Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-16
Scraps III; aaa faets.


Rational American league, WORKING
for the modification of the Volstead
law was Jailed at Wilmington, n. =.
last Tuesday on a charge OF drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. Accord
ing to the police he resisted arrest
and was clubbed by the officers. Inc
charges against Macmillan nclude
striking woman living in an adJolh-
ing apartment.
A new high record for the ma
tional stock of gasoline, increases III
the price of which have been ordered
investigated by the senate, was es-
tablished April /, according TO stats-
tics made public by the federation
bureau of mines showing supplies Oh
the commodity on that date aggre-
gated S54,232, 900 gallons. The STOCKS
on hand April l were approximate!
Al 900 600 gallons greater than on
March 1, when the precious high marx
of SO7. 600 900 gallons in storage was
made. The official figures confirmed
statements made in the senate tnat
present supplies and those OF recent
months were greater than ever bet"e
in fhiS country. Further increases
in the reserve of gasoline may be eX-
nected the bureaus statement lndl-
Gated The bureau reports that kcro-
sene stocils decreased about iO'ooV'-
600 gallons during Marcn' wtlie
decrease of f,'5,OOO,OoO gallons Ior rne
sfored reserves Of the same date last
year was shown
Rationing Of flood victims of the
Mississippi river disaster must con-
tinue six weeks longer In Louislaia
and Mississippi ii was predlcted Sal
urday by officials ir charge OIL reliel
work. From 10000 to 50'gVo persons
are now being maintained Oy tne heu
Sross and state relief commissions.
The immediate needs of those in dis
tress are being provided by funds OF
the Red Cross, public contributions
and state aid. It is estimated by iSed
Cross officials that more than o,ooo
square miles of land in Lou siana ana
Mississippi are now inundated ulVioea
375e square miles in Louisiana ana
1850 in Mississippi. There Is an az
ditional area of about N2S5 square miies
in Arkansas Inundated as re SUI, VI
a break of the levee OF the Nhi.e
river. The entire area anecoeu 10
about onessixth larger than. the area
of tbe state o. Connecticut SO far
there have been no reports ot pesu-
lence or deaths to any extent. y A. te"
negroes will be drowned.
An independent governpnenti mas
been set up by General Chang isoa
Lin, defeated military governor Oh
Mukden A declaration or lndelsh-
dence issued from his headquarters
at IIuanchow says that, having boen
divested by the president OF authorl-Sy
in Manchuria Mongolia and Jehol, Ae
henceforth repudiates all lnstructlohs
from the president and all treatie
negotiated by him. The declaratiot
sets forth that Chang intends to make
favorable treaties with friendly pow
ers in the name of the regions enum-
Grated. and will assume responsibility
for the protection of fore gn lives ana
property there. Foreign diplomats
must communicate with him at Luan-
: chow. News from the kaiplng mining
area is increasingly grave. Ihe
American military forces which are
in charge of the railway in that sec
ton are considering the advlsablllty
of withdrawing all foreigners. If thls
step is taken. it will probability result
in incalculable damage to the mining
property.
r Presidents Of the more; than a
dozen independent steel companies
mentioned in connection with the re-
ported projected merger were called
upon Saturday by the federal trade
commission for full and specific in
formation as to the plan of proposed
merger before the plan is consumated
or actual transfers made" The COM
missions request, made after receipt
of the Lafollette resolution, adopted
yesterday by the senate, was ad-
dressed to the presidents of the Mid
Yale Steel and Ordnance company,
Republic Iron and Steel company,
Lackawanna Steel company, Inland
OCtn
and Tube company, Steel and Tube
company of America, Brier Hill Steel
company, and Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration. Announcement was made in
connection with the request that the |
commission had its attention called
formally to the projected merger last
December, 81, ard since that time 1T
has had the matter under investga-
tion.
The amount the government will
recover from alleged war fraud cases
will he many times the amount
granted TO defray expenses incident
to their prosecution" the house ap-
propriations committee declared Sat-
urday in reporting a bill carrying
$4,000 for use by the Department OF
Justice as a special investigation and
prosecuting fund. Explaining the
need of money and men assistance,
Attorney General Daugherty told the
committee, as revealed by printed
hearings made public today, that
about 275 such cases, ranging from
several thousands to, several million
dollars, were pending and that the |
total amount involved aggregated !
S192, 100000. Urging speedy passage
of the bill so that the Department of
Justice might be adequately equipped |
for successful disposition of the |
case" the committee declared those !
who had defrauded the government !
during the war should be prosecuted |
TO the limit with all the vigor the !
government could command, while |
those upon whom unjust suspicion |
might rest were entitled TO know |
promptly TINT such suspicion was |
not justified.
An indefinite deadlock on the |
judges bill, to create a score more |
federal judges. was reported Friday |
by senate and house conferees. The !
principal disputes We're reported to
be over proposals TO authorize an ad- |
ditional judge for New Jersey and an
other. for the middle Tennessee dis |