Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-21
Scraps. and faets.

OF ROSCOE Ncdlly) AIuuShiC eho
drawing from exhibition the finished
plays of that notorious screen come
dian. This means that Arbuckle is out
of business at least for the present. Ar
buckle. when asked about the matter,
declined to talk, declaring that he hao
nothing to say until he could see Iur-
ther. He said, however, that the ac.
tion of General Director Hayes mad
come as a surprise for which ne haa
not been looking.
The so-called economic conference
at Genoa was thrown into CONFUSION
Monday with the announcement tnat
Germany and Russia had signed
treaty under which Germany gives
ERussia full diplomatic recognition ana
although it is not certain as to the eX-
itent of the treaty, it might mean an
offensive and defensive alliance. mas
much as the principal object or the
Genoa conference was the reaching OF
Gan agreement between the prlnclpal
Allied nations and Germany with hus-
sia under which all could come 10 an
understanding with Russia on an equai
basis knowledge of the treaty brought
consternation. Lloyd George became
very angry and did not try TO conceai
the fact. France, which has all alohs
been more or less Isolated because u
her unwillingness to partlclpate III to
conference on equal terms Win Gel
many and Russia, was ALSO ansaS' She
,,ithheId an explosion, because sne
reaiized the extent to which Germany
nod vindicated her position In TINS
Annonifest disloyalty to the other Allies.
rrhe nations promptly drew up note
of censure to Germany and the uehpet-
atoms of the conference nave no S1to
been very much demoralized. Whal
the Anal outcome may be is rlaIIei
of general apprehension ana aouo''
Rv the margin of II votes the
house on Wednesday night broke away
from it's own leadership, stooa PENNY
the president and passed the 49so "a
val appropriation bill with an ahiIN sI ~
nent fixing the enlisted personhgi a.
$4,000. The vote on the McAL'iTs Il, AZ,
Vora amendment, the big point III uls-
80 which Increased the man torce
fronn S7 600 as provided in the DILL was
ooT 70 las with two members answer,
80 present. Ninety Republicans Voteo
ageinst the $4,000 amendment with 40
Esn,ocrats supporting 1t. A bare manu-
= olon or two greeted the announcements
:, -, the sneaker. The galleries, hall oe-
Ssrted made no attempt at demon.
Grafton. With the fighting sectlon ou'
oS the way the bill was put on It's pass
age and went through, 2i9 TO TO- ~
amended, the measure carried d 80 oV 100
of $251, 1,269,O00, or ABOUT SIo,OUU,uOV ro
roore than the total fixed by the appro-
nlGa t;ons committee, which framed 1t.
r. eroes now. to the senate. with the
charge by Chairman Kelley OF the ma.
S,aI concentrations subcommittee tudt
:,,anv millions will be added ana Wnlcn
the house will be asked TO add h@u
not the big navy men changed 'front.' a.
the last AS compared with 80 Repup-
Iicans who voted against the ameno-
s.ment- 173 Republicans voted tor II,
while 16 others were paired tor II: as as
AGAINST 4S Democrats VINO Votsu ~
the amendment, 81 Democrats Voteo
against it, while IA others were paiie0
against 1t. ga. go.
Predicting that the Mississippi
river would exceed by one foot tne
yhighest food stage ever attained mere
StDr, I. N. Cline, forecaster OF the New
TOrleans weather bureau issued re-
:yised forecast Tuesday Gaining aoL a
':rnaximum HIH3l lfeet-petween' nraI :
and 10. The previous record, wnlch
was established in 1912, was 22 teet.
,The forcaster stated that recent rams
over the Mississippi valley and un-
,Sfavorable winds which have retardeo
1.-THE flow of the excessive volume OF
twater into the Gulf of Mexico nave
:intensified flood conditions and maze
the new prediction necessary. Iues-
.davss onward revision. Of flood stages
lis the fourth that has been issued
since early in March when 29 feet was
predicted. The Southern Pacific rali-
road announced that service on us
branch from Baton Rouge 10 La
.Fayette, Ia, has been discontinued
because of high water in the Atchai,
laya river basin. Vicksburg reported
that backwater from the MISSISSIPPI
and Yazoo rivers had flooded approx
iniately 1882 square miles of terri
tory in the lower. YaZoo basin. NO
reports of loss of life have been re-
ceived and all live stock have been re-
moved to places of safety. Heavy
rains during the past As hours were
said to have increased the danger 10
the levees in the third Mississippi
river district but headquarters at
Vicksburg reported that nothing be-
yond minor troubles had developed at
any point.
A demonstration typical Of his tur-
bulent Russia, greeted General Grego-
RE Semenoff, Cossack chieftain, as he
left Ludlow street Jail, New YORK, on
Wednesday afternoon. Released IN
S25,OOO pail 1urnlSneu ny MS ltleiiuS'
the Cossack ataman, surrounded by a
detachment of police, appeared at the
iail door and cringed into his coat COL
lar as the jeers of thousands fell upon
his ears. Ludlow street was black
with the crowd, which had stood in a
driving rain for several hours awaiting
Samenoff's release. When his friends,
ACCOMPANIED by the sheriff hurried
into the building carrying $4,000 in
currency and 5000 in Liberty bonds,
the crowd sent up a howl and moved
closer to the entrance. Extra details
of police were ordered to preserve or
der. Hundreds Of persons stood on the
roofs of tenements and hung on fire es-
cape ladders They were driven off by
the police who feared bomb throwing.
Semenoff betrayed nervousness as ne
descended the Jail steps. He Kept
close to the guards and quickened his
step as the crowd, breaking through
the police line at one point. gathered
around a taXicab at the curbing. he
entered the cab, accompanied by sew
eral policemen and his friend, George
Kroupsky, his former military aide IN
Siberia, and was whiSked away
through a lane in the crowd made by
mounted patrOlmen. General Semenof
was arrested in New York two weeks
ago in connection with civil suit in
volving the theft in Trans -Biakalia in
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