Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-10

days ago at the national museum au-
ditorium under the auspices ot tne
Liberty Calendar Association y, ~,
America. The Liberty Calendar" plli
which has been introduced In 'ae
house by Representative Scnall, ot t
Minnesota, with the endorsement oi
the association, would put the new
time schedule into ERECT In lsIe
give the "other nations an opportunity
to follow"
The French government has for-
yUarded to the British government
memorandum suggesting that the pro,
nosed Genoa conference be postponed
FOR three months. Preliminary WORK
necessary to having things in prpoer
shape for the conference is given oy
The French as a. reason for postpone
merit, A London dispatch, however
quotes official circles as saying that IL
is unlikely that the British government
will agree to put the matter OH Ior
three months. It is probable that the
government will be willing to delay II
week, maybe two weeks but not lot
month The British government pc
lieves that the conference Is OF ire
mendous Importance to the straighten-
ing out tho business and industrial az
fairs of Europe and that the sooner IL
better for all concerned.
A mob of 1000 natives at Gorakpur
participated in a riot in which two
subinspectors and fifteen constables
were killed, the India office announced
from London Tuesday. In the demon
stration many buildings were burned
and bands of rebels severed rail con-
nections in several places. The SIT
Iation is extremely serious" the lnola
office declared. At Bareilly, 500 per-
sons marched in a procession OF pro
test in spite Of police orders torpiu,
ding the demonstration. The croWo
was dispersed at one point, out reas-
sembled. and attempted to seize the
town hall. fighting the police witn
clubs and stones. The ponce unoer
orders to shoot, repelled the attack az
ter killing two of the rioters, wound
ing five and arresting six. The mill
tary authorities now declare the sltu-
alton under control.
The state of Mississippi is stirred
by tremendous scandal that has Gull
minated in the suit of Miss Frances
Birkhead, former stenographer OF
Governor Lee M. Russell for $lO0.gOo
damages for alleged seduction. The
Woung woman sets up' that ,shel served
was lieutenant governor, and that ne
seduced her through persuasion tnat
he would marry her as soon as ne
could get a divorce from his wire.
Governor Russell claims th:t there is
nothing to the young .woman's charges
and that the whole thing has grown
out of blackmail and politics. There
is much excitement IN MISSISSIPPI
about" the affair, and the opponents OF
the governor are urging his imme,aate
irapeachment.S The governors wfe Is
quoted as Saying that the whole analr
is preposterous.
The Irish situation took startling
turn Wednesday with the news OF
wholesale and organized kidnapping
raids against prominent Ulster union
lists in the early hours Of the morning
The numerous victims, including many
despatched to aid in stopping the ralos,
were spirited to unknown destinations.
The capture Of score of raiders snow
ed that they were attached to the irish
republican army. The northern gov
ernment was unable to invoke the ala
of the military, and had to depend up
on the special forces, which apparent
ly were not strong enough to prevent
the kidnappings. The northern gov
ernment appealed to the imperial gov
ernment, which took prompt steps 10
meet the situation, authorizing the Bel
fast government to employ British
troops for guarding the boundaries, at
the same time sending message 10
Michael Collins, the provisional gov
ernment president. demanding that
proper measures be initiated for the
release of the captured men and pre-
vention of a repetition Of the outrages
Th1trnhin CnnrptarV
for the colonies, was able TO announce
in parliament Wednesday night that
response had been received from Mr..
Collins explaining that the raids were
due to apprehenSions over the fate OF
the Londonderry prisoners and that the
provisional government was taking
necessary steps to secure their release
Washington, February s: Construc-
tion work on fourteen capital ships was
suspended today by order of Secretary
DENLY under direction Of President
Harding The step was taken in antic-
ipation of ratification Of the naval linn
itation treaty which resulted from the
Washington conference and under
which only three of the vessels involv-
ed will be completed as war craft. The
other eleven will be scrapped or con-
verted to merchant ships under the
treaty PROVISIONS. SECRETARY DellDS
acted after Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt had discussed with President Har-
ding the terms Of the treaty affecting
the new ships. Mr.. Harding approved
the suggestion that work be brought to
a standstill Immediately on the eight
superdreadnaughts and six battle
cruisers, pending final action on the
treaty. In round figures, the building
operations thus halted have cost the
government approximately S5,0OO,OOO a
month. Following ratification of the
treaty, contracts for the new ships Will
be cancelled. The ultimate cost to the
government of this cancellation cannot
be determined in advance, but naval Of
ficials believe that a considerable saw
ing will be made through today's ac-
tion. Only one capital ship under con-
struction was exempted from today S
suspension order. She is the Colorado,
more than 80 per cent complete and
which will he retained in the perma
nent fleet. Ships on which work was
stopped included eight first-class bat
tleships: The Washington at the New
York Shipbuilding corporation; the
West Virginia, Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock company; the
South Dakota, New York navy yard i;
the Indiana, New York navy yard; the
Montana. Mare Island navy yard; the
North Carolina, Norfolk navy yard; the
Iowa. Newport News Shipbuilding and
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