Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-18
Scraps 'ana fafts.

cent. rate enectlVe III nine VI the iSu
eral reserve districts. The nVe. per
cent rate remains in erect IN the Dal-
las Minneapolis and Kansas districts.
whether further rediscount rate ad-
iustments in these three districts was
TO be expected was not indicated by
officials here, but the impression was
gained that there probably Will be no
further rediscount rate read1ustments
unless conditions in some or the east
ern districts should warrant q per
cent. rate"
= Operations Of the federal farm
loan land system were declared 10
have reached record proportions dur.
ing March by Commissioner LobSell,
of the farm loan board in a statement
isrued Saturday. Federal land banks
during March, the statement showed
closed 6,7S7 loans aggregating $22,24S'-
$50 while the joint stock land Danks
closed S65 loans aggregating SS'iSo,oZo
a total of $31 ,035,270. These loans
he said, ''were widely distributed ana
the placing of this amount OF money
directly in the hands of farmers In
single month must be a substantial
contributing. factor in improving the
general situation"
America has broken the back OF
tbe biggest famine in the worlds his
tory was the Easter greeting sent 10
America Sunday by Walter Lyman
Brown. European director of the
American relief administration. HIS
statement was based on dispatches
inst received in London, from the
famine districts of Russia. I'VE nave
not reached the end of our troubles,
said Mr. Brown, "but we nave sue
cessfully initiated program lor
feeding four times as many people as
the American army had in france az
the zenith" While the feeding Oh o.
900 900 Russian adult famine sutIerr
ers is being initiated, the NUMBER Oh
children being fed has reached Z'VoV.-
600, Mr.. Brown's figures show, ana Is
constantly increasing. The chilu'
feeding goal aimed at Is 3'OOV'ooo eN-
elusive Of the Ukraine, where q new
program is contemplated. There Is no
paraIlel in history for the task Amer.
ica has undertaken in the valley or
the Volga, according to My. Brown.
After baffling expert mountain
climbers for years, the great mount
Alagheuz, one Of the highest peaks IN
the Caucasus, has been ascendeo oy
two American college athletes, Roy
Davis. Monticello, Ark, and K. II.
Anderson of Connecticut. Davis was
an all round athlete at Erskine and
later baseball coach for the American
college in Egypt. Anderson was cap
tain of Wesleyans 1918 football team.
Mount AlagheuZ rises l5,5O0 ieeI
from a broad plateau about 80 miles
east of Alexandropol. The Americans
had made two previous attempts Io
reach the summit which is regarded
as even more difficult than the ascent
OF Mt. Blanc. On their third ana sue
cessful attempt, they mounted nearly
to the Snow line on American army
mules, which left 5000 feet OF the
most difficult and perilous climbing
before them. Passing the night In
little Kurdish village below the snow
line. they started at S o'clock in the
morning and by rapid climbing reach
ed the summit before dark. After
carving their names and addresses on
a large rock they returned to the S,ooo
foot level by midnight.
The Russian, delegation at Genoa
& Saturday sprung a surprise on the
Allies by Claiming 50,000,oOo,o0O gold
rables as damages because OF Allied
intervention in Russian affairs follow,
ing the downfall of the Kerensky gov
ernment, The claims of the Allies
against Russia amount TO 2O,OOO,OOO,-
600 gold rubles. The Russians admit
fbe validity of this claim; but insist
that their claim is also just. The logic
of the situation Is about like TINS.
After the overthrow Of the kerensky
government had been recognized py
the Allies, the Allies spent large sums
in backing Denekine, Kolchak, fuue,
mich and Wrangel, and also furnished
arms and war munitions. The Rus
ri m
result of the damage wrought by the
armies of the Russians named with
Allied assistance, the Allies should
pay. Lloyd George is quoted as say
ing that the claim is unreasonable
and that if the Russians persist In II
the conference may as well be ad-
iourned in so far as Russia Is con-
cerned. No one expects Russia 10
withdraw her claim entirely; but II is
probable that the claim will be IN
sisted upon to such extent as may be
necessary to emphasize the Russian
contention that the Allies were. un-
justified in their action in backing ar
ferent Czarist leaders who tried to
overthrow the Bolshevik government.
The big navy" won in the house
last Saturday. By teller vote OF Ut
TO 129 an amendment was adopted 10
the naval apprOpTldIiOl plil illSi e'0ihS
the personnel from $4,000 enlisted men
and 1000 apprentices to $4,000 enlist
ed men and 5000 apprentices, insist
ed upon as the minimum by President
Harding. A final vote on the bill 1T
self will be reached early this week.
The house adjourned after adopting
the big navy amendments, with the
understanding that another vote will
be had on the $4,000 navy when the
measure comes up for final action.
Leaders of the big navy fight, how
ever, expressed confidence that the
majority for the big navy" will be
increased. The vote came after an
othEr day of stormy debate, during
which the small navy" advocates
continued to lose strength. The size
OF the majority for the amendment
was n surprise to leaders of the fight
for an adequate navy and was ac-
counted for by the presidents letter
of Friday in which the chief eXecu-
tive informed the house that 5-5-3
ratio established in the navy treaty
could not be maintained with force
of only $1,000 men. Parliamentary
tactics, and efforts to delay the vote
were resorted to by Republican House
Leader Mondell, Chairman Madden of
the appropriations committee, and
Chairman Kelley of the subcommittee
that drafted the small navy" bill, in