Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-10
"Sfrapa atta faets.,

Will accommodate Sixty passengers ana
&c, 900 packages Of mail. They Will be
nearly three times as large as the
worlds previous largest airship, the
Inflated R-3S. 4 unique feature of
these new great liners will be the pro-
!, vision. of a private state-room for each
passenger. Each liner will be inflated
with 100000 cubic feet Of hydrogen,
> as against the 100000 feet of the
I. R-3S. The giants of the air will make
Sthe journey from Seville, Spain to Rio
SJaneiro, Brazil, in forty hours.
: - Grade crossings will he eliminat-
ed wherever possible and replaced
: with bridges OF 'undefl passes on all
!. roads of the federal aid highway ssys-
item 10 be constructed under the fed
: eral highway act, the bureau of public
!. roads OF the department of agricui-
s.1ure announced Friday. This policy,
the ui6ement sstated, is receiving
.fhe approval. of state: andyrailroad Of
ficials. and has been endorsed by me
= 8f1eYacan Association or State High
! way officials. Important roads, many
: of which at present cross and recross
railroads at grade, hereafter will be
built entirely on one side of the rail-
: road, even though this increases the
cost of construction, or, If crossings
are unavoidable or justified by local.
> interests the road will be designated
> TO pass over or under the track, the
railroads in most instances or TINS
kind, bearing half the cost of building
bridges or underpass.
:. The American advisory committee,
says a Washington dispatch. has re-
ceived to date an estimated total OF
l3,790,762 opinions from the American
public on subjects related to the arms
cent.
=. of the resolutions received from Or
ganizations and individuals endorse
:, the policy" of the American delesa-
tfon, it was said today in a committee
statement. More than 100000 OF the
communications dealt with the sub
marine problem, 395.104 urging aboh-
tion of submarines, the figure repre-
senting cbout three per cent. of all the
opinions on conference subjects reach
ing the committee. There were 1885,
795 expressions for abolition OF gas
werfare Only three communications
favored abolition of submarines with
out cooperation with other powers and
only 10 favored retention of gas war
fare with restrictions as 70 its use. On
' naval limitation, 1880 opinions
against any limitation were enumerat-
ed, in addition to 1879 expressions In
favor of increasing present naval
strength.
The senate judiciary committee,
considering means of relieving crowd
! ed federal court .dockets through IN
crease in the number of judges, virtu-
ally agreed Saturday to sidetrack the
house bill providing 21 more judge
ships and substitute the senate plan
for IS additional judges to be named
at large instead of by circuits as pro
posed in the house measure. Whlie
the subject as q whole was turned
over to a sub committee to wcrk out
the committee was said to have de-
cided on the policy of providing for
ilidges' at large and to have instructed
The SUBJ committee so TO g. frame the
legislation. II was sthted by ,commit-
tee-meunbers that in deciding -agalnst
tie house plan which would assign the
iudees to particular circuits the COM
rfittee had sought TO meet the emer-
gency and to put through legislation
which would not precipitate extended
fiSht on fhe .ftoT because some circuit
ntha Hbtsget I'D the 8ldgeSs1s senStors
or 3rsbresentatives believed were nec-
essary. II was said also that the con-
serisus of opinion among committee
members was that the Legislation
should be pressed for passage once II
is reported TO the senate IN
view of statements by Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty and Chief Justice Taft
that more judges were badly needed.
The most interesting feature of the
first week of the New Year in the n
nancial markets, according to a New
York dispatch, was the drop in money
rates after the release Of large Janu-
ary interest and dividend payments.
Call loans fell to 1-2 per cent, the
lowest rate since last July and time
funds extending into the second quar-
ter. of the year were made at frac-
tion under per cent on second COL
lateral. Dealings in stocks were ac-
tive and broad. but a combination OF
liquidation and short selling caused
substantial recessions in almost every
branch of the list. Rails were free
from pressure but the demand for
those issues was so small as to play
no part in the weeks operations. Short
selling was invited by the Chicago
bank merger" and suspensions OF
cash and stock dividends by General
Motors and Kelly Springfield Tire. In
dications of reduced production in
steel and iron affected shares OF that
class. Independent steels had brief
upward spurt on rumors that various
consolidation plans were progressing.
international credits and foreign eX-
changes moved irregularly in conse-
cuence of the financial crisis in Italy
and developments at the arms confer
ence. Quotations. stiffened later in
connection with the decision to call
Germany and Russia into the pro-
posed economic discussions.
The treaty creating the Irish Free
State was ratified by the Dali Eireann,
at Dublin, last Saturday night. BY
majority of seven votes, 64 TO 81. the
dali gave its approval TO the docu-
ment signed by it's delegates at Lon
don. CoinciIentally, Eamon de Valera
announced his resignation from the
presidency of the Irish republic. The
news was received with the greatest
enthusiasm and the patient crowds,
which had waited for hours outside
the university building in anticipation
of advices. burst into cheering. even
before the official figures were an
nounced. Ratification of the treaty
came after q day of intense excite
ment ard heated controversy. AL
though the result was rs had been ex-
pected. the majority in favor of the
agreenfent was greater than had been
Counted on almost up to the last
roirnte terse, strained silence pre-
vailed while the vote was being taken
;I,,u /. gasp or relief went up from the
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