ton toward building this bridge ano
Union and Chester counties have potn
made arrangements to pay tnelr
shares Of the cost Of construction.
The conference between the Ger
man and Allied delegates at Brussels,
has resulted in an agreement thaL Is
entirely satisfactory to the Allies. Tne
Germans have agreed to turn over an
their merchant ships and the Allies
have agreed to send the Germans 27O,-
600 tons of food monthly until the next
harvest, or as long as Germany abides
the terms Of the armistice. Ine con-
ference was impersonal in the ex-
treme. Vice Admiral Wemyss, British
spokesman of the delegation, began py
asking whether Germany proposed TO
abide the terms Of the armistice, and
the German under secretary OF state
Won Braun, replied, Yes" Then the
ARRANGEMENTS were completed within
a few minutes. The Germans were
anxious to enlarge the monthly export
of certain commodities, only TO De met
with the statement: Il regret tne
worlds shipping does not make TINS
possible" In connection win re-
quest for more condensed milk one OF
the Germans said that infant mortality
had doubled within the past three
months.
The directors of the Federal re-
serve bank at Richmond have adopted
the following in furtherance OF the
cotton holding movement: Resolved.
THAT the Federal reserve bank OF
Richmond approves Of the movement
TO reduce the cotton acreage In the cot
ton raising portion of the fifth dis
trict in cooperation with q similar
movement in other districts, for the
purpose of stabilizing the price OF cot
ton, and that 1t will continue In tne
future the policy which 1t has always
pursued in the past Of assisting mem-
Der banks to help their customers W
carry cotton for the purpose OF secur-
ing a fair opportunity to sell at leslt.
innate price. That in pursuance OF
this noiicy. II will continue to make to
each member bank such discounts
adyancements and accommodations
mon paper eligible for rediscount, un-
der the regulations of the federal re-
serve board, as may be safely ana rea-
sonably made, with due regards lor
the claims and demands OF other
member banks.
Wage increase for approximately T.,
600 patrolmen and 1000 lieutenants and
sergeants comprising the rallroao po-
lice force will be advanced, 1t has peen
announced by director general Hines.
The increases are retroactive 10 ias'
January and were said 10 oe ia
keeping with the advances given otnei
railroad employees. The director gen.
erals order provides a minimum,
honrIv rate of As cents an hour and
maximum rate of 55 cents an houT
for patrolmen assigned to a restricted
territory. with a minimum OF elsnt
hours a day and over time at the pro-
rata for the ninth and tenth hours
and time and one-half Thereafter.
These men formerly received monthly
wages ranging from $50 to $11O. IN
der the new rate they receive from
sS5 10 s112 a month on an eight nour
day basis. Proportionate increases
hut on a monthly basis are proVioeo
for lieutenants and for sergeants whose
duties require travelling and whose
hours can not be regulated. Inc e.
gional director will have authority 10 20
een,,i1, the monthly wage according to
the responsibility of the indivlduai
-Medill Mccormick. Republican
senator-elect from Illinois, has issued a
statement asserting that any censor
shins upon the news from America 10
Great Britain and France could nave
heen imposed only to prevent the
publication of the opinion OF the
American people and the ATTITUDES OF
senators toward the constitution OF
the league of nation. Europe must
come to understand that Mr.. Wilson
is attempting a coup d'etat in defiance
of the decision Of the common people
of America uttered in the last elect
ion, the statement said. Sixty sena-
tors of the total Of 96 Democrats, as
we'll as Republicans among them,
share the opinion expressed by 81
signatories to the Knox-Lodge resolus
ton. Mr.. Hughes, Mr.. Bryan, and
even Mr.. Taft, say that the constitu-
tion as proposed requires amendment.
Mr.. Mccormick said the peace con-
ference should first make peace with
Germany and then the president
"ought to put aside his pride" and IN
yite Senators Lodge and Knox, Re-
publicans, and Senator Hitchcock
Democrat to the peace conference 10
draft a league of nations plan whlcn
the American people and the senate
could approve.
Cant. Andre Tardieu of the FTencn
peace delegation held his usual weekly
conference with the newspaper corre-
spondents last Monday. Responoins
to an inquiry whether 1t is posslple
that the peace treaty will be slgneo
by March 81, Capt Tardieu saio ne
believed such contingency quite I'm.
possible, although he expected grea'
puoyress 10 bes made during the pres
ent week Four treaties VIII De nec-
essary. one each, with Germany, Aus
TITO Turkey and Bulgaria, Captain
Tardieu explained and these he salo
probably would not be signed togetnel
The treaty with Germany being the
most important, would be signed flrst
THE others would be drawn along SIM
liar lines and would place a nmlta-
tion of armaments upon the oIhel
central powers, but there was iess
hurry about framing these CaPlail
Tardieu added. Asked II the signing
OF peace would permit Germany 70 re
Tardieu said the financial and com
n,ercial sections of the treaty woulo
contain important regulations or enc
NV trade but that shipping Will os
resumed under certain reservations
Answering an inquiry Wnetner the
Germans would be permitted 10 Cone
IN paris to sign the peace treaty Gap
tein Tardieu said 1t was not cerlali
that the Germans would be sunl1nonee
to Paris-that the conference hau io
decided this point. =,
Under an agreement which tht
Germans have made at Brussels tne
United States will receive eight Ger,
man ships which will be ready to G. G.
70 sea within four days. The vesseE
are the Zeppelin, of $4,000 tons: nt 1nt
Prins Frederick Wilhelm, OF lI'Ooo,
tbe Graf Waldersee, of $4,000 tons,
the % Patricia, Of 14,466 tons; the car
Einistere, of 14,50O tons: the Pretor1f
~ 13200 tons: the Cleveland OF le,99'
IONS: and the Kaiserin Auguta Nlctorls
~ Ok 600 tons. The giant mperato[
~ W $1,000 tons. will go to the Un1tee
States At the present time the I'm, !,
rerator is stuck in the mud out II
beiieved she can be floated in a rev @
6avs. The total ships made a~vallaDIt ~
to the Allies under the asreemen
number more than 700. approxllna..
;nl 1900, 900 tons. The vessels golns
20 the United States are passengei
sbins on account Of the American ue.
s,rs 70 use them for transport o!
sroons, Those going to France AM
Epeiand Immediately are cargo yes;