Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-14
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reau Of engraving and pruning says nc
does not consider that the nno mas
anything to do. with possible empez-
element of stocks from his department
- Charges that the war department
has sold property and, is today seH- SCI,
ing property at ridiculously ana Grim
iHally low prices to favored custon-
ers, coace8ling from congress anu ~
Hberateiy misrepresenting the 1acts,
ysiere made in the house Tuesday py
Representative yJohnson, Reprpilcan,
South,. Dakota :. AS proof OF the 1act
that the war department is misrep-
rAsentfng the facts to congress, MT
johnson, charged that report py
Secretary Weeks relative to sale OF
rSrorerty. transmitted to the mouse
last December, was ''the most fraudu-
lent., misleading and crirninally de-
ceitful document that was ever SUB.
r1oitted to- the American congress-
MFR. Johnson declared the evidence
he had obtained showed that the war
department "is trying to control the
department of justice by putting men
who ought to be in the penitentiarS
on the department OF justice pay ron
and asking congress to appropriate lor
IT"
THE limited States owes % times
as much money now as In 1917. wnen
the public debt was about $1,OOo,oVu'-
900, Eliot Wadsworth, assistant sec
retary of the treasury. declared dues-
day in a speech in. Chicago. ms
huge debt we must pass on TO the lu-
ture citizens" he said. For TINS rea,
son il is the intention OF financla!
leaders OF our government to pay all
new debts from current funds. We
are fiIst standing. stilf financially as
our expenses this year just about
euualled our revenues Next year
there will be some deficit because or
shrinking business, loss OF foreign
tr:sde and suspension OF actiVltles
that came into being during the war.
Without any, surplus OF revenue over
EXPENSES we can not decrease our
public debt, of S22 500,000,000. Gov
ernmnni expenditures must come
down, although the Confederate war
is go years behind us yet the annual
bin for pensions is $250,000,000. Only
Is per cent. of our public expenditures
is for peaceful purposes, as 1t were.
The remainder, IS per cent, goes 10
pay for debts and activities oaseo ON
the war"
Memphis, April IL: Flood water,
held within bounds along the Missls-
sippi, was taking its toll In southern
Arkansas tonight as result or
break along White river, which let IN
water which ultimately will enSun
Upwards of 25 square miles of cultl-
waited land and dozens of towns and
rice farming settlements, in what is
known as Laconia circle at the confiu-
ence of the White and Mississippi riV-
ers in Desha county. Thus far no loss
of life has been reported, but heavy
damage to farm property was anticl-
pated as a result of the force with
which the flood was driven through
the gap In the embapkment by high
winds which prevailed last night and
today According to dispatches re-
ceiyed here, the break occurred last
night near the town of Snow Lake.
Henrico, Laconia, Knowlton and Fer
gasoa,a ,aye among tthea tpwps. WITHIN tne
circle over, which the water' IS spread,
ing. Reports received over railroad
wires indicate that the water late TO-
day had reached a depth or from nVe
to eight feet in the flooded area Re-
ports from points along the Missis-
sippi river tonight indicated that the
levees on that waterway. menaced for
nearly a. month by high water and
facing a prolongation of the flood as a
result of, heavy rains over the north
ern watersheds, were intact at all
points with no more serious trouble
developing thus far than wave wash
and minor slides. Rising stages were
reported in the Mississippi today from
New Madrid, Mo-, 174 miles above
Memphis, while the Ohio, which emp
ties into the Mississippi at Cairo, was
either falling or stationary. At Men,
phis the Mississippi is falling.
Revival of the whipping post,
Judge w. M. Gemmill at Chicago last
Tuesday told the committee on law
enforcement of the American Bar as
sociation. would have a great erect on
the reduction of crime. He cited eX-
amples where flogging tended to re-
duce crime, and presented hGures
showing the number of murders In
the large cities. In 1921 his figures
showed that. st. Louis had 40 mur-
ders, Philadelphia 346, New York 26l,
Chicago 206, Boston 102 and WASH
ington g. A speedy trial for GRIM
fnals was advocated to reduce crime
by Herbert Harley of Detroit. In
the majority of cases the criminals
are apprehended but it is months be-
fore they are given a trial and even
longer in many cases before they start
paying the penalty for crimes COM
mitted," he said. The courts are re-
sponsible for this and were the GRIM
inals. given a speedy trial, regardless
of the politician with whom they are
friendly, justice would be more eff
ciently served. Newspapers could CO.
operate with the courts, but that is
the fault of judges who are afraid or
the power of the press. II less crime
and more constructive news was print
ed the effect on crime would be large.
However the newspapers are not re-
sponsible for this condition. They are
institutions for the purpose Of making
money and they are giving the public
what they demand-the sensational
news. The police judge should be
eliminated and his power given to the
Judges who have unlimited power
The police judge is the footstool for
politicians. For instance, the GRIMM
al friend of the politician may! after
an. appeal, be released to again men,
ace society"
Admission Of Russian and German
representatives to the principal COM
mittee of the economic conference was
strongly opposed Tuesday by both
French and Belgian representatives.
Premier Lloyd George together with
Premier Facta and Foreign Minister
Schanzer of Italy interviewed, however,
and their. conciliatory attitude finally
resulted in the admittance of both the